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Continuous broadcast of concert music and opera, recorded from locations throughout Europe

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23/06/2008

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Susan Sharpe concludes the programme with music by Grieg, Moniuszko, Eccles, Mozart, Doppler, Beethoven, Handel, Weber, Brahms, Debussy and Bach.

With Susan Sharpe.

5.00am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Two Elegiac Melodies for string orchestra, Op 34
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

5.09am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872), arr Wiechowicz and Mazynski: Four Choral Songs
Polish Radio Choir
Marek Kluza (director)

5.17am
Eccles, Henry (?1675-?1745): Sonata
Gary Karr (double bass)
Harmon Lewis (piano)

5.26am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No 23 in D, K181
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Marko Munih (conductor)

5.37am
Doppler, Franz (1821-1883): Andante and Rondo for two flutes and piano, Op 25
Karolina Santl-Zupan, Matej Zupan (flute)
Dijana Tanovic (piano)

5.47am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Adagio (Trio in B flat for clarinet (or violin), cello and piano, Op 11
Beaux Arts Trio

5.53am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Si l'infida consorte; Confusa si miri - Bertarido's recitative and aria (Rodelinda, regina de Longobardi, Act 1)
Matthew White (countertenor)
Arte dei Suonatori
Eduardo Lopez (conductor)

5.59am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Sonatina, Romance and Menuet (Six petites pieces faciles for piano duet, Op 3 Nos 1, 2 and 3)
Antra Viksne, Normunds Viksne (piano duet)

6.06am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op 56a
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle (conductor)

6.26am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Images, Book 2
Roger Woodward (piano)

6.39am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Orchestral Suite No 1 in C, BWV 1066
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.

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: 23/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 23/06/2008

Including music by Glazunov, Liszt, Poulenc, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn and Sibelius.

Including Glazunov: Triumphal March. Liszt: Petrarch Sonnet No 123. Poulenc: Salve Regina. Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien. Mendelssohn: Variations Serieuses. Sibelius: Rakastava.

Including:

Glazunov: Triumphal March, Op 40
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

Liszt: Petrarch Sonnet No 123
Earl Wild (piano)

Poulenc: Salve Regina
Groupe Vocal de France
John Alldis (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Op 45
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Kiril Kondrashin (conductor)

Mendelssohn: Variations Serieuses, Op 54
Alfred Brendel (piano)

Sibelius: Rakastava, Op 14
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor).

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Glazunov Triumphal March, Op 40 USSR Symphony Orchestra, conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov Liszt Petrarch Sonnet No 123 Earl Wild (piano) 
Poulenc Salve Regina 
Groupe Vocal de France, conductor John Alldis 
8.30-10.00: Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien , Op 45 RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, conductor Kirill Kondrashin 
Mendelssohn Variations Serieuses, Op 54 Alfred Brendel (piano) 
Sibelius Rakastava , Op 14 
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 23/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 23/06/2008

Including music by Copland, Gesualdo, Haydn, Brahms, Lili Boulanger and Borodin.

With Copland: Symphony for organ and orchestra. Gesualdo: Responsories I-III (Tenebrae). Haydn: String Quartet in F minor. Brahms: 7 Waltzes. Boulanger: Vieille priere bouddhique.

With James Jolly.

Including:

Copland: Symphony for organ and orchestra
E Power Biggs (organ)
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
SONY SMK 63155

Gesualdo: Feria V; Responsories I-III (Tenebrae)
Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hillier (conductor)
ECM NEW SERIES 843 867-2 (2 CDs)

Haydn: String Quartet in F minor, Op 55, No 2
The Lindsays
ASV CDDCA906

Brahms: 7 Waltzes, Op 39
Dinu Lipatti, Nadia Boulanger (piano duet)
PHILIPS 456 892-2 (2 CDs)

Lili Boulanger: Vieille priere bouddhique
Julian Podger (tenor)
The Monteverdi Choir
London Symphony Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
DG 463 789-2

Borodin: Symphony No 2 in B minor
The Building a Library recommendation.

With James Jolly. 
Copland Symphony for Organ and Orchestra 
E Power Biggs, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein 
10.26 Gesualdo Tenebrae Responses 
Hilliard Ensemble, conductor Paul Hillier 
10.40 Haydn String Quartet in F minor, Op 55 No 2 The Lindsays 
11.05 Brahms Seven Waltzes, 0p39 
Dinu Lipatti and Nadia Boulanger (piano duet) 
11.14 Lili Boulanger Vieille Prière Bouddhique Julian Podger (tenor), Monteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, conductor John  Eliot 
Gardiner 11.24 Borodin Symphony No 2 in B minor As recommended in Saturday's CD Review.

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 Liszt

Composer of the Week: Franz Liszt: Episode 1: Liszt the Virtuoso

Episode 1

Episode 1: Liszt the Virtuoso

Franz Liszt

Liszt the Virtuoso

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Franz Liszt, Liszt the Virtuoso

Donald Macleod surveys the range of Liszt's piano music.

Donald Macleod surveys the range of Liszt's piano music, from the Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 to the work which Wagner called 'great, lovable, deep, and noble' - the Sonata in B minor.

