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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

04/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

John Shea concludes the programme with music by Berlioz, Schafer, Telemann, Debussy, Bartok, Sibelius, Escher and Schubert.

With John Shea.

5.00am
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869): La damnation de Faust, Op 24 (excerpts)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Willem Mengelberg (conductor)

5.12am
Schafer, Dirk (1873-1931): Adagio patetico (Piano Quintet, Op 5)
Jacob Bogaart (piano)
Orpheus String Quartet

5.22am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Concerto in E minor	
La Stagione Frankfurt

5.36am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Chansons de Bilitis
Jard van Nes (mezzo-soprano)
Gerard van Blerk (piano)

5.46am
Bartok, Bela (1881-1945) arr. Willner: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 56
I Cameristi Italiani

5.53am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): En Saga (1892)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

6.15am
Escher, Rudolf (1912-1980): Ciel, air et vents 
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Ed Spanjaard (conductor) 

6.27am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): 4 Impromptus, Op 142
Alfred Brendel (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: 04/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 04/02/2008

Including works by Monza, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Victoria and Chausson.

Including Monza: La tempesta del mare. Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 2. Victoria: O quam gloriosum. Chausson: Poeme. Quantz: Concerto in G.

Including from 7.00am

Monza: La tempesta del mare
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 2, BWV 1047
Ravinia Players
James Levine (conductor)

From 8.30am

Victoria: O quam gloriosum
The Sixteen

Chausson: Poeme	
Philippe Graddin (violin)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)

Quantz: Concerto in G
Simion Stanciu Syrinx (panpipe)
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra
Armin Jordan (conductor).

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Monza La Tempesta di Mare Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty 
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F BWV1047 
8.30-10.00: Victoria 0 Ouam Gloriosum Chausson Poeme 
Quantz Concerto in G

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 04/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 04/02/2008

James Jolly introduces works by Mendelssohn, Stravinsky, Lully, Koechlin, Elgar and Wagner

Including Mendelssohn: Overture (A Midsummer Night's Dream). Stravinsky: Apollon musagette. Lully: Dormons, dormons tous… (Atys, Act 3, Sc 4). Koechlin: String Quartet No 1 in D.

With James Jolly.

10.00am
Mendelssohn: Overture (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur (conductor)
TELDEC 2292-46323-2

10.13am
Stravinsky: Apollon musagette
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 415 979-2

10.47am
Lully: Dormons, dormons tous… (Atys, Act 3, Scene 4)
Sleep ...... Gilles Ragon (tenor)
Morpheus ...... Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor)
Phobetor ...... Bernard Deletre (baritone)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901257.59 (3 CDs)

10.58am
Koechlin: String Quartet No 1 in D, Op 51 
Ardeo Quartet
AR RE-SE AR 2006-3

11.20am
Elgar: Dream Children, Op 43
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)
TESTAMENT SBT 1106

11.28am
Wagner: Ring Cycle on DVD
The Building a Library recommendation

11.54am
Wagner, orch. Felix Mottl: Wesendonk-Lieder (Träume)
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer (conductor)
EMI 764074-2 (4 CDs).

With James Jolly. 
MenieissohnOverture: A Midsummer Night's Dream Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor Kurt Masur 
10.13 Stravinsky Apollon Musagète 
Berlin PO, conductor Herbert von Karajan 
10.47 Lully Dormons , Dormons Tous (Atys)  
Les Arts Florissants, conductor William Christie 
10.58 Koechlin String Quartet No I in D, Op 51 Ardeo Quartet 
11.20 Elqar Dream Children 
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Adrian Boult 
11.28 Wagner Ring cycle on DVD 
Version recommended in Saturday's CD Review.

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: Golijov

Composer of the Week: Osvaldo Golijov: Episode 1: The Man from La Plata

Episode 1

Episode 1: The Man from La Plata

Osvaldo Golijov

The Man from La Plata

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Osvaldo Golijov, The Man from La Plata

Donald Macleod focuses on the people and places that have influenced Golijov's career.

Osvaldo Golijov (1960- ): 1/5. The Man from La Plata: Donald Macleod focuses on the people and places that have had a big influence on Golijov's career.

Osvaldo Golijov (1960- )

Donald Macleod meets a composer anointed by American critics as 'the saviour of classical music', an artist whose diverse background - brought up in Argentina, of Eastern European Jewish ancestry, living in Jerusalem and studying in the United States - has given him a distinct musical voice.

