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Through the Night

Continuous broadcast of concert music and opera, recorded from locations throughout Europe

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Through the Night: Through the Night

18/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Horneman, Chopin, Matteis, Buxtehude, Kodaly, Sibelius, Part, Schubert, Beethoven, Dvorak and Mozart.

With Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Horneman, Christian Frederik Emil (1840-1906): Overture (A Hero's Life)
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michael Schonwandt (conductor)

5.14am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Polonaise in A flat, Op 53
Jacek Kortus (piano)

5.21am
Matteis, Nicola (died c.1713): L'Amore (Love)	
Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin)
Linda Kent (chamber organ)

5.26am
Buxtehude, Dietrich (c.1637-1707): Ciaccona (Quemadmodum desiderat cervus), BuxWV 92
John Elwes (tenor)
La Fenice
Jean Tubery (cornet/conductor) 

5.32am
Kodaly, Zoltan (1882-1967): Jesus and the Traders
Hungarian Radio Chorus
Janos Ferencsic (conductor)

5.39am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Pohjola's Daughter, Op 49
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Berglund (conductor)

5.53am
Part, Arvo (1935-): Trivium		
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ)

6.00am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Overture (Fierrabras), D796
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Hans Zender (conductor)

6.10am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Sonata for piano in C minor, Op 10, No 1
Geoffrey Lancaster (fortepiano)

6.31am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): String Quartet No 12 in F, Op 96 (American)
Prague Quartet

6.54am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)	: Abendempfindung for voice and piano, K523
Adeline Ramage (soprano)
Robert Melling (piano).

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: 18/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 18/02/2008

Including music by Suppe, Butterworth, Rameau, Schumann and Haydn.

Including Suppe: Overture (Light Cavalry). Mondonville: Sonate en Symphonie. Butterworth: 3 Songs from A Shropshire Lad. Rameau: Les Indes Galantes (excerpts).

From 7.00am

Suppe: Overture (Light Cavalry)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

Mondonville: Sonate en Symphonie, Op 3, No 5
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Mark Minkowski (conductor)

Butterworth: 3 Songs from A Shropshire Lad
Benjamin Luxon (baritone)
David Willison (piano)

From 8.30am

Rameau: Les Indes Galantes (excerpts)
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen (conductor)

Schumann: Requiem für Mignon
Soloists from the Chorus of the Dusseldorf Musikverein
Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra
Bernhard Klee (conductor)

Haydn: Piano Concerto in D
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
Concerto Copenhagen
Lars-Ulrik Mortensen (director).

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Suppe Overture: Light Cavalry Vienna PO, conductor Riccardo Muti 
Mondonville Sonate en Symphonie, Op 3 No 5 
Les Musiciens du Louvre, conductor Mark Minkowski Butterworth Three Songs (A Shropshire Lad) 
Benjamin Luxon (baritone), David Willison (piano) 
8.30-10.00: Rameau Les Indes Galantes (excerpts) Orchestra of the 18th Century/Frans Bruggen Schumann Requiem furMignon Soloists, 
Chorus of the Dusseldorf Musikverein, Dusseldorf SO, conductor Bernhard Klee 
Haydn Piano Concerto in D, HXVII1 11 
Ronald Brautigam , Concerto Copenhagen, director Lars-Ulrik Mortensen

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 18/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 18/02/2008

Sarah Walker introduces music by Mussorgsky, Morales, Guridi, Rodrigo, Arriaga and Vivaldi

Includes Mussorgsky: Prelude (Dawn over the Moscow River, Khovanshchina). Morales: Sanctus de la Missa Mille regretz. Guridi: 8 sketches for piano. Rodrigo: Concierto Andaluz.

