From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, a rare chance to hear Tchaikovsky's only comic opera, The Tsarina's Slippers. Presented by Jonathan Swain.
Larissa Diadkova (mezzo-soprano, Solokha), Maxim Mikhailov (bass, The Devil), Vladimir Matorin (bass, Chub), Olga Guryakova (soprano, Oxana), Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor, Vakula), Viacheslav Voynarovskiy (tenor, The Schoolmaster) , Changhan Lim (baritone, Wood Goblin), Sergei Leiferkus (baritone, His Highness), Jeremy White (bass, Master Of Ceremonies), John Upperton (tenor, Panas), Alexander Vassiliev (bass, Pan Golova), Andrew Macnair (tenor, Echo), Royal Opera House Orchestra , Royal Opera House Chorus, Alexander Polianichko (conductor)
Cast as Part 1, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Royal Opera House Chorus, Alexander Polianichko (conductor)
Marita Kvarving Sølberg (soprano), The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Kjetil Haugsand (conductor)
Delius, Frederick (1862-1934) arr. Thomas Beecham
Christmas Medley (The Christmas Song (Tormé); White Christmas (Berlin); Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Martin)
Louis Quilico & Gino Quilico (baritones), Toronto Children's Chorus, Judy Loman (harp), Members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Jean Ashworth Bartle (conductor)
Concertino for oboe and wind ensemble in C major (arr. for trumpet)
Geoffrey Payne (trumpet), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz (conductor)
Francine van der Heyden (soprano), Karin van der Poel (mezzo-soprano), Otto Bouwknegt (tenor), Mitchell Sandler (bass), Ensemble Bouzignac, Musica ad Rhenum, Jed Wentz (conductor).
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. As December progresses, plenty of festival music and surprises.
From 15th December, the BBC Singers will be specially recording carols - some of them requested by our listeners.
There's the Breakfast Advent Calendar - opening a door every day to reveal winter music and readings chosen by listeners and presenters.
Closer to Christmas, listeners will have the chance to send a Breakfast Christmas Card by requesting a piece of music and dedicating it to a friend.
And in Your Call where we hear from our audience about their favourite pieces of music, there's the chance to introduce a favourite piece of music to the rest of the UK. In the run up to Christmas we'll be hearing about music that reminds listeners of the festive season.
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Grieg Choral Music - The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, BIS-SACD-1661
A Christmas feature with the daily brainteaser set by one of our listeners, and performances by the Artists of the Week, Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert.
Sarah's guest this Christmas week is the comedian and impressionist Alistair McGowan. Alistair's most recent show is You Cannot Be Serious! on ITV, and he is perhaps best known for the BBC1 top-rating comedy programme The Big Impression, which won numerous awards, including a BAFTA. He provided the voices for many of the characters in the political puppet comedy Spitting Image, and has been a regular on Radio 4 comedy shows including Weekending and The Harpoon, as well as The Game's Up on Radio Five Live.
In 2010, his first play, Timing, received a nomination for Best New Comedy in the whatsonstage.com awards. As an actor Alistair has played the title role in the quirky detective show Mayo (co-writing several later episodes), Mr Kenge in Bleak House and Spock in Tim Firth's award-winning Preston Front. He has hosted Have I Got News For You?, was one of the grumpy old men in Grumpy Guides, and has appeared on Who Do You Think You Are? He is co-author of A Matter of Life and Death: How To Wean A Man Off Football.
According to Wagner, "He writes like the divine Mozart", but it's a connection that isn't necessarily obvious. Jacques Offenbach is, after all, the man who gave us the can-can.
Offenbach's music is largely a product of the Second Empire, a period that's popularly associated with a cynical, pleasure loving mood and the rule of Napoleon III. The politics of the world he lived in was fodder for a wealth of topical gags and daring allusions, parodies that audiences streamed through the doors of the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens to watch. The triumph of "Orphée aux Enfers" in 1858 was followed by a breathtaking number of operas and operettas, the most successful, La Belle Hélène, La Vie Parisienne, Barbe-Bleue, La Grande-Duchess de Gérolstein and La Périchole, made him a fortune and took him to international fame.
His facility to compose was extraordinary. He could write, orchestrate and produce a one-act work within the space of a week, happy to compose amid the noise of his family, wife and five children. Wherever he went, he wrote music, even in his coach, where he had a desk made so he could continue while he was moving between theatres. By the time of his death in 1880 he'd written over one hundred works for the stage.
A thin, gaunt man, he struggled with painful gout and rheumatism all his life. Never weighing more than six stones, he nonetheless lived his life to the full, enjoying gambling, women, cigars and amateur dramatics whenever he could tear himself away from his multiple theatrical commitments.
The advent of the Third Republic presented an artistic crossroads for Offenbach. The king of operetta found himself out of step with the changing tastes of theatre-goers. As he struggled to find a place for his music in the new order, he began to move towards a more profound style of musical expression. In 1877 he began work on what's now regarded as his masterpiece, Les Contes d'Hoffmann. Tragically, he died before completing it, at the age of 61. The task of finishing Offenbach's final statement was given to Ernest Guirard, and the restoration of Offenbach's reputation turned into a posthumous victory.
In the first programme Donald Macleod traces Offenbach's roots back to Cologne, where he lived until the age of fourteen. Something of a child prodigy, it was his musical promise that encouraged his father to bring him to Paris, where pretty soon Offenbach was keen to make his mark as a composer.
Penny Gore presents highlights from this year's Schwetzingen Festival, including Debussy's Cello Sonata performed by Mischa Maisky, and Stravinsky's 3 Movements from Petrushka performed by Khatia Buniatishvili.
Penny Gore presents highlights from some of Europe's leading European Music Festivals with performances today recorded at the Salzburg, Esterhazy and Schleswig Holstein Festivals. Zubin Mehta conducts Dvorak's ever-popular New World Symphony and the British pianist, Howard Shelley plays a rarity by one of Chopin's predecessors.
During the course of Afternoon on 3 this week there will be the chance to hear all four of Bach's vibrant orchestral suites, performances of Chopin's music on the instruments of his time. And also on the bill later in the week, Daniel Barenboim conducts Mozart's final three symphonic masterpieces with the Vienna Philharmonic on Wednesday Thursday and Friday and on Christmas Day the sensational pianist Lang Lang playing Beethoven's Emperor Concerto.
Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
Franciszek Lessel (1780-1838) Piano Concerto in C, op. 14
Mozart Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504 ('Prague')
Dvorak Symphony No. 9 in e minor, op. 95 'New World'
From the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano conducts the first of the music dramas comprising Wagner's epic Ring Cycle, originally broadcast live in October with the rest to be broadcast act by act weekdays over the next fortnight.
In Das Rheingold, the dwarf Alberich renounces love and steals the Rhinegold from the Rhinemaidens with which he forges a magic ring. Meanwhile Wotan, chief of the gods, has built his mighty fortress Valhalla with the help of the giants. But in order to pay them back, Wotan in turn needs to steal the Rhinegold back from Alberich. And so with this double theft Wagner sets up the theme of love versus power that reverberates throughout all four dramas.
Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra perform the complete score to Prokofiev's ballet Cinderella which contains some of the composer's most popular and melodious music.
This is a rare opportunity to hear Prokofiev's generously melodic fairy-tale ballet score in its full glory under the baton of a conductor steeped in the Russian ballet repertoire. It tells the famous fairytale of poor Cinderella who lives with her wicked stepsisters and goes to the ball after a make-over from a fairy and falls in love with the prince. Able to stay only till midnight when the spell wears off, she loses her slipper which the prince uses to find her again.
Prokofiev: Cinderella Op. 87
The television news on Christmas Day brings us once again pictures of British troops in Afghanistan celebrating Christmas far from their homes and families.
Richard Dannatt knows how that feels. In this programme he speaks of the Christian conviction that has shaped his vocation as a soldier, from training officer at Sandhurst to head of the British army. In conversation with Joan Bakewell he explores some of the dilemmas of modern warfare and politics, and shares his concerns for the spiritual needs of men and women on the front line.
American organ virtuoso Cameron Carpenter brings his extraordinary manual and pedal dexterity to bear on the mighty Royal Albert Hall organ in the first two concerts exploring the works of the greatest composer for the instrument, JS Bach, and his own extraordinary improvisations.
Famous for his prodigious abilities and performance flair, Cameron Carpenter in these concerts plays Bach both in its original form and as viewed through the prism of other composers - including himself: the concert includes his reworking of part of a Bach solo violin partita. Alongside it are a chorale prelude arranged for piano by Busoni, and Henry Wood's and Busoni's arrangements of the famous D minor Toccata and Fugue re-imagined by Cameron Carpenter.
