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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

14/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Moniuszko, Gershwin, Purcell, Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Svendsen, Aulin and Hartmann.

With Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872): Overture (Verbum Nobile – Opera in One Act)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Salwarowski (conductor)

5.05am
Gershwin, George (1898-1937): Three Preludes arr. for two pianos
Aglika Genova, Luben Dimitrov (piano)

5.11am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Chacony a 4 in G minor for strings, Z730
Simon Standage (violin)
Il Tempo

5.17am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), orchestr. Davis: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)

5.29am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Fantasia in D minor, K397
Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano)

5.36am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op 29, No 2
Wiener Kammerchor
Johannes Prinz (director)

5.43am
Brahms: Four ballades for piano, Op 10
Paul Lewis (piano)

6.06am
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911): Romeo and Juliet, Op 18
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
John Storgards (conductor)

6.20am
Aulin, Valborg (1860-1928): String Quartet in F
Tale String Quartet

6.46am
Hartmann, Johan Peter Emilius (1805-1900): Deux pieces caracteristiques, Op 25
Nina Gade (piano).

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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: 14/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 14/03/2008

Including music by Vaughan Williams, Monteverdi, Mozart, Couperin and Shostakovich.

Including Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending. Monteverdi: Two erotic madrigals. Mozart: Sonata in C for piano and violin. Couperin: 21st Order (Fourth Book of Harpsichord Pieces).

From 7.00am

Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Bradley Creswick (violin)
Northern Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Monteverdi: Two erotic madrigals
Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, Poppy Holden (soprano)
The Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley (director)

Mozart: Sonata in C for piano and violin, K303
Mark Steinberg (violin)
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)

From 8.30am

Couperin: 21st Order (Fourth Book of Harpsichord Pieces)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)

Shostakovich: The Assault on Beautiful Gorky
Dmitri Alexeev (piano)
English Chamber Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)

Haydn: Symphony No 41 in C
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil (conductor).

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Music includes: 
7.00-8.00: Vaughan Williams The Lark 
Ascending Bradley Creswick (violin), Northern Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox 
Monteverdi Two Erotic Madrigals Emma Kirkby , Judith Nelson and Poppy Holden (sopranos), Consort of Musicke, director Anthony Rooley Mozart Violin Sonata in C, K303 
Mark Steinberg , Mitsuko Uchida (piano) 
8.30-10.00: Couperin Fourth Book of Harpsichord Pieces: 21st Order George Malcolm (harpsichord) 
Shostakovich The Assault on Beautiful Gorky Dmitri Alexeev (piano), ECO/Jerzy Maksymiuk Haydn Symphony No 41 in C 
Tafelmusik, conductor Bruno Weil

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 14/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 14/03/2008

James Jolly introduces works by C Schumann, R Schumann, Ullmann, Delius, Haydn and Previn.

Including C Schumann: Three Romances. Schumann: Symphony No 4 in D minor. Ullmann: Abendphantasie; Der Fruhling. Delius: Spring Morning. Haydn: Piano Sonata in F.

With James Jolly.

10.00am
C Schumann: Three Romances, Op 22, No 3
Fabio Biondi (violin)
Luigi di Ilio (piano)
OPUS OPS 30-77

10.07am
R Schumann: Symphony No 4 in D minor, Op 120
Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair (conductor)
AVIE AV2125

10.31am
Ullmann: Abendphantasie; Der Fruhling
Mitsuko Shirai (soprano)
Hartmut Holl (piano)
CAPRICCIO 10534

10.42am
Delius: Spring Morning
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557143

10.50am
Haydn: Piano Sonata in F, H XVI 23
John McCabe (piano)
DECCA 443 785-2 (12 CDs)

11.09am
Previn: Violin Concerto
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn (conductor)
DG 474 500-2

11.50am
Lehar: Die Lustige Witwe (Act II - Introduction and Viljalied)
Hanna ...... Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
The Philharmonia Orchestra
Lovro von Matacic (conductor)
EMI CDS 747 178-8 (3 CDs).

Presented by James Jolly. 
Clara Schumann Three Romances, Op 22 No 3 Fabio Biondi (violin), Luigi di Ilio (piano) 
10.07 Robert Schumann Symphony No 4 in Dminor Northern Sinfonia, conductor Thomas Zehetmair 
10.31 Ullmann Abendphantasie ; Der Fruhling Mitsuko Shirai (soprano), Hartmut Höll (piano) 
10.42 Delius Spring Morning Royal Scottish 
National Orchestra, conductor David Lloyd-Jones 
10.50 Haydn Rano Sonata in FHXV123 John McCabe 
11.09 Andre Previn Violin Concerto 
Anne-Sophie Mutter, LSO, conducted by the composer 
11.50 Lehar Introduction; Viljalied (Die Lustige Witwe) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano: Hanna), 
Philharmonia, conductor Lovro von Matacic

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: Leonard Bernstein

Composer of the Week: Leonard Bernstein: Episode 5: The Final Years

Episode 5

Episode 5: The Final Years

Leonard Bernstein

The Final Years

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Leonard Bernstein, The Final Years

Donald Macleod on how after his wife's death, Bernstein focused on his own mortality.

