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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

21/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Suppe, Grieg, Debussy, Gounod, Casella, Bach, Weber, Boildieu and Chopin.

With Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Suppe, Franz von (1819-1895): Overture (Poet and Peasant)
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Marko Munih (conductor)

5.11am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Evening in the Mountains, Op 68 No 4; At the Cradle, Op 68 No 5 (Lyric Pieces)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

5.19am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Chansons de Bilitis
Jard van Nes (mezzo-soprano)
Gerard van Blerk (piano)

5.29am
Gounod, Charles (1818-1893): Danse de Phryne (No 7) (Faust)
Brabant Orchestra
Jan Stulen (conductor)

5.32am
Casella, Alfredo (1883-1947): Barcarola e scherzo
Min Park (flute)
Huw Watkins (piano)

5.41am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 874 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)
Kamiel D'Hooghe (organ)

5.48am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Grand duo concertant for clarinet and piano, Op 48
Charys Green (clarinet)
Huw Watkins (piano)

6.06am
Boildieu, Francois (1775-1834): Harp Concerto in C
Xavier de Maistre (harp)

6.28am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Rondo in E flat, Op 16
Ludmil Angelov (piano)

6.38am
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 5, BWV 1050
Per Flemstrom (flute)
Andrew Manze (violin)
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
Risor Festival Strings.

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: 21/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 21/03/2008

Including music by Bull, Haydn, Dvorak, Monteverdi, Ravel and Horovitz.

Including Bull: The King's Hunt. Haydn: Sonata in E, H XVI 13. Dvorak: Slavonic Dances in A flat. Monteverdi: 7th book of madrigals. Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte.

Including from 7.00am

Bull: The King's Hunt
Rafael Puyana (harpsichord)

Haydn, arr. Schollmann: Sonata in E, H XVI 13
Jurgen Schollmann, Gerard Abiton (guitars)

Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, Op 72 No 8 in A flat (Sousedska)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Lorin Maazel (conductor)

From 8.30am

Monteverdi: Seventh book of madrigals
Tragicomedia
Stephen Stubbs (director)

Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte
Jean Doyen (piano)

Horovitz: Sinfonietta
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Joseph Horovitz (conductor).

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Bull The King's Hunt Rafael Puyana 
(harpsichord) Haydn, arr SchSllmann Sonata in E, HXVI13 Jurgen Schollmann , Gerard Abiton (guitars) Dvorak Slavonic Dance in A flat, Op 72 No 8 (Sousedska) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Lorin Maazel 
8.30 Monteverdi Concerto (7th Book of Madrigals) Tragicomedia/Stephen Stubbs Ravel Pavane pour une Infante Defunte Jean Doyen (piano) Joseph Horovltz Sinfonietta 
Royal Ballet Sinfonia, conducted by the composer

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 21/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 21/03/2008

Sarah Walker introduces music by Brahms, Fibnzi, CPE Bach, JS Bach and Schubert.

Includes Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn. Finzi: A Young Man's Exhortation. CPE Bach: Sonata for oboe and continuo. Bach: Christ lag in Todes Banden. Schubert: Trout Quintet.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op 56a
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell (conductor)
CBS M3YK 45823  (3-CD set)

10.19am
Finzi: A Young Man's Exhortation, Op 14
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
HYPERION CDA67459

10.47am
CPE Bach: Sonata for oboe and continuo, Wq 135
Hanjorg Schellenberger (oboe)
Hargit-Anna Suss (harp)
Klaus Stoll (violone)
CAMPANELLA C 130021

10.59am
Bach: Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4
Unnamed boy (soprano)
Paul Esswood (alto)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Max van Egmond (bass)
Vienna Boys' Choir
Chorus Viennensis
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director/cello)
TELDEC 4509 91755-2  (6-CD set)

11.21am
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A (Trout)
Clifford Curzon (piano)
Members of the Vienna Octet
DECCA 448 602-2.

