11:30 PM - 12:30 AM
Unclassified
Elizabeth Alker presents a mix of calm wintery sounds, ambient dreamscapes and tranquil tracks to soundtrack the longest night of the year.
12:30 AM - 06:30 AM
Through the Night
Renowned lyric tenor Christoph Prégardien performs Schubert's song cycle with pianist Michael Gees at a recital given in Switzerland.
06:30 AM - 09:30 AM
Breakfast
Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
09:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Classical Live
Fiona Talkington offers a selection of music-making reflecting Christmas in the home alongside festive concert recordings from Germany and from our own BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Composer of the Week: A Georgian Christmas
1/5. Donald Macleod visits the home of Jane Austen with historian Amanda Vickery to discover some of the seasonal customs and Christmas music of late-Georgian Britain.
05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
In Tune
Katie Derham and Petroc Trelawny present the In Tune Christmas Special with music from The Fourth Choir, Connaught Brass, Charles Owen and Katya Apekisheva and Jacqui Dankworth.
07:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Classical Mixtape
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
07:30 PM - 09:45 PM
Radio 3 in Concert
French harpsichordist and conductor Christophe Rousset leads an all-star cast of soloists, the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists in Handel's oratorio 'Messiah'.
09:45 PM - 10:00 PM
The Essay: Winterreisen
A retired librarian makes a festive journey with her niece's family. New short story by Wendy Erskine about a winter journey, inspired by Schubert's song cycle. Read by Siân Thomas.
10:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Night Tracks
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
11:30 PM - 12:30 AM
'Round Midnight
Soweto shares more of the best in jazz as well as some winter warmers.