| 00:00 | 00:30Jonathan Swain presents Mahler's Symphony No 3, with Donald Runnicles leading the BBC SSO.
| 00:30Jonathan Swain with an all-Haydn concert given by the Romanian Radio Concert Orchestra.
| 00:30Jonathan Swain presents the Swedish Radio Choir in settings of familiar liturgical texts.
| 00:30Jonathan Swain presents music by Rimsky-Korsakov and Falla performed in Croatia.
| 00:30Jonathan Swain presents symphonies by Mozart, Brahms and Dvorak.
| | 00:00Pianist Geri Allen joins Alyn Shipton to pick the highlights from her recorded work.(R)
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00Jukka Pekka Saraste conducts the Swedish RSO in music by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov.
| 01:00John Shea presents Mahler's Fourth Symphony performed by the World Orchestra for Peace.
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| 06:00 | 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music by Verdi, Bruckner and Bazzini.
| 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch with music by Arnold and Bach, plus the new Specialist Classical Chart.
| 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music by Tchaikovsky, Strauss and Ravel.
| 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music by Rachmaninov, Schubert and Glinka.
| 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music by Mendelssohn and Handel.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Martin Handley presents music by Shostakovich, Wagner, Handel and Debussy.
| 07:00Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Music by Schumann and Vierne.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Rob Cowan presents music by Glazunov, Schubert, Mozart and Dvorak.
| 09:00Rob Cowan presents music by Arensky, Beethoven and Suk.
| 09:00Rob Cowan presents music by Sinding, Liszt, Grieg and Fibich.
| 09:00Rob Cowan presents music by Grieg, Litolff, Schubert and Smetana.
| 09:00Rob Cowan presents music by Stravinsky, Mozart and Dvorak.
| 09:00With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Beethoven: Symphony No 6.
| 09:00Rob Cowan presents music by Mozart, Delius, Bach and Stravinsky.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Donald Macleod explores Alessandro Scarlatti's early years.(R)
| 12:002/5Donald Macleod explores Alessandro Scarlatti's first period in Naples.(R)
| 12:003/5Donald Macleod focuses on Alessandro Scarlatti's less than triumphant return to Rome.(R)
| 12:004/5Donald Macleod focuses on Alessandro Scarlatti's disillusionment with Rome.(R)
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod focuses on Alessandro Scarlatti's decline into poverty.(R)
| 12:15Tom Service debates classical music's impact on the world with a panel of guests.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley's guest is sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Sara Mingardo (contralto) performs baroque arias in a recital from the Wigmore Hall.
| 13:001/4Nelson Goerner (piano) performs music by Chopin and Schumann in New York.
| 13:002/4Thomas Zehetmair plays violin music by Bach and Hartmann at New York's Frick Collection.
| 13:003/4The Kandinsky Trio plays music by Beethoven, Mozart and Dohnanyi in New York.
| 13:004/4The Diotima Quartet performs music by Janacek and Ravel at the Frick Collection, New York.
| 13:00Lucie Skeaping explores the origins of the symphonie, for Radio 3's season on symphonies.
| 13:00Catherine Bott reflects on the work of the pioneering symphonists of the 18th century.
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| 14:00 | 14:00The BBC Philharmonic performs symphonies by Prokofiev, Mozart, Haydn and Brahms.
| 14:00Vassily Sinaisky conducts the BBC Philharmonic in an all-Russian programme of music.
| 14:00Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a performance of Bruckner's Symphony No 7.
| 14:00Louise Fryer presents Massenet's Werther performed at the Vienna State Opera.
| 14:00In a series focusing on symphonies, the BBC Philharmonic plays Sibelius, Haydn and Mozart.
| 14:00Sara Mingardo (contralto) performs baroque arias in a recital from the Wigmore Hall.
| 14:00Suzy Klein presents a celebration of the music of Nicholas Maw.
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| 15:00 | | | 15:30Solemn Requiem Mass for the Faithful Departed from Westminster Cathedral.
| | | 15:00Simon Russell Beale focuses on Vienna. Including music by Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert.
