09:30 PM - 06:30 AM
Midsummer Dreaming
From sunset until sunrise on the solstice, Verity Sharp presents a special dream-like night of radio documentaries from Radio 3's archives - accompanied by music for enchantment.
06:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
Mark Forrest presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sunday Morning
Join Sarah Walker for a special edition of the programme, live from Glastonbury Abbey with three hours of glorious classical music to celebrate the Summer solstice.
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Private Passions
Michael Berkeley's guest is the writer and Zen Buddhist priest Ruth Ozeki.
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Music Map
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the musical landscape of Alfvén's joyous summer all-nighter, from midsummer tunes to fellow Swedish musical exports, plus the shadowy world of espionage.
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Music Matters: Music on the Front Line
Clive Myrie is in conversation with fellow journalists. He and Steve share stories to reveal the power and significance of music when reporting from extreme conflict situations.
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton celebrates midsummer on the longest day of 2026.
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
The Early Music Show
Hannah French visits Paris to chat to the harpsichordist, conductor and founder of Les Talens Lyriques about his extraordinary career which spans more than 4 decades.
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Choral Evensong
Live from the Chapel of Clare College, Cambridge, with music by John Rutter, Howells, Nico Muhly and Hovland.
07:00 PM - 07:45 PM
Sunday Feature: Leon Bosch, the...
...Double Bass and the Children of Soweto. How Leon Bosch learned to confront trauma and speak through the voice of the double bass.
07:45 PM - 09:00 PM
Words and Music
Grace Cookey-Gam and Toby Jones & a binaural journey of intoxication, inspiration and loss of words & sanity. Music from Doris Day and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to Oliver Knussen.
09:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Sunday Selection
Guitarist Alexandra Whittingham chooses a selection of music for Sunday evening, and shines a spotlight on Radio 3 New Generation Artist Julius Asal.
10:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Night Tracks
Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
11:30 PM - 12:30 AM
Unclassified
On solstice night, Elizabeth Alker offers up ambient and experimental sounds from today's new crop of genre-defying artists.
12:30 AM - 06:30 AM
Through the Night
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra with soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan, performing Golfam Khayam's 'I'm not a tale to be told' and Haydn's Symphony no 44 'Mourning'.