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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

04/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Squire, Brahms, Francaix, Blockx, Grieg, Britten, Lawes, Respighi, Paderewski, Debussy and Prokofiev.

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: 04/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 04/07/2008

Including music by Debussy, Telemann, Tchaikovsky, Britten, Palmgren and Brahms.

Includes Debussy: Danse bohemienne; Mazurka. Telemann: Concerto in D for trumpet and violin. Tchaikovsky: Journey Through the Snow; Waltz of the Snowflakes (The Nutcracker, Act 1).

Rob Cowan

Music includes:

7.00-8.30:
Debussy Danse Bohemienne and Mazurka - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)

Telemann Concerto in D for trumpet and violin - Friedemann Immer (trumpet), Musica Antiqua, Koln, director Reinhard Goebel (violin)

Tchaikovsky Journey through the Snow; Waltz of the Snowflakes (The Nutcracker) - Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Eugene Ormandy

8.30-10.00:
Britten French Folk Song Arrangements (selected) - Susan Gritton (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Iain Burnside (piano)#

Palmgren Spring Dreams (Pictures from Finland Suite, Op 24) - Helsinki PO, conductor Leif Segerstam

Brahms Violin Sonata No 2 in A, Op 100 - Oscar Shumsky, Leonid Hambro (piano)

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 04/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 04/07/2008

Including music by Brahms, Lassus, Chopine, Sculthorpe, Weill, Mozart and Grainger.

Including Brahms: Academic Festival Overture. Lassus: Missa Entre vous filles. Chopin: Grand Fantasia on Polish Airs, Op 13. Anon: Fortune my Foe; Green Sleeves; Grimstock.

With Sarah Walker.

Including:

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)
EMI CDM 769 203 2

Lassus: Missa Entre vous filles
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
NAXOS 8.550842

Chopin: Grand Fantasia on Polish Airs, Op 13
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Emanuel Ax (1851 London Erard piano/director)
SONY CLASSICAL SK 63371

Anon: Fortune my Foe; Green Sleeves; Grimstock
The Musicians of Swanne Alley
Lyle Nordstrom and Paul O'Dette (directors)
VIRGIN CLASSICS VC 790789 2

Sculthorpe: String Quartet No 8
Kronos Quartet
NONESUCH 9791112

Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik Suite
Orchestra of St Luke's
Julius Rudel (conductor)
MUSIC MASTERS MMD 60164

Mozart: Piano Sonata in D, K576
Alfred Brendel (piano)
PHILIPS 4756199

Grainger: Harvest Hymn
Joyful Company of Singers
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9554.

With Sarah Walker. 
Brahms Academic Festival Overture London 
Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Adrian Boult 
10.11 Lassus Missa Entre Vous Filles 
Oxford Camerata, conductor Jeremy Summerly 
10.35 Chopin Grand Fantasia on Polish Airs in A, Op 13 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, director Emanuel Ax (piano) 
10.50 Anon Fortune My Foe; Greensleeves; Grimstock Musicians of Swanne Alley, directors Lyle Nordstrom and Paul O'Dette 
11.03 Peter ScuKhorpe String Quartet No 8 Kronos Quartet 
11.17 Weill Suite: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik 
Orchestra of St Luke's, conductor Julius Rudel 
11.37 Mozart Piano Sonata in D, K576 Alfred Brendel 
11.54 Grainger Harvest Hymn 
Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox

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 5: A Swan Song for an Empress

Episode 5

Episode 5: A Swan Song for an Empress

Tomas Luis de Victoria

A Swan Song for an Empress

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Tomas Luis de Victoria, A Swan Song for an Empress

Exploring Victoria's final work - a requiem dedicated to the king's sister.

Donald Macleod and Jeremy Summerly focus on Victoria's final work - a Requiem dedicated to the Dowager Empress Maria at the Convento de las Descalzas Reales in Madrid.

Donald Macleod and Jeremy Summerly focus on Victoria's final work - a requiem dedicated to the memory of the Dowager Empress Maria at the Convento de las Descalzas Reales in Madrid. Victoria spent his final 24 years there - first in the Empress's services and, after her death in 1603, as convent organist.

Taedet animam meam (Requiem)
Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips (director)

Veni, sancte spiritus	
Choir of Westminster Cathedral
Joseph Cullen (organ continuo)
James O'Donnell (Master of Music)

Britten: Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria
Iain Farrington (organ)

Requiem
Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips (director).

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

Composer of the Week: Victoria

5/5. A Swan-Song for an Empress. 
Donald Macleod is joined by conductor Jeremy Summerly to explore the composer's final work. TaedetAnimam Meam (Requiem) 
Tallis Scholars , director Peter Phillips Veni, Sancte Spiritus 
Choir of Westminster Cathedral, master of music James O'Donnell , Joseph Cullen (organ continuo) Britten Prelude and Fugue on a theme of Vittoria lain Farrington (organ) 
Victoria Requiem Tallis Scholars, director Peter Phillips 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: 04/07/2008

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With Louise Fryer. Stephen Kovacevich (piano) in Schumann: Kinderszenen.