1/5: The Man from La Plata

A focus on the people and places that have had a big influence on Golijov's career.

Two Days (St Mark Passion)
Luciana Souza, Samia Ibrahim (sopranos)
Reynaldo Gonzalez Fernandez (baritone)
Orquestra La Pasion
Schola Cantorum de Caracas
Cantoria Alberto Grau
Maria Guinand (conductor)

Yiddishbbuk: Inscriptions for string quartet
St Lawrence Quartet

The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind for klezmer clarinet and string quartet
Todd Palmer (clarinets)
St Lawrence Quartet.

Composer of the Week: Osvaldo Golijov

Donald Macleod meets a composer whose diverse background has given him a distinct sound

Donald Macleod meets a composer anointed by American critics as 'the saviour of classical music', and whose diverse background has given him a distinct musical voice

Composer of the Week: Osvaldo Golijov: South American Week: The Man from La Plata

1/5. Donald Macleod meets Osvaldo Golijov (born 1960), hailed by American critics as "the saviour of classical music".
Two Days (St Mark Passion) - Luciana Souza, Samia Ibrahim, Reynaldo Gonzalez Fernandez (voices), Orquestra La Pasion, Schola Cantorum de Caracas, Cantoria Alberto Grau, conductor Maria Guinand
Yiddishbbuk: Inscriptions for string quartet - St Lawrence Quartet
The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind - Todd Palmer (clarinet), St Lawrence Quartet

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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: 04/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 04/02/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features music by Brahms, Faure and Debussy.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Ailish Tynan and Julius Drake perform music by Brahms, Debussy and Faure. 2.00pm South American Week: With music from Ginastera, Villa-Lobos and Lindberg.

Presented by Fiona Talkington.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Direct from Wigmore Hall, London, Sarah Walker introduces Irish soprano Ailish Tynan accompanied by Julius Drake (piano) in a recital including French songs and nine Lieder by Johannes Brahms.

Brahms: Das Madchen spricht, Op 107 No 3; Es traumte mir, Op 57 No 3; Wenn du nur zuweilen lachelst, Op 57 No 2; Ach, wende diesen Blick, Op 57 No 4; Unbewegte laue Luft, Op 57 No 8; Standchen, Op 106 No 1; Da unten im Tale; O kuhler Wald, Op 72 No 3; Vergebliches Standchen, Op 84 No 4
Debussy: Fetes galantes I; En sourdine; Clair de lune; Fantoches
Faure: Three settings of texts by Paul Verlaine: Clair de lune, Op 46 No 2; Spleen, Op 51 No 3; Mandoline, Op 58 No 1
Debussy: Fetes galantes II; Les Ingenus; Le faune; Colloque sentimental
Faure: Three settings of texts by Charles-Marie-Rene Leconte de Lisle: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op 39 No 4; Lydia, Op 4 No 2; Nell, Op 18 No 1

2.00pm South American Week

A week of music celebrating all things South American as performed by the BBC Orchestras, BBC Singers and friends. Music by South American composers features alongside recordings made on tour in Argentina, Mexico and Brazil.

Villa-Lobos: Bendita sabedoria
BBC Singers
Celso Antunes (conductor)

Ginastera: Variaciones concertantes for chamber orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Malkki (conductor)

Ginastera: Panambi, Op 1
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Enrique Diemecke (conductor)

Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras No 9
BBC Singers
Odaline de la Martinez (conductor)

Lindberg: Chorale (based on Bach: Es ist genug)
Bruckner: Symphony No 9 in D minor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor).

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Live from Wigmore Hall with Sarah Walker.
Ailish Tynan (soprano), Julius Drake (piano)
Brahms Das Madchen spricht, Op 107 No 3; Es traumte mir, Op 57 No 3; Wenn du nur zuweilen lachelst, Op 57 No 2; Ach, wende diesen Blick, Op 57 No 4; Unbewegte laue Luft, Op 57 No 8; Standchen, Op 106 No 1; Da unten im Tale; O kuhler Wald, Op 72 No 3; Vergebliches Standchen, Op 84 No 4
Debussy Fetes Galantes, Vol 1
Faure Clair de Lune, Op 46 No 2; Spleen, Op 51 No 3; Mandoline, Op 58 No
Debussy Fetes Galantes, Vol 2
Faure Les Roses d'lspahan, Op 39 No 4; Lydia, Op 4 No 2; Nell, Op 18 No 1

