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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

10/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Susan Sharpe concludes the programme with music by Rimsky-Korsakov, Schubert, Wagner, Janacek, Dohnanyi, Arutiunian, Hellendaal and Alpaerts.

With Susan Sharpe.

5.00am
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Three Wonders from The tale of Tsar Saltan, Op 57
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

5.07am
Schubert: Symphony No 5 in B flat
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Tamás Vásáry (conductor)

5.34am
Wagner, arr. Mottl: Fünf Lieder von Mathilde von Wesendonk
Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Kurt Masur (conductor)

5.53am
Trad arr. Takemitsu: Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) from Uta 
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

5.57am
Janácek: Suite for Orchestra, Op 3
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

6.12am
Dohnányi: Suite im alten Stil for piano, Op 24
Ilona Prunyi (piano)

6.27am
Arutiunian: Concerto for trumpet and orchestra
Stanslaw Dziewor (trumpet)
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Gabriel Chmura (conductor)

6.43am
Hellendaal: Sonata Prima in G, Op 5
Jaap ter Linden (cello)
Ton Koopman (harpsichord)
Ageet Zweistra (cello continuo)

6.52am
Alpaerts: Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils
Vlaams Radio Orkest
Bjarte Engeset (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: 10/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 10/01/2008

Including works by Debussy, Buxtehude, Bach, Ravel, Weill and Mozart.

Including Debussy: La Plus que lente. Buxtehude: Cantate Domino. Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 17 in A flat, BWV886. Ravel: Bolero. Weill: Speak Low. Mozart: Serenade in D.

Including from 7.00am

Debussy: La Plus que lente
Zoltan Kocsis (piano)

Buxtehude: Cantate Domino
Emma Kirkby, Suzie Leblanc (sopranos)
Peter Harvey (bass)
The Purcell Quartet

The 48 at 8:

Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 17 in A flat, BWV 886 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)
Andre Vieru (piano)

From 8.30am

Ravel: Bolero
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

Weill: Speak Low
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Eugene Asti (piano)

Mozart: Serenade in D, K239 (Serenata Notturna)
Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (director).

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Debussy La Plus Que Lente Zoltan Kocsis (piano) 
Buxtehude Cantate Domino 
Emma Kirkby and Suzie Le Blanc, (sopranos), Peter Harvey (bass), Purcell Quartet 
The 48 at 8: Bach Prelude and Fugue in A flat, BWV886 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2) Andre Vieru (piano) 
8.30-10.00: Ravel Boléro 
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Daniel Barenboim Weill Speak Low 
Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Eugene Asti (piano) 
Mozart Serenade in D, K239 (Serenata Notturna) Concert des Nations, director Jordi Savall

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 10/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 10/01/2008

Sarah Walker introduces works by Shostakovich, Morley, Weelkes, Tomkins and Beethoven.

Including Shostakovich: Symphony No 10. Morley: Hard by a crystal fountain. Tomkins: The fauns and satyrs tripping. Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica).

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Shostakovich: Symphony No 10
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Ancerl (conductor)
DG 463 666-2

10.50am
Morley: Hard by a crystal fountain
The Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley (conductor)
OISEAU LYRE 436 862-2

10.54am
Weelkes: As Vesta was from Latmos Hill descending
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
NAXOS 8.553088

10.57am
Tomkins: The fauns and satyrs tripping
I Fagiolini
Robert Hollingworth (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 0682

11.04am
Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica)
The Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI CMS 763310-2 (3 CDs).

Presented by Sarah Walker. 
Shostakovich Symphony No 10 
Czech PO, conductor Karel Ancerl 
10.50 Morley Hard by a Crystal Fountain 
The Consort of Musicke, conductor Anthony Rooley Weelkes As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending Oxford Camerata, conductor Jeremy Summerly Tomkins The Fauns and Satyrs Tripping 
I Fagiolini, conductor Robert Hollingworth 
11.04 Beethoven Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica) Philharmonia, conductor Herbert von Karajan

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: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Composer of the Week: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): Episode 4

Episode 4

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Episode 4

Donald Macleod follows the trail of Handel's time working for the wealthy Duke of Chandos.

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Handel in London: 5 Musical Walks: 4/5. Donald Macleod follows the trail of Handel's time working at Cannons for the wealthy Duke of Chandos.

