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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

26/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Castello, Mendelssohn, Kodaly, Strauss, Verdi, CPE Bach, Monteverdi and Mozart.

With Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Castello, Dario (first half of c.17th): Sonata IV for two violins and continuo (Venice 1629)
Il Giardino Armonico

5.08am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Hora est (antiphon and responsorium) 
Denis Comtet (organ)
Radio France Chorus
Donald Palumbo (conductor)

5.17am
Kodaly, Zoltan (1882-1967): Sonatina for cello and piano
Laszlo Mezo (cello)
Lorant Szucs (piano)

5.27am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949), arr. Franz Hasenohrl: Till Eulenspiegel – einmal anders!
Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound
James Campbell (conductor)

5.36am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Ecco l'orrido campo... Ma dall'arido (Un ballo in maschera, Act 2)
Galina Savova (soprano)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Ros-Marba (conductor)

5.46am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Sonata in D minor, Wq 62 No 15
Gonny van der Maten (organ)

5.53am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Psalm 99
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Peter Phillips (conductor)

5.57am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Overture (The King and the Charcoal Burner)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Robl (conductor)

6.06am
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643): Vespro della Beata Vergine
Elisabetta Tiso, Monica Piccinini, Lia Serafini (sopranos)
Carlos Mena (countertenor)
Lambert Climent, Lluis Vilamajo, Francesc Garrigosa (tenors)
Furio Zanasi (baritone)
Antonio Abete, Daniele Carnovich (basses)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Hesperion XXI
Jordi Savall (conductor)

6.25am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No 36 in C, K 425 (Linz)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Bertrand de Billy (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: 26/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 26/01/2008

Including works by Rossini, Beethoven, Telemann and Dvorak.

Including: Rossini: Overture (Bianca e Falliero). Beethoven: Cello Sonata in C, Op 102 No 1. Telemann: Flute Sonata in G. Dvorak: The Water Goblin.

Including from 7.00am

Rossini: Overture (Bianca e Falliero)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)

Beethoven: Cello Sonata in C, Op 102 No 1
Yo Yo Ma (cello)
Emmanuel Ax (piano)

From 8.00am

Telemann: Flute Sonata in G 
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhart Goebbel (conductor)

Dvorak: The Water Goblin
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik (conductor).

Martin Handley

Music includes: 
7.00-8.00: Rossini Overture: Bianco and Faliero Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner 
Beethoven Cello Sonata in C, Op 102 No 1 Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emmanuel Ax (piano) 
8.00-9.00: Telemann Flute Sonata in G 
Musica Antiqua , Koln, conductor Reinhard Goebbel Dvorak The Water Goblin 
Bavarian RSO, conductor Rafael Kubelik 
For full details visit www.bbc. co.uk/radio3/breakfast on the day of transmission PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) email: [address removed] Address: Breakfast, BBC Radio 3, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA

CD Review

A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and recommendations

A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and the Radio 3 Disc of the Week recommendation

CD Review: Building a Library: Wagner: Götterdammerung 

Building a Library: Wagner: Götterdammerung 

BBC Radio 3 - CD Review, Building a Library: Wagner: Götterdammerung

With Andrew McGregor. Including 9.30am Building a Library: Wagner: Gotterdammerung.

With Andrew McGregor. Including 9.30am Building a Library: Wagner: Gotterdammerung. 10.40am Bach: B Minor Mass. 11.35am Disc: Goebbels: Landschaft mit entfernten Verwandten.

Andrew McGregor introduces Radio 3's weekly programme devoted to all that's new in the world of recorded music.