2.00 South American Week
1/5. Fiona Talkington introduces music celebrating throughout the week all things South American.
Villa-Lobos Bendita Sabedoria - BBC Singers, conductor Celso Antunes
Ginastera Variaciones Concertantes - BBC SO, conductor Susanna Maikki
Ginastera Panambi, Op 1 - BBC SO, conductor Enrique Diemecke
Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No 9 - BBC Singers, conductor Odaline de la Martinez
Magnus Lindberg Chorale based on J.S. Bach's Es ist genug
Bruckner Symphony No 9 in D minor - BBC SO, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste

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: 04/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 04/02/2008

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

Sean Rafferty presents 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: Halle Orchestra 150th Birthday Concert

Halle Orchestra 150th Birthday Concert

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Halle Orchestra 150th Birthday Concert

A concert marking 150 years of the Halle, with works by Weber, Lambert, Elgar and Ades.

Halle Orchestra 150th Birthday Concert: Petroc Trelawny presents a concert from the Bridgwater Hall marking 150 years of the Halle, with works by Weber, Lambert, Elgar and Ades.

Halle Orchestra 150th Birthday Concert

Petroc Trelawny presents a concert from Manchester's Bridgwater Hall celebrating 150 years since the first of Mr Charles Halle's Grand Orchestral Concerts.

The programme includes a work that Halle himself played on that auspicious occasion - Weber's Konzertstuck for piano and orchestra - as well as works by Lambert, Elgar and Ades that the orchestra premiered.

Joining the orchestra are two great singers: Dmitry Hvorostovsky, who performs operatic arias, and Dame Janet Baker, who introduces the concert.

John Tomlinson (bass-baritone)
Anna Stephany (mezzo-soprano)
Polina Leschenko (piano)
Halle Choir
Halle Youth Choir
Halle Orchestra
Mark Elder (conductor)
James Burton (conductor)

Matthews: A Quick Start
Berlioz: Overture (Le Corsaire), Op 21
Verdi: Ella giammai m'amo! (Don Carlos)
Ades: These Premises Are Alarmed
Debussy: Fetes
Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region
Lambert: The Rio Grande (conducted by James Burton)
Weber: Konzertstuck in F minor for piano and orchestra
Wagner: Was duftet doch der Flieder (Der Meistersinger)
Gounod: Serenade (Vous qui faites l'endormie)
Elgar: In the South, Op 50 (Alassio).

A celebratory concert from Manchester's Bridgewater Hall marking 150 years since the first of "Mr Charles Halle's Grand Orchestral Concerts".

Anna Stephany (mezzo), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Polina Leschenko (piano), Halle Choir, Halle Youth Choir, Halle Orchestra, conductors Mark Elder and James Burton

Berlioz Overture: Le Corsaire

Rossini Largo al Factotum (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)

Verdi The Death of Rodrigo (Don Carlos)

Tchaikovsky Yeletsky's Aria (The Queen of Spades)

Thomas Ades These Premises Are Alarmed

Vaughan Williams Toward the Unknown Region

Lambert The Rio Grande

Debussy Fetes

Weber Konzertstuck in F minor, Op 79

Elgar Overture: In the South (Alassio)

Composer of the Week: Osvaldo Golljov

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: 04/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 04/02/2008

Sociologist Richard Sennett talks about the the work of the hand and the work of the brain

Isabel Hilton talks to sociologist Richard Sennett about the link between the work of the hand and the work of the brain. Plus racial identity in Brazil, and the new hit film Juno.

Isabel Hilton talks to leading sociologist Richard Sennett about the relationship between the work of the hand and the work of the brain, a combination that, he argues in his new book The Craftsman, is crucial to creating more balanced, fulfilling lives in the modern consumer society.

As part of Radio 3's South America Week, the first of two discussions on contemporary Latin American issues asks how Brazil is now facing a crisis of racial identity despite its having pioneered anti-discrimination legislation.

And Isabel also talks about Juno, one of the independent film hits of the year, about accidental teenage pregnancy, plus artist Peter Doig's new show at Tate Britain.

