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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: 31/10/2008

31/10/2008

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Rob Cowan presents music by Rosler, Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Roussell.

With Rob Cowan. Including Jan Josef Rosler: An die Entfernte. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV871. Mozart: Rondo in D, K382. Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op 37.

The complete Breakfast playlist is posted on this site after the programme has been broadcast.

07:03

SCHOENFIELD
Cafe Music: Allegro
Andrew Russo, piano
James Ehnes, violin
Edward Arron, cello
BLACKBOX 1109  Tr 9


07:09

WEBER
Overture to Oberon
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 453486  Tr 7


07:19

BACH
Prelude and Fugue in C minor BWV 871
Ralph Kirkpatrick, clavichord
ARCHIV 463623  CD1 Tr 3-4


07:25

HOLST
Mercury from The Planets
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)
EMI 7500  CD4 Tr 6


07:31

SUPPE
Light Cavalry Overture
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit  (conductor)
DECCA 414408  Tr 1


07:39

Jan Josef ROSLER
An die Entfernte
Magdalena Kozena, mezzo-soprano
Malcolm Martineau, piano
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477666  Tr 17

07:43

VIVALDI
Violin Concerto in C RV178
Fabio Biondi, violin
Europa Galante
VIRGIN 61980  CD2 Tr 16-18


07:53

KORNGOLD
Overture to Much ado about nothing
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Willy Mattes (conductor)
EMI17650  CD2  Tr 1


08:03

RAMEAU
Concert No 4 in Bb: La Rameau
London Baroque
BIS 1385  Tr 13


08:09

MOZART
Rondo in D K382
Evgeny Kissin, piano
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov (conductor)
RCA 60400  Tr 4


08:18

TIPPETT
From 5 Negro Spirituals from “A Child of Our Time”
By and By
Steal Away 
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)
COLLINS 14462  Tr 8-9


08:28

BRIDGE
Prestissimo
Ashley Wass, piano
NAXOS 557921  Tr 13


08:31

LISZT 
Wilde Jagd from 12 Transcendental Studies
Claudio Arrau, piano
PHILIPS 432667  Tr 8


08:36

FREE THOUGHT
Simon Armitage - A new poem – “Old Boy” – about growing old and being left behind

08:39

TCHAIKOVSKY
Waltz from Eugene Onegin
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
PHILIPS 442775  Tr 4


08:47

BRAHMS
4th of the 4 serious Songs “If I speak with the tongues of men...”
Jonathan Lemalu, bass-baritone
Roger Vignoles (conductor)
EMI 75203  Tr 4


09:03

JS BACH (arranged by Mahler)
Suite for Organ, Harpsichord and Orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen
SONY 0890129000  Tr 9-14


09:24

BELLINI
Love duet from la Sonnambula
Cecilia Bartoli, Amina
Juan Diego Florez, Elvino
Orchestra la Scintilla
Alessandro de Marchi
L’OISEAU LYRE 478108  CD1 Tr 10


09:30

MENDELSSOHN
Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op37/1
Jennifer Bate, organ
SOMM 050  Tr 1-2


09:38

ENSECO
Romanian Rhapsody No 1
Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra
CALA 0549  Tr 2


09:44

MOZART
Overture to Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
VIRGIN 363284  Tr 12


09:50

MONTI
Czardas
Phillipe Grafin, violin
Claire Desert, piano
ONYX 4039  Tr 3


09:55

HANDEL
L’angue offeso from Julius Caesar
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (conductor)
VIRGIN 903824  Tr 5

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.

Presented by Rob Cowan. Including a Free Thought after 8.30. Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Rösler An die Entfernte 
Bach Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV871 (Well-Tempered Klavier) Mozart Rondo in D, K382 
830-10.00: Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op 37 No 1 Bach, arr Mahler Suite for organ, harpsichord and orchestra 
Handel L'angue Offeso (Giulio Cesare )

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker introduces music by Offenbach, Montague, Beethoven, Copland, Bolcom and Grieg

With Sarah Walker. Includes Offenbach, arr. Binder: Overture (Orpheus in the Underworld). Montague: Night Frost Settles on a Pumpkin; Something's in Grandma's Attic (Autumn Leaves).

