| 00:00 | 00:30The European Union Baroque Orchestra and Lars Ulrik Mortensen in Bach, Torelli and Handel.
| 00:30From the BBC Proms 2012, the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski.
| 00:30Including Czech pianist Libor Novacek playing music by Beethoven, Brahms and Mussorgsky.
| 00:30Including Vanhal's Christmas Mass and Tine Thing Helseth in Haydn's Trumpet Concerto.
| 00:30French pianist Alexandre Tharaud with the Casals Quartet in Franck's Piano Quintet.
| | 00:00Music from Fats Waller and the Memphis Jug Band, plus James P Johnson and Charlie Parker.
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00A concert of music by Rossini, Puccini, Mascagni and Ponchielli.
| 01:00Russian National Orchestra under Mikhail Pletnev in excerpts from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.
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| 06:00 | 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents carols from the BBC Singers and the Advent Calendar.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents carols from the BBC Singers and the Advent Calendar.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents carols from the BBC Singers and the Advent Calendar.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents carols from the BBC Singers and the Advent Calendar.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents carols from the BBC Singers and the Advent Calendar.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Martin Handley presents carols from the BBC Singers and the Advent Calendar.
| 07:00Martin Handley presents carols from the BBC Singers and the Advent Calendar.
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| 09:00 | 09:00With Rob Cowan. Including Building a Library from CD Review: Wagner: Parsifal.
| 09:00With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Stravinsky: The Firebird.
| 09:00With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Ravel: Ma mere l'oye.
| 09:00With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Falla: El amor brujo.
| 09:00With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Dukas: La Peri.
| 09:00With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Dvorak: Symphony No 6.
| 09:00James Jolly presents seasonal music, including Corelli, Charpentier, Ryba and Rutter.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Donald Macleod examines the context of Louise Farrenc's life.
| 12:002/5Donald Macleod on the significance of Farrenc's education and family circumstances.
| 12:003/5Donald Macleod charts Farrenc's progress as she gradually began to make a name for herself
| 12:004/5The significance of Farrenc's position as a piano professor at the Paris Conservatoire.
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod explores Louise Farrenc's activities in the later part of her life.
| 12:15Lucy Parham on how literature inspired Schumann to write some of his great piano cycles.(R)
| 12:00Archbishop Justin Welby shares his favourite Christmas music with Michael Berkeley.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Francesco Piemontesi (piano) in Schubert: Sonata, D960. Debussy: Preludes: Book 1 (excpts)
| 13:005/8The Lendvai Trio in Mozart: Prelude and Fugue, K404a; Divertimento in E flat, K563.
| 13:006/8Vilde Frang (violin), Michail Lifits (piano) in Mozart: Violin Sonatas: K376; K379; K481.
| 13:007/8Ebene Quartet in Mozart: Divertimentos: in D, K136; in F, K138; Quartet in D minor, K421.
| 13:008/8London Winds in music by Mozart: Adagio, K411; Serenade in B flat, K361 (Gran Partita).
| 13:00Francesco Piemontesi (piano) in Schubert: Sonata, D960. Debussy: Preludes: Book 1 (excpts)(R)
| 13:001/2The first part of Radio 3's annual day of Christmas music, from Helsinki and Tallinn.
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| 14:00 | 14:001/4Katie Derham presents music by Stanford, Bantock, Bax, Reger, Mahler and Strauss.
| 14:002/4BBC orchestras and Singers in Cowie, Josquin, Purcell, Tippett, Stanford and Messiaen.
| 14:003/4Katie Derham with music from BBC orchestras and choirs: Britten, Victoria, Rouse, Schmidt.
| 14:00Katie Derham introduces a performance of Verdi's grand opera Aida.
| 14:004/4With Katie Derham. The BBC Concert Orchestra in Sondheim and the BBC Singers in Britten.
| 14:00Composer Richard Sisson introduces music associated with winter.
