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Through the Night

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

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20/12/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

John Shea concludes the programme with music by Schutz, Sammartini, Bach, Field, Coulthard, Milhaud, Mozart, Schubert, Faure, Wagner and Corelli.

With John Shea.

5.00am
Schütz, Heinrich (1585-1672): Freuet euch des Herren for three voices, two violins and continuo, SWV 367
La Capella Ducale
Musica Fiata
Roland Wilson (director)

5.06am
Sammartini, Giuseppe (1695-1750): Sinfonia in F
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi (violin/director)

5.14am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Brunnquell aller Guter, BWV 445; Kommt, Seelen, dieser Tag, BWV 479
Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
Markus Markl (harpsichord)

5.19am
Field, John (1782-1837): Rondo in A flat for piano and strings
Eckart Selheim (fortepiano)
Collegium Aureum
Franzjosef Maier (director)

5.27am
Coulthard, Jean (1908-2000), orch. Michael Conway Baker: Four Irish Songs
Linda Maguire (mezzo-soprano)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

5.36am
Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974): Suite for clarinet, violin and piano, Op 157b
James Campbell (clarinet)
Moshe Hammer (violin)
André Laplante (piano)

5.46am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No 4 in D
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska (conductor)

5.59am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): String Quartet No 2 in C, D32
Orlando Quartet

6.19am
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924): Dolly, Op 56 (for piano duet)
Erzsébet Tusa, Istvan Lantos (pianos)

6.33am
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883): Siegfried Idyll for small orchestra
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Arvid Engegard (conductor)

6.53am
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713): Sonate da chiesa in B flat, Op 1 No 5
London Baroque.

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: 20/12/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 20/12/2007

The 48 at 8: Bach's Prelude and Fugue No 20 in A minor. Plus Saint-Saens, Biber and Ravel.

Including Saint-Saens: Havanaise. Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 20 in A minor. Mozart: Et incarnatus est (Mass in C minor). Biber: Battalia a 4. Ravel: Scarbo (Gaspard de la nuit).

Including from 7.00am

Anon: Non formo Cristi
Genevieve Lacey (recorder)
Poul Hoxbro (tabor and pipe)

Saint-Saëns: Havanaise, Op 83
Ruggiero Ricci (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierino Gamba (conductor)

The 48 at 8: 

Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 20 in A minor (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

From 8.30am

Mozart: Et incarnatus est (Mass in C minor)
Arleen Auger (soprano)
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (conductor)

Biber: Battalia a 4
New London Consort
Philip Pickett (director)

Ravel: Scarbo (Gaspard de la nuit)
Martha Argerich (piano).

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Anon Non Formo Cristi Genevieve Lacey (recorder), Poul Hoxbro (tabor and pipe) 
Saint-Saens Havanaise Ruggiero Ricci (violin), LSO, conductor Pierino Gamba 
The 48 at 8: Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV865 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) 
8.30-10.00: Mozart Et Incarnatus Est (Mass in C minor, K427) 
Arleen Auger (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music, conductor Christopher Hogwood Biber Battalia a 4 New London Consort, director Philip  Pickett Ravel Scarbo (Gaspard de la Nuit) Martha Argerich (piano)

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 20/12/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 20/12/2007

Sarah Walker introduces music by Scott, Ludford, Foulds, Handel and Rubbra.

Including Scott: Early One Morning. Ludford: Ave Maria ancilla trinitatis. Foulds: Quartetto Intimo. Greene; German; Somervell: Orpheus with his lute. Rubbra: Symphony No 5.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Scott: Early One Morning
John Ogdon (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann (conductor)

10.16am
Ludford: Ave Maria ancilla trinitatis
The Cardinall's Musick
Andrew Carwood (conductor)

10.31am
Foulds: Quartetto Intimo, Op 89
Endellion Quartet

11.05am
Handel: Violin Sonata in D, Op 1 No 13
Andrew Manze (violin)
Richard Egarr (harpsichord)

11.18am
Greene: Orpheus with his lute
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)

German: Orpheus with his lute
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Julius Drake (piano)

Somervell: Orpheus with his lute
Patricia Rozario (soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)

11.28am
Rubbra: Symphony No 5
Hallé Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor).

