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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

16/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Svendsen, Bach, Liszt, Part, Hellendaal, Britten, Sweelinck, Brahms, Chedeville and Grieg.

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: 16/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 16/04/2008

Including music by Bax, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Lassus, Adams and Chopin.

Including Bax: Sleepy Head. Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor, Op 12 No 1. Mendelssohn: Overture (A Midsummer Night's Dream). Lassus: In principio erat verbum.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Bax Sleepy Head Vivaldi Violin Concerto in G minor, Op 12 No 1 
Mendelssohn Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream 
8.30-10.00: Lassus In Principio Erat Verbum John Adams Pavane: She's So Fine (John's Book of Alleged Dances) 
Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat, Op 61

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 16/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 16/04/2008

James Jolly presents music by Ravel, Respighi, Tournemire, Charpentier, gluck and Fricker.

Including Ravel: Trois poemes de Stephane Mallarme. Respighi: Church Windows. Tournemire: L'orgue mystique. Charpentier: Te Deum. Fricker: Symphony No 2. Gluck: Orpheus.

With James Jolly. 
Ravel Trois Poemes de Stephane Mallarme Felicity Palmer (soprano), Nash Ensemble , conductor Simon Rattle 
10.12 Resplqhi Church Windows RLPO, conductor Petr Altrichter 
10.41 Tournemlre Suite No 24 (L'Orgue Mystique) Flor Peeters (organ) 
10.57 Charpentler Te Deum 
Felicity Lott and Eiddwen Harrhy (sopranos), 
Charles Brett (alto), Ian Partridge (tenor), Stephen Roberts (bass), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Philip Ledger 
11.24 Fricker Symphony No 2 
RLPO, conductor John Pritchard

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: Claude Debussy

Composer of the Week: Claude Debussy: Episode 3: Literary Circles

Episode 3

Episode 3: Literary Circles

Claude Debussy

Literary Circles

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Claude Debussy, Literary Circles

Looking at the cafe society where Debussy mixed with influential artistic groups.

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): 3/5. Literary Circles: Donald Macleod looks at the Parisian cafe society where Debussy mixed with some of the most important artistic groups of the day.

Donald Macleod examines the life and work of Claude Debussy

Composer of the Week: Debussy

3/5. Literary Circles. Paris cafe society of the 19th century enabled Debussy to mix with the most influential artistic groups of the day. Presented by Donald Macleod. La Plus Oue Lente 
Walter Gieseking (piano) 
Prélude a I'Apres-Midi d'un Faune 
Paris Orchestra, conductor Daniel Barenboim String Quartet in G minor Talich Quartet 
Recueillement (Cinq Poemes de Baudelaire, No 4) Christopher Maltman (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano) 
Prélude: Rodrigue et Chimene 
Lyon Opera Orchestra, conductor Kent Nagano  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: 16/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 16/04/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features the Britten Sinfonia performing works by Bach and Brahms.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Britten Sinfonia @ Lunch. With string works by Bach and Brahms. 2.00pm British Symphon Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Featuring Symphony No 7.

With Louise Fryer. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
String players from the Britten Sinfonia feature a new piece by Scottish composer Helen Grime. Jacqueline Shave and Thomas Gould (violins), Martin Outram and Clare Finnimore (violas), 
Caroline Dearnley and Benjamin Chappell (cellos) Bach Sextet (Musical Offering, No 5, BWV1079) Helen Grime Into the Faded Air 
Brahms Sextet No 1 in B flat, Op 18 
2.00 British Symphony Series 
Ralph Vauqhan Williams (1872-1958) 
Vaughan Williams based his Seventh Symphony on music he had composed for the film, Scott of the Antarctic. 
Maconchy Two Dances from Puck Fair 
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Barry Wordsworth Copland Old American Songs, Set 1 
James Rutherford (baritone), Eugene Asti (piano) Boydell In Memoriam Mahatma Gandhi 
Ulster Orchestra, conductor Celso Antunes 
Finzi Dies 
Natafis Andrew Kennedy (tenor), BBC NOW, conductor James Judd 
Barber Knoxville - Summer of 1915 Susan Gritton (soprano), BBC NOW, conductor Richard Hickox 
Skalkottas Thema con Variazioni BBCSO, conductor Nikos Christodoulou 
David Deutsche Messe 
BBC Singers, conductor David Hill 
Messiaen Canteyodjaya Ashley Wass  (piano) 
Vaughan Williams Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No 7) Ailish Tynan (soprano), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Chamber Choir, BBC NOW, conductor TadaakiOtaka 
Berlo Opus Number Zoo Galliard Ensemble

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: 16/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 16/04/2008

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: 16/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 16/04/2008

A performance of music on the subject of the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ.

