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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

16/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Eller, Brahms, Bennett, Bree, Chopin, Mozart, Britten and Haydn.

With Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Eller, Heino (1887-1970): 3 Pieces (Five Pieces for Strings)
Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vallo Jarvi (conductor)

5.12am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): 3 Songs for chorus, Op 42
Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)

5.22am
Bennett, Richard Rodney (b.1936): Aubade for orchestra	
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

5.35am
Bree, Johannes Bernardus van (1801-1857): Allegro in D minor for four string quartets (1845)
Viotta Ensemble
Viktor Liberman (conductor)

5.47am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Preludes: No 6 in B minor; No 7 in A; No 8 in F sharp minor; No 9 in E; No 10 in C sharp minor (24 Preludes), Op 28
Krzysztof Jablonski (piano)

5.53am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)	: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466 
Harvard Gimse (piano)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Milan Horvat (conductor)

6.24am
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): Les Illuminations for voice and string orchestra, Op 18
Peter Pears (tenor)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)

6.47am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 27 in G
Hungarian Chamber Orchestra
Vilmos Tatrai (leader).

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Breakfast

Radio 3's breakfast show, waking the UK up with the finest classical music in the best performances

Breakfast: 16/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 16/02/2008

Including music by J Strauss II, Schubert, Handel and Debussy.

Including J Strauss II: Overture (Die Fledermaus). Schubert: Die Forelle. Handel: Concerto grosso in E minor. Debussy: Children's Corner.

From 7.00am

J Strauss II: Overture (Die Fledermaus)
Bavarian State Orchestra
Carlos Kleiber (conductor)

Schubert: Die Forelle, D550
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Gerald Moore (piano)

From 8.00am

Handel: Concerto grosso in E minor, Op 6, No 3
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)

Debussy: Children's Corner
Simon Trpceski (piano).

Martin Handley

Music includes: 
7.00-8.00: J Strauss (son) Overture: Die Fledermaus Bavarian State Orchestra, conductor Carlos Kleiber Schubert Die Forelle , D550 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano) 
8.00-9.00: Handel Concerto Grosso in E minor, Op 6 No 3 Vienna Concentus Musicus, director Nikolaus Harnoncourt 
Debussy Children's Corner Simon Trpceski (piano) For full details visit www.bbc. co.uk/radio3/breakfast on the day of transmission PHONE: [number removed] (calls from landlines 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: Vivaldi: Stabat Mater RV 621 

Building a Library: Vivaldi: Stabat Mater RV 621 

BBC Radio 3 - CD Review, Building a Library: Vivaldi: Stabat Mater RV 621

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Vivaldi's Stabat Mater versions.

With Andrew McGregor. Including 9.30am Building a Library: Vivaldi's Stabat Mater versions. 10.00am Downloads. 11.45am Disc of the Week: Janacek's The Excursions of Mr Broucek.

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

Building a Library:
Vivaldi: Stabat Mater RV 621 

Reviewer - David Vickers 

First Choice:

(c/w Nisi Dominus RV 608, Salve Regina RV 616, Concerto for viola d'amore FII No. 2)
Carlos Mena (counter tenor), Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot (director)
Mirare MIR 9968

CD Review BAL Catalogue Data
bal.vivaldi:
bal.vivaldi.stabat.mater.rv.621

Introduced by Andrew McGregor. 
9.30 Building a Library David Vickers considers available recordings of Vivaldi's Stabat Mater. 
10.30 Downloads James Jolly , editor of Gramophone, discusses classical music downloads. 
11.10 Interview with conductor Thomas Dausgaard. 
11.45 Disc of the Week: Janacek 
The Excursions ofMrBroucek Soloists, 
BBC Singers, BBCSO, conductor Jiri Belohlavek www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed]. 
(calls from landlines cost no more than 8p per minute) email: [address removed] Text [number removed](standard rate) Disc details are posted on the website and on CEEFAX, BBC1, page 651

Music Matters

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

Music Matters: 16/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, 16/02/2008

With a look at Vivaldi as opera composer ahead of a performance of Tito Manlio.

Tom Service looks at Vivaldi the opera composer ahead of a performance of Tito Manlio at the Barbican. Plus a re-assessment of Messiaen's legacy as teacher, and harpist Osian Ellis.

Tom Service explores the little-known world of Vivaldi the opera composer ahead of a performance of Tito Manlio at London's Barbican next week. With a re-assessment of Olivier Messiaen's legacy as teacher, and harpist Osian Ellis on his 80th birthday.

