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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

30/09/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Gratton, Brahms, and Bach.

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Gratton, Brahms, Sibelius, Dvorak, Pahor, Copi, Sweelinck, Albicastro and Bach.

With Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Gratton, Hector (1900-1970): Légende
Orchestre Métropolitain
Gilles Auger (conductor)

5.09am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Von ewiger Liebe, Op 43 No 1
Urszula Kryger (mezzo-soprano)
Katarzyna Jankowska (piano)

5.14am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Piano Sonatina No 3 in B flat minor
Eero Heinonen (piano)

5.21am
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904): 2 Romantic Pieces, Op 75
Young-Zun Kim (violin)
Joon-Cha Kim (piano)

5.28am
Pahor, Karol (1896-1974): Oce nás hlapca Jerneja (The Bailiff Yerney's Prayer)
Chamber Choir AVE
Andraz Hauptman (conductor)

5.33am
Copi, Ambroz (b.1973): My heart is steadfast (Psalm 108)
Chamber Choir AVE
Andraz Hauptman (conductor)

5.38am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Psalm 23 (The Thysius Lute Book)
Toyohiko Satoh (lute)

5.41am
Albicastro, Henricus (fl.1700-06): Sonate pour violon et continue, Op 9 No 12 (La Folia)
Ensemble 415
Chiara Banchini (conductor)

5.54am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Largo and Fugue in E flat
Leopold String Trio

6.01am
Bach, Johann Michael (1648-1694): Mein schönste Zier und Kleinod
Mario Penzar (organ)

6.03am
Bach, Johann Michael (1648-1694): Es ist ein großer Gewinn
Maria Zedelius (soprano)
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (director)

6.08am
Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich (1732-1795): Trio in C
Musica Petropolitana

6.20am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Magnificat in D, Wq 215
Linda Ovrebo (soprano)
Anna Einarsson (alto)
Anders J Dahlin (tenor)
Johannes Mannov (bass)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Oslo Chamber Choir
Alessandro de Marchi (conductor)

6.56am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), orch. Schoenberg: Komm, Gott Schopfer, heiliger Geist
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Edo de Waart (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: 30/09/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 30/09/2007

Including music by Beethoven, Holborne, Mozart, Gabrieli, Tchaikovsky and Franck.

Including Beethoven: Rondino. Mozart: Overture (The Magic Flute). Gabrieli, arr. Stokowski: Sonata pian e forte. Tchaikovsky: Capriccio in G flat. Franck: Les Djinns.

Including from 7.00am

Beethoven: Rondino
Amphion Wind Octet

Holborne: Pavan 2
Nigel North (lute)

From 8.00am

Mozart: Overture (The Magic Flute)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Gabrieli, arr. Stokowski: Sonata pian e forte. Alla quarta bassa (Sacrae symphoniae)
London Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)

From 9.00am

Tchaikovsky: Capriccio in G flat, Op 8
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)

Franck: Les Djinns
Idil Biret (piano)
Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
Alain Paris (conductor).

Martin Handley

Music includes: 
7.00-8.00: Beethoven Rondino , Wo025 Amphion Wind Octet Holborne Pavan 2 Nigel North (lute) 
8.00-9.00: Mozart Overture: The Magic Flute Mahler Chamber Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado G Gabrieli , arr Stokowski 
Sonata Pian'e e Forte, Alia Quarta Bassa (Sacrae Symphoniae) 
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leopold Stokowski 
9.00-10.00: Tchaikovsky Capriccio in G flat, Op 8 Mikhail Pletnev (piano) Franck Les Djinns 
Idil Biret (piano), Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, director Alain Paris

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: 30/09/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Morning, 30/09/2007

Iain ponders philosophy, with Steve Reich's Proverb and works by Mahler and Nietzsche.

Iain ponders philosophy in music, with Steve Reich's Proverb, Bernstein's Serenade for violin, strings, harp and percussion, and works by Strauss, Mahler and Nietzsche.

lain Burnside

lain Burnside ponders philosophy in music, with Steve Reich 's Proverb, Bernstein's Serenade for violin, strings, harp and percussion, and works by Strauss, Mahler and Nietzsche. EMAIL: burnside9bbc.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: 30/09/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, 30/09/2007

Michael Berkeley talks to publisher Tim Hely Hutchinson, who chooses Bellini and Donizetti

Michael Berkeley talks to Tim Hely Hutchinson, one of Britain's most successful publishers, whose musical choices include works by Bellini, Donizetti and Gluck.

