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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: 06/03/2008

06/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 06/03/2008

Including works by Bellini, Landi, Prokofiev, Brahms, Bach and Sousa.

Including Bellini: Prendi: l'anel ti dono; Ah! Vorrei trovar parole (La Sonnambula). Landi: T'amai gran tempo. Prokofiev: Classical Symphony. Brahms: Alto Rhapsody.

Including from 7.00am

Bellini: Prendi: l'anel ti dono; Ah! Vorrei trovar parole (La Sonnambula)
Amina ...... Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Elvino ...... Francesco Meli (tenor)
Orchestra and Choir of Lyon Opera
Evelino Pido (conductor)

Landi: T'amai gran tempo
L'Arpeggiata

Prokofiev: Classical Symphony, Op 25
Southbank Sinfonia
Simon Over (conductor)

From 8.30am

Brahms: Alto Rhapsody
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer (conductor)

Bach: Suite No 4 for solo cello, BWV 1010
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)

Sousa: The Liberty Bell
Eastman Wind Ensemble
Frederick Fennell (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.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Bellini Prendi I'Anel V Dono; Ah! Vorrei Trovar Parole (La Sonnambula) 
Natalie Dessay (soprano), Francesco Meli (tenor) Orchestra and Choir of Lyon Opera, conductor Evelino Pido 
Landi TamaiCran Tempo L'Arpeggiata Prokofiev Symphony No 1 (Classical) 
Southbank Sinfonia, conductor Simon Over 
8.30-10.00: BrahmsAlto Rhapsody Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Philharmonia, conductor Otto Klemperer Bach Cello Suite No 4 in E flat, BWV1010 Jean-Guihen 
Oueyras Sousa March: The Liberty Bell Eastman Wind Ensemble, conductor Frederick Fennell

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 06/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 06/03/2008

James Jolly introduces works by Bach, Handel, Mozart, Liszt and Vaughan Williams,.

Including Bach: Trio sonata in G, BWV1039. Handel: Messiah – Four arias by Heddle Nash, Grace Bumbry, Isobel Baillie and Donald McIntyre. Mozart: Symphony in C, K551 (Jupiter).

With James Jolly.

10.00am
Bach: Trio sonata in G, BWV 1039
Frans Bruggen, Leopold Stastny (flute)
Herbert Tachezi (harpsichord)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (cello)
TELDEC 0630135832

10.14am
Handel: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted (The Messiah)
Heddle Nash (tenor)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham (conductor)
BIDDULPH WHL 05962 (2 CDs)

10.18am
Handel: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (The Messiah)
Grace Bumbry (alto)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)
DECCA 433 003 2 (3 CDs)

10.22am
Handel: How Beautiful Are the Feet (The Messiah)
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
DUTTON LABORATORIES 2CDEA 5010 2 (2 CDs)

10.27am
Handel: Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage; Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder (The Messiah)
Donald McIntyre (bass)
John Aldiss Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Richter (conductor)
DG 419 799 2 (2 CDs)

10.34am
Mozart: Symphony in C, K551 (Jupiter)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Rene Jacobs (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901958

11.11am
Liszt: St Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds (Legends, S175 No 1)
Nicolai Demidenko (piano)
HYPERION CDA 66616

11.23am
Vaughan Williams: Sancta civitas
Gareth Roberts (tenor)
Brian Rayner Cook (baritone)
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
BBC RADIO CLASSICS BBCRD 9125.

Presented by James Jolly. 
Bach Trio Sonata in G, BWV1039 Frans Bruggen and Leopold Stastny (flutes), Herbert Tachezi (harpsichord), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (cello) 
10.14 Handel Four arias (Messiah) Heddle Nash (tenor), Grace Bumbry (mezzo), Isobel Baillie 
(soprano) and Donald Mclntyre (bass-baritone) 
10.34 Mozart Symphony No 41 in C, K551 (Jupiter) Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, conductor Rene Jacobs 
11.11 Liszt St Francis of Assisi Preaching to the Birds (Legends) Nikolai Demidenko (piano) 
11.23 Vaughan Williams Sancta Civitas Gareth Roberts (tenor), Brian Rayner Cook (baritone), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

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: John Woolrich

Composer of the Week: John Woolrich: Episode 4: Machines Implacable and Fragile

Episode 4

Episode 4: Machines Implacable and Fragile

John Woolrich

Machines Implacable and Fragile

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, John Woolrich, Machines Implacable and Fragile

John Woolrich tells about his fondness for ticking things, as heard in his oboe concerto.