With Sarah Walker. 
Scott Early One Morning 
John Ogdon (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Bernard Herrmann 
10.16 Ludford Ave Maria Ancilla 
Trinitatis The Cardinally Musick , conductor Andrew Carwood 
10.31 Foulds Quartetto Intimo, Op 89 Endellion Quartet 
11.05 Handel Violin Sonata in D, Op 1 No 13 
Andrew Manze (violin), Richard Egarr (harpsichord) 
11.18 Greene Orpheus with His Lute Emma Kirkby (soprano), 
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) German Orpheus with His Lute 
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) Somervell Orpheus with His Lute 
Patricia Rozario (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano) Rubbra Symphony No 5 
Halle Orchestra, conductor John Barbirolli

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: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky

Composer of the Week: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Episode 4

Episode 4

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Episode 4

Donald Macleod considers how the 1880s began for Tchaikovsky, with his 1812 Overture.

Donald Macleod considers how the 1880s began for Tchaikovsky, with his 1812 Overture, but also with more refined masterpieces.

Donald Macleod takes a series of snapshots of a period that lay at the centre of Tchaikovsky's creative life, from 1876 to 1890.

'I don't think the piece has any serious merits, and I shan't be the slightest bit surprised or offended if you find it unsuitable for concert performance,' said Tchaikovsky of his 1812 Overture. 

Donald considers how the 1880s began for Tchaikovsky, with this outlandish piece of Russian pomp and circumstance - it was brash, vulgar and militaristic, but popular with British audiences, possibly owing to the musical dispatching of Napoleon's armies.

But there were also with more refined masterpieces such as the Serenade for Strings and a look further back into Russian history through his opera Mazeppa.

1812 Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti (conductor)
Decca 417 400-2

Serenade for Strings
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
Scribendum SC 024 CD5, Trs 5-8

Mazeppa (Mazeppa's aria from Act 2)
Mazeppa ...... Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
DG 439 906-2 CD2, Tr 3.

Composer of the Week: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Donald Macleod looks at the years 1876 to 1890 in Tchaikovsky's life and music

Donald Macleod takes a series of snapshots of a period that lay at the centre of Tchaikovsky's creative life, from 1876 to 1890

Composer of the Week: Tchaikovsky

4/5. Donald Macleod considers how Tchaikovsky began the 1880s with his outlandish piece of Russian pomp and circumstance the 1812 overture, but also produced more refined masterpieces. Overture: 1812 
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor George Solti Serenade for Strings 
USSR State Symphony Orchestra conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov Mazeppa (excerpt) 
Sergei Leiferkus (baritone: Mazeppa) Gothenburg 
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi 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: Beethoven Plus

Afternoon Concert: Beethoven Plus: Episode 3

Episode 3

Beethoven Plus

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Beethoven Plus, Episode 3

The Lunchtime Concert features the Kuss Quartet, who perform works by Beethoven and Bartok

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. Beethoven Plus: 3/8. The Kuss Quartet perform two late quartets from Beethoven and Bartok. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Works by David Matthews.

Presented by Fiona Talkington.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Beethoven Plus

A run of concerts recorded at LSO St Luke's, featuring a complete series of Beethoven's string quartets coupled with masterpieces of the genre by Haydn and Bartok.

3/8. The Kuss Quartet perform two late quartets from Beethoven and Bartok. The deterioration in his hearing almost complete, Beethoven completed his Op 95 quartet at a time of great personal and professional struggle, while Bartok's Sixth Quartet was his last foray into the form.

Bartók: Quartet No 3 in C sharp minor, Sz 85
Beethoven: Quartet in F, Op 59 No 1 (Razumovsky)

2.00pm British Symphony Series

Featuring some of the East European and American musical enthusiasms of composer David Matthews. Plus a concerto by Graham Whettam, the British composer who died in August this year, shortly before his eightieth birthday.

