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Through the Night

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

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12/11/2007

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Susan Sharpe concludes the programme with music by Debussy, Haydn, Ebner, Frescobaldi, Desprez, Wassenaer, Copi, Vremsak, Mozart and Rosenmuller.

With Susan Sharpe.

5.00am
Debussy, orch. Brewaeys: No 9 Hommage à S Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C; No 10 Canope (Preludes, Book 2)
Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Daniele Callegari (conductor)

5.06am
Haydn: Sonata in D, H XVI 37
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

5.16am
Ebner: Trio in B flat
Zagreb Woodwind Trio

5.24am
Frescobaldi: Messa Della Madonna (excerpts)
Liuwe Tamminga (organ)

5.36am
Desprez: Praeter rerum seriem for 6 voices
Huelgas Ensemble
Paul van Nevel (director)

5.42am
Wassenaer: Concerto armonico No 5 in B flat for four violins, viola and continuo
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze (director/violin)

5.53am
Ambroz Copi: Pie Jesu (Dies Irae of the Requiem Mass)
Chamber Choir AVE
Andraz Hauptman (conductor)

5.56am
Samo Vremsak: Three Poems by Tone Kuntner
Chamber Choir AVE
Andraz Hauptman (conductor)

6.00am
Mozart: Sonata in C minor, K457
Denis Burstein (piano)

6.25am
Rosenmuller: De profundis (Psalm 129)
Johanna Koslowsky (soprano)
David Cordier (countertenor)
Gerd Türk (tenor)
Stephan Schreckenberger (bass)
Carsten Lohff (organ)
Cantus Köln
Konrad Junghänel (conductor/lute)

6.37am
Haydn: Sinfonia concertante in B flat for oboe, bassoon, violin, cello and orchestra
Erik Niord Larsen (oboe)
Per Hannisdal (bassoon)
Jon Elsrud Gjesme (violin)
Bjorn Solum (cello)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Frübeck de Burgos (conductor).

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Breakfast

Radio 3's breakfast show, waking the UK up with the finest classical music in the best performances

Breakfast: 12/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 12/11/2007

Including Brahms's Academic Festival Overture and music by Biber, Rossini, Haydn and Grieg

Including Brahms: Academic Festival Overture. Biber: Magnificat. Rossini: Una voce poco fa (Il barbiere di Siviglia). Haydn: Symphony No 73. Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol.

Including from 7.00am

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op 80
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor)

Biber: Magnificat
Monika Mauch (soprano)
Wolf Matthias Friedrich (bass)
Anette Sichelschmidt (violin)
La Capella Ducale
Musica Fiata
Roland Wilson (conductor)

Rossini: Una voce poco fa (Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Oralia Domingues (mezzo-soprano)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Richard Krauss (conductor)

From 8.30am

Haydn: Symphony No 73 in D (La chasse)
Esterhazy Orchestra
David Blum (conductor)

Grieg: Homeward (Lyric Pieces, Op 62); Cradle Song (Lyric Pieces, Op 68)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. NRK: Capriccio espagnol, Op 34
Artur Pizarro and Vita Panomariovaite (piano).

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Brahms Academic Festival Overture LPO, conductor Marin Alsop 
Biber Magnificat Monika Mauch (soprano), Wolf Matthias Friedrich (bass), Annette Sichelschmidt (violin), La Capella Ducale , Musica Fiata , conductor Roland Wilson 
Rossini Una Voce Poco Fa (II Barbiere di Siviglia) Oralia Dominguez (mezzo), Berlin RSO, conductor Richard Krauss 
830-1000: HaydnSymphonyNo 73inD(LaChasse) Esterhazy Orchestra, conductor David Blum 
Grieg Homeward (Lyric Pieces); Cradle Song (Lyric Pieces) Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) 
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol 
Artur Pizarro and Vita Panomariovaite (pianos)

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 12/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 12/11/2007

Sarah Walker with pieces by Janacek, Purcell, Rossini, Ibert, Haydn, Cowell and Monteverdi

Including Janacek: From the House of the Dead. Purcell: Music for a while. Rossini: The Thieving Magpie. Haydn: Sonata in B minor. Cowell: The Banshee. Monteverdi: L'Orfeo.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Janacek: From the House of the Dead (Act 1, opening)
Luka ...... Jiri Zahradnicek (tenor)
Tall Prisoner ...... Vladimir Krejcik (tenor)
Short Prisoner ...... Richard Novak (bass)
Commandant ...... Antonin Svorc (bass)
Goryanchikov ...... Dalibor Jedlicka (bass)
Old Prisoner ...... Beno Blachut (tenor)
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
DECCA 430 375-2 (2 CDs)

10.17am
Purcell: Music for a while
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Jory Vinikour (harpsichord)
ARCHIV 477 511-4

