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Listen online to the internet radio of BBC Radio 3 live, the second most-listened-to classical music broadcaster radio station in the UK. Listeners are drawn to it for its conservative approach to entertainment. BBC Radio 3 offers a balanced mix of speech-related programmes and classical music. Those who love orchestral concerts will find their interests catered to in the schedule, with "Radio 3 in Concert" airing from 7:30pm to 10pm on weekdays, featuring live concert broadcasts. Every summer, the renowned "BBC Proms" concerts are broadcast live during evening hours on every day of the week. In addition to classical music, the schedule also includes dedicated slots for full-time dramas and discussions about arts and culture. The station's morning programme provides a daily starting point, with Petroc Trelawny hosting on weekdays from 6:30am to 9am, Elizabeth Alker on Saturdays from 7am to 9am, and Martin Handley on Sundays from 7am to 9am.

BBC Radio 3 slogan: "Classical, jazz, folk and world music, drama, documentaries, features…"

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BBC Radio 3's programmes26

00:30 - Through the Night

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at the 2022 BBC Proms
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein joins the NYO & Andrew Gourlay in Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.

06:30 - Breakfast

Ease into the day with classical music
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including the Friday poem.

09:30 - Essential Classics

Relax into the day with classical
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.

13:00 - Classical Live

Purcell, Schubert and Beamish from Edinburgh and the Farewell from Mahler's Song of the Earth
Purcell, Schubert and Beamish from Edinburgh and the Farewell from the Song of the Earth

16:00 - Composer of the Week

Marianna Martines (1744-1812), Death of Metastasio
5/5 Donald Macleod looks at Martines’s final years when she became fully independent. (R)

17:00 - In Tune

Classical artists live in the studio
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.

19:00 - Classical Mixtape

Classical music for your journey
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.

19:30 - Friday Night is Music Night

From Saffron Hall
Gabriella Teychenné conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in music with a Spanish flavour.

21:45 - The Essay

Journeys to the Grave, Paterson Joseph on Ignatius Sancho
Five writers go in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes. (R)

22:00 - Late Junction

Keiji Haino’s mixtape
Jennifer Lucy Allan shares a special mixtape by genre-defying artist Keiji Haino.

23:30 - 'Round Midnight

Femi Koleoso in conversation
The drummer and bandleader of Mercury Prize winners Ezra Collective joins Soweto Kinch.