Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Mitsuko Uchida: Schoenberg, Beethoven and Brahms
The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra with Mitsuko Uchida
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Boost your morning with classical music
Join Mark Forrest every Sunday for Radio 3's Breakfast show
09:00
Sunday Morning—Three hours of classical sparkle
Sarah Walker with three hours of uplifting classical music for a wintry Sunday morning.
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Afternoon
12:00
Private Passions—Rupert Everett
Michael Berkeley's guest is the actor and writer Rupert Everett.
13:30
Music Map—Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Sara Mohr-Pietsch traces a path towards Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
15:00
Choral Evensong—St Martin-in-the-Fields
From St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, with music by Bob Chilcott and John Rutter.(R)
16:00
Jazz Record Requests—Best of 2025
Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.
17:00
The Early Music Show—The Spohr Collection
Performance and news from the world of early music.
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Evening
18:00
Words and Music—Byron
Robert Glenister reads from poems, letters and diaries written by the Romantic writer
19:15
Sunday Feature—Wolf Biermann - the German Bob Dylan exiled by the GDR
Why was Wolf Biermann - the German Bob Dylan - exiled from East Germany?
20:00
Record Review—Schumann's Kreisleriana
A chance to hear more of yesterday's Building a Library recommendation
21:00
20th Century Radicals—Daphne Oram: Nature and machine are one
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century
22:00
Night Tracks—Immersive music for moonlight
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.(R)
23:30
Unclassified—Dissolving Patterns
Elizabeth Alker with brand new music from artists and composers defying genre conventions(R)
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Julia Fischer plays Britten's Violin Concerto
Julia Fischer plays Britten with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra.
