BBC Radio 3 Schedule Tuesday 3 June 2025

Schedule

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On air
Early
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:30
  
  Through the Night—Bartók and Brahms from Cologne
  
  Rudolf Buchbinder plays Brahms's first piano concerto, and the WDRSO plays Bartók.
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Morning
1. 06:30
  
  Breakfast—The finest classical music to elevate your morning
  
  Tom McKinney every Monday to Friday for Radio 3's Breakfast show
2. 09:30
  
  Essential Classics—Refresh your morning with classical music
  
  Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
1. 13:00
  
  On air
  
  Listen live
  
  Classical Live—Haydn and Mozart concertos and symphonies plus R3 New Generation Artists in concert
  
  Specially recorded music from concerts at home and abroad.
  
  Listen live
2. 16:00
  
  Composer of the Week—Georges Bizet (1838-1875), Roman Holiday
  
  2/5 Bizet’s naïve hero, Don José, falls under Carmen’s alluring spell. With Donald Macleod.
3. 17:00
  
  In Tune—Ease into your evening with classical music
  
  Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
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Evening
1. 19:00
  
  Classical Mixtape—The perfect classical half hour
  
  Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
2. 19:30
  
  Radio 3 in Concert—Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet'
  
  The BBC SO conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk in Lili Boulanger, James MacMillan and Prokofiev
3. 21:45
  
  The Essay—An Actor's Life - Kenneth Cranham, 2. Joe Orton and Edward Bond
  
  Kenneth Cranham's acting life, in conversation with Neil Dudgeon.
4. 22:00
  
  Night Tracks—Meditative music for night owls
  
  Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
5. 23:30
  
  'Round Midnight—Something from Ponyland
  
  Soweto spins a release from the Newcastle-based punk, afrobeat, punk jazz band Ponyland.
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Late
1. 00:30
  
  Through the Night—American Sounds
  
  Alison Balsom plays Wynton Marsalis's Trumpet Concerto with the Swedish RSO.

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