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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

22/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Susan Sharpe concludes the programme with music by Geminiani, Lazar, Schierbeck, Hue, Strauss, Vitols, Jarnefelt, Pachelbel, Haydn, Poulenc, Fesch, Papa and Stenhammar.

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: 22/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 22/05/2008

Including works by Victoria, Ravel, Bach, Brahms, Vaughan Williams and Webern.

Including Victoria: Kyrie (Requiem). Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet. Brahms: Variations on a theme of Haydn.

Including:

Victoria: Kyrie (Requiem)
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips (director)

Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet
Mobius

Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C sharp (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Book 2)
Gary Cooper (harpsichord)

Brahms: Variations on a theme of Haydn
Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfmann (pianos)

Vaughan Williams: Silent Noon
Kathleen Ferrier (alto)
Frederick Stone (piano)

Webern: Three short pieces, Op 11
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Alexandre Tharaud (piano).

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Victoria Kyrie (Requiem) Tallis Scholars , director Peter Phillips 
Ravel Introduction and Allegro Mobius 
Bach Prelude and Fugue in C sharp, BWV872 
(Well-Tempered Klavier) Gary Cooper (harpsichord) 
8.30-10.00: Brahms Variations on a theme of Haydn Emanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfmann (pianos) Vaughan Williams Silent Noon 
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano) Webern Three Short Pieces, Op 11 Jean-Guihen Oueyras (cello), Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 22/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 22/05/2008

Including works by Scarlatti, Nielsen, Barber, Spohr, Duparc, Berg, Mendelssohn and Haydn.

Including Scarlatti: Sonata, K53. Nielsen: Til snapsen; Paaske-Liljen. Barber: Piano Concerto. Spohr: Mignon's Lied. Duparc: Romance de Mignon. Berg: Mignon. Brahms: Alto Rhapsody.

With James Jolly.

Including:

Scarlatti: Sonata, K53
Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)

Nielsen: Til snapsen; Paaske-Liljen
Male voices of the Canzone-Koret
Frans Rasmussen (conductor)

Barber: Piano Concerto
John Browning (piano)
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

Spohr: Mignon's Lied
Marjorie Patterson (soprano)
Daniel Sarge (piano)

Duparc: Romance de Mignon
Florence Bonnafous (soprano)
Maciej Pikulski (piano)

Berg: Mignon
Jessye Norman (soprano)
Ann Schein (piano)

Mendelssohn: String Quartet in D, Op 44 No 1
Talich Quartet

Haydn: Symphony No 53 in D (Imperial)
Concentus musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op 53
Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto)
Bavarian Radio Choir and Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor).

With James Jolly. 
D Scarlatti Sonata in D, Kk53 
Christophe Rousset (harpsichord) 
10.05 Nielsen Til S; Paaske-Liljen Canzone-Koret (male voices), conductor Frans Rasmussen 
10.09 Barber Piano Concerto John Browning , Saint Louis SO , conductor Leonard Slatkin 
10.39 Spohr Mignon 's Lied 
Marjorie Patterson (soprano), Daniel Sarge (piano) 
10.42 Duparc Romance de Mignon 
Florence Bonnafous (soprano), Maciej Pikulski (piano) 
10.47 Berg Mignon 
Jessye Norman (soprano), Ann Schein (piano) 
10.49 Mendelssohn String Quartet in D, Op 44 No Talich Quartet 
11.17 Haydn Symphony No 53 in D (Imperial) Vienna Concentus Musicus, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt 
11.44 Brahms Alto Rhapsody , Op 53 
Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Bavarian Radio Choir and Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis

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: Franz Waxman

Composer of the Week: Franz Waxman: Episode 4: Sacred and Profane

Episode 4

Episode 4: Sacred and Profane

Franz Waxman

Sacred and Profane

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Franz Waxman, Sacred and Profane

Looking at some of Waxman's most eclectic works - including a Biblical oratorio.

Donald Macleod looks at some of Waxman's most eclectic works - a sinfonietta written between continents and a Biblical oratorio.

Donald looks at some of Waxman's most eclectic works: a sinfonietta written between continents, a film score based on a book that scandalised America and an epic Biblical oratorio, composed after the tragic death of the composer's wife.

Sinfonietta for string orchestra and timpani
Los Angeles Festival orchestra
Franz Waxman (conductor)

Suite: Peyton Place (arr Patrick Russ)
Camerata Nordica

Joshua: A Dramatic Oratorio for Soloists, Narrator, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (excerpt from Part 1)
Maximilian Schell (narrator)
Rod Gilfry (baritone)
Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano)
Peter Buchi, Patrick Poole (tenor)
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Prague Philharmonia
James Sedares (conductor).

