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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

09/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

John Shea concludes the programme with works by Lisinski, Scriabin, Strauss, Myslivecek, Scarlatti, Pachelbel, Mozart, Respighi, Lassus, Vladigerov and Stenhammar.

With John Shea.

5.00am
Lisinski, Vatroslav (1819-1854): Overture (Porin)
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Kazushi Ono (conductor)

5.10am
Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915): Fantasy in A minor
Aglika Genova, Liuben Dimitrov (pianos)

5.16am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Es gibt ein Reich (Ariadne auf Naxos)
Michele Crider (soprano)
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Armin Jordan (conductor)

5.23am
Myslivecek, Josef (1737-1781): String Quintet No 2 in E flat
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Rudolf Werthen (conductor)

5.34am
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725): Toccata per cembalo
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)

5.42am
Pachelbel, Johann (1653-1706): Jauchzet dem Herrn
Cantus Colln
Konrad Junghanel (director)

5.48am
Two Improvisations on La folia and Passamezzo moderno
Labyrinto
Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba/director)

5.53am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), compl. Zoltan Kocsis (b. 1952): Rondo in E flat, K371
Laszlo Gal (horn)
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Zoltan Kocsis (conductor)

6.00am
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936): Rossiniana
West Australia Symphony Orchestra
Jorge Mester (conductor)

6.27am
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Domine Dominus noster
6.29am
Lassus: Adoramus te Christe
6.30
Lassus: Resonet in laudibus
6.34am
Lassus: Christus resurgens ex mortuis	
King's Singers

6.37am
Vladigerov, Pancho (1899-1978): Improvisatsiya i tokata
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Vladigerov (conductor)

6.49am
Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927): Ithaka, Op 21
Peter Mattei (baritone)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (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: 09/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 09/02/2008

Including music by Dowland, Tavener, Schubert and Vivaldi.

Including Dowland: Fantasia No 7. Tavener: Dhyana (A Song for Nicola for solo violin and strings). Schubert: Impromptu No 3 in C. Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor.

Including from 7.00am

Dowland: Fantasia No 7 (A Varietie of Lute Lessons)
Elizabeth Kenny (lute)

Tavener: Dhyana (A Song for Nicola for solo violin and strings)
Nicola Benedetti (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)

From 8.00am
Schubert: Impromptu No 3 in C, D 946
Alfred Brendel (piano)

Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor, Op 12 No 1
Sarah Chang (violin)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

Martin Handley

Music includes: 
7.00-8.00: Dowland Fantasia No 7 (A Varietie of Lute Lessons) Taverner Dhyana : A Song for Nicola 
8.00-9.00: Schubert Impromptu in C, D946 No 3 Vivaldi Violin Concerto in G minor, RV317 
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:  Mozart: String Quartet No. 23 in F K590

Building a Library:  Mozart: String Quartet No. 23 in F K590

BBC Radio 3 - CD Review, Building a Library:  Mozart: String Quartet No. 23 in F K590

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Mozart String Quartet, K590.

With Andrew McGregor. Including 9.30am Building a Library: Mozart String Quartet, K590. 10.30am Issues of historic recordings. 11.55am Disc of the Week: Bizet: Jeux d'enfants.

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

Building a Library: 
Mozart: String Quartet No. 23 in F K590 

Reviewer - Peter Quantrill

Overall choice:
Quatuor Mosaiques
Naive E8888 (CD)

Traditional Instrument Choice:
Tokyo Quartet
Buddulph BID80215

CD Review BAL Catalogue Data
bal.mozart:
bal.mozart.string.quartet.no.23.k590

Introduced by Andrew McGregor. 
9.30 Building a Library Peter Quantrill considers recordings of Mozart's String Quartet in F, K590. 
10.30 Rob Cowan trawls through recent issues of historic recordings. 
11.20 Session Report: Fire Burning In Snow 
How Jeffrey Skidmore 's Ex Cathedra Consort and Baroque Ensemble re-create the Baroque music of Latin America in a north-London church. 
11.55 Disc of the Week: Bizet Jeux d'Enfants, Op 22 Les Siècles, conductor Francois-Xavier Roth www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed]. 
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Music Matters

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

Music Matters: 09/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, 09/02/2008

With pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard on recording Bach and managing the Aldeburgh Festival.

