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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: 24/12/2008

24/12/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 24/12/2008

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music by Bach, Sigurbjornssen, Tchaikovsky and Ades.

With Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Including Bach: Sonata in E flat. Sigurbjornsson: Emmanuel, to us this night. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker (excerpts). Ades: Fayrfax Carol.

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

07:03

OFFENBACH
Les Contes d’Hoffmann (overture)
Orchestre de L’Opera National de Lyon
Kent Nagano (conductor)
ERATO 0630 14330-2  CD1 Tr 1


07:06

VIVALDI
Vedro con mio diletto (Giustino)
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
Ensemble Matheus
Jean-Christophe Spinosi (director)
VIRGIN 363414-2  Tr 2


07:12

GRIEG
Carnival Scene, Op.19 No.3
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
DG 459 671-2  Tr 24


07:19

BACH
Sonata in E-flat, BWV.1031
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
EMI 217443-2  CD2 Tr 5-7


07:32

ÞORKELL SIGURBJORNSSON
Emmanuel, to us this night
BBC Singers
David Hill (director)
BBC Recording


07:36

GLAZUNOV
Melodie Op. 20 No. 1
Han-Na Chang (cello)
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
EMI 094638239024  Tr 1


07:44

SEBASTIAN AGUILERA DE HEREDIA
Tiento de batalla de 8 Tono
Les Sacqueboutiers
AMBROISIE AM 129  Tr 6


07:49

HANDEL
Ev’ry Valley Shall be Exalted (Messiah, Part 1)
Robert Tear (tenor)
Orchestra of the Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields 
David Willcocks (director)
EMI CMS 763784-2  CD1 Tr 3


07:54

Glenn MILLER
Anvil Chorus 1 & 2
Glenn Miller Orchestra
BMG 74321 911012  CD1 Tr 7


08:03

BACH
‘Passepied I – II – I’ (Overture No.1 (Suite in C major) BWV.1066)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
BIS SACD 1431  CD1 Tr 12


08:07

GODOWSKY
Portrait – Joh. Str. (Walzermasken)
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67626  Tr 5


08:13

RAVEL, orch. GRAINGER
La Vallee des Cloches (Miroirs)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 556412-2  Tr 7


08:19

TRAD. CAROL
Here We Come A Wassailing/On The Cold Ground
Harper’s Hamper
Celia Harper (director)
UNITED 88003  Tr 7


08:22

TRAD. CAROL
Jacobstowe Wassail
Waterson:Carthy
The Devil’s Interval
TSCD562  Tr 13


08:25

HELLENDAAL
Pastorale (concerto in E-flat, Op.3 No.4)
The Parley of Instruments
Peter Holman (director)
HELIOS CDH 55325  Tr 4


08:31

DVORAK
Scherzo (Terzetto in C major, Op.74B)
Prazak Quartet
PRD 250 110  Tr 7


08:36

TCHAIKOVSKY
Nutcracker Suite (extracts – ‘Divertissement’ from Act II)
London Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
TELARC CD 80140  Tr 7-12


08:48

SCHUBERT
An die Musik, D.547
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Gerald Moore (piano)
DG 437 225-2  CD1 Tr 1


08:51

SAINT-SAENS
Havanaise in E major, Op.83
Nicola Benedetti (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor)
DG 987 057-7  Tr 4


09:03

GIBBONS
Ground: Peascod time, or, The hunt’s up, MB.30
Daniel-Ben Pienaar (piano)
DXL 1126  CD1 Tr 22


09:10

ADES
Fayrfax Carol
Polyphony 
Stephen Layton (director)
EMI 557610-2  Tr 3


09:14

STRAUSS
Horn Concerto No.1 in E major, Op.11
Barry Tuckwell (horn)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
DECCA 476 2699  Tr 1-3


09:31

BEETHOVEN
Sonata No.24 in F-sharp major, Op.78
Andras Schiff (piano)
ECM 476 6187  Tr  6-7


09:43

PUCCINI
Preludio Sinfonico 
Radio-Symphony-Orchester, Berlin
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 410 007-2  Tr 1


09:53

MOZART arr. Uri Caine
Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major, K.364 (3rd movement)
Uri Caine Ensemble
W&W 910 130-2  Tr  6

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.