Presented by Sarah Walker. 
Brahms Variations on a theme of Haydn, Op 56a Cleveland Orchestra, conductor George Szell 
10.19 Flnzl A Young Man's Exhortation 
Mark Padmore (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano) 
10.47 CPE Bach Oboe Sonata in G minor, Wql35 Hanjorg Schellenberger (oboe), Margit-Anna Suss (harp), Klaus Stoll (violone) 
10.59 Bach Cantata No 4: Christ lag in Todesbanden Paul Esswood (countertenor), Kurt Equiluz 
(tenor), Max van Egmond (bass), Vienna Boys' Choir, Chorus Viennensis, Vienna Concentus 
Musicus, directed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt (cello) 
11.21 Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D667(The Trout) Clifford Curzon , Members of the Vienna Octet

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 5: The Emigre

Episode 5

Episode 5: The Emigre

Arnold Schoenberg

The Emigre

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

Donald Macleod examines Schoenberg's final years, spent as an immigrant in the USA.

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): 5/5. The Emigre: Donald Macleod examines Schoenberg's final years, having fled from Berlin to the USA in 1933 with his family.

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

5/5. The Emigre

Donald Macleod examines Schoenberg's final years, having fled from Berlin to the USA in 1933 with his family. While the composer spent his time in Hollywood, with tennis partners such as Charlie Chaplin and George Gershwin, he remained an outsider, never fully embraced by the American musical establishment. 

Der Mai tritt ein mit freuden (May Arrives with Joy)
Simon Joly Singers

Chamber Symphony No 2
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin
John Mauceri (conductor)

Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte
Schoenberg Quartet
Sepp Grotenhuis (piano)
Michael Grandage (reciter)

Phantasy for violin and piano
Ulf Wallin (violin)
Roland Pontinen (piano).

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

Composer of the Week: Schoenberg - Five Portraits

5/5. The Emigre. The composer who'd swum against the tide his whole life ended his days in Hollywood, with tennis partners such as Charlie Chaplin and George Gershwin , but he remained an outsider, never fully embraced by the American musical establishment. With Donald Macleod. Der Mai tritt ein mit freuden 
(May Arrives with Joy) Simon Joly Singers 
Chamber Symphony No 2 Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, conductor John Mauceri Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte 
Sepp Grotenhuis (piano), Schoenberg Quartet, reciter Michael Grandage 
Phantasy Ulf Wallin (violin), Roland Pontinen (piano) 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: 21/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 21/03/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features Beethoven's Quartet No 6 and Bartok's Quartet No 5.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Henschel Quartet perform Beethoven's Quartet No 6 in B flat. 2.00pm San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; Concert for Holy Week.

Presented by Louise Fryer

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

LSO St Luke's Beethoven Plus

4/8. In this concert, the Henschel Quartet combine the last of Beethoven's Opus 18 quartets - his first foray into the genre - with Bartok's penultimate quartet, a study in musical symmetry.

Beethoven: Quartet in B flat, Op 18 No 6
Bartok: Quartet No 5 in B flat, Sz 102

2.00pm San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Concluding 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.

Pickard: The Flight of Icarus
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Mark Wigglesworth (conductor)

Dutilleux: Mystere de l'Instant
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Alan Gilbert (conductor)

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 54
Shai Wosner (piano)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Alan Gilbert (conductor)

Strauss: Death and Transfiguration, Op 24
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Alan Gilbert (conductor)

A concert for Holy Week given earlier this week at St Paul's Church, Knightstbridge, London

Bach: O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid (chorale)
Brahms: Prelude and Fugue on O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid
Bruckner: Motets for Passiontide: Christus factus nobis es; Os Justi; Vexilla Regis
Liszt: Via crucis
Stephen Farr (organ)
BBC Singers
Paul Brough (conductor).

