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Through the Night

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

Through the Night; Through the Night

Through the Night: Through the Night

16/09/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

John Shea concludes the programme with music by Hartmann, Byrd, Walton, Chopin, Szymanowski, Lassus, Villa-Lobos, Peterson-Berger, Gershwin and Haydn.

With John Shea.

5.00am
Hartmann, Johann Peter Emilius (1805-1900), arr. Gunther/Teuber: Blomstre som en rosengard
Fionian Chamber Choir
Alice Granum (director)

5.05am
Byrd, William (c.1543-1623): Pavana lachrimae
Aapo Hakkinen (harpsichord)

5.13am
Walton, William (1902-1983): Two Pieces for Strings (Henry V)
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Roy Goodman (conductor) 

5.18am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Ballade No 1, Op 23
Hinko Haas (piano)

5.28am
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937): Penthesilea
Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano)
Orchestre National de France
Hans Graf (conductor) 

5.34am
Lassus, Orlando (1532-1594): Jubilate Deo; Io ti voria; Tristis est anima mea
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Paul van Nevel (conductor) 

5.40am
Anon (17th century): Andante
Ana Pokos (organ)

5.44am
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959): Bachianas Brasileiras No 9
Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan
Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor) 

5.53am
Peterson-Berger, Wilhelm (1867-1942): Frosoblomster
Johan Ullen (piano) 

6.18am
Gershwin, George (1898-1937), arr. Lundin: Rhapsody in Blue
Bengt-Ake Lundin (piano)
New Stenhammar String Quartet

6.36am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 96 in D (Miracle)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor).

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.

Breakfast

Radio 3's breakfast show, waking the UK up with the finest classical music in the best performances

Breakfast: 16/09/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 16/09/2007

Including music by Robert Parsons, Puccini, Marais, Chopin, Lanner and Francaix.

Including Parsons: Ave Maria. Puccini: Crisantemi for string orchestra. Marais: 20 Sujet Diversitez. Chopin: 3 Nouvelles Etudes. Lanner: Hofball-Tanze. Francaix: Divertissement.

Including from 7.00am

Robert Parsons: Ave Maria
Gabrieli Consort
Paul McCreesh (conductor)

Puccini: Crisantemi for string orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Pappano (conductor)

From 8.00am

Marais: 20 Sujet Diversitez (20 Couplets)
Hille Perl (viola da gamba)
Lee Santana (theorbo)

Chopin: 3 Nouvelles Etudes, Op posth
Boris Berezovsky (piano)

From 9.00am

Lanner: Hofball-Tanze
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

Francaix: Divertissement
Gaudier Ensemble.

Martin Handley

Music includes: 
7.00-8.00: Robert Parsons Ave Maria Gabrieli Consort , director Paul McCreesh Puccini Crisantemi London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Antonio Pappano 
8.00-9.00: Marais 20 Sujet Diversitez (20 Couplets) Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Lee Santana (theorbo) Chopin Trois Nouvelles Etudes, Op posth Boris Berezovsky (piano) 
9.00-10.00: Lanner Hofball-Tanze Vienna PO, conductor Riccardo Muti 
Frangaix Divertissement Gaudier Ensemble

Sunday Morning

Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning.

Iain Burnside

Sunday Morning: 16/09/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Morning, 16/09/2007

Iain Burnside explores music made in the Indian summer of a musician's creativity: old age

Iain explores some of the riches produced by musicians, whether composers or performers, in the Indian summer of their creativity. Including music by Ravel and Balakirev.

We live in an ageing society and each September, Japan, the greyest society in the world, honours the elderly with a Respect for Old Age day.

Iain explores some of the riches produced by musicians, whether composers or performers, in the Indian summer of their creativity.