With Sara Mohr-Pietsch . Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Bach Sonata in E flat, BWV1031 
Thorkell Siqurbjornsson Emmanuel , to Us This Night 
83O-1OQO:Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite (excerpts) Thomas Ades Fayrfax Carol

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 presents music by Mendelssohn, Jarman, Charpentier, Waldteufel and Saboly.

With Sarah Walker. Including Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1. Jarman: There were shepherds abiding in the field. Charpentier: Noel pour les instruments. Waldteufel: Roses de Noel.

With Sarah Walker.

Including:

10.00 Mendelssohn   Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.25   		
Moura Lympany (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
IVORY CLASSICS 64405-70906	

10.21* Jarman   There were shepherds abiding in the field	
Psalmody
The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (director)
HYPERION CDA66924	

10.25* Charpentier    Les Bourgeois de Chastre; Ou s’en vont ces gays bergers; 
Joseph est bien marie; Or nous dites Marie (Noel pour les instruments, H.534)
Les Arts Florrisants, William Christie (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMX2908141   

10.34* Waldteufel   Roses de Noel, Op.230;  Galop, Op.152
Gulbenkian Orchestra, Michel Swierzewski (conductor)
NIMBUS NI 5264	

10.46* Rebikov   The Christmas Tree			
Shura Cherkassy (piano)
DECCA  433 651-2	

10.48* Saboly   Ben urosa la naissenca;
Cordat   O Monde, que tu est heureux		
La Camera delle Lacrime, Bruno Bonhoure (director)	
ALPHA 117		

10.55* Britten   Ceremony of Carols, Op.28				
Choir of Westminster Cathedral
Sioned Williams (harp)
David Hill (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 66220	

11.20* Prokofiev   Peter and the Wolf, Op.67			
Jacqueline du Pre (narrator)
English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 0475 

11.51* Gruber   Kommet ihr Hirten;  O Tannenbaum;  Liese rieselt der Schnee	
Anonymous Choir & Orchestra
DG  474 573-2

With Sarah Walker. 
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No 1in G minor Moura Lympany , RPO, conductor Malcolm Sargent 
10.21 Jarman There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field Psalmody, Parley of Instruments, director Peter Holman 
10.25 Charpentier Noëls pour les Instruments 
(excerpts) Les Arts Florissants, director William Christie 
10.34 Waldeteufel Roses de Noel. Op 230; Galop, Op 152 Gulbenkian Orchestra, conductor Michel Swierzewski 
10.47 Saboly Ben Urosa la Naissenca Cordat 0 Monde, Que Tu Est Heureux 
La Camera delle Lacrime, director Bruno Bonhoure 
10.54 Britten Ceremony of Carols, Op 28 
Sioned Williams (harp), Westminster Cathedral Choir, conductor David Hill 
11.19 Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf Jacqueline du Pre (narrator), ECO, conductor Daniel Barenboim 
11.50 Griiber Kommet Ihr Hirten; 0 Tannenbaum; LieseRieseltderSchnee Unknown choir and orchestra

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: Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Composer of the Week: Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): Episode 3: Torre del Lago

Episode 3

Episode 3: Torre del Lago

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Torre del Lago

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), Torre del Lago

Donald Macleod looks at the lifestyle Puccini enjoyed at his home in Torre del Lago.

Donald Macleod looks at the lifestyle Puccini enjoyed at his home in Torre del Lago. There, away from the glare of publicity, he could compose in peace, play cards, drink rough red wine with the locals and was able to shoot wildfowl on Lake Massaciuccoli.

Casa mia, casa mia
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Julius Rudel (piano)

L'uccellino
Roberta Alexander (soprano)
Tan Crone (piano)

Recondite armonia (Tosca, Act 1)
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Angelo Veccia (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)

Mario! Mario! Mario!... Ah, quegli occhi! (Tosca, Act 1)
Leontyne Price (soprano)
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

Dov'e Angelotti... nel pozzo... nel giardino (Tosca, Act 2)
Tito Gobbi (baritone)
Giuseppe di Stefano, Franco Calabrese (tenors)
Maria Callas (soprano)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Victor de Sabata (conductor)

Tosca (Act 3, excerpt)
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Roberto Alagna, David Cangelosi (tenors)
Sorin Coliban (bass)
Chorus of the Royal Opera House
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Antonio Pappano (conductor).

