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Breakfast

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

Breakfast: Rob Cowan

05/03/2009

Rob Cowan

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents music by Berlioz, Arnold, Saint-Saens, Strauss, Glass and CPE Bach.

With Rob Cowan. Featuring a Saint-Saens piano transcription by Earl Wild and Strauss' First Horn Concerto, written for his father who was principal horn of the Munich Court Opera.

The complete Breakfast playlist is posted online after the programme has been broadcast.


07:02

VILLA-LOBOS
As Três Marias
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
HYPERION CDA67176   T.1-3


07:06

HOLST
A Fugal Overture, op.40, no.1
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9420   T.1


07:11

SCHUBERT
Frülingsglaube. D686 (Springtime Hopes)
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
RCA 88697329322   T.12


07:16

BERLIOZ
La reine Mab
From Romeo et Juliette, Symphonie dramatique, op.17, Part 4
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS	 2176402    CD1 T.9


07:24

SWEELINCK		
Esce mars, SwWV 321/N3
Robert Woolley (harpsichord)
CHANDOS CHAN 0758   T.2


07:31

MOZART
Horn Concerto No.1 in D major, K.412
Barry Tuckwell (horn)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
EMI CDM7695692   T.1+2


07:40

MOZART
Finale to G minor Symphony
The Glen Gray Casa Loma Orchestra
Glen Gray (conductor)
EMI 5813542    T.3


07:44

SAINT-SAENS (TRANSC. WILD)
Le Rouet d’Omphale, op.31
Earl Wild (piano)
SONY CLASSICAL SK 62036	  T.1						


07:54

ROSSINI
La regatta veneziana (Serate musicali, No.9)
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Gerald Moore (piano)
EMI CLASSICS	5679902   CD1  T.7


08:03

ARNOLD
Four Cornish Dances, op.91
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Arnold (conductor)
EMI 5747802    T.22-25


08:14

TCHAIKOVSKY
Vesna (Spring), Op.54, No.9
Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
HELIOS CDH55331   T.16


08:17

BACH
Allemande from Partita No.4 in D major, BWV 828
Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
ONYX 4035   T.36


08:25

GLAZUNOV
Mazurka from Ballet Suite for Large Orchestra, op.52
The USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgeni Svetlanov (conductor)
MELODIYA RECORD COMPANY SUCD 10-00160	,   T.3


08:31

HANDEL
Accompagnato: I rage – I melt – I burn!
Air: O ruddier than the cherry
Matthew Brook (Polyphemus)
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt (director)
LINN CKD 319   CD2  T.2+3


08:37

DELIUS
North Country Sketches, no.IV – The March of Spring
The Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
ARGO 4302022   T.7
		
		
08:48

C.P.E. BACH
Württemberg Sonata No.3 in E minor
Bob van Asperen (harpsichord)
TELDEC 2564 69455 4    CD2  T.7-9


09:02

STRAUSS
Horn Concerto No.1 in E flat major, op.11
Alan Civil (horn)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Rudolf Kempe (conductor)
TESTAMENT SBT 1428   T.1-3
				
	
09:21

PAGANINI
Caprice No.24 in A minor – Tema con variazioni: Quasi presto
Tanja Becker-Bender (violin)
HYPERION CDA67763    T.24


09:26

GLASS
The Hours
Michael Riesman (piano)
Lyric Quartet
Orchestra conducted by Nick Ingman
NONESUCH 7559-79693-2   T.14	


09:35

IBERT
Divertissement
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Louis Frémaux (conductor)
EMI CDC7492612   T.1-6


09:50

BRAHMS
4 Waltzes from Op.39, no.1, no.14, no.15, no.16
Gerhard Oppitz (piano)
RCA RED SEAL 82876-67887-2    T.2 & 15-17
	

09:55

PUCCINI
Tosca – End of Act I, Va, Tosca!
Tito Gobbi (Scarpia)
Choeurs du Theatre National de l’Opera
Orchestra de la societe des Concerts du Conservatoire
Georges Pretre (conductor)
EMI CMS7699742    CD1   T.9

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. Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Berlioz La reine Mab (Romeo et Juliette) Arnold Four Cornish Dances, Op 91 
Saint-Saëns, transcr Wild Le rouetdVmphale, Op31 
8.30-10.00: Strauss Horn Concerto No 1 in E flat Philip Glass Film music: The Hours (excerpts) 
CPE Bach Württemberg Sonata No 3 in E minor, Wq49

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 Gould, Foster, Saint-Saens, Krommer, Mascagni and Vierne.

