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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

17/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Susan Sharpe concludes the programme with music by Paganini, Bruckner, Schumann, Rimsky-Korsakov, Saint-Saëns, Larsson, Grieg, Handel, Förster and Hummel.

With Susan Sharpe.

5.00am
Paganini: Duetto Amoroso for violin and guitar  
Tomaz Lorenz (violin)
Jerko Novak (guitar)

5.10am
Bruckner: Libera me for choir, three trombones and organ  
Radio France Chorus
(trombone players un-named)
Denis Comtet (organ)
Donald Palumbo (conductor)  

5.16am
Schumann: Theme and variations on the Name 'Abegg', Op 1
Seung-Hee Hyun (female, piano) 

5.25am
Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night - overture 
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

5.33am
Saint-Saëns: Prelude and Fugue in C, Op 109, No 3
David Drury (organ)

5.43am
Larsson: String Quartet No 3, Op 65  
Members of Upsala Chamber Soloists
Peter Olofsson, Patrik Swedrup (violin)
Åsa Karlsson (viola)
Lars Frykholm (cello)

5.53am
Grieg: Lyric suite, arr for orchestra from Lyric Pieces (Book 5) for piano, Op 54
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)

6.12am
Handel: Suite for keyboard in G minor – 1733 No 6, HWV 439
Jautrite Putnina (piano)

6.28am
Förster: Confitebor tibi Domine 
Olga Pasiecznik (soprano)
Kai Wessel (alto)
Krzysztof Szmyt (tenor)
Dirk Snellings (bass)
Ensemble Il Tempo
Agata Sapiecha, Maria Dudzik (violin)
Lilianna Stawarz (chamber organ)
Marcin Zalewski (bass viol)
Wim Maeseele (theorbo)

6.40am
Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E flat 
Odin Hagen (trumpet)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Per Kristian Skalstad (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: 17/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 17/11/2007

Including works by Vivaldi, Charpentier, Saint-Saens and Suk.

Including at 7.00am Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor. Charpentier: Depuis le jour (Louise, Act 3). 8.00am Saint-Saens: Bassoon Sonata in G. Suk: Fantastic Scherzo, Op 25.

Including at 7.00am:

Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor (Per l'orchestra di Dresda)
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (director)

Charpentier: Depuis le jour (Louise, Act 3)
Renee Fleming (soprano)
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate (conductor)

8.00am
Saint-Saens: Bassoon Sonata in G, Op 168
Ursula Leveaux (bassoon)
Ian Brown (piano)

Suk: Fantastic Scherzo, Op 25
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor).

Martin Handley

Music includes: 
7.00-8.00: Vivaldi Concerto in G minor 
(Per /'Orchestra di Dresda) Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood 
Charpentier Depuis le Jour (Louise, Act 3) Renee Fleming (soprano), English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Jeffrey Tate 
8.00-9.00: Saint-Saens Bassoon Sonata inG, Op 168 Ursula Leveaux , Ian Brown (piano) 
Suk Fantastic Scherzo, Op 25 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras 
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 W1A IAA

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: Mahler: Symphony No.3 

Building a Library: Mahler: Symphony No.3 

BBC Radio 3 - CD Review, Building a Library: Mahler: Symphony No.3

Andrew McGregor with new releases. Disc of the Week: Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No 2.

With Andrew McGregor. Including at 9.30am Building a Library: Mahler: Symphony No 3. 11.15am Interview: Cecilia Bartoli. 11.45am Disc of the Week: Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No 2.

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

Building a Library:
Mahler: Symphony No.3 

Reviewer - Edward Seckerson 

First choice:
(c/w Suites from works by Bach)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Petra Lang, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Netherlands Children's Choir, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
Decca 4706522 (2 Hybrid SACDs)

Budget choice:
(c/w Kindertotenlieder, Ruckert-Lieder, Lieder aus 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Martha Lipton, New York Church of the Transfiguration Boys' Choir, New York Schola Cantorum, Jennie Tourel (in the disk couplings), Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
Sony SM2K61831 (2CDs)

CD Review BAL Catalogue Data
bal.mahler:
bal.mahler.symphony.no.3

Introduced by Andrew McGregor. 
9.30 Building a Library Edward Seckerson surveys the extant recordings of Mahler's Symphony No3. 
10.30 David Vickers listens to new releases of Baroque music, including works by Purcell and JC Bach, and a major choral work by Pachelbel. 
11.15 Cecilia Bartoli in Conversation. The Italian mezzo talks about her career both on stage and in the studio, and about her latest album, Maria. 
11.45 Disc of the Week 
Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor 
Jean-Yves Thibaudet , Suisse Romande Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit www.bbc. co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed] (calls from landlines cost no more than 8p 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: Music Matters

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, Music Matters

Tom Service talks to the versatile and prolific jazz musician Chick Corea.

