Brahms, Strauss, Mussorgsky.
Handel, Schubert, Vivaldi.
John Shea concludes the programme with music by Debussy, Ockeghem, Flury, Norman, Bellini, Milhaud, Wolf, Agay, Finzi, Ibert and Respighi.
Including Dvorak: Overture (Carnival). Tippett: Divertimento on Sellinger's Round. Milhaud: Chamber Symphony No 1. Brahms: Two Songs for contralto with viola and piano, Op 91.
Marlis Petersen (soprano), Werner Gura (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), RIAS-Kammerchor,
Peggy Reynolds looks back at the life and career of Ethel Smyth, composer, writer and friend to figures such as Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Virginia Woolf.
With excerpts from her Mass in D, her songs, chamber music and the large-scale opera The Wreckers as well as a libretto by her lifelong friend Henry Brewster. Plus reflections from Thomas Beecham, Starr Brewster, Vita Sackville-West and others, interwoven with readings from Smyth's own memoirs and letters.
Catherine Bott tracks the amazing rise and fall of the one-time patron of Handel, James Brydges, who, in ten short years, amassed great wealth and a palatial mansion with a thirty piece orchestra, only to descend from these dizzy heights just as quickly.
Another chance to hear Monday's concert by the Michelangelo Quartet. Stravinsky: 3 Pieces for string quartet. Haydn: String Quartet in B flat. Schumann: String Quartet in A minor.
In the second of three programmes recorded on location in Cuba, Lucy Duran continues on her thousand-mile road journey in search of the island's musical roots.
In her search of Cuban Music Lucy explores changui music from Guantanamo, looking into the African and Haitian influences that helped create it. In Holguin she discovers the Mechanical Organ, “organo oriental”, and the voice of Beny More. As well as encountering the religious music of the Cabildos and the Spanish influenced countryside “Decimas” music in the colonial gem Trinidad de Cuba.
Julian Joseph presents a concert from vibraphonists Roger Beaujolais and Jim Hart at the Southport Winters Weekend of Jazz. Plus keyboardist/composer Django Bates in conversation.
Verdi's Ernani: Live from New York, Roberto Abbado conducts an international cast in Verdi's fifth opera, based on Victor Hugo's tragic play.
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
Louis Andriessen Portrait: Ivan Hewett discusses Dutch composer Louise Andriessen with his former student Steve Martland, and introduces a concert featuring the music of both.
SUNDAY 30 MARCH 2008
SUN 00:00 The Early Music Show (b009jd5h)
Music for Holy Saturday
Music for Holy Saturday: Lucie Skeaping presents music written for Holy Saturday, with settings of Lamentations and Tenebrae Responsories by Palestrina, Lobo, Gesualdo and Morales.
SUN 02:00 Through the Night (b009mczc)
Including
2.00 Mozart, Schubert, Dvorak, Copland, Esterhazy.
3.30 Buxtehude, Fodor, Contant, Purcell, Bach.
5.00 Butterworth, Grieg, Abel, Schnizer, Jenner, Grainger, Jarzebski.
SUN 05:00 Through the Night (b009mczk)
Through the Night
John Shea concludes the programme with music by Butterworth, Grieg, Debussy, Abel, Mozart, Schnizer, Pachelbel, Jenner, Grainger and Jarzebski.
SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b009md0z)
Including Coleridge-Taylor: Petite suite de concert. Holst: Ave Maria. Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs. Various: Variations on an Elizabethan Theme.
SUN 10:00 Sunday Morning (b009jfnm)
Iain ponders the relationship between music and sexuality with cultural commentator David Benedict. The music includes pieces by Szymanowski, Saint-Saens, Britten and Tippett.
SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b009md13)
Michael Berkeley's guest is former dancer Paul Old, who chooses pieces by Steve Reich, Gavin Bryars and John Cage as well as songs by Leonard Cohen and Nina Simone.
SUN 13:00 The Early Music Show (b009md1k)
Dufay's Europe
Guillaume Dufay was one of the most famous and successful composers of the mid 15th century. Born in Cambrai in what is now northern France, he spent most of his career touring Europe, working in some of the most important and influential centres of his day. He found himself in the middle of many of the major political struggles comfronting the 15th century which inevitably had a profound impact both on his life and music. Lucie Skeaping reflects on Dufay's Europe.
SUN 14:00 Radio 3 Requests (b009md4g)
Chi-chi Nwanoku plays listeners' requests, which include Mahler's Ruckert Lieder, Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata, Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1 and a rarely heard work by Verdi.
SUN 16:00 Choral Evensong (b009md4j)
Live from Portsmouth Cathedral.
