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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

03/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

John Shea concludes the programme with music by Kabalevsky, Purcell, Barber, Vivaldi, Biber, Sibelius, Chopin, Browne, Faure and Kodaly.

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: 03/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 03/05/2008

Including music by Vivaldi, Mozart, Bach and Mahler.

Including Vivaldi: Trio in C, RV82. Mozart: Sonata in G, K283. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 6. Mahler: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Ruckert-Lieder).

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Music includes: 
7.00-8.00: Vivaldi, arr Romero 
Trio in C. RV82 Pepe Romero (guitar), I Musici Mozart Piano Sonata in G, K283 
Jean-Bernard Pommier 
8.00-9.00: Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV1051 
English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock 
Mahler Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Ruckert-Lieder) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Bruno Walter 
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: Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin

Building a Library: Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin

BBC Radio 3 - CD Review, Building a Library: Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin.

With Andrew McGregor. Including 9.30am Building a Library: Ravel's Le tombeau de Couperin. 10.30am Recent releases of piano concertos. 11.30am Disc of the Week: Bizet: L'Arlesienne.

Building a Library:
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin (piano version) 

Reviewer - Dermot Clinch

First Choice: 
(c/w Pavane pour une infante defunte; Serenade grotesque ; Jeux d'eau ; Valses nobles et sentimentales; La Valse; Gaspard de la nuit ; Menuet antique;Menuet sur le mon d'Haydn; A la maniere de . Bordine; A la maniere de . Chabrier; 
Prelude; Miroirs; Sonatine)
Louis Lortie (piano)
Chandos CHAN10142(2) X (2 CDs, Mid Price)

CD Review BAL Catalogue Data
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Introduced by Andrew McGregor. 
9.30 Building a Library Dermot Clinch compares available recordings of Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin for piano. 
10.30 Ivan Hewett discusses recent releases of some very diverse piano concertos. 
11.30 Disc of the Week 
Bizet L'Arlésienne Les Musiciensdu Louvre, conductor Marc Minkowski www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed]. (calls from landlines 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

Music Matters

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

Music Matters: 03/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, 03/05/2008

With pianists Katia and Marielle Labeque and Belgian conductor Philippe Herreweghe.

Tom Service talks to pianists Katia and Marielle Labeque as well as Belgian conductor Philippe Herreweghe. Plus composer Jonathan Harvey on the complex workings of his compositions.

Tom Service talks to pianists Katia  Labeque and Marielle Labeque , Belgian conductor Philippe Herreweghe explains the importance of his Baroque music group, Collegium Vocale Gent. and Jonathan Harvey explains the complex musical language of his compositional world. Producer Jeremy Evans

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: EBU Concert: Sara Mingardo and Rinaldo Alessandrini

EBU Concert: Sara Mingardo and Rinaldo Alessandrini

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, EBU Concert: Sara Mingardo and Rinaldo Alessandrini

Contralto Sara Mingardo, with Rinaldo Alessandrini perform Italian baroque arias.

EBU Concert: Sara Mingardo and Rinaldo Alessandrini: Lucie Skeaping presents highlights of a concert given at the Vienna Konzerthaus featuring Italian baroque arias.

Lucie Skeaping presents highlights of a concert recorded earlier this year at the Vienna 
Konzerthaus. Contralto Sara Mingardo and harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini perform Italian Baroque arias. Producer Rebecca Bean

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: 03/05/2008

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The Vienna Piano Trio perform Schubert's Piano Trio in E flat at the Wigmore Hall, London.

Another chance to hear last Monday's Lunchtime Concert given by the Vienna Piano Trio at London's Wigmore Hall, featuring Schubert's Piano Trio in E flat, D929.

Another chance to hear Monday's recital from the Wigmore Hall in London. Introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch . Vienna Piano Trio 
Schubert Piano Trio in E flat, D929

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: 03/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - World Routes, 03/05/2008

Highlights from the Darbar Festival, featuring performances by Indian classical musicians.

Jameela Siddiqi presents highlights from the Darbar Festival, with performances from Indian musicians including vocalist Sanjay Subrahmanyan and Irshad Khan playing the surbahar.

Jameela Siddiqi introduces music from the Darbar Festival, which brings Indian classical musicians to Leicester. Including performances by south Indian vocalist Sanjay Subrahmanyan , and Irshad Khan , who plays a solo on the rarely heard surbahar. 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: 03/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Line-Up, 03/05/2008

Claire Martin, Alyn Shipton and Jack Massarik pay tribute to the late Humphrey Lyttelton.

