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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

17/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Kyurkchiyski, Sibelius, Kuula, Chausson, Marais, Elgar, Scarlatti, Muffat, Dessane, Stravinsky, Grieg and Handel.

With Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Kyurkchiyski, Krassimir (b.1936): Bulgarian Madonna
Simfonieta Orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio
Kamen Goleminov (conductor)

5.05am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Polonaise in C
Eero Heinonen (piano)

5.07am
Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918): Haamarssi
Eero Heinonen (piano)

5.12am
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899): Les Serres Chaudes, Op 24
Lena Hoel (soprano)
Bengt Ake-Lundin (piano)

5.26am
Marais, Roland (c.1680-1750): Suite in C minor (excerpts)
Pere Ros (viola da gamba)
Emer Buckley (harpsichord)

5.36am
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934): Serenade for strings, Op 20
Royal Academy Soloists
Clio Gould (director)

5.47am
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725): Toccata in A minor; Fuga del secondo tono (G minor)
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)

5.54am
Muffat, Georg (1653-1704): Sonata
L'Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg (director)

6.01am
Dessane, Antoine (1826-1873): Ouverture
Orchestre Metropolitaine
Gilles Auger (conductor)

6.08am
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971), arr Stravinsky/Dushkin: Divertimento (1931)
Mihaela Martin (violin)
Enrico Pace (piano)

6.30am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Gammelnorsk Romance met Variasjoner
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)

6.54am
Handel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759): Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo), HWV 7
Marita Kvarving Solberg (soprano)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Kjetil Haugsand (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: 17/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 17/02/2008

Including music by Vivaldi, Mozart, Offenbach, Glass, Delibes and Beethoven.

Including Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor. Mozart: Et incarnatus est: Credo (Great Mass in C minor). Offenbach: Ballet of the Snowflakes. Philip Glass: Morning Passages (The Hours).

From 7.00am

Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor, RV 331
Giuliano Carmignola (violin)
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (director)

Mozart: Et incarnatus est - Credo (Great Mass in C minor, K427)
Gabrieli Consort and Players
Paul McCreesh (conductor)

From 8.00am

Offenbach: Ballet of the Snowflakes
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski (conductor)

Philip Glass: Morning Passages (The Hours)
Michael Riesman (piano)
Orchestra conducted by Nick Ingram

From 9.00am

Delibes: Flower Duet (Lakme)
Mady Mesple (soprano)
Danielle Millet (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra of the Opera-Comique
Alain Lombard (conductor)

Beethoven: Choral Fantasia
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor).

Martin Handley

Music includes: 
7.00-8.00: Vivaldi Violin Concerto in G minor, RV331 Giuliano Carmignola , Venice Baroque Orchestra, director Andrea Marcon 
Mozart Et Incarnatus Est (Mass in C minor, K427) Gabrieli Consort and Players, conductor Paul McCreesh 
8.00-9.00: Offenbach Ballet of the Snowflakes (Le Voyage dans la Lune) 
Les Musiciens du Louvre, conductor Nick Ingram Philip Glass Morning Passage (The Hours) 
Michael Riesman (piano), unnamed orchestra conducted by Nick Ingram 
9.00-10.00: Delibes Sous le Dome Epais (Lakme) Mady Mesple (soprano), Danielle Millet (mezzo), Orchestra of the Opera-Comique, conductor Alain Lombard 
Beethoven Choral Fantasia in C minor 
Maurizio Pollini (piano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado

Sunday Morning

Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning.

Iain Burnside

Sunday Morning: 17/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Morning, 17/02/2008

Iain Burnside and Marcus Du Sautoy explore the connections between music and mathematics.

Iain Burnside and professor of mathematics Marcus Du Sautoy explore the connections between music and mathematics, focusing on Bartok's 5th string quartet and a Leonel Power Mass.

lain Burnside

lain Burnside is joined by Marcus du Sautoy for an edition exploring the connections between music and mathematics, featuring a Leonel Power Mass and Bartok's Fifth String Quartet. EMAIL: [address removed]

Private Passions

Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates

Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates, and talk about the influence music has had on their lives

Private Passions: 17/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, 17/02/2008

Academic and political commentator Vernon Bogdanor chooses music by Wagner and Prokofiev.

Michael Berkeley talks to academic and commentator on constitutional and political issues, Vernon Bogdanor, whose choices include Wagner's Parsifal and Prokofiev's 6th Symphony.

Michael Berkeley's guest is Vernon Bogdanor, Professor of Government at Oxford University, and a noted commentator on constitutional and political issues.

