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Through the Night

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

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20/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Linnala, Bach, Chopin, Sibelius, Paganini, Poulenc, Corelli, J Strauss Jr, Liszt and Haydn.

With Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Linnala, Eino (1920-1972): Valsette, Op 6 No 1
Eero Heinonen (piano)

5.02am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Concerto for oboe and strings in G minor (reconstructed from BWV 1056)
Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe)
Camerata Koln

5.12am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Etude in F, Op 10 No 8
Ivo Pogorelich (piano)

5.15am
Chopin: Ballade No 2 in F, Op 38
Witold Malcuzynski (piano)

5.22am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Lemminkainen's Return (No 4) (Lemminkainen Suite, Op 22)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

5.29am
Paganini, Niccolo (1782-1840): Introduction and Variations on a theme from Rossini's Mose in Egitto, MS 23
Monika Leskovar (cello)
Ivana Schwartz (piano)

5.38am
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963): Figure humaine – cantata for double chorus
Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)

5.56am
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713): Concerto grosso in D, Op 6 No 4
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi (violin/director)

6.06am
Strauss, Johann Jr (1825-1899): Annina, Op 415; Wein, Weib und Gesang (waltz), Op 333; Sans-souci, Op 63; Durch's Telephon, Op 439
ORF Symphony Orchestra
Peter Guth (conductor)

6.29am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): St Francis' Sermon to the Birds (1st of 2 Legends, S 175)
Richard Raymond (piano)

6.41am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): String Quartet in D, Op 64 No 5 (The Lark)
Yggdrasil String Quartet.

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: 20/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 20/03/2008

Including music by Buxtehude, Wolf, Mendelssohn, Weber and Ravel.

Including Buxtehude: Das neugeborne Kindelein. Wolf: Intermezzo. Mendelssohn: String Symphony No 2 in D. Weber: Overture (The Ruler of the Spirits). Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole.

Including from 7.00am

Buxtehude: Das neugeborne Kindelein
Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir
Dufay Collective
Ebbe Munk (conductor)

Wolf: Intermezzo 
Wihan Quartet

Mendelssohn: String Symphony No 2 in D
Hanover Band
Roy Goodman (director)

From 8.30am

Weber: Overture (The Ruler of the Spirits)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Horst Stein (conductor)

Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Orchestre de Paris
Charles Munch (conductor)

Mozart: Sonata in F, KV 377
Bart Schneemann (oboe)
Paolo Giacometti (piano).

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Buxtehude Das Neugeborne Kindelein Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir, Dufay 
Collective/Ebbe Munk Wolf Intermezzo Wihan 
Quartet Mendelssohn String Symphony No 2 in D Hanover Band/Roy Goodman 
8.30-10.00: WeberOverture: The Ruler of the Spirits Vienna PO/Horst Stein Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole Orchestre de Paris/Charles Munch 
Mozart Sonata in F, KV377 Bart Schneemann (oboe), Paolo Giacometti (piano)

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 20/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 20/03/2008

Sarah Walker introduces music by Rossini, Lutoslawski, Bartok, Narvaez, Blumer and Farmer.

Including Rossini: Overture (Il Barbiere di Siviglia). Lutoslawski: Paganini Variations. Bartok: Music for strings, percussion and celesta. Narvaez: Diferencias sobre Conde Claros.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Rossini: Overture (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
EMI CDM769074-2

10.09am
Lutoslawski: Paganini Variations
Peter Jablonski (piano)
Royal Philharnonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
DECCA 436 239-2

10.18am
Bartok: Music for strings, percussion and celesta
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA 09026 615042

10.47am
Narvaez: Diferencias sobre Conde Claros
Christopher Wilson (vihuela)
NAXOS 8.553523

10.51am
Blumer: Sextet, Op 45
Harmoniemusik
HARMONIEMUSIK HM007/002

11.08am
Farmer: A Little Pretty Bonny Lass
Trad: Barbara Allen
Lennon/McCartney: Penny Lane
The King's Singers
EMI 514587-2

11.17am
Marais: Folies d'espagne (Pieces de livre, Bk 2, No 20)
Jordi Savall (bass viol)
Anne Gallet (harpsichord)
Hopkinson Smith (theorbo)
ASTREE AUVIDIS E7770

11.36am
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op 34
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Kiril Kondrashin (conductor)
RCA 09026 63302-2.

With Sarah Walker. 
Rossini Overture: The Barber of Seville Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini 
10.09 Lutoslawski Paganini Variations 
Peter Jablonski (piano), RPO/Vladimir Ashkenazy 
10.18 Bartok Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Chicago SO/conductor Fritz Reiner 
10.47 Narvaez Diferencias Sobre Conde Claros Christopher Wilson (vihuela) 
10.51 BlumerSexfef, Op45 Harmoniemusik 
11.08 Farmer A Little Pretty Bonny Lass 
Trad Barbara Allen Lennon/McCartney Penny Lane The King's Singers 
11.17 Marais Folies despagne (Pieces de Viole, 
Book 2 No 20) Jordi Savall (bass viol), Anne Gallet (harpsichord), Hopkinson Smith (theorbo) 
11.36 Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol RCA Victor SO, conductor Kirill Kondrashin

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 4: The Jewish Composer

Episode 4

Episode 4: The Jewish Composer

Arnold Schoenberg

The Jewish Composer

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

Donald Macleod looks at Schoenberg's works that drew on his Jewish heritage.

