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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

14/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Susan Sharpe concludes the programme with music by Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens, Villa-Lobos, Rossini, Debussy, JM Bach, Handel, Schubert, Chopin and Haydn.

With Susan Sharpe

5.00am
Vivaldi: Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze (director)

5.07am
Mendelssohn: Venetian Boat Song, Op 30, No 6 (Songs Without Words, Book 2)
Jane Coop (piano)

5.11am
Saint-Saëns: Havanaise for violin and orchestra, Op 83
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Winnepeg Symphony Orchestra
Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)

5.21am
Villa-Lobos: Guitar Prelude No 1 in E minor
Norbert Kraft (guitar)

5.26am
Rossini: Quartet No 6 in F for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon
Vojtech Samec (flute)
Jozef Luptacik (clarinet)
Frantisek Machats (bassoon)
Josef Illes (french horn)

5.37am
Debussy: Premiere rapsodie
Kari Kriikku (clarinet)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

5.46am
JM Bach: Liebster Jesu, hor mein Flehen
Maria Zedelius (soprano)
David Cordier (alto)
Paul Elliott, Hein Meens (tenor)
Michael Schopper (bass)
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (director)

5.53am
Handel: Overture (Agrippina)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

6.00am
Mendelssohn: Octet for strings, Op 20
Leonidas Kavakos, Per Kristian Skalstad, Frode Larsen, Tor Johan Böen (violin)
Lars Anders Tomter, Catherine Bullock (viola)
Öystein Sonstad, Ernst Simon Glaser (cello)

6.33am
Schubert: Gesang der Geistern über den Wassern, Op 167
Estonian National Male Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Juri Alperten (director)

6.43am
Chopin: Impromptu in G flat, Op 29
Krzysztof Jablonski (piano)

6.48am
Haydn: Symphony No 4 in D
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava
Ondrej Lenárd (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: 14/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 14/11/2007

Including Bartok's Rhapsody No 2 and works by Berlioz, Handel, Chopin and Pachelbel.

Including Berlioz: Waverly. Handel: Dopo notte, atra e funesta. Pachelbel: Jauchzet dem Herrn. Wagner, arr. Hansjorg Albrecht: The Ride of the Valkyries. Bartok: Rhapsody No 2.

From 7.00am

Berlioz: Waverly, Op 1
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg 
Sylvain Cambreling (conductor)

Handel: Dopo notte, atra e funesta
Magdelena Kozená (mezzo-soprano)
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (conductor)

Chopin, arr. Glazunov: Etude, Op 25, No 7
Truls Mørk (cello)
Kathryn Stott (piano) 

From 8.30am

Pachelbel: Jauchzet dem Herrn (Cantata)
Choeur de Chambre de Namur
Les Agremens
Jean Tubery (director)

Wagner, arr. Hansjörg Albrecht: The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure)
Hansjörg Albrecht (organs)

Bartok: Rhapsody No 2
Isaac Stern (violin)
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein (conductor).

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
700-830: Berlioz Waverley Overture 
South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sylvain Cambreling Handel Dopo Notte (Ariodante) 
Magdelena Kozena (mezzo), Venice Baroque Orchestra, conductor Andrea Marcon 
Chopin, arr Glazunov Etude, Op 25 No 7 Truls Mork (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano) 
8.30-10.00: Pachelbel Cantata: Jauchzetdem Herm Namur Chamber Choir, 
Les Agremens, director Jean Tubery 
Wagner, arr Hansjorg Albrecht The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure) Hansjorg Albrecht (organ) Bartok Rhapsody No 2 Isaac Stem (violin), New York PO, conductor Leonard Bernstein

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 14/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 14/11/2007

Sarah Walker with music by Liszt, Beethoven, Stradella, Copland and Gilbert and Sullivan.

Including Liszt: Prometheus. Beethoven: Fidelio (Act 2, excerpt). Stradella: San Giovanni Batista. Copland: Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Gilbert and Sullivan: Trial by Jury.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Liszt: Prometheus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
PHILIPS 438 751-2 (2 CDs)

10.15am
Beethoven: Fidelio (Act 2, excerpt)
Florestan ...... Ernst Haefliger (tenor)
Bavarian State Orchestra
Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)
DG  437 345-2 (2 CDs)

10.27am
Stradella: San Giovanni Batista (conclusion)
Salome ...... Catherine Bott (soprano)
Herod ...... Philippe Huttenlocher (bass)
John the Baptist ...... Gérard Lesne (alto)
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski (conductor)
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10.50am
Copland: Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen (conductor)
ARGO 443 203-2

11.24am
Gilbert and Sullivan: Trial by Jury
Plaintiff ...... Rebecca Evans (soprano)
Defendant ...... James Gilchrist (tenor)
Counsel for the Plaintiff ...... Matthew Brook (baritone)
Usher ...... Neal Davies (baritone)
Learned Judge ...... Donald Maxwell (baritone)
Foreman of the Jury ...... David Thaxton (baritone)
Chamber Choir of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10321.