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Handel in London: 5 Musical Walks

4/5. Donald Macleod and guest Lewis Foreman follow the trail of Handel's time working at Cannons for the wealthy Duke of Chandos, near Edgware in North London. They visit the Baroque church of St Lawrence Whitchurch, for which Handel wrote a number of works, and the former site of the Duke's huge mansion, now the North London Collegiate School.

Blessed be God (Chandos Anthem No 11)
Ensemble William Byrd
L'Academie Sainte Cecile
Graham O'Reilly (director)

Organ Concerto in B flat, Op 7 No 3
Paul Nicholson (organ)
The Brandenburg Consort
Roy Goodman (director/harpsichord)

Tis done; Heart, the seat of soft delight; Galatea, dry thy tears (Acis and Galatea)
Sophie Daneman (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (director)

As pants the hart for cooling streams (Chandos Anthem No 6)
Lynne Dawson (soprano)
Ian Partridge (tenor)
Michael George (bass)
The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra
Harry Christophers (conductor).

Handel in London: 5 Musical Walks. Donald Macleod explores the London Handel lived in

Composer of the Week: Handel

4/5. For today's walk, Donald Macleod and guest Lewis Foreman follow the trail of Handel's time working for the wealthy Duke of Chandos at 
Cannons, near Edgware in north London. They visit an astonishing survival from the Baroque era, the church of St Lawrence Whitchurch, for which Handel wrote a number of works, and the former site of the Duke's huge mansion, now the North London Collegiate School. 
Blessed Be God (Chandos Anthem No 11) 
Ensemble William Byrd , L'Academie Sainte Cecile , director Graham O'Reilly 
Organ Concerto in B Flat, Op 7 No 3 
Paul Nicholson , Brandenburg Consort , director Roy Goodman (harpsichord) 
Tis Done; Heart, the Seat of Soft Delight; Galatea, Dry Thy Tears (Acis and Galatea) 
Sophie Daneman (soprano), Les Arts Florissants, director William Christie 
As Pants the Hart for Cooling Streams (Chandos Anthem No 6) 
Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Michael George (bass), The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra, conductor Harry Christophers  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

Afternoon Concert: 10/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 10/01/2008

The Lunchtime Concert includes soprano Felicity Lott at the 2007 Bath Mozartfest.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: 3/4. Performances recorded at the 2007 Bath Mozartfest. 2.15pm British Symphony Series: Cyril Scott.

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

3/4. These performances were recorded at the 2007 Bath Mozartfest and feature works from four different concerts.

Poulenc: Hotel; Montparnasse; 3 poemes de Louise Lalanne; A sa guitare; Voyage a Paris; Les chemins de l'amour
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)

Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No 2 in D, Op 58
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Melvyn Tan (piano)

Mozart: Quartet in C minor, K465 (Dissonance)
Emerson Quartet

2.15pm British Symphony Series: Cyril Scott

Scott: Symphony No 4
BBC Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Mozart: Duo for violin and viola, K423
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Antoine Tamestit (viola)

Korngold: The Sea Hawk (Suite from the film score, Part 4)
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Poulenc: Chansons gaillardes for voice and piano
Jonathan Lemalu (baritone)
Michael Hampton (piano)

Walton: Cello Concerto
Paul Watkins (cello)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Tuomas Ollila (conductor)

Scriabin: Sonata No 9 in F for piano, Op 68 (Black Mass)
Alexander Melnikov (piano)

Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 (Italian)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor).

Introduced by Penny Gore . 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
The penultimate broadcast from the 2007 Bath Mozartfest , featuring a musical melange from four concerts recorded last November. 
Poulenc Hotel; Montparnasse; Trois Poemes de Louise Lalanne;A Sa Guitare; Voyage a Paris; Les Chemins de I'Amour 
Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano) Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No 2 in D, Op 58 Steven Isserlis , Melvyn Tan (piano) 
Mozart String Quartet in C, K465 (Dissonance) Emerson Quartet 
2.15 British Symphony Series Scott Symphony No 4 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Martyn Brabbins Mozart Duo in G, K423 
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Antoine Tamestit (viola) Kornqold Suite: The Sea Hawk (Part 4) 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Rumon Gamba. Poulenc Chansons Gaillardes 
Jonathan Lemalu (baritone), Michael Hampton (piano) Walton Cello Concerto 
Paul Watkins (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Tuomas Ollila 
Scriabin Piano Sonata No 9, Op 68  Alexander Melnikov (piano) 
Mendelssohn Symphony No 4 in A (Italian) 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda

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: 10/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 10/01/2008

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: Emerson String Quartet

Performance on 3: Emerson String Quartet: Episode 2

Episode 2

Emerson String Quartet

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Emerson String Quartet, Episode 2

The Emerson String Quartet perform works by Beethoven, Bach and Bright Sheng.

