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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

11/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Susan Sharpe concludes the programme with music by Kyurkchiyski, Svendsen, Schumann, Verdi, Mendelssohn, Bach, Pachelbel, Crusell, Nielsen, Solnitz and Mozart.

With Susan Sharpe.

5.00am
Kyurkchiyski: Prayer (Two works after paintings of Vladimir Dimitrov)
Bulgarian NRSO
Orchestra of Bulgarian National Radio
Kamen Goleminov (conductor)

5.06am
Svendsen: Festival Polonaise, Op 12
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Philippe Jordan (conductor)

5.15am
Schumann: Wehmut; Im Walde (Liederkreis)
Olle Persson (baritone)
Stefan Bojsten (piano)

5.20am
Verdi: Macbeth (exceprt Act 4)
Hungarian Radio Chorus and Orchestra
Tamás Pal (conductor)

5.27am
Mendelssohn: Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt Overture
Orchestre National de France
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

5.40am
Bach: Presto (Sonata No 1 in G minor for violin solo, BWV 1001)
Hilary Hahn (violin)

5.43am
Pachelbel: Magnificat
Cantus Cölln
Konrad Junghänel (director)

5.49am
Crusell: Introduction et Air Suèdois
Anne-Marja Korimaa (clarinet)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä (conductor)

6.00am
Nielsen: Quartet No 1 in G minor, Op 13
Paizo Quartet (Denmark)

6.29am
Solnitz: Sinfonia in A, Op 3 No 4
Musica ad Rhenum

6.41am
Mozart: Piano Sonata in A minor, K310
Gunilla Süssmann (piano).

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: 11/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 11/01/2008

Including works by Walton, Handel, Bach, Godowsky, Schubert and Wagner.

Including Walton: Crown Imperial. Handel: As steals the morn. Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 18 in G sharp minor, BWV887. Wagner: Prelude (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg).

Including from 7.00am

Walton: Crown Imperial
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)

Handel: As steals the morn (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)
Kate Royal (soprano)
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment
Harry Bicket (conductor)

The 48 at 8:

Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 18 in G sharp minor, BWV 887 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)
Daniel Chorzempa (fortepiano)

From 8.30am

Godowsky: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Die Fledermaus
Piers Lane (piano)

Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock, D965
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Sharon Kam (clarinet)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Wagner: Prelude (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor).

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Walton Crown Imperial LPO, conductor Adrian Boult 
Handel As Steals the Morn (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato) Kate Royal (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor Harry Bicket 
The 48 at 8: Bach Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor, BWV887 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2) Daniel Chorzempa (fortepiano) 
8.30-10.30: Godowsky Symphonic Metamorphosis on Die Fledermaus Piers Lane (piano) 
Schubert The Shepherd on the Rock, D965 
Barbara Bonney (soprano), Sharon Kam (clarinet), Geoffrey Parsons (piano) 
Wagner Prelude: Die Meistersinger von Numberg Oslo PO, conductor Mariss Jansons

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 11/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 11/01/2008

Sarah Walker introduces works by Satie, Berg, Rameau, Brahms and Gavin Bryars.

Including Satie: Embryons desseches. Berg: Violin Concerto. Rameau: In convertendo. Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor. Gavin Bryars: Epilogue.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Satie: Embryons desseches
Anne Queffelec (piano)
VIRGIN VC 7 90754-2

10.08am
Berg: Violin Concerto
Isaac Stern (violin)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
SONY SMK 64504

10.35am
Rameau: In convertendo
Sophie Daneman, Noemi Rime (sopranos)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Nicolas Rivenq (baritone)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (conductor)
ERATO 4509-96967-2

11.00am
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor
Clifford Curzon (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra
George Szell (conductor)
DECCA 466 376-2

11.52am
Gavin Bryars: Epilogue
Pascal Pongy (horn)
Charles Fullbrook, Gavin Bryars (percussion)
ECM 829 484-2.

