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Through the Night

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

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10/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Susan Sharpe concludes the programme with music by Bach, Debussy, Borgstrom, Mozart, D Scarlatti, Schubert, Handel, Holst, Stanford and JC Bach.

With Susan Sharpe.

5.00am
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G, BWV 1049
Rachel Brown, Rachel Beckett (recorder)
Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin)
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr (harpsichord/director)

5.16am
Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op 10
Bartók String Quartet

5.41am
Borgstrom: Music to Johan Gabriel Borkman
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Kjell Seim (conductor)

5.53am
Mozart: Overture (Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384)
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
Ludovít Rajter (conductor)

6.00am
D Scarlatti: Sonata in C, Kk420
Ilze Graubina (piano)

6.05am
Schubert: Trio in E flat for piano and strings, D897 (Notturno)
Tomaz Lorenz (violin)
Andrej Petrac (cello)
Alenka Scek-Lorenz (piano)

6.15am
Debussy, arr. Luc Brewaeys: Bruyères; Général Lavine – eccentric (Preludes, Book 2)
Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Daniele Callegari (conductor)

6.22am
Handel: Sonata in A minor, Op 1, No 4
Louise Pellerin (oboe)
Dom André Laberge (organ)

6.29am
Holst: St Paul's Suite
Seoul Chamber Orchestra
Yong-Yun Kim (conductor)

6.43am
Stanford: The Blue Bird (8 Partsongs, Op 119, No 3)
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

6.47am
Stanford: When Mary thro' the garden went
BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)

6.51am
JC Bach: Quintet in G for flute, oboe, violin, viola and basso continuo, Op 11, No 2
Les Adieux:
Wilbert Hazelzet (flute)
Hans Peter Westerman (oboe)
Mary Utiger (violin)
Hajo Bäss (viola)
Christina Kyprianides (cello)
Andreas Staier (harpsichord).

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: 10/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 10/11/2007

Including music by Rossini, Dufay and Monteverdi, plus Holst's Somerset Rhapsody.

Including Rossini: Overture (Bianca e Falliero). Dufay: Ma belle dame souveraine. Holst: Somerset Rhapsody. Monteverdi: Pur ti miro (L'incoronazione di Poppea).

Including from 7.00am:

Rossini: Overture (Bianca e Falliero)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)

Dufay: Ma belle dame souveraine
Hilliard Ensemble

From 8.00am

Holst: Somerset Rhapsody
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)

Monteverdi: Pur ti miro (L'incoronazione di Poppea)
Poppea ...... Sylvia McNair (soprano)
Nerone ...... Dana Hanchard (mezzo-soprano)
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor).

Alexandra Wilson

Music includes: 
7.00-8.00: Rossini Overture: Bianca e Falliero Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner 
Dufay Ma Belle Dame Souveraine Hilliard Ensemble 
8.00-9.00: Holst Somerset Rhapsody RSNO, conductor David Lloyd-Jones 
Monteverdi Pur Ti Miro (L'lncoronazione di Poppea) Sylvia McNair and Dana Hanchard (sopranos), English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner 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 a minute) email: 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Address: Breakfast, BBC Radio 3, Broadcasting House, London W1A 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: Monteverdi: L’Orfeo 

Building a Library: Monteverdi: L’Orfeo 

BBC Radio 3 - CD Review, Building a Library: Monteverdi: L’Orfeo

Andrew McGregor with new releases. Disc of the Week: Janacek: String Quartet No 1.

With Andrew McGregor. 9.30am Building a Library: Monteverdi's Orfeo. 10.15am New Releases: With Jonathan Swain. 11.45am Disc of the Week: Janacek: String Quartet No 1.

