TODAY’S RADIO

Ken Bruce 9.30AM, RADIO 2

Amy Macdonald joins Ken Bruce in the Radio 2 Piano Room this morning. Amy, whose hits include Mr Rock & Roll, Poison Prince and This Is The Life, has an album out called Woman Of The World. She will be singing tracks from that album on this morning’s show.

Radio 3 In Concert: Silent Night 7.30PM, RADIO 3

On Christmas Eve in 1914, the guns stopped briefly for an unauthorised ceasefire. Over the battlefields came the sound of Allied and German frontline troops singing carols to each other. This deeply moving event is the subject of Kevin Puts’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Silent Night, which will be performed tonight by Opera North.

The Full Works Concert 8PM, CLASSIC FM

Classic FM brings us an American Christmas this evening with a concert given by the Boston Pops Orchestra. The Orchestra plays old and new Christmas music, featuring lots of lush arrangements and plenty of chances to sing along. The concert opens with a joyful rendition of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, and includes that lovely gallop of a seasonal song, Sleigh Ride. Rudolph The RedNosed Reindeer is also on the bill, and the concert closes with Tchaikovsky’s Winter Dreams.

The Radio 2 Rock Show 9PM, RADIO 2

The pioneering rock band Led Zeppelin is 50 years old. Who’d have thought it? John Bonham, the fastest drummer in the west, died on the rocky road of rock back in 1980, but Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones survive. This show celebrates the band’s music, and includes tributes from Brian May, Roger Daltrey and other fans of Led Zeppelin’s big, full-on approach to their music. SJ

Led Zeppelin (9pm, Radio 2)