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Through the Night

Continuous broadcast of concert music and opera, recorded from locations throughout Europe

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Through the Night: Through the Night

06/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

John Shea concludes the programme with music by Purcell, Handel, Bach, Muffat, Myslivecek, Kodaly, Kadosa, Ravel, Kalman, Rachmaninov, Haydn and Liszt.

With John Shea.

5.00am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): The Duke of Gloucester's Trumpet Suite
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
The King's Consort
Robert King (director)

5.11am
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759): Saro qual vento, che nell incendio spira
Rene Jacobs (countertenor)
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (director)

5.15am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Ricercar a 3 (The Musical Offering, BWV 1079)
Lorenzo Ghielmi (fortepiano)

5.21am
Muffat, Georg (1653-1704): Sonata (Concerto No 11 in E minor)
L'Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg (director)

5.27am
Myslivecek, Josef (1737-1781): String Quintet No 2 in E flat
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Rudolf Werthen (conductor)

5.39am
Kodaly, Zoltan (1882-1967): Faj a szivem
Ilona Tokody (soprano)
Imre Rohmann (piano)

5.45am
Kadosa, Pal (1903-1983): Sonatina on Hungarian Folk Songs
Zoltan Kocsis (piano)

5.50am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Tzigane
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)

6.00am
Kalman, Emmerich Imre (1882-1953): Komm Zigany; Czardas
Mark Dubois (tenor)
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
Raffi Armenian (conductor)

6.06am
Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943): Caprice bohemien, Op 12
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Verbitsky (conductor)

6.26am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Trio in G for keyboard and strings, H XIV 25
Kungsbacka Trio

6.42am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Hungarian Rhapsody No 2
Jeno Jando (piano)

6.54am
Kodaly, Zoltan (1882-1967): Hary Janos (excerpts)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (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: 06/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 06/02/2008

Including works by Busoni, Granados, Kaiser-Lindemann, Mozart, Poulenc and Rossini.

Including Busoni: Lustspielouverture. Granados: Allegro de concert. Kaiser-Lindemann: Die 12 in Bossa-nova. Mozart: Haffner Symphony. Poulenc: Aubade.

From 7.00am

Busoni: Lustspielouverture, Op 38
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Tamayo (conductor)

Granados: Allegro de concert
Teresa Llacuna (piano)

Kaiser-Lindemann: Die 12 in Bossa-nova
Cellos of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

From 8.30am

Mozart: Haffner Symphony
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Istvan Kertesz (conductor)

Poulenc: Aubade
Francois-Rene Duchable (piano)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
James Conlon (conductor)

Rossini: Una voce poco fa (Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1)
Rosina ...... Gianna d'Angelo (soprano)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bruno Bartoletti (conductor).

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Busoni Lustspielouverture , Op 38 Granados Allegro de Concert 
Kaiser-Lindemann Die 12 in Bossa-Nova 
8.30-10.00: Mozart Symphony No 35 in D, K385 (Haffner) Poulenc Aubade 
Rossini Una Voce Poco Fa (II Barbiere diSiviglia)

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 06/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 06/02/2008

James Jolly introduces works by Bach, Nielsen, Bax, Purcell, Norgard and Sibelius.

Includes Bach: Cantata No 82. Nielsen: Flute Concerto. Bax: Dream in Exile: Intermezzo. Purcell: My Heart is Inditing. Norgard: Dream Play. Sibelius: Symphony No 6.

With James Jolly.
	
10.00am
Bach: Cantata No 82 (Ich habe genug)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Marcel Ponseele (oboe/oboe d'amore)
Hidemi Suzuki (cello/piccolo cello)
Pierre Hantai (organ)
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)
ACCENT ACC 9395

10.25am
Nielsen: Flute Concerto
Andrew Nicholson (flute)
Halle Orchestra
Mark Elder (conductor)
HALLE CDHLL7502

10.47am
Bax: Dream in Exile (Intermezzo)
Ashley Wass (piano)
NAXOS 8.557439

11.00am
Purcell: My Heart is Inditing, Z30
Oxford Choir of Christchurch Cathedral
English Concert Orchestra
Simon Preston (conductor)
ARCHIV 427 124-2

11.17am
Norgard: Dream Play
Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra
Giordano Bellincampi (conductor)
DACAPO 8.226014

11.29am
Sibelius: Symphony No 6
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska (conductor)
BIS CD 864

11.57am
Sibelius: Drommen, Op 17 No 5
Tom Krause (baritone)
Irwin Gage (piano)
DECCA 476 172-5 (4 CDs).