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Giacomo Puccini

Adored by some, hated by others, regardless of any opinion, these days Puccini's operas are repertory mainstays. Donald Macleod explores the composer's life and work

Composer of the Week: Puccini Season

3/5. Torre del Lago. Donald Macleod explores Puccini's home life in Torre del Lago. Casa Mia , Casa Mia 
Placido Domingo (tenor), Julius Rudel (piano) L'Uccellino 
Roberta Alexander (soprano), Tan Crone (piano) Recondite Armonia (Tosca) 
Placido Domingo (tenor), Angelo Veccia (baritone), Philharmonia, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli Mario! Mario! Ah, Quegli Occhi ! (Tosca) 
Leontyne Price (soprano), Placido Domingo 
(tenor), Vienna PO, conductor Herbert von Karajan Dov'e Angelotti, Nel Pozzo , Nel Giardino (Tosca) Soloists, Milan La Scala Orchestra, conductor Victor de Sabata 
Tosca, Act 3 (excerpt) Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Antonio Pappano  Repeated at 10.30pm

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: Bath Mozartfest 2008

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Bath Mozartfest 2008: Episode 3

Bath Mozartfest 2008

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Bath Mozartfest 2008, Episode 3

With Louise Fryer. Adam Walker (flute), Lucy Wakeford (harp) in Mozart: Andante, K315.

Louise Fryer presents highlights of the Mozart festival. Mozart: Andante, K315. Adam Walker (flute), Lucy Wakeford (harp). Schubert: Octet in F, D803. Scharoun Ensemble, Berlin.

Louise Fryer presents highlights from Bath's 2008 festival of the music of Mozart.

Mozart: Andante, K315
Adam Walker (flute)
Lucy Wakeford (harp)

Schubert: Octet in F, D803
Scharoun Ensemble, Berlin.

Bath's annual celebration of the music of Mozart as well as many other great composers

The annual celebration of the music of Mozart and many other great composers in the picturesque city of Bath

Afternoon on 3

With Louise Fryer. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Highlights from the 2008 Bath Mozart Festival. Mozart Andante in C, K 315 
Adam Walker (flute), Lucy Wakeford (harp) 
Schubert Octet in F, D803 Scharoun Ensemble 
2.00 Telling the Tale 
Grand finale concert from the BBC Concert 
Orchestra's Fabulous Family Music Day held in Watford in April, with Kirsten O'Brien. 
Roderick Elms (organ), BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Christopher Warren-Green 
Rimsky-Korsakov Suite: The Tale of Tsar Saltan BBC Philharmonic, conductor Alexander Titov 
Prokofiev Ballet: Romeo and Juliet, Op 64 
(excerpts) BBC NOW, conductor Thierry Fischer 
Geirr Tveitt Symphony No 1, Op 183 (Jolakvelden) Stavanger SO, conductor Ola Kristian Ruud Philip Lane The Night before Christmas 
Stephen Fry (speaker), BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Barry Wordsworth

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: Telling the Tale

Afternoon Concert: Telling the Tale: Episode 3

Telling the Tale

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Telling the Tale, Episode 3

With music from the BBC CO Fabulous Family Music Day and Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet.

Presented by Louise Fryer. Including highlights from the BBC CO's Fabulous Family Music Day. Plus music by Rimsky Korsakov, Prokofiev, Geir Tveitt and Philip Lane.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Including highlights of the Grand Finale Concert from the BBC Concert Orchestra's Fabulous Family Music Day, held in Watford. With Roderick Elms (organ) and the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Christopher Warren Green. Introduced by Kirsten O'Brien.

Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite (The tale of Tsar Saltan), Op 57
BBC Philharmonic
Alexander Titov (conductor)

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op 64 (excerpts)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Geirr Tveitt: Symphony No 1, Op 183 (Jolakvelden/Christmas Eve)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Ola Kristian Ruud (conductor)

Philip Lane: The Night before Christmas
Stephen Fry (speaker)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Telling the Tale

Louise Fryer takes listeners to a land of fairytales and stories

Louise Fryer takes listeners to a land of fairytales and stories, with excerpts from the large-scale ballet works of Prokofiev and Tchaikovksy

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost: Episode 3

BBC Radio 3 - Paradise Lost, Episode 3

God explains to his son that he will regard man's fall with some grace as he was seduced.

God sees Satan going towards this world and explains to his son that while man does have free will and could resist temptation, he will regard his fall with grace as he was seduced.

Read by Anton Lesser.

God sees Satan going towards this world and explains to his son that while man does have free will and could resist temptation, he will regard his fall with some grace as he was seduced.

Anton Lesser reads from the unabridged version of John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost: Milton Season

3/12. By John Milton. Read by Anton Lesser. God sees Satan going towards this world and explains to his son the consequences of the fall of man.

New Generation Artists

New Generation Artists - a BBC scheme to nurture exceptional young talent

The BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme helps to support talented musicians to reach the next stages of their careers and brings some of the world’s most promising new talent to listeners across the UK through BBC Radio 3 broadcasts.

New Generation Artists: Mahan Esfahani, Tai Murray, Aronowitz Ensemble

Mahan Esfahani, Tai Murray, Aronowitz Ensemble

BBC Radio 3 - New Generation Artists, Mahan Esfahani, Tai Murray, Aronowitz Ensemble

With harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, violinist Tai Murray and the Aronowitz Ensemble.

Verity Sharp presents recordings by Radio 3 New Generation Artists. With harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, violinist Tai Murray, plus the Aronowitz Ensemble in Schubert: Trout Quintet.

Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme picks out some of the brightest new talents in the classical music world. Verity Sharp presents a special Christmas and New Year series featuring studio and live concert performances by this group of young musicians.

Picchi: Toccata
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

Schubert arr. Ernst: Erlkonig
Tai Murray (violin)

Frescobaldi: Cento partite sopra Passacaglia
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D667 (Trout)
Aronowitz Ensemble

Attrib. Bach, arr Esfahani: Bist Du Bei Mir
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

Purcell: Music For A While
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord).

3/10. Presented by Verity Sharp. 
Picchi Toccata Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) 
Schubert, arr Ernst Erlkonig Tai Murray (violin) Sweelinck Meinjunges Leben hat ein End Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) 
Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D667 (Trout) Aronowitz Ensemble

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: Bach at Christmas

Performance on 3: Bach at Christmas: Episode 3

Bach at Christmas

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Bach at Christmas, Episode 3

John Eliot Gardiner conducts Bach's Brandeburg Concerto No 5 and Suite No 3 in C.

John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists in works by Bach: Brandeburg Concerto No 5; Cantata No 3 (Christmas Oratorio).

Presented by Martin Handley.

John Eliot Gardiner conducts The Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloists in an all-Bach programme, recorded at  Christ Church as part of the Spitalfields Winter Festival 2008.

Evangelist ...... Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Bach: Motet - Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226; Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D, BWV 1050; Cantata No 3 - Herrscher des Himmels, erhore das Lallen (Christmas Oratorio)

Plus highlights from BBC Proms 2008:

Bach: Suite No 3 in C, BWV 1009
Jian Wang (cello)

Bach: Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel Hoch, BWV 769
Simon Preston (organ).

Series of all-Bach programmes recorded as part of the Spitalfields Winter Festival 2008

Series of all-Bach programmes recorded at Hawksmoor's Christ Church in December 2008, as part of the Spitalfields Winter Festival

Bach at Christmas 
Presented by Martin Handley. Simon Preston (organ) 
Bach Der Geist Hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV226; Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D, BWV1050; Cantata: Herrscher des Himmels, erhore das Lallen (Christmas Oratorio, BWV248) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner. Plus highlights from the 2008 BBC Proms. Cello Suite No 3 in C, BWV1009 Jian Wang 
Canonic Variations on Von Himmel Hoch , BWV769

Belief

Programme that talks to artists, scientists and thinkers about what they believe and why

Programme that talks to artists, scientists and thinkers and asks them about what they believe and why

Belief: Series 4

Belief: Series 4: Episode 3: Marina Warner

Episode 3: Marina Warner

Series 4

Marina Warner

BBC Radio 3 - Belief, Series 4, Marina Warner

Joan Bakewell discusses belief with novelist, critic and cultural historian Marina Warner.

