| 00:00 | 00:00Following the canals and alleyways of Venice, from midday to midnight. 00:30The Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with pianist Balázs Fülei.
| 00:30Angela Hewitt joins the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
| 00:30Baroque favourites performed by the versatile Swedish ensemble with soprano Helena Ek.
| 00:30Juraj Valčuha and the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker.
| 00:30Two masters of contemporary Ukrainian classical music interpret the most loved carols.
| | 00:00Corey and Adam Moses from jazz re:freshed share tracks with each other.
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00Find comfort in the nostalgic sounds of Amy Winehouse, Cleo Sol, Fleet Foxes and more.
| 01:00The RIAS Chamber Chorus Berlin and conductor Justin Doyle in concert. John Shea presents.
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| 02:00 | | | | | | 02:00Gaming fanatic Baby Queen mixes a festive playlist from Frostpunk to Winter’s End.
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| 03:00 | | | | | | 03:00Trio Mediaeval join the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra in Bizet and Tchaikovsky.
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| 06:00 | 06:30Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny, including shortlisted entries from the Carol Competition.
| 06:30Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny, including shortlisted entries from the Carol Competition.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny announces the winner of the Breakfast Carol Competition.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including the Friday poem.
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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.
| 09:00Join Petroc Trelawny to celebrate Christmas with live music and listener requests.
| 09:00Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Why did Mozart’s prolific working life undergo a dramatic change between 1786 and 1787?
| 12:002/5As the sands shifted, how could Mozart keep his family afloat? With Donald Macleod.
| 12:003/5Donald Macleod explores Mozart’s provocative late operas.
| 12:004/5Donald Macleod looks at Mozart’s last year.
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod explores Mozart’s last months.
| | 12:00Michael Berkeley’s guest is cookery writer and broadcaster Valentina Harris.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Pianist Eric Lu performs a lunchtime recital at London's Wigmore Hall.
| 13:00Radio 3 New Generation Artists play Schubert, Britten and Mozart.
| 13:00Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Amatis Piano Trio play Schubert's E flat Trio, D929.
| 13:00Radio 3 New Generation Artist Aleksey Semenenko plays Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Schubert.
| 13:00Radio 3 New Generation Artists Eivind Ringstad and the Amatis Trio in Schubert and Mahler.
| 13:00Recorded on Christmas Eve in the candlelit chapel of King's College, Cambridge.
| 13:00Award-winning tenor Alessandro Fisher sings Grieg and Delius at Wigmore Hall, London.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Petroc joins the BBC Singers live at our Maida Vale studios to hear the finalists.
| 14:00A sequence of Vivaldi's sacred works, plus Haydn from Simon Rattle, Britten & Tchaikovsky.
| 14:00Owain Park and the BBC Singers in carols old and new, live from London's Temple Church.
| 14:00Seasonal music from Nicolai, Suk and Tchaikovsky, as well as Haydn's 'Drumroll' Symphony.
| 14:00Christmassy jazz and Haydn from Germany and Tchaikovsky from Manchester.
| | 14:00The music, food and traditions of Christmas in Bohemia
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| 15:00 | | | | | | 15:00A special profile of Abbey Road at 90.
| 15:00From the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford, on the Feast of St Stephen.
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| 16:00 | 16:30Benjamin Appl sings Schubert, Schumann and Strauss at Snape.
| | 16:00From Manchester Cathedral.
| | 16:30It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. Why is there so much cheesy yuletide music?
| 16:001/4Horatio Clare climbs Ben Nevis in the first of his four Sound Walks across the UK.
| 16:002/4Horatio Clare climbs Slieve Donard in his second Sound Walk of four across the UK.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
| 17:00Live from Broadcasting House, the In Tune Christmas Special.
| 17:00Johan Dalene plays Ravel and the Aris Quartet plays Mendelssohn.
| 17:00Timothy Ridout and Eric Lu play Schubert's 'Arpeggione' Sonata.
| 17:00Nineteen-year-old violin sensation María Dueñas plays Franck.
| 17:00Jumoké presents a festive special with Christmas cards from the great and the good of jazz
| 17:00Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.
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| 18:00 | | | 18:15Actors Candela Gomez and Khalid Abdalla with readings, music and recordings from Granada.
| 18:15William Hope and Jane Perry with music and words reflecting settlers travelling to Canada.
| 18:15Robert Webb and Nina Sosanya present a mix of festive music, poetry and prose.
| 18:30Angelika Kirchschlager and Diana Damrau are the Grimm siblings in this seasonal favourite.
| 18:00Josie Lawrence and Petroc Trelawny with readings and music performed at the London venue.
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| 19:00 | 19:00An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises 19:30Another chance to hear Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the 2021 BBC Proms.(R)
| 19:00A festive mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises. 19:30Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts music by Bach and Handel at the 2021 BBC Proms.
| 19:30The BBC SSO, conducted by Ilan Volkov, and soprano Lucy Crowe at the 2021 BBC Proms.
| 19:30Another chance to hear Mendelssohn's 'Scottish' Symphony and Schumann's Piano Concerto.
| 19:30The BBC Singers perform Britten's A Ceremony of Carols with harpist Catrin Finch.
| | 19:15Flora Willson tells the story of Verdi's operatic masterpiece from an Egyptian lens.
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| 20:00 | | | | | 20:40Another chance to hear John Wilson conduct the Sinfonia of London at the 2021 BBC Proms.
| | 20:00The Proms Festival Orchestra and Mark Wigglesworth play Mahler at the 2021 BBC Proms.
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| 21:00 | 21:25Joshua Bell directs the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at the 2021 BBC Proms.
| 21:15Sir George Benjamin conducts the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at the 2021 BBC Proms.
| 21:15The BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Anna-Maria Helsing, with organist James McVinnie.
| 21:30Peter Holder pays tribute to centenary composer Saint-Saëns at the 2021 BBC Proms.
| | | 21:20From the BBC Proms: Pavel Kolesnikov plays Bach's Goldberg Variations.
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| 22:00 | 22:451/5Madeleine Bunting explores whether public and private ritual has outlived its usefulness.
| 22:452/5Madeleine Bunting reflects on how ritual marks the passage of time.
| 22:453/5Madeleine Bunting considers the benefits and pitfalls of state and military ritual.
| 22:454/5Madeline Bunting explores the decline of rituals marking key life events.
| 22:455/5Madeleine Bunting asks whether it’s time to value ritual afresh.
| 22:00Tom Service presents new music of calm contemplation to round off Christmas Day.
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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 with soothing and seasonal sonics from the realms of the unclassifiable.
| 23:00Verity Sharp shares a special Maida Vale session from Mira Calix, Mabe Fratti and Shards.
| | 23:00Pekka wonders why some elements of music age more elegantly than others.
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