07:00
23 December 2006
With Martin Handley.
Including at 7.00am
Bernstein: Candide - overture
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman (conductor)
Vivaldi: Concerto in E, RV 270 (Il riposo per Il Natale)
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi (conductor)
8.00am
Bach: Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 121
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Libor Pesek (conductor)
09:00
23 December 2006
Andrew McGregor presents the weekly survey of new releases and recommended recordings, beginning with some CDs hot off the press.
9.30am
Building a Library: Fiona Talkington explores available recordings of Prokofiev's children's fairytale Peter and the Wolf.
10.15am
A round-up of recently re-issued recordings.
10.45am
Andrew McGregor visits a primary school in Hertfordshire, armed with some recent discs of classical music made for children.
11.15am
Interview: Andrew talks to clarinettist Martin Frost about Mozart, Brahms and Weber's collaborations with famous players of the past, and about his own relationship with contemporary composers such as Kalevi Aho.
11.45am
The Listening Booth: Listeners request the latest CD releases from the programme website.
12.30pm
Disc of the Week: Music from Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir's Pilgrimage to Santiago, including Victoria's Missa O quam gloriosum.
13:00
Chaucer
Lucie Skeaping explores Chaucer and the music connected with his works. Chaucer was influenced by French lyric forms in music and owed much in particular to Guillaume de Machaut.
14:00
Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije
Charles Hazlewood and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales explore Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije.
15:00
Rivermead Revisited
Lucy Duran introduces highlights from this summer's WOMAD Festival in Reading.
Featured performers include headliner Salif Keita on the Open Air stage, fellow Malian Djelimady Tounkara in the Siam Tent and French band Moussou T et les Jovents on the Radio 3 stage.
16:00
23 December 2006
Helen Mayhew presents a selection of Christmas jazz and looks back at some of the top jazz albums of 2006. Plus a Festive UK gig guide.
17:00
23 December 2006
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
18:00
Verdi's Don Carlo
Live from the New York Met
Live from the New York Metropolitan Opera, Margaret Juntwait presents a performance of Verdi's Don Carlo.
A drama of personal, political and religious passion amid the Spanish Inquisition, this epic yet intimate work, based on Schiller, is considered one of Verdi's most profound.
Don Carlo ...... Johan Botha (tenor)
Philip II ...... Rene Pape (bass)
Rodrigo ...... Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Grand Inquisitor ...... Samuel Ramey (bass)
Elisabeth ...... Patricia Racette (soprano)
Eboli ...... Olga Borodina (mezzo)
Orchestra and Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera
James Levine (conductor)
19:40
Let Distant Lands Converse
On Christmas Eve 1906, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden transmitted the first planned radio programme. Sean Street investigates the story of the broadcast from Brant Rock, Massachusetts, which consisted of a speech, a gramophone record and a live violin solo.
He reveals the impact this had on listeners, some of whom thought the human voice they heard was a ghost, and the cultural significance of this major technological advance.
20:10
Verdi's Don Carlo
Live from the New York Met
Live from the New York Metropolitan Opera, Margaret Juntwait presents a performance of Verdi's Don Carlo.
A drama of personal, political and religious passion amid the Spanish Inquisition, this epic yet intimate work, based on Schiller, is considered one of Verdi's most profound.
Don Carlo ...... Johan Botha (tenor)
Philip II ...... Rene Pape (bass)
Rodrigo ...... Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Grand Inquisitor ...... Samuel Ramey (bass)
Elisabeth ...... Patricia Racette (soprano)
Eboli ...... Olga Borodina (mezzo)
Orchestra and Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera
James Levine (conductor)
20:45
Met Opera Quiz
Opera buffs pit their wits against teasers sent in by listeners.
21:15
Verdi's Don Carlo
Live from the New York Met
Live from the New York Metropolitan Opera, Margaret Juntwait presents a performance of Verdi's Don Carlo.
A drama of personal, political and religious passion amid the Spanish Inquisition, this epic yet intimate work, based on Schiller, is considered one of Verdi's most profound.