Michael Berkeley talks to one of Britain's most successful publishers. Tim Hely Hutchinson began his career with MacMillan Publishers and is now chief executive of Hachette Livre UK, the largest publisher in Britain.

Apart from books, music and horse-racing are his chief passions, and he is particularly devoted to opera. His musical choices include Maria Callas singing Bellini, Pavarotti singing Donizetti and Derek Lee Ragin singing Gluck.

Today Michael Berkeley talks to one of Britain's most successful publishers. Tim Hely Hutchinson began his career with Macmillan Publishers, founded a new company, Headline, in 1986, and is now chief executive of Hachette Livre UK, the largest publisher in Britain. Apart from books, music and horse-racing are his chief passions, and he is particularly devoted to opera, with Maria Callas singing Bellini, Luciano Pavarotti singing Donizetti and Derek Lee Ragin singing Gluck among his choices.

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: David Munrow

David Munrow

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, David Munrow

Performer portrait of one of this country's most influential early music pioneers.

David Munrow: As part of Radio 3's 40th anniversary season, Andrew Manze presents a performer portrait of one of this country's most influential early music pioneers, David Munrow.

David Munrow

As part of Radio 3's 40th anniversary season, Andrew Manze presents a performer portrait of one of this country's most influential early music pioneers, David Munrow.

Archive performances include Bach's Cantata No 54 and music by Telemann and Purcell.

As part of Radio 3's 40th anniversary season, 
Andrew Manze presents a performer portrait of one of the most influential early music pioneers this country has ever seen, David Munrow. Archive performances include Bach's 
Cantata No 54 and music by Telemann and Purcell. Revised repeat

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: 30/09/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Requests, 30/09/2007

Chi-chi Nwanoku presents a selection of listeners' requests.

Chi-chi Nwanoku presents the weekly pick of listeners' favourites. 
ADDRESS: Radio 3 Requests, BBC Wales, CF5 2YO 
Phone: [number removed] (calls from a land line cost no more than 8p per min) EMAIL: radio3reguests@bbc.co.uk

Choral Evensong

Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: 30/09/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, 30/09/2007

From Westminster Abbey, with Tippet's Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense canticles.

Live from Westminster Abbey.

Introit: Factum est silentium (Dering)
Responses: Tomkins
Psalms: 48, 138 (Turle, Ley)
First Reading: I Kings 3, vv3-14
Canticles: Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense (Tippett)
Second Reading: Hebrews 1, vv5-14
Anthem: A Sequence for St Michael (Howells)
Hymn: All hail the power of Jesu's name (Miles Lane)
Organ Voluntary: Laus Deo (Jonathan Harvey)

Organist and Master of the choristers: James O'Donnell
Sub-organist: Robert Quinney.

- Live from Westminster Abbey. Introit: 
Factum Est Silentium (Dering). Responses: 
- Tomkins. Psalms: 48,138 (Turle, Ley). First 
Reading: 1 Kings 3, vv 3-14. Canticles: Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense (Tippett). 
Second Reading: Hebrews 1, vv 5-14. Anthem: A Seguence for St Michael (Howells). Hymn: 
All Hail the Power of Jesu's Name (Miles Lane). Organ Voluntary: Laus Deo (Jonathan Harvey ). Organist and Master of the Choristers James O'Donnell. Sub-organist Robert Ouinney.

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: Monteverdi's L'Orfeo

Monteverdi's L'Orfeo

BBC Radio 3 - Discovering Music, Monteverdi's L'Orfeo

Robert Hollingworth and period performers explore musical ideas of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo.

Robert Hollingworth joins a special group of period performers for an exploration of some of the pioneering musical ideas behind Monteverdi's operatic masterpiece L'Orfeo.

Robert Hollingworth joins a specially gathered group of performers for an exploration of some of the pioneering musical ideas behind music's first operatic masterpiece - L'Orfeo. 

Robert considers the way in which Monteverdi's ideas about creating opera developed from his experience of writing madrigals. He looks at Monteverdi's expressive use of music to colour and highlight the meaning of the text and features performances of several contrasting episodes from the opera.

Robert Hollingworth joins a group of period performers for an exploration of some of the pioneering musical ideas behind Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, arguably music's first operatic masterpiece.

