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

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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: 

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast,

Including music by Wagner, Smetana, Mozart, Bach and Berlioz, plus Dvorak's Festival March

Including Wagner: Eine Faust-Overture. Smetana: Czech Dances. Mozart: Overture (Le nozze di Figaro). Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G. Dvorak: Festival March. Berlioz: Scenes de Faust.

From 7.00am

Wagner: Eine Faust-Overture
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Edo de Waart (conductor)

Smetana: Czech Dances, 2nd series (excerpts)
Ivan Moravec (piano)

Mozart, arr. Johann Went: Overture (Le nozze di Figaro)
Hansgeorg Schmeiser (flute)
Sebastian Gurtler (violin)
Peter Sagaischek (viola)
Christophe Pantillon (cello)

From 8.30am

Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 860
Evgeni Koroliov (piano)

Dvorak: Festival March
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Berlioz: Scenes de Faust, Op 1, Nos 7 and 8
Angelika Kirschlager (mezzo-soprano)
Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor)
Frederic Caton (bass)
Radio France Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Yutaka Sado (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.

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Wagner A Faust Overture 
San Francisco SO, conductor Edo de Waart Smetana Czech Dances, Set 2 (excerpts) Ivan Moravec (piano) 
Mozart, arr Johann Wendt Overture: Le Nozze di Figaro Hansgeorg Schmeiser (flute), Sebastian Gurtler (violin), Peter Sagaischek (viola), Christophe Pantillon (cello) 
8.30-10.00: Bach Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV860 Yevgeni Koroliov 
Dvorak Festival March Prague Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek 
Berlioz Scenes from Faust, Op 1 Nos 7 and 8 Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo) Jean-Paul Fourchecourt (tenor) 
Frederic Caton (bass) French Radio Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conductor Yutaka Sado

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection,

James Jolly spins Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Victoria and Albeniz, plus Delius's Cello Concerto.

James Jolly introduces music by Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Victoria, Delius, and the recording of Albeniz's Iberia recommended in last Saturday's Building a Library.

With James Jolly.

10.00am
De Falla: Jota (Suite populaire espagnole)
Jacqueline du Pré (cello)
John Williams (guitar)
EMI 555529-2

10.05am
Glinka: Jota aragonesa
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
MELODIYA 74321 53461-2 (2 CDs)

10.15am
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op 50
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Pinchas Zukerman (violin)
Jacqueline du Pré (cello)
EMI 574447-2 (9 CDs)

11.00am
Victoria: Salve regina (antiphon for 8 voices and organ)
Gabrieli Consort and Players
Paul McCreesh (director)
ARCHIV 471 694-2 (2 CDs)

11.14am
Albeniz: Iberia
As recommended in Saturday's Building a Library

11.34am
Delius: Cello Concerto
Jacqueline du Pré (cello)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
EMI 555529-2.

Presented by James Jolly. Glinka Jota Aragonesa 
USSR SO, conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov 
10.15 Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor, Op 50 Daniel Barenboim , Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Jacqueline du Pre (cello) 
11.00 Victoria Salve Regina - Antiphon for eight voices and organ 
Gabrieli Consort and Players, director Paul McCreesh 
11.14 Albeniz Iberia 
As recommended in Saturday's CD Review. 
11.34 Delius Cello Concerto 
Jacqueline du Pre, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Malcolm Sargent

Composer of the Week

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Sir Granville Bantok (1868-1945)

Composer of the Week: Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1945): Episode 1

Episode 1

Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1945)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1945), Episode 1

His father wanted him to join the Indian Civil Service, but Bantock became a composer.

Granville Bantock (1868-1945): 1/5. Donald Macleod is joined by musicologist Lewis Foreman to explore Bantock's career. Including Sappho, Pierrot of the Minute, Celtic Symphony.

Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1945)

1/5. Donald Macleod is joined by musicologist Lewis Foreman to explore the career of Sir Granville Bantock, described by his contemporary Elgar as having 'the most fertile musical brain of our time'. Despite his father's career aspirations for him to join the Indian Civil Service, Bantock became one of the most prolific and successful composers, conductors and educators of the early 20th Century.

Sappho (Peer of Gods He Seems)
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)

Pierrot of the Minute
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)

Celtic Symphony
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)

Sappho (The Moon has set)			
Sappho (Muse of the Golden Throne)	
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor).

