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

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Through the Night

Music: Classical

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

Through the Night: 06/02/2010

06/02/2010

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 06/02/2010

John Shea presents music by Mahler, Vierne, Ravel, Mozart, Abel, Beethoven and Brahms.

John Shea presents music, including Mahler's Symphony No 3, plus Vierne, Ravel, Mozart, Abel, Beethoven, Brahms, Vaughan Williams, Debussy, Mussorgsky, Weber, Forster, Tchaikovsky.

John Shea explores some of the 18th Century's hidden gems

01:01AM
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)
Symphony no. 3 in D minor 
Petra Lang (mezzo-soprano), Women of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (choir), NRK boys' choir, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra), Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

02:36AM
Vierne, Louis (1870-1937)
Cello Sonata in B minor (Op.27) 
Elizabeth Dolin (cello), Carmen Picard (piano)

03:01AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Quartet for strings in F major 
Biava Quartet 

03:31AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Concerto for piano and orchestra no.17 (K.453) in G major 
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje TÃ¸nnesen (conductor) 

04:01AM
Castelnuovo Tedesco, Mario (1895-1968)
Capriccio Diabolico for guitar (Op.85)
Goran Listes (guitar)

04:11AM
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787)
Symphony in C major, Op.10/4
La Stagione, Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor)

04:20AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata in F sharp (Op.78) 
Ernst von DohnÃ¡nyi (1877-1960) (piano) 

04:30AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Sonata for trumpet, strings and basso continuo in D major
Ivan Hadliyski (trumpet), Kammerorchester, Alipi Naydenov (conductor)

04:36AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
5 Songs for chorus (Op.104) 
Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor) 

04:50AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
The Wasps - Overture from the Incidental Music 
BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) 

05:01AM
Ibert, Jacques (1890-1962)
Trois PiÃ¨ces BrÃ¨ves 
The Ariart Woodwind Quintet 

05:08AM
Bach, Johann Michael (1648-1694)
Liebster Jesu, hor mein Flehen 
Maria Zedelius (soprano), David Cordier (alto), Paul Elliott and Hein Meens (tenors), Michael Schopper (bass), Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (director)

05:16AM
Arriaga, Juan Crisostomo (1806-1826)
Los Esclavos Felices - overture 
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor) 

05:23AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Images II 
Roger Woodward (piano)

05:37AM
Musorgsky, Modest (1839-1881)
Khovanschina: Prelude; Dance of the Persian Slaves
Sofia Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ivan Marinov

05:51AM
Chambonnieres, Jacques Champion de (c.1601-1672)
PiÃ¨ces de clavecin du premier livre (Paris, 1670)
Hank Knox (harpsichord)

06:04AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B flat (J.182) (Op.34) [1815] 
Lena JonhÃ¤ll (clarinet) with the Zetterqvist String Quartet

06:29AM
FÃ¶rster, Kaspar (1616-1673)
Vanitas vanitatum - dialogus de Divite et paupere Lazaro for soprano, tenor, bass and instruments
La Capelle Ducale

06:40AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra, op. 33 
Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Alexander Rudin (cello & conductor).

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