SUN 17:00 Discovering Music (b008j41c)
Schubert's Trout Quintet
Recorded before the Norfolk and Norwich Music Club, Stephen Johnson explores, with the help of the Gould Piano Trio and friends, the structure and background of one of Schubert's best-loved chamber pieces, the Trout Quintet.
SUN 18:30 Choir and Organ (b009md4n)
Aled Jones is joined from Beijing by a choir director hoping to perform large-scale Western choral music in China. Plus a visit to New York to look at the gay choral scene.
SUN 20:00 Drama on 3 (b009md7p)
A Long Way from Home
A Long Way from Home, by Caryl Phillips: A play about the singer Marvin Gaye's final years, spent in Begium, where he composed the song Sexual Healing shortly before his murder.
SUN 21:30 Sunday Feature (b009md7r)
Homer's Landscapes
The Poet and His World
Adam Nicolson travels along the eastern Mediterranean, from the Ionian Sea to the western coast of Turkey to trace the origins of the poems at the root of modern European thought.
Visiting the island of Chios, where Homer might have come from, and then travelling on to Troy and Ithaca and sailing the Aegean, Adam reads The Iliad and The Odyssey, to explore their landscapes and world from which these important epic poems emerged.
SUN 22:15 Words and Music (b009md86)
A Change in the Weather
A Change in the Weather: Mark Strong and Niamh Cusack read poetry on the theme of the weather. Including writings by Donne, Auden and AA Milne, and music from Ravel and Gershwin.
MONDAY 31 MARCH 2008
MON 00:00 The Early Music Show (b007r9z1)
Henry VIII
Henry VIII was one of the most remarkable and formidable English monarchs. The portrayal of Henry as a cantankerous despot has outshone the youthful Henry who was devoted to sports and arts. In his twenties and thirties, Henry penned several secular compositions, a variety of partsongs and consorts, 34 of which were compiled in the so-called "Henry VIII manuscript". This manuscript also included works by several other musicians who passed through Henry's court, such as William Cornysh and Robert Fayrfax, and in today's programme Lucie Skeaping presents a selection of secular music from this manuscript.
PLAYLIST:
Anon: Greensleeves
I Fagiolini
The Forbury Consort
Cantoris CRCD2365
Track 19
Henry VIII: Pastyme with good companye
I Fagiolini
The Forbury Consort
Cantoris CRCD2365
Track 1
Henry VIII: Consort V (extract)
Sirinu
Chandos CHAN 0621
Track 5
Henry VIII: O my heart
The Hilliard Ensemble
Saga Classics SCD9003
Track 5
Henry VIII: Gentil prince de renom (extract)
Sirinu
Chandos CHAN 0621
Track 29
Robert Fayrfax: Somewhat musing
The Hilliard Ensemble
Saga Classics SCD9008
Track 8
Henry VIII: Consort XX (extract)
Members of the New London Consort
Saga Classics SCD9003
Track 7
Heinrich Isaac: La my (extract)
Musica Antiqua of London
Amon RA CDSAR51
Track 3
William Cornysh (jnr): A robyn, gentyl robyn
I Fagiolini
Cantoris CRCD2365
Track 5
Anon: Time to Pass with Goodly Sport / Taunder naken
The City Waites
SoundAlive SAMT008 CD
Track 22
Anon: England be Glad
The City Waites
SoundAlive SAMFNCD 301
Track 1
William Cornysh (jnr): Trolly lolly
I Fagiolini
The Forbury Consort
Cantoris CRCD2365
Track 7
Anon: I am a jolly foster
The City Waites
SoundAlive SAMFNCD 301
Track 9
Richard Pygott: Quid petis, O fili
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, director
Collins Classics 14922
Track 10
Jacques Barbireau: En frolyk weson
The Hilliard Ensemble
Members of the New London Consort
Saga Classics SCD 9003
Track 11
Henry VIII: Consort XVI
Sirinu
Chandos CHAN 0621
Track 16
Anon: Puzzle canon VI
The Hilliard Ensemble
Members of the New London Consort
Saga Classics SCD 9003
Track 17
William Cornysh (jnr): Yow and I and Amyas
Emily Van Evera, soprano
Andrew Lawrence-King
CRD 3448 CRD
Track 22
Henry VII: Helas Madame
Pro Cantione Antiqua
Harmonia Mundi GD77178
CD 2 track 9
Henry VIII: Thow that men do call it dotage
Sirinu
Chandos CHAN 0621
Track 3
Producer: Rebecca Bean
BBC Manchester
MON 01:00 Through the Night (b009md9p)
Including
1.00 Enescu, Constantinescu, Negrea, Constantiniu, Grefiens, Buciu, Donceanu, Pascanu, Pop, Spatarelu, Beethoven.
2.57 Bach, Dvorak, Mozart.
5.00 Vivaldi, Kutev, Ireland.
MON 05:00 Through the Night (b009md9r)
Through the Night
John Shea concludes the programme with music by Vivaldi, Forster, Liszt, Strauss, Kutev, Bach, Gluck, Saint-Saens, Kabalevsky, Ireland and Mozart.