Music includes Vlado Perlemuter playing Ravel, plus Balakirev's Overture to King Lear.

lain Burnside

Nowadays, many people thrive beyond their allotted three score years and ten. This week lain 
Burnside explores music produced by composers and performers in the Indian summer of their creativity, including Vlado Perlemuter playing Ravel, and Balakirev's Overture to King Lear. EMAIL: burnside@bbc.co.uk

Private Passions

Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates

Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates, and talk about the influence music has had on their lives

Private Passions: 16/09/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, 16/09/2007

Michael Berkeley talks to author Kiran Desai, who chooses Bach and varied Indian music.

Michael Berkeley talks to Indian-born author Kiran Desai whose musical choices include Bach played by Glenn Gould, three contrasting pieces of Indian music and Cesaria Evora.

Michael Berkeley talks to Indian-born author Kiran Desai, who won the 2006 Man Booker Prize with her novel The Inheritance of Loss. The daughter of novelist Anita Desai, she has lived in America since she was a teenager, and her books delve into the culture shock experienced by immigrants from the relatively poor East to the wealthy West.

She is deeply interested in music, and her choices range from Bach played by Glenn Gould and Pablo Casals, to two masters of the guitar, three contrasting pieces of Indian music and the Cabo Verde phenomenon Cesaria Evora.

Michael Berkeley talks to Indian-born author Kiran Desai. Daughter of novelist Anita Desai , she has lived in America since she was a teenager and her books delve into the culture shock experienced by immigrants from the relatively poor East to the wealthy West. She is deeply interested in music, and her choices range from Bach played by Glenn Gould and Pablo Casais to two masters of the guitar, three contrasting pieces of Indian music, and the Cabo Verde phenomenon Cesaria Evora.

The Early Music Show

Performance and news from the world of early music.

An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.

The Early Music Show: Edinburgh International Festival 2007

The Early Music Show: Edinburgh International Festival 2007: 16/09/2007

Edinburgh International Festival 2007

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Edinburgh International Festival 2007, 16/09/2007

Violinist Chiara Banchini and Ensemble 415 in a programme of Italian chamber sonatas.

Lucie Skeaping introduces highlights from a concert given at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, as part of the 2007 Edinburgh Festival.

Lucie Skeaping introduces highlights from a concert given at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, as part of the 2007 Edinburgh Festival.

Violinist Chiara Banchini with Ensemble 415 make their Edinburgh debut with a programme of Italian chamber sonatas by Corelli, Vivaldi and the Paginini of his day, Pietro Antonio Locatelli.

Highlighs of concerts and recitals recorded at the Edinburgh International Festival

Lucie Skeaping introduces highlights from a concert recorded at Edinburgh's Queen's Hall as part of the recent Edinburgh International 
Festival: Chiara Banchini (violin/director) and Ensemble 415 make their Edinburgh debut with a programme of Italian chamber sonatas by Corelli and Vivaldi, and by Pietro Antonio Locatelli , the Paganini of his day. Producer Ewa Norman

Radio 3 Requests

Weekly pick of music requests from Radio 3 listeners

Radio 3 Requests features a wide breadth of classical works requested by the station's listeners.

The final edition of Radio 3 Requests was broadcast on 1st May 2011.  We can no longer accept new requests.

Radio 3 Requests: 16/09/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Requests, 16/09/2007

Chi-chi Nwanoku with listeners' requests, including Rossini, Verdi, Weber and Ivanovs.

Chi-chi Nwanoku presents a selection of listeners' requests. With performances of Rossini, Verdi, Weber, Mozart and Ivanovs. Conductor Vernon Handley requests a Bax symphony.

Chi-chi Nwanoku presents a selection of listeners' requests. Including performances of Rossini, Verdi, Weber and Janis Ivanovs, and melodies by Mozart as presented by the Viennese kings of the waltz. Conductor Vernon Handley requests a Bax symphony.

