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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

12/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Fischer, Forster, Nielsen, Moniuszko, Ravel, Debussy, Juon, Magi, Palmgren, Mozart, Lassus and Richard Strauss.

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: 12/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 12/04/2008

Including music by Kabalevsky, Durufle, Handel and Saint-Saens.

Including Kabalevsky: Overture (Colas Breugnon). Durufle: Four Motets on Gregorian Themes. Handel: Sonata in C, Op 1 No 7. Saint-Saens: Allegro appassionato in B minor.

Miranda Krestovnikoff

Music includes: 
7.00-8.00 Kabalevsky Overture: Colas 
Breugnon Moscow SO, conductor Vasily Jelvakov Duruf le Four Motets on Gregorian Themes, Op 10 Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Robert Marlow 
8.00-9.00 Handel Recorder Sonata in C, Op 1 No 7 Michala Petri, Keith Jarrett (harpsichord) 
Saint-Saens Allegro Appassionata in B minor Maria Kliegel (cello), Bournemouth SO, conductor Jean-Francois Monnard 
For full details visit www.bbc co.uk/radio3/breakfast on the day of transmission PHONE: [number removed] (calls from landlines cost no more than 8p per minute) email: [address removed] Address: Breakfast. BBC Radio 3. Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA

CD Review

A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and recommendations

A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and the Radio 3 Disc of the Week recommendation

CD Review: Building a Library: Schumann: Piano Quintet Op. 44 

Building a Library: Schumann: Piano Quintet Op. 44 

BBC Radio 3 - CD Review, Building a Library: Schumann: Piano Quintet Op. 44

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Schumann's Piano Quintet in E flat.

With Andrew McGregor. Including 9.30am Building a Library: Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat. 10.45am New Releases: EMI stereo reissues. 11.30am Disc: Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles.

Building a Library:
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44 

Reviewer - David Fanning

First Choice: 
(c/w BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Artemis Quartet
Virgin Classics 3951432 (CD)

Budget Price Version:
(c/w BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26)
Clifford Curzon (piano), Budapest String Quartet
Naxos Historical 8.110306 (CD, Budget)

Historic Choice: 
(c/w MOZART: String Quartet No. 16 in E flat; DVORAK: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat)
Rudolf Serkin (piano), Busch Quartet
Biddulph LAB103 (CD, Mid Price)

Period Instrument Choice:
(c/w Fur meine Clara; Pieces in Canonic Form Op. 56)
La Gaia Scienza
Winter & Winter 9101132 (CD)

CD Review BAL Catalogue Data
bal.schumann:
bal.schumann.piano.quintet.op.44

Introduced by Andrew McGregor. 
9.30 Building a Library David Fanning recommends Schumann's Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 44. 
10.45 Jonathan Swain picks highlights from EMI's recordings from leading musicians of the stereo age. 
11.30 Disc of the Week: Beethoven Six Bagatelles, Op 126 
Linda Nicholson (Fritz fortepiano of 1815) www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed]. 
(calls from landlines cost no more than 8p per minute) email: [address removed] Text [number removed] (standard rate) Disc details are posted on the website and on CEEFAX, BBCI, page 651

Music Matters

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

Music Matters: 12/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, 12/04/2008

Simon Heffer explains the influence of war on the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams.

With Tom Service. Simon Heffer explains the influence of war on Vaughan Williams' music, and Tom talks to German composer Heiner Goebbels about his highly 'visual' compositions.

In this 50th anniversary year of Vaughan Williams 's death, journalist Simon Heffer explains the profound influence of war on his music and how it modernised his style of writing, especially in his Sixth Symphony. Tom Service talks to German composer Heiner Goebbels and the organist, harpsichordist and conductor Ton Koopman tells of his own 40-year career. Producer Jeremy Evans

The Early Music Show

Performance and news from the world of early music.

An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.

