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Breakfast

Radio 3's breakfast show, waking the UK up with the finest classical music in the best performances

Breakfast: 26/06/2008

26/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 26/06/2008

Including music by Grieg, Beethoven, Tye, Wagner, Rachmaninov and Vivaldi.

Including Grieg: Norwegian Dance. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 22. Christopher Tye: Credo (Missa sine nomine). Wagner: Overture (Rienzi). Rachmaninov: The Rock - Fantasy.

Including:

Grieg: Norwegian Dance, Op 35 No 1
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor)

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 22, Op 54
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

Christopher Tye: Credo (Missa sine nomine)
Hilliard Ensemble

Wagner: Overture (Rienzi)
Eastman Wind Ensemble
Frederick Fennell (conductor)

Rachmaninov: The Rock, Fantasy, Op 7
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

Vivaldi: Concerto X for four violins and cello obligato
La Serenissima
Adrian Chandler (conductor).

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.

Rob Cowan

Music includes:

7.00-8.30:
Grieg Norwegian Dance, Op 35 No 1 - Halle, conductor John Barbirolli

Beethoven Piano Sonata in F Op 54 - Rudolf Serkin

Tye Credo (Missa Sine Nomine) - Hilliard Ensemble

8.30-10.00:
Wagner Overture: Rienzi - Eastman Wind Ensemble, conductor Frederick Fennell

Rachmaninov The Rock, Op 7 - USSR Symphony Orchestra, conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov

Vivaldi Concerto in B minor for four violins and cello obligato, RV580 - La Serenissima, conductor Adrian Chandler

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 26/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 26/06/2008

Including music by Carter, Verdi, Vierne, Stravinsky, Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla and Mozart.

With James Jolly. Carter: Holiday Overture. Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces. Vierne: Symphony No 1 (finale). Stravinsky: Symphonies of wind instruments.

With James Jolly.

Carter: Holiday Overture
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Schermerhorn (conductor)
NAXOS 8.559151

Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
EMI 567560-2 (2 CDs)

Vierne: Symphony No 1 (finale)
Simon Preston (organ)
DECCA 430 091-2

Stravinsky: Symphonies of wind instruments
Berlin Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 457 616-2

Anon: Hanaq pachap kusikuynin
Ex Catherdra
Jeffrey Skidmore (director)
HYPERION CDA67380

Villa-Lobos: The Jet Whistle
Lorna McGhee (flute)
Michael Stirling (cello)
NAXOS 8557765

Piazzolla: Libertango
Astor Piazzolla and his orchestra
JUST A MEMORY JAM9103-2

Mozart: Piano Concerto No 19 in F, K459
Michael Bilson (fortepiano)
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
ARCHIV 415 111-2.

With James Jolly. 
Elliott Carter Holiday Overture 
Nashville SO, conductor Kenneth Schermerhorn 
10.11 Verdi Four Sacred Pieces 
Janet Baker (mezzo), Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Carlo Maria Giulini 
10.53 Vierne Symphony No 1 in D minor (finale) Simon Preston (organ) 
11.00 Stravinsky Symphonies of wind instruments Berlin PO, conductor Pierre Boulez 
11.10 Anon Hanaq Pachap Kusikuynin 
Ex Cathedra , conductor Jeffrey Skidmore 
11.15 Villa-Lobos The Jet Whistle 
Lorna McGhee (flute), Michael Stirling (cello) 
11.26 Piazzolla Libertango 
Astor Piazzolla and his orchestra 
11.30 Mozart Piano Concerto No 19 in F, K459 Michael Bilson (fortepiano), English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

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 4: Liszt the Song Composer

Episode 4

Episode 4: Liszt the Song Composer

Franz Liszt

Liszt the Song Composer

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

Donald Macleod explores Liszt's songs, some of which are seen to be among his finest works

Donald Macleod explores Liszt's songs, which number around 80, and some of which are considered to be among his finest works.

Donald Macleod explores Liszt's songs, including settings of Heine, Hugo and Petrarch. While he is not often thought of as a composer of songs, Liszt wrote around 80 of them, some of which are considered to be among his finest works.

Vergiftet sind meine Lieder, S289 (text: Heine)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Daniel Barenboim (piano)

Die Loreley, S273 No 2 (text: Heine)
Hildegard Behrens (soprano)
Cord Garben (piano)

Ich mochte hingehn, S296 (text: Herwegh)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Daniel Barenboim (piano)

Four settings of Victor Hugo: S'il est un charmant gazon, S284; Enfant, si j'etais roi, S283; Comment, disaient-ils, S276; Oh! quand je dors, S282
Brigitte Fassbaender (soprano)
Irwin Gage (piano)

Tre sonnetti di Petrarca, S270: Pace non trovo; Benedetto sia il giorno; I vidi in terra angelici costumi
Thomas Quasthoff (baritone)
Justus Zeyen (piano).

