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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

16/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Verrijt, Handel, Faure, Strauss, Debussy, Daunais, Henderson and Dvorak.

With Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Verrijt, Jan Baptist: Flammae Divinae, Op 5
The Consort of Musicke:
Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb (sopranos)
Lucy Ballard (alto)
Joseph Cornwell, Andrew King (tenors)
Simon Grant (bass)
Steven Devine (organ)
Anthony Rooley (lute)

5.10am
Handel, George Frideric: Meine Seele hört im Sehen, HWV 207
Helene Plouffe (violin)
Louise Pellerin (oboe)
Dom Andre Laberge (organ)

5.17am
Diepenbrock, Alphonse: L'invitation au voyage
Christa Pfeiler (mezzo-soprano)
Rudolf Jansen (piano)

5.23am
Faure, Gabriel: Au bord de l'eau, Op 8 No 1
Paula Hoffman (mezzo)
Bengt-Ake Lundin (piano)

5.26am
Johann Strauss II: Blue Danube, Op 314
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

5.36am
Debussy, Claude: Images I
Roger Woodward (piano)

5.51am
Ansell, John: Nautical Overture
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
David Measham (conductor)

6.00am
Daunais, Lionel: Le pont Mirabeau
Phoenix Chamber Choir
Ramona Luengen (director)

6.03am
Henderson, Ruth Waterson: The River
Kimberley Briggs and Michael Thomas (soloists)
Claire Preston (piano)
Elmer Iseler Singers
Lydia Adams (conductor)

6.07am
Handel, George Frideric: Water Music Suite No 1 in F, HWV 348
Concerto Copenhagen
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (director)

6.32am
Dvorak, Antonin: The Water Goblin, Op 107
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

6.53am
Debussy, Claude: L'isle joyeuse (1904)
Philippe Cassard (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: 16/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 16/01/2008

Including Rameau, Mendelssohn, Bach, Grieg, Vivaldi and Nielsen.

Including Rameau: Rossignols amoureux. Mendelssohn: Overture (A Midsummer Night's Dream). Grieg: Ballade in G minor. Nielsen: At the Bier of a Young Artist.

Including from 7.00am

Rameau: Rossignols amoureux (Hippolyte et Aricie)
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor)

Mendelssohn: Overture (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

The 48 at 8:

Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 23 in B (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

From 8.30am

Grieg: Ballade in G minor, Op 24
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor, Op 3 No 6 (L'estro armonico)
Angel Romero (guitar)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Iona Brown (director)

Nielsen: At the Bier of a Young Artist, Op 58
Emerson Quartet.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Rameau Rossignols Amoureux (Hippolyte et Aricie) 
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), 
Ex Cathedra, conductor Jeffrey Skidmore 
Mendelssohn Overture: A Midsummer NighfsDream LSO, conductor Claudio Abbado 
The 48 at 8: Bach Prelude and Fugue in B, 
BWV892 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) 
8.30-10.00: Grieg Ballade in G minor, Op 24 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) 
Vivaldi Concerto in A minor, Op 3 No 6 (L'Estro Armonico) 
Angel Romero (guitar), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, director lona Brown 
Nielsen At the Bier of a Young Artist, Op 58 Emerson Quartet

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 16/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 16/01/2008

Including Verdi's Messa da Requiem and works by Beethoven and Bach.

Including Beethoven: Piano Sonata in E flat, Op 27 No 1. Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041. Verdi: Messa da Requiem.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in E flat, Op 27 No 1
Alfred Brendel (piano)
PHILIPS 438 863-2

10.16am
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Nigel Kennedy (violin/director)
EMI 557091-2

10.30am
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass)
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
EMI CMS 567560-2 (2-CD set).

With Sarah Walker. 
Beethoven Piano Sonata in E flat, Op 27 No 1 Alfred Brendel 
10.16 Bach Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041 Berlin PO, director Nigel Kennedy (violin) 
10.30 Verdi Messa da Requiem 
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Carlo Maria Giulini

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 3

Episode 3

The MacDowell Colony (1907-)

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

Donald Macleod finds out what life was like for early residents of the MacDowell Colony.

Donald Macleod finds out what life was like at the MacDowell Colony for early residents such as composers Amy Beach, Marion Bauer and Ruth Crawford Seeger.

The founder of the MacDowell colony, American composer Edward MacDowell believed that the creative artists need uninterupted time and space and the opportunity to meet and share ideas with artists from the other disciplines. On a visit to the MacDowell colony in 2007, Donald Macleod visits animator, artist and photographer Corrie Francis in one of the studios and finds out what life was like for the early residents, including composers Amy Beach, Marion Bauer and Ruth Crawford Seeger.

