Highlights of the Northern Lights season
Music, performance and drama, inspired by the world's most northerly territories
Anna Maria Friman of Trio Mediaeval—The Early Music Show
Fiona Talkington is joined by Anna Maria Friman to explore Nordic folk and medieval music.
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Landmark: Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries—Free Thinking
Matthew Sweet is joined by Colm Toibin and others to discuss Bergman's Wild Strawberries.
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Franz Berwald (1796-1868)—Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Franz Berwald
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Sounds of the North ‒ Northern Lights in 30 mins
A journey through the music, sounds and voices of the northernmost territories on earth.
Tine Thing Helseth—Saturday Classics
Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth with her choice of music that has inspired her.
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True Norse—Sunday Feature
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough asks whether there is a shared culture in the north of Europe
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Northern Lights: BBC National Orchestra of Wales—Radio 3 in Concert
The BBC NOW performs music by Nystroem, Stenhammar, Rautavaara, Leifs and Sibelius.
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Northern Lights: Joanne Harris on the Norse God Loki—Free Thinking, 2015 Festival
Joanne Harris and Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough discuss the god Loki and Norse beliefs.
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Sidsel Endresen and Stian Westerhus—Jazz on 3
Sidsel Endresen and Stian Westerhus perform as part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season.
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Freeze: Thaw—Sunday Feature
Hayden Lorimer discusses ice with poets, musicians, explorers, doctors and physicists.
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Danish National Vocal Ensemble—Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
The Danish National Vocal Ensemble performs works by Gade, Sibelius and Nielsen.
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Northern Lights: St Lucia's Day—Choir and Organ
Part of a concert given by the Nacka Music School in Stockholm to celebrate St Lucia's Day
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Episode 1—Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Danish String Quartet in Scotland
The Danish String Quartet: Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op 54. Nielsen: String Quartet No 3
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Nordic Voices—Drama on 3
A celebration of contemporary Nordic writing in three new short plays.
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Northern Lights: Helsinki Philharmonic—Radio 3 in Concert
The Helsinki Philharmonic and John Storgards play Sibelius from Birmingham.
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Northern Lights: Nordic Christmas—Radio 3 in Concert
Petroc Trelawny presents music for a Nordic Christmas sung by the Temple Church Choir.
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Northern Lights: Emily Hall, John Luther Adams—Hear and Now
Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch present new music by Emily Hall and John Luther Adams.
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Tanya Tagaq and Nanook of the North—World on 3
The 1922 silent film Nanook of the North with a new score by Inuk singer, Tanya Tagaq.
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Northern Lights: Tromso—Music Matters
Petroc Trelawny explores musical responses to the dark northern winters in Tromso, Norway.
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Tales of the North - Beowulf
The late Irish poet Seamus Heaney reads from his own translation of Beowulf.
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Northern Lights—Afternoon Concert
Katie Derham presents music from Nordic countries
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Life in a Cold Climate—Words and Music
Texts and music about living in the frozen north. Readers: Bill Paterson and Janie Dee.
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Iceland—Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod discovers the musical culture of Iceland, including the work of Jon Leifs
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Art in a Cold Climate—The Essay
Five writers each consider the significance of a work of art to their nation
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