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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

11/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Visee, Mozart, Mortelmans, Respighi, Salzedo, Haydn, Beethoven and Strauss.

With Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Visee, Robert de (c.1655-c.1723/3): Suite No 12 in E minor
Yasunori Imamura (theorbo)

5.17am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Sonata in D for two pianos, K381
Vilma Rindzeviciute, Irina Venckus (pianos)

5.27am
Mortelmans, Lodewijk (1868-1952): Lyrisch gedicht voor klein orkest 
Flemish Radio Orchestra
Bjarte Engeset (conductor)

5.40am
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936): Il tramonto
Andrea Trebnik (soprano)
Borromeo String Quartet

5.55am
Salzedo, Carlos (1885-1961): Variations sur un theme dans le style ancien, Op 30
Mojca Zlobko (harp)

6.06am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 22 in E flat, H I 22
Prima la Musica
Dirk Vermeulen (conductor)

6.22am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Violin Sonata in A, Op 12 No 2
Mats Zetterqvist (violin)
Mats Widlund (piano)

6.39am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat
Markus Maskuniitty (horn)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Junichi Hirokami (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: 11/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 11/02/2008

Including music by Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Schubert, Ravel, Mozart and Bach.

Including Mendelssohn: Hear my prayer. Tchaikovsky: Waltz (Sleeping Beauty). Schubert: Marche Militaire. Ravel: Jeux d'eau. Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (Act I, Scene 2).

Including from 7.00am

Mendelssohn: Hear my prayer
Rachel Bennett (soprano)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Mark Bennett (organ)
Richard Marlowe (director)

Tchaikovsky: Waltz (Sleeping Beauty)
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)

Schubert: Marche militaire, D733 No 1
Radu Lupu, Daniel Barenboim (piano duet)

From 8.30am

Ravel: Jeux d'eau
Tzimon Barto (piano)

Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (Quintet, Act I, Scene 2)
Fiordiligi ...... Sena Jurinac (soprano)
Dorabella ...... Blanche Thebom (mezzo-soprano)
Ferrando ...... Richard Lewis (tenor)
Guglielmo ...... Erich Kunz (bass)
Don Alfonso ...... Mario Borriello (bass)
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
Fritz Busch (conductor)

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 5
European Brandenburg Ensemble
Trevor Pinnock (director).

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Mendelssohn Motet: Hear My Prayer Rachel Bennett (soprano), Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlowe, Mark Williams (organ)
Tchaikovsky Waltz: Sleeping Beauty
Kirov Orchestra, conductor Valery Gergiev
Schubert Marche Militaire in D, D733 No 1
Radu Lupu and Daniel Barenboim (piano duet)
8.30-10.00: Ravel Leux d'Eau Tzimon Barto (piano)
Mozart Quintet: Cosi Fan Tutte (Act 1, scene 2) Sena Jurinca (soprano), Blanche Thebom (mezzo), Richard Lewis and Mario Borriello (tenors), Erich Kunz (baritone), Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra, conductor Fritz Busch
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D, BWV1050 European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 11/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 11/02/2008

Sarah Walker introduces works by Copland, Sibelius, Rameau, Holmboe and Mozart.

Includes Copland: Suite from North Star. Sibelius: Sonatine in E. Rameau: Suite (Les Boreades). Holmboe: Symphony No 8 (Sinfonia boreale). Mozart: String Quartet in F, K590.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Copland: Suite from the film North Star
Collegiate Chorale
Eos Orchestra
Jonathan Sheffer (conductor)
TELARC CD-80583

10.19am
Sibelius: Sonatine in E, Op 67 No 2
Glenn Gould (piano)
SONY CLASSICAL SM2K 52 654 

10.27am
Rameau: Suite (Les Boreades)
Orchestra of the XVIII Century
Frans Bruggen (conductor)
PHILIPS 420 240-2

10.45am
Holmboe: Symphony No 8 (Sinfonia boreale)
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor)
BIS BIS-CD-618

11.22am
Mozart: String Quartet in F, K590
The Building a Library recommendation.

Presented by Sarah Walker. 
Copland Suite: North Star Collegiate Chorale, Eos Orchestra, conductor Jonathan Sheffer 
10.19 Sibelius Sonatine , Op 67 No 2 Glenn Gould (piano) 
10.27 Rameau Suite: Les Boriades Orchestra of the 18th Century, conductor Frans Brüggen 
10.45 Holmboe Symphony No 8 (Sinfonia Boreale) Aarhus SO, conductor Owain Arwel Hughes 
11.22 Mozart String Quartet in F, K590 
As 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: Howells

Composer of the Week: Herbert Howells: Episode 1: An Ordinary Englishman

Episode 1

Episode 1: An Ordinary Englishman

Herbert Howells

An Ordinary Englishman

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Herbert Howells, An Ordinary Englishman

Donald Macleod maps Howells's roots, which stretch to the music of the Tudors.

Herbert Howells (1892-1983): 1/5. An Ordinary Englishman: Donald Macleod maps Howells's compositional roots, which stretch back to the music of the Tudors.

