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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: Sacred and profane

Sven-David Sandstrom's St John Passion

Sacred and profane

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Sacred and profane

Cowell and Mahler, performed by the San Francisco Symphony at the 2015 BBC Proms.

Cowell and Mahler, performed by the San Francisco Symphony at the 2015 BBC Proms. Presented by John Shea.

The San Francisco Symphony at the 2015 BBC Proms perform Schoenberg, Cowell and Mahler. John Shea presents.

12:31 AM
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Theme and Variations Op 43b
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

12:44 AM
Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
Piano Concerto
Jeremy Denk (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

12:59 AM
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
The Alcotts (from Piano Sonata No 2 'Concord')
Jeremy Denk (piano)

01:05 AM
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No 1 in D major
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

02:01 AM
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Sacred and profane - 8 medieval lyrics (Op.91)
Carmina Chamber Choir, Peter Hanke (conductor)

02:17 AM
Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805-1900)
6 Characteerstykker med indledende Smaavers af H.C Andersen (Op.50)
Nina Gade (piano)

02:31 AM
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Prelude and Fugue in G minor (BuxWV.149)
Velin Iliev (organ)

02:41 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cantata 'Christ lag in Todesbanden', BWV 4
Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor), Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Pythagoras-Ensemble

02:59 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
'Burlesque de Quixotte' Suite in G minor, TWV.55:G10
La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor)

03:18 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Keyboard Trio No.18 in A major (Hob XV:18) 
Ensemble of the Classic Era

03:38 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Overture to La Clemenza di Tito (K.621)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sebastian Weigle (conductor)

03:43 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Constanze's aria "Martern aller Arten" from 'Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Act 2
Cyndia Sieden (soprano), Prima La Musica, Dirk Vermeulen (conductor)

03:53 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Overture from the Incidental music to König Stephan
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)

04:01 AM
Carl Maria von Weber
Wie nahte mir der Schlummer...Leise, leise – from Act II of Der Freischutz
Charlotte Margiono (soprano), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)

04:10 AM
Richard Wagner (1813-1883), Franz Liszt (arranger)
Overture to Tannhauser S.442
Yulianna Avdeeva (piano)

04:26 AM
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Oft on a plat of rising ground  from "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato"
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze (director)

04:31 AM
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance in C major (Op.46 No.1)
James Anagnoson (piano), Leslie Kinton (piano)

04:35 AM
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
Suite for Orchestra (Op.3)
Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor)

04:50 AM
Antonin Dvorak
No.1 Allegro moderato – from 4 Romantic pieces for violin and piano (Op.75)
Young-Zun Kim (violin), Joon-Cha Kim (piano)

04:53 AM
Antonin Dvorak
No.3 Allegro appassionato – from 4 Romantic pieces for violin and piano (Op.75)
Young-Zun Kim (violin), Joon-Cha Kim (piano)

04:56 AM
Josef Suk
Fantastic scherzo for orchestra Op 25
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)

05:11 AM
Bedrich Anton Wiedermann (1883-1951)
Pastorale dorico for organ
Hans Leenders (organ)

05:18 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto in F major (RV.442) for treble recorder
Michael Schneider (recorder), Camerata Köln

05:26 AM
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745)
Requiem mass in D major, ZWV.46
Hana Blazikova (soprano), Kamila Mazalova (contralto), Vaclav Cizek (tenor), Tomáš Král (bass), Jaromír Nosek (bass), Collegium Vocale 1704, Collegium 1704

06:10 AM
Antonio Rosetti (c.1750-1792)
Concerto for 2 horns and orchestra in E flat (K.3.53)
Jozef Illéš (horn), Jan Budzák (horn), Chamber Association of Slovakian Radio, Vlastimil Horák (conductor)

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