Joan Bakewell talks to prize-winning novelist, critic and cultural historian Marina Warner who, though brought up Catholic, abandoned her faith in her twenties while writing a book.

Joan Bakewell explores areas of belief with artists, thinkers and other public figures.

She talks to prize-winning novelist, critic and cultural historian Marina Warner who, although brought up Catholic and a former pupil of one of Britain's top convent schools, abandoned her faith in her twenties while writing her second book Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and Cult of the Virgin Mary. 

Yet she remains personally and professionally interested in all things religious, magical, mythical and irrational.

Joan Bakewell discusses areas of belief with artists, thinkers and other public figures

3/9. Joan Bakewell talks to author Marina Warner.

BBC Proms

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

The world's greatest classical music festival. Stunning performances, unique collaborations and the sheer joy of live music. Relive 2023's highlights before the new season begins.

BBC Proms: 2008

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 36: Rachmaninov Vespers

12/08/2008

Prom 36: Rachmaninov Vespers

2008

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 36: Rachmaninov Vespers

The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Paul Hillier perform Rachmaninov's Vespers.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Fiona Talkington. Rachmaninov's Vespers is performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir directed by Paul Hillier.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley.

Rachmaninov's Vespers, his heartfelt setting of the Orthodox All-Night Vigil, is performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and its outgoing chief conductor and artistic director Paul Hillier. Written shortly before the composer emigrated, the piece is based on chants of the Russian Orthodox Church, evoking the rich, expressive choral sound of his native land.

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Paul Hillier (conductor)

Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil (Vespers).

Selected coverage from the classical concerts of the Proms 114th season.

BBC Proms 2008

With Martin Handley. 
Rachmaninov Vespers Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conductor Paul Hillier

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: 24/12/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, 24/12/2008

Verity Sharp presents music from Magpie Lane, Sufjan Stevens, and Bob and Gill Berry.

Verity Sharp presents music to help see in Christmas Day, with Magpie Lane, Sufjan Stevens, and Bob and Gill Berry, alongside the Change Ringing Handbell Group and Philip Pickett.

23:30
Leslie: Winter Man
Gill & Bob Berry 
Taken from the album Bitter Sweet
Wild Goose WGS 336CD	 

(Segue)

23:32
Stevens: Come On! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance!
Sufjan Stevens
Taken from the album Sufjan Stevens Presents Songs For Christmas
Rough Trade RTRADCDX450 

23:36
Trad arr. Foster: While Shepherd’s Watched   
Magpie Lane
Taken from the album Knock at the Knocker, Ring at the Bell
Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD 52 

23:40
Thomas Hardy – Christmas 1924

(Segue)

Bertelmann/Nice: Pulverschnee 
Hauschka & Andy Nice
Taken from the compilation That Fuzzy Feeling 
Loaf Promo

23:45
Change Ringing: Treble Bob Sixteen-In
Change Ringing Handbell Group
Taken from the album Change Ringing on Handbells
Saydisc CDSDL 310 

(Segue)

23:52
de Coincy: S’amour dont sui espris
New London Consort/Philip Pickett
Taken from the album Songs of Angels
Decca 460 794 2 

(Segue)

23:59
Norberg: Kristallen
Johan Norberg, kantele/Jonas Knutsson, saxophone
Taken from the album Christmas With My Friends II 
ACT 9476 2 

00:03
Trad arr. Kirpatrick/Sartin/Rose: Acre of Land/Lumps of Plum Pudding
Faustus 
Taken from the album Faustus 
Navigator 5

(Segue) 

00:07
Trad: Hymn for Christmas Day
Magpie Lane
Taken from the album Knock at the Knocker, Ring at the Bell
Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD 52	

(Segue)

00:09
Trad arr. Ackah: Afe Hyia Pa
African Guitar Summit
Taken from the compilation World Christmas
World Music Network LC11067 

