Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay (1844-1908): Scheherazade - symphonic suite after 1001 Nights, Op 35
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Romance in F, Op 50 (orig. for violin and orchestra)
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Overture to the Incidental Music for Manfred, Op 115
Savioli, Alessandro (1544-post 1623): Cor mio, deh non languire (Dear heart, I prithee do not waste away) (Madrigali a cinque
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826) arr. unknown: Concertino in C for oboe and wind ensemble in C (arr. for trumpet)
Sara presents music from the familiar to the unusual - from Elgar in Chivalrous mood to an Andean adventure by Rameau.
Donald Macleod explores Bach's output during the 1710s, much of which the composer spent at the court of Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Weimar. The Music includes Bach's earliest extant chamber work, a key work of the organ repertoire as well as two strongly contrasting cantatas.
Penny Gore introduces a concert given at the Pittville Pump Room as part of the 2008 Cheltenham Music Festival, featuring French-Canadian pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin. He performs two sonatas by Haydn, a work by French-Bulgarian composer Alexis Weissenberg, and as part of 'Chamber-made Schubert' - Cheltenham's festival-within-a-festival - the Sonata in B flat.
In the run-up to the 2008 BBC Proms Folk day, Penny Gore presents music with a highly nationalistic flavour, by composers inspired by folk songs from all over Europe.
Bridge: Two Old English songs - vers. for string orchestra
Tippett: Four Songs from the British Isles - arr. for chorus
With live music from Opera Holland Park's latest production, Iolanta, plus the Gould Piano Trio discuss forthcoming performances. Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Petroc Trelawny presents a concert from the 2008 City of London Festival featuring sarod player Amjad Ali Khan collaborating with fellow Indian musicians and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. The programme combines works by Bach and Vivaldi with a work based on traditional Indian ragas, which explores the common traits of both eastern western music.
Philip Dodd and guests explore whether we have become an emotionally incontinent society and ask if it is time we resurrected the stiff upper lip.
Recent research suggests that those that did not talk about their experiences in the aftermath of 9/11 coped better psychologically than those that shared their grief, while a recent report into education in Britain argues that 'therapy culture' has invaded schools and universities, creating a generation of 'infantilised' students and lecturers unable to cope with rigorous academic life.
Have we become an emotional incontinent society, obsessed by trauma? Would we all be psychologically healthier and more successful if we talked less, bottled it up more and just got on with it?
Featuring French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, who is heard in German music including Berg's Piano Sonata, and in part of his new CD of Bach's The Art of Fugue.
Seamus Heaney reflects on the lasting influence which Virgil has had on his poetry and on the Western literary tradition, in a talk illustrated with some of his own translations of the Roman poet's work.
Verity Sharp's late-night music mix features the songs of Joan as Policewoman, the digeridoo of Alan Dargin and the piano music of Frank Bridge.
WEDNESDAY 16 JULY 2008
WED 01:00 Through the Night (b00cj73x)
With John Shea.
Including:
Francaix, Jean (1912-1997): Divertissement for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963): Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Quintet in E flat for piano, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Symphony No 3 in D (Polish)
Gorecki, Henryk Mikolaj (b 1933): Salve Sidus Polonorum - Cantata in honour of St Wojciech (Adalbertus), Op 72
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Piano Sonata No 4 in E minor
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Concerto in D minor for violin and orchestra, Op posth
Wideen, Ivar (1871-1951), lyrics by Olof Eneroth: I Husaby (In Husaby)
Nauss, Johann Xaver (c 1690-1764): Praeludium Terti Toni
Frescobaldi, Girolami (1583-1643), arr. Kraus: Canzona Prima
Frescobaldi, arr Krauss, Eberhard: Canzona Seconda
Auber, Daniel-Francois-Esprit (1782-1871): Guoracha - Ballet music No 1 (La Muette de Portici); Bolero - Ballet music No 2 (La Muette de Portici)
Meulemans, Herman (1893-1965): Five Piano Pieces
Jarzebski, Adam (1590-1649): In Te Domine Speravi (Canzoni e concerti)
Spohr, Louis (1784-1859): Concerto in B minor for two violins and orchestra in B minor
Ziani, Pietro Andrea (c 1616-1684): Sonata XI in G minor for 2 violins and 2 violas
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Poolse almande - 8 variations
Stradella, Alessandro (1644-1682): Fulmini quanto sa - duet for soprano, bass and continuo; Ardo, sospiro e piango - duet for soprano, baritone and continuo
Hannikainen, Ilmari (1892-1955): Air, Op 16 No 1
Tournier, Marcel (1879-1951): Jutro/Au matin
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Sonata in G minor for cello and piano in G minor, Op 65
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883): Siegfried-Idyll for small orchestra
Anon: Four Renaissance Chansons.
