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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

14/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Grieg, Grossman, Pranzer, Weill, Salieri, Kabalevsky, Goleminov and R Strauss.

With Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Svendsen, Johann: Norwegian Artists' Carnival, Op 14
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

5.07am
Grieg, Edvard: 3 Pieces (Slatter), Op 72
Haavard Gimse (piano)

5.16am
Grossman, Ludwik: Csardas (The Ghost of Voyvode)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Miroslaw Blaszczyk (conductor)

5.25am
Pranzer, Joseph: Concert Duo No 4
Alojz and Andrej Zupan (clarinets)

5.38am
Lehar, Franz: Duet - Wie eine Rosenknospe and Romanze (The Merry Widow, Act II)
Valencienne ...... Michelle Boucher (soprano)
Camille ...... Mark Dubois (tenor)
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
Raffi Armenian (conductor)

5.45am
Weill, Kurt: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (excerpts)
Winds of the Flemish Radio Orchestra
Jan Latham Koenig (conductor)

5.53am
Salieri, Antonio: Overture (La grotta di Trofonio)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Biondi (conductor)

6.00am
Kabalevsky, Dimitry: Comedians – suite
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava
Oliver Dohnanyi (conductor)

6.18am
Goleminov, Marin: 5 Sketches for Strings
Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
Vassil Kazandjiev (conductor)

6.34am
Strauss, Richard: Suite in B flat for 13 wind instruments, Op 4
Ottawa Winds
Michael Goodwin (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: 14/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 14/01/2008

Including works by Bartok, Chopin, JS Bach, Milhaud, Gibbons and CPE Bach.

Including Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances. Chopin, arr. Leon: Nocturne in C sharp minor. Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 21 in B flat. Milhaud: Suite Francaise. CPE Bach: Sonata in C minor.

Including from 7.00am

Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff (conductor)

Chopin, arr. Leon: Nocturne in C sharp minor
Joshua Bell (violin)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Craig Leon (conductor)

The 48 at 8:

Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 21 in B flat (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)
Glenn Gould (piano)

From 8.30am

Milhaud: Suite Francaise
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Georges Pretre (conductor)

Gibbons: The Silver Swan
Deller Consort

CPE Bach: Sonata in C minor
Viktoria Mullova (violin)
Bruno Canino (piano).

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Bartok Romanian Folk Dances Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, conductor Hugh Wolff 
Chopin, arr Leon Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op post Joshua Bell (violin), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Craig Leon 
The 48 at 8: Bach Prelude and Fugue in B flat, BWV890 (The Well Tempered Clavier, Book 2) Glenn Gould (piano) 
8.30-10.00: Milhaud Suite Française Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georges Pretre 
Gibbons The Silver Swan Deller Consort CPE Bach Sonata in C minor 
Viktoria Mullova (violin), Bruno Canino (piano)

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 14/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 14/01/2008

Including works by Franck, Purcell, Mozart, Prokofiev and Wagner.

Including Franck: Psyche. Purcell: King Arthur (Act 3, The Frost Scene). Mozart: Adagio and Allegro in F. Prokofiev: Sinfonia concertante. Wagner: Die Walkure (Conclusion of Act 1).

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Franck: Psyche
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Eduard van Beinum (conductor)
DECCA 421 140-2

10.21am
Purcell: King Arthur (Act 3, The Frost Scene)
Cupid ...... Susannah Waters (soprano)
Cold Genius ...... Petteri Salomaa (bass)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (conductor)
ERATO 4509 98535-2  (2-CD set)

10.34am
Mozart: Adagio and Allegro in F minor for a clockwork organ, K594
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
BIS-CD-1132

10.44am
Prokofiev: Sinfonia concertante, Op 125
Han-Na Chang (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
EMI 557438-2

11.28am
Wagner: Die Walkure (Conclusion of Act 1)
The Building a Library recommendation.

With Sarah Walker. 
Franck Psyche Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Eduard van Beinum 
10.21 Purcell The Frost Scene (King Arthur Act 3) Susannah Waters (Cupid: soprano), 
Petteri Salomaa (Cold Genius: bass), Les Arts Florissants, conductor William Christie 
10.34 Mozart Adagio and Allegro in F minor, K594 Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet 
10.44 Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante, Op 125 Han-Na Chang (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Antonio Pappano 
11.28 Wagner Die Walkure (excerpt) 
The version recommended on Saturday in CD Review's Building a Library.