Janacek: Taras Bulba
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Matthews: The Doorway of the Dawn
BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)

Matthews: Te lucis ante terminum
BBC Singers
Bo Holten (conductor)

Bartók: Contrasts
Sara Trickey (violin)
Catriona Scott (clarinet)
Gretel Dowdeswell (piano)

Haydn: Symphony No 85
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Garry Walker (conductor)

Barber: Dover Beach
Ronan Collett (baritone)
Psophos String Quartet

Malcolm Hayes: Alleluia, nativitas
BBC Singers
James Morgan (conductor)

Graham Whettam: Clarinet Concerto No 1
John Bradbury (clarinet)
BBC Philharmonic
Alexander Shelley (conductor)

Stravinsky: Mass
BBC Singers
Endymion
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

Matthews: Symphony No 4
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Mark Wigglesworth (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Beethoven Plus

A complete series of Beethoven's string quartets coupled with quartets by Haydn and Bartok

A run of concerts recorded at LSO, St Luke's, featuring a complete series of Beethoven's string quartets coupled with masterpieces of the genre by Haydn and Bartok

Afternoon on 3

Introduced by Fiona Talkington. Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
The Kuss Quartet perform the third of the Beethoven Plus concerts, recorded at LSO St Luke's in May 
Bartok String Quartet No 3 
Beethoven String Quartet in F, Op 59 No 1 'Razumovsky) 
2.00 British Symphony Series 
Including music reflecting the East European and American musical enthusiasms of David Matthews , revealing how the classicism of Haydn and neoclassicism of Stravinsky were particular inspirations for his Fourth Symphony. Janacek Taras Bulba 
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor lIan 
Volkov David Matthews The Doorway of the Dawn BBC Singers, conductor Bob Chilcott TeLucisanteTerminu 
BBC Singers, conductor Bo Holten Bartok Contrasts 
Sara Trickey (violin), Catriona Scott (clarinet), Gretel Dowdeswell (piano) 
Haydn Symphony No 85 in B flat minor (La Reine) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Garry Walker Barber Dover Beach 
Ronan Collett (baritone), Psophos Quartet Malcolm Hayes Alleluia , Nativitas 
BBC Singers, conductor James Morgan 
Graham Whettam Clarinet Concerto No 1 
John Bradbury , BBC Philharmonic, conductor Alexander Shelley 
Stravinsky Mass 
BBC Singers, Endymion, conductor Stephen Cleobury David Matthews Symphony No 4 
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mark Wigglesworth

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: 20/12/2007

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 20/12/2007

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: 20/12/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 20/12/2007

The Cardinall's Musick conducted by Andrew Carwood perform baroque Christmas choral music.

Petroc Trelawny introduces The Cardinall's Musick conducted by Andrew Carwood in their annual Christmas concert, featuring baroque Christmas choral music.

Petroc Trelawny introduces The Cardinall's Musick conducted by Andrew Carwood in their annual Christmas concert.

The baroque splendour of St John's, Smith Square, is complemented by the programme of baroque Christmas choral music, including settings of Singet dem Herren by both Bach and Praetorius, along with music by Bach's predecessors Schutz and Scheidt.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny . Featuring a vocal group who specialise in early music, the Cardinall's Musick, conducted by Andrew Carwood , in their annual Christmas concert at St John's Smith Square in London. The programme includes settings of Singet dem Herren by Bach and Praetorius, along with music by Bach's composer predecessors, Schutz and Scheidt. Music choices: page 130

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: 20/12/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 20/12/2007

Philip Dodd talks to one of the leading figures in Britain's post-war cultural life, Richard Attenborough, whose career has lasted since his first film role in 1942.

Philip Dodd talks to one of the leading figures in Britain's post-war cultural life, Richard Attenborough. His mammoth career has stretched from his first film role in 1942's In Which We Serve up to his latest directorial release Closing the Ring.

Free Thinking

Philip Dodd talks to one of the leading figures in Britain's post-war cultural life, 
Richard Attenborough , whose mammoth career has stretched from his first film role in In Which We 
Serve in 1942, right up to his latest directorial release, Closing the Ring. Producer Anthony Denselow

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: 20/12/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 20/12/2007

Marin Alsop returns to American music with her recording of the Barber Violin Concerto.

With Petroc Trelawny. Marin Alsop returns to American music, and her recording of the Barber Violin Concerto with soloist James Buswell.

The last of this week's programmes dedicated to Marin Alsop returns to American music, and her recording of Barber's Violin Concerto with soloist James Buswell. Presented by Petroc Trelawny .

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: Greek and Latin Voices

The Essay: Greek and Latin Voices (Horace): Episode 4

Greek and Latin Voices (Horace)

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Greek and Latin Voices (Horace), Episode 4Close menu

Sandy McClatchy, Rosanna Warren and Richard Howard examine Horace's Odes.

