SATURDAY 04 OCTOBER 2008

SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b00dpq5h)
Through the Night 04/10/2008

With Jonathan Swain.

01:01AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dances (Op.72 No.1-4)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor)

01:21AM
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
Symphony no.2 (Op.16) 'The Four temperaments'
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ingar Bergby (conductor)

01:55AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Pensees Lyriques (Op.40)
Eero Heinonen (piano)

02:14AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Piano Trio in C minor (Op.1 No.3)
Katherine Gowers (violin), Adrian Brendel (cello), Paul Lewis (piano)

02:44AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Concerto Grosso in A major (Op.6 No.11)
Barbara Jane Gilbey (violin), Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players

03:02AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Symphony No.6 in B minor (Op.74) 'Pathetique'
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam (conductor)

03:48AM
Sjögren, Emil (1853-1918)
Two Lyrical Pieces
Per Enoksson (violin), Péter Nagy (piano)

04:00AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Hungarian dances for piano duet (Nos.1, 11, 13, 17, 8)
Noël Lee and Christian Ivaldi (pianos)

04:13AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Symphonic Dance No.4 (Andante) – from Symphonic dances (Op.64)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Göran W. Nilson (conductor)

04:25AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in C (Op.8 No.12) (RV.178)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (violin/director)

04:34AM
Kerll, Johann Caspar (1627-1693)
Canzona in D minor
Jan Jongepier (organ)

04:37AM
Pachelbel, Johann (c.1653-1706)
Allein zu dir Herr Jesu Christ
Jan Jongepier (organ)

04:41AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emmanuel (1714-1788)
Sinfonia No.2 in B flat major
Camerata Bern

04:53AM
Scacchi, Marco (1602-1662)
Omnes Gentes
Kai Wessel (alto), Krzystof Szmyt (tenor), Il Tempo Baroque Ensemble, Agata Sapiecha (director)

04:56AM
Scacchi, Marco (1602-1662)
Beatus Laurentius
Olga Pasiecznik & Marta Boberska (sopranos), Kai Wessel (alto), Krzystof Szmyt (tenor), Dirk Snellings (bass), Il Tempo Baroque Ensemble, Agata Sapiecha (director)

05:00AM
Pacius, Frederik (1809-1891)
Overture for Large Orchestra
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kari Tikka (conductor)

05:06AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Fantasy on Halevy's 'La Juive'
Károly Mocsári (piano)

05:21AM
Halévy, Jacques-François (1799-1862)
Aria: 'Quand de la nuit l'épais nuage' (from 'L'Éclair', Act 3)
Benjamin Butterfield (tenor), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

05:27AM
Halévy, Jacques-François (1799-1862)
Gérard & Lusignan's duet: 'Salut, salut, à cette noble France' – from 'La Reine de Chypre', Act 3
Benjamin Butterfield (tenor – Gérard), Brett Polegato (baritone – Lusignan), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

05:38AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Concerto in A minor for Recorder, Viola da Gamba, Strings and Continuo
La Stagione Frankfurt

05:53AM
Power, Leonel (d. 1445)
Salve Regina
The Hilliard Ensemble

06:01AM
Kunzen, Friedrich (1761-1817)
Overture to the opera 'Erik Ejegod'
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Peter Marschik (conductor)

06:07AM
Kapp, Villem (1913-1964)
Pohjarannik (The North Coast)
Estonian National Male Choir, Andres Paas (organ), Aleksander Sarapuu (bass), Ants Soots (director)

06:12AM
Hendriks, Christiaan Frederiks (1861-1923)
Variations on the old Wilhelmus
Gert Oost (organ)

06:16AM
Platti, Giovanni Benedetto (1696-1763)
Concerto in G minor for oboe, strings and bass continuo
Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe), Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik, Mary Utiger (director)

06:27AM
Jarnovic, Ivan Mane (?-1804)
Fantasia and Rondo in G major
Vladimir Krpan (piano)

06:32AM
Livadic, Ferdo (1799-1878)
2 Scherzos, in E major and A flat minor
Vladimir Krpan (piano)

06:37AM
Rosenmuller, Johann (c.1619-1684)
Sinfonia Quinta
Tafelmusik Baroque Soloists

06:47AM
Poulenc, François (1899-1963)
Deux Poèmes de Louis Aragon
Anne Sheridan (soprano), Jonathan Savage (piano)

06:52AM
Lebedjew, Alexej (1924-1993)
Concerto in one movement (Concerto No.1) in A minor for bass trombone and piano
Csaba Wagner (trombone), Katalin Sarkady (piano)


SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b00drsy6)
With Martin Handley.