10.00  Offenbach arr. Binder  Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray (conductor)
MERCURY 434 332-2

10.09* Stephen Montague    Night Frost Settles on a Pumpkin; Something's in Grandma's Attic
(Autumn Leaves)
Philips Mead (piano)
NMC RECORDINGS  NMC D118

10.14* Beethoven    String Quartet in F minor, Op.59 No.1
Orpheus String Quartet
CHANNEL CLASSICS  CCS 6094

10.55* Stephen Montague   Headless Horseman (Autumn Leaves)
Philips Mead (piano), Stephen Montague (sound effects)
NMC RECORDINGS  NMC D118

10.57* Prokofiev   Suggestion diabolique
Gianluca Cascioli (piano)
DG 453 422-2

11.00* Copland    Grogh
Cleveland Orchestra, Oliver Knussen (conductor)
ARGO  443 203-2

11.31* William Bolcom   Graceful Ghost
Gil Shaham (violin), Jonathan Feldman (piano)
DG 463 483-2

11.41* Grieg   Peer Gynt: Suite No.1
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)
ERATO 8573 82917-2

With Sarah Walker.

Offenbach, arr Binder Overture: Orpheus in the Underworld - Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paul Paray

10.09 Stephen Montague Night Frost Settles on a Pumpkin; Something's in Grandma's Attic (Autumn Leaves) - Philip Mead (piano)

10.14 Beethoven String Quartet in F minor, Op 59 No 1 (Razumovsky) - Orpheus Quartet

10.55 Stephen Montague Headless Horseman - Philip Mead (piano), with recorded sounds

Prokofiev Suggestion Diabolique - Gianluca Cascioli (piano)

11.00 Copland Grogh - Cleveland Orchestra, conductor Oliver Knussen

11.31 Bolcom Graceful Ghost - Gil Shaham (violin), Jonathan Feldman (piano)

11.41 Grieg Peer Gynt: Suite No 1 - City of Birmingham SO, conductor Sakari Oramo

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: Gustav Mahler

Composer of the Week: Gustav Mahler: Episode 5: Legacy

Episode 5

Episode 5: Legacy

Gustav Mahler

Legacy

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Gustav Mahler, Legacy

Donald Macleod appraises Mahler's American legacy.

Donald Macleod appraises Mahler's American legacy as US-based conductors built on his work with the New York Philharmonic, championing his cause and helping his music's popularity.

Donald Macleod appraises Mahler's legacy in the US as, following his untimely death, a whole series of American-based conductors built on his work with the New York Philharmonic, championed his cause and began to channel his music towards its popularity today.

Das irdische Leben (Das Knaben Wunderhorn)
Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano)
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
Sony Classical SM2K 47 576 CD2 - Tr 10

Symphony No 6 (1st mvt)
New York Philharmonic
Dimitri Mitropoulos (conductor)
NYP 9807/08 CD 6 - Tr 1

Symphony No 3 (5th, 6th mvts)
Pacific Boychoir
San Francisco Girls' Chorus
Women of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
San Francisco Symphony 821936-003-2 CD 2 - Tr 2.

Donald Macleod surveys Mahler's last years, marked by both misfortune and personal success

Donald Macleod surveys Mahler's last, eventful years, which were marked by both misfortune and personal success. With excerpts from all ten of Mahler's symphonies as well as historic audio excerpts

5/5. Donald Macleod appraises Mahler's legacy in America, where a series of conductors built on his work with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, championed his cause and began to channel his music toward its popularity today. 
Das irdische Leben (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) Jennie Tourel (mezzo), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein 
Symphony No 6 (1st mvt) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos 
Symphony No 3 (5th and 6th mvts) Pacific 
Boychoir, San Francisco Girls Chorus and Women of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas Repeated at 10pm

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: LSO St Luke's British Series

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: LSO St Luke's British Series: Episode 4

Episode 4

LSO St Luke's British Series

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, LSO St Luke's British Series, Episode 4Close menu

Louise Fryer presents the Dante Quartet in music by Purcell, Tippett and Britten.