00:13
Bach transcribed Busoni: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Kun-Woo Paik, piano
Taken from the album Bach/Busoni: Piano Transcriptions
Decca 467 358 2

(Segue)

00:17
Chilcott: Mid-Winter
Cadenza
Taken from the album Voices of Joy
Cadenza CACD02

00:22
The Winter’s Spring – John Clare

Segue

00:23
Pisani/Hawkins: Mouth Half Open
Imaginationandmymother 
Taken from the compilation That Fuzzy Feeling 
Loaf Promo

00:27
Vähi: Aspiration for the Pure Land
Irén Lovász, voice/Estonian National Male Choir/English Handbell Ensemble Arsis
Taken from the album Supreme Silence 
CCnC Records 00182

(Segue)

00:44
Hidalgo/Simpson: The Slow Pageant
David Hidalgo, bajo sexto/Martin Simpson, guitar/Viji Krishnan, violin/Puvalur Srinivasan, mridangam 
Taken from the album Kambara Music in Native Tongues 
Water Lily Acoustics WLA CS 63 CD

00:55
Wood: Walk This World
Chris Wood
Taken from the album The Lark Descending 
Ruf Records RUFCD10

Magpie Lane, Sufjan Stevens and Bob and Gill Berry all help to see in Christmas Day.

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 25/12/2008

25/12/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 25/12/2008

John Shea's selection includes a Christmas Medley from The Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

John Shea's selection includes Bach's Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Vivaldi's Gloria Cantata in D, Carols from Benjamin Britten and a Christmas Medley from The Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

With John Shea.

1.01am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Gloria in Excelsis Deo, BWV 191
1.16am
Mondonville, Jean-Joseph Cassanea de (1711-1772): Grand Motet 'Dominus regnavit'
1.42am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Gloria - cantata, RV 588, in D 
Ann Monoyios (soprano)
Matthew White (counter tenor)
Colin Ainsworth (tenor)
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir & Orchestra
Ivars Taurins

2.11am
Jadin, Hyacinthe (1776-1800): Sonata No 3, Op 6, in F 
Patrick Cohen (fortepiano)

2.31am
Marteau, Henri (1874-1934): Quartet No 3 in C 
Yggdrasil String Quartet

3.10am
Sialm, Duri (1891-1961): Al Segner, laud honur
Judith Scherrer (mezzo-soprano)
Falera Men's Chorus
Giusep Decurtins

3.15am
Kania, Emanuel (1827-1887): Sonata in G minor
Maria Szwajger-Kulakowska (piano)
Andrzej Grabiec (violin)
Pawel Glombik (cello)

3.45am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): 6 Epigraphes antiques
Wyneke Jordans, Leo Van Doeselaar (piano)

4.01am
Reger, Max (1873-1916): Maria Wiegenlied, Op 76, No 52
Leontovitch, Mykola (1877-1921) arr. Cable: Carol of the Bells
Kountz, Richard (1896-1950), arr. Cable: The Sleigh a la Russe
Yon, Pietro Alessandro (1886-1943): Gesu Bambino
Adam, Adolphe (1803-1856) arr. Cable: Cantique de Noel
Torme, Mel (1925-1999)/Berlin, Irving (1888-1989)/Martin, Hugh (b.1914) arr. Cable: Christmas Medley
Louis & Gino Quilico (baritones)
Judy Loman (harp)
Toronto Children's Chorus
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Jean Ashworth Bartle

4.20am
Guilmant, Alexandre (1837-1911): Introduction & variations on a Polish Noel
Michael Dudman (organ)

4.24am
Gliere, Reyngold Moritsevich (1875-1956): Fugue on a Russian Christmas Song  
David Goode (organ)

4.26am
Trad. France: Noel Nouvelet
Anon. (15th century): Lullay, lullow
Zefiro Torna

4.33am
Gruber, Franz (1787-1863): Stille Nacht
Traditional: Deck the Hall
Trenet, Charles (1913-2001): Noel
Traditional: Entre le oeuf et l'ane gris
Heyral, Marc, arr. Rochon: Le Noel de la Rue
Les chanteurs de Saint-Coeur-de-Marie
Richard Pare (harpsichord/organ)
Claude Gosselin (conductor)

