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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

14/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Arnic, JM Bach, Schumann, Groneman, Dohnanyi, Schubert, Gade, Veracini, Strauss and Arensky.

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: 14/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 14/05/2008

Including music by Buxtehude, Schubert, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Grieg and Satie.

Including Buxtehude: Prelude. Schubert: Polonaise. Bach: Sinfonia (Cantata No 209 - Non sa che sia dolore). Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture in B minor (Romeo and Juliet).

Including:

Buxtehude: Prelude
Christopher Herrick (organ)

Schubert: Polonaise, D824 No 2
Lili Kraus, Homero de Magalhaes (piano)

Bach: Sinfonia (Cantata No 209 - Non sa che sia dolore)
Irish Baroque Orchestra
Monica Huggett (director)

Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture in B minor (Romeo and Juliet)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Igor Markevitch (conductor)

Grieg, arr Achron: At Home; Puck; Scherzo-Impromptu
Hagai Shaham (violin)
Arnon Erez (piano)

Satie, orch. Milhaud: Jack in the Box
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Abravanel (conductor).

Rob Cowan

Music includes:

7.00-8.30:
Buxtehude Prelude - Christopher Herrick (organ)

Schubert Polonaise, D824 No 2 - Lili Kraus and Homero de Magalhaes (piano)

Bach Sinfonia (Cantata No 209: Non Sa Che Sia Dolore) - Irish Baroque Orchestra, director Monica Huggett

8:30-10.00:
Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet - Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Igor Markevitch

Grieg, arr Achron At Home; Puck; Scherzo-Impromptu - Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano)

Satie, orch Milhaud Jack in the Box - Utah Symphony Orchestra, conductor Maurice Abravanel

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 14/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 14/05/2008

James Jolly introduces works by Ravel, Elgar, Reubke, Berg and Debussy.

Including Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No 2. Elgar: The Music Makers. Reubke: Sonata on the 94th Psalm. Berg: Altenberg Lieder. Debussy: Khamma.

With James Jolly.

Including:

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No 2
SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Celibidache (conductor)
DG  4531942 (3 CDs)

Elgar: The Music Makers, Op 69
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
London Philharmonic Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)
EMI 7472088 (2 CDs)

Reubke: Sonata on the 94th Psalm
Gillian Weir (organ)
PRIORY PRCD 751

Berg: Altenberg Lieder, Op 4
Brigitte Balleys (soprano)
Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
DECCA 4365672

Debussy: Khamma
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 4439342.

With James Jolly. 
Ravel Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No 2 
SWR Stuttgart RSO, conductor Sergiu Celibidache 
10.19 Elgar The Music Makers 
Janet Baker (mezzo), London Philharmonic 
Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Adrian Boult 
10.58 Reubke Sonata on the 94th Psalm Gillian Weir (organ) 
11.22 Berg Altenberg Lieder, Op 4 
Brigitte Balleys (soprano), Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy 
11.35 Debussy Khamma Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly

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 3: Young Love

Episode 3

Episode 3: Young Love

Fryderyk Chopin

Young Love

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Fryderyk Chopin, Young Love

Chopin famously took the writer George Sand as his lover, who was one of many.

Chopin famously took the writer George Sand as his lover, and she became the most important among the various women who played a significant role in his life.

Donald Macleod details how Chopin famously took as a lover the writer George Sand; she became the most important among the various women who played a significant role in his life.

Polonaise brillante in C, Op 3
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
Emanuel Ax (piano)

Etudes, Op 10 (excerpts)
Maurizio Pollini (piano)

Fantaisie in F minor, Op 49
Solomon (piano).

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

Composer of the Week: Chopin

3/5. Young Love. Donald Macleod recalls how 
Chopin famously took the writer George Sand as his lover. She might have been the most important woman in the composer's life, but was by no means the only one. Introduction and Polonaise in C, Op 3 Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax  (piano) Etudes, Op 10 (excerpts) Maurizio Pollini (piano) Fantaisie in F minor, Op 49. Solomon (piano) Repeated 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: 14/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 14/05/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features songs by Hahn and Beethoven's Septet in E flat.

Lunchtime Concert: With a performance of songs by Hahn as well as Beethoven's Septet in E flat, Op 20. Jansons and Friends: Featuring Bruckner's Symphony No 7.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Including Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert:

Highlights from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, with contributions from pianist Bengt Forsberg, the festival's artistic director Marc Neikrug and violinist Pinchas Zukerman.

