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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

17/06/2009

Rob Cowan

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With Rob Cowan. A lively mix of music, including a Poem for Today and a Haydn Piano Sonata

With Rob Cowan. A lively mix of music, including at 8.30am a Poem for Today, with a contemporary poet reading a new work, and at 9.00am a Haydn Piano Sonata.

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


07:02

FREED-BROWN
Good Morning
Gene Kelly
Donald OâConnor
Debbie Reynolds
MGM Studio Orchestra
Lennie Hayton (conductor)
CBS CD70282,   T.6

		
07:06

TCHAIKOVSKY transc. Mikhail Pletnev
Andante maestoso (Pas de deux)
From Concert Suite from The Nutcracker
Simon Trpceski (piano)
CDZ5752022, T.7


07:12

SPOHR
Finale: Vivace from Nonet in F major, op.31
Ensemble 360
ASV GOLD GLD 4026, T.4

										
07:20

THOMAS BATESON
Those Sweet Delightful Lilies
Pro Cantione Antiqua
Philip Ledger (conductor)
ALTO ALC 1039, T.21


07:23

SMETANA
Overture to âThe Kissâ
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10518, T.11										

07:31

GERSHWIN
Three Preludes
GÃ¼her Pekinel (piano)
SÃ¼her Pekinel (piano)
WARNER CLASSICS APEX 2564 62118-2, T.2-4


07:38

WILLIAM BOYCE
The King Shall Rejoice
The Choir of New College, Oxford
The Academy of Ancient Music
Edward Higginbottom (conductor)
DECCA 4702262, T.1	


07:47

DEBUSSY
Marche ecossaise
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
PHILIPS 4387422,  CD1  T.8


07:54

MOZART
March, K.408
AndrÃ© TchaÃ¯kowsky (piano)
DANTE HPC035, T.6									


08:03

MENDELSSOHN
Ruy Blas Overture, op.95				
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)
QUERSTAND VKJK 0507, T.1	


08:11

BACH
Prelude and Fugue in B major, BWV 892
Masaaki Suzuki (harpsichord)
BIS CD 1513/14,   CD2  T.19-20


08:17

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Te Deum in G major
Corydon Singers
Thomas Trotter (organ)
Matthew Best (conductor)
HELIOS CDH55220, T.6


08:25

STRAVINSKY
Circus Polka
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Neeme JÃ¤rvi (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN66545, CD3  T.25
										

08:31

POEM FOR TODAY
Michael Longley: The Leveret


08:34

DVORAK
Carnival, op.92, B168
Prague Symphony Orchestra
TomÃ¡Å¡ Netopil (conductor)
SUPRAPHON SU 3941 2, T.6


08:44

VIVALDI
Agitata da due venti (Buffeted by two winds)
From Griselda
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca
DECCA 4559812,   T.5


08:50

BRAHMS
Capriccio in B minor, op.76, no.2
Evgeny Kissin (piano)
RCA RED SEAL 88697301102, CD2  T.3			


08:53

PUCCINI
Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
From La Rondine, Act I
Angela Gheorghiu (Magda)
Mark Packwood (piano)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Sir Edward Downes (conductor)
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE 75605550132,   T.12


08:57

SARASATE
Habanera
David Nadien (violin)
Boris Barere (piano)
CEMBAL DâAMOUR CD 111,   T.13


09:03

HAYDN
Sonata No.13 in G major, H.16, no.6
Nadia Reisenberg (piano)
IVORY CLASSICS 70806,   CD1  T.1-4
			

09:20

HONEGGER
Pacific 231
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 435 438 2,   T.4


09:27

ERIC WHITACRE
Lux aurumque
Polyphony 
Stephen Layton (director)
HYPERION CDA67543, T.14	


09:33

MOZART
Violin Concerto No.1
Renaud CapuÃ§on (violin)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Louis LangrÃ©e (conductor)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 502112 2, T.1-3


09:54

COATES
Bird Songs at Eventide â I heard you singing
The Pro Arte Orchestra
Stanford Robinson (conductor)
VOCALION CDLK 4183, T.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.

With Rob Cowan , including at 8.30 a Poem for 
Today, plus a Haydn piano sonata at around 9.00.

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 Schreker, Mendelssohn, Haydn and Skryabin.