Choir and Organ

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

The Choir

Choir and Organ: 30/09/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Choir and Organ, 30/09/2007

Aled Jones takes a choral perspective on Italian composers Rossini, Verdi and Puccini.

Aled Jones takes a choral perspective on Rossini, Verdi and Puccini, and discovers the singing village of Premana, a tiny alpine community with a vibrant tradition of folk-song.

In an all-Italian programme, Aled Jones takes a choral perspective on Rossini, Verdi and Puccini, and discovers the singing village of Premana, a tiny alpine community with a vibrant tradition of folk-song and feasting.

Drama on 3

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

Drama on 3: Babel's Tower, by Mike Walker

Babel's Tower, by Mike Walker

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Imagining the interrogation of Jewish-Russian writer Isaac Babel upon his 1939 arrest.

Mike Walker's play imagines the Jewish-Russian writer Isaac Babel being interrogated after his arrest by the Soviet secret police in 1939. With Antony Sher and Robert Glenister.

Mike Walker's play imagines the Jewish-Russian writer Isaac Babel being interrogated after his arrest by the Soviet secret police in 1939. As Stalin's henchmen beat and bully Babel, scenes from his two great collections of stories come to him: the Jewish gangsters fighting over Odessa, Babel's hometown, and the Red Cavalry, with which he had ridden as a war correspondent, slaughtering Poles at the edge of the new Soviet Union.

Babel ...... Antony Sher
Rudin/Trunov ...... Robert Glenister
Sverdlov/Benya ...... Stephen Noonan

Also with Christopher Staines, Karl Theobald, Roland Oliver, Lucy Black, Rachel Atkins and Sandra Voe.

Music by Jon Nicholls.

Drama on 3: Babel's Tower

By Mike Walker. Jewish  Russian  writer Isaac Babel is interrogated after his arrest by the Soviet secret police in 1939. As Stalin's henchmen beat and bully Babel, scenes from his two great collections of stories come to him: the Jewish gangsters fighting over Babel's home town Odessa; and the Red Cavalry, with whom he had ridden with as a war correspondent, slaughtering Poles at the edge of the new Soviet Union. Additional characters played by Christopher  Staines , Karl Theobald , Roland Oliver , Lucy Black , Rachel Atkins and Sandra  Voe 
Music by Jon Nicholls ; Producer Tim Dee

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: MindMaps

Sunday Feature: MindMaps: Episode 1: Geneva

Episode 1

Episode 1: Geneva

MindMaps

Geneva

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, MindMaps, Geneva

Historian Ruth Scurr visits the city to find how three great thinkers interacted with it.

Historian and Robespierre biographer Ruth Scurr visits Geneva to discover how three great thinkers interacted with the city.

Historian and Robespierre biographer Ruth Scurr visits Geneva to discover how three great thinkers interacted with the city.

In the 16th century, Calvin turned Geneva into the 'Protestant Rome'. In the 18th century, Rousseau and Voltaire clashed with each other here and their differing views of Geneva partly caused the feud.

Series examining the ferment of ideas generated in a single city

Sunday Feature: MindMaps: Geneva

1/3. A new series examining the ferment of ideas generated in a single city. In the first programme historian and Robespierre biographer 
Ruth Scurr visits Geneva to discover how three great thinkers interacted with the city. In the 16th century, Calvin turned Geneva into the Protestant Rome. In the 18th century, Rousseau and Voltaire clashed there and their differing views of Geneva partly caused the feud. 
Producers Hugh Levinson and Nicola Meyrick

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: The Anatomy of Melancholy

The Anatomy of Melancholy

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Writings on melancholy by Robert Burton, Keats and Gray, plus music by Dowland and Purcell

The Anatomy of Melancholy: Janet Suzman and Heathcote Williams read words by Keats, Plath and Auden on various aspects of melancholy. With music by Schumann, Prokofiev and Britten.

The Anatomy of Melancholy

Janet Suzman and Heathcote Williams read poems and prose by Robert Burton, Keats, Gray, Tennyson, Owen, Plath, Dickinson and Auden on various aspects of melancholy. With music by Dowland, Purcell, Schubert, Schumann, Prokofiev and Britten.

