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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

11/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Corelli, Forster, Bach, Keleman, Ebner, Grieg, Praetorius, Rodrigo, Weber 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: 11/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 11/05/2008

Including music by Wieniawski, Vivaldi, Sibelius, Mozart, Korngold and Saint-Saens.

Including Wieniawski: Polonaise brillante No 1. Vivaldi: Siam navi all'onde algenti L'olimpiade. Sibelius: Rakastava. Mozart: Symphony No 32 in G. Korngold: Moon you rise again.

Including:

Wieniawski: Polonaise brillante No 1
Vadim Repin (violin)
Alexander Markovitch (piano)

Vivaldi: Siam navi all'onde algenti L'olimpiade
Simone Kermes (soprano)
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (conductor)

Sibelius: Rakastava, Op 14
Helsinki Chamber Orchestra
Leif Segerstam (conductor)

Mozart: Symphony No 32 in G, K318
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Joseph Krips (conductor)

Korngold: Moon you rise again, Op 14 No 3
Linda Finnie (contralto)
BBC Philharmonic
Edward Downes (conductor)

Saint-Saens: Bassoon Sonata in G, Op 168
Ursula Leveux (bassoon)
Ian Brown (piano).

Martin Handley

Music includes:

7.00-8.30: Wieniawski Polonaise Brillante No 1 - Vadim Repin (violin), Alexander Markovitch (piano)
Vivaldi Siam Navi all'Onde Algenti (L'Olimpiade) - Simone Kermes (soprano), Venice Baroque Orchestra, conductor Andrea Marcon
Sibelius Rakastava - Helsinki CO/Leif Segerstam

8.30-10.00: Mozart Symphony No 32 in G, K318 - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Joseph Krips
Kornqold Moon, You Rise Again, Op 14 No 3 - Linda Finnie (contralto), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Edward Downes
Saint-Saens Bassoon Sonata in G, Op 168 - Ursula Leveux, Ian Brown (piano)

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: 11/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Morning, 11/05/2008

Looking at the notion of musical recycling, with music including Britten's Lachrymae.

Iain considers the notion of musical recycling, uncovering music that began life as something else, including Britten's Lachrymae, Webern's Musical Offering and works by Bach.

lain Burnside

Composers started recycling long before the rest of us. lain Burnside digs out works that started life as something else, including Britten's Lachrymae, Webern's musical offering and music by JC Bach . 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: Colin Salmon

Colin Salmon

BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, Colin Salmon

Actor Colin Salmon chooses music by Strauss, Bartok, Miles Davis and Duke Ellington.

Michael Berkeley's guest is actor Colin Salmon, of the James Bond films, who chooses a song by Strauss, a piano piece by Bartok, and jazz pieces by Miles Davis and Duke Ellington.

Michael Berkeley's guest is actor Colin Salmon, who has appeared as M's chief of staff in three James Bond movies, and at one time was tipped to succeed Pierce Brosnan as the first black Bond. On television he has appeared in Prime Suspect, Witness, Soldier and, most recently, in the adaptation of Alexander McCall Smith's The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

Colin is also a musician and passionate about many different types of music. His choices include a song by Richard Strauss, a piano piece by Bartok, Leonard Salzedo's Divertimento for brass ensemble and jazz pieces by Miles Davis, Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington.

Michael Berkeley welcomes actor Colin Salmon , who has appeared as M's chief of staff in three James Bond films. On TV he appeared most recently in The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. 
Colin Salmon is also a musician, and his choices today include a song by Richard Strauss , a piano piece by Bartok, and Leonard Salzedo 's 
Divertimento for brass ensemble, plus jazz pieces by Miles Davis , Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington.

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: Bach in Leipzig

Bach in Leipzig

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Bach in Leipzig

Looking at Bach's time in the German town of Leipzig, where he lived until 1750.

Lucie Skeaping examines Bach's time in the German town of Leipzig, where he remained from 1723 until his death in 1750.

Lucie Skeaping examines Bach's time in the German town of Leipzig, where he remained from 1723 until his death in 1750. After working for Prince Leopold of Anhalt in Cothen, Bach took a substantial drop in salary and public standing to work as Cantor in Leipzig. The role primarily involved teaching at St Thomas's School, but it also meant that Bach was responsible for the music in the German town's four churches.

Bach in Leipzig 
After his time working for Prince Leopold of Anhalt in Cothen, Johann Sebastian Bach took a drop in salary and public standing to work as Cantor in Leipzig. The role primarily involved teaching at 
St Thomas School, but also included responsibility for the music in the four local churches. Lucie Skeaping explores Bach's time in the German town that was his home from 1723 until his death in 1750. Producer Sam Phillips

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: 11/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Requests, 11/05/2008

Comedian and Whose Line Is It Anyway? star Richard Vranch is among the requesters.

Chi-chi Nwanoku's line-up of listener requests includes a guest request from comedian and Whose Line Is It Anyway? star Richard Vranch and Carnival of the Animals with Noel Coward.

