Schedule
Early
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Christmas
Geoffrey Smith celebrates 2016, with tracks by Sonny Rollins, Chet Baker and Quincy Jones.
01:00
Through the Night—Complete Mozart piano concertos - programme 6
With Jonathan Swain. Including another programme in the complete Mozart piano concertos.
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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—James Jolly
James Jolly presents music by Lassus and Lili Boulanger.
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Afternoon
12:00
Private Passions—Edward Watson
Michael Berkeley's guests is Royal Ballet principal Edward Watson.
13:00
Christmas around Europe—Christmas Around Europe, Part 1
1/3Including live concert from Kallio Church in Helsinki, plus music from Freiburg Cathedral.
15:00
Choral Evensong—2005 Archive - St George's Cathedral, Cape Town
From 2005, an archive recordings from St George's Cathedral in Cape Town.(R)
16:00
Christmas around Europe—Christmas Around Europe, Part 2
2/3With live concerts from Estonia and the Czech Republic, plus a recording from Utrecht.
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Evening
19:00
Words and Music—Encoded
Texts and music inspired by codes, with readers Anna Maxwell Martin and Tim McInnerny.
20:15
Sunday Feature—1816, the Year Without a Summer
Corin Throsby explores the cultural and social impact of 1816's extreme weather.(R)
21:00
Drama on 3—The Home and the World
Tanika Gupta's updating of Rabindranath Tagore's classic novel, giving it a modern context
22:30
Christmas around Europe—Christmas Around Europe, Part 3
3/3With concerts from the Auditori in Girona and the Vigado Concert Hall in Budapest.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with the Swedish Radio Chorus
With Jonathan Swain. Including the Swedish Radio Chorus in Bernstein's Chichester Psalms.











