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Through the Night

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

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24/06/2008

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Susan Sharpe concludes the programme with music by Mozart, Bach, Mendelssohn, Verhulst, Horovitz, CPE Bach, Purcell, Scarlatti, Ravel, Schumann and Respighi.

With Susan Sharpe.

5.00am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Rondo in B flat for violin and orchestra, K269
Benjamin Schmid (violin)
The Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Adam Fischer (conductor)

5.07am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, BWV 226
Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)

5.15am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Three Etudes, Op 104 (1834-1838)
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

5.23am
Verhulst, Johannes (1816-1891): Overture in C minor, Op 3 (Gijsbrecht van Aemstel)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)

5.32am
Horovitz, Joseph (b 1926): Music Hall Suite
The Slovene Brass Quintet

5.43am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Sonata in A minor for flute and continuo, Wq 128
Robert Aiken (flute)
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)
Margaret Gay (cello)

5.53am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): If music be the food of love, Z379
Kari Postma (soprano)
Markku Luolajan-Mikkola (baroque cello)
Hans Knut Sveen (harpsichord)

5.57am
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725): Concerto grosso No 1 in F minor
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

6.05am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Le Tombeau de Couperin 
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)

6.24am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Introduction and Allegro appassionato, Op 92
Ivan Palovic (piano)
The Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

6.40am
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936): Suite No 3 for strings (Ancient airs and dances for lute)
I Cameristi Italiani.

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: 24/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 24/06/2008

Including music by Purcell, Schubert, John Marsh, Ravel, Bach and Stravinsky.

Including Purcell: Fantasia upon one note. Schubert: Konzertstuck for violin and orchestra. John Marsh: Conversation Sympony for two orchestras. Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe (excerpt).

Including:

Purcell: Fantasia upon one note
Hesperion XX

Schubert: Konzertstuck for violin and orchestra, D345
Gidon Kremer (violin)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe

John Marsh
Conversation Sympony for two orchestras
London Mozart Players
Matthias Bamert (conductor)

Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe (excerpt)
SWR Sinfonieorchestra Baden Baden and Freiburg
EuropaChorAkademie
Michael Gielden (conductor)

Bach: Partita No 1 in B flat, BWV 825
Maria Tipo (piano)

Stravinsky: Suite No 2 for small orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata (conductor).

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Purcell Fantasia upon one note Schubert Konzertstuck in D, D345 
John Marsh Conversation Symphony 
8.30-10.00: Ravel Daphnis et Chloe (excerpt) Bach Partita No 1 in B flat, BWV825 
Stravinsky Suite No 2 for small orchestra

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 24/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 24/06/2008

Including music by Berkeley, Monteverdi, Bach, Faure, Schumann and Francaix.

With Berkeley: Serenade for strings. Monteverdi: Amor (lamento della Ninfa); O come sei gentile (Madrigals, Book 7); Zefiro torno. Francaix: Piano Concerto.

With James Jolly.

Including:

Berkeley: Serenade for strings, Op 12
Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields
Kenneth Sillitoe (director)
COLLINS CLASSICS 12342

Monteverdi: Amor (lamento della Ninfa)
Vocal and instrumental ensemble
Nadia Boulanger (conductor)
EMI CDH 761025-2

Monteverdi: O come sei gentile (Madrigals, Book 7)
Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson (soprano)
The Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley (director)
DECCA 476 2488 (2 CDs)

Monteverdi: Zefiro torno
Red Byrd
FACTORY RECORDS FACD 336

Bach: Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043
Yehudi Menuhin, George Enescu (violin)
Orchestre Symphonique de Paris
Pierre Monteux (conductor)
EMI 391963-2

Faure: Piano Quintet No 1 in D minor, Op 89
Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)
Parrenin Quartet
EMI 0946 336126-2 (5 CDs)

Schumann: Konzertstuck in F, Op 86
Norbert Hauptmann, Manfred Klier, Christoph Kohler, Gerd Seifert (horn)
Berlin Philharmonic
Klaus Tennstedt (conductor)
EMI CDS 569692-2 (2 CDs)

Francaix: Piano Concerto
Jean Francaix (piano)
Philharmoni Paris
Nadia Boulanger (conductor)
DUTTON CDBP 9778.