Chi-chi Nwanoku tracks down performances of Rossini, Verdi, Weber and Janis Ivanovs , and melodies by Mozart. Conductor Vernon Handley requests a Bax symphony. 
ADDRESS: Radio 3 Requests, BBC Wales, CF 5 2YO 
Phone: [number removed] (calls from a land line cost no more than 8p per min) EMAIL: radio3requests@bbc.co.uk

Choral Evensong

Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: 16/09/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, 16/09/2007

From Southwark Cathedral, London, with Bach's Toccata in F played by organist Peter Wright

Live from Southwark Cathedral, London.

Introit: Lord, in our lonely hours (John Barnard)
Responses: Shephard
Psalms: 124, 125 (Bertalot, Turle)
First Reading: Isaiah 60
Office Hymn: The Lord will come and not be slow (St Stephen)
Canticles: The Second Service (Leighton)
Second Reading: John 6, vv51-69
Anthem: Seek him that maketh the seven stars (Jonathan Dove)
Homily: The Very Rev Colin Slee
Final Hymn: All things that are, praise God (Upton Scudamore)
Organ Voluntary: Toccata in F, BWV 540 (Bach)

Director of the Girls' Choir: Stephen Disley
Organist: Peter Wright.

Live from Southwark Cathedral. Introit: 
Lord, in Our Lonely Hours (John Barnard ). Responses: Shephard. Psalms: 124,125 
(Bertalot, Turle). First Reading: Isaiah 60. Office Hymn: The Lord Will Come and Not Be Slow (St Stephen). Canticles: The Second Service 
(Leighton). Second Reading: John 6, vv51-69. 
Anthem: Seek Him That Maketh the Seven Stars (Jonathan Dove ). Homily: The Very Rev 
Colin Slee. Final Hymn: All Things That Are, Praise God (Upton Scudamore). Organ voluntary: Toccata in F, BWV540 (Bach). Director of the Girls' Choir Stephen Disley. Organist Peter Wright.

Discovering Music

Programme which examines a different piece of music each week

Programme which examines a different piece of music each week, looking at the musical form or the composer's style, and exploring the many things contributing to the overall experience

Discovering Music: Brahms Symphony No 3

Brahms Symphony No 3

BBC Radio 3 - Discovering Music, Brahms Symphony No 3

Stephen Johnson explores Brahms's 'free but happy' Third Symphony with the BBC SO.

Stephen Johnson explores the workings of Brahms's 'free but happy' Third Symphony with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Douglas Boyd.

Stephen Johnson is joined by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under conductor Douglas Boyd to explore Brahms's Symphony No 3 in F.

Choir and Organ

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

The Choir

Choir and Organ: 16/09/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Choir and Organ, 16/09/2007

Aled Jones with the French chamber choir Accentus, and their founder Laurence Equilbey.

Aled Jones introduces music from the 32 voices of French chamber choir Accentus. Including music by Debussy, Mahler, Poulenc, Ravel and Schoenberg.

Aled Jones introduces music for choir, solo piano, piano duet and orchestra, all from the 32 voices of French chamber choir Accentus. The choir's founder and conductor Laurence Equilbey talks about how she has steered Accentus well beyond the limits of the standard repertoire for unaccompanied chamber choir.

With music by Debussy, Mahler, Poulenc, Ravel and Schoenberg, and new works written for Accentus by Philippe Manoury and Bruno Mantovani.

Aled Jones introduces music for choir and for solo piano, piano duet and orchestra, all from the 32 voices of the celebrated French chamber choir Accentus. The choir's founder and conductor 
Laurence Equilbey talks about how she has steered Accentus well beyond the limits of the standard repertoire for unaccompanied chamber choir. With music by Debussy, Mahler, Poulenc, Ravel and Schoenberg, and new works written for 
Accentus by Philippe Manoury and Bruno Mantovani.

Drama on 3

Series of drama performances, ranging from experimental works to the Classics

Drama on 3: After the Quake

After the Quake

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By Haruki Murakami. Touching stories of people affected by the Kobe earthquake of 1995.

After the Quake, by Haruki Murakami. Translated by Jay Rubin. These elegant, touching stories take a surprising look at the lives of people affected by the Kobe earthquake of 1995.

