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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

02/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Wegelius, Mozart, Palestrina, Salzedo, Villa Lobos, Erkel, Sorkocevic, Gesualdo, Buxtehude, Karlowicz, Pez and Schubert.

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: 02/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 02/07/2008

Including music by Berlioz, Rameau, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Brahms.

Including Berlioz: Trojan March. Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie - suite (Act 1). Debussy: Sonata in G minor. Tchaikovsky, orch. Taneyev: Andante (Piano Concerto No 3 in E flat).

Rob presents music including the Josef Suk playing Debussy's Violin Sonata and the Smetana Quartet playing Beethoven's String Quartet in F minor.

Including:

Berlioz: Trojan March
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray (conductor)

Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie - suite (Act 1)
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (director)

Debussy: Sonata in G minor
Josef Suk (violin)
Jan Panenka (piano)

Tchaikovsky, orch. Taneyev: Andante (Piano Concerto No 3 in E flat, Op 75/79)
Peter Jablonski (piano)
Christopher Warren-Green (violin)
Andrew Shulman (cello)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)

Beethoven: String Quartet No 11 in F minor, Op 95
Smetana Quartet

Brahms: Der Abend and Fragen, Op 64
Marlis Petersen (soprano)
Stella Doufexis (alto)
Werner Gura (tenor)
Konrad Jarnot (bass-baritone)
Christoph Berner (piano).

Rob Cowan

Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Berlioz Trojan March 
Rameau Suite: Hippolyte et Aricie (Act 1) Debussy Violin Sonata 
8.30-10.00: Tchaikovsky, orch Taneyev Andante (Piano Concerto No 3 in E flat) 
Beethoven String Quartet in F minor, Op 95 Brahms Der Abend ; Fragen, Op 64

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 02/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 02/07/2008

Including music by Haydn, Bermel, Volans, Brahms, Falla, Riley, Mozart and Beethoven.

Including Haydn: Symphony No 58 in F. Bermel: Wanderings. Volans: White Man Sleeps. Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos 3-8 for piano duet. Falla: Jota; Nana; Polo (Canciones espanoles).

With Sarah Walker.

Including:

Haydn: Symphony No 58 in F
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (conductor)
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Bermel: Wanderings
Tara Helen O'Connor (flute)
Bob Ingliss (oboe)
Derek Bermel (clarinet)
Theo Primis (horn)
Frank Morelli (bassoon)
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Volans: White Man Sleeps No 1
Kronos Quartet
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Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos 3-8 for piano duet
Katia and Marelle Labeque (piano)
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Falla, transcr Pepe Romero: Jota; Nana; Polo (Canciones espanoles)
Angel, Celedonio, Celin and Pepe Romero (guitar)
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Riley: Prayer Circle (The Cusp of Magic)
Wu Man (pipa)
Kronos Quartet
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Mozart: Piano Sonata in C minor, K457
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
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Beethoven: Symphony No 4 in B flat, Op 60
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
PHILIPS 416 822 2 (6 CD set, deleted).

With Sarah Walker. 
Haydn Symphony No 58 in F 
English Concert, conductor Trevor Pinnock 
10.17 Bermel Wanderings Tara Helen O'Connor 
(flute), Robert Ingliss (oboe), Derek Bermel (clarinet), Theo Primis (horn), Frank Morelli (bassoon) 
10.26 Kevin Volans White Man Sleeps No 1 Kronos Quartet 
10.32 Brahms Hungarian Dances, Nos 3-8 Katia and Marielle Labeque (piano duet) 
10.49 Falla, transcr Pepe Romero Jota ; Nana; Polo (Canciones Espaholas) 
Angel, Celedonio, Celin and Pepe Romero (guitars) 
10.56 Terry Riley Prayer Circle (The Cusp of Magic, No 6) Wu Man (pipa), Kronos Quartet 
11.04 Mozart Piano Sonata in C minor, K457 Mitsuko Uchida 
11.23 Beethoven Symphony No 4 in B flat Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink

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: Tomas Luis de Victoria

Composer of the Week: Tomas Luis de Victoria: Episode 3: The Roman International

Episode 3

Episode 3: The Roman International

Tomas Luis de Victoria

The Roman International

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Tomas Luis de Victoria, The Roman International

Looking at how Victoria took advantage of the opportunities available in Rome.

