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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

06/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Susan Sharpe concludes the programme with music by Paganini, Haydn, Gade, Kabalevsky, Hellendaal, Beethoven, Vierne, Debussy and Weber.

With Susan Sharpe.

5.00am
Paganini: Sonata No 3 in C for violin and guitar (Centone di sonate, Op 64)
Andrea Sestakova (violin)
Alois Mensik (guitar)

5.04am
Haydn: Sonata in G minor
Petras Geniusas (piano)

5.16am
Gade: Ved solnedgang (At sunset)
Danish National Radio Choir
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Roman Zeilinger (conductor)

5.24am
Kabalevsky: Concerto in C for violin and orchestra, Op 48
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Winnepeg Symphony Orchestra
Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)

5.40am
Hellendaal: Concerto grosso in F for strings and continuo, Op 3, No 6
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

5.53am
Beethoven: Symphony No 4 in B flat
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
André Previn (conductor)

6.30am
Vierne: Clair de lune (Pieces de fantaisie, Op 53)
Stanislas Deriemaeker (organ)

6.40am
Debussy, orch. Luc Brewaeys: La Cathédrale engloutie; La Danse de Puck; Minstrels (Preludes Book 1)
Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Daniele Callegari (conductor)

6.52am
Weber: Rondo brillante in E flat (La gaieté for piano, Op 62)
Niklas Sivelöv (piano).

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: 06/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 06/11/2007

Including music from Mozart, Chopin, Monteverdi and Schubert.

Including Mozart: Overture (Die Zauberflote). Chopin: Scherzo in B flat minor. Monteverdi: Ohime, dov'e il mio ben. Schubert: String Trio in B flat, D471.

From 7.00am

Mozart: Overture (Die Zauberflote)
Dresden Staatskapelle
Colin Davis (conductor)

Handel: Künft'ger Zeiten eitler Kummer, HWV 202 (9 German Arias)
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
The King's Consort

Chopin: Scherzo in B flat minor, Op 31
Artur Rubinstein (piano)

From 8.30am

Monteverdi: Ohime, dov'e il mio ben (Madrigals book 7)
La Venexiana

Smetana: From Bohemia's woods and fields (Ma Vlast)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Libor Pesek (conductor)

Schubert: String Trio in B flat, D471
The Raphael Ensemble.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Mozart Overture: Die Zauberflote Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Colin Davis 
Handel Kunffger Zeiten eitler Kummer HWV202 (Nine German Arias) 
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), The King's Consort Chopin Scherzo in B flat minor, Op 31 Artur Rubinstein (piano) 
8.30-10.00: Monteverdi Ohime , Dov'e il Mio Ben (Madrigals Book 7) La Venexiana 
Smetana From Bohemia's 's Woods and Fields 
(Ma Vlast) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Libor Pesek 
Schubert String Trio in B flat, 0471 Raphael Ensemble

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 06/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 06/11/2007

Including Sammartini: Concerto in F. and Mozart: Piano Concerto in C minor.

Including Sammartini: Concerto in F. Mozart: Piano Concerto in C minor. Gabriel Jackson: The White Bird. Lehar: The Merry Widow. Beethoven: Bagatelles. Borodin: Symphony No 2.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Sammartini: Concerto in F
Michala Petri (descant recorder)
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Iona Brown (director)
PHILIPS 400 075 2

10.14am
Mozart: Piano Concerto in C minor, K491
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Paul Badura-Skoda (piano/conductor)
SUPRAPHON 2 SUP 0027

10.44am
Gabriel Jackson: The White Bird
Andrew Sparling (clarinet)
Thalia Myers (piano)
NMC NMC D092

10.53am
Lehar: The Merry Widow (conclusion of Act 2)
Hanna Glawari ...... Felicity Lott (soprano)
Valencienne ...... Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano)
Danilo ...... Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Camille ...... John Aler (tenor)
Glydebourne Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst (conductor)
EMI CDC 555 141 2

11.03am
Parry: Symphonic Variations
London Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)
LYRITA SRCD 220

11.16am
Beethoven: Bagatelle, Op 126, No 2
Stephen Bishop Kovacevich (piano)
EMI CDC 556 148 2

11.18am
Beethoven: Bagatelle, Op 126, No 4
Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
ORFEO C 570 011 B

11.21am
Beethoven: Bagatelle, Op 33, No 5
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
DG 453 733 2 (4-CD set)

11.26am
Borodin: Symphony No 2 in B minor
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin (conductor)
PHILIPS 464 735 2.

