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About BBC Radio 3

Listen online to the internet radio of BBC Radio 3 live, which is the second most listened to especially classical music broadcaster radio station in the UK, nearly 2 million weekly listeners choose it for its conservative perspective in entertainment. BBC Radio 3 offers a mild mixture of speech related programmes and classical music. The orchestra-concert lovers can find their interest in the schedule, because the “Radio 3 in Concert” takes place from 7:30pm to 10pm on each weekday, with live concert broadcasts. Every summer, the famous “BBC Proms” concerts are broadcasted live in this time-slot, expanded to the weekends. The “BBC Orchestras and Singers” are also part of the programme structure. Besides the classical music, shifts to full time dramas and talks about arts and culture diversify the schedule.
The station's morning programme on every day of the week, from 6:30am to 9am on weekdays, and on Saturday from 7am to 9am arrives with Petroc Trelawny, and from 7am to 9am on Sunday with Martin Handley. The main function of the radio's "breakfast show" is not to shrill for waking up the listeners, but to set the mornings' keynote by playing the classical music requests of the listeners besides the presenter's picks.

BBC Radio 3 's slogan: "Classical, jazz, world music, drama, documentaries, features… and light in the darkness."

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Aberdare area, South Wales - 91.4 FMAberdeenshire - 90.9 FMAberfeldy - 91.4 FMAbergavenny & Usk Valley - 90.9 FMAbersychan - 90.7 FMAlexandria - 90.5 FMAmbleside - 90.5 FMAnglesey - 92.0 FMAngus - 90.5 FMAxminster - 91.7 FMAyrshire - 91.7 FMBakewell - 92.0 FMBallachulish - 90.3 FMBallycastle - 91.0 FMBarnoldswick area - 91.9 FMBasingstoke - 92.3 FMBath - 91.2 FMBeds - 92.3 FMBerks - 91.7 FMBerwick-upon-Tweed - 90.8 FMBexhill - 92.2 FMBlaenavon - 90.7 FMBlairgowrie - 91.8 FMBodmin area, Cornwall - 91.0 FMBorder Coast - 91.9 FMBorder Region - 91.3 FMBradford - 90.7 FMBrighton - 92.3 FMBristol - 91.5 FMBristol area - 92.1 FMBucks - 91.7 FMBurnley - 92.6 FMBuxton - 92.2 FMCalne - 90.4 FMCambridge area - 91.1 FMCambs - 92.3 FMCampbeltown - 90.6 FMCarmarthenshire - 90.6 FMCaterham - 91.9 FMCentral Lancashire - 90.8 FMCentral Northern Ireland - 92.3 FMCentral Scotland - 92.1 FMCentral Southern England - 90.7 FMCeredigion - 90.9 FMChalford - 91.4 FMChannel Islands - 91.1 FMChard - 91.1 FMCheltenham - 91.2 FM

You can follow the broadcast on the traditional analogue radio way and the digital solutions like DAB Digital Radio and DigitalTV are also available, we recommend the online radio stream.
DigitalTV: Freeview: Channel 703, Freesat: Channel 703, Sky: Channel 0103, Virgin: Channel 903, Virgin Ireland: 909

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radiotoday.co.uk - 23.02.2021

Jorja Smith and Celeste to host BBC Radio 3 series

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radiotoday.co.uk - 14.01.2021

BBC Radio 3 presents the first broadcast of Max Richter’s Voices on Global Human Rights Day

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www.bbc.co.uk - 13.11.2020

Live music returns to BBC Radio 3 Drive-Time

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Playlist 17

19:18Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now

19:15Anton Bruckner - Locus iste

19:10Ailie Robertson - The Cooperage

19:04Johannes Brahms - Sonatensatz (Scherzo from the F.A.E. sonata), WoO 2

19:01Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 27 in G Major, K199 [K.161b] - 1. Allegro

18:59Thomas Arne - Where the bee sucks (The Tempest)

18:49Johann Sebastian Bach - Allemanda & Corrente (Partita No. 6 BWV 830)

18:41Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - The Maid of Pskov (Overture)

18:34Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - The Maid of Pskov; Act 2, Akh, mama, mama

18:24Maurice Ravel - Piano Trio in A Minor, M. 67: II. Pantoum

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BBC Radio 3's schedule17

00:30 - Through the Night

Longing for Italy
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Thomas Guggeis. Presented by Jonathan Swain

06:30 - Breakfast

17/06/2021
Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

09:00 - Essential Classics

Georgia Mann - Thursday
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

12:00 - Composer of the Week

Pauline Viardot and Her Circle, A Composer and a Collaborator
4/5 Donald Macleod considers Pauline Viardot's role as a muse for Gounod and other composers.

13:00 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Cardiff Singer of the World - Song Prize Highlights (3/3)
Iain Burnside and Rebecca Evans with highlights from BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021

14:30 - Afternoon Concert

Thursday - BBC Philharmonic
The BBC Philharmonic perform Haydn, Dvořák, Ravel, Busoni, Foulds and Schwertsik.

17:00 - In Tune

Haffner Wind Ensemble
Sean Rafferty is joined by the Haffner Wind Ensemble, playing live in the studio.

19:00 - In Tune Mixtape

Thirty minutes of classical inspiration
An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises

19:30 - Radio 3 in Concert

Song Prize Final, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021
Andrew McGregor and Rebecca Evans at the 2021 Final of the BBC Cardiff Singer Song Prize

22:00 - Free Thinking

Masks
The role of masks in African traditions, Greek tragedy and Covid conspiracies

22:45 - The Essay

My Deaf World, Belonging
4/5 Sannah Gulamani's personal take on what it is like to be part of Britain's deaf community

23:00 - The Night Tracks Mix

Music for the evening
Hannah Peel with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.

23:30 - Unclassified

At the Mind Altar
Elizabeth Alker with songs to soothe, sink into, and lose yourself amidst.