| Day | Hour | Type Event | Name Lang | Event name | Short Event | Extended Lang | Extended Event |
| 05/05 | 06h30>09h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Breakfast | Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of Sunday morning. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. | ||
| 05/05 | 09h00>12h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Sunday Morning | Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you're walking your dog or catching up with friends. | ||
| 05/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Jazz Record Requests | Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you including music marking the centenary of vocalist & pianist Blossom Dearie. | ||
| 05/05 | 17h00>18h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | The Early Music Show | Highlights from the 2023 London International Festival of Early Music from harpsichordist Jane Chapman, recorder player Erik Bosgraaf and Ensemble Pampinea. | ||
| 05/05 | 18h00>19h15 | (0xf0) ? | eng | Words and Music | Readings by Jane Horrocks and Art Malik take us from Charlotte Bronte to Hilaire Belloc and William Blake, whilst musical choices evoke water mills, windmills and cotton mills. | ||
| 05/05 | 19h15>19h45 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | Between the Ears: Odes to Joy | Beethoven's Ode to Joy is 200 years old - how have politicians, protesters, advertisers and comedians made use of one of Classical Music's most iconic melodies? | ||
| 05/05 | 19h45>20h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | Sunday Feature: New Generation... | ...Thinkers. New Generation Thinker Hetta Howes discovers the murder capital of medieval England, and it wasn't London or the medieval capital of York, but the elite university town of Oxford. | ||
| 05/05 | 20h00>22h25 | (0xf0) ? | eng | Drama on 3: The Tragedy of Macbeth | A Hidden Treasure play, first broadcast, live, in July 1971. An innovative stereo version of The Tragedy of Macbeth, starring Joss Ackland, Googie Withers and Robert Hardy. | ||
| 05/05 | 22h25>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. | ||
| 05/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Unclassified | Elizabeth Alker presents ambient and electronic sounds, while poet Paul Farely shares a track that has the power to transport him elsewhere. | ||
| 05/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | Violinist Gil Shaham joins the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra to perform Korngold's Violin Concerto alongside works by Fagerlund and Nielsen. Presented by Danielle Jalowiecka. | ||
| 06/05 | 06h30>09h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Breakfast | Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. | ||
| 06/05 | 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. | ||
| 06/05 | 13h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Live | Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups, including countertenor Hugh Cutting, live from Wigmore Hall. | ||
| 06/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Composer of the Week: CPE Bach | 1/5. Donald Macleod examines what CPE Bach has to tell us about his family, whose musical credentials reached back seven generations. | ||
| 06/05 | 17h00>19h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | In Tune | Katie Derham introduces live music from the Mithras Trio, and she talks to contralto Hilary Summers about her forthcoming Brighton Festival show, What's So Great About Opera? | ||
| 06/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | A 30-minute sequence of classical favourites including music by JS Bach, Schubert, Mozart, Antheil, Whitacre and Teresa Carreño. | ||
| 06/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Radio 3 in Concert | François-Xavier Roth conducts the LSO in two of Beethoven's most enjoyable but least played symphonies, and Bertrand Chamayou joins for Unsuk Chin's glittering Piano Concerto. | ||
| 06/05 | 21h45>22h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | The Essay: Dietrich in 5 Songs | From her definitive role as Weimar vamp Lola Lola to an ageing legend with broken bones, Dietrich never stopped singing Falling in Love Again, an anthem she initially loathed. | ||
| 06/05 | 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. | ||
| 06/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | 'Round Midnight | Late night UK jazz presented by Soweto Kinch. Guest Amanda Whiting plays a record. | ||
| 06/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | The 'Amadeus' Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra, conductor Anna Duczmal-Mróz and soloists in music by Bacewicz, Baird and Respighi. Penny Gore presents. | ||
| 07/05 | 06h30>09h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Breakfast | Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. | ||
| 07/05 | 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. | ||
| 07/05 | 13h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Live | Tom McKinney showcases live recordings from around the globe, with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra playing Beethoven, and pianist Bertrand Chamayou playing Schumann. | ||
| 08/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. | ||