With Sarah Walker. Including Gould: Fanfare for Freedom. Foster: Swanee River; Camptown Variation (Foster Gallery). Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3. Mascagni: Parisina (excerpt).

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Gould: Fanfare for Freedom
London Philharmonic Orchestra brass and percussion
Jorge Mester (conductor)
KOCH 370122

10.02am
Foster, arr. Gould: Swanee River; Camptown Variation (Foster Gallery - Nos 4 and 5)
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Theodore Kuchar (conductor)
NAXOS 8559005

10.07am
Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 (Organ Symphony)
Philippe Lefebvre (organ)
French National Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa (conductor)
EMI CDC 747 477 2

10.44am
Krommer: Concerto in E flat for two horns and wind ensemble
Charles Kavalovski, Scott Brubaker (horns)
Harmonie Ensemble/New York
Steven Richman (conductor)
MUSIC AND ARTS PROGRAMS OF AMERICA CD691

11.04am
Mascagni: Parisina (opening of Act 2)
Parisina ...... Denia Mazzola (soprano)
La Verde ...... Laura Brioli (mezzo-soprano)
Choir of the Radio Lettone
National Orchestra of Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon
Enrique Diemecke (conductor)
ACTES SUD AT34193 (3 CDs)

11.14am
Vierne: Prelude (Pieces in Free Style, Op 31)
Colin Walsh (organ of Lincoln Cathedral)
PRIORY PRCD 319 (2 CDs)

11.16am
Vierne: Divertissiment (Pieces in Free Style, Op 31)
Christopher Herrick (organ of St Bartholomew's Church, New York City)
HYPERION CDA 66605

11.19am
Vierne: Epitaph (Pieces in Free Style, Op 31)
Simon Lindley (organ of Leeds Parish Church)
NAXOS 8550581

11.24am
Scott: Piano Concerto No 1
Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10376

11.58am
Ireland: The Holy Boy
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)
John McCabe (piano)
ASV CD DCA 592.

With Sarah Walker. 
Gould Fanfare for Freedom 
London Philharmonic Orchestra brass and percussion, conductor Jorge Mester 
10.02 Foster, arr Gould Swanee River; Camptown Variation (Foster Gallery) Ukraine National 
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Theodore Kuchar 
10.07 Saint-Saens Symphony No 3 in C minor (Organ) Philippe Lefebvre (organ), French National Orchestra, conductor Seiji Ozawa 
10.44 Krommer Concerto in E flat 
Charles Kavalovski and Scott Brubaker (horns), Harmonie Ensemble of New York, conductor Steven Richman 
11.04 Mascagni Parisina (excerpt) Denia Mazzola (soprano), Laura Brioli (mezzo), Radio Lettone 
Choir, National Orchestra of Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, conductor Enrique Diemecke 
11.14 Vierne Piece in Free Style, Op 31 (excerpts); Prelude No 5 Colin Walsh (organ) 
Divertissement No 11 Christopher Herrick (organ) Epitaph No 4 Simon Lindley (organ) 
11.24 Cyril Scott Piano Concerto No/Howard Shelley, BBC Philharmonic, conductor Martyn Brabbins 
11.56 Ireland The Holy Boy 
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John McCabe (piano)

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: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Composer of the Week: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Episode 4

Episode 4

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Episode 4

Donald Macleod explores how, despite serious money trouble, Mozart wrote two great works.

Donald Macleod explores how, despite having serious money trouble, Mozart managed to write two great works - Piano Sonata, K545, and Jupiter Symphony.

Donald Macleod explores Mozart's Vienna years, focusing on his growing worries about money, as he dashed off begging letter after begging letter to his wealthy friends and fellow freemasons. 

It was in this troubled frame of mind that Mozart composed two of his best-known works -the Piano Sonata, K545, and the Jupiter Symphony, which, although sharing the key of C major, are two very distinct pieces.

Gigue in G, K574
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) 
BIS CD 1633/36, Tr 6

Sonata in C, K545 (1 Allegro; 2 Andante; 3 Rondo)
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
BIS CD-837D, Trs 4-6

Symphony No 41 in C, K551 (1 Allegro vivace; 2 Andante cantabile	; 3 Menuetto (Allegretto); 4 Molto allegro)
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Philips 426 315-2, Trs 5-8.