4.52am
La Cour, Niels (b.1944): Hodie Christus natus est
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931) arr. Dyrst: Hjemlige jul
Rung, Henrik (1807-1871): Chime, you bells
Fionian Chamber Choir
Alice Granum

5.00am
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): Chorale after an old French Carol; A Shepherd's Carol
Polyphony
Stephen Layton

5.09am
Ciglic, Zvonimir (b.1921): Concertino for harp & orchestra
Mojka Zlobko (harp)
Slovenian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra
Anton Nanut

5.23am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 753
Christophe Bossert (organ)

5.26am
Langlais, Jean (1907-1991): Mon ame cherche un fin paisible
Anja Hendrikx (organ)

5.32am
Chopin, Frederyk (1810-1849): Nocturne, Op 55, No 2, in E flat arr. Kocsis
Anita Szabo (flute)
Bela Horvath (cor anglais)

5.38am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Waldesrauschen
Lana Genc (piano)

5.43am
Praetorius, Michael (1571-1621): Dans une etable obscure 
Claude Belanger (soloist)
Les chanteurs de Saint-Coeur-de-Marie
Claude Gosselin

5.47am
Praetorius, Michael (c.1571-1621): Resonet in laudibus
In dulci jubilo
Paul Hoxbro (recorder)
Fionian Chamber Choir
Alice Granum

5.53am
Blow, John (1649-1708): The Graces' Dance
The Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley

6.01am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): For unto us a child is born
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir & Orchestra
Ivars Taurins

6.05am
Handel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759): He shall feed his flocks
Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Sion
Marita Kvarving Solberg (soprano)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Kjetil Haugsand

6.15am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): The Sleeping beauty suite, Op 66a
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard

6.36am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Gallimathias Musicum, K32
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Biondi

6.52am
Ord, Boris (1897-1961): Adam lay ybounden
Cornelius, Peter (1824-74) arr. Ivor Atkins: The 3 kings
Scheidt, Samuel (1587-1654): In dulci jubilo
Russell Braun (baritone)
Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
Hannaford Street Silver Band
Edward Moroney (organ)
John Rutter (conductor).

With John Shea. 
Bach Gloria in Excelsis Deo, BWV191 Mondonville Dominus Regnavit Vivaldi Gloria in D, RV588 2.11 Jadin Piano Sonata in F, Op 6 No 3 2.31 Marteau String Quartet No 3 in C 110 Sialm AlSeqner , Laud Honur 3.15 Kania Sonata in Gm/nor 145 Debussy Epigraphies Antiques 4.01 Reger Maria Wiegenlied , No 52, Op 76 Leontovitch Carol of the Bells Kountz The 
Sleigh a la Russe Yon Gesu Bambino Adam Cantique de NoS Tome Christmas Medley 4.20 Guilmant introduction and Variations on a Polish Noel 4.24 Gliere Fugue on a Russian Christmas song 4.26 French Tradition Noël Nouvelet Anon Lullay, Lullow 4.33 Griiber Stille Nacht Traditional Deck the Hall Trénet Noë/ Traditional Entre le Boeuf et l'Ane Gris Heyrat Le Noël de la Rue 4.52 La Cour Hodie Christus Natus Est Nielsen Hjemligejul Rung Chime, You Bells 5.00 Britten Choraleafteran old French Carol; A Shepherds Carol 5.09 Ciglic Harp Concertino 5.23 Bach Jesu , Meine Freude , BWV753 &26 Langlais Mon Ame Cherche un Fin Paisible 5-32 Chopin Nocturne in E flat, Op 55 No 2 5.38 Liszt Waldesrauschen 
5.43 Praetorius Dans une Etable Obscure; Resonet in Laudibus 5.53 Blow The Graces'Dance 6.01 Handel For unto Us a Child Is Born; He Shall Feed His Flocks, Rejoice Greatly, 0 Daughter of Sion 6.15 Tchaikovsky Ballet suite: The Sleeping Beauty 6.36 Mozart Gallimathias Musicum 6.52 Ord Adam lay ybounden Cornelius The Three Kings Scheidt In DulciJubilo

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