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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

12/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Bernstein, Copland, Martinu, Beethoven, Stanford, Rossini, Frescobaldi, Debussy, Grainger, Faure, Prokofiev and Vivaldi.

With Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990): Overture (Candide)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

5.05am
Copland, Aaron (1900-1990): El Salon Mexico
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

5.17am
Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959): La revue de cuisine
Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound

5.32am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Adagio for Musical Clock, WoO 33	
Stef Tuinstra (organ)

5.38am
Stanford, Charles Villiers (1852-1924): The Blue Bird
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

5.43am
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): Overture (La gazza ladra)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)

5.53am
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643): Canzon prima basso solo
Musica Fiata, Koln
Roland Wilson (director)

5.58am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Fetes galantes
Paula Hoffman (mezzo-soprano)
Lars-David Nilsson (piano)

6.06am
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911): Norwegian Artists' Carnival, Op 14
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

6.13am
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961): Apres un reve
Leslie Howard (piano)

6.17am
Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924): Suite (Pelleas et Melisande, Op 80)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

6.34am
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953): 3 dances (Romeo and Juliet)
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

6.48am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto in C minor for treble recorder, RV 441
Michael Schneider (recorder)
Camerata Koln.

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: 12/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 12/02/2008

Including music by Bach, Glazunov, Purcell, Mahler, Faure and Bernstein.

Including Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor. Glazunov: Mazurka-Oberek. Purcell: Man that is born of a woman. Mahler: Trinklied von Jammer der Erde. Bernstein: Overture (Candide).

Including from 7.00am

Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Ton Koopman (organ)

Glazunov: Mazurka-Oberek
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Abbey Road Ensemble
Lawrence Foster (conductor)

Purcell: Man that is born of a woman
Taverner Consort
Taverner Players
Andrew Parrott (director)

From 8.30am

Mahler: Das Trinklied von Jammer der Erde (Das Lied von der Erde)
Ernst Hafliger (tenor)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Bruno Walter (conductor)

Faure: Dolly Suite, Op 56
Katia and Marielle Labeque (piano duet)

Bernstein: Overture (Candide)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor).

Sara Mohr-Pletsch

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 Ton Koopman (organ) Glazunov Mazurka-Oberek 
Itzhak Perlman (violin), Abbey Road Ensemble, conductor Lawrence Foster 
Purcell Funeral Sentence: Man That Is Born of a Woman Taverner Consort and Players, director Andrew Parrott 
7.00-10.00: Mahler Das Trinklied von Jammer derErde (Das Lied von derErde) Ernst Haef liger (tenor), New York PO, conductor Bruno Walter Faurt Dolly Suite 
Katia and Marielle Labeque (piano duet) Leonard Bernstein Overture: Candide Israel PO, conducted by the composer

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 12/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 12/02/2008

Sarah Walker introduces music by J Strauss II, Bortnyansky, Shostakovich and Sibelius.

Including J Strauss II: North Sea Pictures. Bortnyansky: Sonata No 2 in C. Shostakovich: Suite from the film Hamlet. Dowland: The King of Denmark's Galliard.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
J Strauss II: North Sea Pictures, Op 390
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky (conductor)
LONDON 436 783-2

10.09am
Bortnyansky: Sonata No 2 in C
Nadezhda Golubovskaya (piano)
MULTISONIC 31 0253-2

10.23am
Shostakovich: Suite from the film Hamlet
USSR Radio Large Symphony Orchestra
Nikolay Rabinovich (conductor)
CLASSOUND 2003-05

10.46am
Dowland: The King of Denmark's Galliard
Hesperion XXI
Jordi Savall (treble viol/director)
ASTREE ES 9949

Savall: Lachrimae tristes; Sinfonia di guerra; Pugna and Damnatio
Le Concert Des Nations
Hesperion XXI
Jordi Savall (treble viol/director)
ALIA VOX AVSA 9852

10.53am
Beethoven: Cello Sonata in F, Op 5, No 1
Andre Navarra (cello)
Pierre Sancan (piano)
ACCORD 476 7786 

11.22am
Sibelius: Symphony No 5 in E flat, Op 82
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 474 353-2.

