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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

24/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

John Shea concludes the programme with music by Mozart, Pergolesi, Myslivecek, Bach, Haydn, Gluck, Naujalis, Dohnanyi, Beethoven, Mozart and Telemann.

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: 24/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 24/04/2008

Including music by Biber, Bruckner, Mussorgsky, Bach, Purcell and Haydn.

Including Biber: Sonata a 7 in D for 6 trumpets and timpani. Bruckner: Pange lingua. Mussorgsky ed. Rimsky-Korsakov: A Night on the Bare Mountain. Bach: French Suite No 4.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Biber Sonata a 7 in D for six trumpets and timpani Vienna Concentus Musicus, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt Bruckner Pange L ingua 
Polyphony, conductor Stephen Layton Musorgsky, arr Rimsky-Korsakov Night on the Bare Mountain Oslo PO, conductor Mariss Jansons 
8.30-10.00: Bach French Suite No 4, BWV815 Angela Hewitt (piano) 
Purcell Rejoice in the LordAlway (Bell Anthem) James Bowman (countertenor), Charles Daniels 
(tenor), Michael George (bass), the King's Consort, director Robert King 
Haydn Symphony No 94 in G (Surprise) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 24/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 24/04/2008

Sarah Walker introduces works by Liszt, Chopin, Smyth, Leoncavallo and Mozart.

Including Liszt: Les Preludes. Chopin: Nocturne in F, Op 15 No 1. Smyth: Concerto for violin, horn and orchestra. Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci (excerpt). Mozart: Symphony No 41 in C.

Presented by Sarah Walker. Liszt Les Préludes 
New SO of London, conductor Adrian Boult 
10.17 Chopin Nocturne in F, Op 15 No 1 Artur Rubinstein (piano) 
10.22 Smyth Concerto for violin, horn and orchestra Saschko Gawriloff , Marie Luise Neunecker, North German Radio PO, conductor Uri Mayer 
10.50 Leoncavallo Pagliacci (conclusion) 
Maria Callas (soprano), Nicola Monti and Giuseppe di Stefano (tenors), Tito Gobbi and Rolando Panerai (baritones), Milan La Scala Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Tullio Serafin 
11.09 Performances given at Carnegie Hall by Guido Cantelli , Vladimir Horowitz and Benny Goodman. 
11.22 Mozart Symphony No 41 in C, K551 Tafelmusik, conductor Bruno Weil

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: Antonio Vivaldi

Composer of the Week: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): Episode 4

Episode 4

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Episode 4

Exploring Vivaldi's friendship with German violinist Johann Georg Pisendel.

Donald Macleod explores Vivaldi's friendship with German violinist Johann Georg Pisendel and the discovery of much of his music in a Dresden library.

Donald Macleod explores Vivaldi's friendship with the German violinist Johann Georg Pisendel and discovers why so much of the Italian composer's music eventually came to light in a library in Dresden.

Concerto in F for violin, two oboes, two horns, bassoon, strings and basso continuo, RV 571
Giovanni Guglielmo (violin)
L'Arte dell'Arco
Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 05472 77501 2, Trs 16-18 

Sonata in G minor for violin and continuo, RV 26
Fabio Biondi (violin)
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)
Maurizio Naddeo (cello)
Opus 111 OPS 30-154, Trs 1-5

Nisi Dominus, RV 803
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo-soprano)
Hilary Summers (contralto)
The King's Consort
Robert King (conductor)
Hyperion CDS44181, Trs 13-20 

Concerto in G minor for violin, two recorders, two oboes, bassoon, strings and basso continuo,  RV 577 (for the orchestra of Dresden)
Peter Hanson (violin)
Peter Holtslag, Catherine Latham (recorders)
Paul Goodwin, Lorraine Wood (oboes)
Alberto Grazzi (bassoon)
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (conductor)
Archiv 445 839-2, Trs 13-15.

Composer of the Week: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Donald Macleod explores Vivaldi's large and little-heard musical catalogue

Donald Macleod explores Vivaldi's large and little-heard musical catalogue, revealing an energetic and diverse composer

Composer of the Week: Vivaldi

4/5. Donald Macleod explores Vivaldi's friendship with German violinist Johann Georg Pisendel and discovers why so much of the Italian composer's music eventually came to light in a library in Dresden. Violin Concerto in F RV571 Giovanni Guglielmo , 
L'Arte Dell'Arco, conductor Christopher Hogwood Violin Sonata in G minor, RV26 Fabio Biondi , Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord), Maurizio Naddeo (cello) Nisi Dominus, RV803 Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo), Hilary Summers 
(contralto), King's Consort, conductor Robert King Concerto in G minor, RV 577 (For the Orchestra of Dresden) Peter Hanson (violin), Peter Holtslag and Catherine Latham (recorders), Paul Goodwin and Lorraine Wood (oboes), Alberto Grazzi (bassoon), English Concert, conductor Trevor Pinnock 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: 24/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 24/04/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features the Artemis Quartet performing works by Bach and Beethoven.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: LSO St Luke's Bach Plus. The Artemis Quartet perform works by Bach and Beethoven. 2.00pm St Petersburg: Includes Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony.

