Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Songs by Richard Strauss, Zemlinsky and Wagner
A recital from Italian baritone Andrè Schuen and pianist Daniel Heide.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Ease into the day with classical music
Join Linton Stephens this Monday to Friday for Radio 3's Breakfast show.
09:30
Essential Classics—The very best of classical music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
13:00
Classical Live—The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace from Germany
Karl Jenkins's popular and unusual setting of the mass in an exclusive live recording.
16:00
Composer of the Week—Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), The Classical Master
2/5Kate Molleson surveys the Third Symphony by Sibelius and the period it was composed.
17:00
In Tune—EMPOWER: Women Changing Music live in session
Katie Derham introduces live music from EMPOWER: Women Changing Music.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—24/10/2025
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Rachmaninov's Symphony No 3
The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniele Rustioni in Bernstein and Rachmaninov.
21:45
The Essay—You, Me and the Wireless, Episode 2
A life in radio - a memoir from critic and journalist Gillian Reynolds.
22:00
Night Tracks—Blissful sounds for after-hours
Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
23:30
'Round Midnight—Fresh from Helen Glavin
Soweto shares a new vocal soundscape from the British pianist and composer.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Haydn and Beethoven from the Takács Quartet
Haydn's 'Sunrise' Quartet and Beethoven's 'Razumovsky' Op 59 no 1 Quartet.