With Sarah Walker

10.00am
Mussorgsky: Prelude (Dawn over the Moscow River - Khovanshchina)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Jose Serebrier (conductor)
ASV CD DCA 644

10.06am
Morales: Sanctus de la Missa Mille regretz
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Hesperion XXI
Jordi Savall (director)
ALIA VOX AV 9814 tk 14

10.13am
Guridi: Eight sketches for piano
Victoria Aja (piano)
NAXOS 855 7633

10.30am
Rodrigo: Concierto Andaluz for four guitars and orchestra
Celedonio, Celin, Pepe and Angel Romero (guitars)
San Antonio Symphony Orchestra
Victor Alessandro (conductor)
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10.57am
Arriaga: Symphony in D
Le Concert des Nations (La Capella Reial de Catalunya)
Jordi Savall (conductor)
ASTREE E 8632

11.28am
Early Iberian Organ Music
Robert Parkins (organ)
NAXOS 8.550705

11.30am
Vivaldi: Stabat Mater
The Building a Library recommendation.

Presented by Sarah Walker. 
Musorgsky Dawn over the Moscow River (Prelude: Khovanshchina) Sydney SO, conductor Jose' Serebrier 
10.06 Morales Sanctus (Missa Mille Regretz) La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hesperion XXI, director Jordi Savall 
10.13 Guridi Eight Sketches Victoria Aja (piano) 
10.30 Rodrigo Concierto Andaluz 
Celedonio, Celin, Pepe and Angel Romero (guitars), San Antonio SO, conductor Victor Alessandro 
10.57 Arriaga Symphony in D 
Le Concert des Nations, conductor Jordi Savall 
11.28 Anon Early Iberian organ music Robert Parkin 
11.30 Vivaldi Stabat Mater , RV621 
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: Giuseppe Verdi

Composer of the Week: Giuseppe Verdi: Episode 1

Episode 1

Giuseppe Verdi

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Giuseppe Verdi, Episode 1

Donald Macleod looks at the people who helped Verdi find success, focusing on the Barezzis

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): 1/5 Donald Macleod looks at the personalities who helped Verdi achieve success, focusing on the Barezzi Family, who sponsored him as a child.

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Donald Macleod looks at some of the personalities who were instrumental in helping Verdi achieve success.

1/5. The Barezzi Family

Antonio Barezzi, a distiller and grocer, sponsored Verdi as a child. Later on, Barezzi's daughter Margherita, also a keen supporter of Verdi's ambitions, became the composer's first wife. 

Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate (Nabucco)
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Sinfonia in C			
Symphony Orchestra of Milan
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

Leonore's Cavatina (Act 1, Oberto)
Ghena Dimitrova (soprano)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Lamberto Gardelli (conductor)

Quartet (Act 2, Oberto)			
Ghena Dimitrova (soprano)
Ruza Baldani (mezzo-soprano)
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
Rolando Panerai (baritone)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Lamberto Gardelli (conductor)

The Prophecy (Act 3, Nabucco)				
Piero Cappuccilli (baritone)
Ghena Dimitrova (soprano)
Kurt Rydl (bass)
Chorus and orchestra of Deutschen Oper Berlin
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor).

Donald Macleod looks at some of the personalities who helped Verdi achieve success

Donald Macleod looks at some of the personalities who were instrumental in helping Verdi achieve success

Composer of the Week:Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

1/5. The Barezzi Family. With Donald Macleod. Va, Pensiero, sull'ali Dorate (Nabucco) Milan La Scala Chorus and Orchestra/Claudio Abbado Sinfonia in C Milan SO/Riccardo 
Chailly Leonore 's Cavatina (Oberto, Act 1) 
Ghena Dimitrova (soprano), Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor Lamberto Gardelli 
Quartet (Oberto, Act 2) Soloists, Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor Lamberto Gardelli The Prophecy (Nabucco, Act 3) Soloists, 
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli  
Producer Johannah Smith Repeated at 8.45pm 
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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: 18/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 18/02/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features Cedric Tiberghien performing Chopin and Beethoven.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Cedric Tiberghien performs Chopin and Beethoven. 2.00pm The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and friends: With music from Smetana, Bartok and Prokofiev.

Presented by John Shea.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Direct from the Wigmore Hall in London, Sean Rafferty introduces French pianist Cedric Tiberghien performing works by Chopin and Beethoven.

