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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

17/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by J Strauss II, Haydn, Messemaeckers, Debussy, Coulthard, Bach, Purcell, Bloch and Sullivan.

With Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Strauss, Johann Jr (1825-1899): Treasure Waltzes (Der Zigeunerbaron, Op 418)
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
Raffi Armenian (conductor)

5.08am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Te Deum in C, H XXIIIc 2
Netherlands Radio Choir and Chamber Orchestra
Antoni Ros-Marba (conductor)

5.18am
Messemaeckers, Henri Jr (1824-?): Grande Marche funebre pour le piano composee a la memoire de SAR Monseigneur Le Prince Alexandre de Pays-Bas
Arthur Schoondewoerd (fortepiano)

5.27am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Premiere rapsodie for clarinet and orchestra
Jozef Luptacik (clarinet)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava
Ludovit Rajter (conductor)

5.35am
Coulthard, Jean (1908-2000), orch. Michael Conway Baker: Four Irish Songs
Linda Maguire (mezzo-soprano)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

5.45am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), orch. Schoenberg: Chorale Prelude, BWV 654
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Edo de Waart (conductor)

5.53am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Music for a while
Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
Markus Markl (harpsichord)

5.58am
Bloch, Ernest (1880-1959): Nigun
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Valerie Tryon (piano)

6.06am
Sullivan, Arthur (1842-1900): Symphony in E (Irish)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)

6.42am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Trumpet Concerto in E flat, H VIIe 1
Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Nicolae Moldoveanu (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: 17/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 17/03/2008

Including music by Obrecht, Mozart, Beethoven, Sullivan, Gabrieli and Piston.

Including Obrecht: J'ai pris amours. Mozart: Basta vincesti – Ah, non lasciarmi (concert aria). Beethoven: Namensfeier Overture. Sullivan: Savoy Dances. Gabrieli: Kyrie Eleison.

Including from 7.00am

Obrecht: J'ai pris amours
Piffaro - The Renaissance Band
Joan Kimball, Robert Wiemken (directors)

Mozart: Basta vincesti – Ah, non lasciarmi (concert aria)
Ileana Cotrubas (soprano)
Camerata Academica
Bernhard Paumgartner (conductor)

Beethoven: Namensfeier Overture, Op 115
Swedish Chamber Orchestra Orebro
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

From 8.30am

Sullivan, arr. Robinson: Savoy Dances
Pro Arte Orchestra
Stanford Robinson (conductor)

Gabrieli: Kyrie Eleison (Three Mass Movements)
Dale Jergenson, Richard Levitt (countertenors)
Greg Smith Singers
Texas Boys Choir of Fort Worth
Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble
Vittorio Negri (conductor)

Piston: The Incredible Flutist
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor).

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Obrecht Jay Pris Amours Piffaro, directors Joan Kimball and Robert Wiemken 
Mozart Basta Vincesti ...Ah, Non Lasciarmi , K468 lleana Cotrubas (soprano), Camerata Academica/ 
Bernhard Paumgartner Beethoven Namensfeier Overture Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard 
8.30-10.00: Sullivan, arr Stanford Robinson Savoy Dances Pro Arte Orchestra, conductor 
Stanford Robinson Gabrieli Kyrie Eleison (Three Mass Movements) Dale Jergenson and Richard Levitt (countertenors), Greg Smith Singers, Texas Boys Choir of Fort Worth, Edward Tarr Brass 
Ensemble, conductor Vittorio Negri Piston The Incredible Flutist Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 17/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 17/03/2008

Sarah Walker introduces works by Biber, Cabezon, Chabrier, Mozart, Dukas and Vivaldi.

Including Biber: Rosary Sonata I (The Annunciation). Cabezon: Cinco diferencias sobre Conde Claros. Chabrier: Briseis (excerpt). Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E flat.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Biber: Rosary Sonata I (The Annunciation)
The Building a Library runner-up

10.05am
Cabezon: Cinco diferencias sobre Conde Claros
Jose Miguel Moreno (vihuela)
GLOSSA  GCD920101

10.13am
Chabrier: Briseis (excerpt)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Chorus of Scottish Opera
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Jean-Yves Ossonce (conductor)
HYPERION CDA66803

10.20am
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E flat, K297b
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Alexander Schneider (conductor)
ASV CD COE 803

10.49am
Biber: Rosary Sonata VI (The Agony in the Garden)
The Building a Library recommendation

10.57am
Dukas: Symphony in C
French National Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
RCA 09026 68802-2

11.37am
Vivaldi: Piango, gemo
Pergolesi: Se tu m'ami
Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano)
Ricardo Requejo (piano)
DG 477 5489  (4-CD set)

11.46am
Biber: Rosary Sonata XIV (The Assumption of the Virgin)
The Building a Library recommendation.