With Sarah Walker. Including Schreker: Die Gezeichneten (excerpt). Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No 1. Haydn: Symphony No 48 in C. Skryabin: Preparation for the final Mystery (Part 1).

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Schreker: Die Gezeichneten (conclusion of Act 3)
Alviano ...... Heinz Kruse (tenor)
Tamare ...... Monte Pederson (baritone)
Carlotta ...... Elizabeth Connell (soprano)
Berlin Radio Choir
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Lothar Zagrosek (conductor)
DECCA  4444422

10.18am
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 49
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)
RCA  BVCC 35094

10.46am
Haydn: Symphony No 48 in C (Maria Theresa)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG  4196072

11.15am
Skryabin, real Nemtin: Preparation for the final Mystery (Part 1 - Universe)
Alexei Lubimov (piano)
Thomas Trotter (organ)
Ernst Senff Choir
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
DECCA  4663292.

Sarah Walker. 
With Schreker D/e Gezeichneten: Act 3, conclusion  
Berlin Radio Choir, Deutsches Symphonie-
Orchester Berlin, conductor Lothar Zagrosek 
10.18 Mendelssohn Piano Trio No I in D minor, Op 49 Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Jascha Heifetz (violin), Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) 
10.46 Haydn Symphony No 48 in C (Maria Theresa ) Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 
11.15 Scriabin, realised Nemtin 
Universe (Preparation for the Final Mystery, Part 1) Alexei Lubimov (piano), Thomas Trotter (organ), Ernst Senff Choir , Deutsches Symphonie-
Orchester Berlin, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy

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: Music at Versailles

Composer of the Week: Music at Versailles: Episode 3

Episode 3

Music at Versailles

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Music at Versailles, Episode 3

Donald Macleod visits the Grande Ecurie, which hosted spectacular theatrical shows.

Donald Macleod visits the Grande Ecurie, home of the King's horses, plus equerries, stablemen, musicians and pageboys. It hosted several spectacular theatrical shows.

Today Donald Macleod pays a visit to the Grande Écurie, home of the King's horses and the musicians of the Grande Écurie. There was no permanent theatre at the Palace, so the stables also played host to several spectacular theatrical shows. The musicians had to play at outdoors events but were also required to play during the King's supper and for big celebrations in the Royal Chapel. With Hervé Niquet and Olivier Baumont.

Donald Macleod explores the music that was performed at the Palace of Versailles

Donald Macleod explores the music that was performed at the Palace of Versailles before the French Revolution in 1789

3/5. Donald Macleod visits the Grande Ecurie, home to the king's musicians and horses. With Herve Niguet and Olivier Baumont. Lully Persee (excerpts) 
Les Chantres de la Chapelle Royale de Versailles, Les Talens Lyriques, director Christophe Rousset Hotteterre Trio Sonata Les Tresors d'Orphee Rameau La princesse de Navarre: Act 1 
Marilyn Hill-Smith (soprano), Michael Goldthorpe (tenor), English Bach Festival Singers and Baroque Orchestra, conductor Nicholas McGegan 
Delalande Caprice que le mi demandait souvent La Simphonie du Marais, director Hugo Reyne 
Rebel Violin sonata Andrew Manze (violin), Richard Egarr (harpsichord), Jaapter Linden (viola da gamba) Rameau Les Fetes de I'Hymen et de lamour (excerpt) Les Talens Lyriques, director Christophe Rousset 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: Bath International Music Festival 2009

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Bath International Music Festival 2009: Episode 2: Ensemble 360

Episode 2

Episode 2: Ensemble 360

Bath International Music Festival 2009

Ensemble 360

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Bath International Music Festival 2009, Ensemble 360Close menu

Jonathan Swain presents Ensemble 360 in music by Poulenc, Britten, Debussy and Mozart.

Jonathan Swain presents Ensemble 360 at the 2009 Bath Festival. With Poulenc: Sextet for piano and wind. Britten: Pan. Debussy: Syrinx. Mozart: Quintet in E flat for piano and wind.

Radio 3 at the Summer Festivals.

Jonathan Swain presents Ensemble 360 making its debut at the Bath International Music Festival, bringing together ten virtuosi with a passion for communicating to audiences. In the 2009 festival, they perform solo works for oboe and flute by Britten and Debussy as well as wind works from Poulenc, and the quintet which Mozart rated as one of his finest works.

