BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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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

28/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

John Shea concludes the programme with music by Dunstable, Bedyngham, Corelli, Gorczycki, Bach, Shostakovich, Glick, Meder, Schroter, Verhulst, Beethoven and Haydn.

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: 28/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 28/03/2008

Including music by Glazunov, Haydn, Rachmaninov, Bach, Schutz and Satie.

Including Glazunov: Polonaise (Ballet Suite for large orchestra). Haydn: String Quartet in D minor. Rachmaninov: Vocalise. Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in A. Satie: Ragtime Parade.

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Glazunov Polonaise (Scenes de 
Ballet) USSRSO, conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov 
Haydn String Quartet in D minor, Op 103 The Lindsays Rachmaninov Vocalise, Op 34 No 14 
Alexander Kniazev (cello), Nikolai Lugansky (piano) 
8.30-10.00: Bach Harpsichord Concerto in A, BWV1055 Christophe Rousset , Academy of Ancient Music, conductor Christopher Hogwood Schutz Eile Mich , Gott, ze erretten 
Suzanne Danco (soprano), Jeanne Demessieux (organ) Satie Ragtime Parade John McCabe (piano)

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 28/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 28/03/2008

Sarah Walker introduces music by Wagner, Moncayo, Schubert, Lawes and Wagner.

Including Wagner: Prelude (Tristan und Isolde). Moncayo: Huapango. Schubert: Piano Sonata in A. Anon: Quant voi la flor nouvele. Lawes: Royal Consort: Sett No 7 in A minor.

Presented by Sarah Walker. 
Wagner Prelude: Tristan und Isolde 
Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Carlos Kleiber 
10.16 Moncayo Huapango Mexico State Symphony Orchestra, conductor Enrique Båtiz 
10.21 Schubert Piano Sonata in A, D959 LeifOveAndsnes 
11.00 Anon Quant Voila Flor Nouvele Paul Hillier (voice), Andrew Lawrence-King (medieval psaltery) 
11.08 Lawes Royall Consort Sett No 7 in A minor (old version) Fretwork 
11.19 Wagner Tristan und Isolde (Act 3, conclusion) Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Blanche Thebom (mezzo), Ludwig Suthaus (tenor), 
Dietrich Fisher-Dieskau (baritone), Josef Greindl (bass), Philharmonia, conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler

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 5

Episode 5

Carl Maria von Weber

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Carl Maria von Weber, Episode 5

Donald Macleod focuses on Weber's marriage and the creation of his opera Der Freischutz.

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826): 5/5. Donald Macleod concludes his exploration of Weber's life and instrumental music, focusing on his marriage and the creation of Der Freischutz.

Donald Macleod explores Weber's instrumental works

Composer of the Week: Weber

5/5. Donald Macleod concludes his exploration of Weber's instrumental music with three dazzling works from his time at the Dresden Opera. Today, Weber gets married, composes Der Freischutz, and meets Beethoven. 
Invitation to the Dance, Op 65 Hamish Milne (piano) Trio in G minor, Op 63 
Nash Ensemble: Judith Pearce (flute), 
Christopher van Kampen (cello), Ian Brown (piano). Konzertstuck in F minor, Op 79 
Benjamin Frith (piano), RTE Sinfonietta, conductor Proinnsias 0 Duinn 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: 28/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 28/03/2008

Lunchtime Concert features the Rosamunde Quartet in late quartets by Haydn and Beethoven.

Including 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert. The Rosamunde Quartet performs late quartets by Haydn and Beethoven. 2.00pm Rites of Spring: More performances by the BBC Orchestras on tour.

Introduced by Penny Gore . 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Rosamunde Quartet 
Haydn String Quartet in D, Op 76 No 5 
Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131 
2.00 Rites of Spring 
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring 
BBCSO, conductor Oliver Knussen Mozart Overture: The Magic Flute Prokofiev Cinderella (excerpts) 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda Donizetti Una Furtiva Lagrima (L'Elisir d'Amore) Piotr Beczala (tenor), BBC Symphony Orchestra Gounod Quel Trouble.... Salut! Demeure, Chaste et Pure (Faust) Piotr Beczala (tenor), BBCSO, conductor Andrew Davis 
Lehar Dein ist mein ganzes Herz 
(The Land of Smiles) Piotr Beczala (tenor), BBCSO, conductor Andrew Davis 
Dvorak Slavonic Dances (excerpts) BBCSO, conductor Jiri Belohlavek Harrison Blrtwlstle Earth Dances BBCSO, conductor Martyn Brabbins

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: 28/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 28/03/2008

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: 28/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 28/03/2008

The New York Philharmonic perform works by Brahms, Liszt and Scriabin.

