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

04/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programmes with music by Rimsky-Korsakov, Schubert, Lutoslawski, Mozart, Bach, Haydn and Mendelssohn.

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: 04/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 04/05/2008

Including music by Telemann, Beethoven, D'India, Bach, Spohr and Schumann.

Includes Telemann: Quartet in E minor (Tafelmusik). Beethoven: 12 Contredanses. D'India: Crud'Amarilli (Madrigali a cinque voci, Book 1). Bach: Contrapunctus XIX (The Art of Fugue).

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Music includes: 
7.00-8.00: Telemann Quartet in [ minor, TWV43:e/2 (Tafelmusik) Hortus Musicus 
Beethoven 12 Contredanses, WoOI4 Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Manze 
8.00-9.00: D'lndia Crud'Amarilli (Madriqali a cinque voci, Book 1) Les Arts Florissants, director William Christie 
Bach, arr Berio Contrapunctus XIX (Art of Fugue) Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra of Milan, conductor Riccardo Chailly 
9.00-10.00: Spohr Grand Concert Overture in F Swiss Italian Orchestra, conductor Howard Shelley Schumann Introduction and Allegro Appassionato , Op 92 Christian Zacharias (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

Sunday Morning

Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning.

Iain Burnside

Sunday Morning: 04/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Morning, 04/05/2008

With works inspired by the month of May, including Berio's Folk Songs.

Iain explores works inspired by the month of May, including Bartok's Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Berio's Folk Songs and pieces by Vaughan Williams.

lain Burnside

lain Burnside explores a selection of music inspired by the month of May, including Bartok's Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Berio's Folk Songs and works by Vaughan Williams. EMAIL: [address removed]

Private Passions

Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates

Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates, and talk about the influence music has had on their lives

Private Passions: 04/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, 04/05/2008

Physicist Prof Brian Foster chooses music by Brahms, Bruch, Mozart and Prokofiev.

Michael Berkeley's guest is physicist Prof Brian Foster, who chooses violin works by Brahms, Bruch, Mozart and Prokofiev as well as music by Palestrina, Shostakovich and Chet Baker.

Michael Berkeley 's guest is Professor Brian Foster , one of Britain's most distinguished scientists working in the field of particle physics. He is also a violinist, and has teamed up with soloist 
Jack Liebeck to create Superstrings, a performance that uses music to unravel the complex world of particle physics. His choices include a selection of violin works, from the Brahms and Bruch concertos to sonatas by Mozart and Prokofiev, as well as a mass by Palestrina, Shostakovich's Piano Trio, and My Funny Valentine performed by Chet Baker.

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: Music for Ascension Day

Music for Ascension Day

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Music for Ascension Day

Music associated with Ascension Day, including works by Dufay, Biber and Rosenmuller.

Catherine Bott presents a programme of music associated with Ascension Day, which includes works by Dufay, Biber, Rosenmuller and Gibbons.

Catherine Bott presents a programme of music associated with Ascension Day, including works by Dufay, Biber, Rosenmuller and Gibbons. Producer Rebecca Bean

Radio 3 Requests

Weekly pick of music requests from Radio 3 listeners

Radio 3 Requests features a wide breadth of classical works requested by the station's listeners.

The final edition of Radio 3 Requests was broadcast on 1st May 2011.  We can no longer accept new requests.

Radio 3 Requests: 04/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Requests, 04/05/2008

Listeners' requests include music from Austria, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic.

Chi-chi Nwanoku presents listeners' requests, including music from Austria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia written over the course of three centuries.

Music from Austria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia written over the course of three centuries, plus a guest request from the Skampa Quartet. Presented by Chi-chi Nwanoku. ADDRESS: Radio 3 Requests, BBC Wales, CF5 2Y0 
Phone: [number removed] (calls from a landline cost no more than 8p per min) EMAIL: [address removed]

Choral Evensong

Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: 04/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, 04/05/2008

From Durham Cathedral. Organ Prelude: 
Voluntary in A minor (Gibbons). Introit: Grant. 
We Beseech Thee (William Smith ). 
Responses: Byrd. Office Hymn: Aeterne Rex 
Altissime (Plainsong). Psalms: 47,93 (Marsh, Monk). First Lesson: 2 Samuel 23, vv1-5. Canticles: 
The Fourth Service (Batten). Second Lesson: 
Ephesians 1, vv15-23. Anthems: 0 God, the King of Glory (Gibbons) If Ye Love Me (Tallis). Final Hymn: How Shall I Sing That Majesty (Third Mode 
Melody). Organ Voluntary: Fantasia of four parts (Gibbons). Master of the choristers and organist James Lancelot. Sub-organist Keith Wright.

Discovering Music

Programme which examines a different piece of music each week

Programme which examines a different piece of music each week, looking at the musical form or the composer's style, and exploring the many things contributing to the overall experience

Discovering Music: Gershwin's Piano Concerto

Gershwin's Piano Concerto

BBC Radio 3 - Discovering Music, Gershwin's Piano Concerto

Charles Hazlewood and pianist Joanna MacGregor explore Gershwin's Piano Concerto.

