Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Haydn's The Creation with Collegium Vocale Gent
Includes Haydn's oratorio The Creation conducted by Philippe Herreweghe.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Monday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents the breakfast show, with the Best of British Music Playlist.
09:00
Essential Classics—Monday - Sarah Walker with Victoria Wood
With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Beethoven: Piano Trio in D (Ghost).
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), The Pieta
1/5Music Vivaldi wrote specially to display the talents of the girls of the Pieta.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Schwarzenberg Schubertiade 2014, Episode 1
1/5Gerald Finley (baritone) and Julius Drake (piano) perform Schubert's Schwanengesang.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Celebrating Simon Rattle, Episode 1
1/4The Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle in Brahms and Schumann's First Symphonies.
16:30
Words and Music—Eminently Victorian
Texts and music on the theme of the Victorians. With Anna Maxwell Martin and Rory Kinnear.(R)
17:45
New Generation Artists—22/12/2014
Music by Mozart, Schubert, Shostakovich performed by Radio 3 New Generation Artists.
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Evening
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Bach: Mass in B Minor
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, and the OAE perform Bach's B Minor Mass.
22:00
Free Thinking—Colour: Sean Scully, Jamie Ward, Caroline Cox
Philip Dodd talks to artist Sean Scully and reflects on the way colour is perceived.(R)
22:45
The Essay—I've Never Told Anyone This Before, Tod Wodicka - The Reluctant Shaman
1/5Writer Tod Wodicka describes suffering terrifying night terrors when he was younger.
23:00
Jazz on 3—Best of 2014
Jez Nelson and guests review the musical highlights of 2014.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Festive Music from the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers
Including festive music from the BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra.