Ensemble 360

Poulenc: Sextet for piano and wind
Britten: Pan (for solo oboe)
Debussy: Syrinx (for solo flute)
Mozart: Quintet in E flat for piano and wind in E flat, K452.

Jonathan Swain presents concerts performed at the Bath International Music Festival 2009

Afternoon on 3

With Jonathan Swain. 
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
Today's recital from the Bath International Music Festival is given by a group making their Bath debut. Ensemble 360 
Poulenc Sextet forpianoand wind Britten Pan 
Debussy Syrinx 
Mozart Quintet in E flat for piano and wind, K452 
2.00 Heroes and Villains 
Alwyn The True Glory: The Running Man Arnold Overture: Robert Kett 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Rumon Gamba 
2.20 HK Gruber Frankenstein !! - a Pan-demonium for baritone and orchestra 
BBC Philharmonic, conducted by the composer 
Chaqrin The Colditz Story; The Four Just Men (film music) BBC Philharmonic, conductor Rumon Gamba 
3.00 Haydn String Quartet in E flat, Op 50 No 3 The Lindsays 
Rossini Overture: William Tell 
Ulster Orchestra, conductor Esa Heikkila Liszt Two Episodes from Lenau's Faust 
Ulster Orchestra, conductor Christian Gansch

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: Heroes and Villains

Afternoon Concert: Heroes and Villains: Episode 3

Heroes and Villains

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Heroes and Villains, Episode 3

Jonathan Swain presents music by Alwyn, Arnold, Gruber, Haydn, Rossini and Liszt.

Jonathan Swain with music including Alwyn: True Glory. Arnold: Robert Kett Overture. Gruber: Frankenstein. Haydn: String Quartet in E flat, Op 50. Rossini: William Tell overture.

Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Series featuring heroes, villains and Haydn String Quartets, performed by BBC orchestras.

Alwyn: The True Glory; The Running Man
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Arnold: Robert Kett overture 
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

2.20pm
HK Gruber: Frankenstein!! - a pan-demonium for baritone and orchestra 
BBC Philharmonic
HK Gruber (conductor)

Chagrin: The Colditz Story - music for the film; The Four Just Men - music for the film
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

3.00pm
Haydn: String Quartet in E flat, Op 50, No 3
Lindsay Quartet

Rossini: William Tell overture
Ulster Orchestra
Esa Heikkila (conductor)

Liszt: Two Episodes (Lenau's Faust, S110)
Ulster Orchestra
Christian Gansch (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Heroes and Villains

Series featuring musical heroes and villains, performed by BBC orchestras

Jonathan Swain presents a series featuring musical heroes and villains, as well as Haydn String Quartets, performed by BBC orchestras

Choral Evensong

Sung choral evening services from around the country

Choral Evensong: New College, Oxford

New College, Oxford

BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, New College, Oxford

From the Chapel of New College, Oxford.

Introit: As pants the hart (Handel)
Responses: Ayleward
Office Hymn: O gladsome light (Nunc dimittis)
Psalm: 89 vv1-19 (Buck)
First Lesson: Joshua 22 vv9-34
Canticles: Pelham Humfrey in E minor
Second Lesson: Luke 12 vv22-31
Anthem: O sing unto the Lord (Purcell)
Final Hymn: Ye watchers and ye holy ones (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Organ Voluntary: Organ Concerto in B flat, Op 7 No 1 (1st mvt) - Handel

Assistant Organist: Steven Grahl
Director of Music: Edward Higginbottom.

First broadcast in June 2009, this transmission replaced the advertised service, a recording of which can be heard on Sunday at 3pm.

From the Chapel of New College, Oxford. Introit As Pants the Hart (Handel). Responses: Ayleward. 
Office Hymn: 0 Gladsome Light (Nunc dimittis). 
Psalm: 89, vvi-19 (Buck). First Lesson: Joshua 22, vv9-34. Canticles: Pelham Humfrey in E minor. 
Second Lesson: Luke 12, w22-31. Anthem: 0 Sing Unto the Lord (Purcell). Final Hymn: Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Lasst uns erfreuen). Organ Voluntary: Organ Concerto in B flat, Op 7 No 1 (1st mvt) (Handel). Director of music Edward Higginbottom. Assistant organist Steven Grahl. Repeated on Sunday at 4pm

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: 17/06/2009 Aldeburgh and St Magnus Festivals

17/06/2009 Aldeburgh and St Magnus Festivals

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 17/06/2009 Aldeburgh and St Magnus Festivals

With Sean Rafferty. Includes Aldeburgh and St Magnus Festivals, and the Brodowski Quartet.

