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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

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19/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Milhaud, Moniuszko, Tchaikovsky, Bardos, Kocsar, Sibelius, Telemann, Desprez, Fault, Lassus, Mozart and Mielck.

With Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974): Three Rag-Caprices, Op 78
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Daniel Swift (conductor) 

5.07am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872): Dumka
Urszula Kryger (mezzo-soprano)
Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska (piano) 

5.11am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Dumka, Op 59
Duncan Gifford (piano)

5.21am
Bárdos, Lajos (1899-1986): Winter is gone (Elmúlt a tél)
Hungarian Radio Choir
Lajos Bárdos (conductor) 

5.25am
Kocsár, Miklós (b. 1933): Scale, tear (folk prayers collected by Erdelyi)
Hungarian Radio Choir
Pèter Erdei (conductor) 

5.31am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Suite Champetre, Op 98b
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Hannu Koivula (conductor)

5.39am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Concerto in B flat for three oboes and orchestra
Peter Westermann, Michael Niesemann, Piet Dhont (oboes)
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (director)

5.48am
Desprez, Josquin (ca.1440-1521): Absolve, quaesumus, Domine/Requiem aeternam
Huelgas Ensemble
Paul Van Nevel (conductor)

5.53am
Fault, François du (1604-c.1670): L'Offrande
Konrad Junghänel (11-string lute)

6.00am
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Cantai hor piango
The King's Singers

6.06am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Sonata in B flat, K333
Farkas Gábor (piano)

6.25am
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963): Litanies à la vierge noire 
Maitrise de Radio France
Orchestre National de France
George Pretre (conductor)

6.35am
Mielck, Ernst (1877-1899): String Quintet in F, Op 3
Erkki Palola, Anne Paavilainen (violins)
Matti Hirvikangas, Teema Kupiainen (violas)
Risto Poutanen (cello).

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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: 19/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 19/11/2007

Including music by Palestrina, Weber, Beethoven, Debussy, Mozart and Ravel.

Includes Palestrina: Lectio III. Weber: Invitation to the Dance. Beethoven: Creatures of Prometheus. Debussy: Fetes (Nocturnes). Mozart: Et incarnatus est. Ravel: 5 O'Clock Foxtrot.

Including at 7.00am:

Palestrina: Lectio III (Iod. Manum suam misit hostis) (3rd Book of Lamentations)
Choir of Westminster Cathedral
Martin Baker (director)

Weber: Invitation to the Dance
Hamish Milne (piano)

Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op 43 (Adagio - andante quasi allegretto)
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen (conductor)

8.30am

Debussy: Fetes (Nocturnes)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch (conductor)

Mozart: Et incarnatus est (Mass in C minor, K427)
Anna Moffo (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Alceo Galliera (conductor)

Ravel: Five O'Clock Foxtrot
Nikolai Petrov (piano).

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Palestrina Lectio III: lod: Manum Suam Misit Hostis (Third Book of Lamentations) Choir of Westminster Cathedral, director Martin Baker 
Weber Invitation to the Dance Hamish Milne (piano) Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus, Op 43 (excerpts) Orchestra of the 18th Century, conductor Frans Bruggen 
8.30-10.00 Debussy Fetes (Nocturnes) Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Munch 
Mozart Et Incarnatus Est (Mass in C minor, K427) Anna Moffo (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Alceo Galliera 
Ravel Five O'Clock Foxtrot Nikolai Petrov (piano)

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 19/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 19/11/2007

With James Jolly. Includes the recording of Mahler's Symphony No 3 from Building a Library

With James Jolly. 10.00am Beethoven: Sonata in C sharp minor (Moonlight). 10.20am Mahler: Symphony No 3.

With James Jolly.

10.00am
Beethoven: Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2 (Moonlight)
Solomon (piano)
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10.20am
Mahler: Symphony No 3
The Building a Library recommendation.

With James Jolly. Music includes at: 
10.20 Mahler Symphony No 3 
As recommended in Saturday's CD Review. 
James Jolly in Face behind the Voice: page 136

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: Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764): Episode 1

Episode 1

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Episode 1

Donald Macleod considers Rameau's first 50 years, which are largely shrouded in mystery.

Donald Macleod considers the composer's first 50 years, which for the most part are shrouded in mystery.

During his lifetime, Rameau was widely regarded as the greatest French composer of the age, yet within a few decades of his death, his music had fallen into neglect. It took a century for the Rameau revival to begin and almost as long again for him to be fully rehabilitated. Donald Macleod considers the composer's first 50 years, which for the most part are shrouded in mystery.