10.21am
Rossini: The Thieving Magpie (Act 1, Sc 2)
Fabrizio ...... Jeremy White (bass)
Lucia ...... Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
Giannetto ...... Barry Banks (tenor)
Ninetta ...... Majella Cullagh (soprano)
Mayor ...... Christopher Purves (baritone)
Isacco ...... John Graham-Hall (tenor)
Magpie ...... Prunella Scales
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra
David Parry (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 30972 (2 CDs)

10.43am
Ibert: The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor)
AVIE AV 0008

11.10am
Haydn: Sonata in B minor, H XVI 32
Alfred Brendel (piano)
PHILIPS 416 643-2 (2 CDs)

11.27am
Cowell: The Banshee
Henry Cowell (piano)
SMITHSONIAN SF 40801

11.30am
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
The Building a Library recommendation.

With Sarah Walker. 
Janacek From the House of the Dead (Act I: opening)  
Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras 
10.17 Purcell Music fora While Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Jory Vinikour (harpsichord) 
10.21 Rossini The Thieving Magpie (Act I: scene 2)  
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir , Philharmonia, conductor David Parry 
10.43 Ibert The Ballad of Reading Gaol 
Strasbourg PO, conductor Jan Latham-Koenig 
11.10 Haydn Piano Sonata in B minor, H XVI 32 Alfred Brendel 
11.27 Henry Cowell The Banshee The composer (piano) 
11.30 Monteverdi L'Orfeo (excerpt) 
As recommended in Saturday's CD Review.

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: John Ireland (1879-1962)

Composer of the Week: John Ireland (1879-1962): Episode 1

Episode 1

John Ireland (1879-1962)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, John Ireland (1879-1962), Episode 1

John Ireland's early talent gained him entry to London's Royal College of Music at 14.

John Ireland (1879-1962): 1/5. Donald Macleod surveys the life and work of John Ireland, whose precocious early talent gained him entry to London's Royal College of Music at 14.

John Ireland (1879-1962)

1/5. Donald Macleod surveys the life and work of John Ireland, an undeservedly neglected minor master whose precocious early talent gained him entry to London's Royal College of Music at the age of 14. The programme includes early essays in all of the genres in which he would later excel.

Sea Fever (Saltwater Ballads)
Bryn Terfel (baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)

String Quartet No 1 in D minor (4th mvt)
Maggini Quartet:
Laurence Jackson, David Angel (violins)
Martin Outram (viola)
Michal Kaznowski (cello)

Vexilla Regis (Hymn for Passion Sunday)
Paula Bott (soprano)
Teresa Shaw (contralto)
James Oxley (tenor)
Bryn Terfel (baritone)
Roderick Elms (organ)
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Tritons (Symphonic Prelude)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)

A Sea Idyll
Eric Parkin (piano)

Songs of a Wayfarer: Memory (William Blake); When daffodils begin to peer (William Shakespeare); English May (Dante Gabriel Rossetti); I was not sorrowful (Ernest Dowson); I will walk on the earth (James Vila Blake)
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Graham Johnson (piano).

Donald Macleod explores the music and life of the British composer John Ireland

Composer of the Week:John Ireland (1879-1962)

1/5. This week Donald Macleod surveys the life and work of John Ireland, who gained entry to 
London's Royal College of Music at the age of 14. Sea Fever Bryn Terfel (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano) 
String Quartet No 1 in D minor (4th mvt) Maggini Quartet 
Vexilla Regis (Hymn for Passion Sunday) 
Paula Bott (soprano), Teresa Shaw (mezzo), James Oxley (tenor), Bryn Terfel (baritone), 
Roderick Elms (organ), London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Richard Hickox 
Symphonic Prelude; Tritons LSO/Richard Hickox A Sea Idyll Eric Parkin (piano) 
Songs of a Wayfarer Christopher Maltman (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano) Repeated at 8.45pm Producer Chris Barstow 
RT DIRECT: British Composers: Ireland, comprising the piano concerto and solo piano works (2 CDs), is available for £ 10.99  including p&p. Address [address removed]. Cheque payable to Selections. Phone [number removed] (national rate), quoting [number removed], or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect

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: 12/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 12/11/2007

Featuring the Lunchtime Concert, with the Takacs Quartet performing Mozart and Dvorak.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Takacs Quartet perform late works by Mozart and Dvorak. 2.00pm Works by Britten, Holst and Elgar performed by BBC Orchestras.

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch live from London's Wigmore Hall. The Takacs Quartet, one of the world's leading string quartets, perform a programme of late works by Mozart and Dvorak. The second of his six quartets dedicated to Haydn, the D minor is Mozart's only mature string quartet written in a minor key, while in his 'American' quartet, Dvorak explores the various musical influences of his adopted home.