The Anatomy of Melancholy 
Janet Suzman and Heathcote Williams read poems and prose excerpts by Robert Burton , Keats, Gray, Tennyson, Owen, Plath, Dickinson and Auden on aspects of melancholy. 
With music by Dowland, Purcell, Schubert, Schumann, Prokofiev and Britten. EMAIL: wordsandmusic@bbc.co.uk 
For details of the music and verse heard in this programme, visitwww.bbc.co.uk/radio3/wordsandmusic

The Early Music Show: Music from Queen Anne's London

06/01/2007

Music from Queen Anne's London

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Music from Queen Anne's London

Lucie Skeaping explores 18th century musical culture, with works by D Purcell and Finger.

Music from Queen Anne's London: Lucie Skeaping reflects on the thriving musical culture of London at the start of the 18th century.

Music from Queen Anne's London

Lucie Skeaping reflects on the thriving musical culture of London at the start of the 18th century, when the city attracted players and composers from all over Europe. Music includes works by Henry Purcell's younger brother Daniel, Gottfried Finger and John Eccles.

During Queen Anne's reign, London was a thriving and exciting musical centre, attracting musicians from all over Europe. Lucie Skeaping reflects on life in musical London at the start of the 18th century and introduces works by Daniel Purcell , Gottfried Finger and John Eccles. Producer Rebecca Bean

Through the Night: 01/10/2007

01/10/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 01/10/2007

With music by Verdi, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, CPE Bach, Smit, Pachelbel, Vivaldi and Chopin.

Including 1.00 Verdi, Ravel. 3.02 Tchaikovsky, Bach, Nin, Pachelbel, Vivaldi, Chopin. 5.00 Bellini, Mendelssohn, Handel, Prokofiev, Lorenzo, Piazzolla, Larsson, Allegri, Grieg.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Requiem
Victoria Nava (soprano)
Randi Stene (mezzo-soprano)
Gwyn Hughes Jones (tenor)
Frodde Olsen (bass)
Embla (female choir)
Trondheim Chamber Choir
Det Norske Mannskor (male choir)
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland (conductor)

2.29am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Miroirs
Martina Filjak (piano)

3.02am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Serenade in C, Op 48
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Hannu Koivula (conductor)

3.34am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Flute Concerto in G, Wq 169
Tom Ottar Andreassen (flute)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Roy Goodman (conductor)

3.59am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Overture (Nabucco)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Ros-Marba (conductor)

4.07am
Nin (y Castellanos), Joaquín (1879-1949): Seguida Espanola
Henry-David Varema (cello)
Heiki Mätlik (guitar)

4.16am
Smit, Leo (1900-1943): Concerto for piano and wind
Bart van de Roer (piano)
Netherlands Philhamonic Orchestra
Lucas Vis (conductor)

4.30am
Pachelbel, Johann (1653-1706): Aria quinta
Angela Tomanic (organ)

4.39am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Trio Sonata in D minor, Op 1 No 12 (La Folia)
Florilegium

4.49am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Scherzo No 4 in E, Op 54
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano).

With Jonathan Swain. Verdi Requiem 
Victoria  Nava  (soprano), Randi Stene (mezzo), 
Gwyn Hughes Jones (tenor), Frodde Olsen (bass), Embla (female choir), Trondheim Chamber Choir, Det Norske Mannskor (male choir), Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eivind Aadland 
2.29 Ravel Miroirs 
3.02 Tchaikovsky Serenade in C, Op 48 
3.34 CPE Bach Flute Concerto in G, Wq169 
3.59 Verdi Overture: Nabucco 
4.07 Nln Seguida Espanola 
4.16 Smit Concerto 
4.30 Pachelbel Aria Quinta 
4.39 Vivaldi Trio Sonata in D minor, Op I No 12 (La Folia) 
4.49 Chopin Scherzo No 4 in E, Op 54 
5.00 Bellini Overture: Norma 
5.06 Mendelssohn Psalm 22: Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen, Op 78 No 2 
5.16 Handel Susser Blumen Ambraflocken No 3 (Deutsche Arien, HWV204) 
5.22 Prokofiev Sarcasmes 
5.32 Lorenzo Capriccio Brillante, Op 31 
5.42 Plazzolla Le Grand Tango 
5.53 Larsson Croquis 
6.06 Bach Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor, BWV1067 
6.26 Allegri Miserere Mei Deus 
6.40 Grieg Holberg Suite

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