Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—The Planets and Star Wars
The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain with Dalia Stasevska at the BBC Proms 2025.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Ease into the day with classical music
Join Tom McKinney every Monday to Friday for Radio 3's Breakfast show
09:30
Essential Classics—The best classical morning music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
13:00
Classical Live—Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 3 from the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Live performance and specially made concert recordings from home and abroad.
15:00
Choral Evensong—St John's College, Cambridge
Live from the Chapel of St John’s College, Cambridge.
16:00
Composer of the Week—Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791-1844), A Love Affair
3/5Donald Macleod surveys Franz Xaver Mozart’s secret love affair
17:00
In Tune—Conductor Robert Trevino and chamber folk ensemble, Hedera
Petroc welcomes conductor Robert Trevino and folk ensemble Hedera to In Tune.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—28/01/2026
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays Bartok
The London Symphony Orchestra performs folk-inspired music by Bartok and Manuel de Falla.
21:45
The Essay—On Disappointment, Food
Rachel Cooke reveals which food she considers to be the most disappointing.(R)
22:00
Night Tracks—A meditative moonlight soundtrack
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
23:30
'Round Midnight—Fresh from Finn Rees and Allysha Joy
Long-term collaborator duo Finn Rees and Allysha Joy are back with a heady new release.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Debussy and Saint-Saëns from Switzerland
Fabien Gabel conducts the Basel Symphony Orchestra in two prominent French works.