Gershwin's Piano Concerto: Charles Hazlewood is joined by pianist Joanna MacGregor and the BBC Concert Orchestra for an exploration of Gershwin's celebrated Piano Concerto.

Fresh from the success of Rhapsody in Blue and with his shows running on Broadway, Gershwin produced a fully fledged piano concerto. Charles Haziewood is joined by pianist Joanna MacGregor and the BBC Concert Orchestra to explore one of Gershwin's first concert masterpieces.

Choir and Organ

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an irresistible mix of music and singing.

The Choir

Choir and Organ: 04/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Choir and Organ, 04/05/2008

Aled Jones presents a selection of music written in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus.

Aled Jones presents music written to honour Mary, mother of Jesus. With works including a Regina coeli by Mozart and a Stabat mater by Nystedt and a Magnificat by Monteverdi.

Aled Jones introduces music written in honour of Mary, Mother of Jesus, including a Regina Caeli by Mozart, and a Stabat Mater by Knut Nystedt , plus Magnificats by Monteverdi and Jacques Loussier.

Drama on 3

Series of drama performances, ranging from experimental works to the Classics

Drama on 3: Othello

Othello

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A production from London's Donmar Warehouse, with Chiwetel Ejiofor in the title role.

Othello, by William Shakespeare: A production from London's Donmar Warehouse, with an award winning performance by Chiwetel Ejiofor in the title role as the jealous Moor Othello.

The Donmar Warehouse production of Othello, directed by Michael Grandage, with Chiwetel Ejiofor in the title role and Ewan McGregor as Iago.
Ejiofor received particular acclaim for his portrayal of a leader consumed by jealousy, winning Best Actor in the Olivier Awards and Critics Circle Award for Best Shakespearian Performance.
Produced for radio by Penny Leicester, with music by Adam Cork.
Producer Nicolas Soames

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Words and Music

A journey of discovery, weaving music with poetry and prose read by leading actors.

A weekly journey of discovery, weaving together a range of music with poetry and prose read by leading actors.

Words and Music: 04/05/2008

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Alison Steadman and Timothy West read verse on a culinary theme. With music by Schubert.

Alison Steadman and Timothy West read verse on a culinary theme, with poetry by WH Auden, Tony Harrison and Carol Ann Duffy alongside music from Schubert, Binchois and Fats Waller.

With Alison Steadman and Timothy West reading a selection of verse on the theme of food and drink.

Producers Notes

This edition of Words and Music is about Food. Mussels, Chocolates, Anchovies, Peaches, Whipped Cream, Oysters, Trout, Pies and Eggs are just some of the ingredients.

Alison Steadman reads Moules a la Mariniere by Elizabeth Garrett, Mushrooms by Sylvia Plath and Blackberry-picking by Seamus Heaney. 

Timothy West's poems include Hillaire Belloc's On Food, Elizabeth Bishop's The Fish and Ben Jonson's Inviting a Friend to Supper. 

Interwoven with the poetry is music such as Schubert's Trout Quintet, the chorus in Strauss' Die Fledermaus where the guests look forward to supper, and Biber's Mensa Sonora (music suitable to accompany aristocratic dining) 

There's the "Rice aria" from Rossini's Tancredi, which the food loving composer apparently composed whilst waiting for his risotto to cook and Nellie Melba, the soprano who gave her name to the Peach Melba, sings the Melba Waltz. 

Plus popular food music by Fats Waller (Hold Tight I Want Some Seafood Mama), The Beatles (Savoy Truffle) and Bob Dylan (Country Pie).

Perhaps the most peculiar choice is a medieval song about eggs

Tim Prosser (producer)

Details of readings and music

JOHANN HERMANN SCHEIN
Allemande from Banchetto Musicale No 2 in D
Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall
Tr 10 CDC 7492242

JOHN UPDIKE
Food
Alison Steadman (reader)

JOHANN STRAUSS II
A Supper-party's in store for us tonight
Die Fledermaus
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
Herbert von Karajan
CD 2 tr 1 EMI 5670742

BEN JONSON
Inviting a Friend to Supper
Timothy West (reader)

HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ VON BIBER
Mensa Sonora (music suitable to accompany aristocratic dining)
The Purcell Quartet
Tr 4 Chandos 0748

ANON
Peas
Alison Steadman (reader)

NABOKOV
A Literary Dinner
Timothy West (reader)

HOLD TIGHT (I WANT SOME SEAFOOD MAMA)
Fats Waller

SEAMUS HEANEY
Blackberry-picking
Alison Steadman (reader)

MATTHIAS GREITER
Von Eyren (On Eggs - goose eggs, ducks' eggs, crabs' eggs, pigeon's eggs.)
The Orlando Consort
Tr 20 HMU 907314

ELIZABETH GARRETT
The Fish
Timothy West (reader)

FRANZ SCHUBERT
Andantino from The Trout Quintet in A (Op.114)
Alfred Brendel and the Cleveland Quartet
Tr 4 Philips 420 907 2

SYLVIA PLATH
Mushrooms
Alison Steadman (reader)

ERIK SATIE
Last movement from 3 Pieces of Pear
Dominique Merlet and Jean-Pierre Armengaud (pianos)
Tr 17 MAN 4882

