| 00:00 | 00:30John Shea presents organ and choral music by Duruflé, including his Requiem.
| 00:30The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Daniel Barenboim in Liszt, Wagner and Berlioz.
| 00:30A complete performance of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet given by the Mariinsky Orchestra.
| 00:30John Shea presents a performance of Smetana's Ma Vlast from the 2011 Proms.
| 00:30Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes in a recital of music by Beethoven, Brahms and Schoenberg.
| | 00:00Geoffrey Smith concentrates on hits of the later career of singer Jimmy Rushing.
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00With Nicola Hall. Including three rarely-heard Czech classical cello concertos.
| 01:00The Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in a programme of Mozart, Pachulski and Tchaikovsky.
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| 06:00 | 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
| 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
| 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
| 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
| 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with festive music and surprises.
| 07:00Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with festive music and surprises.
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| 09:00 | 09:00WIth Sarah Walker. Building a Library Recommendation: Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra.
| 09:00With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 2.
| 09:00With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Strauss: Ein Heldenleben.
| 09:00With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Schumann: Fantasie in C.
| 09:00With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Respighi: Fountains of Rome.
| 09:00With Andrew McGregor. Includes Building a Library: Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No 8 in B flat.
| 09:00Rob Cowan presents musical evocations of winter and a Bach cantata: BWV141.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Donald Macleod focuses on Delalande and Marais's early years.
| 12:002/5Donald Macleod on Delalande's seeking to impress Louis XIV and Marais's work with Lully.
| 12:003/5Donald Macleod focuses on how Lalande and Marais achieved fame and fortune.
| 12:004/5Donald Macleod on how Louis XIV's death in 1715 brought changes for Delalande and Marais.
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod focuses on Delalande and Marais's varied interests in their final years.
| 12:15Suzy Klein explores the world of mummers plays and picks Music Matters 2012 highlights.
| 12:001/2Louise Fryer presents Part 1 of Radio 3's annual day of Christmas music from around Europe
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| 13:00 | 13:00Barry Douglas (piano) in Brahms: Intermezzi, Op 117; Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor, Op 5.
| 13:001/8Music from the 2012 International Musicians Seminar in Cornwall: Schumann, Mozart and Ades
| 13:002/8With a Beethoven string trio performed in Bristol and Schumann's Dichterliebe from Devon.
| 13:003/8Including performances for cello by Adrian Brendel and Ralph Kirshbaum.
| 13:004/8Music from 2012's summer festivals, by Lutoslawski and Janacek.
| 13:00Lucie Skeaping explores the life and work of Spanish composer Cristobal de Morales.
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| 14:00 | 14:001/4The BBC SSO in music by Mussorgsky, Szymanowski, Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov and Britten.
| 14:002/4The BBC SSO performs music by Maxwell Geddes, Rodrigo, Mozart, Prokofiev and Beethoven.
| 14:003/4The BBC SSO plays music by Bartok and Tchaikovsky. Plus Olli Mustonen (piano) in Prokofiev
| 14:00John Shea presents the Vienna Philharmonic in Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov.
| 14:004/4John Shea presents the BBC SSO in Tchaikovsky, Bartok, Stravinsky and Rachmaninov.
| 14:00Barry Douglas (piano) in Brahms: Intermezzi, Op 117; Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor, Op 5.(R)
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| 15:00 | | | 15:30From Birmingham Cathedral.
| | | 15:00Noah Stewart chooses pieces and recordings that have shaped his musical career to date.
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| 16:00 | 16:30Guests include John Mark Ainsley, Graham Fitkin, James O'Donnell and Bill Bankes-Jones.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty is joined by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and conductor Graham Ross
| 16:30Presented by Sean Rafferty. With live music from The Cardinall's Musick and Crows' Bones.
| 16:30With guests including tenor Rolando Villazon, harpist Catrin Finch and Paul McCreesh.
| 16:30Presented by Sean Rafferty. With the David Rees-Williams Trio and conductor Marc Minkowski
| | 16:00From Birmingham Cathedral.(R)
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| 17:00 | | | | | | 17:00Alyn Shipton's request selection includes Horace Silver and Buddy De Franco. 17:45Live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Meyerbeer's opera Robert le diable.
| 17:002/2Louise Fryer presents Part 2 of Radio 3's annual day of Christmas music.
