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Through the Night

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

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01/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

John Shea concludes the programme with music by Chopin, Weber, Donizetti, Schubert, Bach, Haydn, Poulenc and Bruch.

With John Shea.

5.00am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Grande Polonaise Brillanté precedee d'un Andante Spianato
Lana Genc (piano)

5.15am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Grand duo concertant, Op 48
Joaquín Valdepenas (clarinet)
Patricia Parr (piano)

5.34am
Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848): Grande Offertorio in D
Aart Bergwerff (Batz organ, Grote or Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk, Harderwijk)

5.41am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Meeres Stille, D16); Die Götter Griechenlands, D677b; Auf dem See, D543; Ganymed, D544
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

5.56am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Komm, Jesu, komm!
Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)

6.06am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Trio Sonata in E flat
Kungsbacka Trio

6.23am
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963): Petites voix – pour voix égales a capella
Maîtrise de Radio France
Denis Dupays (director)

6.29am
Bruch, Max (1838-1920): Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra with Harp
James Ehnes (violin)
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Mario Bernardi (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: 01/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 01/11/2007

Including music from Couperin, Chopin, Handel, Offenbach, Brahms and Liszt.

Including Couperin: L'Espagnole (Les Nations): Chopin: Nocturne No 14 in F sharp minor. Handel: Myself I shall adore (Semele). Offenbach: Entracte (Les contes d'Hoffman).

From 7.00am

Couperin: L'Espagnole (Les Nations)
Quadro Amsterdam

Chopin: Nocturne No 14 in F sharp minor, Op 48, No 2 
Maria Joao Pires (piano)

Handel: Myself I shall adore (Semele)
Kathleen Battle (soprano)
English Chamber Orchestra
John Nelson (conductor)

From 8.30am

Offenbach: Entracte (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)
Orchestre de l'Opera Nationale de Lyon
Kent Nagano (conductor)

Brahms: Fest- und Gedenkspruche, Op 109
RIAS Chamber Choir
Marcus Creed (director)

Liszt: Orpheus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham (conductor).

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Couperin L'Espagnole (La Visionnaire) (Les Nations) Ouadro Amsterdam 
Chopin Nocturne in F sharp minor, Op 48, No 2 Maria Joao Pires (piano) 
Handel Myself I Shall Adore (Semele) 
Kathleen Battle (soprano), English Chamber Orchestra, conductor John Nelson 
8.30-10.00: Offenbach Entracte, Act 4: Giulietta (Les Contes d'Hoffmann) 
Orchestre de I'Opera Nationale de Lyon, conductor Kent Nagano 
Brahms Fest-und Gedenkspruche, Op 109 
RIAS Chamber Choir, director Marcus Creed 
Liszt Orpheus Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Thomas Beecham

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 01/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 01/11/2007

Including works by Domenico Natale Sarri, Domenico Scarlatti, Mendelssohn and Mozart.

Including Sarri: Concerto in A minor. Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor. Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A. Mozart: Don Giovanni. Debussy: Le martyre de Saint Sebastien.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Domenico Natale Sarri: Concerto in A minor
Il Giardino Armonico
TELDEC 4509931572

10.12am
Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K517
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
ARCHIV 419 632 2

10.15am
Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K517
Christian Zacharias (piano)
EMI CMS 763 940 2 (2 CDs)

10.18am
Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K517
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI RD 77224

10.22am
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A (Scottish)
London Symphony Orchestra
Peter Maag (conductor)
DECCA 466 990 2

11.02am
Mozart: Don Giovanni (Finale, excerpt)
Leporello ...... Otto Edelmann (bass)
Don Giovanni ...... Cesare Siepi (bass)
Commendatore ...... Deszö Ernster (bass)
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor)
EMI CDH 763863 2 (3 CDs)

11.13am
Mozart, arr. Heidenreich: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja; Papageno! Bist du mir nun ganz gegeben? (The Magic Flute)
Maurice Bourgue Wind Ensemble
PIERRE VERANY PV787033

11.17am
D'Indy: Chanson et Danses
Ensemble Fidelio
GALLO CD 674

11.35am
Debussy: Le martyre de Saint Sébastien (symphonic fragments)
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux (conductor)
PHILIPS 442 595 2.