WED 07:00 Breakfast (b00cl9jg)
07:03
MENDELSSOHN
Overture: The Fair Melusina, op 32
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4231042 Tr 1
07:14
HANDEL
Suite No 2 in F Major HWV427
Murray Perahia, piano
SONY SK62785 Tr 12-15
07:22
FERRABOSCO
In Nomine a 5
Fretwork
VIRGIN VC790706-2 Tr 10
07:25
MASCAGNI
Intermezzo sinfonico from Cavalleria rusticana
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4777163 Tr 2
07:31
MOZART
Wenn der Freude Tränen fliessen (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie, conductor
ERATO 3984-25490-2 CD2 Tr 7
07:37
BRAHMS
Sonata for Violin and Piano “F.A.E.” (Scherzo)
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Daniel Barenboim, piano
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 437248-2 Tr 8
07:43
BORODIN arr. Sargent
Nocturne from String Quartet No 2 in D major
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
PHILIPS 426247-2 Tr 13
07:51
VIVALDI
Concerto in C major, RV87
Rachel Beckett, recorder
Valerie Darke, oboe
Maya Homburger, violin
Rachel Isserlis, violin
The Chandos Baroque Players
HELIOS CDH55102 Tr 10-12
08:03
SAINT-SAENS
Allegro appassionato op 70
Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
EMI 7497572 Tr 6
08:10
RACHMANINOV
Bogoroditse Devo from Vespers op 37
St Petersburg Chamber Choir
Nikolai Korniev, director
PHILIPS 475227-2 Tr 6
08:13
DELIUS
Legend in E Flat
Tasmin Little, violin
John Lenehan, piano
EMI 724358561524 Tr 5
08:22
J S BACH
Contrapunctus 11 (Art of Fugue, BWV1080)
Herbert Tachezi, organ
DAS ALTE WERK 256469853-4 Tr 11
08:31
SCHUBERT
Theme and Variations from Piano Quintet in A D667 ”The Trout”
Thomas Ades, piano
Members of the Belcea Quartet
EMI 724355766427 Tr 7-13
08:40
OFFENBACH
Orphee aux enfers
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Louis Fremaux, conductor
EMI CDM7630242 Tr 16
08:50
Joseph HAYDN
Pentland Hills (Scottish Songs)
Ann Mackay, soprano
English Piano Trio
MERIDAN CDE84222 Tr 2
08:56
POULENC
Sarabande
Craig Ogden, guitar
CHANDOS 9743 Tr 2
08:59
SZAMOTUL
Alleluja. Chwalcie Pana from Seven Polish Hymns
BBC Singers
Bo Holton, conductor
UNITED 88021 Tr 17
09:01
Richard STRAUSS
Romance for Cello and Orchestra in F major
Steven Isserlis, cello
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
RCA 74321753982 Tr 14
09:10
CAZZATI
Ciaccona
L’Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar, director
ALPHA 512 Tr 3
09:15
DVORAK
Serenade in D minor op.44
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
PHILIPS 400 020-2 Tr 6-9
09:40
MONTEVERDI
Beatus vir (primo) a 6
Taverner Consort, Choir and Players
Andrew Parrott, director
EMI CDC7470162 Tr 3
09:45
MENDELSSOHN
Songs without Words, 5th Book Op 62
Livia Rev, piano
HYPERION CDA66221 CD2 Tr 1-6
WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b00cj743)
With James Jolly.
