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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

18/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Boulogne, Mozart, Haydn, Busoni, Turk, Larsson, Handel, Papandopulo, F Mendelssohn, Brahms and Glinka.

With Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Boulogne, Joseph - Chevalier de Saint-Georges (c.1748-1799): Overture (L'amant anonyme)
Tafelmusik Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

5.08am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), arr. Weigelt: Adagio in B flat, K411
Galliard Ensemble

5.14am
Haydn, Johann Michael (1737-1806): Ave Regina for double choir, MH 140
Ex Tempore
Florian Heyerick (director)

5.25am
Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924): Kammer Fantasie uber Carmen
Valerie Tryon (piano)

5.34am
Turk, Daniel Gottlob (1756-1813): Idyllische Pastorale
Gert Oost (organ)
Bart van Buiteren (bass drum)

5.39am
Larsson, Lars-Erik (1908-1986): Pastoral Suite, Op 19
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

5.53am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Sonata in C minor for oboe and continuo, HWV 366
Louise Pellerin (oboe)
Dom Andre Laberge (organ)

6.00am
Boulogne: Violin Concerto in D, Op 3 No 1
Linda Melsted (violin)
Tafelmusik Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

6.22am
Papandopulo, Boris (1906-1991): Trio Sonata
Zagreb Guitar Trio

6.35am
Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847): Schweigend sinkt die Nacht (19 Chore for 4 voices)
6.38am
Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel: Lust'ge Vogel (19 Chore for 4 voices)
6.40am
Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel: Schone Fremde (Gartenlieder - 6 songs for chorus, Op 3 No 2)
6.43am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Nachtwache 1, Op 104 Nos 1 and 5
BBC Singers
Jason Lai (conductor)

6.50am
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857): Overture (Ivan Susanin)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor).

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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: 18/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 18/03/2008

Including music by Purcell, Mozart, Borodin, Locatelli, Brahms and Handel.

Including Purcell: Ground from Sir Anthony Love or The Rambling Lady. Mozart: Andante in F. Borodin: Overture (Prince Igor). Locatelli: Concerto grosso in G minor.

Including from 7.00am

Purcell: Ground from Sir Anthony Love or The Rambling Lady, Z 588
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (director)

Mozart: Andante in F for mechanical organ, K616
Herbert Tachezi (organ)

Borodin: Overture (Prince Igor)
London Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti (conductor)

From 8.30am

Locatelli: Concerto grosso in G minor, Op 1 No 12
Concerto Koln

Brahms: Tragic Overture
Dresden Staatskapelle
Kurt Sanderling (conductor)

Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Acis and Glatea)
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor).

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Purcell Ground from Sir Anthony Love or The Rambling Lady, Z588 Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood Mozart Andante in F for mechanical organ, K616 Herbert Tachezi Borodin Overture: Prince Igor LSO/Georg Solti 
8.30-10.00: Locatelli Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op I No 12 Concerto Koln Brahms Tragic Overture Dresden Staatskapelle/Kurt Sanderling 
Handel As When the Dove Laments Her Love 
(Acis and Galatea) Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), LSO, conductor Adrian Boult

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 18/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 18/03/2008

Sarah Walker introduces works by Bach, Mozart, Bernstein, Vaughan Williams and Elgar.

Including Bach: Chaconne (Partita No 2 in D minor). Mozart: Violin Concerto No 5 in A. Bernstein: Candide (conclusion, Act II). Vaughan Williams: Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Bach, arr. Busoni: Chaconne (Partita No 2 in D minor, BWV 1004)
Artur Rubinstein (piano)
RCA RD85673

10.16am
Mozart: Violin Concerto No 5 in A, K219
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Monica Huggett (violin/director)
VIRGIN VERITAS VC 545010-2

10.44am
Bernstein: Candide (conclusion, Act II)
Candide ...... Jerry Hadley (tenor)
Cunegonde ...... June Anderson (soprano)
Old Lady ...... Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
Pangloss ...... Adolph Green (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
DG 429 734-2 (2-CD set)

11.01am
Vaughan Williams: Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus
Northern Sinfonia of England
Richard Hickox (conductor)
EMI CDC 749745-2

11.13am
Elgar: Serenade lyrique - Northern Sinfonia Orchestra
Neville Marriner (conductor)
EMI CDM 565593-2

11.17am
Elgar: Rosemary
Peter Pettinger (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN8438

11.21am
Elgar: Harmony Music No 1
Athena Ensemble
CHANDOS CHAN6553

11.26am
Arban, arr. Pichaureau: Theme and Variations on The Carnival of Venice
Maurice Andre (trumpet)
National Orchestra of Monte-Carlo Opera
Marc Soustrot (conductor)
ERATO 2292 45185-2

11.35am
Verdi: Rigoletto (conclusion, Act II)
Rigoletto ...... Tito Gobbi (baritone)
Gilda ...... Maria Callas (soprano)
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan
Giuseppe di Stefano (conductor)
EMI CDS 556327-2 (2-CD set).