With Sarah Walker. 
Sarri Concerto in A minor II Giardino Armonico 
10.12 D Scarlatti Sonata in D minor, Kk517 in three versions 
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Christian Zacharias (piano), Andreas Staier (harpsichord) 
10.22 Mendelssohn Symphony No 3 in (Scottish) LSO, conductor Peter Maag 
11.02 Mozart Don Giovanni (Finale: excerpt) 
Otto Edelmann (Leporello: bass), Cesare Siepi (Don Giovanni : bass), Dezso Ernster 
(Commendatore: bass), Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler 
11.13 Mozart, arr Heidenreich Der Vogelf anger bin ichja; Papageno! Bist du mir nun ganz gegeben? (The Magic Flute) 
Maurice Bourgue Wind Ensemble 
11.17 D'lndy Chanson et Danses Ensemble Fidelio 
11.35 Debussy Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien (symphonic fragments) London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pierre Monteux

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: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

Composer of the Week: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907): Episode 4

Episode 4

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Episode 4

The encounters with British people that shaped Grieg's life, including Frederick Delius.

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). 4/5: Donald Macleod explores some of the personal encounters with British people that helped to shape Grieg's life.

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

4/5. Donald Macleod explores some of the personal encounters with British people that helped to shape Grieg's life, from his long-standing friendship with composer Frederick Delius to a meeting in Birmingham with a church leader that precipitated a change in the Norwegian's spiritual outlook.

Symphonic Dances, Op 64 No 1
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Sonata No 3, Op 45 (1st mvt)
Fritz Kreisler (violin)
Sergei Rachmaninov (piano)

The Mountain Thrall (Den Bergekne), Op 32
Hakan Hagegard (baritone)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

Four Psalms, Op 74
David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)

Ave, Maris Stella
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor).

Donald Macleod explores the life of the Norwegian composer who was much-loved in Britain

Composer of the Week: Grieg

4/5. Donald Macleod explores some of the personal encounters with British people that helped shape Grieg's life, from his long-standing friendship with fellow composer Frederick Delius , to a meeting in Birmingham with a Church leader that precipitated a change of spiritual outlook. Symphonic Dances, Op 64 No  
City of Birmingham SO, conductor Sakari Oramo Violin Sonata No 3, Op 45 Allegro molto ed appassionato (first movement) 
Fritz Kreisler , Sergei Rachmaninov (piano) The Mountain Thrall, Op 32 
Hakan Hagegard (baritone), Gothenburg 
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi Four Psalms, Op 74 
David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Polyphony, conductor Stephen Layton Ave, Maris Stella 
Polyphony, conductor Stephen Layton 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: European Summer Festivals 2007

Afternoon Concert: European Summer Festivals 2007: Episode 9

Episode 9

European Summer Festivals 2007

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, European Summer Festivals 2007, Episode 9

Including Janacek's From the House of the Dead, from 2007's Aix-en-Provence Festival.

Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm European Festivals: Including Janacek's opera From the House of the Dead and works by Suk, Dvorak, Novak, Zelenka and Smetana.

Presented by Louise Fryer

1.00pm European Festivals

With Janacek's opera From the House of the Dead from this summer's Aix-en-Provence Festival, directed by Patrice Chéreau and conducted by Pierre Boulez.

Suk: Fantastic Scherzo
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bertrand de Billy (conductor)

Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A
Martin Kasík (piano)
Wihan Quartet

Novák: In the Tatras
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bertrand de Billy (conductor)

Zelenka: Missa votiva in E minor (excerpt)
Bénédicte Tauran, Stanislava Mihalcová (sopranos)
Markéta Cukrová (contralto) 
Tomás Korínek (tenor) 
Tomás Král, Tobias Berndt (basses)

Smetana: String Quartet No 2 in D minor
Wihan Quartet

Suk: Fairytale Suite (Raduz and Mahulena)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bertrand de Billy (conductor)

Janacek: From the House of the Dead
Goryanchikov ...... Olaf Bär (baritone)
Alyeya ...... Eric Stoklossa (tenor)
Filka Morozov ...... Stefan Margita (tenor)
Skuratov ...... John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Shishkov ...... Gerd Grochowski (tenor)
Prison Governor ...... Jirí Sulzenko (baritone)
Big prisoner/Nikita ...... Peter Straka (tenor)
Small prisoner ...... Vladimir Chmelo (baritone)
Elderly prisoner ...... Heinz Zednik (tenor)
Cook ...... Martin Barta (baritone)
Priest ...... Vratislav Kríz (baritone)
Chekunov ...... Jan Galla (bass)
Drunken prisoner ...... Tomás Krejcirík (tenor)
Shapkin ...... Peter Hoare (tenor)
Prisoner/Kedril ...... Marian Pavlovic (tenor)
Prisoner/Don Juan/The Brahmin ...... Ales Jenis (bass)
Young prisoner ...... Olivier Dumait (tenor)
Prostitute ...... Susannah Haberfeld (mezzo-soprano)
Cherevin ...... Andreas Conrad (tenor)
Arnold Schönberg Choir
Erwin Ortner (director)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra 
Pierre Boulez (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: European Summer Festivals 2007

