Through the Night
Concerti by Telemann, Couperin and Vivaldi. Presented by Catriona Young.
06/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 02:00:00 - : End 06:00:00
Tearjerker
An hour of healing, emotional music. Immerse yourself in a comforting world of soothing orchestral music, piano, soundtracks and ballads to bring you comfort and escape.
06/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 06:00:00 - : End 07:00:00
Downtime Symphony
An hour of wind-down music to help you press pause and reset your mind. With chilled sounds of orchestral, jazz, ambient and lo-fi beats to power your downtime.
06/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 07:00:00 - : End 08:00:00
Breakfast
Radio 3s classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
06/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 08:00:00 - : End 10:00:00
Record Review
Pianist Iain Burnsides library recommendation for Debussys set of Etudes plus, celebrating International Womens Day, a round-up of recent releases of music by female composers.
06/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 10:00:00 - : End 12:45:00
Music Matters
Tom Service speaks to French soprano Sandrine Piau, cellist Stephen Isserlis and Scottish composer Geraldine Mucha.
06/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 12:45:00 - : End 13:30:00
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam and soprano Alexandra Oomens share the music they love, including Handel, Janacek and Marilyn Monroe.
06/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 13:30:00 - : End 14:00:00
Inside Music
Bass Matthew Rose opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside, revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
06/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 14:00:00 - : End 16:00:00
Sound of Cinema
Matthew Sweet reflects on how gender representation in film scoring has changed in the 25 years since Rachel Portman collected an Oscar for best soundtrack for her music for Emma.
06/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 16:00:00 - : End 17:00:00
Music Planet
Kathryn Tickell with the latest new releases from across the globe and a Road Trip to Argentina with Betto Arcos.
06/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 17:00:00 - : End 18:00:00
J to Z
Guitarist and vocalist Lionel Loueke plays a home session with music in tribute to his mentor Herbie Hancock, and composer and bandleader Maria Schneider shares her inspirations.
06/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 18:00:00 - : End 19:30:00
Opera on 3
Puccinis La Rondine in a performance from 2009 at the Met, starring Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna.
06/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 19:30:00 - : End 23:00:00
New Music Show
Kate Molleson presents the latest in new music performance, including Erika Foxs Osen Shomaat, played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ilan Volkov.
06/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 23:00:00 - : End 01:00:00
Freeness
Soul-soaked jazz and free-falling dissonance with moreish momentum. Plus a wordless chorus from the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project that evokes spiritual hymnals.
07/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 01:00:00 - : End 02:00:00
Through the Night
A concert broadcast in memory of conductor Alexander Vedernikov, who died in October 2020, with the Russian National Orchestra. Catriona Young presents.
07/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 02:00:00 - : End 08:00:00
Breakfast
Radio 3s classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
07/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 08:00:00 - : End 10:00:00
Sunday Morning
Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, and at 10.30am Gary Raymond joins her from Cardiff for a monthly arts round-up.
07/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 10:00:00 - : End 13:00:00
Private Passions
Michael Berkeley talks to author Chibundu Onuzo about the challenge of writing novels while studying for her A-levels, and the role of music and faith in her life.
07/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 13:00:00 - : End 14:00:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Live from Wigmore Hall, London, the Gould Piano Trio plays Schuberts Trio No 1 in B flat for piano, violin and cello and music by Amy Beach.
07/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 14:00:00 - : End 15:00:00
The Early Music Show
Hannah French explores the colourful lives and little-known music of two 18th-century German princess-composers, both related to Frederick the Great, and both called Anna Amalia.
07/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 15:00:00 - : End 16:00:00
Choral Evensong
From Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, with music by Byrd, Dyson, Grier and Messiaen.
07/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 16:00:00 - : End 17:00:00
Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton presents more of your requests with music this week from Hazel Scott, Vi Redd and Camilla George.
07/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 17:00:00 - : End 18:00:00
The Listening Service
Tom Service sets out to understand how the often overlooked viola can unlock musics secret fire.
07/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 18:00:00 - : End 18:30:00
Words and Music
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of the flaneuse, with readings by Nina Sosanya and Natalie Simpson. Including texts by Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, George Sand, Virginia Woolf and Robyn Davidson, plus music by Debussy, Chopin, Chaminade and Ethel Smyth.
07/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 18:30:00 - : End 19:45:00
Sunday Feature
What does the tide mean, and could it be trying to tell us something? Artist Signe Lidén reflects on ancient and emerging knowledge that expands our understanding of the tide.
07/03/2021 GMT +0000000
Start 19:45:00 - : End 20:30:00