With Sarah Walker. 
J Strauss (son) North Sea Pictures, Op 390 Vienna PO, conductor Willi Boskovsky 
10.09 Bortnlansky Piano Sonata No 2 In C Nadezhda Golubovskaya 
10.23 Shostakovich Suite: Hamlet 
USSR Radio Large Symphony Orchestra, conductor Nikolay Rabinovich 
10.46 Dowland The King of Denmark's Galliard Hesperion XX, director Jordi Savall (treble viol) 
Jordl Savall Lachrimae Tristes; Sinfonia di Guerra, Pugna, Damnatio Le Concert des Nations, 
Hesperion XXI, director Jordi Savall (treble viol) 
10.53 Beethoven Cello Sonata in F, Op 5 No  Andr6 Navarra, Pierre Sancan (piano) 
11.22 Sibelius Symphony No 5 
Berlin PO, conductor Herbert von Karajan

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 2: Love and Despair

Episode 2

Episode 2: Love and Despair

Herbert Howells

Love and Despair

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Herbert Howells, Love and Despair

Donald Macleod looks at how music became a release for Howells after his son's death.

Herbert Howells (1892-1983): 2/5. Love and Despair: Donald Macleod explores how music became a release valve for Howells after the loss of his young son Michael to illness.

Herbert Howells (1892–1983)

2/5. Love and Despair

The loss of his nine-year-old son Michael to a sudden illness in 1935 cast a lifelong shadow across Howells's music. Donald Macleod explores how music became a release valve for the bereft composer and we also hear Howells's own thoughts on one of the works directly inspired by his son's death.

The Chosen Tune
Margaret Fingerhut (piano)

Sing Lullaby
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)

Green Ways: Under the greenwood tree; Wanderer's Night Song; On the merry first of May
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)

All my hope on God is founded
John Rutter (descant)
Philip Scriven (organ)
Winchester Cathedral Choir
David Hill (director)

Requiem (1st mvt)
Corydon Singers
Matthew Best (conductor)

De profundis (Psalm Prelude Set 2 No 1)
Stephen Cleobury (organ of King's College, Cambridge)

Concerto for Strings (final mvt)
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Magnificat (St Paul's Service)
Choir of St Paul's Cathedral
Christopher Dearnley (organ)
John Scott (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

2/5. Loss and Despair. The death of his nine-year-old son in 1935 cast a life-long shadow over 
Howells's work. Donald Macleod explores how music became a release valve for the composer. The Chosen Tune Margaret Fingerhut (piano) 
Sing Lullaby Polyphony, conductor Stephen Layton Under the Greenwood Tree; Wanderer's Night Song; On the Merry First of May (In Green Ways) Yvonne Kenny (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Richard Hickox 
All My Hope on God Is Founded (desc Rutter) 
Philip Scriven (organ), Winchester Cathedral Choir, director David Hill 
Requiem (opening mvt) 
Corydon Singers, conductor Matthew Best De Profundis (Psalm Prelude Set 2, No 1) Stephen Cleobury (organ) 
Concerto for Strings (final mvt) City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox 
Magnificat (St Paul's Service) 
Christopher Dearnley (organ), Choir of St Paul 's Cathedral, Conductor John Scott 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: 12/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 12/02/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features a performance of Schumann's Dichterliebe.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: City of London Festival 2007. Jonathan Lemalu and Michael Hampton perform Schumann. 2.00pm Focus on Berlin: Celebrating the best of music-making in Berlin.

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

City of London Festival 2007

A second week of concerts given at last summer's festival begins with a song recital in the church of St Andrew by the Wardrobe.

Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone)
Michael Hampton (piano)

Schumann: Dichterliebe
Schubert: Das Fischermadchen; Am Meer; Die Stadt; Der Doppelganger; Ihr Bild; Der Atlas (Schwanengesang)
Bennett: Songs Before Sleep

2.00pm Focus on Berlin

Continuing a celebration of the best of music-making in Berlin, with performances by the Berlin Philharmonic plus chamber music highlights from orchestra members past and present.

Busoni: Sarabande, Op 51 (Two Studies for Doktor Faust)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)

Dvorak: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op 33
Andras Schiff (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)

Mozart: Flute Quartet in C, K285b
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Guy Braunstein (violin)
Ori Kam (viola)
Olaf Maninger (cello)

Bartok: Suite (The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz 73)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)

Handel: Il delirio amoroso
Laura Claycomb (soprano)
German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin
Emanuelle Haim (conductor)

Klengel: Hymn for 12 Cellos, Op 57
The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Delius: Brigg Fair
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor).

Introduced by Penny Gore . 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
A song recital given at St Andrew by the Wardrobe, recorded at last year's City of London festival. Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Michael Hampton (piano) 
Schumann Dichterliebe ; Das Fischermðdchen; Am Meer; Die Stadt; Der Doppelgðnger; Ihr Bild; Der Atlas (Schwanengesang) 
Richard Rodney Bennett Songs before Sleep 
2.00 Focus on Berlin 
Busoni Sarabande (Two Studies for Doktor Faust) Dvorak Piano Concerto in G minor, Op 33 Andras Schiff Mozart Flute Quartet in C, K285b 
Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Guy Braunstein (violin), Ori Kam (viola), Olaf Maninger (cello) 
Bartok Suite: The Miraculous Mandarin Berlin PO, conductor Simon Rattle Handel II Delirio Amoroso, HWV99 
Laura Claycomb (soprano), German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, conductor Emanuelle Haïm Klengel Hymn for 12 cellos, Op 57 
Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Dellus Brigg Fair Berlin PO/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: 12/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 12/02/2008

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: 12/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 12/02/2008

Piotr Anderszewski plays music by Mozart, Bach, Szymanowski and Chopin.

A concert given by Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski. Mozart: Fantasy in C minor. Mozart: Sonata in C minor. Szymanowski: Metopes. Chopin: Mazurkas. Bach: English Suite in D minor.

Presented by Catherine Bott.

A recital given by the Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski in his home town of Warsaw in 2006. The performance includes music by Mozart and Bach plus Szymanowkski's Homer-inspired cycle of miniature tone-poems and Chopin's rendering of traditional Polish dances.

Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
Mozart: Fantasy in C minor, K475
Mozart: Sonata in C minor, K457
Szymanowski: Metopes, Op 29
Chopin: Mazurkas, Op 59
Bach: English Suite in D minor, BWV 811.

Presented by Catherine Bott. A recital given by the Polish pianist in his home-town of Warsaw in 2006. Piotr Anderszewski (piano) 
Mozart Fantasy in C minor, K475; Piano Sonata in C minor, K457 Szymanowski M4topes, Op 29 Chopin Mazurkas, Op 59 
Bach English Suite No 1 in D minor, BWV811

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: 12/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 12/02/2008

With Rana Mitter and guests debating the state of Pakistani democracy.

With Rana Mitter and guests debating the state of Pakistani democracy. Plus Coen Brothers' cinematographer Roger Deakins, and a review of Mamet's Speed the Plow at the Old Vic.

Rana Mitter and three experts examine the state of Pakistani democracy, as the country prepares to go to the polls under the dark cloud of Benazir Bhutto's assassination.

Fresh from a Bafta win, Coen Brothers' long-time cinematographer Roger Deakins talks about his varied career working on films such as A Beautiful Mind and O Brother Where Art Thou?

Plus the first night review of the much-anticipated Old Vic production of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow, starring Kevin Spacey and Jeff Goldblum.

Rana Mitter and guests consider the relationship between Islam and democracy. Producer Kirsty Pope

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: 12/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 12/02/2008

Featuring cellist Heinrich Schiff, who performs Lutoslawski's Cello Concerto.

