Schedule
EARLY
00:30
ON AIRThrough the NightBBC Proms 2024: Mahler's Fifth Symphony
The Hallé perform MacMillan’s Timotheus, Bacchus and Cecilia & Mahler’s Fifth Symphony
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MORNING
06:30
BreakfastBreakfast with the best classical music
Join Hannah French every Saturday for Radio 3's Breakfast show
09:00
Saturday MorningOpera star Joyce DiDonato
Tom talks to Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.
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AFTERNOON
12:00
Earlier... with Jools HollandClassical, blues and jazz for the weekend
Jools is joined by Croatian director and actor Krešimir Dolenčić.
13:00
Music MattersThe President and the Polka, 4. The Melting Pot
Justin Webb explores the relationship between classical music and American politics.
14:00
Record ReviewBrahms's Paganini Variations in Building a Library with Kenneth Hamilton and Andrew McGregor
Andrew McGregor with the best new releases, with Charlotte Gardner and Kenneth Hamilton.
16:00
Sound of CinemaEdith talks to composer Steven Price
Your weekly roundup of the finest film scores and movie music with Edith Bowman.
17:00
This Classical LifeJess Gillam with... Jane Mitchell
Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with the flautist Jane Mitchell.
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EVENING
18:00
Opera on 3Strauss's Arabella
Richard Strauss's Arabella, from the New York Metropolitan Opera.
21:30
Music PlanetBasque accordions, Afrobeat honours
Lopa Kothari curates a selection of new roots based music from across the globe
22:30
New Music ShowCan you hear me now?
Cutting-edge and experimental music from Lithuania, Poland and the North and South Poles.
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