Donald Macleod and Jeremy Summerly explain how Victoria took full advantage of the opportunities open to him in 16th-century Rome.

Focusing on Victoria's extensive collection of music for Holy Week, Donald Macleod and Jeremy Summerly explain how the composer took full advantage of the opportunities open to him in 16th-century Rome - an exciting city for any budding musician or priest. He was employed as a musician at two of the local Spanish churches and at two of the city's Jesuit colleges before being fast-tracked to the priesthood.

Lauda Sion Salvatorem
Joseph Cullen (organ continuo)
Choir of Westminster Cathedral
James O'Donnell (Master of Music)

Tenebrae Responsaries for Good Friday (Second Nocturn)
Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips (director)

Lamentations for Good Friday (Lectio I)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (director)

Motets: Estote Fortes in Bello; Veni Sponsa Christi (1585)
The Cardinall's Musick
Andrew Carwood (director)

Crucifixus missa quam pulchri sunt	
Juan Carlos Rivera (vihuela)

St John's Passion
La Colombina
Josep Cabre (conductor).

Donald Macleod is joined by Jeremy Summerly to explore the life and works of Victoria

Composer of the Week: Victoria

3/5. The Roman International. Donald Macleod explores Victoria's time in Rome. 
Lauda Sion Salvatorem Choir of Westminster Cathedral, master of music James O'Donnell , Joseph Cullen (organ continuo) 
Good Friday (Tenebrae Responsaries) Tallis Scholars , director Peter Phillips. Lamentations for Good Friday (Lectio  
The Sixteen, director Harry Christophers Estote Fortes in Bello; Veni Sponsa Christi 
The Cardinally Musick , director Andrew Carwood Crucifixus (Missa Quam Pulchri Sunt) Juan Carlos Rivera (vihuela) 
St John's Passion LaColombina, conductor Josep Cabre Repeated at 8.45pm

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series

Live and recorded concerts from all over the United Kingdom. Also includes the flagship Wigmore chamber music series.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: 02/07/2008

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Louise Fryer presents music from the 2008 Aldeburgh Festival, featuring clarinet trios.

Louise Fryer presents a concert from the 2008 Aldeburgh Festival, featuring a programme of clarinet trios by Schumann, Kurtag and Stroppa performed in Blythburgh Church.

Louise Fryer presents another in a series of concerts from the 2008 Aldeburgh Festival, featuring a programme of clarinet trios by Schumann, Kurtag and Stroppa performed in Blythburgh Church.

Pierre Laurent Aimard (piano)
Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
Martin Frost (clarinet)
Johannes Zurl (clarinet/bass clarinet)

Schumann: Fantasiestucke for clarinet and piano, Op 73; Marchenbilder for viola and piano, Op 113
Kurtag: Hommage a R Schumann, Op 15d
Stroppa: Hommage a Gy K
Schumann: Marchenerzahlungen, Op 132.

Aldeburgh Festival highlights with Louise Fryer. Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), 
Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Martin Frost (clarinet), Johannes Zurl (clarinet/bass clarinet) Schumann Fantasiestucke , Op 73; Marchenbilder, Op 113 
Gyorgy Kurtaq Hommage a R Schumann, Op 15d Marco Stroppa Hommage aGyK K 
Schumann Marchenerzahtungen , Op 132

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: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Louise Fryer has works inspired by the sea and the satanic. With Tchaikovsky's The Tempest

Louise Fryer continues a series of programmes focusing on works inspired by the sea and the satanic. With Tchaikovsky's The Tempest and Judith Bingham's Salt in the Blood.

Louise Fryer continues a series focusing on works inspired by the sea and the satanic.

Henry Wood: Fantasia on British Sea Songs
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: The Tempest
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Vedernikov (conductor)

Judith Bingham: Salt in the Blood
BBC Symphony Chorus
Fine Arts Brass
Stephen Jackson (conductor)

Schnittke: Seid nuchtern und wachet (Faust cantata)
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
Andrew Watts (countertenor)
David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
Justin Lavender (tenor)
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

Parry: The Chivalry of the Sea
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)

Chausson: Poeme de l'amour et de la mer
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons (conductor)

Mussorgsky, orch. Shostakovich: Songs and Dances of Death
Paul Whelan (baritone)
Ulster Orchestra
Adrian Leaper (conductor).