Composer of the Week: Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1945)

Donald Macleod and musicologist Lewis Foreman on the early 20th century British composer

Composer of the Week:Granville Bantock (1868-1946)

1/5. Donald Macleod is joined by musicologist Lewis Foreman to explore the fascinating career of Granville Bantock , described by his contemporary Elgar as having "the most fertile musical brain of our time". Despite his father's career aspirations for him to join the Indian Civil Service, Bantock became one of the most prolific and successful composers, conductors and educators of the early 20th century. Peer of Gods He Seems (Sappho) Pierrot of the Minute Celtic Symphony 
The Moon Has Set Sappho; Muse of the Golden Throne (Sappho) 
Susan Bickley (mezzo), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley Repeated at 8.45pm 
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Afternoon Concert

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras from around the world

Afternoon on 3

Afternoon Concert: 

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert,

Featuring the Lunchtime Concert: pieces by Bach and Handel, plus two works by Kalevi Aho.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Live from the Wigmore Hall, London. 2.00pm BBC orchestras focus on Welsh composers Mathias and Hoddinott. 4.00pm The Making of Music: 56/60. The Sixties.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Live from the Wigmore Hall, London, introduced by Verity Sharp.
 
BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Sharon Bezaly joins with gamba player Charles Medlam and harpsichordist Terence Charlston in a programme of Bach and Handel, balanced with two small-scale solo works by contemporary Finnish composer Kalevi Aho.

Bach: Sonata in E flat for flute and harpsichord, BWV 1031
Handel: Flute sonata in B minor, HWV 367b
Bach: Sarabande (Partita in A minor, BWV 1013)
Kalevi Aho: 2nd movement (Prestissimo) from Solo III, for solo flute
Bach: Sonata in E for flute and basso continuo, BWV 1035; Polonaise, Menuet, Badinerie (Suite in B minor, BWV 1067)

2.00pm 

This week, Afternoon on 3's British Symphony Series focuses on two Welsh composers, William Mathias (1934-1992) and Alun Hoddinott (b.1929). Plus the new debut album of cabaret songs by Schoenberg, Bolcom and Satie by young Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman with the BBC SO.

Mathias: Symphony No 1
BBC Welsh SO
William Mathias (conductor)

Bolcom: Cabaret Songs
Measha Brueggergosman (soprano)
BBC SO
David Robertson (conductor)

Alun Hoddinott: Symphony No 2
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor).

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Live from London's Wigmore Hall. Presented by Verity Sharp. 
Sharon Bezaly (flute), London Barogue 
Bach Flute Sonata in E flat, BWV1031 
Handel Flute Sonata in D minor, HWV367a Bach Sarabande (Partita in A minor, BWV1013) Kalevi Aho Prestissimo (Solo III) 
Bach Flute Sonata in E, BV1035; Polonaise; 
Menuet; Badinerie (Suite in B minor, BWV1067) 
2.00 BBC Orchestras 
The ongoing British Symphony Series focuses on two prominent Welsh composers, and on a new recording of cabaret songs by Schoenberg, 
Bolcom and Satie. Presented by Louise Fryer. William Mathias Symphony No 
BBC Welsh SO, conducted by the composer Bolcom Cabaret Songs 
Measha Brueggergosman (soprano), BBCSO, conductor David Robertson Alun Hoddinott Symphony No 2 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Owain Arwel Hughes. 
4.00 The Making of Music 
26/30. The Sixties. In the 1960s modern composers were trying to make their voices heard above the noise of pop culture. Louise Fryer asks what were Stockhausen, John Tavener and Peter Maxwell Davies writing.

The Making of Music

Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series.

Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series, which connects historical events and their effect on the course of classical music.

The Making of Music; The Making of Music

The Making of Music: The Making of Music

BBC Radio 3 - The Making of Music, The Making of Music

Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series, connecting historical events and their effect on classical music. 56/60. The Sixties.

Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series, connecting historical events and their effect on classical music.

56/60. The Sixties

Modern composers were trying to make their voices heard above the noise of pop culture. What were Stockhausen, John Tavener and Peter Maxwell Davies writing in the 1960s?

In Tune

Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.

Radio 3's drivetime show brings you incredible live music and interviews from the world's finest classical, jazz, folk and world musicians.

Radio 3's drivetime show brings you incredible live music and interviews from the world's finest classical, jazz, folk and world musicians. If it's happening in the world of music, you'll hear it first on In Tune.

In Tune: 15/10/2007

15/10/2007

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 15/10/2007

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.

Petroc Trelawny presents news from the arts world.

