| 00:00 | 00:00Chef and restaurateur Jess Shadbolt tries Clemmie's classical playlist. 00:30From the 2017 BBC Proms, Handel's Israel in Egypt. Catriona Young presents.
| 00:30Andrew Manze premieres Katarina Leyman's Undulating Blue. Catriona Young presents.
| 00:30The NDR Elbphilharmonie are conducted by Christophe Eschenbach. With Catriona Young.
| 00:30Music by Faure, Philip Glass, Copland and Bernstein. With Catriona Young.
| 00:30Young ensembles play works around God's wrath and human contrition. With Catriona Young.
| | 00:00Comic and broadcaster Elis James adds some free-jazz choices to Corey Mwamba's playlist.
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00Piano trios by Amanda Maier-Röntgen, Mel Bonis and Shostakovich. With Catriona Young.
| 01:00Mozart, Farrenc and Strauss from Wartburg Castle in Germany. Catriona Young presents.
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| 06:00 | 06:30Petroc Trelawny with Breakfast including two shortlisted carols from the Carol Competition
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny with Breakfast including two shortlisted carols from the Carol Competition
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny with Breakfast including two shortlisted carols from the Carol Competition
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny with Breakfast including two shortlisted carols from the Carol Competition
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny announces the winner of this year's Radio 3 Breakfast Carol Competition.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Classical music for breakfast time plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.
| 07:00Elizabeth Alker presents Breakfast including Sounds of the Earth and the Advent Calendar.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
| 09:00Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
| 09:00Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
| 09:00Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
| 09:00Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
| 09:00Building a Library on Tchaikovsky's ballet music, The Nutcracker
| 09:00Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.
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| 11:00 | | | | | | 11:45Kate Molleson visits Greenland to explore the role of music for its communities today.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Donald Macleod follows Johannes Brahms's early romance with a young singer.
| 12:002/5Donald Macleod explores Brahms's relationship with the Schumanns.
| 12:003/5Donald Macleod explores Brahms's music for the female voice.
| 12:004/5Donald Macleod explores Brahms's private life.
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod looks at why Brahms sought solitude.
| 12:30Jess and Miloš Karadaglić share some of their favourite tracks.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley’s guest is choreographer and director Matthew Bourne.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Live from Wigmore Hall, London. Elisabeth Kulman sings Schubert, Liszt, Britten and Weill.
| 13:00Salzburg Festival 2019. Highlights from the festival presented by Sarah Walker.
| 13:00Salzburg Festival 2019. Highlights from the festival presented by Sarah Walker.
| 13:00Salzburg Festival 2019. Highlights from the festival presented by Sarah Walker.
| 13:00Highlights from the 2019 Salzburg Festival. Enescu and Brahms presented by Sarah Walker.
| 13:00Pianist VÃkingur Ólafsson opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside.
| 13:00Live from Wigmore Hall, London. Elisabeth Kulman sings Schubert, Liszt, Britten and Weill.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Elizabeth Alker presents a round-up of the best of the BBC Performing Groups this year.
| 14:00Elizabeth Alker presents a round-up of the best of the BBC Performing Groups this year.
| 14:00Elizabeth Alker presents the BBC Philharmonic live from MediaCityUK in Salford.
| 14:00Elizabeth Alker presents a round-up of the best of the BBC Performing Groups this year.
| 14:00The BBC Singers with contemporary Christmas Carols, live from Temple Church.
| | 14:00Hannah French is joined by members of Stile Antico to explore festive choral music
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| 15:00 | | | 15:30From Exeter Cathedral (recorded 12th November).
| | | 15:00Matthew Sweet celebrates the world of MGM musicals on film.
| 15:00From Exeter Cathedral (recorded 12th November).
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| 16:00 | 16:30La Scintilla with music by Brescianello and Vivaldi and 4 Times Baroque plays Sammartini.
| | 16:30Showcasing BBC New Generation Artists the Aris Quartet and tenor Alessandro Fisher.
| | 16:30Think The Nutcracker is a super-saccharine classic for the feelgood season? Think again.
| 16:00Kate Rusby performs festive Yorkshire songs and carols in a concert from Leeds.
| 16:00Jazz records from across the genre, as requested by Radio 3 listeners.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
| 17:00Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
| 17:00Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
| 17:00Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
| 17:00In Tune celebrates Christmas live from St George's Hanover Square.
| 17:00A Christmas party special with The Hackney Colliery Band, Mulutu Astatke and Pete Wareham.
| 17:00It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. Why is there so much cheesy yuletide music? 17:30Dominic West and Ruth Bradley explore the challenging aspects of Christmas.
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| 18:00 | | | | | | 18:30From the Met: Verdi's Macbeth with Anna Netrebko and Zeljko Lucic in the leading roles.
| 18:45Ken Hollings assesses the legacy of American electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott.
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| 19:00 | 19:00In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises. 19:30Festive choral music from the Bavarian Radio Chorus
| 19:00In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises. 19:30Pianist Stephen Hough is joined by cellist Steven Isserlis for Dvorak, Suk and Brahms.
| 19:00In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises. 19:30The BBC Philharmonic with Chief Conductor Omer Meir Wellber
| 19:00Music the supermarkets won't be playing this Christmas. 19:30The Three Choirs Festival presents the world premiere of Bob Chilcott's Christmas Oratorio
| 19:00A specially curated 30 minutes of festive favourites and surprises. 19:30Jazz singer Clare Teal joins the BBC Singers and the National Youth Jazz Orchestra.
| | 19:30Caustic and timely German play. A disturbing stranger interrupts a family Christmas.
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| 21:00 | | | | | | 21:50Sound artist Frazer Merrick explores the hidden sounds of Walton Pier.
| 21:30Sir Stephen Cleobury and the BBC Singers mark the centenary of Sir David Willcocks.
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| 22:00 | 22:00The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters. 22:4526/3030 of the world's sharpest minds choose a work from MoMA's collection. How do they see it?
| 22:00Rana Mitter looks at the ideologies surrounding climate disaster. 22:4527/30Award-winning chef Ruth Rogers makes her choice from the MoMA collection.
| 22:00Philip Dodd with Douglas Murray, David Goodhart, Beatrix Campbell and Maya Goodfellow. 22:4528/30Swiss designer Yves Behar makes his choice from the MoMA collection.
| 22:00Matthew Sweet and guests are upstairs and downstairs in the stately home. 22:4529/30Screenwriter and playwright David Henry Hwang makes his choice from MoMA's collection.
| 22:00Ian McMillan celebrates nonsense writing with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 22:4530/30Last edition of the series that opens MoMA's collection and challenges the way we see art.
| 22:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a specially curated Open Ear concert of new music
| 22:30Featured concerts from around Europe including Slovenia and Austria.
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| 23:00 | 23:00An adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
| 23:00An adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
| 23:00An adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
| 23:00A magical sonic journey conjured from the BBC music archives. 23:30Highlights from Unclassified Live, with music by Anna Meredith, Darkstar and Nicole Lizee.
| 23:00Verity Sharp is joined by Jenny Moore to uncover the feminist history of choral music.
| | 23:30All the different sounds as Matthew Bryant turns apples to cider in the slow old way.
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