John Woolrich (b.1954): 4/5. Machines Implacable and Fragile: John Woolrich tells Donald Macleod about his fondness for ticking and whirring things, as heard in his oboe concerto.

John Woolrich (b.1954)

4/5. Machines Implacable and Fragile

John Woolrich talks to Donald Macleod about his fascination with ticking and whirring things, and his oboe concerto, in which the crowd (or orchestra) takes up an armory of dustbins, scaffolding bars, car wheel hubs, and sawn-off oxygen cylinders to force the soloist into retreat.

Through the dark leaves
Eileen Hulse, Adele Eikenes (sopranos)
Christine Cairns (mezzo-soprano)
The Orchestra of St John's
John Lubbock (conductor)

Dartington Doubles
Composers Ensemble

The Barber's Timepiece
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Oboe Concerto
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor).

John Woolrich explains what drew him to composing, and his interest the music of the past

John Woolrich talks to Donald Macleod about what drew him towards composing, the way in which his works form a dialogue with the music of the past, and his love of the shadowy world of the viola

4/5. Machines Implacable and Fragile The composer talks to Donald Macleod about his fascination with ticking and whirring things, and his oboe concerto. 
Through the Dark Leaves Eileen Hulse (soprano), 
Adele Eikenes (soprano), Christine Cairns (mezzo), Orchestra of St John 's, conductor John Lubbock Dartington Doubles Composers Ensemble The Barber's Timepiece; Oboe Concerto Nicholas Daniel (oboe) BBCSO, conductor Martyn Brabbins 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: 06/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 06/03/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features miniatures and larger works by Mendelssohn and Gade.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Mendelssohn and Gade. With miniatures and larger works by both composers. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Havergal Brian. With Symphony No 18.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Mendelssohn and Gade

Part of a recital series given at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow celebrating the chamber music of Felix Mendelssohn and his Danish contemporary Niels Gade. Pianist Benjamin Frith contrasts miniatures by the two composers with some of their larger works.

Benjamin Frith (piano)

Gade: Five New Aquarelles, Op 57
Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words Book 6, Op 67
Gade: Arabesque, Op 27
Mendelssohn: Fantasie in F sharp minor, Op 28 (Sonate ecossaise)

2.00pm British Symphony Series: Havergal Brian

Including BBC recordings of Havergal Brian among others as part of an ongoing series on the British symphony.

Mendelssohn: Overture (The Hebrides)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

R Strauss: Duett-concertino for clarinet, bassoon, string orchestra and harp
Robert Plane (clarinet)
Jaroslaw Augustyniak (bassoon)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Douglas Boyd (conductor)

Brian: Symphony No 18
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Lionel Friend (conductor)

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 24 in F sharp, Op 78
Cedric Tiberghien (piano)

Hubay: Violin concerto No 2, Op 90
Hagai Shaham (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Ligeti: Melodien for orchestra
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Haydn: Symphony No 96 in D, H I 96 (Miracle)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Rachmaninov: Piano concerto No 3 in D minor
Yan Pascal Tortelier (piano)
Ulster Orchestra
Boris Berezovsky (conductor)

Barber: Dover Beach for voice and string quartet
Ronan Collett (baritone)
Psophos String Quartet.