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: The MacDowell Colony (1907-)

Composer of the Week: The MacDowell Colony (1907-): Episode 1

Episode 1

The MacDowell Colony (1907-)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, The MacDowell Colony (1907-), Episode 1

Donald Macleod begins his exploration of the MacDowell Colony.

Donald Macleod explores the MacDowell Colony, an artistic residency programme founded in 1907 by American composer Edward MacDowell.

The MacDowell Colony founded in 1907 by the American composer Edward MacDowell and his pianist wife Marian. America's first artistic residency programme has played host to more than six thousand artists. As part of its centenary year celebrations, in 2007 Donald Macleod was allowed exclusive access to the colony set in its own grounds in New Hampshire, USA. There he meets composer Stewart Wallace, working on his Opera The Bonesetter's Daughter, and Blake Tewksbury, an authority on the MacDowell Colony. He looks back at the Colony's history, with the help of Robin Rausch, Music Specialist at the Library of Congress in Washington.

Donald Macleod explores the MacDowell Colony, founded in 1907 by Edward MacDowell

Donald Macleod explores the musical history of the MacDowell Colony, an artistic residency programme founded in 1907 by American composer Edward MacDowell

Composer of the Week:The MacDowell Colony

1/5. The MacDowell Colony has just celebrated its centenary. Since it was founded in 1907 by American composer Edward MacDowell and his pianist wife Marian, America's first artistic residency programme has played host to more than 6,000 artists. On a visit to the Colony last 
October, Donald Macleod met composer Stewart Wallace , who was there working on his latest opera The Bonesetter's Daughter, and Blake Tewksbury , an authority on the MacDowell Colony. He looks back at the Colony's history, with the help of Robin Rausch , a music specialist at the Library of Congress in Washington. Repeated at 8.45pm 
RT DIRECT: MacDowell: Piano Concertos, Witches Dance and Romance for cello, with the Ireland National SO, conducted by Arthur Fagen (1 CD), is available for E5.99 including p&p. 
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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: 14/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 14/01/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features the Florestan Trio, who perform Mozart and Shostakovich.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Florestan Trio perform Mozart and Shostakovich. 2.00pm Towards Judith Weir: Works by Weir, Stravinsky, Janacek, Holst, Bartok and Roslavets.

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Verity Sharp introduces a concert by the award-winning Florestan Trio, who return to London's Wigmore Hall to perform works by Mozart and Shostakovich.

Mozart: Trio in G, K496
Shostakovich: Trio in E minor Op 67

2.00pm Towards Judith Weir

A week of programmes planned in collaboration with composer Judith Weir to complement the Telling the Tale weekend beginning on Friday at London's Barbican and on Radio 3. As well as tasters of Weir's own music, there are her favourite pieces of music that tell stories and works by composers she admires who were inspired by folk music.

Judith Weir: Heroic Strokes of the Bow
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Stravinsky: The Firebird
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Janacek: Piano Sonata 
Jonathan Biss (piano)

Holst: St Paul's Suite
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Konig (conductor)

Bartok: String Quartet No 2
Ebene Quartet

Roslavets: Symphony for Chamber Orchestra
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor).

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Presented by Verity Sharp. The Florestan Trio return to London's Wigmore Hall to perform works by Mozart and Shostakovich. The first of five piano trios written by Mozart in the late 1780s is followed by Shostakovich's highly personal reaction to the horror of the Second World War, dedicated to his friend, the musicologist 
Ivan Sollertinsky , who died suddenly at the age of 41. Florestan Trio 
Mozart Piano Trio in G, K496 
Shostakovich Piano Trio, Op 67 
2.00 Towards Judith Weir 
Penny Gore introduces the first in a week of programmes planned in collaboration with composer Judith Weir to complement Telling the Tale, this year's January composer weekend at the Barbican in London. 
Judith Weir Heroic Strokes of the Bow BBCSO, conductor Martyn Brabbins 
Stravinsky The Firebird BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Man Volkov 
Janacek Piano Sonata Jonathan Biss Hoist St Paul 's Suite 
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Christoph König 
Bartok String Quartet No 2 Ebene Quartet 
Roslavets Symphony for Chamber Orchestra BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ilan Volkov

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: 14/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 14/01/2008

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

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, with studio guests and a round-up of news.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: 14/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 14/01/2008

John Eliot Gardiner conducts works by Brahms, Schutz and Bach.