The full Breakfast playlist is posted on this page after the programme.

07:03

GLUCK arr. Triebensee
Iphigenie en Tauride - Overture
The Albion Ensemble
HYPERION CDH55037 Tr 14

07:08

ANON. MEDIEVAL
L’Ange a la vierge
Orlando Consort & Perfect Houseplants
METRONOME CD 1009 Tr 13

07:12

FINZI
Eclogue
Piers Lane, piano
English Chamber orchestra
Nicholas Daniel (conductor)
DECCA 476 2163 CD1 Tr 1

07:23

HANDEL
‘As steals the morn’ – duet (L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Kate Royal (soprano)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Harry Bicket (conductor)
EMI 382 243-2 Tr 13

07:31

GREIG
Symphonic Dances Opus 64: No.3 in D major
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9113 Tr 3

07:37
MENDELSSOHN
Rondo capriccioso, Op.14
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 459 634-2 Tr 29

07:44

RACHMANINOV
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom: Te be poyem
BBC Singers
Kaspars Putnins (conductor)
BBC RECORDING

07:46

HOLST
Mercury the winged messenger
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 36969902 Tr 3

07:51

ALBINONI
Trumpet Concerto in B-flat major, Op.7 No.3
Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet)
I Musici
DECCA 475 9126 CD1 Tr 9-11

08:03

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Running Set
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10001 Tr 6

08:10

KREISLER, arr. RAINER SCHOTTSTADT
Old Viennese Dances 1-3: Liebesfreud; Liebesleid & Schoen Rosmarin)
Torsten Janicke (violin)
Gurzenich-Fagottquintett
MDG 324 0970-2 Tr 12-14

08:20

BERNSTEIN
Make Our Garden Grow (Candide)
Jerry Hadley (Candide)
June Anderson (Cunegonde)
Christa Ludwig (Old Lady)
Della Jones (Paquette)
Nicolai Gedda (Governor)
Kurt Ollmann (Maximilian)
Adolph Green (Dr Pangloss)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 429 734-2 CD2 Tr 16

08:26

NANCARROW
Study for Piano Player No.11
Joanna McGregor (piano)
SOUND CIRCUS SC007 Tr 8

08:30

FREE THOUGHT
Bryan Biggs - How culture is a vital, living process.

08:32

BACH
Contrapunctus No.6 ‘im Stile francese’ (Art of Fugue, BWV.1080)
Emerson String Quartet
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 495-2 Tr 6

08:37

MOZART
Rondo in A major, K.386
Pascal Roge (piano)
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Raymond Leppard (conductor)
ONYX 4013 Tr 7

08:48

QIU-XIA HE
Clouds-Irish Impressions
Silk Road Ensemble
JBM 9801-2 Tr 5

08:53

RAMEAU, Jean-Philippe
Les Trois mains [A minor] (Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin)
Calefax Reed Quintet
MDG 619 1374 2 Tr 6)


SAT 09:00 CD Review (b00dmxz9)
Building a Library: Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

Andrew McGregor introduces Radio 3’s weekly programme devoted to all that’s new in the world of recorded music.

Building a Library:
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

Reviewer - Ivan Hewett

First choice:
Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Raffaele Arié, Valiano Natali, Anna Maria Canali, Gino Sarri, Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
EMI 5861972 (2 CDs, Budget)
Also available on EMI 562747 (2 CDs, Mid Price with booklet), 566438 (2 CDs, Mid Price with booklet) and Naxos 8.110131-32 (2 CDs, Budget)

CD Review BAL Catalogue Data
bal.donizetti:
bal.donizett.lucia.di.lammermoor

09.05am

RICHARD STRAUSS: AUS ITALIEN Op. 16 (Auf der Campagna) from disc Richard Strauss: Don Juan – Aus Italien
(c/w Don Juan Op. 20)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand de Billy (conductor)
Oehms Classics OC631 (Hybrid SACD)

RICHARD STRAUSS: Eine Alpensinfonie Op. 64 (extracts)
(c/w Don Juan Op. 20)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor)
RCO Live RCO08006 (Hybrid SACD)

09.30 am
Building a Library Recommendation

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

Reviewer – Ivan Hewett

First Choice Recommendation:
Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Raffaele Arié, Valiano Natali, Anna Maria Canali, Gino Sarri, Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
EMI 5861972 (2 CDs, Budget)
Also available on EMI 562747 (2 CDs, Mid Price with booklet), 566438 (2 CDs, Mid Price with booklet) and Naxos 8.110131-32 (2 CDs, Budget)

Next week Robert Philip examines recordings of Brahms’ Symphony No. 3.