With Sarah Walker. 
Sammartini Recorder Concerto in F 
Michala Petri, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, director lona Brown 
10.14 Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K491 Prague Chamber Orchestra, director Paul Badura-Skoda (piano) 
10.44 Gabriel Jackson The White Bird 
Andrew Sparling (clarinet), Thalia Myers (piano) 
10.53 Lehar The Merry Widow (Act 2, conclusion)  
Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Franz Welser-Most 
11.03 Parry Symphonic Variations LSO, conductor Adrian Boult 
11.16 Beethoven Bagatelle , Op 126 No 2 Stephen Bishop Kovacevich (piano) 
11.18 Beethoven Bagatelle , Op 126 No 4 Wilhelm Kempff (piano) 
11.21 Beethoven Bagatelle , Op 33 No 5 Mikhail Pletnev (piano) 
11.26 Borodin Symphony No 2 in B minor Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Kirill Kondrashin

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: Purcell's Contemporaries

Composer of the Week: Purcell's Contemporaries: Episode 2

Episode 2

Purcell's Contemporaries

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Purcell's Contemporaries, Episode 2

Donald Macleod surveys the composers who emerged as choristers at the Chapel Royal.

Donald Macleod surveys the brilliant generation of composers that first emerged as choristers at the Chapel Royal after the Restoration.

Donald Macleod surveys the brilliant generation of composers that first emerged as choristers at the Chapel Royal after the Restoration, including a musical spy and a heartbroken composer who shot himself on the toss of a coin.

Purcell: Hear my prayer
Alastair Ross (organ)
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
ERATO 2292-45987-2 Tr 6

John Blow: No, Lesbia, you ask in vain (Elegy on the death of Queen Mary)
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Paula Chateauneuf (theorbo)
Timothy Roberts (chamber organ)
HYPERION CDA66646 Tr 18

Matthew Locke: Be thou exalted, Lord
Choir of New College, Oxford
The Parley of Instruments
Edward Higginbottom (conductor)
HYPERION CDA66373 Tr 8

Pelham Humfrey: O Lord my God
Charles Brett (countertenor)
Martyn Hill (tenor)
David Thomas (bass)
Michael Lewin (lute)
Marilyn Samson (cello)
Alastair Ross (organ)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
ERATO 2292-45987-2 Tr 7

John Blow: I was glad when they said unto me
Robin Blaze, Ashley Stafford (countertenors)
Mark Le Brocq (tenor)
Andrew Dale Forbes (bass)
Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor)
Choir of St Paul's Cathedral
Parley of Instruments
John Scott (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67009 Trs 16-20

Jeremiah Clarke, arr. Simon Preston: Prince of Denmark's March
Simon Preston (organ)
DECCA 430 091-2 Tr 5.

Donald Macleod introduces the composers of Restoration England

Donald Macleod introduces the composers of Restoration England who, from today's perspective, stand in Henry Purcell's shadow

Composer of the Week;

Purcell's Contemporaries 
2/5. Donald Macleod surveys the brilliant generation of composers that first emerged as choristers at the Chapel Royal after the Restoration, including a musical spy and a heartbroken composer who shot himself on the toss of a coin. 
Purcell Hear My Prayer Alastair Ross (organ), 
Monteverdi Choir, conductor John Eliot Gardiner Blow No Lesbia, You Ask in Vain (Elegy on the Death of Queen Mary) (The Queen's Epicedium) John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Paula Chateauneuf (theorbo), Timothy Roberts (chamber organ) Matthew Locke Be Thou Exalted, Lord Choir of New College, Oxford, Parley of Instruments, conductor Edward Higginbottom Humfrey 0 Lord My God Charles Brett 
(countertenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), David Thomas (bass), Michael Lewin (lute), Marilyn Samson (cello), Alastair Ross (organ), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner Blow / Was Glad When They Said unto Me Robin 
Blaze and Ashley Stafford (countertenors), Rogers Covey-Crump and Mark Le Brocq (tenors), Andrew Dale Forbes (bass), Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, Parley of Instruments, conductor John Scott 
Clarke, arr Preston Prince of Denmark's March Simon Preston (organ) 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

Afternoon Concert: 06/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 06/11/2007

Featuring the Lunchtime Concert. Tchaikovsky and the Russians: 1/4. The Trio Wanderer.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. Tchaikovsky and the Russians: 1/4. The Trio Wanderer. 2.00pm Including works by Dvorak, Britten, Berlioz and Richard Strauss.

