Schedule
Early
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.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc's classical Boxing Day
Petroc Trelawny presents a Boxing Day edition of Radio 3's classical Breakfast show.
09:00
Essential Classics—Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Gareth Malone, Good Duke Vaclav
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's Contemporaries
4/5Donald Macleod explores Corelli and his contemporaries.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Glorious Grieg 3/4
Norwegian pianist Christian Ihle Hadland presents Grieg's best-known works from the RCS.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Opera matinée: Bizet's The Pearl Fishers
A tale of eternal friendship turns to conflict in love. From the Royal Opera House.
16:00
Slow Radio—Arctic Sound Walk, Melting and Changing
3/3Day three of Horatio Clare's immersive Sound Walk along Greenland's Arctic Circle Trail.
17:15
New Generation Artists—Rachmaninov and Mendelssohn from Katharina Konradi and the Aris Quartet
Katharina Konradi sings Rachmaninov and the Aris Quartet plays Mendelssohn.
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Evening
18:15
Words and Music—The Pre-Raphaelites
A sonic painting inspired by the late 19th-century artistic revolutionaries.
19:30
BBC Proms—2019 Repeats, Prom 30: The Warner Brothers Story
From the Royal Albert Hall with the John Wilson Orchestra and Maida Vale Singers.
22:00
The Essay—Open Endings, Elif Shafak on Anna Karenina
4/5Elif Shafak chooses Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.
22:15
Radio 3 in Concert—BBC Proms in Japan
Late night Prom - The Experimental session
23:45
Unclassified—Floating Points
Elizabeth Alker with Floating Points.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—2017 BBC Proms: Beethoven and Stravinsky
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla. Catriona Young presents.