The Early Music Show: My Lady Rich

My Lady Rich

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, My Lady Rich

Singer Emily van Evera discusses her recent disc dedicated to the noblewoman Penelope Rich

My Lady Rich: Lucie Skeaping talks to singer Emily van Evera about her recent disc dedicated to the Elizabethan noblewoman Penelope Rich. With music by Dowland, Byrd and Holborne.

My Lady Rich. LucieSkeaping talks to singer Emily van Evera about her disc inspired by Penelope Rich , lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I. Producer Les Pratt

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series

Live and recorded concerts from all over the United Kingdom. Also includes the flagship Wigmore chamber music series.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: 12/04/2008

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The Trio Jean Paul perform works by Haydn and Beethoven at Wigmore Hall, London.

Another chance to hear last Monday's concert given by Trio Jean Paul at the Wigmore Hall, London. Haydn: Piano Trio in C, H XV 27. Beethoven: Piano Trio in D, Op 70 No 1.

Another chance to hear Monday's concert from 
London's Wigmore Hall, featuring the Trio Jean Paul. Haydn Piano Trio in C, HXV27 
Beethoven Trio in D, Op 70 No I (Ghost)

World Routes

Programme exploring music from around the world

Programme exploring music from around the world, featuring interviews with performers, live concerts, monthly CD reviews and special location reports

World Routes: 12/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - World Routes, 12/04/2008

A concert by two nominees in the Radio 3 Awards for World Music. With Son de la Frontera.

Lucy Duran introduces a concert from two of the nominees in the Radio 3 Awards for World Music. With flamenco music by Son de la Frontera, and singer Mayra Andrade from Cape Verde.

Lucy Duran introduces a concert from the Barbican by two of the nominees in this year's 
Radio 3 Awards for World Music. Son de la Frontera bring a fresh sound to Spanish flamenco, and Mayra Andrade , who is a new voice from Cape Verde.

Jazz Line-Up

Programme exploring jazz music, focussing both on established, mainstream players and on the new generation of younger artists

Jazz Line-Up: 12/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Line-Up, 12/04/2008

A concert featuring pianists Gwilym Simcock and John Taylor.

Kevin LeGendre presents highlights of a concert given at the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh in April by New Generation Artist Gwilym Simcock and John Taylor, another noted jazz pianist.

An edited version of a concert recorded at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, in early April by current New Generation Jazz Artist Gwilym Simcock and pianist John Taylor. Producer Keith Loxam

Jazz Record Requests

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.

Join our community of jazz lovers. Alyn Shipton is waiting for your requests: email jazzrecordrequests@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

Jazz Record Requests: 12/04/2008

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Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.

Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.

Geoffrey Smith presents listeners' jazz requests. Address: Jazz Record Requests. BBC Radio 3, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA 
Fax: [number removed] email: [address removed]

Opera on 3

Programme presenting rare and fascinating operatic performances

Programme presenting rare and fascinating performances and vividly communicating the immediacy of the live experience

Opera on 3: Live from the Met

Opera on 3: Prokofiev's The Gambler

Prokofiev's The Gambler

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Prokofiev's The Gambler

Valery Gergiev conducts a rare performance of Prokofiev's first major stage work.

Prokofiev's The Gambler: Live from New York, Valery Gergiev conducts a rare performance of Prokofiev's first major stage work, featuring Vladimir Galouzine and Olga Guryakova.

Margaret Juntwait presents direct from New York. Based on the novel by Dostoyevsky, the opera deals with a group of characters whose lives are dominated by money. Alexei is in love with Polina, but has lost everything at the roulette table. Her guardian, the General, is hoping Polina's grandmother will die so he can inherit her wealth and marry his mistress. Prokofiev The Gambler  
Chorus and Orchestra of the New York 
Metropolitan Opera, conductor Valery Gergiev 
RT DIRECT: Prokofiev's Fiery Angel (2 CDs), with Soloists and the Gothenburg SO conducted by Neeme Jarvi , is available for E9.99 including p&p. Send cheque payable to Selections to: 
[address removed] Phone [number removed] (national rate) quoting B46-AD536, or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: Schubert

Schubert

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Schubert

Mitsuko Uchida performs Schubert's final piano sonata, in B flat, D960.

