Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Celebrating Pablo Casals
Cellist Miklós Perényi pays tribute to his teacher Pablo Casals.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Get going with classical
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring your requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—The very best of classical music
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Greatest Showstoppers, Elias Parish Alvars
2/4Donald Macleod explores the story of Devon-born harp virtuoso Elias Parish Alvars.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Catriona Morison and Malcolm Martineau at the Edinburgh International Festival
Songs by Franz Schubert, Josephine Lang, Pauline Viardot and Gustav Mahler.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Dvorak's Eighth Symphony
Jakub Hrusa conducts Dvorak's Eighth Symphony.
16:00
Choral Evensong—Lancing College
From the Chapel of Lancing College for the Feast of John, Apostle and Evangelist.
17:00
Slow Radio—Arctic Sound Walk, Freezing and Finding
1/3Horatio Clare's immersive Slow Radio Sound Walk along Greenland's Arctic Circle Trail.(R)
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Evening
18:15
BBC Proms—Proms at Christmas 2023, Prom 69: Mozart’s ‘Requiem’
BBC Proms 2023: Raphaël Pichon conducts Pygmalion in Mozart's final masterpiece.
19:40
New Generation Artists—Classical music from the brightest rising stars
Music by Handel, Haydn, Schubert and Schumann, performed by rising classical stars.
20:55
BBC Proms—Proms at Christmas 2023, Prom 61: Chineke! perform Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony
BBC Proms 2023: Chineke! Orchestra conducted by Anthony Parnther.
22:45
The Essay—Sounds of Isolation, The Wake
3/5The songs of invisible birds are captured in the isolation of a lake in Finland.(R)
23:00
Night Tracks—Dissolve into sound
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Chamber Symphonies by Franz Schreker and Claude Debussy
Heinz Holliger conducts the Basel Chamber Orchestra. Presented by Catriona Young.
