Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Heimat from the WDR Radio Chorus and Stefan Parkman
With Jonathan Swain. Featuring a choral concert by WDR Radio Chorus and Stefan Parkman.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Friday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with a musical advent calendar.
09:00
Essential Classics—Friday - Rob Cowan with Ray Mears
Artist of the Week: pianist Claudio Arrau, featured performing Debussy's Images (Book 2).
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Prokofiev - Back in the USSR, Denunciation and Decline
5/5Prokofiev's decline and death after his music was denounced by the state in the late 1940s
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Bath Mozartfest 2016, Episode 4
4/4The Nash Ensemble performs Mozart's Serenade in B flat, K361 'Gran Partita' in Bath.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—BBC Performing Groups' Best of 2016, Episode 4
4/4With the BBC Philharmonic performing Shostakovich and the BBC Concert Orchestra in Verdi.
16:30
Words and Music—The Power of Alchemy
Texts and music on the theme of alchemy. Readers: Sian Phillips and Donald Sumpter.(R)
17:45
New Generation Artists—Tosti, Bozza, Vaughan Williams, Bowen and Bach
Radio 3 New Generation Artists in music by Tosti, Bozza, Vaughan Williams, Bowen and Bach.
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Evening
19:00
Composer of the Week—Prokofiev - Back in the USSR, Denunciation and Decline
5/5Prokofiev's decline and death after his music was denounced by the state in the late 1940s
20:00
Radio 3 in Concert—An Evening with David Sedaris
From the Barbican in London, an evening of music and comedy with humorist David Sedaris.
22:00
The Verb—The Christmas Verb
Ian McMillan presents a Christmas edition of the word cabaret in front of an audience.
22:45
The Essay—Christmas Close Up, Holy Innocents
5/5The resonance of the Feast of the Holy Innocents for Christians in the Middle East.
23:00
World on 3—Lopa Kothari - Highlights from Womad 2016
Lopa Kothari presents a selection of highlights from the 2016 Womad festival.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—Vox Luminis
With Jonathan Swain. Vox Luminis perform music for the season.