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With Pierre-Laurent Aimard, artistic director of Aldeburgh Festival and Glenys Hughes, director of the St Magnus Festival. Plus the Brodowski Quartet.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world, including Glenys Hughes, director of the St Magnus Festival.

Plus conversation with celebrated pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard after his first weekend as artistic director of the Aldeburgh Music Festival and a performance from rising stars the Brodowski String Quartet.

17:04
ALWYN
Festival March (1950)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS	CHAN 8902		
Track 10
7'44
	
17:12
RAVEL
Ondine (Gaspard de la nuit)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
WARNER 2564 62160-2	
Track 1
6'37
	
17:21
DOWLAND
Say, Love, if ever thou didst find
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Elizabeth Kenny (lute)
HYPERION CDA 67648	
Track 1
3'46
	
17:25	
CARTER
Two Diversions: II
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
WARNER 2564 62160-2	
Track 6
3'16

17:30	
BEETHOVEN
Piano concerto No.5 in E-flat major Op.73, âEmperorâ(2nd movement: Adagio un poco moto)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
WARNER 0927 47334-2	
CD3, track 5
7'33

17:38
TRADITIONAL arr. LINN ANDREA FUGLSETH
Tjovane (The thieves)
Trio Medieval
ECM 476 6179
Track 4
2'34
				
17:44	
MAXWELL DAVIES
Blazeâs Song (The Lighthouse)
Christopher Keyte (baritone)
Members of the BBC Philharmonic
Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor)
COLLINS 14152
Track 3
3'32
	
17:50		
ROUSSEL
Gigue (Suite in F (1926))
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stephane Deneve (conductor)
NAXOS 8.570529		
Track 7
4'34
	
17:55
BACH (Transcribed by A Siloti)
Flute Sonata in E flat major (Siciliano)
Alessio Bax (piano)
SIGNUM SIGCD156 
Track 9
2â18 

18:03
PURCELL
Blow up the trumpet in Sion, Z.10
Oxford Camerata
Laurence Cummings (organ)
Jeremy Summerly (director)
NAXOS 8.556839		
Track 10
6'15
	
18:10
CHOPIN
Mazurka in A minor Op.17 No.4
Kathryn Stott (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN 10493
Track 23
5'01
	
18:20
LIVE
MENDELSSOHN 
String Quartet No.6 in F minor, Op.80 (1st Movement: Allegro vivace assai) 
Brodowski Quartet 
7'15

18:33	
LIVE
SCHULHOFF
String Quartet No.1 (3rd movement: Allegro giocoso alla slovacca)			
Brodowski Quartet 
2'55

18:37	
ALFVEN
Swedish Rhapsody No.1, Op.19 âMidsummer Vigilâ
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Berglund (conductor)
EMI268161-2		
CD2, track 13	
12'31

18:51	
JOAN CEREROLS
Serafin que con dulce harmonia
The Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMX2907293
Track 13
7'51

Performance on 3

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

Performance on 3: LSO: Ravel and Debussy

LSO: Ravel and Debussy

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, LSO: Ravel and Debussy

Petroc Trelawny presents the LSO under Yan Pascal Tortelier in music by Ravel and Debussy.

Petroc Trelawny presents the LSO under Yan Pascal Tortelier in Ravel: Ma mere l'oye; Sheherezade (Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano); Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune; La mer.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

The London Symphony Orchestra is joined by French conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier in a concert of French classics from the turn of the 20th century.

Ravel's pen portraits of five fairytale characters in his Mother Goose are complemented by another story character in his oriental evocation of the Arabian Nights tale - Sheherazade with American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham. Debussy's mythological Faune has been described as the first piece of modern music, while La mer, his impressionistic portrait of the shifting moods and light of the sea, was completed while the composer stayed in Eastbourne.   

Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

Ravel: Ma mere l'oye; Sheherazade
Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune; La mer

Followed by a performance of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, as chosen by Royal Ballet principal dancer Lauren Cuthbertson.

