SATURDAY 05 APRIL 2008

SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b009mglj)
Including 1.00 Handel, Vaughan Williams, Ravel. 2.54 Milhaud, Machaut, Gershwin. 5.00 Pachelbel, Roussel, Rimsky-Korsakov, Brahms and Mozart.


SAT 05:00 Through the Night (b009mgll)
Through the Night

John Shea concludes the programme with music by Pachelbel, Schoeck, Prokofiev, Paganini, Handel, Schubert, Poulenc, Roussel, Rimsky-Korsakov, Franck, Brahms and Mozart.


SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b009prjk)
Including Holst: Neptune the Mystic (Planets Suite). Vivaldi: Concerto in C for two trumpets. Debussy: Trois chansons de Charles d'Orleans. Mozart: Piano Sonata No 18 in D, K576.


SAT 09:00 CD Review (b009prmc)
Building a Library: Scriabin: Le Poème de l’extase

Building a Library:
Scriabin: Le Poème de l’extase

Reviewer - William Mival

First Choice:

The Philadelphia Orchestra
Conducted by Riccardo Muti
(c/w SCRIABIN: Symphonies 1 - 3; Promethee, le poeme du feu, Op.60)
EMI Classics 7243 567720 2 (3 CDs)
(Budget Price)

Also highly recommended:

USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
(c/w RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Mlada: Procession of the Nobles; Scheherezade, Symphonic Suite after "1001 Nights" Op.35)
London Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
BBC BBCL 4121-2 (CD) (Mid Price)

CD Review BAL Catalogue Data
bal.scriabin:
bal.scriabin.le.poeme.de.l.extase


SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b009prmf)
Petroc Trelawny presents a special edition devoted to Harrison Birtwistle's new opera The Minotaur, which receives its world premiere at the Royal Opera House later this month.


SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b009rns5)
Inspiring Lutenists

Lucie Skeaping talks to lutenist Elizabeth Kenny about two of the performers who most inspired her: Robert Spencer and Nigel North. Music is taken from recordings by both performers, including works by composers such as John Dowland and J.S Bach.

(Photo: Richard Haughton).


SAT 14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b009ps3q)
Another chance to hear last Monday's lunchtime concert at the Wigmore Hall, London. The Nash Ensemble in Weber and Mendelssohn, as part of their Around Schubert series.


SAT 15:00 World Routes (b007npls)
in Cuba

Matanzas, birthplace of rumba and danzon

Lucy Duran concludes her 1000-mile road journey in search of Cuba’s musical roots.

Lucy visits Matanzas, the birthplace of two crucial musical styles: rumba and danzon. There she records a session with “Munequitos de Matanzas”, one of Latin America’s biggest cult bands.
She returns to Havana and meets record producer Juan de Marcos Gonzalez who tells her the story of Buena Vista Social Club.


SAT 16:00 Jazz Line-Up (b009ps3v)
Jazz pianist Neil Cowley talks to Julian Joseph about his new album Loud Louder Stop and his career so far. With an exclusive studio performance that includes tracks from the album.


SAT 17:30 Jazz Record Requests (b009fn11)
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.


SAT 18:30 Opera on 3 (b009ps3y)
Puccini: La Boheme

Puccini's La boheme: Direct from New York, Nicola Luisotti conducts Angela Georghiu and Ramon Vargas in Puccini's portrayal of the poverty and tragedy of bohemian life in Paris.


SAT 21:45 Pre-Hear (b009ps40)
BBC NOW/Diego Masson/Grant Llewellyn. Beethoven: Overture (Die Weihe des Hauses). Downie: forms 6: event aggregates for orchestra. Goehr: Fugue on the notes of the fourth psalm.


SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b009ps4p)
Ivan Hewett introduces excerpts from a concert given by the London Sinfonietta, with works by Francisco Lara and Hans Abrahamsen, and the world premiere of Simon Holt's Suenos.



SUNDAY 06 APRIL 2008

SUN 00:00 The Early Music Show (b009mbkh)
The Duke of Chandos

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.


SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b009ps87)
Including 1.00 Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart. 3.03 Raychev, Prokofiev, Sammartini. 5.00 Handel, Chopin, Contant, Regamey.


SUN 04:31 Through the Night (b009ps89)
Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Prokofiev, Debussy, Sammartini, Handel, Bach, Chopin, Horovitz, Casella, Telemann, Dowland, Walton, Contant and Regamey.


SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b009psb5)
Including Haydn: Cassation in B flat. Bach: Toccata in G. Shostakovich: Festival Overture. Seiber: Three Hungarian Folksongs. Vaughan Williams: Suite de Ballet for flute and piano.


SUN 10:00 Sunday Morning (b009psbr)
Mary King sits in for Iain to present a musical programme on the theme of food and gluttony. With works by composers including Bach, Weill, Martinu, Bernstein and Handel.


SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b009pscj)
Michael Berkeley's guest is actor Edward Fox, whose musical choices include performances from pianists including Josef Hofmann, Artur Schnabel, Edwin Fischer and Daniel Barenboim.


SUN 13:00 The Early Music Show (b009ps3n)
Sacred Music: Tallis and Byrd in London

Sacred Music: Tallis and Byrd in London. Harry Christophers talks to Catherine Bott about Tallis and Byrd's lives in London and the development of the English choral tradition.


SUN 14:00 Radio 3 Requests (b009psx1)
With a selection of Radio 3 listeners' requests.


SUN 16:00 Choral Evensong (b009psx3)
Sung by the Pilgrim Consort in the Basilica of St Paul's outside the Walls, Rome.


SUN 17:00 Discovering Music (b009psx5)
Scriabin's World

Scriabin's World: William Mival explores the life and music of Russian composer Alexander Scriabin, with excerpts from his piano sonatas and his orchestral work Prometheus.


SUN 18:30 Choir and Organ (b009py3p)
Aled Jones introduces modern examples of the mass, recorded by the BBC Singers and the Bach Choir, and discusses the difference in settings for the cathedral and parish church.


SUN 20:00 Drama on 3 (b009t1kp)
Swan Song

Swan Song, by Anton Chekhov: A tribute to the late Paul Scofield, who portrays an elderly Russian actor confronting his ghosts and asking if he ever really did have 'talent'.


SUN 20:20 Drama on 3 (b009py3r)
Rudolpho's Zest

Rudolpho's Zest, by Tanika Gupta. Rudolpho has a secret - he cannot age beyond mid-life. But when Rudolpho tells Mel about his immortality, he finds his powers no longer work.


SUN 21:50 Sunday Feature (b009qnx4)
Homer's Landscapes

Homer's Landscapes: The Iliad

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.

Adam travels to Homer's Troy, walking the plains and visiting the ruins of its citadel, finding that although Homer is thought to have been blind, it is possible to directly map Homer's great poem of war onto the coastline of the Aegean, the beach of the Greek camp, the Scamander River and the hewn stone walls of Troy.


SUN 22:35 Words and Music (b009py3w)
The Geography of a Home

Belinda Lang and David Bamber read poems on the theme of houses and homes. Celebrating the idea of the physical building of a home, and the lives that change within it, poetry comes from WH Auden, Philip Larkin, Robert Service and Ivor Gurney. Music by Sibelius, Chopin, Holst, Copland, Chris Rea and The Beatles.



MONDAY 07 APRIL 2008

MON 00:00 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.


MON 01:00 Through the Night (b009pybz)
Including 1.00 Schubert, Kraus, Haydn. 3.14 Dvorak, Wagenaar, Saint-Saens. 5.00 Madetoja, Sibelius, Geijer, Dvorak.


MON 05:00 Through the Night (b009pyc1)
Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Madetoja, Sibelius, Bach, Platti, Pachelbel, Philips, Forqueray, Le Concert Brise, Brun, Geijer and Dvorak.