Composer of the Week: Howells (1892–1983)

1/5. An Ordinary Englishman

Donald Macleod maps Howells's compositional roots, which stretch back to the music of the Tudors. There is also a chance to hear the composer himself speaking in the first of a series of archive interviews for the week.

Here is the little door
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)

Hughes's Ballet; De la Mare's Pavane; Sir Hugh's Galliard (Lambert's Clavichord)
Margaret Fingerhut (piano)

Elegy
Matthew Souter (viola)
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Piano Concerto No 2 in C, Op 39
Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor).

Composer of the Week: Herbert Howells

Donald Macleod maps Howells's compositional roots

Donald Macleod maps Howells's compositional roots, from an unprivileged Gloucestershire upbringing right back to the music of the Tudors

Composer of the Week: Herbert Howalls (1892-1983): An Ordinary Englishman

1/5. Donald Macleod maps the compositional roots of Herbert Howells, from an unprivileged upbringing right back to the music of the Tudors.

Here Is the Little Door Polyphony/Stephen Layton
Hughes's Ballet; De la Mare's Pavane; Sir Hugh's Galliard (Lambert's Clavichord) Margaret Fingerhut (piano)
Elegy Matthew Souter (viola), City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox Piano Concerto No 2 in C, Op 39 Howard Shelley, BBC SO, conductor Richard Hickox
(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: 11/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 11/02/2008

The Lunchtime Concert includes baroque chamber music for winds.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Baroque chamber music for winds. 2.00pm Focus on Berlin: Performances by the Berlin Philharmonic and chamber music from members past and present.

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Direct from the Wigmore Hall, London, Suzy Klein introduces a concert of baroque chamber music for winds.

Emily Beynon (flute)
Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe)
Gustavo Nunez (bassoon)
Gary Cooper (harpsichord)

Telemann: Trio Sonata in F for oboe, bassoon and continuo, TWV 42 F10
Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor for flute, oboe and bassoon, RV 103
Attrib. Handel: Trio Sonata in F for oboe, bassoon and continuo
Fasch: Trio Sonata in G minor for flute, oboe and continuo

2.00pm Focus on Berlin

A week of programmes celebrating the best of music-making in Berlin. Alongside performances by the Berlin Philharmonic are chamber music highlights from orchestra members past and present.

Dvorak: Slavonic Rhapsody in D, Op 45 No 1
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)

Bartok: Piano Concerto No 3
Helene Grimaud (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi

Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op 11 No 1
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)

Haydn: Trio in C, H IV1 (London)
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Guy Braunstein (violin)
Olaf Maninger (cello)

Borodin: Symphony No 2 in B minor, Op 5
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)

Rameau: Les Indes galantes
German Symphony Orchestra
Emanuelle Haim (conductor)

Mussorgsky, orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor).

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Suzy Klein introduces a concert live from the Wigmore Hall in London.
Emily Beynon (flute), Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe),
Gustavo N unez (bassoon), Gary Cooper (harpsichord) Telemann Trio Sonata in F, TWV42:F10
Vivaldi Concerto in G minor for flute, oboe and bassoon, RV103 attrlb Handel Trio Sonata in F Fasch Trio Sonata in G minor
2.00 Focus on Berlin
This week, a focus on Berlin's vital music scene.
Alongside performances by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra are chamber music highlights from orchestra members past and present.
Dvorak Slavonic Rhapsody in D, Op 45 No 1 Berlin PO, conductor Simon Rattle Bartok Piano Concerto No 3
HÃ©lÃ¨ne Grimaud, Berlin PO, conductor Neeme Jarvi Enescu Romanian Rhapsody, Op 11 No 1 Berlin PO, conductor Simon Rattle
Haydn Trio in C, H IV 1 (London) Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Guy Braunstein (violin) Olaf Maninger (cello) Borodin Symphony No 2 in B minor Berlin PO, conductor Simon Rattle Rameau Les Indes Galantes
German SO, conductor Emanuelle HaÃ¯m
Musorgsky, orch Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition Berlin PO, conductor Simon Rattle

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: 11/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 11/02/2008

Petroc Trelawny 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: 11/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 11/02/2008

The RSNO under Stephane Deneve perform works by Strauss, Tchaikovsky and Debussy.

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra perform three showpieces. Strauss: Don Juan. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto. Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'une faune. Debussy: La mer.

Catherine Bott introduces a concert given in January at Dundee's Caird Hall by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under music director Stephane Deneve featuring three orchestral showpieces that were each groundbreaking in their time.

Hilary Hahn (violin)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stephane Deneve (conductor)

Strauss: Don Juan
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'une faune
Debussy: La mer.

Presented by Catherine Bott.
A concert recorded last month in Dundee's Caird Hall.
Hilary Hahn (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Stephane Deneve

Strauss Don Juan

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D

Debussy Prelude a l'Apres-Midi d'un Faune; La Mer

Composer of the Week: Howalls

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: 11/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 11/02/2008

With a discussion on miracles, plus Edward Cullinan on architecture and climate change.

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the idea of the miracle, Edward Cullinan talks about architecture's climate change challenge and James Wood unpicks how novels are written.