With James Jolly. 
Bach Cantata No 82 Ich Habe Genug Klaus Mertens (bass), Marcel Ponseele (oboe/oboe d'amore), 
Hidemi Suzuki (cello/piccolo cello), Pierre HantaT 
(organ), La Petite Bande , conductor Sigiswald Kuijken 
10.25 Nielsen Flute Concerto Andrew Nicholson , Halle Orchestra , conductor Mark Elder 
10.47 Bax Intermezzo (Dream in Exile) Ashley Wass (piano) 
11.00 Purcell My Heart Is Inditing 
Oxford Choir of Christchurch Cathedral, 
English Concert, conductor Simon Preston 
11.17 Per Norgard Dream Play 
Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Giordano Bellincampi 
11.29 Sibelius Symphony No 6 
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, conductor Osmo Vanska

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 3: A New Hope

Episode 3

Episode 3: A New Hope

Osvaldo Golijov

A New Hope

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Osvaldo Golijov, A New Hope

Donald Macleod explores Golijov's diverse music, in conversation with the composer.

Osvaldo Golijov (1960- ): 3/5. A New Hope: Donald Macleod explores Golijov's diverse musical background, and focuses on Christ's Passion from the streets of Latin America.

Osvaldo Golijov (1960- )

Donald Macleod explores the diverse music of Osvaldo Golijov, in conversation with the composer.

3/5. A New Hope

Featuring Christ's Passion from the streets of Latin America, and an arrangement of Bizet for a film starring Johnny Depp.

Close Your Eyes; Cesar's Song; Without a Word (Film music: The Man Who Cried) 
Salvatore Licitra, Fred Frith (guitar)
Salvatore Laurence (double bass)
Kronos Quartet 

St Mark Passion (excerpts)
Luciana Souza, Samia Ibrahim (soprano)
Reynaldo Gonzalez Fernandez
Orquestra La Pasion
Schola Cantorum de Caracas
Cantoria Alberto Grau
Maria Guinand (conductor).

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 GolijovSouth American Week

3/5. A New Hope. With Donald Macleod. 
Close Your Eyes; Cesar's Song; Without a Word (The Man Who Cried) Salvatore Licitra and Fred Frith (guitars), Salvatore Laurence (double bass), Kronos Quartet 
St Mark Passion (excerpt) Luciana Souza , Samia Ibrahim and Reynaldo Gonzalez Fernandez (voices), Orquestra La Pasion, Schola Cantorum de Caracas. Cantoria Alberto Grau, conductor Maria Guinand 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: 06/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 06/02/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features music by Bach, Haydn, Rameau and Scarlatti.

1.00am Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: City of London Festival 2007. Eduard Kunz plays piano works by Bach, Haydn, Rameau and Scarlatti. 2.00pm South American Week: Latin-themed music.

Presented by Fiona Talkington.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

City of London Festival 2007

The series of concerts from last summer's festival continues with a recital given by another of Radio 3's New Generation Artists in the church of St Mary Aldermary.

Bach: Preludes and Fugues in C; C minor; B flat; B flat minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Haydn: Sonata in F
Rameau: La Dauphine; Chaconne
Scarlatti: Sonatas in D minor, Kk 213; Sonata in A, Kk 209; Sonata in A, Kk 214
Eduard Kunz (piano)

2.00pm

South American Week

Continuing Radio 3's celebration of all things South American as performed by the BBC Orchestras, Singers and friends.

Mignone: Festas das igrejas
Krieger: Passacaglia for the New Millennium
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Neschling (conductor)

Villa-Lobos: Ave Maria; Pater noster
BBC Singers
Celso Antunes (conductor)

Ginastera: Concerto for piano and orchestra No 1, Op 28
Rolf Hind (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

Piazzolla: Suite del angel transc. for string quartet by Eckart Runge
Artemis String Quartet

Guarnieri: Ave Maria
Santoro: Ave Maria
Escobar: Ave Maria
BBC Singers
Celso Antunes (conductor)

Ginastera: Lamentations of Jeremiah
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor).