Building a Library:
Wagner: Götterdammerung 

Reviewer - John Deathridge

First choice:

Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen; Brunnhilde - Birgit Nilsson; Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger; Hagen - Gottlob Frick; Gutrune - Claire Watson; Gunther - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Waltraute - Christa Ludwig; Woglinde - Luicia Popp; Wellgunde - Gwyneth Jones; Flosshilde - Maureen Guy; 1 Norn - Helen Watts; 2 Norn - Grace Hoffman; 3 Norn - Anita Valkki
Vienna Philharmonic, Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
Decca 455 5692 (4 CDs, Mid Price)

CD Review BAL Catalogue Data
bal.wagner:
bal.wagner.gotterdammerung

Introduced by Andrew McGregor. 
9.30 Building a Library John Deathridge continues CD Review's analysis of Wagner's Ring cycle, focusing on the final part, Gotterdammerung. 
10.40 Jonathan Freeman-Attwood explores recent recordings of Bach, including two recordings of the B minor Mass and Trevor Pinnock 's eagerly anticipated new complete Brandenburg Concertos. 
11.35 Disc of the Week: 
Heiner Goebbels Landschaft mit entfernten Verwandten David Bennet (voice), Georg Nigl (baritone), Deutscher Kammerchor , Ensemble Modern, conductor Frank Ollu www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed]. 
(calls from landlines cost no more than 8p per minute) email: [address removed] Text [number removed] (standard rate) Disc details are posted on the website and on CEEFAX, BBC1, page 651

Music Feature

Programmes exploring music and music-related subjects

Music Feature: Rolls, Records and the Return of Myra Hess

Rolls, Records and the Return of Myra Hess

BBC Radio 3 - Music Feature, Rolls, Records and the Return of Myra Hess

Christopher Cook tells the story of the player-piano industry.

...of Myra Hess. Christopher Cook tells the story of the player-piano industry and explains how the instruments found their way from bars and brothels to the homes of high society.

...of Myra Hess. When the playing of the late Myra Hess in one of her famous wartime performances returned to the National Gallery last November thanks to the wonders of a piano roll, it was undeniably a concert with a difference. Christopher Cook tells the story of the multi-million pound player-piano industry with the help of enthusiasts and performers, and discovers how these remarkable instruments found their way from the bars and brothels of America to the homes of British high society.

Rolls, Records and the Return ofMyra Hess

When Myra Hess , who died in 1965, "returned" to the National Gallery last November to reprise one of her famous wartime performances, it was undeniably a concert with a difference - Hess's playing eerily re-created thanks to the wonder of the piano roll. Christopher Cook tells the story of the multi-million pound player-piano industry with the help of enthusiasts and performers. Producer Michael Surcombe.

The Early Music Show

Performance and news from the world of early music.

An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.

The Early Music Show: What is Baroque?

What is Baroque?

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, What is Baroque?

Catherine Bott ponders the question, what is Baroque?

Catherine Bott braves the traffic of London EC4 armed with her trusty record collection to ponder the question, what is Baroque?

Catherine Bott braves the traffic of London EC4 armed with her trusty record collection to ponder the question, what is Baroque?

Including:

Matthew Locke:  Dance from Psyche
New London Consort / Philip Pickett
L'Oiseau-Lyre 444 336-2
Track 30

Handel:  Overture from Rinaldo
Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood
Decca 467 087-2
CD1 Track 1

Monteverdi:  Nisi Dominus from Vespers
New London Consort / Phillip Pickett
Decca 425 823-2
CD1 Track 15

Purcell:  Ground in D minor
Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
GLOBE GLO5145
Track 26

Uccellini:  Sonata quarto
Rachel Podger (violin) / William Carter (theorbo)
LINN CKD015
Track 3	

Bach:  Concerto for harpsichord and strings in D Minor BWV1050
The English Concert / Trevor Pinnock
Decca 415 991-2
Tracks 1-3			

Rameau:  Platee
Gilles Ragon (Platee ) / Vincent le Texier (Jupiter) / Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski 
Erato 2292-45028-2
CD2 Track 3 (Act 2 scene 3)

Producer: Sam Phillips
BBC Manchester

Catherine Bott braves the traffic of London EC4 armed with her trusty record collection to ponder the question "What is Baroque?" Producer Sam Phillips

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series

Live and recorded concerts from all over the United Kingdom. Also includes the flagship Wigmore chamber music series.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: 26/01/2008

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The Guarneri Quartet in a performance of works by Haydn and Smetana.

Verity Sharp presents the Guarneri Quartet in a concert given at London's Wigmore Hall. Haydn: String Quartet in D, H III 34. Smetana: String Quartet No 1 in E minor (From My Life).