To mark 150 years since the first apparent sightings of St Bernadette at Lourdes, Matthew Sweet is joined by theologian Martin Palmer and Catholic writer Cristina Odone to discuss the enduring power of miracles in the 21st century.

Award-winning architect Edward Cullinan discusses the challenges facing architecture in the face of climate change, Harvard literary critic James Wood unpicks how novels are written, from the prose of John Updike to characterisation in James Joyce, plus highlights from this year's Berlin Film Festival.

Night Wavas

Matthew Sweet talks to literary critic James Wood , a British writer whose new book, How 
Fiction Works, is an analysis of the novel. And 150 years after a miller's daughter in France claimed to have seen apparitions at Lourdes, a look at the enduring power of miracles in the 21st century. Producer Tim Prosser

Artist Focus

Programme focussing on the work of a specific artist

Programme focussing on the work of a specific artist.

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Artist Focus: 11/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 11/02/2008

Featuring cellist and conductor Heinrich Schiff, who performs Bach's Cello Suite No 1.

With Catherine Bott. The featured artist is cellist and conductor Heinrich Schiff, who performs Bach's Cello Suite No 1 in G, BWV 1007.

With Catherine Bott. Cellist and conductor 
Heinrich Schiff performs Bach's Cello Suite No 1 in G, BWV1007. EMAIL: [address removed]

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.

The Essay: A Sense of Ourselves

The Essay: A Sense of Ourselves: Episode 1

A Sense of Ourselves

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, A Sense of Ourselves, Episode 1Close menu

Jamaican poet James Berry talks about revising the idea of Britishness he has absorbed.

Jamaican poet James Berry talks about rethinking the idea of Britishness he has absorbed and bringing Caribbean culture to bear on it with literature.

Jamaican poet James Berry came to Britain 60 years ago as part of the Windrush generation. He talks about the process of rethinking the idea of Britishness he had absorbed as a child of Empire and his subsequent efforts to bring Caribbean culture to bear on Britishness through literature.

Four writers and immigrants to Britain give an outsider's perspective on Britishness today

A Sense of Ourselves 
1/4. Writers and immigrants give an outsider's perspective on modern Britishness, beginning with Jamaican poet James Berry. 
Producer Emma Thomas EMAIL: [address removed]

Lopa Kothari

Singer and broadcaster Lopa Kothari with her own global musical mix.

Lopa Kothari: 11/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Lopa Kothari, 11/02/2008

Singer and broadcaster Lopa Kothari presents her own global musical mix.

Singer and broadcaster Lopa Kothari presents her own global musical mix, including Brazilian beats from DJ Dolores and new recordings of prison choirs in Zimbabwe.

Lopa Kotharl

1/2. The singer and broadcaster presents her own global mix, including Brazilian beats from DJ Dolores. Producer Roger Short

Through the Night: 12/02/2008

12/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 12/02/2008

With Jonathan Swain. Including music by Grieg, Haydn, Rachmaninov, Bach and Mozart.

Including 1.00 Grieg, Stenhammar, Respighi, Haydn. 3.14 Rachmaninov, Bach, Liszt, Schubert. 5.00 Bernstein, Copland, Martinu, Svendsen, Faure, Vivaldi.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): String Quartet No 2 in G minor, Op 27
Engegard Quartet

1.36am
Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927): String Quartet No 4 in A minor, Op 25
Oslo String Quartet

2.13am
Veracini, Francesco (1690-1768): Overture No 6 for 2 oboes, bassoon and strings
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

2.24am
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936): Ancient Airs and Dances
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

2.43am
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594): Tu es Petrus
Chorus of Swiss Radio, Lugano
Theatrum Instrumentorum
Diego Fasolis (conductor)

2.49am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 8 in G, H I 8
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Rolf Gupta (conductor)

3.14am
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943): Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

3.41am
Vremsak, Samo (1930-2003): 3 Choral Songs
Cantemus Mixed Choir
Sebastjan Vrhovnik (conductor)

3.46am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Trio Sonata
Tafelmusik Baroque Soloists

4.00am
Ambrosius, Hermann (1907-1983): Suite
Zagreb Guitar Trio

4.07am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Transcendental study No 11 in D flat
Jeno Jando (piano)

4.17am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Rondo in A for violin and strings, D438
National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada
Pinchas Zuckerman (violin/director)

4.32am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)	: Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K191
Peter Hanzel (bassoon)
Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

4.52am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Pensieri notturni di Filli (Nel dolce dell'oblio), HWV 134
Johanna Koslwosky (soprano)
Musica Alta Ripa:
Danya Segal (recorder)
Anne Rohrig, Ursula Bundies (violins)
Guido Larisch (cello)
Bernward Lohr (harpsichord).

With Jonathan Swain. Including:

1.00 Grieg String Quartet in G minor, Op 27 - Engegarde Quartet

2.43 Palestrina Tu Es Petrus

3.14 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, San Francisco SO/Michael Tilson Thomas

4.17 Schubert Rondo in A for violin and strings, D438

5.17 Martinu La Revue de Cuisine

6.17 Faure Suite: Pelleas et Melisande

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