Introduced by Fiona Talkington. Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert City of London Festival 2007 
Another Radio 3 New Generation Artist recital. Eduard Kunz (piano) 
Bach Preludes and Fugues in C, BWV846; in C minor, BWV847; B flat, BWV866; in B flat minor, BWV867  (The Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1) Haydn Piano Sonata in F. H XVI 29 Rameau La Dauphine; Chaconne 
D Scarlatti Sonatas: in D minor, Kk213; in A, Kk209,inA,Kk214 
2.00 South American Week 3/5. Mignone Festas das Igrejas BBCSO, conductor John Neschling 
Krieqer Passacaglia for the New Millennium BBCSO, conductor John Neschling Villa-Lobos Ave Maria ; Pater Noster 
BBC Singers, conductor Celso Antunes 
Plazzolla, transcr Eckart Runge Suite del Angel Artemis Quartet 
Guarnieri Ave Maria Santoro Ave Maria 
BBC Singers, conductor Celso Antunes Escobar Ave Maria 
BBC Singers, conductor Celso Antunes Ginastera Lamentations of Jeremiah 
BBC Singers, conductor Stephen Cleobury Ginastera Piano Concerto No 1, Op 28 
Rolf Hind , BBCSO, conductor Leonard Slatkin

Choral Evensong

Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: 06/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, 06/02/2008

From the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Albans.

Live from the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Albans.

Live from the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Albans.
 
Introit: Thou knowest, Lord (Purcell)
Responses: Ebdon
Psalm: 51 (Allegri)
First Reading: Isaiah 1 vv10-18
Office Hymn: Lord Jesus, think on me (Southwell)
Canticles: The Short Service (Morley)
Second Reading: Luke 15 vv11-32
Anthem: Emendemus in melius (Cristobal de Morales)
Hymn: Jesu, lover of my soul (Aberystwyth)
Organ Voluntary: Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 671 (Bach)
 
Director of Music: Simon Johnson
Organist: Richard Pinel.

For Ash Wednesday. Live from the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban. Introit: Thou Knowest, Lord (Purcell). 
Responses: Ebdon. Psalm: 51 (Allegri). First 
Reading: Isaiah 1, vv 10-18. Office Hymn: Lord Jesus, Think on Me (Southwell). Canticles: The 
Short Service (Morley). Second Reading: Luke 15, vv 11-32. Anthem: Emendemus In Melius 
(Cristobal de Morales). Hymn: Jesu, Lover of My Soul (Aberystwyth). Organ Voluntary: Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV671 (Bach). Director of Music Simon Johnson. Organist Richard Pinel.

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: 06/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 06/02/2008

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

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: 06/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 06/02/2008

The London Philharmonic performs works by Turnage, Henze, Brahms and Tchaikovsky.

The London Philharmonic performs the London premiere of Turnage's Lullaby for Hans, plus Henze's Sonata per Archi, Brahms' Piano Concerto in D and Tchaikovsky's final symphony.

With Petroc Trelawny.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra's Composer-in-Residence, Mark-Anthony Turnage, composed Lullaby for Hans as a tribute to one of his former teachers, Hans Werner Henze, and this concert includes its London premiere alongside a work by its dedicatee. 

The programme also includes the leading German violinist Christian Tetzlaff in Brahms' lyrical concerto and ends with Tchaikovsky's final, deeply personal symphony.

Turnage: Lullaby for Hans
Henze: Sonata per Archi
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op 77
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 in B Minor (Pathetique), Op 74

Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski (conductor).

With Petroc Trelawny. Mark-Anthony Turnage composed Lullaby for Hans as a tribute to one of his former teachers, Hans Werner Henze. 
Conductor Vladimir Jurowski includes its London premiere alongside a work by its dedicatee. 
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Jurowski Mark-Anthony Turnage Lullaby for Hans Henze Sonata per archi 
Brahms Violin Concerto in D 
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 in B minor (Pathetique)

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: 06/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 06/02/2008

With an exhibition of the work of avant-garde Russian photographer Alexander Rodchenko.

Gabriel Gbadamosi visits a new exhibition of the work of pioneering avant-garde Russian photographer Alexander Rodchenko at London's Hayward Gallery.

