Choir of St John's College, Cambridge live from Wigmore Hall

Expires on Wednesday 4:00pm

Mark Forrest brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making. The Choir of St John's College Cambridge and director Christopher Gray look forward to Christmas with a programme of seasonal delights, live from London's Wigmore Hall. Plus, the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and conductor Thierry Fischer perform Stravinsky's witty and charming Pulcinella ballet suite as part of a week long celebration of dance music. There will also be highlights from the Belfast International Arts Festival. Today, pianist Charles Owen performs Schumann's Carnaval. WIGMORE HALL LIVE Introduced by Petroc Trelawny In the stillness – Sally Beamish There is a flower – John Rutter Ave Maria – Robert Parsons Verbum caro factum est – Hans Leo Hassler Hymn to the Virgin – Benjamin Britten All this time – William Walton In dulci jubilo – German Traditional, arr Robert Lucas Pearsall Magnificat Quinti Toni – Hieronymus Praetorius Love came down at Christmas – Eleanor Daley Jesus Christ the apple tree – Elizabeth Poston Vox in Rama – George Kirbye Coventry Carol – Anonymous, 16th century English The Three Kings – Jonathan Dove Choir of St John's College, Cambridge Christopher Gray (director) *** Maurice Ravel La Valse BBC Philharmonic Ludovic Morlot (conductor) Robert Schumann Carnaval, Op. 9 Charles Owen (piano) Giuseppe Verdi Overture -'Nabucco' Black Dyke Band Nicholas Childs (conductor) Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella, ballet suite Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Thierry Fischer (conductor) Amilcare Ponchielli Dance of the Hours, from 'La Gioconda' Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra Yi Zhang (conductor) To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers) just say 'Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live'.