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BBC Radio 3 schedule 15 - 21 December 2014

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00:00	00:30 Available now Through the Night — Berlioz's L'enfance du Christ Catriona Young's selection includes a performance of Berlioz's L'enfance du Christ.	00:30 Available now Through the Night — Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Archive Catriona Young with performances given by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in the 1990s.	00:30 Available now Through the Night — Villa-Lobos The Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra and Brazilian musicians perform Villa-Lobos.	00:30 Available now Through the Night — Rudolf Buchbinder With pianist Rudolf Buchbinder performing works by Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert in Warsaw	00:30 Available now Through the Night — Poulenc's Organ Concerto Includes the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Olivier Latry in Poulenc's Organ Concerto.		00:00 Available now Geoffrey Smith's Jazz — Christmas 2014 Geoffrey presents a Christmas specia, featuring Art Blakey, Fats Waller and Bunny Berigan.
01:00						01:00 Available now Through the Night — Roberto Prosseda plays a Pedal Piano Catriona Young's selection includes music from the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana.	01:00 Available now Through the Night — Mahler's Symphony No 2 Including Mahler's Resurrection Symphony with soloists Ruth Ziesak and Nathalie Stutzmann.
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06:00	06:30 Available now Breakfast — Monday - Petroc Trelawny Petroc Trelawny presents the breakfast show, with the Best of British Music Playlist.	06:30 Available now Breakfast — Tuesday - Petroc Trelawny The BBC Singers are live in the studio with the Breakfast Carol Competition.	06:30 Available now Breakfast — Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny Petroc Trelawny presents the breakfast show, with the Best of British Music Playlist.	06:30 Available now Breakfast — Thursday - Petroc Trelawny Petroc Trelawny presents the breakfast show, with the Best of British Music Playlist.	06:30 Available now Breakfast — Friday - Petroc Trelawny Petroc Trelawny presents the breakfast show, with the Best of British Music Playlist.
07:00						07:00 Available now Breakfast — Saturday - Martin Handley Martin Handley presents the breakfast show, including the Breakfast Carol Competition.	07:00 Available now Breakfast — Sunday - Martin Handley Martin Handley presents the breakfast show, including the Breakfast Carol Competition.
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09:00	09:00 Available now Essential Classics — Monday - Rob Cowan with Monica Galetti With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Bruckner: Symphony No 7.	09:00 Available now Essential Classics — Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Monica Galetti With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Schumann: Symphony No 4 in D minor.	09:00 Available now Essential Classics — Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Monica Galetti With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 1.	09:00 Available now Essential Classics — Thursday - Rob Cowan with Monica Galetti With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Brahms: Piano Trio No 1 in B, Op 8.	09:00 Available now Essential Classics — Friday - Rob Cowan with Monica Galetti With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Sibelius: Symphony No 5 in E flat.	09:00 Available now CD Review — Building a Library: Beethoven: Piano Trio in D With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Beethoven: Piano Trio in D.	09:00 On air Sunday Morning — James Jolly James Jolly's selection of music includes Haydn's String Quartet No 66 in G, Op 77. Listen live Listen live (BBC Radio 3 homepage)
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12:00	12:00 Available now Composer of the Week — Andre Previn (1929-), From Nazi Germany to Hollywood 1/5 Previn's early life in pre-war Berlin and first experiences as a Hollywood film composer.	12:00 Available now Composer of the Week — Andre Previn (1929-), Jazz Pianist Extraordinaire 2/5 Previn's success as a jazz pianist in the 1950s and marriage to lyricist Dory Langdon.	12:00 Available now Composer of the Week — Andre Previn (1929-), LSO Maestro, Mr Mia Farrow 3/5 Previn's role as LSO chief conductor and life in England with his third wife, Mia Farrow.	12:00 Available now Composer of the Week — Andre Previn (1929-), Guest Star: 'Andrew Preview' 4/5 Including Previn's famous appearance on the 1971 Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show.	12:00 Available now Composer of the Week — Andre Previn (1929-), From Andre to Anne-Sophie 5/5 Previn discusses his personal and musical relationship with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter.	12:15 Available now Music Matters — Christmas Stocking Fillers Tom Service reviews three new books on music and a CD of Debussy songs.	12:00 Private Passions — Vivienne Westwood Michael Berkeley's guest is fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood.
