| 00:00 | 00:30Santa Cecilia Orchestra and Chorus, John Nelson and soloists perform Handel's Messiah.
| 00:30The Ehnes Quartet explores two of Beethoven's legendary Razumovsky Quartets.
| 00:30Conductor Klaus Mäkelä returned to his cello in Brahms's touching Double Concerto.
| 00:30From Budapest, Liszt, Mendelssohn and Strauss. Penny Gore presents.
| 00:30Pianist Paul Lewis plays Schubert Sonatas. Penny Gore presents.
| 00:30György Kurtág's piano arrangements of Bach chorales from the Musikdorf Ernen Festival.
| 00:30Manfred Honeck with the Munich Philharmonic Chorus and German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
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| 06:00 | 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3’s award-winning classical breakfast show.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3’s award-winning classical breakfast show.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3’s award-winning classical breakfast show.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3’s award-winning classical breakfast show.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including the Friday poem.
| 06:30Emma Clarke sets up your Saturday morning.
| 06:30Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s festive classical breakfast show.
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| 09:00 | 09:30Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
| 09:30Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music.
| 09:30Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
| 09:30Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
| 09:30Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music.
| 09:00Hannah French hosts a Christmas party with live music, guests & the best festive playlist.
| 09:00Sarah Walker with festive classical music to get you into the Christmas spirit.
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| 12:00 | | | | | | 12:00Jools is joined by Sally Phillips, Ruby Turner and Phil Veacock for a festive special.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley shares festive music choices from Private Passions over the years.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Live performances from one of the UK's top ensembles
| 13:00Unique performances from a top UK performing group.
| 13:00Fiona Talkington with specially recorded music by the Nash Ensemble.
| 13:00Elizabeth Alker celebrates the 60th anniversary of the world-class Nash Ensemble.
| 13:00Elizabeth Alker with specially recorded music from Bath and Berlin.
| 13:00Clive Myrie introduces a personal selection of Christmas favourites.(R)
| 13:30Destination: Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Snowflakes. Your travel guide: Sara Mohr-Pietsch.
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| 14:00 | | | | | | 14:00Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite version of Britten's seasonal Ceremony of Carols.
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| 15:00 | | | 15:00Live from Llandaff Cathedral.
| | | | 15:00Live from Llandaff Cathedral.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:001/5Expectations are high as Bach plans his first Christmas in Leipzig. With Donald Macleod.(R)
| 16:002/5Bach is put under arrest in Weimar and reflects on Christmases past. With Donald Macleod.(R)
| 16:003/5A new job means Bach's Christmases will now feel very different. With Donald Macleod.(R)
| 16:004/5Bach makes plans for his most elaborate Christmas yet. With Donald Macleod.(R)
| 16:005/5Bach produces his final cantata for Christmas Day. With Donald Macleod.(R)
| 16:00Matthew Sweet with the greatest Christmas film soundtracks.
| 16:00Alyn Shipton with a special seasonal mix of jazz requests to get you in the festive mood.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
| 17:00Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
| 17:00Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
| 17:00Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
| 17:00Katie Derham presents live music and interviews from the finest classical musicians.
| 17:00Jess Gillam with a special festive show at home in the Lake District, with guest Jon Boden
| 17:00Hannah French explores the world of festive Early Music.
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| 18:00 | | | | | | 18:00The Royal Opera's staging of Offenbach's fantastical opera starring Juan Diego Flórez.
| 18:00Robert Lindsay and Shiloh Coke with a range of animals from sheep to turkeys and reindeer.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. 19:30Act 2 of Tchaikovsky's great ballet The Nutcracker and Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto.
| 19:00Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. 19:30Motets by Johann Christoph and Johann Sebastian Bach from Solomon's Knot in Manchester.
| 19:00Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. 19:30A sequence of choral music for Christmas.
| 19:00Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. 19:30Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen live at Wigmore Hall.
| 19:00Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.(R) 19:30Celebrate Christmas with the BBC Concert Orchestra & BBC Singers live from Snape Maltings.
| | 19:15The story of the annual Messiah performance in Skid Row, LA, and in Handel's London.
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| 20:00 | | | | | | | 20:00The extraordinary true story of composer Kay Swift and her affair with George Gershwin.
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| 21:00 | 21:45Dr Rommi Smith examines a turning-point moment in the life of five Black female musicians.
| 21:45Dr Rommi Smith examines a turning-point moment in the life of five Black female musicians.
| 21:45Dr Rommi Smith examines a turning-point moment in the life of five Black female musicians.
| 21:45Dr Rommi Smith examines a turning-point moment in the life of five Black female musicians.
| 21:45Dr Rommi Smith examines a turning-point moment in the life of five Black female musicians.
| 21:30Lopa Kothari shares a live performance from Colombian group Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.(R)
| 22:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.(R)
| 22:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.(R)
| 22:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.(R)
| 22:00Verity Sharp selects songs for the winter solstice with Shovel Dance Collective.
| 22:30Kate Molleson offers a seasonal feast of new music to stimulate and to sooth.
| 22:004/12Ólafur Arnalds shares a selection of relaxing music inspired by rivers, flow and change.(R)
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| 23:00 | 23:30The vocalist and bandleader selects favourites from his record collection.
| 23:30Soweto spins the London-based pianist and singer's latest single.
| 23:30One more piece from the fusion drummer's recent show with the BBC Concert Orchestra.
| 23:30New music from the quartet led by saxophonists Alex Hitchcock and Tom Barford.
| 23:30Soweto presents highlights from this year's finalists.
| | 23:00An atmospheric half hour mix of music and seasonal sounds to conjure Christmas after dark.(R) 23:30Elizabeth Alker with mid-winter music from artists and composers defying genre convention.
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