BBC Radio 3 Schedule 1 - 7 October 2007

The Early Music Show—Music from Queen Anne's London

Lucie Skeaping explores 18th century musical culture, with works by D Purcell and Finger.(R)

The Early Music Show—The York Early Music Festival 2007, The Sixteen, A Choral Pilgrimage: Music from the Sistine Chapel

Lucie Skeaping with highlights of a concert of Vatican music, recorded at York Minster.(R)

Through the Night—01/10/2007

With music by Verdi, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, CPE Bach, Smit, Pachelbel, Vivaldi and Chopin.

Through the Night—02/10/2007

Jonathan Swain spins Bach, Mozart, Strauss, Beethoven, Brahms, Milhaud and Suriani Germani

Through the Night—03/10/2007

Music by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Marteau, Fitelberg, Telemann and Fischer.

Through the Night—04/10/2007

Including music by Scriabin, Shostakovich, Kodaly, Bartok, Brahms, Schumann and Vivaldi.

Through the Night—05/10/2007

With pieces by Bruckner, Mozart, Hannikainen, Nielsen, Schmelzer, Cavalli and Sweelinck.

Through the Night—06/10/2007

Including music by Schumann, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schafer, Haydn, Kuhlau, Vivaldi and Cavalli.

Through the Night—

Composers include Glinka, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Schutz, Brahms, Vitols and Schubert.

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Radio 3 Breakfast—01/10/2007

Including Dvorak, Bach, Schumann, Faure and Grieg, plus Joseph Kosma's Les Feuilles Mort.

Radio 3 Breakfast—02/10/2007

Including pieces by Coates, Rossini, Telemann, Smetana, Handel and Mozart. With Rob Cowan.

Radio 3 Breakfast—03/10/2007

Including Pisendel, Schubert, Glinka, Bach and Turina, plus Walton's Five Bagatelles.

Radio 3 Breakfast—04/10/2007

Including pieces by Dvorak, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Rossini, Nielsen and Schubert.

Radio 3 Breakfast—05/10/2007

Including pieces by Sarasate, Vivaldi, Handel, Ambroise Thomas, Finzi and Bach.

Radio 3 Breakfast—

With music by Vivaldi, Rimsky-Korsakov and Mahler, and Monteverdi's Vattene pur crudel.

Radio 3 Breakfast—

Including music by Donald Tovey, Bach, Beethoven, Pachelbel, Mozart and Strauss.

CD Review—Building a Library: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

Andrew McGregor with the 50th Anniversary edition of Radio 3's recorded music programme.

Classical Collection—01/10/2007

With Sarah Walker. Works by Strauss, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Jacob, Merula, Handel and Busoni.

Classical Collection—02/10/2007

Sarah Walker with music by composers Bach, Elgar, Bizet, Dufay, Lang and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Classical Collection—03/10/2007

Sarah Walker introduces music by Barber, Holst, Lutyens, Rachmaninov and Clara Schumann.

Classical Collection—04/10/2007

Sarah Walker with music by Bloch, Pergolesi, Grainger, Sullivan, Playford and Bartok.

Classical Collection—05/10/2007

Sarah Walker introduces composers Mozart, Stravinsky, Granados, Horner, Brahms and Debussy

Sunday Morning—

Ahead of World Mental Health Day, Iain looks at different approaches to musical sanity.

Composer of the Week—Scott Joplin (1867-1917), The Roots of Ragtime

1/5The roots of the music Joplin helped to define, with ragtime pianist Morten Gunnar Larsen.

Composer of the Week—Scott Joplin (1867-1917), The Ragtime Craze

2/5Joplin biographer Susan Curtis explains how the US economic crisis of 1893 helped ragtime.

Composer of the Week—Scott Joplin (1867-1917), The Ragtime Debate

3/5How America's critics and musical establishment responded in mixed fashion to ragtime.

Composer of the Week—Scott Joplin (1867-1917), Lost in New York

4/5Joplin's final decade in New York saw him struggling for respect in a city of opportunity.