With James Jolly. 
Berkeley Serenade for strings, Op 12 Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, director Kenneth Sillito 
10.16 Monteverdi Amor (Lamento delta Ninfa) Vocal and instrumental ensemble, conductor Nadia Boulanger 
10.20 0 Come Sei Gentile (Madrigals, Book 7) Emma Kirkby and Judith Nelson (sopranos), Consort of Musicke, director Anthony Rooley 
10.25 Zefiro Torno Red Byrd 
10.32 Bach Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV1043 Yehudi Menuhin and George Enescu , 
Orchestre Symphonique de Paris/Pierre Monteux 
10.52 Faure Piano Quintet No I in D minor, Op 89 Jean-Philippe Collard , Parrenin Quartet 
11.25 Schumann Konzertstuck in F, Op 86 Norbert Hauptmann , Manfred Klier , Christoph Kohlerand Gerd Seifert (horns), Berlin PO, conductor Klaus Tennstedt 
11.43 Jean Franc. aix Piano Concerto 
The composer (piano), Paris PO/Nadia Boulanger

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 2: Liszt the Traveller

Episode 2

Episode 2: Liszt the Traveller

Franz Liszt

Liszt the Traveller

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

Donald Macleod looks at the period that inspired part of Liszt's Annees de pelerinage.

Donald Macleod looks at the period when Liszt eloped with his mistress - the beginning of a restless time the composer charted in the first two volumes of Annees de pelerinage.

Donald Macleod looks at the period beginning in 1835 when Liszt eloped with his pregnant mistress, the countess Marie d'Agoult - the beginning of a restless time the composer later immortalised in the first two volumes of his Annees de pelerinage.

Pastorale No 3 (Annees de pelerinage - premiere annee, S160); Annees de pelerinage - Nos 2, 4 and 9
Alfred Brendel (piano)

Vallee d'Obermann (Annees de pelerinage - premiere annee: Suisse, S160)
Lazar Berman (piano)

Gondoliera (Venezia e Napoli - supplement to Annees de pelerinage - deuxieme annee, S162); Apres une lecture du Dante (Fantasia quasi Sonata - Annees de pelerinage - deuxieme annee: Italie, S160)
Jeno Jando (piano).

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

Composer of the Week: Liszt

2/5. Liszt the Traveller. With Donald Macleod. 
Pastorale No 3 (Annees de Pèlerinage, Premiere Annee) Alfred Brendel (piano) 
Au Bord d'une Source; Au Lac de Wallenstadt; Les Cloches de Geneve (Annees de Pelerinage, Première Annee) Alfred Brendel (piano) 
Vallée d'Obermann (Annees de Pèlerinage, Premiere Annee) Jeno Jando (piano) 
Gondoliera No I (Venezia e Napoli) (Supplement to Années de Pèlerinage, Deuxieme Annee) Jeno Jando (piano) 
Après une Lecture du Dante (Fantasia quasi 
Sonata) (Annees de Pèlerinage, Deuxieme Annee) John Ogdon (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: 24/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 24/06/2008

Lunchtime Concert: Aldeburgh Festival highlights. Plus China Focus.

Presented by Jonathan Swain. Featuring Lunchtime Concert: Plus China Focus, which Includes Bright Sheng's Shanghai Overture and Walton's Symphony No 1.

Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Including Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Highlights from concerts recorded at this year's Aldeburgh Festival. Featuring the Belcea Quartet, pianist Imogen Cooper and double bass player Duncan McTier.

Schubert: String Quartet No 13 in A minor, D804 (Rosamunde); String Quintet, D667 (Trout).

Plus China Focus:

Bright Sheng: Shanghai Overture
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Muhai Tang (conductor)

Bach: Sonata in E minor for flute and continuo, BWV 1034
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Terence Charleston (harpsichord)
Charles Medlam (viola da gamba)

Berlioz: Overture (Le corsaire)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

Beethoven: Violin Concerto
James Ehnes (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

Elgar: Serenade for string orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 in E minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Konig (conductor)

Part of Radio 3's Focus on China season.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Highlights from the first in a series of concerts recorded at Aldeburgh Festival, featuring the Belcea Quartet, pianist Imogen Cooper and double bass player Duncan McTier. Presented by Fiona Talkington. Schubert String Quartet in A minor, D804 (Rosamunde); Piano Quintet in A, D667 (Trout)