Martin Handley introduces two concerts demonstrating Brahms's interest in earlier composers. 1/2. John Eliot Gardiner conducts works by Brahms, Schutz and Bach.

Martin Handley introduces two concerts given at London's Royal Festival Hall in 2007.

1/2. The beginning of a series devised by John Eliot Gardiner illustrating Brahms's sometimes surprising knowledge of, and admiration for, earlier composers.

Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Brahms: Begrabnisgesang
Schutz: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
Bach: Cantata No 60 (O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort)
Brahms: German Requiem.

The first of two concerts this week, recorded at the Royal Festival Hall last year, devised by John Eliot Gardiner to illustrate Brahms's knowledge of earlier composers. Presented by Martin Handley.
Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Brahms Begrabnisgesang, Op 13
Schutz Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
Bach Cantata No 60: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort
Brahms A German Requiem

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: 14/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 14/01/2008

Matthew Sweet and a round table of guests debate the cultural issues of the week.

Matthew Sweet and a round table of guests debate the cultural issues and key arts events of the week, including the announcement of the winner of the TS Eliot prize for poetry.

Matthew Sweet and a round table of guests debate the cultural issues and key arts events of the week, including the announcement of the winner of the TS Eliot prize, one of the year's biggest awards for poetry.

Matthew Sweet and a round table of guests debate the cultural issues of the week, including today's announcement of the winner of the TS Eliot prize. Producer Phil Tinline 
I 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: 14/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 14/01/2008

Violinist Nigel Kennedy is the featured artist. Including Bach's Violin Concerto No 2 in E

With Martin Handley. Violinist Nigel Kennedy is the featured artist. Including Bach's Violin Concerto No 2 in E, BWV 1042, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

The week's featured artist is violinist 
Nigel Kennedy and this evening's programme includes Bach's Violin Concerto No 2 in E, BWV1042, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Presented by Martin Handley. EMAIL: [address removed]

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 (Augustine)

The Essay: Greek and Latin Voices (Augustine): Episode 1: Maria Wyke: The Education of a Latinist

Episode 1: Maria Wyke: The Education of a Latinist

Greek and Latin Voices (Augustine)

Maria Wyke: The Education of a Latinist

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Greek and Latin Voices (Augustine), Maria Wyke: The Education of a LatinistClose menu

Augustine's penetratingly modern ideas about the teaching of classics to children.

Greek and Latin Voices: Augustine. 1/4. Maria Wyke: The Education of a Latinist. Augustine's penetratingly modern ideas about the teaching of classics to children.

Greek and Latin Voices

Series about the literature which underpins Western civilisation. Augustine is extraordinarily important to Western culture. Coming to maturity as the Roman Empire fell apart, he straddled two worlds. He wrote prolifically in beautiful Latin prose, launched the self-exploring psychology of western humanity and, at the same time, defined the concept of Original Sin.

1/4. Maria Wyke: The Education of a Latinist

Augustine's penetratingly modern ideas about the teaching of classics to children.

The Essay: Greek and Latin Voices (Augustine)

A series examining literature that underpins Western civilisation, focusing on Augustine

A series examining the literature that underpins Western civilisation, focusing on Augustine, who came to maturity as the Roman Empire fell apart

Greek and Latin Voices 
1/4. Augustine is extraordinarily important to Western culture. Coming to maturity as the Roman Empire fell apart, he straddled two worlds. In the first of this week's programmes, Maria Wyke discusses Augustine's strikingly modern ideas about the teaching of classics to children. Producer Christine Hall EMAIL: [address removed]

Charlie Gillett

A selection of intriguing sounds from around the world

Charlie Gillett: 14/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Charlie Gillett, 14/01/2008

Including an acoustic session and interview with Algerian singer Souad Massi.