With Louise Fryer. 
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Wood Fantasia on British Sea Songs BBC 
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek Tchaikovsky The Tempest BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Alexander Vedernikov 
2.50 Judith Bingham Salt in the Blood BBC Symphony Chorus, Fine Arts Brass, conductor Stephen Jackson 
Schnittke Seid nuchtern und wachet (Faust cantata) Susan Bickley (mezzo), Andrew Watts 
(countertenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Justin Lavender (tenor), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin 
3.50 Parry The Chivalry of the Sea BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor David Lloyd-Jones Chausson Poeme de I'Amour et de la Mer Christianne Stotijn (mezzo), 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Andris Nelsons Musorgsky, orch Shostakovich Songs and Dances of Death Paul Whelan (baritone), Ulster Orchestra, conductor Adrian Leaper

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: 02/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 02/07/2008

Bass Matthew Rose sings music from his upcoming Cheltenham Festival recital.

With Sean Rafferty. Bass Matthew Rose sings music from his forthcoming 2008 Cheltenham Festival recital, and flautist Emily Beynon and pianist Cedric Tiberghien also perform live.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Rising star of the opera world, bass Matthew Rose, sings music from his forthcoming recital at the 2008 Cheltenham Festival, and flautist Emily Beynon and pianist Cedric Tiberghien also perform live in the studio ahead of their 2008 City of London Festival concert.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: 02/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 02/07/2008

With Suzy Klein. The BBC Singers perform Schumann, Crawford, Britten, Kurtag and Messiaen.

Suzy Klein presents a concert given at the Aldeburgh Festival, featuring the BBC Singers under David Hill. With Schumann's Vier Doppelchorige Gesange and Kurtag's Eight Choruses.

Suzy Klein introduces a concert performed in Blythburgh Church as part of the 2008 Aldeburgh Festival, featuring the BBC Singers conducted by David Hill. Their programme celebrates spiritual and earthly love with works from Schumann, Britten and Messiaen to Ruth Crawford and the festival's featured composer Gyorgy Kurtag.

Schumann: Vier doppelchorige Gesange, Op 141
Ruth Crawford: Three Chants
Britten: Sacred and Profane
Kurtag: Eight Choruses
Mesiaen: Cinq rechants.

Suzy Klein presents a concert given in Blythborough church as part of the Aldeburgh Festival. BBC Singers, conductor David Hill 
Schumann Vier doppelchorige Gesange , Op 141 Ruth Crawford Three Chants Britten Sacred and Profane 
Gyorgy Kurtag Eight Choruses Messiaen Cinq Rechants

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: 02/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, 02/07/2008

Philip Dodd and guests discuss the future of food.

Philip Dodd and guests discuss the future of food, in the light of recent price rises and disease pandemics, asking how can today's problems be addressed.

Philip Dodd and guests discuss whether mankind has reached the end of the 'golden age of food' and, if so, what can be done about it.

They consider the question of recent rises in food prices, said to be driven by a combination of greater use of bio-fuels, changing patterns of consumption in India and China as well as climate change, asking whether we been dangerously complacent.

Can and should Western consumers change their relationship with food so that it is not driven by pure economic considerations? Or should we look to new technologies such as GM to deliver the changes needed to meet the problems faced today?

And they ask why equal numbers of people in the world are at risk of obesity as are undernourished, while we seem to lurch from one mass production scare to the next, whether BSE or avian flu. How did we get here and could the crisis we are facing have been avoided?

Global food prices have risen by 83 per cent in the past three years, and predictions are that things will get worse. Philip Dodd and his guests ask how this situation arose and whether the looming crisis could have been avoided. Producer Emma Thomas

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: 02/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 02/07/2008

With Suzy Klein. Featuring Kronos Quartet, who perform music by Piazzolla.

With Suzy Klein. Featuring the Kronos Quartet, a group that have commissioned many works for string quartet. They perform music by Piazzolla.

The Kronos Quartet perform music by Piazzolla.

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: Doctoring Philosophy

The Essay: Doctoring Philosophy: Episode 3: Equality

Episode 3: Equality

Doctoring Philosophy

Equality

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Prof Jonathan Wolff considers the NHS's success in combatting health inequalities.

Prof Jonathan Wolff asks how successful the NHS has been in reducing health inequalities between different socio-economic groups and considers its philosophy of equality of care.

