Andrew McGregor introduces the annual Christmas celebration from the European Broadcasting Union, with music from eight countries across Europe and North America. USA Vocal ensemble Chanticleer present a programme that includes everything from Renaissance Christmas hymns to music director Joseph Jennings 's own close-harmony arrangements of seasonal classics. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
1.00pm Latvia
The Kamer Youth Choir and Riga Chamber
Ensemble perform Britten's A Ceremony of Carols and Latvian composer Rihards Dubra 's Cantata in Nativitati Domini.
2.00 Sweden
Hilding Rosenberg's Christmas oratorio The
Holy Night is performed by the Swedish Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mats Rondin. Composed in 1936, this work has formed part of the Christmas tradition for Swedish radio listeners ever since. Plus traditional carols.
3.00 Czech Republic
Faure's Cantique de Jean Racine and music by Saint-Saens and Petr Eben performed by the Boni Pueri Ensemble from St Anthony's Church, Hradic Kralove. Interspersed with organ improvisations by Jaroslav Tuma.
4.00 Canada
A selection of works by the 18th-century composer Christoph Graupner performed by Les Idées Heureuses, director Genevieve Soly , and the Montreal Early Music Studio Choir, director Christopher Jackson , at the Pierre Mercure Hall, Montreal.
5.00 Bulgaria A mix of seasonal music from the rich Bulgarian traditions of the Orthodox Church and secular folk song, performed by the Bulgarian National Radio Men's chorus, conducted by Metody Matakiev.
6.00 Belgium
Zefiro Torna, directed by Jurgen De Bruyn , perform medieval and Renaissance carols and Christmas songs from Flanders, Catalonia, Spain and Provence.
7.00 Germany A concert of traditional favourites, including Poulenc's Quatre Motets pourle Temps de Noel, excerpts from
Rossini's Péchés de Vieillesse, and, of course, Franz Gruber 's Silent Night.
Michael Glaser conducts the Bavarian Radio Chorus in St Joseph's Church in Munich. Producer Fiona Shelmerdine