Including:
Josef Strauss: Delirien, Op 212
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 477 6336
Chopin: Waltz in C sharp minor, Op 69, No 2
Dinu Lipatti (piano)
EMI CDC 747390-2
Sibelius: Finlandia, Op 26
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 477 358-2 (2-CD set)
Hasse: Per questo dolce amplesso (Artaserse)
Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano)
Akademie fur Alte Musik, Berlin
Rene Jacobs (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901778
Abel: Adagio, WKO 189
Susanne Heinrich (viola da gamba)
HYPERION CDA67628
Dvorak: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op 33
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
WARNER 8573 87630-2
Offenbach: Barcarolle (Tales of Hoffmann)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI CDM 566603-2
Mozart: Violin Sonata in F, K376
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
Lambert Orkis (piano)
DG 477 5801 (4-CD set)
Verdi: Il Trovatore (Act 1, Sc 2)
Leonora ...... Leontyne Price (soprano)
Inez ...... Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano)
Manrico ...... Placido Domingo (tenor)
Count di Luna ...... Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
RCA RD86194 (2-CD set).
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00cj745)
Johann Sebastian Bach
One Fearsome Cantor - Bach in the 1720s
Donald Macleod looks at what was probably Bach's most fertile decade - the 1720s - one which marked the beginning of his 27-year spell as Cantor at the Thomasschule in Leipzig. The music includes the little-known cantata Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns halt, in a pre-release airing of a recording from John Eliot Gardiner's critically praised Bach Cantata series, made available exclusively to this programme.
Prelude (Cello Suite No 1 in G), BWV 1007
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Ouverture (Orchestral Suite) No 4 in D, BWV 1069
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman (conductor)
Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 869 (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Bk I)
Bob van Asperen (harpsichord)
Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns halt, BWV 178
Robin Tyson (alto)
Christoph Genz (tenor)
Bridley Sherrat (bass)
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor).
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00cj747)
Cheltenham Festival 2008 Highlights
Cheltenham Festival 2008 Highlights - Craig Ogden
Penny Gore presents a concert given at the Pittville Pump Room from the 2008 Cheltenham Music Festival by guitarist Craig Ogden, a performer who has been described as this generation's heir to Julian Bream and John Williams. The programme features the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's first work for solo guitar as well as works by Bach, Tippett, Turnage and Piazzolla.
Bach: Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, BWV 998
Tippett: The Blue Guitar
Turnage: Air with Variations (world premiere)
Piazzolla: Verano Porteno and La muerte del Angel.
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00cj749)
Folk Influences
Episode 3
In the run-up to the 2008 BBC Proms Folk day, Penny Gore presents music by composers inspired by folk songs from Finland, Poland and Hungary.
Veljo Tormis: Piispa ja pakana
BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
Bartok: Concerto for orchestra
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Lutoslawski: Little Suite
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Michal Dworzynski (conductor)
Alexander MacKenzie: Scottish Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op 55
Steven Osborne (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Sibelius: Kullervo
Paivi Nisula (soprano)
Raimo Laukka (baritone)
Helsinki University Male Voice Choir
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Osma Vanska (conductor).
WED 17:00 In Tune (b00cj74c)
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Composer and pianist Django Bates performs in the studio with musicians from the Globe Theatre, and BBC National Orchestra of Wales principal conductor Thierry Fischer joins Sean to talk about his forthcoming BBC Proms appearances.
WED 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00cj74f)
Petroc Trelawny introduces a concert given in July 2008 by the BBC Singers under David Hill as part of the St Etienne Festival in Lyons. Titled the Seven Sacraments, the concert includes music old and new: from Bach and Byrd, through Liszt, Reger and Messiaen, to Arvo Part and Jonathan Harvey. There is also the first performance of a BBC comission from Judith Bingham.
