| 00:00 | 00:30A Christmas concert from the WDR Radio Chorus and Orchestra with tenor Paul Phoenix.
| 00:30The German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra are joined by pianist Rudolf Buchbinder.
| 00:30Cellist Miklós Perényi pays tribute to his teacher Pablo Casals.
| 00:30Heinz Holliger conducts the Basel Chamber Orchestra. Presented by Catriona Young.
| 00:30La florida Capella with soprano Federico Fiorio at the Herne Early Music Days festival.
| | 00:00Henry Threadgill joins Corey Mwamba in conversation.(R)
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00A series of musical discovery from classical to electronic and beyond.(R)
| 01:00Bach, Beethoven, Mozart & Mendelssohn performed by the 2023 Pau Casals Festival Orchestra.
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| 02:00 | | | | | | 02:00Music to make you feel powerful from Defiance, Celeste and Angry Birds.(R)
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| 03:00 | | | | | | 03:00Cellist Mischa Maisky joins Orchestra della Svizzera italiana for Dvorak's Cello Concerto.
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| 06:00 | 06:30A Christmas Day special featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents a Boxing Day edition of Radio 3's classical Breakfast show.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring your requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring your requests.
| 06:30Martin Handley 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.
| 07:00Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show live from Vienna.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Join Petroc Trelawny to celebrate Christmas with live music and listener requests.
| 09:00Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music.
| 09:00Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music.
| 09:00Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music.
| 09:00Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music.
| 09:00Pianist Allyson Devenish chooses the ultimate version of Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise
| 09:00Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.
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| 11:00 | | | | | | 11:45Tom Service meets Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie to discuss her life and career.
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| 12:00 | | 12:001/4Donald Macleod explores the life and music of the 'Valkyrie of the Piano', Teresa Carreño.
| 12:002/4Donald Macleod explores the story of Devon-born harp virtuoso Elias Parish Alvars.
| 12:003/4Donald Macleod follows Polish pianist Maria Szymanowska as she strikes out on her own.
| 12:004/4Donald Macleod explores Joachim's story of faithful admirers and broken friendships.
| 12:30Jess Gillam shares music with composer Laura Cannell.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley's guest is the actor and musician Johnny Flynn.
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| 13:00 | 13:23A service of carols, hymns and readings live from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.
| 13:00Chamber music by Britten, Mozart and Moeran.
| 13:00Songs by Franz Schubert, Josephine Lang, Pauline Viardot and Gustav Mahler.
| 13:00Chamber music by Mendelssohn and Billy Childs.
| 13:00Music by Haydn, Pierre Vellones and Xavier Montsalvatge.
| 13:00Hear soprano Elizabeth Watts open up a colourful selection of music from the inside.
| 13:00Daniel Hope, violin, and Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano play Dvořák's Sonatina Op.100.
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| 14:00 | | 14:00Igor Levit plays Brahms's Second Piano Concerto.
| 14:00Jakub Hrusa conducts Dvorak's Eighth Symphony.
| 14:00Ivor Bolton conducts Mozart's Symphony No 40.
| 14:00Seong-Jin Cho play's Mozart's Piano Concerto No 9, the so-called 'Jeunehomme'.
| | 14:00Hannah French and wine historian Ron Merlino explore connections between Lassus and wine.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Festive music to thrill, sooth and nourish you on Christmas afternoon.
| | | | | 15:00Matthew Sweet celebrates 50 years of one of cinema's greatest collaborations.
| 15:00From the Chapel of Lancing College for the Feast of John, Apostle and Evangelist.(R)
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| 16:00 | | | 16:00From the Chapel of Lancing College for the Feast of John, Apostle and Evangelist.
| | 16:30Tom Service explores the lyrics and legacy of musical theatre composer Stephen Sondheim.
| 16:00Lopa Kothari in conversation with Angelique Kidjo.(R)
| 16:00Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Dominic West and Gemma Whelan with festive readings and music
| 17:00Exploring the excitement, and occasional disappointment, of giving and receiving presents.(R)
| 17:001/3Horatio Clare's immersive Slow Radio Sound Walk along Greenland's Arctic Circle Trail.(R)
| 17:002/3Day two of Horatio Clare's immersive Sound Walk along Greenland's Arctic Circle Trail.(R)
| 17:003/3Day three of Horatio Clare's immersive Sound Walk along Greenland's Arctic Circle Trail.(R)
| 17:00Vibraphonist Simon Moullier, live in session, plus Soweto Kinch’s inspirations.
| 17:00An odyssey through the musical universe, presented by Tom Service. 17:30A smorgasbord of literary and musical feasts from Jonathan Swift to Nora Ephron.(R)
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| 18:00 | 18:15BBC Proms 2023: Paavo Järvi conducts the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.
| 18:15BBC Proms 2023: BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Anna-Maria Helsing.
| 18:15BBC Proms 2023: Raphaël Pichon conducts Pygmalion in Mozart's final masterpiece.
| 18:15BBC Proms 2023: Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
| 18:15BBC Proms 2023: violinist Thomas Gould directs the Britten Sinfonia.
| 18:30Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi, recorded at the 2023 Salzburg Festival.
| 18:45Ms Bernhardt lived in a blaze of publicity. We celebrate the first global superstar.
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| 19:00 | | | 19:40Music by Handel, Haydn, Schubert and Schumann, performed by rising classical stars.
| | 19:55Radio 3's current New Generation Artists in music by Mozart, Brahms and Prokofiev.
| | 19:30BBC Proms 2023: Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO in Mahler’s Ninth Symphony.
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| 20:00 | 20:05Radio 3 New Generation Artists perform music by JS Bach, Wolf and Korngold.
| 20:05Pianist Giorgi Gigashvili plays Chopin, and mezzo Helen Charlston sings Strozzi.
| 20:55BBC Proms 2023: Chineke! Orchestra conducted by Anthony Parnther.
| 20:20Bach, Berlioz and Beethoven from Radio 3's New Generation Artists - stars of the future.
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| 21:00 | 21:10BBC Proms 2023: Owain Park directs The Gesualdo Six performing Weelkes and others
| 21:28BBC Proms 2023: VOCES8 and music that drifts from the Renaissance to Radiohead.
| | 21:35Cellist Laura van der Heijden and pianist Jâms Coleman perform live at Dewsbury Town Hall.
| 21:10BBC Proms 2023: Nicholas Collon and Aurora Orchestra in Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.
| | 21:00BBC Proms 2023: Marin Alsop conducts the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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| 22:00 | 22:451/5Chris Watson vividly recalls how he captured the sounds of 'The Great White Silence'.(R)
| 22:452/5A quest for nocturnal sounds at the pinnacle of an isolated sea rock as sirens sing below.(R)
| 22:453/5The songs of invisible birds are captured in the isolation of a lake in Finland.(R)
| | 22:455/5From sea level to volcanic crater in search of the entrance to the centre of the earth.(R)
| 22:00Tom Service presents Oh Bobby! - an experimental Christmas pantomime by Adam de la Cour.
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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.
| 23:154/5As wreathes of mist lift from a moorland, birdsong is captured in the darkness.(R) 23:30Elizabeth Alker presents Erased Tapes artists in collaboration with BBC Philharmonic.
| 23:00Verity Sharp shares the sounds of our latest exclusive collaboration session
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