Emerson String Quartet: A series of concerts recorded at London's Wigmore Hall by one of the world's most distinguished quartets. 2/3. Works by Beethoven, Bach and Bright Sheng.

Emerson String Quartet

Petroc Trelawny presents a series of concerts recorded at London's Wigmore Hall by one of the world's most distinguished quartets.

2/3. The Emerson Quartet perform a programme that includes a work specially composed for them by the Chinese-American composer Bright Sheng.

A series of concerts recorded at London's Wigmore Hall by the distinguished string quartet

A series of concerts recorded at London's Wigmore Hall by one of the world's most distinguished string quartets. Each concert is based around the three Beethoven 'Rasumovsky' Quartets

Petroc Trelawny introduces America's Emerson Quartet, who continue their Wigmore Hall concerts with a programme that includes more Bach, Beethoven's second Razumovsky quartet. and a work composed especially for them by Chinese-American composer Bright Sheng: String Quartet No 4 (Bright Temple).

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: 10/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 10/01/2008

A special panel re-examines the classic BBC drama Boys from the Blackstuff.

A panel including playwright Alan Bleasdale and veteran producer Michael Wearing re-examine one of British TV's most celebrated dramas, Boys from the Blackstuff. With Paul Allen.

In a special programme recorded in front of an audience at the Free Thinking Festival in Liverpool, a panel including playwright Alan Bleasdale and veteran producer Michael Wearing re-examine one of British television's most celebrated dramas, Boys from the Blackstuff.

First shown in 1982, it was a remarkable hit, with catchphrases and characters that caught the mood of the nation at a time of high unemployment and social unrest. It also changed forever the careers of writer Alan Bleasdale and producer Michael Wearing, as well as establishing actors Bernard Hill, Julie Walters and Michael Angelis in the public mind.

With Paul Allen.

Night Waves: Landmarks

A reappraisal of one of British television's most celebrated dramas: Boys from the Blackstuff. First shown in 1982, the series was a remarkable hit and its catchphrases and characters caught the mood of the nation at a time of high unemployment and social unrest, changing for ever the careers of writer Alan Bleasdale and producer 
Michael Wearing as well as establishing actors 
Bernard Hill , Julie Walters and Michael Angelis in the public mind. Alan Bleasdale and Michael Wearing , with Lez Cookeand Annie Harrison-Baxter, re-examine the impact and legacy of the series. Producers Martin Smith and Fiona McLean

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: 10/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 10/01/2008

The programme includes an excerpt from Mozart's opera Die Zauberflote.

With Petroc Trelawny. Harpsichordist and conductor William Christie is the featured artist and the programme includes an excerpt from Mozart's opera Die Zauberflote.

Petroc Trelawny presents performances by harpsichordist and conductor William Christie , including an excerpt from Mozart's DieZauberflote.

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 (Thucydides)

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

Greek and Latin Voices (Thucydides)

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

Chris Pelling asks why Thucydides's depiction of Greek politics should be read today.

Greek and Latin Voices: Series exploring the work of Thucydides. 4/4. Chris Pelling asks why Thucydides's depiction of Greek politics should be read today.

Greek and Latin Voices

Series exploring the work of Thucydides.

4/4. Chris Pelling offers a timely analysis of why Thucydides's depiction of power politics in ancient Greece should be read today.

The Essay: Greek and Latin Voices (Thucydides)

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

Greek and Latin Voices 
4/4. Chris Pelling offers a timely analysis of why 
Thucydides's depiction of power politics in ancient Greece should be read today. Reader John Rowe.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 10/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 10/01/2008

Fiona Talkington presents music by Trio Medieval, drummer Birger Mistereggen and Uri Caine

Fiona Talkington presents Trio Medieval and traditional drummer Birger Mistereggen, Uri Caine's take on Verdi and a look ahead to the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow.