Mozart: Quartet in D minor for strings, K421
Dvorak: Quartet No 12 in F for strings, Op 96 (American)

2.00pm

This week the British Symphony Series concentrates on the works of Elgar and Walton, in performances by BBC orchestras.

Britten: Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op 13
Steven Osborne (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Holst: The Planets, Op 32
Ladies of the RSNO Chorus
Tim Dean (chorus director)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Elgar: Symphony No 1 in A flat
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor).

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
LIVE Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces a concert live from London's Wigmore Hall. Takacs Quartet 
Mozart String Quartet in D minor, K421 
Dvorak String Quartet in F, Op 96 (American) 
2.00 British Symphony Series 
With Penny Gore. This week the British Symphony Series concentrates on the works of Elgar and Walton. Britten Piano Concerto Steven Osborne , BBC 
Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ilan Volkov Hoist Suite: The Planets Royal Scottish National Opera Chorus (ladies' voices), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ilan Volkov Elgar Symphony No 1 in A flat 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassily Sinaisky

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: 12/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 12/11/2007

Sean Rafferty's guests include pianist Janina Fialkowska and harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock

Sean Rafferty is joined by pianist Janina Fialkowska, plus harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock performs live in the studio with members of the European Brandenburg Ensemble.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: 12/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 12/11/2007

Mark Elder conducts the Halle in Elgar's Cello Concerto and Symphony No 2.

Recorded at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall in June, Mark Elder conducts the Halle and soloist Truls Mork in Elgar's Cello Concerto and Second Symphony.

Petroc Trelawny introduces the first of several broadcasts of the music of Edward Elgar.

This concert was recorded at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall in June as part of Elgar in His Kingdom, the Halle's celebration of the composer's 150th anniversary.

Truls Mork (cello)
Halle Orchestra
Mark Elder (conductor)

Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor; Symphony No 2 in E flat.

In the first in a week of broadcasts of music by Edward Elgar , Petroc Trelawny presents a concert recorded at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall in June as part of Elgar in his Kingdom. Truls Mork (cello), Halle Orchestra , conductor Mark Elder 
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor; Symphony No 2 in E flat

Composer of the Week: Ireland

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: 12/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 12/11/2007

From Radio 3's festival of ideas, Philip Dodd asks 'Are we freer than we think?'.

On stage in Liverpool, Philip Dodd chairs one of the keynote debates recorded at Radio 3's Free Thinking festival of ideas, asking 'Are we freer than we think?'.

Philip Dodd chairs one of the keynote debates recorded at Radio 3's Free Thinking festival of ideas, asking 'Are we freer than we think?'

On stage in Liverpool, Philip is joined by Tony Blair's former chief speechwriter Philip Collins, ANC activist and now South Africa's Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs, and Chief Constable of Merseyside Police Bernard Hogan-Howe. Are our traditional freedoms in peril from smoking bans, CCTV and anti-terror laws? Or, in an individualistic and deference-free age, are we freer than we've ever been before?

Free Thinking

Philip Dodd chairs one of the keynote debates recorded at BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking festival of ideas, on the subject "Are we freer than we think?" He is joined by Tony Blair 's former chief speechwriter Philip Collins , ANC activist and now South Africa's Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs , and Chief Constable of Merseyside Police Bernard Hogan-Howe . Producer Phil Tinline

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: 12/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 12/11/2007

Conductor Richard Hickox and the BBC Philharmonic perform Percy Grainger's English Dance.

With Petroc Trelawny. A sequence of music with a featured artist leading the way. Conductor Richard Hickox and the BBC Philharmonic begin with Percy Grainger's English Dance.

Petroc Trelawny presents a sequence of music with a featured artist leading the way. Tonight 
Richard Hickox conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a performance of Percy Grainger 's English Dance. EMAIL: artistfocus@bbc.co.uk

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: Free Thinking

The Essay: Free Thinking 2007: Episode 1

Free Thinking 2007

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Free Thinking 2007, Episode 1Close menu

Novelist Kamila Shamsie asks if a writer must travel widely to unleash their imagination.

Free Thinking: Part of BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking festival. 1/4. Novelist Kamila Shamsie asks if it's necessary for a writer to travel widely in order to unleash their imagination.

Free Thinking

As part of BBC Radio 3's festival of ideas, Free Thinking, The Essay plays host to writers reflecting on freedom.

1/4. Pakistani novelist Kamila Shamsie brandishes her writer's passport and asks if it's necessary for a writer to travel widely in order to unleash their imagination. Or can they explore universal human experience, wherever it occurs?