Partita No. 3 in E major for solo violin, BWV 1006 - excerpt (arr. C. Carpenter)
Chorale Prelude 'Nun freut euch, lieben Christen', BWV 734 (arr. Busoni/C. Carpenter)
Bach: "Evolutionary" Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, (arr. Wood, Busoni and Carpenter)
Jez Nelson presents the second part of Jazz on 3's review of the year, this time selecting the best jazz albums of 2012. Guest critics Jon Newey and Helen Mayhew will join Jez in the studio with their favourite British and international releases, in a year which has seen acclaimed new material from the likes of saxophonist John Surman, vocalist Christine Tobin and a posthumous release from Swedish piano trio EST.
TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2012
TUE 00:30 Through the Night (b01pcs2t)
For Christmas morning Jonathan Swain presents a sequence of seasonal choral works performed by the Maitrise de Radio France interspersed with baroque works for Christmas by Zelenka.
12:31 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Virga Jesse floruit - from Magnificat in E flat, BWV 243a
Alain Buet (baritone), Claire Thirion (cello), Denis Comtet (organ), Maîtrise de Radio France, Sofi Jeannin (director)
12:34 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV.645; Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - from Cantata No.61
Maîtrise de Radio France, Denis Comtet (organ), Sofi Jeannin (director)
12:38 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph [1872-1958]
Fantasia on Christmas carols
Alain Buet (baritone), Claire Thirion (cello), Denis Comtet (organ), Maîtrise de Radio France, Sofi Jeannin (director)
12:52 AM
Colin Matthews [b.1946]
A Rose at Christmas for chorus
Maîtrise de Radio France, Sofi Jeannin (director)
12:55 AM
Tomasi, Henri [1901-1971]
12 Noels de Saboly - excerpts
Maîtrise de Radio France, Sofi Jeannin (director)
1:01 AM
Zelenka, Jan Dismas [1679-1745]
Missa Nativitatis Domini, ZWV.8
Barbora Sojková (soprano), Stanislava Mihalcová (soprano), Marta Fadljevicová (mezzo-soprano), Markéta Cukrová (contralto), Sylva Cmugrová (contralto), Daniela Cermáková (contralto), Jarosla Brezina (tenor), Cenek Svoboda (tenor), Tomás Král (baritone), Jaromír Nosek (bass), Musica Florea, Marek Stryncl (director)
1:35 AM
Finzi, Gerald [1901-1956]
In terra pax Op.39
Alain Buet (baritone), Denis Comtet (organ), Maîtrise de Radio France, Sofi Jeannin (director)
1:52 AM
Zelenka, Jan Dismas [1679-1745]
Magnificat in C, ZWV.107
Barbora Sojková (soprano), Musica Florea, Marek Stryncl (director)
2:03 AM
Britten, Benjamin [1913-1976]
A Ceremony of carols Op.28 for boys' voices and harp - excerpts
Iris Torossian (harp), Maîtrise de Radio France, Sofi Jeannin (director)
2:24 AM
Zelenka, Jan Dismas [1679-1745]
O magnum mysterium (Moteto pro nativitate, ZWV.171)
Markéta Cukrová (contralto), Musica Florea, Marek Stryncl (director)
2:31 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Quartet for piano and strings No.1 (Op.25) in G minor
Kungsbacka Trio
3:13 AM
Kraus, Joseph Martin (1756-1792)
Sinfonie in E flat
Concerto Koln
3:33 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872) orch. Zygmunt Noskowski
Polonaise in E flat major
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Katlewicz (conductor)
3:40 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Variations in E major on a German National Air, Op.posth
Ludmil Angelov (piano)
3:48 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Gloria in Excelsis Deo (BWV.191)
Ann Monoyios (soprano), Colin Ainsworth (tenor), Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Ivars Taurins (conductor)
4:03 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Pavane in G minor (Z.752) and Chaconne (Chacony) in G minor (Z.730)
London Baroque
4:11 AM
Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974)
Scaramouche
James Anagnoson, Leslie Kinton (pianos)
4:22 AM
Salzedo, Carlos (1885-1961)
Concert Variations on 'O Tannenbaum'
Judy Loman (harp)
4:26 AM
Leontovitch, Mykola (1877-1921); Kountz, Richard (b. 19??), arr. Cable, Howard
Carol of the Bells & The Sleigh à la Russe
The Toronto Children's Chorus, Members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Judy Loman (harp), Jean Ashworth Bartle (conductor)
4:31 AM
Bree, Johannes Bernardus van (1801-1857)
Overture 'Le Bandit'
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen (conductor)
4:38 AM
Bortnyans' ky, Dmitry (1751-1825)
Choral concerto No.6 "What God is Greater"
Platon Maiborada Academic Choir, Viktor Skoromny (conductor)
4:46 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
The Sleeping beauty suite (Op.66a)
The Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
5:07 AM
Jongen, Joseph (1873-1953)
Allegro appassionato (Op.95, No.2) from 2 pieces for Piano Trio
Grumiaux Trio
5:14 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat major (K.595)
Clifford Curzon (piano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
5:46 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)/Gounod, Charles (1818-1893)
Méditation sur le premier prélude de Bach (Ave Maria) arr. for cello & harp
Kyung-Ok Park (cello), Myung-Ja Kwun (harp)
5:51 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Impromptu No.3 in B flat major (from 4 Impromptus D.935)
Ilze Graubina (piano)
6:00 AM
Bersa, Blagoje (1873-1934)
Capriccio-Scherzo (Op.25c) (1902)
Croatian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mladen Tarbuk (conductor)
6:09 AM
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
Himlen mørkner stor og grum (The sky is vast and grim)
Fionian Chamber Choir, Alice Granum (director)
6:12 AM
Traditional; arranger unknown
Ack Vämeland du sköna
The Danish String Quartet, Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)
6:16 AM
Torelli, Giuseppe (1658-1709)
Concerto a quattro in forma Pastorale per il Santo Natal.
TUE 06:30 Breakfast (b01pcs49)
Tuesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. As December progresses, plenty of festival music and surprises.
From 15th December, the BBC Singers will be specially recording carols - some of them requested by our listeners.
There's the Breakfast Advent Calendar - opening a door every day to reveal winter music and readings chosen by listeners and presenters.
Listeners will have the chance to send a Breakfast Christmas Card by requesting a piece of music and dedicating it to a friend.
And in Your Call where we hear from our audience about their favourite pieces of music, there's the chance to introduce a favourite piece of music to the rest of the UK.
TUE 09:00 Essential Classics (b01pcs6y)
Tuesday - Sarah Walker
with Sarah Walker and her guest, comedian and impressionist Alistair McGowan.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Grieg Choral Music - The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, BIS-SACD-1661
9.30-
10.30am
A Christmas feature where listeners to Essential Classics set the daily brainteaser, and performances by the Artists of the Week, Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert.
10.30am
Sarah's guest this Christmas week is the comedian and impressionist Alistair McGowan. Alistair's most recent show is You Cannot Be Serious! on ITV, and he is perhaps best known for the BBC1 top-rating comedy programme The Big Impression, which won numerous awards, including a BAFTA. He provided the voices for many of the characters in the political puppet comedy Spitting Image, and has been a regular on Radio 4 comedy shows including Weekending and The Harpoon, as well as The Game's Up on Radio Five Live.
In 2010, his first play, Timing, received a nomination for Best New Comedy in the whatsonstage.com awards. As an actor Alistair has played the title role in the quirky detective show Mayo (co-writing several later episodes), Mr Kenge in Bleak House and Spock in Tim Firth's award-winning Preston Front. He has hosted Have I Got News For You?, was one of the grumpy old men in Grumpy Guides, and has appeared on Who Do You Think You Are? He is co-author of A Matter of Life and Death: How To Wean A Man Off Football.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
DECCA 444 322-2.
TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01pcs9t)
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Episode 2
Singing Offenbach proved to be "a life changing experience" for Dame Felicity Lott. Although she's well known as a recitalist and for her appearances in rather more serious operatic roles, she is also a leading interpreter of the title roles in Offenbach's La belle Hélène and La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein. In a festive edition of the programme, she shares her thoughts on these two comic roles with Donald Macleod.
With excerpts from La belle Hélène and La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein.
TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01pcsh0)
Schwetzingen Festival 2012
Episode 6
Penny Gore presents highlights from this year's Schwetzingen Festival, including Mussorgsky's original piano version of Pictures at an Exhibition, and a very unusual arrangement of Bach's Italian Concerto for percussion and double bass.
