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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

13/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Corelli, Arriaga, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Tapkov, Lisinski, Roussel, Schubert, Haydn, Caldara and Bach.

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: 13/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 13/05/2008

Including music by Mozart, Monteverdi, Dvorak, Liszt, Handel and Schubert.

Including Mozart: Serenata notturna in D, K239. Monteverdi: Lamento della ninfa. Dvorak: Legends (Nos 8-10). Liszt: Vallee d'Obermann. Handel: Voglio Tempo. Schubert: An die Musik.

Rob Cowan delves deep into his rucksack for Radio 3's breakfast programme.

Including:

Mozart: Serenata notturna in D, K239
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

Monteverdi: Lamento della ninfa
Il complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis (director)

Dvorak: Legends, Op 59 (Nos 8-10)
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
David Zinman (conductor)

Liszt: Vallee d'Obermann
Alfred Brendel (piano)

Handel: Voglio Tempo
Academia Montis Regalis
Alessandro de Marchi (director)

Schubert: An die Musik, D547
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass-baritone)
Gerald Moore (piano).

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Mozart Serenata Notturna in D, K239 Berlin PO, conductor Herbert von Karajan Monteverdi Lamento della Ninfa 
II Complesso Barocco, director Alan Curtis Dvorak Legends: Nos 8-10 
Rochester PO, conductor David Zinman 
8.30-10.00: Liszt Valleed'Obermann Alfred Brendel (piano) 
Handel Voglio Tempo Academia Montis Regalis, director Alessandro de Marchi 
Schubert An die Musik, D547 Dietrich 
Fischer-Dieskau (bass), Gerald Moore (piano)

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 13/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 13/05/2008

James Jolly introduces works by Wagner, Purcell, Handel, Mingus, Debussy and Schoenberg.

Including Wagner: Forest Murmurs (Siegfried); Siegfried's Funeral Music (Gotterdammerung). Purcell: King Arthur (excerpt). Handel: Total Eclipse (Samson). Mingus: Eclipse.

With James Jolly.

Including:

Wagner: Forest Murmurs (Siegfried); Siegfried's Funeral Music (Gotterdammerung)
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
SHEFFIELD LAB 10043-2-G

Purcell: King Arthur (excerpt from Act 5, Sc 2)
Deller Consort
Deller Choir
The King's Musick
Alfred Deller (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HM 90252

Handel: Total Eclipse (Samson)
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Harry Bicket (conductor)
EMI 3822432

Mingus: Eclipse
Lorraine Cousins (vocal)
Charles Mingus Ensemble
VERVE 8264962

Debussy: Et la lune descend sur la temple qui fut (Images, Set 2)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
AURA AUR 218-2

Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op 21
Christine Schafer (soprano)
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 4576302

Brahms: Symphony No 3 in F, Op 90
Staatskapelle Dresden
Kurt Sanderling (conductor)
RCA 74321178942.

With James Jolly. 
Wagner Forest Murmurs (Siegfried); 
Siegfried's Funeral Music (Gotterdammerung) Los Angeles PO, conductor Erich Leinsdorf 
10.17 Purcell King Arthur (excerpt) Deller Consort, Deller Choir , King's Musick, conductor Alfred Deller 
10.30 Handel Total Eclipse (Samson) 
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor Harry Bicket 
10.34 Mingus Eclipse 
Lorraine Cousins (vocal), Charles Mingus Ensemble 
10.38 Debussy Et la Lune Descend sur la Temple Qui Fut (Images, Set 2) 
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) 
10.45 Schoenberq Pierrot Lunaire 
Christine Schafer (soprano), 
Emsemble Intercontemporain , conductor Pierre Boulez 
11.19 8rahms Symphony No 3 in F 
Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Kurt Sanderling

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: Fryderyk Chopin

Composer of the Week: Fryderyk Chopin: Episode 2: Making an Impact

Episode 2

Episode 2: Making an Impact

Fryderyk Chopin

Making an Impact

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Fryderyk Chopin, Making an Impact

Donald Macleod looks at Chopin's growing reputation and how he collects some celebrity fans including Robert Schumann.

Donald Macleod looks at Chopin's growing reputation and how he collected some celebrity fans including Robert Schumann.

Scherzo No 1 in B minor, Op 20
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)

Variations on La ci darem la mano, Op 2
Emanuel Ax (piano)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Charles Mackerras (conductor)

Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante, Op 22
Artur Rubinstein (piano).

Donald Macleod introduces music and stories from the life of Fryderyk Chopin

Composer of the Week: Chopin

2/5. Making an Impact. Donald Macleod looks at how Chopin's reputation grew. Scherzo No 1 in B minor, Op 20 Nikolai Demidenko (piano) 
Variations on La Ci Darem la Mano 
Emanuel Ax (piano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor Charles Mackerras 
Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante in Eflat, Op 22 Artur Rubinstein (piano) Rptd 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: 13/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 13/05/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features a performance of Beethoven's Violin Sonata in A, Op 30 No 1

Lunchtime Concert: With a performance of Beethoven's Violin Sonata in A, Op 30 No 1. Jansons and Friends: Mariss Jansons conducts works by Weber, Hindemith and Verdi.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Including Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert:

Series of concerts from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, with contributions from the festival's artistic director Marc Neikrug and violinist Benny Kim.

