| Day | Hour | Type Event | Name Lang | Event name | Short Event | Extended Lang | Extended Event |
| 01/05 | 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. | ||
| 01/05 | 13h00>15h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Live | Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles including baritone James Newby singing Schumann's Dichterliebe and Rimsky-Korsakov from Luxembourg. | ||
| 01/05 | 15h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Choral Evensong | Live from Tewkesbury Abbey with music by Walton, Leighton and Hadley. | ||
| 01/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Composer of the Week: Debussy | 3/5. Donald Macleod explores Debussy's work as an outspoken critic, and in the aftermath of the scandal with soprano Therese Roger, there's more shocking behaviour from the composer. | ||
| 01/05 | 17h00>19h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | In Tune | Katie Derham is joined by the Aquinas Trio, who play live in the studio. | ||
| 01/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. | ||
| 01/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Radio 3 in Concert | Dinis Sousa conducts the Royal Northern Sinfonia in Beethoven's groundbreaking Symphony No 3 'Eroica'; Isata Kanneh-Mason joins them as soloist in Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto. | ||
| 01/05 | 21h45>22h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | The Essay: Letters to a Young... | ...Composer. Inspired by Rilke's letters to an aspiring poet, five leading composers write a personal letter to a young composer. | ||
| 01/05 | 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. | ||
| 01/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | 'Round Midnight | Soweto Kinch picks the best jazz with a special focus on the UK. Guest - Robert Mitchell. | ||
| 01/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | The Santa Cecilia Orchestra and conductor Antonello Manacorda perform Richard Strauss's orchestral suite Le Bourgeois gentilhomme. Danielle Jalowiecka presents. | ||
| 02/05 | 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. | ||
| 02/05 | 09h30>13h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Essential Classics | Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. | ||
| 02/05 | 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 Schubert's 9th Symphony from Luxembourg. | ||
| 02/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Composer of the Week: Debussy | 4/5. Debussy ascends to a new level of fame as his opera Pelléas et Mélisande is premiered, but more lies and duplicity from the composer have tragic repercussions. | ||
| 02/05 | 17h00>19h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | In Tune | Katie Derham meets conductor Paul McCreesh to talk about his new recording of Elgar's Dream of Gerontius. Plus, there's live music from the Kukal Quartet. | ||
| 02/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including medieval and romantic dance music, gently frolicking strings and music for harp, piano and string quartet. | ||
| 02/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Radio 3 in Concert | Jader Bignamini conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in French music: Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, Poulenc's Gloria, with the BBC Symphony Chorus, plus music by Camille Pépin. | ||
| 02/05 | 21h45>22h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | The Essay: Letters to a Young... | ...Composer. Inspired by Rilke's letters to an aspiring poet, five leading composers write a letter to a young composer. Sally Beamish looks back on her life in light of a recent discovery. | ||
| 02/05 | 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. | ||
| 02/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | 'Round Midnight | Soweto Kinch picks the best jazz with a special focus on the UK. Guest - Robert Mitchell. | ||
| 02/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | The Santa Cecilia Orchestra and Chorus, with conductor John Nelson and soloists, perform Handel's Messiah. Penny Gore presents. | ||
| 04/05 | 09h00>12h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Saturday Morning | Tom Service is joined by the Ukrainian conductor Kirill Karabits delves into the week's biggest music stories and plays the best classical music for your Saturday morning. | ||
| 04/05 | 12h00>13h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Earlier... with Jools Holland | Jools is joined by guitarist and producer Phil Manzanera, with music from Mozart and Marianna Martines to Astor Piazzolla, Duke Ellington and Professor Longhair. | ||
| 04/05 | 13h00>14h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | Music Matters: The Land Without... | ...Music?. 5/6. Richard Morrison explores the state of music education, the key to the future of musical life across the whole of the UK. His guests include Nicola Benedetti and Stephen Maddock. | ||
| 04/05 | 14h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Record Review | In Building a Library Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, and Emily MacGregor shares a clutch of exciting new releases. | ||
| 04/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Sound of Gaming | Elle Osili-Wood hosts Beyond the Console, a programme of live orchestral gaming music from the Royal Concert Hall Nottingham. Featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra and Robert Ames. | ||
| 04/05 | 17h00>18h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | This Classical Life | Jess and composer/guitarist Bryce Dessner swap favourite music, including Stravinsky's glittering Firebird, Vikingur Olafsson in Bach and a haunting cover of Song of the Siren. | ||
| 04/05 | 18h00>21h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Opera on 3 | Marin Alsop conducts John Adams's acclaimed opera-oratorio, live at the Met in New York, with a cast including Julia Bullock and Davóne Tines. | ||
| 04/05 | 21h30>22h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Music Planet | Lopa Kothari is joined in the studio by Grammy Award-winning Spanish singer-songwriter Buika, performing her unique blend of flamenco, soul and rumba. | ||
| 04/05 | 22h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | New Music Show | Music recorded in live in concert in Glasgow and Manchester, including Stefan Prins's under_current and Alissa Firsova's song-symphony Spell of Creation with contralto Jess Dandy. | ||
| 04/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | From Berlin, music by Reinvere, Tüür and Pärt with the RIAS Chamber Chorus and conductor Daniel Reuss. Penny Gore presents. | ||
| 06/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 07/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Composer of the Week: CPE Bach | 2/5. Donald Macleod follows CPE Bach to Berlin, where he's apparently been headhunted for a prestigious position working for King Frederick the Great. | ||
| 07/05 | 17h00>19h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | In Tune | Katie Derham is joined by tenor and conductor Nicholas Mulroy, who is about to embark on a tour of Scotland with Dunedin Consort, and pianist Angelo Villani plays live. | ||
| 07/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. | ||
| 07/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Radio 3 in Concert | The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and principal conductor Ryan Bancroft perform Barber's Violin Concerto with Benjamin Baker, alongside his Adagio and Charles Ives' 2nd Symphony. | ||
| 07/05 | 21h45>22h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | The Essay: Dietrich in 5 Songs | Film writer David Thomson picks apart the elaborate creation of Dietrich's personae through her collaboration with director Joseph von Sternberg and songs like When Love Dies. | ||
| 07/05 | 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. | ||
| 07/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | 'Round Midnight | Soweto Kinch celebrates new British jazz. Guest Amanda Whiting plays a record. | ||
| 07/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | Pianist Alexandra Dariescu joins the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Giordano Bellincampi in Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto. Danielle Jalowiecka presents. | ||
| 08/05 | 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. | ||
| 08/05 | 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. | ||
| 08/05 | 13h00>15h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Live | Tom McKinney showcases live recordings from around the globe, with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra playing Grieg, and pianist Bertrand Chamayou playing Ravel. | ||
| 08/05 | 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. | ||
| 08/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Composer of the Week: CPE Bach | 3/5. Bach makes plans to give up his job as the King's personal accompanist. How will his boss respond? Presented by Donald Macleod. | ||
| 08/05 | 17h00>19h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | In Tune | Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian joins Katie live from New York. Katie also introduces live music from saxophonist Huw Wiggin and pianist Noriko Ogawa. |