Presented by Sarah Walker. 
Bach, arr Busoni Chaconne (Partita No 2 in D minor, BWV1004) Artur Rubinstein (piano) 
10.16 Mozart Violin Concerto No 5 in A, K219 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, director Monica Huggett (violin) 
10.44 Leonard Bernstein Candide (excerpt, Act 2)  
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by the composer 
11.01 Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus Northern Sinfonia of England, conductor Richard Hickox 
11.13 Elgar Sérénade Lyrique Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, conductor Neville Marriner Rosemary Peter Pettinger (piano) 
Harmony Music No 1 Athena Ensemble. 
11.26 Arban, arr Pichaureau 
Theme and Variations on The Carnival of Venice Maurice Andre (trumpet), National Orchestra of Monte Carlo Opera, conductor Marc Soustrot 
11.35 Verdi Rigoletto (Act 2, excerpt)  
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, conductor Giuseppe di Stefano

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 2: The Expressionist Painter

Episode 2

Episode 2: The Expressionist Painter

Arnold Schoenberg

The Expressionist Painter

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Arnold Schoenberg, The Expressionist Painter

Donald Macleod looks at Schoenberg's marital crisis.

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): 2/5. The Expressionist Painter: Donald Macleod looks at Schoenberg's marital crisis, which he transformed into music and paintings.

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

2/5. The Expressionist Painter

Donald Macleod explores the effect on Schoenberg of his wife's affair, a personal crisis which he transformed into music as well as paintings, forming an important friendship with the artist Kandinsky.

Wenn Ich Heut Nicht Deinen Lieb Beruhre (Das Buch der Hangenden Garten, Op 15)
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Iain Burnside (piano)

String Quartet No 2 (3rd, 4th mvts)
Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
Arditti Quartet

Three piano pieces, Op 11
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)

Five orchestral pieces
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor).

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

Composer of the Week: Schoenberg - Five Portraits

2/5. The Expressionist Painter. Donald Macleod looks at Schoenberg's works exploring "the air of other planets". 
Das Buch der Hangenden Garten, Op 15 (excerpt: XIII) Sarah Connolly (mezzo), lain Burnside (piano) String Quartet No 2 (excerpt) 
Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Arditti Quartet 
Three Piano Pieces, Op 11 Mitsuko Uchida (piano) Five Orchestral Pieces 
BBCSO, conductor Pierre Boulez 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: 18/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 18/03/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features Beethoven's Quartet in D, Opus 18 plus a work by Bartok.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Psophos Quartet perform Beethoven's Quartet in D, Opus 18. 2.00pm San Francisco Symphony Orchestra: Including Mahler's Symphony No 8 in E flat.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

LSO St Luke's Beethoven Plus

A new series of concerts given at LSO St Luke's in East London, featuring the complete Beethoven string quartets alongside those by Haydn and Bartok.

1/8. Former Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Psophos Quartet launch the series with the third of Beethoven's Opus 18 quartets, considered a defining illustration of the composer's musical development, followed by Bartok's Quartet No 2.

Beethoven: Quartet in D, Op 18 No 3
Bartok: Quartet No 2 in A minor, Sz 67

2.00pm San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

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.

Arr. Conlon: Three Dances based on Oscar Wilde (Schreker, Zemlinsky, Strauss)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon (conductor)

Zemlinsky: A Florentine Tragedy, opera in one act, Op 16
Kate Aldrich (mezzo-soprano)
Kim Begley (tenor)
James Johnson (baritone)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon (conductor)

Varese: Equatorial
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

Mahler: Symphony No 8 in E flat
Marisol Montalvo, Elza van den Heever, Jennifer Welch-Babidge (sopranos)
Elena Manistina, Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-sopranos)
Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor)
James Johnson (baritone)
Raymond Aceto (bass)
Pacific Boys' Choir
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco Girls' Chorus
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor).