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Tchaikovsky and the Russians

Recitals recorded at the Perth Concert Hall. 1/4. The Trio Wanderer play music by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov.

Rachmaninov: Two Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op 38; Prelude and Oriental Dance
Raphael Pidoux (cello)
Vincent Coq (piano)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op 50
Trio Wanderer

2.00pm

Dvorák: Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge for string orchestra, Op 10
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Brahms: Rhapsody for contralto, male chorus and orchestra, Op 53
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano)
BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op 14
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Strauss: Don Quixote
Christian Poltera (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor).

Introduced by Penny Gore . 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Tchaikovsky and the Russians 
1/4. The first of four recitals recorded at the Perth Concert Hall features the Trio Wanderer. 
Rachmaninov Prelude, Op 2 No 1; Oriental Dance, Op2No2 
Raphael Pidoux (cello), Vincent Coq (piano) Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor, Op 50 
2.00 BBC Orchestras 
Dvorak Scherzo Capriccioso 
Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Thierry Fischer 
Brahms Alto Rhapsody , Op 53 
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, conductor Jac van Steen Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique BBC National 
Orchestra of Wales, conductor Thierry Fischer Strauss Don Quixote Christian Poltera (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales. conductor Jac van Steen

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: 06/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 06/11/2007

Sean Rafferty 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: 06/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 06/11/2007

Vladimir Ashkenazy leads the Philharmonia Orchestra at London's Royal Festival Hall.

In a concert recorded at London's Royal Festival Hall, Vladimir Ashkenazy leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in three works from the heart of 19th century German Romanticism.

Tom Service presents a concert recorded at London's Royal Festival Hall, in which Vladimir Ashkenazy leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in three works from the heart of 19th century German Romanticism.

Wagner's overture to Die Meistersinger lifts the curtain on his human love story set against the background of a song competition in Nuremburg. Starry soloist Vadim Repin joins the orchestra to perform one of the most romantic and popular violin concertos in the repertoire, while Schumann's Second Symphony was written at a time when the composer was teetering on the edge of physical and mental breakdown.

Wagner: Overture (Die Meistersinger)
Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1
Schumann: Symphony No 2.

Tom Service presents a concert given at London's Royal Festival Hall in which Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts the Philharmonia in three works from the heart of 19th-century German Romanticism.
Vadim Repin (violin), Philharmonia, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy

Wagner Overture: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg

Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor

Schumann Symphony No 2 in C

Composer of the Week: Purcell'sContemporaries Repeated from 12 noon

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: 06/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 06/11/2007

Philip Dodd talks to Richard Reeves, author of a new biography of John Stuart Mill.

Philip Dodd talks to Richard Reeves, author of a new biography of philosopher John Stuart Mill, about the continuing relevance today of Mill's work about freedom, 'On Liberty'.

Philip Dodd talks to Richard Reeves, author of a new biography of philosopher John Stuart Mill, about the continuing relevance today of 'On Liberty', Mill's great contribution to our understanding of freedom.

Philip also challenges his guests to answer the question 'Is business management a real profession, as rigorous in its training as medicine and the law?'.

Philip Dodd talks to Richard Reeves , author of a new biography of philosopher John Stuart Mill , about the relevance of On Liberty, Mill's great contribution to the understanding of freedom. Producer Aasiya Lodhi

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: 06/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 06/11/2007

With Tom Service. The featured artist is American soprano Renee Fleming.

With Tom Service. This week's featured artist is American soprano Renee Fleming. We hear her perform music from the opera stage, including Song to the Moon from Dvorak's Rusalka.

With Tom Service. Soprano Renee Fleming performs music from the opera stage, including the eponymous heroine's Song to the Moon from Dvorak's Rusalka. EMAIL: [email removed];

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: Lingua Franca

The Essay: Lingua Franca: Episode 10: He's My Spar

Episode 10

Episode 10: He's My Spar

Lingua Franca

He's My Spar

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Lingua Franca, He's My SparClose menu

What effect has the arrival of non-native speakers had on native European languages?

Lingua Franca: 10/12. He's My Spar: What effect has the arrival of non-native speakers had on native European languages?

Lingua Franca

Michael Rosen continues his exploration of the ways Europeans speak.