Beethoven: Violin Sonata in A, Op 30 No 1
Benny Kim (violin)
Marc Neikrug (piano)

Arensky: Quartet No 2 for violin, viola and two cellos, Op 35 No 2
Alexander Kerr (violin)
Kirsten Johnson (viola)
Eric Kim, Timothy Eddy (cellos)

Plus Jansons and Friends:

Mariss Jansons conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus performing German music as well as another of Verdi's Four Sacred Pieces.

Weber: Overture (Oberon)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)

Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)

Verdi: Ave Maria
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Mariss Jansons (conductor)

Brahms: Gesang der Parzen
Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)

Hartmann: Symphony (L'oeuvre)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Emilio Pomarico (conductor)

Santa Ratniece: Saline
Latvian Radio Chorus
Sigvards Klava (conductor)

Wagner: Prelude and Good Friday Music (Parsifal)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)

Debussy: Nocturnes
Women from the RIAS Chamber Chorus
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)

Valentin Silvestrov: Diptychon
Latvian Radio Chorus
Sigvards Klava (conductor)

Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor).

With Louise Fryer.
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Kerry Frumkin of American radio station WFMT introduces a series of concerts from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.
Beethoven Violin Sonata in A, Op 30 No 1 Benny Kim, Marc Neikrug (piano)
Arensky String Quartet No 2 in A minor, Op 35 No 2 Alexander Kerr (violin), Kirsten Johnston (viola), Eric Kim and Timothy Eddy (cellos)
2.00 Jansons and Friends
Mariss Jansons conducts his Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in German music.
Weber Overture: Oberon
2.10 Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber Bavarian RSO/Mariss Jansons
2.30 Verdi Ave Maria Bavarian Radio Chorus, conductor Mariss Jansons
2.35 Brahms Gesang der Parzen Bavarian Radio Chorus and SO, conductor Mariss Jansons
2.45 Hartmann Symphony (L'Oeuvre)
Bavarian RSO, conductor Emilio Pomarico
3.10 Santa Ratniece Saline
Latvian Radio Chorus, conductor Sigvards Klava
3.20 Wagner Prelude and Good Friday Music Parsifal Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Bernard Haitink
3.45 Debussy Nocturnes RIAS Chamber Chorus (women's voices), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink
4.10 Valentin Silvestrov Diptychon
Latvian Radio Chorus, conductor Sigvards Klava
4.25 Wagner Prelude and Liebestod: Tristan and Isolde Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink

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: 13/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 13/05/2008

With medieval group Gothic Voices, plus violinist Jennifer Pike and pianist Daniel Tong.

Sean Rafferty presents music and guests from the arts world. With medieval vocal group Gothic Voices and a live performance from violinist Jennifer Pike and pianist Daniel Tong.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Medieval vocal group Gothic Voices sings music from a forthcoming concert at the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music and there is also a live performance from violinist Jennifer Pike and pianist Daniel Tong.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: 13/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 13/05/2008

The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform the world premiere of Tsunami, by Dominic Muldowney.

Petroc Trelawny presents a concert given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with the world premiere of Tsunami by Dominic Muldowney plus a work of his set to the poetry of James Fenton.

Petroc Trelawny presents a concert given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with the world premiere of Tsunami by Dominic Muldowney as well as a work for baritone and orchestra setting the poetry of James Fenton. Muldowney's piece incorporates television footage of the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004, with Olivier award-winning music theatre actor and singer Philip Quast as the soloist.

This is prefaced by two pieces by Vaughan Williams - the war-time Symphony No 6, and an early choral work whose text is derived from a metaphysical text by Walt Whitman. Holst's choral work that follows is based on another mystical text, the Apochrypha, which uses the theme of dance as a divine path to enlightenment.

Philip Quast (baritone)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region; Symphony No 6 in E minor
Dominic Muldowney: Tsunami (RPS commission: world premiere)
Ives: General William Booth enters into Heaven
Holst: The Hymn of Jesus Op 37.

Petroc Trelawny presents a concert by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, featuring the world premiere of Tsunami by Dominic Muldowney.
Philip Quast (baritone), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis.

Vaughan Williams, "Toward the Unknown Region".
Vaughan Williams, Symphony No. 6 in E minor.
Dominic Muldowney, "Tsunami" (RPS commission, first performance).
Charles Ives, "General Booth enters into heaven".
Holst, "The Hymn of Jesus", Op. 37.

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: 13/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 13/05/2008

Playwright Shelagh Stephenson discusses her latest work, The Long Road.

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to playwright Shelagh Stephenson about her latest work, The Long Road, addressing the repercussions of a futile murder. Plus the 2008 Turner Prize shortlist.

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to award-winning playwright Shelagh Stephenson about her latest work, The Long Road, which deals with the repercussions of a pointless murder. Plus a discussion on the shortlist for the 2008 Turner Prize.