10.30 New Releases

Rob Cowan joins Andrew to talk about recent releases of Russian symphonic repertoire. With excerpts from the following discs:

GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 6 Op. 58; La Mer Op. 28; Introduction and Dance from Salome Op. 90
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, José Serebrier (conductor)
Warner 2564 69627-0 (CD)

RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 3; Symphonic Dances
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Pavel Kogan (conductor)
Alto ALC1030 (CD, Budget)

PROKOFIEV: Symphonies Nos 1-6 from box set Prokofiev The Symphonies
Gurzenich-Orchester Koln, Dmitrij Kitajenko (conductor)
Phoenix Edition 135 (5 CDs, Mid Price)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture; Symphony No. 5
Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
Signum Records SIGCD135 (CD, Mid Price)

11.15am – Interview with John Adams

Andrew talks to composer John Adams about his latest opera recordings. With excerpts from the following discs:

ADAMS: Doctor Atomic
Gerald Finley (J. Robert Openheimer), Jessica Rivera (Kitty Openheimer), Eric Owens (General Leslie Groves), Richard Paul Fink (Edward Teller), James Maddalena (Jack Hubbard), Thomas Glenn (Robert Wilson), Jay Hunter Morris (Captain James Nolan), Ellen Rabiner (Pasquialita), Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, Lawrence Renes (conductor)
Opus Arte (2 DVDs)

ADAMS: A Flowering Tree
Jessica Rivera (soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), Eric Owens (bass-baritone), London Symphony Orchestra, Scholar Cantorum de Venezuela, John Adams (conductor)
Nonesuch 7559-79965-1 (2 CDs)

11.50am Disc of the Week

Un Frisson Francais – A Century of French Song
(BIZET: Chanson d'avril ; FRANCK: Nocturne; LALO: Guitare; GOUNOD: Au Rossignol; SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre; CHABRIER: Les cigales; PALADILHE: Psyché; CHAUSSON: Les papillons; BACHELET: Chère nuit; DUPARC: Au pays où se fait la guerre; RAVEL: Le paon; CAPLET: Le corbeau et le renard; ROUSSEL: Réponse d'une épouse sage; MESSIAEN: La fiancée perdue; DEBUSSY: Colloque sentimental; FAURE: Vocalise-Étude; HAHN: À Chloris; SATIE: Le Chapelier; HONEGGER: Trois Chansons de la Petite Sirène: Chanson des sirènes, Berceuse de la Sirène and Chanson de la poire; CANTELOUBE: Brezairola; ROSENTHAL: La souris d'Angleterre; POULENC: La Dame de Monte Carlo)
Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
ONYX 4030 (CD)


SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b00dmxzc)
Tom Service meets young Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons as he takes over the reigns of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

The life of Thomas Beecham falls under the spotlight as author John Lucas presents new material on the conductor's private life, including his visits to Nazi Germany and his views of its leaders.

And singing Rossini - what exactly does it involve? Credited with the invention of the modern tenor, Rossini makes demands of his singers that far exceed those of his predecessors. Some of today's leading Rossinians reveal the secrets of their success, pianist and vocal coach Gerald Martin Moore looks back at some of the great Rossini singers of the past, and opera historian Emanuele Senici explains why singers in Rossini's day had it so much easier than the divas of today.

Andris Nelsons

29-year-old Latvian Andris Nelsons has just taken over as Music Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle and Sakari Oramo’s old job. Many saw his appointment as a risk, coming as it did on the basis of a recording session and a couple of private performances. But it seems the risk has paid off: his opening concerts have gone down a storm in Britain’s second city. Tom Service meets Nelsons and hears how his musical life as a pianist, trumpeter, composer, and pupil of Mariss Jansons prepared him for life on the podium.

Andris Nelsons conducts concert performances of Puccini’s La Boheme with the CBSO October 23 – 25th

Rossini Voices

Rossini singing is going through its biggest ever renaissance. Not since the early 19th century have Rossini’s operas been as popular as they are now – thanks largely to a new generation of interpreters who are devoting their lives to Rossini’s coloratura, his comedies – and his tragedies. Tom meets mezzo Joyce DiDonato, Italian musicologist Emanuele Senici, vocal coach Gerald Martin Moore and tenor Bruce Ford to find out how this new tradition of Rossini singing relates to what Rossini himself wanted from his leading ladies and gentlemen.