BBC Singers
David Hill (conductor)
Jonathan Harvey: Come Holy Ghost
Bach: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 684
Part: Summa
Cabezon: Veni Creator
Byrd: Emendemus in melius
Bach: O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sunde gross, BWV 622
Judith Bingham: The Spirit of Truth (BBC commission, first performance)
Tallis: If ye love me
Lizst: Tu es Petrus
John Rutter: I my best-beloved's am
Loret: Marche nuptiale
Howells: I will lift up my eyes to the hills; I heard a voice from heaven (Requiem)
Reger: Trauerode, Op 145
Messiaen: O sacrum convivium; Dieu parmi nous (La Nativite du Seigneur).
WED 20:45 Composer of the Week (b00cj745)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
WED 21:45 Night Waves (b00cj74h)
Rana Mitter talks to American writer, academic and expert on modernity Marshall Berman about a series of essays he has co-edited, tracing the cultural history of New York City, covering the darkest days of the 1970s, when the Bronx was burning, up to its recovery after the trauma of 9/11.
There is a look at the modern commercial phenomenon of the shopping mall, focusing in particular on the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, where they are becoming pockets of freedom, in which men and women can meet freely. Rana asks whether malls can be agents of liberalisation or if should we be worried that they seem able to change or bypass wider social rules.
Celebrated photographer Roger Hutchings and former Guardian picture editor Eamonn McCabe discuss where responsibility lies for the safety of individuals whose images are captured by press photographers, in the light of the case of Iranian political prisoner Ahmad Batebi. A student demonstrator, whose image was featured on the cover of The Economist magazine in 1999, Batebi has reported that when he was arrested he was shown a copy of the magazine and told that the photo had sealed his death warrant.
And Rana also talks to Andrew Sean Greer, a young American novelist whom John Updike has compared to Proust and Nabokov, and whose latest book The Story of a Marriage offers an account of America in the 1950s, throwing the country today into relief.
WED 22:30 Artist Focus (b00ck6bn)
Featuring French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, who plays in and directs Mozart's Piano Concerto No 6.
WED 23:00 The Essay (b00ck6l3)
Greek and Latin Voices (Virgil)
Episode 3
Professor Charles Martindale of Bristol University traces the way in which Virgil's work has been received through the centuries and asks why he should still be read today.
WED 23:15 Late Junction (b00ck6lh)
Verity Sharp presents a late-night musical mix. Featuring a Lebanese/Portuguese hybrid in Rabih Abou-Khalil's new album with fado singer Ricardo Ribeiro, and German composer Stephan Micus playing traditional instruments from India, Afghanistan and Ireland.
THURSDAY 17 JULY 2008
THU 01:00 Through the Night (b00cj74k)
With John Shea.
Including:
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546; Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 561
Handel, Georg Frideric: Aria and Variations in D minor; Voluntary in D (Sprituoso and Fugue)
Shostakovich, Dimitry: Symphony No 11 in G minor
Scriabin, Alexander: Prelude and Nocturne for the left hand, Op 9
Sibelius, Jean: Serenade No 2 in G minor for violin and orchestra
Wiren, Dag: Marcia (March) (Serenade for Strings), Op 11
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Quartet in E flat for strings, Op 74 (Harp)
Wassenaer, Unico Wilhelm van: Concerto No 4 in G (Sei Concerti Armonici 1740)
Bull, John: The King's hunt for keyboard, MB XIX 125
Franck, Cesar: Le Chasseur Maudit, symphonic poem (The Accursed Huntsman)
Ravel, Maurice: Chants populaires
Saint-Saens, Camille, arr. R Klugescheid: My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice (Samson and Delilah) - arranged for violin.