Donald Macleod on Mozart's Vienna Years, which saw creative triumph and personal tragedy

Donald Macleod explores Mozart's years spent in Vienna, which featured both creative triumph and personal tragedy

Composer of the Week: Mozart

4/5. Presented by Donald Macleod. 
Gigue in G, K574; Piano Sonata in C, K545 Ronald Brautigam 
Symphony No 41 in C, K557 (Jupiter) English 
Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner 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: Bridgewater Hall Concerts

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Bridgewater Hall Concerts: Episode 3

Episode 3

Bridgewater Hall Concerts

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Bridgewater Hall Concerts, Episode 3Close menu

Meta4 perform Beethoven: String Quartet, Op 59, No 3; Jaakko Kuusisto: Play III.

Ian Skelly introduces a concert given at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. Meta4 perform Beethoven's String Quartet and Jaakko Kuusisto's Play III.

Ian Skelly presents a concert given at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, as part of the Manchester Midday Concerts Society season, and featuring one of Radio 3's New Generation Artists.

Meta4 (string quartet)

Beethoven: String Quartet, Op 59, No 3
Jaakko Kuusisto: Play III.

Recitals given at Bridgewater Hall for the Manchester Midday Concerts Society season

Series of concerts performed in Manchester's Bridgewater Hall as part of the Manchester Midday Concerts Society season, and featuring Radio 3 New Generation Artists

Afternoon on 3

With Ian Skelly. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
A concert given at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, featuring Radio 3 New Generation Artists. Meta4 
Beethoven String Quartet in C, Op 59 No 3 (Razumovsky) 
Jaakko Kuusisto Play III  
2.00 Handel Opera Cycle 
Handel Acis and Galatea  
Dunedin Consort and Players, conductor John Butt 
3.45 Mainly Mancunian 
Hlndemith Trauermusik Maxim Rysanov (viola), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Grant Llewellyn Liszt Hamlet BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda 
4.05 Mozart Misera , dove son, K369; March in D (Idomeneo); Fra cento affanni, K88 
Simona Houda-Saturova (soprano), BBC 
Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda Wolf-Ferrari Intermezzo (Susanna's Secret) 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda 
4.30 RNCM Festival of Brass 
Edward Gregson Rococo Variations 
Black Dyke Band, conductor Nicholas Childs

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: Mainly Mancunian

Afternoon Concert: Mainly Mancunian: Episode 4: Acis and Galatea/Mainly Mancunian

Episode 4: Acis and Galatea/Mainly Mancunian

Mainly Mancunian

Acis and Galatea/Mainly Mancunian

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Mainly Mancunian, Acis and Galatea/Mainly Mancunian

Ian Skelly presents Handel's Acis and Galatea. Plus music from the RCNM brass festival.

Handel Operas 2009: Acis and Galatea. Plus Mainly Mancunian: Ian Skelly continues a focus on the BBC Philharmonic and the RNCM's brass band festival. With Hindemith: Trauermusik.

Handel Operas 2009

Ian Skelly introduces the first English-language work by Handel, and talks to the conductor of this new recording, John Butt. They debate whether it is actually an opera. Part of Radio 3's complete Handel opera cycle.

Handel: Acis and Galatea

Galatea ...... Susan Hamilton (soprano)
Acis ...... Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)
Damon ...... Thomas Hobbs (tenor)
Coridon ...... Nicholas Hurndall Smith (tenor)
Polyphemus ...... Matthew Brook (bass)
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt (conductor)

Plus Mainly Mancunian:

Continuing a focus on the BBC Philharmonic and the Royal Northern College of Music's brass band festival.