Chopin: Four Ballades
Beethoven: Sonata in C minor, Op 111

2.00pm The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and friends

A week of concerts by another of Europe's top orchestras, complemented by other Czech music and Czech performers. 

The Czech Philharmonic played Smetana's best-known work when they opened the 2007 Prague Spring Festival, and were joined later by young talented Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel.

Smetana: Ma Vlast
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Zdenek Macal (conductor)

Revueltas: Sensemaya
Bartok: Dance Suite
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)

Smetana: String Quartet No 1 in E minor (From My Life)
Kapralova Quartet

Prokofiev: Symphony No 5
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel (conductor).

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Presented live from London's Wigmore Hall. Cedric Tiberghien (piano) 
Beethoven Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 111 
Chopin Ballades: No 1 in G minor, Op23; No 2 in F, Op38; No 3 in A flat, Op47; No 4 in F minor, Op 52 Repeated on Saturday 
2.00 The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Friends 
A week of concerts by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and other Czech performers. Smetana Ma Vlast 
Czech PO, conductor Zdenek Macal Revueltas Sensemaya 
Czech PO, conductor Gustavo Dudamel Bartok Dance Suite 
Czech PO, conductor Gustavo Dudamel Smetana String Quartet No 1 in E minor (From My Life) Kapralova Quartet Prokofiev Symphony No 5 
Czech PO, conductor Gustavo Dudamel

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: 18/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 18/02/2008

Sean Rafferty 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: 18/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 18/02/2008

Lisa Batiashvili, Francois Leleux and the BBC SO perform Ravel, Kancheli and Mussorgsky.

Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Francois Leleux (oboe) and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Lionel Bringuier. Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso. Kancheli: Concerto for violin and Oboe.

With Tom Service.

A concert given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican last week, with 21-year-old conductor Lionel Bringuier making his UK debut with a composition and an arrangement by Ravel. 

The orchestra is also joined by violinist Lisa Batiashvili and her husband Francois Leleux for the world premiere performance of a double concerto by Giya Kancheli.

Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso
Kancheli: Concerto for violin and Oboe (world premiere)
Mussorgsky, orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

Lisa Batiashvili (violin)
Francois Leleux (oboe)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Lionel Bringuier (conductor).

A concert given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican last week. 
Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Francois Leleux (oboe), 
BBCSym phony Orchestra, conductor Lionel Bringuier Ravel Alborada del Gracioso 
Giya Kanchell Concerto for violin and oboe (BBC commisssion, first performance) 
Musorgsky, orch Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Composer of the Week: Verdi

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: 18/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 18/02/2008

With a debate on what our pets say about ourselves and our place in the cosmos.

Matthew Sweet and three writers ask what our pets say about ourselves and our place in the cosmos. Plus Lewis Hyde's new book Trickster and the new film from Wong Kar Wai.

Matthew Sweet is joined by political cartoonist Martin Rowson, American poet Mark Doty and novelist and critic Adam Mars-Jones to consider what our pets can tell us about ourselves and our place in the cosmos.

Harvard creative writing director Lewis Hyde discusses his new book Trickster, which takes on the subject of playfulness, from the ancient world to the present. He argues that tricksters, while lying and cheating their way round the edges of society are in fact also indispensable heroes of culture.

And there are reviews of two of the week's main openings - the first English language film by Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai and An English Tragedy, the new play from Ronald Harwood, recently nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

Matthew Sweet explores An English Tragedy, the new play by Oscar-winning writer Ronald Harwood about John Amery , the son of a Conservative cabinet minister, who was executed in 1945 for broadcasting Nazi propaganda. Producer Fiona McLean 
Podcast: available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/nightwaves

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: 18/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 18/02/2008

A profile of mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, which includes her perfoming Ravel's Scheherezade

With Tom Service. A profile of American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, well-known for her interpretations of French music. Plus a performance of Ravel's Sheherazade.

With Tom Service. This week's programmes feature American mezzo Susan Graham , well-known for her interpretations of French music. Today's musical sequence includes Ravel's Sheherazade. 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.

