Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Philippe Herreweghe conducting Collegium Vocale Gent in Poland
Jonathan Swain introduces a Bach concert by Philippe Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Gent.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Alec Baldwin
Including Webern: Symphony and Strauss: An Alpine Symphony.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Impresario
4/5Donald Macleod focuses on why Vivaldi eschewed the altar for the opera stage.(R)
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—South West Festivals, International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove
2/4IMS Prussia Cove performs Mozart and Brahms at St George's Bristol.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—BBC Performing Groups Best of 2015, Episode 3
3/4Ian Skelly presents music by Mozart, Elgar, Britten and Shostakovich.
15:30
Choral Evensong—Rodolfus Choir at St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico
From St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico, London with the Rodolfus Choir.
16:30
Words and Music—Kafka and Co
Texts and music exploring the themes in Kafka. Readers: Rory Kinnear and Juliet Stevenson.(R)
17:45
New Generation Artists—Kitty Whately, Lise Berthaud, Louis Schwizgebel, Zhang Zuo, Peter Moore, Olena Tokar
Radio 3 New Generation Artists feature in music by Brahms and Mendelssohn.
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Evening
19:00
BBC Proms 2015—Prom 75: Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Simon Rattle in Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius.(R)
21:00
BBC Proms 2015—Prom 72: Nielsen and Ives
The BBC Symphony Orchestra plays music by Nielsen, Webster, Zeuner, Marsh, Mason and Ives.(R)
23:00
Late Junction—Wednesday - Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt with music from Loose Tubes, Thanos Chrysakis and Bob Holroyd.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—31/12/2015
With Jonathan Swain. Includes Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 3 and Mahler's Symphony No 1