3.45pm
Hindemith: Trauermusik
Maxim Rysanov (viola)
BBC Philharmonic
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

Liszt: Hamlet
BBC Philharmonic 
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

4.05pm
Mozart: Misera, dove son, K369; March in D (Idomeneo - Act 1); Fra cento affanni, K88
Simona Houda-Saturova (soprano)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Wolf-Ferrari: Intermezzo (Susanna's secret)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

4.30pm
RNCM Festival of Brass

Edward Gregson: Rococo Variations
Black Dyke Band
Nicholas Childs (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Mainly Mancunian

The BBC Philharmonic and Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass 2009 highlights

Series featuring performances by the BBC Philharmonic as well as highlights from the 2009 Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass in Manchester

Handel Opera Cycle

Radio 3 marks the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with a complete cycle of his operas

In 2009, Radio 3 marks the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel with a complete cycle of his operas, all broadcast in the order they were first performed

Handel Opera Cycle: Acis and Galatea

Acis and Galatea

BBC Radio 3 - Handel Opera Cycle, Acis and Galatea

Ian Skelly presents Handel's Acis and Galatea, in conversation the conductor, John Butt.

Ian Skelly presents a performance of Handel's Acis and Galatea, in conversation with the conductor of this new recording, John Butt. Part of Radio 3's complete Handel opera cycle.

Ian Skelly introduces the first English-language work by Handel, and talks to the conductor of this new recording, John Butt. They debate whether it is actually an opera. Part of Radio 3's complete Handel opera cycle.

Handel: Acis and Galatea

Galatea ...... Susan Hamilton (soprano)
Acis ...... Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)
Damon ...... Thomas Hobbs (tenor)
Coridon ...... Nicholas Hurndall Smith (tenor)
Polyphemus ...... Matthew Brook (bass)
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt (conductor).

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: 05/03/2009

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 05/03/2009

With Sean Rafferty. Featuring Richard Benjafield, Rolf Hind and London Handel Festival.

Presented by Sean Rafferty.
With a selection of music and guests from the music world including Richard Benjafield, Rolf Hind and performers from the London Handel Festival.

Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Percussionist Richard Benjafield and pianist Rolf Hind join Sean in the studio to talk about Total Immersion: Xenakis, a day where the Barbican celebrates Xenakis and his works with discussion, music and film events.  

Performers including soprano Lucy Crowe, tenor Nathan Vale, baritone William Berger, as well as conductor David Bates and director Laurence Cummings join Sean in the studio to talk about the London Handel Festival. They also perform in the studio ahead of their upcoming recital of Acis and Galatea.

Main news headlines are at 5.00 and 6.00
E-mail: in.tune@bbc.co.uk

17.40
DEBUSSY orch. RAVEL
Danse
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor				
DECCA 417 611 2	
TR.3			
5’08

17.08
HANDEL
Ahi, nelle sorte umane;
Ma le speranze vane
Natalie Dessay, Véronique Gens, sopranos
Le Concert d’Astree
Emmanuel Haim, director
VIRGIN5 45524 2		
T.1+2		
6’58

17.16
XENAKIS
Evryali (first section)
Aki Takahashi, piano
MODE 80		
T.1  	
2’40”

17..25
XENAKIS
LIVE	
Mists (opening)
Rolf Hind (piano)
3’21

17.38
XENAKIS		
Psappha
Gert Mortensen, percussion
BIS CD 256		
T.5			
4’23 (extract only)

17.43
BEETHOVEN
Sonata in e minor, op.90
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
EMI CDC7 54599 2		
T.1-2		
12’25”

17:56
SCHUMANN
Dichterliebe Op.48 (Im wunderschonen Monat Mai)
Kevin Kyle (tenor)
Carl Herring (guitar)
JCL 513				
T1		
1:37

1803
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Overture, Die Fledermaus
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra
Carlos Kleiber, conductor
DG 457 765 2	
CD.1 T.1		
7’40”	

1811
LIVE
HANDEL
Acis and Galatea (Love sounds the alarm)
Nathan Vale (tenor)
Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)
4’42

1822
HANDEL
Acis and Galatea (Trio)
Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Nathan Vale (tenor)
William Berger (baritone)
Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)
3’57

1833
HANDEL
Acis and Galatea (Heart, the seat of soft delight)
Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)
4’50

1840
MOZART Trio K.498 “Kegelstatt”						
Sabine Meyer, clarinet				
Tabea Zimmermann, viola			
Hartmut Holl, piano	
EMI CDC  7 49736 2	TR.1-3			
19’45”

Sean Rafferty presents music and arts news.

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: Stephen Kovacevich

Stephen Kovacevich

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Stephen Kovacevich

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Stephen Kovacevich (piano) in Bach, Schumann and Beethoven.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny, from London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. Stephen Kovacevich (piano) performs Bach: Partita No 4. Schumann: Kinderszenen. Beethoven: Diabelli Variations.

