| 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 | 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 11/05 | 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. | ||
| 11/05 | 09h00>12h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Saturday Morning | Tom Service talks to the star pianist Alice Sara Ott and plays the best classical music, from familiar favourites to new discoveries. He also talks to comedy duo TwoSet Violin. | ||
| 11/05 | 12h00>13h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Earlier... with Jools Holland | Jools is joined by musician and composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson, with music by Bach, Brahms, Berlioz and Bechet. | ||
| 11/05 | 13h00>14h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | Music Matters: The Land Without... | ...Music?. 6/6. Richard Morrison concludes his series by looking at how we gain access to music for all in the UK today, starting with one of classical music's biggest events: the BBC Proms. | ||
| 11/05 | 14h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Record Review | In Building a Library, Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird. Plus, William Mival with an exciting pile of new releases. | ||
| 11/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | Sound of Cinema | With the release of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Matthew Sweet hails cinema's greatest apes - King Kong to Joe Young - exploring music from all 9 Planet of the Apes films. | ||
| 11/05 | 17h00>18h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | This Classical Life | Jess is joined by pianist and composer Arsha Kaviani to swap some of the music they love the most, including Brahms, Beethoven and Jeff Buckley. | ||
| 11/05 | 18h00>21h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Opera on 3 | Asmik Grigorian and Jonathan Tetelman star in Puccini's tragedy of Americans in Japan, conducted by Xian Zhang live at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. | ||
| 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 | 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. | ||
| 13/05 | 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. | ||
| 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 | Sean Rafferty meets American pianist Evan Shinners aka 'WTF Bach' to talk about his ambitious project to record the entirety of Bach's keyboard music. | ||
| 13/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | An imaginative, eclectic mix, including music by Claude Debussy, John Tavener, Henry Purcell and Pauline Viardot. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 16/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | An imaginative, eclectic mix, including music by Lili Boulanger, Perotin, Stravinsky, Paganini, Thomas Campion, Ned Rorem and Piazzolla. | ||
| 16/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Radio 3 in Concert | Michael Sanderling conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Dvorák's Symphony No. 9, and they are joined by Ethan Loch to perform Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2. | ||
| 16/05 | 21h45>22h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | The Essay: Music in Bloom | How have gardens shaped musical productions and projects? | ||
| 16/05 | 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. | ||
| 16/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | 'Round Midnight | Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz. | ||
| 16/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice and conductor Pawel Kapula in works by Weber, Rota and Ravel. Jonathan Swain presents. |