Presented by Penny Gore.
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Medtner: La Campanelle (from Two Fairy Tales, Op.20)
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
Mozart: Divertimento in F, K.253
Weimar Wind Ensemble
Bach arr Sadlo: 1st movement of Italian Concerto in F, BWV.971
Peter Sadlo, Claudio Estay, Kiril Stoyanov, Andreas Csok (percussion) Pawel Dudys (double bass).
TUE 14:00 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (b01pm679)
Recorded yesterday in the candlelit chapel of King's College, Cambridge, A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is based around nine Bible readings which tell the story of the loving purposes of God. They are interspersed with carols old and new, sung by the world famous chapel choir who also lead the congregation in traditional Christmas hymns.
Once in Royal David's City (descant Ledger)
Bidding Prayer read by the Dean
Ding, dong, ding (arr. Woodward)
First lesson: Genesis 3, vv 8-19 read by a Chorister
Herefordshire Carol (arr Vaughan Williams)
Adam lay ybounden (Christopher Brown)
Second lesson: Genesis 22 vv 15-18 read by a Choral Scholar
Good Christian men (arr Ledger)
The holly and the ivy (arr Walford Davies)
Third lesson: Isaiah 9 vv 2, 6-7 read by a Member of College Staff
Nowell sing we now all and some (medieval)
Unto us is born a Son (arr Willcocks)
Fourth lesson: Isaiah 11 vv 1-3a, 4a, 6-9 read by a Representative of the City of Cambridge
A spotless rose (Ledger)
Ring out, wild bells (Carl Vine - first performance, commissioned by King's College)
Fifth lesson: Luke 1 vv 26-35, 38 read by the Master Over the Choristers
Gabriel's message (arr Pettman)
The Cherry Tree Carol (arr Cleobury)
Sixth lesson: Luke 2 vv 1, 3-7 read by the Chaplain
Away in a manger (arr Willcocks)
All bells in paradise (Rutter)
Seventh lesson: Luke 2 vv 8-16 read by the Director of Music
In the bleak midwinter (Darke)
While shepherds watched (descant Cleobury)
Eighth lesson: Matthew 2 vv 1-12 read by the Vice-Provost
Three Kings from Persian Lands (Cornelius arr Atkins)
Sir Christèmas (William Mathias)
Ninth lesson: John 1 vv 1-14 read by the Provost
O come, all ye faithful (arr Willcocks)
Collect and Blessing
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing (descant Ledger)
Organ voluntaries:
In dulci jubilo BWV 729 (Bach)
Toccata Op 5 (Duruflé )
Director of Music: Stephen Cleobury
Organ Scholar: Parker Ramsay
Producer: Simon Vivian.
TUE 15:40 Afternoon Concert (b01pcsj4)
European Music Festivals
Episode 2
Lang Lang plays Beethoven at the Lucerne Festival
Penny Gore introduces a performance by the Chinese super star pianist as part of her focus this week on Europe's leading music festivals.
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat, op. 73 ('Emperor')
Lang Lang (piano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor).
TUE 16:30 Opera on 3 (b01pcslq)
Die Walkure
Act 1
Wagner's Die Walküre, Act 1
Presented by Donald Macleod
From the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. In the second of the Ring dramas, we move from the realm of the gods to the human sphere, where love enters the story in the blossoming incestuous relationship between the twins Siegmund and Sieglinde.
Siegmund.....Simon O'Neill (Tenor)
Sieglinde.....Eva-Maria Westbroek (Soprano)
Hunding.....John Tomlinson (Bass)
Orchestra of The Royal Opera House
Conductor, Antonio Pappano.
TUE 17:40 New Generation Artists (b01pcsls)
Jennifer Johnston, Apollon Musagete Quartet, Christian Ihle Hadland, Robin Tritschler
A series of programmes over the Christmas season celebrating and showcasing the talents of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists and welcoming the new intake onto the scheme. Mezzo Jennifer Johnston, tenor Robin Tritschler, pianist Christian Ihle Hadland and the Escher and Apollon Musagete quartets showcase the talents of the New Generation Artists, both incoming and outgoing.
Britten: The Birds
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano)
Joseph Middleton (piano)
Josef Suk: Meditation on an old Czech hymn "St Wenceslas" Op.35a
Apollon Musagete Quartet
Britten: The Corpus Christi carol
Britten: I wonder as I wander
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano)
Joseph Middleton (piano)
Mozart: Piano Quartet in E flat major K.493
Christian Hadland (piano)
Escher Quartet
Wolf: Nun wandre, Maria
Wolf: Schlafendes Jesuskind
Wolf: Fuhr mich, Kind nach Bethlehem!
Reger: Der Konig aus dem Morgenland!
Robin Tritschler (tenor)
James Baillieu (piano)
Respighi: Quartet in D major
Escher Quartet
Britten: The Holly and the ivy
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano)
Joseph Middleton (piano).
To see video performances of the artists click on 'Clips' above, you can also find out about all the New Generation Artists at 'Artists A-Z'.
TUE 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01pcslv)
BBC Proms 2012
Prom 49: The Yeomen of the Guard
Another chance to hear one of the highlights of the 2012 Proms season.
Presented by Catherine Bott
Gilbert and Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard
Gilbert and Sullivan's richest and most emotionally engaging operetta set at the Tower of London in the 16th Century, is considered by many to be Sullivan's finest musical score.
Young Colonel Fairfax is imprisoned under the sentence of death for sorcery - in reality he's a scientist and alchemist - but a young girl, Phoebe Meryll and her father who served with Fairfax in the army plan to spring him from the Tower. Add to the story a lovelorn jailer, a young singer, a jester and the Yeomen themselves and you have the makings of a typical G&S operetta with lots of room for humour and twists of plot. The strong cast of soloists and an orchestra and conductor renowned for their G&S performances at the Proms will guarantee a memorable evening.
Gilbert and Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard
Elsie Maynard ..... Lisa Milne (soprano)
Colonel Fairfax ..... Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Jack Point ..... Mark Stone (baritone)
Dame Carruthers ..... Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano)
Sergeant Meryll ..... Mark Richardson (baritone)
Wilfred Shadbolt ..... Toby Stafford-Allen (bass)
Phoebe Meryll ..... Heather Shipp (mezzo-soprano)
Lieutenant Sir Richard Cholmondeley ..... Leigh Melrose (bass-baritone)
Leonard Meryll ..... Tom Randle (tenor)
Kate ..... Mary Bevan (soprano)
First Yeoman ..... Jonathan McGovern (baritone)
Second Yeoman ..... Marcus Farnsworth (baritone)
Martin Duncan (director)
BBC Singers
BBC Concert Orchestra
Jane Glover (conductor).
TUE 22:00 Belief (b01pfsxq)
President Jimmy Carter
The former U.S President, Jimmy Carter, talks to Joan Bakewell about the faith that sustained him during his years in the White House, and the beliefs that underpin the political and humanitarian work of the Carter Center.
TUE 22:30 Cantata for Christmas Day (b01pcslx)
Bach's festive cantata Christen ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63, in a performance conducted by John Eliot Gardiner in the Herderkirche in Weimar, where it received its first performance on Christmas Day 1714.
Bach: Christen ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63 (Christians, engrave this day)
Claron McFadden (soprano)
Bernarda Fink (mezzo)
Christoph Genz (tenor)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
conductor, John Eliot Gardiner.
TUE 23:00 Late Junction (b01pcslz)
Tuesday - Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt's Festive Menu brims with full fat treats: Steve Lacey's Original New Duck, John Cage's Imaginary Landscape No 5 , Christmas Songs from Odetta, Sufjan Stevens, Nils Landgren, Bugge Wesseltoft and Captain Beefheart , along with all the trimmings: Bright Star Carol, Deck The Halls and Bethlehem Down.
WEDNESDAY 26 DECEMBER 2012
WED 00:30 Through the Night (b01pcs2w)
Jonathan Swain presents the 4th Mazovia Goes Baroque Festival from Poland, with music by Strozzi, Telemann, Merula, Frescobaldi, Uccellini and Rameau.