Louise Fryer with the last in a series of concerts from Aldeburgh 2008. Stephen Kovacevich (piano) in Schumann: Kinderszenen; Beethoven: 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli.

Louise Fryer presents the last in a series of concerts from the 2008 Aldeburgh Festival, featuring highlights of a recital given by the pianist Stephen Kovacevich at the Snape Maltings Concert Hall.

Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op 15
Beethoven: 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op 120.

Louise Fryer introduces the last of this week's Aldeburgh Festival concert highlights. Stephen Kovacevich (piano) 
Schumann Kinderszenen , Op 15 
Beethoven 33 Variations on a Waltz byDiabelli, Op 120

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

With Louise Fryer. Music inspired by the sea and the satanic, with Elgar's Sea Pictures.

Louise Fryer ends an exploration of music inspired by the sea and the satanic, with a sequence that includes Lisz's Mephisto Waltz No 1 and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.

Louise Fryer concludes an exploration of music inspired by the seafaring and the satanic.

Clifton Parker: Sink the Bismarck
BBC Concert Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Joby Talbot: Sneaker Wave
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

Ravel: Une barque sur l'ocean
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

2.45pm
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No 1
Ulster Orchestra
Christian Gansch (conductor)

Gruber: Frankenstein!! - a pan-demonium for baritone and orchestra
BBC Philharmonic
HK Gruber (conductor)

Elgar: Sea Pictures
Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

3.50pm
Edward German: Prelude (The Tempter)
BBC Concert Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor).

Afternoon on 3: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

With Louise Fryer.

Parker Sink the Bismarck - BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Rumon Gamba

Joby Talbot Sneaker Wave - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Grant Llewellyn

Ravel Une Barque sur l'Ocean - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ilan Volkov

2.45 Liszt Mephisto Waltz No 1 - Ulster Orchestra, conductor Christian Gansch

H.K. Gruber Frankenstein!! - BBC Philharmonic, conducted by the composer

Elgar Sea Pictures - Christine Rice (mezzo), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Rumon Gamba

3.30 German Prelude: The Tempter - BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor John Wilson

Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ilan Volkov

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: 04/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 04/07/2008

The Smith Quartet discuss their recording of Philip Glass's complete String Quartets.

With Sean Rafferty. The Smith Quartet discuss their recording of Philip Glass's complete String Quartets and pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin plays live ahead of his Cheltenham concert.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. The Smith Quartet talk to Sean about their recent recording of Philip Glass's complete String Quartets and the premiere of Deidre Gribbin's opera Crossing to the Sea. Plus pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin playing live in the studio ahead of his concert at the 2008 Cheltenham Festival.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: 04/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 04/07/2008

With Suzy Klein. The Academy of Ancient Music perform all of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos.

Suzy Klein introduces a concert given by Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music at Wigmore Hall, featuring a rare performance of all of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos.

Suzy Klein introduces a concert given by harpsichordist Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music at London's Wigmore Hall, featuring a rare performance of the entire set of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos.

Presented by Suzy Klein. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos are among the most popular classics of all time, but it is rare to hear them all in a single programme. Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music perform them in a concert given in May at London's Wigmore Hall.

The Verb

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance

The Verb: 04/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, 04/07/2008

Ian McMillan is joined by Poems in Between People, a group of young performance poets.

Ian McMillan is joined on stage at the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House by Poems in Between People, a group of young performance poets.

In a live edition of Radio 3's weekly cabaret of poetry, language and performance, Ian McMillan is joined on stage at the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House by Poems in Between People, a group of young performance poets.

A live edition of Radio 3's weekly cabaret of poetry, language and performance. 
Ian McMillan is joined on stage at the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House by performance poets 
Poems in between People. Producer Nicola Holloway

Jazz Library

Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings

Programme offering advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings or adding to an existing one

Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings.

Jazz Library: 04/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Library, 04/07/2008

Jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson talks to Alyn Shipton to look back at her recording career.

Jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson talks to Alyn Shipton to look back at her recording career, including her work with Henry Threadgill and Steve Coleman, plus her Blue Note albums.

To coincide with her album Lovely, released this month, celebrated jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson talks to Alyn Shipton to look back over her recorded work. She discusses her earliest days working with Henry Threadgill and Steve Coleman, and then traces her series of albums for Blue Note, the music from which has brought her to concert stages throughout the world.

