Christmas Day Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny, including the winner of the Breakfast Carol Competition and your musical requests and suggestions. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Essential Classics
Monday with Ian Skelly, The First Christmas Tree, Griff Rhys Jones, Wagner's Siegfried Idyll
3 hours on BBC Radio 3
Spend Christmas Morning with Ian Skelly who bring you the best in classical music,, plus Griff Rhys Jones' cultural inspirations. Show more
Donald Macleod focuses on how Cole Porter was inspired by the circus. Show more
Sean Rafferty meets Dame Janet Baker to talk about her life and career on the opera and concert platforms, and her many important musical partnerships. Show more
Recorded yesterday from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, and based around nine Bible readings interspersed with Christmas hymns and carols sung by the chapel choir. Show more
The BBC Symphony Chorus, conducted by Neil Ferris, sing carols from Maida Vale Studios, including works by Mathias, McDowall, Skempton, Becky McGlade, Will Todd, and Kerry Andrew. Show more
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With flickering candles and mirrors to the incredible lighting effects, we dispel the darkness of the season; Fiona Shaw discovers the invisible brilliance of stage lighting. Show more
John Wilson conducts 'Oklahoma!', Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1943 hit musical. Show more
New Generation Artists
Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad (viola), Quatuor Van Kuijk
30 minutes on BBC Radio 3
New Generation Artists play Brahms at the Cheltenham Festival - Brahms String Quintet No 2 played by Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad (viola), Quatuor Van Kuijk. Show more
Fish Tales: The Alan Barnes Octet and poet Josie Moon in newly-commissioned music from Alan Barnes and Pat McCarthy, celebrating Grimsby's fishing heritage. Show more
Through the Night
John Shea presents a concert of liturgical music by Tchaikovsky, Chesnokov & Rachmaninov
6 hours on BBC Radio 3
John Shea presents a concert of Russian liturgical music from Moscow, with works by Tchaikovsky, Chesnokov and Rachmaninov. Show more