Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Three Haydn Symphonies
Concerto Copenhagen and Lars Ulrik Mortensen perform Haydn's Symphonies Nos 47, 43 and 44.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Morning Classical
Petroc Trelawny announces the winners of the Breakfast Carol Competition.
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09:00
Essential Classics—The ideal morning mix of classical music
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Composer of the Week—A Vaughan Williams Christmas, White Gates
Kate Molleson explores Vaughan Williams鈥檚 time living at the house White Gates in Surrey.
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13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—LSO St Luke's: Saint-Saens's Circle (3/4)
Hannah French presents the Gould Piano Trio performing works by Faure and Saint-Saens. (R)
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14:00
Afternoon Concert—Ravel Mother Goose
Ravel's ballet Mother Goose and music from early music group Ensemble Polyharmonique.
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17:00
Christmas with Gareth Malone—Episode 1
A classical Christmas with Gareth Malone.
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Evening
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19:00
Classical Mixtape—Classical music to inspire you
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
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19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—A Renaissance Christmas with the Tallis Scholars
Peter Philips conducts his renowned choir in its 50th anniversary year.
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22:00
Free Thinking—Dickens, Disney and copyright
Matthew Sweet looks at copyright rules for Mickey Mouse and Dickens in C19th America.
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22:45
The Essay—The Story of Puddings, Pavlova
Essays about our favourite puddings. A disputed antipodean Christmas classic: pavlova.
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23:00
The Night Tracks Mix—Christmas at Night
An atmospheric half hour mix of music and seasonal sounds to conjure Christmas after dark.
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23:30
Unclassified—Unclassified Live: Max Richter鈥檚 Recomposed at Bluedot Festival
On the winter solstice, iconic Baroque evocations of the seasons reimagined by Max Richter
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Schumann and Vaughan Williams from the Ruhr Piano Festival
Beatrice Rana joins WDR Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Manze in Schumann's Piano Concerto.
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