BBC Proms 2026 presents 86 concerts over eight weeks with every note broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds, and 24 Proms programmes on BBC TV and iPlayer

The BBC Proms 2026 run from Friday 17 July to Saturday 12 September at London’s Royal Albert Hall and venues across the UK ...
Advanced Television

BBC launches new radio stations on DAB+

The BBC has launched its first DAB+ music stations. The three new station extensions from Radio 1 and Radio 3 are the first to be added to the BBC’s music portfolio since 2002 – when the BBC launched ...
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BBC launches Key Changes: Radio 3’s Essential History of Classical Music, exploring a millennium of musical innovation

The series connects cultural, political, and social shifts with musical innovation, offering listeners a deeper understanding of how history and music intertwine This wide-ranging, year-long ...
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Radio 3 Unwind

A soothing collection of impressionist gems, ambient vignettes and contemporary reveries. A collection of classical tunes to ease the mind and soothe the soul. Revel in the pensive piano of Erik Satie ...
The Daily Telegraph

Radio 3 has dumbed down over the years. Here’s the proof

The station’s recent turn to chill-out music and other genres is much lamented as abandoning its original ‘aspirations to higher planes’ Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an ...
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BBC Radio 3 announces 2026-2028 cohort of New Generation Artists

The musicians join the station’s prestigious talent development scheme from September L-R: (Top) Sultan Stevenson (Image: Dave Stapleton), Samrat Majumder (Image: Kaupo Kikkas), Yibai Chen, Anja ...