Greek and Latin Voices: Series about the literature which underpins Western civilisation. 4/8. Sandy McClatchy, Rosanna Warren and Richard Howard examine Horace's Odes.

Greek and Latin Voices

Series about the literature which underpins Western civilisation.

4/8. Horace's 103 Odes are among the towering works of world literature. Sandy McClatchy, Rosanna Warren and Richard Howard examine them.

The Essay: Greek and Latin Voices (Horace)

Series about the literature which underpins Western civilisation, focusing on Horace

Greek and Latin Voices 
4/4. Horace's 103 Odes are among the towering works of world literature. Sandy McClatchy , Rosanna Warren and Richard Howard explore their narratives.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: Late Junction

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, Late Junction

Fiona Talkington introduces her favourite tracks of 2007.

Fiona Talkington introduces her favourite tracks of 2007, plus highlights from the London Jazz Festival, Polish Christmas carols by Lutoslawski and ice music from Terje Isungset.

Fiona Talkington introduces her favourite tracks of 2007. Plus more highlights from this year's 
London Jazz Festival, Polish Christmas Carols by Lutoslawski, and ice music from Terje Isungset.

Through the Night: 21/12/2007

21/12/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 21/12/2007

With John Shea. Including works by Berlioz, Liszt, Brahms, Bach, Beethoven and Chopin.

Including 1.00 Various composers: Puer Natus in Bethlehem. 2.14 Berlioz, Liszt, Vivaldi, Brahms, Ravel, Handel. 5.00 CPE Bach, Liszt, Telemann, Haydn, CPE Bach, Beethoven, Chopin.

With John Shea.

1.00am
Various composers: Puer Natus in Bethlehem, Alleluia! (selection of Christmas choral music)
Elmer Iseler Singers
Lydia Adams (conductor)

2.14am
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869): Symphonie fantastique
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jun'Ichi Hirokami (conductor)

3.11am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Années de pelerinage, Italie, S161 (excerpts)
Lazar Berman (piano)

3.58am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto in C for violin, strings and continuo, RV 178
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi (violin/director)

4.07am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Theme with Variations (Sextet in B flat, Op 18)
Wiener Streichsextet

4.17am
de Wert, Giaches (1535-1596): Qual musico gentil
The Consort of Musicke:
Evelyn Tubb (soprano)
Mary Nichols (alto)
Andrew King (tenor)
Rufus Müller (tenor)
Richard Wistreich (bass)
Anthony Rooley (director)

4.28am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Introduction and allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet
Tinka Muradori (flute)
Josip Nochta (clarinet)
Paula Ursic (harp)
Zagreb String Quartet

4.39am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): 12 Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman for piano, K265
Lana Genc (piano)

4.50am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Sonata for recorder and continuo, HWV 379
Sonora Hungarica Consort.

Presented by John Shea. Puer Natus in Bethlehem, Alleluia! A selection of Christmas choral music by various composers, performed by the Elmer Iseler Singers, conducted by Lydia Adams. 2.14 Berlioz 
Symphonie Fantastique 3.11 Liszt Annees de Pelerinaqe, Book 2 (excerpts) 3.58 Vivaldi Violin Concerto in C, 
RV178 4.07 Brahms Theme with variations (Sextet in B flat, Op 18) 4.17 Wert Qual Musico Gentil 4.28 Ravel Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinetand string quartet 4.39 Mozart Variations on Ah, Vous Dirai-Je, Maman, K265 4.50 Handel Recorder Sonata in E minor, HWV379 5.00 CPE Bach Praeludium in D, 
Wq70 No 7 5.04 Moniuszko Overture: Verbum Nobile 
5.10 Badings Canamus, Amici, Canamus; Finnigan's Wake 5.18 Liszt Soirees de Vienne No 6 in A minor (9 Valses-Caprices for piano), S427 5.26 Telemann Mercordi, TWV42:G5 5.35 Horneman Overture: A 
Hero's Life 5.49 Haydn Divertimento in B flat, H // 46 
5.58 CPE Bach Concerto in E flat for harpsichord and fortepiano, Wq476.16 Beethoven Triple Concerto in C 
6.51 Chopin Scherzo No 3 in C sharp minor, Op 39

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