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Through the Night

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

Radio 3,32 episodes

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Alexandre Tharaud plays Bach, Ravel and Dukas
The French pianist performs original and transcribed music by Bach, Ravel and Dukas.
09 Jan 2026,360 mins
Bel Canto Opera excerpts from Cēsis, Latvia
Tenors Levy Sekgapane and Lawrence Brownlee with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra.
08 Jan 2026,360 mins
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason with the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason plays Chopin's second piano concerto.
07 Jan 2026,360 mins
A musical trip to America
The WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne play Bernstein, Gershwin and Jessie Montgomery.
06 Jan 2026,360 mins
Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Mozart from the Belcea Quartet
A concert from Austria featuring Mozart's "Dissonance" Quartet, Beethoven and Mendelssohn.
05 Jan 2026,360 mins
Isabelle Faust and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra at the BBC Proms
Isabelle Faust plays Dvořák's colourful, folk-inspired violin concerto.
04 Jan 2026,360 mins
Iberian music from the Ricercar Consort
Philippe Pierlot and his ensemble explore the music of Francisco Correa de Arauxo.
03 Jan 2026,360 mins
Rasch and Beethoven
Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
02 Jan 2026,360 mins
BBC Proms 2025: Joshua Bell and Górecki's "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
Dalia Stasevska leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in de Hartmann and Górecki.
01 Jan 2026,360 mins
Schaghajegh Nosrati plays Shostakovich, Bach, Haydn and Alkan
Schagajegh Nosrati gives a recital at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona.
31 Dec 2025,360 mins
Love conquers all: Madrigali and other Monteverdi works by La Venexiana
The early music ensemble La Venexiana perform motets and madrigals by Monteverdi.
30 Dec 2025,360 mins
Julia Fischer plays Britten's Violin Concerto
Julia Fischer plays Britten with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra.
29 Dec 2025,360 mins
Mitsuko Uchida: Schoenberg, Beethoven and Brahms
The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra with Mitsuko Uchida
28 Dec 2025,360 mins
Bach Trumpet Concertos from Budapest
Matthias Höfs plays Bach's Vivaldi transcriptions and ‘Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen'.
27 Dec 2025,360 mins
Gershwin's Piano Concerto and Dvořák's 'New World' Symphony
The German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Saarbrücken play Gershwin and Dvořák.
26 Dec 2025,360 mins
Marin Alsop conducts the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Colin Currie plays James MacMillan's Concerto for Percussion "Veni, Veni, Emmanuel".
25 Dec 2025,360 mins
Christmas with the Danish Radio Vocal Ensemble
A Christmas concert from Copenhagen including Britten's A Ceremony of Carols and Poulenc.
24 Dec 2025,360 mins
Esa-Pekka Salonen's 'kínēma' and Sibelius's Second Symphony
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra performs works by Esa-Pekka Salonen and Sibelius.
23 Dec 2025,360 mins
Christoph Prégardien sings Schubert's Winterreise
Christoph Prégardien performs Schubert's song cycle with pianist Michael Gees.
22 Dec 2025,360 mins
Bruckner Symphony no 8
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra performs Bruckner's final symphony, his 8th.
21 Dec 2025,360 mins
Brahms from Budapest
Simon Trpčeski and the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra play Brahms' 2nd piano concerto.
20 Dec 2025,360 mins
Rameau, Handel, Farrenc and Mozart
The German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin play Rameau, Handel, Farrenc and Mozart.
19 Dec 2025,360 mins
Dover Quartet plays Montgomery, Janáček, Dvořák, and Tchaikovsky
Dover Quartet perform Janáček, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, and 'Strum' by Jessie Montgomery.
18 Dec 2025,360 mins
Rachmaninov and Richard Strauss from Germany
The German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra play Rachmaninov's 2nd symphony and Strauss.
17 Dec 2025,360 mins
BBC Proms 2024: Beethoven, Brahms and Sarah Gibson
The BBC Philharmonic play Brahms's Fourth Symphony, Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Gibson
16 Dec 2025,360 mins
Lang Lang and the Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra from Shanghai
Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra and Lang Lang play well-known music from the Romantic era.
15 Dec 2025,360 mins
Max Richter's Recomposed: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Britten Sinfonia at the BBC Proms in 2023 with a programme exploring musical reimagining.
14 Dec 2025,360 mins
Haydn, Schumann and Mendelssohn
Quatuor Modigliani and the NOVO Quartet perform Mendelssohn's Octet in E flat.
13 Dec 2025,360 mins
Dvořák and Richard Strauss
Pablo Ferrández plays Dvořák's cello concerto with the RAI National Symphony Orchestra.
12 Dec 2025,360 mins
Rachel Podger at Wigmore Hall
Rachel Podger plays Biber and Froberger with Elizabeth Kenny and Marcin Świątkiewicz.
11 Dec 2025,360 mins