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

3/5. American composer Edward MacDowell , founder of the MacDowell Colony, believed that artists need uninterrupted time and space and the opportunity to meet and share ideas with creative people from other disciplines. On a visit to the MacDowell Colony, Donald Macleod calls on animator, artist and photographer Corrie Francis who is on her first visit there, and finds out what life was like for the early residents, composers Amy Beach, Marion Bauer and Ruth Crawford Seeger. 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: 16/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 16/01/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features the Aronowitz Ensemble in works by Britten and Bridge.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. Celebrating the New Generation: 2/4. The Aronowitz Ensemble. 2.00pm Towards Judith Weir: Including works by Weir, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mozart and Berlioz.

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Celebrating the New Generation

A series of recitals recorded at the Cowdray Hall in Aberdeen featuring members, both past and present, of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme.

2/4. The Aronowitz Ensemble perform works by Vaughan Williams, Britten and Bridge.

Vaughan Williams: Fantasy Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello
Britten: Lachrymae for viola and piano
Bridge: Phantasie trio for piano and strings

2.00pm Towards Judith Weir

Works on the themes of storytelling and the inspiration of folk music.

Judith Weir: My Guardian Angel
BBC Singers
Dominic Wheeler (conductor)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Overture to The Tsar's Bride
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

Holst: I love my love
BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)

Bartok, arr. Willner: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 56
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Lesley Hatfield (director)

Ligeti: Romanian Concerto (Finale)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Mozart: 12 Variations on 'Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman', K265
Martin Helmchen (piano)

Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

Holst: Four songs for voice and violin
Sarah Leonard (soprano)
Marcia Crayford (violin)

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2
Martin Roscoe (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

Janacek: String Quartet No 2 (Intimate Letters)
Belcea Quartet

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor).

Introduced by Penny Gore  
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Celebrating the New Generation 
A concert given by Radio 3 New Generation Artists at the Cowdray Hall in Aberdeen. Presented by Penny Gore . Aronowitz Ensemble 
Vaughan Williams Fantasy Quintet for strings Britten Lachrymae for viola and piano 
Bridge Phantasie Trio for piano and strings 
2.00 Towards Judith Weir 
Today's stories are tales of love and war from Ivan the Terrible's Russia, Freud's Vienna and Shakespeare in Paris - via the fevered imagination of Berlioz. 
Judith Weir My Guardian Angel 
BBC Singers, conductor Dominic Wheeler 
Rimsky-Korsakov Overture: The Tsar's Bride BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassily Sinaisky Hoist / Love My Love 
BBC Singers, conductor Bob Chilcott. 
Bartok, arr Willner Romanian Folk Dances, Sz56 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, director Lesley Hatfield 
Ligeti Romanian Concerto (finale) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor lIan 
Volkov Mozart 12 Variations on Ah, Vous Dirai-Je , Maman, K265 Martin Helmchen (piano) Schoenberq Verklarte Nacht 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassily Sinaisky Hoist Four Songs 
Sarah Leonard (soprano), Marcia Crayford (violin) Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2 Martin Roscoe , BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassily Sinaisky 
Janacek String Quartet No 2 (Intimate Letters) Belcea Quartet 
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassily Sinaisky.

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: 16/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 16/01/2008

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

Sean Rafferty introduces a selection of music, studio guests and art news.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: 16/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 16/01/2008

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra perform works by Faure, Grieg and Dvorak.

Stephane Deneve conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Faure's Pelleas et Melisande Suite, Grieg's Piano Concerto and Dvorak's Eighth Symphony.

Martin Handley introduces a concert recorded at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra perform a popular programme including Grieg's celebrated Piano Concerto.

Faure: Pelleas et Melisande Suite
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Dvorak: Symphony No 8

Lars Vogt (piano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stephane Deneve (conductor).

With Martin Handley. A programme of popular pieces recorded at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Lars Vogt (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Stephane Deneve Faure Suite: Pelleas et Melisande Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor Dvorak Symphony No 8 in G

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: 16/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 16/01/2008

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to author AS Byatt about a new anthology of writing on memory.

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to the Booker Prize winning author AS Byatt about a new anthology of writing on memory, including work by Shakespeare, Carl Jung and Terry Pratchett.

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to the Booker Prize winning author AS Byatt about a new anthology of writing on memory she has co-edited.

Writers as diverse as Shakespeare, Carl Jung and Terry Pratchett have all delved into our obsession with revisiting our past, so why has the subject proved so beguiling to such a vast range of writers across the ages?

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to Booker Prize-winning author AS Byatt about the new anthology of writing on memory she has co-edited. As the book shows, writers ranging from Shakespeare through psychoanalyst Carl Jung to fantasy author Terry Pratchett have all delved into people's obsession with revisiting the past. Why has the subject proved so beguiling down through the ages? 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: 16/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 16/01/2008

Violinist Nigel Kennedy is the featured artist. Including Chausson's Poeme, Op 25.

With Martin Handley. Violinist Nigel Kennedy is the featured artist. Including Chausson's Poeme, Op 25, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Okko Kamu.