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to the award-winning playwright Shelagh Stephenson. Producer Fiona McLean

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: 13/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 13/05/2008

Featuring celebrated organist Gillian Weir, who is heard performing a work by Messiaen.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. The featured artist is celebrated organist, Gillian Weir, who is heard performing Messiaen's Meditations sur le mystere de la Sainte-Trinite.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. The featured artist is celebrated organist Gillian Weir, who is heard performing Messiaen's Meditations sur le mystere de la Sainte-Trinite, in a recording from Arhus Cathedral in Denmark.

Organist Gillian Weir performs music from 
Messiaen's Méditations sur le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité. Presented by Petroc Trelawny .

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.

The Essay: A Beep Heard Around the World

The Essay: A Beep Heard Around the World: Episode 2: A Beep Heard Around the World

Episode 2: A Beep Heard Around the World

A Beep Heard Around the World

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, A Beep Heard Around the World, A Beep Heard Around the WorldClose menu

Zinovy Zinik tried to escape his playground by leaping up to hitch a lift on Sputnik.

Zinovy Zinik tried to escape his playground by leaping in the air to grab a lift on Sputnik.

...World. Four personal essays marking the 50th anniversary in 2007 of Sputnik's launch

Four personal essays marking the 50th anniversary in 2007 of Sputnik's launch, in October 1957, which began the space race

A Beep Heard around the World 
2/4. Russian writer Zinovy Zinik remembers trying to hitch a lift on Sputnik.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 13/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 13/05/2008

With Turkish sounds from Kardes Turkuler and the Taksim Trio and East African ritual music

Verity Sharp introduces Turkish sounds from Kardes Turkuler and the Taksim Trio, witchcraft and ritual music from East Africa and a performance by Ethiopian singer Alemayehu Eshete.

Verity Sharp's late-night selection includes Turkish sounds from Kardes Turkuler and the Taksim Trio.

Through the Night: 14/05/2008

14/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 14/05/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces works by Muffat, Hadyn, Mozart, Holst, Bartok and Telemann.

Jonathan Swain introduces music, including Muffat, Haydn, Mozart, Holst, Bartok, Pizzetti, Schubert, Telemann, Debussy, Arnic, JM Bach, Groneman, Gade, Veracini, Strauss, Arensky.

With Jonathan Swain.

Including:

Muffat: Sonata No 1 in D (Armonico Tributo); Concerto in C
Haydn: Five Pieces (Flotenuhr); Haydn: Concerto in F, H XVIII
Mozart: Introduction and Fugue for organ, K399; Andante fur eine Walze in eine kleine Orgel, K616; 3 Church Sonatas - in G, K274; in F, K244; in C, K336
Holst: The Planets Suite, Op 32
Bartok: Piano Concerto No 3, Sz 119
Pizzetti: Requiem mass for a capella choir
Groneman: Flute Sonata in G
Schubert: Eight Landler, D790
Telemann: Cantata (Unschuld und ein gut Gewissen), TWV I 1440
Debussy: Premiere rapsodie for clarinet and orchestra
Cirigliano: El sonido de la ciudad
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546
Arnic: Overture to the Comic Opera, Op 11
JM Bach: Liebster Jesu, hor mein Flehen
Schumann: Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck
Groneman: Flute Sonata in G
Anon: Strawberry Leaves
Dohnanyi: Symphonic Minutes, Op 36
Schubert, transcr Liszt: Die Forelle, S564
Gade: Ved solnedgang (At Sunset), Op 46
Veracini: Sonata in F for violin and continuo, Op 1 No 12
Strauss: Concerto No 1 in E flat for horn and orchestra, Op 11
Arensky: Suite No 4 for two pianos, Op 62.

With Jonathan Swain. 
Muffat Sonata No 1 in D (Armonico Tributo); Concerto in C Haydn Five Pieces (Flotenuhr); Concerto in F 
Mozart Introduction and Fugue for Organ, KV399; Andante fur eine Walze in eine kleine Orgel, KV616; Church Sonatas: No I in G, KV274; No 2 in F, KV244; No 3 in C, KV336 
2.14 Hoist Suite: The Planets 3.05 Bartok Piano Concerto No 3 3.30 Pizzetti Requiem Mass 3.56 Groneman Flute Sonata in G 4.09 Schubert Eight Landler, D790 
4.17 Telemann Unschuld und ein gut Gewissen, TWV1:1440 
4.30 Debussy Premiere Rapsodie 4.39 Clrigllano El Sonido de la Ciudad 4.52 Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546 5.00 Arnic Overture to the Comic Opera, Op 11 
5.07 JM Bach Liebster Jesu, hormein Flehen 5.14 Schumann Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck 5.23 Groneman Allegro; Andante; Allegro (Flute Sonata in G) 5.37 Anon Strawberry Leaves 5.39 Dohnanyi Symphonic Minutes, Op 36 5.53 Schubert, transcr Liszt Die Forelle, S564 
5.58 Gade Ved solnedgang, Op 46 6.06 Veracini Violin Sonata in F, Op 1 No 12 6.24 Strauss Horn Concerto No 1 in E flat 6.41 Arensky Suite No 4, Op 62

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