Tom Service talks to the versatile and prolific jazz musician, Chick Corea, and pianist David Owen Norris and artist and musician Bill Drummond discuss life without music.

Tom Service talks to one of the most versatile jazz musicians of his generation, Chick Corea. Musician and artist Bill Drummond, who came up with the idea of a No Music Day, and pianist David Owen Norris discuss living a life without music.

Tom Service talks to one of the most versatile jazz musicians of a generation, Chick Corea. And for No Music Day on Wednesday: pianist David Owen Norris and artist and musician Bill Drummond discuss living a life without music. 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: Mr and Mrs Hasse

15/04/2007

Mr and Mrs Hasse

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Mr and Mrs Hasse

A profile of the German-born composer Hasse, who married mezzo-soprano Faustina Bordoni.

Mr and Mrs Hasse: Profile of the German-born composer Hasse, who married mezzo-soprano Faustina Bordoni. Lucie Skeaping plays a selection of his chamber, vocal and orchestral music.

Mr and Mrs Hasse

A profile of the German-born composer Hasse, who married the widely celebrated mezzo-soprano Faustina Bordoni. Hasse enjoyed great success both at home in Germany and in Italy, but this was short-lived.

Lucie Skeaping plays chamber, vocal and orchestral music by Hasse, and recounts tales of his wife's behaviour in the opera house.

Mr and Mrs Hasse 
Profile of German-born composer Hasse, who married the celebrated mezzo Faustina Bordoni. Hasse enjoyed great success in both his native country and Italy, but his reputation proved short-lived. Lucie Skeaping introduces music by Hasse, and recounts tales of his diva wife's reputation in the opera house. 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: 17/11/2007

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Another chance to hear the Takacs Quartet perform late works by Mozart and Dvorak.

Another chance to hear the Takacs Quartet, one of the world's leading string quartets, perform Mozart's Quartet in D minor for strings and Dvorak's American Quartet in F.

Another chance to hear the Takacs Quartet, one of the world's leading string quartets, in a concert of late works by Mozart and Dvorak given last Monday at the Wigmore Hall, London.

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. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

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

Another chance to hear last Monday's concert from London's Wigmore Hall. With Sara Mohr-Pietsch . Takacs Quartet 
Mozart String Quartet in D minor, K421 
Dvorak String Quartet in F, Op 96 (American)

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: 17/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - World Routes, 17/11/2007

Music from the Palestinian oud group Trio Joubran, with percussionist Yousef Hbeish.

Lucy Duran introduces a session from the Palestinian oud group Trio Joubran with percussionist Yousef Hbeish, and looks at new African releases with Robin Denselow and Mark Hudson.

Lucy Duran introduces a studio session by the Palestinian oud group Trio Joubran with percussionist Yousef Hbeish, and a round-up of recent African releases with guests Robin Denselow and Mark Hudson.

Lucy Duran introduces a studio session by Palestinian oud group Trio Joubran with percussionist Yousef Hbeish. Plus a round-up of recent African releases, with guests Robin Denselow and Mark Hudson. Producer Felix Carey

Jazz Line-Up

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

Jazz Line-Up: 17/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Line-Up, 17/11/2007

Julian Joseph presents music from drummer Asaf Sirkis, with Steve Lodder and Mike Outram.

From the BBC Radio Theatre, London, as part of the London Jazz Festival, Julian Joseph presents live music from drummer Asaf Sirkis, organist Steve Lodder and guitarist Mike Outram.

Asaf Sirkis on drums, Steve Lodder on organ and Mike Outram on guitar performing as as part of the London Jazz 
Festival. Introduce live from the Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House, London, by Julian Joseph.

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: 17/11/2007

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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  Broadcasting House, London W1A IAA 
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: Charpentier's Louise

Charpentier's Louise

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Charpentier's Louise

A production of Charpentier's four-act opera given at the Opera Bastille in Paris.