A passionate music lover, his choices reflect his love of the piano, and also an interest in the part music has played in politics, illustrated by an excerpt from Wagner's Parsifal and Prokofiev's 6th Symphony.

Vernon Bogdanor , professor of government at Oxford University, is Michael Berkeley 's guest. His choices reflect his love of the piano, with works by Bach, 
Shostakovich, Beethoven and Schubert, and also his interest in the part music has played in politics.

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: Le Concert Spirituel

Le Concert Spirituel

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Le Concert Spirituel

With the director of Le Concert Spirituel, the noted French concert society.

Versailles and Paris Month: Le Concert Spirituel. Catherine Bott meets the director of Le Concert Spirituel, the first concert society in France specialising in grands motets.

Versailles and Paris Month: Le Concert Spirituel

Catherine Bott meets Herve Niquet, current director of Le Concert Spirituel, the noted French concert society. She also talks to musicologist Jean-Paul Montagnier, from Nancy University.

The trio talk about the composers and performers who were closely associated with Le Concert, the first concert organisation in France specialising in performance of French grands motets. Featuring music by Mondonville, Campra, Gilles and Leclair.

Versailles and Paris Month: The Concert Spirituel Herve Niquet , current director of Le Concert Spirituel, and Jean-Paul Montagnier from Nancy University talk to Catherine Bott in the Tuileries garden, site of the former Tuileries Palace where Le Concert Spirituel played in the Salle des Cent Suisses. They talk about the composers and performers who were closely associated with this ensemble. Featuring music by Mondonville, Gilles and Ledair. Producer Rebecca Bean

Radio 3 Requests

Weekly pick of music requests from Radio 3 listeners

Radio 3 Requests features a wide breadth of classical works requested by the station's listeners.

The final edition of Radio 3 Requests was broadcast on 1st May 2011.  We can no longer accept new requests.

Radio 3 Requests: 17/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Requests, 17/02/2008

Chi-chi Nwanoku plays Radio 3 listeners' requests including music by Goossens and Respighi

Chi-chi Nwanoku opens another postbag of Radio 3 listeners' requests. Including music by Peter Cornelius, Eugene Goossens, Ottorino Respighi and Handel.

Chi-chi Nwanoku opens another postbag of Radio 3 listeners' requests. Among the selection is music by a wide range of composers including Peter Cornelius, Eugene Goossens, Ottorino Respighi and Handel.

Chi-chi Nwanoku presents more listeners' requests. ADDRESS: Radio 3 Requests. BBC Wales, CF5 2Y0 
Phone: [number removed] (calls from a landline cost no more than 8p per min) EMAIL: [address removed]

Choral Evensong

Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: 17/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, 17/02/2008

Live from the Chapel of New College, Oxford.

Live from the Chapel of New College, Oxford.

Introit: There is an old belief (Parry)
Responses: Smith
Psalm: 135 (Stanford)
First Reading: Numbers 21 vv4-9
Canticles: Gray in F minor
Second Reading: Luke 14 vv27-33
Anthem: Lord, let me know mine end (Parry)
Hymn: O Thou who dost accord (Innsbruck)
Organ Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in G (Brahms)

Assistant Organist: Stephen Grahl
Director: Edward Higginbottom.

Live from the Chapel of New College, Oxford, Introit: There is an Old Belief (Parry). Responses: Smith. Psalm: 135 
(Stanford). First Reading: Numbers 21, vv4-9. 
Canticles: Gray in F minor. Second Reading: Luke 14, vv27-33. Anthem: Lord, Let Me Know Mine End (Parry). Hymn: 0 Thou Who Dost Accord 
(Innsbruck). Organ Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in G (Brahms). Director of music 
Edward Higginbottom. Assistant organist Stephen Grahl.

Discovering Music

Programme which examines a different piece of music each week

Programme which examines a different piece of music each week, looking at the musical form or the composer's style, and exploring the many things contributing to the overall experience

Discovering Music: Electronic Music

Electronic Music

BBC Radio 3 - Discovering Music, Electronic Music

An exploration of electronic music, with Jonathan Harvey on his Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco

Electronic Music: Alwynne Pritchard explores the landscape of electronic music, with composer Jonathan Harvey on his Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco plus works by Varese and Stockhausen.

Electronic Music

Alwynne Pritchard takes us on a journey through the rich and colourful landscape of electronic music with composer Jonathan Harvey discussing his Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco and pioneering works by Varese and Stockhausen.