Verity Sharp presents another chance to hear the Guarneri Quartet in a concert given last Monday lunchtime at the Wigmore Hall, London.

Haydn: String Quartet in D, H III 34
Smetana: String Quartet No 1 in E minor (From My Life).

Another chance to hear Monday's recital from the Wigmore Hall. Introduced by Verity Sharp. Guarneri Quartet 
Haydn String Quartet in D, Op 20 No 4 
Smetana String Quartet No 1 in E minor (From My Life)

World Routes

Programme exploring music from around the world

Programme exploring music from around the world, featuring interviews with performers, live concerts, monthly CD reviews and special location reports

World Routes: 26/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - World Routes, 26/01/2008

Lucy Duran recalls 2007's WOMAD festival, with Mariza, Taj Mahal, Sheila Chandra and Frigg

World Routes recalls the 2007 WOMAD Festival. 2/2. Lucy Duran presents music from fado singer Mariza, bluesman Taj Mahal, vocal artist Sheila Chandra and Finnish folk band Frigg.

World Routes recalls the mud and the music at last summer's WOMAD Festival.

2/2. Lucy Duran introduces fado singer Mariza playing on the Open Air stage, bluesman Taj Mahal and a solo performance by vocal artist Sheila Chandra from the Siam Tent, plus Finnish folk fiddlers Frigg from the Radio 3 stage.

Lucy Duran introduces more highlights from last summer's Womad Festival, including fado singer 
Mariza on the Open Air stage. Also featured is music by bluesman Taj Mahal and a solo performance by vocal artist Sheila Chandra , plus Finnish folk fiddlers Frigg on the Radio 3 stage. Producer Roger Short

Jazz Line-Up

Programme exploring jazz music, focussing both on established, mainstream players and on the new generation of younger artists

Jazz Line-Up: 26/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Line-Up, 26/01/2008

With a preview of the Jazz on a Winter's Weekend festival, plus Stan Tracy in conversation

With a preview of the Jazz on a Winter's Weekend festival, plus an in-depth conversation with Stan Tracy to coincide with his 81st birthday and his recent receipt of a CBE.

Presented by Julian Joseph.

Including a preview of Jazz on a Winter's Weekend, which takes place in Southport. Plus Stan Tracey at 81, featuring an in-depth conversation with Stan, who was recently awarded a CBE in the New Year's Honours list.

A preview of Jazz on a Winter's Weekend, which takes place in Southport and is a unique UK festival that has attracted a couple of acts that Jazz Line-Up has been chasing for some time. 
Plus Stan Tracey at 81. An in-depth conversation with Stan, who was awarded a CBE in the new year's honours list in this his 81st birthday year. Presented by Julian Joseph.

Jazz Record Requests

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.

Join our community of jazz lovers. Alyn Shipton is waiting for your requests: email jazzrecordrequests@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

Jazz Record Requests: 26/01/2008

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Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.

Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.

Geoffrey Smith presents listeners' jazz requests. ADDRESS: Jazz Record Requests, BBC Radio 3, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA 
Fax: [number removed] email: [address removed]

Opera on 3

Programme presenting rare and fascinating operatic performances

Programme presenting rare and fascinating performances and vividly communicating the immediacy of the live experience

Opera on 3: Live from the Met

Opera on 3: Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Frederic Chaslin conducts Rossini's popular comic opera at the New York Met.

Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Frederic Chaslin conducts Rossini's hugely popular comic opera, featuring mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca making her highly anticipated Met debut.

Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Considered the most popular comic opera of all time, Rossini's opera features the composer at his most exhilarating. Figaro helps Count Almaviva win the hand of the lovely Rosina. But first the Count and his trusty barber must stop her guardian, Doctor Bartolo, from marrying her himself.

Rosina ...... Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano)
Count Almaviva ...... Jose Manuel Zapata (tenor)
Figaro ...... Franco Vassallo (baritone)
Dr Bartolo ...... Bruno Pratico (bass-baritone)
Don Basilio ...... Peter Rose (bass)
Berta ...... Jennifer Check (soprano)
Sergeant ...... Mark Schowalter (tenor)
Fiorello ...... John Moore (baritone)
Ambrogio	 ...... Rob Besserer (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of New York Metropolitan Opera
Frederic Chaslin (conductor).

