Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—The Christmas Mystery
Frank Martin's medieval Christmas Oratorio. Presented by Catriona Young.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Tuesday - Petroc's classical picks
Petroc Trelawny presents Breakfast, with our Advent Calendar
09:00
Essential Classics—Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Lauridsen's O Magnum Mysterium, A Spotless Rose, Gareth Malone
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Corelli and the Aristocracy
2/5Donald Macleod delves into Corelli’s relationships with the nobility and royalty.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Glorious Grieg 2/4
Vertavo Quartet perform Grieg and Smetana as part of the Grieg celebrations at the RCS.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—BBC Concert Orchestra at Snape Maltings
Festive music by Humperdinck, Delius, Arnold, Holst, Tchaikovsky, Alfven and Esenvalds.
16:30
Slow Radio—Arctic Sound Walk, Freezing and Finding
1/3Horatio Clare's immersive Slow Radio Sound Walk along Greenland's Arctic Circle Trail.
17:45
New Generation Artists—Aleksey Semenenko plays Ravel's Tzigane
Performances by Aleksey Semenenko, Thibaut Garcia and Misha Mullov-Abbado.
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Evening
18:15
Words and Music—The Messenger
A sequence of poetry, prose and music, with readings by Ewan Bailey and Clare Perkins.
19:30
BBC Proms—2019 Repeats, Prom 60: Vienna Philharmonic and Bernard Haitink
The Vienna Philharmonic with Bernard Haitink and Emanuel Ax at the 2019 BBC Proms.
22:00
The Essay—Open Endings, Bernardine Evaristo on Mrs Dalloway
2/5Man Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo chooses Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.
22:15
BBC Proms—2019 Repeats, Prom 36: Late-Night Mixtape
Super-chilled heavenly radiance to calm the mind and nourish the soul.
23:45
Night Tracks—Dissolve into sound
An adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Cantonese Suite
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra performs Britten, Lin Zhao, Xiaogang Ye and Stravinsky.