Introduced by Louise Fryer. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Mendelssohn and Gade Another concert in a series recorded at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow to celebrate the chamber music of Mendelssohn and his Danish contemporary Niels Gade. Benjamin Frith (piano) 
Gade Five New Aquarelles, Op 57 
Mendelssohn Songs without Words Book 6, Op 67) Gade Arabesque , Op 27 
Mendelssohn Fantasie in F sharp minor, Op 28 (Sonate Ecossaise)

British Symphony Series

Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda

Strauss Duett-Concertino for clarinet, bassoon, string orchestra and harp - Robert Plane (clarinet), Jaroslaw Augustyniak (bassoon), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Douglas Boyd

Havergal Brian Symphony No 18 - BBC SSO, conductor Lionel Friend

Beethoven Piano Sonata in F sharp, Op 78 - Cedric Tiberghien (piano)

Hubay Violin Concerto No 2 in E, Op 90 - Hagai Shaham, BBC SSO, conductor Martyn Brabbins

Ligeti Melodien - BBC SSO, conductor Ivan Volkov

Haydn Symphony No 96 in D (Miracle) - BBC SO, conductor Jiri Belohlavek

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor - Yan Pascal Tortelier (piano), Ulster Orchestra, conductor Boris Berezovsky

Samuel Barber Dover Beach - Ronan Collett (baritone), Psophos Quartet

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: 06/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 06/03/2008

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: 06/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 06/03/2008

Christopher Richards (clarinet) and the Northern Sinfonia perform Stravinsky's Suite No 1.

Christopher Richards (clarinet) and the Northern Sinfonia under HK Gruber perform Stravinsky's Suite No 1, Adams' Gnarly Buttons, as well as works by Weill and Gruber.

Petroc Trelawny presents a concert featuring conductor, composer and chansonnier HK Gruber, in which he explores the world of cabaret. The line-up includes songs by Kurt Weill, theatrical works by Stravinsky, an eclectic John Adams piece as well as his own darkly comic composition.

Christopher Richards (clarinet)
Northern Sinfonia
HK Gruber (conductor/chansonnier)

Stravinsky: Suite No 1
Weill: Berlin im Licht
Adams: Gnarly Buttons
Weill: The Threepenny Opera (excerpts)
Stravinsky: Suite No 2
Gruber: Frankenstein!! A pan-demonium for orchestra.

rPetroc Trelawny presents a concert in which conductor, composer and chansonnier 
HK Gruber explores the world of cabaret. Christopher Richards (clarinet), Northern Sinfonia, conductor HK Gruber Stravinsky Suite No 1 Weill Berlin im Licht 
John Adams Gnarly Buttons 
Weill The Threepenny Opera (excerpts) Stravinsky Suite No 2 
HK Gruber Frankenstein !! A pan-demonium for orchestra 
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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: 06/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 06/03/2008

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss DW Griffith's controversial classic The Birth of a Nation

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss DW Griffith's controversial silent film classic The Birth of a Nation, whose subject matter is the Ku Klux Klan.

An exploration of DW Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation

For the Landmarks series championing influential works, Matthew Sweet is joined by writers Kevin Jackson and Bonnie Greer, and film historians Richard Dyer and Kevin Brownlow to reassess DW Griffith's controversial silent classic from 1915, The Birth of a Nation, a film whose qualities have always been overshadowed by its subject matter - the Ku Klux Klan.

Night Waves: Landmarks

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss D W Griffiths's controversial silent film classic The Birth of Nation. Producer Martin Smith

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: 06/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 06/03/2008

Featuring conductor Sakari Oramo, who leads a performance of Magnus Lindberg's Chorale.

With Petroc Trelawny. The featured artist is conductor Sakari Oramo, who leads performances of contemporary music beginning with Magnus Lindberg's Chorale.

Sakari Oramo conducts contemporary music, beginning with Magnus Lindberg 's Chorale.

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: Greek and Latin Voices (Euripides)

The Essay: Greek and Latin Voices (Euripides): Episode 4

Greek and Latin Voices (Euripides)

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Greek and Latin Voices (Euripides), Episode 4Close menu

Fiona Macintosh, an expert in Greek Drama, explores the enduring popularity of Euripides.