Chi-chi Nwanoku's line-up of listener favourites includes Carnival of the Animals with Noel Coward, a blues-tinged concerto for harmonica and orchestra and a guest request from comedian and Whose Line is it Anyway? star Richard Vranch.

Chi-chi Nwanoku presents a weekly pick of listeners' favourites. 
ADDRESS: Radio 3 Requests, BBC Wales, CF5 2YO 
Phone: [number removed] (calls from a landline cost no more than 8p a minute) EMAIL: [address removed]

Choral Evensong

Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: 11/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, 11/05/2008

Live from York Minster on the Feast of Pentecost.

From York Minster on the Feast of Pentecost.

Live from York Minster on the Feast of Pentecost.

Introit: O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit (Tallis)
Responses: Philip Moore
Office Hymn: Come Holy Ghost (Veni Creator)
Psalms: 67, 133 (Hopkins, Garrett)
First Lesson: Joel 2 vv21-32
Canticles: New College Service (Howells)
Second Lesson: Acts 2 vv14-21
Anthem: Veni Creator Spiritus (Lassus)
Homily: Canon Jeremy Fletcher
Final Hymn: Come, thou Holy Spirit (Veni sancte spiritus)
Organ Voluntary: Komm, Gott Schopfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 667 (Bach)

Organist: Philip Moore
Director of the girl choristers: John Scott Whiteley.

Live from York Minster on the Feast of Pentecost. Introit: 0 Lord, Give Thy Holy Spirit (Tallis). Responses: Philip Moore. 
Office Hymn: Come Holy Ghost (Veni Creator). Psalms: 67,133 (Hopkins, Garrett). First Lesson: Joel 2, vv21-32. Canticles: New College Service (Howells). Second Lesson: Acts 2, vv14-21. 
Anthem: Veni Creator Spiritus (Lassus). Homily: Canon Jeremy Fletcher. Final Hymn: Come, 
Thou Holy Spirit (Veni Sancte Spiritus). Organ Voluntary: Komm, Gott Schbpfer , heiliger Geist, BWV667 (Bach). Director of the girl choristers John Scott Whiteley. Organist Philip Moore.

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: Hary Janos

Hary Janos

BBC Radio 3 - Discovering Music, Hary Janos

Looking at Kodaly's suite Hary Janos and profiling the cimbalom, which features in it.

Charles Hazlewood joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra to explore Kodaly's suite Hary Janos and, with Heather Corbett, profiles the cimbalom, Hungary's national instrument.

Charles Hazlewood joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra before an audience at Glasgow's City Halls for an exploration of Kodaly's famous Hary Janos, an orchestral suite that in the 1920s established the composer as a musician of international standing. Considered a Hungarian 'nationalist' work, it tells the story of a figure who singlehandedly saves the country from Napoleon's army.

And cimbalom player Heather Corbett joins Charles for a profile of the cimbalom, Hungary's national instrument and a prominent feature in Hary Janos. They consider the development of the instrument from the traditional folk dulcimer, and look at how composers as diverse as Liszt, Stravinsky and Boulez have written for it.

Charles Hazlewood explores Kodaly's HaryJanos suite with the help of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and joins cimbalom player 
Heather Corbett for a profile of Hungary's national instrument

Choir and Organ

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

The Choir

Choir and Organ: 30/09/2007

30/09/2007

BBC Radio 3 - Choir and Organ, 30/09/2007

Aled Jones takes a choral perspective on Italian composers Rossini, Verdi and Puccini.

Aled Jones takes a choral perspective on Rossini, Verdi and Puccini, and discovers the singing village of Premana, a tiny alpine community with a vibrant tradition of folk-song.

In an all-Italian programme, Aled Jones takes a choral perspective on Rossini, Verdi and Puccini, and discovers the singing village of Premana, a tiny alpine community with a vibrant tradition of folk-song and feasting.

Drama on 3

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

Drama on 3: The Leopard

The Leopard

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Don Fabrizio contemplates his obsolescence amid the social changes of the Risorgimento.

By Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Don Fabrizio, a member of the old Italian aristocracy, contemplates his obsolescence amid the social changes of the Risorgimento.

By Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, and adapted for radio by Michael Hastings.

Don Fabrizio, a member of the old Italian aristocracy, contemplates his obsolescence amidst the great social changes during the Risorgimento of the 19th century. The head of an opulent household in Sicily, he reflects nostalgically on the past as his family grows to maturity and Garibaldi's republican movement puts an end to the feudal system and the traditions of the old bourgeoisie.

Don Fabrizio ...... Stanley Townsend
Princess Stella/Concetta at 70 ...... Julie Legrand
Concetta ...... Claire Price
Angelica ...... Hayley Atwell
Ciccio/Pallavicino/Priest ...... Joseph Alessi
Father Pirrone ...... James Hayes
Francesco/Carlo ...... Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Tancredi ...... Tom Hiddleston
Calogero/Chevalley ...... Anthony O'Donnell
Giovanni ...... Harry McEntire
Angelica at 70 ...... Claire Nielson

Director: Lucy Bailey
Producer: Nicholas Newton.

By Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.

Changes in Sicilian society during the unification of Italy in 1860 are seen through the eyes of an aristocratic family headed by Don Fabrizio, and the stories told by his servants and his confessor.
A new adaptation by Michael Hastings, starring Stanley Townsend and Hayley Atwell.

Sunday Feature

Exploring music, history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature.

In-depth documentaries which explore music, history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature.

Sunday Feature: Herzl from Here

Herzl from Here

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Frances Stonor Saunders discusses Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism.

Frances Stonor Saunders talks to Israeli, Palestinian and other international historians about the life and ideas of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism.

Frances Stonor Saunders talks to Israeli, Palestinian and other international historians about the life and ideas of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism. An Austro-Hungarian journalist, Herzl became the leading spokesman for an independent Jewish state, promoting the movement on an international scale and ultimately securing the creation of Israel in 1948.

In the black-and-white photo that captures the announcement of the creation of the state of Israel in May 1948, a large portrait looms over the table of assembled politicians. It is of Theodor Herzl , a journalist who visited Palestine only once, who spoke only a little Hebrew and who at one time accepted that a temporary Jewish homeland should be in Uganda. Frances Stonor Saunders explores how Herzi became a pioneer of the modern Zionist movement. Producer Matthew Dodd

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: Space

Space

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With readings of works on the theme of space by Whitman, Wordsworth and Douglas Adams.

Miranda Richarson and Tim McMullan read works on the theme of space by Whitman, Wordsworth and Douglas Adams alongside music such as Brian Eno's Apollo and Holst's Planets.

Miranda Richarson and Tim McMullan read works by Walt Whitman, Arthur C Clarke, Wordsworth and Craig Raine, as well as from Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. With music evoking the sound of space, including Brian Eno's Apollo, Holst's The Planets and Frank Sinatra's Fly me to the Moon.

Miranda Richardson and Tim McMullan read works on the theme of space and the galaxy, including pieces by Walt Whitman , Arthur C Clarke , 
Wordsworth and Craig Raine , plus excerpts from 
Douglas Adams 's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

The Early Music Show: Music for Ascension Day

04/05/2008

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 Producer Rebecca Bean

Through the Night: 12/05/2008

12/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 12/05/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces works by Haydn, Handel, Poulenc, Hindemith, Mozart and Glick.

Jonathan Swain introduces music, including Haydn, Goldmark, Handel, Poulenc, Hindemith, Spohr, Liszt, Sibelius, Haydn, Simpson, Britten, Gombert, Scarlatti, Bellini, Bach, Mozart.

With Jonathan Swain.

Including:

Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) 
Goldmark: Overture (Ein Wintermarchen)	
Handel: Three Airs (Vauxhall Gardens)
Poulenc: Concerto for organ, strings and timpani
Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik, Op 24 No 2
Spohr: Duo for violin and viola, Op 13
Dvorak: Polonaise in E flat for orchestra
Paganini: Sonata for violin and guitar, Op 31 (Napoleon)
Liszt: Csardas macabre
Sibelius: Lemminkainen's Return (Lemminkainen Suite, Op 22)
Haydn: Divertimento in G, H IV 4 (London Trio No 4)
Simpson: Prelude and Divisions upon a Ground (The Division Viol)
Britten: Lachrymae (Reflections on a song of John Dowland for viola and strings)
Gombert: Credo a 8
Scarlatti: Sonata in C, K420; Sonata in C, K461
Bellini: Overture (Norma)
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Mozart: Piano Sonata No 10 in C, K330
Glick: Divertimento for string orchestra
Glinka: Capriccio brillante for symphony orchestra on the theme of Jota Aragonese.

With Jonathan Swain. Haydn Die Jahreszeiten 
3.16 Goldmark Overture: Ein Wintermarchen 
3.26 Handel Three Airs from Vauxhall Gardens 
3.38 Poulenc Concerto for organ, strings and timpani 
4.00 H indemith Kleine Kammermusik, Op 24 No 2 
4.14 Spohr Duo for violin and viola, Op 13 (Napoleon) 
4.29 Dvorak Polonaise in E flat for orchestra 435 Paganini Sonata for violin and guitar, Op 314.44 Liszt Csardas Macabre 4.53 Sibelius Lemminkainen's Return 
(Lemminkainen, Op 22) 5.00 Haydn Divertimento in G. H IV4 5.04 Simpson Prelude and Divisions upon a Ground (The Division Viol) 5.12 Britten Lachrymae (Reflections on a Song of John Dowland for viola and strings) 5.26 Gombert Credo a 8 5.41 D Scarlatti 
Keyboard Sonatas: in C, Kk420: in C, Kk4615.49 Bellini Overture: Norma 5.56 Bach Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV10416.10 Mozart Piano Sonata in C. K330 
6.30 Glick Divertimento 6.49 Glinka Capriccio Brillante

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