Prokofiev â Romeo and Juliet (Excerpts from Suites no.1 and no.2): The Montagues and Capulets; Folk Dance; Masks; Romeo and Juliet; The Death of Tybalt; Romeo at Julietâs Before Parting; Friar Lawrence; Romeo at Julietâs Grave

New York Philharmonic 
Dimitri Mitropoulous (conductor)
SONY SBK89287

The London Symphony Orchestra are joined by French conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier in a concert of French classics from the turn of the 20th century. Presented by Petroc Trelawny . Susan Graham (mezzo), London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier Ravei Ballet. Ma mere I'oye: Sheherazade 
Debussy Prelude a I'apres-midi d'un faune: La mer Followed by music chosen by Royal Ballet principal dancer Lauren Cuthbertson.

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 Edgar/Bassam Abu Sharif/Psychoville

David Edgar/Bassam Abu Sharif/Psychoville

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, David Edgar/Bassam Abu Sharif/Psychoville

Philip Dodd talks to playwright David Edgar about the art of writing for the stage.

Philip Dodd talks to playwright David Edgar about the art of writing for the stage. Bassam Abu Sharif was press officer to the PLO and talks about his life and work.

Philip Dodd talks to playwright David Edgar about the art of writing for the stage. He examines the mechanisms and techniques which dramatists throughout the ages have used to structure their plays and express their meaning.

Bassam Abu Sharif was press officer to the late Yasser Arafat and the PLO. He explains how he abandoned violence as a means to achieve his Palestinian nationalist aspirations.

Novelist Toby Litt joins Philip to review a new dark comedy thriller on BBC Two - created by the writers of the League of Gentleman. Psychoville features characters from all over the UK - including a midwife played by Dawn French and Eileen Atkins as a nurse - who each receive a mysterious blackmail letter.

Philip Dodd talks to playwright David Edgar about the art of writing for the stage, Producer Kirsty Pope

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: Antony Gormley's Seminal Sculpture

The Essay: Antony Gormley's Seminal Sculpture: Episode 3: Giacometti's La Place

Episode 3: Giacometti's La Place

Antony Gormley's Seminal Sculpture

Giacometti's La Place

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Antony Gormley's Seminal Sculpture, Giacometti's La PlaceClose menu

Artist Antony Gormley explores Alberto Giacometti's sculpture La Place.

Artist Antony Gormley explores Alberto Giacometti's La Place, arguing that it is the first work to model 'relational aesthetics', where space and time become the artist's subject.

Artist Antony Gormley explores key sculptures of the 20th century.

He discusses Alberto Giacometti's City Square - La Place - made in 1948, when the artist returned to Paris after the Second World War. Gormley dismisses the idea that Giacometti portrayed loneliness and isolation, arguing that this small sculpture is the first work to model 'relational aesthetics', where space and time become the artist's subject.

Artist Antony Gormley discusses key sculptures and art installations of the 20th century

The Essay: Giacometti's La Place

The Essay: Seminal Sculptures

3/5. Antony Gormley explores 
Alberto Giacometti 's City Square - La Place, made in 1948.

Late Junction

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

Late Junction: Verity Sharp

Verity Sharp

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, Verity Sharp

Verity Sharp with music from Blazin' Fiddles, Hariprasad Chaurasia and Fritz Storfinger.

Verity Sharp's choices include an energetic set from Scotland's Blazin' Fiddles, songs from the Basque country and the Indian bansuri flute playing of Hariprasad Chaurasia.

Verity Sharp's choices include an energetic set from Scotland's Blazin' Fiddles, songs from the Basque country and the Indian bansuri flute playing of Hariprasad Chaurasia. Plus organist Fritz Storfinger playing music by Moondog and the Callino Quartet performing Ikon by Valentin Silvestrov.