Contredanse (La guirlande)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (conductor)

Prelude (Premier livre de pieces de clavecin)
Michel Kiener (harpsichord)

In convertendo
Sophie Daneman, Olga Pitarch (sopranos)
Jeffrey Thompson (tenor)
Nicolas Rivenq (bass-baritone)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (conductor)

Le berger fidele
Veronique Gens (soprano)
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski (conductor)

Les sauvages; La poule (Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin)
William Christie (harpsichord).

Composer of the Week: Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

Donald Macleod explores Jean-Philippe Rameau's operas.

Composer of the Week:Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

1/5. Presented by Donald Macleod. In his lifetime, Jean-Philippe Rameau was widely regarded as the greatest French composer of the age, yet within a few decades of his death, his music had fallen into more or less total neglect. It took a century for the Rameau revival to begin, and almost as long again for him to be fully rehabilitated. Today's programme considers the composer's first 50 years, which for the most part are shrouded in mystery. Contredanse (La Guirlande) 
Les Arts Florissants, conductor William Christie Prélude (Premier Livre de Pieces de Clavecin) Michel Kiener (harpsichord) 
In Convertendo Sophie Daneman and Olga Pitarch (sopranos), Jeffrey Thompson (tenor), Nicolas Rivenq (bass-baritone), Les Arts Florissants, conductor William Christie 
Le Berger Fidèle Véronique Gens (soprano), 
Les Musiciens du Louvre, conductor Marc Minkowski Les Sauvages; La Poule (Nouvelles Suites de 
Pieces de Clavecin) William Christie (harpsichord) Repeated at 8.45pm 
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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: 19/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 19/11/2007

Featuring the Lunchtime Concert, with the Beaux Arts Trio performing works by Beethoven.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Live from Wigmore Hall, the Beaux Arts Trio perform Beethoven. 2.00pm With works by Brahms, Mozart, Rameau, Schnittke and Beethoven.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Sarah Walker presents a recital live from London's Wigmore Hall. Written for and dedicated to Archduke Rudolph of Austria, the B flat Trio is the most famous and largest in scale of Beethoven's works in this form. The Beaux Arts Trio pair it with a work of much chronological debate, the composer's variations on a theme by Wenzell Müller.

Beethoven: Variations on Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu, Op 121a; Trio in B flat, Op 97 (Archduke)

2.00pm

This week Louise Fryer looks Beyond Brahms, placing his four great symphonies within the lineage of the Austro-German tradition, from the 'pure music' of Mozart and Beethoven, through the programmatic works of Liszt and Strauss to early Schoenberg. So impressed was Schoenberg by Brahms's innovation in harmony and expression that he penned a 1933 essay entitled Brahms the Progressive.

Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas, Op 95
Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 68
NDR Symphony Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor)

Mozart: Concerto in A for piano and string quartet
Tzimon Barto (piano)
Royal String Quartet

Rameau: Allemande; Sarabande; Gavotte (Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin)
Tzimon Barto (piano)

Schnittke: Violin Concerto No 4
Vadim Repin (violin)
NDR Symphony Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor)

Beethoven: Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral)
NDR Symphony Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor).

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Introduced by Sarah Walker. Written for and dedicated to Archduke Rudolph of Austria, the B flat trio is the most famous and the largest in scale of Beethoven's piano trios. For their live Wigmore Hall recital, the Beaux Arts Trio pair it with a work of much chronological debate - his variations on a theme by Wenzell Mullen 
Beethoven Variations on Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu, Op 121a; Trio in B flat, Op 97 (Archduke) 
2.00 Beyond Brahms 
This week Louise Fryer looks Beyond Brahms, placing his four symphonies within the lineage of the Austro-German tradition from the "pure music" of Mozart and Beethoven, through the programmatic and theatrical plots of Liszt and Strauss, to early Schoenberg. So impressed was the rule-breaking Schoenberg by Brahms's innovation in harmony and expression that he penned a 1933 essay entitled Brahms the Progressive. Mendelssohn Overture: Ruy Bias Brahms Symphony No 1 in C minor 
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi 
Mozart Concerto in A for piano and string quartet, K414 Tzimon Barto , Royal String Quartet 
Rameau Allemande ; Sarabande; Gavotte (Nouvelles Suites de Pieces de Clavecin) Tzimon Barto (piano) Schnittke Violin Concerto No 4 
Vadim Repin , North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral) North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi

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: 19/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 19/11/2007

Sean Rafferty's guests include singers Patricia Racette and Michael Hendrick.