Composer of the Week—Scott Joplin (1867-1917), Ragtime's Revival

5/5Joplin and ragtime were almost forgotten after his death but had a revival in the 1970s.

Music Matters—40th Anniversary Special

Tom Service listens back and investigates how Radio 3 has reacted to the outside world.

Private Passions—Peter Nichols

Michael Berkeley talks to playwright Peter Nichols, who chooses Erik Satie and Gershwin.

Afternoon Concert—01/10/2007

With the Lunchtime Concert: the Royal String Quartet perform Shostakovich and Beethoven.

Afternoon Concert—Presteigne Festival 2007, Episode 1

Recorded at St Andrews Church, the Psophos Quartet play Sculthorpe, Jo Duddell and Debussy

Afternoon Concert—Presteigne Festival 2007, Episode 2

The Psophos Quartet play Dutilleux's Ainsi la nuit and Jackson's String Quartet No 3.

Afternoon Concert—Presteigne Festival 2007, Episode 3

The Psophos Quartet play Hyacinthe Jadin, Joseph Phibbs's new work Agea, and Schumman.

Afternoon Concert—Presteigne Festival 2007, Episode 4

Musicians resident for the festival play Sculthorpe, Schubert and David Matthews.

The Early Music Show—Children of the Revolution, Episode 1

1/2The music of the French Revolution, and the composers who worked in Paris at the time.(R)

The Early Music Show—Children of the Revolution, Episode 2

2/2The music of the French Revolution, and those who lived in Paris in the years of terror.(R)

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—06/10/2007

The Royal String Quartet play Shostakovich and Beethoven, from London's Wigmore Hall.(R)

Radio 3 Requests—

Chi-chi Nwanoku with listeners' requests, including music by Sibelius and Robert Simpson.

World Routes—06/10/2007

Concert by Indian flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and tabla player Yogesh Samsi.

The Making of Music—The Making of Music

Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series.

The Making of Music—The Making of Music

Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series.

The Making of Music—The Making of Music

Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series.

The Making of Music—The Making of Music

Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series.

The Making of Music—The Making of Music

Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series.

Jazz Line-Up—

Concert at the newly refurbished Birmingham Town Hall, with saxophonist Andy Hamilton.

Choral Evensong—

From Lichfield Cathedral, with an organ voluntary and the introit by Herbert Howells.

In Tune—01/10/2007

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.

In Tune—02/10/2007

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.

In Tune—03/10/2007

Sean Rafferty chats to trumpeter Sergei Nakariakov and violinist Sarah Chang.

In Tune—04/10/2007

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.

In Tune—05/10/2007

Sean Rafferty's guests include Nigel Foster, director of London's Song Festival.

Jazz Record Requests—

Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.

Discovering Music—Bartok's Music for Strings Percussion and Celeste

The Northern Sinfonia and conductor Thomas Zehetmair with a workshop on the popular piece.

Opera on 3—Gluck's Iphigenie en Tauride

Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham sings the title role in this new Royal Opera House production.

Choir and Organ—

Aled Jones meets David Hill, in his first season as Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers.

Performance on 3—01/10/2007

Conductor Gianandrea Noseda, the BBC Phil and violinist Janine Jansen perform Tchaikovsky.

Performance on 3—02/10/2007

Conductor Sakari Oramo leads the CBSO in three masterpieces by his compatriot Sibelius.

Performance on 3—40 Years of Radio 3: Archive Recordings, Episode 1

1/6The Purcell anniversary concert from 1995's Fairest Isle festival, in Westminster Abbey.

Performance on 3—London Philharmonic Orchestra 75th Birthday Concerts, Episode 1

The London Phil celebrates its 75th birthday with a concert of Beethoven and Shostakovich.

Performance on 3—05/10/2007

In her final season, Marin Alsop conducts the Bournemouth SO in Mahler's Third Symphony.

Composer of the Week—Scott Joplin (1867-1917), The Roots of Ragtime

1/5The roots of the music Joplin helped to define, with ragtime pianist Morten Gunnar Larsen.