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

Composer of the Week: Liszt

4/5. Liszt the Song Composer. Liszt wrote around 80 songs, and they include some of his finest works. Donald Macleod also discovers that Liszt actually wrote the famous opening phrase of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. 
Vergiftet sind meine Lieder, S289 Dietrich Fischer -Dieskau (baritone), Daniel Barenboim (piano) Die Loreley, S273 No 2 
Mitsuko Shirai (soprano), Hartmut Holl (piano) Ich mochte hingehn, S296 Dietrich Fischer -
Dieskau (baritone), Daniel Barenboim (piano) S'il Est un Charmant Gazon, S284; Enfant, Si 
J'étais Roi, S283; Comment, Disaient-lls, S276; Oh! Quand Je Dors , S282 
Brigitte Fassbaender (soprano), Irwin Gage (piano) Tre Sonnetti di Petrarca, S270 Thomas Quasthoff (baritone), Justus Zeyen (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: 26/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 26/06/2008

Lunchtime Concert: Carolyn Sampson in songs by Debussy and Poulenc. Plus China Focus.

Presented by Jonathan Swain. Includes Lunchtime Concert: Soprano Carolyn Sampson in songs by Debussy and Poulenc. Plus China Focus: With Musheng Chen: A Dream in the Peony Garden.

Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Including Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

In a concert given at this year's Aldeburgh Festival, soprano Carolyn Sampson and pianist Jonathan Papp perform rarely-heard songs from Debussy and Poulenc, alongside Britten's settings of Verlaine and Hugo.

Debussy: Ariettes oubliees
Bizet: Adieux de l'hotesse arabe; Ma vie a son secret; La coccinelle
Poulenc: Airs chantes (1927)
Barber: Three songs, Op 45
Britten: Quatre chansons francaises
Walton: Three songs

Plus China Focus

Including:

Musheng Chen: A Dream in the Peony Garden
Yili Shen Kun (opera singer)
Muhai Tang (conductor)

Beethoven: Egmont - incidental music, Op 84
Ulster Orchestra
Josep Caballe-Domenech (conductor)

Beethoven: Concerto No 3 in C minor for piano and orchestra, Op 37
Edward Kunz (piano)
Ulster Orchestra
Josep Caballe-Domenech (conductor)

Leonard Bernstein: Halil Nocturne for flute, string orchestra and percussion
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Ulster Orchestra
Josep Caballe-Domenech (conductor)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op 34
Ulster Orchestra
Josep Caballe-Domenech (conductor)

Chen Yi: Chinese Folk Songs (Diu diu deng; Mountain Song and Dancing Tune; The Flowing Stream; Spring Dreams)
BBC Singers
Odaline de la Martinez (conductor)

Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante
Danjulo Ishizaka (cello)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Michal Dworzynski (conductor)

Part of Radio 3's Focus on China season.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Fiona Talkington introduces a concert recorded at this year's Aldeburgh Festival. 
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Jonathan Papp (piano) Debussy Ariettes Oubliées 
Bizet Adieux de I'Hôtesse Arabe; Ma Vie a Son Secret; La Coccinelle Poulenc Airs Chantes 
Barber Three Songs, Op 45 
Britten Four Chansons Françaises Walton Three Sitwell Songs

Introduced by Jonathan Swain. China Focus 
Musheng Chen A Dream in the Peony Garden 
Yili Shen Kun (opera singer), conductor Muhai Tang Beethoven Egmont , Op 84 (incidental music) Ulster Orchestra, conductor Josep Caballe-Domenech ; Piano Concerto No 3 in Cminor Edward Kunz , Ulster Orchestra, conductor Josep Caballe-Domenech Bernstein Halil Nocturne Sharon Bezaly (flute), Ulster Orchestra/Josep Caballe-Domenech 
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol, Op34 
Ulster Orchestra, conductor Josep Caballe-Domenech Chen Yi Chinese Folk Songs: Diu diu deng; Mountain Song and Dancing Tune; The Flowing Stream; Spring Dreams BBC Singers, conductor Odaline de la Martinez Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante Danjulo Ishizaka (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Michal Dworzynski

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: 26/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 26/06/2008

Petroc Trelawny talks to Venezuelan-born pianist Clara Rodriguez, who also plays live.

Petroc Trelawny talks to Venezuelan-born pianist Clara Rodriguez, who also plays live in the studio, as well as Diana Ambache, founder of the Ambache Chamber Orchestra.

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world, talking to two champions of music by women composers. With Venezuelan-born pianist Clara Rodriguez, who plays live in the studio, as well as Diana Ambache, founder and director of the Ambache Chamber Orchestra, ahead of her group's final two concerts - at the Wigmore Hall and the Guiting Power Festival.

Petroc Trelawny presents music and arts news.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: 26/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 26/06/2008

With Tom Service. Emanuel Ax/New York Philharmonic in Debussy, Schubert and Beethoven.

Tom Service introduces a concert given by Emanuel Ax and the New York Philharmonic. Debussy, orch Jarrell: Trois Etudes. Schubert/Berio: Rendering. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5.