Catherine Bott presents a perfomance of music on the subject of the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ. Wagner: Good Friday Spell (Parsifal). Dvorak: Stabat Mater.

With Catherine Bott. 
Christ's Crucifixion and Resurrection are the inspiration for the pieces in this concert from King's College, Cambridge last Good Friday. 
Rachel Nicholls (soprano), Louise Crane (mezzo), Justin Lavender (tenor), Peter Savidge (baritone), Philharmonia Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Stephen Cleobury 
Wagner Good Friday Spell (Parsifal) Dvorak Stabat Mater

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: 16/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 16/04/2008

In a programme-length interview, author Salman Rushdie discusses his latest novel.

Salman Rushdie talks to Philip Dodd about his new novel The Enchantress of Florence, as well as the consolations of writing, his attitude to religion and writing about women.

Saiman Rushdie talks to Philip Dodd about his new novel. Producer ZahidWarley

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: 16/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 16/04/2008

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, who perform music by composers including Vivaldi.

With Catherine Bott. Featuring the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, who perform music by composers including Vivaldi.

Catherine Bott continues a showcase of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge who perform Vivaldi.

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 (Juvenal)

The Essay: Greek and Latin Voices (Juvenal): Episode 3

Greek and Latin Voices (Juvenal)

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

Dr Fred Jones examines the Roman satirist Juvenal's literary techniques.

Greek and Latin Voices: Series on literature underpinning western civilisation, focusing on the Roman satirist Juvenal. 3/4. Dr Fred Jones examines Juvenal's literary techniques.

The Essay: Greek and Latin Voices (Juvenal)

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

A series examining the culture that underpins Western civilisation, focusing on the Roman satirist Juvenal

Greek and Latin Voices: Juvenal 
3/4. Dr Fred Jones of Liverpool University unpicks Juvenal's literary techniques.

Late Junction

Journeys in music, ancient to future. The home for adventurous listeners

Late Junction: 16/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 16/04/2008

With music from Ali Ekber Cicek and the Bengi Baglama Trio, plus Mariachi Los Toritos.

Verity Sharp presents music from Ali Ekber Cicek and the Bengi Baglama Trio, brass playing from Mexico's Mariachi Los Toritos, and Philip Mead playing works for prepared piano.

Music from Turkey, featuring singer Ali Ekber Cicek and the Bengi Baglama Trio. With Verity Sharp.

Through the Night: 17/04/2008

17/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 17/04/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces works by Liszt, Telemann, Mozart, CPE Bach and Mendelssohn.

Including 1.00 Liszt, Telemann. 2.48 Mozart, CPE Bach, Martinu. 5.00 Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn.

With Jonathan Swain. 
Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor; Funérailles (Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses); Mephisto Waltz No 1; Fantasia Quasi Sonata No 7:Apres une Lecture de Dante; Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Annies de Pèlerinage, Bk 2) 2.16 Anon Four Renaissance Chansons 2.28 Telemann Quartet No 6 in E minor, TWV434 4 2.48 Mozart Symphony No 41 in C, K551 (Jupiter) 3.24 CPE Bach Magnificat in D, Wq215 
4.00 Ponchielli Capriccio , Op 80 4.11 Martlnu Andante Moderate (Cello Concerto No 1) 4.21 Smetana Sonata Movement in Eminor 4.32 Kreek Taaveti iaul 4.35 Field Rondo in A flat 4A4 G Gabriell Dulcis Jesu 4.53 FSrster Sonata a 3 in C minor 5.00 Rimsky-Korsakov Trombone Concerto in B flat 5.11 Tchaikovsky Four Songs to Texts by Alexei Tolstoy 5.25 Mouton Cantus: James James 
James (I'Odhecaton) 5.26 Gugllelmus La Bassa Castiglia 
5.28 Beethoven/ Bierlinq Marcia Funebre (Eroica 
Symphony) 533 Grieg/Halvorsen Funera/ March for Rikard Nordraak 5.40 Mozart Adagio in B minor, K540 5.53 
Schumann Sonntags am Rhein, Op 36 5.56 Schumann/ Bojsten Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen (Dichterliebe, Op 48 No 10) 6.00 Grundt/Knoll Potpourri Caracteristique Den Brug over den Oceaan 6.18 Mendelssohn String Octet in E flat, Op 20 6.50 Norman/Wlllen Andante Sostenuto

Jonathan Swain continues the programme with music by Ponchielli, Martinu, Smetana, Kreek, Field, Gabrieli and Forster.

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