Petroc Trelawny presents a concert given at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, with pianist Stephen Kovacevich performing Beethoven's Diabelli Variations. It was the piece that made Kovacevich's international reputation as he burst onto the scene in 1969.

The programme also features Bach's Partita No 4 and Schumann's kaleidoscopic Kinderszenen, with movements including Blind Man's Bluff, Knight of the Hobbyhorse through to his famous Dreaming.

Stephen Kovacevich (piano)

Bach: Partita No 4 in D, BWV 828
Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op 15
Beethoven: Thirty-three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op 120

Followed by a focus on music written in Vienna around 1900:

R.Strauss: Nun lachst du mir wieder, du fluchtiges Gluck from The 1001 Nights 
Steve Davislim - Tenor
German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Saarbrucken-Kaiserslautern 
Christoph Poppen - Conductor  
Recorded: 09th March 2008 at Fruit Hall, Kaiserlautern  

R.STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier - waltz sequence no. 2 
German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Saarbrucken-Kaiserslautern 
Christoph Poppen - Conductor
Recorded: 09th March 2008 at Fruit Hall, Kaiserlautern  

Lehar: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz from The Land of smiles 
Ildiko Raimondi - Mezzo-soprano  
German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Saarbrucken-Kaiserslautern 
Christoph Poppen - Conductor
Recorded: 09th March 2008 at Fruit Hall, Kaiserlautern  

J.Strauss: Dieser Anstand, so manierlich   from Die Fledermaus 
Ildiko Raimondi - Mezzo-soprano  
German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Saarbrucken-Kaiserslautern 
Christoph Poppen - Conductor
Recorded: 09th March 2008 at Fruit Hall, Kaiserlautern        

J.Strauss: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka (Op.214)  
Ildiko Raimondi - Mezzo-soprano  
German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Saarbrucken-Kaiserslautern 
Christoph Poppen - Conductor
Recorded: 09th March 2008 at Fruit Hall, Kaiserlautern   

Lehar: Lippen schweigen from The Merry widow 
Richard Tauber - Tenor
Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Conductor  
ASV AJA 5146 1/5

Presented by Petroc Trelawny . A concert recorded at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. Stephen Kovacevich (piano) 
Bach Partita No 4 in D, BWV828 Schumann Kinderszenen , Op 15 
Beethoven Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op 120 Followed by: Strauss Waltz Sequence No 2: Der Rosenkavalier German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Christoph Poppen

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: David Cesarani

David Cesarani

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, David Cesarani

Philip Dodd and David Cesarani discuss attacks on Britain by Zionist groups in the 1940s.

Philip Dodd and David Cesarani discuss attacks on Britain by Zionist groups in the 1940s, and how the British secret service tried to make a last defence of British-run Palestine.

Philip Dodd and historian David Cesarani discuss the terrorist attacks on Britain by groups fighting for a Jewish state in the 1940s, and the lengths to which the British secret service would go in a last-ditch defence of the British mandate in Palestine. 

Cesarani's book, Major Farran's Hat, investigates the case of the abduction of a teenager in Jerusalem, for which an ex-SAS officer was acquitted and the Zionist underground response, which was to penetrate British homeland security and send its top man after him. 

Cesarani looks at the reason why Britain left Palestine in 1948, why its counter-insurgency strategy collided with its diplomacy, and why the tactics of the security forces were poorly executed and futile.

Philip Dodd and historian David Cesarani discuss the attacks on Britain by Zionist groups in the 1940s, and how the British secret service tried to make a last-ditch defence of British-run Palestine. Producer Natalie Steed

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: William Hazlitt - Philosopher

The Essay: William Hazlitt - Philosopher: Episode 4: A Metaphysical Discovery

Episode 4: A Metaphysical Discovery

William Hazlitt - Philosopher

A Metaphysical Discovery

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, William Hazlitt - Philosopher, A Metaphysical DiscoveryClose menu

A talk on on how Hazlitt spent much of his 20s leading a life as a 'solitary thinker'.

Jonathan Ree on how Hazlitt spent much of his 20s leading a self-conscious life as a 'solitary thinker', which resulted in his challenge to received ideas about personal identity.