Reynaldo Hahn: Lyde (Etudes Latines); Quand je fus pris au pavillon; Le plus beau present; L'enamouree; Le printemps
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Bengt Forsberg (piano)

Beethoven: Septet in E flat, Op 20
Michael Rusinek (clarinet)
Julie Landsman (horn)
Nancy Goeres (bassoon)
Pinchas Zukerman (violin)
Jethro Marks (viola)
Amanda Forsyth (cello)
Marji Danilow (bass)

Plus Jansons and Friends:

Series looking at the work of Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons, featuring Bruckner's Symphony No 7 performed by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. This is complemented by a Requiem by the 20th century Italian composer Ildebrando Pizzetti, who was greatly inspired by Verdi.

Verdi: Stabat mater
Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)

Pizzetti: Requiem
Swedish Radio Chorus
Latvian Radio Chorus
Kaspars Putnins (conductor)

Brahms: Nanie; Schicksalslied
Oslo Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (conductor)

Xenakis: Synaphai
Jan Philip Schulze (piano)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Roland Kluttig (conductor)

Penderecki: Stabat mater
Bjorn Gafvert (organ)
Swedish Radio Chorus
Latvian Radio Chorus
Kaspars Putnins (conductor)

Bruckner: Symphony No 7
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor).

With Louise Fryer.
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
More from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, with Kerry Frumkin of American radio station WFMT, pianist Bengt Forsberg, the festival's artistic director Marc Neikrug and violinist Pinchas Zukerman.
Hahn Lyde (Etudes Latines); Quand Je Fus Pris au Pavilion; Le Plus Beau Present; L'Enamouree; Le Printemps Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
Beethoven Septet in E flat, Op 20 Michael Rusinek (clarinet), Nancy Goeres (bassoon), Julie Landsman (horn), Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Jethro Marks (viola), Amanda Forsyth (cello), Marji Danilow (double bass)
2.00 Jansons and Friends
Bruckner's Seventh Symphony is the main work in this afternoon's programme featuring conductor Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Their performance of Verdi's Stabat Mater is complemented by the Requiem by a 20th-century Italian composer who was greatly inspired by Verdi, Ilderbrando Pizzetti.
Verdi Stabat Mater Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mariss Jansons
2.10 Pizzetti Requiem Swedish Radio Chorus, Latvian Radio Chorus, conductor Kaspars Putnins
2.40 Brahms Nanie; Schicksalslied Oslo Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Raphael Fruhbeck de Burgos
3.10 Xenakis Synaphai Jan Philip Schulze (piano), Bavarian RSO, conductor Roland Kluttig
3.20 Penderecki Stabat Mater Swedish Radio Chorus, Latvian Radio Chorus/Kaspars Putnins
3.30 Bruckner Symphony No 7 in E
Bavarian RSO, conductor Mariss Jansons

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: 14/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 14/05/2008

Sean Rafferty speaks to Emmanuelle Haim and Robert Carsen directly from Glyndebourne.

Sean Rafferty speaks to Emmanuelle Haim and Robert Carsen directly from Glyndebourne, ahead of their performances of L'Incoronazione Di Poppea.

Sean Rafferty speaks to pianist Emmanuelle Haim and Robert Carsen from the 2008 Glyndebourne Festival, and also talks to South African pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim, ahead of a performance at the Barbican.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: Vaughan Williams Anniversary Concert

Vaughan Williams Anniversary Concert

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Vaughan Williams Anniversary Concert

A concert given to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams.

A concert given during the 2008 Brighton Festival by the City of London Sinfonia under Richard Hickox to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Petroc Trelawny introduces a concert given during the 2008 Brighton Festival by the City of London Sinfonia under Richard Hickox to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams.

The programme includes the Songs of Travel, in their less well-known orchestral arrangement, and culminates with a performance of the rarely heard music drama Riders to the Sea. The text is based on a tragic one-act play by JM Synge, which centres on a grief-stricken Irish fishing community.

Vaughan Williams: Overture (The Wasps); Toward the Unknown Region; Songs of Travel; Riders to the Sea

With Gerald Finley (baritone), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Matthew Brooke (bass), Sarah Fox (soprano), Gillian Keith (soprano).

Brighton Festival Chorus
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor).

Presented by Petroc Trelawny . As part of the Brighton Festival, the City of London Sinfonia gives a Vaughan Williams anniversary concert under their director Richard Hickox. 
Sarah Fox and Gillian Keith (sopranos), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo), Gerald Finley (baritone), 
Matthew Brooke (bass), Brighton Festival Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps; Toward the Unknown Region; Songs of Travel; Riders to the Sea

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: 14/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 14/05/2008

Author Doris Lessing discusses her new book Alfred and Emily, about her parents' lives.

Paul Allen talks to the Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing about her new book Alfred and Emily, partly a memoir and partly a fictionalised account of her parents' lives.

Paul Allen talks to the Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing about her new book Alfred and Emily, partly a memoir and partly a fictionalised account of her parents' lives. In the fictional part of the book, Lessing imagines the lives they might have lived had World War I never happened, before going on to explore their marriage and the impact it had on a young girl growing up in Africa.

