Three to look out for

Alan Davey, the controller of BBC Radio 3, picks out three great moments to tune into this December

A Child of Our Time

Tippett’s heart-stopping secular oratorio, built around spirituals, is performed by a phenomenal lineup of singers including Roderick Williams, Nadine Benjamin, Sarah Connolly, Kenneth Tarver and the London Adventist Chorale, conducted by Edward Gardner.

Radio 3 In Concert, 2 December, 7.30pm

Benny and Hitch

One of the most explosive creative relationships in cinema, of composer Bernard Herrmann and director Alfred Hitchcock, is reimagined in a thrilling new radio drama packed with musical cameos from the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Drama on 3, 25 December, 7.30pm

Reverberant Isles

Join us for some festive escapism as writer

Horatio Clare traces a sonic route across the magical, windswept Faroe Islands, searching for local legends, holy streams and elusive

Faroese elves.

Faroe Islands Sound Walk, 25-27 December, 4pm