12:31 AM
Anonymous
Miri it is while sumer ilast
Andreas Borregaard (accordion)
12:33 AM
Traditional Swedish
Swedish Folk Dance
Andreas Borregaard (accordion)
12:36 AM
Strozzi, Barbara [1619-1677]
Mascara, sonata e ballata da piu Cavalieri Napolitani
Maria Cleary (Arpa Doppia)
12:39 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp [1681-1767]
Fantasy in B flat TWV
40:14
Komalé Akakpo (hackbrett)
12:42 AM
Satie, Erik [1866-1925]
Gnossienne No.1
Andreas Borregaard (accordion)
12:46 AM
Merula, Tarquino [1594/5-1665]
Violin Sonata No. 1 a 2 (Op. 6)
Arparia Ensemble
12:51 AM
Frescobaldi, Girolamo [1583-1643]
La Romanesca
Maria Cleary (Arpa Doppia)
12:57 AM
Uccellini, Marco [c.1603-1680]
Violin Sonata no. 7 from 'Opera V'
Davide Monti (violin)
1:04 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Andante in F (K616)
Andreas Borregaard (accordion)
1:11 AM
Anonymous
Folias de Espana
Komalé Akakpo (hackbrett)
1:19 AM
Visee, Robert de [c.1655-c.1732/3]
Suite no. 9 in D minor
Komalé Akakpo (hackbrett)
1:27 AM
Anonymous
Sonata in G from 'Maria Lancellotti's Book of Psalms';
Komalé Akakpo (hackbrett)
1:37 AM
Marini, Biagio [1594-1663]
Violin Sonata no 4 (Op. 8)
Davide Monti (violin), Maria Cleary (Arpa Doppia)
1:48 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe [1683-1764]
Pieces de Clavecin
Andreas Borregaard (accordion)
2:04 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Suite no.1 in C major (BWV.1066)
Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel (conductor)
2:31 AM
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725)
Cinque Profeti - Christmas Cantata
Barbara Schlick (Daniel, soprano), Heike Hallaschka (Ezechielle, soprano), Kai Wessel (Geremia, alto), Christoph Prégardien (Isaia, tenor), Michael Schopper (Abramo, bass), La Stagione, Michael Schneider (director)
3:31 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Keyboard Concerto No.5 in F minor (BWV.1056)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Risør Festival Strings
3:42 AM
Reicha, Anton (1770-1836)
Trio for French horns (Op.82)
Jozef Illes, Jaroslan Snobl, Jan Budzak (French horns)
3:52 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Tzigane - rapsodie de concert for violin and piano
Vineta Sareika (violin), Ventis Zilberts (piano)
4:02 AM
Guilmant, Alexandre (1837-1911)
Introduction and variations on a Polish Noël
Michael Dudman (organ)
4:06 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) arr. Danzi, Franz (1763-1826)
Extracts from 'Die Zauberflöte'
Duo Fouquet
4:17 AM
Halvorsen, Johan (1864-1935)
Norwegian Rhapsody No.1 in A
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)
4:31 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Septet in B flat for 3 oboes, 3 violins & basso continuo (TWV.
44:43)
Il Gardellino
4:40 AM
Hess, Willy (1906-1997)
Suite in B flat major for piano solo (Op.45)
Desmond Wright (piano)
4:51 AM
Cozzolani, Suor Chiara Margarita (1602-c.1677)
O quam bonus es - motet for 2 voices
Cappella Artemisia, Candace Smith (director)
5:01 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Danse sacrée et danse profane for harp and strings
Eva Maros (harp), Orchestra and conductor not credited
5:12 AM
Liszt, Franz [1811-1886]
Mephisto waltz no. 1 (S.514)
Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)
5:22 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
4 Schemelli Chorales
Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano), Marco Fink (bass baritone) , Domen Marincic (gamba), Dalibor Miklavcic (organ)
5:32 AM
Contant, (Joseph Pierre) Alexis (1858-1918)
Trio No.1 for violin, cello and piano
The Hertz Trio
5:51 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Sonata for piano no. 5 (Op.10'1) in C minor
Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
6:11 AM
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936)
Ancient Airs and Dances - Suite No.2
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor).
WED 06:30 Breakfast (b01pcs4c)
Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. As December progresses, plenty of festival music and surprises.
From 15th December, the BBC Singers will be specially recording carols - some of them requested by our listeners.
Listeners will have the chance to send a Breakfast Christmas Card by requesting a piece of music and dedicating it to a friend.
And in Your Call where we hear from our audience about their favourite pieces of music, there's the chance to introduce a favourite piece of music to the rest of the UK.
WED 09:00 Essential Classics (b01pcs72)
Wednesday - Sarah Walker
with Sarah Walker and her guest, comedian and impressionist Alistair McGowan.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Grieg Choral Music - The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, BIS-SACD-1661
9.30-
10.30am
A Christmas feature where our listeners set the daily brainteaser, and performances by the Artists of the Week, Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert.
10.30am
Sarah's guest this Christmas week is the comedian and impressionist Alistair McGowan. Alistair's most recent show is You Cannot Be Serious! on ITV, and he is perhaps best known for the BBC1 top-rating comedy programme The Big Impression, which won numerous awards, including a BAFTA. He provided the voices for many of the characters in the political puppet comedy Spitting Image, and has been a regular on Radio 4 comedy shows including Weekending and The Harpoon, as well as The Game's Up on Radio Five Live.
In 2010, his first play, Timing, received a nomination for Best New Comedy in the whatsonstage.com awards. As an actor Alistair has played the title role in the quirky detective show Mayo (co-writing several later episodes), Mr Kenge in Bleak House and Spock in Tim Firth's award-winning Preston Front. He has hosted Have I Got News For You?, was one of the grumpy old men in Grumpy Guides, and has appeared on Who Do You Think You Are? He is co-author of A Matter of Life and Death: How To Wean A Man Off Football.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Dvorak: Serenade for Strings
Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
DECCA 470 262-2.
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01pcs9w)
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Episode 3
Offenbach's domination of the Parisian theatres encourages the composer to keep writing new operas with breathtaking speed. However the political and artistic climate of the Second Empire is starting to change and Offenbach will need to adapt to survive. Presented by Donald Macleod.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01pcsh2)
Schwetzingen Festival 2012
Episode 7
Penny Gore presents highlights from this year's Schwetzingen Festival. Today's music includes Dvorak inspired by America in his String Quartet no.12, and Faure inspired by Italy in his 5 Melodies 'De Venise'.
Presented by Penny Gore.
Dvorak: String Quartet no.12 in F, 'American'
Dvorak: Cypresses
Emerson String Quartet
Schubert: Impromptu no.1 in E flat minor, D.946
Andras Schiff (fortepiano)
Faure: 5 Melodies Op.58 'De Venise'
Joyce DiDonato (soprano)
David Zobel (piano).
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b01pcsj6)
European Music Festivals
Episode 3
Penny Gore presents more highlights from some of Europe's leading music festivals including today the Prague Spring and the Chopin and his World Festivals
Bach: Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars-Ulrik Mortensen(director)
recorded at the Thuringia Bach Festival
approx
2.15pm
Joseph Ruiz Samaniego (1653-1670): Sonoras voces el aire pueblan, villancico a la Virgen del Pilar
Los Mvsicos de sv Alteza
recorded at the Fribourg International Sacred Music Festival
approx
2.25pm
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat, S. 12
Denis Matsuev (piano), Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
recorded at the Chopin and his World Europe, Warsaw
approx
2.40pm
Antonio Salieri: Venite gentes, cantata for chorus and orchestra
Vienna Choral Society of Music Friends, Vienna PO, Riccardo Muti (conductor)
recorded at Wiener Festwochen
approx
3.00pm
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat, K. 543
Vienna PO, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
recorded at Prague Spring.
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b00g3v2p)
A Meditation on Christ's Nativity
An archive service from 2008 of music and readings offering a meditation on Christ's Nativity, with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Music was the (then) first broadcast performance of 'Ex Maria Virgine' - a sequence of Christmas carols by John Tavener completed on Christmas Day 2005.
John Tavener: Ex Maria Virgine
(Verbum caro; Nowell! Nowell! Out of your sleep; Remember O thou man; Sweet was the song; Ave rex angelorum; There is no rose; Ding dong! merrily on high; Rocking; Unto us is born a Son)
Director of Music: Timothy Brown
Organist: Simon Thomas Jacobs.
WED 16:30 Opera on 3 (b01pcstf)
Die Walkure
Act 2
Wagner's Die Walküre, Act 2
Presented by Donald Macleod
Recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in October and originally broadcast live.
The second opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle, Die Walküre, tells of the blossoming relationship between the twins Siegmund and Sieglinde. In Act 2, Fricka, as guardian of marriage, insists that her husband, Wotan, strikes down Siegmund for his transgression, and we meet one of the main characters in the story, Wotan's favourite Valkyrie, Brunnhilde.