Gabriel Gbadamosi examines the work of Russian photographer Alexander Rodchenko , presently on view at London's Hayward Gallery. Producer Martin Smith

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: 06/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 06/02/2008

A programme marking the Halle Orchestra's 150th birthday, including music by Elgar.

With Petroc Trelawny. Marking the Halle Orchestra's 150th birthday, this programme celebrates the orchestra's relationship with John Barbirolli and includes music by Elgar.

The Halle Orchestra's relationship with John Barbirolli. With music by Elgar.

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 3

The Great Essayists

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, The Great Essayists, Episode 3Close menu

William Hazlitt was a journalist, critic and republican, renowned for his polemic prose.

The Great Essayists: Writer and philosopher AC Grayling continues his exploration of key figures from the glory days of the English essay. 3/4. William Hazlitt.

The Great Essayists

Writer and philosopher AC Grayling continues his exploration of key figures from the glory days of the English essay.

3/4. William Hazlitt was a journalist, critic and radical republican polemicist. He is renowned for the power and beauty of his prose in essays, ranging from a description of Poussin's famous painting of Orion to an evocation of the atmosphere at a bare-knuckle fight on the Hungerford Downs.

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 
3/4. William Hazlitt. With AC Grayling.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 06/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 06/02/2008

With music from Murcof, Karen Tweed and Timo Alakotila plus music for Ash Wednesday.

Fiona Talkington hosts music from Mexican sound artist Murcof, and tracks from the new Midnight May Monday project from Karen Tweed and Timo Alakotila. Plus music for Ash Wednesday.

Radio 3's South American theme continues with music from Mexican sound artist Murcof, while Fiona Talkington explores tracks from the new Midnight May Monday project from Karen Tweed and Timo Alakotila, as well as music for Ash Wednesday.

With music by Mexican sound artist Murcof.

Through the Night: 07/02/2008

07/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 07/02/2008

John Shea introduces works by Schoenberg, R Strauss, Mahler, Handel, Chopin and Mozart.

Including 1.00 Schoenberg, R Strauss, Mahler. 3.21 Reinecke, Handel, Chopin. 5.00 Donizetti, Mozart, Britten, Beethoven, Bach, Bruch.

With John Shea.

1.00am
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951): Erhebung; Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm; Erwartung; Waldsonne (4 lieder, Op 2)
1.15am
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911): Ich ging mit lust durch einen grunen Wald
1.20am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Das Rosenband, Op 36 No 1; Gluckes genug, Op 37 No 1; Standchen, Op 17 No 2; Ein Obdach gegen Sturm und Regen, Op 46 No 1; Morgen, Op 27 No 4; In goldener Fulle, Op 49 No 2
1.38am
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903): 8 songs for voice and piano (Morike-Lieder)
Arleen Auger (soprano)
Irwin Gage (piano)

2.05am
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911): Symphony No 7
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

3.21am
Reinecke, Carl (1824-1910): Trio in A minor, Op 188
Jaap Prinsen (horn)
Maarten Karres (oboe)
Ariane Veelo-Karres (piano)

3.45am
Ugolini, Vincenzo (c.1580-1638): 3 Motets
Lars Baunkilde (violone)
Soren Christian Vestergaard (organ)
Copenhagen Cornetts and Sackbutts
Danish National Radio Chorus
Bo Holten (conductor)

4.01am
Pacius, Frederik (1809-1891): Overture for Large Orchestra
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kari Tikka (conductor)

4.07am
Parac, Ivo (1890-1954): Andante amoroso
Zagreb Quartet

4.14am
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759): Concerto grosso No 7, Op 6
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Terje Tonnesen (conductor)

4.28am
Elsner, Josef (1769-1854): Polonaise in D minor
Urszula Bartkiewicz (harpsichord)

4.33am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Andante spianato; Grande polonaise brillante
Ludmil Angelov (piano)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Milen Nachev (conductor)

4.47am
Traditional, arr. Yepes (1927-1997): Romanza
Stepan Rak (guitar)

4.54am
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931): Overture (Maskerade)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam (conductor).

With John Shea. Highlights include: 1.00 Schoenberg Vier Lieder, Op 2 2.05 Mahler Symphony No 
4.07 Parac Andante Amoroso 6.12 Bach Cantata No 170: Vergnugte Ruh '.beliebte Seelenlus 
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