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| 16:00 | 16:30Sean Rafferty with guests including Rodolfus Choir and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.
| 16:30Including live music from 4 Girls 4 Harps, plus Will Gompertz's In Tune Christmas Card.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty talks to pianist Christian Zacharias and choreographer Matthew Bourne.
| 16:45Sean Rafferty with live music from soprano Ruby Hughes and Will Gompertz's Christmas Card.
| 16:30Suzy Klein and Sean Rafferty with a special Christmas edition from the BBC Radio Theatre.
| 16:00Claire Martin presents music from the BBC Big Band with guest soloist James Morrison.
| 16:002/2Part 2 of Radio 3's annual Christmas music day, from Prague, Munich, Budapest and Antwerp.
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| 17:00 | | | | | | 17:00Alyn Shipton presents seasonal jazz pieces, plus music by Archie Shepp and Chet Baker.
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| 18:00 | 18:301/5Donald Macleod examines the context of Louise Farrenc's life.
| 18:302/5Donald Macleod on the significance of Farrenc's education and family circumstances.
| 18:303/5Donald Macleod charts Farrenc's progress as she gradually began to make a name for herself
| 18:304/5The significance of Farrenc's position as a piano professor at the Paris Conservatoire.
| 18:005/5Donald Macleod explores Louise Farrenc's activities in the later part of her life.
| 18:00From the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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| 19:00 | 19:301/5Mark Simpson (clarinet) and Heath Quartet in Alwyn, Stravinsky, Arensky, Suk and Mozart.
| 19:302/5Tallis Scholars perform choral music for Advent and Christmas at the Temple Church, London
| 19:303/5James Gilchrist and pianist Anna Tilbrook perform Schubert's song cycle Winterreise.
| 19:304/5A performance of Vivaldi's Gloria, plus sacred works by Bach, Weelkes, Gibbons and Byrd.
| 19:005/5Live from the Temple Church, London, Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Handel's oratorio Messiah.
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| 20:00 | | | | | | | 20:15Ibsen's play transposed to India, 1879: Can Niru save her huband's reputation?(R)
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| 21:00 | | | | | | 21:30Annie Griffin's comedy thriller about NEST, a secretive technology company.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Including the life of Peter O'Toole, genes in education, Christmas in Japan and dragons. 22:451/5Rupert Goodwins on what going blind suddenly taught him about science, culture and life.
| 22:00Singer Neil Tennant, who grew up in North Shields, talks to Philip Dodd about his career. 22:452/5Writer Rupert Goodwins describes unexpected insights he gained as he lost his sight.
| 22:00Actor Richard Wilson & Prof Naoko Shimazu discuss Yasujiro Ozu's 1953 film of family life. 22:453/5Rupert Goodwins reflects on the medical experience of losing his sight.
| 22:00Anne McElvoy discusses feminism in 2013, from Twitter trolls to identity politics. 22:454/5Rupert Goodwins tries to find if technology can limit his isolation from blindness.
| 22:00Ian McMillan presents a special Christmas edition of Radio 3's cabaret of the word. 22:455/5Rupert Goodwins on the potential of the internet to improve the future for blind people.
| 22:304/5Music by Dai Fujikura, Laurence Crane, Brian Ferneyhough and Hector Parra.
| 22:10Five radio producers from around the world play a game of audio 'consequences'.(R)
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| 23:00 | 23:00Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra and pianist Marilyn Crispell play a new Radio 3 commission.
| 23:00Max Reinhardt with music from Frank Zappa, Dorit Chrysler and Ravi Shankar.
| 23:00Max Reinhardt with music by John Cage, Bahru Kegne and Juana Molina.
| 23:00Max Reinhardt with music from King Jammy, Howe Gelb, Naiyandi Melam and Sebastiane Hegarty
| 23:00Presented by Mary Ann Kennedy and featuring a session by Tsuumi Sound System.
| | 23:20BBC SSO under Ilan Volkov in music by John White, Gerald Barry, Rzewski and Feldman.(R)
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