Louise Fryer presents highlights from the LSO St Luke's British series. The Dante Quartet in Purcell: Chaconne; Tippett: String Quartet No 2; and Britten: String Quartet No 3.

Concerts from LSO St Luke's looking at cross-currents in British music in the early 1900s

Series of concerts performed at LSO St Luke's in London concentrating on cross-currents in British music in the early 20th century

Afternoon on 3

With Louise Fryer. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime ConcertDante Quartet 
Purcell, arr Britten Chacony in G minor Tippett String Quartet No 2 
Britten String Quartet No 3, Op 94 
2.00 Towards Messlaen: The Stage Rameau Overture: Hippolyte et Aricie Les Talens Lyriques, director Christophe Rousset 
Gounod Va! Je T'ai Pardonne ... NuitdHymen6e (Romeo and Juliet) Nathalie Dessay (soprano), 
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon National Orchestra, conductor Michael Schonwandt 
2.15 Roussel Bacchus et Ariane: Suite No 2 BBC NOW, conductor Walter Weller 
2.35 Rameau Castor ef Pollux       
Netherlands Opera Chorus, Les Talens Lyriques, conductor Christophe Rousset

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: Towards Messiaen: The Stage

Afternoon Concert: Towards Messiaen: The Stage: Episode 5

Towards Messiaen: The Stage

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Towards Messiaen: The Stage, Episode 5

Focusing on French opera and ballet, with music by Rameau, Gounod and Roussel.

Focusing on French opera and ballet, with excerpts from Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie, Gounod's Romeo et Juliette and Roussel's Bacchus et Ariadne, plus Rameau's Castor et Pollux.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Part of a series celebrating 100 years since the birth of Messiaen, with a focus on his music in context of French opera and ballet. With a selection of odd couples across the centuries, including Romeo and Juliet, Bacchus and the abandoned Ariadne, as well as Rameau's complete opera celebrating brotherly the love of Castor and Pollux.

Rameau: Overture (Hippolyte et Aricie)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (director)

Gounod: Va, je t'ai pardonne...Nuit d'hymenee (Romeo et Juliette)
Nathalie Dessay (soprano)
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon National Orchestra
Michael Schonwandt (conductor)

Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane Suite No 2
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Walter Weller (conductor)

Rameau: Castor et Pollux
Castor ...... Finnur Bjarnasson (countertenor)
Pollux ...... Henk Neven (baritone)
Phoebe, a Spartan princess ...... Veronique Gens (soprano)
Telaira, daughter of the Sun ...... Anna Maria Panzarella (soprano)
First Athlete/Mercury/First Spartan ...... Anders J Dahlin (countertenor)
High Priest of Jupiter ...... Thomas Oliemans (tenor)
A Follower of Hebe/A Blessed Spirit/Cleone, Phoebe's confidante ...... Judith van Wanroij (soprano)
Jupiter ...... Nicolas Teste (bass)
Netherlands Opera Chorus (prepared by Martin Wright)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Towards Messiaen: The Stage

Music placing Messiaen in the conxtext of French musical themes: With opera and ballet

Music placing Messiaen's music in the context of important themes in French musical history, with a focus on opera and ballet performances

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: 31/10/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 31/10/2008

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With the Royal Opera House's Elektra and the 1607 Ensemble.

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With cast members and director Charles Edwards on their forthcoming production of Strauss's Elektra from the Royal Opera House, plus the 1607 Ensemble.

Sean Rafferty presents a selections of news and guests from the arts world.

Including mezzo-soprano Jane Henschel and director Charles Edwards chatting to Sean about their production of Strauss's Elektra at the Royal Opera House, plus music in the studio from the 1607 Ensemble.

