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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

17/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Mouton, Gulielmus, Beethoven, Grieg, Mozart, Schumann, Grundt, Mendelssohn and Norman.

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: 17/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 17/04/2008

Including music by Bach, Schmelzer, Mussorgsky, Milan, Liszt and Vaughan Williams.

Including Bach: Chorale Prelude (Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme). Schmelzer: Sonata a 5. Mussorgsky: Intermezzo symphonique in modo classico. Milan: Toda mi vida hos ame.

Sara Mohr-Pletsch

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Bach Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV645 
Schmelzer Sonata a 5 Mussorgsky Intermezzo Symphonique in Modo Classico 
8.30-10.00: Luys Milan Toda Mi Vida Hos Amê UsztMisereredu Trovatore vaughan Williams Romance

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 17/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 17/04/2008

James Jolly introduces works by Berners, Handel, Gounod, Mozart, Borodin and Strauss.

Including Berners: Fugue for Orchestra. Steve Martland Band: Beat the Retreat. Handel: How silently, how slyly (Julius Caesar). Gounod: Faust (Act 4, Scene 3). Borodin: Nocturne.

Presented by James Jolly. 
Bemers Fugue for Orchestra 
RLPO, conductor Barry Wordsworth 
10.07 Steve Martland Beat the Retreat 
Steve Martland Band, conducted by the composer 
10.19 Handel How Si/ently, How Slyly (Julius Caesar ) Janet Baker (mezzo), English National Opera Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras 
10.25 Gounod Faust (Act 4, Scene 3)  
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir , Philharmonia, conductor David Parry 
10.36 Mozart 0 Isis and Osiris (The Magic Flute) John Tomlinson (bass), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir. LPO, conductor Charles Mackerras 
10.39 Handel Messiah (Part 3) 
Elsie Morison (soprano), Marjorie Thomas (contralto), Richard Lewis (tenor), James Milligan (bass), 
Huddersfield Choral Society, RLPO/Malcolm Sargent 
11.03 Borodin, arr Sargent Nocturne RLPO, conductor Charles Groves 
11.11 Strauss Alpine Symphony 
RLPO, conductor Gerard Schwarz

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 4: Dramatic Works

Episode 4

Episode 4: Dramatic Works

Claude Debussy

Dramatic Works

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Claude Debussy, Dramatic Works

Looking at the French and also Wagnerian influence in many of Debussy's dramatic works.

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): 4/5. Dramatic Works: Donald Macleod considers how Parisian influences and also Wagner provided the inspiration for many of Debussy's dramatic works.

Donald Macleod examines the life and work of Claude Debussy

Composer of the Week: Debussy

4/5. Dramatic Works. Donald Macleod shows how Debussy was inspired by Wagner's Bayreuth operas. Rodrigue et Chimene (excerpt) 
Donna Brown (soprano), Helene Jossoud (mezzo), Gilles Ragon and Laurence Dale (tenors), Chorus and Orchestra of Lyon Opera/Kent Nagano Pell6as et Mélisande (Act 3 excerpt) 
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Wolfgang Holzmair and Laurent Naouri (baritones), National 
Orchestra of France, conductor Bernard Haitink Jeux Vienna PO, conductor Lorin Maazel 
The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (excerpt) 
Rotterdam PO, conductor James Conlon Rptd 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: 17/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 17/04/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features works by Beethoven and Ravel.

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Britten Sinfonia @ Lunch. With works by Beethoven and Ravel. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Featuring Symphony No 8.

With Louise Fryer. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Featuring a new work by composer Robin Holloway. Philippe Bernold (flute), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Joy Farrall (clarinet), Sarah Burnett (bassoon), Stephen Bell (horn), Imogen Cooper (piano) Beethoven Wind Quintet in E flat, Op 16 Robin Holloway Five Temperaments 
Ravel, arr David Walter Suite : Mother Goose 
2.00 British Symphony Series 
Ralph Vauqhan Williams (1872-1958) Grace Williams Penillion 
BBC NOW, conductor Owain Arwel Hughes 
Dallaplccola Variazioni 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda Dutllleux Two Sonnets de Jean Cassou 
Ronan Collett (baritone), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Andris Nelsons 
Vaughan Williams Symphony No 8 
BBCSO, conductor Leopold Stokowski Lutoslawskl Dance Preludes 
Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet), Ashley Wass (piano) 
Shostakovich The Gadfly (highlights from the Suite) BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda Zimmermann Viola Sonata Antoine Tamestit Joubert Symphony No 1 
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Martin Yates

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: 17/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 17/04/2008

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: 17/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 17/04/2008

Concentus Musicus Wien perform three Bach cantatas including the Christmas work Wachet auf

Catherine Bott introduces a performance given in Vienna last December by Concentus Musicus Wien of  three Bach cantatas, including the Christmas favourite Wachet auf.