Donald Macleod explores the early life of Hollywood composer Franz Waxman

Composer of the Week: Waxman

4/5. Sacred and Profane. Donald Macleod explores three of Waxman's most eclectic and engaging works: a Sinfonietta written between continents, a film score based on a book that scandalised America, and an epic Biblical oratorio written after the death of Waxman's wife. 
Franz Waxman Sinfonietta for string orchestra and timpani Los Angeles Festival Orchestra, conducted by the composer 
Waxman, arr Russ Suite: Peyton Place Camerata Nordica 
Waxman Joshua : Dramatic Oratorio (Part 1: excerpt) Maximilian Schell (narrator), 
Ann Hallenberg (mezzo), Peter Buchi and Patrick Poole (tenors), Rod Gilfry (baritone), Prague Philharmonic Choir, Prague Philharmonia, conductor James Sedares 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: 22/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 22/05/2008

The Lunchtime Concert features Nachtmusik performing works by Mozart and Haydn.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2007. Nachtmusik perform Mozart and Haydn. Plus Cello Concertos, Variations, and Rhapsodies: Dvorak Cello Concerto.

Presented by Penny Gore.

Including Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2007

Another chance to hear early music chamber ensemble Nachtmusik, led by Eric Hoeprich, in a concert of music by Mozart and Haydn as part of the Bank of Scotland Queen's Hall series from the Edinburgh International Festival 2007.

Mozart, arr Stumpf: Die Zauberflote (excerpts)
Mozart: Selected Duos and Trios from K487, K292 and K410
Haydn: Divertimento in F
Mozart: Serenade in E flat, K375

Plus Cello Concertos, Variations, and Rhapsodies:

Series of performances by the BBC orchestras, with a focus on works for cello and orchestra as well as sets of variations.

Otmar Macha: Variations on a theme and the death of Jan Rychlik
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrusa (conductor)

Martinu: Parables
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrusa (conductor)

Suk: Pohadka - Fairy Tale Suite, Op 16
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrusa (conductor)

Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Sol Gabetta (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Gorecki: Symphony No 3, Op 36 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs)
Susan Bullock (soprano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
David Atherton (conductor).

With Penny Gore.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Edinburgh International Festival 2007
Chamber ensemble Nachtmusik, led by Eric Hoeprich, give a concert of music by Mozart and Haydn as part of the Queen's Hall Series.

Mozart, arr Stumpf Zauberflote (excerpts): 12 Horn Duos, K487 (Nos 1 and 2); Andante (Duo Sonata in B flat, K292); Adagio in F; K410

Haydn Divertimento No 1 in F HII 15

Mozart Wind Serenade in E flat, K375

2.00 Cello Concertos, Variations, and Rhapsodies Otmar Macha Variations on a Theme and the Death of Jan Rychlik

2.20 Martinu Parables

2.40 Suk Fairy Tale Suite: Pohadka, Op 16 - BBCSO, conductor Jakub Hrusa

3.10 Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor - Sol Gabetta, BBC NOW, conductor Thierry Fischer

4.00 Henryk Gorecki Symphony No 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs)
Susan Bullock (soprano), BBC NOW, conductor David Atherton

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: 22/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 22/05/2008

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: 22/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 22/05/2008

Baroque group Ensemble Pierre Robert perform works including Lully's Idylle sur la paix.

Tom Service presents a concert from the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music given by the Ensemble Pierre Robert, featuring works including Lully's Idylle sur la paix.

Tom Service presents the second of two concerts from the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music given by the Ensemble Pierre Robert - a group known for its interpretations of French baroque music. With works occasioned by pauses in Louis XIV's many military campaigns including Lully's Idylle sur la paix and Brossard's Eucharistic prayer for peace, celebrating the joining of Strasbourg to the kingdom of France.

Ensemble Pierre Robert
Frederic Desenclos (director)

Lully: Idylle sur la paix
Brossard: Canticum eucharistum pro pace.

Tom Service presents a concert from the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music given by the Ensemble Pierre Robert , a group known for its refined interpretations of music of the French Baroque. Ensemble Pierre Robert, conductor Frederic Desenclos Lully L'ldylle sur la Paix 
Brossard Canticum Eucharisticum pro Pace

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: 22/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 22/05/2008

Rana Mitter talks to Robert Kagan about his new book on issues facing liberal democracies.

Rana Mitter talks to writer Robert Kagan about his new book The Return of History and the End of Dreams, which debates the issues facing liberal democracies today.

Rana Mitter talks to American writer and neoconservative thinker Robert Kagan about his new book The Return of History and the End of Dreams, which debates the issues facing liberal democracies today.

A key advisor on foreign policy to Republican Party nominee John McCain, Kagan called for regime change in Iraq as far back as 1998 and is a vocal supporter of the war. He argues that it was wrong to assume the end of the Cold War would bring about global liberalism and that instead, the growing might of an autocratic China and Russia, along with the threat from Islamic fundamentalism, has created an ideologically unstable world in which liberal democracies will have to fight for survival and influence.