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

Building a Library:
Monteverdi: L’Orfeo 

Reviewer - Tess Knighton 

First choice:
L'Ensemble La Venexiana, Emanuela Galli, Mirko Guadagnini, Marina De Liso, Cristina Calzolari, Matteo Bellotto, Jose Lo Monaco, Salvo Vitale, Vincenzo Di Donato, Francesca Cassinari, Giovanni Caccamo, Makoto Sakurada, Tony Carradini, Claudio Cavina (conductor)
Glossa GES920913E (2CDs)

CD Review BAL Catalogue Data
bal.monteverdi:
bal.monteverdi.orfeo

Introduced by Andrew McGregor. 
9.30 Building a Library Tess Knighton compares available recordings of Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo. 
10.15 Jonathan Swain presents a round-up of historical recordings re-released on disc. 
11.45 Disc of the Week: Janacek String Quartet No I (Kreutzer Sonata) Pavel Haas Quartet 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: 10/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, 10/11/2007

Petroc Trelawny explores four new books about music, including a Schumann biography.

Petroc Trelawny explores four new books about music, and is joined in the studio by critic Hilary Finch, violinist Paul Robertson and musicologist Tess Knighton.

The spotlight falls on four new books about music, including a major biography of Robert Schumann, and Oliver Sacks's hot-off-the-press Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain.

Petroc Trelawny talks to the authors and is joined by critic Hilary Finch, violinist Paul Robertson and musicologist Tess Knighton.

This week the programme looks at new books about music, including a major biography of Schumann, and Oliver Sacks 's Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain. Petroc Trelawny talks to the authors and is joined in the studio by critic Hilary Finch , violinist Paul Robertson and musicologist Tess Knighton for their thoughts. Producer Emma Bloxham

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: 10/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, 10/11/2007

Highlights of a concert given by Theatre of Voices and Ars Nova Copenhagen.

Catherine Bott presents highlights of a concert given by Theatre of Voices and Ars Nova Copenhagen, in a programme including John Taverner's Western Wind Mass.

Catherine Bott presents highlights of a concert by Theatre of Voices and Ars Nova Copenhagen, in a programme including John Taverner's Western Wind Mass, given at this year's Edinburgh International Festival.

Catherine Bott presents highlights of a concert given by Theatre of Voices and Ars Nova 
Copenhagen in a programme that includes John Taverner 's mass Western Wynde, recorded at this year's Edinburgh International Festival. Producer Rebecca Bean

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: 10/11/2007

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Another chance to hear the Vermeer Quartet in their last recital at London's Wigmore Hall.

Verity Sharp presents another chance to hear the Vermeer Quartet give their last recital at London's Wigmore Hall as part of their farewell tour. Music by Schubert and Mendelssohn.

Verity Sharp presents another chance to hear last Monday's Lunchtime Concert from London's Wigmore Hall.

More than three decades after their first Lunchtime Concert for BBC Radio 3, the Vermeer Quartet gave their last recital at the Wigmore Hall as part of their farewell tour.

Schubert: Quartet in E flat, D87
Mendelssohn: Quartet in E minor, Op 44 No 2.

Another chance to hear last Monday's concert. Vermeer Quartet 
Schubert String Quartet in E flat, D87 
Mendelssohn String Quartet in E minor, Op44 No2

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: 10/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - World Routes, 10/11/2007

Lucy Duran visits WOMEX in Seville and hears the freshest talent in world music.

Lucy Duran visits WOMEX in Seville, the annual gathering of the world music industry, and hears the newest bands and the freshest talent in world music.

Lucy Duran visits Seville to attend Womex, the annual gathering of the world music industry. 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: 10/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Line-Up, 10/11/2007

Claire Martin and Jack Massarick preview the London Jazz Festival.

Claire Martin and Jack Massarick preview this year's London Jazz Festival, and saxophonist Tim Garland talks about his latest CD with the Northern Underground Orchestra.

Claire Martin and Jack Massarick preview the London Jazz Festival, which starts on the 16th of this month, and saxophonist Tim Garland talks about his latest CD Due North, recorded with the Northern Underground Orchestra.

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: 10/11/2007

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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.

Listeners' jazz requests with Geoffrey Smith. 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: Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea

Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea

Laurence Cummings conducts the ENO Orchestra in Monteverdi's final opera.

Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea: Laurence Cummings conducts the ENO Orchestra in Monteverdi's final opera, which features an outstanding British cast.

Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea

Presented by Petroc Trelawny and beginning with a behind-the-scenes feature on the opera and this production.

Following their success at English National Opera with Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, conductor Laurence Cummings and director Chen Shi-Zheng team up at ENO once again for Monteverdi's final opera, which contains some of his most sensual music and features an outstanding British cast.

Poppea is the mistress of the Emperor Nero, who is easily manipulated - she wants the power of the throne, and the only obstacle in her way is Nero's wife Ottavia.

Fortune ...... Katherine Manley (soprano)
Virtue ...... Jane Harrington (soprano)
Love	Sophie Bevan ...... (soprano)
Mercury ...... James Gower (bass)
Poppea ...... Kate Royal (soprano)
Nerone ...... Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano)
Ottavia ...... Doreen Curran (mezzo-soprano)
Ottone ...... Tim Mead (countertenor)
Drusilla ...... Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Seneca ...... Robert Lloyd (bass)
Arnalta ...... Christopher Gillett (tenor)
Nurse/Venus ...... Diana Montague (mezzo-soprano)
English National Opera Orchestra
Laurence Cummings (conductor/harpsichord).

The Coronation of Poppea 
Introduced by Petroc Treawny and beginning with a behind-the-scenes feature on the opera and its production. Following their success with Orfeo, conductor Laurence Cummings and director 
Chen Shi-Zheng team up at ENO once again for Monteverdi's final opera, containing some of the composer's most sensual music. Poppea is the mistress of Emperor Nero, whom she is easily able to manipulate. She wants the power of the throne, and the only thing standing in her way is Nero's wife Ottavia. Nero needs little encouragement to assist Poppea in achieving her goal.  
English National Opera Orchestra, director Laurence Cummings (harpsichord) 
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Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: Thomas Quasthoff at Wigmore Hall

Thomas Quasthoff at Wigmore Hall

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Thomas Quasthoff at Wigmore Hall

German baritone Thomas Quasthof features in a concert with pianist Gabriel Kahane.

As part of his recent three-concert focus at Wigmore Hall in London, German baritone Thomas Quasthof features in a jazz-inspired concert with pianist Gabriel Kahane.

As part of his recent three-concert focus at Wigmore Hall in London, German baritone Thomas Quasthof put to one side his beloved repertoire of Schubert and Mahler, and let his hair down in a jazz-inspired concert with pianist Gabriel Kahane. He introduces the concert himself from the stage.

Thomas Quasthoff at the Wigmore Hall

In a departure from his beloved Schubert and Mahler, German baritone Thomas Quasthoff performs a jazz-inspired concert with pianist Gabriel Kahane. He introduces the concert himself from the stage of London's Wigmore Hall.

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: 10/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, 10/11/2007

The premiere of a new work by Heiner Goebbels, Songs of Wars I Have Seen.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces the premiere of a new work by Heiner Goebbels, Songs of Wars I Have Seen, which reflects on the everyday experiences of life during wartime.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces the premiere of a new work by German composer Heiner Goebbels, Songs of Wars I Have Seen, a setting of texts by Gertrude Stein reflecting on the everyday experiences of life during wartime. The concert also includes Heinrich Biber's vivid Battalia, and another war-related piece by Goebbels, based on Leonardo da Vinci's notes on how to paint a battle scene.

Biber: Battalia a 10 in D
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Goebbels: Schlachtenbeschreibung (UK premiere)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
London Sinfonietta
Sian Edwards (conductor)

Goebbels: Songs of Wars I Have Seen (world premiere)
Matthew Locke: The Tempest (excerpts)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
London Sinfonietta
Sian Edwards (conductor).

Introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch . The premiere of a new work by German composer 
Heiner Goebbels : Songs of Wars I Have Seen, a setting of texts by Gertrude Stein reflecting on the everyday experiences of life during wartime. The concert also includes Heinrich Biber 's vivid Battalia, and another war-related piece by Goebbels, based on Da Vinci 's notes on how to paint a battle scene. Biber Battalia 
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 
Heiner Goebbels Schlachtenbeschreibung (first UK performance) 
Roderick Williams (baritone), 
London Sinfonietta, conductor Sian Edwards Heiner Goebbels Songs of Wars I Have Seen (first performance) 
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, 
London Sinfonietta, conductor Sian Edwards

The Early Music Show: Never the Twain Shall Meet

03/11/2007

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.

Lucie Skeaping presents a programme exploring the musical legacy of the Middle East. Producer Ewa Norman

Through the Night: 11/11/2007

11/11/2007

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

With Susan Sharpe, including music by Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin, Karlowicz and Mendelssohn.

Including 1.00 Penderecki, Dobrzynski, Beethoven. 3.32 Weiss, Liszt, Gershwin, Holst, Khachaturian. 5.00 Lipinski, Chopin, Purcell, Karlowicz, Debussy, Pallasz, Mendelssohn.

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Penderecki: Concerto grosso for three cellos and orchestra
Ivan Monighetti, Adam Klocek, Kazimierz Koslacz (cellos)
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit (conductor)

1.36am
Dobrzynski: Symphony No 2 in C minor (Caracteristique)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ruben Silva (conductor)

2.17am
Beethoven: Mass in D (Missa solemnis)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Michael Volle (baritone)
Yvonne Naef (mezzo-soprano)
Emily Magee (soprano)
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most (conductor)

3.32am
Weiss: Suite No 17 in F minor
Konrad Junghänel (lute)

4.00am
Liszt: La Campanella
Valerie Tryon (piano)

4.06am
Hellendaal: Concerto grosso in F for strings and continuo, Op 3 No 3
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

4.17am
Gershwin, arr. Bengt-Ake Lundin: Summertime; I loves you, Porgy; My man's gone now (Porgy and Bess)
Annika Skoglund (soprano)
Staffan Sjöholm (double-bass)
New Stenhammar String Quartet

4.29am
Holst, arr. Walsh: St Paul's Suite
Guitar Trek

4.42am
Lechner: Deutsche Sprüche von Leben und Tod
Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)

4.53am
Khachaturian: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
David Measham (conductor).

Presented by Susan Sharpe. 
Penderecki Concerto Grosso for three cellos and orchestra Ivan Monighetti , Adam Klocek and Kazimierz Koslacz (cellos), National PO, conductor Antoni Witt 
1.36 Dobrzynski Symphony No 2 in C minor 
(Caracteristique) 2.17 Beethoven Mass in D (Missa Solemnis) 
3.32 Weiss Lute Suite No 17 in F minor 4.00 Liszt La Campanella 4.06 Hellendaal Concerto CrossoinFfor stringsand continuo, Op 3 No 3 4.17 Gershwin Summertime; I Loves You, Porgy; My Man's Gone Now (Porgy and Bess)  
4.29 Hoist, arr Walsh St Paul 's Suite 4.42 Lechner 
Deutsche Spruche von leben und Tod 4.53 Khachaturlan Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Ballet Suite No 2: Spartacus) 5.00 Lipinski Overture in D 5.09 Chopin 
Ballade No 2 in F, Op 38 5.16 Purcell Sonata No 9 in F for two violins and continuo (Golden) 5.24 SciqalskiSymphonyinD  538 Kartowicz When Spring Arrives; Do Not Believe What the People Say; Sometimes When Long I Dream; Rust-Colour 5.45 Debussy, arr Brewaeys La Terrasse des Audiences du Clair; Ondine (Preludes, Book 2) 5.53 
MoniuszkoStringQuartetNo2in F6.11 Pallasz Epitaph 6.20 Szeligowski Four Polish dances 6.37 Chopin Preludes, Op 28: in B; in G sharp minor; in F sharp; in E flat minor; in D flat &47 Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)

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