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| 16:00 | 16:30With composer Tarik O'Regan and live music in the studio from violinist Alina Pogostkina.
| 16:30With tenor Alfie Boe, violinist Pavlo Beznosiuk and soprano Dame Kiri te Kanawa.
| 16:30Live performances from singer Stacey Kent, Notos Quartet and conductor David Robertson.
| 16:30With conductor Neville Marriner, baritone Simon Keenlyside and pianist Marcelo Bratke.
| 16:30With performances from violinist Nicola Benedetti and singer Eve Loiseau.
| | 16:00Solemn Requiem Mass for the Faithful Departed from Westminster Cathedral.
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| 17:00 | | | | | | 17:00Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
| 17:00Roxanna Panufnik and Adrian Thomas join Aled Jones to discuss Gorecki's choral music.
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| 18:00 | 18:301/5Donald Macleod explores Alessandro Scarlatti's early years.(R)
| 18:002/5Donald Macleod explores Alessandro Scarlatti's first period in Naples.(R)
| 18:303/5Donald Macleod focuses on Alessandro Scarlatti's less than triumphant return to Rome.(R)
| 18:304/5Donald Macleod focuses on Alessandro Scarlatti's disillusionment with Rome.(R)
| 18:305/5Donald Macleod focuses on Alessandro Scarlatti's decline into poverty.(R)
| 18:00A Placido Domingo celebration, featuring acts from Otello, Rigoletto and Simon Boccanegra.
| 18:30Texts and music inspired by change, performed at the 2011 Free Thinking festival.
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| 19:00 | 19:30The BBC CO under Keith Lockhart and soprano Ilona Domnich in a special Halloween concert.
| 19:00The OAE performs music by Haydn, Weber and Schubert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.
| 19:301/2Andris Nelsons conducts the CBSO in music by Brahms and Mozart.
| 19:30Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in Debussy and Bartok.
| 19:301/2Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in music by Wagner and Berlioz.
| | 19:45Matthew Sweet presents an interview with leading heart surgeon Francis Wells.
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| 20:00 | | | 20:15Six pieces by Franz Kafka exploring ideas of restlessness and our need to walk everywhere. 20:352/2Andris Nelsons leads the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Dvorak's Symphony No 6.
| | 20:15Stephen Johnson explores Sibelius's popular Symphony No. 2 in D. 20:352/2Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC SSO. Julian Anderson: Eden. Sibelius: Symphony No 2.
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| 21:00 | | | | | | 21:00Radio 3 and Radio 5 live join forces to debate the editorial choices behind news stories.
| 21:00Set during the 2011 English riots, a drama written for Free Thinking by Jack Thorne.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Presented by Matthew Sweet. With Ronan Bennett on his new TV drama Top Boy. 22:451/5Jenny Uglow explores the British tendency to escape from problems into the garden.
| 22:00Philip Dodd talks to Steven Pinker about our increasingly peaceful society. 22:452/5Jenny Uglow explores the connections between gardens and snobbery.
| 22:00Matthew Sweet investigates the phenomenon of The Avengers.(R) 22:453/5Historian Jenny Uglow explores at how pride and hubris flourish in our gardens.
| 22:00Philip Dodd talks to financier and philanthropist George Soros.(R) 22:454/5Jenny Uglow explores how gardeners have always sought to dominate nature.
| 22:00Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales launches the 2011 Free Thinking ideas festival.
| 22:00The late David Bedford's 1978 score The Song of the White Horse. 22:30Robert Worby presents Jennifer Walshe and Wandelweiser playing at Cut and Splice 2011.
| 22:00Lucy Duran explores the distinctive sound of iso-polyphony in Southern Albania.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Jez Nelson presents composer Sid Peacock and his Surge big band in an exclusive session.
| 23:00Fiona Talkington previews the 2011 London Jazz Festival.
| 23:00Fiona Talkington presents music from Steve Mackey and Salvatore Sciarrino.
| 23:00Fiona Talkington with music from Jonathan Harvey and the Ahmad Sham Sufi Qawwali Group.
| 23:005/5Jenny Uglow considers gardeners' 'xenophobia'. 23:15Mary Ann Kennedy introduces a studio session by Catriona McKay and Chris Stout.
| | 23:00Claire Martin is joined by Kevin LeGendre for a preview of the 2011 London Jazz Festival.
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