Also on the programme, critic Gillian Reynolds and writer and broadcaster Tristram Hunt join Rana for a view of a new panoramic cityscape of Liverpool by the artist Ben Johnson. A vast painting three years in the making, the Panorama takes in Liverpool's skyline from a point high above the Mersey.

Rana Mitter talks to the neo-conservative writer Robert Kagan about his new book The Return of History and the End of Dreams. A key adviser on foreign policy to Republican Party nominee John McCain , Kagan called for regime change in Iraq as far back as 1998 and is a vocal supporter of the war. 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: 22/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 22/05/2008

Featuring clarinettist Sabine Meyer, with a recording of Copland's Clarinet Concerto.

With Tom Service. Featuring clarinettist Sabine Meyer, with a recording of Copland's Clarinet Concerto with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ingo Metzmacher.

Tom Service introduces performances by Sabine Meyer. Tonight she plays Copland's Clarinet Concerto with the Bamberg Symphony 
Symphony conducted by Ingo Metzmacher.

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: Robert Graves and the Poetic Myth

The Essay: Robert Graves and the Poetic Myth: Episode 4

Robert Graves and the Poetic Myth

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Robert Graves and the Poetic Myth, Episode 4

Looking at the roles different types of love played in Graves's later work.

Graeme considers the part sexual love, sexless poetic love and marital love all played in Graves's later work.

Writer and broadcaster Graeme Fife explores the work of the poet and novelist Robert Graves. 

Graeme considers the part sexual love, sexless poetic love and marital love all played in Graves's later work.

...Poetic Myth. Graeme Fife on love and the use of myth in the poetry of Robert Graves

Graeme Fife on love and the use of ancient myth in the poetry of Robert Graves

Robert Graves and the Poetic Myth 
4/4. Graeme Fife concludes his recollections of Robert Graves by considering the poet's struggle between different aspects of love.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 22/05/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 22/05/2008

With music including Nordic roots from singer Anders Larrson, choral music by Diego Ortiz.

Verity Sharp presents music including Nordic roots from singer Anders Larrson, choral music from the Spanish Renaissance by Diego Ortiz and tracks from the latest album by Autechre.

Verity Sharp presents music including Nordic roots from singer Anders Larrson, choral music from the Spanish Renaissance by Diego Ortiz and a selection from the latest album by electronic pioneers Autechre.

Nordic roots from singer Anders Larrson and choral music from the Spanish Renaissance by Diego Ortiz. Presented by Verity Sharp.

23/05/2008

Susan Sharpe introduces music, including Beethoven, Schumann, Ravel, Alkan, CPE Bach.

Susan Sharpe introduces music, including Beethoven, Schumann, Ravel, Alkan, CPE Bach, Strauss, Fischer, Poulenc, Marteau, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Hoffmann, Brahms, Enescu and Debussy.

With Susan Sharpe.

Including:

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Symphony No 8 in F, Op 93
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Symphony No 2 in C, Op 61
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): La valse (for two pianos)
Alkan, Charles-Valentin (1813-1888): Grand Duo concertant for violin and piano in F sharp minor, Op 21
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Minuet 1 and 2 in F; Fantasia in D; Andante e sostenuto in G; Presto in C; Fuga a 4 in C, W1 119/7
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Was erblicke ich? (Daphne, Op 82)
Fischer, Johann Caspar Ferdinand (c.1670-1746): 4 Preludes and Fugues
Poulenc, Francis (Jean Marcel) (1899-1963): 7 chansons
Marteau, Henri (1874-1934): Quartet No 3 in C
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): La Campanella
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto in C for sopranino recorder, RV 444
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Violin Sonata in G, K301
Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918): The Bride Arrives
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op 27
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Polonaise for piano in F sharp minor, Op 44.

With Susan Sharpe.

Beethoven Symphony No 8 in F major

1.28 Schumann Symphony No 2 in C

2.04 Ravel La Valse

2.17 Alkan Grand Duo Concertant in F sharp minor, Op 21

2.39 Bach Two Minuets in F; Fantasia in D: Andante e Sostenuto in G; Presto in C; Fuga a 4 in C

2.51 Strauss Was erblicke ich? (Daphne)

3.01 Fischer Four Preludes and Fugues

3.07 Poulenc Sept Chansons

3.20 Marteau Quartet No 3 C

3.59 Liszt La Campanella

4.04 Vivaldi Recorder Concerto in C, RV444

4.14 Mozart Violin Sonata in G, K301

4.30 Kuula The Bride Arrives

4.35 Mendelssohn Overture: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage

4.49 Chopin Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op 44

5.00 Hoffmann Flute Concerto in D

5.20 Brahms Rhapsody in B minor, Op 79 No 1

5.29 Enescu Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op 11 No 1

5.42 Dvorak Silent Woods

5.49 Debussy Suite: Printemps

6.06 Chopin Nocturne in D flat, Op 27 No 2

6.12 Spohr Nonet in F Op 31

6.42 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV1051

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