Rore, Cipriano de: Amor, che t'ho fatt'io' (Love, what have I done to you and to my goddess also, that, contrary to all my expectations, you should consign me to oblivion?..) (Il quinto libro di madrigali)
Allegri, Lorenzo: Primo Ballo della notte d'amore (instrumental) and Sinfonica (Spirito del ciel) (Il primo libro delle musiche)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 16 in C
Handel, Georg Frideric: Sonata in A minor for recorder/oboe and continuo, Op 1 No 4
Kuula, Toivo: Prelude and Fugue for orchestra
Sibelius, Jean: Sonatina No 1 in F sharp minor
Debussy, Claude: Premiere rapsodie - arr. for clarinet and orchestra
Berlioz, Hector: Marche hongroise (La Damnation de Faust)
Ravel, Maurice (arr. for winds by Richard McIntyre): Ma Mere l'Oye
Respighi, Ottorino: Rossiniana
Hellendaal, Pieter: Sonata for cello and continuo, Op 5
Haydn, Joseph: Symphony No 104 in D, (London).
THU 07:00 Breakfast (b00cl9jj)
Sara's breakfast musical selection features an Elizabethan portrait by Eric Coates and a tribute to Maria Malibran sung by Cecilia Bartoli.
Including:
Coates: Halcyon Days
London 'Pops' Orchestra
Frederick Fennell (conductor)
Pachelbel: Gott ist unser zuversicht
Namur Chamber Choir
Les Agremens
Jean Tubery (director)
Ravel: Une barque sur l'ocean
Orchestra of the Lyon National Opera
Kent Nagano (conductor)
Mozart: String Quartet in F, K158
Hagen Quartet
Hummel: Air a la tirolienne avec variations
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
Maria Goldschmidt (flute)
Robert Pickup (clarinet)
La Scintilla
Adam Fischer (conductor)
Haydn: Piano Sonata No 43 in A flat
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano).
THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b00cj74r)
With James Jolly.
Including:
Beethoven: Cello Sonata, Op 102 No 2
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
PHILIPS 412 256-2
Teike: Old Comrades
Ertl: Hoch-und Deutschmeister-Marsch
Sonntag, after Wagner: Nibelungen-Marsch
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 439 346-2
Ertl: Hoch-und Deutschmeister-Marsch
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 439 346-2
Sonntag, after Wagner: Nibelungen-Marsch
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 439 346-2 (2-CD set)
Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande (Act 4, Sc 4, excerpt)
Pelleas ...... Robert Stilwell (baritone)
Melisande ...... Frederica von Stade (soprano)
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI CDS 749350-2 (3-CD set)
Obrecht: Salve regina
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (director)
UCJ 476 6295
Berg: Violin Concerto
Christian Ferras (violin)
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
CLAVES 50-2516
Brahms: Intermezzo in E flat, Op 117 No 3
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
DECCA 433 895-2 (2-CD set)
Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours (La gioconda)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI 512038-2 (88-CD box set: Herbert von Karajan: Volume 1 - Orchestral)
Verdi: Falstaff (Act 2, Part 2)
Alice Ford ...... Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Mistress Quickly ...... Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano)
Meg Page ...... Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano)
Nannetta ...... Anna Moffo (soprano)
Falstaff ...... Tito Gobbi (baritone)
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI 511973-2 (72-CD box set: Herbert von Karajan: Volume 2 - Opera and Vocal).
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00cj74t)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Years of Consolidation - Bach in the 1730s
Donald Macleod examines Bach's musical activities during the 1730s, when on top of his regular job keeping Leipzig's four main churches supplied with cantatas, he took on a secular concert-giving role as director of the Collegium Musicum in Leipzig. Somewhere along the way, he invented the keyboard concerto.
Badinerie (Ouverture/Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor, BWV 1067)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman (conductor)
Concerto in D minor for two harpsichords, BWV 1061
Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord)
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (director/harpsichord)
Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt, BWV 112
Katharine Fuge (soprano)
William Towers (countertenor)
Norbert Meyn (tenor)
Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Concerto in the Italian Style, BWV 971
Elizabeth de la Porte (harpsichord)
Fugue in E flat, BWV 552 No 2 (St Anne)
Christopher Herrick (organ).