Series of talks arguing that William Hazlitt was a committed philosopher as well as a great essayist. Historian Jonathan Ree reveals how Hazlitt spent much of his 20s leading a self-conscious life as a 'solitary thinker'. It resulted in what the essayist always regarded as his greatest intellectual achievement - a challenge to received ideas about personal identity.

Series arguing that William Hazlitt was a committed philosopher and a great essayist

Series of talks by philosopher and historian Jonathan Ree arguing that William Hazlitt was a committed philosopher as well as a great essayist

William Hazlltt - Philosopher 
4/5. A Metaphysical Discovery. Jonathan Ree reveals how Hazlitt spent much of his 20s leading a self-conscious life as a "solitary thinker", resulting in the development of what he regarded as his greatest intellectual achievement - a challenge to received ideas about personal identity.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: Fiona Talkington

Fiona Talkington

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, Fiona Talkington

Fiona Talkington presents music from Provence, plus tracks by Sweet Billy Pilgrim.

Fiona Talkington with music from Provence, a recording of Norway's medieval Draumkvedet with Berit Opheim Vestro and Karl Seglem, and tracks from an album by Sweet Billy Pilgrim.

Fiona Talkington's varied musical selection includes works from Provence, a recording of Norway's medieval Draumkvedet with Berit Opheim Vestro and Karl Seglem, and tracks from an album by Sweet Billy Pilgrim.

Track List:

23:15
Unni Boksasp: O Sommer Skjønn Velkommen Vaer (Welcome Summer)
Album: Songar Frå Havdal
Ta:lik TA42CD 

23:18
Future Loop Foundation: On the Village Radar (Tunng Remix)
Album: Another English Summer EP
TAOS013

23:23
John Martyn: Solid Air
Album: Solid Air
Island IMCD274 548147-2

23:29
Nils Okland: Grålys
Album: Bris
Rune Grammmofon RCD 2042

(Segue)

23:32
M de Sainte Colombe: Chaconne Raportee
Performed By Sophie Watillon & Friederike Heumann
Album: Music For Bass Viol
Alpha 036

23:38
John Cage: Bacchanale for Prepared Piano
Performed By Michel Legrand
Album: Four Piano Blues
Erato 4509 96386 2

(Segue)

23:47
Sweet Billy Pilgrim: Kalypso
Album: Twice Born Men
Samadhisound SS0015

23:54
Berit Opheim Versto (voice) & Karl Seglem (goat horn, electronics): Draumkvedet
Album: Draumkvedet
NORCD 0978

00:34
Rigodon Sauvage: Bonnet
Album: France – Southern Alps and Dauphiné
Ocora C560053

(Segue)

00:36
Xarnege: Noste Vailet Peire (trad)
Album: Another Sound Is Possible
Trois Quatre TQ21

(Segue)

00:41
Colleen: Calypso in a Box & Bicycle Bells
Album: Colleen et les Boites a Musique
Leaf BAY53CDP

00:45
Au: Sleep
Album: Verbs   
Agoo Records AGO014

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00:50
Nigel Kennedy and The Kroke Band: Lullaby for Kamila
Album: East Meets East
EMI Classics 7243 557512

00:54
Sweet Billy Pilgrim: There it will end
Album: Twice Born Men
Samadhisound SS0015

Music from Provence, another recent recording of Norway's medieval Draumkvedet by Berit Opheim Versto and Karl Seglem , and tracks from a new album by Sweet Billy Pilgrim. With Fiona Talkington.

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 06/03/2009

06/03/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 06/03/2009

John Shea presents music, including Mendelsohn, Brahms, Schumann, Schoenberg and Mozart.

John Shea presents a clutch of works by Mendelssohn, plus music from Brahms, Schumann, Schoenberg, Mozart, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Sweelinck, Svendsen, Muffat and Handel.

With John Shea.

