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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

03/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

John Shea concludes the programme with music by Debussy, Hartmann, Papandopulo, Sweelinck, Corelli, Mozart, Rachmaninov, Canteloube, Marais, Wieniawski and Rossini.

With John Shea.

5.00am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918), orch. Brewaeys: Le vent dans la plaine; Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir; Les collines d'Anacapri (Preludes, Book 1)
Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Daniele Callegari (conductor)

5.09am
Hartmann, Johan Peter Emilius (1805-1900): Etudes instructives, Op 53
Nina Gade (piano)

5.19am
Papandopulo, Boris (1906-1991): 3 Studies, dedicated to BJM
Branka Janjanin-Magdalenic (harp)

5.32am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): O Domine Jesu Christe
Netherlands Chamber Choir and instrumental ensemble
Paul van Nevel (conductor)

5.39am
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713): Sonata da chiesa in C minor, Op 1 No 8
London Baroque

5.46am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Menuetto and Trio (String Quartet in D minor, K421)
Young Danish String Quartet

5.50am
Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943): Prelude in C minor, Op 27 No 7
Lise de Salle (piano)

5.54am
Canteloube, Joseph (1879-1957): Brezairola (Songs of the Auvergne)
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Kamirski (conductor)

5.57am
Anon (arr. Geoff Richards): Bailèro from the Auvergne
Phoenix Chamber Choir
Ramona Luengen (conductor)

6.01am
Marais, Marin (1656-1725): Deuxieme Suite de Pieces; Trio in G (1692)
La Petite Bande

6.23am
Wieniawski, Henryk (1835-1880): Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor, Op 22
Bartlomiej Niziol (violin)
Sinfonia Varsovia
Grzegorz Nowak (conductor)

6.47am
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): Overture (William Tell)
World Orchestra for Peace
Valery Gergiev (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: 03/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 03/11/2007

Including music by Purcell, Haydn, Vivaldi and Prokofiev.

Including Purcell: If music be the food of love. Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat. Vivaldi: Concerto, RV452. Prokofiev: The Love for 3 Oranges.

From 7.00am

Purcell: If music be the food of love
Sylvia McNair (soprano)
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (director)

Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat
Crispian Steel-Perkins (trumpet)
The King's Consort
Robert King (conductor)

From 8.00am

Vivaldi: Concerto, RV 452
Pierre Pierlot (oboe)
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone (conductor)

Prokofiev: The Love for 3 Oranges
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Rudolf Kempe (conductor).

Martin Handley

Music includes: 
7.00-8.00: Purcell If Music Be the Food of Love Sylvia McNair (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat Crispian Steel-Perkins (trumpet), 
The King's Consort, conductor Robert King 
8.00-9.00: Vivaldi Oboe Concerto in C, RV452 Pierre Pierlot , I Solisti Veneti , conductor Claudio Scimone 
Prokofiev Suite: The Love for Three Oranges BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Rudolf Kempe 
For full details visit www.bbc. co.uk/radio3/breakfast on the day of transmission PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) email: 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Address: Breakfast. BBC Radio 3, Broadcasting House, London WlA 1AA

CD Review

A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and recommendations

A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and the Radio 3 Disc of the Week recommendation

CD Review: Building a Library: Walton: Viola Concerto

Building a Library: Walton: Viola Concerto

BBC Radio 3 - CD Review, Building a Library: Walton: Viola Concerto

Andrew McGregor with new releases. Disc of the Week: Schreker, Chamber Symphony (1916).

With Andrew McGregor. 9.30am Building a Library: Walton's Viola Concerto. 10.15am Recent releases of contemporary music. 11.45am Disc: Schreker: Chamber Symphony (1916).

Andrew McGregor introduces Radio 3's weekly programme devoted to all that's new in the world of recorded music.

