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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."
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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Please begin the address on the envelope with the programme and the radio name which one You'd like to send your message to.
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3
Phone: +44 0370 010 0300 (Check your phone provider about actual call costs)
E-mail: The programmes have their own e-mail addresses. You can find the programmes, and their individual e-mail address, or contact options on the official site – https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3
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BBC Radio 3 frequencies
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 FMYou 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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DigitalTV: Freeview: Channel 703, Freesat: Channel 703, Sky: Channel 0103, Virgin: Channel 903, Virgin Ireland: 909
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00:35Samuel Barber - Violin Concerto, Op 14
00:32Grażyna Bacewicz - Scherzo for Piano
00:27Franz Liszt - Consolations, Six Pensées poétiques, S.172: No. 3 In D Flat Major
00:24Carlo Gesualdo - Madrigali a cinque voci, Libro sesto (1611): O dolce mio tesoro
00:17Sergey Rachmaninov - Symphony No 2 in E minor, Op 27 (3rd mvt)
00:13Astor Piazzolla - Libertango
00:08Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Concerto In D Major Op.35 For Violin And Orchestra
00:02Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings
23:28Olivia Furey - Cluttercore 2020
23:21Ellen Arkbro - Speak All Voices
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BBC Radio 3's schedule10
00:00 - Classical Fix
Bryony Gordon
Restorative Rachmaninov: Bryony finds solace in Clemmie's classical playlist.
Restorative Rachmaninov: Bryony finds solace in Clemmie's classical playlist.
00:30 - Through the Night
Barber's Violin Concerto and Mendelssohn's 'Italian' Symphony
Augustin Hadelich performs the Barber concerto with the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Cologne.
Augustin Hadelich performs the Barber concerto with the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Cologne.
06:30 - Breakfast
Monday - Petroc's classical rise and shine
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00 - Essential Classics
Georgia Mann
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
12:00 - Composer of the Week
Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Romantic Entanglements
1/5 Donald Macleod explores the love story that sits alongside Schumann’s piano work Carnaval.
1/5 Donald Macleod explores the love story that sits alongside Schumann’s piano work Carnaval.
13:00 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Timothy Ridout and Tom Poster play Brahms Viola Sonatas
Violist Timothy Ridout and pianist Tom Poster play Brahms and Kurt Schwertsik.
Violist Timothy Ridout and pianist Tom Poster play Brahms and Kurt Schwertsik.
14:00 - Afternoon Concert
BBC Symphony Orchestra - Mental Health Awareness Week
Penny Gore introduces music by Montgomery, Beethoven, Schoenberg and Enescu.
Penny Gore introduces music by Montgomery, Beethoven, Schoenberg and Enescu.
16:30 - Early Music Now
The Youth Capella Reial de Catalunya
With choral music by Claudio Monteverdi and Tomás Luis de Victoria.
With choral music by Claudio Monteverdi and Tomás Luis de Victoria.
17:00 - In Tune
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Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
19:00 - In Tune Mixtape
Thirty minutes of classical inspiration
An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises.
An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises.
19:30 - Radio 3 in Concert
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Germany's leading period instrument group perform Hasse, JCF Bach and Handel.
Germany's leading period instrument group perform Hasse, JCF Bach and Handel.
22:00 - Music Matters
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Kate Molleson talks to Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Plus, Benjamin Lapidus and Lucy Duran.
22:45 - The Essay
In Their Voices, Marian Anderson
1/5 Peter Brathwaite shares his love of the voice of Marian Anderson and why it is so special.
1/5 Peter Brathwaite shares his love of the voice of Marian Anderson and why it is so special.
23:00 - Night Tracks
The constant harmony machine
Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.