07:00
Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Including from 7.00am
Sibelius: Serenade in D, Op 69 No 1
Joseph Swensen (violin)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
Debussy: Trois chansons de Charles d'Orleans
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
The 48 at 8:
Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 21 in B flat (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Blandine Verlet (harpsichord)
From 8.30am
Glinka: Waltz-Fantasia
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
Rameau: Gavotte with 6 Variations (Suite in A minor)
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Brahms: Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op 91 No 2
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Max Gilbert (viola)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
10:00
21 December 2007
With Sarah Walker.
10.00am
Mendelssohn: Hear my prayer...O for the wings of a dove
Rachel Bennett (soprano)
Mark Wiliams (organ)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Richard Marlow (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10363
10.13am
Robert Valentine: Recorder Concerto in B flat
Musica Alta Ripa
MDG 30907792
10.28am
Musgrave: Excursions
Peter Lawson, Alan MacLean (piano)
CAMPION RRCD 1353
10.36am
William Lloyd Webber: Five Songs
John Graham Hall (tenor)
Philip Ledger (piano)
ASV CDDCA 961
10.47am
Barber: Symphony No 2, Op 19
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor)
NAXOS 8.559024
11.19am
Turges: Magnificat
The Cardinall's Musick
Andrew Carwood (conductor)
ASV CDGAU 164
11.40am
Lutyens: The Skull
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)
NMC NMCD 073
12:00
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Part Five
Donald Macleod takes a series of snapshots of a period that lay at the centre of Tchaikovsky's creative life, from 1876 to 1890.
5/5. For Tchaikovsky, who was not the most prolific composer, 1890 was an astonishing year. A few days after the premiere of Sleeping Beauty, he set off for Florence, where he completed his opera Queen of Spades at breakneck speed in just 43 days. Donald Macleod dips into the opera and also enjoys Tchaikovsky's other Souvenir of Florence.
Queen of Spades (excerpt from Overture)
Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
Souvenir de Florence
Yuri Yurov (viola)
Mikhail Milman (cello)
Borodin Quartet
Queen of Spades (Act 3, Sc 2)
Liza ...... Maria Gulegina (soprano)
Herman ...... Gegam Grigorian (tenor)
Kirov Chorus and Orchestra, St Petersburg
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
Sleeping Beauty (Waltz)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
13:00
21 December 2007
Presented by Fiona Talkington.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Beethoven Plus
A run of concerts recorded at LSO St Luke's, featuring a complete series of Beethoven's string quartets coupled with masterpieces of the genre by Haydn and Bartok.
4/8. Nicknamed the Sunrise, Haydn's Fourth Quartet in his final set of six has a resounding optimism from the glorious opening theme to the dancing finale. The Royal String Quartet follow this lively opener with another great crowd pleaser, Beethoven's sonorous Op 74.
Haydn: Quartet in B flat, Op 76 No 4 (Sunrise)
Beethoven: Quartet in E flat, Op 74 (Harp)
2.00pm British Symphony Series
David Matthews's Sixth Symphony was premiered at the 2007 BBC Proms and here's another chance to hear that performance alongside one of the inspirations behind Matthews's work, Vaughan Williams's Sixth. Plus brand new recordings of Christmas choral music by John Gardner, who celebrated his ninetieth birthday in 2007.
Gardner: When Christ was born of Mary free
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 6
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
Matthews: Berceuse for Dresden
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
BBC Philharmonic
Garry Walker (conductor)
Gardner: The Turning Year, Op 19
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
Tippett: Fantasia concertante on a Theme of Corelli
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
Matthews: Symphony No 6
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)
Gardner: Sunny bank; There is no rose
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
Prokofiev: Symphony No 5
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)
17:00
21 December 2007
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.
19:00
21 December 2007
BBC Singers
Petroc Trelawny introduces a concert from Merton College, Oxford, in which the BBC Singers conducted by Peter Philips perform A Tudor Christmas.
There's music from all the big names of English music of the time, including Tallis, Taverner, Byrd and Gibbons, plus the first modern performances of some Christmas motets by the little-known Tudor composer Derrick Gerarde. The grand finale is arguably the most impressive and expansive piece of the era, the 40-part motet Spem in Alium by Thomas Tallis.
Iain Farrington (organ)
BBC Singers
Peter Philips (conductor)
20:45
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Part Five
Donald Macleod takes a series of snapshots of a period that lay at the centre of Tchaikovsky's creative life, from 1876 to 1890.
5/5. For Tchaikovsky, who was not the most prolific composer, 1890 was an astonishing year. A few days after the premiere of Sleeping Beauty, he set off for Florence, where he completed his opera Queen of Spades at breakneck speed in just 43 days. Donald Macleod dips into the opera and also enjoys Tchaikovsky's other Souvenir of Florence.