Charpentier's Louise: A production of Charpentier's four-act opera given this year at the Opera Bastille in Paris. With French soprano Mireille Delunsch in the title role.

Charpentier's Louise

Alexandra Wilson introduces a production of Charpentier's four-act opera given earlier this year at the Opera Bastille in Paris. Late 19th century Paris is the real hero of the opera, home to Louise, her traditional working-class parents and her bohemian artist lover Julien. It's the tension between Louise's responsibility to her parents and her opportunity to break free with Julien that underpins the work, set among the streets and tenements of Montmartre.

The cast is headed by leading French soprano Mireille Delunsch in the title role, American lyric tenor Paul Groves as Julien and the hugely experienced Belgian bass-baritone Jose van Dam as Louise's father.

Louise ...... Mireille Delunsch (soprano)
Julien ...... Paul Groves (tenor)
Her Father ...... José van Dam (bass-baritone)
Her Mother ...... Jane Henschel (mezzo-soprano)
Irma ...... Marie-Paule Dotti (soprano)
Camille ...... Natacha Constantin (soprano)
Gertrude ...... Anne Salvan (mezzo-soprano)
Noctambulist/King of Fools ...... Luca Lombardo (tenor)
A Rag Picker ...... René Schirrer (bass-baritone)
Paris Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Sylvain Cambreling (conductor).

Louise Alexandra Wilson introduces a production of Christophe Charpentier 's four-act opera Louise, recorded earlier this year at the Opera Bastille in Paris. Set among the streets and tenements of Montmartre in late 19th-century Paris, the opera follows Louise as she is torn between her responsibility towards her working-class parents and her desire to break free with her bohemian lover Julien. French soprano Mireille Delunsch sings the title role.  
Paris Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Sylvain Cambreling 
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Between the Ears

Innovative and thought-provoking features on a wide variety of subjects

Innovative and thought-provoking features that make adventurous use of sound and explore a wide variety of subjects. Made by leading radio producers.

Between the Ears: Rock's DNA - Portrait of a Guitar Chord

Rock's DNA - Portrait of a Guitar Chord

BBC Radio 3 - Between the Ears, Rock's DNA - Portrait of a Guitar Chord

An exploration of the Jimi Chord, a chord found in the opening of Hendrix's Purple Haze.

An exploration of the Jimi Chord, a chord found in the opening of Hendrix's Purple Haze that unlocks the window into the soul of rock music.

Embedded in the riffs to Purple Haze and Foxy Lady there's a guitar chord that's saturated in the blues, that's jazz-inflected and inclined to funk but, above all, speaks of rock. The Jimi Chord, a conflicted major-minor chord with a flattened seventh, unlocks the window into the soul of rock music and much more besides.

With contributions from famous axemen such as Steve Howe (Yes), Bernie Marsden (Whitesnake), and John Campbell (Are You Experienced?).

Embedded in the riffs to Purple Haze and Foxey Lady there's a full six-string guitar chord that's saturated in the blues, but also jazz-inflected and inclined to funk, though above all, it speaks of rock. The "Jimi chord", a conflicted major/minor chord with a flattened seventh, unlocks the window into the soul of rock music and much more besides. Discussing it are Steve Howe (Yes), Bernie Marsden (Whitesnake), Steph Paynes (Led Zeppelin), Reine Fiske (Dungen), John Campbell (Are You Experienced?), Franklin Dawson (Shiva) and others.

(Stuart Maconie on Jimi Hendrix: page 41)

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: Gemini Plays Two Generations

Gemini Plays Two Generations

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, Gemini Plays Two Generations

Robert Worby introduces music from Gemini's festival held last summer in London.

Gemini Plays Two Generations: Robert Worby introduces music from Gemini's festival held last summer in London, combining pieces by old friends with newly commissioned music.

Gemini Plays Two Generations

Robert Worby introduces music from Gemini's weekend festival held last summer in London, combining pieces by old friends of the group, with newly commissioned music by young composers.

Sarah Leonard (soprano)
Alison Wells (mezzo-soprano)
Gemini
John White and Roger Hamilton (conductors)

John White: Symphonies 3 and 4
Charlotte Bray: Dos poemas de amor
Nicola LeFanu: Songs without Words
Nadja Gabriela Plein: Three Moons
David Lumsdaine: A Tree Telling of Orpheus.