Claire Martin is joined by Alyn Shipton and Jack Massarik to pay tribute to Humphrey Lyttelton who died last week. Plus an exclusive session by the Teak Project.

Presented by Claire Martin. Including a look at the month ahead, with news, views and CDs from journalist Jack Massarick. And Teak Project play exclusively forthis programme. 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: 03/05/2008

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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: Mozart's Die Entfuhurung aus dem Serail

Mozart's Die Entfuhurung aus dem Serail

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Mozart's Die Entfuhurung aus dem Serail

David Robertson conducts Mozart's opera about the clash of cultures between East and West.

Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail: Direct from New York, David Robertson conducts Mozart's opera about the clash of cultures between East and West, set in 18th-century Turkey.

Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail 
Direct from New York, a performance of Mozart's witty exploration of the clash of cultures between East and West, set in 18th-century Turkey. Dark shadows lurk beneath the surface, as the opera also explores the more serious themes of cruelty, slavery and the position of women in society at that time. Mozart Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail  
Chorus and Orchestra of the New York 
Metropolitan Opera, conductor David Robertson RT DIRECT: Mozart's Die Entfuhrung (2 CDs) is available for E9.99 including p&p. Send cheque payable to Selections to: 
[address removed]. Phone [number removed] (national rate), quoting B46-AG960. or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect

Pre-Hear

Companion programme to Hear and Now, offering more of the best new music

Companion programme to Hear and Now, the contemporary music showcase, offering more of the best new music

Pre-Hear: 03/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Pre-Hear, 03/05/2008

The BBC SSO perform Lyell Cresswell's Concerto for Orchestra and String Quartet.

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Kenneth Young perform Lyell Cresswell's Concerto for Orchestra and String Quartet.

Lyell Cresswell Concerto for Orchestra and String Quartet 
New Zealand String Quartet, BBC Scottish 
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Kenneth Young

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: 03/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, 03/05/2008

Alwynne Pritchard presents world premieres by Stoneham, Hughes, Sierra and Kay.

Alwynne Pritchard presents a concert of world premieres performed by New Music Players. Stoneham: Triage. Hughes: Strike Sketches. Sierra: Cicada Shell. Kay: Flux.

Alwynne Pritchard is joined in the studio by composer Ed Hughes to introduce a concert of four world premieres performed by his ensemble New Music Players, conducted by Roger Montgomery. Luke Stoneham Triage (first performance) 
Ed Huqhes Strike Sketches (first performance) Arlene Sierra Cicada Shell (first performance) Alison Kay Flux (first performance) 
Luke Stoneham Mercury in Retrograde Stephen Gutman (piano)

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

Through the Night: 04/05/2008

04/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 04/05/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces works by Berg, Strauss, Debussy, Ravel, Haydn and Mendelssohn.

Including 1.00 Berg, Strauss, Jernefelt, Debussy, Satie. 3.10 Ravel, Clerambault, Brahms, Beethoven, Sibelius. 5.00 Rimsky-Korsakov, Schubert, Mozart, Bach, Haydn, Mendelssohn.

With Jonathan Swain. 
Berg Violin Concerto 1.28 Strauss Sinfonia Domestica 
2.14 Thalberg Air Anglais Varie (Home Sweet Home) 
2.21 Jarnefelt The Sound of Home 2.31 Debussy String Quartet 2.57 Satie Parade (Ballet Réaliste) 
3.10 Ravel Ma Mere L'Oye 3.39 Clerambault Pirame et Tisbe 3.57 Anon, arr Geoff Richards Bailero 
4.00 Brahms Violin Sonata No 2 in A 4.20 Muffat 
Toccata XI 4.28 Beethoven Piano Sonata in G, Op 14 No 2 
4.42 Sibelius Serenade No 2 for violin and orchestra, 
Op 69b 4.51 J Strauss (son) Overture: DerZigeunerbaron 
5.00 Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnole 
5.15 Schubert, orch Webem Six German Dances, D820 
5.25 Lutoslawski Dance Preludes for clarinet and piano 
5.35 Mozart Exsultate, Jubilate, K165 
5.50 Bach Viola da Gamba Sonata No 3 in G minor, BWV1029 6.06 Haydn Cello Concerto in D, H Vllb 2 
6.31 Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 in D (Reformation)

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