Highlights from classical music gatherings across the continent

Afternoon on 3

Introduced by Louise Fryer  
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
European Festivals 
A Czech programme featuring an acclaimed performance of Janacek's opera From the House of the Dead, conducted this summer at Aix-en-Provence Festival by 82-year-old Pierre Boulez , who says it will be his last opera. 
Suk Fantastic Scherzo Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bertrand de Billy Dvorak Piano Quintet in A, Op 81 
Martin Kasik (piano), Wihan Quartet Novak In the Tatras 
Vienna RSO, conductor Bertrand de Billy Zelenka Missa Votiva in E minor (excerpt) 
Benedicte Tauran and Stanislava Mihaicova 
(sopranos), Marketa Cukrova (mezzo), Tomas Krai and Tobias Berndt (basses) 
Smetana String Quartet No 2 in D minor Wihan Quartet 
Suk Fairy Tale Suite (Raduz and Mahulena) Vienna RSO, conductor Bertrand de Billy Janacek From the House of the Dead  
Arnold Schoenberg Choir, director Erwin Ortner , 
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez

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: 01/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 01/11/2007

Sean Rafferty talks to Opera Rara's conductor David Parry about Bellini's La Straniera.

Ahead of a rare performance of Bellini's opera La Straniera in London, Sean Rafferty is joined by Opera Rara's conductor David Parry and two of the production's singers.

Ahead of a rare performance of Bellini's opera La Straniera in London, Sean Rafferty is joined by Opera Rara's conductor David Parry and two of the production's singers, Patrizia Ciofi and Mark Stone.

Plus Michael McCarthy and Michael Rafferty discuss the London premiere of Philippe Boesman's one-act opera, Julie.

Sean Rafferty presents music and arts news.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: 01/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 01/11/2007

Baritone Thomas Quasthoff and pianist Charles Spencer perform Schubert's Winterreise, D911

Baritone Thomas Quasthoff and pianist Charles Spencer travel the winter road that Schubert mapped out at the end of his tragically short life. Schubert: Winterreise, D911.

Tom Service introduces one of the leading singers of his generation in one of the high-points of German song. Baritone Thomas Quasthoff travels the winter road that Schubert mapped out at the end of his tragically short life, with pianist Charles Spencer as his musical journeyman.

Schubert: Winterreise, D911.

Tom Service presents a performance by one of the leading singers of his generation: 
Thomas Quasthoff , in one of the high points of German song. Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) Charles Spencer (piano) 
Schubert Winterreise , D911

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: 01/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 01/11/2007

Matthew Sweet assesses a new production of The Investigation performed by Rwandan actors.

Matthew Sweet assesses a new production of The Investigation, an acclaimed 1960s play about Auschwitz, performed by Rwandan actors who lived through their own country's genocide.

Matthew Sweet assesses a new production of The Investigation, the 1960s play about Auschwitz, performed by Rwandan actors who lived through their country's genocide. Producer Anthony Denselow

Artist Focus

Programme focussing on the work of a specific artist

Programme focussing on the work of a specific artist.

This programme is no longer broadcast.  The details have been left here for information.

Artist Focus: 01/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 01/11/2007

Cellist Steven Isserlis begins the programme with a rarity by Faure for cello and organ.

With Tom Service. A sequence of music with a featured artist leading the way. Cellist Steven Isserlis begins the programme with a rarity by Faure written for cello and organ.

4/4. Cellist Steven Isserlis begins today's programme with a rarity by Faure, written for cello and organ.

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: Maths and Music

The Essay: Maths and Music: Episode 4: Composing with Numbers

Episode 4: Composing with Numbers

Maths and Music

Composing with Numbers

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Maths and Music, Composing with NumbersClose menu

Schoenberg's rectangles, Xenakis' cubes, Messiaen's Mongean shuffle and the music in maths

Maths and Music: 4/4. Composing with Numbers: Marcus du Sautoy looks at Schoenberg's rectangles, Xenakis's cubes, Messiaen's Mongean shuffle and reveals that there's music in maths.

The Essay: Maths and Music

Marcus du Sautoy explores the connections between the art of music and the logic of maths

Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explores the connections between the creative art of music and the steely logic of maths

4/4. Composing with Numbers 
Marcus du Sautoy discusses Schoenberg's rectangles, Xenakis's cubes and Messiaen's 
Mongean shuffle, and reveals there is music in maths.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 01/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 01/11/2007

Verity Sharp with the voice of Kaushiki Chakrabarty, and Percy Grainger's theremin music.

