Euroclassic Notturno

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Euroclassic Notturno
Other namesThrough the Night
Euroradio Notturno
Genre Classical music
Running time360 minutes
Country of originUnited Kingdom (as Through the Night)
Language(s)Various
Home station BBC Radio 3 (1996–present)
Euroradio (1998–present)
SyndicatesEBU members via Euroradio network (see Broadcasters)
Hosted byVarious
(UK: Catriona Young, John Shea, Jonathan Swain, Danielle Jalowiecka, Penny Gore)
Created byBBC Radio, EBU
Produced by
  • Ellie Mant
  • Brian Jackson
  • Bill Nicholls
  • Jenny Pitt
  • Deirdre O'Donovan
  • Barnaby Gordon
Original release5 May 1996 (1996-05-05) (as Through the Night) –
present
Audio format Stereo
Opening theme"Madrigal Nocturne" – La cheminée du roi René (Sweden and UK)
Website

Euroclassic Notturno is a six-hour radio sequence of classical music recordings assembled by BBC Radio from material supplied by members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and distributed, via the EBU's Euroradio network, to a number of these broadcasters for use in their overnight classical music schedules. The recordings used are not taken from commercially available CDs but come instead from earlier (usually live) radio broadcasts. [1]

Contents

Supplied by the BBC on a commercial basis, the service claims to provide broadcasters with a less expensive alternative to local origination of overnight classical-music programming. [1]

Format

The sequence is put together by a small BBC team in London and Salford, and gaps are provided in the schedule to allow for local origination of explanatory material in each broadcaster's national language (written programme notes in English are supplied by the BBC some weeks in advance), top-of-the-hour news summaries, etc. In the United Kingdom, the sequence is broadcast on BBC Radio 3 without news.

Broadcast

The service is streamed from Broadcasting House in London between 0:00 and 6:00 Central European Time seven days a week, though actual transmission times may be shifted locally – the BBC itself, for instance, broadcasts its own version (which goes out under the title Through the Night) between 0:30 and 6:30. [2]

BBC Radio 3's Through the Night was first broadcast on 5 May 1996 when 24-hour broadcasting was introduced on the station. The first presenter was Donald Macleod. [3]

As transmission is unattended the playout servers are duplicated to provide resilience, although the service has, infact, run reliably since 1998.

Broadcasters

EBU member broadcasting organisations currently taking the service include (all indicated times are local):

CountryStationBroadcasterLocal titleTime
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Ö1 ORF Ö1 Nachtmusik (Ö1 Night Music)1.00–6.00 (Mon–Sat)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Hristo Botev Radio BNR Еврокласик ноктюрно (Evroklasik noktyurno)3.00–5.00
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia HRT 3 HRT Euroclassic Notturno0.00–6.00
Flag of Greece.svg Greece Third Programme ERT Trito1.00–7.00
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Bartók Rádió  [ hu ] MR Notturno0.00–6.00
Flag of Poland.svg Poland Dwójka PR Muzyczna Noc Euroradia (Euroradio’s Music Night)2.00–6.00 (Mon–Fri)
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Rádio Devín  [ sk ] RTVS Euroclassic Nocturno2.00–6.00
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia ARS  [ sl ] RTV Evropski klasični nokturno0.00–4.00
Flag of Romania.svg Romania Radio România Muzical SRR Notturno1.00–7.00
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Sveriges Radio P2 SR Notturno0.00–6.00
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Radyo 3 TRT Notturno1.00–7.00
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom BBC Radio 3 BBC (originator)Through the Night0.30–6.30 [a]

EBU members that previously carried the service include: [4]

CountryStationBroadcasterLocal titleTime
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic ČRo Vltava (2004) [5] ČRo Euroclassic Notturno
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR P2 DR Klassisk Natradio
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Rás 1 RÚV Næturtónar
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland RTÉ lyric fm (1998 [6] – early 2000s) RTÉ Euroclassic Notturno0.00–6.00
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Rai Radio Classica (2014–2017) RAI Euroclassic Notturno0.00–2.00 [7]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands NPO Radio 4 (1998–2007) NPO Euroclassic Notturno1.00–7.00
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK P2 NRK Notturno0.00–6.00
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Radio Culture (2023) [8] Suspilne Класична музика вночі на Радіо Культура2.00–6.00

Notes

  1. ↑ Prior to September 2024, it was broadcast 0:30 and 6:30 on Mondays to Fridays, and from 1:00 till 7:00 on Saturdays and Sundays

References

  1. 1 2 "Euroradio Notturno". EBU. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Through the Night". BBC Radio 3 . BBC . Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Through the Night". Radio Times . No. 3771 (South ed.). BBC Magazines. 2 May 1996. p. 104. Retrieved 21 March 2019. Radio 3 goes 24 hours with the first of its new nightly programmes, presented by Donald Macleod.
  4. ↑ "Euroclassic Notturno". BBC Radio 3 . BBC. 21 June 2007. Archived from the original on 21 June 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2019– via archive.today.
  5. ↑ "La Radiodifusión Checa se sumará al proyecto Euroclassic Notturno". Radio Prague International. 16 June 2004. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  6. ↑ Dervan, Michael (5 January 1998). "RTE to extend FM3 radio coverage". The Irish Times . Dublin. ISSN   0791-5144 . Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "Euroclassic Notturno". RAI Radio FD 5 (in Italian). RAI . Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Проєкт класичної музики «Notturno» — в нічному ефірі Радіо Культура". 12 February 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
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