MON 07:00 Breakfast (b009pyc3)
Including Mouret: Motet - Usquequo Domine. Coates: The Three Bears. CPE Bach: Siciliana in F Sharp Minor. Mozart: Symphony No 22. Mendelssohn: Gott, sei mir gnadig (Paulus).


MON 10:00 Classical Collection (b009pyc5)
Including Schubert: Symphony No 8. Suk: Four Pieces, Op 17. Bernstein: A Simple Song (Mass). Purcell: Come ye Sons of Art. Liszt: Venezia e Napoli. Skyrabin: Poem of Ecstasy.


MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b009pyc7)
Court of King James I/VI

The Ruthven Raid

Donald Macleod explores the music and musicians of James' time through five key moments in his reign.

The programme focuses on the aftermath of the young Scottish monarch's imprisonment at Ruthven Castle and James' determination to put his kingdom on a firmer political and cultural footing.

Anon: O Lusty May
Custer LaRue (soprano)
Baltimore Consort
DORIAN DOR90139, Tr 19

Hume: A Souldiers Resolution
Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba)
GLOSSA GCD920402, Tr 12

Hume: A Jigge
Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba)
GLOSSA GCD920402, Tr 11

Hume: A Spanish Humor
The Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp/director)
DHM 05472775162 t8

Black: Report upon When shall my sorrowful sighing slake
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
OISEAU LYRE 414 277-2, Tr 14

Peebles: Psalm 107
Capella Nova, Alan Tavener (director)
ASV CD GAU 136, Tr 7 (CD note)

Kinloch: His Pasmessour
John Kitchen (harpsichord)
ASV CD GAU 134, Tr 8

Anon: Lyk as the dum Solsequium
Paul Rendall (tenor)
Rob Mackillop (lute)
ASV CD GAY 249, Tr 6

Tomkins: Be strong
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)
CORO CORSACD16016, Tr 8

Arr Playford: Scotch Cap
anon: The Gypsy Lilt (Rowallan MS)
arr Playford: A new Scotch Jig
The Harp Consort, Andrew Lawrence-King (harp, director)
DHM 05472775162 1, 2, 4.


MON 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b009pyc9)
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Trio Jean Paul perform works by Haydn and Beethoven. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Including Symphony No 1 (Sea Symphony).


MON 17:00 In Tune (b009pycc)
Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.


MON 19:00 Performance on 3 (b009pygn)
Suzy Klein introduces the 2008 Musicians Benevolent Fund Royal Concert, which features a world premiere by young composer Mark Simpson, plus works by Stravinsky, Ravel and Strauss.


MON 20:45 Composer of the Week (b009pyc7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


MON 21:45 Night Waves (b009pygq)
Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to Misha Glenny about his new book on international crime. Plus Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal and a new exhibition of photographs of Muhammad Ali.


MON 22:30 Artist Focus (b009pyyh)
With Suzy Klein. Featuring pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, who last year celebrated his 70th birthday, and who performs Bach's Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052.


MON 23:00 The Essay (b009pyym)
Greek and Latin Voices (Herodotus)

Episode 1

Greek and Latin Voices: Series exploring the work of Herodotus. 1: Prof Christopher Pelling focuses on Herodotus' The Histories, considered the first western work of history.


MON 23:15 Awards for World Music A to Z (b009rh01)
Lucy Duran introduces the last in a series of profiles of the nominees for the 2008 BBC Radio 3 Awards. Including South African Simphiwe Dana and Son de la Frontera from Spain.



TUESDAY 08 APRIL 2008

TUE 01:00 Through the Night (b009q4xn)
Including 1.00 Haydn, Debussy, Vaughan Williams. 2.53 Britten, Melartin, Fitelberg. 5.00 Stenhammar, Bruch, Monteverdi, Tartini.


TUE 04:00 Through the Night (b009rvnm)
Through the Night

Jonathan Swain continues the programme with music by Telemann, Bach, Marcello, Allegri, Sweelinck, Fitelberg and Strauss.


