Presented by Martin Handley. Music includes:
7.00-8.00: Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G, BWV1048
Schubert Impromptu No 3 in B flat, D935
8.00-9.00: John Foster While Shepherds
Watched Their Flocks Verdi Ballet music: Macbeth

Louise Fryer presents surprises and treasures from his record collection. Music includes:
Foulds Overture: Le Cabaret
LPO, conductor Barry Wordsworth
Weber Clarinet Concertino in E flat Martin Frost , Tapiola Sinfionetta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow Kosma Les Feuilles Mortes
Franchise Masset (soprano), Christine Icart (harp) Brahms Nanie , Op 82 New Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Wilhelm Pitz
Stanford Irish Rhapsody No 4, Op 141 London
Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Adrian Boult Handel Allegro (Organ Concerto No 4 in F) Virgil Fox
Haydn Symphony No 82 in C (The Bear) Berlin PO, conductor Kurt Sanderling Felicien Foret Patres
Rimsky-Korsakov Chanson Hindoue (Sadko)
Marcel Mule (saxophone), Marcel Gaveau (piano) FJ Strauss Horn Concerto in C Zdenek Tylsar , Czech PO, conductor Vaclav Neumann
Schubert, arr Godowsky Moment Musical in F minor, D780 No 3 Shura Cherkassky (piano) Telemann Overture in D, TWV55:D4 Collegium Instrumentale Brugense
Brahms Heimweh 2, Op 63 No 8; Wir wandelten, Op 96 No2 Janet Baker (mezzo), Ernest Lush (piano) Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 3 in D
NBC SO, conductor Leopold Stokowski

Andrew McGregor presents a day of live Christmas concerts from radio stations in - Europe. Food writer Elisabeth Luard is on hand to explain the ingredients and traditions of the seasonal food of each of the regions visited.
12.00 Moscow Music includes:
Tchaikovsky The Slippers (excerpts); The Snow Maiden (excerpts); The Nutcracker (excerpts) Rimsky-Korsakov Christmas Eve (excerpts) Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmila (excerpts)
Masters of Choral Singing, Russian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra, conductor Segie Politikov
1.00pm Romania Music of the Byzantine tradition: Musicescu Concert for Our Lord's Birth
Cucu Cherubic Hymn in D
Kiriac Lord, Hear My Voice Negrea Psalm 23 Constantinescu Christ Is
Born Anton Pann/Dan Mihai Goia Our Father
Academic Radio Chorus, Te Deum Laudamus Men's Choir, director Dan Mihai Goia
2.00 Poland Music includes:
Jozef Zeidler Mass for Christmas
Sinfonia Varsovia, conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk
3.00 Bulgaria Music includes:
Traditional Carols from the Dobrudja region Silistra Folklore Ensemble
Traditional Carols from the Shoppe region Mitevi Brothers
Traditional Carols from the Strandja region Sredetz Male Folklore Group
4.00 London From St Giles Cripplegate, a concert of works by Canteloube, Poulenc, Chilcott, Saint-Saens and Judith Bingham, performed by the BBC Singers, director Bob Chilcott.
5.00 Czech Republic Music includes: Jaroslav Krcek Christmas Mass No 3 Edmund Pascha Christmas Mass in F Traditonal Czech and Moravian carols
Musica Bohemica, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice, conductor Jaroslav Krcek
6.00 Germany A concert of organ music from three churches in Karlsruhe:
Christ Church: Carsten Wiebush performs works by Scheidermann and Buxtehude.
St Stephen's: Patrick Fitz performs music by Bach and Reger.
Evangelical Church: Christian Raiser plays works by Kittel, Brahms and Bach.

By William Shakespeare.

When Cymbeline discovers his daughter Imogen's secret marriage to Posthumus, he banishes her husband. But Posthumus's boasts of his wife's chastity provoke Iachimo to attempt her seduction.

(RT Choice)

An investigation into the life and legacy of one of the 20th century's most influential spiritual leaders, Brother Roger of Taize. By bringing together divided Christians and a pioneering a new style of church music, Brother Roger led a quiet revolution in postwar Europe. When he was murdered in 2005 his death was mourned by millions. Mike Ford finds out why. Producer Helen Grady

1/5. With Donald Macleod.
Piano Quartet movement Christoph Eschenbach (piano), members of the Philadelphia Orchestra: David Kim (violin), Choong-Jin Chang (viola), Efe Baltacigil (cello) Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Thomas Hampson (baritone), David Lutz (piano) Symphony No 1 (final mvt) Bavarian RSO, conductor Rafael Kubelik Repeated from Monday

Presented by John Shea.
Mozart Litaniae Lauretanae, K109; Symphony No 36 in C, K425 (Linz); Ave Verum Corpus, K618; Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K339 Latvia State Choir, members of Baden-Baden State RSO, conductor Jorg Pitschman
2.14 Beethoven 33 Variations in C on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op 120 3.12 Schumann Konzertstuck in F, Op 86 3.31
Goldmark String Quartet in B flat, Op 8 4.00 Cemohorsky Fuga in D minor 4.08 Gluck Paride ed Oena (excerpt)
4.13 Myslivecek String Quintet No 2 in E fiat 4.24 Verdi
Giovanna DArco Sinfonia 431 Bo Holten Nowell Sing We Now
4.36 Hannikainen Rural Dances, Op 39a 4.51 Brahms Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op 91 No 2 4.57 Max Maria
Wiegenlied, Op 76 No 2 5.00 Moniuszko Polonaise de
Concert in A 5.07 Samuel-Rousseau Variations Pastorales sur un Vieux Noel 5.22 Frescobaldi Canzona Prima;
Canzona Seconda 5.26 Bach Siciliano 530 Handel For unto Us a Child Is Born (Messiah) 5.34 Sjogren Two Lyrical Pieces
5.46 Mortelmans Solemn Procession to Gethsemani
5.50 Delius, arr Beecham The Walk to the Paradise Garden
6.00 JM Bach Halt, was du hast 6.06 Anon Court
Masques under Charles I and 116.17 Haydn Keyboard
Sonata in E flat H XVI 38 6.28 Ruppe Christmas Cantata