Isabel Hilton talks to sociologist Richard Sennett about the relationship between the work of the hand and the work of the brain. Producer Martin smith 
Podcast: available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/nightwaves

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: The Great Essayists

The Essay: The Great Essayists: Episode 1

The Great Essayists

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, The Great Essayists, Episode 1

English nobleman Francis Bacon is considered to be the father of the English essay.

The Great Essayists: Writer and philosopher AC Grayling explores key figures from the rich tradition of English essay writing. 1/4: Francis Bacon.

The Great Essayists

Writer and philosopher AC Grayling explores key figures from the rich tradition of English essay writing.

1/4. English nobleman Francis Bacon is considered to be the father of the English essay and his work, first published at the end of the 16th century, has never been out of print since.

The Essay: The Great Essayists

Writer and philosopher AC Grayling explores the rich tradition of English essay writing.

Writer and philosopher AC Grayling explores four key figures from the rich tradition of English essay writing

The Great Essayists 
1/4. Francis Bacon. AC Grayling explores key figures from the tradition of English essay writing, starting with Francis Bacon. 
Producer Matt Silver EMAIL:theessay@bbc.co.uk

Awards for World Music A to Z

A monthly series of profiles of the nominees for the 2008 BBC Radio 3 Awards

Awards for World Music A to Z: 04/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Awards for World Music A to Z, 04/02/2008

Lucy Duran profiles nominees for the 2008 BBC Radio 3 Awards.

Lucy Duran profiles some of the nominees in the 2008 BBC Radio 3 Awards. Including Gaudi and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Hazmat Modine, Huun Huur Tu and The Idan Raichel Project.

Lucy Duran introduces the second in a monthly series of profiles of the nominees for the 2008 BBC Radio 3 Awards. 

Including Gaudi and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Italy/UK/Pakistan), Hazmat Modine (USA), Huun Huur Tu (Tuva), The Idan Raichel Project (Israel), Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara (UK/Gambia), Malouma (Mauritania) and Manu Chao (France/Spain).

Lucy Duran profiles more of the nominees in the 2008 BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music. Producer James Parkin

Through the Night: 05/02/2008

05/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 05/02/2008

With John Shea. Including works by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Dvorak, Chopin and Beethoven.

Including 1.00 Bach, Haydn, Mozart. 2.36 Dvorak, Janacek, Stenhammer, Palestrina. 5.00 Bach, Haydn, Chopin, Glazunov, Beethoven, Schubert.

With John Shea.

1.00am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) arr. Sitkovetsky: Intros (Goldberg Variations), BWV 988
1.16am
Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich (1732-1795): Allegro (Sextet in C)
1.21am
Vanhal, Johann Baptist (1739-1813): Trio No 5 in E flat, Op 20
1.28am
Stamitz, Carl (1745-1801): Quartet in B flat, Op 19 No 5
1.41am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): String Quartet in C, Op 74 No 1
2.06am
Mozart, Leopold (1719-1787): Eine musikaliches Schlittenfahrt
2.15am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Ein musikalischer Spass in F, K522
Ensemble Midt-Vest

2.36am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Stabat mater, Op 58
RTV Slovenia Chamber Choir and Symphony Orchestra
Marko Munih (conductor)

3.56am
Janacek, Leos (1854-1928): Sonata for violin and piano, JW 7 No 7
Eric Heide (violin)
Martin Quist Hansen (piano)

4.14am
Sorkocevic, Luka (1734-1789), arr. Matuic: Symphony No 3 in D
Dubrovnik Guitar Trio

4.21am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Psalm 23
Leo van Doeselaar (organ)

4.29am
Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927): Florez and Blanzeflor, Op 3
Peter Mattei (baritone)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor)

4.38am
Touchemoulin, Joseph (1727-1801): Sinfonia in B flat
Neue Dusseldorfer Hofsmusik

4.53am
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594): Stabat mater for 8 voices
Theatrum Instrumentorum
Chorus of Swiss Radio, Lugano
Diego Fasolis (conductor).

With John Shea. Includes 1.00 Bach, arr Sitkovetsky Goldberg Variations, BWV988 2.06 Leopold Mozart Eine musikaliches Schlittenfahrt 3.56 Janacek Violin Sonata 5.53 Beethoven Piano Trio in G, Op f No 2 
For full details see www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/throuqhthenight

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