Introduced by Penny Gore . 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
3/4. A concert given at LSO St Luke's in London in the autumn of 2004 and first broadcast in 2005. Artemis Quartet 
Bach Contrapunctus No 11 (The Art of Fugue, BWV1080) 
Beethoven String Quartet in B flat, Op 130 (version with Grosse Fuge in B flat, Op 133, as finale) 
2.00 St Petersburg 
Musorgsky Boris Godunov (Prologue; Acts land2)  
Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Daniele Gatti 
Shostakovich Symphony No 7 (Leningrad) Finnish RSO, conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev

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: 24/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 24/04/2008

With musical news and guests including the Rautio Piano Trio and the ensemble Counterpoise

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Featuring the Rautio Piano Trio and the newly formed ensemble Counterpoise.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: 24/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 24/04/2008

The New York Philharmonic perform Elgar's Violion Concerto and Copland's Symphony No 3.

Tom Service presents the first of two concerts given by the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center. With Elgar's Violin Concerto and Copland's Symphony No 3.

rTom Service presents a concert recorded in New York's Lincoln Center. 
_ Pinchas Zukerman (violin), 
New York PO, conductor Michael Christie Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor Copland Symphony No 3

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: 24/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 24/04/2008

A discussion on the British fashion for 'Chinese Style' in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Rana Mitter and guests discuss the British fashion for 'Chinese Style' in the 17th and 18th centuries, as displayed in a new exhibition in Brighton.

Rana Mitter and guests visit Chinese Whispers - the exhibition at Brighton Royal Pavilion devoted to the British fashion for Chinoiserie in furniture, ceramics, silver and textiles from the late 17th century onwards. Producer Anthony Denselow

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: 24/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 24/04/2008

Featuring Natalie Dessay, who sings in works by Stravinsky and Saint-Saens.

With Tom Service. The featured artist is soprano Natalie Dessay, who sings the role of a nightingale in works by Stravinsky and Saint-Saens.

Soprano Natalie Dessay performs, as a nightingale, in works by Stravinsky and Saint-Saens.

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: Raising My Voice

The Essay: Raising My Voice: Episode 4

Raising My Voice

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Raising My Voice, Episode 4Close menu

Tracey Britton has painted through mental problems and resists the label 'mentally ill'.

Raising My Voice: Series looking at mental health and creativity. 4/4: Tracey Britton has painted through episodes of severe mental dysfunction and resists the label 'mentally ill'.

The Essay: Raising My Voice

Four artists consider the impact of mental health problems on their creativity

Four artists working in a variety of fields consider the impact of mental health problems on their creativity

Raising My Voice 
4/4. Four artists working in a variety of fields consider the impact on their creativity of challenging mental health problems.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 24/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 24/04/2008

With songs from Peru, Turkey and Australia as well as medieval choral music from Finland.

Verity Sharp presents an eclectic musical selection, including songs from Peru, Turkey and Australia, medieval choral music from Finland, a Japanese koto solo and Venezuelan harps.

Verity Sharp presents an eclectic musical selection, including songs from Peru, Turkey and Australia.

Through the Night: 25/04/2008

25/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 25/04/2008

John Shea introduces works by Handel, Czerny, Mozart, Couperin, Vivaldi and JE Bach.

Including 1.00 Handel, Shostakovich, Czerny. 2.54 Mozart, Rinck, Beethoven. 5.00 Borodin, Couperin, Fodor, JE Bach.

With John Shea. 
Handel Concerto Grosso in D. Op 6 No 5 1.16 Britten 
Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge 1.41 Shostakovich Chamber Symphony 2.05 Czerny Piano Sonata No 9 in B minor, Op 145 2.38 Zelenka Capriccio in F 2.54 Mozart Davidde Penitente , K469 3.42 Rinck Nine 
Variations and Finale on Ah, Vous Dirai-Je , Maman, Op 90 
4.00 Remenyi Auction, Ping Pong (Seven Children's 
Choruses) 4.04 Kodaly Psalm 150 4.06 Tournier Vers la Source dans le Bois 4.11 Folquet de Marseille Flores sur Tant M'abellis I'Amoros Pessamens 4.16 
Hassler Canzon Duodecimi ToniaS 4.21 Marais Caprice ou Sonate (Pieces de Viole, Quatrième Livre); La Reveuse (Pieces a une et a Trois Violes, Quatrième Livre) 4.32 Nonnan 
Two Songs 4.36 Beethoven, arr Duczmal Grosse Fuge in B flat, Op 133 4.53 Hasse Overture: Arminio 5.00 Borodin Overture: Prince Igor 5.11 Frescobaldi Canzon Terza a 2 (Canzoni da Sonare) 5.15 Couperin Pièces de Clavecin: Les Barricades Mystérieuses (Ordre No 6); 
Soeur Monique ; Musette de Taverni (Ordre No 15) 5.25 Vivaldi  Concerto in D, RV564 5.36 Holten Nordisk Suites 
5.47 Djourov Piano Sonata 5.55 Tomasi Trumpet Concerto (2nd mvt) 6.00 Pacius Violin Concerto in F sharp minor 6.21 Fodor Sonata in F sharp minor, 
Op 22 No 2 6.36 JE Bach Ode on the 77th Psalm (Das Vertrauen der Christen aufCott) 6.54 Berlioz Rakoczy March - Marche Hongroise (La Damnation de Faust)

John Shea continues the programme with music by Remenyi, Kodaly, Tournier, Folquet de Marseille, Hassler, Marais, Norman, Beethoven and Hasse.

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