Trio Medieval and traditional drummer 
Birger Mistereggen , Uri Caine 's take on Verdi and a look ahead to this year's Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow. Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Through the Night: 11/01/2008

11/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 11/01/2008

Susan Sharpe introduces works by Mozart, Svendsen, Palestrina, Rachmaninov and Nielsen.

Including 1.00 Mozart, Svendsen, Palestrina, Narvaez. 2.59 Rachmaninov, Brahms, Dukas, Chopin, Wagner, Weber. 5.00 Kyurkchiyski, Schumann, Verdi, Mendelssohn, Bach, Nielsen.

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Mozart: Piano Concerto in A, K488
Joanna MacGregor (piano)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki (conductor)

1.26am
Svendsen: Symphony No 2 in B flat, Op 15
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Christian Eggen (conductor)

2.01am
Palestrina: Missa in duplicibus minoribus II
Maîtrise de Garçons de Colmar
Ensemble Giles Binchois
Ensemble Cantus Figuratus der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Dominique Vellard (director)

2.36am
Narvaez: Los Seys libros del Delphin de musica
Hopkinson Smith (vihuela)

2.53am
de Wert: Giunto a la tomba (Il settimo libro de madrigali a cinque voci)
The Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley (director)

2.59am
Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op 42
Natalya Pasichnyk (piano)

3.16am
Brahms, arr. Agnieszka Duczmal: Sextet in B flat, Op 18
Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan
Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)

3.54am
Hammerschmidt: Suite in G minor/major for gambas
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall (director)

4.04am
Grainger: 4 Folk Songs
Camerata Chamber Choir
Michael Bojesen (conductor)

4.15am
Dukas: Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Esa Tukia (horn)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michel Adelson (conductor)

4.23am
Telemann: Trio No 4 (Essercizii Musici)
Camerata Köln

4.33am
Chopin: Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor for piano, Op 66
Dubravka Tomsic (piano)

4.39am
Komorowski, arr. Tadeusz Maklakiewicz: Kalina (The Cranberry Tree)
Polish Radio Choir
Marek Kluza (director)

4.43am
Wagner, arr. unknown: Pilgrims Chorus (Tannhäuser)
David Drury (organ)

4.49am
Weber: Overture (Der Freischütz)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Kenneth Montgomery (conductor).

Presented by Susan Sharpe.

Mozart Piano Concerto No 23 in A, K488 - Joanna MacGregor, Stavanger SO, conductor Susanna Malkki

1.26 Svendsen Symphony No 2 in B flat

2.01 Palestrina Missa in Duplicibus Minoribus II

2.36 Narvaez Los Seys libros del Delphin de Musica

2.53 Wert Giunto a la Tomba (Il Settimo Libro de Madrigali a Cinque Voci)

2.59 Rachmaninov Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op 42

3.16 Brahms, arr Agnieszka Duczmal Sextet in B Op 18

3.54 Hammerschmidt Suite in G minor/G major

4.04 Grainger Four Folk Songs

4.15 Dukas Villanelle

4.23 Telemann Trio No 4 (Essercizii Musici)

4.33 Chopin Fantaisie - Impromptu in C sharp minor Op 66

4.39 Komorowski, arr Maklakiewicz Kalina (The Cranberry Tree)

4.43 Wagner Pilgrims' Chorus (Tannhauser)

4.49 Weber Overture: Der Freischutz

5.00 Kyurkchlyski Prayer (Two Works after Paintings of Vladimir Dimitrov - the Master)

5.06 Svendsen Festival Polonaise, Op 12

5.15 Schumann Wehmut; Im Walde (Liederkreis, Op 39)

5.20 Verdi Patria Oppressa (Macbeth)

5.27 Mendelssohn Overture: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage

5.40 Bach Presto (Sonata No 1 in G minor for solo violin, BWV1001)

5.43 Pachelbel Magnificat

5.49 Crusell Introduction et Air Suedois

6.00 Nielsen String Quartet No 1, Op 13

6.29 Solnitz Sinfonia in A, Op 3 No 4

6.41 Mozart Piano Sonata in A minor, K310

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