Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Sena Jurinac as Leonora in Fidelio - archive performance
With Jonathan Swain. Including an archive performance from 1971 of Beethoven's Fidelio.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wedesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's Breakfast show, with a musical advent calendar.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Ray Mears
Artist of the Week: pianist Claudio Arrau, featured performing Schumann's Humoreske Op 20.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Prokofiev - Back in the USSR, Alexander Nevsky
3/5Focusing on Prokofiev's first struggles with the brutal realities of state criticism.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Bath Mozartfest 2016, Episode 2
2/4Music by Mozart, Debussy and Brahms from the Bath Mozartfest 2016.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—BBC Performing Groups' Best of 2016, The BBC Singers Live
3/4The BBC Singers in a live concert of carols and readings for the winter solstice.
15:30
Choral Evensong—A Meditation on Christ's Nativity
An archive service of music and readings with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.(R)
16:30
In Tune—Christmas Special from the BBC Radio Theatre
Live music from Danielle de Niese, Temple Church Choir, Septura and Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Prokofiev - Back in the USSR, Alexander Nevsky
3/5Focusing on Prokofiev's first struggles with the brutal realities of state criticism.
19:30
BBC Proms 2016—Prom 66: Berlin Philharmonic and Simon Rattle
Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in Julian Anderson, Dvorak and Brahms.(R)
22:00
Free Thinking—Patriotism: China, Russia, Japan, Latin America
Rana Mitter and guests debate the meaning of patriotism beyond the west.
22:45
The Essay—Christmas Close Up, Nativity Characters - Beyond the Christian Story
3/5What Jesus and Mary represent to Muslims beyond the story of the Incarnation.
23:00
Late Junction—A Late Junction Special with Shabaka Hutchings
Saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings is the guest presenter in a special edition.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Complete Mozart piano concertos - programme 7
With Jonathan Swain. Including another programe in the complete Mozart piano concertos.