Don Carlo ...... Johan Botha (tenor)
Philip II ...... Rene Pape (bass)
Rodrigo ...... Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Grand Inquisitor ...... Samuel Ramey (bass)
Elisabeth ...... Patricia Racette (soprano)
Eboli ...... Olga Borodina (mezzo)
Orchestra and Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera
James Levine (conductor)
22:45
New Carols
New Carols. John Woolrich: Spring in Winter. Jonathan Dove: The Three Kings. Harrison Birtwistle: The Gleam. Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury.
John Woolrich: Spring in Winter
Jonathan Dove: The Three Kings
Harrison Birtwistle: The Gleam
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
23:00
Huddersfield Festival 4/5
Robert Worby presents a series of broadcasts from the 2006 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
The programme features the World Premiere of Michael Finnissy's 60-minute song cycle Whitman, a BBC/HCMF commission performed by Kirsten Blaise with pianist Nicholas Hodges.
Plus music from the Australian ensemble Elision.
01:00
23 December 2006
23 December 2006
With John Shea.
1.00am
Grieg and Sibelius Anniversary
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Symphonic Dances, Op 64
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
1.28am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Norwegian Folksongs and Dances (excerpts)
Boris Berezovsky (piano)
1.32am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Symphony No 1
Orchestre National de France
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
2.12am
Nenov, Dimitar (1901-53): Christmas Symphonic Poem
Valeri Popova (soprano)
Alexander Krunev (baritone)
Mixed Choir of Bulgarian National Radio
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Milen Nachev (conductor)
2.47am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Trio in F, Op 80
Christopher Krenyak (violin)
Jan Insinger (cello)
Dido Keuning (piano)
3.12am
Fodor, Carolus Antonius (1768-1846): Symphony No 2
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Halstead (conductor)
3.38am
Meulemans, Herman (1893-1965): Five Piano Pieces
Steven Kolacny
4.00am
Forster, Kaspar (1616-1673): Jesu dulcis memoria
Dirk Snellings (bass)
Ensemble Il Tempo
4.07am
Jarnefelt, Armas (1869-1958): The Sound of Home
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ilpo Mansnerus (conductor)
4.22am
Hellendaal, Pieter (1721-1799): Concerto grosso in F, Op 3 No 3
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
4.33am
Nowowiejski, Felix (1877-1946): Weihnacht in der uralten Marienkirche zu Krakau
Waclaw Golonka (organ)
4.42am
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Gratia sola Dei
Currende
Erik van Nevel (conductor)
4.53am
Torelli, Giuseppe (1658-1709): Christmas Concerto, Op 8 No 6
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon (director)
5.00am
Halvorsen, Johan (1864-1935): Norwegian Rhapsody No 1
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)
5.12am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Sinfonia in D, H585
Les Adieux
5.22am
Heyral, Marc (1920-1989): Le Noël de la rue
Richard Paré (harpsichord)
Les chanteurs de Saint-Coeur-de-Marie
Claude Gosselin (conductor)
5.30am
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924): Pavane, Op 50
RAI National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
5.36am
Röntgen, Julius (1855-1932): Theme with Variations
Wyneke Jordans, Leo van Doeselaar (pianos)
5.48am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): See, see, even Night herself is here; Hark How all things (The Fairy Queen)
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Monica Huggett (conductor)
5.56am
Elsner, Jozef Antoni Franciszek (1769-1854): Sultan Vampum Overture
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrzej Straszynski (conductor)
6.00am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Fantasy in Cm, K396
Juho Pohjonen (piano)
6.09am
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963): Concerto for organ, strings and timpani
Michael Dudman (organ)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Dommett (conductor)
6.31am
Praetorius, Michael (c.1571-1621): In dulci jubilo
Paul Hoxbro (recorder)
Fionian Chamber Choir
Alice Granum (director)
6.35am
Lipinski, Karol Jozef (1790-1861): Violin Concerto No 4
Albrecht Breuninger
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Wojciech Rajski (conductor)
6.50am
Cavalli, Francesco (1602-1676): Sonata à 8
Concerto Palatino
6.56am
Scheidt, Samuel (1587-1654): In dulci jubilo
Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
Hannaford Street Silver Band
Edward Moroney (organ)
John Rutter (conductor)
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