Presented by Louise Fryer. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
The last of this week's Beethoven Plus concerts. Henschel Quartet 
Beethoven String Quartet in B flat, Op 18 No 6 Bartok String Quartet No 5 
2.00 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra John Pickard The Flight of Icarus Conductor Mark Wigglesworth 
Henri Dutilleux Mystere de I'lnstant Conductor Alan Gilbert 
Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor 
Shai Wosner (piano), conductor Alan Gilbert Strauss Death and Transfiguration Conductor Alan Gilbert

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: 21/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 21/03/2008

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: 21/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 21/03/2008

Tenor Mark Padmore sings the lead role of Bach's much-celebrated St John Passion.

Tenor Mark Padmore sings the lead role of Bach's much-celebrated St John Passion, with the Choir of the Enlightenment and the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment.

Martin Handley presents a concert given last month at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall featuring tenor Mark Padmore in the lead  role of Bach's much-celebrated St John Passion.

Bach: St John Passion

Evangelist ...... Mark Padmore (tenor)
Peter Harvey Christus (bass)
Michael Chance (countertenor)
Thomas Walker (tenor)
Lydia Teuscher (soprano)
Matthew Brook (bass)
Choir of the Enlightenment
Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment.

This performance of Bach's St John Passion has been developing ever since 2005 and is the result both of performances and an intensive series of workshops led by tenor Mark Padmore. Recorded last month at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall and presented by Martin Handley. Bach St John Passion Lydia Teuscher (soprano), Michael Chance (countertenor), Thomas Walker (tenor), Mark Padmore (tenor: Evangelist), Matthew Brook (bass), Peter Harvey (bass: 
Christus), Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Composer of the Week: Schoenberg -Five Portraits

The Verb

BBC Radio 4

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

The Verb: 28/09/2007

28/09/2007

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, 28/09/2007

Ian McMillan is joined by poet Linton Kwesi Johnson and language expert Robert Vanderplank

Ian McMillan presents the weekly cabaret of language and literature. Joining him are poet Linton Kwesi Johnson and Robert Vanderplank, expert in global invective and insults.

Another chance to hear an edition of the programme recorded live at the Broadcasting House Radio Theatre, London last September.

Ian McMillan is joined by a line-up of writers and performers featuring dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson and Robert Vanderplank, an expert in global invective and insults, plus audio cartoonist Peter Blegvad, poet Paul Farley and singer Liz Green.

Another chance to hear this edition in which Ian McMillan is joined by dub poet Linton Kwesi 
Johnson and by Robert Vanderplank , an expert in insults. Paul Farley speaks to Ian from a phone box in the middle of Great Britain. Producer Zahid wariey

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: Anita O'Day

Anita O'Day

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Library, Anita O'Day

Alyn Shipton and Gwyneth Herbert select the key albums of swing-era singer Anita O'Day.

Anita O'Day: Alyn Shipton is joined by singer Gwyneth Herbert to select the key albums of Anita O'Day, one of the longest-lived and most versatile of swing era singers.

Anita O'Day

Alyn Shipton is joined by singer Gwyneth Herbert to select the key albums, including a noted performance in the film Jazz on a Summer's Day, of Anita O'Day, one of the longest-lived and most versatile of swing era singers.

While O'Day led a roller-coaster life, marked by problems with drugs and a period of imprisonment, she remained a consistent and very accomplished vocalist, rivalling artists such as Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.

Anita O'Day 
One of the longest-lived and most versatile of swing era singers, Anita O'Day led a rollercoaster life that included problems with drugs and a period of imprisonment. Yet she remained a consistent and accomplished vocalist, rivalling Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. in this programme singer Gwyneth Herbert joins Alyn Shipton to select O'Day's key albums, including her performance from the film Jazz on a Summer's Day. Producer Alyn Shipton

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: Mark Helias' Open Loose

Mark Helias' Open Loose

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Mark Helias' Open Loose

Jez Nelson presents a gig from bassist Mark Helias' improvisational trio Open Loose.