Donald Macleod reveals how after his wife's death in 1978, Leonard Bernstein began thinking his own mortality and creating a legacy.

Donald Macleod discovers that Bernstein's final years were anything but quiet despite declining health with much of his work being autobiographical. Felicia Bernstein's death in June 1978, not long after the reconciliation with her husband, left a gaping void in Bernstein's life. He began contemplating his own mortality and leaving a legacy in his final decade is including a song cycle named after a remark by President Eisenhower who preferred music with a good tune, "not all them Arias and Barcarolles". Works featured in this programme include 'The Great American Opera' and 'A Quiet Place'.

Donald Macleod explores Bernstein's life and work - as a conductor and performer

Donald Macleod explores Bernstein's life and work - as an inexhaustible conductor, educator, performer and personality

Composer of the Week: Bernstein

5/5. After his wife's death in June 1978, Bernstein began contemplating his own mortality and much of the music from his last years is autobiographical. Bernstein Prelude; Love Duet; Little Smary; Greeting (Arias and Barcarolles) Judy Kaye (soprano), William Sharp (baritone), 
Michael Barrett and Steven Blier (pianos) Divertimento for Orchestra 
Bournemouth SO, conductor Marin Alsop 
A Quiet Place (excerpt) ORF-Symphonie-Orchester. conducted by the composer 
Diaspora Dances (Concerto for Orchestra) Israel PO, conducted by the composer 
Missa Brevis Simon Baker (countertenor), 
Chris Brannick , Richard Benjafield (percussion), BBC Singers 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: 14/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 14/03/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features famous trios by Haydn and Mozart.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Music from 18th century Europe with trios by Haydn and Mozart. 2.00pm Lucerne Festivals: Including Sibelius' Violin Concerto and Dvorak's Czech Suite.

Presented by Ian Skelly.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

St George's, Bristol: The Eve of Revolution - Vienna

Concluding a series of concerts given at St George's, Bristol, exploring the music of pre-revolutionary 18th century Europe. The focus is on Vienna, where months before the outbreak of the French Revolution, Haydn and Mozart, produced two trio masterpieces.

Haydn: Piano Trio in A flat
Mozart: Piano Trio in E, K542

Soloists of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Robert Levin (fortepiano)
Richard Lester (cello)
Matthew Truscott (violin)

2.00pm Lucerne Festivals

A survey of the three Lucerne music festivals from 2007, which showcase prominent musicians and conductors from around the world.

Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Crawford Seeger: Andante (String Quartet)
Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Julia Fischer (violin)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

Dvorak: Czech Suite
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Philippe Jordan (conductor)

Janacek: Mladi (Youth)
Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

Mozart: Piano Concerto in D minor, K466
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano/director)

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Nathalie Stutzman (alto)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Philippe Jordan (conductor)

Dvorak: Serenade in D minor
Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble.

With Ian Skelly. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Two Trio masterpieces composed in Vienna just before the outbreak of the French Revolution. 
Matthew Truscott (violin), Richard Lester (cello), Robert Levin (fortepiano) 
Haydn Piano Trio in A flat, H XV 14 Mozart Piano Trio in E, K542 
2.00 Lucerne Festivals 
Copland Fanfare for the Common Man 
Crawford Seeger Andante (String Quartet) John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine 
San Francisco SO, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas Sibelius Violin Concerto Julia Fischer , San Francisco SO, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas 
Dvorak Czech Suite Mahler Chamber Orchestra, conductor Philippe Jordan 
Janacek Mladi Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble 
Mozart Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466 Chamber Orchestra of Europe, director Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) 
Mahler Kindertotenlieder Nathalie Stutzman 
(contralto), Mahler CO, conductor Philippe Jordan Dvorak Serenade in D minor Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble.

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: 14/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 14/03/2008

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: 14/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 14/03/2008

The Ulster Orchestra perform symphonies by Mozart and Beethoven plus a work by Harty.

Catherine Bott presents a concert by the Ulster Orchestra, who perform Mozart's Symphony No 31, Beethoven's Symphony No 7 and Hamilton Harty's Piano Concerto.