17:02
LIADOV
Baba-Yaga, op.56
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
PHILIPS 442 011 2
Track 6
3’12”

17:06
LIVE
MORNABLE
Je ne sçay que
The 1607 Ensemble
2’56”

17:10
VIVALDI
Concerto in E flat major, RV.253 “La Tempesta di Mare”
Daniel Hope (violin)
William Conway (basso continuo)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
DG 477 7463
Track 8-10	
9’03”

17:20
STRAUSS
Ich habe keine guten Nachte (Act.1 Elektra)
Regina Resnik, mezzo (Klytemnestra)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
DECCA 417 346 2
CD.1 
Track 9	
2’16	

17:30
STRAUSS
Jokanaan! I am in love with your pale flesh (Scene 3, Salome)
Susan Bullock, soprano (Salome)
John Wegner, baritone (Jokanaan)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
CHANDOS 3157
CD.1 
Track 8
4’55	

17:42
STRAUSS
Ob ich nich hore - end
Birgitt Nilsson, soprano (Elektra)
Marie Collier, soprano (Chrysothemis)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
DECCA 417 346 2
CD.1 
Tracks 15-17
7’38	

17:54
BACH arr. Liszt
Prelude and Fugue No.20 in A minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)
Hélène Grimaud (piano)
DG 477 7978	
Tracks 11-12
5’20”
	
18:03
ROUSSEL
Gigue (Suite in F)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stéphane Denève (conductor)
NAXOS 8570529
Track 7
4’39”

18:08
MOZART 
Divertimento No.9 in B flat, K.240
Consortium Classicum
EMI 387918 2
CD.24
Tracks 9-12
11’17”

18:21
CLEMENT JANNEQUIN
La Guerre
The 1607 Ensemble
6’09”

18:34
LIVE
13C Orkney arr. Greg Skidmore
Nobilis humilis				
The 1607 Ensemble
4’23”

18:46
LIVE
WILBYE
Fly Not So Swift			
The 1607 Ensemble
2’27”

18:48
DEBUSSY
Petite Suite
Katia & Marielle Labèque (piano duet)
PHILIPS 454 471-2
Tracks 4-7
10’36”

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: 31/10/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, 31/10/2008

Petroc Trelawny introduces the RSNO in Berlioz, Brahms and Roussel.

Petroc Trelawny introduces the RSNO in Berlioz: Carnival Overture; Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 (with Steven Osborne, piano); and Roussel: Symphony No 1 (Poem of the Forest).

Petroc Trelawny introduces the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in a peformance given at Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall, featuring Berlioz's energetic Roman Carnival Overture, followed by Brahms's brooding Second Piano Concerto. The concert concludes with a rare opportunity to hear the impressionistic First Symphony by Albert Roussel, a composer the RSNO have done much to publicise.

Steven Osborne (piano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stephane Deneve (conductor)

Berlioz: Carnival Overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2
Roussel: Symphony No 1 (Poem of the Forest)

Followed by the final installment of 'Play to the Nation', a month-long celebration of amateur orchestras across the UK:

Mahler: Symphony No 3 (third movement)
Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra
David Curtis (conductor)

Philip Cashian: Mechanik
COMA London Ensemble 
Gregory Rose (conductor)

...and Pianothon, showcasing amateur pianists across the nation:

Gershwin: 'I Got Rhythm' for piano duet
Andy Quin (piano)
Julian Joseph (piano)

Presented by Petroc Trelawny . 
Steven Osborne (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Stephane Deneve Berlioz Overture: Roman Carnival 
Roussel Symphony No I (Poem of the Forest) Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat 
Followed by music from Pianothon and Play to the Nation - Radio 3's celebrations of amateur orchestras across the UK - including: Mahler Symphony No 3 (excerpts) Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra

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: The Free Thinking Lecture - Will Self

The Free Thinking Lecture - Will Self

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, The Free Thinking Lecture - Will Self

Author and columnist Will Self gives the opening lecture for Radio 3's festival of ideas.