With Sarah Walker. 
Satie Embryons Desseches Anne Oueffelec (piano) 
10.08 Berg Violin Concerto 
Isaac Stern , New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein 
10.35 Rameau In Convertendo 
Sophie Daneman and Noemi Rime (sopranos), Paul Agnew (tenor), Nicolas Rivenq (baritone), Les Arts Florissants, conductor William Christie 
11.00 Brahms Piano Concerto No I in D minor Clifford Curzon , London Symphony Orchestra, conductor George Szell 
11.52 Gavin Bryars Epilogue 
Pascal Pongy (horn), Charles Fullbrook and Gavin Bryars (percussion)

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 5

Episode 5

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Episode 5

Donald Macleod follows Handel's footsteps through London's historic theatreland.

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Handel in London: 5 Musical Walks: 5/5. Donald Macleod follows Handel's footsteps through London's historic theatreland.

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Handel in London: 5 Musical Walks

5/5. Donald Macleod and writer Roderick Swanston follow Handel's footsteps through London's historic theatreland. They traverse the West End in search of the theatres in which Handel's operas were performed, from the former King's Theatre in Haymarket, to the former incarnation of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and a long-vanished third opera house at Lincoln's Inn Fields.

Cara Sposa (Rinaldo)
Rinaldo ...... David Daniels (countertenor)

Giulio Cesare (excerpt)
Cleopatre ...... Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Giulio Cesare ...... Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
Concerto Cologne
Rene Jacobs (conductor)

Serse (excerpt)
Serse ...... Carolyn Watkinson (mezzo-soprano)
Le Grand Ecurie et la Chambre de Roy
Jean-Claude Malgoire (conductor)

Deidamia (excerpt)
Nerea ...... Dominique Labelle (soprano)
Fenice ...... Furio Zanasi (baritone)
Licomede ...... Antonio Abete (bass)
Ulisse ...... Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano)
Deidama ...... Simone Kermes (soprano)
Choir and Orchestra of Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis (conductor).

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

Composer of the Week: Handel

5/5. The final walk in the series follows the composer's footsteps through London's historic theatreland. Writer and broadcaster 
Roderick Swanston is Donald Macleod 's guide, as they traverse the West End in search of the theatres in which Handel's operas were performed, from the former King's Theatre in Haymarket, to the former incarnation of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Cara Sposa (Rinaldo) 
David Daniels (countertenor), Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood 
Giulio Cesare (excerpt) Barbara Schlick (Cleopatre: soprano) Jennifer Larmore (Giulio Cesare : mezzo) Concerto Cologne, conductor Rene Jacobs Serse (excerpt) Carolyn Watkinson (Serse: contralto), Le Grand Ecurie et la Chambre de Roy, conductor Jean-Claude Malgoire Deidamia (excerpt)  
Choir and Orchestra of II Complesso Barocco, conductor Alan Curtis  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: 11/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 11/01/2008

The Lunchtime Concert includes the Nash Ensemble at the 2007 Bath Mozartfest.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: 4/4. Performances recorded at the 2007 Bath Mozartfest. 2.05pm British Symphony Series: Cyril Scott.

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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

Barber: The monk and his cat; Sure on this shining night; Promiscuity; Solitary Hotel
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)

Schubert: String Quintet in C, D956
Nash Ensemble	

2.05pm British Symphony Series: Cyril Scott

Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
BBC Philharmonic
Pascal Rophe (conductor)

Shostakovich: Sonata for viola and piano, Op 147
Lawrence Power (viola)
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)

Scott: Cello Concerto
Paul Watkins (cello)
BBC Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Bennett: Songs before sleep for baritone and piano
Jonathan Lemalu (baritone)
Michael Hampton (piano)

Mozart: Symphony No 40
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Ravel: Sheherazade (3 poems for mezzo-soprano and orchestra)
Felicity Lott (soprano)
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

Korngold: The Sea Hawk (Suite from the film score, Part 5)
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor).