With Louise Fryer. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
The first in the third series of Beethoven Plus concerts. Recorded at LSO St Luke's in London. Psophos Quartet 
Beethoven String Quartet in D, Op 18 No 3 Bartok String Quartet No 2 
2.00 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra The second of a week of concerts from San Francisco's Louise M Davies Symphony Hall. San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 
Schreker, Zemlinsky, Strauss, arr James Conlon Three Dances based on Oscar Wilde Conductor James Conlon 
Zemlinsky A Florentine Tragedy (opera in one act) Kate Aldrich (mezzo), Kim Begley (tenor), James Johnson (baritone), conductor James Conlon 
VarèseEquatorial Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas Mahler Symphony No 8 Soloists, Pacific Boychoir Academy, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Girls Chorus/Michael Tilson Thomas

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: 18/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 18/03/2008

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: 18/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 18/03/2008

The Zehetmair Quartet perform Schubert's String Quartet in E flat and a work by Schumann.

The last in the Zehetmair Quartet's series of Wigmore Hall recitals. Schubert: String Quartet in E flat. Holliger: String Quartet No 2 (UK premiere). Schumann: String Quartet in A.

Martin Handley introduces the last in the Zehetmair Quartet's series of recitals from the Wigmore Hall, which features Schumann's final quartet and an early one from Schubert. There is also a UK premiere from one of Europe's leading composers, Heinz Holliger.

Schubert: String Quartet in E flat, D 87
Holliger: String Quartet No 2 (UK premiere)
Schumann: String Quartet in A, Op 41 No 3.

With Martin Handley. The Zehetmair Quartet's short Wigmore Hall series ends with Schubert and Schumann, and a UK premiere from Heinz Holliger. Zehetmair Quartet 
Schubert String Quartet in E flat, D87 Heinz Holliger String Quartet No 2 (first UK performance) 
Schumann String Quartet in A, Op 41 No 3

Composer of the Week: Schoenberg -Five Portraits

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: 18/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 18/03/2008

Psychotherapist George Makari talks about his new book on Freud.

With Philip Dodd talking to psychotherapist George Makari about his book on Freud, a review of BBC One's The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, and a discussion on the idea of society.

Philip Dodd talks to American psychotherapist George Makari about his new book on Freud and the history of psychoanalysis. Makari argues that the current view of Freud is based on a false dichotomy and that it is better to examine his work in the light of changes in late 19th century European science and culture.

There is a review of The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, a BBC One adaptation of Alexander McCall Smith's best-selling novel, directed by the late Anthony Minghella from a screenplay by Richard Curtis and Minghella himself.

And as a touring exhibition of 'state of the nation' photographs opens in Aberystwyth, Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills David Willetts and Geoff Mulgan, Tony Blair's former Head of Policy at Downing Street, discuss our understanding of the idea that 'there is no such thing as society'.

Philip Dodd talks to George Markari about his book on the history of psychoanalysis in Europe during the 20th century. Producer ZahidWarley

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: 18/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 18/03/2008

Featuring tenor Mark Padmore, who sings Handel's Thus when the sun from's watery bed.

The featured artist is tenor Mark Padmore, who sings Handel's Thus when the sun from's watery bed, from the oratorio Samson, with The English Concert directed by Andrew Manze.

With Martin Handley. The English Concert perform Thus When the Sun from's Watery Bed from Handel's Samson.

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 2

BBC Radio 3 - Belief, Belief, Episode 2

Joan Bakewell talks with novelist A L Kennedy about belief.

Joan Bakewell talks with public figures, artists and thinkers about what they believe and why. 2/4. Novelist A L Kennedy, winner of the 2007 Costa Book of the Year award.

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

2/4. Joan Bakewell discusses belief with novelist AL Kennedy , winner of the 2007 Costa Book of the Year Award.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 18/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 18/03/2008

Max Reinhardt presents eclectic and laid-back sounds from across the globe.

Through the Night: 19/03/2008

19/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 19/03/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces work by Buxtehude, Mokranjac, Bruckner, Shostakovich and Bach.