Donald Macleod surveys the range of Liszt's piano music, from the Second Hungarian Rhapsody to the work which Wagner called 'great, lovable, deep, and noble' - the Sonata in B minor.

Preludio No 1 in (Douze etudes d'execution transcendante, S139)
Douze etudes d'execution transcendante, S139 (No 10 in F minor; No 5 in B flat; No 8 in C minor)
Boris Berezovsky (piano)

Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C sharp minor, S244
Roberto Szidon (piano)

Sonata in B minor for piano, S178
Alfred Brendel (piano).

Donald Macleod explores the five different aspects of Liszt as a musical personality

Composer of the Week:Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

1/5. Liszt the Virtuoso. To his detractors, the music of Franz Liszt is all flash and no substance. In fact, it exhibits both; the two are inseparable. This week, Donald Macleod explores five aspects of this perennially fascinating musical personality. 
Douze Etudes d'Execution Transcendante: No 1 in C (Prelude); No 10 in F minor; No 5 in B flat (Feux Follets); No 8 in C minor (Wilde Jagd) Boris Berezovsky (piano) 
Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C sharp minor Roberto Szidon (piano) Piano Sonata in B minor Alfred Brendel 
Producer Chris Barstow Repeated at 8.45pm 
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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: 23/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 23/06/2008

Lunchtime Concert: Pianist Imogen Cooper. China Focus: music by Chinese composer Tan Dun.

Lunchtime Concert: Imogen Cooper (piano) in Schubert, Liszt and Bartok. China Focus: With a work by Tan Dun, as well as Mahler's Symphony No 4 and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 5.

Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Including:

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
From the Wigmore Hall, London, a recital by British pianist Imogen Cooper.

Schubert: Impromptus, D899
Bartok: Selection from 14 Bagatelles, Op 6
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No 13 in A minor

Plus China Focus: With music by Chinese composer Tan Dun, creator of the award-winning score to the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Tan Dun: Death and Fire
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Muhai Tang (conductor)

Bach: Sonata in A for flute and keyboard, BWV 1032
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Terence Charleston (harpsichord)
Charles Medlam (viola da gamba)

Judith Weir: Heroic Strokes of the Bow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5
Till Fellner (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Webern: Langsamer Satz (1905) for string quartet
Szymanowski Quartet

Mahler: Symphony No 4
Lisa Milne (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom (conductor)

Part of Radio 3's Focus on China season.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Internationally renowned British pianist 
Imogen Cooper returns to the Wigmore Hall Lunchtime Concerts with a programme that includes music by Schubert, a composer for whom she is renowned, juxtaposed with music from Hungary by Liszt and Bartok.

Afternoon on 3 With Jonathan Swain.

China Focus 
Tan Dun Death and Fire BBCSO/Muhai Tang 
Bach Flute Sonata in A, BWV1032 Sharon Bezaly (flute), Terence Charleston (harpsichord), Charles Medlam (viola da gamba) 
Judith Weir Heroic Strokes of the Bow BBCSSO, conductor Han Volkov 
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat (Emperor) Till Fellner, BBCSSO/llan Volkov 
Webern Langsamer Satz Szymanowski Quartet Mahler Symphony No 4 Lisa Milne (soprano), BBCSSO, conductor Stefan Solyom

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: 23/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 23/06/2008

Featuring a preview of the City of London Festival and violinist Ida Haendel.

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of guests from the music world. Featuring a preview of the City of London Festival and violinist Ida Haendel.

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the music world. He is joined by Ian Ritchie, Director of the City of London Festival, to talk about this year's events, together with Alina Ibragimova (violin), Danjulo Ishizaka (cello), and Shai Wosner (piano) who are performing in the Festival. 

Violinist Ida Haendel plays live in the studio ahead of her concert at the Wigmore Hall with pianist Olga Sitkovetsky.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: 23/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 23/06/2008

Tom Service presents the first of two concerts from the BBC SSO's tour of China.

Tom Service presents the first of two concerts from the BBC SSO's tour of China, given in Shanghai's Concert Hall. With Elgar's Overture Froissart and Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto.

Tom Service presents the first of two concerts from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's tour of China, given last month in the Shanghai Concert Hall. The hall, which started life as a cinema in the 1930s, was famously moved over 60 miles from its original location in 2002.

Nicola Benedetti (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Konig (conductor)

Elgar: Overture Froissart
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Beethoven: Symphony No 7

Part of Radio 3's Focus on China season.

As part of Radio 3's Focus on China, Tom Service presents the first of this week's two concerts from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's tour of China, recorded last month in Shanghai. 
Nicola Benedetti (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Christoph Konig Elgar Overture: Froissart 
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A

Composer of the Week: Liszt

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: 23/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 23/06/2008

Matthew Sweet presents the arts and ideas programme.

Matthew Sweet presents another edition of the arts and ideas programme. Producer Aasiya Lodhi

Artist Focus

Programme focussing on the work of a specific artist

Programme focussing on the work of a specific artist.

