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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

19/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Bellini, Casterede, Buckinx, Dessane, Martucci, Pandolfi Mealli, Bruhns, Franck, Moscheles, Shostakovich and Bach.

With Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835): Overture (Norma)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Nello Santi (conductor)

5.06am
Casterede, Jacques (b.1926): Fantaisie concertante
David Thornton (euphonium)
Joanne Seeley (piano)

5.15am
Buckinx, Boudewijn (b.1945): Piece frite a droite et a gauche (Homage to Erik Satie)
Steven and Stijn Kolacny (pianos)

5.23am
Dessane, Antoine (1826-1873): Haec dies
Scott Bradford (organ)
Tudor Singers of Montreal
Patrick Wedd (conductor)

5.30am
Martucci, Giuseppe (1856-1909): Noveletta, Op 82 No 2
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Nello Santi (conductor)

5.37am
Pandolfi Mealli, Giovanni Antonio (fl.1660-1669): Sonata No 6 for violin and continuo, Op 3 (La sabbatina)
Andrew Manze (violin)
Richard Egarr (harpsichord)

5.46am
Bruhns, Nicolaus (1665-1697): Der Herr hat seinen Stuhl im Himmel bereitet
Max van Egmond (bass)
Ricercar Consort

5.54am
Franck, Cesar (1822-1890): Offertoire in G
Joris Verdin (grand orgue Cavaille-Coll in the Cathedrale de St Brieuc)

6.01am
Moscheles, Ignaz (1794-1870): Sonate melancolique in F sharp minor for piano, Op 49
Tom Beghin (fortepiano)

6.13am
Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906-1975): Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat, Op 107
Han-Na Chang (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)

6.43am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51
Susanne Ryden (soprano)
Robert Farley (trumpet)
European Union Baroque Orchestra
Roy Goodman (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: 19/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 19/03/2008

Including music by Biber, Part, Mozart, Komzak, Schumann and Vaughan Williams.

Including Biber: Sonata in B (Peasants' Church-going). Part: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten. Mozart: Symphony No 32 in G. Komzak: Badner Mad'In (Girls of Baden).

Including from 7.00am

Biber: Sonata in B (Peasants' Church-going)
Concentus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)

Part: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi (conductor)

Mozart: Symphony No 32 in G, K318
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

From 8.30am

Komzak: Badner Mad'In (Girls of Baden), Op 257
Bavarian State Orchestra
Hans Knappertsbusch (conductor)

Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op 73
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
Lamar Crowson (piano)

Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto in A minor
Ruth Bolister (oboe)
Elgar Chamber Orchestra
Stephen Bell (director).

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Biber Sonata in B flat (Peasants' Church-Going) Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt Arvo Part Cantus in Memoriam 
Benjamin Britten Estonian National SO/Paavo Jarvi Mozart Symphony No 32 in G, K318 
Berlin PO, conductor Herbert von Karajan 
8.30-10.00: Komzak Badner MadIn Bavarian 
State Orchestra/Hans Knappertsbusch Schumann Fantasiestucke, Op 73 Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Lamar Crowson (piano) Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto Ruth Bolister , Elgar CO/Stephen Bell

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 19/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 19/03/2008

Sarah Walker introduces music by Clerambault, Rameau, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov and Rossini.

Including Clerambault: Salve regina. Rameau: Gavotte avec six doubles. Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Roccoco Theme. Glazunov: Symphony No 6. Mendelssohn: Ehre sei Gott in der Hohe.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Clerambault: Salve regina, C 114
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Josep-Miquel Ramon i Monzo (bass-baritone)
Il Seminario Musicale
Gerard Lesne (alto/director)
VIRGIN VC5454152

10.14am
Rameau: Gavotte avec six doubles
Frederick Haas (harpsichord)
CALLIOPE CAL9279

10.22am
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Roccoco Theme, Op 33
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 413 819-2

10.42am
Glazunov: Symphony No 6 in C minor, Op 58
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
ORFEO C157 201A

11.19am
Mendelssohn: Ehre sei Gott in der Hohe, Op posth.
Corydon Singers
Matthew Best (conductor)
HYPERION CDH55268

11.25am
Rossini: Largo al factotum (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)
Herman Prey (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DECCA 467 901-2

11.30am
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op 24
English Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Britten (conductor)
DECCA 417 509-2.

