Schedule
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Early
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00:30
Through the Night—We Wish You a Merry Christmas
A Christmas concert from the WDR Radio Chorus and Orchestra with tenor Paul Phoenix.
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Morning
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06:30
Breakfast—Christmas Day sunrise classical
A Christmas Day special featuring listener requests.
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09:00
Christmas Morning Live
Join Petroc Trelawny to celebrate Christmas with live music and listener requests.
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Afternoon
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13:23
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols—Christmas 2023
A service of carols, hymns and readings live from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.
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15:00
Christmas Afternoon with Sean Rafferty
Festive music to thrill, sooth and nourish you on Christmas afternoon.
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17:00
Words and Music—Merry Christmas
Dominic West and Gemma Whelan with festive readings and music
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Evening
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18:15
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms—Proms at Christmas 2023, Prom 59: Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms 2023: Paavo Järvi conducts the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.
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20:05
New Generation Artists—Performances from Radio 3's young artists scheme
Radio 3 New Generation Artists perform music by JS Bach, Wolf and Korngold.
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21:10
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms—Proms at Christmas 2023, Proms at Aberystwyth
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms 2023: Owain Park directs The Gesualdo Six performing Weelkes and others
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22:45
The Essay—Sounds of Isolation, The Great White Silence
1/5 Chris Watson vividly recalls how he captured the sounds of 'The Great White Silence'. (R)
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23:00
Night Tracks—Around midnight
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Late
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00:30
Through the Night—Stenhammar, Grieg and Nielsen
The German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra are joined by pianist Rudolf Buchbinder.
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