With Sarah Walker.

Liszt Prometheus - LPO, conductor Bernard Haitink

10.15 Beethoven Fidelio (Act 2, excerpt) - Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Bavarian State Orchestra, conductor Ferenc Fricsay

10.27 Stradella San Giovanni Batista (conclusion) - Les Musiciens du Louvre, conductor Marc Minkowski

10.50 Copland Hear Ye! Hear Ye! - London Sinfonietta, conductor Oliver Knussen

11.24 Gilbert and Sullivan Trial by Jury - Chamber Choir of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox

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 3

Episode 3

John Ireland (1879-1962)

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

Donald Macleod explores Ireland's relationships with the women in his life.

John Ireland (1879-1962): 3/5. Donald Macleod explores Ireland's relationships with the women in his life. Including his Piano Concerto, dedicated to the pianist Helen Perkin.

John Ireland (1879-1962)

3/5. Ireland and the Ladies

There was a brief interlude in Ireland's lifelong bachelordom, as in quick succession he married, separated, then sought an annulment. 

Ireland's song-cycle, Five Poems by Thomas Hardy, reflects a rather more idealised view of love, while his Piano Concerto was dedicated to the other woman in his life at this time, the pianist Helen Perkin. Ireland later withdrew the dedication in a fit of pique after she married another man.

When I am Dead My Dearest (Rossetti)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Martin Yates (conductor)

Five Poems by Thomas Hardy
Benjamin Luxon (baritone)
Alan Rowlands (piano)

Sonatina
John Lenehan (piano)

Piano Concerto in E flat
Eric Parkin (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor).

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

Composer of the Week: Ireland

3/5. Donald Macleod considers John Ireland's relationships, focusing on a brief interlude in his lifelong bachelordom. He also explores the composer's song-cycle Five Poems by Thomas Hardy and his Piano Concerto, dedicated to one of the women in his life, the pianist Helen Perkin. Ireland When I Am Dead My Dearest 
Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Martin Yates Five Poems by Thomas Hardy 
Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Alan Rowlands (piano) Sonatina John Lenehan (piano) 
Piano Concerto in E flat Eric Parkin. LPO. conductor Adrian Boult 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: Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2007

Afternoon Concert: Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2007: Episode 2

Episode 2

Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2007

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2007, Episode 2

Including works by Ravel and Strauss recorded at the Oxford Chamber Music Festival.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2007: 2/4. With works by Ravel, Strauss, Berwald and Berkeley. 2.00pm Including music by Matthews, Walton and Elgar.

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2007

2/4. The theme of the festival was the number seven - its mystical qualities and musical associations. Here there are three septets on offer: Ravel's masterful Introduction and Allegro, a version of Strauss' Metamorphosen and the sadly neglected Grand Septet by Franz Berwald. 

By way of contrast, the festival's composer-in-residence, Michael Berkeley, is featured by a piece for flute and harp.

Ravel: Introduction and Allegro
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Atla Sponberg (violin)
Vladimir Mendelssohn (viola)
Peter Wispelwey (cello)
Janne Thomsen (flute)
Philippe Berrod (clarinet)
Jana Bouskova (harp)

Strauss: Metamorphosen (ver. for string septet)
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Priya Mitchell (violin)
Vladimir Mendelssohn, Lars Anders Tomter (viola)
Adrian Brendel (cello)
Jan-Erik Gustaffson (cellos)
Zoran Markovic (double-bass)

Michael Berkeley: Last Breath
Janne Thomsen (flute)
Jana Bouskova (harp)

Berwald: Grand Septet
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
Vladimir Mendelssohn (violas)
Peter Wispelwey (cello)
Zoran Markovic (double-bass)
Philippe Berrod (clarinet)
Bram van Sambeek (bassoon)
Olivier Darbellay (horn)

