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

26/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

John Shea concludes the programme with music by Gal, Enescu, Marais, Dufay, Wegelius, Lebedjew, Babou, Tomasi, Kubizek, Part, Geijer and Glinka.

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: 26/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 26/04/2008

Including music by Bach, Strauss, Poulenc and Arnold.

Including Bach: Suite No 1 for Orchestra, BWV1066. Strauss: Die Heiligen drei Konige aus Morgenland. Poulenc: Sonata for flute and piano. Arnold: Four Scottish Dances.

Alistair Appleton

Music includes: 
7.00-8.00: Bach Orchestral Suite No 1 in C, BIWJ066 La Petite Bande, conductor Sigiswaid Kuijken 
Strauss Die Heiligen drei Konige aus Morgenland Soile  Isokoski  (soprano), 
Berlin RSO , conductor Marek Janowski 
8.00-9.00: Poulenc Flute Sonata Patrick Gallois , Lydia Wong (piano) 
Malcolm Arnold Four Scottish Dances LPO conducted by the composer 
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: Josquin: Missa Pange Lingua 

Building a Library: Josquin: Missa Pange Lingua 

BBC Radio 3 - CD Review, Building a Library: Josquin: Missa Pange Lingua

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Josquin's Missa Pange Lingua.

With Andrew McGregor. Including 9.30am Building a Library: Josquin's Missa Pange Lingua. 10.30am Interview: Pianist Paul Lewis 11.30am Disc of the Week: Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1.

Building a Library:
Josquin: Missa Pange Lingua 

Reviewer - Tess Knighton
26th April 2008

Ensemble Clement Janequin, Ensemble Organum, Marcel Peres (director)
Harmonia Mundi - available for download from Tuesday 29th April 2008 
This will be re-issued on HMGold as HMG501239 (CD) in mid-September 2008 

CD Review BAL Catalogue Data
bal.josquin:
bal.josquin.missa.pange.lingua

Introduced by Andrew McGregor. 
9.30 Building a Library Tess Knighton makes a personal recommendation from recordings of the Missa Pange Lingua by Josquin des Prez. 
10.30 A conversation with pianist Paul Lewis as he reaches the end of his Beethoven sonata cycle on CD. 
11.30 Disc of the Week 
Brahms Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Nicholas Angelich , Frankfurt RSO, conductor Paavo Jarvi www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed]. (calls from land lines 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, BBC1, page 651

Friedrich Gulda: Wanderer Between Worlds

31/03/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Friedrich Gulda: Wanderer Between Worlds

A profile of the controversial pianist and composer, presented by Geoffrey Smith.

Wanderer Between Worlds: Geoffrey Smith profiles the controversial pianist and composer, whose spirit of adventure has made him one of classical music's most colourful figures.

Friedrlch Gulda: a WandererBetween Worlds

A profile of the pianist and composer, whose spirit of creativity and adventure enabled him to move just as freely in the world of jazz, pop and rock music. Presented by Geoffrey Smith with contributions from Guida's sons Paul and Rico, his widow Yuko, pianist Paul Badura-Skoda and critic Bryce Morrison. Producer Jeremy Hayes

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: Emilio's Wedding

10/06/2007

Emilio's Wedding

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Emilio's Wedding

Catherine Bott explores Emilio de Cavalieri, famous for writing music for a lavish wedding

Emilio's Wedding: Catherine Bott looks back on the life of Emilio de Cavalieri, famous for co-ordinating the music for one of the most lavish wedding celebrations in history.

Catherine Bott looks at the life and career of composer Emilio de Cavalieri , famous for coordinating the music for one of the most lavish wedding celebrations in history. Producer Chris wines

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: 26/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, 26/04/2008

Baritone Florian Boesch and pianist Burkhard Kehring performing Schubert's Schwanengesang.

Another chance to hear last Monday's Lunchtime Concert at the Wigmore Hall, with baritone Florian Boesch and pianist Burkhard Kehring performing Schubert's Schwanengesang.

Another chance to hear Monday's concert from the Wigmore Hall, introduced by Verity Sharp. 
Florian Boesch (baritone), Burkhard Kehring (piano) Schubert Schwanengesang , D957

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: 26/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - World Routes, 26/04/2008

A concert by Gilberto Gil, introduced by fellow Brazilian singer Monica Vasconcelos.

Monica Vasconcelos presents a performance given at the Barbican by fellow Brazilian Gilberto Gil, one of the iconic Latin American singer-songwriters of the past five decades.