TUE 05:00 Through the Night (b009q4zj)
Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Stenhammar, Debussy, Beethoven, Wassenaer, Besard, Caccini, Purcell, Grieg, Bruch, Sullivan, Monteverdi, Tartini and Strauss.


TUE 07:00 Breakfast (b009q4zl)
Including De Fesch: Concerto grosso in C. Mozart: Six German Dances, K509. Bizet: Jeux d'Enfants. Beethoven: Six Variations in F, De Curtis: A canzone 'e Napule.


TUE 10:00 Classical Collection (b009q4zn)
Including Arriaga: Overture (Los esclavos felices). Lekeu: Violin Sonata in G. Three arias by Bizet, Puccini and Verdi. Bellini: Casta Diva. Weill: Song of Sexual Slavery.


TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b009q51w)
Court of King James I/VI

Gunpowder and Tobacco

Donald Macleod explores the music and musicians of James' time through key moments in his reign.

On 5 November 1605, Guy Fawkes' terrorist outrage shook the foundations of Parliament, if only metaphorically. Donald Macleod explores how James' musicians responded to the event and includes a song by a tobacco lover, church music by an alcoholic and keyboard music from the most respected organist of the age.

Hume: Tobacco, tobacco
Paul Hillier (baritone)
Rosemary Thorndycraft (bass viol)
HYPERION CDA66003, Tr 8

Weelkes: O Lord, grant the king a long life
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly (director)
NAXOS 8553209

Richard Allison: Goe from my window
De la Tromba Pavan
Dowland Consort
Jakob Lindberg (director)
BIS CD451, Trs 16-17

Weelkes: Magnificat (Service for Trebles)
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organ)
HELIOS CDH55259, Tr 8

Hume: Cease leaden slumber
Suzie le Blanc (soprano)
Les Voix Humaines
ATMA ACD22136, Tr 10

Gibbons: Song I
A Fancy for Double Organ
Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Jonathan Hardy (organ)
Bill Ives (director)
HARMONIA HUNDI HMU907337, Trs 6-7

Gibbons: Te Deum (Second Service)
The King's Consort
Robert King (director)
HYPERION CDA67286 CD2, Tr 9.


TUE 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b009q55l)
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Leeds Lieder+: Hearing Pictures 1. Mark Padmore and Roger Vignoles perform Schubert. 2.15pm British Symphony Series: Vaughan Williams. With Symphony No 2.


TUE 17:00 In Tune (b009q5hz)
Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.


TUE 19:00 Performance on 3 (b009q55n)
Suzy Klein presents a concert recorded last week, with pieces the BBC Symphony Orchestra premiered in the UK and Knussen's reworking of part of his opera Higglety Pigglety Pop!


TUE 20:45 Composer of the Week (b009q51w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


TUE 21:45 Night Waves (b009q55q)
Presented by Isabel Hilton. With Lord Lawson and Prof Mike Hulme on climate change, a look at new literary magazines and a review of George Clooney's new film Leatherheads.


TUE 22:30 Artist Focus (b009q55s)
With Suzy Klein. Featuring the work of pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, in a programme that includes Beethoven's Sonata No 23 in F minor (Appassionata).


TUE 23:00 The Essay (b009q58h)
Greek and Latin Voices (Herodotus)

Episode 2

Greek and Latin Voices: Series exploring the life and work of the Greek historian Herodotus. 2/4. Tom Holland recalls his youthful passion for Herodotus' shaggy dog stories.


TUE 23:15 Late Junction (b009q5fn)
Fiona Talkington presents an eclectic mix of music, including Tchaikovsky on the theremin, Ketil Bjornstad and Terje Rypdal's new album Life in Leipzig, and a work by Stockhausen.



WEDNESDAY 09 APRIL 2008

WED 01:00 Through the Night (b009q8s3)
Including 1.00 Mozart, Mahler. 4.03 Haydn, Janaceck, Saint-Saens. 5.00 Stradella, Kabalevsky, Faure, Strauss, Borodin.