Siegmund.....Simon O'Neill (Tenor)
Sieglinde.....Eva-Maria Westbroek (Soprano)
Hunding.....John Tomlinson (Bass)
Wotan.....Bryn Terfel (Bass-Baritone)
Brünnhilde.....Susan Bullock (Soprano)
Fricka.....Sarah Connolly (Mezzo-Soprano)
Orchestra of The Royal Opera House
Conductor, Antonio Pappano.
WED 18:15 New Generation Artists (b01pcsth)
Ben Johnson
A series of programmes over the Christmas season celebrating and showcasing the talents of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists and welcoming the new intake onto the scheme. Ben Johnson concludes his two years as a New Generation Artist with a performance of Schubert's tragic and bittersweet song cycle Die Schöne Müllerin, recorded at Maida Vale studios
Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin, D795
Ben Johnson (tenor)
James Baillieu (piano).
To see video performances of the artists click on 'Clips' above, you can also find out about all the New Generation Artists at 'Artists A-Z'.
WED 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01pcstk)
BBC Proms 2012
Prom 59: John Wilson Orchestra
Another chance to hear one of the highlights of the 2012 Proms season.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
The John Wilson Orchestra and a starry cast of soloists present a tribute to the composers and arrangers responsible for creating The Broadway Sound.
After last year's celebration of the Hollywood screen musical, John Wilson and his hand-picked orchestra present a tribute to the composers and arrangers responsible for creating the Broadway Sound. Among them such legendary tunesmiths as Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Vincent Youmans, Richard Rodgers and Frank Loesser. Together with a cast of leading soloists the concert includes excerpts from Show Boat, No No Nanette, On Your Toes, Kiss Me Kate and Annie Get Your Gun.
Gershwin arr. Don Rose: Funny Face - Overture
Porter arr. Don Walker: Kiss Me, Kate - Another' Openin', Another Show
Kern arr. Robert Russell Bennett: Show Boat - Make Believe / Old Man River
Rodgers arr. Don Walker: On Your Toes - Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
Willson arr. Don Walker: The Music Man - Ya Got Trouble
Rodgers arr. Hans Spialek: The Boys From Syracuse - Falling In Love With Love
Rodgers arr. Robert Russell Bennett: South Pacific - Younger Than Springtime
Adler and Ross: The Pajama Game - Seven and a Half Cents
Loewe: Camelot - The Lusty Month Of May
Loesser: Guys and Dolls - Sue Me
Bernstein: On The Town - Ballet (Imaginary Coney Island)
Gershwin: Porgy & Bess - Bess, You Is My Woman Now
Bock: Fiorello - Little Tin Box
Rodgers: Allegro - Come Home
Bernstein: West Side Story - Balcony Scene
Styne: Funny Girl - Don't Rain On My Parade
Herman arr. Philip J. Lang: Mame - Mame
Sierra Bogess, soprano
Anna-Jane Casey, belt girl
Rodney Earl Clarke, bass
Elizabeth Llewellyn, soprano
Seth MacFarlane, baritone
Julian Ovenden, tenor
Maida Vale Singers
John Wilson Orchestra
John Wilson, conductor.
WED 21:40 Belief (b01pcstm)
Julian Fellowes
As an observer of the Debutante Season, as a Catholic, even as an actor, Julian Fellowes says he has often experienced himself as an Outsider. Now he is most definitely on the inside - a Tory peer in the House of Lords and garlanded award-winner for the hugely successful television series Downton Abbey. In this programme he talks to Joan Bakewell about the late flowering of his reputation as a writer, his Catholic faith, and why - although interested in snobs - he isn't one himself.
WED 22:10 BBC Proms (b01pcstp)
2012
Cameron Carpenter Organ Recital 2/2
Another chance to hear one of the highlights of the 2012 Proms season.
Presented by Christopher Cook
In the second of his two Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, organ virtuoso Cameron Carpenter continues to explore the music of the grandfather of composers for the instrument - JS Bach - in works performed both as Bach originally wrote them, and as reconceived by Cameron Carpenter himself.
In the former category, this recital includes the well known Fantasia and Fugue in G minor; in the latter, the famous Prelude and Fugue in D major, in a version cross-fertilised with the music of Gustav Mahler. And, in between, Cameron Carpenter demonstrates his prodigious abilities in that traditional organist's art - improvisation.
Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542
Carpenter: Étude-Fantasy for Pedals on the Prelude from J.S Bach's First Cello Suite
Bach and Mahler, arr. Carpenter: Syncretic Prelude and Fugue in D major
Cameron Carpenter (organ)
WED 23:20 Late Junction (b01pcstr)
Wednesday - Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt Seasonal Entertainment features Dr Heckle and Mr Jibe, Woodpecker Wooliams, Night Frost Settles on a Pumpkin, 24 Lies Per Second, Johnny Guitar Watson's Lonely Lonely Feelings and Odetta's version of Go Tell It On The Mountain.
THURSDAY 27 DECEMBER 2012
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b01pcs2y)
Jonathan Swain presents the first of two concerts from the 2012 Martha Argerich Project in Lugano, including Mozart's Piano Concerto no.25 in C major, K.503.
12:31 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Concerto for piano and orchestra no.25 (K.503) in C major
Martha Argerich (piano), Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)
1:02 AM
Rubinstein, Anton [1829-1894]
Concerto for piano and orchestra no.4 (Op.70) in D minor
Alan Weiss (piano), Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)
1:39 AM
Montero, Gabriela [1970- ]
Ex Patria for piano and orchestra
Gabriela Montero (piano); Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)
1:53 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix [1809-1847]
Concerto for violin, piano and orchestra in D minor
Ilya Gringolts (violin), Polina Leschenko (piano), Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)
2:31 AM
Suk, Josef (1874-1935)
Serenade for String Orchestra in E flat (Op.6)
Virtuosi di Kuhmo, Peter Csaba (conductor)
2:58 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Piano Quartet No.1 (Op.1)
Harald Aadland (violin), Nora Taksdal (viola), Audun Sandvik (cello), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)
3:26 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Flute Sonata in A major for transverse flute (BWV.1032)
Bart Kuijken (flute), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
3:40 AM
Carissimi, Giacomo (1605-1674)
Dixit Dominus - Psalmkonzert for 5 voices & basso continuo
Capella Regia Musicalis, Robert Hugo (organ/director)
3:55 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Divertimento in C major (Hob.IV No.1) (London Trio No.1)
Carol Wincenc (flute), Philip Setzer (violin), Carter Brey (cello)
4:04 AM
Spohr, Louis (1784-1859)
Fantasia in C minor (Op.53)
Mojca Zlobko (harp)
4:14 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Polonaise for violin and orchestra in B flat major (D.580)
Peter Zazofsky (violin), Prima La Musica, Dirk Vermeulen (conductor)
4:20 AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Le Carnaval Romain, op 9
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
4:31 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906-1975)
Festive Overture (Op.96)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
4:38 AM
Vedro, Adolf (1890-1944)
Midrilinnu Mäng (1935)
Female Choir of Estonian Choir Conductors), Ants Söots (conductor)
4:39 AM
Ovalle, Jayme (1894-1955)
Azulão
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano), James Parker (piano), Bryan Epperson, Maurizio Baccante, Roman Borys, Simon Fryer, David Hetherington, Roberta Jansen, Paul Widner, Thomas Wiebe, Winona Zelenka (cellos)
4:42 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
2 Elegiac melodies for string orchestra (Op.34)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
4:51 AM
Hotteterre, Jean (1677-1720) edited by François Lazarevitch
La Noce Champêtre ou l'Himen Pastoral - from Pièces pour la Muzette, Paris 1722
Ensemble 1700, Dorothee Oberlinger (director/recorder)
5:03 AM
Diethelm, Caspar (1926-1997)
Schönster Tulipan - Suite of Variations on a Swiss Folk Song for 2 violins (Op.294)
Sibylle Tschopp (violin), Mirjam Tschopp (violin)
5:13 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Scherzo capriccioso (Op.66)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava, Oliver Dohnányi (conductor)
5:26 AM
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961)
To a Nordic Princess
Leslie Howard (piano)
5:33 AM
Pacius, Frederik (1809-1891)
Violin Concerto in F sharp minor (1845)
Jorma Rahkonen (violin), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu (conductor)
5:54 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Polonaise in A flat major (Op. 53) "Polonaise héroïque"
Jacek Kortus (piano)
6:01 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
String Quartet in F major
Bartók Quartet.
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b01pcs4f)
Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. As December progresses, plenty of festival music and surprises.
From 15th December, the BBC Singers will be specially recording carols - some of them requested by our listeners.
Listeners will have the chance to send a Breakfast Christmas Card by requesting a piece of music and dedicating it to a friend.