Tom Service explores the world of Vivaldi the opera composer, talks to harpist Osian Ellis on his 80th birthday, and reassesses Olivier Messiaen 's legacy as a teacher. Producer Emma Bloxham

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: Lully's Paris

Lully's Paris

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Lully's Paris

Lucie Skeaping explores Parisian locations associated with Jean-Baptiste Lully.

Lucie Skeaping considers the life and music of Jean-Baptiste Lully by exploring some of the sites in central Paris associated with the composer.

A repeat of a programme broadcast earlier this year in which Lucie Skeaping considers the life and music of Jean-Baptiste Lully by exploring some of the sites in central Paris associated with the composer.

PLAYLIST:

All music by Jean Baptiste Lully

Te Deum – “Dignare, Domine”& “In Te, Domine, speravi” 
Le Concert Spirituel/Herve Niquet
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Tracks 5 & 6
		
Ballet Royal de Flore (excerpt)
Le Simphonie du Marais/Hugo Reyne
ACCORD 4618042
Tracks 25-37

Ballet Royal de Flore (excerpt)
Le Simphonie du Marias/Hugo Reyne
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Tracks 38-40
		
Miserere – “Benigne fac, Domine” 
Le Concert Spirituel/Herve Niquet
NAXOS 8.554397
Tracks 7
		
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme – Overture, Interlude, Bouree, Galliarde, Canarie
London Oboe Band/Paul Goodwin
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907122
Tracks 17- 20
		
Isis – “Scene du froid”
Sophie Daneman (soprano)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
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Track 10

Passacaille d’Armide
Skip Sempe/Capriccio Stravagante
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Track 15
		
Armide: “Un amant fortune, puis le Choeur”
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Rinat Shaham (mezzo-soprano)
Cyril Auvity (countertenor)
Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
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Track 14

Versailles and Paris Month: Lully's Paris 
Lucie Skeaping explores the haunts of composer Jean-Baptiste Lully. Producer Chris Wines

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: 16/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, 16/02/2008

Another chance to hear a concert given at Wigmore Hall baroque chamber music for winds.

Suzy Klein presents a second chance to hear a concert given at Wigmore Hall in London, featuring baroque chamber music from Telemann, Handel and Fasch.

Suzy Klein presents another chance to hear last Monday's concert given at Wigmore Hall in London, featuring baroque chamber music for winds.

Telemann: Trio Sonata in F for oboe, bassoon and continuo, TWV 42
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

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

Another chance to hear last Monday's concert from London's Wigmore Hall, introduced by Suzy Klein. Emily Beynon (flute), Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe), 
Gustavo Nunez (bassoon), Gary Cooper (harpsichord) Telemann Trio Sonata in F, TWV42:F10 Vivaldi Concerto in G minor, RV103 attrib, Handel Trio Sonata in F Fasch Trio Sonata in G minor

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 2: The Saz and Mugham singer Alin Qasimov

Episode 2

Episode 2: The Saz and Mugham singer Alin Qasimov

World Routes in Azerbaijan

The Saz and Mugham singer Alin Qasimov

BBC Radio 3 - World Routes, World Routes in Azerbaijan, The Saz and Mugham singer Alin Qasimov

Focusing on the music of Azerbaijan, with Mugham and traditional wedding music.

Lucy Duran meets Azerbaijan's most successful musician, Alim Qasimov. She also visits the natural gas fires of Yanar Dag and listens to traditional music at a noisy wedding party.

Lucy Duran ends her exploration of the music of Azerbaijan as she meets the country's most successful musician, the Mugham singer Alim Qasimov.

She also visits the extraordinary natural gas fires of Yanar Dag, and listens to traditional music in the contemporary context of a noisy wedding party.

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: The Saz and Mugham singer

Jazz Line-Up

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

Jazz Line-Up: 16/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Line-Up, 16/02/2008

Trombonist Gordon Campbell and Colin Steele play at the One Touch Theatre in Inverness.

A live performance from the refurbished One Touch Theatre in Inverness, with music from the BBC Big Band's lead trombonist, Gordon Campbell, and Colin Steele on trumpet.

The programme comes live from the One Touch Theatre in Inverness to celebrate the re-opening of the newly refurbished complex, and also in memory of the Highland Jazz Promoter and News Editor Jim Love.

