Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Songs of the Sea
Baritone James Newby and pianist Joseph Middleton perform at London's Wigmore Hall.
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Morning
06:30
Radio 3 Breakfast—Boost your morning with classical music
Join Mark Forrest for Radio 3's Breakfast show.
09:00
Saturday Morning—Jakub Hrusa, Music Director of the Royal Opera
Tom Service talks to Jakub Hrůša, Music Director of the Royal Opera.
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Afternoon
12:00
Earlier... with Jools Holland—Classical, blues and jazz for the weekend
Jools is joined by the pianist and conductor Joanna MacGregor.
13:00
Key Changes: Radio 3's Essential History of Classical Music—1861: A New Russia
1861, St Petersburg. Russia's newly freed serfs inspire a musical revolution.
14:00
Record Review—Handel's Semele in Building a Library with Jeremy Summerly and Andrew McGregor
Andrew McGregor with the best of the week's new classical releases.
16:00
Sound of Cinema—A Night at the Movies... If You Dare
Edith Bowman presents a wickedly good selection of film music for Halloween.
17:00
This Classical Life—31/10/2026
Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.
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Evening
18:00
Opera on 3—Wagner's Parsifal
Stanislas de Barbeyrac stars as Parsifal at the Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden.
23:00
New Music Show—Always, Already There
Cutting-edge and experimental new music in live performance, plus interviews and features.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson at the Reykjavík Arts Festival
The Icelandic flautist plays Prokofiev, Villa-Lobos and Mendelssohn.