LOUIS SIMPSON
Chocolates
Timothy West (reader)

GEORGE HARRISON
Savoy Truffle (from the White Album)
The Beatles
CD 2 tr 10 CDS 746443 8

CAROL ANN DUFFY
Chocs
Alison Steadman (reader)

TCHAIKOVSKY
Chocolate (Spanish Dance)
The London Philharmonic, Mariss Jansons
CD 2 tr 3 CDS 7546002

WALLACE STEVENS
A Dish of Peaches in Russia
Timothy West (reader)

ARDITI
Se saran rose (The Melba Waltz)
Nellie Melba (soprano) 
Tr 16 Naxos 8 110335

HILAIRE BELLOC
On Food 
Timothy West (reader)

ROSSINI
Anchovies (from the Quatre Hors-D'Oeuvre)
Lorenzo Bavaj (piano)
Tr 6 GB 50122

RUTH PITTER
Damson Boy
Alison Steadman (reader)

BOB DYLAN
Country Pie

SEAMUS HEANEY
Oysters
Timothy West (reader)

TELEMANN 
Tafelmusic (Table Music) 
Conclusion in D major
Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel

ELIZABETH GARRETT
Moules a la Mariniere
Alison Steadman (reader)

ROSSINI
Di tanti palpiti (Rice Aria from Tancredi)
Vesselina Kasarova (soprano) 
Munich Radio Orchestra, Roberto Abbado
Tr 6 RCA 09026 683492

CZESLAW MILOSZ
The Dining Room
Timothy West (reader)

SAINT-SAENS
The Wedding Cake Waltz
Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn
Tr 4 EMI CDC 797572

CHRISTOPHER SMART
Epistle to Mrs Tyler
Timothy West (reader)

ANON
Si quis amat (A medieval round on table manners)
The Orlando Consort
Tr 7 HMU 907314

OSIP MANDELSTROM
Ice Cream
Alison Steadman (reader)

RICHARD STRAUSS
Dance of the Small Pralines from Schlagobers (Whipped Cream)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi
Tr 7 CHAN 9606

In an edition devoted to works on the theme of food and drink, Alison Steadman reads a selection of culinary verse, including Moules a la Marinière by Elizabeth Garrett , Since by WH Auden and Chocs by Carol Ann Duffy. Timothy West also feasts on Tony Harrison 'sA Kumquat for John Keats , Hillaire Belloc 's On Food and Elizabeth Bishop 's The Fish. With music by Schubert, Binchois and Fats Waller.

The Early Music Show: Rachel Podger

27/04/2008

Rachel Podger

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Rachel Podger

Violinist Rachel Podger discusses her career and her relationship with the baroque violin.

Rachel Podger: Lucie Skeaping meets violinist Rachel Podger, who reflects on her highly successful career to date and her relationship with the baroque violin.

Lucie Skeaping meets English violinist Rachel Podger , who reflects on her career to date. Producer Chris Wines

Through the Night: 05/05/2008

05/05/2008

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

Jonathan Swain introduces works by Dvorak, Satie, Chausson, Sibelius, Cimarosa and Haydn.

Including 1.00 Dvorak, Satie, Pfitzner, Palestrina. 2.59 Chausson, Mozart, Sibelius, Kuffner. 5.00 Brahms, Scriabin, Vivaldi, Buxtehude, Caldara, Cimarosa, Tabakova, Haydn, Alfven.

Presented by Jonathan Swain. DvorakStabat Mater Op 58 
2.26 Satie La Belle Excentrique (Fantaisie Serieuse) 
2.34 Pfitzner Symphony No 2 in C, Op 46 2.53 Palestrina Stabat Mater 2.59 Chausson Concerto in D for violin, piano and string quartet, Op 213.42 Vierne Berceuse 
(sur les paroles classiques) 3.47 Mozart Three Marches, K408 4.00 Parac Guitar Trio 4.06 Kornqold Aria: Mein Sehnen, mein Wahnen (Die tote Stadt: Act 2) 4.11 Sibelius Pensées Lyriques, Op 40 4.30 Geminiani Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 3 No 2 4.39 Kuffner Clarinet Quintet in B flat, Op 32 4.50 Tobias Sonatina No 2 in C minor 5.00 Brahms, orch Schmelinq Hungarian Dance No 15.03 Weill Saga of Jenny (Lady in the Dark) 5.08 Scriabin Nocturne for the left hand, Op 9 No 2 5.15 Vivaldi Recorder Concerto in C minor, RV441526 Pallasz Epitafium 534 Schein Canzon a 5 in A minor: Corollarium (Banchetto Musicale) 5.39 Buxtehude Prelude and Fugue in G minor 548 Massenet 
Méditation (Thais) 5.53 Caldara Stabat Mater 5.58 Anon 16th century Brantes 6.00 Sibelius Six Impromptus, Op 5 
6.17 Cimarosa, arr Benjamin Oboe Concerto, arr for trumpet 6.28 Tabakova Pirin 6.37 Haydn Piano Sonata in C, HXV1 35 6.49 Alfven A Boat with Flowers, Op 44

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