Essay: Death and the Philosopher

The Essay: Death and the Philosopher: Episode 1

Death and the Philosopher

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Death and the Philosopher, Episode 1Close menu

Death and the Philosopher: 1. Exploring the fascination with the bodies of philosophers.

Death and the Philosopher: 1/4. Philosophers die like everyone else, so why are their bodies interesting? Lesley Chamberlain explores.

The Essay: Death and the Philosopher

Series of essays exploring the relationship between death and the philosopher

Series of radio essays exploring the relationship between the notion of death and the philosopher

Death and the Philosopher 
1/4. Philosophers die like everyone else, so why are their bodies interesting? Lesley Chamberlain explores. Producer Tim Dee EMAIL: [address removed]

Lopa Kothari

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

Lopa Kothari: 18/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Lopa Kothari, 18/02/2008

Singer and Broadcaster Lopa Kothari presents her own musical mix.

Lopa presents her own global musical mix, including the voice of 'Mama Africa' Miriam Makeba, and songs by former laundry worker turned singer, Egypt's Shaban Abd El Rehim.

Lopa Kotharl

The singer and broadcaster introduces her own global mix, including the voice of Miriam Makeba , plus songs by Egyptian singer and former ironing-man Shaban Abd El Rehim. Producer Roger Short

Through the Night: 19/02/2008

19/02/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 19/02/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces music by Grieg, Bizet, Telemann, Mozart, Albeniz and Bach.

Including 1.00 Grieg, Schedrin, Norman. 3.09. Weyse, Schobert, Mozart. 5.00 Parry, Dvorak, Albeniz, Bach, Lisinski, Prokofiev, Lindblad.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Haugtussa – song cycle
1.29am
Grieg: Sonata No 2 in G for violin and piano, Op 13
Solveig Kringelborn (soprano)
Alina Pogostkina (violin)
Sveinung Bjelland (piano)

1.51am
Shchedrin, Rodion Konstantinovich (b.1932): Carmen – ballet suite for strings and percussion
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Milen Nachev (conductor)

2.32am
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875), transcr Horowitz: Virtuoso Fantasy on themes from Carmen
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

2.36am
Norman, Ludvig (1831-1885): Sextet in A minor, Op 29
Bengt-Ake Lundin (piano)
Uppsala Chamber Soloists

3.09am
Weyse, Christoph Ernst Friedrich (1774-1842): Symphony No 6 in C minor
The Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Adam Fischer (conductor)

3.37am
Schobert, Johann (c.1735-1767): Keyboard concerto in G
Eckart Sellheim (fortepiano)
Collegium Aureum
Franzjosef Meier (conductor)

4.00am
Dowland, John (1563-1626): Mr Dowland's Midnight; Fantasia (orig. for lute)
Manuel Calderon (guitar)

4.07am
Willaert, Adrian (1490-1562): Pater noster
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Paul van Nevel (conductor)

4.12am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Trio No 8 (Essercizii Musici)
Camerata Koln

4.20am
Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann (1710-1784): Sinfonie in F, F67
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin
Stephan Mai (director)

4.32am
Henderson, Ruth Watson (b.1932): Sing All Ye Joyful
The Elmer Iseler Singers

4.37am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)	: Piano trio in G, K564
Ondine Trio

4.53am
Kuchar, Jan Krtitel (1751-1829): Fantasia II in D minor
Peter van Dijk (organ).

Presented by Jonathan Swain. Highlights include Grleq Haugtussa ; Violin Sonata No 2 in G Solveig Kringelborn (soprano), Alina Pogostkina (violin), 
Sveinung Bjelland (piano) 2.32 Bizet Virtuoso Fantasy on Themes from Carmen 3.09 Weyse Symphony No 6 in C minor 4.20 WF Bach Sinfonie in FJ67 5.32 Albenlz Cuba (Suite Espanola No 1, Op 47 No 8); Cordoba (Nocturne) 6.15 Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 1 
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