With Sarah Walker. 
Biber Rosary Sonata I: The Annunciation (Building a Library runner-up) 
10.05 Cabezon Cinco Diferencias Sobre Conde Clams Jose Miguel Moreno (vihuela) 
10.13 Chabrier Briseis (excerpt) 
Mark Padmore (tenor), Chorus of Scottish Opera, BBCSSO, conductor Jean-Yves Ossonce 
10.20 Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K297b COE , conductor Alexander Schneider 
10.49 Biber Rosary Sonata VI: The Agony in the Garden (Building a Library recommendation) 
10.57 Dukas Symphony in C French National Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin 
11.37 Vivaldi Piango , Gemo Pergolesi Se Tu M'ami Teresa Berganza (mezzo), Ricardo Reguejo (piano) 
11.46 Biber Rosary Sonata XIV: The Assumption of the Virgin (Building a Library recommendation)

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: Arnold Schoenberg

Composer of the Week: Arnold Schoenberg: Episode 1: The Viennese Radical

Episode 1

Episode 1: The Viennese Radical

Arnold Schoenberg

The Viennese Radical

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Arnold Schoenberg, The Viennese Radical

Donald Macleod assesses Schoenberg's position as a musical outsider in Vienna.

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): 1/5. The Viennese Radical: Donald Macleod assesses Schoenberg's position as a musical outsider in turn of the century Vienna.

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

1/5. The Viennese Radical

Donald Macleod assesses Schoenberg's position as an outsider in turn-of-the-century Vienna, with the battle lines between the composer and the critics drawn almost from the beginning.

Erwartung (song)
Mitsuko Shirai (mezzo-soprano)
Hartmut Holl (piano)

String Quartet in D (2nd mvt)
Arditti String Quartet

Verklarte Nacht
Donald McInnes (viola)
Jonathan Pegis (cello)
LaSalle Quartet

Des Sommerwindes wilde Jagd (Melodram) (Gurrelieder)
Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone/sprecher)
Runkfunkchor Berlin
MDR Rundfunkchor, Leipzig
Ernst Senff Chor Berlin
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor).

Donald Macleod explores Schoenberg's position as an outsider and musical innovator

Composer of the Week: Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) - Five Portraits

1/5. The Viennese Radical. Donald Macleod assesses Schoenberg's position as an outsider in turn-of-the-century Vienna. Erwartung (song) 
Mitsuko Shirai (mezzo), Hartmut Holl (piano) String Quartet in D (2ndmvt) Arditti Quartet Verklarte Nacht LaSalle Quartet with Donald Mclnnes (viola), Jonathan Pegis (cello) 
Des Sommerwindes wilde Jagd (Melodram) 
(Gurrelieder) Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), 
Rundfunkchor Berlin, MDR Rundfunkchor , Leipzig, Ernst Senff Chor Berlin, Berlin PO, conductor Simon Rattle 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: 17/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 17/03/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features Gwilym Simcock performing pieces from his debut album.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Pianist and composer Gwilym Simcock performs pieces from his debut album. 2.00pm San Francisco Symphony Orchestra: Including Orff's Carmina Burana.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

In a concert direct from Wigmore Hall, London, New Generation Artist and Radio 3 Listeners' Award nominee Gwilym Simcock performs pieces from his debut album Perception.

Gwilym Simcock (piano)
Phil Donkin (double bass)
Martin France (drums)

Simcock: Perception (excerpts)

2.00pm San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

A week of concerts from the Davies Symphony Hall, with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under their music director Michael Tilson Thomas, and an array of guest conductors.

Wagner: Forest Murmurs (Siegfried)
Mahler: Symphony No 10 in F sharp (Adagio)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 in G, Op 58
Jonathan Biss (piano)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

Revueltas: La Noche de los Mayas
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson (conductor)

Orff: Carmina Burana
Patricia Petibon (soprano)
Richard Troxell (tenor)
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
San Francisco Girls' Chorus
Pacific Boys' Choir
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson (conductor).

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Radio 3 Listeners' Award 2008 nominee Gwilym Simcock performs music from his new album. Introduced by Sara-Mohr Pietsch. 
Gwilym Simcock (piano), Phil Donkin (double bass), Martin France (drums) 
2.00 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 
A week of concerts from San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall. Introduced by Louise Fryer. Wagner Forest Murmurs (Siegfried) Mahler Adagio (Symphony No 10) 
San Francisco SO, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G Jonathan Biss , San Francisco SO, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas Revueltas La Noche de los Mayas 
San Francisco SO, conductor David Robertson 
Orff Carmina Burana Soloists, San Francisco Girls Chorus, Pacific Boychoir Academy, San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Orchestra/David Robertson

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: 17/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 17/03/2008

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: Pagan Rites, Sacred Rituals

Pagan Rites, Sacred Rituals

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Pagan Rites, Sacred Rituals

The BBC Singers under Bob Chilcott perform works by Tormis, Miki, Martland and Dove.