Presented by Catherine Bott.

A concert given by the Ulster Orchestra at Whitla Hall, Belfast, featuring popular symphonies by Mozart and Beethoven as well as a late Romantic piano concerto with influences that include Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Celtic folk music.

Mozart: Symphony No 31 in D, K300a (Paris)
Harty: Piano Concerto in B minor
Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A, Op 92

Peter Donohoe (piano)
Ulster Orchestra
Douglas Boyd (conductor).

This evening's concert was recorded recently by the Ulster Orchestra at Whitla Hall, Belfast, and features popular symphonies by Mozart and Beethoven, and a late Romantic piano concerto championed by tonight's soloist. 
Peter Donohoe (piano), Ulster Orchestra, conductor Douglas Boyd 
Mozart Symphony No 31 in D (Pahs) Harty Piano Concerto in B minor Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A

The Verb

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance

The Verb: 14/03/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, 14/03/2008

With a look at two new teenage fictional heroes and a performance by singer Alela Diane.

With Ian McMillan looking at two new teenage fictional heroes, a performance by American singer Alela Diane, comic verse from Luke Wright and writer Peter Zilahy's autobiography.

Ian McMillan's programme about language looks at two new teenage fictional heroes, from new books by Joe Dunthorne and Ross Raisin – themselves just of their teens and already being hailed as the future of British fiction.

With a performance by American singer Alela Diane, whose CD The Pirate's Gospel was a critical success last year, as well as comic verse from Luke Wright.

And Hungarian writer Peter Zilahy reads from his autobiography, partly a report from the streets of the former Yugoslavia in the turbulent 1980s and 90s.

Ian McMillan talks to Hungarian writer Peter Zilahy , whose book The Last Window Giraffe is about to be published in English for the first time. And poet Joe Dunthorne talks about writing his first novel, Submarine. Producer ZahidWarley

Jazz Library

Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings

Programme offering advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings or adding to an existing one

Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings.

Jazz Library: Audience Feedback

Audience Feedback

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Library, Audience Feedback

Listeners suggest additional recordings to add to the jazz library.

Audience Feedback: Listeners suggest additional recordings to add to the jazz library, picking music by Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Django Reinhardt and Lester Young.

Audience Feedback

The quarterly edition of Jazz Library in which listeners suggest additional recordings to those which have been recommended by the programme over the last three months.

This edition focuses on the music of the late Oscar Peterson, as well as other diverse figures such as Anthony Braxton, Ella Fitzgerald, Django Reinhardt and Lester Young.

For this quarterly edition of the programme, listeners choose essential discs in addition to those selected by Alyn Shipton. In particular the focus is on the music of Oscar Peterson , as well as such diverse figures as Anthony Braxton , 
Ella Fitzgerald , Django Reinhardt , and Lester Young. Producer Alyn Shipton EMAIL: [address removed]

Jazz on 3

Celebrating the best contemporary jazz, with exclusive concert recordings and features

From free jazz to fusion, post-bop to electronica – Jazz on 3 celebrates the music as a living and developing art form, with exclusive concert recordings and in-depth features

Jazz on 3: The Missing Bits

The Missing Bits

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, The Missing Bits

Including a solo from bassist William Parker and live takes from saxophonist Charles Gayle

The Missing Bits: Jez Nelson presents previously unbroadcast music, with a solo spot from bassist William Parker and live takes from free-jazz saxophonist Charles Gayle.

The Missing Bits

Jez Nelson presents a selection of previously unbroadcast music, recorded for the show. Highlights from the programme's extensive archive of exclusive recordings include a solo spot from New York bassist William Parker, live takes from free-jazz saxophonist Charles Gayle and a set by Mercury-nominated UK group Polar Bear.

The Missing Bits 
Jez Nelson presents previously unbroadcast material. Highlights include a solo spot from New York bassist William Parker and music by free-jazz saxophonist Charles Gayle. Producer Robert Abel

Through the Night: 15/03/2008

15/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 15/03/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces music by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Dvorak and Beethoven.

Including 1.00 Mozart, Rossini, Verdi. 3.20 Dvorak, Britten, Bach. 5.05 Glinka, Schubert, Grainger, Beethoven, Janacek, Telemann.

With Jonathan Swain.

