| 00:00 | 00:00This special mixtape dares to venture inside the mind of Johann Sebastian Bach.(R) 00:30John Shea presents a concert of choral Christmas music from the Croatia.
| 00:30John Shea presents a concert of Russian liturgical music from Moscow.
| 00:30Danish String Quartet is joined by Ensemble Midtvest for octets by Gade and Mendelssohn.
| 00:30A concert of wind chamber music from the 2015 Torroella de Montgri Music Festival in Spain
| 00:00A Late Junction mixtape from British electro-acoustic composer Jonty Harrison. 00:30John Shea presents a violin recital from Latvia.
| | 00:00Geoffrey Smith celebrates boogie-woogie, introducing examples by pianists and big bands.(R)
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00John Shea presents orchestral music by Dora Pejacevic and Ravel from Croatian Radio.
| 01:00Catriona Young presents performances of Schubert's third and Bruckner's second symphonies.
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| 06:00 | 06:30Christmas Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny and the winner of the Carol Competition.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents a Boxing Day edition of Radio 3's classical Breakfast show.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 07:00Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including listener requests.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Spend Christmas Morning with Ian Skelly and the best in classical music.
| 09:00Spend Boxing Day morning with Ian Skelly and the best in classical music.
| 09:00The best in classical music with Ian Skelly.
| 09:00The best in classical music with Ian Skelly.
| 09:00The best in classical music with Ian Skelly.
| 09:00Building a Library features Mozart's 'Prague' Symphony.
| 09:00Sarah Walker with music ranging from Khachaturian to Hildegard of Bingen.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Donald Macleod focuses on how Cole Porter was inspired by the circus.
| 12:002/5Donald Macleod on Cole Porter's Venice parties, where he mixed with Picasso and Diaghilev.
| 12:003/5Donald Macleod focuses on a succession of Porter triumphs, including the hit Gay Divorce.
| 12:004/5Donald Macleod discusses Cole Porter's war years and his biggest success, Kiss Me, Kate.
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod on how some of Cole Porter's triumphs were clouded by personal tragedies.
| 12:15Annelien Van Wauwe joins the Van Kuijk Quartet in Brahms's rhapsodic Clarinet Quintet.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley's guest is pianist Alfred Brendel.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Sean Rafferty meets Dame Janet Baker to talk about her life and career.
| 13:001/8Ian Skelly with highlights of the Schubertiade, including music by Mozart and Beethoven.
| 13:002/8Ian Skelly presents highlights of the Schubertiade, with music by Beethoven and Schubert.
| 13:003/8Ian Skelly presents highlights of the Schubertiade, with music by Schubert and Bach.
| 13:004/8Ian Skelly presents highlights of the Schubertiade, with music by Schubert and Weber.
| 13:00Composer John Rutter introduces a selection of music for the time of year.
| 13:00Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cedric Tiberghien live from Wigmore Hall in London.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Christmas carols and readings from the candlelit chapel of King's College, Cambridge.
| 14:00The Best of 2017 from the BBC performing groups.
| 14:00The Best of 2017 from the BBC performing groups. Featuring the BBC Philharmonic.
| 14:00Cavalli's Erismena in a performance from the Aix-en-Provence Festival.
| 14:00The Best of 2017, featuring the BBC SSO, BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra.
| | 14:00Lucie Skeaping presents gamba player Robert Smith performing fantasias by Telemann.
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| 15:00 | 15:45The BBC Symphony Chorus, conducted by Neil Ferris, in carols from Maida Vale Studios.
| | 15:30Recorded in St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico in London, with the Rodolfus Choir.
| | | 15:00Matthew Sweet on the music of Franz Waxman.
| 15:00Recorded in St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico in London, with the Rodolfus Choir.(R)
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| 16:00 | | | 16:30New Generation Artists play Beethoven's Spring Sonata.
| | | 16:00Alyn Shipton's selection includes listeners' suggestions for the best jazz records of 2017
| 16:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces an hour of captivating choral music.
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| 17:00 | 17:00The BBC Singers join actor Simon Callow in a performance of carols and Christmas readings.
| 17:00Texts and music on the theme of nonsense. Readers: Griff Rhys Jones and Debra Stephenson.(R)
| 17:00Texts and music about fairy tales, with readings by Jim Broadbent and Helen McCrory.(R)
| 17:00Texts and music focusing on saints and sinners. Readers: Jonathan Pryce and Jenny Agutter.
| 17:00Readings and music inspired by some of fiction's greatest detectives.(R)
| 17:00Julian Joseph presents performances from Tord Gustavsen, Rose Room and DT6.(R)
| 17:00Tom Service dispenses music history style counsel - how to tell what you're listening to. 17:30The silvery goddess loved by poets and composers including music actually sent to the Moon
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| 18:00 | 18:45With flickering candles to dispel the darkness, Fiona Shaw illuminates stage light.
| 18:15New Generation Artists: tenor, Ilker Arcayurek sings Schubert's Winterreise.
| 18:15New Generation Artists perform music by Haydn, Vaughan Williams and Martinu.
| 18:15New Generation Artists perform music by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Haydn and Hans Eisler.
| 18:15A chance to hear from the latest members to join the scheme in their first recordings.
| 18:30Tom Redmond with a double bill of Janacek and Bernstein from Opera North.
| 18:45A practical guide to immortality, life extension and survival in the far north.
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| 19:00 | 19:30John Wilson conducts Oklahoma! Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1943 hit.
| 19:40The BBC Concert Orchestra perform the film music of John Williams.(R)
| 19:30The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform, conducted by Sir Andrew Davies.(R)
| 19:30The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.(R)
| 19:30Live at BBC Proms: BBC Concert Orchestra/John Mauceri, with James Morrison & Dianne Reeves(R)
| | 19:30Live at BBC Proms: Vienna Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas and Emanuel Ax.
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| 21:00 | | 21:40Sian Edwards conducts the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.(R)
| 21:40The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra perform an all-Mendelssohn programme.(R)
| 21:35Chineke! - the UK's first Black and Minority Ethnic orchestra in their Proms debut.(R)
| 21:40Live at BBC Proms: Britten Sinfonia, Anoushka Shankar and Karen Kamensek.(R)
| 21:30Poet and author Gerdur Kristny explores Iceland's Christmas myths.(R)
| 21:25The Last Night of the BBC Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Sakari Oramo
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| 22:00 | 22:30Brahms String Quintet No 2 played by Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad and the Van Kuijk Quartet.
| | | | | 22:00Tom McKinney presents Elaine Mitchener's powerful music theatre piece Sweet Tooth.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Soweto Kinch presents Fish Tales by the Alan Barnes Octet and poet Josie Moon.
| 23:00Composer, producer and DJ Gabriel Prokofiev is the guest presenter.
| 23:00The second of two shows presented by composer and DJ Gabriel Prokofiev.
| 23:00Verity Sharp presents a showcase for experimental music in Norwich.
| 23:00Kathryn Tickell with a night of folk music live from Sheffield.
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