Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—20/12/2012
Sergiu Celibidache conducts a performance of Berwald's Sinfonie singulière.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with festive music and surprises.
09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Andrew McGregor
With Andrew McGregor. Including Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Episode 4
4/5Works associated with some of the most important people in Brahms's life.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Schwetzingen Festival 2012, Episode 3
3/9From the 2012 Schwetzingen Festival, music by Beethoven, Messiaen and Martinu.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Delius - A Village Romeo and Juliet
Delius's opera A Village Romeo and Juliet from the 2012 Wexford Festival.
16:30
In Tune—Thursday - Sean Rafferty
Sean Rafferty presents a festive selection of music and guests from the arts world.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Episode 4
4/5Works associated with some of the most important people in Brahms's life.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Wigmore Hall, London, Stile Antico - Music for Christmas - Part 1
1/2Stile Antico in music for Advent and Christmas: Tallis: Puer natus est nobis (excerpts).
20:20
Twenty Minutes—There Are Precious Things
A new seasonal short story by Alison MacLeod about the precious things in daily life.
20:40
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Wigmore Hall, London, Stile Antico - Music for Christmas - Part 2
2/2Stile Antico in music for Advent and Christmas. Including Byrd: Laetentur coeli.
22:00
Free Thinking—2012 Festival, Philippa Gregory
Novelist Philippa Gregory talks to Rana Mitter at the 2012 Free Thinking festival.
22:45
The Essay—A New Cycle of Mystery Plays, Lazarus
4/5Winsome Pinnock's setting of the story of Lazarus in a holistic healing centre.
23:00
Late Junction—Late Junction Sessions, Nils Frahm, Ghostpoet, Hyelim Kim
Max Reinhardt introduces Nils Frahm, Ghostpoet and Hyelim Kim in session.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—21/12/2012
John Shea presents another archive recording from conductor Sergiu Celibidache.