A gala concert of operatic excerpts to open the 2007 George Enescu Festival and Competition: 

1.00am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Overture (The Marriage of Figaro)
1.06am
Mozart: E Susanna non vien!...Dove sono (The Marriage of Figaro)
Countess ...... Cellia Costea (soprano)

1.13am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Studia il passo, o mio figlio! Come dal ciel precipita (Macbeth)
Banquo ...... Balint Szabo (bass-baritone)

1.18am
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924): Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore (Tosca)
Floria Tosca ...... Anda-Louise Bogza (soprano)

1.21am
Puccini: Nessun dorma (Turandot)
Calaf ...... Marian Talaba (tenor)

1.25am
Puccini: Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Manon Lescaut)
Manon Lescaut ...... Adina Nitescu (soprano)

1.30am
Giordano, Umberto (1867-1948): Nemico della patria (Andrea Chenier)
Carlo Gerard ...... Alexandru Agache (baritone)

1.36am
Massenet, Jules (1842-1912): Werther! Qui m'aurait dit (Werther)
Charlotte ...... Carmen Oprisanu (mezzo-soprano)

1.44am
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): Largo al factotum (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)
Figaro ...... George Petean (baritone)

1.49am
Puccini: Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia (Madama Butterfly)
Cio-Cio-San ...... Roxana Briban (soprano)
Pinkerton ...... Marian Talaba (tenor)

2.01am
Enescu, George (1881-1955): Ou suis-je? (Oedipe)
Oedipe ...... Stefan Ignat (baritone)

2.08am
Verdi: E'strano! (La Traviata)
Violetta ...... Nicoleta Ardlean (soprano) 

2.18am
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883): In fernem Land (Lohengrin)
Lohengrin ...... Marius Vlad Budoiu (tenor).

With Jonathan Swain. 
Including at 1.00 a gala concert of operatic excerpts to open the 2007 George Enescu festival and competition. Bucharest National Opera Orchestra/Gheorghe Costin 
3.05 David Diamond Rounds for string orchestra 
3.45 Britten Piano Concerto, Op 13 4.36 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F, BWVW47 5.59 
Grainger The Warriors 6.40 Janacek The Fiddler's Child For full details www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/throughthenight

Jonathan Swain continues the evening's gala concert of operatic excerpts plus music by Donizetti, Diamond, Dvorak and Britten.

With Jonathan Swain.

2.24am
Rossini: Bel raddio lusinghier (Semiramide)
Semirade ...... Elena Mosuc (soprano)

2.32am
Verdi: Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (Rigoletto)
Rigoletto ...... Alexandru Agach (baritone)

2.37am
Catalani, Alfredo (1854-1893): Ebben? Ne andro lontano (La Wally)
Wally ...... Cellia Costea (soprano)

2.41am
Verdi: Bella figlia dell'amore (Rigoletto)
Gilda ...... Elena Mosuc (soprano)
Maddalena ...... Carmen Oprisanu (mezzo-soprano)
Duke of Mantua ...... Robert Nagy (tenor)
Rigoletto ...... Alexandru Agache (baritone)

2.48am
Verdi: Per me giunto e il di supremo (Don Carlos)
Rodrigo ...... George Petean (baritone)

2.53am
Verdi: O Carlo, ascolta (Don Carlos)
Rodrigo ...... George Petean (baritone)

2.57am
Donizetti, Gaetano (1794-1848): Chi raffrena il mio furore (Lucia di Lammermoor)
Lucia ...... Nicoleta Ardlean (soprano)
Alisa ...... Cristina lordachescu (mezzo-soprano)
Edgardo ...... Robert Nagy (tenor)
Arturo ...... Calin Bratescu (baritone)
Lord Ashton ...... George Petean (baritone)
Raimondo ...... Balint Szabo (bass-baritone)

3.01am
Verdi: Libiamo ne'lieti calici (brindisi, La Traviata)
Elena Mosuc, Nicoleta Ardlean, Roxana Briban (soprano)
Robert Nagy (tenor)
Bucharest National Opera Orchestra
Gheorghe Costin (conductor)

3.05am
Diamond, David (b. 1915): Rounds for string orchestra
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

3.20am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Serenade for wind instruments in D minor, Op 44
Canadian Chamber Ensemble
Raffi Armenian (conductor)

3.45am
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op 13
Robert Leonardy (piano)
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (conductor).

Jonathan Swain continues the programme with music by Brahms, Schmitt, Bach and Debussy.

With Jonathan Swain.

4.19am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Fest - und Gedenkspruche for 8 voices, Op 109
Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)

4.29am
Schmitt, Matthias (b.1958): Ghanaia for solo percussion
Colin Currie (marimba)

4.36am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F
Alexis Kossenko (recorder)
Erik Niord Larsen (oboe)
Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet)
Elise Batnes (violin)
Risor Festival Strings
Knut Johannessen (harpsichord)

4.48am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Simone Young (conductor).

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