Track List:

23:15
Blazin’ Fiddles: Highland Plaid
Album: Blazin’ Fiddles Live
Blazin’ Fiddles BRCD2007

23:20
Mawkin Causley: New York Trader
Album: Cold Ruin
Navigator 14

23:24
Jean Bordaxar, Robert Larrandaburu, Jean-Pierre Luro, Jean Noel Pinque (voices): Argizagiak Argitzen Dizü
Album: France - Basque Country
Ocora C 560202/03

(Segue)

23:26
Anaiki Men’s Choir: Ürzo Lüma Gris Gaixoa 
Album: France - Basque Country
Ocora C 560202/03

23:31
Hardin: Chaconne In C 
Performed By Fritz Storfinger (organ)
Album: Moondog In Europe
Kopf Records KD 33 01 40

(Segue)

23:34
Loddo: O Ie Ie
Performed By La Talvera 
Album: Pòble Mon Pòble
La Talvera TAL 10

23:40
Michel Esbelin (cabrette); Didier Pauvert (accordion): Bourrée de Reyrac
Album: Quand On Fait Le Même Chemin
Amta MG024

23:43
Vincenzo Ferrara (bagpipe); Pietro Vallone (cerchietto); Vito d’Angelo (voice): Novena Di Natale
Album: Voci
ECM 461 808 2

23:46
Silvestrov: Ikon
Performed By Callino Quartet 
Album: A Place Between
Louth Contemporary Music Society LCM5901

(Segue)

23:50
Gabriel Jackson: Creator Of The Stars of Night
Performed By Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral Edinburgh
Album: Gabriel Jackson - Sacred Choral Works
Delphian DCD34027

23:56
Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute); Shib Sankar Ray (tabla); Debopriya Chatterjee & Gauri Bapat (tamburas): Pahadi Dhun in Dipchandi & Keherva Tal
Album: India
Coro COR 16070

00:07
Daler Mehndi & Chitra: Rang de Basanti
Album: The Best of A.R. Rahman
Sony Legacy 88697 49115 2

00:14
Trad: Prettiest Train
Inmates of Mississippi State Penitentiary, recorded by Alan Lomax
Album: Negro Prison Blues and Songs
Legacy CD 326

00:18
Miao People in China’s Guizhou Province : Hot-Spring Flying Song 
Album: Miao
Bandu Music 

(Segue)

00:21
Kin Taii: Nocturnal Light
Album: Rough Guide to the Music of China
World Music Network LC11067

00:26
Malte Heygster (celeste) & Moondog (percussion): In Vienna 
Album: Moondog In Europe
Kopf Records KD 33 01 40
		
00:29
Helena Torpy (fiddle); Steve Turner (accordion): The Welch Hornpipe
Album: Sideways Air
Eel Records EELCD 04

00:34
Maria Pia de Vito (voice) & Huw Warren (piano): Mmiezo ’O Ggrano
Album: Diálektos
Parco Della Musica MPR 012CD

(Segue)

00:38
Starving Weirdos: Dawn In The Distance
Album: Into An Energy
Bo’Weevil 38CD

(Segue)

00:44
Hazmat Modine with Huun-Huur-Tu: Man Trouble
Album: Bahamut
Jaro LC 08648

00:56
Sacred Harp Singers at Liberty Church: Idumea
Album: Cold Mountain
Columbia COL 515119 2

Verity Sharp introduces a set by Scotland's Blazin' Fiddles, songs from the Basque country and the Indian bansuri flute playing of Hariprasad Chaurasia. Organist Fritz Storfinger plays music by Moondog and the Callino Quartet perform Valentin Silvestrov 's Ikon.

Through the Night

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

Through the Night: 18/06/2009

18/06/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 18/06/2009

Music including Telemann, Bach, Clerambault, Telemann, Vivaldi, Couperin and Beethoven.

Music including Telemann, Bach, Clerambault, Vivaldi, Couperin, Beethoven, Brahms, Grieg, Mozart, Schubert, Verdi, Busoni, Bizet, Kodaly, Monti, Ireland and Mendelssohn.

1.00am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Suite in G, TWV LV G2 (La Bizarre)
B'Rock
Jurgen Gross (concert master) 

1.19am
Hasse, Johann Adolf (1699-1783): Concerto No 2 in G (1st mvt)
Gert Oost (organ)

1.23am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971
Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) 

1.35am
Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas (1676-1749): Cantata - Leandre et Hero
Isabelle Poulenard (soprano)
Ricercar Consort
Henri Ledroit (conductor) 

1.54am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Suite in G minor, TWV LV g1 (La musette)
B'Rock
Jurgen Gross (concert master)