MON 07:00 Breakfast (b009mddq)
Including Brahms: Intermezzo in E. Bach: Concerto in C minor for 2 harpsichords, BWV1062. Nielsen: Maskarade (Overture). Buxtehude: O frohliche Stunden. Mozart: String quartet in A.
MON 10:00 Classical Collection (b009mdds)
Including Dimas: Sones de Mariachi. Murci: Jacaras de la costa. Vidales: Los que fueren de buen gusto. Padilla: Gloria. Schumann: Violin Concerto in D minor. Ponce: Sonata Mexicana.
MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b009mddv)
Manuel de Falla
Episode 1
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946): 1/5. Donald Macleod explores the life of Manuel de Falla, focusing on his stay in Paris, where he met his mentors - Debussy, Ravel and Dukas.
MON 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b009mddx)
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Nash Ensemble perform works by Mendelssohn and Weber.
2.00pm Including Dvorak's Cello Concerto and music by Schoenberg, Poulenc and Berlioz.
MON 17:00 In Tune (b009mdh9)
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.
MON 19:00 Performance on 3 (b009mdhc)
A concert given by the BBC Philharmonic in Tokyo. Including Stravinsky: Divertimento (The Fairy's Kiss). Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 in B minor.
MON 20:45 Composer of the Week (b009mddv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
MON 21:45 Night Waves (b009mdhf)
Julie Andrews talks to Matthew Sweet about her new autobiography, in which she reveals her humble and often difficult early life as well as her complex family background.
MON 22:30 Artist Focus (b009mdhh)
With Catherine Bott. The featured artist is soprano Karita Mattila, who sings music from her native Scandinavia, including Sibelius's Luonnotar.
MON 23:00 The Essay (b009nm2p)
Maths and Music
Counter-culture
Maths and Music: 1/4. Counter-culture: Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy looks at rhythmic complexities in Steve Reich, Messiaen, Ewe music from Ghana and a piece lasting 1,000 years.
MON 23:15 World on 3 (b009mdhm)
Mary Ann Kennedy presents her own mix of sounds from across the globe.
TUESDAY 01 APRIL 2008
TUE 01:00 Through the Night (b009mdjd)
Through the Night
Including
1.00 Schoenberg, Schubert, Telemann, Ford, Berlioz.
3.26 Mozart, CPE Bach, Kodaly, J Strauss II, Haydn.
5.00 Delius, Quantz, Sibelius, Purcell, Schubert, Raitio, Berwald.
TUE 05:00 Through the Night (b009mdjg)
Through the Night
John Shea concludes the programme with music by Delius, Quantz, Schumann, Wikander, Sibelius, Purcell, Schubert, Chausson, Raitio, Kuula, Berwald and Debussy.
TUE 07:00 Breakfast (b009mdqn)
Including Handel: Concerto grosso in F. Goudimel: Or sous tous humains. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. Haydn: Symphony No 44 in E minor (Trauer). Poulenc: Mouvement perpetuel.
TUE 10:00 Classical Collection (b009mdrt)
Includes Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor. Bacalov: Misa Tango. Albeniz: Tango (Espana). Kissewitter: Tango pathetique. Bacalov: Tangosain. Haydn: Cello Concerto in C.
TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b009mg6d)
Manuel de Falla
Episode 2
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946): 2/5. Donald Macleod continues his exploration of Spanish composer Manuel de Falla, looking at the distinctively French influence his music adopted.
TUE 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b009mg7p)
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: The Szymanowski Quartet perform works by Szymanowski and Ravel.
2.00pm With an excerpt from Berlioz's Les Troyens and Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit.
TUE 17:00 In Tune (b009mg8l)
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.
TUE 19:00 Performance on 3 (b009mg9m)
Catherine Bott presents works by Beethoven and Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. Beethoven: Leonore Overture No 3; Romance in F. Saariaho: Mirage. Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A.
