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: Rachmaninov Vespers

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Rachmaninov Vespers

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Rachmaninov Vespers

Latvian Radio Choir performs Rachmaninov's 'All-Night Vigil'. Presented by Catriona Young.

Rachmaninov's Vespers, 'All-Night Vigil', from the 2017 BBC Proms, performed by the Latvian Radio Choir. Presented by Catriona Young.

Rachmaninov's All Night Vigil (Vespers) from the 2017 BBC Proms, performed by the Latvian Radio Choir. Presented by Catriona Young.

12:31 am
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943) 
Vespers (All-night vigil) Op 37 for chorus
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava (Director)

1:28 am
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) 
Piano Trio in A major H.15.18
Atos Trio

1:43 am
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) 
Bolero
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender (Conductor)

1:58 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
Concerto for piano and orchestra No 20 in D minor K.466
Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje Tønnesen (Conductor)

2:31 am
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 
Octet in F major, D.803
Vilde Frang Bjærke (Violin), Elisabeth Dingstad (Violin), Bendik Foss (Viola), Audun Sandvik (Cello), Håkon Thelin (Double Bass), Andreas Sundén (Clarinet), Audun Halvorsen (Bassoon), Jukka Harjo (French Horn) 

3:33 am
Giuseppe Sammartini (1695-1750) 
Sinfonia in F major
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (Director)

3:41 am
Georges Bizet (1838-1875) 
Au fond du temple saint (from 'The Pearl Fishers')
Mark Dubois (Tenor), Mark Pedrotti (Baritone), Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Raffi Armenian (Conductor) 

3:47 am
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 
Marche Slave Op 31
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Marko Munih (Conductor)

3:57 am
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) 
Mephisto waltz No 1 S.514
Khatia Buniatishvili (Piano)

4:08 am
John Dowland (1563-1626) 
Lamentatio Henrici Noel
Angharad Gruffydd Jones (Soprano), Concordia, Mark Levy (Conductor)

4:12 am
Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889) 
Le Carnaval de Venise - variations for cornet and piano
Vilém Hofbauer (Trumpet), Miroslava Trnková (Piano)

4:21 am
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) 
Overture to L'Italiana in Algeri (Italian Girl in Algiers)
Capella Coloniensis, Gabriele Ferro (Conductor)

4:31 am
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) 
Pavane for orchestra Op 50
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn (Conductor)

4:38 am
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) 
Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury for 3 trumpets
Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble

4:41 am
Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824) 
Duo concertante in B flat major
Alexandar Avramov (Violin), Ivan Peev (Violin)

4:49 am
Jehan Alain (1911-1940) 
Le Jardin suspendu for organ
Tomás Thon (Organ)

4:57 am
Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904) 
Prague Waltzes B.99
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava, Štefan Róbl (Conductor)

5:05 am
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) 
Italian Serenade
Ljubljanski Godalni Quartet 

5:13 am
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927), Oscar Levertin (Lyricist) 
Folket i Nifelhem (The people of Nifelhem) (1912)
Margaretha Ljunggren (Soprano), Swedish Radio Choir, Michael Engström (Piano), Gustav Sjökvist (Conductor) 

5:28 am
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) 
Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat major
Markus Maskuniitty (Horn), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Junichi Hirokami (Conductor)

5:49 am
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
Symphony No.7 in A major Op 92
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn (Conductor)

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