Alwynne Pritchard embarks on a journey through the landscape of electronic music, with Jonathan Harvey discussing his Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco. Plus works by Varese and Stockhausen.

Choir and Organ

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

The Choir

Choir and Organ: 17/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Choir and Organ, 17/02/2008

David Fanshawe talks to Aled Jones about Tahitian and French Polynesian choral traditions.

David Fanshawe has spent over 10 years recording singers across the Pacific Islands. He talks to Aled Jones about his travels and Tahitian and French Polynesian choral traditions.

David Fanshawe , who has spent more than ten years recording singers across the islands of the Pacific Ocean, talks to Aled Jones about the choral traditions of Tahiti and French Polynesia.

Drama on 3

Series of drama performances, ranging from experimental works to the Classics

Drama on 3: The Cool Bag Baby, by Katie Hims

The Cool Bag Baby, by Katie Hims

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, The Cool Bag Baby, by Katie Hims

A baby in a bag is left outside a cafe in the hope that the owner will give it a home.

The Cool Bag Baby, by Katie Hims: A baby in a bag is left outside a cafe in the hope that the owner will give it a home. But when the cafe stays closed, lives start to change.

The Cool Bag Baby

By Katie Hims.

A coolbag containing a baby is left outside a cafe in the hope that owner will provide it with a loving home. But unexpectedly the cafe stays closed, with the result that the baby is undiscovered and lives across London begin to fall apart. 

Katie Hims' new drama is an investigation, a love story as well as a cry for help.

Carol ...... Sophie Stanton
Joan ...... Rachel Davies
Stuart ...... David Schofield
Phil ...... Nicholas Gleaves
Jana ...... Larissa Kouznetsova
DI ...... Andrew Tiernan
Ted/PC ...... Mark Monero
Mehmet ...... Hemi Yeroham
Jack ...... Jamie F Glover.

Drama on 3: The Cool Bag Baby

By Katie Hims. A cool bag is left outside a cafe. 
RTInside the bag is a baby. This baby is meant CHOICE to be found by the cafe owner, taken home. loved and cherished. But today the cafe stays closed when it should be open. While the baby stays undiscovered, lives across London begin to fall apart.  
 Producer Kate Rowland 
Radio choices: pages 130-131

BBC Singers

Performances by Britain's only full-time professional chamber choir, a 24-voice ensemble

Performances by Britain's only full-time professional chamber choir, a virtuoso 24-voice ensemble established in 1924

BBC Singers: 17/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Singers, 17/02/2008

Raphael Wallfisch and the BBC Singers perform Richard Rodney Bennett's A Farwell to Arms.

Cellist Raphael Wallfisch and the BBC Singers under Bob Chilcott perform Richard Rodney Bennett's A Farwell to Arms.

A Farewell to Arms

Richard Rodney Bennett's setting of Elizabethan verses telling of an old soldier dreaming of past glories.
Richard Rodney Bennett A Farewell to Arms
Adrian Bradbury (cello),
BBC Singers, conductor Andrew Carwood

Sunday Feature

Exploring music, history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature.

In-depth documentaries which explore music, history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature.

Sunday Feature: South American Currents

Sunday Feature: South American Currents: Episode 3: Peru - The Padlocked Town

Episode 3

Episode 3: Peru - The Padlocked Town

South American Currents

Peru - The Padlocked Town

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, South American Currents, Peru - The Padlocked Town

Writer Daniel Alarcon visits a ghost town and Lima as he explores migration in Peru.

Writer Daniel Alarcon links the destiny of a Peruvian ghost town in the Andes with the transformation of the capital, Lima.

Exploring the theme of disappearance, Peruvian-American author Daniel Alarcon journeys deep into the Andes, to Corongo. Now known as the 'Padlocked Town', Corongo is a semi-deserted place which residents left as they searched for a more stable and prosperous future in the capital city.

Daniel follows their journey to Lima, finding out how Andean culture has transformed the identity of the sprawling city over the past 30 years. He also discovers how a major earthquake in 1970 followed by years of political violence has forced the disappearance of many similar Andean towns and villages.

A new series offering fresh cultural perspectives on South America

3/3. Peru: the Padlocked Town. Exploring the theme of disappearance, Peruvian-American author Daniel Alarcon journeys deep into the Andes to Corongo. Corongo is semi-deserted, left by its residents in their search for a more prosperous future in the capital city. Alarc6n follows their journey to Lima, finding out how Andean culture has transformed the identity of the sprawling city over the past 30 years. Producers Gavin Heard and Paula McGinley

Words and Music

A journey of discovery, weaving music with poetry and prose read by leading actors.