The Essay: Free Thinking 2007

A series of writers reflect on the idea of freedom

Free Thinking 
1/4. As part of Radio 3's Free Thinking festival, writers are invited to reflect on freedom. Novelist Kamila Shamsie asks if it is necessary for writers to travel if they are to unleash the power of the imagination. Producer Victoria Shepherd EMAIL: theessay@bbc.co.uk

Andy Kershaw

Veteran broadcaster Andy Kershaw presents his unique musical mix

Veteran broadcaster Andy Kershaw presents his unique mix of world music, blues, rock, country and the unexpected

Andy Kershaw: 12/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Andy Kershaw, 12/11/2007

With another selection of intriguing sounds from around the world.

Charlie Gillett

Sounds from around the world. Producer Roger Short

Through the Night: 13/11/2007

13/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 13/11/2007

With Susan Sharpe. Including music by Beethoven, Haydn, Glinka, Bach and Rachmaninov.

Including 1.00 Beethoven, Glazunov, Mozart. 3.05 Mendelssohn, Lassus, Telemann, Scarlatti, Haydn, Bruch. 5.00 Debussy, Rameau, Glinka, Chopin, Suk, Schumann, Bach, Rachmaninov.

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 30 in E
Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)

1.20am
Glazunov: Albumblatt in D flat for trumpet and piano
Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet)
Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)

1.25am
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 26 in D (Coronation)
Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Pietri Inkinen (conductor)

1.56am
Blow: Venus and Adonis (A Masque for the Entertainment of the King)
Venus ...... Evelyn Tubb (soprano)
Cupid ...... Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Adonis ...... Richard Wistriech (bass)
London Oratory Junior Choir
Choir and Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley (conductor)

3.05am
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5 in D (Reformation)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Berglund (conductor)

3.33am
Kolb: Praeludium Tertium in A minor
Peter van Dijk (organ)

3.36am
Lassus: Missa Osculetur me
Royal Academy of Music Chamber Choir
Royal Academy of Music Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble
Patrick Russill (conductor)

4.00am
Telemann: Quadro in B flat
The King's Consort
Robert King (director)

4.07am
Raitio: Serenade for Orchestra
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

4.12am
Primoz Ramovs: Woodwind Quintet
Ariart Woodwind Quintet

4.21am
Bottesini: Reverie
Gary Karr (double-bass)
Harmon Lewis (piano)

4.25am
Bottesini: Tarantella
Gary Karr (double-bass)
Harmon Lewis (piano)

4.31am
Scarlatti, arr. Kain: Sonata in D, K430
Guitar Trek

4.35am
Gesualdo: Ave Regina Caelorum
Banchieri Singers
Denes Szabo (conductor)

4.39am
Haydn: Sonata in D, H XVI 37
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

4.49am
Bruch: No 2 Der fröhliche Musicus; No 4 Narrenfahrt; No 5 Musicaklang; No 7 Morgengesang (7 Part-Songs for chorus, Op 71)
BBC Singers
Jason Lai (conductor).

With Susan Sharpe.

Beethoven Piano Sonata in E, Op 109

1.20 Glazunov Albumblatt in D flat for Trumpet and Piano

1.25 Mozart Piano Concerto No 26 in D, K537 (Coronation)

1.56 Blow Venus and Adonis

3.05 Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 in D (Reformation)

3.33 Kolb Praeludium Tertium in A minor (Certamen Aonium)

3.36 Lassus Missa Osculetur Me

4.00 Telemann Quadro in B flat for two violins, viola and continuo

4.07 Raltio Serenade for Orchestra

4.12 Primoz Ramovs Woodwind Quintet

4.21 Bottesini Reverie; Tarantella

4.31 D. Scarlatti, arr Timothy Kain Sonata in D, Kk430

4.35 Gesualdo Ave Regina Caelorum

4.39 Haydn Piano Sonata in D, HXVI37

4.49 Bruch The Jolly Musician; A Parcel of Fools; Music's Sweet Voice; Morning Song of Praise (Seven Partsongs for Chorus, Op 71)

5.00 Debussy, orch Brewaeys Les Tierces Altemees; Feux d'Artifice (Preludes, Book 2)

5.08 Rameau Three Pieces (Les Indes Galantes)

5.14 Glinka Mazurka in A minor

5.16 Chopin Mazurka No 2 in A minor

5.19 Dobrzynski Overture: Monbar, czyli Flibustierowie, Op 30

5.32 Suk Un Poco Triste Op 17 No 3

5.37 Verhulst Lied van bloemen, Op 26 No

5.40 Schumann Du bist wie eine Blume, Op 25 No 24 (Myrthen)

5.43 Rosenmuller Sinfonia Quinta

5.53 Bach Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr', BWV 662

6.01 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor

6.28 Contant Trio No 1 for violin, cello and piano

6.47 Crusell Farewell

6.53 Schmeizer Suite No 2 in D

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