With music from the BBC Big Band's lead trombonist Gordon Campbell and fellow Scotsman Colin Steele on trumpet.

A live edition from the refurbished One 
Touch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, with music provided by Gordon Campbell , lead trombonist from the BBC Big Band, and fellow Scotsman Colin Steele (trumpet).

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: 16/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Record Requests, 16/02/2008

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: Live from the Met

Opera on 3: Puccini's Manon Lescaut

Puccini's Manon Lescaut

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Puccini's Manon Lescaut

James Levine conducts a production of Puccini's passionate but tragic opera.

Puccini's Manon Lescaut: James Levine conducts soprano Karita Mattila as Manon Lescaut, with tenor Marcello Giorgani as des Grieux in Puccini's passionate but tragic opera.

Puccini's Manon Lescaut

The young Puccini's first great success, Manon Lescaut is a drama of a free-spirited beauty whose equal need for love and luxury causes her downfall.

Finnish soprano Karita Mattila sings the title role for the first time at the Met in a score full of youthful and erotic passion. Marcello Giordani plays Manon's young lover des Grieux and the Met's Music Director James Levine conducts. The programme also includes backstage interviews with some of the artists.

Presented from New York by Margaret Juntwait.

Manon Lescaut ...... Karita Mattila (soprano)
des Grieux ...... Marcello Giordani (tenor)
Lescaut ...... Dwayne Croft (baritone)
Geronte de Ravoir ...... Dale Travis (baritone)
Musician ...... Tamara Mumford (mezzo-soprano)
Edmondo ...... Sean Panikkar (tenor)
Dancing Master ...... Bernard Fitch (tenor)
Lamplighter ...... Tony Stevenson (tenor)
Innkeeper ...... Paul Plishka (bass)
Sergeant ...... James Courtney (bass)
Captain ...... Richard Bernstein (bass)

Orchestra and Chorus of New York Metropolitan Opera
James Levine (conductor).

Live from New York, presented by Margaret Juntwait. The dramatic story of a free-spirited beauty whose equal need for love and luxury causes her downfall. Puccini Manon Lescaut  
Chorus and Orchestra of the New York 
Metropolitan Opera, conductor James Levine 
RT DIRECT: Puccini's Manon Lescaut (2 CDs) is available for E10.99 including p&p. Send a cheque payable to Selections to: [address removed]Phone [number removed] (national rate), quoting B46-AG626, or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect. Radio choices: pages 130-131

Between the Ears

Innovative and thought-provoking features on a wide variety of subjects

Innovative and thought-provoking features that make adventurous use of sound and explore a wide variety of subjects. Made by leading radio producers.

Between the Ears: Mobius Strip and the Confidence Trickster

Mobius Strip and the Confidence Trickster

BBC Radio 3 - Between the Ears, Mobius Strip and the Confidence Trickster

A discussion on psychological manipulation, using the concept of the Mobius Strip.

Mobius Strip and the Confidence Trickster: A discussion on psychological manipulation, using the mathematical concept of the Mobius Strip - a piece of paper with only one side.

Mobius Strip and the Confidence Trickster

Forensic Psychiatrist Anne MacDonald, architect Cecil Balmond and the fiance of a compulsive liar try to understand the process of psychological manipulation in humans using the mathematical concept of the Mobius Strip - a piece of paper with only one side.

Mbbius Strip and the Confidence Trickster 
Mathematicians have long been fascinated with the topology of the Mobius strip - a piece of paper with one side. It can also be seen as a metaphor for people who lie. Here the the concept is explored in sound and voice. With forensic psychiatrist Anne MacDonald , architect Cecil Balmond and "Rosie", the fiancee of a compulsive liar. Producer Matt Thompson 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: 16/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Pre-Hear, 16/02/2008

A touching elegy by British composer Joe Duddell, written in memory of two school friends.

Featuring a touching elegy by young British composer Joe Duddell, written in memory of two school friends. Duddell: The Realside. BBC Singers/James Morgan.

Joe Duddell The Realside 
BBC Singers, conductor James Morgan

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: 16/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, 16/02/2008

Tom Service and Christopher Fox look at the life and work of Italian composer Luigi Nono.

Tom Service looks back at the life and work of Italian composer Luigi Nono. With music from the recent Nono festival and a look ahead to the UK premiere of his opera Prometeo.

As the South Bank's Luigi Nono restropective Fragments of Venice draws to a close, Tom Service, in discussion with Christopher Fox, looks back at the life and work of the Italian composer.