After the Quake

By Haruki Murakami.

Translated by Jay Rubin and adapted for radio by Simon McBurney.

These elegant, touching stories take a surprising look at the lives of people affected by the Kobe earthquake of 1995.

Komura and Super Frog ...... Benedict Wong
Sasaki ...... Sadao Ueda
Keiko ...... Cheryl Ko
Shimao ...... Haruka Kuroda
Junpei ...... Tom Wu
Sala ...... Asuka McRobbie
Sayoko ...... Nina Fog
Takatsuki ...... Jonathan Chan-Pensley
Katagiri ...... Eiji Kusuhara
Satsuki ...... Liz Sutherland
Nimit ...... Suthas Bhoopongsa
Thai Woman ...... Su Bhoopongsa
David Rappaport ...... Simon Treves.

Following the international success of Complicite's 2003 theatrical adaptation of Haruki Murakami 's The Elephant Vanishes, director Simon McBurney has written a new play for Radio 3. Drawn from Murakami's short story collection following the Kobe earthquake of 1995, these elegant and touching stories take a surprising look at the lives of people affected by the disaster. Producer Steven Canny

Sunday Feature

Exploring music, history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature.

In-depth documentaries which explore music, history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature.

Sunday Feature: An American Legend: James Agee

An American Legend: James Agee

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Blake Morrison visits the writer's home in Tennessee and follows his footsteps to Alabama.

An American Legend: James Agee. Blake Morrison visits Agee's hometown in Tennessee and talks to the writer's children to re-appraise this 'sovereign prince of the English language'.

Sunday Feature: An American Legend:James Agee

His account of the lives of poor white farmers in 1930s Alabama, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, is an exquisitely difficult classic, his film criticism set the standard in 1940s America and his posthumously published novel, A Death in the Family, won the Pulitzer Prize. He also wrote poetry - Knoxville Summer of 1915 was famously set to music by Samuel Barber - and mould-breaking journalism for Time magazine and screenplays for films, including John Houston's The African Queen. He was described as "probably the most charismatic man alive", lived hard and was dead by the age of 45. Yet James Agee remains virtually unknown in the UK. Blake Morrison visits Agee's Tennessee hometown and follows in his footsteps to Alabama to re-appraise this "sovereign prince of the English language". With contributions from 
Agee's son Joel and daughter Deedee, biographer Dwight Garner , Knoxville artist RB Morris and historian Steve Cotham. Producer Alan Hall

Words and Music

A journey of discovery, weaving music with poetry and prose read by leading actors.

A weekly journey of discovery, weaving together a range of music with poetry and prose read by leading actors.

Words and Music: Villains

Villains

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Villainy is reflected in music by Mozart and Bartok, and poems by Oscar Wilde and Shelley.

Villains: A sequence of music and poetry reflecting on villainy, from Nero to Billy the Kid. With music by Mozart, Bartok and Sondheim, and poems by Wilde, Shelley and Plath.

Villains

A sequence of music and poetry reflecting on villainy, from the Emperor Nero to Billy the Kid.

With music by Mozart, Bartok and Stephen Sondheim, and poems by writers including Oscar Wilde, Shelley and Sylvia Plath, read by Patience Tomlinson and Jonathan Keeble.

Villains 
A sequence of music and poetry reflecting on villainy, from Emperor Nero to Billy the Kid. With music by Mozart, Bartok and Stephen Sondheim , and poems by writers including Oscar Wilde , 
Shelley and Sylvia Plath. The readers are Patience Tomlinson and Jonathan Keeble. EMAIL: wordsandmusic9bbc.co.uk 
For details of the music and verse heard in this programme, visitwww.bbc.co.uk/radio3/wordsandmusic

The Early Music Show: 09/09/2007

09/09/2007

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, 09/09/2007

Ashley Solomon presents vocal works by Gesualdo, Monteverdi, Luzzaschi and Strozzi.

