Paul Guinery introduces a sequence for the Advent season, with organ music from St Paul 's Cathedral.
Gregorian chant Introit for the Fourth Sunday in Advent: Rorate Caeli Desuper (mode 4)
Choir of the Vienna Hofburgkapelle, director Josef Schabasser
7.06 Schein Ich Bin die Wurzel des Geschlechtes David
Cantus Colin , director Konrad Junghanel
7.11 Reger Vom Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Her
Louisa Fuller and Rick Koster (violins), Margaret Phillips (organ), BBC
Singers, conductor Stephen Cleobury
7.27 William Harris Organ Sonata in A minor
John Scott
7.51 Bach Church Cantatas:
Bach Cantata No 132 (for the Fourth Sunday in Advent): Bereitet die Wege, Bereitet die Bahn!
Barbara Schlick (soprano),
Kai Wessel (alto), Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra, conductor Ton Koopman
8.08 Manchicourt 0 Emanuel
BBC Singers, conductor Bo Holten
8.13 Ruffo La Disperata La Fontegara Amsterdam
8.18 Robert White Miserere Mei,
Deus Henry 's Eight
8.34 Schein Vom Himmel Hoch,
Da Komm Ich Her Cantus Colin , director Konrad Junghanel Producer Antony Pitts

Introduced by Bishop Jack Spong.
Cantamus Girls' Choir, Michael Neaum
(organ), conductor Pamela Cook Anon Veni Emmanuel
English trad, arr Keyte/Parrott Here We Come A-wassailing Basque trad Sing Lullaby

Sandy Burnett and soprano Lesley Garrett preview the Radio 3 week.

Handel Concerto a Due Cori No 1 in B flat
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra, conductor Hartmut Haenchen
9.18 Composer of the Week:
Tchaikovsky, arr Cann Trepak ; Arab Dance; Chinese Dance
(The Nutcracker)
Claire and Antoniette Cann (pianos)
9.31 Elgar Wand of Youth: Suite No 2 Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner
9.55 Chopin Krakowiak , Op 14 Claudio Arrau (piano), London
Philharmonic, conductor Eliahu Inbal
10.17 Schubert Rondo in A, D 438
Gidon Kremer (violin),
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
10.37 Harty With the Wild Geese Ulster Orchestra, conductor Bryden Thomson
11.05 Tausig Hungarian Gypsy Airs Stephen Hough (piano)
11.18 Berlioz The Flight into Egypt (L'Enfance du Christ, Act 2)
John Aler (tenor), Corydon Singers and Orchestra, director Peter Holman
11.37 Artist of the Week:
Alan Hacker (clarinet)
Finzl Clarinet Concerto (3rd mvt) English String Orchestra, conductor William Boughton
11.52 Morton Gould Latin American
Symphonette
Utah Symphony Orchestra, conductor Maurice Abravanel
Producer Piers Burton-Page E-MAIL: bksm@bbc.co.uk

The first of two programmes in which Robert Woolley visits Hatchiands in Surrey to play two of the historic harpsichords in Alec Cobbe 's collection. Froberger Toccata No 3 in G; Suite No 14 in G minor
Bach Partita No 5 in G, BWV829

Anthony Burton introduces a celebration of Christmas organised by the European Broadcasting Union. This year's festivities come from nine different countries and cover
Christmas music old and new.
1.00 Czech Republic
Schola Gregoriana Pragensis , director David Eben , sing a Christmas service as it would have been heard in the Cathedral of St Vitus, Prague, with liturgy and music from the 14th-century reign of Bohemia's king and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV.
2.00 Ireland
From the National Concert
Hall in Dublin, a sequence of Christmas choral music sung by the National Chamber Choir of Ireland, director Colin Mawby , and Irish harp music performed by Ann-Marie O'Farrell. Including motets by Sweellnck, Poulenc and Palestrina.
3.00 Russia
A selection of choral music from
Russian Orthodox Christmas services down the ages, starting at the turn of the 18th century. The Moscow-based male choir Chorovaya Akademia is directed by Alexander Sadov.
4.00 Germany
From the Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul in llbenstadt, three cantatas and a selection of Christmas motets performed by the Frankfurt Radio Figuralchor, director Alois Ickstadt. Including
Lubeck Cantata: Willkomen, Süsser
Brautigam
Schelle Cantata: Vom Himmel Kam der Engel Schar
Mendelssohn Cantata: Vom Himmel
Hoch
Reger Sacred Songs
5.00 Poland
From Warsaw, Charpentier's Messe de Minuit pour Noel - a Christmas favourite - is paired with the world premiere of a Magnificat by the 18th-century Polish composer Szymon Lechleitner. Soloists,
Concerto Polacco, Bratislava Cantores
Minores, conductor Marek Toporowski
6.00 Austria
From Vienna, another world premiere. The Cappella della
Pieta de Turchini, directed by Antonio Florio , perform La Fuga in Egitto, an oratorio by the 17th-century emperor Leopold I, who was a highly accomplished composer.
7.30 United Kingdom
From St Giles's, Cripplegate, London, the BBC's own contribution to this international celebration of the nativity.
Bach Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
(Parts 1-3)
Emma Kirkby (soprano),
James Bowman (countertenor), Ian Bostridge (tenor),
David Wilson-Johnson (bass),
Polyphony, Brandenburg Consort, director Stephen Layton
Christmas across the World continues at
11.30pm

By William Shakespeare.
Juliet Stevenson stars as Imogen, whose love for Posthumus is tested to its utmost as her father rages against her marriage and banishes her husband. Vile deceit, farcical jealousy, lost children, and great deeds against an invading enemy combine to produce a romantic adventure and a final vision of harmony and peace.
Music by Patrick Cunneen. performed by Robert Buckland. Elizabeth Brierly and the composer. Director Michael Fox

Continues with: 11.30 France
At the studios of Radio France in Paris, pianist Alice Ader performs movements from Messiaen's sublime
Vingt Regards sur I'Enfant Jésus.
12.30am Finland
Finnish Christmas music recorded earlier today in Helsinki, featuring carols sung by the Tapiola Chamber Choir, directed by Juha Kuivanen , and traditional music performed on the Finnish national instrument - a type of zither - played by the Kantele Ensemble of the Sibelius Academy. Christmas across the World producer Lindsay Kemp

With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Wagner Siegfried
The third instalment of the complete Ring cycle from this year's Bayreuth Festival.
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra, conductor James Levine
5.20 Sequence