The Royal Opera House’s production of Rossini’s ‘Matilde de Shabran’ will be broadcast on Opera on 3 Saturday 22nd November at 6pm

Beecham

Tom meets John Lucas, whose new biography of Sir Thomas Beecham scotches a few myths about one of classical music’s most colourful figures. Beecham fed many of the myths himself, his autobiography is full of factual errors, and his public persona, especially in his later years, was a manufactured mix of dandified wit and obfuscation. But John Lucas explains that behind these public affectations was a musician of real seriousness and ambition, who almost single-handedly transformed the pre- and post-war cultural landscape: setting up orchestras that are still around today (the Royal and London Philharmonics) and making opera part of British musical life. We also hear from two musicians who played with Beecham: Raymond Cohen, who worked with Sir Thomas and the Halle in 1936 – and trumpeter David Mason, who performed in the first ever Royal Philharmonic season in 1946.

Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music by John Lucas is published by Boydell & Brewer, £25

Raymond Scott

This year marks the centenary of musical maverick Raymond Scott’s birth. Scott poses a series of musical paradoxes: he had a jazz quintet - which consisted of six players; he insisted that the musicians never improvise - but he never gave them sheet music; and he invented some of the most potentially influential electronic instruments of the 20th century - but he refused to make any of them public. And yet his influence spread everywhere. Now a new generation of composers and musicians are discovering Scott’s unique musico-technological inventions. Tom talks to Scott’s collaborator Herb Deutsch, Irwin Chusid, chairman of the Raymond Scott archive, as well as his wife, Mitzi.

Stuart Brown and his Raymond Scott Project Quintet, will be playing at Kings Place Arts Centre on 14th October


SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00drsy8)
To celebrate the Orlando Consort's 20th anniversary, 2 of the founder members, Angus Smith and Donald Grieg talk to Catherine Bott about some of the ensemble's projects and repertoire. They discuss their "concept" albums and how these put repertoire into a more social context. They also discuss the more collaborative ventures with composers such as Tarik O'Regan, juxtaposing this contemporary style with medieval repertoire. The group has always consisted of 4 singers, and there have only been 2 changes in personnel in their 20 years; as a special birthday celebration, all 6 past and present members met in the studio to record a motet by Gombert, as a fitting end to this programme. Other repertoire includes works by Penalosa, Ciconia, Machaut and Tarik O'Regan.

Playlist:

All pieces performed by The Orlando Consort

De Vitry: Vos quid admiramini / Gratissima virginis species
Amon RA Records CD SAR-49
Track 1

Dunstaple: Gloria in Canon
Metronome METCD 1009
Track 3

Ciconia: Gloria: Spiritus et alme
Archiv Produktion DG 4596202
Track 9

Smert: Nowell, nowell: The Boares Head
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907314
Track 6

Ceballos: Hortus conclusus
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907398
Track 12

Tarik O’Regan: Part 3 from Scattered rhymes (2006)
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Paul Hillier, director
Harmonia Mundi HMU 807469
Track 3
Segue
Machaut: Sanctus from Messe de Nostre Dame
Harmonia Mundi HMU 807469
Track 7

Penalosa: Versa est in luctum
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907328
Track 4

Gombert: In illo tempore (6-part)
Studio recording


SAT 14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00dp39l)
Sarah Walker introduces a recital by soprano Kate Royal, accompanied by pianist Malcolm Martineau.

Ravel: Habanera; Cinq melodies populaires grecques
Faure: La bonne chanson
Canteloube: Lou boussu; La delaissado; Malorous qu'o uno fenno; Brezairola (Berceuse); Uno jionto posturo.


SAT 15:00 World Routes (b00drsyb)
The Kamkars

One of the leading lights of contemporary Iranian music with a following that has already extended to Iraq and Turkey, the Kamkars perform arrangements of ancient Kurdish folk songs and works from the Persian classical tradition. The ensemble is a family of seven brothers and a sister and the instruments they play range from the lute-like oud and setar, to the santur (an Iranian form of the hammered dulcimer) and the daf (a type of frame drum). Lucy Duran introduces highlights from their concert, given as part of the Barbican's Ramadan Nights - "a celebration of the rich diversity of the world's Muslim cultures, which conincides with the Eid-al-Fitr festivities that take place at the end of Ramandan".