Ashley Solomon presents a programme of music from the Italian Renaissance, with sacred and secular vocal works by Gesualdo, Monteverdi, Luzzaschi and Strozzi.

Ashley Solomon presents a programme of music from the Italian Renaissance, with sacred and secular vocal works by Gesualdo, Monteverdi, Luzzaschi and Strozzi.

James Weeks conducts the vocal ensemble Exaudi in highlights from concerts given at the 2007 Aldeburgh Festival and the Brighton Soundworks Festival.

Ashley Solomon presents a programme of music from the Italian Renaissance, with sacred and secular vocal works by Gesualdo, Monteverdi, Luzzaschi and Strozzi. Producer Les Pratt

Through the Night: 17/09/2007

17/09/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 17/09/2007

Composers include Beethoven, Shostakovich, Gershwin, Josquin Desprez, Farnaby and Forster.

Including 1.00 Beethoven, Shostakovich, 3.28 Gershwin, Farnaby, Forster, Gounod, Hummel, Sandstrom. 5.00 Schubert, Glinka, Ravel, Holm, CPE Bach, Dvorak, Bruhns.

With John Shea

1.00am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Mass in D (Missa solemnis)
Kristina Hansson (soprano)
Maria Stattin (mezzo-soprano)
Jonas Degefeldt (tenor)
Carsten Stabell (bass)
St Olav Festival Choir and Orchestra
Per Fridtjof Bonsaksen (conductor)

2.17am
Shostakovitch, Dmitri (1906-1975): Symphony No 7 in C (Leningrad)
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Pavel Kogan (conductor)

3.28am
Gershwin, George (1898-1937): Piano Concerto in F
Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Richard Dufallo (conductor) 

4.03am
Josquin des Prez (1445-1521): Tu solus qui facis mirabilia 
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Paul van Nevel (conductor)

4.09am
Farnaby, Giles (c.1563-1640): Maske and Fantasia (The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Nos 198 and 237)
Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord)

4.15am
Förster, Kaspar (1616-1673): Viri Israelite (Dialogus de Judith et Holoferne)
Olga Pasiecznik (soprano)
Kai Wessel (countertenor)
Krzysztof Szmyt (tenor)
Grzegorz Zychowicz (bass)
Il Tempo Baroque Ensemble

4.30am
Gounod, Charles (1818-1893): Waltz (Faust)
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Borge Wagner (conductor)

4.36am
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837): Trio in G
Viktor Siimcisko (violin)
Alzbeta Plazkurova (viola)
Jozef Sikora (cello)

4.51am
Sandstrom, Jan (b.1954): Surge Aquilo 
Erik Westberg Vocal Ensemble.

Presented by Jonathan Swain. Beethoven Mass in D (Missa Solemnis) Kristina Hansson (soprano), Maria Stattin (mezzo), Jonas Degefeldt (tenor), Carsten Stabell (bass), St Olav Festival Choir and Orchestra, conductor Per Fridtjof 
Bonsaksen 2.17 Shostakovich Symphony No 7 (Leningrad) 
3.28 Gershwin Piano Concerto in F 4.03 Josquin des Prez Tu Solus Qui Facis Mirabilia 4,09 Famaby Maske , 
MB243I; Fantasia, MB2412(Fitzwilliam Virginal Bk Nos 198 and 237) 4.15 Fdrster Viri Israelite, Dialogus de Judith et Holoferne, KBPJ 47 4.30 Gounod Waltz (Faust) 
4.36 Hummel Trio in G 4.51 Sandstrom Surge Aquilo 
5.00 Schubert Variations in E minor, D802 
5.14 Glinka Overture: Ruslan and Lyudmila 5.20 Ravel 
Trio in A minor 5.34 Holm Orken og hede 5.40 CPE Bach Trio Sonata in A 5.53 Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor 
6.32 Bruhns 0 werterheil' ger Geist 
6.47 Beethoven 32 Variations in C minor, WoOBO

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