And in Your Call where we hear from our audience about their favourite pieces of music, there's the chance to introduce a favourite piece of music to the rest of the UK.
THU 09:00 Essential Classics (b01pcs74)
Thursday - Sarah Walker
with Sarah Walker and her guest, comedian and impressionist Alistair McGowan.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Grieg Choral Music - The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, BIS-SACD-1661
9.30-
10.30am
A Christmas feature where listeners set the daily brainteaser, and performances by the Artists of the Week, Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert.
10.30am
Sarah's guest this Christmas week is the comedian and impressionist Alistair McGowan. Alistair's most recent show is You Cannot Be Serious! on ITV, and he is perhaps best known for the BBC1 top-rating comedy programme The Big Impression, which won numerous awards, including a BAFTA. He provided the voices for many of the characters in the political puppet comedy Spitting Image, and has been a regular on Radio 4 comedy shows including Weekending and The Harpoon, as well as The Game's Up on Radio Five Live.
In 2010, his first play, Timing, received a nomination for Best New Comedy in the whatsonstage.com awards. As an actor Alistair has played the title role in the quirky detective show Mayo (co-writing several later episodes), Mr Kenge in Bleak House and Spock in Tim Firth's award-winning Preston Front. He has hosted Have I Got News For You?, was one of the grumpy old men in Grumpy Guides, and has appeared on Who Do You Think You Are? He is co-author of A Matter of Life and Death: How To Wean A Man Off Football.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 'Winter Daydreams'
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor)
EMI 65709.
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01pcsb0)
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Episode 4
The advent of the Third Republic presented several challenges for Offenbach. A naturalised Frenchman, he experienced some critcism at home and also from his birth country, Germany. Furthermore the political upheaval had changed the artistic climate. Parisian audiences had an appetite for romance. In order to succeed in this new atmosphere, Offenbach would need to adapt his musical outlook. Presented by Donald Macleod.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01pcsh6)
Schwetzingen Festival 2012
Episode 8
Penny Gore presents highlights from this year's Schwetzingen Festival, including songs by Liszt performed by Dorothea Röschmann and Julius Drake, and arrangements of Gershwin for piano quartet.
Presented by Penny Gore.
Liszt: Five Songs:
Ich mochte hingehn
Der du vom Himmel bist
Freudvoll und liedvoll
Uber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh
Die Lorelei
Dorothea Röschmann (sop)
Julius Drake (piano)
Gershwin arr Wirth and Engeli: Fantasy on Porgy and Bess for piano Quartet
Ives: Etude no.23 for piano
Gershwin arr Wirth: A Foggy Day
Gershwin Piano Quartet.
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b01pcsj8)
European Music Festivals
Episode 4
Penny Gore presents highlights from some of Europe's leading music festivals
Bach: Overture in D, (Orchestral Suite no 3) BWV 1068
Café Zimmermann, Pablo Valetti (concertmaster)
recorded at Leipzig Bach Festival
approx
2.30pm
Stravinsky: Apollon musagète
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra (no conductor)
recorded at Bergen Festival
approx
3.00pm
Joseph Ruiz Samaniego (1653-1670): Sirenas del viento, villancico a la Virgen del Pilar (1668)
Gabriel Diaz (counter tenor), Paz Martinez (contralto), Los Mvsicos de Su Alteza, Luis Antonio Gonzalez (director)
recorded at Fribourg International Sacred Music Festival
CPE Bach Symphony in C: Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone (director)
recorded at Mozart Festival, Wurtzburg
approx
3.20pm
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A, S. 125
Denis Matsuev (piano), Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
recorded at Chopin and his World Festival, Warsaw
approx
3.40pm
Mozart: S'altro che lacrime!, from La Clemenza di Tito, K 621'
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Kammerakademie Potsdam, Antonello Manacorda (conductor)
recorded at Brandenburg Summer Concerts
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Vienna PO, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
recorded at Prague Spring
approx
4.10pm
Elgar: Serenade for strings in E minor Op 20
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
recorded at Weilburg Castle Concerts.
THU 16:30 Opera on 3 (b01pct2g)
Die Walkure
Act 3
Wagner's Die Walküre, Act 3
Presented by Donald Macleod
Another chance to hear Wagner's Ring originally broadcast live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in October broadcast act by act daily over the Christmas period. In Act 3 of Die Walküre, the second opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle, Wotan strips his Valkyrie daughter, Brünnhilde, of her divinity, as she failed to carry out his order to destroy Siegmund. Brünnhilde's punishment is to be left in a magic sleep on a fire-encircled rock.
Siegmund.....Simon O'Neill (Tenor)
Sieglinde.....Eva-Maria Westbroek (Soprano)
Wotan.....Bryn Terfel (Bass-Baritone)
Brünnhilde.....Susan Bullock (Soprano)
Fricka.....Sarah Connolly (Mezzo-Soprano)
Gerhilde.....Alwyn Mellor (Soprano)
Ortlinde.....Katherine Broderick (Soprano)
Waltraute.....Karen Cargill (Mezzo-Soprano)
Schwertleite.....Anna Burford (Mezzo-Soprano)
Helmwige.....Elisabeth Meister (Soprano)
Siegrune.....Sarah Castle (Mezzo-Soprano)
Grimgerde.....Clare Shearer (Mezzo-Soprano)
Rossweisse.....Madeleine Shaw (Mezzo-Soprano)
Orchestra of The Royal Opera House
Conductor, Antonio Pappano.
THU 18:00 New Generation Artists (b01pct2j)
Ruby Hughes, Veronika Eberle, Apollon Musagète Quartet
A series of programmes over the Christmas season celebrating and showcasing the talents of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists and welcoming the new intake onto the scheme. A mix of orchestral and chamber performances - the Apollon Musagète quartet from Poland perform Janacek's first quartet, soprano Ruby Hughes sings Schumann lieder and appears with the BBC Philharmonic in Mahler's Ruckert lieder and German violinist Veronika Eberle in a performance of the Dvorak violin concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Schumann: Der Nussbaum
Ruby Hughes (mezzo soprano)
Joseph Middleton (piano)
Dvorak: Violin Concerto
Veronika Eberle (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Schumann: 5 Songs, Op 40
Ruby Hughes (mezzo soprano)
Joseph Middleton (piano)
Janacek: String Quartet No 1
Apollon Musagète Quartet
Mahler: Rückert lieder
Ruby Hughes (soprano)
BBC Philharmonic
Paul Daniel (conductor).
To see video performances of the artists click on 'Clips' above, you can also find out about all the New Generation Artists at 'Artists A-Z'.
THU 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01pct2l)
BBC Proms 2012
Prom 63: Berlin Philharmonic
Another chance to hear one of the highlights of the 2012 Proms season.
Presented by Andrew McGregor
The Berliner Philharmoniker and Simon Rattle return to the Proms for the first of two concerts with an evening of wide-ranging sonic adventure.
In the first half they present three different approaches to the experience of calm, firstly in Ligeti's slowly shifting sound-clouds, then with Wagner's sustained stillness through to Sibelius's most formidable and bleak evocation of a frozen landscape. The French second half is, in contrast, all about movement and dance. Tennis is not the only game played in Debussy's flirtatious ballet Jeux, while Ravel's suite, drawn from his famous ballet begins with a sunrise and ends in an orgy.
Ligeti: Atmosphères
Wagner: Lohengrin - Prelude, Act 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor
Debussy: Jeux
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloë - Suite No. 2
Berliner Philharmoniker
Simon Rattle (conductor).
THU 21:10 Belief (b01pg0w4)
Elif Shafak
Elif Shafak is more than a little in love with Rumi, the Sufi mystic poet who features in her novel "The Forty Rules of Love." In this programme Turkey's best-selling woman novelist tells Joan Bakewell about her growing attachment to this figure, and about the connections she sees between the role of a 13th century mystic philosopher and herself as a 21st century writer.
THU 21:40 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01pct2n)
BBC Proms 2012
Prom 65: Spirit of Django
Another chance to hear one of the highlights of the 2012 Proms season.
Presented by Jez Nelson
Guitarist Martin Taylor joins the Britten Sinfonia and conductor Guy Barker in the London premiere of The Spirit of Django a tribute to the great jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt.
This late-night Prom is a unique collaboration between two greats of the British jazz scene: multi award-winning guitarist Martin Taylor and trumpeter and arranger Guy Barker. Based on themes created by Taylor and then arranged and orchestrated by Barker the piece is inspired by legendary Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. The resulting homage is a suite lasting nearly an hour which suits the Proms well - as Barker remarks Reinhardt was an ideal subject: "Django was a fan of Debussy as well as Louis Armstrong",
Martin Taylor & Guy Barker: The Spirit of Django - orchestral suite (London premiere)
Martin Taylor (guitar)
Guy Barker Jazz Orchestra
Spirit of Django
Britten Sinfonia
Guy Barker (conductor).