Author and columnist Will Selt gives the opening lecture for Radio 3's festival of ideas, criticising the way the mind is portrayed in novels.

Author and columnist Will Self gives the opening lecture for Free Thinking 2008, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio Merseyside's festival of ideas, recorded in front of a live audience at Liverpool's Bluecoat arts centre.

Self argues that the way the mind is portrayed in novels is preposterous. Why are we so resistant to attempts to represent the mind as we really experience it, in all its terror, exhilaration and confusion? Are many of our finest novels designed to reassure us that we are 'normal'?

Introduced by Matthew Sweet.

The Free Thinking Lecture

Celebrated author and columnist Will Self gives the opening lecture at BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio Merseyside's festival of ideas in Liverpool - Free Thinking 2008. Presenter Matthew Sweet.

Composer Of the Week

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: Night Walks

The Essay: Night Walks: Episode 5: John Walsh

Episode 5: John Walsh

Night Walks

John Walsh

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Night Walks, John WalshClose menu

John Walsh walks the streets of the City of London and crosses the 'wobbly bridge'.

Journalist John Walsh takes to the streets of the City of London, where he recalls the words of William Wordsworth and even has fond memories of the 'wobbly bridge'.

Series about the experience of taking a walk after dark.

Journalist John Walsh takes to the streets of the City of London, where he recalls the words of William Wordsworth and even has fond memories of the 'wobbly bridge'.

Writers walk after dark and report on what they see, feel and think about their travels

Five writers take a stroll after dark and reports back on what they see, feel and think about their travels. Focusing on walking as a source of recreation, escape, nostalgia and spiritual release

Nlghtwalks 
5/5. John Walsh takes to the streets of London, where he recalls the words of William Wordsworth and even has fond memories of the wobbly bridge.

World on 3

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

World on 3: 31/10/2008

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, 31/10/2008

Mary Ann Kennedy presents a BBC debut session from all-girl folk band The Shee.

Mary Ann Kennedy's eclectic mix of sounds from around the world features a BBC debut session from all-girl folk band The Shee, who blend Scottish, Gaelic and bluegrass music.

World on 3 
Presented by Mary Ann Kennedy
Produced by Roger Short
Tel. 020 7765 4661
Fax 020 7765 5052 
e-mail world.routes@bbc.co.uk
Friday 31st October, 11:15pm
Perry: Exercising
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry; Pete Lockett (percussion); The “Crispy horns”; Zilverzurf; Kirupa Parana (Violin); Gopika & Nadaka (Backing Vocals) 
Album: The Mighty upsetter
SAM Production ON-U ONUCD 1001

Gilberto Gil/Jorge Mautner: Outros Viram
Gilberto Gil (Vocals & Guitar)
Album: Banda Larga Cordel
Geléia Geral/Warner Music 2564 695033

Dibango/Pepe Luiz: Walking to Waza
Manu Dibango/Soul Makossa
Album: African Woodoo
Frémeaux & Associés FA 502

Yasel González Rivera/Gerald Thomas Collymore: En La Esquina
Madera Limpia 
Album: La Corona
Out Here Records OH 009

Studio Session –The Shee

Lillias Kinsman-Blake (flute/fiddle)
Shona Mooney (fiddle/viola)
Rachel Newton (voice/electric harp)
Olivia Ross (voice/fiddle)
Laura-Beth Salter (voice/Mandolin)
Amy Thatcher (Accordion/clog dancing)

Lillias Kinsman-Blake: The Drunken Duck
Rachel Newton: The Gecko 
Sean O’Kang: Eye Tune 
Recorded at BBC Broadcasting House, October 2008

Trad: The Gaelic Song –Ged is Grianach an Latha 
Recorded at BBC Broadcasting House, October 2008