Including 1.00 Cabanilles, Buxtehude, Mokranjac. 3.05 Bruckner, Bach, Moniuszko. 5.00 Bellini, Dessane, Shostakovich, Bach.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Cabanilles, Juan Bautista Jose (1644-1712): Two works – Tiento lleno; Tiento partido de dos tiples

1.14am
Kerll, Johann Caspar (1627-1693): Toccata primi toni; Passacaglia

1.27am
Weckmann, Matthias (1619-1674): Prelude a 5

1.32am
Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637-1707): Prelude in C, BuxWV 138; Ciaccona in E minor, BuxWV 160; Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BuxWV 196; Toccata in F, BuxWV 156
Leon Berben (organ)

1.55am
Mokranjac, Stevan (1856-1914): Seventh Song-Wreath (Songs from old Serbia and Macedonia)
Karolj Kolar (tenor)
RTV Belgrade Choir
Mladen Jagust (conductor)

2.00am
Mokranjac: Eighth Song-Wreath (Songs from Kosovo)
2.04am
Mokranjac: Ninth Song-Wreath (Songs from Montenegro)
2.07am
Mokranjac: Tenth Song-Wreath (Songs from Ohrid)
2.15am
Mokranjac: Eleventh Song-Wreath (Songs from Old Serbia)
2.22am
Mokranjac: Twelfth Song-Wreath (Songs from Kosovo)
2.30am
Mokranjac: Thirteenth Song-Wreath (From my homeland)
2.39am
Mokranjac: Fourteenth Song-Wreath (Songs from Bosnia)
2.47am
Mokranjac: Fifteenth Song-Wreath (Songs from Macedonia)
RTV Belgrade Choir
Mladen Jagust (conductor)

2.55am
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953), arr. unknown: Waltz Suite (after Schubert)
Anna Klas, Bruno Lukk (pianos)

3.05am
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896): Symphony No 9 in D minor (unfinished)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Gunther Herbig (conductor).

With Jonathan Swain. 
Cabanilles Tiento Lleno ; Tiento Partido do dos Tiples 
1.14 Kerll Toccata primi toni; Passacaglia 
1.27 Weckmann Prelude a 51.32 Buxtehude Prelude in C, BuxWV138; Ciacona in E minor, BuxWV160; Ich ruf zudir, HerrJesu Christ , BuxWV196; Toccata in BuxWV1561.55 Mokranjac Song-Wreaths 7-15 
2.55 Prokofiev, arr unknown Waltz Suite after 
Schubert 3.05 Bruckner Symphony No 9 in D minor 
4.00 Gilse String Quartet (unfinished) 4.09 Schmelzer Lamento sopra la Morte Ferdinandi III 4.17 Anon 12th-century Birds in the Woodland; The Gentle Lamb; Edi Beo Thu Hevene-Queene 4.31 Bach arr Rosenthal 
Fantasie in C 4.33 Schoeck Zwei Klavierstucke , Op 29 
4.41 Monfuszko Overture: Flis the Raftsman 
4.50 Gilson Andante and Scherzo 5.00 Bellini 
Overture: Norma 5.06 Casterede Fantasie Concertante 
5.15 Buckinx Pièce Frite a Droite et a Gauche (Homage to Erik Satie ) 5.23 Dessane Haec Dies 5.30 
Martucci Noveletta , Op 82 No 2 5.37 Pandolfi Mealli Sonata No 6, Op 3 (La Sabbatina) 5.46 Bruhns Der Herr hat seinen Stuhl im Himmel bereitet 5.54 Franck Offertoire in G 
6.01 Moscheles Sonate Mélancolique in F sharp minor. Op 49 6.13 Shostakovich Cello Concerto No I, Op 107 
6.43 Bach Cantata No 51: Jauchzet Gott in alien Landen

Jonathan Swain continues the programme with music by Gilse, Schmelzer, Schoeck, Moniuszko and Gilson.

With Jonathan Swain.

4.00am
Gilse, Jan van (1881-1944): String Quartet (unfinished)
Ebony Quartet

4.09am
Schmelzer, Johann Heinrich (c.1620-1680): Lamento sopra la morte Ferdinandi III
Les Elements Amsterdam

4.17am
Various anonymous (12th century): Birds in the Woodland; The Gentle Lamb; Edi Beo Thu, Hevene-Queene
Sequentia

4.31am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), arr. Rosenthal: Fantasie in C
Canadian Brass

4.33am
Schoeck, Othmar (1886-1957): Zwei Klavierstucke, Op 29
Desmond Wright (piano)

4.41am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872): Overture (Flis the Raftsman)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Salwarowski (conductor)

4.50am
Gilson, Paul (1865-1942): Andante and Scherzo for cello and orchestra
Timora Rosler (cello)
Flemish Radio Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor).

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