With Jonathan Swain. China Focus 
Bright Sheng Shanghai Overture 
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Muhai Tang Bach Flute Sonata in [ minor, BWV1034 
Sharon Bezaly (flute), Terence Charleston 
(harpsichord), Charles Medlam (viola da gamba) 
2.45 Berlioz Overture: Le Corsaire BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vassily Sinaisky Beethoven Violin Concerto in D James Ehnes (violin), BBCSSO, conductor Vassily Sinaisky 
3.40 Elgar Serenade for string orchestra BBCSSO, conductor Christopher Konig 
4.00 Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5 in [ minor BBCSSO, conductor Christoph Konig

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: 24/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 24/06/2008

Petroc Trelawny presents the programme from the BBC SO's Maida Vale Studios.

Petroc Trelawny presents the programme live from the BBC SO's Maida Vale Studios, with guests including soprano Katherine Broderick and Roger Wright, Controller of Radio 3.

Petroc Trelawny presents the programme from the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Maida Vale Studios in West London, with guests including young soprano Katherine Broderick, Roger Wright, Controller of Radio 3 and Director of the BBC Proms, as well as Andrew Haveron, leader of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

With a chance to find out about this year's BBC Proms Out + About events and performances of music by Vaughan Williams, Grieg, Strauss, Bernstein and Eric Coates. The conductors are Alexander Rumpf and John Wilson, who take charge of the BBCSO at full strength and members of the BBCSO performing as a light orchestra.

Live from the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Maida Vale Studios, Petroc Trelawny presents music by Vaughan Williams , Grieg, 
Strauss, Bernstein and Coates. Joining him are soprano Katherine Broderick , Roger Wright , controller of Radio 3 and director of the Proms, and Andrew Haveron , leader of the BBCSO.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: 24/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 24/06/2008

Tom Service with the second of two concerts given last month on the BBC SSO's China tour.

Tom Service presents the second of two concerts given by the BBC SSO on a tour of China. Featuring Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture and Sibelius's Violin Concerto.

Tom Service presents the second of two concerts given last month on the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's tour of China, featuring two Scottish-inspired works by Mendelssohn as well the wintry landscape of Finland evoked in music by Sibelius.

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

Mendelssohn: Overture (Hebrides)
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 (Scottish)

Part of Radio 3's Focus on China season.

As part of Radio 3's Focus on China, the second of two concerts from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's tour of China, recorded in May. Presented by Tom Service. 
Nicola Benedetti (violin), 
BBCSSO, conductor Christoph Konig 
Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) Sibelius Violin Concerto 
Mendelssohn Symphony No 3 in A minor (Scottish)

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: 24/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 24/06/2008

Rana Mitter and guests discuss Red Sorghum, Zhang Yimou's film about peasant life in China

Rana Mitter and guests discuss Red Sorghum, Zhang Yimou's classic 1987 debut film examining peasant life in China in the 1930s.

Rana Mitter and guests discuss Red Sorghum, Zhang Yimou's classic 1987 film about peasant life in 1930s China. The winner of several awards, it was Zhang's directorial debut and launched the career of actress Gong Li.

Part of Radio 3's Focus on China season.

As part of Radio 3's Focus on China, Rana Mitter and guests discuss Zhang Yimou 's classic 1987 film Red Sorghum. 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: 24/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 24/06/2008

Featuring the choir Polyphony, who perform Walton's Coronation Te Deum.

With Petroc Trelawny. The featured artists are the choir Polyphony, who perform Walton's Coronation Te Deum, with The Wallace Collection and director Stephen Layton.

Including Walton's Coronation Te Deum performed by Polyphony and the Wallace Collection, directed by Stephen Layton.

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 2: Wild Wall - The Unkempt and Unrestored Wall

Episode 2: Wild Wall - The Unkempt and Unrestored Wall

Nature in China

Wild Wall - The Unkempt and Unrestored Wall

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Nature in China, Wild Wall - The Unkempt and Unrestored WallClose menu

Robert Macfarlane explores nature in China, visiting the Great Wall.

Series in which writer and climber Robert Macfarlane explores the state of the natural environment in China, and focuses on the Great Wall.