A concert by singer/songwriter Gilberto Gil , given at the Barbican in London in March and introduced by Monica Vasconcelos , a singer in her own right Gil combines his work as a performer with a career as Brazil's Culture Minister. Producer Roger short

Jazz Line-Up

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

Jazz Line-Up: 26/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Line-Up, 26/04/2008

With a preview of the 2008 Cheltenham Jazz Festival and chats with singer Lizz Wright.

Claire Martin previews the 2008 Cheltenham Jazz Festival and chats with singer Lizz Wright about her third album. Plus a section of new and re-released classic jazz CDs.

Claire Martin talks to singer Lizz Wright on the release of her third album. Plus a preview of the 2008 Cheltenham Jazz Festival. 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: 26/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Record Requests, 26/04/2008

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: Donizetti's La fille du regiment

Donizetti's La fille du regiment

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Donizetti's La fille du regiment

French Soprano Natalie Dessay stars in Donizetti's opera about a girl adopted by soldiers.

Donizetti's La fille du regiment: Marco Armiliato conducts soprano Natalie Dessay and tenor Juan Diego Florez in Donizetti's opera about a girl adopted and raised by soldiers.

Margaret Juntwait presents a performance of Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment direct from the New York Metropolitan Opera. including the Met Opera Quiz and backstage interviews with some of the artists. Marie, found abandoned as a baby on the battlefield and then raised by soldiers, is the darling of the regiment. When she turns out to be an aristocrat who must rejoin her family, the troops are dismayed - but so is Marie herself. Donizetti La Fille du Régiment  
Chorus and Orchestra of the New York 
Metropolitan Opera, conductor Marco Armiliato 
RT DIRECT: Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment (2 CDs), with Joan Sutherland. Luciano Pavarotti. and the Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Richard Bonynge , is available for £28.00 incl p&p. Send cheque payable to Selections to: S[address removed]. Phone [number removed] (national rate) quoting B46-Y715, or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: Haydn

Haydn

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Haydn

The Royal String Quartet perform Haydn's String Quartets Nos 1 and 3.

A performance given by The Royal String Quartet of two works by Haydn: String Quartet No 3 in G minor, Op 74 (The Rider); String Quartet No 1 in G, Op 77.

Two Haydn quartets played during the BBCSO's 2007 Gubaidulina Composer Weekend. Royal Quartet 
Haydn String Quartet in G minor, Op 74 No 3 (Rider); String Quartet in G, Op 77 No 1

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: 26/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, 26/04/2008

Ivan Hewett presents music by contemporary British composers.

In a programme of music specially recorded by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Hewett attempts to trace the lines between two generations of British composers.

In a programme of music recorded by the BBCSO, Ivan Hewett attempts to trace the lines between two generations of British composers, and in discussion with Paul Driver , asks whether a shared cultural identity still exists. 
Claire Booth (soprano), BBCSO/Ryan Wigglesworth Ryan Wigglesworth Sternenfall (first performance) Kenneth Hesketh Shimmerwords and Idle Songs Ed Bennett A usland 
John Woolrich The Street of Crocodiles Oliver Knussen Songs; A Sea Interlude (Where the Wild Things Are)

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.

Charles V was undoubtedly the most powerful man in 16th-century Europe. A notable patron of the arts, he employed such musical luminaries as Pierre de la Rue, Thomas Crecquillon and Nicholas Gombert. Catherine Bott traces his life through the music he would have heard and with which he Surrounded himself. Producer Sam Phillips

Through the Night: 27/04/2008

27/04/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 27/04/2008

John Shea introduces music by Tchaikovsky, Rubbra, Bach, Sasnauskas, Part and Geijer.

Including 1.00 Szymanowski, Beethoven, Chopin, Waissel, Elsner. 3.00 Poulenc, Pekiel, Debussy, Weber, Dvorak, Bacewicz. 5.00 Szymanowski, Bach, Chopin, Mozart and Schubert.

With John Shea. Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings, Op48 
1.30 Bruckner Symphony No 7 E 2.30 Rubbra Trio in one movement. Op 68 2.50 Wlllem de Fesch Violin Concerto in E, Op 5 No 6 3.05 Bach Partita No I in B flat. BWV825 125 Sasnauskas Requiem 4.00 Gluck Overture: Iphigeriie en Aulide 4.15 CPE Bach Sonata in A minor. Wq4911 
4.35 Czerny Brilliant Polonaise, Op 296 4.50 Bersa Idila, Op 25b 5.00 Gal Serenade for string orchestra, Op 46 
5.15 Enescu Concert Piece for viola and piano 
5.35 Wegellus Rondo quasi Fantasia 5.45 Lebedjew 
Concerto in one movement in A minor for bass trombone and piano 6.00 Tomasi Horn Concerto 6.15 Arvo Part Nunc Dimittis 6.25 Geijer Piano Quartet in E minor

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