Catherine Bott introduces Bach cantatas performed in Vienna last December. 
Elisabeth von Magnus (mezzo), Kurt Streit 
(tenor), Anton Scharinger (bass), 
Arnold Schoenberg Chorus, Vienna Concentus Musicus , director Nikolaus Harnoncourt 
Bach Cantatas: No 140, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme; 
No 136, Schwingt freudig euch empor; No 26, Ach wie fluchtig, ach wie nichtig

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: 17/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 17/04/2008

Matthew Sweet talks to film maker Paul Watson about one of his new plays for radio.

Matthew Sweet talks to film maker Paul Watson about one of his new plays for radio, a satire of TV called How Now TV. He also talks to writer and neurologist Professor Ray Tallis.

By exploring all that goes on in the head, beyond just the brain, Ray Tallis delves deep into human consciousness. With Kenan Malik. Producer Fiona Maclean

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: 17/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 17/04/2008

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

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

Catherine Bott introduces the Choir of King's 
College, Cambridge, with music by Rachmaninov.

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 4

Greek and Latin Voices (Juvenal)

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Dr Susanna Braund looks at recent re-interpretations of Juvenal's Satires.

Greek and Latin Voices: Series on literature underpinning western civilisation. 4/4: Dr Susanna Braund looks at recent re-interpretations of Juvenal's Satires.

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 
4/4. Dr Susanna Braund looks at recent reinterpretations of Juvenal's Satires.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 17/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 17/04/2008

Music from Four Men and a Dog, the She'koyokh Klezmer Ensemble plus pieces from Lesotho.

Verity Sharp presents reels from Four Men and a Dog and playing by the She'koyokh Klezmer Ensemble. Plus pianists Chris Abrahams and Simon James Phillips and music from Lesotho.

Reels from Four Men and a Dog set the pace tonight.

Through the Night: 18/04/2008

18/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 18/04/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces works by Ligeti, Elgar, Chopin, Gibbons, Schumann and Sibelius.

Including 1.00 Ligeti, Saint-Saens, Chopin. 2.52 Norman, Lovelock, Moniuszko. 5.00 Wagner, Schumann, Caldera, Sibelius.

With Jonathan Swain.

Ligeti Romanian Concerto

Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor

Elgar Serenade for Strings

Schubert Symphony No 5 in B flat, D485

2.20 Chopin Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 65

2.52 Norman String Quartet in E, Op 20

3.15 Kuula Orjan Poika, Op 14

3.40 Lovelock Sinfonia Concertante

4.00 Handel, arr Liszt String Sonata in B flat, Op 2 No 3

4.11 Ockeghem De Profundis Clamavi

4.18 Blber Sonata Violino Solo Representiva

4.29 Gibbons The Silver Swan; Fantasia No 2 a 3 (Koninklycke Fantasien)

433 Roger Matton Danse Bresilienne

4.38 Moniuszko Mazurka (Jawnuta); Mazurka; Mountain Dances (Halka)

4.54 Zarzydd Mazurka in G, Op 26

5.00 Wagner Siegfried's Trauermarsch (Gotterdammerung)

5.07 Giovannelli Ah Dolente Partita

5.10 Bernardi Ah Dolente Partita

5.12 Mozart, transcr Petric Adagio and Rondo in C minor, K617 (For a Glass Harmonica)

5.22 Bridge There is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook

5.32 Schubert Am Flusse, D160; Versunken, D175

5.36 Moritz Pavan

5.41 C.P.E. Bach Flute Sonata in E flat, BWV1031

5.53 Rore Datemi Pace

5.56 La Rue O Salutaris Hostia

6.00 Schumann Konzertstuck in F

6.19 Hartmann 6 Fantasiestucke, Op 54

6.35 Caldara Dunque, Giasone Ingrato (Medea in Corintho)

6.50 Sibelius The Oceanides

Jonathan Swain continues the programme with music by Handel, Ockeghem, Biber, Gibbons, Matton, Moniuszko and Zarzycki.

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