| Day | Hour | Type Event | Name Lang | Event name | Short Event | Extended Lang | Extended Event |
| 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 | 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. | ||
| 11/05 | 21h30>22h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Music Planet | Kathryn Tickell presents a recording of Estonian folk group Duo Ruut live in concert in Tallinn plus the latest new releases. | ||
| 11/05 | 22h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | New Music Show | Kate Molleson reports from this year's Tectonics festival in Glasgow, with an adventurous mix of new orchestral work, improvised and electronic music. | ||
| 11/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | Violinist Aylen Pritchin joins WDR Symphony Orchestra and conductor Maxim Emelyanychev in a concert featuring Beethoven's Violin Concerto and 5th Symphony. Jonathan Swain presents. | ||
| 12/05 | 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. | ||
| 12/05 | 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 out on the road or keeping cosy at home. | ||
| 12/05 | 12h00>13h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Private Passions | Michael Berkeley's guest is the film producer Alison Owen. | ||
| 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 | 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. | ||
| 14/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring Bruckner's third symphony, as well as chamber music by Milhaud and Mozart. | ||
| 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 | Brand new UK jazz with Soweto Kinch, alongside gems from around the world. | ||
| 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 award-winning 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. | ||
| 15/05 | 13h00>15h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Live | Fiona Talkington showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, recorded by the BBC, the European Broadcasting Union and BBC New Generation Artists. | ||
| 15/05 | 15h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Choral Evensong | Live from Exeter Cathedral, with music by Howells, Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Cecilia McDowall. | ||
| 15/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Composer of the Week: Elizabeth... | ...Maconchy. 3/5. Maconchy is forced to shift her priorities from music to the war effort. With Kate Molleson. | ||
| 15/05 | 17h00>19h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | In Tune | Sean Rafferty meets the composer and playwright behind FANNY - a new theatrical comedy about Fanny Mendelssohn. | ||
| 15/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. | ||
| 15/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Radio 3 in Concert | Live at the Barbican Hall, London, The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, conducted by Harry Christophers, perform Monteverdi's splendid and dazzlingly inventive Vespers. | ||
| 15/05 | 21h45>22h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | The Essay: Music in Bloom | How have composers been inspired by gardens across the centuries? | ||
| 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 | Lopa Kothari 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. |