Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Cantonese Suite
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra performs Britten, Lin Zhao, Xiaogang Ye and Stravinsky.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc's classical Christmas
Christmas Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny
09:00
Essential Classics—Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Pub carolling, Poston's Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Refresh your Christmas Morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Corelli’s Religious Patrons
3/5Donald Macleod explores Corelli's relationship with the Church.
13:00
Sean Rafferty at Home—At the piano with Lang Lang
Sean visits Lang Lang in Amsterdam to discover his life on the road.
14:00
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols—Christmas 2019
Christmas carols and readings from the candlelit chapel of King's College, Cambridge.
16:00
Slow Radio—Arctic Sound Walk, Being and Belonging
2/3Day two of Horatio Clare's immersive Sound Walk along Greenland's Arctic Circle Trail.
17:15
New Generation Artists—Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata played by Anastasia Kobekina
Anastasia Kobekina and Elisabeth Brauss play Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata.
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Evening
18:15
Words and Music—The Silver Swan
Texts and music on the theme of swans, with readers Anthony Calf and Louise Jameson.
19:30
BBC Proms—2019 Repeats, Prom 71: Bach Night
From the 2019 BBC Proms, John Butt directs the Dunedin Consort in Bach's Orchestral Suites
21:45
The Essay—Open Endings, AL Kennedy on The Wind in the Willows
3/5AL Kennedy chooses Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows
22:00
BBC Proms—2019 Repeats, Prom 54: Duke Ellington's Sacred Music
From the 2019 BBC Proms, the BBC Singers and Nu Civilisation Orchestra with Peter Edwards.
23:45
Night Tracks—Around midnight
An immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—La petite merveille e il Arcangelo
Music by Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre at Barcelona's Lights of Early Music Festival.
