Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—25/12/2013
Bach: Christmas Oratorio. Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. With Jonathan Swain
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill presents a Christmas edition of Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Sandi Toksvig
With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Wagner: Siegfried Idyll.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Too Much of a Good Thing
3/5 Donald Macleod discusses a special four-hour concert Beethoven mounted in 1808.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Schwetzingen Festival 2013, Episode 3
3/7 A Haydn piano sonata, songs by Wolf and Brahms's Trio for horn, violin and piano.
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14:00
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols—25/12/2013
Christmas carols and readings from the candlelit Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.
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15:40
Afternoon Concert—Leading Musicians, Episode 3
3/5 With Haydn's The Storm from Nikolaus Harnoncourt, plus Rameau: Les Indes Galantes (Act 2).
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16:30
Sean Rafferty at Home—Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Sean Rafferty travels to Dorset to visit conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
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17:45
New Generation Artists—Kitty Whately, Zhang Zuo, Elena Urioste
Music from Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Zhang Zuo (piano) and Elena Urioste (violin).
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Evening
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19:00
大象传媒 Proms 2013—Prom 59: Hollywood Rhapsody Prom
The John Wilson Orchestra in a Prom celebrating Hollywood film scores. (R)
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21:00
Belief—Sally Phillips
Joan Bakewell is in conversation with comic actress and writer Sally Phillips.
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21:30
大象传媒 Proms 2013—Prom 34: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Nigel Kennedy, Palestine Strings, Orchestra of Life in Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. (R)
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23:15
Late Junction—Wednesday - Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt's selection includes Miles Davis, Richard Dawson and Nancy Elizabeth.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Joyeux Noel, Episode 2
2/3 Including a performance of Berlioz's L'enfance du Christ given in St Denis, Paris.
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