A weekly journey of discovery, weaving together a range of music with poetry and prose read by leading actors.

Words and Music: This Is New York

This Is New York

BBC Radio 3 - Words and Music, This Is New York

A reading of poetry accompanied by the music of Dvorak, Adams, Bernstein and others.

William Hope and Laurel Lefkow read works by Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Lorca and Ginsburg, accompanied by music from Dvorak, Bernstein, Sondheim, Adams, Ives and Tom Waits.

William Hope and Laurel Lefkow read poems and prose on the theme of New York with work by Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Federico Garcia Lorca, Emma Lazarus (the author of the poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty), Allen Ginsberg and E.B. White with music by John Adams, Charles Ives, Steve Reich, Tom Waits, Dvorak, Rodgers and Hart and Bernstein.

This Is New York 
Poetry and prose on the theme of New York by Walt Whitman , Langston Hughes , Kenneth Fearing, EB White and Allen Ginsberg , and music by Gershwin, Duke Ellington and others. EMAIL: [address removed] 
For details of the music and verse heard in this programme, visitwww.bbc.co.uk/radio3/wordsandmusic

The Early Music Show: A Day in the Life of Louis XIV

10/02/2008

A Day in the Life of Louis XIV

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, A Day in the Life of Louis XIV

Lucie Skeaping recreates a possible day in the life of King Louis XIV.

Lucie Skeaping recreates a possible day in the life of King Louis XIV, exploring the palace of Versailles and listening to some of the music the king may have heard.

Lucie Skeaping recreates a possible day in the life of King Louis XIV. Upon waking in his sumptuous bedchamber, the king follows a busy schedule before entertaining guests at supper and retiring late in the evening. At every part of the day, musicians were on hand to entertain him, to soothe him or to trumpet his arrival. Olivier Baumont - harpsichordist and expert on French Baroque music - guides Lucie through the palace of Versailles to illustrate some of the music the king may have heard.

Versailles and Paris Month 
Lucie Skeaping recreates a possible musical day in the life of King Louis XIV.

Through the Night: 18/02/2008

18/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 18/02/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces music by Bernstein, Gershwin, Debussy, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak.

Including 1.00 Bernstein, Gershwin. 3.01 Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Haydn. 5.00 Horneman, Sibelius, Beethoven, Dvorak, Mozartr.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990): Mass (1971)
Oliver Aigner (bass)
John Cashmore (baritone)
Kaybee Cashmore (vocals)
Karin Seyfried (soprano)
Henrik Wagner (vocals)
Romanian Radio Academic Chorus
Romanian Radio Children's Chorus
George Enescu Philharmonic Chorus
Romanian National Radio Orchestra
Wayne Marshall (conductor)

2.42am
Gershwin, George (1898-1937): An American in Paris
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Jorge Mester (conductor)

3.01am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Suite Bergamasque
Artur Pizarro (piano)

3.20am
Veracini, Francesco Maria (1690-1768): Sonata in F for Violin and continuo
Gottfried von der Goltz (violin)
Torsten Johann (harpsichord/positive organ)
Lee Santana (theorbo)

3.39am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Variations on a roccoco theme
Bartosz Koziak (cello)
Polish Radio Orchestra
Andrzej Mysinski (conductor)

4.00am
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764): L'entretien des Muses
Bob van Asperen (harpsichord)

4.06am
Rigatti, Alessandro (1615-1649): Dixit Dominus a 8
His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

4.20am
Auber, Daniel-Francois-Esprit (1782-1871): Overture (Marco Spada)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

4.31am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)	: Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546
Academy of Ancient Music (orchestra)
Richard Egarr (conductor)

4.39am
Koehne, Graeme (b. 1956): Trois pieces bourgeoises
The Australian String Quartet

4.52am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Der Augenblick for 4 voices and continuo
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Gondelfahrer for male voices and piano, D809
Stephen Betteridge (piano)
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor).

With Jonathan Swain. Highlights include: 
1.00 Bernstein Mass Soloists and Choruses, Romanian National Radio Orchestra, conductor Wayne Marshall 
3.01 Debussy Suite Bergamasque Artur Pizarro (piano) 
4.52 Haydn Der Augenblick , H XXV 5.00 Homeman Overture: A Hero's Life 5.39 Sibelius Pohjola 's Daughter 
6.31 Dvorak String Quartet in F, Op 96 (American) 
For full details visit www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/throughthenight

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