Introduced by Penny Gore . 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
The final broadcast from the 2007 Bath Mozartfest. Barber The Monk and His Cat; Sure on This Shining Night; Promiscuity; Solitary Hotel 
Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano) 
Schubert String Quintet in C, D956 Nash Ensemble 
2.05 British Symphony Series 
Debussy Prélude a I'Apres-Midi d'un Faune BBC Philharmonic, conductor Pascal Rophe Shostakovich Viola Sonata , Op 147 
Lawrence Power, Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) Scott Cello Concerto Paul Watkins , BBC 
Philharmonic, conductor Martyn Brabbins Richard Rodney Bennett 
Songs before Sleep Jonathan Lemalu (baritone), Michael Hampton (piano) 
Mozart Symphony No 40 in G minor 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda Ravel Sheherazade Felicity Lott (soprano), 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier Korngold Suite: The Sea Hawk (Part 5) 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Rumon Gamba

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: 11/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 11/01/2008

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.

Sean Rafferty introduces a selection of music and 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 3

Episode 3

Emerson String Quartet

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

The Emerson String Quartet perform works by Beethoven, Bach and Kaija Saariaho.

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

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.

3/3. The Emerson Quartet perform a programme that includes a work specially composed for them by the leading Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.

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 presents the last of the Emerson Quartet's concerts given at London's Wigmore Hall, including more Bach, Beethoven's third Razumovsky quartet, and another work composed especially for them, this time by composer Kaija Saariaho : Terra Memoria.

The Verb

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance

The Verb: 11/01/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, 11/01/2008

Ian McMillan talks to poet and critic Tom Paulin about the secret life of poems.

Ian McMillan talks to poet and critic Tom Paulin about the secret life of poems, and American novelist John Marks introduces a brand new short story written especially for The Verb.

Ian McMillan talks to Tom Paulin about the secret life of poems, and American novelist John Marks introduces a new story written especially for the programme. Producer Nicola Holloway

Jazz Library

Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings

Programme offering advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings or adding to an existing one

Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings.

Jazz Library: Anthony Braxton

Anthony Braxton

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Library, Anthony Braxton

Alyn Shipton and Brian Morton explore the wide-ranging output of Anthony Braxton.

Anthony Braxton: Alyn Shipton and his guest, critic Brian Morton, explore the wide-ranging output of contemporary jazz instrumentalist and composer Anthony Braxton.

Anthony Braxton

Alyn Shipton and his guest, critic Brian Morton, explore the wide-ranging output of contemporary jazz musician Anthony Braxton. From tuba ensembles, to graphic scores and 'ghost trance music', they examine many aspects of the work of this fascinating instrumentalist and composer.

One of the most wide-ranging and experimental musicians in contemporary music, 
Anthony Braxton defies categorisation. His roots are in the 1960s jazz of the AACM in Chicago, where he recorded For Alto, an album entirely made up of a solo alto saxophone improvisation. This is the launch pad for a wide-ranging exploration of the essential Braxton jazz albums by Alyn Shipton and his guest, the critic Brian Morton. Producer Alyn Shipton

Jazz on 3

Celebrating the best contemporary jazz, with exclusive concert recordings and features

From free jazz to fusion, post-bop to electronica – Jazz on 3 celebrates the music as a living and developing art form, with exclusive concert recordings and in-depth features

Jazz on 3: Mujician

Mujician

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Mujician

Jez Nelson presents a gig by the improvising quartet Mujician.

Mujician: Jez Nelson presents a gig by the improvising quartet Mujician, whose unique approach to performance means that the music is not discussed or rehearsed in advance.

Mujician

Jez Nelson presents a gig by the improvising quartet Mujician, comprising reeds player Paul Dunmall, pianist Keith Tippett, bassist Paul Rogers and drummer Tony Levin. The group are distinguished by their unique approach to wholly-improvised performance in which the music is not discussed or rehearsed in advance.

Jez Nelson presents a gig by the improvising quartet Mujician, comprising reeds player Paul Dunmall, pianist Keith Tippett, bassist Paul Rogers and drummer Tony Levin. The group are distinguished by their unique approach to wholly-improvised performance in which the music is not discussed or rehearsed in advance.

