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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

26/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

John Shea concludes the programme with music by H Bach, Liszt, Beethoven, Ravel, Grandjany, Schumann, Schubert, Madetoja and JS Bach.

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: 26/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 26/03/2008

Including music by Haydn, Vivaldi, Holst, Nielsen, Mozart and Bach.

Including Haydn: Minuets Nos 6-8, H IX 16. Vivaldi: Concerto No 5 in A. Holst: Walt Whitman Overture. Nielsen: Rhapsodic Overture. Mozart: Fantasia in C minor, K475.

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.30-8.30: Haydn Minuets, H IX 16 Nos 6-8, 
Philharmonia Hungarica, conductor Antal Dorati Vivaldi Concerto No 5 in A 
Chamber Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, conductor Mario Rossi 
Hoist Walt Whitman Overture 
LPO, conductor Nicholas Braithwaite 
8.30-10.00: Nielsen Rhapsodic Overture 
Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Eugene Ormandy Mozart Fantasia in C minor, K475 Stephen Hough (piano) Bach, orch 
Stokowski Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, B WV582 
Bournemouth SO, conductor Jose Serebrier

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 26/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 26/03/2008

Sarah Walker introduces music by Rachmaninov, Dubuque, Haydn, Strauss and Mozart.

Including Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3. Dubuque: Do not chide me, mother. Haydn: String Quartet No 2 in C. Strauss: Elektra (excerpt). Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K622.

Presented by Sarah Walker. 
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor 
Leif Ove Andsnes , Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Paavo Berglund 
10.42 Dubuque Do Not Chide Me, Mother Kaia Urb (soprano), Heiki Matlik (guitar) 
10.46 Haydn String Quartet in C, Op 20 No 2 Aeolian Quartet 
11.07 Strauss Elektra (conclusion) 
Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Marie Collier (mezzo), Gerhard Stolze (tenor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti 
11.26 Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K622 Thea King , English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Jeffrey Tate

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: Carl Maria von Weber

Composer of the Week: Carl Maria von Weber: Episode 3

Episode 3

Carl Maria von Weber

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Carl Maria von Weber, Episode 3

Weber finally puts down roots in Munich and also fulfils a royal commission.

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826): 3/5. Donald Macleod finds Weber finally putting down roots in Munich and also fulfilling a royal commission.

Donald Macleod explores Weber's instrumental works

Composer of the Week: Weber

3/5. In today's programme, Donald Macleod finds Weber briefly putting down roots in Munich and fulfilling a royal commission. 
Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor, Op 73 
Emma Johnson , English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Gerard Schwarz 
Six Sonates Progressives pour le Piano-Forte, avec Violon Oblige, No 2 Luigi Alberto Bianchi (violin), Caroline Haffner (piano) 
Bassoon Concerto in F Valeri Popov , Russian State Symphony Orchestra, conductor Valeri Poliansky 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: 26/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 26/03/2008

The Lunchtime Concert includes works by Beethoven and Haydn.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Wihan Quartet perform Haydn's Lark Quartet. 2.00pm Rites of Spring: Includes Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony and Mahler's Blumine.

Introduced by Penny Gore . 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Wihan Quartet 
Haydn String Quartet in D, Op 64 No 5 (Lark) 
Beethoven String Quartet in C minor, Op 18 No 4; Grosse Fuge , Op 133 (original finale of Op 130) 
2.00 Rites of Spring 
J Strauss (son) Voices of Spring 
Ulster Orchestra, conductor Christian Gansch Debussy, reconstr Christopher Palmer Printemps BBC Singers, BBC NOW, conductor Richard Hickox 
Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Douglas Boyd 
EJ Moeran Songs of Springtime 
BBC Singers, conductor Stephen Cleobury Mahler Blumine Mark O'Keeffe (trumpet), BBCSSO, conductor Stefan Solyom 
Strauss Four Last Songs Susan Gritton (soprano), BBCSSO, conductor Martyn Brabbins Mahler Symphony No 1 
BBCSSO, conductor Vassily Sinaisky

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: 26/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 26/03/2008

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 - New York Philharmonic

Performance on 3: 26/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 26/03/2008

The New York Philharmonic perform works by Shostakovich, Ibert and Ravel.

Catherine Bott introduces a concert given by the New York Philharmonic under Andrey Boreyko. Ibert: Hommage a Mozart. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G. Shostakovich: Symphony No 4.