II Barbiere di Siviglia 
Rossini's It Barbiere di Siviglia, presented from New York by Margaret Juntwait. 
Figaro is helping Count Almaviva win the hand of the lovely Rosina. But the duo face a rival in the form of her guardian Doctor Bartolo.  
Chorus and Orchestra of the New York 
Metropolitan Opera, conductor Frederic Chaslin 
RT DIRECT: Rossini's Barber of Seville (2CDs) is available for £9.00 including p&p. Send cheque payable to Selections to: [address removed]. Phone [number removed] (national rate) quoting 846-AB337, or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect Music choices: page 120

Between the Ears

Innovative and thought-provoking features on a wide variety of subjects

Innovative and thought-provoking features that make adventurous use of sound and explore a wide variety of subjects. Made by leading radio producers.

Between the Ears: Behind God's Back

Behind God's Back

BBC Radio 3 - Between the Ears, Behind God's Back

A look back at the case of the poisoning of 50 men in Nagyrev in Hungary.

A look back at the case of the poisoning of 50 men in Nagyrev in Hungary, with archives from the trial, press reports and the memories of a resident of the town.

Nagyrev was a sleepy village in a remote part of Hungary - until a spate of mysterious poisonings made it big news. Nearly 50 of the town's men lay prematurely dead in the cemetery. Their bodies were found to be full of arsenic - and the suspects were their wives. 

What caused the women of Nagyrev to poison their husbands? Was it, as commentators at the time suggested, the impact of World War I or of social change? Was it revenge for their husbands' drinking and violence?

The programme reconstructs the facts of a baffling mass-murder with archives from the trial, press reports and the memories of one Nagyrev resident still living who remembers the case.

Behind God's Back 
Nagyrev was a sleepy village in a remote part of Hungary - until a spate of fatal poisonings made it big news. For a brief period around 1930, Nagyrev was a tabloid sensation. Nearly 50 local men were found to have been killed - and the suspects were their wives. What caused them to poison their husbands? Was it, as commentators suggested at the time, the impact of the First World War? Here the case is re-examined using archives from the trial, press reports from the period and the memories of the one surviving resident who remembers the case - Maria Gunya , an eight-year-old when the murders occurred. Producer Laura Thomas

Hear and Now

Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions

Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and studio sessions from the best new groups, and premiering works commissioned by the BBC

Hear and Now: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007

Hear and Now: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007: Episode 4

Episode 4

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007, Episode 4

With music by Robert Ashley, Carlos Sandoval, Orm Finnendahl and Michael Wertmueller.

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007: 4/5. With music by Robert Ashley, Carlos Sandoval, Orm Finnendahl and Michael Wertmueller.

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007

Robert Worby introduces highlights from the festival. 

4/5. Featuring music from Ensemble Mosaik and highlights of Ensemble MAE's concert focusing on the work of the pioneering American composer Robert Ashley. 

Robert Ashley: Hidden Similarities; Outcome Inevitable. 
Ensemble MAE
Robert Ashley (conductor)

Sandoval: Mosaicos
Ensemble Mosaik
Carlos Sandoval (conductor)

Finnendahl: Schnitt/Stelle (version 4)
Ensemble Mosaik
Orm Finnendahl (conductor)

Wertmueller: DECORPOREAL
Ensemble Mosaik
Michael Wertmueller (conductor)

Robert Ashley: Love is a Good Example
Robert Ashley.

Highlights from Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007, which was held in November

Sara Mohr Pietsch and Robert Worby introduce highlights from Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007, which was held in November

4/5. Robert Worby presents more from the recent Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Robert Ashley Hidden Similarities; Outcome Inevitable Ensemble MAE, conducted by the composer Carlos Sandoval Mosaicos 
Ensemble Mosaik, conducted by the composer Orm Finnendahl Schnitt/Stelle 
Ensemble Mosaik, conducted by the composer Michael Wertmueller Decorporeal 
Ensemble Mosaik , conducted by the composer Robert Ashley Love Is a Good Example 
Ensemble MAE, conducted by the composer

The Early Music Show: 26/05/2007

26/05/2007

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, 26/05/2007

Lucie Skeaping explores John Taverner, who combined Medieval and Renaissance influences.