Mark Helias' Open Loose: Jez Nelson presents a gig from veteran New York bassist Mark Helias' improvisational trio Open Loose performed at the Wardrobe in Leeds in February.

Mark Helias' Open Loose

Jez Nelson presents a gig from veteran New York bassist Mark Helias' trio Open Loose, featuring Tony Malaby on saxophone and Tom Rainey on drums and performed at the Wardrobe in Leeds in February. Ubiquitous on the New York scene, the group's performances move between group improvisation and Helias' structured compositions.

Having taken up the bass at age 20, New Jersey-born Mark Helias embarked on an international career with the Anthony Braxton Quartet, and went on to play with key jazz figures such as Edward Blackwell, Dewey Redman and Don Cherry.

Mark Hellas 's Open Loose 
Jez Nelson presents a set by veteran bassist Mark Helias 's Open Loose, featuring Tony Malaby on saxophone and Tom Rainey on drums, recorded at the Wardrobe in Leeds in February. Ubiquitous on the New York scene, the group's performances move seamlessly between improvisation and structured compositions. Helias began his international career with the Anthony Braxton Quartet, and went on to play with some of the genre's key figures, including Edward Blackwell , 
Dewey Redman and Don Cherry. Producer Robert Abel

Through the Night: 22/03/2008

22/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 22/03/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces music by Bach, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, Ravel and Brahms.

Includin 1.00 Bach: St Matthew Passion. 3.42 Beethoven, Arriaga, Handel. 5.00 Vivaldi, Mozart, Weber, Brahms.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): St Matthew Passion
Anders J Dahlin (Evangelist)
Isa Katharina Gericke (soprano)
Lena Susanne Norin (alto)
Mati Turi (tenor)
Peter Kooy, Magne Fremmelid (basses)
Oslo Philharmonic Choir
Oslo NRK Boys' Choir
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Tonu Kaljuste (conductor)

3.42am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 111
Frederic Lamond (piano)

4.03am
Arriaga, Juan Crisostomo (1806-1826): Overture (Los esclavos felices)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

4.11am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Fantasia in C, Wq 61 No 6
Andreas Staier (pianoforte)

4.19am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Norfolk Rhapsody No 1 in E minor
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Heinze (conductor)

4.30am
Muffat, Georg (1653-1704): Toccata undecima in C minor (Apparatus musico organisticus)
Pavel Cerny (organ)

4.38am
Bloch, Ernest (1880-1959): Suite No 1 for solo cello
Esther Nyffenegger (cello)

4.49am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Suite in G (Water Music)
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer (conductor).

With Jonathan Swain. 
Bach St Matthew Passion, BWV244 Isa Katharina Gericke 
(soprano), Lena Susanne Norin (contralto), Anders J Dahlin and Mati Turi (tenors), Peter Kooy and Magne Fremmelid (basses), NRK Boys' Choir Oslo, Oslo Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra/Tonu Kaljuste 
3.42 Beethoven Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 111 
4.03 Arriaga Overture: Los Esclavos Felices 4.11 CPE Bach Fantasia in C, Wq61 No 6 4.19 Vaughan Williams Norfolk Rhapsody No 1 in E minor 4.30 Muffat Toccata undecima in C minor (Apparatus Musico Organisticus) 
4.38 Bloch Cello Suite No 14.49 Handel Water Music Suite in G, HWV350 5.00 Vivaldi Violin Concerto in D, RV234 5.06 Gabrieli Exaudi Me 5.12 Fiocco Suite in G 
5.22 Mozart Symphony No 16 in C, K128 5.35 d'lndla Che Non T'ami, Cor Mio 5.39 Ravel Ma Mere /'Oye 5.53 Debussy Voiles (Preludes Book 1) 5.58 Bruckner Two graduals for chorus 6.06 Weber Clarinet Concerto No 2 in E flat, Op 74 6.28 Brahms Piano Trio in B, Op 8

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