With Catherine Bott. The featured artist is cellist Heinrich Schiff, who performs Lutoslawski's Cello Concerto with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer.

With Catherine Bott Heinrich Schiff performs Witold Lutoslawski's Cello Concerto with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer.

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 2

A Sense of Ourselves

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, A Sense of Ourselves, Episode 2Close menu

As an immigrant, writer Nadeem Aslam explores his ambiguous relationship to Britain.

Having emigrated from Pakistan at the age of 14, writer Nadeem Aslam explores the emotional ambiguity underpinning his own relationship to Britain.

Nadeem Aslam came to Britain from Pakistan at the age of 14. His last novel Maps for Lost Lovers deals with the emotional life of an immigrant family living in a working-class Pakistani community in the north of England. Nadeem explores the emotional ambiguity underpinning his own relationship to Britain.

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

A Sense of Ourselves 
2/4. Nadeem Asiam explores the emotional ambiguity underpinning his own relationship with Britain.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 12/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 12/02/2008

Fiona Talkington marks 50 years of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Fiona Talkington marks 50 years of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, with the Dr Who theme and music by Bradnum and Britten. Plus music from the Celtic Connections Festival 2008.

Fiona Talkington travels back in time to mark 50 years of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, with the Dr Who theme, Frederick Bradnum's 1957 radiophonic poem Private Dreams Public Nightmares and music by Benjamin Britten.

Plus, throughout the week, music recorded at this year's Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow.

Fiona Talkington marks 50 years of the BBC 
Radiophonic Workshop. Featuring the Doctor Who theme, and Frederick Bradnum 's 1957 radiophonic poem Private Dreams, Public Nightmares.

Through the Night: 13/02/2008

13/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 13/02/2008

With Jonathan Swain. Including works by Handel, Chopin, Berlioz, Dukas, Beethoven and Bach

Including 1.00 Handel, Geminiani, Chopin. 3.15 Berlioz, Schubert, Dukas. 5.00 Telemann, Mozart, Bruhns, Beethoven, Bach.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759): Suite in F, HWV 348 (Water Music)
1.28am
Avison, Charles (1709-1770): Concerto grosso No 5 in D minor
1.37am
Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762): Concerto grosso No 12 in D minor (La folia)
1.48am
Roman, Johan Helmich (1694-1758): Then Svenska Messan
Maria Keohane (soprano)
Marianne Beate Kielland (contralto)
Jakob Block Jespersen (bass)
Concerto Copenhagen
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor)

2.34am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor, Op 11
Havard Gimse (piano)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Matthias Foremny (conductor)

3.15am
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869): Harold en Italie, Op 16
Milan Telecky (viola)
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

4.01am
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963): Sonata for violin and piano (1st mvt)
Fanny Clamagirand (violin)
Nicolas Bringuer (piano)

4.08am
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759): Sonata in A minor for oboe and continuo, Op 1 No 4
Louise Pellerin (oboe)
Dom Andre Laberge (organ)

4.16am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Kyrie eleison in G minor, RV 587
Choir of Latvian Radio
Riga Chamber Players
Sigvards Klava (conductor)

4.26am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Andante and Rondo Ungarese in C minor, Op 35
Juhani Tapaninen (bassoon)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

4.37am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): String Quartet in C minor, D103 (excerpt)
Tilev Quartet

4.47am
Dukas, Paul (1865-1935): The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Orchestre National de France
Charles Dutoit (conductor).

Through

the Night With Jonathan Swain. 
Including 1.00 Music by Handel, Avison, Geminiani and Roman performed by Concerto Copenhagen and soloists, conducted by Lars Ulrik Mortensen 
2.34 Chopin Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor, Op 11 
3.15 Birlloz Harold en Italie 4.16 Vivaldi Kyrie Eleison in G minor, RV587 5.15 Ibert Trois Pièces Brèves 
6.39 Bach Orchestral Suite No 3 in D, BWV1068 
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