Tom Service talks to pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard about his new Bach CD and managing the Aldeburgh Festival. Plus the music of Henri Dutilleux and Indian field recordings.

Tom Service talks to pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard about his first recording of Bach - The Art of Fugue - and his stewardship of the Aldeburgh Festival.

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales celebrate the music of Henri Dutilleux. And a major exhibition of field recordings from India opens at the Horniman Museum in London.

Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard talks to Tom Service about his recording of Bach's Art of Fugue and about his stewardship of the Aideburgh Festival. Plus Discovering Dutilleux with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and a major exhibition of field recordings from India at the Horniman Museum in London. Producer Jeremy Evans

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: 09/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, 09/02/2008

Catherine Bott looks at some of the many composers employed by the French royal family.

Versailles and Paris Month: Musicians of Versailles. Catherine Bott looks at some of the composers employed by the French royal family from the Louis XIII era up to the Revolution.

Versailles and Paris Month: Musicians of Versailles

Catherine Bott looks at some of the many composers who were employed by the French royal family from the time of Louis XIII up to the Revolution at the end of the 18th century.

Musicians such as Marin Marais, the Couperin brothers, Andre Campra, Claude Balbastre, Francois Philidor, Louis-Claude Daquin and Andre Destouches all lived and/or worked at the palace of Versailles at some point during their career and wrote some of their best-known pieces for royal occasions.

Versailles and Paris Month: The Musicians of Versailles 
Catherine Bott looks at some of the composers employed by the French royal family from the time of Louis XIII up to the Revolution at the end of the 18th century, such as Marin Marais, the Couperin brothers, Andr4 Campra, Claude Balbastre , Francois Philidor , Louis-Claude Daquin and Andr6 DestOUCheS. ProducerLesPratt

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: 09/02/2008

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Ailish Tynan and Julius Drake perform songs by Debussy and Faure plus lieder by Brahms.

Sarah Walker presents another chance to hear Ailish Tynan and Julius Drake perform songs by Debussy and Faure plus a selection of nine lieder by Brahms.

Sarah Walker presents another chance to hear Monday's Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert given at the Wigmore Hall, London. Irish soprano Ailish Tynan is joined by pianist Julius Drake for a recital of French songs and a selection of 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 kühler 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-ReneLeconte de Lisle: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op 39 No 4; Lydia, Op 4 No 2; Nell, Op 18 No 1.

Another chance to hear last Monday's concert from the Wigmore Hall, London. Soprano Ailish Tynan is joined by pianist Julius Drake in a recital of French song. Introduced by Sarah Walker.

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: World Routes in Azerbaijan

World Routes: World Routes in Azerbaijan: Episode 1: Ashig troubadours, Mugham and the Kamancha

Episode 1

Episode 1: Ashig troubadours, Mugham and the Kamancha

World Routes in Azerbaijan

Ashig troubadours, Mugham and the Kamancha

BBC Radio 3 - World Routes, World Routes in Azerbaijan, Ashig troubadours, Mugham and the Kamancha

Focusing on the music of Azerbaijan, including old songs of the Ashig troubadours.

Lucy Duran examines the music of Azerbaijan, focusing on the old songs of the Ashig troubadours and the art music of the virtuosic Mugham performers.

Lucy Duran explores Azerbaijan's musical traditions

Lucy Duran travels to Azerbaijan to uncover its musical traditions, which have survived the country's growing prosperity

World Routes in Azerbaijan: Ashig Troubadours, Mugham and the Kamancha

World Routes In Azerbaijan

1/2. Lucy Duran travels to Azerbaijan to discover how its musical traditions have influenced the area for centuries. Producer James Parkin

Jazz Line-Up

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

Jazz Line-Up: 09/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Line-Up, 09/02/2008

With music from the London Jazz Festival 2007 in tribute to keyboardist Joe Zawinul.

Julian Joseph presents tracks from the London Jazz Festival 2007 in tribute to the late keyboardist Joe Zawinul. With the BBC Big Band, Joe's bassist Victor Bailey and Django Bates.

Julian Joseph presents previously unbroadcast tracks from a concert given at the London Jazz Festival 2007 in tribute to the late jazz keyboard player Joe Zawinul. Featuring the BBC Big Band, with Joe's own bass player Victor Bailey and keyboardist Django Bates taking Joe's part.