Greek and Latin Voices: Series exploring the work of Euripides. 4/5. Fiona Macintosh, Senior Research Fellow in Greek Drama at Oxford explores the enduring popularity of Euripides.

Greek and Latin Voices

Series exploring the work of Euripides.

4/4. Fiona Macintosh, Senior Research Fellow at the Archive for the Performance of Greek Drama at Oxford, explores the enduring popularity of Euripides through the centuries and, in particular, in the 21st century.

The Essay: Greek and Latin Voices (Euripides)

A series examining literature that underpins Western civilisation, focusing on Euripides

A series examining the literature that underpins Western civilisation, focusing on the work of the play Euripides

The Essay: Greek and Latin Voices

4/4. Fiona McIntosh explores why the tragedies of Euripides fascinate theatre audiences today as much as they did in 5th-century BC Athens.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 06/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 06/03/2008

With tracks by Steve Reich and Gothic Voices, plus Marilyn Mazur and Jan Garbarek's latest

Fiona Talkington presents tracks by Steve Reich and Gothic Voices, a new album from percussionist Marilyn Mazur and saxophonist Jan Garbarek, plus Hawaiian slack-key guitar.

Fiona Talkington presents an eclectic mix of music, including tracks by Steve Reich and Gothic Voices, a new album from percussionist Marilyn Mazur and saxophonist Jan Garbarek, Hawaiian slack-key guitar and a lesson in belly-dancing.

Fiona Talkington introduces Steve Reich and Gothic Voices, Marilyn Mazur and Jan Garbarek.

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 07/03/2008

07/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 07/03/2008

Susan Sharpe introduces music by Mahler, Carniolus, Schubert, Mozart, Couperin and Grandi.

Including 1.00 Mahler, Carniolus, Schubert. 3.14 Tulindberg, Mozart, Grandi. 5.00 Delius, Brahms, Barber, Kyurkchiiski, Lipinski, Benoit.

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911): Symphony No 7 in E Minor
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland (conductor)

2.18am
Carniolus, Iacobus Gallus (1550-1591): Missa super Adesto dolori meo a 5
Madrigal Quintett Brno
Roman Valek (director)

2.40am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Sonata in B flat for piano
Rudolf Firkusny (piano)

3.14am
Tulindberg, Erik (1761-1814): String Quartet No 3 in C
Ostrobothnian Quartet

3.35am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Concerto in E flat for 2 pianos and orchestra
Paul Lewis, Till Felner (pianos)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

4.01am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer (conductor)

4.04am
Couperin, Francois (1668-1733): Treizieme concert a deux violes
Violes Esgales
Susie Napper, Margaret Little (viols)

4.15am
Schubert: Overture in D
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marcello Viotti (conductor)

4.23am
Wieniawski, Henryk (1835-1880): Polonaise in A for violin and piano
Piotr Plawner (violin)
Andrzej Guz (piano)

4.33am
Ziani, Pietro Andrea (c.1616-1684): Sonata XI in G minor for 2 violins and 2 violas
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

4.42am
Grandi, Alessandro (1586-1630): O beata Virgo a 3
Nicholas Watts, Benjamin Hulett, Mark Wilde (tenors)
English Baroque Soloists

4.45am
Grandi, Alessandro (1586-1630): Plorabo die ac nocte for four voices
Anna Crookes (soprano)
Clare Wilkinson (alto)
Nicholas Watts (tenor)
Matthew Brooks (bass)
English Baroque Soloists (continuo)

4.53am
Boely, Alexandre Francois (1785-1858): Messe des fetes solennelles for organ (excerpts)
Nicholas Danby (organ).

With Susan Sharpe. 
Including 1.00 Mahler Symphony No 7Trondheim SO, conductor Eivind Aadiand 3.35 Mozart Concerto in E flat for two pianos, K365 4.45 Grand! Plorabo Die ac Node for four voices 5.00 Delius, arr Beecham The Walk to the Paradise Garden 5.33 Corelli Sonata da Chiesa in B minor, Op I No 6 6.00 Barber Agnus Dei for chorus 
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