2.00pm

Matthews: The Music of dawn
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Walton: Concerto for viola and orchestra
Lawrence Power (viola)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Maxwell Davies: Roma, amor for orchestra
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Elgar: Symphony No 2 in E flat
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2007

Afternoon on 3 includes concerts and recitals from the Oxford Chamber Music Festival

Afternoon on 3

Introduced by Penny Gore . 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2007 
Music recorded in September at the Holywell Music Rooms as part of the Oxford Chamber 
Music Festival. Included are Ravel's Introduction and Allegro, a version of Richard Strauss 's 
Metamorphosen and the neglected Grand Septet by Franz Berwald. 
Rave) Introduction and Allegro Janne Thomsen (flute), Philippe Berrod (clarinet), Jana Bouskova (harp), Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Atle Sponberg (violins). 
Vladimir Mendelssohn (viola), Peter Wispelwey (cello) Strauss Metamorphosen for string septet Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Priya Mitchell 
(violins). Vladimir Mendelssohn and Lars Anders Tomter (violas), Adrian Brendel and Jan-Erik Gustaffsson (cellos), Zoran Markovic (double bass) Michael Berkeley Last Breath 
Janne Thomsen (flute), Jana Bouskova (harp) 
Berwald Grand Septet Philippe Berrod (clarinet), Bram van Sambeek (bassoon), Oliver Darlbellay (horn), Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Vladimir Mendelssohn (viola), Peter Wispelwey (cello), Zoran Markovic (double bass) 
2.15 British Symphony Series 
David Matthews The Music of Dawn 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Rumon Gamba Walton Viola Concerto (original version) 
Lawrence Power, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ilan Volkov 
Maxwell Davies Roma , Amor 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda Elgar Symphony No 2 in E 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: 14/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 14/11/2007

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: 14/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 14/11/2007

The BBC Concert Orchestra perform Elgar's incidental music for The Starlight Express.

A specially-recorded concert performance from conductor Barry Wordsworth and the BBC Concert Orchestra of Elgar's delightful incidental music for the play The Starlight Express.

Petroc Trelawny presents a specially-recorded concert performance of Elgar's delightful incidental music for the play The Starlight Express. Written during the horrors of the First World War, the drama follows a group of children whose magical 'starlight' quality has been lost by the adults around them.

Elgar: The Starlight Express

Elizabeth Atherton (soprano)
Mark Stone (baritone)
Simon Callow (narrator)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
Kenneth Richardson (director).

Petroc Trelawny presents a concert performance of Eigar's incidental music for the 1915 play The Starlight Express. Written during the horrors of the First World War. the drama follows a group of children whose magical "starlight" quality has been lost by the adults around them. Directed by Kenneth Richardson. 
Elizabeth Atherton (soprano), Mark Stone (baritone), Simon Callow (narrator), BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Barry Wordsworth Elgar The Starlight Express

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: 14/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 14/11/2007

Roger Philips of Radio Merseyside asks 'Have we destroyed the dream of equality?'.

From Radio 3's Free Thinking festival of ideas in Liverpool, Roger Philips of Radio Merseyside hosts a debate which asks 'Have we destroyed the dream of equality?'.

From Radio 3's Free Thinking festival of ideas in Liverpool, Roger Philips of Radio Merseyside asks 'Have we destroyed the dream of equality?'.

The gap between the rich and poor gets wider, Nobel prize-winning scientists make claims about the inferiority of different races, and today's fragmented culture seems to value differences as much as shared experience. In these circumstances, is there any hope left for the dream of equality? Bishop of Liverpool James Jones, bio-ethicist Tom Shakespeare, and writer Munira Mirza are on the platform to discuss.

Plus a report from Free Thinking's 'Freedom of the City' history walk around Liverpool.

Free Thinking

Roger Phillips of Radio Merseyside hosts a debate recorded at Radio 3's Free Thinking festival of ideas in Liverpool, "Have we destroyed the dream of equality?" The Bishop of Liverpool James Jones, the bioethicist Tom Shakespeare and writer Munira Mirza are on the platform. Plus a report from Free Thinking's "Freedom of the City" history walk around Liverpool. Producer AasiyaLodhi

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: 14/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 14/11/2007

Richard Hickox conducts Sinfonia 21 in Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances.

With Petroc Trelawny. A sequence of music with a featured performer leading the way. Richard Hickox conducts Sinfonia 21 in the first suite of Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances.

A sequence of music with a featured performer leading the way. Richard Hickox conducts Sinfonia 21 in the first suite of Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances.