A tribute to keyboard legend Joe Zawinul , who died last year, featuring previously unbroadcast tracks from a concert given at the 2007 London Jazz Festival. 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: 09/02/2008

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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: Verdi's La Traviata

Verdi's La Traviata

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Verdi's La Traviata

Anna Netrebko and Jonas Kaufman lead the cast in Verdi's tragic opera.

Verdi's La traviata: Russian soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Jonas Kaufman head the cast in a Royal Opera House production of Verdi's tragic opera. Maurizio Benini conducts.

Verdi's La traviata

Based on a play by Alexandre Dumas, La traviata tells the tragic story of Violetta, the consumptive courtesan whose bid for true love finds her pitilessly rejected by the society that once rejoiced in her debauched parties.

This Royal Opera House production is led by a cast including Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, tenor Jonas Kaufman and baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky.

Presented by Sean Rafferty from the Royal Opera House in conversation with writer and opera critic Alexandra Wilson.

Violetta Valery ...... Anna Netrebko (soprano)
Flora Bervoix ...... Monika-Evelin Liiv (mezzo-soprano)
Marquis d’Obigny ...... Kostas Smoriginas (bass-baritone)
Baron Douphol ...... Eddie Wade (baritone)
Doctor Grenvil ...... Mark Beesley (bass)
Gastone de Letorieres ...... Ji-Min Park (tenor)
Alfredo Germont ...... Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Giuseppe ...... Neil Gillespie (tenor)
Giorgio Germont ...... Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Messenger ...... Charbel Mattar (bass)
Servant ...... Jonathan Coad (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Maurizio Benini (conductor).

Sean Rafferty presents a performance of this critically acclaimed production of Verdi's La Traviata from the Royal Opera House, 
Covent Garden, starring Anna Netrebko , Jonas Kaufmann and Dmitri Hvorostovsky.  
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conductor Maurizio Benini 
RT DIRECT: Verdi's La Traviata (2 CDs) is available for £9.99 including p&p. Send cheque payable to Selections to: [address removed]. Phone [number removed] (national rate). quoting B46-L779, or visit www.selections.com/rtdlrect Radio choices: pages 130-131

The Wire

Showcase for works that push the boundaries of drama and narrative

Showcase for works that push the boundaries of drama and narrative, created by first-time radio writers and also writers distinguished in other forms

The Wire: Moonmen

Moonmen

BBC Radio 3 - The Wire, Moonmen

The play centres on an encounter between two isolated men - an astronaut and a CB fan.

A space odyssey with a difference, this drama centres on a philosophical encounter between two isolated men - an astronaut and a CB radio enthusiast.

By Jimmy McAleavey.

A space odyssey with a difference, Moonmen centres on a philosophical encounter between two isolated men - an astronaut and a CB radio enthusiast in rural Ireland. Are they polar opposites or kindred spirits locked in a mutual orbit?

Moonman ...... Dermot Crowley
Spaceman ...... Nathan Osgood
Ground Control ...... Peter Marinker
Radio Announcer ...... Linda Wray
DJ ...... Paul Sheridan

Director: Eoin OCallaghan.

by Jimmy McAleavey.
A space odyssey with a difference, Moonmen is a philosophical encounter between an orbiting astronaut and a CB radio enthusiast in rural Ireland.
Radio choices: pages 130-131

Pre-Hear

Companion programme to Hear and Now, offering more of the best new music

Companion programme to Hear and Now, the contemporary music showcase, offering more of the best new music

Pre-Hear: 09/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Pre-Hear, 09/02/2008

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales performs works by Downie and Holloway.

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales play works by Downie and Holloway. Downie: forms 6: event aggregates for orchestra. Holloway: Scenes from Schumann - 7 paraphrases for orchestra.

Featuring music from two composers with strong academic associations: Gordon Downie lectures at the University of the West of England and Robin Holloway at the University of Cambridge.

Downie: forms 6: event aggregates for orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

Holloway: Scenes from Schumann - 7 paraphrases for orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Diego Masson (conductor).

BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Diego Masson 
Robin Holloway Scenes from Schumann - Seven paraphrases for orchestra

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: 09/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, 09/02/2008

Ivan Hewett presents a performance of a new humorous chamber opera The Shops.