Prof Jonathan Wolff asks how successful the NHS has been in reducing health inequalities between different socio-economic groups as well as considering its philosophy of equality of care.

Jonathan Wolff explores the philosophical beliefs at the heart of the NHS

Professor Jonathan Wolff marks the 60th anniversary of the NHS by exploring and questioning the philosophical beliefs which led to its foundation

Doctoring Philosophy 
3/4. Equality. Professor Jonathan Wolff asks how successful the NHS has been in reducing health inequalities between socio-economic groups.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 02/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 02/07/2008

Fiona Talkington with music from Essie Jain, plus Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger.

Fiona Talkington's musical mix includes a song from Essie Jain, American industrial ballads from Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, plus the Hilliard Ensemble playing with Black Dice.

Fiona Talkington's eclectic musical mix includes a song from Essie Jain, American industrial ballads from Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, plus the Hilliard Ensemble playing with Black Dice.

The Hilliard Ensemble meet Black Dice in tonight's programme. Fiona Talkington also presents a song by Essie Jain , and American industrial ballads from Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger.

Through the Night: 03/07/2008

03/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 03/07/2008

With music by Beethoven, Szymanowski, Schubert, Holst, Haydn, Pergolesi and Villa Lobos.

Jonathan Swain introduces music, including Beethoven, Szymanowski, Szymanowski, Schubert, Holst, Haydn, Pergolesi, Schumann, Janacek, Bach, Muffat, Villa Lobos, Elgar and Gershwin.

With Jonathan Swain.

Including:

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Concerto No 4 in G, Op 58
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937): Stabat mater for soloists, chorus and orchestra, Op 53
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Quartet No 14 in D minor (Death and the Maiden)
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934): The Planets, Op 32
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 8 in G, H I 8 (Le soir)
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (1710-1736): Concerto in B flat for violin, strings and continuo
Schumann, Clara (1819-1896): 4 Pieces fugitives for piano, Op 15
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Iam lucis orto sidere
Janacek, Leos (1854-1928): Suite for Orchestra, Op 3
Locatelli, Pietro Antonio (1695-1764), arr. Geert Bierling: Introduttione teatrale in F, Op 2 No 4
Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich (1732-1795): Sinfonia in D minor for strings and continuo
Muffat, Georg (1653-1704): Sonata (Concerto No XI in E minor - Delirrium amoris)
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886), after Schubert: Soirees de Vienne No 6 in A minor (9 valses caprices for piano, S427)
Rautavaara, Einojuhani (b 1928): Canticum mariae virginis
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959): Bachianas Brasileiras No 5
Avison, Charles (1709-1770): Concerto grosso No 4 in A minor (after Domenico Scarlatti)
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757): Sonata in C, Kk420
Gastoldi, Giovanni G (1550-1622): Cieco amor no ti cred'io
Kodaly, Zoltan (1882-1967): Adagio
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934): The Severn Suite, Op 87
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Partita No 3 in E for solo violin, BWV 1006
Gershwin, George (1898-1937): An American in Paris.

With Jonathan Swain. 
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G 1.33 Szymanowski Stabat Mater, Op 531.59 Schubert String Quartet in D minor, D180 (Death and the Maiden) 2.43 Hoist Suite: The Planets 3.34 Haydn Symphony No 8 in G (Le Soir) 
3.58 Perqolesi Violin Concerto in B flat 4.11 Schumann Quatre Pièces Fugitives, Op 15 4.25 Lassus lam Lucis Orto Sidere 4.28 Janacek Suite, Op 3 4.43 Locatelli, arr Geert Bierllnq Introduttione Teatrale in F, Op 2 No 4 
4.50 JCF Bach Sinfonia in D minor 5.00 Muffat 
Sonata (Concerto No XI in E minor: Delirium Amoris) 
5.06 Liszt Soirees de Vienne No 6 in A minor (Valses Caprices for piano, S427) 5.14 Elnojuhani Rautavaara Canticum Mariae Virginis 5.22 Vllla-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 5.34 Avlson Concerto Grosso No 4 in A minor (after D Scarlatti) 5.48 D Scarlatti Sonata in C, Kk420 5.53 Gastoldl Cieco Amor No TiCred'io 
5.58 Kodaly Adagio 6.06 Elgar Severn Suite 
6.22 Bach Partita No 3 in E for solo violin, BWV1006 
6.40 Gershwin An American in Paris

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