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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

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Susan Sharpe concludes the programme with music by Rossini, Frescobaldi, Beethoven, Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Britten, Larsson, Dvorak, Byrd and Mozart.

With Susan Sharpe.

5.00am
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): Prelude, Toccata and Variations
Mindaugas Gecevicius (horn)
Ala Bendoraitiene (piano)

5.10am
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643): Selection from Messa della Domenica
Peter van Dijk (organ)

5.22am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): String Quartet in C, Op 59 No 3 (Rasumovsky)
Yggdrasil Quartet

5.53am
Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887): Overture (Prince Igor)
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

6.04am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): 3 piano pieces
Niklas Sivelöv (piano)

6.10am
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): On this island
Sally Matthews (soprano)
Simon Lepper (piano)

6.25am
Larsson, Lars-Erik (1908-1986): De nakna tradens sanger, Op 7
Men's voices of Swedish Radio Choir
Göte Widlund (conductor)

6.41am
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904): Silent Woods for cello and orchestra
Shauna Rolston (cello)
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer (conductor)

6.47am
Byrd, William (c.1543-1623): In fields abroad
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
The Rose Consort of Viols

6.53am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1759-1791): 4 Kontra Tänze, K267
English Chamber Orchestra
Mitsuko Uchida (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: 

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast,

Including music by Narvaez, Haydn, Elgar, Kabelevsky, Mozart and Kreisler.

Including Narvaez: Tercero tono. Haydn: Piano Sonata No 32. Elgar: Triumphal March. Kabelevsky: Overture. Mozart: Bassoon Concerto. Kreisler: Schon Rosmarin; Caprice Viennois.

From 7.00am

Narvaez: Tercero tono
Pablo Marquez (guitar)

Haydn: Piano Sonata No 32 in G minor
Andras Schiff (piano)

Elgar: Triumphal March (Caractacus, Op 35)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)

From 8.30am

Kabelevsky: Overture (Colas Breugnon)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)

Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K191
Donna Agrell (bassoon)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor)

Kreisler: Schon Rosmarin; Caprice Viennois
Alfredo Campoli (violin)
Eric Gritton (piano).

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Narvaez Tercero Tono Pablo Marquez (guitar) 
Haydn Piano Sonata in G minor, H XVI 44 Andras Schiff 
Elgar Triumphal March (Caractacus) LPO, conductor Adrian Boult 
830-10.00: Kabalevsky Overture: Colas Breugnon Chicago SO, conductor Fritz Reiner 
Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K191 
Donna Agrell , Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gottfried von der Goltz 
Kreisler Schon Rosmarin ; Caprice Viennois Alfredo Campoli (violin), Eric Gritton (piano)

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection,

James Jolly with music by Dussek, Haydn, Taneyev and Brahms, plus Dvorak's The Wood Dove.

With James Jolly. Including Dussek: Sonata in C minor. 10.25am Haydn: Cello Concerto, No 2. 10.56am Taneyev: songs. 11.09am Dvorak: The Wood Dove.

With James Jolly.

10.00am
JL Dussek: Sonata in C minor, Op 35, No 3
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
DHM 82876 673772 (2 CDs)

10.25am
Haydn: Cello Concerto No 2 in D
Jacqueline du Pré (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor)
EMI 566 896-2

10.56am
Taneyev: Vecher (Evening), Op 27 No 2
Republic Academic Russian Choir
Alexander Yurlov (director)
MELODIYA CM 01942

10.59am
Taneyev: Na Korable (On the Boat), Op 27 No 5
Voronezh Chamber Choir
Oleg Shepel (conductor)
ETCETERA KTC 1158

11.02am
Taneyev: Zvyozdy (Stars), Op 27 No 10
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Tonu Kaljuste (conductor)
GLOBE GLO5197

11.09am
Dvorák: The Wood Dove, Op 110
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Raphael Kubelik (conductor)
DG 429 518-2

11.30am
Brahms: Cello Sonata No 2 in F, Op 99
Jacqueline du Pré (cello)
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
EMI 763 298-2.