2.08am
Gorczycki, Grzegorz Gerwazy (c.1665-1734): Laetatus su
Olga Pasiecznik (soprano)
Henning Voss (countertenor)
Wojciech Parchem (tenor)
Miroslaw Borzynski (bass)
Sine Nomine Chamber Choir
Concerto Polacco
Marek Toporowski (chamber organ/director) 

2.13am
Caldara, Antonio (c.1671-1736): Stabat mater
Capella Nova Graz
Otto Kargl (director)

2.19am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Trio sonata for two violins and continuo, RV 63 (La Folia)
Il Giardino Armonico

2.29am
Couperin, Francois (1668-1733): Treizieme concert a deux violes (Paris 1724)
Violes Esgales

2.40am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Suite in E flat, TWV LV Es3 (La lyra)
B'Rock
Jurgen Gross (concert master)

3.00am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Sehnsucht, D636 (2nd setting)
Christoph Pregardien (tenor)
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

3.06am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op 125 (Choral)
Turid Karlsen (soprano)
Susanne Resmark (alto)
Jan Vacik (tenor)
Ketil Hugaas (bass)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (conductor)

4.15am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Nanie, Op 82
Oslo Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (conductor) 

4.27am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Andante con moto in C minor
Kungsbacka Piano Trio

4.38am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat, K417
Jacob Slagter (horn)
Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam
Lev Markiz (conductor)

4.51am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Eight Landler, D790
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

5.00am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Overture (La forza del destino)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor) 

5.09am
Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924): Sonatina super Carmen (Kammerfantasie)
Valerie Tryon (piano)

5.18am
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875): Toreador song (Carmen) - arr unknown
Jouko Harjanne (trumpet)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

5.21am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Trumpet Concerto in E flat, H VIIe 1 (1st mvt)
Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet)
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Christian Arming (conductor) 

5.29am
Kodaly, Zoltan (1882-1967): Adagio in C (1905)
Morten Carlsen (viola)
Sergej Osadchuk (piano) 

5.38am
Monti, Vittorio (1868-1922), arr unknown: Csardas
Hungarian Brass Ensemble

5.43am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Violin Concerto No 2 in E, BWV 1042
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (violin/conductor)

6.00am
Ireland, John (1879-1962): A Downland Suite 
The Hannaford Street Silver Band
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

6.18am
Stanford, Charles Villiers (1852-1924): Motet - O Living Will
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

6.23am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Serenade to music
Bette Cosar (soprano)
Delia Wallis (mezzo-soprano)
Edd Wright (tenor)
Gary Dahl (bass)
Alexander Skwortsow (violin)
Vancouver Bach Choir
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Bruce Pullan (conductor)

6.37am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Piano Sextet in D, Op 110
Wu Han (piano)
Philip Setzer (violin)
Nokuthula Ngwenyama (viola)
Cynthia Phelps (viola)
Carter Brey (cello)
Michael Wais (bass).

Telemann Suite: in G, TWV55:G2 (La bizarre)

1.19 Hasse Allegro (Organ Concerto No 2 in G)

1.23 Bach Concerto in F in the Italian Style, BWV971

1.35 Clerambault Cantata: Leandre et Hero

1.54 Telemann Suite: La musette in G minor, TWV55:Gl

2.08 Gorczycki Laetatus sum

2.13 Caldara Stabat mater

2.19 Vivaldi Trio Sonata in D minor, RV63 (La folia)

2.29 Couperin Treizieme concert a deux violes

2.40 Telemann Suite in E flat, TWV55:Es3 (La lyra)

3.00 Schubert Sehnsucht, 0636 (2nd setting)

3.06 Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor (Choral)

4.15 Brahms Nanie, Op 82

4.27 Grieg Andante con moto in C minor

4.38 Mozart Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat, K417

4.51 Schubert Eight Landler (D790)

5.00 Verdi Overture: La forza del destino

5.09 Busoni Sonatina super Carmen (Kammerfantasie)

5.18 Bizet, arr unknown Toreador's song (Carmen)

5.21 Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat, H Vile 1 (1st mvt)

5.29 Kodaly Adagio in C

5.38 Monti Csardas

5.43 Bach Violin Concerto No 2 in E, BWV1042

6.00 Ireland A Downland Suite

6.18 Stanford Motet: O Living Will

6.23 Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music

6.37 Mendelssohn Piano Sextet in D, Op 110

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