Presented by Sarah Walker.
Clerambault Salve Regina , C114 Mark Padmore (tenor), Josep-Miquel Ramon i Monzo (bass), II Seminario Musicale/Gerard Lesne (countertenor)

10.14 Rameau Gavotte avec six doubles Frederick Haas (harpsichord)

10.22 Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op33 Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Berlin PO, conductor Herbert von Karajan

10.42 Glazunov Symphony No 6 in C minor Bamberg SO, conductor Neeme Jarvi

11.19 Mendelssohn Ehre Sei Gott in der Hohe Corydon Singers, conductor Matthew Best

11.25 Rossini Largo al Factotum (II Barbiere di Siviglia) Hermann Prey (baritone), LSO, conductor Claudio Abbado

11.30 Benjamin Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge ECO, conducted by the composer

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 3: The Twelve-Tone Teacher

Episode 3

Episode 3: The Twelve-Tone Teacher

Arnold Schoenberg

The Twelve-Tone Teacher

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Arnold Schoenberg, The Twelve-Tone Teacher

Donald Macleod looks at Schoenberg's role as an influential teacher and musical innovator.

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): 3/5. The Twelve-Tone Teacher: Donald Macleod explores Schoenberg's role as an influential teacher and innovator, championing new forms of composition.

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

1/5. The Twelve-Tone Teacher

Donald Macleod explores Schoenberg's role as an influential teacher and musical innovator. Having crossed the barrier of tonality in his music, he formed a new set of rules to structure his compositions, which was called the twelve-tone system.

Es gingen zwei Gespielen gut
Simon Joly Singers
Robert Craft (conductor)

Five piano pieces, Op 23
Maurizio Pollini (piano)

Cello concerto after Monn
Fred Sherry (cello)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Robert Craft (conductor)

Variations for Orchestra
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

3/5. The Twelve-Tone Teacher. Donald Macleod explores Schoenberg's role as an influential teacher and innovator. 
Es gingen zwei Gespielen gut 
Simon Joly Singers , conductor Robert Craft Five Pieces, Op 23 Maurizio Pollini (piano) Cello Concerto after Monn Fred Sherry , Philharmonia, conductor Robert Craft Variations for Orchestra 
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez Repeated at 9pm

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: 19/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 19/03/2008

In The Lunchtime Concert are Beethoven's Quartet No 3 in C and Bartok's Quartet No 4 in C.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Cremona Quartet perform Beethoven's Quartet No 3 in C. 2.00pm San Francisco Symphony Orchestra: With Haydn's The Storm and Verdi's Requiem.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

LSO St Luke's Beethoven Plus

Continuing a new series of concerts given at LSO St Luke's in East London.

2/8. To compliment their choice of the third of Beethoven's quartets written for Count Razumovsky, the young Italian Cremona Quartet begin their recital with the fourth quartet by Bartok.

Bartok: Quartet No 4 in C, Sz  91
Beethoven: Quartet No 3 in C, Op 59 (Razumovsky)

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.

Haydn: The Storm
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Martin Haselbock (conductor)

Ives: Decoration Day
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 in C, Op 15
Lang Lang (piano)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Mark Wigglesworth (conductor)

Haydn: Symphony No 99 in E flat
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Mark Wigglesworth (conductor)

Verdi: Requiem
Christine Brewer (soprano)
Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-soprano)
Frank Lopardo (tenor)
Vitalji Kowaljow (bass)
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon (conductor).

Introduced by Louise Fryer. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Another recital in the Beethoven Plus series. Cremona Quartet 
Bartok String Quartet No 4, Sz 91 
Beethoven String Quartet in C, Op 59 No 3 (Razumovsky) 
2.00 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 
Haydn The Storm San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Martin Haselbock 
Ives Decoration Day San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas 
Beethoven Piano Concerto No I in C 
Lang Lang , San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mark Wigglesworth 
Joseph Haydn Symphony No 99 in E flat San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mark Wigglesworth 
Verdi Requiem Christine Brewer (soprano), 
Stephanie Blythe (mezzo), Frank Lopardo (tenor), Vitalij Kowaljow (bass), San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor James Conlon

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: 19/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 19/03/2008

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.

In TUne

Performance on 3

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Performance on 3: 19/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 19/03/2008

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment perform Handel's Messiah.

Martin Handley introduces a performance by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for Holy Week of Handel's Messiah.

Martin Handley introduces a performance by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for Holy Week of Handel's Messiah.

Handel: Messiah

Lorna Anderson (soprano)
Clare Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano)
Andrew Tortise (tenor)
Matthew Best (bass-baritone)
English Voices
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Laurence Cummings (director).

