Other names | Through the Night Euroradio Notturno |
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Genre | Classical music |
Running time | 360 minutes |
Country of origin | United Kingdom (as Through the Night) |
Language(s) | Various |
Home station | BBC Radio 3 (1996–present) Euroradio (1998–present) |
Syndicates | EBU members via Euroradio network (see Broadcasters) |
Hosted by | Various (UK: Catriona Young, John Shea, Jonathan Swain, Danielle Jalowiecka) |
Created by | BBC Radio, EBU |
Produced by |
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Original release | 5 May 1996 – present | (as Through the Night)
Audio format | Stereo |
Opening theme | "Madrigal Nocturne" – La cheminée du roi René (Sweden and UK) |
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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]
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]
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.
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 on Mondays to Fridays, and from 1.00 till 7.00 on Saturdays and Sundays. [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, in fact, run reliably since 1998.
EBU member broadcasting organisations currently taking the service include (all indicated times are local):
Country | Station | Broadcaster | Local title | Time |
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![]() | Ö1 | ORF | Ö1 Nachtmusik (Ö1 Night Music) | 1.00–6.00 (Mon–Sat) |
![]() | Hristo Botev Radio | BNR | Еврокласик ноктюрно (Evroklasik noktyurno) | 3.00–5.00 |
![]() | HRT 3 | HRT | Euroclassic Notturno | 0.00–6.00 |
![]() | ERT Third Programme | ERT | Trito | 1.00–7.00 |
![]() | Bartók Rádió | MR | Notturno | 0.00–6.00 |
![]() | Dwójka | PR | Muzyczna Noc Euroradia (Euroradio’s Music Night) | 2.00–6.00 (Mon–Fri) |
![]() | Rádio Devín | RTVS | Euroclassic Nocturno | 2.00–6.00 |
![]() | ARS | RTV | Evropski klasični nokturno | 0.00–4.00 |
![]() | Radio România Muzical | SRR | Notturno | 1.00–7.00 |
![]() | Sveriges Radio P2 | SR | Notturno | 0.00–6.00 |
![]() | Radyo 3 | TRT | Notturno | 1.00–7.00 |
![]() | Radio Culture | Suspilne | Класична музика вночі на Радіо Культура | 2.00–6.00 |
![]() | BBC Radio 3 | BBC (originator) | Through the Night | 0.30–6.30 (Mon–Fri) 1.00–7.00 (Sat, Sun) |
EBU members that previously carried the service include: [4]
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