Building a Library: Walton: Viola Concerto 

Reviewer - Bruce Wood

First choice:
(c/w RUBBRA: Viola Concerto in A major Op. 75; Meditations on a Byzantine Hymn for solo viola Op. 117)
Lawrence Power, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Volkov (conductor)
Hyperion CDA67587 (CD)

Midprice choice:
(c/w Violin Concerto; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending)
Nigel Kennedy*, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn (conductor)*, Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 5628132 (CD)

CD Review BAL Catalogue Data
bal.walton:
bal.walton.viola.concerto

Introduced by Andrew McGregor. 
9.30 Building a Library Bruce Wood discusses recordings of Walton's Viola Concerto. 
10.15 Graeme Kay samples recent releases of contemporary music. 
10.45 David Zinman talks about the cycle of Mahler symphonies he is recording with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. 
11.45 Disc of the Week Schreker Chamber Symphony 
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, conductor Peter Eotvos www.bbc. co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed] (calls from landlines cost no more than 8p a minute) email: cdreview@bbc.co.uk Text [number removed] (standard rate) Disc details are posted on the website and on CEEFAX, BBC1, page 651

Music Matters

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

Music Matters: 03/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, 03/11/2007

Petroc Trelawny explores the border territory between literature and music.

Petroc Trelawny explores the border territory between literature and music, and how music can transform Shakespeare plays.

Petroc Trelawny explores the border territory between literature and music, and how music can transform Shakespeare plays.

Plus pianist Richard Goode talks about the many guises of piano playing, and the programme investigates the uncompromising music of Alexander Goehr as he reaches 75.

Petroc Trelawny explores the borders between literature and music, and how music can transform Shakespeare's plays. Plus pianist Richard Goode on the many guises of piano playing as he becomes associate artist at the Southbank Centre, and the uncompromising music of Alexander Goehr. Producer Jeremy Evans

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: Never the Twain Shall Meet

Never the Twain Shall Meet

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Never the Twain Shall Meet

Lucie Skeaping surveys the musical legacy of the Middle East's influence on early music.

Lucie Skeaping surveys the Middle East's influence on early music, focusing on medieval dance music, Sephardic song and plainchant.

"East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet." So wrote Rudyard Kipling, but in the world of early music at least, the artistry of the Middle East exerted a huge influence on the instruments and compositions of Europe. From Greek music theory to wandering minstrels, and poetic song-forms to filigree melodies, Lucie Skeaping surveys the musical legacy of this lively contact, visiting medieval dance-music, Sephardic song and plainchant along the way.

Never the Twain Shall Meet 
Lucie Skeaping looks at how the artistry of the Middle East exerted a huge influence on the instruments and compositions of Europe. Producer Ewa Norman

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series

Live and recorded concerts from all over the United Kingdom. Also includes the flagship Wigmore chamber music series.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: 03/11/2007

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Verity Sharp introduces the international soloists who make up the Aronowitz Ensemble.

Another chance to hear last Monday's lunchtime recital. Verity Sharp introduces the brilliant international soloists who make up the Aronowitz Ensemble.

Another chance to hear last Monday's lunchtime recital.

Verity Sharp introduces a recital by the brilliant international soloists who make up the Aronowitz Ensemble, members of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme. Their programme pairs Faure's first piano quintet, the result of 15 years of reworking, with a late string quintet by Dvorak which quotes a Native American theme the composer heard during a summer holiday spent with the Czech community in Spillville, Iowa. 

Faure: Piano Quintet in D minor, Op 89.
Dvorak: Quintet in E flat, Op 9.

Another chance to hear last Monday's recital from the Wigmore Hall, presented by Verity Sharp. Aronwitz Ensemble 
Faure Piano Quintet in D minor, Op 89 Dvorak String Quintet in E flat, Op 9

World Routes

Programme exploring music from around the world

Programme exploring music from around the world, featuring interviews with performers, live concerts, monthly CD reviews and special location reports

World Routes: 03/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - World Routes, 03/11/2007

Revealing the nominees for the 2008 BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music.

