Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—19/12/2012
Sergiu Celibidache conducts a performance of Brahms's First Symphony with the Swedish RSO.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with festive music and surprises.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Andrew McGregor
With Andrew McGregor. Including Bernstein: Symphony No 2 (Age of Anxiety).
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Recognition
3/5Donald Macleod introduces music from Brahms's first decade in Vienna.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Schwetzingen Festival 2012, Episode 2
2/9Including Truls Mork (cello) in Prokofiev and Rachmaninov. Stile Antico in Tallis and Byrd
14:00
Afternoon Concert—BBC Orchestras and Singers, Episode 3
3/4Music performed by BBC orchestras in 2012, by Humperdinck, Part and Vaughan Williams.
15:30
Choral Evensong—Lichfield Cathedral
From Lichfield Cathedral.
16:30
In Tune—London Handel Players, Katherine Broderick and Malcolm Martineau, Tamasin Day-Lewis
Sean Rafferty with live music from soprano Katherine Broderick and London Handel Players.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Recognition
3/5Donald Macleod introduces music from Brahms's first decade in Vienna.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, Tavener, Bax, Ireland, Finzi
1/2BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra in Christmas music: Tavener, Bax, Ireland and Finzi.
20:20
Discovering Music—Finzi's In Terra Pax
Stephen Johnson explores in detail Gerald Finzi's In Terra Pax.
20:40
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, Finzi, Howells, Bridge, Warlock, Vaughan Williams
2/2Music from the BBC Singers and BBC CO: Finzi, Howells, Bridge, Warlock, Vaughan Williams.
22:00
Night Waves—Bernard Rose, Public Inquiries, Tuberculosis, Mughal India
Philip Dodd meets Bernard Rose whose new film Boxing Day is inspired by a Tolstoy story.
22:45
The Essay—A New Cycle of Mystery Plays, The Parable of the Good Servant
3/5Frazer Flintham's version of the parable of the Good Servant, set in a beauty store.
23:00
Late Junction—Wednesday - Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt's selection includes tracks such as Advent Prose, In Deng and Frolic Sam.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—20/12/2012
Sergiu Celibidache conducts a performance of Berwald's Sinfonie singulière.