Presented by James Jolly. 
Dussek Sonata in C minor, Op 35 No 3 Andreas Staier (fortepiano) 
10.25 Haydn Cello Concerto in D, H Vllb 2 
Jacqueline du Pre , London Symphony Orchestra, conductor John Barbirolli 
10.56 Taneyev Vecher (Evening), Op 27 No 2 Republic Academic Russian Choir, director Alexander Yurlov 
Na Korable (On the Boat), Op 27 No 5 
Voronezh Chamber Choir, conductor Oleg Shepel Zvyozdy (Stars), Op 27 No 10 
Netherlands Chamber Choir, conductor Tonu Kaljuste 
11.09 Dvorak The Wood Dove, Op 110 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Raphael Kubelik 
11.30 Brahms Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 99 Jacqueline du Pre, Daniel Barenboim (piano)

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 4

Episode 4

Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1945)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1945), Episode 4

Bantock's amazing zest for life: his physical energy extended beyond academic walls.

Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1945): 4/5. Donald Macleod is joined by Lewis Foreman to discuss Bantock's amazing zest for life. Including Song of Songs and Fifine at the Fair.

Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1945)

4/5. Donald Macleod is joined by Lewis Foreman to discuss Bantock's amazing zest for life, and the composer's physical energy extended beyond academic walls. But the Great War was to have a profound effect on the Bantock family.

Song of Songs (The Third Day)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)

Fifine at the Fair
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham (conductor)

Song of Songs (The Fifth Day)
Elizabeth Connell (soprano)
Kim Begley (tenor)
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: Bantock

4/5. Bantock's amazing physical energy extended beyond academic walls. Lewis Foreman talks to presenter Donald Macleod about the composer's amazing zest for life. The First World War, however, was to have a profound effect on the Bantock family. 
Song of Songs (excerpt - The Third Day) RPO, conductor Vernon Handley Fifine at the Fair 
RPO, conductor Thomas Beecham Song of Songs (The Fifth Day) 
Elizabeth Connell (soprano), Kim Begley (tenor), 
RPO, conductor Vernon Handley Repeated at 8.45pm

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: Schubertiade Festival 2007

Afternoon Concert: Schubertiade Festival 2007: Episode 3

Episode 3

Schubertiade Festival 2007

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Schubertiade Festival 2007, Episode 3

Featuring the Lunchtime Concert: a Beethoven and Schumann recital by pianist Till Fellner.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: 3/4. Piano recital by Till Fellner from the Schubertiade, Austria. 2.00pm Mathias and Schubert. 4.00pm The Making of Music: 59/60. A Time of Plenty.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

3/4. Series of recitals from the Schubertiade in Austria.

Beethoven: Sonata in G, Op 31, No 1
Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op 16

Till Fellner (piano)

2.00pm

Mathias: Celtic Dances
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Alun Hoddinott: Symphony No 7 for organ and orchestra
Thomas Trotter (organ)
BBC NOW
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)

Madeleine Dring: 7 Shakespeare Songs for voice and piano
Christine Rice
Roger Vignoles (piano)

Schubert: Symphony No 9 (Great)
BBC NOW
Grant Llewellyn (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Schubertiade Festival 2007

Series of recitals from the Schubertiade Festival, Scwarzenburg, Austria, in its 31st year

Afternoon on 3

Introduced by Louise Fryer  
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Another recital from the Schubertiade in Austria. Beethoven Piano Sonata in G, Op 31 No 1 Schumann Kreisleriana, Op 16 Till Fellner (piano) 
2.00 BBC Orchestras Mathias Celtic Dances 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox 
Alun Hoddinott Symphony No 7 
Thomas Trotter (organ), BBC NOW, conductor Tadaaki Otaka 
Madeleine Dring Seven Shakespeare Songs 
Christine Rice (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (piano) Schubert Symphony No 9 in C (Great) BBC NOW, conductor Grant Llewellyn 
4.00 The Making of Music 
Louise Fryer assesses the importance and impact on modern British composers of John Tavener 'sSong for Athene, played at Diana, Princess of Wales's funeral.

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. 59/60. A Time of Plenty.

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

59/60. A Time of Plenty

John Tavener's Song for Athene was played at Princess Diana's funeral. But what is the importance and impact of modern British composers?