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| 18:00 | 18:301/5Donald Macleod focuses on Delalande and Marais's early years.
| 18:302/5Donald Macleod on Delalande's seeking to impress Louis XIV and Marais's work with Lully.
| 18:303/5Donald Macleod focuses on how Lalande and Marais achieved fame and fortune.
| 18:304/5Donald Macleod on how Louis XIV's death in 1715 brought changes for Delalande and Marais.
| 18:305/5Donald Macleod focuses on Delalande and Marais's varied interests in their final years.
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| 19:00 | 19:30The Sixteen present a wide-ranging exploration of Christmas themes in music old and new.
| 19:301/2Joshua Bell (violin) and Sam Haywood (piano) perform music by Schubert and Strauss.
| 19:30Vladimir Jurowski leads the London Philharmonic in music by Grisey and Mahler.
| 19:301/2BBC SSO in Bartok: Suite (The Miraculous Mandarin); Piano Concerto No 2.
| 19:301/2Francois-Xavier Roth conducts the BBC NOW and Chorus in Part 1 of Handel's Messiah.
| | 19:453/3Simon Bainbridge explores how Napoleon shaped poetry in Britain, especially the Romantics.
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| 20:00 | | 20:15Jonathan Coffey explores the life and legacy of American virtuoso violinist Michael Rabin. 20:352/2Joshua Bell (violin) and Sam Haywood (piano) perform music by Gershwin and Prokofiev.
| | 20:15Stephen Johnson explores Paul Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis. 20:352/2BBC SSO: Hindemith: Trauermusik; Symphonic Metamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von Weber
| 20:10Stephen Johnson explores one of the most popular seasonal oratorios, Handel's Messiah. 20:302/2Francois-Xavier Roth conducts Parts 2 and 3 of Handel's oratorio Messiah.
| | 20:30Adaptation of WG Sebald's novel about remembering the Holocaust.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Anne McElvoy talks to screenwriter Ronald Harwood about his new film Quartet. 22:451/5Fiona Stafford explores the symbolism and importance of the ancient yew tree.
| 22:00Matthew Sweet chairs an International Review edition of the programme. 22:452/5Fiona Stafford on the history and symbolism of ash trees, threatened by dieback disease.
| 22:00Are nation states relevant anymore? Plus best-selling evangelical US author W Paul Young. 22:453/5Why is the oak tree the epitomy of Britishness when its existence is threatened?
| 22:00From Free Thinking 2012, Lindsay Johns argues that we should stop listening to the young. 22:454/5Fiona Stafford discusses the willow, a strong, highly versatile and fast growing tree.
| 22:00Ian McMillan's guests include storyteller Daniel Morden and singer Simone Felice.(R) 22:455/5Fiona Stafford on the common tree that for many has been much maligned as a nuisance.
| 22:303/5Music from 2012's Huddersfield Festival: Rebecca Saunders, Naomi Pinnock, Christopher Fox.
| 22:00Moshe Morad visits Athens, presenting music from Manolis Karantinis and Glykeria.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Jez Nelson presents the Henri Texier Octet performing at the 2012 London Jazz Festival.
| 23:00Verity Sharp presents flamenco, a work song from Bulgaria, and harpsichord and electronics
| 23:00Verity Sharp with music by Karine Polwart, Finnish jouhikko, Mendelssohn and Dajuin Yao.
| 23:00Verity Sharp presents music from Greece and England plus jazz trio Troyka.
| 23:00Lopa Kothari with a tribute to Ravi Shankar, and a look back at WOMAD 2012.
| | 23:00Julian Joseph presents music from the 2012 ReVoice Festival.
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