Tom Service introduces a concert given by pianist Emanuel Ax and the New York Philharmonic under David Robertson, with a programme contrasting contemporary reworkings of Debussy and Schubert, and which also includes Beethoven's final piano concerto.

Emanuel Ax (piano)
New York Philharmonic
David Robertson (conductor)

Debussy, orch Jarrell: Trois Etudes
Schubert/Berio: Rendering
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor).

Tom Service introduces an intriguing programme of reworkings of music by Debussy and Schubert, and Beethoven's final piano concerto. 
Emanuel Ax (piano), New York PO/David Robertson Debussy , orch Jarrell Trois Etudes Schubert, real Berio Rendering 
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat (Emperor)

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: 26/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 26/06/2008

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to Stuart Murray about how autism is represented in modern culture

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to Stuart Murray about how autism is represented in contemporary culture, exploring how it was depicted before being identified medically in the 1940s.

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to Stuart Murray about how autism is represented in culture, from Rain Man to the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, and explores how the condition was depicted before being identified medically in the 1940s.

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to Stuart Murray about how autism is represented in culture, from Rain Man to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, and explores how autism was depicted before the condition was identified medically in the 1940s.

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: 26/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 26/06/2008

Featuring the choir Polyphony, who perform John Tavener's Butterfly Dreams.

With Petroc Trelawny. The featured artists are the choir Polyphony, who perform John Tavener's Butterfly Dreams, under director Stephen Layton.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny and including John Tavener 's Butterfly Dreams performed by Polyphony under 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 4: Wild Mountain - Endings

Episode 4: Wild Mountain - Endings

Nature in China

Wild Mountain - Endings

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Nature in China, Wild Mountain - EndingsClose menu

Robert uncovers some of Mount Minya Konka's secrets as he descends.

Series in which writer and climber Robert Macfarlane explores the state of the natural environment in China. He uncovers some of Mount Minya Konka's secrets as he descends.

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 
4/4. Wild Mountain - Endings. Robert Macfarlane concludes his series of explorations in China.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 26/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 26/06/2008

Fiona Talkington presents music including Giya Kancheli's Amao Omi.

Fiona Talkington presents Giya Kancheli's Amao Omi for choir and saxophone quartet, the enigmatic Finnish singer Islaja and blues music from all corners of the globe.

Fiona Talkington presents Giya Kancheli 's Amao Omi , Finnish singer Islaja, and blues music.

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 27/06/2008

27/06/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 27/06/2008

Susan Sharpe introduces works by Smetana, Chopin, Nielsen, Durufle, Ravel and Tchaikovsky.

Susan Sharpe presents music, including Smetana, Chopin, Nielsen, Martinu, Durufle, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Handel, Mozart, Teleman, Bach, Chopin, Haydn, Nielsen, Weber, Faure and Bach.

With Susan Sharpe.

Including:

Smetana, Bedrich (1824-1884): Vltava (Ma Vlast)
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor, Op 11
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931): Symphony No 3, Op 27 (Sinfonia Espansiva)
Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959): Sonatina for clarinet and piano (1956)
Durufle, Maurice (1902-1986): Requiem, Op 9 (original version)
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Introduction and allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): The Nutcracker (Act 2 - complete ballet, Op 71)
Handel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759): He shall feed his flocks (Messiah); Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Sion (Messiah)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No 16 in C, K128
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Concerto in D for transverse flute, strings and continuo
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E flat, BWV 998
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Impromptu in F sharp, Op 36; Impromptu in A flat, Op 29
Smetana, Bedrich (1824-1884): Overture (The Bartered Bride)
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Quartet in C minor, Op 17 No 4 (Quattuor Mosaiques)
Gombert, Nicolas (c 1495-c 1560): Benedicto mensae
Singers
Forster, Kaspar Jr (1616-1673): O quam dulcis
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931): Overture (Maskerade, FS 39)
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Quintet in B flat for clarinet and strings, J182 (1815)
Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924): Nocturne in B, Op 33 No 2
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042.

With Susan Sharpe.

Smetana Vltava (Ma Vlast); Chopin Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Stavanger SO

1.55 Nielsen Symphony No 3 (Sinfonia Espansiva)

2.36 Martinu Clarinet Sonatina

2.47 Duruf Requiem, Op 9

3.29 Ravel Introduction and Allegro

3.40 Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker (Act 2)

4.23 Handel He Shall Feed His Flocks; Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Sion (Messiah)

4.33 Mozart Symphony No 16 in C, K128

4.47 Telemann Flute Concerto in D

5.00 Bach Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E flat, BWV998

5.13 Chopin Impromptus: in F sharp, Op36; in A flat, Op29

5.23 Smetana Overture: The Bartered Bride

5.31 Haydn String Quartet in C minor, Op 17 No 4

5.49 Gombert Benedicto Mensae

5.59 Forster O Quam Dulcis

6.06 Nielsen Overture: Maskarade

6.11 Weber Clarinet Quintet in B flat, Op 34

6.35 Faure Nocturne in B, Op 33 No 2

6.42 Bach Violin Concerto in E, BWVI042

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