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: 18/10/2007

18/10/2007

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 18/10/2007

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music, plus 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,

Riccardo Muti conducts the Chicago SO in works by Tchaikovsky, Hindemith and Scriabin.

Riccardo Muti conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for the first time in over 30 years. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6. Hindemith: Nobilissima Visione. Scriabin: Poem of Ecstasy.

Riccardo Muti conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for the first time in more than 30 years in one of the most keenly anticipated concerts of the season at London's Royal Festival Hall. The programme, with a mixture of the well-known and less familiar, is the perfect vehicle both for the great virtuosity, versatility and expressive style of one of America's great orchestras and Muti's intense conviction and exacting standards.

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 (Pathetique)
Hindemith: Nobilissima Visione
Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy, Op 54

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor).

Riccardo Muti conducts the Chicago Symphony 
Orchestra for the first time in over 30 years in this eagerly anticipated programme of well-known and the less familiar works. Recorded at London's Royal Festival Hall, the concert is the perfect vehicle both for the virtuosity, versatility and expressive style of one of America's great orchestras and Muti's intense conviction and exacting standards. 
Chicago SO, conductor Riccardo Muti 
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 in B minor (Pathétigue) Hindemith Nobilissima Visione 
Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy

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: Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N'Dour

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Youssou N'Dour

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to influential Senegalese singer-songwriter Youssou N'Dour.

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to Senegalese singer/songwriter Youssou N'Dour. Youssou chats about local landscapes and tradition, and the humanitarian concerns driving his music.

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to one of Africa's most influential musicians, the Senegalese singer/songwriter Youssou N'Dour. Youssou chats about the inspiration he finds in the northern landscape and traditions of his homeland, and the humanitarian concerns that drive his music.

Senegalese singer/songwriter Youssou N'Dour, one of Africa's most influential musicians, talks to Gabriel Gbadamosi about the inspiration he finds in the northern landscape and traditions of his homeland and about the humanitarian concerns that drive his music. Producer Anthony Denselow

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 8

Episode 8

BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award

BBC Radio 3 - British Composer Awards, BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award, Episode 8

Django Bates's Alison in Space and Judith Bingham's An Ancient Music are showcased.

BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award: Listeners vote for the 2007 British Composer Awards. 8/8. Django Bates: Alison in Space. Judith Bingham: An Ancient Music.

BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award

8/8. 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.

Django Bates: Alison in Space
Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Colin Currie (percussion)
Django Bates (keyboard)

Judith Bingham: An Ancient Music
Simon Paisley Day (narrator)
BBC Singers
Endymion
Andrew Carwood (conductor).

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

BBC Radio 3 Listeners'Award With Christopher Cook. 
Django Bates Alison in Space 
Alison Balsom (trumpet), Colin Currie (percussion), Django Bates (keyboard) Judith Bingham An Ancient Music Simon Paisley Day (narrator), BBC Singers, Endymion, conductor Andrew Carwood 
See Monday for how to vote and further details

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 3

Britain's Hidden Slave Trade

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

Westminster Hall was the venue for one of the slave trade's most significant contests.

4/4. Britain's Hidden Slave Trade: John Gilmore and Angelina Osborne visit Westminster Hall, the venue for one of the slave trade's most significant contests in the 18th century.

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.

4/4. Westminster Hall was the venue for one of the slave trade's most significant heavyweight contests in the 18th century, which resulted in slavery being effectively banned in England. In the red corner, one of the unsung heroes of abolition, Granville Sharp, and in the blue corner for the establishment and the status quo, Lord Chief Justice Mansfield.

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 
4/4. Westminster Hall , famous nowadays for political dust-ups, was the venue for one of the slave trade's most significant heavyweight contests in the 18th century. In the red corner, one of the unsung heroes of abolition, Granville Sharp , and in the blue corner, for the establishment and the status quo, Lord Chief Justice Mansfield. 
Freelance writer Angelina Osborne and historian John Gilmore explain how the outcome of their clash helped secure a man's freedom but also effectively banned slavery in England.

Late Junction

Journeys in music, ancient to future. The home for adventurous listeners

Late Junction: 

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction,

Fiona Talkington with music by fiddle band Skra and Ukranian composer Valentin Silvestrov.