Lucie Skeaping features the music of the Lincolnshire-born composer and church musician John Taverner.

Lucie Skeaping features the music of the Lincolnshire-born composer and church musician John Taverner.

Unequalled among English musicians of his time, he combined the florid writing of the late-medieval period with newer continental Renaissance influences.

Lucie Skeaping explores the music of 16th-century composer John Taverner. Producer Rebecca Bean

Through the Night: 27/01/2008

27/01/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 27/01/2008

John Shea introduces works by Liszt, Prokofiev, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Bach and Saint-Saens.

Including 1.00 Liszt, Prokofiev, Chopin, Mendelssohn. 4.09 Bach, Jarzebski, Saint-Saens, Chopin. 5.00 Feremans, Sjogren, Swider, Rozycki, Turina, Arriaga, Rodrigo, Tchaikovsky.

With John Shea.

1.00am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Reminiscences de Don Juan for piano, S 418
Shura Cherkassky (piano)

1.18am
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953)
Piano Sonata No 7 in B flat, Op 83
Shura Cherkassky (piano)

1.37am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Op 35
Shura Cherkassky (piano)

2.03am
Hofmann, Jozef Kazimierz (1876-1957)
Kaleidoskop (Charakterskizzen), Op 40 No 4
Shura Cherkassky (piano)

2.09am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Oratorio St Paul, Op 36
Annegeer Stumphius (soprano)
Catherine Patriasz (alto)
Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor)
Ivor Spaulding (bass)
Netherlands Radio Choir
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)

4.09am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546
Leo van Doeselaar (organ)

4.23am
Jarzebski, Adam (1590-1649)
Venite exsultemus: Concerto à 2
Bruce Dickey (cornetto)
Alberto Grazzi (bassoon)
Michael Fentross (theorbo)
Jacques Ogg (organ)

4.29am
Scacchi, Marco (1602-1662)
Cantate Domino
Kai Wessel (alto)
Krzysztof Szmyt (tenor)
Dirk Snellings (bass)
Il Tempo

4.34am
Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921)
Introduction and rondo capriccioso, Op 28
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)

4.44am
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943), arr. Lucien Cailliet (1891-1985)
Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 3 No 2
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Commissiona (conductor)

4.49am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Two Nocturnes, Op 32
Kevin Kenner (piano).

With John Shea. Liszt Reminiscences de Don Juan 
Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 7 Op 83 Chopin Piano Sonata No 2 in flat minor, Op 35 Hofmann Kaleidoskop 
(Charakterskizzen, Op 40 No 4) Shura Cherkassky (piano) 
2.09 Mendelssohn Oratorio: St Paul 4.09 Bach Prelude and Fugue in C minor, 8WV546 4.23 Jarzebski Venite 
Exsultemus (Concerto a 2) 4.29 Scacchi Cantate Domino 
4.34 Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso , Op 28 4.44 Rachmaninov, arr Cailliet Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 3 No 2 4.49 Chopin Two Nocturnes, Op 32 5.00 Feremans Preludium and Fughetta (The 
Bronze Heart) 5.04 Sjoqren Prelude and Fugue No 3 in C for organ, Op posth 5.13 GC Bach Vocal concerto: 
Siehe, wie fein und lieblich is es 5.19 Philips Galliard 
5.21 Jenkins Galliard 5.25 Jonqen Elégie Nocturnale, Op 95 No 15.36 Swider Piesn ; Moja Piosnka (Ten Songs to Lyrics by Polish Poets) 5.44 Rozycki Stanczyk (Symphoni Scherzo, Op 1) 5.53 Pezel Fourlntradas 
6.01 Turina Danzas Fantasticas , Op 22 6.17 Arriaqa Stabat Mater 6.25 Rodriqo Concierto Serenata 
6.47 Tchaikovsky Voyevoda , Op 78

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