| 08/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Radio 3 in Concert | Conductor Anja Bihlmaier and the BBC Philharmonic in Bruckner's Seventh Symphony. They are joined by pianist Steven Osborne for Beethoven's 'Emperor' Concerto. | ||
| 08/05 | 21h45>22h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | The Essay: Dietrich in 5 Songs | Historian Karin Wieland reveals how 'In the Ruins of Berlin' took Dietrich back to the land she had categorically rejected with the rise of the Nazis and which remained hostile. | ||
| 08/05 | 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. | ||
| 08/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | 'Round Midnight | Late night UK jazz presented by Soweto Kinch. Guest Amanda Whiting plays a record. | ||
| 08/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | Walton's Viola Concerto with violist Tabea Zimmermann and Elgar's First Symphony performed with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Manze. Penny Gore presents. | ||
| 09/05 | 06h30>09h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Breakfast | Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. | ||
| 09/05 | 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. | ||
| 09/05 | 13h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Live | Tom McKinney showcases live recordings from around the globe, with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra playing Berlioz, and pianist Bertrand Chamayou performing Britten and Brahms. | ||
| 09/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Composer of the Week: CPE Bach | 4/5. After three decades working the same job, Bach moves to new city and makes a fresh start. Presented by Donald Macleod. | ||
| 09/05 | 17h00>19h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | In Tune | Katie Derham talks to the conductor and harpsichordist Christophe Rousset about the new recording with his ensemble Les Talens Lyriques of Cimarosa's opera L'Olimpiade. | ||
| 09/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music by Smetana, Gibbons, Beethoven, Bernstein, Florence Price, Ravel and Ola Gjeilo. | ||
| 09/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Radio 3 in Concert | The London Symphony Orchestra in music from the The Bad and the Beautiful, Vaughan Williams' wartime Fifth Symphony and Bertrand Chamayou joins them for Ravel's Piano Concerto. | ||
| 09/05 | 21h45>22h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | The Essay: Dietrich in 5 Songs | Writer Paul Morley alights on Where Have All the Flowers Gone. A Pete Seeger anti-war folk song that Dietrich transmuted into something tender and powerful, tempered by experience. | ||
| 09/05 | 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. | ||
| 09/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | 'Round Midnight | Today's guest is Amanda Whiting. Soweto plays new music from Bex Burch and KOKOROKO. | ||
| 09/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | Members of the Lotz Trio and Musica Florea, soprano Michaela Riener and their artistic director Róbert Sebesta in music by Telemann and his contemporaries. Penny Gore presents. | ||
| 10/05 | 06h30>09h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Breakfast | Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show featuring the Friday poem. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. | ||
| 10/05 | 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. | ||
| 10/05 | 13h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Live | Tom McKinney showcases live recordings from around the globe, with Le Concert de la Loge playing Pergolesi, and pianist Bertrand Chamayou playing Satie. | ||
| 10/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Composer of the Week: CPE Bach | 5/5. Bach takes his music critics to task and considers how he might be remembered. Presented by Donald Macleod. | ||
| 10/05 | 17h00>19h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | In Tune | Katie Derham welcomes jazz pianist and vocalist Jonathan Gee and his band to the In Tune studio. And there's more live music from The Sitkovetsky Piano Trio. | ||
| 12/05 | 19h15>20h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | Sunday Feature: Frank Johnson,... | ...Queen Victoria and the Black Brass Band. Uchenna Ngwe tracks down the remarkable story of an African American musical pioneer. | ||
| 12/05 | 20h00>21h30 | (0xf0) ? | eng | Drama on 3: Calmer | A visceral new drama about three generations of women in a chaotic world, from Olivier Award-winning writer Lolita Chakrabarti, starring Meera Syal. | ||
| 12/05 | 21h30>22h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | New Generation Artists | Chamber music recordings, including pianist Alim Beisembayev playing Haydn, and violinist Geneva Lewis teaming up with accordionist Ryan Corbett. | ||
| 12/05 | 22h00>23h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Night Tracks | Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between. | ||
| 12/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Unclassified | Join Elizabeth Alker and the BBC Concert Orchestra for a night of genre-defying new music featuring guest artists This Is The Kit, Modern Nature and Moor Mother. | ||
| 12/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | Neapolitan Influences with the Chiave d'Arco Baroque Orchestra and director Sigiswald Kuijken. Jonathan Swain presents. |