Fiona Talkington's late-night listening mix includes fiddle-led music by Skra from the Swedish-speaking Aland islands and Ukranian composer Valentin Silvestrov.

Fiona Talkington with fiddle-led music by Skra from the Swedish speaking Aland islands, and Ukranian composer Valentin Silvestrov.

Through the Night: 

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night,

Including music by Gorecki, Bruckner, D Scarlatti, Tchaikovsky, Vierne and Prokofiev.

Including 1.00 Gorecki, Bruckner, Scarlatti, Tchaikovsky, Vierne. 4.00 Prokofiev, Goossens, Borodin,  Chopin, Glinka. 5.00 Bruckner, Bach, Shearing, Telemann, Mozart, Haydn, Brahms.

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Górecki, Henryk Mikolaj (b. 1933): Symphony No 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs)
1.53am
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896): Symphony in D minor (Die Nullte)
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska (conductor)

2.41am
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757): Sonata I in D minor, Kk1
Wolfgang Brunner (fortepiano)

2.43am
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757), arr. Kain: Sonata, Kk 518
Guitar Trek

2.48am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Iliyich (1840-1893): Piano Concerto No 2
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
Bulgarian National RSO
Vassil Stefanov (conductor)

3.31am
Anon. (c.14th C): Bassa danza (Faenza Codex)
Millenarium

3.37am
Vierne, Louis (1870-1937): Cello Sonata in B minor
Elizabeth Dolin (cello)
Carmen Picard (piano)

4.00am
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953): Pensées
Roger Woodward (piano)

4.14am
Bridge, Frank (1879-1941): Miniature No 2 in G minor (Hornpipe)
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello)
William Tritt (piano)

4.17am
Susato, Tylman (c1500-1661/64): Allemande; Nachtanz (Danserye, 1551)
Jacques van Oortmerssen (organ)

4.21am
Goossens, (Aynsley) Eugene (1893-1962): Fantasy for 9 wind instruments
Janet Webb (flute)
Guy Henderson (oboe)
Lawrence Dobell, Christopher Tingay (clarinet)
John Cran, Fiona McNamara (bassoon)
Robert Johnson, Clarence Mellor (horn)
Daniel Mendelow (trumpet)

4.31am
Muffat, Georg (1653-1704): Toccata XI
Nikiforos Klironomos (organ)

4.39am
Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887), arr. Sargent: Notturno (String Quartet No 2 in D)
Vancouver SO
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

4.47am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849), arr. Paganini: Nocturne in D, Op 9, No 2
Vilmos Szabadi (violin)
Marta Gulyas (piano)

4.52am
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857): Kamarinskaya
Slovak RSO
Ludovít Rajter (conductor).

Presented by Susan Sharpe. 
Henryk Gorecki Symphony No 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) Minnesota Orchestra, conductor Osmo Vanska 1.53 Bruckner Symphony in D minor (Die Nullte) 2.41 D Scarlatti Sonata in D minor, KM 
2.43 D Scarlatti, arr Kain Sonata in F, Kk518 
2.48 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 2 in G 
3.31 Anon Bassa Danza (Faenza Codex) 3.37 Vierne Cello Sonata in B minor, Op 27 4.00 Prokofiev 
Pensées, Op 62 4.14 Bridge Miniature No 2 in G minor (Hornpipe) 4.17 Susato A liemande and Nachtanz (Danserye) 4.21 Goossens Fantasy for nine wind instruments. Op 36 4.31 Muffat Toccata XI 
4.39 Borodin Notturno (String Quartet No 2 in D) 
4.47 Chopin Nocturne in D, Op 9 No 2 4.52 Glinka Kamarinskaya 5.00 Bruckner Ave Maria 5.03 Bach Concerto in A minor for four keyboards, BWV1065 
5.13 George Shearing Music to Hear (Five Shakespeare Songs) 5.27 Telemann Concerto in F minor for three violins and orchestra 5.41 Vaughan Williams Three 
Shakespeare Songs 5.47 Archduke Rudolf of Austria Trio for clarinet, cello and piano 6.08 Mozart Horn 
Concerto No 3 in E flat, K447 6.24 Haydn Trio in C for keyboard and strings, HXV27 6.41 Brahms Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op 56a

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