WED 05:00 Through the Night (b009q8yh)
Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Stradella, Scarlatti, Respighi, Kabalevsky, Moszkowski, Rachmaninov, Faure, Strauss, Liszt and Borodin.


WED 07:00 Breakfast (b009q8yk)
Including Bach: Italian Concerto. Mozart: Rondo for Violin and Orchestra, K269. Monte: Magnificat sexti toni. Purcell: Sweeter than Roses; When the Cock Begins to Crow.


WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b009q8ym)
Including Bach: Partita No 5 in G. Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte. Boulanger: Clairieres dans le ciel. Bartok: Three Etudes. Nordraak: Valse Caprice (Maria Stuart).


WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b009q51z)
Court of King James I/VI

The Prince's Tunes

Donald Macleod explores the music and musicians of James' time through key moments in his reign.

Prince Henry, James' ill-fated eldest son, followed in his father's footseps when he employed a court of his own, using many of the leading musicians of the age.

Robert Johnson: Courant
VIRGIN VC 759321 2, Tr 20

Tallis: Sing and Glorify
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (director)
CORO CORSACD 16016, Tr 9

Alfonso Ferrabosco II: Dovehouse Pavan
Hespèrion XXI
Jordi Savall (director)
ALIA VOX AV9832, Tr 1

Almaine
Hespèrion XXI
Jordi Savall (director)
ALIA VOX AV9832, Tr 2

Johnson: The Fairies' Dance (The Masque of Oberon)
A Ferrabosco II: The Solemn Rites are Well Begun
Johnson: The First of the Princes
The Musicians of the Globe
Philip Pickett (director)
PHILIPS 4462172 t16-18

Thomas Lupo: Ardo, Sì (1st part); Ardi et Gela (2nd part)
The English Fantasy
ASV CD GAU 149, Trs 1-2

Campion: All Looks be Pale
Michael Chance (countertenor)
Nigel North (lute)
LINN CKD105, Tr 11

Coperario: Suite No 12 in D minor
Le Concert Francais
ASTRÉE AUVIDIS E8504, Trs 22-24

Alfonso Ferrabosco II: Four-note Pavan
Connor Burrowes (treble)
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS 9196, Tr 18.


WED 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b009q8yp)
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Leeds Lieder+: Hearing Pictures 2. A performance of works with a naval theme. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Vaughan Williams. Featuring Symphony No 3.


WED 17:00 In Tune (b009q5j1)
Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.


WED 19:00 Performance on 3 (b009q90w)
Suzy Klein presents a recital given by Japanese pianist Mitsuko Uchida, Schubert: Piano Sonata in C minor. Kurtag: Jatekok (excerpts), Schumann: Etudes symphoniques.


WED 20:45 Composer of the Week (b009q51z)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


WED 21:45 Night Waves (b009q90y)
Philip Dodd presents a special programme devoted entirely to an interview with one of Britain's foremost poets and dramatists, Tony Harrison.


WED 22:30 Artist Focus (b009q910)
With Suzy Klein. Featuring the work of pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy in a programme that includes Richard Strauss's Don Juan.


WED 23:00 The Essay (b009q58k)
Greek and Latin Voices (Herodotus)

Episode 3

Greek and Latin Voices: Series on the Greek historian Herodotus. 3/4. Emily Greenwood looks at the lasting appeal of Herodotus's work and his use to travel writing and journalism.


WED 23:15 Late Junction (b009q912)
Fiona Talkington presents an eclectic mix of music, including Japanese singer UA, Gershwin arranged by Michael Finnissy, Paddy McAloon's project I Trawl the Megahertz.



THURSDAY 10 APRIL 2008

THU 01:00 Through the Night (b009q93x)
Including 1.00 Franck, Dutilleux, Mozart. 3.00 Chadwick, Rodrigo, Strauss. 5.00 Saint-Saens, Faure, Rota, Liszt.


THU 04:11 Through the Night (b009s07l)
Through the Night

Jonathan Swain continues the programme with music by Andriessen, Berlioz, Nielsen, Faure, Wagner and J Strauss.


