| 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. | ||
| 18/05 | 12h00>13h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Earlier... with Jools Holland | Jools is joined by musician and broadcaster Guy Garvey, with music by Edvard Grieg, Dobrinka Tabakova, Ray Charles and Igor Stravinsky. | ||
| 18/05 | 13h00>14h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | Music Matters: 25 Years of the... | ...West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Clemency Burton-Hill marks the 25th anniversary of this remarkable musical adventure started by Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said. | ||
| 18/05 | 14h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Record Review | Flora Willson's ultimate recommendation for Debussy's ballet Jeux, plus the best of the week's new releases. | ||
| 18/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | Sound of Cinema | Following the release of IF, Matthew Sweet celebrates the cuddly, unhinged and not-so-friendly imaginary friends we find in films and the music bringing these characters to life. | ||
| 18/05 | 17h00>18h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | This Classical Life | Jess is joined by folk singer-songwriter Olivia Chaney to swap some of their favourite tracks, including music by Joni Mitchell, Bartók, Louis Andriessen and Sufjan Stevens. | ||
| 18/05 | 18h00>21h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Opera on 3 | Starring Renée Fleming, Kelli O'Hara and Joyce DiDonato as Virginia Woolf in this hit opera whose world premiere production at the Met last season played to sold-out audiences. | ||
| 18/05 | 21h30>22h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Music Planet | Kathryn Tickell presents the best roots-based music from across the world, plus a Road Trip to Lima, Peru, with Betto Arcos. | ||
| 18/05 | 22h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | New Music Show | Kate Molleson with more from Tectonics Glasgow - a second dose of adventurous new music and specially commissioned work. | ||
| 18/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | Concerto Copenhagen with conductor Lars Ulrik Mortensen perform cantatas by JS Bach at the 2022 Copenhagen Baroque Festival. Jonathan Swain presents. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 23/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Composer of the Week:... | ...Rimsky-Korsakov. 4/5. A gopak, a string quartet, a clutch of operas and a trip to Asia find their way into Donald Macleod's look at the life and music of Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. | ||
| 23/05 | 17h00>19h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | In Tune | Sean Rafferty meets actor and writer Paterson Joseph, who features in the latest project from Streetwise Opera, celebrating African and Caribbean heritage in Britain. | ||
| 23/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. | ||
| 23/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Radio 3 in Concert | The BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena are reunited for a Mediterranean fiesta. Violinist James Ehnes joins them for virtuosic music by Saint-Saëns and Sarasate. | ||
| 23/05 | 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 an artist knows when to stop. | ||
| 23/05 | 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. | ||
| 23/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | 'Round Midnight | Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz. | ||
| 23/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | Violinist Dalibor Karvay joins the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Konstantin Ilievsky in Brahms's Violin Concerto plus Dvorak New World Symphony. | ||
| 24/05 | 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. | ||
| 24/05 | 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. | ||
| 24/05 | 13h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Live | Linton Stephens with unique recordings of some of the best performances of live music-making from the UK and abroad including Mozart and Haydn from London and Schumann from Seoul. | ||
| 24/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Composer of the Week:... | ...Rimsky-Korsakov. 5/5. Donald Macleod surveys the life and music of Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. | ||
| 24/05 | 17h00>19h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | In Tune | Sean Rafferty introduces performances from members of the formidable Sphinx Organization. There is also live music from pianist Tiffany Poon. | ||
| 24/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. | ||
| 24/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Friday Night is Music Night | Roderick Dunk conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra and singers Katie Birtill and Emma Kershaw in classic show songs from Broadway, recorded at Chichester Festival Theatre in January. | ||
| 24/05 | 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 the benefits of uncertainty. |