Through the Night: 12/01/2008

12/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 12/01/2008

Susan Sharpe introduces works by Sibelius, Bach, Brahms, Thomson, Dohnanyi and Chopin.

Including 1.00 Sibelius, Bach, Brahms. 3.16 Thomson, Kelemen, Vivaldi, Bizet, Koutev, Stainov, Stravinsky. 5.00 Kaski, Haydn, Ravel, Fesch, Beethoven, Dohnanyi, Schubert, Chopin.

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Sibelius: Andante Festivo
Helsinki Grand Radio Concert Orchestra
Jean Sibelius (conductor)

1.08am
Sibelius: Symphony No 5 in E flat
1.38am
Sibelius: Symphony No 6 in D minor
2.07am
Sibelius: Symphony No 7 in C 
Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

2.28am
Bach: Magnificat in D, BWV 243
Antonella Balducci (soprano)
Ulrike Clausen (alto)
Frieder Lang (tenor)
Fulvio Bettini (baritone)
Chorus of Swiss-Italian Radio and Ensemble Vanitas, Lugano
Diego Fasolis (conductor)

2.55am
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata, Op 120 No 2
Hans Christian Braein (clarinet)
Havard Gimse (piano)

3.16am
Thomson: Quartet for strings No 2
Mayuki Fukuhara, Eriko Sato (violins)
Masako Yanagita (viola)
Michael Finckel (cello)

3.39am
Kelemen: Variations for piano
Ivo Pogorelic (piano)

3.50am
Dautrecourt: Concert a deux violes No 44 (Tombeau des regrets)
Susie Napper, Margaret Little (viols)

4.00am
Vivaldi: Nulla in mundo pax sincera for soprano and orchestra
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze (director)

4.08am
Bizet: Roma (3rd mvt)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava
Oliver Dohnanyi (conductor)

4.15am
Fasch: Lute Concerto in D minor
Konrad Junghanel (lute)
Music Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (director)

4.30am
Koutev: Dragana and the Nightingale
Sofia Chamber Choir
Vassil Arnaudov (conductor)

4.33am
Stainov: A dragon (Fairy Tale)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vassil Stefanov (conductor)

4.41am
Leonarda: Sonata Prima a 4 (Opera Decima Sesta)
Maniera

4.52am
Stravinsky: 4 Studies for piano, Op 7
Nikita Magaloff (piano).

With Susan Sharpe.

Sibelius Andante Festivo - Helsinki Grand Radio Concert Orchestra, conducted by the composer

1.08 Sibelius Symphony No 5

1.38 Sibelius Symphony No 6

2.07 Sibelius Symphony No 7 - Danish National RSO, conductor Thomas Dausgaard

2.28 Bach Magnificat in D, BWV243

2.55 Brahms Clarinet Sonata in E flat, Op 120 No 2

3.16 Thomson String Quartet No 2

3.39 Kelemen Variations for piano

3.50 Dautrecourt Concert a deux violes No 44 (Tombeau des Regrets)

4.00 Vivaldi Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera

4.08 Bizet Roma (3rd mvt)

4.15 Fasch Lute Concerto in D minor

4.30 Koutev Dragana and the Nightingale

4.33 Stainov Fairy Tate (2nd mvt)

4.41 Leonarda Sonata Prima a 4 (Opera Decima Sesta)

4.52 Stravinsky 4 Studies for piano, Op 7

5.00 Kaski Prelude

5.04 Haydn Der Sturm

5.15 Ravel, orch Zygel Lullaby on the name Faure

5.19 Fesch Concerto in G minor for 2 flutes and orchestra, Op 5 No 2

5.28 Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat, Op 1 No 1 (finale)

5.35 Zulawski Suite in the Old Style

5.46 Vladiqerov Elegie d'Automne (3 Pieces pour piano, Op 15)

5.53 Sibelius Autumn Evening, Op 38 No 1

5.58 Dohnanyi Konzertstuck in D for cello and orchestra, Op 12

6.21 Schubert String Quartet in D, D74

6.44 Chopin Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op 22

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