Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Sena Jurinac as Leonora in Fidelio - archive performance
With Jonathan Swain. Including an archive performance from 1971 of Beethoven's Fidelio.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Wedesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's Breakfast show, with a musical advent calendar.
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09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Ray Mears
Artist of the Week: pianist Claudio Arrau, featured performing Schumann's Humoreske Op 20.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—Prokofiev - Back in the USSR, Alexander Nevsky
3/5 Focusing on Prokofiev's first struggles with the brutal realities of state criticism.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Bath Mozartfest 2016, Episode 2
2/4 Music by Mozart, Debussy and Brahms from the Bath Mozartfest 2016.
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—大象传媒 Performing Groups' Best of 2016, The 大象传媒 Singers Live
3/4 The 大象传媒 Singers in a live concert of carols and readings for the winter solstice.
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15:30
Choral Evensong—A Meditation on Christ's Nativity
An archive service of music and readings with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. (R)
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16:30
In Tune—Christmas Special from the 大象传媒 Radio Theatre
Live music from Danielle de Niese, Temple Church Choir, Septura and Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
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Evening
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18:30
Composer of the Week—Prokofiev - Back in the USSR, Alexander Nevsky
3/5 Focusing on Prokofiev's first struggles with the brutal realities of state criticism.
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19:30
大象传媒 Proms 2016—Prom 66: Berlin Philharmonic and Simon Rattle
Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in Julian Anderson, Dvorak and Brahms. (R)
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22:00
Free Thinking—Patriotism: China, Russia, Japan, Latin America
Rana Mitter and guests debate the meaning of patriotism beyond the west.
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22:45
The Essay—Christmas Close Up, Nativity Characters - Beyond the Christian Story
3/5 What Jesus and Mary represent to Muslims beyond the story of the Incarnation.
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23:00
Late Junction—A Late Junction Special with Shabaka Hutchings
Saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings is the guest presenter in a special edition.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Complete Mozart piano concertos - programme 7
With Jonathan Swain. Including another programe in the complete Mozart piano concertos.
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