Queen of Spades (excerpt from Overture)
Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
Souvenir de Florence
Yuri Yurov (viola)
Mikhail Milman (cello)
Borodin Quartet
Queen of Spades (Act 3, Sc 2)
Liza ...... Maria Gulegina (soprano)
Herman ...... Gegam Grigorian (tenor)
Kirov Chorus and Orchestra, St Petersburg
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
Sleeping Beauty (Waltz)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
21:45
Midwinter edition
Ian McMillan presents a special midwinter edition of Radio 3's showcase for new writing and spoken performance. Featuring a specially commissioned ghost story, poetic ruminations on ice skating and a discussion of the literary expressions of some of the harshest winter environments in the world.
22:30
Cab Calloway
Christmas Day marks the centenary of one of the most outsize talents in jazz, the Hi-de-Ho man himself, Cab Calloway.
To select from such recorded gems by Cab as Minnie the Moocher, St Louis Blues and Nagasaki, Alyn Shipton is joined by the singer's grandson Calloway Brooks, who leads the present day Calloway Orchestra and has an encyclopedic knowledge of his grandfather's work.
23:30
Tyft
Jez Nelson presents a gig from the trio Tyft, led by Icelandic guitarist Hilmar Jensson and featuring New York reeds player Andrew D'Angelo and drummer Jim Black.
Recorded at the Wardrobe in Leeds, the gig features material from the band's acclaimed album Meg Nem Sa, which draws on what has come to be known as the downtown New York scene's distinctive soundworld.
01:00
21 December 2007
21 December 2007
With John Shea.
1.00am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Academic Festival Overture, Op 80
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Hanson (conductor)
1.12am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Die heiligen drei Konige aus Morgenland, Op 56 No 6
1.20am
Nordqvist, Gustaf (1886-1949): Jul, jul
1.23am
Niles, John Jacob (1892-1980): I Wonder as I Wander
1.30am
George, Gil (Hazel) (1904-1996)/Churchill, Frank (1901-1942) arr. Ukkonen: From All of Us to All of You (Disney medley)
1.36am
Adam, Adolphe (1803-1856): O helga natt (O Holy Night)
1.42am
Tormé, Mel (1925-1999), arr. Wells: The Christmas Song
1.47am
Traditional arr. Dragon: Deck the halls with boughs of holly
1.51am
Harline, Leigh (1907-1965), arr. Washington: When you wish upon a star (in Swedish)
2.00am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Giv mig ej glans
2.04am
Gardner, John (b.1917): Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
2.06am
Pierpont, JS (1822-1893), arr. Reisman: Jingle Bells
Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (baritone)
Members of the Swedish Radio Chorus
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Hanson (conductor)
2.09am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Children's Corner
Roger Woodward (piano)
2.27am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No 39 in E flat
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Arvid Engegard (conductor)
2.56am
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904): Piano Quintet in A, Op 81
Menahem Pressler (piano)
Orlando Quartet
3.28am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Sonata in G minor, BWV 1001
Hopkinson Smith (Baroque lute)
3.45am
Schnittke, Alfred (1934-1998), arr. D Shafran: Suite in the Olden Style
Daniil Shafran (cello)
Anton Osetrov (piano)
4.05am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Ruy Blas, Op 95
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Hiroyuki Iwaki (conductor)
4.13am
Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762): Concerto grosso in E minor, Op 3 No 6
Camerata Bern
Thomas Furi (conductor)
4.23am
Schein, Johann Hermann (1586-1630): Paduana (Suite VII)
Royal Academy of Music Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble
Patrick Russill (conductor)
4.27am
Bacewicz, Grazyna (1909-1969): Suite for chamber orchestra
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jan Krenz (conductor)
4.34am
Guilmant, Alexandre (1837-1911): Introduction and Variations on a Polish Noël
Michael Dudman (organ)
4.38am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Unschuld und ein gut Gewissen
Veronika Winter (soprano)
Patrick von Goethem (alto)
Markus Schäfer (tenor)
Ekkehard Abele (bass)
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert
Hermann Max (conductor)
4.51am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 -1827): Finale from the ballet music to Prometheus
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava
5.00am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 7 in C
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Gabriel Chmura (conductor)
5.20am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Three Etudes
Sylviane Deferne (piano)
5.28am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Divertimento in D, K136
Slovak Chamber Orchestra
Bohdan Warchal (director)
5.41am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Prologue (A Christmas Cantata)
Hungarian Radio Choir
Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Tamás Vásáry (conductor)
5.45am
Suk, Josef (1874-1935): Pohadka zimniho vecera, Op 9
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rudolf Vasata (conductor)
6.01am
Ruppe, Christian Friedrich (1753-1826): Christmas Cantata
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)
6.33am
Grieg, Edvard (Hagerup) (1843-1907): Andante con moto in C minor for piano trio
Kungsbacka Trio
6.44am
Couperin, Francois (1668-1733): Les Fastes de la grande et ancienne Menestrandise
Jautrite Putnina (piano)
6.53am
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931), arr. Dyrst: Hjemlige jul; Himlen morkner stor og grum
Fionian Chamber Choir
Alice Granum (director)
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