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00cj73l)
Cheltenham Festival 2008 Highlights
Cheltenham Festival 2008 Highlights - Calefax
Popular with jazz and classical audiences alike at the 2008 Cheltenham Music Festival, innovative and popular Dutch ensemble Calefax perform a programme of their own arrangements for reed quintet drawn from six centuries of Spanish music.
Anon (14th century): Propinan de Melyor; Suite (Libre Vermell)
Jose Maria Sanchez-Verdu: Libro de glosas
Boccherini: Quintetto Fandango, Op 50 No 2
Granados: Two movements (Goyescas)
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso.
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00cj74y)
Folk Influences
Episode 4
In the run-up to the 2008 BBC Proms Folk day, Penny Gore presents music with a highly nationalistic flavour, by composers inspired by folk songs from all over Europe.
Wladyslaw Zelenski: Overture (In the Tatras, Op 27)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Michal Dworzynki (conductor)
Bartok: Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra
Rolk Hind, Paavali Jumpaanen (pianos)
John Chimes (timpani)
David Hockings (percussion)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson (conductor)
Zygmunt Noskowksi: The Steppes - symphonic poem, Op 66
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Michal Dworzynki (conductor)
3.00pm
Vaughan Williams: 5 English Folk Songs, arr. for chorus
BBC Singers
David Hill (conductor)
Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No 2 in D, Op 11
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Rossen Milanov (conductor)
Vitezslav Novak: Slovak Suite, Op 32
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrusa (conductor)
4.00pm
Grieg: 4 Psalms for baritone and mixed voices, Op 74
Thorbjorn Gulbrandsoy (bass)
BBC Symphony Chorus
Stephen Jackson (conductor)
Stanislaw Moniuszko: Concert Overture (Bajka - The Fairy Tale)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Michal Dworzynki (conductor)
Vitezslav Novak: In the Tatra Mountains - symphonic poem, Op 26
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrusa (conductor).
THU 17:00 In Tune (b00cj750)
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. He talks to conductor Kazushi Ono and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Holloway who performed in Englebert Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel at the Glyndebourne Opera Festival. The Renaissance trio Pantagruel also perform in the studio.
THU 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00cj752)
Proms Preview Evening
Petroc Trelawny and guests present an essential guide to the 2008 BBC Proms season on Radio 3. With music, news and views.
THU 20:45 Composer of the Week (b00cj74t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 21:45 Night Waves (b00cj754)
Matthew Sweet investigates stories that feature the last surviving person on earth, from Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend - recently made into a film starring Will Smith - through the comic book series Y: The Last Man, to Thomas Glavinic's newly published book Night Work.
THU 22:30 Artist Focus (b00ck6bq)
Featuring French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, who is heard in music by Ligeti, a composer with whom he has collaborated closely throughout his career.
THU 23:00 The Essay (b00ck6l5)
Greek and Latin Voices (Virgil)
Episode 4
Prof Philip Hardie of Cambridge University considers the themes of exile and utopia that run through Virgil's major works.
THU 23:15 Late Junction (b00ck6lk)
Verity Sharp introduces the mouth-bow of Kouame Sereba, the prepared piano of John Cage and the voices of Lo Cor de la Plana. Plus a look forward to the 2008 WOMAD Festival.
FRIDAY 18 JULY 2008
FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b00cj756)
With John Shea.