Yossou N’Dour/Kabou Guèye/Habib Faye: Tan Bi
Yossou N’Dour (Vocals); Habib Faye (Guitar); Edouard Manga (Kora); 
Thiama Sy/Barou sall (zalam); Mbaye Ndiaye (riti); Al-Seyni Camara (balafon); jean-Philippe Rykiel (keyboard); Babacar “Mbaye dieye” Faye & Jaco Largent (percussion)
Album: Nothing in Vain
Nonesuch 7559 79654-2

Kasbah Rockers & Bill Laswell – Al Rafel 
Album: Kasbah Rockers
Barbarity 028

Nitin Sawhney/Reena Bhardwaj: Ek Taan
Nitin Sawhney (piano); Reena Bhardwaj (Vocals)
Album: London Undersound
Cooking Vinyl -Positiv ID Promo CD001

Norman Blake: Don’t Be Afraid of the Neo-Cons
Norman Blake/Nancy Blake 
Album: Rich Man’s War –New Blues and Roots songs of peace and protest
Ruf Records RUF1144

Ben Sollee: A Few Honest Words 
Ben Sollee (Cello); rayna Gellert (fiddle); Lamar Cornett (percussion)
Album: Learning to bend
Sona Blast Records SB1015

Chris Stout: Da White Wife
Fiddlers Bid 
Album: Naked & Bare
Greentrax CD Trax 277

Bellowhead: Spectre Review 
Album: Matachin
Navigator Records Promo CD

Radoslav “Gypsy” Banga/Antonin Pesik: Vítej
Gipsy.cz
Album: Reprezent
Indies Scope Records MAM430-2

Studio Session –The Shee

Trad: Chilly Winds
Recorded at BBC Broadcasting House, October 2008

Happy Halloween (Amy Thatcher)
Recorded at BBC Broadcasting House, October 2008

Zazou: Attainable Border: South
Milind Raikar (Violin/Harp); Toir Kuziyev (tambur); hector Zazou (Sound Treatments/percussion)
Album: In the House of Mirrors
Crammed Discs Craw 47

Iain McLachlan: The Dark Island 
Addy Harper Trio

Mary Ann Kennedy with a session by six-piece all-girl folk band the Shee, whose first album A Different Season is released this month on their own label.

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 01/11/2008

01/11/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 01/11/2008

Susan Sharpe introduces music by Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Gorecki, Mendelssohn and Pook.

Susan Sharpe introduces music, including Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Gorecki, Mendelssohn, Byrd, Pook, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Brahms, Berlioz, Geminiani, Strauss, Handel and Barber.

01:01AM
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup (1843-1907)
Holberg Suite (Op.40) vers. for string orchestra  

01:22AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Symphony no. 4 (Op.36) in F minor

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)


02:07AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
St Francis' Sermon to the Birds (1st of 2 Legends, S.175 No.1)
St.Francis of Paule walking on the water – (2nd of 2 Legends, S.175 No.2)
Richard Raymond (piano)

02:28AM
Górecki, Henryk Mikolaj (b. 1933)
Salve Sidus Polonorum - Cantata in honour of St Wojciech (Adalbertus) (Op.72)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Percussion Ensemble of the National Philharmonic Orchestra, National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wojciech Michniewski (conductor)

02:53AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Overture to 'St Paul' (Op.36)
Rietze Smits (organ)

03:01AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Trio No.2 from Essercizii Musici
Camerata Köln: Rainer Zipperling (solo viola da gamba), Ghislaine Wauters (continuo viola da gamba), Harald Hoeren (harpsichord)

03:12AM
Byrd, William (c.1543-1623)
O Lord, how vain
Emma Kirkby (soprano), The Rose Consort of Viols

03:19AM
Pook, Jocelyn (b.1960), lyrics: Andrew Motion
Mobile
The King's Singers

03:23AM
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757) arr. Timothy Kain
Sonata in D major (K.430) arr. for 4 guitars
Sonata in F major (K.518) arr. for 4 guitars
Guitar Trek

03:31AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Overture and music from the Ballet Prometheus (Op.43)
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Hannu Koivula (conductor)

