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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

07/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Madetoja, Sibelius, Bach, Platti, Pachelbel, Philips, Forqueray, Le Concert Brise, Brun, Geijer and Dvorak.

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: 07/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 07/04/2008

Including works by Mouret, Coates, CPE Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Sibelius.

Including Mouret: Motet - Usquequo Domine. Coates: The Three Bears. CPE Bach: Siciliana in F Sharp Minor. Mozart: Symphony No 22. Mendelssohn: Gott, sei mir gnadig (Paulus).

Rob Cowan

Music includes:

7.00-8.30:

Mouret Motet: Usquequo Domine

Coates The Three Bears

CPE Bach Siciliana in F Sharp minor

8.30-10.00:

Mozart Symphony No 22 in C, K162

Mendelssohn Gott, sei mir gnadig (Paulus)

Sibelius The Oceanides

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 07/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 07/04/2008

James Jolly introduces works by Schubert, Suk, Bernstein, Purcell, Liszt and Skyrabin.

Including Schubert: Symphony No 8. Suk: Four Pieces, Op 17. Bernstein: A Simple Song (Mass). Purcell: Come ye Sons of Art. Liszt: Venezia e Napoli. Skyrabin: Poem of Ecstasy.

Presented by James Jolly. 
Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor (Unfinished) Philharmonia, conductor Herbert von Karajan 
10.25 Suk Four Pieces, Op 17 
Ginette Neveu (violin), Jean Neveu (piano) 
10.42 Bernstein A Simple Song (Mass) 
Bruce Hubbard (baritone), Orchestra of St Luke's, conductor Dennis Russell Davies 
10.48 Purcell Come Ye Sons of Art 
(Birthday Ode for Queen Mary, 1694, Z323) 
Norma Burrowes (soprano), James Bowman and Charles Brett (counter-tenors), 
Robert Lloyd (bass), Choir, Early Music Consort of London, conductor David Munrow 
11.16 Liszt Venezia e Napoli Terence Judd (piano) 
11.35 Scriabln Poem of Ecstasy 
As recommended in Saturday's CD Review.

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: Court of King James I/VI

Composer of the Week: Court of King James I/VI: Episode 1: The Ruthven Raid

Episode 1

Episode 1: The Ruthven Raid

Court of King James I/VI

The Ruthven Raid

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Court of King James I/VI, The Ruthven Raid

Donald Macleod focuses on the aftermath of the James' imprisonment.

Donald Macleod explores the music of James' era through key points in his reign, looking at the aftermath of the monarch's imprisonment.

Donald Macleod explores the music and musicians of James' time through five key moments in his reign.

The programme focuses on the aftermath of the young Scottish monarch's imprisonment at Ruthven Castle and James' determination to put his kingdom on a firmer political and cultural footing.

Anon: O Lusty May					
Custer LaRue (soprano)
Baltimore Consort
DORIAN DOR90139, Tr 19

Hume: A Souldiers Resolution				
Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba)
GLOSSA GCD920402, Tr 12

Hume: A Jigge						
Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba)
GLOSSA GCD920402, Tr 11

Hume: A Spanish Humor					
The Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp/director)
DHM 05472775162 t8

Black: Report upon When shall my sorrowful sighing slake
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
OISEAU LYRE 414 277-2, Tr 14

Peebles: Psalm 107			
Capella Nova, Alan Tavener (director)
ASV CD GAU 136, Tr 7 (CD note)

Kinloch: His Pasmessour					
John Kitchen (harpsichord)
ASV CD GAU 134, Tr 8

Anon: Lyk as the dum Solsequium				
Paul Rendall (tenor)
Rob Mackillop (lute)
ASV CD GAY 249, Tr 6

Tomkins: Be strong				
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)
CORO CORSACD16016, Tr 8

Arr Playford: Scotch Cap
anon: The Gypsy Lilt (Rowallan MS)			
arr Playford: A new Scotch Jig				
The Harp Consort, Andrew Lawrence-King (harp, director)
DHM 05472775162 1, 2, 4.

Donald Macleod explores the music of James' era through five key points in his reign

Donald Macleod explores the music and musicians of James' time through five key moments in his reign

Composer of the Week:

Court of James I/VI
1/5. The Ruthven Raid. Donald Macleod's exploration of the musical life of James's reign begins by focusing on the aftermath of his imprisonment at Ruthven.
 Anon 0 Lusty May 
Hume  A Souldiers Resolution; A Jigge 
Hume  A Spanish Humor 
Black  Report upon When Shall My Sorrowful Sighing Slake 
Peebles Psalm 107 
Kinloch His Pasmessour 
Anon Lyk as the Dum Solsequium Tomkins Be Strong 
Arr Playford Scotch Cap 
Anon The Gypsy Lilt (Rowallan MS) Arr Playford A New Scotch Jig 
Producer Michael Surcombe 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: 07/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 07/04/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features the Trio Jean Paul performing works by Haydn and Beethoven.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Trio Jean Paul perform works by Haydn and Beethoven. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Including Symphony No 1 (Sea Symphony).

