7.00 9.00 Presented by Martin Handley.
Bach Sanctus in D, BWV238 Collegium Vocale Chorus and Orchestra/Philippe Herreweghe Flute Sonata in A, BWV1032 Frans Brüggen (flute), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) Cantata No 133: Ich freue mich in dir
Soloists, Hannover Boys' Choir, Collegium Vocale, Leonhardt Consort/Gustav
Leonhardt Canzona in D minor, BWV588 Ton Koopman (organ)
8.00 Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor, BWV887 (Well-Tempered Klavier, Book 2) Rosalyn Tureck (piano) Cantata No 200:
Bekennen will ich seinen Namen Robin Tyson (countertenor), English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner Violin Concerto in E, BWV1042
Yehudi Menuhin, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra/ Pierre Monteux Cantata No 154: Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren
Soloists, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, director Ton Koopman
9.00 12.00 With Rob Cowan.
Bach Concerto in D minor, BWV1043
Arthur Grumiaux and Herman Krebbers (violins), Les Solistes Romands/Arpad Gerecz Concerto in F minor, BWV1056 (Largo) (arr Cortot)
Alfred Cortot (piano) Cantata No 131: Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir Bach Ensemble/Joshua Rifkin Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV548
Albert Schweitzer (organ) Cantata No 212: Merhahnen neue Oberkeet (Peasant Cantata)
Elly Ameling (soprano), Gerald English (tenor), Sigmund Nimsgern (bass), Collegium Aureum/ Reinhardt Peters Cello Suite No 2 in D minor,
BWV1008 Pablo Casais Harpsichord Sonata in G, BWV968 (Adagio) Gustav Leonhardt Magnificat in D, BWV243 Barbara Bonney (soprano), Birgit Remmert (mezzo), Rainer Trost (tenor), Olaf Bar (baritone), Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir, CPE Bach CO/Peter Schreier Italian Concerto in F, BWV971 Stanislav Bunin (piano) Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV542 (orch Mitropoulos) Minneapolis SO/Dimitri Mitropoulos
12.00 1.30 pm Donald Macleod and John Eliot
Gardiner conclude their survey of Bach's sacred cantatas with works composed for Christmas. Bach Cantata No 91: Ge/obet seist du, Jesus Christ Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, director John Eliot Gardiner Cantata No 121: Christum wir sollen loben schon Soloists, Tolz Boys ' Choir, Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Cantata No 191: Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Soloists, Barmen Gemarke Kantorei, German
Bach Soloists, conductor Helmut Winschermann Cantata No 63: Christen, atzet diesen Tag
Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, director John Eliot Gardiner
1.30 5.00 With Lucie Skeaping.
Bach Cantata No 123: Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen Soloists, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir/Ton Koopman Preludes and Fugues (Well-Tempered Klavier) (excerpts) Various performers past and present Cantata No 124: Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht
Gachinger Kantorei, Stuttgart Bach Collegium/Helmuth Rilling Partita in E minor, BWV830 Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichord)
3.30 Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, introduces: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 (Cantatas 4-6) Emma Kirkby (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Neil Mackie (tenor), Simon Birchall (bass),
Westminster Abbey Choir, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Martin Neary
5.00 pm A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
From the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge. Another chance to hear the complete service first broadcast yesterday on Radio 4. For details see yesterday at 3pm on Radio 4
6.30 BBC Proms 2005
Another chance to hear one of this year's Prom concerts from the Royal Albert Hall , London. Presented by Andrew McGregor.
Vienna PO, conductor Christoph Eschenbach
Bruckner, ed Novak Symphony No 8 in C minor
8.05 Drama on 3: Mr Fielding's Scandal Shop
By Elizabeth Kuti. In 1737, Henry Fielding, author of Tom Jones and scourge of Walpole's corrupt parliament, astonished the world by rejoining the Establishment. London's most infamous libertine became a magistrate and outlawed plays and players. But at what cost, to himself and to those who had loved and admired him?
Producer/Director Eoin O'Callaghan
9.30 Sunday Feature - Bulgaria's Voice
Singer Dessislava Stefanova travels back to her native country in search of the roots of women's choral singing in Bulgaria, exploring the development of the tradition during the Soviet era, and how by the 1980s it had become one of world music's most captivating and successful genres. Producer Megan Jones
10.15 Andy Kershaw: Christmas In Ashqabat
Andy Kershaw presents the first British documentary ever made inside one of the world's most autocratic states, Turkmenistan.
Producer James Parkin
12.00 Composer of the Week:
Pyotr ll'yich Tchaikovsky (1840-93)1/5. With Donald Macleod.
Amid the Din of the Ball, Op 38 No 3; Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet: Six French Songs, Op 65; The Enchantress, Act 1 (excerpt): Ballet: The Nutcracker, Scene 14 (excerpts) Repeated from Monday 12 December
1.00 7.00 am Through the Night
With John Shea.
Arvo Part's 70th Birthday Concert
Arvo Part Orient and Occident: Berliner Messe; Trisagioft Te Deum Swedish Radio Chorus, Talinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor Tonu Kaljuste
2.17 Schubert Piano Sonata in B flat, D960
2.55 Mozart Oboe Quartet in F K370
3.08 Haydn Symphony No 102 in B flat
3.33 Chopin, transcr Liszt Six Polish songs
3.50 Dobrzynski Monbar
4.03 Couperin L'Auguste (Pieces de Clavecin)
4.08 Gemlnlani Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op 2 No 5
4.18 Schiitz Wohl denen, die ohne Wandel leben
4.22 Naumann Symphony: Cora
4.34 Satle, arr Milhaud Jack-in-the-Box
4.41 Josef Strauss Waltz: Dorfschwalben aus Osterreich Op 164
4.49 Kajanus Finnish Rhapsody No 1
5.00 Brahms Cello Sonata in E minor, Op 38
5.25 Fasch Sonata in 0 minor
5.35 D Scarlatti Keyboard Sonata in B-flat, Kk202
5.39 Part Spiegel im Spiegel
5.47 Bruckner Ave Maria; Christus Factus Est: Locus Iste
6.00 Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia
6.08 Kreisler Marche Miniature Viennoise
6.12 Brahms Rhapsody in G minor, Op 79 No2
6.19 Pahor The Bailiff Yerney's Prayer
6.25 Thalberg Variations on Home, Sweet Home
6.31 Csemlczky Ave Maria
6.38 Martinu Frescoes of Piero della Francesca

Andy substitutes his traditional seasonal fare for a glass of Presidential Vodka, a Christmas kebab, and a generous helping of Turkmen national folk music. Show more