Sean Rafferty talks to singers Patricia Racette and Michael Hendrick, plus jazz trumpeter Abram Wilson plays live in the studio with members of the London Community Gospel Choir.

Sean Rafferty talks to singers Patricia Racette and Michael Hendrick about performing in Korngold's Das Wunder der Heliane at London's Royal Festival Hall.

Plus jazz trumpeter Abram Wilson plays live in the studio with members of the London Community Gospel Choir.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: 19/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 19/11/2007

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra perform works by MacMillan, Beethoven and Dvorak.

Petroc Trelawny presents a concert given by Paul Lewis (piano) and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop. Works by MacMillan, Beethoven and Dvorak.

Petroc Trelawny presents a concert by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra given at the Lighthouse, Poole.

Dvorak's New World Symphony, with its stream of memorable tunes, is preceded by Beethoven's Emperor Concerto, which is played by one of Britain's brightest young pianists. The concert begins with James MacMillan's wacky and iconoclastic Stomp, where the worlds of Tchaikovsky and Mozart collide.

Paul Lewis (piano)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor)

MacMillan: Stomp (With Fate and Elvira)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor)
Dvorak: Symphony No 9 (From the New World).

Petroc Trelawny presents a concert recorded at the Lighthouse, Poole. The programme includes two familiar favourites - Beethoven's Emperor concerto and Dvorak's New World symphony - and begins with James MacMillan 's wacky and iconoclastic Stomp (with Fate and Elvira), in which the worlds of Tchaikovsky and Mozart collide, resulting in irreverent but very Scottish anarchy. Paul Lewis (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Marin Alsop 
James MacMillan Stomp (with Fate and Elvira) 
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat (Emperor) Dvorak Symphony No 9 in E minor (From the New World)

Composer of the Week: Rameau

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: 19/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 19/11/2007

Kenan Malik talks to historian Peter Hennessy about his new book, 'Cabinets and the Bomb'.

Kenan Malik talks to historian Peter Hennessy about his new book, 'Cabinets and the Bomb', which explores the relationship between government ministers and the nuclear bomb.

Kenan Malik talks to acclaimed historian Peter Hennessy about his new book, 'Cabinets and the Bomb'. Using archive documents, private diaries, letters and interviews with the individuals involved, he has pieced together the relationship between government ministers and the nuclear bomb from the 1940s to today. Kenan explores the lesser known facts about this fascinating sixty-year story.

Plus as the London Transport Museum re-opens, Kenan with architectural historian and bus driver Joe Kerr and writer Iain Sinclair, discuss how the transport routes that score a city are central to metropolitan development, and in some cases, collapse.

Kenan Malik talks to neurologist Oliver Sacks about his new book, which explores the power of music and the panoply of human responses it inspires. Producer Kirsty Pope 
Podcast: available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/nightwaves/

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: 19/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 19/11/2007

Pianist Imogen Cooper performs Schubert's 3 Klavierstucke, D946.

With Petroc Trelawny. Pianist Imogen Cooper is the featured artist and the programme includes Schubert's 3 Kalvierstucke, D946.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny . A sequence of music with a featured artist leading the way. Pianist 
Imogen Cooper begins tonight's programme with the first of Schubert's Drei Klavierstucke, D946. EMAIL: artistfocus@bbc.co.uk  
See also Performance on 3 at 7pm on Thursday

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: Emotional Landscapes

The Essay: Emotional Landscapes: Episode 1: Tenderness

Episode 1: Tenderness

Emotional Landscapes

Tenderness

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Emotional Landscapes, TendernessClose menu

Kate Clanchy discusses tenderness and how tender images make us feel.

Emotional Landscapes: Four writers give personal insights into different emotional states. 1/4: Tenderness. Kate Clanchy discusses tenderness, and how tender images make us feel.

The Essay: Emotional Landscapes

Four writers give personal insights into different emotional states

Emotional Landscapes 
1/4. Four writers give their personal insights into emotional states, beginning as Kate Clanchy discusses tenderness and the disarming, sometimes frightening feelings that it can evoke. Producer Sarah Taylor 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: 19/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Andy Kershaw, 19/11/2007

With her own mix of sounds from across the globe.

Mary Ann Kennedy

Through the Night: 20/11/2007

20/11/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 20/11/2007

Including music by Faure, Melartin, Weber, Sweelinck, Vaughan Williams and Visee.

