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

13/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Schubert, Hess, Bach, CPE Bach, Strauss, Dukas, Byrd, Mendelsson, Paganini, Glick and Hummel.

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: 13/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 13/04/2008

Including music by Striggio, Dvorak, Liadov, Bach, Hindemith and Haydn.

Including Striggio: Ecce beatam lucem. Dvorak: The Noonday Witch. Liadov: The Enchanted Lake. Bach: Trio in D minor, BWV583. Hindemith: Tanzstucke. Haydn: Keyboard Concertino in C.

Miranda Krestovnlkoff

Music includes: 
7.00-8.00: Striggio Ecce Beatam Lucem Huelgas Ensemble , director Paul van Nevel Dvorak The Noonday Witch 
Vienna PO, conductor Seiji Ozawa 
8.00-9.00: Lladov The Enchanted Lake 
Slovak PO, conductor Stephen Gunzenhauser Bach Trio in D minor, BWV583 
Mikko Perkola (viola da gamba), Aapo Hakkinen (harpsichord) 
9.00-10.00: Hlndemith Tanzstucke , Op 19 Christian Seibert (piano) 
Haydn Piano Concertino in C, Hob XI V12 Sabine Vatin , Ensemble d'Arco

Sunday Morning

Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning.

Iain Burnside

Sunday Morning: 13/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Morning, 13/04/2008

Debating the question that if architecture is frozen music, how does it sound?

Iain and architecture critic Jonathan Glancey debate the question that if architecture is frozen music, how does it sound? Including music by Berlioz, Monteverdi, JC Bach and Cage.

lain Burnside

Helped by architectural writer Jonathan Glancey , lain Burnside wonders if architecture is frozen music, how would it sound. Includes part of Berlioz's Requiem and music by Monteverdi, JC Bach and John Cage. EMAIL: [address removed]

Private Passions

Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates

Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates, and talk about the influence music has had on their lives

Private Passions: 13/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, 13/04/2008

Prof Simon Baron-Cohen chooses works by Bach, Mozart, Eva Cassidy as well as klezmer music

Michael Berkeley's guest is Prof Simon Baron-Cohen, who chooses music by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin as well as Aretha Franklin, Eva Cassidy and traditional klezmer music.

Michael Berkeley is joined by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen , a leading authority on autism, who has written several books on developmental psychopathology, including The Essential 
Difference. He plays in a band for relaxation, and his tastes range from Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin to Aretha Franklin and Eva Cassidy , taking in traditional Jewish klezmer music.

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: Acis and Galatea

Acis and Galatea

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Acis and Galatea

Lucie Skeaping explores Acis and Galatea, one of Handel's most popular works.

Acis and Galatea: Lucie Skeaping explores one of Handel's most popular works. With excerpts from recordings conducted by Trevor Pinnock, John Eliot Gardiner and Adrian Boult.

Lucie Skeaping looks in detail at one of Handel's most popular and enduring works: Acis & Galatea. With extracts from recordings by Trevor Pinnock, John Eliot Gardiner and Adrian Boult, among others.

Lucie Skeaping explores one of Handel's most enduring secular vocal works Acis and Galatea. With extracts from recordings by Trevor Pinnock , John Eliot Gardiner and Adrian Boult , among others. Producer Les Pratt

Radio 3 Requests

Weekly pick of music requests from Radio 3 listeners

Radio 3 Requests features a wide breadth of classical works requested by the station's listeners.

The final edition of Radio 3 Requests was broadcast on 1st May 2011.  We can no longer accept new requests.

Radio 3 Requests: 13/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Requests, 13/04/2008

Listeners' requests include music by Handel, Boccherini, Beethoven and Schubert.

Chi-chi Nwanoku selects Radio 3 listeners' requests, which include Isobel Baillie singing Handel, a string quintet by Boccherini, Beethoven's Symphony No 3 and music by Schubert.

Chi-chi Nwanoku plays Isobel Baillie singing Handel, a string quintet by Boccherini and Beethoven's Third Symphony performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Clarinettist Emma Johnson also joins her to request music by her favourite composer, Schubert. 
ADDRESS: Radio 3 Requests. BBC Wales, CF5 2YO 
Phone: [number removed] (calis from a landline cost no more than 8p per min) EMAIL: [address removed]

Choral Evensong

Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: 13/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, 13/04/2008

From the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford.

From the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford. The Oxford Blues Service: A complete Jazz setting by Roderick Williams of Anglican Evensong.

The Oxford Blues Service 
From the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford. The Oxford Blues Service, a complete jazz setting of Anglican Evensong according to the Book of Common Prayer composed by Roderick Williams and sung by Schola Cantorum  of Oxford accompanied by a jazz trio and organ. 
Introit: Gray Skies Passing Over (Williams). 
Psalm: 106 (Williams). Lessons: Isaiah 55, wi-9; Mark 2, vv15-28. Anthem: Sing unto the Lord a New Song (Williams). Hymn: I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Billy Taylor , arr Williams). 
Director of music James Burton. Organist Robert Houssart , with Colin Good (piano), Jerome Davies (bass), Charlie Stratford (drums)

Discovering Music

Programme which examines a different piece of music each week

Programme which examines a different piece of music each week, looking at the musical form or the composer's style, and exploring the many things contributing to the overall experience

Discovering Music: History of the Serenade

Discovering Music: History of the Serenade: Episode 1

Episode 1

History of the Serenade

BBC Radio 3 - Discovering Music, History of the Serenade, Episode 1

An exploration of the history of the serenade, focusing on the beginnings of the form.

History of the Serenade: 1/2. Charles Hazlewood explores the history of the serenade, focusing on the beginnings of the form and in particular one written by Mozart.

