| 00:00 | 00:00Linton Stephens mixes a classical playlist for drag artist Cheddar Gorgeous. 00:30The Netherlands Chamber Choir sing at the 2020 New Zealand Festival of the Arts.
| 00:30Fabio Biondi with the RAI National Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Jonathan Swain.
| 00:30A recreation of a concert Pablo Casals gave for President Kennedy. Jonathan Swain presents
| 00:30Daniel Barenboim performs with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Jonathan Swain presents.
| 00:30The Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra with music by George Stephănescu. With Jonathan Swain
| | 00:00Corey Mwamba shares new music, plus the iconic Archie Shepp on his inspirations.
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00Music to make you feel as light as a cloud. Featuring The xx, Phoebe Bridgers and more!
| 01:00Alan Gilbert conducts the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in Hamburg.
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| 02:00 | | | | | | 02:00Skill up with inspiring tracks from Transistor, Sackboy and 60 Seconds.
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| 03:00 | | | | | | 03:00Klaus Makela and the Oslo Philharmonic with flautist Francisco López Martin.
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| 06:00 | 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny announces the Breakfast Carol Competition finalists.
| 06:30Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny, including shortlisted entries from the Carol Competition.
| 06:30Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny, including shortlisted entries from the Carol Competition.
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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.
| 09:00Your guide to the essential recording of Beethoven's Cello Sonata No 3 in A, Op 69.
| 09:00Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.
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| 11:00 | | | | | | 11:45Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton and composer Jake Heggie in conversation.
| 11:00The annual celebration of Christmas music from all around Europe.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Donald Macleod explores Saint-Saëns’s early years as a musical prodigy in Paris
| 12:002/5Donald Macleod examines how Saint-Saëns became a star of the Parisian social scene.
| 12:003/5Donald Macleod explores how death affected Saint-Saëns.
| 12:004/5Donald Macleod explores Camille Saint-Saëns’s trips away from France.
| 12:005/5Exploring Saint-Saëns's experiences in France and abroad in the 20th Century
| 12:30Jess Gillam and tenor Nicky Spence share their favourite Christmas music.
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| 13:00 | 13:00From London's Wigmore Hall: Carolyn Sampson sings Debussy, Wolf and Schoenberg
| 13:00Antoine Tamestit is joined by Jorg Widmann and Frank Braley in music from Bruch to Kurtag.
| 13:00French violist Antoine Tamestit plays solo Bach cello suites at LSO St Luke's in London.
| 13:00Antoine Tamestit performs works from Tansy Davy to Berio with percussionist Colin Currie.
| 13:00Antoine Tamestit is joined by Quatuor Arod in chamber music by Bartok, Kurtag and Mozart.
| 13:00Robin O’Neill opens up a selection of music from a bassoonist's point of view.
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| 14:00 | 14:00The Ulster Orchestra perform Fauré's orchestra suite Pelleas and Melisande.
| 14:00The Rouen-Normandie Opera Orchestra perform Debussy's Pelleas and Melisande.
| 14:00The BBC Philharmonic perform Sibelius's incidental music to Pelleas and Melisande.
| 14:00Alexandre Desplat conducts his own flute concerto inspired by Pelleas and Melisande.
| 14:00The BBC Philharmonic play Schoenberg's symphonic poem inpsired by Pelleas et Melisande.
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| 15:00 | | | | | | 15:00Matthew Sweet and Doug Adams take a detailed look at the score for The Lord of the Rings.
| 15:00From Sacred Trinity Church, Salford, with HeartEdge Manchester Choral Scholars.
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| 16:00 | 16:30Anastasia Kobekina and Elisabeth Brauss play Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata.
| | 16:00From Sacred Trinity Church, Salford, with HeartEdge Manchester Choral Scholars.
| | 16:30Tom Service lifts the lid on Handel's Messiah.
| 16:00Radio 3's weekly exploration of the best roots-based music from across the world.
| 16:00The annual celebration of Christmas music from all around Europe.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Sean Rafferty is joined by Ex Cathedra ahead of their Christmas performances.
| 17:00Sean Rafferty talks to David Thornton, music director of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band.
| 17:00Solomon's Knot perform live in the studio. Diana Damrau talks about her new album.
| 17:00Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
| 17:00A Beethoven exhibition of the composer's personal effects is open at the British Library.
| 17:00Live music from Chilean jazz star Melissa Aldana. Plus drummer Anne Paceo’s inspirations.
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| 18:00 | | | | | | 18:30Simon Keenlyside stars as the anti-hero in Verdi's take on the great Shakespeare tragedy.
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| 19:00 | 19:00An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, featuring music connected with Coventry 19:30Gianandrea Noseda conducts the Zurich Philharmonic in Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem.
| 19:00An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, featuring music connected with Coventry. 19:30Harry Christophers leads The Sixteen in a concert in Birmingham with Advent at its heart.
| 19:00An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, featuring music connected with Coventry. 19:30Andrew Litton conducts the Bournemouth SO in Debussy, Bizet and Tchaikovsky.
| 19:00An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises 19:30John Butt and the BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales perform Handel's epic oratorio.
| 19:00An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, featuring music connected with Coventry 19:30The BBC Singers join Guildhall Jazz Orchestra to celebrate Christmas.
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| 21:00 | 21:30Eliza Carthy and Leeds-based poet Khadijah Ibrahiim at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge.
| | | | | 21:30An archive repeat in tribute to the radio producer Piers Plowright who died in 2021.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Tom Service talks to actor and singer Lin-Manuel Miranda and soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn. 22:451/5Raymond Antrobus remembers his time spent living in Oklahoma City during the pandemic.
| 22:00Two Buddhism scholars and British socialist feminist Sheila Rowbotham join Rana Mitter. 22:452/5Alycia Pirmohamed explores ecological poetry in the context of brown women’s bodies.
| 22:00Is it a good thing to stand out? Anne McElvoy and guests explore the virtue of being dull. 22:453/5Are we a part of nature’s orchestra? Hanan Issa listens to a world of poetry and birdsong.
| 22:00Are fungi out to get us or here to help? A look at mushrooms in art, food, and psychology. 22:454/5Will Harris asks how dreams and poems can teach us to look at the world differently.
| 22:00Ian McMillan is joined by John Hegley, Carol Ann Duffy, Kathryn Williams, and Jay Rayner. 22:455/5Alinah Azadeh takes us on a walk from the edge of the South Downs towards the sea.
| 22:00Kerry Andrew with the latest in new music performance.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
| 23:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
| 23:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
| 23:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening. 23:30Elizabeth Alker surveys the landscape of contemporary ambient recordings.
| 23:00Verity Sharp shares our top albums of the year, plus a mixtape from Bill Callahan.
| | 23:00Pekka explores musical repetition aided by Paganini, Schubert and Björk.
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