Shows on BBC R3 Today

06:30 AM - 09:30 AM

Breakfast

Al Ryan presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

09:30 AM - 01:00 PM

Essential Classics

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

01:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Classical Live

Linton Stephens introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings, including a performance of Dvorák's Symphony No 9 from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Composer of the Week: New Zealand Composers

5/5. Donald Macleod explores five classical composers from the land of the long white cloud, New Zealand, focusing today on the life and music of Gareth Farr.

05:00 PM - 07:00 PM

In Tune

Petroc welcomes Lukas Sternath to the In Tune studio to perform ahead of his concert with the LPO at Brighton Dome. Also, The Solas Ensemble perform live from Edinburgh PQ.

07:00 PM - 07:30 PM

Classical Mixtape

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including works by Delibes, Anna Meredith, Dvorák, Coleridge-Taylor, and Nino Rota amongst others.

07:30 PM - 09:45 PM

Royal Philharmonic Society Awards 2026

Music and highlights from the annual Royal Philharmonic Society Awards given last night at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, introduced for Radio 3 by Sarah Walker.

09:45 PM - 10:00 PM

The Essay: Music Rediscovered - series 2

What does a 1929 experimental silent documentary film sound like? Leo Geyer has been piecing together the score intended by director Dziga Vertov for his Man with a Movie Camera.

10:00 PM - 11:30 PM

Late Junction

Verity Sharp shares a weave of music curated by Canadian Inuk artist-musician Tanya Tagaq.

11:30 PM - 12:30 AM

'Round Midnight

Concert highlights from celebrated UK vocalist Heidi Vogel, recorded at Inntöne festival in Austria last summer.