close

Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Live now on Radio 3

Radio 3

Adventures in classical.
Image

LIVE,00:30 - 06:30

Isabelle Faust and Il Giardino Armonico play Vivaldi
  • Image
    UP NEXT: 06:30 - 08:00
    Radio 3 Breakfast

    Join Hannah French every Saturday for Radio 3's Breakfast show.

  • Image
    08:00 - 10:00
    Where the Light Sings

    One by one, the lights come on in a live musical adventure around Britain’s lighthouses.

The German violinist Isabelle Faust plays Vivaldi's set of concertos L'Estro armonico with the early music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico. The concert comes from the 25th edition of the Gstaad Sommets Musicaux concert series. Jonathan Swain presents. 12:31 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto in D, RV 549, Op 3 No 1 Isabelle Faust (violin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor) 12:38 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto for Two Violins in A, RV 519 Op 3 No 5 12:45 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Violin Concerto in A minor, RV 356 Op 3 No 6 12:53 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, RV 522 Op 3 No 8 01:04 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto for Four Violins in B minor, RV 580 Op 3 No 10 01:12 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto in D minor, RV 565 Op 3 No 11 01:21 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Violin Concerto in E, RV 265 Op 3 No 12 01:31 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Adagio e spiccato - Allegro, from Concerto in G minor RV 578 (encore) 01:35 AM Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764) Pastorale from Concerto grosso in F minor, Op 1 No 8 (encore) Isabelle Faust (violin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor) 01:40 AM Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Last Spring, Op 33 No 2 Camerata Bern, Thomas Furi (leader) 01:46 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Trumpet Concerto in E flat major Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Argovia Philharmonic, Rune Bergmann (conductor) 02:02 AM Clara Schumann (1819-1896) Piano Trio in G minor, Op 17 Erika Radermacher (piano), Eva Zurbrugg (violin), Angela Schwartz (cello) 02:31 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (cantata) The Sixteen, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Ton Koopman (conductor) 03:01 AM Esa-Pekka Salonen (b.1958) LA Variations Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Paolo Bortolameolli (conductor) 03:22 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Ballade No 1 in G minor, Op 23 Shura Cherkassky (piano) 03:31 AM Arthur Butterworth (1923-2014) Romanza for horn and strings Martin Hackleman (horn), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) 03:41 AM Marianna Martines (1744-1812) Sinfonia in C major BBC Concert Orchestra, Johannes Wildner (conductor) 03:53 AM Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) Wind Octet, Op 65 BBC National Orchestra of Wales 04:04 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630 Emma Kirkby (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze (director) 04:11 AM George Enescu (1881-1955) Prélude à l'unisson, from Orchestral Suite No 1 in C, Op 9 WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Cristian Măcelaru (conductor) 04:19 AM Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen (1745-1818) String Quartet No 1 in E flat major, Op 3 Eos Quartet 04:31 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Overture - Egmont Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (conductor) 04:40 AM Janez Gregorc (1934-2012) Sans respirer, sans soupir Slovene Brass Quintet 04:46 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Mentre ti lascio, o figlia - aria for bass and orchestra, K 513 Robert Holl (bass), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) 04:54 AM Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960) Passacaglia for flute solo, Op 48 No 1 Lóránt Kovács (flute) 05:03 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Novelette in F major, Op 21 No 1 Alfred Grünfeld (piano) 05:09 AM Henry Purcell (1659-1695),John Playford (1623-1686) Seven works by Purcell and Playford [1. Music for a while from Oedipus - incidental music to Act 3 Z.583; 2. Sefauchi's farewell Z.656 for keyboard; 3. 'Tis Death alone can give me ease from A Fool's preferment, or The three dukes of Dunstable Z.571 - incidental music] followed by John Playford: Drive the cold winter away; Henry Purcell: Two works [1. There's nothing so fatal as a Woman from A Fool's preferment, or The three dukes of Dunstable Z.571 - incidental music; 2. The Bashful Thames from Of old when heroes thought it base Z.333 (The Yorkshire feast song); John Playford/Henry Purcell: The Siege of Limerick] Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director) 05:21 AM Max Bruch (1838-1920) Scottish fantasy, Op 46 James Ehnes (violin), Orchestre symphonique de Montreal, Mario Bernardi (conductor) 05:52 AM Srul Irving Glick (1934-2002) Sonata for oboe and piano Senia Trubashnik (oboe), Valerie Tryon (piano) 06:09 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet No 50 in B flat major, Op 64 No 3 (Hob III 67) Talisker Kvartetten

Programme Website

Recent Tracks

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Image
    Passacaglia for flute solo, Op 48 No 2
    Passacaglia for flute solo, Op 48 No 2
    Erno Dohnanyi
  3. 2.
    Image
    Mentre ti lascio, o figlia - aria for bass and orchestra, K 513
    Mentre ti lascio, o figlia - aria for bass and orchestra, K 513
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  4. 3.
    Image
    Sans respirer, sans soupir
    Sans respirer, sans soupir
    Janez Gregorc
  5. 4.
    Image
    Overture - Egmont
    Overture - Egmont
    Ludwig van Beethoven

Proms 2026

Highlights