Performance on 3

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Performance on 3: 

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3,

Camilla Tilling, the BBC SO and conductor Jiri Belohlavek, in works by Haydn and Zemlinsky

A concert given by Camilla Tilling (soprano) and the BBC SO conducted by Jiri Belohlavek. Haydn: Symphony No 96 in D (Miracle). Zemlinsky: Waldgesprach. Mahler: Symphony No 4 in G.

Christopher Cook introduces a concert by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under its principal conductor Jiri Belohlavek given at the Barbican Hall, London. 

The programme begins with a late, sparkling Haydn symphony, before Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling joins in for a rare performance of Zemlinsky's luridly lush late-Romantic, almost operatic depiction of a forest meeting between a traveller and a witch. The concert ends with the charming child's view of heaven in the vocal finale of Mahler's Fourth Symphony.

Haydn: Symphony No 96 in D (Miracle)
Zemlinsky: Waldgesprach
Mahler: Symphony No 4 in G

Camilla Tilling (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).

Christopher Cook presents a concert given last 
Friday at London's Barbican Hall. Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling is the soloist in Zemlinsky's depiction of a forest meeting between a traveller and a witch, and in the finale of Mahler's Fourth Symphony. Camilla Tilling (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek Haydn Symphony No 96 in D (Miracle) Zemlinsky Waldgesprach Mahler Symphony No 4

Composer of the Week: Granville Bantock

Night Waves

Radio 3’s flagship arts programme until 2013. Over 350 editions available in the archive.

Radio 3’s flagship arts programme until 2013. Search the extensive archive for interviews, debates and reviews. Go to Free Thinking for the new home of arts and ideas on Radio 3.

Night Waves: 15/10/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 15/10/2007

Matthew Sweet presents interviews and debate on this week’s most important cultural issues

Matthew Sweet presents the arts and ideas programme, with interviews and debate on this week’s most important cultural issues.

Matthew Sweet presents the arts and ideas programme. Producer Fiona McLean 
Podcast: available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/nightwaves/

British Composer Awards

Awards scheme designed to celebrate the work of contemporary classical composers in the UK

British Composer Awards: BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award

British Composer Awards: BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award: Episode 5

Episode 5

BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award

BBC Radio 3 - British Composer Awards, BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award, Episode 5

Michael Nyman's A Handshake in the Dark, with the BBC SO and Chorus led by John Storgaards

BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award: Listeners vote for the 2007 British Composer Awards. 5/8. Michael Nyman: A Handshake in the Dark. BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/John Storgaards.

BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award

5/8. With Catherine Bott. Listeners choose which piece should win the BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award in the 2007 British Composer Awards, organised with the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. The 12 entries will be broadcoast over the next fortnight on Radio 3, all of them BBC commissions that had their premieres last year. To vote, call 08700 100 300 [rates apply] or vote online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3.

Michael Nyman: A Handshake in the Dark
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
John Storgaards (conductor).

Public vote for a favourite orchestral work commissioned by the BBC over the previous year

BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award 
With Christopher Cook. A chance for listeners to choose which piece should win the BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award in the 2007 British Composer Awards. To vote for one of the pieces, call 
[number removed] (calls from a land line cost no more than 8p a minute) or vote online at www.bbc.co.uk/ radio3 before midnight on Friday 2 November. Michael Nyman A Handshake in the Dark BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor John Storgaards

The Essay

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

Essay: Britain's Hidden Slave Trade

The Essay: Britain's Hidden Slave Trade: Episode 1

Britain's Hidden Slave Trade

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Britain's Hidden Slave Trade, Episode 1Close menu

A visit to Sambo's Grave, a memorial to a black slave on the River Lune, Lancashire.

1/4. Britain's Hidden Slave Trade: John Gilmore and Angelina Osborne visit Sambo's Grave, a memorial to a black slave in the marshes at the mouth of the River Lune in Lancashire.

Britain's Hidden Slave Trade

Historian John Gilmore and writer Angelina Osborne visit four places connected with the British slave trade to tell their stories and reflect on their legacy.

1/4. They wait for low tide to visit Sambo's Grave, a memorial to a black slave in the windswept marshes at the mouth of the River Lune in Lancashire and use his story to explore the North West's ties with the slave trade.

The Essay: Britain's Hidden Slave Trade

John Gilmore and Angelina Osborne visit four places connected with the British slave trade

Britain's Hidden Slave Trade 
1/4. Historian John Gilmore and freelance writer, Angelina Osborne visit four places connected with the British slave trade. 
EMAIL: theessay@bbc.co.uk Producer Zahid Warley

Andy Kershaw

Veteran broadcaster Andy Kershaw presents his unique musical mix

Veteran broadcaster Andy Kershaw presents his unique mix of world music, blues, rock, country and the unexpected

Andy Kershaw: 

BBC Radio 3 - Andy Kershaw, Search BBC

Celtic harp player Mary Ann Kennedy with her own mix of sounds from across the globe.