With Martin Handley. This week's featured artist is violinist Nigel Kennedy and this evening's programme includes Chausson's Poeme, Op 25, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Okko Kamu.

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 3: Professor Gillian Clark: What Augustine didn't say

Episode 3: Professor Gillian Clark: What Augustine didn't say

Greek and Latin Voices (Augustine)

Professor Gillian Clark: What Augustine didn't say

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Gillian Clark explores Just War and the famous plea of 'give me chastity but not yet'.

Greek and Latin Voices: Augustine. 3/4. Professor Gillian Clark: What Augustine didn't say. She explores Just War and the famous plea of 'give me chastity but not yet'.

Greek and Latin Voices

Series on Augustine the man, the philosopher and the writer.

3/4.

Professor Gillian Clark: What Augustine didn't say. She explores the doctrine of the Just War, the idea that sex is sinful and the famous plea of 'give me chastity but not yet'.

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 
3/4. Augustine lived at a time when the old Roman civilisation was passing and Christian culture was being formed. Professor Gillian Clark explores what Augustine did and did not really say.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 16/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 16/01/2008

Fiona Talkington presents songs of the Romany people in Northern Europe.

Fiona Talkington presents songs of the Romany people in Northern Europe, the voice of Ugandan-born Geoffrey Oryema, and an aria by the 17th century Italian composer Tarquino Merulo.

Songs by the Romany people of northern Europe, the voice of Ugandan-born Geoffrey Oryema , and an aria by 17th-century Italian composer Tarquino Merulo. Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Through the Night: 17/01/2008

17/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 17/01/2008

With Jonathan Swain. Including works by Elgar, Stradella, Dvorak, Haydn and Kodaly.

Including 1.01 Elgar, Stradella. 3.15 Dvorak, Haydn, Desprez, Debussy, Telemann, Mozart, Mussorgsky. 5.00 Corelli, Mendelssohn, Bach, Beethoven, Haydn and Respighi.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.01am
Elgar, Edward: Symphony No 2 in E flat, Op 63
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)

1.59am
Stradella, Alessandro: Oratorio - San Giovanni Battista
Herodiade's daughter ...... Ann Monoyios (soprano)
Herodiade, the mother ...... Mechthild Bach (soprano)
John the Baptist ...... David Cordier (alto)
Counsellor ...... Christoph Pregardien (tenor)
Herod ...... Michael Schopper (bass)
La Stagione
Michael Schneider (conductor)

3.15am
Dvorak, Antonin: Trio No 3 in F minor for piano and strings, Op 65
Solve Sigerland (violin)
Ellen Margrete Flesjo (cello)
Vebjorn Anvik (piano)

3.56am
Haydn, Joseph: Concerto in E flat for trumpet and orchestra, H VIIe 1
Gyorgy Geiger (trumpet)
Hungarian Radio Orchestra
Andras Ligeti (conductor)

4.10am
Josquin Desprez; Anon c.1500: In te Domine speravi; Zorzi, Giorgio (Salterello); Forte cosa e la speranza
Clare Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano)
Musica Antiqua of London

4.19am
Debussy, Claude: Sonata in D minor for cello and piano
Elizabeth Dolin (cello)
Francine Kay (piano)

4.31am
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Concerto in D minor for 2 chalumeaux
Erik Hoeprich, Lisa Klewitt (chalumeaux)
Musica Antiqua Köln
Reinhard Goebel (director)

4.43am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Non piu, tutto ascoltai… Non temer amato bene, K490
Joan Carden (soprano)
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
Richard Bonynge (conductor)

4.52am
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich: Dance of the Persian Slaves (Khovanshchina)
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Samo Hubad (conductor).

With Jonathan Swain. 
Elgar Symphony No 2 in E flat 
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis 
1.59 Stradella Oratorio: San Giovanni Battista 
3.15 Dvorak Piano Trio in F minor, Op 65 
3.56 Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat 
4.10 Josquin Desprez, arr anon In Te Domine Speravi; Zorzi, Giorgio (Salterello); Forte Cosa e la Speranza 
4.19 Debussy Cello Sonata 
4.31 Telemann Concerto in D minor for two chalumeaux 
4.43 Mozart Non Piu, Tutto Ascoltai ... Non Temer Amato Bene , K490 
4.52 Musorgsky Dance of the Persian Slaves (Khovanshchina) 
5.00 Corelli Concerto Grosso in F Op 6 No 9 
5.09 Mendelssohn Songs without Words, Op 6 
5.19 Bach Komm , Jesu, komm, BWV229 
5.28 Beethoven Romance in F. Op 50 
5.38 Haydn Symphony No 22 in E flat (The Philosopher) 
5.53 Kodaly Suite: Hary Janos 
6.17 Hasse Organ Concerto in  6.28 Respiqhi Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No 3 
6.47 Beethoven 32 Variations in C minor, WoO 80

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