Lucy Duran and Athens-based DJ Giorgos Markakis are joined by musicians, promoters and critics to announce the nominees for the 2008 BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music.

Lucy Duran and Giorgos Markakis announce the nominees for the 2008 BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music. Producer Roger Short

Jazz Line-Up

Programme exploring jazz music, focussing both on established, mainstream players and on the new generation of younger artists

Jazz Line-Up: 03/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Line-Up, 03/11/2007

Julian Joseph presents a live studio session from Saxophonist Paul Towndrow.

Julian Joseph presents a live studio session from Saxophonist Paul Towndrow playing tracks from his new CD, Six by Six.

- Live from Glasgow. Julian Joseph presents a session from saxophonist Paul Towndrow , who performs songs from his new album.

Jazz Record Requests

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.

Join our community of jazz lovers. Alyn Shipton is waiting for your requests: email jazzrecordrequests@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

Jazz Record Requests: 03/11/2007

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Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.

Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.

Geoffrey Smith presents listeners' jazz requests. ADDRESS: Jazz Record Requests, BBC Radio 3, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA 
Fax: [number removed] email: jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk

Opera on 3

Programme presenting rare and fascinating operatic performances

Programme presenting rare and fascinating performances and vividly communicating the immediacy of the live experience

Opera on 3: Bizet's Carmen

Bizet's Carmen

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Bizet's Carmen

Petroc Trelawny hosts the new production of Bizet's Carmen from English National Opera.

Bizet's Carmen: Petroc Trelawny introduces the controversial new production of Bizet's Carmen from English National Opera, with mezzo-soprano Alice Coote in the lead role.

La Boheme

Recorded at the New York Metropolitan Opera, Margaret Juntwait presents Franco Zeffirelli's production of Puccini's masterpiece.

Mimi	 ...... Cristina Gallardo-Domas (soprano)
Musetta ...... Ainhoa Arteta (soprano)
Rodolfo ...... Marcello Giordani (tenor)
Marcello ...... Dwayne Croft (baritone)
Schaunard ...... Aaron St Clair Nicholson (baritone)
Colline ...... John Relyea (bass)
Benoit/Alcindoro ...... Paul Plishka (bass)

Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Carlo Rizzi (conductor)

(Acts 1 and 2).

Carmen 
Petroc Trelawny introduces the controversial new production of Bizet's Carmen by English National Opera, in a new English translation by Christopher Cowell and directed by film-maker Sally Potter.  
Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera, conductor Edward Gardner 
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The Wire

Showcase for works that push the boundaries of drama and narrative

Showcase for works that push the boundaries of drama and narrative, created by first-time radio writers and also writers distinguished in other forms

The Wire: I Can See You

I Can See You

BBC Radio 3 - The Wire, I Can See You

A savagely comic look at the pleasure and pain of being mixed race in Britain today.

By Sarah Naomi Lee. Dawn's parents are black and white, but nothing is for her. A savagely comic look at the pleasure and pain of being mixed race in Britain today.

By Sarah Naomi Lee.

Dawn's parents are black and white, but nothing is for her. A savagely comic look at the pleasure and pain of being mixed race in Britain today.

Dawn ...... Nadine Marshall
Mum ...... Elaine Lordan
Michael ...... Lloyd Thomas
Bev ...... Katy Cavanagh
Bunny ...... Joannah Tincey
Left ...... Laura Molyneux
Right ...... Ben Onwukwe
Tyrone ...... Alex Lanipekun
Dawn (aged 8) ...... Anna Bengo

Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.

I Can See You 
By Sarah Naomi Lee. Dawn's parents are black and white, but nothing is for her in this savagely comic look at the pleasure and pain of being mixed-race in Britain today.  
Producer/Director Jessica Dromgoole Spoken word choices: page 139

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, BBC Symphony Orchestra

Nikos Christodoulou conducts the BBC SO in Skalkottas's Thema con variazione for orchestra

Nikos Christodoulou conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Greek composer Skalkottas' Thema con variazione for orchestra.