Another concert from Avery Fisher Hall , New York. Presented by Catherine Bott. 
Helene Grimaud (piano), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Andrey Boreyko Ibert Hommage a Mozart Ravel Piano Concerto in G 
Shostakovich Symphony No 4

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: 26/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 26/03/2008

With Philip Dodd talking to the new head of the National Gallery, Nicholas Penny.

With Philip Dodd talking to the new head of the National Gallery, the latest play from Howard Brenton, creator of The Romans in Britain, and architect Ole Sheeren on the CCTV Tower.

Philip Dodd talks to German architect Ole Scheeren about his work on China Central Television's hugely ambitious building construction, the CCTV headquarters in Beijing. And writer Lijia Zhang describes China's major Spring festivals. Producer Tim Prosser.

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: 26/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 26/03/2008

Featuring pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, who gives a performance of Haydn's Sonata in D.

With Catherine Bott. The featured artist is pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and the programme includes a performance of Haydn's Sonata in D, H XVI 37.

Catherine Bott presents a sequence of music by featured artist Leif Ove Andsnes, including Haydn's Piano Sonata in D, H XVI 37.

Sunday Feature

Exploring music, history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature.

In-depth documentaries which explore music, history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature.

Fruits of the Earth

Sunday Feature: Fruits of the Earth: Episode 3

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, Fruits of the Earth, Episode 3Close menu

Writer Maggie Gee looks at popular culture and what it says about attitudes to fertility.

Fruits of the Earth: 3/4. Writer Maggie Gee looks at popular culture, from the book The Children of Men to celebrity baby brandishing, and what it says about attitudes to fertility.

Sunday Feature: Fruits of the Earth

Four writers ask why fertility has been so important to the fields of art and ideas

Four writers contemplate why fertility has been such an important preoccupation in the worlds of art and ideas

The Essay: Fruits of the Earth

3/4. Writer Maggie Gee examines popular culture - from PD James's The Children of Men to celebrity baby-brandishing - and what it reveals about attitudes to fertility.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 26/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 26/03/2008

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

Max Reinhardt introduces world music, eclectic and laid-back sounds from across the globe.

Through the Night: 27/03/2008

27/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 27/03/2008

John Shea introduces works by Buxtehude, Kaiser Leopold I, Liszt, Rachmaninov and Schubert

1.00 Buxtehude, Kaiser Leopold I, Fruhling. 2.53 Liszt, Kreisler, Puccini. 5.00 Haydn, Liszt, Rigatti, Rachmaninov, Schubert.

Presented by John Shea. 
A concert marking the 300th anniversary in 2007 of Buxtehude's death. Buxtehude Praeludium in C, 
BuxWV137; Ciaccona in E minor, Bux WV 160; Partita: Auf meinen lieben Gott, BuxWV179; Praeludium in Fsharp minor, Bux WV 146; Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, 
BuxWV189 and Bux WV 188; Canzona in G; Ciaccona in C minor, BuxWV159; Fuga in C, BuxWV174; Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV150 Hans Davidsson (organ) 
2.03 Kaiser Leopold I Tres Lectiones 2.26 Fruhling Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, Op 40 2.53 Liszt A Faust Symphony 4.00 Corelli Violin Sonata in A, Op 5 No 6 4.12 Byrd Alman, MBI17 4.15 Kreisler Four Songs 
4.28 Debussy Prelude a l'Après-Midi d'un Faune 
4.39 Piotr Moss Wiosenno 4.47 Lange Blumenlied for piano, Op 39 4.53 Puccini Crisantemi 
5.00 Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat, HVIIe 1 (1st mvt) 
5.07 Bruch Allegro vivace ma non troppo in C, Op 83 No 7 
5.12 Lauber Trois Morceaux Caractéristiques for solo flute, Op 47 5.18 Liszt Concert Study No 2 in F minor (La Leggierezza); Transcendental Study in B flat, SI39 No 5 (Feux Follets) 5.29 Urmas Sisask Laudate Dominum; Oremus; Deo Gratias (Gloria Patri) 
5.43 Marjan Mozetich El Dorado for harp and strings 
5.59 Lustig Overture No 1 in C minor 6.06 Rlgattl 
Magnificat a 76.15 Rachmaninov Pieces for four hands, Op 11 
6.29 Schubert Incidental music: Rosamunde

John Shea continues the programme with music by Corelli, Byrd, Kreisler, Debussy, Moss, Lange and Puccini.

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