Composer of the Week—Scott Joplin (1867-1917), The Ragtime Craze

2/5Joplin biographer Susan Curtis explains how the US economic crisis of 1893 helped ragtime.

Composer of the Week—Scott Joplin (1867-1917), The Ragtime Debate

3/5How America's critics and musical establishment responded in mixed fashion to ragtime.

Composer of the Week—Scott Joplin (1867-1917), Lost in New York

4/5Joplin's final decade in New York saw him struggling for respect in a city of opportunity.

Composer of the Week—Scott Joplin (1867-1917), Ragtime's Revival

5/5Joplin and ragtime were almost forgotten after his death but had a revival in the 1970s.

Performance on 3—Bloch

Violinist Hagai Shaham and pianist Arnon Erez perform Bloch's Sonata No 1.

Drama on 3—The Lamplighters, by Jackie Kay

Lyrical drama exploring the heart of enslavement through the experiences of four women.(R)

Night Waves—80 Years of Talkies

Matthew Sweet asks if dialogue is overrated, 80 years after the first talkie film.

Night Waves—Wagner's Ring Cycle Review

Isabel Hilton with a review of the Royal Opera House's performance of Wagner's Ring cycle.

Night Waves—03/10/2007

Rana Mitter explores advertising at war in a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum.

Night Waves—04/10/2007

Philip Dodd on the classic 1960s film Blow-Up, directed by the late Michelangelo Antonioni

The Verb—05/10/2007

Ian McMillan and guests read Bernard Malamud and ask if north and south divides UK poetry.

The Wire—Wes Bell, by Matthew Broughton

Dark, compelling play about a lonely young man who finds a home among eccentric strangers.

Sunday Feature—MindMaps, Manchester: Masters and Men

Chris Bowlby discovers how the city's buildings evoke a confident period of liberalism.

Artist Focus—01/10/2007

Pianist Helene Grimaud begins with Brahms's Three Intermezzi. Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Artist Focus—02/10/2007

Pianist Helene Grimaud begins the programme with Chopin's Barcarolle, Op 60.

Artist Focus—03/10/2007

Pianist Helene Grimaud begins as soloist in Arvo Part's Credo. With Petroc Trelawny.

Artist Focus—04/10/2007

Pianist Helene Grimaud begins with the Etudes-Tableaux by Rachmaninov.

Jazz Library—Radio 3's 40th Birthday, Episode 2

Alyn Shipton and jazz producer Derek Drescher introduce John Surman, Art Blakey and more.

Hear and Now—Summer Festivals: Spitalfields Festival 2007

Robert Worby presents music recorded in June 2007 at the Spitalfields Festival in London.

Words and Music—Authority

Poetry and prose around the theme of love, with music by Britten, Elgar, De Rore and Dufay(R)

The Essay—A Beep Heard Around the World, A Beep Heard Around the World

1/4Sputnik 1 launched and modernity was born in the mind of Barnsley schoolboy Ian McMillan.

World on 3—Joe Boyd

Veteran producer Joe Boyd chooses the top 40 world music releases since records began.

The Essay—A Beep Heard Around the World, A Beep Heard Around the World

2/4Zinovy Zinik tried to escape his playground by leaping up to hitch a lift on Sputnik.

Late Junction—02/10/2007

Travelling songs from Mary Ann Haynes and Derby Smith, plus tributes to the Copper family.

The Essay—A Beep Heard Around the World, A Beep Heard Around the World

3/4News of Sputnik and rock and roll arrived together in South Africa for Christopher Hope.

Late Junction—03/10/2007

Verity Sharp with songs from Cape Verde, ambience from Echospace, and Malian Oumou Sangare

The Essay—A Beep Heard Around the World, Episode 4

4/4Monica Grady, space scientist at the Open University, discusses how Sputnik gave her a job

Late Junction—04/10/2007

Extraordinary voices, including the Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir and Paul Robeson.

Jazz on 3—Charles Gayle, William Parker and Mark Sanders

Featuring free jazz player Charles Gayle, bassist William Parker and drummer Mark Sanders.