| 00:00 | 00:30As part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season, a concert from the Swedish Radio Chorus.
| 00:30Catriona Young presents a piano recital of Chopin, Scarlatti and Brahms by Claire Huangci.
| 00:30Catriona Young presents opera from the 2015 Trans-Siberian Art Festival in Novosibirsk.
| 00:30Catriona Young presents the Swedish Radio Chorus performing Frank Martin's Mass.
| 00:30Catriona Young presents a concert given by the Halle under Mark Elder.
| | 00:00Geoffrey Smith's Christmas miscellany includes music from Lee Konitz and Norma Winstone.
| |
|---|
| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00Catriona Young presents a concert including Sibelius's Violin Concerto and Symphony No 7.
| 01:00Jonathan Swain presents a concert given by Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexander Melnikov.
| |
|---|
| 02:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 03:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 04:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 05:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 06:00 | 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with a musical advent calendar.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny and the BBC Singers live with the Radio 3 Carol Competition.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with a musical advent calendar.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with a musical advent calendar.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with a musical advent calendar.
| | | |
|---|
| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Martin Handley presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with a musical advent calendar.
| 07:00Martin Handley presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with a musical advent calendar.
| |
|---|
| 08:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 09:00 | 09:00Including Chopin: Impromptu in G flat and Sibelius: Symphony No 1 in E minor.
| 09:00Including Handel: Lascia ch'io pianga and Grieg: Symphonic Dances.
| 09:00Including Schoenberg: Five Orchestral Pieces and Sinding: Piano Concerto.
| 09:00Including Mozart: Sonata No 16 in C and Nielsen: Wind Quintet.
| 09:00Including Tallis: Gloria (Missa Puer natus est) and Berwald: Symphony No 4.
| 09:00With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library: Nielsen: Symphony No 6 (Sinfonia semplice).
| 09:00Rob Cowan presents music from the north, including Eduard Tubin's Piano Sonata No 2.
| |
|---|
| 10:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 11:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 12:00 | 12:001/5Donald Macleod on Icelandic classical music's roots and composer Jon Leifs.(R)
| 12:002/5Donald Macleod hears the 'original' geyser in Iceland and introduces works by Jon Leifs.(R)
| 12:003/5Works inspired by the world's oldest parliament and a lullaby sung by Bjork.(R)
| 12:004/5Exploring the influence of Iceland's sagas on its music and the contemporary music scene.(R)
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod on works by two key musicians: Haflidi Halgrimsson and Daniel Bjarnason.(R)
| 12:15Petroc Trelawny explores musical responses to the dark northern winters in Tromso, Norway.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley's guest is playwright, screenwriter and author Alan Bennett.
| |
|---|
| 13:00 | 13:00Rachel Podger (violin) features in a performance of some of Biber's Rosary Sonatas.
| 13:00Soprano Camilla Nylund and pianist Helmut Deutsch perform songs by Sibelius and Strauss.
| 13:00The Danish National Vocal Ensemble performs works by Gade, Sibelius and Nielsen.
| 13:00Katarina Karneus and Wolfgang Holzmair sing a selection of songs by Nordic composers.
| 13:00Petroc Trelawny presents organist Greg Morris in a recital live from Temple Church, London
| 13:00Music journalist Hilary Finch chooses northern performers.
| 13:001/4With a live concert from Kallio Church in Helsinki and a performance given in Copenhagen.
| |
|---|
| 14:00 | 14:001/4Ian Skelly with music: Tveitt, Sibelius, Ingvar Lidholm, Magnus Lindberg and Stenhammar.
| 14:002/4Jonathan Swain presents works by Nielsen and Part, plus Langgaard's Music of the Spheres.
| 14:003/4The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra performs Debussy, Walton, Saariaho and Aulis Sallinen
| 14:00Verity Sharp presents a performance of Sallinen's opera The King Goes Forth to France.
| 14:004/4Ian Skelly introduces music by Madetoja, Part, Sibelius, Grieg and Nielsen.
| | | |
|---|
| 15:00 | | |
| | | 15:00Matthew Sweet explores John Williams's music for the Star Wars film series.
