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Three to look out for
Sam Jackson, the controller of BBC Radio 3, selects three pre-Christmas station highlights Maria!
Radio 3 marks the centenary of Maria Callas’s birth with three special editions. For Record Review, Iain Burnside reviews the newly released Warner Classics reissue box set, featuring ‘La Divina’ in all 74 roles for which audio recordings exist. For Sound of Cinema Matthew Sweet looks at the legendary soprano’s presence on film, while Opera on 3 gives us the 1953 Puccini Tosca with Callas in the title role. Maria Callas Centenary, 2 Dec
Horn of plenty
Felix Klieser chooses music that is important to him, demonstrating why he fell in love with the horn at the age of three, and why he believes it is one of the most versatile and expressive of instruments. Round the Horn, 3, 10, 17 Dec, 11pm
Sights and sounds
For 2023’s final Sound of Cinema, Matthew Sweet looks back at the partnership between composer John Williams and director Steven Spielberg. Jaws, E.T., Schindler’s List… their joint CV is impressive, and Williams’s cinematic scoring unparalleled. Sound of Cinema, 30 Dec, 3pm
1 FRIDAY
6.30-9am Breakfast
9am-12pm Essential Classics
12-1pm Composer of the Week
Rorem
1-2pm Lunchtime Concert 2-4.30pm Afternoon Concert 4.30-5pm The Listening Service 5-7.30pm In Tune plus Mixtape 7.30-10pm Radio 3 In Concert live from Barbican. Alice Mary Smith Jason: or The Argonauts and the Sirens – Overture, Ravel Shéhérazade, Beethoven Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’. Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sakari Oramo
10-10.45pm The Verb 10.45-11pm The Essay 11pm-1am Late Junction
2 SATURDAY
7-9am Breakfast CHOICE 9-11.45am Record Review
Maria Callas
11.45am-12.30pm Music Matters 12.30-1pm This Classical Life
Felix Klieser (horn)
1-3pm Inside Music CHOICE 3-4pm Sound of Cinema
Maria Callas
4-5pm Music Planet 5-6.30pm J to Z CHOICE 6.30-10pm Opera on 3 Puccini Tosca, with Maria Callas 10pm-12am New Music Show 12-1am Freeness
3 SUNDAY
7-9am Breakfast 9am-12pm Sunday Morning 12-1pm Private Passions 1-2pm Clive Myrie at Christmas 2-3pm The Early Music Show 3-4pm Choral Evensong 4-5pm Jazz Record Requests 5-5.30pm The Listening Service 5.30-6.45pm Words and Music 6.45-7.30pm Sunday Feature
Turning Picasso
7.30-9pm Drama on
