Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—25/12/2012
A sequence of 20th century choral and baroque instrumental Christmas works.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Tuesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with festive music and surprises.
09:00
Essential Classics—Tuesday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), Episode 2
2/5Donald Macleod discusses Offenbach's La belle Helene and La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Schwetzingen Festival 2012, Episode 6
6/9Music from the 2012 Schwetzingen Festival, by Mussorgsky, Medtner, Mozart and Bach.
14:00
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols—25/12/2012
Christmas carols and readings from the chapel of King's College, Cambridge.
15:40
Afternoon Concert—European Music Festivals, Episode 2
2/5Lang Lang plays Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 5, Op 73 (Emperor) at the Lucerne Festival.
16:30
Opera on 3—Wagner's Ring, Die Walkure, Act 1
1/3Act 1 of Wagner's Die Walkure, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.(R)
17:40
New Generation Artists—Jennifer Johnston, Apollon Musagete Quartet, Christian Ihle Hadland, Robin Tritschler
With Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), Apollon Musagete Quartet, Christian Ihle Hadland (piano).
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Evening
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—BBC Proms 2012, Prom 49: The Yeomen of the Guard
Catherine Bott presents Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard from the 2012 Proms
22:00
Belief—President Jimmy Carter
Former US President Jimmy Carter talks to Joan Bakewell about his beliefs.
22:30
Cantata for Christmas Day
Bach's festive Christmas Day Cantata, Christen ätzet diesen Tag, BWV63.
23:00
Late Junction—Tuesday - Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt presents a varied, festive selection of music.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—26/12/2012
Jonathan Swain presents music from the fourth Mazovia Goes Baroque Festival from Poland.
