Schedule
Early
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Christmas
Geoffrey Smith's Christmas miscellany includes music from Lee Konitz and Norma Winstone.
01:00
Through the Night—Beethoven and Rachmaninov Cello Sonatas
Jonathan Swain presents a concert given by Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexander Melnikov.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Sunday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with a musical advent calendar.
09:00
Sunday Morning—Northern Lights
Rob Cowan presents music from the north, including Eduard Tubin's Piano Sonata No 2.
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Afternoon
12:00
Private Passions—Alan Bennett
Michael Berkeley's guest is playwright, screenwriter and author Alan Bennett.
13:00
Christmas around Europe—Christmas Around Europe (2015), Episode 1
1/4With a live concert from Kallio Church in Helsinki and a performance given in Copenhagen.
15:00
Choral Evensong—Chester Cathedral
From Chester Cathedral.(R)
16:00
Christmas around Europe—Christmas Around Europe (2015), Episode 2
2/4Ian Skelly presents concerts given in Nuremberg, Stuttgart and Prague.
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Evening
19:00
Sunday Feature—Freeze: Thaw
Hayden Lorimer discusses ice with poets, musicians, explorers, doctors and physicists.
19:45
Christmas around Europe—Christmas Around Europe (2015), Episode 3
3/4Ian Skelly presents concerts given in Stockholm and Dresden.
21:00
Drama on 3—Brand
Henrik Ibsen's play about a religious zealot who refuses all compromise.(R)
23:00
Christmas around Europe—Christmas Around Europe (2015), Episode 4
4/4The Bulgarian National Radio Big Band and Jazz Chorus in Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Haydn's The Creation
Jonathan Swain presents Haydn's The Creation with the Gabrieli Players and Paul McCreesh.