| 15:00From Chester Cathedral.(R)
| |
|---|
| 16:00 | 16:30Sean Rafferty with live performances by Ensemble Plus Ultra and the Peter Horsfall Quartet
| 16:30Sean Rafferty with live music from FitkinWall and the Heath Quartet.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty with pianist Louis Schwizgebel, singer Marc Almond and Solomon's Knot.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty with live performances from soprano Miah Persson and Onyx Brass.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein with readings from Joanna Lumley.
| 16:00Alyn Shipton presents seasonal jazz and suggestions for the ten essential jazz records.
| 16:002/4Ian Skelly presents concerts given in Nuremberg, Stuttgart and Prague.
| |
|---|
| 17:00 | | | | | | 17:00Pianist Tord Gustavsen in concert as part of BBC Radio 3's Northern Lights season.
| | |
|---|
| 18:00 | 18:301/5Donald Macleod on Icelandic classical music's roots and composer Jon Leifs.(R)
| 18:302/5Donald Macleod hears the 'original' geyser in Iceland and introduces works by Jon Leifs.(R)
| 18:303/5Works inspired by the world's oldest parliament and a lullaby sung by Bjork.(R)
| 18:304/5Exploring the influence of Iceland's sagas on its music and the contemporary music scene.(R)
| 18:305/5Donald Macleod on works by two key musicians: Haflidi Halgrimsson and Daniel Bjarnason.(R)
| 18:00Live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Rossini's opera La Donna del Lago.
| | |
|---|
| 19:00 | 19:30Matthew Truscott directs the Scottish Ensemble in music by Part, Bach and Gubaidulina.
| 19:30The BBC NOW performs music by Nystroem, Stenhammar, Rautavaara, Leifs and Sibelius.
| 19:30The BBC Philharmonic in music by Gade, Norgard, Nielsen, Maxwell Davies and Sibelius.
| 19:30Scottish Chamber Orchestra and pianist Llyr Williams in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 3.
| 19:30Petroc Trelawny presents music for a Nordic Christmas sung by the Temple Church Choir.
| | 19:00Hayden Lorimer discusses ice with poets, musicians, explorers, doctors and physicists. 19:453/4Ian Skelly presents concerts given in Stockholm and Dresden.
| |
|---|
| 20:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 21:00 | | | | | | 21:30Poet and author Gerdur Kristny explores Iceland's Christmas myths.
| 21:00Henrik Ibsen's play about a religious zealot who refuses all compromise.(R)
| |
|---|
| 22:00 | 22:00Presented by Tom Service. Including books on opera characters and world music traditions.(R) 22:451/5Novelist Elizabeth Hay on David Milne's Painting Place III and Canada.
| 22:00Matthew Sweet is joined by Colm Toibin and others to discuss Bergman's Wild Strawberries. 22:452/5Hallgrimur Helgason on Kristin Jonsdottir's Fish Processing in Eyjafjord and Iceland.
| 22:00Philip Dodd reflects on safe cities and discusses Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent. 22:453/5Mette Moestrup on Pia Arke's Camera Obscura and Denmark and Greenland.
| 22:00Anne McElvoy talks to Christopher Hampton and Adjoa Andoh about Les Liaisons Dangereuses. 22:454/5Ray Hudson on Carolyn Reed's Touching Fire and the US state of Alaska.
| 22:00Ian McMillan presents a Christmas edition with guests Laurence Owen and Kamal Kaan. 22:455/5Thomas Hylland Eriksen on Oslo's now-demolished Holmenkollen ski-jumping hill and Norway.
| 22:00Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch present new music by Emily Hall and John Luther Adams.
| | |
|---|
| 23:00 | 23:00Cuban pianist David Virelles and his Mboko quartet perform Afro-Cuban sacred music.
| 23:00Verity Sharp with music from Sink, Stargaze and Greg Saunier, and the Wainwright sisters.
| 23:00Verity Sharp with music including Noura Mint Seymali and Daughter's Fever.
| 23:00Verity Sharp with a varied mix of music, ranging from the ancient to the contemporary.
| 23:001/2Lopa Kothari presents highlights from 2015's Womad festival.
| | 23:004/4The Bulgarian National Radio Big Band and Jazz Chorus in Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert.
| |
|---|