THU 23:00 Late Junction (b01pct2q)
Thursday - Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt sees out the year for Late Junction with Steve Adey's Laughing, Graham Fitkin's Chain of Command, Lazan' I Maroantsetra's Bonne Annee, Donnacha Dennehy's Reservoir, Skeletons' Barack Obama Blues,
4.00 from 1982 with BJ Cole plus a special end of the year surprise.
FRIDAY 28 DECEMBER 2012
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b01pcs32)
Jonathan Swain presents the second concert from the 2012 Martha Argerich Project, Lugano - featuring performances by cellist Mischa Maisky and pianist Martha Argerich.
12:31 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Sarabande - from Cello Suite no.5 in C minor (BWV.1011)
Mischa Maisky (cello)
12:35 AM
Stravinsky, Igor [1882-1971]
Suite italienne for cello and piano
Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano)
12:54 AM
Debussy, Claude [1862-1918]
La Mer, arr. by Carlo Maria Griguoli for 3 pianos
Giorgia Tomassi, Carlo Maria Griguoli, Alessandro Stella (pianos)
1:15 AM
Turina, Joaquin [1882-1949]
Piano Sextet (Op.7) (Scene Andalouse)
Eduardo Hubert (piano), Dora Schwarzberg (violin), Lucia Hall (violin), Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (viola), Lyda Chen (viola), Jorge Bosso (cello)
1:29 AM
Mahler, Gustav [1860-1911]
Piano Quartet in A minor (1876)
Lily Maisky (piano), Sascha Maisky (violin), Lyda Chen (viola), Mischa Maisky (cello)
1:42 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph [1872-1958]
Piano Quintet in C minor, for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass (1903)
Alexander Gurning (piano), Dora Schwarzberg (violin), Lyda Chen (viola), Jorge Bosso (cello), Enrico Fagone (double bass)
2:13 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph [1872-1958]
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis for double string orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)
2:31 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Symphony no.1 (Op.39) in E minor
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
3:09 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) trans. Liszt, Franz
Die Forelle (S.564)
Simon Trpceski (piano)
3:13 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Overture (Suite) (TWV.55:G10) in G major 'Burlesque de Quixotte'
La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor)
3:33 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Adagio in E major (K.261)
James Ehnes (violin/director), Mozart Anniversary Orchestra
3:42 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
In Autumn - concert overture (Op.11)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Josep Caballe Domenach (conductor)
3:54 AM
Bruch, Max (1838-1920)
Allegro vivace ma non troppo in C major - No.7 from Pieces for clarinet, viola/cello & piano (Op.83) arr. for violin, cello & piano
Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William Tritt (piano)
3:58 AM
Puccini, Giacomo (1858 -1924)
I Crisantemi for string quartet
Moyzes Quartet
4:05 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Tragic Overture, Op.81
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)
4:18 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
5 movements from the ballet music "les Petits riens" (K.299b)
Danish Radio Sinfonietta/DR, Adám Fischer (conductor)
4:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Egmont, incidental music - Overture (Op.84)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlávek (conductor)
4:40 AM
Larsson, Lars-Erik (1908-1986)
Violin Sonatina (1928)
Arve Tellefsen (violin), Lucia Negro (piano)
4:54 AM
Madetoja, Leevi (1887-1947)
Dance Vision (Tanssinäky) (Op.11)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jorma Panula (conductor)
5:02 AM
Norman, Ludvig (1831-1885)
Dream and Reality - 2 Contrasts for Piano (Op.61, Nos 1&2)
Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)
5:07 AM
Alfvèn, Hugo (1872-1960)
Suite for Orchestra from 'King Gustav II Adolf' (Op.49)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willén (conductor)
5:22 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Quintet in E flat major for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (K.452)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Kari Krikku (clarinet), Albrecht Meyer (oboe), Jonathan Williams (horn), Per Hannisdal (bassoon)
5:46 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Petite Suite - for brass septet
Royal Academy of Music Brass Soloists
5:54 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico [1685-1757]
Sonata (Kk. 87) in B minor
Eduard Kunz (piano)
5:59 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Cantata - 'Widerstehe doch der Sünde' (BWV.54)
Jadwiga Rappé (alto), Concerto Avenna, Andrzej Mysinski (conductor)
6:11 AM
Roman, Johan Helmich [1694-1758]
Symphonia No.20 in E minor
Stockholm Antiqua
6:19 AM
Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927)
Ithaka (Op.21) (1904)
Peter Mattei (baritone), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b01pcs4k)
Friday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b01pcs76)
Friday - Sarah Walker
with Sarah Walker and her guest, comedian and impressionist Alistair McGowan.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Grieg Choral Music - The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, BIS-SACD-1661
9.30-
10.30am
A feature for Christmas week where listeners set the daily brainteaser, and performances by the Artists of the Week, Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert.
10.30am
Sarah's guest this Christmas week is the comedian and impressionist Alistair McGowan. Alistair's most recent show is You Cannot Be Serious! on ITV, and he is perhaps best known for the BBC1 top-rating comedy programme The Big Impression, which won numerous awards, including a BAFTA. He provided the voices for many of the characters in the political puppet comedy Spitting Image, and has been a regular on Radio 4 comedy shows including Weekending and The Harpoon, as well as The Game's Up on Radio Five Live.
In 2010, his first play, Timing, received a nomination for Best New Comedy in the whatsonstage.com awards. As an actor Alistair has played the title role in the quirky detective show Mayo (co-writing several later episodes), Mr Kenge in Bleak House and Spock in Tim Firth's award-winning Preston Front. He has hosted Have I Got News For You?, was one of the grumpy old men in Grumpy Guides, and has appeared on Who Do You Think You Are? He is co-author of A Matter of Life and Death: How To Wean A Man Off Football.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Stenhammar: Symphony No. 1 in F major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
DG 445 857-2.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01pcsb2)
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Episode 5
Offenbach began writing his final operatic statement, "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" in 1877. The project was to occupy him for the rest of his life. For the first time ever he worked slowly, deliberating carefully over the music.The result of his labour was to be his most profound opera, but tragically he was to die before completing it, so that task was handed over to Ernest Guiraud. The premiere took place at the Opéra-Comique on 10th February, 1881 and ran for more than a hundred performances in its first season. Presented by Donald Macleod.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01pcsh8)
Schwetzingen Festival 2012
Episode 9
Penny Gore presents highlights from this year's Schwetzingen Festival, including Haydn from the Artemis Quartet, and ...Oder soll er Tod bedeuten? by Mendelssohn and contemporary composer Aribert Reimann, in which Reimann intersperses Mendelssohn's songs with his own intermezzi for string quartet.
Presented by Penny Gore.
Mendelssohn/Reimann: ...Oder soll er Tod bedeuten?
Christine Schäfer (soprano)
Auryn Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 76 No 5
Satie: Gymnopédie no.1
Artemis Quartet.
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b01pcsjb)
European Music Festivals
Episode 5
Penny Gore presents highlights from some of Europe's leading music festivals with Barenboim conducting Mozart's last symphony in Prague. There's also the rare chance to hear Chopin played on the instruments of his time.
Bach: Orchestral Suite no 4 in D BWV 1069
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars-Ulrik Mortensen(director)
recorded at Thuringia Bach Festival
approx
2.15pm
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, op. 21
Alexander Lonquich (piano), Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
recorded at Chopin and his World Festival, Warsaw
approx
3.00pm
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551 'Jupiter'
Vienna PO, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
recorded at Prague Spring
approx .
3.30pm
Joseph Ruiz Samaniego (1653-1670): De esplendor se doran los aires, villancico a la Virgen del Pilar
Los Mvsicos de Su Alteza
recorded at Fribourg International Sacred Music Festival
approx
3.40pm
Korngold: Symphonic Serenade for String Orchestra in B flat, op. 39
Resonanzen
recorded at Lake Constance Festival
approx
4.10pm
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat, Hob. VIIe:I
Hans-Peter Schub (trumpet), Vienna PO, Riccardo Muti (conductor)
recorded at Wiener Festwochen.
FRI 16:30 Opera on 3 (b01pctd2)
Siegfried
Act 1
Wagner's Siegfried, Act 1
Presented by Donald Macleod
Another chance to hear Wagner's Ring recorded in October at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Tonight Act 1 of the third of the Ring dramas. It opens with the cunning dwarf, Mime, trying to forge the sword Nothung, and attempting to manipulate the young hero, Siegfried, whom he has brought up, into stealing the magic ring from the dragon, Fafner.