Martin Handley presents a performance of Handel's Messiah that harks back to the massive Westminster Abbey Handel Commemoration of 1784. In addition to sealing Messiah's status, the festival was an unprecedented celebration of a dead composer, and marked the beginning of an interest in old music that has never been stronger than today, as the vogue for period performance amply demonstrates. Handel Messiah 
Lorna Anderson (soprano), Clare Wilkinson 
(mezzo), Andrew Tortise (tenor), Matthew Best 
(bass), English Voices, Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment, director Laurence Cummings

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: 19/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 19/03/2008

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the controversial population theories of Thomas Malthus.

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss whether Thomas Malthus' controversial theories of population growth from the 18th century are making a return in response to today's crowded world.

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss whether Thomas Malthus' controversial theories of population growth, developed in the 18th century, are now making a return in response to today's crowded world.

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss whether the controversial theories of population growth developed in the 18th century by Thomas Malthus are now making a return for today's crowded world. With rising food prices, climate change and large scale immigration, are his predictions becoming relevant again? Producer Fiona McLean

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: 19/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 19/03/2008

Featuring Mark Padmore, who sings the title role in an excerpt from Rameau's Zoroastre.

Featuring Mark Padmore, who sings the title role in an excerpt from Act 3 of Rameau's Zoroastre with soprano Gaelle Mechaly and Les Arts Florissants directed by William Christie.

Tenor Mark Padmore is joined by soprano Gaelle Mechaly and les Arts Florissants under director William Christie to perform an excerpt from Rameau'sZoroasfre. With Martin Handley.

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 3

BBC Radio 3 - Belief, Belief, Episode 3

Joan Bakewell discusses belief with the Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks.

Joan Bakewell talks with public figures, artists and thinkers about what they believe and why. 5/5. The Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks.

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

3/4. Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks joins presenter Joan Bakewell to discuss his beliefs.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 19/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 19/03/2008

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

Through the Night: 20/03/2008

20/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 20/03/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces music by Scarlatti, Rameau, Dvorak, Ravel, Strauss and Haydn.

Including 1.00 Scarlatti, CPE Bach, Kuula. 3.09 Rameau, Dvorak, Ravel. 5.00 Linnala, Poulenc, Strauss, Haydn.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725): Lamentations for Holy Week
Gian Paolo Fagotto (tenor in Seconda Lettione del Venerdi)
Aurora

2.56am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Preludium (Sonata) in D, Wq 70 No 7
Wim Diepenhorst (organ)

3.01am
Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918): South Ostrobothnian Dances 1-5, Op 17
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kari Tikka (conductor)

3.09am
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764): Symphonies and Dances
Bratislava Wind Quintet

3.26am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Trio No 1 in B flat for piano and strings, Op 21
Kungsbacka Trio

4.00am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Piano Concerto in G
Pascal Roge (piano)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Lazarev (conductor)

4.23am
Boulogne, Joseph - Chevalier de Saint-Georges (c.1748-1799): Ballet music (L'amant anonyme)
Tafelmusik Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

4.30am
Thomas, John (1826-1914): The minstrel's adieu to his native land for harp
Rita Costanzi (harp)

4.38am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Divertimento (Concerto) in E flat, K113
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

4.52am
Fiocco, Joseph-Hector (1703-1741): Sonata in G minor
Antoni Sawicz (recorder)
Robert Grac (harpsichord).

With Jonathan Swain. 
A Scarlatti Lamentations for Holy Week 2.56 CPE Bach Preludium (Sonata) in D, Wq70 No 7 3.01 Kuula South Ostrobothnian Dances 1-5, Op 17 3.09 Rameau 
Symphonies and Dances 3.26 Dvorak Piano Trio No 1 in B flat, Op 214.00 Ravel Piano Concerto in G 
4.23 Boulogne Ballet music: L'Amant Anonyme 
4.30 Thomas The Minstrel's Adieu to His Native Land 
4.38 Mozart Divertimento in E flat, K113 4.52 Ftocco Sonata in G minor 5.00 Unnala Valsette , Op 6 No 1 
5.02 Bach Oboe Concerto in G minor, reconstr from BWV1056 5.12 Chopin Etude in F, Op 10 No 8 
5.15 Chopin Ballade No 2 in F, Op 38 
5.22 Sibelius Lemminkainen 's Return (Lemminkainen Suite, Op 22) 5.29 Paganini Introduction and Variations on a theme from Rossini's Mose in Egitto 
5.38 Poulenc Cantata: Figure Humaine 5.56 Corelli Concerto Grosso in D, Op 6 No 4 6.06 J Strauss (son) Annina, Op 415; Wein, Weib und Gesang (waltz), Op 333; Sans-Souci, Op 63; Durch's Telephon, Op 439 
6.29 Liszt St Francis 's Sermon to the Birds (Legends) 
6.41 Haydn String Quartet in D, Op 64 No 5 (Lark)

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