| 00:00 | 00:30Zubin Mehta conducts the Australian World Orchestra in an all-Richard Strauss programme.
| 00:30Krzysztof and Anna Firlus perform sonatas by Abel at the Actus Humanus Festival in Gdansk.
| 00:30Ensemble 1700 perform a tragicomedy commissioned by Princess Wilhelmine of Bayreuth
| 00:30Concerto Copenhagen and Lars Ulrik Mortensen perform Haydn's Symphonies Nos 47, 43 and 44.
| 00:30Beatrice Rana joins WDR Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Manze in Schumann's Piano Concerto.
| | 00:00Corey Mwamba shares new free jazz and improvised music to usher in peace.
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00Devonté Hynes explores favourite scores for film, television and video games.(R)
| 01:00Răzvan Rădos conducts a festive concert from Bucharest.
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| 02:00 | | | | | | 02:00Focus your mind with music from Humankind, Genesis Noir and Untitled Goose Game.(R)
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| 03:00 | | | | | | 03:00RAI National Symphony Orchestra and soloists perform Beethoven's Symphony No 9 in Turin
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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.
| 06:30Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny, including shortlisted entries from the Carol Competition.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny announces the winners of the Breakfast Carol Competition.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including the Friday poem.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Elizabeth Alker sets up your Saturday morning.
| 07:00Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
| 09:00Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
| 09:00Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
| 09:00Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music.
| 09:00Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
| 09:00Sarah Lenton chooses her favourite version of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty.
| 09:00Katie Derham chooses uplifting music to complement your Christmas Eve morning.
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| 11:00 | | | | | | 11:45Patrick Doyle, Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, Steve Rosenberg, Rachel Portman.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Kate Molleson explores Vaughan Williams’s Christmases as a child and as a student.
| 12:002/5Kate Molleson explores Vaughan Williams’s early Christmases with his wife Adeline.
| 12:003/5Kate Molleson explores what Christmas was like for Vaughan Williams during World War I.
| 12:00Kate Molleson explores Vaughan Williams’s time living at the house White Gates in Surrey.
| 12:005/5Kate Molleson follows Vaughan Williams back to London and a new home on Hanover Terrace.
| 12:30Jess Gillam and soprano Lise Davidsen share their favourite Christmas music.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Live from Wigmore Hall: The Sixteen sing Christmas music from the Renaissance.
| 13:00Hannah French presents the Nash Ensemble in chamber music by Saint-Saens and Faure.(R)
| 13:00Hannah French presents Ashley Riches and Joseph Middleton performing French songs.(R)
| 13:00Hannah French presents the Gould Piano Trio performing works by Faure and Saint-Saens.(R)
| 13:00Hannah French presents pianists Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy in music by Saint-Saens.(R)
| 13:00Hear Anna Lapwood open up a colourful selection of music from the inside.
| 13:00Clive Myrie introduces a personal selection of Christmas favourites.
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| 14:00 | 14:00The BBC Singers perform music composed by the finalists in the Radio 3 Carol Competition.
| 14:00Sibelius's Violin Concerto with Ning Feng, plus more performances from Yulianna Avdeeva.
| 14:00Brahms's Symphony no.1 performed by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.
| 14:00Ravel's ballet Mother Goose and music from early music group Ensemble Polyharmonique.
| 14:00Brahms's Symphony No 2 and highlights from a carol concert given by the BBC Singers.
| | 14:00Festive pieces with a historical vibe.
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| 15:00 | | | | | | 15:00Matthew Sweet and the BBC Philharmonic in concert with a festive mix of film music.
| 15:00Live from Norwich Cathedral.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:30Pianist Tom Borrow performs Rachmaninov's Variations on a Theme of Corelli.
| | 16:00Live from Norwich Cathedral.
| | 16:30Tom Service explores the stories behind some of Britten's best-loved festive works.(R)
| 16:15Christmas folk music from around the British Isles.
| 16:00Alyn Shipton with your seasonal favourites
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| 17:00 | 17:00Choirmaster Gareth Malone talks about his special Christmas programmes for Radio 3.
| 17:00Flautist Brandon Patrick George performs live in the studio.
| 17:00Top-class live Christmas music from some of the world's finest musicians.
| 17:00A classical Christmas with Gareth Malone.
| 17:00A classical Christmas with Gareth Malone.
| 17:00Jumoké Fashola presents a special yuletide edition of J to Z.
| 17:00Robert Webb and Nina Sosanya present a mix of festive music, poetry and prose.
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| 18:00 | | | | | | 18:30Rimsky-Korsakov's Christmas Eve, recorded in Berlin 2022, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.
| 18:15Elizabeth Alker steps into the world of South Yorkshire village pub carol sings.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. 19:30Shéhérazade: Fatma Said sings Ravel, Radio France Philharmonic plays Rimsky-Korsakov.
| 19:00Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. 19:30The BBC Singers perform Mozart's arrangement of Handel's oratorio Messiah.
| 19:00Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. 19:30Solomon's Knot perform an all-Bach concert at Wigmore Hall, including Cantatas 60 and 70.
| 19:00Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. 19:30Peter Philips conducts his renowned choir in its 50th anniversary year.
| 19:00Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. 19:30Join Clare Teal and the BBC Singers for a night of show tunes and festive favourites.
| | 19:00Christmas warmth from Sara Mohr-Pietsch.
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| 21:00 | 21:30From the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Englefield Green.
| | | | | | 21:00Georgia Mann at Ronnie Scott's for an evening of Christmas jazz.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Tom Service in conversation with composer John Rutter.(R) 22:45A series of essays about our favourite puddings, starting with the loved and hated tapioca
| 22:00Nandini Das, Tania Branigan, Halik Kochanski, Ed Yong, John Vallaint talk to Rana Mitter 22:45Essays about our favourite puddings. The spectacular summer pudding has many surprises.
| 22:00From classic myths rewritten by Natalie Haynes to the art of John Craxton in Crete. 22:45Essays about our favourite puddings. A rich French classic with surprises: Crème brûlée.
| 22:00Matthew Sweet looks at copyright rules for Mickey Mouse and Dickens in C19th America. 22:45Essays about our favourite puddings. A disputed antipodean Christmas classic: pavlova.
| 22:00Ian McMillan ho ho hosts a special Christmas edition of The Verb from Hebden Bridge. 22:45Essays about our favourite puddings. Christmas pudding, the essence of a British yuletide.
| 22:00Kate Molleson presents a selection of new music for the Christmas season
| 22:30Escape with Ólafur Arnalds for a special musical journey into Christmas calmness.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
| 23:00Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
| 23:00Hannah Peel with an immersive festive radio experience.
| 23:00An atmospheric half hour mix of music and seasonal sounds to conjure Christmas after dark. 23:30On the winter solstice, iconic Baroque evocations of the seasons reimagined by Max Richter
| 23:00Jennifer Lucy Allan hosts a festive party with WaqWaq Kingdom and NYX in session.
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