Verity Sharp introduces the exquisite voice of Kaushiki Chakrabarty with a thumri in Raga Mishra Pilu 'Jiya Mora Na Lage', alongside music for theremin by Percy Grainger.

Verity Sharp introduces the exquisite voice of Kaushiki Chakrabarty with a thumri in Raga Mishra Pilu 'Jiya Mora Na Lage', alongside music for theremin by Percy Grainger and Icelandic songs from the Hamrahlid Choir, Sigur Ros and Viking wannabes Krauka.

Through the Night: 02/11/2007

02/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 02/11/2007

John Shea hosts works by Greef, Franck, Liebermann, Debussy and Gassman among others.

Including 1.00 Greef, Part, Franck, Gilse. 3.58 Groneman, Monteverdi, Handel, Liebermann, Gershwin, Mozart. 5.00 Strauss, Forster, Debussy, Gassman, Goleminov, Respighi.

With John Shea.

1.00am
Greef, Arthur de (1862-1940): Humoresque for orchestra (second version 1928)
Flemish Radio Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor)

1.07am
Greef, Arthur de (1862-1940): Cinq chants d'amour 
Charlotte Riefijk (soprano)
Flemish Radio Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor)

1.27am
Greef, Arthur de (1862-1940): Piano Concerto No 2 in B
Artur Pizarro (piano)
Flemish Radio Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor)

1.50am
Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935): Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundam Joannem
Laura Vadjon (violin)
Dubravka Lukin (oboe)
Zvonimir Stanislav (bassoon)
Mario Penzar (organ)
Chorus of Croatian Radio and Television
Tonci Bilic (conductor)

2.57am
Franck, César (1822-1890): Sonata in A, M8
Janine Jansen (violin)
Kathryn Stott (piano)

3.24am
Gilse, Jan van (1881-1944): Nonet (4 wind and 5 strings, 1916)
Viotta Ensemble
Ebony Quartet.

With John Shea.

Greef: Humoresque for orchestra; Cinq Chants d'Amour; Piano Concerto No 2 in B - Flemish Radio Orchestra, conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin

1.50 Arvo Part Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundam Joannem

2.57 Franck Violin Sonata in A

3.24 Gilse Nonet

3.58 Groneman Flute Sonata in G

4.07 Monteverdi Madrigal: Altri Canti d'Amor 6

4.16 Handel Ballet music (Terpsichore)

4.28 Liebermann Suite on Six Swiss Folk Songs

4.39 Gershwin Lullaby

4.49 Mozart Adagio and Rondo in C minor, K617

5.00 Strauss Traumerei am Kamin (Intermezzo)

5.07 Forster Dialogus a 5 (Quid faciam misera?)

5.14 Debussy Danseuses de delphes; Voiles (Preludes Book 1)

5.23 Mozart Fantasy in C minor, K396

5.33 Gassman Stabat Mater

5.46 Bartok Romanian Folk Dances, Sz56

5.53 Goleminov Five Sketches

6.09 Bach Oboe Sonata in B minor, BWV1030

6.26 Haydn Keyboard Sonata in C, H XVI 35

6.38 Respighi Trittico Botticelliano

John Shea continues the programme with works by Groneman, Monteverdi, Handel, Liebermann, Gershwin and Mozart.

With John Shea.

3.58am
Groneman, Johannes Albertus (1710-1778): Flute Sonata in G 
Jed Wentz, Marion Moonen (flutes)

4.07am
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643): Altri canti d'Amor à 6 (Venice 1638)
Suzie Le Blanc, Kristina Nilsson (sopranos)
Daniel Taylor (countertenor)
Rodrigo del Pozo (tenor)
Josep Cabré (baritone)
Bernard Deletré (bass)
Tragicomedia
Stephen Stubbs (conductor)
Concerto Palatino
Bruce Dickey (conductor)

4.16am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Ballet music (Terpsichore)
English Baroque Solists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

4.28am
Liebermann, Rolf (1910-1999): Suite on six Swiss folk songs
Swiss Chamber Philharmonic
Patrice Ulrich (conductor)

4.39am
Gershwin, George (1898-1937): Lullaby
New Stenhammar String Quartet

4.49am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), transcr. Petric: Adagio and rondo in C minor, K617
Joseph Petric (accordion)
Moshe Hammer, Marie Bérard (violins)
Douglas Perry (viola)
David Hetherington (cello).

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