Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—22/12/2011
Jonathan Swain introduces a performance of the Scarlatti Christmas cantata Cinque Profeti.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Thursday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music by Dvorak, Chopin and Quilter.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Thursday - Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan presents music by Liadov, Verdi and Mendelssohn.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Handel and His Royal Masters
4/5 Donald Macleod introduces music by Handel written for various British monarchs.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—LSO St Luke's Beethoven Piano Sonata Series, Elisabeth Leonskaja
11/12 Elisabeth Leonskaja performs Beethoven: Piano Sonatas: No 20 in G; No 30 in E; No 32.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Thursday Opera Matinee, Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro
Louise Fryer presents a period instrument performance of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro.
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17:00
Words and Music—Money
Texts and music on the theme of money. Readings by Sylvestra Le Touzel and Dan Stevens. (R)
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Evening
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18:15
New Generation Artists—Jennifer Johnston, Francesco Piemontesi, Clara Mouriz, Igor Levit, Elias Quartet
Music from Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Clara Mouriz (mezzo).
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19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from St John's, Smith Square, Christmas Oratorio - Parts 1 and 2
1/2 The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge in Parts 1 and 2 of Bach's Christmas Oratorio.
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20:30
Twenty Minutes—What Childhood of Christ?
Helen Bond analyses the Scriptures and the Apocrypha to discover Christ's missing years.
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20:50
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from St John's, Smith Square, Christmas Oratorio - Parts 3 and 6
2/2 The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge in Parts 3 and 6 of Bach's Christmas Oratorio.
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22:00
Night Waves—Population Growth
Anne McElvoy considers how population growth is shaping the 21st century.
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22:45
The Essay—The Writer's Dickens, Alexander McCall Smith - Episodic Writing
4/5 Writer Alexander McCall Smith salutes Charles Dickens's mastery of the episodic form.
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23:00
Late Junction—Late Junction Sessions, Synnove S Bjorset and Hari Sivanesan
Fiona Talkington presents a session featuring Synnove S Bjorset and Hari Sivanesan.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—23/12/2011
Jonathan Swain presents Giovanni Ristori's Christmas-themed mass.
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