They concentrate on how his work developed and how it has taught us how to re-approach the musical experience. The programme features music recorded at the festival performed by the London Sinfonietta under Diego Masson, as well as a look forward to the UK premiere of Nono's ground-breaking opera Prometeo.

Nono: Variazione canoniche sulla serie dell'op 41 di Arnold Schoenberg; Incontri; No hay caminos, hay que caminar...Andrej Tarkowskij; Prometeo (excerpt)

London Sinfonietta
Diego Masson (conductor).

As the South Bank's Nonorestropective, 
Fragments of Venice, draws to a close, Tom Service, with composer Christopher Fox , looks back at the life of Luigi Nono, who died last year, and forward to the British premiere of Nono's opera Promoteo. London Sinfonietta, conductor Diego Masson 
Nono Variazione Canoniche sulla Serie dell' Op 41 di Arnold Schonberg; Incontri; No Hay Caminos Hay Que Caminar.... Andrej Tarkowskij ; Prometeo (extract)

The Early Music Show: 09/02/2008

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.

The Musicians of Versailles 
Catherine Bott looks at some of the composers employed by the French royal family up to the end Of the 18th Century. Producer Les Pratt

Through the Night: 17/02/2008

17/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 17/02/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces music by Schumann, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Schubert and Grieg.

Including 1.00 Schumann, Stravinsky, Papandopulo. 3.13 Kuhau, Beethoven, Lazar. 5.00 Kyurkchiyski, Chausson, Elgar, Scarlatti, Grieg.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Carnaval, scenes mignonnes sur quatre notes for piano, Op 9
1.32am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Ballade No 1 in G minor, Op 23
1.41am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Prelude and Fugue No 1 in E minor, Op 35
1.51am
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971): Three movements from Petrushka transcribed for solo piano
2.08am
Chopin: Nocturne in F minor, Op 55, No 1
Shura Cherkassky (piano)

2.14am
Papandopulo, Boris (1906-1991): Noonday Symphony
Miljenka Grdan (soprano)
Adela Golac-Rilovic (soprano)
Martina Tomcic (mezzo-soprano)
Tvrtko Stipic (tenor)
Ozren Bilusic (bass)
Zlatko Crnkovic (actor/reciter)
Vladimir Krpan (piano)
Slovenian Chamber choir
Vladimir Kranjcevic (conductor)

2.52am
Arnic, Blaz (1901-1970): Divja Jaga – simfonicna pesnitev
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Lovrenc Arnic (conductor)

3.13am
Kuhnau, Johan (1660-1722): Suonata prima (Biblical Sonatas)
Luc Beausejour (organ)

3.26am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): String Quintet in C, Op 29
Yggdrasil Quartet
Par-Ola Lindberg (viola).

With Jonathan Swain. Including 1.00 
Schumann Camaval and other piano works by Chopin, Mendelssohn and Stravinsky. Shura Cherkassky (piano) 
3.26 Beethoven String Quintet in C, Op 29 
4.18 JE Bach Meine Seele erhebt den Herm 
5.00 Krassimir Kyurkchiyski Bulgarian Madonna 
5.12 Chausson Les Serres Chaudes, Op 24 
6.30 Grieg Gammelnorsk Romance met Variasjoner For full details see www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/throughthenight

Jonathan Swain continues the programme with music by Schubert, Verdi, Rosenmuller, JE Bach, Jacquet de la Guerr, Tobias and Lazar.

With Jonathan Swain.

4.00am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Rosamunde, D797
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Heinz Holliger (conductor)

4.07am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Ah, la paterna mano (Macbeth)
Myhailo Didyk (tenor)
NCRU Symphony Orchestra
Viacheslav Blinov (conductor)

4.11am
Rosenmuller, Johann (Giovanni) (c.1619-1684): Sonata quarta a 3
Ensemble La Fenice
Jean Tubery (cornet/conductor)

4.18am
Bach, Johann Ernst (1722-1777): Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert
Hermann Max (conductor)

4.32am
Jacquet de la Guerre, Elisabeth-Claude (1665-1729): Sonata in D for 2 violins and continuo
Musica Fiorita

4.41am
Tobias, Rudolf (1873-1918): Sonatina No 2 in C minor
Vardo Rumessen (piano)

4.51am
Lazar, Milko (b.1965): Prelude
Mojca Zlobko Vaigl (harp)
Bojan Gorisek (piano).

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