Including 1.00 Faure, Chabrier, Melartin, Tournier, Dvorak, Weber. 4.00 Sweelinck, Vivaldi, Gossec, Rontgen, Jarzebski. 5.00 Vaughan Williams, Johnson, Demantius, Ghys, Strauss.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924): Trois romances sans paroles, Op 17

1.10am
Huit pièces brèves, Op 84

1.30am
Mazurka in B flat, Op 32

1.37am 
Nocturne No 1 in E flat minor, Op 33

1.47am
Ballade in F sharp minor, Op 19
Pierre-Alain Volondat (piano) 

2.03am
Chabrier, Emmanuel (1841-1894): Joyeuse Marche (encore) 
Pierre-Alain Volondat (piano) 

2.08am
Melartin, Erkki (1875-1937), arr. Jalas: Marionettes Suite, Op 1 
Jorma Rahkonen (violin)
Karoly Garam (cello)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
George de Godzinsky (conductor)

2.26am
Tournier, Marcel (1879-1951): Sonatine, Op 30
Rita Costanzi (harp)

2.44am
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904): String Quartet No 14 in A flat, Op 105
Stamic Quartet

3.17am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Missa sancta No 2 in G, Op 76 (Jubelmesse)
Henriette Schellenberg (soprano)
Laverne G'Froerer (mezzo)
Keith Boldt (tenor)
George Roberts (baritone)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Jon Washburn (conductor)

3.42am 
Engel, Jan (?-1788): Symphony in G
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrzej Straszynski (conductor)

4.00am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Toccatas: G1 (25); C2 (19)
Glen Wilson (harpsichord) 

4.08am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto da camera in C, RV 87
Camerata Köln

4.16am
Gossec, François-Joseph (1734-1829): Symphony in D, Op 5 No 5 (Pastorella)
Tafelmusik Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon (conductor).

With Jonathan Swain.

Faure Trois Romances sans Paroles, Op 17; Huit Pieces Breves, Op 84; Mazurka in B flat, Op 32; Nocturne No 1 in E flat minor, Op 33; Ballade in F sharp minor, Op 19

2.03 Chabrier Joyeuse Marche (encore)

2.08 Melartin Marionettes Suite, Op 1

2.26 Tournier Sonatine, Op 30

2.44 Dvorak String Quartet in A flat, Op 105

3.17 Weber Missa Sancta No 2 in G, Op 76 (Jubelmesse)

3.42 Enqel Symphony in G

4.00 Sweelinck Toccata in G minor; Toccata in C

4.08 Vivaldi Concerto da Camera in C, RV87

4.16 Gossec Symphony in D, Op 5 No 5 (Pastorella)

4.32 Rontgen Piano Trio in C minor, Op 50, No 4

4.53 Jarzebski Corona Aurea

5.00 Vauqhan Williams Overture: The Wasps

5.09 Schubert Die Biene or Labeille (12 Bagatelles), Op 13, No 9

5.10 Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumble-Bee

5.12 Johnson Full Fathom Five; Where the Bee Sucks, There Suck I

5.17 Demantius Intraden und Tame (Conviviorum Deliciae)

5.26 Visee La Grotte de Versailles de Mr JB Lully; Logistille de Roland de Mr JB Lully

5.36 Lully Plainte d'Armide for voices and basso continuo

5.44 Ghys, arr Hansen Gavotte Louis XIII (Amaryllis)

5.47 Dvorak Legend No 4 in C. Op 59

5.53 Forsyth Sagittarius (1st mvt)

6.00 Mendelssohn Hear My Prayer

6.12 Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV903

6.24 Strauss Suite: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

Jonathan Swain continues the programme with music by Rontgen, Jarzebski, Vaughan Williams and Schubert.

With Jonathan Swain.

4.32am
Röntgen, Julius (1855-1932): Piano Trio in C minor, Op 50 No 4 (1904)
Alexander Kerr (violin)
Gregor Horsch (cello)
Sepp Grotenhuis (piano)

4.53am
Jarzebski, Adam (1590-1649): Corona Aurea: concerto à 2 for cornett and violin
Bruce Dickey (cornett)
Richte van der Meer, Reiner Zipperling (cello)
Jacques Ogg (harpsichord)
Anthony Woodrow (double bass)
Lucy van Dael (violin/conductor)

5.00am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Overture (The Wasps)
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

5.09am
Schubert, François (1808-1878), arr. Casals: Die Biene (12 Bagatelles, Op 13 No 9)
Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello)
Heini Kärkkäinen (piano).

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