| Day | Hour | Type Event | Name Lang | Event name | Short Event | Extended Lang | Extended Event |
| 17/05 | 06h30>09h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Breakfast | Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show, featuring the Friday poem. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. | ||
| 17/05 | 09h30>13h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Essential Classics | Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites. | ||
| 17/05 | 13h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Live | Elizabeth Alker showcasing the best performances from the UK and beyond, with music by the BBC New Generation Artists. | ||
| 17/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Composer of the Week: Elizabeth... | ...Maconchy. 5/5. As she reaches retirement age, Maconchy admits that 'composing is a life sentence'. With Kate Molleson. | ||
| 17/05 | 17h00>19h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | In Tune | Sean Rafferty is joined by guests in the studio for live performance and to mark Mental Wellbeing Season. | ||
| 17/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. | ||
| 17/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Friday Night is Music Night | Ben Palmer conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in a concert from Saffron Hall featuring film and classical music on the theme of flying. Presented by Katie Derham. | ||
| 17/05 | 21h45>22h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | The Essay: Music in Bloom | Are music and gardens good for your health and wellbeing? | ||
| 17/05 | 22h00>23h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Late Junction | Jennifer Lucy Allan serves up 90 minutes of ear-bending sounds for adventurous listeners, from psychedelic dirges, electronic odes to nightingales, and poetic reflections on loss. | ||
| 17/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | 'Round Midnight | Chelsea Carmichael recorded in 2023 at the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland, performing tracks from her debut album, The River Doesn't Like Strangers. | ||
| 17/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | RAI National Symphony Orchestra perform Gustav Mahler's Symphony no 6, conducted by Robert Treviño. Presented by Jonathan Swain. | ||
| 18/05 | 06h30>09h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Breakfast | Join Elizabeth Alker to wake up the day with a selection of the finest classical music. | ||
| 18/05 | 09h00>12h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Saturday Morning | Tom Service talks to pianist Stephen Hough. | ||
| 19/05 | 22h00>23h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Night Tracks | Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between. | ||
| 19/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Unclassified | To mark this year's Whitsunday, Elizabeth Alker presents contemporary experimental and ambient artists who have been finding new approaches to brass band and Morris traditions. | ||
| 19/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | Hina Maeda joins the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra with conductor Thomas Sanderling. Jonathan Swain presents. | ||
| 20/05 | 06h30>09h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Breakfast | Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. | ||
| 20/05 | 09h30>13h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Essential Classics | Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises. | ||
| 20/05 | 13h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Live | Presented by Linton Stephens, including Monday's live Wigmore Hall recital plus exclusive recordings of chamber and orchestral music from Germany and South Korea. | ||
| 20/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Composer of the Week:... | ...Rimsky-Korsakov. 1/5. Donald Macleod surveys the life and music of Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. | ||
| 20/05 | 17h00>19h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | In Tune | Sean Rafferty meets choreographer Maguy Marin to talk about her latest project inspired by Samuel Beckett at Sadler's Wells. | ||
| 20/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | The Classical Music Mixtape: featuring the soaring voice of Jessye Norman, music from eccentric composer Moondog, and a piece inspired by an ancient Scandinavian herding call. | ||
| 20/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Radio 3 in Concert | The Engegård Quartet plays Mozart's Quartet in C, K 465, 'Dissonance', and Quatuor Voce play Mozart's Quartet in A, K 464 and Haydn's Quartet No 62 in C, Op 76 No 3, 'Emperor'. | ||
| 20/05 | 21h45>22h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | The Essay: Art and Uncertainty | How can art help us deal with uncertainty in our own lives? Margaret Heffernan explores how artists embrace uncertainty as a key part of the creative process. | ||
| 20/05 | 22h00>23h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Night Tracks | Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between. | ||
| 20/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | 'Round Midnight | Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz. | ||
| 20/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | Violinist Vilde Frang joins German Symphony Orchestra and conductor Maxim Emelyanychev in Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No 1 plus Brahms's Symphony No 2. Jonathan Swain presents. | ||
| 21/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Composer of the Week:... | ...Rimsky-Korsakov. 2/5. From a night on a bare mountain to 1001 nights in Asia, Donald Macleod continues exploring the life and evocative musical images of Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. | ||
| 21/05 | 17h00>19h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | In Tune | Sean Rafferty introduces live music from the In Tune studio. | ||
| 21/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. | ||
| 21/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Radio 3 in Concert | Edward Gardner conducts the LPO in the Prelude to Act 1 of Wagner's Parsifal and Tippett's Symphony No 2, and they're joined by Seong-Jin Cho for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4. | ||
| 21/05 | 21h45>22h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | The Essay: Art and Uncertainty | How can art help us deal with uncertainty in our own lives? Margaret Heffernan considers how artists begin. | ||
| 21/05 | 22h00>23h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Night Tracks | Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between. | ||
| 21/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | 'Round Midnight | Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz. | ||
| 21/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | A concert by the young players of the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie, including music by Bartok, Debussy and Janacek. Presented by Jonathan Swain. | ||
| 22/05 | 06h30>09h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Breakfast | Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. | ||
| 22/05 | 09h30>13h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Essential Classics | Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. | ||
| 22/05 | 13h00>15h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Live | Linton Stephens introduces a selection of recordings of live music-making including Mozart and Haydn quartets from London and a Hindemith symphony from South Korea. | ||
| 22/05 | 15h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Choral Evensong | Live from St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, with music by Stanford, Wood, Matthew Martin and Harris. | ||
| 22/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Composer of the Week:... | ...Rimsky-Korsakov. 3/5. Donald Macleod focuses on the career of Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and how his music drew upon and depicted centuries of Russian legends and folklore. | ||
| 22/05 | 17h00>19h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | In Tune | Sean Rafferty has live music in the studio from violinist Chloe Hanslip, ahead of her concert with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra in Manchester. | ||
| 22/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. | ||
| 22/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Radio 3 in Concert | Elgar, Dvorák and Butterworth frame Stephen Hough as soloist in the European premiere of his own Piano Concerto, performed by the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Sir Mark Elder. | ||
| 22/05 | 21h45>22h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | The Essay: Art and Uncertainty | How can art help us deal with uncertainty in our own lives? Margaret Heffernan explores how artists tolerate the fear of uncertainty. | ||
| 22/05 | 22h00>23h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Night Tracks | Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between. | ||
| 22/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | 'Round Midnight | Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz. | ||
| 22/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | The Danish String Quartet has used the story of creation as the framework for this DSQ festival in Copenhagen, featuring music by Missy Mazzoli, Schumann and Brahms. | ||
| 23/05 | 06h30>09h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Breakfast | Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. | ||
| 23/05 | 09h30>13h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Essential Classics | Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises. | ||
| 23/05 | 13h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Live | Linton Stephens showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including Mozart and Haydn from London and Shostakovich from Hamburg. |