| Day | Hour | Type Event | Name Lang | Event name | Short Event | Extended Lang | Extended Event |
| 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. | ||
| 08/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. | ||
| 08/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Radio 3 in Concert | Conductor Anja Bihlmaier and the BBC Philharmonic in Bruckner's Seventh Symphony. They are joined by pianist Steven Osborne for Beethoven's 'Emperor' Concerto. | ||
| 08/05 | 21h45>22h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | The Essay: Dietrich in 5 Songs | Historian Karin Wieland reveals how 'In the Ruins of Berlin' took Dietrich back to the land she had categorically rejected with the rise of the Nazis and which remained hostile. | ||
| 08/05 | 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. | ||
| 08/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | 'Round Midnight | Late night UK jazz presented by Soweto Kinch. Guest Amanda Whiting plays a record. | ||
| 08/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | Walton's Viola Concerto with violist Tabea Zimmermann and Elgar's First Symphony performed with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Manze. Penny Gore presents. | ||
| 09/05 | 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. | ||
| 09/05 | 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. | ||
| 09/05 | 13h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Live | Tom McKinney showcases live recordings from around the globe, with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra playing Berlioz, and pianist Bertrand Chamayou performing Britten and Brahms. | ||
| 09/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music by Smetana, Gibbons, Beethoven, Bernstein, Florence Price, Ravel and Ola Gjeilo. | ||
| 09/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Radio 3 in Concert | The London Symphony Orchestra in music from the The Bad and the Beautiful, Vaughan Williams' wartime Fifth Symphony and Bertrand Chamayou joins them for Ravel's Piano Concerto. | ||
| 09/05 | 21h45>22h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | The Essay: Dietrich in 5 Songs | Writer Paul Morley alights on Where Have All the Flowers Gone. A Pete Seeger anti-war folk song that Dietrich transmuted into something tender and powerful, tempered by experience. | ||
| 09/05 | 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. | ||
| 09/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | 'Round Midnight | Today's guest is Amanda Whiting. Soweto plays new music from Bex Burch and KOKOROKO. | ||
| 09/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | Members of the Lotz Trio and Musica Florea, soprano Michaela Riener and their artistic director Róbert Sebesta in music by Telemann and his contemporaries. Penny Gore presents. | ||
| 10/05 | 06h30>09h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Breakfast | Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show featuring the Friday poem. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. | ||
| 10/05 | 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. | ||
| 10/05 | 13h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Live | Tom McKinney showcases live recordings from around the globe, with Le Concert de la Loge playing Pergolesi, and pianist Bertrand Chamayou playing Satie. | ||
| 10/05 | 16h00>17h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Composer of the Week: CPE Bach | 5/5. Bach takes his music critics to task and considers how he might be remembered. Presented by Donald Macleod. | ||
| 10/05 | 17h00>19h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | In Tune | Katie Derham welcomes jazz pianist and vocalist Jonathan Gee and his band to the In Tune studio. And there's more live music from The Sitkovetsky Piano Trio. | ||
| 10/05 | 19h00>19h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Mixtape | Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. | ||
| 10/05 | 19h30>21h45 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Friday Night is Music Night | Recorded on New Year's Day in Shenzhen. The BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Anna-Maria Helsing with music by Vaughan Williams, Walton, Malcolm Arnold and Maxwell Davies. | ||
| 10/05 | 21h45>22h00 | (0x20) news current affairs (general) | eng | The Essay: Dietrich in 5 Songs | Le Gateau Chocolat, cabaret artiste and opera singer, celebrates the Queen of Sprechgesang and her live performance of I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 13/05 | 13h00>16h00 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Classical Live | Elizabeth Alker showcasing the best performances from the UK and beyond, with a lunchtime concert from London's Wigmore Hall. | ||
| 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? | ||
| 15/05 | 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. | ||
| 15/05 | 23h30>00h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | 'Round Midnight | Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz. | ||
| 15/05 | 00h30>06h30 | (0x30) show game show (general) | eng | Through the Night | Daniel Harding conducts the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bartók's first violin concerto, Dvorák's seventh symphony and his symphonic poem 'The Noon Witch'. |