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

11/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Strauss, Massenet, Zelenka, Nielsen, Sibelius, Bach, Sweelinck, Puccini, Wagner, Alkan, Festa and Moniuszko.

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: 11/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 11/04/2008

Including works by Finzi, Dvorak, Vivaldi, Chopin, Glass and Debussy.

Including Finzi: 3 Soliloquies for small orchestra. Dvorak: Sonatina for violin and piano. Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G. Chopin: Ballade No 3 in A flat. Glass: Interlude (Orphee).

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Flnzi Three Soliloquies LPO, conductor Adrian Boult Dvorak Violin Sonatina in G Josef Suk , Rudoif Firkusny (piano) 
Vivaldi, arr Malipiero Cello Concerto in G, RV413 Lynn Harrell , English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Pinchas Zukerman 
8.30-10.00: Chopin Ballade No 3 in A flat, Op 47 Murray Perahia (piano) 
Philip Glass Interlude: Orphee Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, conductor Dennis Russell Davies 
Debussy Prélude a lApres-Midi d'un Faune New York PO, conductor Leonard Bernstein

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 11/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 11/04/2008

Including works by Copland, Brahms, Haydn, Butterworth, Rawsthorne and Beethoven.

Including Copland: Old American Songs (Set 2). Brahms: Serenade No 2 in A. Haydn: Quartet in D minor. Butterworth: Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad. Rawsthorne: Symphony No 2.

Presented by James Jolly. 
Copland Old American Songs (Set 2) 
Susan Chilcott (soprano), lain Burnside (piano) 
10.13 Brahms Serenade No 2 in A, Op 16 LSO, conductor Istvan Kertesz 
10.43 Haydn Quartet in D minor, Op 103 Angeles Quartet 
10.55 Butterworth Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad (excerpts) 
Benjamin Luxon (baritone), David Willison (piano) 
11.12 Rawsthorne Symphony No 2 (A Pastoral Symphony) 
Tracey Chadwell (soprano), LPO/Nicholas Braithwaite 
11.33 Beethoven Violin Sonata in F, Op 24 (Spring) Itzhak Perlman, Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

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 5

Episode 5

Court of King James I/VI

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Court of King James I/VI, Episode 5

Exploring how King James' musicians responded to the final years of his reign.

Donald Macleod explores the music of James' final years, when Parliament was in a mood for war and thoughts were beginning to turn to life under the future King Charles.

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

A look at how James' musicians responded to his final years in power, when Parliament was in a mood for war and thoughts were beginning to turn to life under the future King Charles.

Tomkins: When David Heard					
I Fagiolini
Robert Hollingworth (director)
CHANDOS CHAN 0680, Tr 24

Tomkins Sing unto God						
Richard Wistreich (bass)
Rose Consort of Viols
Red Byrd
AMON RA CDSAR62, Tr 7

Robert Johnson: The Satyrs Dance					
Alfonso Ferrabosco II: Alman					
Joseph Shirley: The Princes Courant			
The Parley of Instruments
Peter Holman (director)
HYPERION CDA66435, Trs 9, 10, 12

Anon: Rownde Scottishe Tune (Dean Higgin's Commonplace Book)
The Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp/director)
DHM 05472775162, Tr 15

Dowland: Can She Excuse						
Dowland Consort, Jakob Lindberg (director)
BIS CD451, Tr 22

Dowland: Pavan Lachrimae Gementes				
Fretwork
VIRGIN  VC7907952, Tr 6

Tomkins: Woe is Me					
Fretwork
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907320, Tr 14

Gibbons: O all true, faithful hearts					
Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Richard Marlow (director)
CONIFER 75605512312, Tr 3

Bull: In Nomine (MB No 4)						
Pierre HantaÃ¯ (harpsichord)
ASTRÃE AUVIDIS E8543, Tr 14

Attrib Rory Dall O'Cathain: Limerick's Lamentation/Give me your Hand
Eileen Monger (Celtic harp)
SAYDISC CDSDLC362, Tr 11.

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

5/5. Parliament Recalled. Donald Macleod explores how James's musicians responded to the final years of his reign, when Parliament was in a mood for war. and thoughts were beginning to turn to life under the future King Charles. Tomkins When David Heard Sing Unto God 
Johnson The Satyr's Dance 
Alfonso Ferrabosco II Alman  Shirley The Princes Courant 
Anon Rownde Scottishe Tune (Dean Higgins's Commonplace Book) 
Dowland Can She Excuse 
Pavan Lachrimae Gementes Tomkins Woe Is Me 
Gibbons 0 All True, Faithful Hearts Bull In Nomine 
Attrib Rory Dall O'Cathain 
Limerick's Lamentation/Give Me Your Hand 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: 11/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 11/04/2008

The Lunchtime Concert includes cabaret songs by Britten, Schoenberg, Poulenc and Satie.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Leeds Lieder+: Cabaret Songs. Music by Britten, Poulenc and Satie. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams: With Serenade to Music.