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): 4/5. The Jewish Composer. Donald Macleod looks at Schoenberg's works that drew on his Jewish heritage.

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

4/5. The Jewish Composer

Donald Macleod looks at the works Schoenberg wrote drawing on his Jewish heritage, which became increasingly important to him as anti-Semitism swelled in Europe.

Six Little Piano Pieces, Op 10 No 6
Daniel Barenboim (piano)

Dance round the Golden Calf (Erotic Orgy); Scene 4 (Moses und Aaron)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Chorus of Nederlandse Opera
Pierre Boulez (conductor)

Kol Nidre
David Wilson-Johnson (Rabbi-narrator)
Simon Joly Chorale
Philharmonia Orchestra
Robert Craft (conductor)

Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
Schoenberg Quartet
Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra
Roberto Benzi (conductor)

A Survivor from Warsaw, Op 46
John Tomlinson (narrator)
Chor der Sachsischen Staatsoper Dresden
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor).

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

Composer of the Week:

Schoenberg - Five Portraits
4/5. The Jewish Composer. Schoenberg's 
Jewish identity became increasingly important to him as anti-Semitism swelled around him. Donald Macleod looks at the works the composer wrote drawing on his religious heritage. 
Six Little Piano Pieces, Op 10 No 6 Daniel Barenboim Moses undAron (excerpt) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chorus of Nederlandse Opera, conductor Pierre Boulez 
Kol Nidre David Wilson-Johnson (Rabbi: narrator), Simon Joly Chorale , Philharmonia/Robert Craft Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra 
Schoenberg Quartet, Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Roberto Benzi A Survivor from Warsaw, Op 46 
John Tomlinson (narrator), Chor der Sachsischen Staatsoper Dresden, Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli 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: 20/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 20/03/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features Beethoven's Quartet in F and Haydn's Quartet No 4 in D.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Endellion Quartet perform Beethoven's Quartet in F, Op 135. 2.00pm San Francisco Symphony Orchestra: Including Stravinsky's The Nightingale.

Presented by Louise Fryer

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

LSO St Luke's Beethoven Plus

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

3/8. In their near 30-year career, the Endellion Quartet have earned a reputation of excellence for their performances around the world and in this recital they couple an early quartet by Haydn with the last piece Beethoven wrote.

Haydn: Quartet in D, Op 20 No 4
Beethoven: Quartet in F, Op 135

2.00pm San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

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

Stravinsky: The Nightingale
Olga Trifonova (soprano)
Paul Groves (tenor)
Catherine Cook (mezzo-soprano)
Tigran Martirossian, Ayk Martirossian (basses)
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

Mozart: Violin Concerto No 5 in A, K219
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Bell (violin/director)

Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex
Stuart Skelton (tenor)
Michelle De Young (mezzo-soprano)
Tigran Martirossian, Ayk Martirossian (basses)
Bruce Sledge (tenor)
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Op 70
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Bell (conductor).

Introduced by Louise Fryer. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
LSO St Luke's Beethoven Plus 
For this Beethoven Plus concert the Endellion Quartet couple an early quartet by Haydn with the last piece ever written by Beethoven. Endellion Quartet 
Haydn String Quartet in D, Op 20 No 4 Beethoven String Quartet in F, Op 135 
2.00 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 
Stravinsky The Nightingale Olga Trifonova (soprano), Catherine Cook (mezzo), Paul Groves (tenor), Tig ran Martirossian and Ayk Martirossian 
(basses), San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas Mozart Violin Concerto No 4 in D, K218 
San Francisco SO, director Joshua Bell (violin) Stravinsky Oedipus Rex Michelle DeYoung (mezzo), Stuart Skelton and Bruce Sledge 
(tenors), Tigran Martirossian and Ayk Martirossian (basses), San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence 
San Francisco SO, conductor Joshua Bell

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: 20/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 20/03/2008

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: 20/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 20/03/2008

The City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra perform Bach and Brahms.

Anu Komsi (soprano), James Rutherford (baritone), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo. Bach: Cantata No 21. Brahms: A German Requiem.

Martin Handley introduces a concert given at Birmingham's Symphony Hall comprising two choral works from the Lutheran tradition - Bach's Cantata No 21 and a work by an admirer, Brahms, for which it was a model.

Anu Komsi (soprano)
James Rutherford (baritone)
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Bach: Cantata No 21 (Ich hatte viel Bekummernis)
Brahms: A German Requiem.

Martin Handley presents a concert recorded yesterday at Birmingham's Symphony Hall. Brahms had a special regard for the music of Bach, whose imposing Cantata No 21 was clearly a direct model for Brahms's Requiem. 
Anu Komsi (soprano), James Rutherford (baritone), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Sakari Oramo 
Bach Cantata No 21: Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis Brahms A German Requiem

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: 20/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 20/03/2008

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to psychologist Susan Pinker about her book on gender difference.