Paul Allen talks to the Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing about her new book, Alfred and Emily. Producer Victoria Shepherd

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: 14/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 14/05/2008

Featuring organist Gillian Weir, who performs Bach's Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. The featured artist is organist Gillian Weir, who performs Bach's Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544, in a recording from the Thomaskirche, Leipzig.

Continuing the focus on organist Gillian Weir , including Bach's Prelude and Fugue in B minor, 
BWV544, recorded at the Thomaskirche, Leipzig. 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 3: A Beep Heard Around the World

Episode 3: 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

News of Sputnik and rock and roll arrived together in South Africa for Christopher Hope.

News of Sputnik and rock and roll arrived in South Africa for Christopher Hope at about the same time. The two have remained fused for him ever since.

...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

3/4. A Beep Heard around the World. News of Sputnik's launch and rock 'n' roll arrived in South 
Africa for Christopher Hope at about the same time.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 14/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 14/05/2008

With tracks from the upcoming album by Taraf de Haidouks plus offerings from Radio Kabul.

Verity Sharp presents a late-night musical mix, including tracks from the forthcoming album by Taraf de Haidouks, offerings from Radio Kabul and a performance by Glenn Gould.

Verity Sharp introduces music from the forthcoming album by Taraf de Haidouks , plus offerings from Radio Kabul and a performance by Glenn Gould.

Through the Night: 15/05/2008

15/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 15/05/2008

Jonathan Swain presents music by Janacek, Kuljeric, Haydn, Mozart, Ravel and Shotakovich.

Jonathan Swain introduces music, including Swider, Papandopulo, Chopin, Janacek, Kuljeric, Haydn, Ravel, Rodrigo, Giuliani, Bajamonti, Wagner, Bach, Scarlatti, Rachmaninov, Ravel.

With Jonathan Swain.

Including:

Swider: Arioso
Caplet: Inscriptions champetres (Notes from the fields)
Kodaly: Two Folk Songs (Zobor)
Janacek: Kaspar Rucky
Papandopulo: Dodolice
Igrec: Exsultet, for female chorus, flute, vibraphone, big drum and harp (premiere)
Chopin: Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 45
Janacek: Varhany (Glagolitic Mass - 7th mvt)
Kuljeric: Croatian Glagolitic Requiem
Haydn: Piano Sonata in D, H XVI 33
Mozart: Kirchen-Sonate in B flat, K 212
Ravel: String Quartet in F
Rodrigo: Concierto Serenata for harp and orchestra
Falla: Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)
Lisinski: Two Mazurkas in E flat; Grand Overture No 7
Giuliani: Six Variations for guitar and violin, Op 81
Bajamonti: Symphony in C
Matusic: Two Croatian Folksongs
Wagner: Sachs monologue (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg)
Anon (17th century): Andante
Parac: Andante amoroso for string quartet
Bach: Oboe d'amore Concerto in A minor, BWV 1055
Scarlatti: Sonata in C, Kk 132
Lisinski: Vecer (Evening), symphonic idyll
Dutsch: Overture (The Croatian Girl)
Rachmaninov: Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Op 36
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op 40
Ravel: La valse.

With Jonathan Swain. 
Swider Arioso 1.05 Caplet Inscriptions Champetres 
1.14 Kodaly Two Folk Songs from Zobor 1.19 Janacek Kaspar Rucky 1.27 Papandopulo Dodolice 1.50 Igrec Exsultet 2.03 Chopin Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 45 
2.09 Janacek Glagolitic Mass (7th mvt) 2.13 Kuljeric Croatian Glagolitic Requiem 3.12 Haydn Piano Sonata in D, H XVI 33 3.26 Mozart Church Sonata in B flat, K212 
3.31 Ravel String Quartet in F 3.59 Rodrigo Concierto Serenata for harp and orchestra 4.21 Falla Ritual Fire Dance (El Amor Brujo) 4.25 Lisinski Two Mazurkas in E flat 4.29 Lisinski Grand Overture No 7 4.44 Giuliani Six Variations for guitar and violin, Op 814.53 Bajamonti Symphony in C 5.00 Matusic Two Croatian Folk Songs 
5.06 Wagner Sachs monologue (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg) 5.12 Anon Andante 5.16 Parac Andante Amoroso for string quartet 5.23 Bach Oboe dAmore Concerto in A minor 5.38 D Scarlatti Sonata in C, Kk132 (Cantabile) 
5.45 Lisinski Vecer - Symphonic Idyll 5.53 Dutsch 
Overture: The Croatian Girl 6.06 Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Op 36 6.25 Shostakovich Cello Sonata, Op 40 6.47 Ravel La Valse

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