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Artist Focus: 23/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 23/06/2008

The featured artists are the choir Polyphony, who are heard performing Britten's AMDG.

With Petroc Trelawny. The featured artists are the choir Polyphony, heard performing Britten's AMDG with director Stephen Layton.

First in a week of programmes featuring Polyphony directed by Stephen Layton , including Britten's Ad Majorem DeiGloriam. 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: Nature in China

The Essay: Nature in China: Episode 1: Wild Water - Swimming in the Ice

Episode 1: Wild Water - Swimming in the Ice

Nature in China

Wild Water - Swimming in the Ice

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Nature in China, Wild Water - Swimming in the IceClose menu

Robert Macfarlane joins veteran winter swimmers in a Beijing park.

Robert Macfarlane joins the veteran winter swimmers in a Beijing park as they break the ice and dive in.

Series in which writer and climber Robert Macfarlane explores the state of the natural environment in China.

Robert joins the veteran winter swimmers in a Beijing park as they break the ice and dive in.

Series in which writer Robert Macfarlane goes in search of what remains of wild China

Series in which writer and climber Robert Macfarlane goes in search of what remains of wild China

Nature in China 
1/4. Wild Water - Swimming in the Ice As part of Radio 3's Focus on China, 
Robert Macfarlane goes in search of what survives 
Of wild China. Producer Tim Dee Radio features: pages 126-127

World on 3

Radio 3's world music programme, with new CDs and studio sessions

World on 3: 23/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, 23/06/2008

Mary Ann Kennedy with a mix of global sounds, including the latest Celtic music releases.

Mary Ann Kennedy presents her own mix of sounds from around the globe, including the latest Celtic music releases.

Mary Ann Kennedy introduces sounds from around the globe, including the latest Celtic music releases. Producer Roger Short

Through the Night: 24/06/2008

24/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 24/06/2008

Susan Sharpe presents music by Bach, Liszt, Debussy, Berlioz, Mozart, Ravel and Schumann.

Susan Sharpe introduces music, including Bach, Liszt, Falla, Debussy, Berlioz, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Tailleferre, Mozart, Bach, Horovitz, CPE Bach, Ravel, Schumann and Respighi.

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): French Suite No 5 in G for keyboard, BWV 816

1.17am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Les jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este (Annees de pelerinage - 3ieme annee)
1.26am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Tarantella in A flat, Op 43
1.31am
Falla, Manuel de (1867-1946): Fantasia baetica for piano
1.45am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Estampes
2.01am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): La Valse
2.14am
Chopin: Waltz
Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden (piano)

2.18am
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869): Symphonie Fantastique
Juilliard Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music, London
Colin Davis (conductor)

3.14am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Davidde Penitente, K469
Krisztina Laki, Nicole Fallien (soprano)
Hans-Peter Blochwitz (tenor)
Netherlands Chamber Choir
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)

4.01am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Trio No 7 (Essercizii Musici, for recorder, viola da gamba and continuo)
Camerata Koln

4.09am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Overture (Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt), Op 27
Orchestre National de France
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

4.22am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Trio in E flat for piano and strings, D897
Tomaz Lorenz (violin)
Andrej Petrac (cello)
Alenka Scek-Lorenz (piano)

4.32am
Tailleferre, Germaine (1892-1983): Sonata for harp
Godelieve Schrama (harp)

4.43am
Bach, Johann Michael (1648-1694): Liebster Jesu, hor mein Flehen
Maria Zedelius (soprano)
David Cordier (alto)
Paul Elliott, Hein Meens (tenor)
Michael Schopper (bass)
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (director)

4.50am
Tartini, Giuseppe (1692-1770): Symphony in A (Allegro assai; Andante; Minuetto)
I Cameristi Italiani.

With Susan Sharpe.

Bach French Suite No 5 in G, BWV816

1.17 Liszt Les Jeux d'Eau a la Villa d'Este (Annees de Pelerinage: Troisieme Annee)

1.26 Chopin Tarantella in A flat, Op 43

1.31 Falla Fantasia Baetica

1.45 Debussy Estampes

2.01 Ravel La Valse

2.14 Chopin Waltz

2.18 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique

3.14 Mozart Davidde Penitente, K469

4.01 Telemann Trio No 7 for recorder, viola da gamba, and continuo (Essercizii Musici)

4.09 Mendelssohn Overture: Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt

4.22 Schubert Piano Trio in E flat, D897 (Notturno)

4.32 Tailleferre Harp Sonata

4.43 J.M. Bach Liebster Jesu, hor mein Flehen

4.50 Tartini Symphony in A

5.00 Mozart Rondo in B flat, K269

5.07 Bach Motet: Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, BWV226

5.15 Mendelssohn Three Etudes, Op 104

5.23 Verhulst Overture in C minor, Op 3

5.32 Joseph Horovitz Music Hall Suite

5.43 C.P.E. Bach Flute Sonata in A minor, Wq128

5.53 Purcell If Music Be the Food of Love, Z379

5.57 A Scarlatti Concerto Grosso No 1 in F minor

6.05 Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin

6.24 Schumann Introduction and Allegro Appassionato, Op 92

6.40 Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No 3

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