Ivan Hewett presents a performance of a new chamber opera The Shops, an exploration of kleptomania and shopping addiction, by composer Edward Rushton and librettist Dagny Gioulami.

Ivan Hewett introduces a performance of a new chamber opera The Shops, a humorous exploration of kleptomania and compulsive shopping by composer Edward Rushton and librettist Dagny Gioulami.

Rushton: The Shops
Darren Abrahams (tenor)
Richard Burkhard (baritone)
Phyllis Cannan (alto)
Anna Dennis (soprano)
Louise Mott (mezzo-soprano)
Paul Reeves (bass)
The Opera Group
Patrick Bailey (conductor).

A new chamber opera by composer Edward Rushton and librettist Dagny Gioulami. 
Anna Dennis (soprano), Phyllis Cannan and Louise Mott (mezzos), Darren Abrahams (tenor), Richard Burkhard (baritone), Paul Reeves (bass), the Opera Group, conductor Patrick Bailey Edward Rushton The Shops

The Early Music Show: The Versailles Centre for Baroque Music

02/02/2008

The Versailles Centre for Baroque Music

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, The Versailles Centre for Baroque Music

Lucy Skeaping explores France's rediscovery of its own baroque music.

Versailles and Paris Month: The Versailles Centre for Baroque Music. Paris and Versailles Month begins with an exploration of France's continuing rediscovery of its baroque music.

Versailles and Paris Month: The Versailles Centre for Baroque Music

Lucie Skeaping launches BBC Radio 3's focus throughout February on music from Paris and Versailles with an exploration of France's continuing rediscovery of its own baroque music.

The Versailles Centre for Baroque Music.
France's Baroque music scene.

Through the Night: 10/02/2008

10/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 10/02/2008

Including works by Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Haydn, Schumann, Handel, Rameau and Ravel.

Including 1.00 Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Haydn. 3.01 Schumann, Handel, Bach. 5.00 Mozart, Chausson, Klami, Franck, Parry, Ravel, Gottschalk.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Overture (Ruy Blas); Violin Concerto in E minor
1.37am
Corigliano, John (b.1938)
Le Moulin Rouge (The Red Violin)
1.41am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Symphony No 9 in E minor (New World)
Joshua Bell (violin)
Orchestre Nationale de France
Kurt Masur (conductor)

2.27am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Mass in B flat, H XXII 10
BBC Singers
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

3.01am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Symphonische Etuden for piano
Andras Schiff (piano)

3.28am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Sonata in C, Op 1 No 7
Peter Hannan (recorder)
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)
Christel Thielmann (viola da gamba)

3.39am
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764): Les Paladins
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan (conductor)

4.00am
Anon: 2 Moravian Chorales
American Brass Quintet

4.03am
Part, Arvo (1935-): Dopo la vittoria for a capella choir
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Paul Hillier (conductor)

4.15am
Lully, Jean Baptiste (1632-1687): Le sommeil
La Simphonie du Marais

4.19am
Roussel, Albert (1869-1937): Coeur en peril, Op 50 No 1
Ola Eliasson (baritone)
Mats Jansson (piano)

4.22am
Poulenc, Francois (1899-1963): Deux poemes de Louis Aragon
Anne Sheridan (soprano)
Jonathan Savage (piano)

4.26am
Della Ciaia, Azzolino Bernardino (1671-1755): Tempo primo (Sonata in G)
Gyorgy Sandor (piano)

4.27am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Prelude and Fugue No 15 in G, BWV 860
Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano)

4.32
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Overture in C, TWV 55 C3
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin

4.52am
Andriessen, Jurriaan (1925-1996): Sonnet No 43
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Uwe Gronostay (conductor).

With Jonathan Swain. Including at 1.10 Mtndtlssohn 
Violin Concerto in E minor Joshua Bell , French National Orchestra, conductor Kurt Masur 2.27 Haydn Mass in B flat, H XXI1 10 (Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida) 3.01 
Schumann Symphonic Studies, Op 13 Andras Schiff (piano) 
4.32 Telemann Overture in C, TWV55:C3 5.26 Chausson Pavane and Foriane 6.25 Ravel Piano Concerto in G 
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