Including:
Neruda, Johann Baptist Georg: Trumpet Concerto in E flat
Dvorak, Antonin: Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70
Jongen, Joseph: Quatre Pieces, Op 37
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quartet in B flat for strings, K458 (Hunt)
Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters von: Piano Concerto in A
Mahler, Gustav: Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Rachmaninov, Sergey: 6 Moments musicaux, Op 16
Flotow, Friedrich von: Overture (Martha)
Flotow, Friedrich von: Ach! So fromm, ach so traut (Martha)
Lithander, Carl Ludwig: Rondo for flute and keyboard, Op 8
Cavalli, Francesco: Dixit Dominus a 8
Lipatti, Dinu: Sonatina for left hand
Tapkov, Dimitar: First Suite for string quartet (1957)
Forsyth, Malcolm: Sagittarius - Concerto grosso for brass quintet and orchestra (1st mvt)
Corelli, Arcangelo: Trio Sonata in D minor, Op 1 No 11
Madetoja, Leevi: Overture, Op 7
Merikanto, Oscar: Kesaillan Valssi (Summer Night Waltz); Kesaillan Idylli (Summer night idyll)
Strauss, Richard: Nichts, Op 10 No 2; Die Nacht, Op 10 No 3
Salzedo, Carlos: Chanson dans la nuit (Study for Harp)
Platti, Giovanni Benedetto: Trio in C minor for oboe, bassoon and continuo
Schubert, Franz: Trio in E flat for piano and strings, D897 (Notturno)
Tobias, Rudolf: Sonatina No 1 in A flat
Rossini, Gioachino: Overture (La scala di seta)
Handel, Georg Frideric: Keyboard Suite No 6 in G minor, HWV 439
Leclair, Jean-Marie: Violin Concerto in D, Op 10 No 3
Arensky, Anton, arr. Vladimir Kriukov: Romance No 3 (Ne zazhigay ognya - Do not kindle the fires) (6 Romances, Op 38)
Saint-Saens, Camille: Prelude and Fugue in C, Op 109 No 3
Poulenc, Francis: Mass in G.
FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b00cl9jl)
Sara's musical breakfast features favourite recordings, new releases and a chance to hear - on the anniversary of its composition - a complete performance of Bach's Jesu, meine Freude.
Including:
Walton: Orb and Sceptre - Coronation March
BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
Robert Farnon (conductor)
Tchaikovsky, arr. Pabst: Paraphrase on Sleeping Beauty
Stephen Hough (piano)
Corelli: La Folia
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Samuel Sanders (piano)
Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer (conductor)
Handel: Organ Concerto No 14 in A
Richard Marlow (organ)
Academy of Ancient Music
Stephen Layton (conductor)
Bach: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
Agnes Mellon, Greta de Reyghere (sopranos)
Vincent Darras (countertenor)
Howard Crook (tenor)
Peter Kooy (bass)
Orchestra de la Chapelle Royale
Philippe Herreweghe (director).
FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b00cj75d)
With James Jolly.
Including:
Bax: Tintagel
Ulster Orchestra
Bryden Thomson (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN8312
Mozart: Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat, K495
Dennis Brain (horn)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI CDM 566898-2
Flanders/Swann: Ill Wind
Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
EMI CDP 7974662
Desmarest: De profundis
Hanna-Bayodi-Hirt, Stephanie Revidat (treble)
Francois Nicolas Geslot (countertenor)
Sebastien Droy (tenor)
Le Concert Spirituel
Herve Niquet (director)
MBF1108 (20-CD set: 200 Ans de Musique a Versailles)
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
WARNER 2564 62160-2
Mozart: Non ho colpa, e mi condanni (Idomeneo, Act 1)
Cecila Bartoli (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
James Levine (conductor)
DG 447 737-2 (3-CD set)
Strauss: Metamorphosen
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 410 892-2.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00cj75g)
Johann Sebastian Bach
The Last Decade: Bach in the 1740s
Donald Macleod concludes his survey of Bach's music with excerpts from three of what are considered to be the musical masterpieces of the composer's final decade.
Sonata for flute, violin and continuo (The Musical Offering, BWV 1079)
Barthold Kuijken (transverse flute)
Sigiswald Kuijken (violin)
Wieland Kuijken (viola da gamba)
Robert Kohnen (harpsichord)
Fugue subject (Contrapunctus I - The Art of Fugue)
Davitt Moroney (harpsichord)
The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (excerpts)
Charles Rosen (piano)
Credo (Mass in B minor, BWV 232) (excerpts)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe, BWV 34
Lisa Larsson (soprano)
Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto)
Christoph Genz (tenor)
Panajotis Iconomou (bass-baritone)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor).
