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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: 31/12/2010

31/12/2010

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 31/12/2010

John Shea presents orchestral classics recorded by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.

John Shea presnets Sibelius and Wagner performed by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra plus Purcell's Dioclesian.

Join John Shea for Sibelius and Wagner performed by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra plus Purcell's Dioclesian

1:01 AM
Wagner, Richard [1813-1883]
Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Arvid Engegård (conductor) 

1:12 AM
Ravel, Maurice [1875-1937]
Concerto for piano and orchestra in G major 
Håvard Gimse (piano) Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Arvid Engegård (conductor) 

1:35 AM
Satie, Erik [1866-1925]
Satie Gnossienne no. 1 for piano 
Håvard Gimse (piano) 

1:40 AM
Sibelius, Jean [1865-1957]
Symphony no. 2 (Op. 43) in D major 
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud(conductor) 

2:26 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Prelude and Fugue in C major (Op.109 No.3)
David Drury (T.C. Lewis organ of St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne )

2:36 AM
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)
Divertimento for string orchestra (Sz.113) 
The Hungarian Radio Orchestra, András Mihaly (conductor)

3:01 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Dioclesian - semi-opera in five acts
Lynne Dawson and Gillian Fisher (sopranos), Rogers Covey-Crump and Paul Elliott (tenors), Michael George and Stephen Varcoe (basses), Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

4:33 AM
Dowland, John (1563-1626), arr. Timothy Kain
Complaint 'Fortune my foe'
Guitar Trek 

4:36 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757) (arr. Timothy Kain)
Sonata in D major (K.430)
Guitar Trek 


4:40 AM
Melartin, Erkki (1875-1937)
Serenata (Op.121 No.5) from 6 Easy Pieces (1924)
Arto Noras (cello), Tapani Valsta (piano)

4:41 AM
Melartin, Erkki (1875-1937)
Leivo (Skylark) (Op.138 No.2)
Sauli Tiilikainen (baritone), Markus Lehtinen (piano)

4:44 AM
Lindberg, Oskar (1887-1955) 
Morgonen (Morning)
Swedish Radio Choir (women's voices only), Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Maria Wieslander (piano), Gustav Sjökvist (conductor)

4:48 AM
Casella, Alfredo (1883-1947)
Sicilienne and Burlesque (1914)
Kathleen Rudolph (flute), Rena Sharon (piano) 

4:57 AM
Nordin, Bosse
Schottische 
The Young Danish String Quartet 

5:01 AM
Mendelssohn Batholdy, Felix (1809-1847)
Three Etudes (Op.104) (1834-1838)
Sylviane Deferne (piano) 

5:09 AM
Mendelssohn Batholdy, Felix (1809-1847)
4 songs from Im Grünen (Op.59) - No.1 Im Grünen; No.4 Die Nachtigall; No.5 Ruhetal; No.6 Jagdlied 
BBC Singers; Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

5:18 AM
Gossec, François-Joseph (1734-1829)
Symphony in D major (Op.5 No.3) 'Pastorella' 
Tafelmusik Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor) 

5:35 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) 
Quartet for piano and strings (K.478) in G minor
Aronowitz Ensemble 

6:01 AM
Hubay, Jenö (1858-1937)
Spinning Room (Op.44 No.3)
Ferenc Szecsódi (violin), István Kassai (piano)

6:06 AM
Byrd, William (c.1543-1623)
Goodnight Ground for keyboard (MB.27.42) in C major 
Aapo Häkkinen (harpsichord)

6:15 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)
Suite from Platée (Junon jalouse) 
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (director) 

6:41 AM
Schuyt, Cornelis (1557-1616)
Padovano et Gagliarda del sesto modo a6
Leo van Doeselaar (organ of Pieterskerk, Leiden. Built by Galtus and Germer van Hagerbeer in 1643, using some piepwork from around 1446 and 1518)

6:48 AM
Haydn, Johann Michael (1737-1806)
Ave Regina for double choir (MH.140)
Ex Tempore, Florian Heyerick (director).

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