THU 05:00 Through the Night (b009q93z)
Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Saint-Saens, Faure, Vivaldi, Willaert, Bohm, Dvorak, Suk, Frescobaldi, Hindemith, Rota, Hacomplaynt, Liszt, Stradella.


THU 07:00 Breakfast (b009q941)
Including Schutz: Herr, unser Herrscher. Mendelssohn: Three movements from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Walton: Spitfire Fugue. Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances (excerpt).


THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b009q943)
Including Barber: Music for a Scene from Shelley. Beethoven: Sonata in A, Op 101. Strauss: Four Last Songs. Sarasate: Playera; Romanza andaluza; Zigeunerweisen.


THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b009q521)
Court of King James I/VI

Poison and Cakes

Donald Macleod explores the music and musicians of James' time through five key moments in his reign.

In April 1613, the King elects to take a more relaxed attitude to life, putting on entertainments such as banquets, lavish masques and elegant dances.

Campion: Fain would I wed
Rachel Elliott (soprano)
Mark Levy (bass viol)
LINN CKD105, Tr 14

Campion: Break now, my heart
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Nigel North (lute)
LINN CKD105, Tr 6

Campion: Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
Michael Chance (countertenor)
Nigel North (lute)
LINN CKD105, Tr 10

Bull: The King's Hunt
Bob can Asperen (harpsichord)
TELDEC 4509955322, Tr 2

Hume: The King of Denmarkes Health
Les Voix Humaines
NAXOS 8.554127, Tr 9

The Masque of Oberon (opening fanfares and entry musics)
The Musicians of the Globe
Philip Pickett (director)
PHILIPS 4462172, Trs 1-7

Nicholas Lanier: Love and I of late did part; I was not wearier
Julia Gooding (soprano)
Christopher Wilson (lute or theorbo?)
METRONOME METCD1051, Trs 11-12

Coprario: Fantasie VII (RC 11); Almaine III (RC U 8)
Jordi Savall, Christopher Coin, Sergi Casdemunt (lyra viols)
ASTREE ES9923, Trs 2, 15

The Masque of Oberon (excerpts)
Meredith Hall (soprano)
Joseph Cornwell (tenor)
The Musicians of the Globe
Philip Pickett (director)
PHILIPS 4462172, Trs 27-end.


THU 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b009q945)
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Leeds Lieder+: Hearing Pictures 3. A performance of Schubert's Winterreise. 2.15pm British Symphony Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams. With Symphony No 1.


THU 17:00 In Tune (b009q5j3)
Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.


THU 19:00 Performance on 3 (b009q947)
Suzy Klein presents a concert given by the New York Philharmonic at the Avery Fisher Hall. Haydn: Symphony No 48 (Maria Theresia). Berio: Folk Songs. Beethoven: Symphony No 4.


THU 20:45 Composer of the Week (b009q521)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


THU 21:45 Night Waves (b009q949)
In an extended interview, celebrated British film director Mike Leigh talks to Matthew Sweet about his new film, Happy-Go-Lucky, which is set in present-day Camden.


THU 22:30 Artist Focus (b009q94c)
With Suzy Klein. Featuring the work of pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy in a programme that includes Chopin's Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52.


THU 23:00 The Essay (b009q58m)
Greek and Latin Voices (Herodotus)

Episode 4

Greek and Latin Voices: Series exploring the life and work of the Greek historian Herodotus. 4/4. Paul Cartledge looks - in the writings of Herodotus - at the battle of Thermopylae.


THU 23:15 Late Junction (b009q94f)
Fiona Talkington presents an eclectic mix of music, including Danielle Stech Homsy's new baritone-ukulele lead project Rio en Medio and Finnish harmonica quartet Svang.



FRIDAY 11 APRIL 2008

FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b009q97n)
Through the Night

Including 1.00 Brahms, Mozart, Allegri, Rameau. 2.59 Kodaly, Rachmaninov, Debussy, Kerckhoven, Lully. 5.00 Strauss, Massenet, Bach, Puccini, Wagner, Alkan, Festa, Moniuszko.