13:00	13:00 Available now Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert — Wigmore Hall Mondays: Badke Quartet with Maximiliano Martin The Badke String Quartet and Maximiliano Martin (clarinet) play music by Haydn and Brahms.	13:00 Available now Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert — Young Pianists at LSO St Luke's, Lise de la Salle 1/4 Pianist Lise de la Salle plays Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit and works by Brahms.	13:00 Available now Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert — Young Pianists at LSO St Luke's, Denis Kozhukhin 2/4 Denis Kozhukhin (piano) performs music by Liszt and Mussorgsky at LSO St Luke's, London.	13:00 Available now Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert — Young Pianists at LSO St Luke's, Federico Colli 3/4 Federico Colli (piano) in Beethoven: Sonata in A flat and Schubert: Impromptus, D935.	13:00 Available now Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert — Young Pianists at LSO St Luke's, Alice Sara Ott 4/4 Alice Sara Ott (piano) in Beethoven: Sonata (The Tempest). Liszt: Paganini Studies.	13:00 Available now Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert — La dolcezza Veronika Skuplik directs La dolcezza in motets and violin sonatas by Biber.	13:00 Christmas Around Europe — EBU Day of Christmas Music 2014, Episode 1 1/2 The first part of Radio 3's annual day of Christmas music.
14:00	14:00 Available now Afternoon on 3 — BBC Performing Groups Live, BBC Concert Orchestra 1/5 The BBC Concert Orchestra performs music by Holmboe, Dudley, Nielsen, Sibelius and Berwald	14:00 Available now Afternoon on 3 — BBC Performing Groups Live, BBC National Orchestra of Wales 2/5 The BBC National Orchestra of Wales features in music by Turina, Arnold, Delius and Falla.	14:00 Available now Afternoon on 3 — BBC Performing Groups Live, Episode 3 3/5 A live concert by the BBC Singers including the Breakfast Carol Competition finalists.	14:00 Available now Afternoon on 3 — BBC Performing Groups Live, BBC Symphony Orchestra 4/5 BBC SO in Nielsen: Maskarade Overture. Sibelius: Violin Concerto. Klami: Kalevala Suite.	14:00 Available now Afternoon on 3 — BBC Performing Groups Live, Episode 5 5/5 The Ulster Orchestra performs live in Belfast and the BBC Philharmonic plays in Salford.	14:00 Available now Saturday Classics — Peter Day on Christmas BBC business correspondent Peter Day presents his choice of music for the festive season.
15:00			15:30 Available now Choral Evensong — Manchester Cathedral From Manchester Cathedral.				15:00 Available now Choral Evensong — Manchester Cathedral From Manchester Cathedral. (R)
16:00	16:30 Available now In Tune — Tenebrae, The Clerks, Edward Wickham, Mihai Ritivoiu Live music from choirs Tenebrae and The Clerks plus pianist Mihai Ritivoiu.	16:30 Available now In Tune — Ensemble Plus Ultra, Catrin Finch, Andrew Gant, Joseph Calleja Sean Rafferty presents live music from vocal group Ensemble Plus Ultra.	16:30 Available now In Tune — Liam Byrne, Peter Phillips, Julian Joseph, John Mark Ainsley, Malcolm Martineau With conductor Peter Phillips, viol player Liam Byrne, John Mark Ainsley and Julian Joseph	16:30 Available now In Tune — Maxim Vengerov, John Rutter, Piers Lane, Cerys Matthews Sean Rafferty with violinist Maxim Vengerov, Piers Lane and choral composer John Rutter.	16:30 Available now In Tune — Christmas Special: The Sixteen, Martin James Bartlett, The David Rees-Williams Trio, Laura van der Heijden, Michael Morpurgo Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein present a Christmas special, with live music and readings.	16:00 Available now Jazz Record Requests — 20/12/2014 Alyn Shipton's selection of requests includes music from Richard Galliano and Bill Frisell	16:00 Christmas Around Europe — EBU Day of Christmas Music 2014, Episode 2 2/2 The second part of Radio 3's annual day of Christmas music.
17:00						17:00 Available now Opera on 3 — Live from the Met, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro Live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro.
18:00	18:30 Available now Composer of the Week — Andre Previn (1929-), From Nazi Germany to Hollywood 1/5 Previn's early life in pre-war Berlin and first experiences as a Hollywood film composer.	18:30 Available now Composer of the Week — Andre Previn (1929-), Jazz Pianist Extraordinaire 2/5 Previn's success as a jazz pianist in the 1950s and marriage to lyricist Dory Langdon.	18:30 Available now Composer of the Week — Andre Previn (1929-), LSO Maestro, Mr Mia Farrow 3/5 Previn's role as LSO chief conductor and life in England with his third wife, Mia Farrow.	18:30 Available now Composer of the Week — Andre Previn (1929-), Guest Star: 'Andrew Preview' 4/5 Including Previn's famous appearance on the 1971 Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show.	18:00 Available now Composer of the Week — Andre Previn (1929-), From Andre to Anne-Sophie 5/5 Previn discusses his personal and musical relationship with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter.
