| 00:00 | 00:00Oboist and researcher Uchenna Ngwe charts a course through music familiar and unfamiliar. 00:30James MacMillan and Gabrieli from 2019 Heinrich Schütz Music Festival with Jonathan Swain.
| 00:30Ravel's Piano Concerto in G from Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. Jonathan Swain presents.
| 00:30Beethoven's Ninth Symphony conducted by Donald Runnicles. Presented by Jonathan Swain.
| 00:30From Budapest, a programme of Handel and Vivaldi. Jonathan Swain presents.
| 00:00Hannah Peel with a special Night Tracks Mix to see in the new year. 00:30Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra performs Mozart and Richard Strauss. With Jonathan Swain.
| | 00:00A rich and dexterous exploration of the acoustic bass on a solo album from Neil Charles.
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Jonathan Swain presents.
| 01:00RAI String and Wind Ensembles in an all-Mozart programme. John Shea presents.
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| 06:00 | 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Join Georgia for Breakfast welcoming in the new year, with listener requests.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.
| 07:00Martin Handley presents Breakfast, including a Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.
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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.
| 09:00Natasha Loges picks her favourite recording of Brahms's Horn Trio. Hannah French presents.
| 09:00Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.
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| 10:00 | | | | | 10:15The traditional New Year's Day Concert, given by the Vienna Philharmonic
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| 11:00 | | | | | | 11:45To many, music is indispensible. But what if it has no place in your life?
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| 12:00 | 12:001/4Donald Macleod explores Grieg's links with Bergen, and Troldhaugen – the house he built.
| 12:002/4Donald Macleod looks at the decade Grieg spent in Oslo, with music including In Autumn.
| 12:003/4Donald Macleod considers the role the Hardanger region played in Grieg's creative process
| 12:004/4Donald Macleod considers Grieg's wanderlust with the second suite from Peer Gynt.
| | 12:30Jess Gillam and violinist Rakhi Singh swap tracks and share the music they love.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley’s guest is disc jockey David ‘Kid’ Jensen.
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| 13:00 | 13:05Sarah Walker presents highlights from Bath Mozart Minifest 2020.
| 13:05Sarah Walker presents highlights from Bath Mozart Minifest 2020.
| 13:05Sarah Walker presents highlights from Bath Mozart Minifest 2020.
| 13:05Sarah Walker presents highlights from Bath Mozart Minifest 2020.
| 13:05Donald Macleod considers Grieg's inner struggles despite the trappings of success.
| 13:00Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside.
| 13:00From Cheltenham Festival 2020, clarinettist Julian Bliss with pianist Tim Horton.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Schönbrunn Summer Night Concert, Klosters Music Festival and Gottfried Silbermann Days.
| 14:00Performances from the Gstaad Menuhin, Dvořák Prague and Musiq3 festivals.
| 14:00Music to celebrate Bastille Day at the Champ de Mars in Paris.
| 14:00From Radio France and Montpellier Festival 2019, with Michael Spyres in the title role.
| 14:00Music from the Copenhagen Baroque, Saintes and Klosters Music festivals.
| | 14:00Hannah French and wine historian Ron Merlino explore connections between Lassus and wine.
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| 15:00 | | | 15:30From Canterbury Cathedral to mark the 850th anniversary of the martyrdom of Thomas Becket.
| | | 15:00Matthew Sweet looks at film music that explores the idea of journeys into the unknown.
| 15:00From Canterbury Cathedral to mark the 850th anniversary of the martyrdom of Thomas Becket.
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| 16:00 | 16:30Utopia vocal ensemble in 16th-century polyphony by Palestrina, Morales, Lasso and Gombert.
| | 16:30Alessandro Fisher, the Aris Quartet and Alexander Gadjiev perform Delius, Haydn and Bach.
| | 16:00What’s not to love about Mahler? Quite a bit, says Mahan Esfahani.
| 16:00With Lopa Kothari and featuring Stian Carsensen in session.
| 16:00Jazz records from across the genre, as requested by Radio 3 listeners.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Sean Rafferty pays tribute to some of the musicians we lost in 2020.
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| | 17:30James Newby sings Beethoven, and jazz guitarist Rob Luft talks about life in 2020.
| 17:00Johan Dalene performs Bruch's Violin Concerto.
| 17:00The LA multi-instrumentalist and producer shares some of the music that inspires her.
| 17:00Where do you start? How do you carry on? What do you need to know? 17:30Olivia Williams and Michael Pennington with readings from beyond what is visible or known.
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| 18:00 | 18:15Sophie Thompson and Alex Waldmann enter the curious world of man's old friend the chicken.
| 18:15Readings by Henry Goodman and Lisa Dillon. Music includes Haydn, Lalo Schifrin, Arvo Pärt.
| 18:15Lars Mikkelsen and Vera Vitali read from a dark seam of Nordic literature.
| 18:30Geraldine James and Neil Pearson with readings from the Bible to Philip Larkin.
| 18:15Jessie Buckley and Julian Ovenden with words and music on the theme of singing.
| 18:30Verdi's Aida from La Scala in Milan, with Saioa Hernández in the title role.
| 18:45The migratory route of the monarch butterfly traced in words, music and sound.
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| 19:00 | 19:30Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs Beethoven, Barber, Bridge and Rachmaninov.
| 19:30The BBC Philharmonic and John Storgards in music by Haydn, Britten and Tchaikovsky.
| 19:30The Aurora Orchestra perform Beethoven's Seventh Symphony from memory.
| 19:30Ryan Bancroft conducts the BBC NOW in a Prom celebrating popular music from the USA.
| 19:30An eclectic programme with works by Elgar, Adès, Gabrieli, Kurtág and Vaughan Williams.
| | 19:15Making waves - how did travelling as a single mother inspire Mary Wollstonecraft? 19:30Plays and poetry in a tribute to Spike Milligan. Starring Jessica Hynes.
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| 20:00 | 20:45A celebration of Viennese operetta with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Bramwell Tovey.
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| 21:00 | | 21:00Tchaikovsky from Aldeburgh's The Big Chamber Weekend
| 21:05Featuring songs from her Mercury Prize-nominated album, Song for Our Daughter.
| 21:15A practical guide to immortality, life extension and survival in the far north.
| 21:15From the 2020 BBC Proms, KOKOROKO - west African Afrobeat and jazz for our times.
| | 21:00Hannah French with some of the releases picked as Record Review's Records of the Week.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Jacob chooses the classical, jazz and folk music that's got him through 2020
| 22:00Jacob chooses the classical, jazz and folk music that's got him through 2020.
| | 22:00The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dalia Stasevska in a musical feast.
| | 22:00Launching New Year, New Music, ten composers introduce new music that has inspired them.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Hannah Peel with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.
| 23:00Hannah Peel with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.
| 23:00Hannah Peel with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.
| | 23:00Exorcise yourself of 2020 with Jennifer Lucy Allan and sounds full of hope and kindness.
| | 23:30The haunting cries of grey seals in Pembrokeshire and tales of selkie folk.
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