03:47AM
Reicha, Anton (1770-1836)
Trio for French horns (Op.82)
Jozef Illes, Jaroslan Snobl, Jan Budzak (French horns)

03:58AM
Bakfark, Bálint (c.1530-1576)
Fantasia; and ‘Je prens en gre’
Jacob Heringman (lute)

04:05AM
Spohr, Louis (1784-1859)
Fantasy, Theme and Variations a theme of Danzi (Op.81) in B minor 
László Horvath (clarinet), New Budapest String Quartet

04:13AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Schicksalslied (Op.54)
Oslo Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)

04:28AM
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
Isolde's Liebestod transc. Liszt for piano (S.447)
François-Frédéric Guy (piano)

04:36AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Le Roi Lear – overture (Op.4)
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

04:52AM
Pedersøn, Mogens (c.1583-1623)
3 songs for 5 voices
Ars Nova, Bo Holten (director)

05:00AM
Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762)
Concerto No.1 in D major (Op.7 No.1)
Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze (director/violin)

05:08AM
Boulanger, Lili (1893-1918)
Nocturne for flute and piano
Valentinas Gelgotas (flute), Audrone Kisieliute (piano)

05:12AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Der Abend (Op.34 No.1)
Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor)

05:22AM
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
Chrysanthemums for string quartet
Moyzes Quartet

05:28AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.16 in C major (K.128)
The Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan, Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)

05:42AM
Parker, Horatio William (1863-1919)
A Northern Ballad
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Julius Hegyi (conductor)

05:55AM
Schumann, Clara (1819-1896)
4 Pièces fugitives for piano (Op.15)
Angela Cheng (piano)

06:09AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Du meines Herzens Krönekein (Op.21 No.2)
Die Nacht (Op.10 No.2)
Ruhe meine Seele (Op.27 No.1)
Allerseelen (Op.10 No.8)
Jard van Nes (mezzo soprano), Gérard van Blerk (piano)

06:21AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Trio Sonata in G major (Op.5 No.4)
Tafelmusik Baroque Soloists

06:35AM
Barber, Samuel (1910-1981)
Violin Concerto (Op.14)
James Ehnes (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

Presented by Susan Sharpe. 
Grieg Holberg Suite Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 in F minor 2.07 Liszt St Francis's Sermon to the Birds; St Francis of Paule walking on the Water (Legends) 
2.28 Henryk Gorecki Salve Sidus Polonorum - Cantata in honour of St Wojciech, Op 72 (Adalbertus) 
2.53 Mendelssohn Overture: St Paul 3.01 Telemann Trio No 2 (Essercizii Musici) 3.12 Byrd 0 Lord, How Vain 
3.19 Jocelyn Pook Mobile 3.23 D Scarlatti, arr 
Timothy Kain Sonata in D, Kk430; Sonata in F Kk518 arr for four guitars 3.31 Beethoven Prometheus, Op 43 
(excerpts) 3.47 Relcha Horn Trio (Op 82) 3.58 Bakfark Fantasia; Je prens en gre 4.05 Spohr Fantasy, Theme and Variations in B minor on a theme of Danzi, Op 81 
4.13 Brahms Schicksalslied, Op 54 4.28 Wagner, transcr Liszt Isolde's Liebestod 4.36 Berlioz Overture: Le Roi Lear 4.52 Pederson Three Songs for Five Voices 
5.00 Gemlniani Concerto No 1 in D, Op 7 No 1 
5.08 Lili Boulanger Nocturne 5.12 Strauss Der Abend, Op 34, No 15.22 Puccini Crisantemi 5.28 Mozart Symphony No 16 in C, K128 5.42 Parker A Northern 
Ballad 5.55 Clara Schumann Quatre Pieces Fugitives, Op 15 6.09 Strauss Du meines Herzens Kronelein, Op 21 No 2; Die Nacht, Op 10 No 2; Ruhe meine Seele, Op 27 No 1; Allerseelen, Op 10 No 8 6.21 Handel Trio Sonata in G, Op 5 No 4 6.35 Barber Violin Concerto

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