FRI 04:00 Through the Night (b009rxf2)
Through the Night

Jonathan Swain continues the programme with music by D Scarlatti, Debussy, Kerckhoven, Giordano, Leoncavallo, Mozart, Doppler, Lully, d'Anglebert, Mersenne, Brade and Beethoven.


FRI 05:00 Through the Night (b009q97q)
Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Strauss, Massenet, Zelenka, Nielsen, Sibelius, Bach, Sweelinck, Puccini, Wagner, Alkan, Festa and Moniuszko.


FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b009q97s)
Including Finzi: 3 Soliloquies for small orchestra. Dvorak: Sonatina for violin and piano. Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G. Chopin: Ballade No 3 in A flat. Glass: Interlude (Orphee).


FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b009q97v)
Including Copland: Old American Songs (Set 2). Brahms: Serenade No 2 in A. Haydn: Quartet in D minor. Butterworth: Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad. Rawsthorne: Symphony No 2.


FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b009tvhq)
Court of King James I/VI

Episode 5

Donald Macleod explores the music and musicians of James' time through key moments in his reign.

A look at how James' musicians responded to his final years in power, when Parliament was in a mood for war and thoughts were beginning to turn to life under the future King Charles.

Tomkins: When David Heard
I Fagiolini
Robert Hollingworth (director)
CHANDOS CHAN 0680, Tr 24

Tomkins Sing unto God
Richard Wistreich (bass)
Rose Consort of Viols
Red Byrd
AMON RA CDSAR62, Tr 7

Robert Johnson: The Satyrs Dance
Alfonso Ferrabosco II: Alman
Joseph Shirley: The Princes Courant
The Parley of Instruments
Peter Holman (director)
HYPERION CDA66435, Trs 9, 10, 12

Anon: Rownde Scottishe Tune (Dean Higgin's Commonplace Book)
The Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp/director)
DHM 05472775162, Tr 15

Dowland: Can She Excuse
Dowland Consort, Jakob Lindberg (director)
BIS CD451, Tr 22

Dowland: Pavan Lachrimae Gementes
Fretwork
VIRGIN VC7907952, Tr 6

Tomkins: Woe is Me
Fretwork
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907320, Tr 14

Gibbons: O all true, faithful hearts
Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Richard Marlow (director)
CONIFER 75605512312, Tr 3

Bull: In Nomine (MB No 4)
Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord)
ASTRÉE AUVIDIS E8543, Tr 14

Attrib Rory Dall O'Cathain: Limerick's Lamentation/Give me your Hand
Eileen Monger (Celtic harp)
SAYDISC CDSDLC362, Tr 11.


FRI 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b009q97x)
1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: Leeds Lieder+: Cabaret Songs. Music by Britten, Poulenc and Satie. 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams: With Serenade to Music.


FRI 17:00 In Tune (b009q5j5)
Petroc Trelawny talks to pianist Imogen Cooper ahead of her concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, and to conductor Franz Welser-Most ahead of conducting Der Rosenkavalier.


FRI 19:00 Performance on 3 (b009q97z)
BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music 2008: Mary Ann Kennedy hosts an evening to announce the winners of this year's awards. With a performance from Indian singer Kaushiki Chakrabarty.


FRI 20:45 Composer of the Week (b009tvhq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


FRI 21:45 The Verb (b009q981)
Ian McMillan presents the weekly programme about language.


FRI 22:30 Jazz Library (b009q983)
Chico Hamilton

Chico Hamilton: Jazz drummer Chico Hamilton tells Alyn Shipton how the original Gerry Mulligan Quartet first assembled in his house and how he then formed his own unorthodox group.


FRI 23:30 Jazz on 3 (b009q985)
John Scofield Trio plus horns

John Scofield Trio plus Horns: Jez Nelson presents a gig by former Miles Davis sideman John Scofield's Trio plus horns, performed at the end of March at London's Jazz Cafe.