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00cj75j)
Cheltenham Festival 2008 Highlights
Cheltenham Festival 2008 Highlights - Dante Quartet and Noam Greenberg
Penny Gore introduces the Dante Quartet in a programme of English chamber music performed at the 2008 Cheltenham Music Festival. Winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society award for best chamber group in 2007, they premiere an RPS commission by young composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad. Pianist Noam Greenberg joins the group to perform a piano quintet by Elgar.
Bridge: Three Idylls
Cheryl Frances-Hoad: New Work (world premiere)
Vaughan Williams: String Quartet No 2 in A minor
Elgar: Piano Quintet.
FRI 14:30 Afternoon Concert (b00cj75l)
Folk Influences
Episode 5
In the run-up to the 2008 BBC Proms Folk day, Penny Gore presents music with a highly nationalistic flavour, by composers inspired by by Czech, Russian, English and Australian traditional song.
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, Op 72 No 10
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sinfonietta in A minor on Russian Themes, Op 31
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
Cyril Scott: Early One Morning - poem for piano and orchestra
Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Haydn: Symphony No 103 in E flat, H I 103 (Drum Roll)
BBC Philharmonic
Simon Wright (conductor)
Stephen Leek: Island Songs
BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
Grainger: Green Bushes
BBC Philharmonic
Richard Hickox (conductor)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 in C minor, Op 17 (Little Russian)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Nos 1, 2 and 8, Op 46
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor).
FRI 17:00 In Tune (b00cj73q)
Sean Rafferty and Petroc Trelawny present a special edition of the programme live from the Britten Theatre at The Royal College of Music, leading up to the 2008 First Night of the Proms.
With a mix of live music from some of the Proms performers, including pianist Ashley Wass, Hungarian folk musicians Muzsikas, oboist Nicholas Daniel, tenor Andrew Kennedy, The Royal College of Music Brass Ensemble, violinist Tasmin Little and early music group I Fagiolini directed by Robert Hollingworth.
And Ian McMillan, presenter of The Verb, previews some of the events in the Proms Literary Festival.
FRI 20:00 BBC Proms (b00cj7b1)
Prom 1: First Night of the Proms
Prom 1 - Part 1
From the Royal Albert Hall, London, Petroc Trelawny presents the opening of the 114th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor Jiri Behlolavek launch the Proms season with music by Strauss and Mozart.
Christine Brewer (soprano)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Wayne Marshall (organ)
Royal College of Music Brass
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Strauss: Festliches Praludium
Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C, K314
Strauss: Four Last Songs.
FRI 21:05 Twenty Minutes (b00cj7b3)
On Life and Picnics
On Life and Picnics
Culinary expert Ivan Day explores the history of British picnics while cooking up a heritage hamper of goodies in his Lakeland kitchen.
FRI 21:25 BBC Proms (b00cj7b5)
Prom 1: First Night of the Proms
Prom 1 - Part 2
From the Royal Albert Hall, London, Petroc Trelawny presents the opening of the 114th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.
The concert concludes with works by Messiaen and Elliott Carter, whose centenaries are celebrated this year.
Christine Brewer (soprano)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Wayne Marshall (organ)
Royal College of Music Brass
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Messiaen: La nativite du Seigneur (Dieu parmi nous)
Beethoven: Rondo in B flat for piano and orchestra
Elliott Carter: Catenaires for solo piano (UK premiere)
Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy.
FRI 22:30 Composer of the Week (b00cj75g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 23:30 Jazz on 3 (b00cj7b7)
Vision Festival 2008
Jez Nelson presents a selection of highlights from the 2008 Vision festival, downtown New York's annual celebration of the jazz avant-garde. The 13th edition saw New Orleans saxophonist Edward 'Kidd' Jordan honoured with a tribute night featuring ensembles made up of past collaborators including Billy Bang, Hamiet Bluiett, Hamid Drake and Vision festival co-founder William Parker.
An annual event since 1996, the festival has grown to become New York's premier artist-run, multi-disciplinary celebration of creative improvised music and the culture that surrounds it, drawing both concertgoers and performers from all around the world.