| 00:00 | 00:30John Shea presents a concert of music by Lutoslawski and Kodaly by the Polish Radio SO.
| 00:30John Shea presents CPE Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann, Bach from 2015 BBC Proms Saturday Matinees
| 00:30John Shea with concert music and opera, recorded from locations throughout Europe.
| 00:30Catriona Young with concert music and opera, recorded from locations throughout Europe.
| 00:30John Shea with concert music and opera, recorded from locations throughout Europe.
| | 00:00Ella Fitzgerald's series of Songbooks had classic tunes by Berlin, Porter and Ellington.
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00John Shea presents an archive performance of Frank Martin's 'Le mystere de la nativite'.
| 01:00John Shea presents a concert of Baroque Christmas Music given by Akademie fuer alte Musik.
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| 06:00 | 06:30Petroc Trelawny with the Breakfast Advent Calendar and another J S Bach Prelude and fugue.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny with the Breakfast Advent Calendar and another JS Bach prelude and fugue.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny with the Breakfast Advent Calendar and another JS Bach prelude and fugue.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny with the Breakfast Advent Calendar and another JS Bach prelude and fugue.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny announces the winner of Radio 3's Breakfast Carol Competition.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Martin Handley with the Breakfast Advent Calendar and today's JS Bach prelude and fugue.
| 07:00Christmas Eve Breakfast with Martin Handley.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Brian Blessed lists his cultural influences and inspirations.
| 09:00Brian Blessed lists his cultural influences and inspirations.
| 09:00Brian Blessed lists his cultural influences and inspirations.
| 09:00Brian Blessed lists his cultural influences and inspirations.
| 09:00Brian Blessed lists his cultural influences and inspirations.
| 09:00Building a Library: Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, plus a review of contemporary music.
| 09:00Sarah Walker includes music from the Christmas Oratorio.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Donald Macleod traces JS Bach's early life from childhood to first job and marriage.
| 12:002/5Donald Macleod looks at Bach's time in Weimar writing for the court chapel.
| 12:003/5Donald Macleod explores J S Bach's time as Kapellmeister at the Court in Cothen.
| 12:004/5Donald Macleod paints a portrait of a Bach family Christmas in Leipzig.
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod traces Bach's final years in Leipzig.
| 12:15Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores what lies beneath Bach's music with Angela Hewitt and others.
| 12:00Private Passions guests reveal how Bach transformed their lives.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cedric Tiberghien live from Wigmore Hall in London.
| 13:003/4Mahan Esfahani plays solo harpsichord music by Bach, including his Partita No 5 in G.(R)
| 13:004/4Isabelle Faust (violin) in Bach: Sonatas Nos 1 and 3; Partita No 3, BWV1006.(R)
| 13:002/4Pieter Wispelwey in Bach: Cello Suite in C, BWV1009; Cello Suite in D, BWV1012.(R)
| 13:00Flautist Sharon Bezaly and London Baroque perform a range of Bach's flute music.
| 13:00Baritone Sir Thomas Allen shares some favourite musical moments.
| 13:00The award-winning young ensemble BarrocoTout performs Bach's The Musical Offering in York.
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| 14:00 | 14:00The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra perform works by Telemann and Bach with Philippe Jaroussky.
| 14:00The Netherlands Bach Ensemble perform three cantatas by J.S Bach.
| 14:00The BBC Philharmonic perform Bach arrangements and pieces by Steve Elcock and Alban Berg.
| 14:00Penny Gore presents Chabrier's sparkling opera recorded last year at the Royal Opera House
| 14:00Orchestral works by J.S. Bach performed by the Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
| | 14:00Dame Emma Kirkby shares some memories of singing Bach alongside her favourite recordings.