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 3

Free Thinking 2007

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Free Thinking 2007, Episode 3

Novelist Andrei Kourkov reflects on the meaning of freedom in Ukraine.

Free Thinking: Part of BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking festival. 3/4. Andrei Kourkov reflects on the meaning of freedom in Ukraine, both before and after the collapse of Communism.

Free Thinking

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

3/4. Ukrainian novelist Andrei Kourkov, acclaimed for his often surreal and blackly comic evocation of post-Soviet reality, reflects on the meaning of freedom in his home country, both before and after the collapse of Communism.

The Essay: Free Thinking 2007

A series of writers reflect on the idea of freedom

Free Thinking 
3/4. Ukrainian novelist Andrei Kourkov - acclaimed for his often surreal and blackly comic evocation of post-Soviet reality - reflects on the meaning of freedom in his home country.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 14/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 14/11/2007

Fiona Talkington presents music by Latvian composer Peteris Vasks.

Fiona Talkington presents music by Latvian composer Peteris Vasks, plus Mexican singer Chvela Vargas and the bells of Rostiv Cathedral.

Fiona Talkington presents an eclectic mix of music.

Through the Night: 15/11/2007

15/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 15/11/2007

Susan Sharpe with music by Chopin, Rachmaninov, Berlioz, Mozart, Haydn, Dvorak and Bizet.

Including 1.00 Chopin, Ravel, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov. 3.05 Beethoven, Berlioz, Liszt, Brahms, Poulenc, Haydn, Martinu. 5.00 Rore, Mozart, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Bizet.

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Chopin: 24 Preludes for piano
1.39am
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
2.00am
Stravinsky: 4 Studies for piano, Op 7
Nikita Magaloff (piano)

2.08am
Rachmaninov: Vespers, Op 37
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (director)

3.05am
Beethoven: Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131
Quattuor Mosaïques

3.44am
Berlioz: Overture (Le Roi Lear)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

4.00am
Liszt: Hungarian Royal Song
Zoltán Kocsis, György Oravecz (piano duet)

4.07am
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No 11 in D minor
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Valerie Tryon (piano)

4.10am
Johann Strauss Jr: Overture (Der Zigeunerbaron)
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
Raffi Armenian (conductor)

4.18am
Grünfeld: Soirées de Vienne for piano, Op 56
Dennis Hennig (piano)

4.24am
Poulenc: Petites voix (Pour voix égales a capella)
Maîtrise de Radio France
Denis Dupays (director)

4.31am
Jarnovic: Fantasia and Rondo in G
Vladimir Krpan (piano)

4.36am
Haydn: Symphony No 22 in E flat (The Philosopher)
Amsterdam Bach Soloists

4.52am
Martinu: Variations on a theme by Rossini for cello and piano
Leonid Gorokhov (cello)
Irini Nikitina (piano).

With Susan Sharpe.

Chopin 24 Preludes for Piano

1.39 Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit

2.00 Stravinsky Four Studies for Piano, Op 7 - Nikita Maqaloff

2.08 Rachmaninov Vespers, Op 37

3.05 Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131

3.44 Berlioz Overture: King Lear

4.00 Liszt Hungarian Royal Song

4.07 Brahms Hungarian Dance No 11 in D minor

4.10 J. Strauss (son) Overture: Der Ziegeunerbaron

4.18 Grunfeld Soirees de Vienne for piano, Op 56

4.24 Poulenc Petites Voix - pour Voix Egales a Capella

4.31 Jamovic Fantasia and Rondo in G

4.36 Haydn Symphony No 22 in E flat (Philosopher)

4.52 Martinu Variations on a Theme by Rossini for cello and piano

5.00 Rore Qualhor Rivolgo (Il Quinto Libro di Madrigali)

5.06 Lyadov The Enchanted Lake, Op 62

5.16 Doppler L'Oiseau des Bois, Op 21

5.22 Mozart Deh Weni, Non Tardar (Le Nozze di Figaro) (Act 4)

5.27 Bergh Lied fur pianoforte

5.32 Palestrina Magnificat Primi Toni for four voices

5.40 Trad 19th-century Romania for guitar

5.47 Dvorak Silent Woods for cello and orchestra

5.53 Mendelssohn Piano Sextet in D, Op 110

6.21 Haydn Variations on the hymn Gott Erhalte

6.29 Debussy Cello Sonata

6.41 Bizet L'Arlesienne: Suite No 1

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