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 
2/4. Wild Wall - the Unkempt and Unrestored Wall Robert Macfarlane visits the Great Wall.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 24/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 24/06/2008

Fiona Talkington presents Meredith Monk, Japanese music and a John Donne song cycle.

Fiona Talkington presents a new album from Meredith Monk, Japanese music old and new, a John Donne song-cycle from Terje Rypdal and Lars Fredricksson conducting Chinese crickets.

Fiona Talkington presents a new album by Meredith Monk, Japanese music old and new, a John Donne song-cycle by Terje Rypdal and the sound of Lars Fredriksson conducting 
108 Chinese Crickets. EMAIL: iate.junction@>bbc.co.uk

Through the Night: 25/06/2008

25/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 25/06/2008

Susan Sharpe introduces music by Bruckner, Beethoven, Saint-Saens, Barber and Strauss.

Susan Sharpe presents music, including Bruckner, Lucic, Beethoven, Trad arr Gregorc, Saint-Saens, Luython, Barber, Piazzolla, Strauss, Veremans, Vivaldi, Verdi, Bach and Schumann.

With Susan Sharpe.

Including:

Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896): Symphony No 4 in E flat (Romantic)
Lucic, Franjo von (1889-1972): Elegy
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): String Quartet in F, Op 59 No 1 (Razumovsky)
Trad, arr  Gregorc, Janez (b 1934): N'mau cez izaro (folksong from Korosko region of Slovenia)
Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921): Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor, Op 22
Luython, Carl (1557-1620): Lamentationes Hieremiae Prophetae a 6 (Prague 1604)
Barber, Samuel (1910-1981): Concerto for violin and orchestra, Op 14
Piazzolla, Astor Pantaleon (1921-1992): Adios Nonino
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643), arr Eberhard Kraus: Aria
Charpentier, Gabriel (b 1925): Mass I (for equal voices) (1952)
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Love Scene (Feuersnot, Op 50)
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Violin Sonata No 1 in D, Op 12
Veremans, Renaat (1894-1969): Nacht en Morgendontwaken aan de Nete (Night and Dawn at the 
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto in C for 2 trumpets and orchestra, RV 537
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): O Padre Nostro (paraphrase of The Lord's Prayer)
Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962): Liebesleid (1910)
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario (1895-1968): Tarantella for guitar
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Concerto in B flat for 3 oboes and orchestra
Franck, Cesar (1822-1890): Cantabile in B, M36
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Marchenbilder for viola and piano, Op 113.

With Susan Sharpe. 
Bruckner Symphony No 4 in E flat (Romantic) Slovenian Radio and Television SO, conductor Samo Hubad 
2.04 Lucic Elegy 2.11 Beethoven String Quartet in F, Op 59 No 1 (Razumovsky) 2.51 Trad, arr Janez Gregorc N'mau cez izaro (folk song from Korosko region) 2.52 Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor 3.16 LuythonLamenrationes Hieremiae Prophetae 3.36 Barber Violin Concerto 
4.00 Piazzolla Adios Nonino 4.07 Frescobaldi Aria  
4.10 Gabriel Charpentier Mass / 4.19 Strauss Love Scene (Feuersnot) 4.28 Beethoven Violin Sonata in D, Op 12 No I 
4.48 Veremans Nacht en Morgendontwaken aan de Nete 
5.00 Vivaldi Concerto in C for two trumpets and orchestra, RV537 5.07 Verdi 0 Padre Nostro (paraphrase of The Lord's Prayer) 5.14 Kreisler Liebesleid 5.17 Castelnuovo-Tedesco Tarantella for guitar 5.22 Telemann Concerto in B flat for three oboes and orchestra 5.31 Franck Cantabile in B, M36 5.38 Dvorak Romance in F minor, Op 115.50 Grieg / Love Thee, Op 5 No 3 5.53 Schubert Violin Sonata No 1 in D, D384 6.07 Bach Cott, wie gross ist deine Cute, 
BWV462; Dich bet'ich an, mein hochster Gott, BWV449; Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen, BWV452; 0 liebe Seele, zieh' die Sinnen, BWV494; Vergiss mein nicht, mein allerliester Cott, BWV505 6.19 Mozart Symphony No 25 in G minor 6.43 Schumann Marchenbilder, Op 113

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