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| 15:00 | | | 15:30'A Blessing to the World' - an Advent Sequence recorded in Edington Priory Church.
| | | 15:00Katie Derham and Mark Morris look at the world of ballet's response to the music of Bach.
| 15:00'A Blessing to the World' - an Advent Sequence recorded in Edington Priory Church.(R)
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| 16:00 | | 16:30Texts and music on the theme of snakes. Readers: Tracy-Ann Oberman and Ewan Bailey.(R)
| 16:30Texts and music on the theme of pearls, with readings by Aysha Kala and Jude Akuwudike.(R)
| 16:30Texts and music on the theme of England, with readings by Meera Syal and Philip Franks.(R)
| 16:30John Sessions and Juliet Stevenson with forward-looking prose and poetry with music.
| 16:00Suggestions for jazz and Bach, presented by Alyn Shipton.
| 16:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch spends an hour with Bach and the instrument he made his own.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Live music from Michael Fabiano, Cara Dillon, Alexander Armstrong and the BBC Singers.
| 17:45Kathryn Rudge sings Finzi and the Van Kuijk Quartet play Beethoven's Op 127 String Quartet
| 17:45Clemency Burton-Hill introduces trombonist Peter Moore with a seldom-heard French sonata.
| 17:45With bass-baritone Ashley Riches, trombonist Peter Moore and cellist Andrei Ionita.
| 17:45New Generation Artists performing a Beethoven Piano Trio and a Brahms Cello Sonata.
| 17:00Kevin Le Gendre presents a special solo performance by Jacob Collier.
| 17:00Tom Service celebrates The Joy of Bach. 17:30The words of Bach and those who knew him. With readers Roger Allam and David Annen.
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| 18:00 | | | | | | 18:30Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro from the Met, with a cast including Christiane Karg.
| 18:45Horatio Clare walks in the footsteps of Bach on his journey to meet Buxtehude in Lubeck.
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| 19:00 | 19:00This special mixtape dares to venture inside the mind of Johann Sebastian Bach. 19:30From the Albert Hall, John Butt and the Dunedin Concert perform JS Bach's St John Passion.
| 19:00Horatio Clare sets out to retrace JS Bach's famous 250-mile walk from Arnstadt to Lubeck. 19:30From Wigmore Hall, London, Beatrice Rana plays Bach's Goldberg Variations.(R)
| 19:00Retracing JS Bach's 250-mile walk to Lubeck, Horatio Clare reaches the Harz Mountains. 19:30The Monteverdi Choir marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
| 19:00Horatio Clare retraces Bach's journey to the Oderwald and the town of Wolfenbuttel. 19:30Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani and the Academy of Ancient Music perform Bach's Art of Fugue
| 19:00Horatio Clare's journey in the footsteps of JS Bach takes him along the River Ilmenau. 19:30Sir Andras Schiff performs Book 1 of Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier.
| | 19:30Ian Skelly presents Bach's Mass in B minor, BWV232 performed by Vox Luminis in Utrecht.
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| 21:00 | | | | | | | 21:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores what lies beneath Bach's music with Angela Hewitt and others.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores traditions and crafts from the UK to the Arab world.(R) 22:451/5Lyndal Roper profiles the father of the Reformation, Martin Luther.
| 22:00Peter Stanford, Ulinka Rublack and Diarmaid MacCulloch discuss Martin Luther. 22:452/5Andy Drummond profiles Thomas Muntzer, the failed revolutionary of the Reformation.
| 22:00Chris Bowlby explores how the Reformation shaped German culture and what it means today.(R) 22:453/5Charlotte Woodford on the contribution of Katharina Von Bora to Luther's Reformation.
| 22:00Rana Mitter discusses research into the way life changed in Britain after the Reformation.(R) 22:454/5Dr Stephen Rose discusses Johann Walther, the man behind Luther's musical Reformation.
| 22:00Carol Ann Duffy, Hollie McNish and Abandoman join Ian McMillan for a sci-fi Christmas. 22:455/5Brian Cummings tells the story of Philip Melanchthon, Martin Luther's right-hand man.
| 22:00Performances by Red Note Ensemble and acousmatic music from the Sound Festival in Aberdeen
| 22:15Simon Heighes introduces highlights of Bach performances from around Europe.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Soweto Kinch presents a tribute to the Scottish saxophonist Bobby Wellins.
| 23:00Exploring the history of black music in Europe before the Empire Windrush in 1948.
| 23:00With the Winter Solstice approaching, Verity Sharp shares music for mid-winter.
| 23:00Video artist Ed Atkins has a 30-minute mix to make his musical mark on Late Junction.
| 23:00Lopa Kothari presents recordings from 2017's WOMAD festival of world music.
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