Mitsuko Uchida performs Schubert's Piano Sonata in B flat, D960.

Pre-Hear

Companion programme to Hear and Now, offering more of the best new music

Companion programme to Hear and Now, the contemporary music showcase, offering more of the best new music

Pre-Hear: The Death of Balder

The Death of Balder

BBC Radio 3 - Pre-Hear, The Death of Balder

Kevin Crossley-Holland's version of a 12th-century saga is set to music by Bernard Hughes.

The Death of Balder: A choral re-telling of the 12th-century saga in which a Norse god is killed by a dart. Hughes: The Death of Balder. James Morgan conducts the BBC Singers.

A choral re-telling of a 12th-century saga. 
Kevin Crossley-Holland 's words are set to music by Bernard Hughes. BBC Singers, conductor James Morgan Bernard Hughes The Death of Balder

Hear and Now

Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions

Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and studio sessions from the best new groups, and premiering works commissioned by the BBC

Hear and Now: 12/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, 12/04/2008

A concert by the Arditti Quartet and a report on writing for quartet.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a concert given by the Arditti Quartet and a report from recent workshops they have held to discuss the practicalities of writing for quartet.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a concert by the Arditti Quartet and a report from the workshops they held to discuss the practicalities of writing for string quartet Paul Archbold Impacts and Fractures 
Steven Daverson Microscopic Negatives 
Michael Graubart String Quartet (first performance) Roger Redgate String Quartet No 3 (BBC commission) Nadja Plein Seven White Flowers (first performance) Brian Ferneyhough Third String Quartet

The Early Music Show: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

13/04/2008

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Tracing the life of Charles V through music he would have heard and been associated with.

Catherine Bott traces the life of Charles V through the music which he would have heard and with which he surrounded himself.

Charles V was undoubtedly the most powerful man in 16th Century Europe. He was also a notable patron of the arts, employing such musical luminaries as Pierre de la Rue, Thomas Crecquillon and Nicholas Gombert. In this programme, Catherine Bott traces his life through the music which he would have heard and with which he surrounded himself.

Inspiring Lutenists 
Lucie Skeaping talks to lutenist Elizabeth Kenny about the two performers who have most inspired her: Robert Spencer and Nigel North.

Through the Night: 13/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 13/04/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces works by Brahms, Schubert, Bach, Dukas, Paganini and Hummel.

Including 1.00 Brahms. 2.57 Schubert, Geminiani, Glinka, Bach, Schumann, Ravel, Mozart, Vivaldi. 5.00 Schubert, Hess, CPE Bach, Dukas, Mendelssohn, Paganini, Glick, Hummel.

Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Coppoianu Ode

1.16 Chopin Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor

1.46 Franck Symphony in D minor

2.26 Ravel L'Heure Espagnole

3.18 Beethoven String Quartet in E flat, Op 127

4.01 Odak Madrigal, Op 11

4.08 Wagenaar Concert Overture: Fruhlingsgewalt

4.17 Haydn Piano Trio in F, H XV

4.29 Saint-Saens Bassoon Sonata in G, Op 168

4.42 Verrijt O Mediatric Domina (Flammae Divinae, Op 5 No 1)

4.47 Gluck Overture: Iphigenie en Tauride

5.00 Aufschnalter Ouverture: Entree (Serenade No 3 in G minor)

5.06 Dvorak Overture: Othello

5.21 Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor

5.30 Bodinus Woodwind Trio in G

5.39 Szymanowski, arr Wilkomirskl Variations in B flat minor, Op3

5.53 Matteis L'Amore

5.57 Auric, arr Philip Lane Suite: The Lavender Hill Mob

6.06 Brahms Piano Trio No 3 in C minor, Op 101

6.24 Forster Viri Israelite

6.40 Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No 3

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