Cassandra Wilson is one of the most acclaimed singers in contemporary jazz. This month she releases a new album, Loverly, which provides the ideal opportunity for her to join Alyn Shipton for a look back over her work. From her earliest days with Henry Threadgill and Steve Coleman , she goes on to recall her series of albums for Blue Note - the music that has brought her to concert stages around the world. Producer Alyn Shipton EMAIL: [address removed]

Jazz on 3

Celebrating the best contemporary jazz, with exclusive concert recordings and features

From free jazz to fusion, post-bop to electronica – Jazz on 3 celebrates the music as a living and developing art form, with exclusive concert recordings and in-depth features

Jazz on 3: Steve Noble/John Edwards/Ingrid Laubrock Session

Steve Noble/John Edwards/Ingrid Laubrock Session

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Steve Noble/John Edwards/Ingrid Laubrock Session

A gig by drummer Steve Noble, double bassist John Edwards and saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock.

Jez Nelson presents an exclusive session from drummer Steve Noble, double bassist John Edwards and saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, showcasing individual and collective musicianship.

Jez Nelson presents an exclusive session from drummer Steve Noble, double bassist John Edwards and saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock. The performance showcases each player's technical virtuosity as well as their collective musicianship.

Jez Nelson presents music from drummer 
Steve Noble , bassist John Edwards and saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock. Recorded especially for Jazz on 3, the session demonstrates each player's virtuosity, as well as their collective musicianship.

Through the Night: 05/07/2008

05/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 05/07/2008

Including music by Dvorak, Rachmaninov, Nielsen, Saint-Saens, Berlioz, Cesti and Mozart.

Jonathan Swain introduces music, including, Dvorak, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Nielsen, Saint Saens, Berlioz, Jarzebski, Roman, Schubert, Bach, Kirnberger, Handel, Liszt, Cesti and Mozart.

With Jonathan Swain.

Including:

Dvorak: Overture (Othello, Op 93)
Rachmaninov: Vocalise, Op 34 No 14
Ravel: Tzigane
Nielsen: Symphony No 4 (The Inextinguishable)
Saint-Saens: Trio No 1 in F for piano, violin and cello in F, Op 18
Berlioz: Requiem, Op 5 (Grand messe des morts)
Messemaeckers: Grande Marche funebre pour le piano composee a la memoire de SAR Monseigneur le Prince Alexandre de Pays-Bas
Jarzebski: Concerto a 2 for cornett and violin (Corona Aurea)
Roman: Suite (sonata) No 12 in E minor for clavichord, IB 236
Otradovic: Laudate pueri dominum
Kempis: Symphonia No 1 a 5, Op 2
Schubert: Fantasia in F minor for piano duet, D940
Bach: Chorale Prelude (Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot, BWV678)
Bach orch Schoenberg: Chorale Prelude (Komm, Gott Schopfer, heiliger Geist, BWV631)
Kirnberger: Sonata in C for flute and basso continuo
Fux: Laudate dominum
Handel: Sonata in F, Op 1 No 5
Poulenc: Improvisation No 1 in B minor (15 Improvisations for piano)
Ruynemann: Sonatine pour le piano
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No 1 in F minor for orchestra
Gotovac: Mila Gojsalica (Ode to the Homeland)
Bartok: Preludio-All'ungherese. Jan Michiels (piano)
Grothe: Illusion
Cesti: Arias (Orontea)
Mozart: Flute Quartet No 4 in A, K298.

With Jonathan Swain.

Dvorak Overture: Othello BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek

1.16 Rachmaninov Vocalise, Op 34 No 14

1.23 Ravel Tzigane Joshua Bell (violin), BBC SO, conductor Jiri Belohlavek

1.35 Nielsen Symphony No 4 (Inextinguishable)

2.11 Saint-Saens Piano Trio No 1 in Op 18

2.43 Berlioz Grand Messe des Morts

4.01 Messemaeckers Grande Marche Funebre

4.09 Jarzebski Concerto a 2 for cornett and violin (Corona Aurea)

4.16 Roman Clavichord Suite No 12 in E minor

4.23 Michna Laudate Pueri Dominum

4.27 Kempis Symphonia No 1, Op 2

4.32 Schubert Fantasia in F minor, D940

4.52 Bach Chorale Prelude: Dies sind die heh'genzehn Gebot, BWV678

4.56 Bach, orch Schoenberg Chorale Prelude: Komm, Gott Schopfer, heiliger Geist, BWV631

5.00 Kirnberger Flute Sonata in C

5.10 Fux Laudate Domimum

5.15 Handel Sonata in F, Op 1 No 5

5.24 Poulenc Improvisation No 1 in B minor

5.25 Ruynemann Piano Sonatine

5.29 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 1 in F minor

5.42 Gotovac Mila Gojsalica

5.49 Bartok Preludio - All'ungherese

5.53 Grothe Illusion

5.58 Cesti Orontea (excerpts)

6.47 Mozart Flute Quartet in A, K298

Through the Night; Through the Night

Jonathan Swain continues the programme with music by Otradovic, Kempis, Schubert and Bach.

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