| Day | Hour | Type Event | Name Lang | Event name | Short Event | Extended Lang | Extended Event |
| 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. | ||
| 10/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. | ||
| 10/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Friday Night is Music Night | Recorded on New Year's Day in Shenzhen. The BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Anna-Maria Helsing with music by Vaughan Williams, Walton, Malcolm Arnold and Maxwell Davies. | ||
| 10/05 | 21h45>22h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | The Essay: Dietrich in 5 Songs | Le Gateau Chocolat, cabaret artiste and opera singer, celebrates the Queen of Sprechgesang and her live performance of I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face. | ||
| 10/05 | 22h00>23h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Late Junction | Jennifer Lucy Allan shares ALT, a piece for nine alto saxes by Signe Emmeluth, specially recorded at Borealis festival in Bergen. Plus music from O Yama O and Tidiane Thiam. | ||
| 10/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | 'Round Midnight | BBC 6 Music presenter Gilles Peterson makes a 'Round Midnight mixtape. | ||
| 10/05 | 00h30>01h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Tearjerker | AURORA provides warmth and comfort with music that brings strength and reassurance. Featuring tracks from Alt-J, Ravel and Oscar Peterson. | ||
| 11/05 | 01h30>02h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Essential Classics Mix | Let the power of classical music relieve any stress with this soothing mix of Essential Classics. | ||
| 11/05 | 02h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | Mao Fujita plays Mozart's Piano Concerto no 23 with Alessandro Bonato conducting the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Turin. Tchaikovsky's Symphony no 1 completes the programme. | ||
| 12/05 | 13h30>15h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Music Map | Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical landscape around Smetana's Vltava, listening in deeply to find sonic connections across time and space. | ||
| 12/05 | 15h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Choral Evensong | Live from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on the Eve of the Ascension, with music by Mathias, Lucy Walker and Howells. | ||
| 12/05 | 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 from icons Miles Davis & John Coltrane to future stars Sunna Gunnlaugs & Terence Collie. | ||
| 12/05 | 17h00>18h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | The Early Music Show | Highlights from the 2023 London International Festival of Early Music, focusing on their support of young artists, with performances from the OAE Experience Ensemble and others. | ||
| 12/05 | 18h00>19h15 | (0xf0) ? | eng | Words and Music | Readings by Tamsin Greig and archive recordings of former poet laureate John Betjeman, who died 40 years ago, are set alongside music by Butterworth, Grieg and Flanders and Swan. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 13/05 | 13h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Live | Elizabeth Alker showcasing the best performances from the UK and beyond, with a lunchtime concert from London's Wigmore Hall. | ||
| 13/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Composer of the Week: Elizabeth... | ...Maconchy. 1/5. Maconchy explodes onto Britain's musical landscape, dazzling teachers, contemporaries and some influential gatekeepers. With Kate Molleson. | ||
| 13/05 | 17h00>19h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | In Tune | Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians. | ||
| 13/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | In Tune's classical music mixtape: an imaginative, eclectic mix including music by Lili Boulanger, Perotin, Stravinsky, Paganini, Thomas Campion, Ned Rorem and Piazzolla. | ||
| 13/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Radio 3 in Concert | The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Harry Bicket perform Nunes Garcia and Haydn, while baritone Julien Van Mellaerts joins them to sing Bach and Vaughan Williams. | ||
| 13/05 | 21h45>22h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | The Essay: Music in Bloom | Can music help plants to grow? | ||
| 13/05 | 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. | ||
| 13/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | 'Round Midnight | Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz. | ||
| 13/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | Mozart's 'Turkish' Violin Concerto, Grieg's Holberg Suite and Elgar's Introduction and Allegro at the 2023 Martisor International Music Festival in Chisinau. | ||
| 14/05 | 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. | ||
| 14/05 | 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. | ||
| 14/05 | 13h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Live | Fiona Talkington showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, specially recorded by the BBC, the European Broadcasting Union and BBC New Generation Artists. | ||
| 14/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Composer of the Week: Elizabeth... | ...Maconchy. 2/5. Maconchy faces some harsh realities as she leaves college and seeks to launch her career. With Kate Molleson. | ||
| 14/05 | 17h00>19h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | In Tune | Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians. | ||
| 14/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. | ||
| 14/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Radio 3 in Concert | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Domingo Hindoyan play Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony, Roussel's Bacchus and Ariadne Suite and the new Piano Concerto by Eleanor Alberga. | ||
| 14/05 | 21h45>22h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | The Essay: Music in Bloom | Are there stylistic similarities between classical music and gardens through the ages? | ||
| 14/05 | 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. | ||
| 14/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | 'Round Midnight | Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz. | ||
| 14/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | Ádám Fischer conducts Mozart and his favorite Bartók work with Danish Chamber Orchestra. Jonathan Swain presents. | ||
| 15/05 | 06h30>09h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Breakfast | Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. | ||
| 15/05 | 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. |