Broadcaster and Celtic harp player Mary Ann Kennedy with her own mix of sounds from across the globe.

Mary Ann Kennedy

Sounds from across the globe. Producer Roger Short

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night,

Susan Sharpe with music by Schumann, Dvorak, Koehne, Tchaikovsky, Verhulst and Mokranjac.

Including 1.00 Schumann. 2.27 Dvorak, Koehne, Tchaikovsky, Verhulst, Mokranjac, Muffat. 5.00 Grieg, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Kunileid, Veracini, Veremans, Chopin, Byrd.

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Bunte Blätter, Op 99
1.31am
Piano Sonata No 2 in G minor, Op 22
1.48am
Four Fugues, Op 72
1.59am
Carnaval, Op 9
Eric le Sage (piano)

2.27am
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904): Symphony No 6 in D
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

3.12am
Koehne, Graeme (b. 1956): Three Poems of Byron
Elizabeth Campbell (mezzo-soprano)
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Janos Furst (conductor)

3.25am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il’yich (1840-1893): Violin Concerto in D, Op 35
Anne-Sofie Mutter (violin)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
André Previn (conductor)

4.00am
Verhulst, Johannes (1816-1891): Overture in C minor, Op 3 (Gijsbrecht van Aemstel)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)

4.09am
Mokranjac, Stevan (1856-1914): Opelo
Vlado Miko (bass)
Belgrade Radio and Television Choir
Mladen Jagust (director)

4.22am
Alessandrescu, Alfred (1893-1959): Autumn Dawn - symphonic sketch
Romanian National Radio Orchestra
Constantin Bobescu (conductor)

4.31am
Kerll, Johann Caspar (1627-1693): Sonata à 5
Musica Florea

4.36am
Muffat, Georg (1653-1704): Toccata undecima in C minor (Apparatus musico Organisticus)
Pavel Cerny (organ)

4.45am
Carissimi, Giacomo (1605-1674): Ardens est cor meum
I Fagiolini
Robert Hollingworth (director)

4.49am
Vierdanck, Johann (1605-1646): Sonata a 4
Musica Fiata
Roland Wilson (director)

4.53am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Letzter Frühling (Last Spring), Op 33, No 2
Camerata Bern
Thomas Furi (leader and concertmaster).

Presented by Susan Sharpe. 1.00 Schumann Bunte Blatter , Op 99; 1.31 Piano Sonata No 2 in G minor, Op 22; 1.48 Four Fugues, Op 72; 1.59 Carnaval, Op 9 Eric Le Sage (piano) 
2.27 Dvorak Symphony No 6 in D 3.12 Graeme Koehne , Three Poems of Byron 3.25 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D 4.00 Verhulst Overture: Gijsbrecht van Aemstel, Op 3 
4.09 Mokranjac Opeto 4.22 Alessandrescu Symphonic Sketch (Autumn Dawn) 4.31 Kerll Sonata a 5 4-36 Muffat Toccata Undecima in C minor (Apparatus Musico Organisticus) 
4.45 Carissimi Ardens Est Cor Meum 4.49 Vierdanck Sonata a 4 4.53 Grieg Letzter Fruhling , Op 33 No 2; 5.00 Overture: In Autumn, Op 11 5.12 
Sibelius Hostkvall (Autumn Evening), Op 38 No 15.17 Tchaikovsky Autumn Song (The Seasons) 5.22 Schumann Zart und Singend(Davidsbundlertanze), Op 6 No 14 5.25 
Svendsen Festival Polonaise, Op 12 5.35 Sweelinck Six Variations on a Folk Melody 5.43 Anon Selection from Psalms 36, 68, 16 and 5 5.50 Kunileid Sind Surmani 
(Until I Die); 5.53 Mu Isamaa On MinuArm (My Fatherland You Are My Love) 5.56 Vedro Midrilinnu Mang (The Magic Bird Game) 5.57 Ernesaks Sireli , Kaus Mul Onne (Lilacs) 
6.00 Veracini Overture: VI for 2 oboes, bassoon and strings 6.11 Veremans Nacht en Morgendontwaken ann de Nete (Night and Dawn at the Nete) 6.23 Chopin Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 65 6.54 Byrd In Fields Abroad

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