Original version

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

BBC Radio 3

Radio 3

Through the Night

Music: Classical

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

Through the Night: Thomas Dausgaard conducts Sibelius

Croatian Independence Day programme

Thomas Dausgaard conducts Sibelius

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Thomas Dausgaard conducts SibeliusClose menu

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performs two Sibelius symphonies at the 2015 BBC Proms.

Sibelius's First and Second symphonies performed the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the 2015 BBC Proms. Presented by Catriona Young.

Sibelius's first and second symphonies from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the 2015 BBC Proms. Catriona Young presents. 

12:31 am
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) 
Finlandia Op 26 for orchestra
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

12:39 am
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) 
Symphony No 1 in E minor, Op 39
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

1:16 am
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) 
Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 43
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

1:59 am
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
Trio for piano and strings Op 1`1 in E flat major
Kungsbacka Trio

2:31 am
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933-2010) 
O Domina Nostra Op 55 (1982-85)
La Gioia, Diane Verdoodt (soprano), Ilse Schelfhout (soprano), Kristien Vercammen (soprano), Bernadette De Wilde (soprano), Lieve Mertens (mezzo soprano), Els Van Attenhoven (mezzo soprano), Lieve Vanden Berghe (alto), Ludwig Van Gijsegem (tenor), Peter Thomas (organ) 

3:04 am
Gwilym Simcock (b.1981) 
Improvisation on a 'plain-chant like' melody
Gwilym Simcock (piano)

3:12 am
Alexis Contant (1858-1918) 
L'Aurore - Symphonic Poem (1912)
Orchestre Metropolitaine, Gilles Auger (conductor)

3:24 am
Pieter Hellendaal (1721-1799) 
Concerto grosso for strings and continuo in E flat major Op 3 No 4
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

3:37 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 
Aria: Ein Madchen oder Weibchen - from Die Zauberflote
Russell Braun (baritone), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

3:42 am
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) 
Trio for strings in B flat major, Op 53 No 2
Leopold String Trio

3:50 am
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) 
Petite suite for piano duet
Anna Klas (piano), Bruno Lukk (piano)

4:03 am
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), Avi Avital (arranger) 
Sonata in G Kk 91
Avi Avital (mandolin), Shalev Ad-El (harpsichord)

4:10 am
Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Stefan Bojsten (arranger) 
Hor' ich das Liedchen klingen - from Dichterliebe Op 48 No 10
Olle Persson (baritone), Dan Almgren (violin), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Stefan Bojsten (piano) 

4:15 am
Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) 
Symphony in G major Op 11 No 1 (1779)
Tafelmusik Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

4:31 am
Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817-1890) 
Ved solnedgang (At sunset) for choir and orchestra Op 46
Danish National Radio Choir, Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Roman Zeilinger (conductor)

4:39 am
Percy Grainger (1882-1961) 
To a Nordic Princess (bridal song) vers. piano
Leslie Howard (piano)

4:46 am
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) 
Orpheus - symphonic poem S.98 for orchestra
Hungarian State Orchestra, János Ferencsik (conductor)

4:58 am
Anonymous 
Middle Ages Suite (Petrone; La Rotta; Estampie)
Bolette Roed (recorder), Alpha

5:07 am
Anonymous 
Daphne
Angharad Gruffydd Jones (soprano), Concordia, Mark Levy (conductor)

5:12 am
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
Duet for viola and cello WoO.32 in E flat major
Milan Telecky (viola), Juraj Alexander (cello)

5:22 am
Zvonimir Ciglič (1921-2006) 
Concertino for harp and orchestra
Mojza Zlobko (harp), RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Anton Nanut (conductor) 

5:36 am
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) 
Piano Sonata in E major, Op 6
Sveinung Bjelland (piano)

6:00 am
Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1788-1831) 
Trio for clarinet, cello and piano
Amici Chamber Ensemble

6:21 am
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) 
Concerto da Camera in C major RV.87
Camerata Köln

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Through the Night

Thomas Dausgaard conducts Sibelius

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3