Catherine Bott presents the last concert in a series from the New York Philharmonic. Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2. Liszt: From the Cradle to the Grave. Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy.

Catherine Bott rounds off this series of four concerts by the New York Philharmonic 
Orchestra. A Norwegian pianist plays a German concerto, and an Italian conducts sweepingly Romantic music from Hungary and Russia. 
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Muti 
Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat Liszt From the Cradle to the Grave Scrlabln The Poem of Ecstasy

The Verb

BBC Radio 4

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

The Verb: 28/03/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, 28/03/2008

With Australian poet John Kinsella and The Verb's 'eartoonist' Peter Blegvad.

Ian McMillan presents a live edition of the programme and is joined on stage by Australian poet John Kinsella and by The Verb's own 'eartoonist' - lyricist Peter Blegvad.

Ian McMillan presents an edition live from the Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House. where he is joined on stage by Australian poet John Kinsella , and the programme's resident 
"eartoonist" Peter Blegvad. Producer Nicola Holloway

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: Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Library, Dizzy Gillespie

Alyn Shipton and bandleader Pete Long select the best of Dizzy Gillespie's back catalogue.

Dizzy Gillespie: Alyn Shipton and bandleader Pete Long of the tribute band Gillespiana select the best of Dizzy Gillespie's back catalogue, including his jousts with Charlie Parker.

Dizzy Gillespie 
Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie was arguably the epitome of jazz in the postwar years. Bandleader 
Pete Long , who runs the tribute band Gillespiana, joins presenter Alyn Shipton to plot a course through Gillespie's dazzling catalogue, including his jousts with Charlie Parker , plus releases with his big band and all-star small groups. 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: Ingebrigt Haker Flaten Quintet

Ingebrigt Haker Flaten Quintet

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten Quintet

A gig from the Chicago-based quintet led by Norwegian bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten.

Ingebrigt Haker Flaten Quintet: Jez Nelson presents a gig from Norwegian bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten's Chicago based jazz quintet, from the Seven Arts Club in Leeds.

Ingebrigt Haker Flaten Quintet 
Jez Nelson presents a gig recorded at the Seven Arts Club in Leeds, featuring the quintet led by Norwegian bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten. A veteran of some of the loudest jazz groups currently on the European scene. Haker Flaten 's latest Chicago-based group includes saxophonist Dave Rempis , guitarist Jeff Parker , violinist Ola Kvernberg and drummer Frank Rosaly. Producer Robert Abel

Through the Night: 29/03/2008

29/03/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 29/03/2008

John Shea introduces works by Brahms, Strauss, Mussorgsky, Handel, Schubert and Vivaldi.

Including 1.00 Brahms, Strauss, Mussorgsky. 3.03 Handel, Schubert, Vivaldi. 5.00 Debussy, Milhaud, Finzi, Ibert, Respighi.

Presented by John Shea. Brahms Double Concerto in A minor for violin and cello 1.35 Strauss fin Alpensinfonie 
2.27 Musorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition 3.03 Handel Ode for St Cecilia's Day: From Harmony, from Heav'nly Harmony, HWV76 3.55 Schubert Five German Dances, D90 4.10 Faur* Nocturne in F sharp minor, Op 104 
4.15 Marjan Mozetkh Fantasia Sul Un Linguaggio Perduto 
4.30 Ebner Trio in B flat 4.38 Wlren Violin Sonatina 
4.49 Vivaldi Lute Concerto in D 5.00 Debussy Feux d'Artifices (Preludes Bk 2) 5.05 Ockeqhem Intemerata Dei Mater 5.14 Flury Three Pieces for violin and piano 
5.22 Norman Such' die Blumen dir im Thai: Herbstlied 
5.27 Bellini Oboe Concerto in E flat (arr for trumpet) 
5.36 Milhaud Trois Psaumes de David, Op 339 
5.45 Wolf Italian Serenade 5.53 Agay Five Easy Dances 
6.01 Flnzl White-Flowering Days, Op 37 
6.06 lbert Flute Concerto 6.25 Debussy Estampes 
6.40 Respighl Suite No 3; Ancient Airs and Dances

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