Mime.....Gerhard Siegel (Tenor)
Siegfried.....Stefan Vinke (Tenor)
Wanderer (Wotan)..... Bryn Terfel (Bass-Baritone)
The Orchestra of The Royal Opera House
Conductor, Antonio Pappano.
FRI 18:05 New Generation Artists (b01pctd4)
Jennifer Johnston, Signum Quartet, Nicolas Altstaedt
A series of programmes over the Christmas season celebrating and showcasing the talents of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists with a selection of all German composers. British mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston performs lieder by Schubert, Schumann and Brahms, and German cellist Nicolas Altstaedt performs Brahms' cello sonata in F. The Signum Quartet - also from Germany and starting their second year on the New Generation Artists scheme - performs Webern's Langsamer Satz and the second quartet by contemporary composer Jorg Widmann.
Brahms: Wiegenlied
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo soprano)
Alistair Hogarth (piano)
Schubert: Die Junge Nonne
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo soprano)
Alisdair Hogarth (piano)
Webern: Langsamer Satz
Signum Quartet
Brahms: Cello Sonata in F
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)
Jose Gallardo (piano)
Widmann: String Quartet No 2
Signum Quartet
Schumann: Frauenliebe und leben
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo soprano)
Joseph Middleton (piano).
To see video performances of the artists click on 'Clips' above, you can also find out about all the New Generation Artists at 'Artists A-Z'.
FRI 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01pctd6)
BBC Proms 2012
Prom 64: Berlin Philharmonic
Another chance to hear one of the highlights of the 2012 Proms season.
Presented by Andrew McGregor
The Berliner Philharmoniker and Simon Rattle in their second Proms appearance perform music by Brahms and Lutoslawski.
The orchestra is joined by distinguished pianist Yefim Bronfman who is soloist in Brahms's mighty Second Piano Concerto, known for its technical difficulty, length and for the fact that the pianist has to share some of the limelight with the lead cellist who has a beautiful three-minute solo at the start of the slow movement. Lutoslawski's Third Symphony was completed in the early 1980s during a troubled period in the composer's native Poland, it combines experimental techniques with craftsmanship, conviction and lyricism.
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
Lutoslawski: Symphony No.3
Yefim Bronfman (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Simon Rattle (conductor).
FRI 21:00 Belief (b01f689w)
Loretta Minghella
As Chief Executive of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, Loretta Minghella was once at the heart of the struggle to stave off an economic meltdown in this country. But she left her high-flying career in financial services because she was wanted to highlight what she sees as a far more important crisis - that of global poverty. In 2008, after the sudden death of her brother, the film maker Anthony Minghella, Loretta decided to search for a career that put her whole self, and in particular her Christian faith, at its centre. She is now the director of Christian Aid. She talks to Joan Bakewell about her spiritual journey from an Italian-Catholic upbringing on the Isle of Wight to her new home in the Church of England; what she learned from the early loss of her brother; and her vision for a fairer world economy that treats all people as equally valuable and irreplaceable.
FRI 21:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01phtly)
BBC Proms 2012
Prom 74: Staff Benda Bilili and Baloji
Another chance to hear one of the highlights of the 2012 Proms season.
Presented by Mary Ann Kennedy
A late night Prom with the Congolese street band Staff Benda Bilili, who perform music from their latest Album Bouger Le Monde (Make the World Move) and are also joined by the brilliant Congolese-Belgo rapper Baloji.
Staff Benda Bilili, a group of paraplegic street musicians and ex-street kids from the Democratic Republic of Congo, are one of the most inspiring success stories in the global music scene. They live around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa and make music rooted in Soukous (or African rumba) with elements of old-school rhythm and blues, reggae and funk. In this late night Prom they perform material from their latest release Bouger Le Monde, and also join forces with the Congolese-born and Belgian-educated rapper Baloji, who mixes old and cutting-edge sounds with bitingly modern lyrics.
FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b01pctdb)
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Mary Ann Kennedy with tracks from across the globe, plus a concert set from American old-time string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops.
To set the mood for World on 3's upcoming three live broadcasts from Glasgow's Celtic Connections festival, we look back at one of the highlights from the 2012 Festival, a concert set from one of today's most exciting bands playing Amercian roots music.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
14:00 TUE (b01pm679)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 MON (b01pcrms)
Afternoon Concert
15:40 TUE (b01pcsj4)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 WED (b01pcsj6)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 THU (b01pcsj8)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 FRI (b01pcsjb)
BBC Proms
21:55 MON (b01pcrzz)
BBC Proms
22:10 WED (b01pcstp)
Belief
21:25 MON (b01pf8bg)
Belief
22:00 TUE (b01pfsxq)
Belief
21:40 WED (b01pcstm)
Belief
21:10 THU (b01pg0w4)
Belief
21:00 FRI (b01f689w)
Breakfast
07:00 SAT (b01pcq9j)
Breakfast
07:00 SUN (b01pcr56)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (b01pcr98)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (b01pcs49)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (b01pcs4c)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (b01pcs4f)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (b01pcs4k)
CD Review
09:00 SAT (b01pcq9l)
Cantata for Christmas Day
22:30 TUE (b01pcslx)
Choir and Organ
17:00 SUN (b01pcr5j)
Choral Evensong
16:00 SUN (b01p9j84)
Choral Evensong
15:30 WED (b00g3v2p)
Composer of the Week
12:00 MON (b01pcrd9)
Composer of the Week
12:00 TUE (b01pcs9t)
Composer of the Week
12:00 WED (b01pcs9w)
Composer of the Week
12:00 THU (b01pcsb0)
Composer of the Week
12:00 FRI (b01pcsb2)
Drama on 3
20:30 SUN (b01pcr5q)
Essential Classics
09:00 MON (b01pcr9b)
Essential Classics
09:00 TUE (b01pcs6y)
Essential Classics
09:00 WED (b01pcs72)
Essential Classics
09:00 THU (b01pcs74)
Essential Classics
09:00 FRI (b01pcs76)
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
00:00 SUN (b01pcr52)
Hear and Now
22:00 SAT (b01pcqb1)
Jazz Line-Up
23:00 SUN (b01pcr5v)
Jazz Record Requests
17:00 SAT (b01pcq9v)
Jazz on 3
23:00 MON (b01pcs01)
Late Junction
23:00 TUE (b01pcslz)
Late Junction
23:20 WED (b01pcstr)
Late Junction
23:00 THU (b01pct2q)
Music Feature
12:15 SAT (b01gvqsb)
New Generation Artists
17:40 TUE (b01pcsls)
New Generation Artists
18:15 WED (b01pcsth)
New Generation Artists
18:00 THU (b01pct2j)
New Generation Artists
18:05 FRI (b01pctd4)
Opera on 3
18:00 SAT (b01pcq9x)
Opera on 3
16:30 MON (b01pcrmv)
Opera on 3
16:30 TUE (b01pcslq)
Opera on 3
16:30 WED (b01pcstf)
Opera on 3
16:30 THU (b01pct2g)
Opera on 3
16:30 FRI (b01pctd2)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (b01pcr5b)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 MON (b01pcrzx)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 TUE (b01pcslv)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 WED (b01pcstk)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 THU (b01pct2l)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
21:40 THU (b01pct2n)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 FRI (b01pctd6)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
21:30 FRI (b01phtly)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
14:00 SAT (b01p9h1l)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 MON (b01pcrmq)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 TUE (b01pcsh0)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 WED (b01pcsh2)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 THU (b01pcsh6)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 FRI (b01pcsh8)
Saturday Classics
15:00 SAT (b01pcq9s)
Sunday Concert
14:00 SUN (b01pcr5g)
Sunday Feature
19:45 SUN (b01pcr5n)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (b01pcr58)
The Early Music Show
13:00 SAT (b01pcq9q)
The Early Music Show
13:00 SUN (b01pcr5d)
The Wire
21:00 SAT (b01pcq9z)
Through the Night
01:00 SAT (b01p9jfd)
Through the Night
01:00 SUN (b01pcr54)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (b01pcr96)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (b01pcs2t)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (b01pcs2w)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (b01pcs2y)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (b01pcs32)
Warsaw Variations
20:30 SAT (b018cg7v)
Words and Music
18:30 SUN (b01bzqq0)
World Routes
22:00 SUN (b01pcr5s)
World on 3
23:00 FRI (b01pctdb)