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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

BBC Radio 3

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Through the Night

Music: Classical

Continuous broadcast of concert music and opera, recorded from locations throughout Europe

Through the Night: 10/08/2008

10/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 10/08/2008

Susan Sharpe introduces music, including Nielsen, Elgar, Brahms, Poulenc, Schumann.

Susan Sharpe introduces music, including Nielsen, Elgar, Brahms, Poulenc, Schumann, Beethoven, Duphly, Rosenmuller, Gluck, Gounod, Moniuszko, Glinka, Vladigerov, Verrijt and Handel.

With Susan Sharpe.

Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
Pan and Syrinx (Op.49) (symphonic poem) 

Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
Cello Concerto in E minor (Op.85) 
Truls Mørk (cello)

Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Symphony No.4 in E minor (Op.98)  
Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) 

Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
Gloria for soprano, chorus and orchestra in G major 
Annick Massis (soprano), Choeur de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, George Prêtre (conductor) 

Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Sonata No.3 in F minor (Op.14) 
Aldo Ciccolini (piano) 

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
String Trio in E flat major (Op.3)  
Leopold String Trio 

Duphly, Jacques (1715-1789)
Courante – La Boucon

Duphly, Jacques (1715-1789)
La Tribolet 
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)

Rosenmuller, Johann (c.1619-1684)
Sinfonia Quinta
Tafelmusik Baroque Soloists

Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787)
Overture – from 'Alceste'
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), Ludovít Rajter (conductor)

Gounod, Charles (1818-1893)
Marguerite's aria 'Air des bijoux' – from 'Faust', Act 3 [NB 1958 mono recording]
Elly Ameling (soprano, Netherlands), Orchestre de la Suisse Romand, Edmond Appia (conductor) 

Loeillet, Jean Baptiste "Loeillet de Gant" (1688-1720)
Sonata in G major 
Vladimír Jasko (trumpet), Imrich Szabó (organ)

Demantius, Christoph (1567-1643)
Intraden und Tänze – from Conviviorum Deliciae
Hortus Musicus, Andrew Mustonen 

Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Mountain Dances – from  'Halka' 
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Szymon Kawalla (conductor) 

Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857)
Mazurka in A minor
Ilkka Paananen (piano)

Terentjev, Sergei (b. 1946)
Improvisations on Chopin's Prelude in A  
Sergei Terentjev (piano) 

Vladigerov, Pancho (1899-1978)  
Improvisation & Toccata for orchestra (Op.36) 
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Vladigerov (conductor) 

Manz, Paul (b. 1919) Hymn Improvisation on 'We who once were dead' 

Tournemire, Charles (1870-1939)
Choral Improvisation sur le 'Victimae paschali' 
Tong-Soon Kwak  (organ)

Verrijt, Jan Baptist (c.1600-1650)
Flammae Divinae (Op.5) (1649) – No.1: O Mediatrix Domina
No.2: In Te Domine speravi; No.4: Currite, pastores; No.5: Vulnera cor meum

The Consort of Musicke: Emma Kirkby & Evelyn Tubb (sopranos), Lucy Ballard (alto), Joseph Cornwell & Andrew King (tenors), Simon Grant (bass), Steven Devine (organ), Anthony Rooley (lute)

Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Sonata in G minor (HWV.390a) for 2 Violins and Continuo 
Musica Alta Ripa: Anne Röhrig & Ursula Bundies (violins), Guido Larisch (cello), Bernward Lohr (harpsichord) 

Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto for cello and orchestra in E minor, RV.409 
Maris Villeruss (cello), Latvian Philharmony Chamber Orchestra, Tovijs Lifsics (conductor)

Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas (1676-1749)
Leandre et Hero – cantata 
Isabelle Poulenard (soprano), Ricercar Consort, Henri Ledroit (conductor) 

Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Stimmungsbilder [Mood Pictures] (Op.9) – No.1 Auf stillem Waldespfad; No.2 An einsamer Quelle; No.3 Intermezzo; No.4 Träumerei; No.5 Heidebild
Ludmil Angelov (piano) 

Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918)
The Bride Arrives
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jorma Panula (conductor)

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