Including a specially recorded acoustic session and interview with Algerian singer Souad Massi.

Including an acoustic session by Algerian singer SouadMasSi. Producer James Parkin

Through the Night: 15/01/2008

15/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 15/01/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces music by Liszt, Purcell, Debussy, Brahms, Mozart and Rameau.

Including 1.01 Liszt, Chopin, Schubert, Dauvergne. 2.28 Purcell, Brahms, Debussy, De Vocht. 5.00 Elsner, Brahms, Hartmann, Jarzebski, Mozart, Hidas, Rameau.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.01am
Liszt, Franz: Apres une lecture de Dante (Fantasia quasi sonata) (Annees de pelerinage)
1.19am
Chopin, Fryderyk arr. Liszt: Meine Freuden
1.24am
Chopin: 12 Studies for piano, Op 10
Maurizio Baglini (piano)

1.52am
Schubert, arr. Mottl: Fantasia in F minor, D 940
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)

2.12am
Dauvergne, Antoine: Ballet music (Les troqueurs)
Capella Coloniensis
William Christie (harpsichord and conductor)

2.28am
Purcell, Henry: Dioclesian
Lynne Dawson, Gillian Fisher (sopranos)
Rogers Covey-Crump, Paul Elliott (tenors)
Michael George, Stephen Varcoe (basses)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

4.01am
Debussy, Claude: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
World Orchestra for Peace
Valery Gergiev (conductor)

4.12am
Molique, Bernhard: Six Songs without Words
Joseph Petric (accordion)
Erica Goodman (harp)

4.25am
Mendelssohn, Felix: Venetian Boat Song, Op 30 No 6, (Songs without Words, Book 2)
4.28am
Mendelssohn: Etude No 2 in F, Op 104b (3 Etudes for piano)
Jane Coop (piano)

4.30 Abel, Carl Friedrich: Allegro molto; Andantino; Minuetto (Symphony in D, Op 10 No 5)
La Stagione Frankfurt
Michael Schneider (conductor)

4.40am
De Vocht, Lodewijk: In ballingschap (In Exile)
Vlaams Radio Orkest
Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor)

4.53am
Kienzl, Wilhelm: Selig sind, die Verfolgung leiden (Der Evangelimann, Act 2)
Benjamin Butterfield (tenor)
Canadian Children's Opera Chorus (Peter Neelands – treble soloist)
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Richard Bradshaw (conductor).

Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Liszt Apres une Lecture de Dante (Annees de Pelerinage)

Chopin, arr Liszt Meine Freuden

Chopin Twelve Studies, Op 10

1.52 Schubert, arr Mottl Fantasia in F minor, D940

2.12 Dauvergne Ballet music: Les Troqueurs

2.28 Purcell Dioclesian

4.01 Debussy Prelude a l'Apres-Midi d'un Faune

4.12 Molique Six Songs without Words

4.25 Mendelssohn Venetian Boat Song, Op 30 No 6

4.28 Mendelssohn Etude in F, Op 104b

4.30 Abel Symphony in D, Op 10 No 5

4.40 De Vocht In Ballingschap (In Exile)

4.53 Kienzl Selig sind, die Verfolgung leiden (Der Evangelimann)

5.00 Eisner Overture: The Echo in the Wood

5.06 Brahms Das Madchen - Gisela Kalfofen; Fahr Wohl: Der Falke (Sechs Lieder und Romanzen, Op 93a)

5.13 Hartmann Four Caprices (Op 18)

5.24 Fesch Concerto in D, Op 5 No 1

5.32 Forster Et cum Ingressus Esset Jesu

5.39 Anon Toccata: Angelus Pastoribus (Warschauer Organ Tabulator)

5.44 Jarzebski Sentinella: Corona Aurea Concerto a 3

5.55 Kunzen Overture: Vinhoesten (Der Fest der Winzer)

6.00 Mozart Mass in C, K317 (Coronation)

6.25 Hidas Harpsichord Concerto

6.39 Rameau Suite in G (Nouvelles Suites de Pieces de Clavecin, arr for wind quintet)

6.53 Greet Humoresque for Orchestra

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