BBC Radio 3 Sunday 01 December 2024 Carols Across the Country Available for 19 days
A celebration of Christmas music and Advent traditions

06:30 As Advent dawns, we begin our seasonal journey live from Martin Mere Wetland Centre
09:00 Local traditions and carols from Cannon Hall, Barnsley with Grimethorpe Colliery Band
11:00 Carols connected to Cornwall from St Michael's Mount
13:00 Scottish carols at Glenluig Hall in the Highlands
14:45 The legacy of Radio 3's Advent carol service
15:00 A service for Advent live from the Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge
16:30 A selection of poems from the Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy, Co Derry
18:00 Hannah French and Catrin Finch in All Saints church, Oystermouth near Swansea Bay
19:30-20:45 Words and music celebrating Advent and Christmas traditions from around the UK

BBC Radio 3 Sunday 15 December 2024 Christmas Around Europe 10 hours
A day-long festival of Christmas music and singing from across Europe in the European Broadcasting Union’s ever-popular annual Christmas music day.

1200 noon Saarbrücken, Germany. The German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
1.00pm Barcelona, Spain. Christmas music from 16th and 17th Century Spain by Joan Cererols, Miquel López and Tomás Luis de Victoria/
2.00pm Prague, Czech Republic. Baroque and Classical chamber music and some Czech traditional music for Christmas played by members of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra'
3.00pm Copenhagen, Denmark. Christmas choral music by Poulenc and Villette and Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols at the Garrison Church, Copenhagen.
4.00pm Vilnius, Lithuania. The Baltic Way String Quartet perform music by Peteris Vasks, Arvo Pärt, Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis and Teisutis Makacinas.
5.00pm Munich, Germany. Respighi's Lauda per la Natività del Signore and arrangements of traditional Sicilian Christmas carols from ‘Canti Religiosi del popolo siciliano.
6.00pm Cologne, Germany. Christmas jazz concert with Lynne Fiddmont and the WDR Big Band.
7.00pm Dresden, Germany. The Dresden Chamber Choir perform works by composers including Michael Praetorius, Eccard , Mendelssohn, Brahms and Arvo Pärt.
8.00pm Helsinki, Finland. Emma Salokoski sings traditional seasonal Finnish folk music with the Ilmiliekki Quartet at the Kallio Church, Helsinki.
9.00pm Reykjavik, Iceland. Hallgrím's Church Choir and the Brák Baroque Ensemble perform choral and orchestral music.