Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—22/12/2012
Sergiu Celibidache conducts Frumerie's Pastoral Suite and Sibelius's Fifth Symphony.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Saturday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with festive music and surprises.
09:00
CD Review—Building a Library: Rossini's La Cenerentola
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Rossini's La Cenerentola.
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Afternoon
12:15
Music Feature—If Chimes Could Whisper - The Strange Tale of the Glass Armonica
Percussionist Evelyn Glennie celebrates the 250th birthday of the glass armonica.(R)
13:00
The Early Music Show—Trinity Carol Roll
A look at one of the earliest sources of English medieval music the Trinity Carol Roll.
14:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Kristian Bezuidenhout
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) performs music by Mozart at the Wigmore Hall in London.(R)
15:00
Saturday Classics—Richard Sisson
Pianist/composer Richard Sisson presents an alternative take on the 12 Days of Christmas.
17:00
Jazz Record Requests—22/12/2012
Alyn Shipton presents a selection of listeners' requests in all styles of jazz.
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Evening
18:00
Opera on 3—Live from the Met, Rossini's The Barber of Seville
Rossini's great comic opera The Barber of Seville, in an English version.
20:30
Warsaw Variations
The story of two Polish composers, Andrzej Panufnik and Witold Lutoslawski.(R)
21:00
The Wire—The Pythagorean Comma
Gavin Bryars and Blake Morrison give a modern twist to a Jules Verne tale about music.
22:00
Hear and Now—Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2012, Episode 4
4/5Music from 2012's Huddersfield Music Festival, by Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje.
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Late
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—A Christmas Miscellany
Geoffrey Smith presents a Christmas miscellany.
01:00
Through the Night—23/12/2012
A performance of Berlioz's version of Christ's early life, L'enfance du Christ.