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Presented live from Wigmore Hall, London by Sarah Walker. Trio Jean Paul 
Haydn Piano Trio in C, H XV 27 
Beethoven Trio in D, Op 70 No 1 (Ghost) 
2.00 British Symphony Series 
Ralph Vauqhan Williams (1872-1958) 
For the next two weeks the British Symphony Series comes to a close with the complete symphonies of Vaughan Williams , marking the 50th anniversary of his death. 
. Waqner Prelude: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg BBC Philharmonic, conductor Martyn Brabbins Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat 
John Lill , BBCSSO, conductor Stefan Solyom Stanford Eight Part Songs, Op 119 (selection) BBC Singers, conductor David Hill 
Parry/ Was Glad Guildford Choral Society, BBC 
Concert Orchestra, conductor Hilary Davan Wetton Sibelius Violin Concerto Hilary Hahn , 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony (Symphony No 1) Amanda Roocroft (soprano), Thomas Hampson (bass), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis

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: 07/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 07/04/2008

Petroc Trelawny 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: 07/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 07/04/2008

The 2008 Musicians Benevolent Fund Royal Concert: With a work by composer Mark Simpson.

Suzy Klein introduces the 2008 Musicians Benevolent Fund Royal Concert, which features a world premiere by young composer Mark Simpson, plus works by Stravinsky, Ravel and Strauss.

The 2008 Musicians Benevolent Fund Royal Concert, presented by Suzy Klein, with 2006 BBC Young Musician of the Year Mark Simpson.
Gabriele Fontana (soprano), National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, conductor Vasily Petrenko

Mark Simpson Threads (first performance)
Ravel Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
Strauss Four Last Songs
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Composer of the Week:Court Of James I/VI

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: 07/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 07/04/2008

With Misha Glenny on his new book on and Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal.

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to Misha Glenny about his new book on international crime. Plus Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal and a new exhibition of photographs of Muhammad Ali.

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal.

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: 07/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 07/04/2008

With pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, who performs Bach's Concerto in D minor.

With Suzy Klein. Featuring pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, who last year celebrated his 70th birthday, and who performs Bach's Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052.

Suzy Klein introduces a selection of performances by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Producer Kevin Bee

The Essay

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

Essay: Greek and Latin Voices (Herodotus)

The Essay: Greek and Latin Voices (Herodotus): Episode 1

Greek and Latin Voices (Herodotus)

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Greek and Latin Voices (Herodotus), Episode 1Close menu

Focusing on Herodotus' The Histories, considered the first western work of history.

Greek and Latin Voices: Series exploring the work of Herodotus. 1: Prof Christopher Pelling focuses on Herodotus' The Histories, considered the first western work of history.

The Essay: Greek and Latin Voices (Herodotus)

A series examining the culture that underpins Western civilisation, focusing on Herodotus

A series examining the culture that underpins Western civilisation, focusing on the Greek historian Herodotus, author of The Histories

Greek and Latin Voices 
Professor Christopher Pelling explores the work of Greek historian Herodotus. Producer Justine wniett

Awards for World Music A to Z

A monthly series of profiles of the nominees for the 2008 BBC Radio 3 Awards

Awards for World Music A to Z: 07/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Awards for World Music A to Z, 07/04/2008

Lucy Duran profiles more of the nominees for the 2008 BBC Radio 3 Awards.

Lucy Duran introduces the last in a series of profiles of the nominees for the 2008 BBC Radio 3 Awards. Including South African Simphiwe Dana and Son de la Frontera from Spain.

World on 3

Awards for World Music A-Z 
Lucy Duran profiles nominees, including Simphiwe Dana , Son de ia Frontera, and Thierry "Titi" Robin. Producer James Parkin

Through the Night: 08/04/2008

08/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 08/04/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces works by Haydn, Debussy, Mozart, Vaughan Williams and Britten.

Including 1.00 Haydn, Debussy, Vaughan Williams. 2.53 Britten, Melartin, Fitelberg. 5.00 Stenhammar, Bruch, Monteverdi, Tartini.

Presented by Jonathan Swain. 
Haydn Piano Sonata in E minor, H XVI 34 1.12 Schumann Adagio and allegro in A flat, Op 701.21 Debussy Ariettes Oubliées 1.39 Mozart Ten Variations on Unser dummer Pobel meint, K4551.52 Haydn Five Songs (Six Original Canzonettas) 2.08 Vauqhan Williams A London Symphony 
2.53 Britten String Quartet No 2 3.23 Trad Catalonian El Cant dels Ocells Campion Les Ramages 3.31 Melartin Violin Concerto in D minor 4.00 Telemann Secondo 
Trietto 4.08 Bach Prelude and Fugue in F, BWV880 (Das Wohltempeherte Klavier, Bk 2 No 11) 4.13 Marcello 
Concerto in D minor 4.22 Alleqri Ballo detto le Ninfe di Senna 4.26 Sweelinck Meinjunges Leben hat ein End 
4.34 Fitelberg Rapsodja Polska 4.53 Strauss Variations on 's Deandl is harb auf mi 5.00 Stenhammar Varnatt 
5.08 Debussy Mazurka 5.12 Beethoven Nine Variations on Quant e Piu Bello, Wo069 5.18 Wassenaer Concerto No 1 in G (Sei Concerti Armonici) 5.30 Besard Ma Belle Si Ton Ame 5.33 Caccinl Torna, Deh Torna 5.37 Purcell Voluntary on the Old 100th (Psalm 134) 5.41 Grieg Waltz No 7; Liden Fugl; March of the Trolls 5.48 Bruch Kol 
Nidrei 6.00 Sullivan Overture in C (In Memoriam) 6.12 Monteverdi Mass a 4 6.39 Tartini Violin Sonata in Op 2 No 5 6.54 Strauss Hab' mir's gelobt (Der Rosenkavalier)

Jonathan Swain continues the programme with music by Telemann, Bach, Marcello, Allegri, Sweelinck, Fitelberg and Strauss.

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