Nikos Christodoulou conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Greek composer Skalkottas' Thema con variazione for orchestra.

The piece was the very last composition Skalkottas worked on, and orchestration was incomplete when the composer died in 1949. Conductor and Skalkottas expert Christodoulou completed it for this recording.

Pre-HearSkalkottas

Tema con Variazioni BBCSO, conductor Nikos Christodoulou

Hear and Now

Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions

Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and studio sessions from the best new groups, and premiering works commissioned by the BBC

Hear and Now: Bergen Festival 2007

Bergen Festival 2007

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, Bergen Festival 2007

A concert of new music by seven composers, performed by the Uroboros Ensemble.

Sara Mohr Pietsch presents a concert of new music by seven composers from four countries performed by the Uroboros Ensemble.

A concert of new music by seven composers from four countries performed by the Uroboros Ensemble. Presented by Sara Mohr Pietsch in conversation with composer, conductor and Uroboros founder Gwyn Pritchard. 

James Clarke: Echolalia (World première)
Helmut Zapf: Fragmente for Clarinet and String trio
Urus Rojko: Atemaj 
Andrea Cavallari: Ordine e disordine 
Gerhard Staebler: INTERNETx3/SCRAP 
Gwyn Pritchard: Capriccio Inquieto 
Philip Cashian: Caprichos 

Uroboros Ensemble
Gwyn Pritchard (director).

Featuring a concert by the Uroboros Ensemble, with new music by seven composers from four countries. Presented by Sara Mohr Pietsch. 
Uroboros Ensemble, director Gwyn Pritchard James Clarke Echolalia (first performance) 
Helmut ZapfFragmente for Clarinet and String Trio Uros RojkoAtemaj 
Andrea Cavallari Ordine e Disordine Gerhard Stabler Internetx3/Scrap Gwyn Pritchard Capriccio Inquieto Philip Cashian Caprichos

The Early Music Show: 01/04/2007

01/04/2007

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, 01/04/2007

The development of the madrigal, with examples by Verdelot, Willaert and Marenzio.

Robert Hollingworth traces the development of the madrigal and the significance of the texts, with musical examples by Verdelot, Willaert, Marenzio and Monteverdi.

Robert Hollingworth traces the development of madrigals and the significance of their texts.

Through the Night: 04/11/2007

04/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 04/11/2007

With Susan Sharpe, featuring a tribute to the late Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman.

Including 1.00 Bach, Mozart, Bruckner, D Scarlatti, Chopin. 2.31 Brahms, Rachmaninov, Parry, Vaughan Williams, Czerny, Frescobaldi. 5.09 Moscheles, Bergh, A Scarlatti, Larsson.

Featuring a tribute to the late Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman, presented by Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Bach: Sarabande (Suite for solo cello No 5 in C minor, BWV 1011)	
Henrich Schiff (cello)

1.05am
Mozart: Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman in C, K265	
Per Tengstrand (piano)

1.18am
Bruckner: Symphony No 9 in D minor (2nd mvt)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Celibidache (conductor)

1.29am
D Scarlatti: Sonata in E for keyboard, K380
Mats Widlund (piano)

1.34am
Schumann: Quintet in E flat for piano and strings, Op 44
Johan Ullén (piano)
Nils-Erik Spark, Patrik Swedrup (violin)
Susanne Magnusson (viola)
Lars Frykholm (cello)

2.04am
Chopin: 3 Preludes: A minor, Op 28, No 2; F sharp minor, Op 28, No 8; D minor, Op 28, No 24
Käbi Laretei (piano)

2.11am
Mozart: 2nd movement (Andante) from Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola and orchestra, K364, in E flat 
Per Sporrong (violin)
Håkan Olsson (viola)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor)

2.24am
Bach: Aria and Variation No 25 from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Tatjana Nikolajeva (piano)

2.34am
Brahms: String Quartet No 1 in C minor, Op 51, No 1
Z-kvartetten

3.10am
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 in E minor, Op 27
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

4.07am
Parry: When soft voices die - part song for 4 voices
BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor) 

4.09am
Vaughan Williams: Rest - Partsong for 5 voices (1902)	
BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)

4.13am
Delius: Irmelin, prelude	
Symphony Nova Scotia
Georg Tintner (conductor)

4.18am
Fauré: Prélude, Op 103, No 5 (1911)	 
4.21am
Czerny: Etude in G flat
Stefan Lindgren (piano).

