Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Handel's Messiah at the Baltic Sea Festival
Reinhard Goebel conducts the Swedish Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra in Stockholm.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Petroc's classical rise and shine
Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny including shortlisted entries from the Carol Competition.
09:00
Essential Classics—Georgia Mann
The perfect selection of classical music for your morning.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—JS Bach at Christmas, Leipzig, 1734
4/5Bach makes plans for his most elaborate Christmas yet. With Donald Macleod.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Natalie Clein and Friends (3/4)
Cellist Natalie Clein and friends perform music by Schubert and Rachmaninov.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—BBC Singers live at Temple Church
Penny Gore & Ian Skelly with an afternoon of festive music from The BBC Singers and more.
17:00
New Generation Artists—Winter Showcase - Programme 2
Helen Charlston sings Schumann, and violinist Johan Dalene plays Beethoven.
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Evening
18:15
Words and Music—Madame Bovary and independent women
Emma Fielding and Alex Jennings read from Flaubert's novel about a frustrated wife.
19:30
BBC Proms—Proms at Christmas 2022, Prom 60: The Dream Prom
BBC Proms 2022: BBC Concert Orchestra and Kwamé Ryan with Kala Ramnath and BBC trainees.
21:30
1922: Leisure and Entertainment—Hobbies and Sport
From surfing to pigeon fancying.
21:45
BBC Proms—Proms at Christmas 2022, Proms and the ENO at Printworks London – Glass Handel
From the BBC Proms: Anthony Roth Costanzo in Handel and Glass at Printworks London.
23:00
Compline—Advent 4
A reflective service of night prayer for the last week of Advent with the Ebor Singers.
23:30
Unclassified—CARM's Listening Chair
Elizabeth Alker shares festive ambient music, and CARM is in the Listening Chair.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Tempests and Rhapsodies
The RAI National Symphony Orchestra are joined by cellist Nicolas Altstaedt.