Pagan Rites, Sacred Rituals: A recital by the BBC Singers under Bob Chilcott. Including Tormis: Curse upon iron. Miki: Marimba Spiritual. Martland: Jenny Jones (Street Songs).

Pagan Rites, Sacred Rituals

Martin Handley introduces a concert given earlier this month at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, combining percussion with the voices of the BBC Singers.

Including the BBC Singers' principal guest conductor Bob Chilcott in conversation.

Simone Rebello, Damien Harron (percussion)
BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)

Tormis: Curse upon iron
Miki: Marimba Spiritual
Dove: Who killed Cock Robin
Chilcott: The Making of the Drum
Martland: Jenny Jones (Street Songs)
Kernis: I cannot dance, O Lord
Albright: Chichester Mass
Harron: Brightlines; Bala
Arrangements of various spirituals.

Pagan Rites, Sacred Rituals 
Bob Chilcott joins Martin Handley to introduce a concert recorded earlier this month. 
Simone Rebello , Damien Harron (percussion), BBC Singers, conductor Bob Chilcott Veljo Tormis Curse upon Iron Minuro Miki Marimba Spiritual 
Jonathan Dove Who Killed Cock Robin ? Bob Chilcott The Making of the Drum Steve Martland 
Jenny Jones (Street Songs) Aaron J Kernis / Cannot Dance, 0 Lord William Albright Chichester Mass Damien Harron Brightlines ; Bala Trad Spirituals

Composer of the Week: Schoenberg

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: 17/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 17/03/2008

A look at the work and influence of French playwright Yasmina Reza.

Matthew Sweet looks at the work and influence of French playwright Yasmina Reza, whose play Art was one of the biggest theatrical hits of the 1990s.

Matthew Sweet considers the work and influence of French playwright Yasmina Reza, the writer of Art, one of the biggest theatrical hits of the 1990s. Reza is in the public eye again with her new play The God of Carnage, about to open in London, as well as a recent controversial book about French president Nicholas Sarkozy, for which she was given intimate access.

Matthew Sweet assesses the influence on French culture of Yasmina Reza. Producer Martin Smith

Artist Focus

Programme focussing on the work of a specific artist

Programme focussing on the work of a specific artist.

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Artist Focus: 17/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 17/03/2008

Tenor Mark Padmore is the featured artist. He performs Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte.

Tenor Mark Padmore is the featured artist in a programme that includes Beethoven's song-cycle An die ferne Geliebte, with Graham Johnson accompanying on piano.

Tenor Mark Padmore is the featured artist, ahead of his performance as the Evangelist in Bach's St John Passion on Good Friday. The programme includes Beethoven's song-cycle An die ferne Geliebte, Op 98, with Graham Johnson accompanying on piano.

Tenor Mark Padmore is this week's featured artist ahead of his performance as the Evangelist in Bach's St John Passion on Good Friday. EMAIL: [address removed]

Belief

Programme that talks to artists, scientists and thinkers about what they believe and why

Programme that talks to artists, scientists and thinkers and asks them about what they believe and why

Belief: Belief

Belief: Belief: Episode 1

BBC Radio 3 - Belief, Belief, Episode 1

Major General Tim Cross discusses military ethics and belief.

Joan Bakewell talks with public figures, artists and thinkers about what they believe and why. 1/4: Major General Tim Cross, who led British efforts in rebuilding post-war Iraq.

Joan Bakewell talks with public figures, artists and thinkers about what they believe and why.

1/4. Major General Tim Cross, whose army career included serving in Northern Ireland, the Balkans and Iraq, discusses military ethics and belief.

Joan Bakewell talks with public figures, artists and thinkers about their beliefs

Joan Bakewell talks with public figures, artists and thinkers about what they believe and why

1/4. Joan Bakewell talks to Major-General Tim Cross about his beliefs. Producer Norman Winter

Charlie Gillett

A selection of intriguing sounds from around the world

Charlie Gillett: 17/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Charlie Gillett, 17/03/2008

With another selection of sounds from around the world.

Music from around the world. Producer James Parkin

Through the Night: 18/03/2008

18/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 18/03/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces works by Shostakovich, Mokranjac, Schoenberg and Schubert.