Charles Hazelwood explores the history of the serenade

Charles Hazelwood is joined by the National Orchestra of Wales to explore the history of the serenade

1/2. History of the Serenade. Charles Hazlewood is joined by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in the first of two programmes dedicated to the history of the serenade. Today he explores its beginnings, focusing on an example by the composer who did more than any other to shape the form into a staple of the concert hall - Mozart.

Choir and Organ

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

The Choir

Choir and Organ: 13/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Choir and Organ, 13/04/2008

Aled Jones presents choral music from Australia and New Zealand.

Aled Jones presents choral music from Australia and New Zealand, including music reflecting the Maori tradition, and also talks to Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe.

Aled Jones presents choral music from Australia and New Zealand, including examples reflecting the Maori tradition and the landscape of New 
Zealand performed by two of its national choirs.

Drama on 3

Series of drama performances, ranging from experimental works to the Classics

Drama on 3: The Country Wife

The Country Wife

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A man spreads the false rumour that he is impotent to gain access to other men's wives.

The Country Wife, by William Wycherley: A raunchy Restoration comedy about a rake who spreads the false rumour that he is impotent in order to gain access to other men's wives.

Considered too obscene to be staged in its original form for nearly 200 years, William Wycherley's Restoration comedy tells the tale of Mr Horner, a notorious rake, who spreads the false rumour that he is impotent in order to gain access to other men's wives. Adapted and directed by David Blount.

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.

Sunday Feature: Homer's Landscapes

Sunday Feature: Homer's Landscapes: Episode 3: The Odyssey

Episode 3

Episode 3: The Odyssey

Homer's Landscapes

The Odyssey

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, Homer's Landscapes, The Odyssey

Adam Nicolson visits the locations of Odysseus's journey home in Homer's Odyssey.

Adam Nicolson traces the origins of the poems at the root of modern European thought, visiting the locations of Homer's Odyssey.

Adam Nicolson travels along the eastern Mediterranean, from the Ionian Sea to the western coast of Turkey to trace the origins of the poems at the root of modern European thought.

Adam concludes his exploration of the enduring grip of Homer's epic poems, beginning on a wooden sailing boat as he follows Odysseus on his long and adventure-strewn journey home from Troy.

Adam Nicolson traces the origins of the poems at the root of modern European thought

Adam Nicolson travels along the eastern Mediterranean, from the Ionian Sea to the western coast of Turkey to trace the origins of the poems at the root of modern European thought

Sunday Feature: Homer's Landscape

3/3. The Odyssey. Adam Nicolson concludes his exploration as he follows Odysseus on his long journey home from Troy. Producer Tim Dee

Words and Music

A journey of discovery, weaving music with poetry and prose read by leading actors.

A weekly journey of discovery, weaving together a range of music with poetry and prose read by leading actors.

Words and Music: We Must Love One Another or Die

We Must Love One Another or Die

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With readings from MacNeice, Steinbeck and Orwell, and music by Britten, Barber and Bartok

Sian Thomas and Nicholas Farrell read poetry and prose from the 1930s by MacNeice, Steinbeck, Orwell, Dylan Thomas and Auden, with music by Britten, Barber, Robeson and Bartok.

Sian Thomas and Nicholas Farrell read poetry and prose from the 1930s by Louis MacNeice, Sylvia Townsend Warner, John Steinbeck, George Orwell, Dylan Thomas and WH Auden, with music by Britten, Barber, Robeson, Bartok and Noel Coward.

We Must Love One Another or Die 
Sian Thomas and Nicholas Farrell read poetry and prose from the 1930s by Louis MacNeice , 
Sylvia Townsend Warner , John Steinbeck , George Orwell , Dylan Thomas and WH Auden. With music by Britten, Barber, Paul Robeson , Bartok and Noël Coward. EMAIL: [address removed] 
For details of the music and verse heard in this programme, visitwww.bbc.co.uk/radio3/wordsandmusic

The Early Music Show: Sacred Music: Tallis and Byrd in London

06/04/2008

Sacred Music: Tallis and Byrd in London

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Sacred Music: Tallis and Byrd in London

Harry Christophers talks about Tallis and Byrd's lives in London.

Sacred Music: Tallis and Byrd in London. Harry Christophers talks to Catherine Bott about Tallis and Byrd's lives in London and the development of the English choral tradition.

The music of Byrd and Tallis in London. Producer Rebecca Bean

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.

With Jonathan Swain. 
Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem 2.09 Brahms Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor 2.57 Schubert String Quintet in C, D956 3.48 Gemlnlani Concerto Grosso in E minor, Op 3 No 6 3.57 Glinka, compl Sheballn Symphony on Two Russian Themes 4.11 Bach Concerto for oboe, violin and strings in C minor, BWV1060 4.25 
Schumann Traumerei (Kinderszenen, Op 15) 4.29 Ravel Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grecques 4.37 Mozart Symphony No 16 in C, K128 431 Vivaldi Violin Concerto in G minor, RV315 (Summer) (The Four Seasons) 5.00 Schubert Overture: Rosamunde 
5.10 Hess Suite in B flat, Op 45 5.20 Bach Der Geist hilft unser Schwacheit, BWV226 5.29 CPE Bach Flute Sonata in G, Wq133 (Hamburger Sonata) 5.36 Strauss Morgen , Op 27 No 4 5.41 Dukas The Sorcerer's 
Apprentice 5.53 Byrd Susanna Fair 5.57 Mendelssohn, transcr Dreyschoeck Wedding March and Elfins Dance (A Midsummer Night's Dream) 6.06 Paganinl La Campanella (Violin Concerto No 2 in B minor, 3rd mvmt) 6.14 Glick Oboe Sonata 6.32 Hummel Clarinet Quartet in E flat

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