With Gabriel Gbadamosi talking to Susan Pinker about her book on gender difference, a review of the new film version of Love in the Time of Cholera and photographer Sonia Katchian.

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to psychologist and journalist Susan Pinker about her book The Sexual Paradox, which examines how gender difference emerges at school and at work.

Plus the new film adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel Love in the Time of Cholera, starring Academy Award winner Javier Bardem, and Sonia Katchian, the photographer who has documented the life and times of Muhammad Ali.

Gabriel Gbadamosi assesses a new film adaptation of the novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez , Love in the Time Of Cholera. Producer Zahid Warley

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: 20/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 20/03/2008

Featuring Mark Padmore singing Bach's Welt, deine Lust ist Last... Mein Verlangen ist.

Featuring tenor Mark Padmore singing Bach's Welt, deine Lust ist Last... Mein Verlangen ist from Cantata No 161, with the English Baroque Soloists under John Eliot Gardiner.

Tenor Mark Padmore , joined by the English Baroque Soloists under director John Eliot Gardiner , sings Bach's Welt, deine Lust ist Last.... Mein Verlangen ist from Cantata No 161. 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 4

BBC Radio 3 - Belief, Belief, Episode 4

With Sister Frances Dominica, founder of the world's first children's hospice.

Joan Bakewell talks to public figures, artists and thinkers about what they believe and why. 4/5: Sr Frances Dominica, founder of Helen House, the world's first children's hospice.

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

4/4. Joan Bakewell discusses belief with Sister Frances Dominica , founder of Helen House, the world's first children's hospice.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 20/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 20/03/2008

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

Max Reinhardt with eclectic and laid-back sounds.

Through the Night: 21/03/2008

21/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 21/03/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces works by Gesualdo, Beethoven, Barber, Brahms, Strauss and Mozart

Including 1.00 Gesualdo, Beethoven, Barber. 3.07 Tulindberg, Strauss, Mozart. 5.00 Suppe, Weber, Chopin, Bach.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Gesualdo, Carlo (c.1560-1613): Tenebrae Responses for Good Friday for 6 voices
BBC Singers
Bo Holten (conductor)

1.47am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Symphony No 2 in D, Op 36
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor)

2.20am
Barber, Samuel (1910-1981): Violin Concerto, Op 14
James Ehnes (violin)
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

2.44am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Four Ballades for piano, Op 10
Paul Lewis (piano)

3.07am
Tulindberg, Erik (1761-1814): Polonaise and Variations
Jorma Rahkonen (violin)

3.10am
Klami, Uno (1900-1961): Intermezzo
Paivi Kaerkaes (cor anglais)
Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

3.15am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): A Hero's life, Op 40
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)

4.01am
Terentjev, Sergei (b.1946): Improvisations on Chopin's Prelude in A
Sergei Terentjev (piano)

4.05am
Sor, Fernando (1778-1839): Introduction and Variations on Mozart's O cara armonia for guitar, Op 9
Ana Vidovic (guitar)

4.14am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Divertimento in B flat, K439b No 2
Bratislava Wind Trio

4.30am
Fitelberg, Jerzy (1903-1951): Three Mazurkas for orchestra
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice
Joel Suben (conductor)

4.43am
Janequin, Clement (c.1485-1558): Escoutez tous gentilz
King's Singers

4.51am
Francaix, Jean (1912-1997): L'heure du berger
Pin-Up Girls
Les Petits Nerveux
Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound
James Campbell (conductor).

With Jonathan Swain. 
Gesualdo Tenebrae Responses for Good Friday 
1.47 Beethoven Symphony No 2 in D 2.20 Barber Violin Concerto 2.44 Brahms Four Ballades, Op 10 
3.07 Tulindberg Polonaise and Variations 3.10 Klami Intermezzo 3.15 Strauss Ein Heldenleben 4.01 Sergei Terentjev Improvisations on Chopin's Prelude in A 
4.05 Sor Introduction and Variations on Mozart's 0 Cara Armonia, Op 9 4.14 Mozart Divertimento in 8 flat, K439b No2 4.30 Fitelberg Three mazurkas for orchestra 
4.43 Janequin Escoutez Tous Gentilz 4.51 Françaix L'Heure du Berger; Pin-Up Girls; Les Petits Nerveux 
5.00 Suppe Overture: Poet and Peasant 5.11 Grieg 
Evening in the Mountains, Op 68 No 4; At the Cradle, Op 68 No 5 (Lyric Pieces) 5.19 Debussy Chansons de Bilitis 
5.29 Gounod Ballet music: Faust (excerpt) 5.32 Casella Barcarola e Scherzo 5.41 Bach Prelude and Fugue in D. BWV874 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2) 
5.48 Weber Grand Duo Concertant for clarinet and piano, Op 48 6.06 BoYldieu Harp Concerto in C 
6.28 Chopin Rondo in E flat, Op 16 
6.38 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D, BWV1050

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