With Susan Sharpe.

Bach Sarabande (Suite No 5 in C minor for solo cello, BWV1011)

1.04 Mozart Variations on Ah, Vous Dirai-Je, Maman, K265

1.17 Bruckner Symphony No 9 in D minor (excerpt)

1.28 D. Scarlatti Sonata in E, Kk380

1.33 Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 44

2.04 Chopin Three Preludes

2.11 Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K364 (Andante)

2.24 Bach Aria and Variation No 25 (Goldberg Variations, BWV988)

2.34 Brahms String Quartet No I in C minor, Op 51 No 1

3.04 Rachmaninov Symphony No 2 in E minor

4.07 Parry Music, When Soft Voices Die

4.09 Vaughan Williams Rest

4.13 Delius Irmelin (Prelude)

4.18 Faure Prelude in D minor, Op 103 No 5

4.21 Czerny Etude in G flat

4.24 Chopin, arr Kocsis Three Mazurkas

4.31 Wagner Brunnhildes Abschied (Gotterdammerung)

4.50 Frescobaldi Three Canzonas

5.00 Norman, arr Niklas Willen Andante Sostenuto

5.09 Moscheles Prelude No I in E (50 Preludes, Op 73)

5.10 Bergh Lied fur pianoforte

5.15 A. Scarlatti Concerto Grosso No 1 in F minor

5.23 Anon 16th-century Puse Mis Amores; Corten Espadas Afiladas

5.30 Debussy, orch Brewaeys Des Pas sur la Neige; Ce Qu'a Vu ie Vent d'Ouest (Preludes Book 1)

5.39 Sweelinck Fantasia Cl

5.51 Strauss Frohlicher Beschluss

5.53 Saint-Saens Mon Coeur S'oeuvre (Samson et Dalila)

6.01 Dvorak Serenade in D minor, Op 44

6.24 Johanson Four Songs about the Seasons

6.31 Trad Swedish, arr Wikander If All the Hills and Valleys; There is a Bird Sitting on the Lilies

6.34 Larsson Piano Concertino, Op 45 No 12

6.49 Handel Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op 3

Susan Sharpe continues Through the Night with works by Chopin, Frescobaldi, Wagner, Norman, Moscheles, Bergh and A Scarlatti.

With Susan Sharpe.

4.24am
Chopin, arr. Kocsis: 3 mazurkas; F minor, Op 63, No 2; G minor, Op 63, No 3; C sharp minor, Op 67, No 2	
Zsolt Szatmári (clarinet)
Zoltán Kocsis (piano)

4.31am
Wagner: Brunnhilde's Abschied (Götterdämmerung) 
Birgit Nilsson (mezzo-soprano)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Pierre Monteux (conductor)

4.50am
Frescobaldi: 3 Canzonas	
Musica Fiata, Köln
Roland Wilson (director)

5.00am
Norman, arr Niklas Willen: Andante Sostenuto	
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Niklas Willén (conductor) 

5.09am
Moscheles: Prelude No 1 in E (50 Preludes, Op 73)
Tom Beghin (fortepiano)

5.10am
Bergh: Lied fur pianoforte	
Frans van Ruth (piano)

5.15am
A Scarlatti: Concerto Grosso No 1 in F minor 
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

5.23am
Anon (16th century): Puse mis amores; Corten espadas afiladas
Hespèrion XX
Jordi Savall (director).

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