10/12. He's My Spar

In recent years, many elements of, for example, Caribbean creoles have begun to spread widely into the broader population. What effect has the arrival of these speakers had on native European languages?

The Essay: Lingua Franca

Michael Rosen embarks on the winding road through the roots of European language

Lingua Franca 
2/4. He's My Spar. Michael Rosen explores what effect non-native dialects, including Caribbean creole, have had on European languages.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 06/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 06/11/2007

Melvyn Tan plays Debussy, and Zephyrus play a Halfe Hannikin variation by Jon Swayne.

Presented by Verity Sharp. Melvyn Tan plays Debussy, and the six English pipers of Zephyrus play a Halfe Hannikin variation by Jon Swayne.

Hosted by Verity Sharp. Melvyn Tan plays Debussy, and the six English pipers of Zephyrus play a Halfe Hannikin variation by Jon Swayne. Also gwerz from Brittany sung by Erik Marchand, and a song of Doom and Gloom from Big Bill Broonzy alongside Harold Budd's Waltz for the End of Time. 

Throughout the week, the programme highlights traditional British songs from Bella Hardy's long awaited debut album Night Visiting.

Debussy played by Melvyn Tan , the six English pipers of Zephyrus performing a Halfe Hannikin variation by Jon Swayne , and gwerz from Brittany sung by Erik Marchand. Plus traditional British songs from Bella Hardy 's debut album Night Visiting. With Verity Sharp. EMAIL: late.junctionObbc.co.uk

Through the Night: 07/11/2007

07/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 07/11/2007

With John Shea. Featuring Mozart, Hindemith, Bach, Sibelius, Kunzen and Fux.

Including 1.00 Mozart, Hindemith, Bach. 3.28 Fanny Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Sibelius, Haydn, Kunzen. 5.00 Schubert, Chaminade, Brahms, Hummel, Vivaldi, Fux, Scarlatti, Kodaly, Berwald.

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Schubert: Symphony No 8 in B minor (Unfinished)
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)

1.23am
Mozart: Concerto for violin and orchestra No 3 in G
Valery Klimov (violin)
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)

1.47am
Hindemith: Symphony (Mathis der Maler)
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)

2.13am
Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080
Amsterdam Bach Soloists

3.28am
Fanny Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op 6
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

3.38am
Fanny Mendelssohn: Trio for piano and strings No 2 in C minor
Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Eckard Runge (cello)
Enrico Pace (piano)

4.07am
Dvorák: Overture Domov muj, Op 62
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marián Vach (conductor)

4.19am
Ester Mägi: Murdunud aer (The broken oar)
Estonian National Male Choir
Ants Soots (director)

4.23am
Sibelius: Serenade No 1 in D for violin and orchestra, Op 69a
Judy Kang (violin)
Orchestre Symphonique de Laval
Jean-François Rivest (conductor)

4.31am
Haydn: Trio in C for keyboard and strings
Ondine Trio

4.49am
Mozart, trans. Wilhelm Backhaus: Serenade from Don Giovanni
Dennis Hennig (piano)

4.54am
Kunzen: Overture (Erik Ejegod)
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Peter Marschik (conductor).

With Susan Sharpe.

Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor (Unfinished)

1.23 Mozart Violin Concerto No 3 in G, K216

1.47 Hindemith Symphony: Mathis der Maler

2.13 Bach Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV1080

3.28 Fanny Mendelssohn Songs without Words, Op 6

3.38 Mendelssohn Piano Trio No in C minor, Op 66

4.07 Dvorak Overture: My Homeland

4.19 Ester Magi Murdunud Aer

4.23 Sibelius Serenade No I for violin and orchestra, Op 69a

4.31 Haydn Piano Trio in C, H XV 27

4.49 Mozart, transcr Backhaus Serenade (Don Giovanni)

4.54 Kunzen Overture: Erik Ejegod

5.00 Schubert Overture in the Italian Style, D590

5.08 Chaminade Automne, Op 35 No 2

5.15 Brahms Alto Rhapsody

5.28 Hummel Clarinet Quartet in E flat

5.56 Vivaldi Concerto in F for four violins, RV567

6.05 Fux Laudate Dominum

6.10 D. Scarlatti Keyboard Sonata in E, Kk46

6.14 Kodaly Pange Lingua

6.27 Mozart Fantasia in C minor, K475

6.40 Berwald String Quartet in E flat

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