Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—Kuhmo Chamber Music presents 'Christmas Dinner at the Brodskys' from Helsinki
Recreating Christmas 1887 when Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Grieg dined together.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Sunrise classical on Christmas Day
Hannah French presents a Christmas Day edition of Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
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09:30
Christmas Morning Live
Join Petroc Trelawny to celebrate Christmas with live festive music and listener requests.
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Afternoon
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13:00
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols—Christmas 2024
A service of carols, hymns and readings live from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge. (R)
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15:00
大象传媒 Proms—Proms at Christmas 2024, Prom 60: Late Night with Eric Whitacre
大象传媒 Proms 2024: 大象传媒 Singers and conductor Eric Whitacre perform Eternity in an Hour.
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16:00
Composer of the Week—Christmas in Latvia, Christmas Joy
3/5 Donald Macleod celebrates Christmas alongside 鈥榋iemassv膿tki鈥�, or Winter Solstice, in Riga.
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17:00
Words and Music—Bah! Humbug!
Dominic West and Ruth Bradley explore the challenging aspects of Christmas. (R)
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Evening
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18:15
大象传媒 Proms—Proms at Christmas 2024, Prom 54: Beethoven for Three
大象传媒 Proms 2024: Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma play Brahms and Beethoven.
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20:00
大象传媒 Proms—Proms at Christmas 2024, Prom 70: Prokofiev鈥檚 Romeo and Juliet
大象传媒 Proms 2024: The 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Jaime Mart铆n.
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22:00
Night Tracks—Bewitching sounds for after dark
An immersive soundtrack for Christmas Day, with Hannah Peel.
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23:30
'Round Midnight—25/12/2024
Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Conductor Andrew Manze and violist Tabea Zimmermann in Berlin
Walton's Viola Concerto & Elgar's First Symphony from the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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