1.00am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Overture (Calm sea and a prosperous voyage, Op 27)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Simone Young (conductor)

1.15am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Concerto in D minor for violin, piano and string orchestra
Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Enrico Pace (piano)
Risor Festival Strings

1.52am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Overture (St Paul, Op 36)
Rietze Smits (organ)

2.01am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Three Psalms, Op 78
Chamber Choir AVE
Andraz Hauptman (conductor)

2.22am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Symphony No 5 in D, Op 107 (Reformation)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Vytautas Lukocius (conductor)

2.51am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): 3 Etudes, Op 104
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

3.00am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Clarinet quintet in B minor, Op 115
Thomas Friedli (clarinet)
Quartet Sine Nomine

3.38am
Schumann, Clara (1819-1896): 4 Pieces fugitives, Op 15
Angela Cheng (piano)

3.52am
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951): Friede auf Erden for chorus, Op 13
Erik Westbergs Vocal Ensemble

4.02am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No 17 in G, K129
The Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan
Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)

4.20am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Waltz in A minor, Op 34, No 2
Sergei Terentjev (piano)

4.26am
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Introduction; waltz (Eugene Onegin)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

4.34am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Psalm 110: Le Toutpuissant a mon seigneur et maistre
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Peter Phillips (conductor)

4.42am
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911): Romance in G for violin and orchestra, Op 26
Julia Fischer (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)

4.51am
Chopin: Rondo a la Mazur in F for piano, Op 5
Ludmil Angelov (piano)

5.00am
Muffat, Georg (1653-1704): Sonata, ballo, grave, presto and menuet (Concerto XI in E minor - Delirrium amoris)
L'Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg (director)

5.07am
Moniuszko, Stanisław (1819-1872) orch. Zygmunt Noskowski: Polonaise in E flat
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Katlewicz (conductor)

5.14am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Aria with variations (Piano Suite No 5 in E, HWV 430 - The harmonious blacksmith)
Marian Pivka (piano)

5.19am
Part, Arvo (b.1935): The Woman with the Alabaster box
Erik Westbergs Vocal Ensemble

5.26am
Schenck, Johann (1660-c.1712): Sonata in F sharp minor, Op 9, No 3 (L'echo du Danube)
Berliner Konzert

5.43am
Granados, Enrique (1867-1916) arr. Chris Paul Harman: The Maiden and the Nightingale
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano)
Bryan Epperson, Maurizio Baccante, Roman Borys, Simon Fryer, David Hetherington, Roberta Jansen, Paul Widner, Thomas Wiebe, Winona Zelenka (cellos)

5.50am
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875): Carmen Suite No 2
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Marko Munih (conductor)

6.07am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) arr. Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in G minor (after BWV 883)
Benjamin Nabarro (violin)
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
Leopold String Trio

6.13am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Duos (Don Giovanni - arr for two cellos)
Duo Fouquet

6.19am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Piano trio in A minor
Bernt Lysell (violin)
Mats Rondin (cello)
Bengt-Ake Lundin (piano)

6.46am
Torres, Jose de (c.1670-1738): Cantada al Santisimo 'Afectos amantes'
Marta Almanjano (soprano)
Al Ayre Espanol
Eduardo Lopez Banzo (conductor).

With John Shea.
Mendelssohn Overture: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage; Concerto in D minor for violin, piano and strings; Overture: St Paul; Three Psalms, Op 78; Symphony No 5 in D (Reformation); Three Etudes, Op 104
3.00 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115
3.38 Clara Schumann Four pieces fugitives, Op 15
3.52 Schoenberg Friede auf Erden, Op 13
4.02 Mozart Symphony No 17 in G, K129
4.20 Chopin Waltz in A minor, Op 34 No 2
4.26 Tchaikovsky Introduction and Waltz (Eugene Onegin )
4.34 Sweelinck Le toutpuissant a mon seigneur et maistre (Psalm 110)
4.42 Svendsen Romance in G, Op 26
4.51 Chopin Rondo a la mazur in Op 5
5.00 Muffat Concerto XI in E minor (Delirium amoris)
5.07 Moniuszko, orch Noskowski Polonaise in E flat
5.14 Handel Air and Variations (The Harmonious Blacksmith) (Suite No 5 in E, HWV430
5.19 Arvo Part The Woman with the Alabaster Box
5.26 Schenck Sonata in F sharp minor, Op 9 No 3 (L'echo du Danube)
5.43 Granados, arr Harman The Maiden and the Nightingale
5.50 Bizet Carmen: Suite No 2
6.07 Bach, arr Mozart Adagio and Fugue in G minor (after BWV883)
6.13 Mozart Duos for cellos (Don Giovanni )
6.19 Ravel Piano Trio
6.46 Torres Cantada al Santisimo (Afectos amantes)

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