Robert Worby introduces music from Gemini's weekend festival held last summer in London, combining pieces by old friends of the group.with newly commissioned works by young composers. Alison Wells and Sarah Leonard (sopranos), Gemini, conductors John White and Roger Hamilton John White Symphonies Nos 3 and 4 Charlotte Bray Dos Poemas de Amor Nicola LeFanu Songs without Words Nadja Gabriela Plein Three Moons 
David Lumsdaine A Tree Telling of Orpheus

The Early Music Show: 10/11/2007

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.

Through the Night: 18/11/2007

18/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 18/11/2007

Including music by Elgar, Schumann, Beethoven, Liszt, Saar, Allegri, Sibelius and Smetana.

Including 1.00 Elgar, Schumann, Beethoven, Liszt, Saar, Vedro. 3.04 Ravel, Saint-Saens, Pierne, Halevy, Purcell. 5.00 Allegri, Mozart, Sibelius, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Smetana.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934): Cockaigne Overture
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)

1.16am
Schumann, Robert: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 54 
Emil Gilels (piano)
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)

1.50am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Symphony No 7 in A, Op 92
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
André Previn (conductor)

2.31am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): St Francis' Sermon to the Birds (Legendes, S175)
Richard Raymond (piano) 

2.44am
Saar, Mart (1882-1963): Lindude Laul (Birds' Song, 1927)
Tallinn Chamber Choir
Ants Üleoja (conductor)

2.45am
Vedro, Adolf (1890-1944): Midrilinnu Mäng (The Magic Bird Game, 1935)
Female Choir of Estonian Choir Conductors
Ants Söot (conductor)

2.47am
Malecki, Maciej (b. 1940): The wood pigeon, the forest and the maiden
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Wojciech Michniewski (conductor) 

3.04am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Daphnis and Chloë
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor).

Presented by Jonathan Swain. Elqar Overture: Cockaigne (In London Town) 1.16 Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Emil Gilels , Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra. conductor Pinchas Steinberg 1.50 Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A 2.31 Liszt St Francis 's Sermon to the Birds 
(Legends) 2.44 Saar Lindude Laut 2.45 Vedro Midrilinnu Mang 2.47 Maciej Malecki The Wood Pigeon, the Forest and the Maiden 3.04 Ravel Daphnis et Chloe 3.59 Saint-Saens Allegro Appassionato in C sharp minor, Op 70 4.06 Pierne KonzertsWck for harp and orchestra, Op 39 4.21 Halevy Salut , Salut a Cette Noble France (La Reine de Chypre, Act 3) 4.33 Anon The Milde Lomb 
4.43 Purcell Pavane in G minor Z7S2 Chaconyin in minor, Z730 4.52 Elqar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D 
5.00 Elqar, arr Passmore Salut d'Amour 5.03 Alleqri 
Primo Ballo delta Notte damore and Sinfonica (Spirto del del) (II Primo L ibro delta Musiche) 5.13 Bach Concerto in A, BWVI055 5.27 Mozart Divertimento (Concerto) in E flat,  K113 5.42 Sibelius Rakastava , Op 14 5.53 Mendelssohn Piano Trio No I in D minor, Op 49 6.25 Strauss Four Last Songs 6.47 Daquin Rondeaux - Les EnchaÎnements harmonieux 6.52 Smetana Overture: The Bartered Bride

Jonathan Swain continues the programme with music by Saint-Saens, Pierne, Halevy, Purcell and Elgar.

With Jonathan Swain.

3.59am
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921): Allegro appassionato in C sharp minor, Op 70
Stefan Lindgren (piano) 

4.06am
Pierné, Gabriel (1863-1937): Konzertstück for harp and orchestra, Op 39
Suzanna Klintcharova (harp)
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Dimitar Manolov (conductor)

4.21am
Halévy, Jacques-François (1799-1862): Gérard and Lusignan's duet Salut, salut, à cette noble France (La Reine de Chypre, Act 3)
Benjamin Butterfield (tenor)
Brett Polegato (baritone)
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

4.33am
Anonymous (12th century English): The milde lomb (The gentle Lamb)
Sequentia:
Barbara Thornton (voice)
Margaret Tindemans (fiddle)

4.43am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Pavane in G minor, Z752; Chaconne (Chacony) in G minor, Z730
London Baroque

4.52am
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934): Pomp and Circumstance No 1 in D, Op 39
David Drury (organ).

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