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Christmas Morning Live

Bring some extra sparkle to your Christmas morning by joining Petroc Trelawny, live from Broadcasting House, with his festive selection of seasonal music and star guests.

Whether you’re celebrating with family or spending time on your own, Petroc Trelawny has assembled the perfect selection of festive guests to brighten and enliven your morning.

The live music includes carols from Max Barley and the Choir of Holy Trinity Sloane Square, performances by eminent pianist Imogen Cooper, and heartwarming Christmas standards from jazz singer Sandra-Mae Lux and pianist Christian Vaughan.

And in the best traditions of Christmas Day, there will be delicious treats and surprises along the way.

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3 hours, 30 minutes

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Christmas Day 202509:30
BBC Radio 3

Music Played

  • George Ratcliffe Woodward

    Ding Dong Merrily on High

    Music Arranger: Roger Harvey. Music Arranger: Thoinot Arbeau. Ensemble: London Brass.
    • London Brass.

  • Trad.

    I Saw Three Ships

    Music Arranger: Sir David Willcocks. Choir: Choir of York Minster.
    • Cathedral Christmas.
    • Classic Fox Records.
    • 4.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    December (The Year)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • SONY BMG.

  • William Byrd

    Lullay, my liking and Hodie Christus natus est

    Choir: Holy Trinity Choir, Sloane Square. Choir: Holy Trinity Choir, Sloane Square. Choir: Holy Trinity Choir, Sloane Square. Conductor: Max Barley. Conductor: Max Barley. Conductor: Max Barley. Composer: Thomas Hewitt Jones. Composer: Thomas Hewitt Jones. Composer: Thomas Hewitt Jones.

  • John Ireland

    The Holy Boy

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • John Ireland: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Leopold Mozart

    A musical sleigh ride

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • The Night Before Christmas.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Barry Gray

    A Christmas to Remember - Skating

    Conductor: Barry Gray.
    • Stingray (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 21.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Surrey with the fringe on top (Oklahoma)

    Composer: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Marlene Dietrich.
    • The Very Best Of Marlene Dietrich.
    • Disconforme.
    • 7.

  • Elaine Agnew

    Curoo Curoo

    Choir: UCD Choral Scholars. Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Desmond Earley.
    • Be All Merry.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.

  • Eddie Pola

    It's the most wonderful time of the Year

    Choir: Holy Trinity Choir, Sloane Square. Conductor: Max Barley.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: I. - - Live

    Performer: David Blackadder. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Laurence Cummings.
    • J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2, 3 & 5 (Live).
    • AAM Records.
    • 1.

  • Steve Rosenberg & Ciaran Jenkins

    Coventry Carol

  • Jr. John Henry Hopkins

    We Three Kings

    Singer: Mario Lanza. Choir: The Jeff Alexander Chorus. Conductor: Ray Sinatra.
    • RCA.

  • Leos Janáček

    On an Overgrown Path, Book 1: 'The Madonna of Frydek'

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.

  • Franz Liszt

    Weihnachtsbaum (Christmas Tree: Schlummerlied (Slumber Song)

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.

  • Robert Donat

    When icicles hang by the wall

  • Cosmo Sheldrake

    Owl Song

    Performer: Cosmo Sheldrake.
    • Owl Song.
    • Tardigrade Records.
    • 1.

  • John Rutter

    Icicles (When Icicles Hang)

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.
    • Fancies.
    • Collegium.
    • 18.

  • Björk

    Frosti

    Performer: Björk.
    • Vespertine.
    • Elektra.

  • Harry Belafonte & Ralph Hunter

    The Baby Boy

    • Jump Up Calypso.
    • RCA Records Label.
    • 3.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in E flat major, D.899 no.2

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.

  • Traditional English

    A Virgin Most Pure

    Singer: Maddy Prior. Ensemble: Carnival Band.
    • Saydisc.

  • Dimitri Tiomkin

    It's a Wonderful Life

    Orchestra: RKO Studio Orchestra.
    • It's a Wonderful Life.
    • Sinetone AMR.
    • 1.

  • Meade Lux Lewis

    Honky Tonk Train Blues

    Performer: Meade Lux Lewis.
    • Meade Lux Lewis Selected Favorites Volume 1.
    • Charly Records.
    • 15.

  • Dimitri Tiomkin

    Auld Lang Syne

    Orchestra: RKO Studio Orchestra.
    • It's a Wonderful Life.
    • Sinetone AMR.
    • 6.

  • Traditional Welsh

    Ar Gyfer Heddiw'r Bore

    Author: David Hughes. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Ensemble: Brigyn.
    • Lloer.
    • 2019 Gwynfryn Cymunedol.
    • 5.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Murder on the Orient Express (Waltz)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • 100 Greatest Film Themes, Take 2.
    • Silva Screen.
    • 11.

  • Leos Janáček

    On an Overgrown Path, Book 1: 'The Madonna of Frydek'

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Go from my window

    Performer: Susanna Pell. Performer: Asako Morikawa. Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • Gibbons: Consorts for Viols.
    • Avie.
    • 21.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Peace on earth

    Performer: Dónal McCann. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Singer: George Hill. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 1.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Commonwealth Christmas Overture

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Arnold: Clarinet concerto and Orchestral works.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.

  • Robert Wells

    The Christmas Song

    Composer: Mel Tormé. Performer: Sandra-Mae Lux. Performer: Sandra-Mae Lux. Ensemble: Christian Vaughan. Ensemble: Christian Vaughan.

  • Trad.

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Music Arranger: Clarice Assad. Ensemble: Miró Quartet.
    • Hearth.
    • Pentatone.
    • 101.

  • Sunita Staneslow

    Child in a manger

  • Johann Strauss II

    Champagne Polka

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.
    • Strauss, Johann: The Blue Danube.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 10.

  • Jule Styne

    Let It Snow

    Lyricist: Sammy Cahn. Performer: Sandra-Mae Lux. Performer: Christian Vaughan.

  • Sandra-Mae Lux

    This December Love

    Lyricist: Alan D. Marriott. Performer: Sandra-Mae Lux. Performer: Sandra-Mae Lux. Performer: Sandra-Mae Lux. Performer: Christian Vaughan.

  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 6 "Pastorale per il Santissimo Natale": I.

    • Per la notte di Natale: Italian Christmas Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

  • Steve Rosenberg & Angela Hewitt

    Away in a Manger

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Closing Waltz; Grand Finale)

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 14.

  • J. Fred Coots

    Santa Claus is Coming to Town

    Composer: Haven Gillespie. Ensemble: Sandra-Mae Lux. Ensemble: Sandra-Mae Lux. Ensemble: Christian Vaughan. Ensemble: Christian Vaughan.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata 110: Then was our mouth filled with laughter

    Choir: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • J S Bach Cantatas, Vol. 43 - BWV 57, 110, 151.
    • BIS.
    • 101.

  • Richard Rodgers

    My Favourite Things (The Sound of Music)

    Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Nimbus.

  • Trad.

    12 Days of Christmas

    Music Arranger: Chris Gough. Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Brass Players. Conductor: Chris Gough.

Broadcast

  • Christmas Day 202509:30
    BBC Radio 3