| Day | Hour | Type Event | Name Lang | Event name | Short Event | Extended Lang | Extended Event |
| 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. | ||
| 03/05 | 06h30>09h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Breakfast | Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show featuring the Friday poem. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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 | 12h00>13h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Private Passions | Michael Berkeley's guest is the American writer Percival Everett. | ||
| 05/05 | 13h30>15h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Music Map | Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical landscape around Schubert's Impromptu in C minor, listening in deeply to find sonic connections across time and space. | ||
| 05/05 | 15h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Choral Evensong | Live from Tewkesbury Abbey with music by Walton, Leighton and Hadley. | ||
| 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 | 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 | 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. |