TUE 20:45 Composer of the Week (b009mg6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
TUE 21:45 Night Waves (b009t2gh)
Night Waves
Isabel Hilton talks to South African Justice Albie Sachs in an interview recorded before an audience in Liverpool for BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking festival in 2007.
TUE 22:30 Artist Focus (b009mgg0)
Catherine Bott profiles soprano Karita Mattila. She performs vocal works by Mozart including the role of Fiordiligi in his opera Cosi fan tutte.
TUE 23:00 The Essay (b009mgjq)
Maths and Music
The Music of the Spheres
Maths and Music: 2/4. The Music of the Spheres: Marcus du Sautoy examines Pythagoras' theories about the harmonious world, the thorny issue of temperament and the 12 note scale.
TUE 23:15 Late Junction (b009mgjs)
Fiona Talkington presents a varied mix of music, with pieces from Bjorn Jason Lindh, an album depicting musical life in Croatia and Terry Riley's A Rainbow in Curved Air from 1968.
WEDNESDAY 02 APRIL 2008
WED 01:00 Through the Night (b009mdww)
Including
1.00 Mozart, Rossini, Beethoven, Bach, Prokofiev.
2.58 Schubert, Scarlatti, Corelli, Vivaldi, Liszt.
5.00 Rossini, Sibelius, Rameau, Strauss, Brahms, Debussy, Mendelssohn.
WED 04:00 Through the Night (b009pb63)
Through the Night
John Shea continues the programme with music by Scarlatti, Corelli, Klami, Vivaldi and Liszt.
WED 05:00 Through the Night (b009mdwy)
Through the Night
John Shea concludes the programme with music by Rossini, Sibelius, Rameau, Strauss, Kapp, CPE Bach, Brahms, Debussy and Mendelssohn.
WED 07:00 Breakfast (b009mdzr)
Including Glazunov: Concert waltz No 2 in F. Rameau: Suite (Les palladins). Haydn: Sonata in B flat for piano. Delibes: Ballet music (Coppelia). MacDowell: New England idylls.
WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b009mg2n)
Including Milhaud: Le boeuf sur le toit. Trad: A casinha pequenina; Meu boi barroso. Rosauro: Concerto No 1 for marimba and string orchestra. Schoenberg: Gurrelieder (excerpt).
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b009mg6g)
Manuel de Falla
Episode 3
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946): 3/5. Donald Macleod focuses on how World War I gave Falla the chance to provide music for refugees in Spain including Diaghilev and the Ballet Russes.
WED 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b009mg7r)
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: French pianist Philippe Cassard performs works by Debussy, Scriabin and Ravel.
2.00pm With excerpts from Berlioz' Les Troyens and music by Gorecki.
WED 17:00 In Tune (b009mg8n)
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.
WED 19:00 Performance on 3 (b009mg9p)
Catherine Bott introduces a concert given by the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes at London's Royal Festival Hall. Including works by Bach, Beethoven, Sibelius, Grieg and Debussy.
WED 20:45 Composer of the Week (b009mg6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
WED 21:45 Night Waves (b009mgdx)
Isabel Hilton presents the arts and ideas programme.
WED 22:30 Artist Focus (b009mgg2)
Catherine Bott profiles soprano Karita Mattila. She sings excerpts from operatic works, including one from Janacek's Jenufa.
WED 23:00 The Essay (b009mgjv)
Maths and Music
Theme and Variations
Maths and Music: 3/4. Theme and Variations: Marcus du Sautoy reveals the symmetry in Bach's Goldberg Variations, the maths behind bell-ringing and Mozart's obsession with numbers.
WED 23:15 Late Junction (b009mgjx)
Fiona Talkington presents a varied musical mix, with a new album from electronic duo Autechre, Arvo Part's Seven Magnificat Antiphons and Garth Knox playing jigs and reels on viola.
THURSDAY 03 APRIL 2008
THU 01:00 Through the Night (b009mdx0)
Including
1.00 Verdi, Schumann, Brahms.
3.15 Britten, Dittersdorf, Mozetich, Parker, Linko.
5.00 Schumann, Frescobaldi, Merkel, Griffes, Brahms, Verdi, Alabiev, Tartini, Janacek.
THU 05:00 Through the Night (b009mdx2)
Through the Night
John Shea concludes the programme with music by Schumann, Frescobaldi, Bach, Merkel, Casanova, Griffes, Brahms, Liszt, Verdi, Alabiev, Tartini, Janacek and Hannikainen.
THU 07:00 Breakfast (b009mdzv)
Including Scarlatti: Concerto in 7 parts No 1 in F minor. Elgar: Ave maris stella for chorus. Beethoven: Variations in D. Wagner: Kaisermarsch. Piazzolla: Aconcagua Concerto.
THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b009mg2t)
Including works by Araujo: Ay, andar. Copland: Danzon cubano. Prado: Mambo No 8. Bernstein: Symphonic Dances (West Side Story). Ortega: El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido.
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b009mg6j)
Manuel de Falla
Episode 4
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946): 4/5. Donald Macleod explains how after returning to Andalucia, Falla rejected the music of the region, preferring the music of Spain's historic past.
THU 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b009mg7t)
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Pianist Eugene Asti performs songs by Debussy, Delius, Stanford and Vaughan Williams.
2.00pm With music including Mozart's Piano Concerto No 15.
THU 17:00 In Tune (b009mg8q)
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.
THU 19:00 Performance on 3 (b009mg9r)
Catherine Bott presents a concert featuring violinist James Ehnes performing in Beethoven's Violin Concerto, plus Walton's Symphony No 1 and the overture to Berlioz' Le corsaire.
THU 20:45 Composer of the Week (b009mg6j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 21:45 Night Waves (b009qgw9)
Philip Dodd is joined by writer Claire Tomalin and other guests to discuss The Diary of Samuel Pepys, which provided a unique insight into life in 17th century London.
THU 22:30 Artist Focus (b009mgg4)
Catherine Bott profiles soprano Karita Mattila, who in this programme sings music by Schubert and Schumann.
THU 23:00 The Essay (b009mgjz)
Maths and Music
Composing with Numbers
Maths and Music: 4/4. Composing with Numbers: Marcus du Sautoy looks at Schoenberg's rectangles, Xenakis's cubes, Messiaen's Mongean shuffle and reveals that there's music in maths.
THU 23:15 Late Junction (b009mgk1)
Fiona Talkington presents a varied musical mix, with works by Howard Skempton, Appalachian banjo tunes, flute playing from Hariprasad Chaurasia and desert blues from Etran Finatawa.
FRIDAY 04 APRIL 2008
FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b009mdx4)
Including
1.00 Elgar, Beethoven, Caurroy, Ockeghem.
3.10 Jadin, Mozart, Fischer, Obrecht, Rathaus, Wagner, Verdi.
5.00 Kajanus, Britten, Brahms, Halvorsen, Franck, Stenhammar.
FRI 04:00 Through the Night (b009pmph)
Through the Night
John Shea continues the programme with music by Fischer, Obrecht, Hollander, Willaert, Rathaus, Wagner, Verdi and Jenkins.
FRI 05:00 Through the Night (b009mdx6)
Through the Night
John Shea concludes the programme with music by Kajanus, Britten, Brahms, Halvorsen, Spohr, Mozart, Franck and Stenhammar.
FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b009mdzx)
Including Beethoven: Leonore Overture No 1. Schubert: Deutsche Tanze. Fiala: Sinfonia in F. Haydn: Divertimento No 5 in D. Bliss: Things to Come. Bach: Cantata No 54.
FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b009mg2y)
Includes Santoro: Frevo. Glazunov: Raymonda Suite (excerpts). Debussy: Estampes. Sibelius: Kullervo and His Sister (Kullervo). Revueltas: Ocho por radio. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b009mg6l)
Manuel de Falla
Episode 5
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946): 5/5. Donald Macleod explains how Falla was tempted to leave Granada by an offer to conduct a concert in Argentina, and chose to live out his days there.
FRI 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b009mg7w)
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Jennifer Pike (violin), Philippe Cassard (piano) perform violin sonatas by Debussy, Ravel.
2.00pm With music including Purcell's: Dido and Aeneas.
FRI 17:00 In Tune (b009mg8s)
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.
FRI 19:00 Performance on 3 (b009mg9t)
Catherine Bott introduces the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra performing works by Wagner. Including Wesendonck-Lieder and excerpts from Tannhauser, Lohengrin and the Ring cycle.
FRI 20:45 Composer of the Week (b009mg6l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 21:45 The Verb (b009mgf1)
With Ian McMcMillan. Featuring Indian novelist Aravind Adiga's latest, critic Ardashir Vakil on depictions of India in recent novels and award winning poetry from Sinead Morrissey.
FRI 22:30 Jazz Library (b009mgg6)
Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine: In an archive interview, tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine guides Alyn Shipton through his back catalogue that includes classic albums on the Blue Note label.
FRI 23:30 Jazz on 3 (b009mgkr)
The Shank Trio
The Shank Trio: Jez Nelson presents an exclusive session from the free jazz group Shank Trio, whose members are considered key players on the avant-garde scene.