Including 1.00 Rouget de Lisle, Shostakovich, Mokranjac. 2.41 Schoenberg, Schubert, Prokofiev. 5.00 Boulogne, F Mendelssohn, Brahms, Glinka.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Rouget de Lisle, Claude-Joseph (1760-1836), arr. Stravinsky: La Marseillaise
Alina Ibragimova (violin)

1.03am
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992): Regard de l'onction terrible (Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jesus)
Martin Helmchen (piano)

1.10am
Tabakova, Dobrinka (b.1980): Pirin for viola
Maxim Rysanov (viola)

1.19am
Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906-1975): Quintet in G minor for piano and strings
Aronowitz Ensemble

1.52am
Piazzolla, Astor Pantaleon (1921-1992): Adios Nonino
Ingrid Fliter (piano)

1.59am
Mokranjac, Stevan (1856-1914): First Song-Wreath (From My Homeland)
Karolj Kolar, Jovo Reljin, Radovan Popovic (tenors)
Zoran Popovic (bass)
Belgrade Radio and Television Choir
Mladen Jagust (conductor)

2.07am
Mokranjac: Second Song-Wreath (From My Homeland)
Nikola Mitic (baritone)
Belgrade Radio and Television Choir
Mladen Jagust (conductor)

2.11am
Mokranjac: Third Song-Wreath (From My Homeland)
Karolj Kolar (tenor)
Nikola Mitic (baritone)
Belgrade Radio and Television Choir
Mladen Jagust (conductor)

2.19am
Mokranjac: Fourth Song-Wreath (Mirjana)
Nikola Mitic (bass)
Zorica Dimitrijevic-Stosic (piano)
Stevan Strunjasevic (castanets)
Belgrade Radio and Television Choir
Mladen Jagust (conductor)

2.23am
Mokranjac: Fifth Song-Wreath (From My Homeland)
Irina Arsikin (soprano)
Karolj Kolar (tenor)
Belgrade Radio and Television Choir
Mladen Jagust (conductor)

2.33am
Mokranjac: Sixth Song-Wreath (Hajduk Veljko)
Jovo Reljin (tenor)
Belgrade Radio and Television Choir
Mladen Jagust (conductor)

2.41am
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951): Pelleas und Melisande
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Edo de Waart (conductor)

3.24am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Piano Sonata in A minor
Alfred Brendel (piano).

With Jonathan Swain. Rouqet de Lisle, arr Stravinsky La Marseillaise 1.03 Messiaen Regard de I'Onction Terrible (Vingt Regards sur I'Enfant-Jesus) 1.10 Dobrinka Tabakova Pirin 1.19 Shostakovich Piano Quintet, Op 571.52 
Piazzolla Adios Nonino 1.59 Mokranjac Song-Wreaths 1-6 
2.41 Schoenberg Pelleas und Melisande, Op 5 3.24 
Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor, D845 4.00 Prokofiev Symphony No 1 (Classical) 4.14 Beethoven Allegretto (Piano Trio in E flat) 4.18 Gombert Musae Jovis a 6 4.25 Corelli Trio Sonata in C, Op 3, No 8 4.32 D Scarlatti Sonata in B minor, Kk87 4.39 Grieg Symphonic Dance, Op 64 No 4 
4.51 Hesse Fantasie in F minor 5.00 Boulogne 
Ouverture: L'Amant Anonyme 5.08 Mozart, arr Weigelt 
Adagio in B flat, K411 5.14 M Haydn A ve Regina 5.25 Busoni Piano Sonatina supra Carmen 5.34 Turk Idyllische 
Pastorale 539 Larsson Pastoral Suite, Op 19 5.53 Handel Oboe Sonata in C minor, OplNo8 8 6.00 Boulogne Violin Concerto in D, Op 3, No 16.22 Papandopulo Trio Sonata 
6.35 Fanny Mendelssohn Schweigend sinkt die Nacht; 
Lust'ge Vogel (19 Chore for 4 voices): Schone Fremde, Op 3 No 2 (Gartenlieder) 6.43 Brahms Nachtwache 1; Im Herbst, Op 104 Nos land 5 6.50 Glinka Overture: Ivan Susanin

Jonathan Swain continues the programme with music by Prokofiev, Beethoven, Gombert, Corelli, Scarlatti, Grieg and Hesse.

With Jonathan Swain.

4.00am
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953): Symphony No 1 in D, Op 25
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Karel Ancerl (conductor)

4.14am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Trio in E flat, H 48 (Allegretto)
Katherine Gowers (violin)
Adrian Brendel (cello)
Paul Lewis (piano)

4.18am
Gombert, Nicolas (c.1495-c.1560): Musae Jovis a 6
Ars Nova
Bo Holten (conductor)

4.25am
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713): Trio Sonata in C, Op 3 No 8
Il Seminario Musicale
Gerard Lesne (director)

4.32am
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757): Sonata in B minor, Kk 87
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

4.39am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Symphonic Dance No 4, Op 64
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)

4.51am
Hesse, Adolph Friedrich (1809-1863): Fantasie in F minor
Erwin Wiersinga (organ).

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