With Louise Fryer. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Highlights of the final concert of the Leeds 
Lieder+ Festival, including works by Britten, Ned Rorem , Schoenberg and Poulenc. 
Measha Brueggergosman (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano) 
2.00 British Symphony Series 
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) 
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music 
Isobel Baillie Stiles Allen, Elsie Suddaby , Eva Turner (sopranos), Margaret Balfour , Astra Desmond , 
Muriel Brunskill , Mary Jarred (contraltos), Heddle Nash , Walter Widdop , Parry Jones , Frank Titterton (tenors), Roy Henderson , Robert Easton , Wayne Williams , Norman Allin (basses), BBCSO, conductor Henry Wood 
Barber Essay for Orchestra, No 1, Op 12 BBCNOW, conductor Grant Llewellyn Britten Piano Concerto  
Steven Osborne , BBCSSO, conductor Han Volkov Bridge Norse Legend 
BBCNOW, conductor Richard Hickox Bainton Pavane ; Idyll; Bacchanal 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Paul Daniel Messiaen L'Ascension 
(Quatre Meditations Symphoniques, mvmt 4) 
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Robert Ziegel Rachmaninov Three Symphonic Dances BBCSSO, conductor Nan Volkov 
Britten Folk Song Arrangements, Vol 2, French Ronan Collett (baritone), Ulster Orchestra, conductor David Angus 
Vaughan Williams Job - a Masque for Dancing BBCSO, 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: 11/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 11/04/2008

With pianist Imogen Cooper and conductor Franz Welser-Most discussing upcoming work.

Petroc Trelawny talks to pianist Imogen Cooper ahead of her concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, and to conductor Franz Welser-Most ahead of conducting Der Rosenkavalier.

Performance on 3

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Performance on 3: 11/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 11/04/2008

Mary Ann Kennedy presents the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music 2008.

BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music 2008: Mary Ann Kennedy hosts an evening to announce the winners of this year's awards. With a performance from Indian singer Kaushiki Chakrabarty.

Mary Ann Kennedy hosts an evening at 
Dingwall's in London's Camden Town to announce the winners of this year's Radio 3 
Awards for World Music. Presented by Suzy Klein.

Composer of the Week: Court of James I/Vl

The Verb

BBC Radio 4

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

The Verb: 11/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, 11/04/2008

Ian McMillan presents the weekly programme about language.

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: Chico Hamilton

Chico Hamilton

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Library, Chico Hamilton

Influential Jazz drummer Chico Hamilton talks to Alyn Shipton about his career.

Chico Hamilton: Jazz drummer Chico Hamilton tells Alyn Shipton how the original Gerry Mulligan Quartet first assembled in his house and how he then formed his own unorthodox group.

Chico Hamilton 
Jazz drummer Chico Hamilton recalls the Gerry Mulligan Quartet and forming his own unorthodox group. With Alyn Shipton. 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: John Scofield Trio plus horns

John Scofield Trio plus horns

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, John Scofield Trio plus horns

Jez Nelson presents a gig by former Miles Davis sideman John Scofield's Trio plus horns.

John Scofield Trio plus Horns: Jez Nelson presents a gig by former Miles Davis sideman John Scofield's Trio plus horns, performed at the end of March at London's Jazz Cafe.

John Scofield Trio with Horns 
Jez Nelson presents a gig recorded at the end of March at London's Jazz Cafe. Producer Robert Abel

12/04/2008

Including 1.00 Sibelius, Saint-Saens, Debussy, Schubert, Gilse, Haydn. 3.12 Beethoven, Palestrina, Weber, Bach, A Scarlatti. 5.00 Fischer, Forster, Debussy, Mozart, Strauss.

With Jonathan Swain.

Sibelius Tapiola

1.17 Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor

1.36 Debussy La Mer

2.00 Schubert Eine Leichenphantasie

2.20 Gilse Nonet

2.55 Haydn Piano Trio in C, H XV 27

3.12 Beethoven Christus am Olberge

4.00 Piazza Sonata in F4.05 Hellendaal Sonata 1, Op 5

4.14 Corelli Sonata da Chiesa in E minor, Op 1 No 2

4.19 Palestrina Fundamenta Ejus; Sicut Cervus

4.29 Arensky, arr Kriukov Do Not Kindle the Fires (Romance No 3, Op 38)

4.32 Weber Overture: Der Freischutz

4.42 Bach, arr Stokowski Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565

4.53 A. Scarlatti Toccata in D minor

5.00 Fischer Suite No 4 D minor, Op 1 No 4

5.11 Forster Sonata a 3 in B flat, KBPJ 39; Sonata a 3, KBPJ 40 (La Pazza)

5.20 Nielsen Serenata in Vano

5.28 Moniuszko Sen - a Dream

5.31 Ravel Reves

5.33 Debussy Prelude a l'Apres-Midi d'une Faune

5.45 Juon Satyrs and Nymphs (Humoreske, Op 18 No 7)

5.47 Ester Magi Murdunud Aer; Tuule Tuba

6.00 Palmgren Overture: Cinderella

6.05 Mozart Piano Sonata in A, K331 (Alia Turca)

6.26 Lassus Jubilate Deo: to Ti Vorria Contar: Tristis Est Anima Mea

6.32 Strauss Oboe Concerto in D

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