19:00	19:30 Available now Radio 3 Live in Concert — Temple Winter Festival, Vox Luminis 1/5 Vox Luminis in late Renaissance and early Baroque music celebrating the birth of Christ.	19:30 Available now Radio 3 Live in Concert — Temple Winter Festival, Polyphony: An English Christmas 2/5 Polyphony perform festive 20th-century music including Tavener, Howells and Warlock.	19:30 Available now Radio 3 Live in Concert — Temple Winter Festival, Gallicantus: Beyond the Natural Order 3/5 Gallicantus performs masses by Tallis and Rore at the Temple Church in London.	19:30 Available now Radio 3 Live in Concert — Temple Winter Festival, Temple Church Choir and Temple Brass: Gloria 4/5 The Temple Church Choir and Temple Brass perform 20th- and 21st-century choral music.	19:00 Available now Radio 3 Live in Concert — Temple Winter Festival, BBC Singers: Handel's Messiah 5/5 From the Temple Church, Handel's Messiah in a version with wind orchestra accompaniment.
20:00						20:45 Available now Jazz Line-Up — Gerry Mulligan Saxophonist Robert Fowler performs music associated with jazz great Gerry Mulligan.
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22:00	22:00 Available now Free Thinking — Wim Wenders on Peace, Richard King on Taking Offence Film director Wim Wenders and philosopher Mary Zournazi discuss peace with Philip Dodd. 22:45 Available now The Essay — Living Abroad, England 1/5 Writer Frederic Raphael recalls living in wartime Britain as a boy. (R)	22:00 Available now Free Thinking — Slavoj Zizek, Protest, Anonymous and City of Angels Philip Dodd presents. With Slavoj Zizek, City of Angels and debating protest movements. 22:45 Available now The Essay — Living Abroad, France 2/5 Frederic Raphael recalls his life as a young writer in the post-war Paris of Sartre. (R)	22:00 Available now Free Thinking — Pantomime: Professor Jeffrey Richards; Bryony Lavery; EO Wilson Matthew Sweet and panto with Jeffrey Richards. Bryony Lavery on stage craft. E O Wilson. 22:45 Available now The Essay — Living Abroad, Spain 3/5 Writer Frederic Raphael recalls living in Franco's Spain during the late 1950s. (R)	22:00 Available now Free Thinking — Clive James Poet, critic and broadcaster Clive James is in conversation with Philip Dodd. 22:45 Available now The Essay — Living Abroad, Italy 4/5 Writer Frederic Raphael recalls living in early 1960s Italy. (R)	22:00 Available now The Verb — The Christmas Verb Ian McMillan presents a Christmas edition with guests Guy Garvey and John Hamilton May. 22:45 Available now The Essay — Living Abroad, Greece 5/5 Writer Frederic Raphael recalls living in Greece in the early 1960s. (R)	22:00 Available now Hear and Now — Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2014, Episode 4 4/5 Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby present music by Alexander Schubert and Christian Wolff	22:00 Drama on 3 — Paines Plough at 40 Three new plays to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Paines Plough theatre company.
23:00	23:00 Available now Jazz on 3 — 75 Years of Blue Note Records A gig celebrating 75 years of Blue Note, featuring Robert Glasper.	23:00 Available now Late Junction — Jean Claude Risset, Tanya Auclair, Bugge Wesseltoft Nick Luscombe with new releases by Tanya Auclair, Pete Philipson and Bugge Wesseltoft.	23:00 Available now Late Junction — Floating Points, Minko, Arca Nick Luscombe with new tracks by Floating Points, Venezuelan producer Arca and Minko.	23:00 Available now Late Junction — Silk Rhodes, Peter Broderick, Nostalgia 77 Nick Luscombe plays more tracks with sleigh bells and music written for the BBC test card.	23:00 Available now World on 3 — WOMAD Unheard - Highlights from WOMAD 2014 Mary Ann Kennedy presents previously unbroadcast highlights from the 2014 Womad Festival.		23:30 BBC Proms 2014 — Prom 41: Aurora Orchestra The Aurora Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Collon from the 2014 BBC Proms. (R)

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