Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Kuhmo Chamber Music presents 'Christmas Dinner at the Brodskys' from Helsinki
Recreating Christmas 1887 when Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Grieg dined together.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Sunrise classical on Christmas Day
Hannah French presents a Christmas Day edition of Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
09:30
Christmas Morning Live
Join Petroc Trelawny to celebrate Christmas with live festive music and listener requests.
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Afternoon
13:00
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols—Christmas 2024
A service of carols, hymns and readings live from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.(R)
15:00
BBC Proms—Proms at Christmas 2024, Prom 60: Late Night with Eric Whitacre
BBC Proms 2024: BBC Singers and conductor Eric Whitacre perform Eternity in an Hour.
16:00
Composer of the Week—Christmas in Latvia, Christmas Joy
3/5Donald Macleod celebrates Christmas alongside ‘Ziemassvētki’, or Winter Solstice, in Riga.
17:00
Words and Music—Bah! Humbug!
Dominic West and Ruth Bradley explore the challenging aspects of Christmas.(R)
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Evening
18:15
BBC Proms—Proms at Christmas 2024, Prom 54: Beethoven for Three
BBC Proms 2024: Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma play Brahms and Beethoven.
20:00
BBC Proms—Proms at Christmas 2024, Prom 70: Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet
BBC Proms 2024: The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Jaime Martín.
22:00
Night Tracks—Bewitching sounds for after dark
An immersive soundtrack for Christmas Day, with Hannah Peel.
23:30
'Round Midnight—Moonlight Sleighride
Soweto settles in with jazz on Christmas Day.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Conductor Andrew Manze and violist Tabea Zimmermann in Berlin
Walton's Viola Concerto & Elgar's First Symphony from the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.