The Kamkars
Recorded on 27 September 2008 at the Barbican as part of Ramadan Nights.
http://www.kamkars.net/about_en/

Hawai Siamal (8:18)
Composed/arr: Arsalan Kamkar

Amina Togola Kami (5:50)
Composed/arr: Ardeshir Kamkar

Kabuki; Shilera (10:13)
Arranged: Hooshang Kamkar

Interview with Arsalan Kamkar and Saba Kamkar

Dil Shikaw (9:31)
Composed/arr: Arsalan Kamkar

Khasim Khan (8:40)
Composed/arr: Hooshang Kamkar

Khosha Hauraman (6:10)
Composed/arr: Ardeshir Kamkar


SAT 16:00 Jazz Library (b00drsyd)
Enrico Rava

Alyn Shipton is joined by Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava to choose his favourite examples from his recorded work and to preview his forthcoming album New York Days, which features his long-term colleague Stefano Bollani and American drummer Paul Motian.


SAT 17:00 Jazz Record Requests (b00drsyg)
With Geoffrey Smith.
JRR Signature Tune:
Oh, but on the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues) (Marsalis)
Performed by Wynton Marsalis (tpt), Marcus Roberts (pno), Todd Williams (tsx), Dr Michael White (clt), Danny Barker (bjo), Teddy Riley (tpt), Freddie Lonzo (tbn), Reginald Veal (bs), Herlin Riley (dms)
Recorded 28 October 1988
Taken from the album The Majesty of the Blues
1989 CD (CBS 465129 2)

I Never Knew (Ted Fiorito / Gus Kahn) (4’47’’)
Performed by Kenny Davern (cl) Art Hodes (p) Colin Bowden (d)
Recorded 14 May 1988, London
Taken from the album The Last Reunion: The Kenny Davern Trio
1988 CD (Upbeat Jazz URCD135; Track 1)

I’m Coming Virginia (Donald Heywood / Will Marion Cook) (3’09’’)
Performed by Bix Beiderbecke (cnt) Bill Rank (tb) Frankie Trumbauer (c-mel) Jimmy Dorsey (cl,as) Doc Ryker (as) Itzy Riskin (p,arr) Eddie Lang (g) Chauncey Morehouse (d)
Recorded NY, May 13 1927
Taken from the album The Bix Beiderbecke Story
1990 CD (Columbia COL 501645 2; Disc 1 / Track 6)

“C” Blues (Duke Ellington) (2’53’’)
Performed by Ray Nance (tp) Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bar) Duke Ellington (p) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (d)
Recorded Hollywood, Sep 29 1941
Taken from the album The Great Ellington Units
1988 CD (Bluebird ND86751(1); Track 22)

Portrait of Wellman Braud (4’04’’)
Performed by Cootie Williams, Cat Anderson, Fred Stone, Mercer Ellington (tp) Mitchell “Bootie” Wood, Julian Priester, Chuck Connors (tb) Russell Procope (as,cl) Norris Turney (as,ts,cl,fl) Harold Ashby (ts,cl) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Harry Carney (b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Wild Bill Davis (org) Joe Benjamin (b) Rufus Jones (d)
Recorded NY, May 13 1970
Taken from the album New Orleans Suite
© 1971 CD (Atlantic 7813762(1); Track 5)

Hackensack (Thelonious Monk) (6’00’’)
Performed by Joe Temperley (bar) Brian Lemon (p) Dave Green (b) Martin Drew (d)
Recorded London, Sep 22 1993
Taken from the album Concerto for Joe
1995 CD (Hep HEPCD2062(1); Track 1)

When Summer’s End is Nighing (John Williams) (6’03’’)
Performed by Jacqui Dankworth (vcl) John Williams (contra bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, dir) Dick Pearce (tp, flh) Andy Panayi (cl,as) Peter Hurst (bass clarinet,ts) Phil Lee (g) Jeff Clyne (b) Trevor Tomkins (d)
Recorded 1996
Taken from the album Housman Settings
1996 CD (Spotlite SPJCD559(1); Track 7)

A Bench in the Park (Milton Ager / Jack Yellen) (3’04’’)
Performed by Dick Morrissey (ts) Stan Jones (p) Malcolm Cecil (b) Colin Barnes (d)
Recorded London, Apr 27 1961
Taken from the album It’s Morrissey Man!
1998 CD (Redial 5587012(1); Track 3)

Tin Tin Deo (Gil Fuller / Chano Pozo) (5’31’’)
Performed by Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Recorded 1965
Taken from the album
1968 LP (Polydor 109 628; Side 1 / Track 3)

East of the Sun (Brooks Bowman) (9’25’’)
Performed by Stan Getz (ts) Kenny Barron (p)
Recorded Live, Copenhagen, Mar 3-6 1991
Taken from the album People Time
1992 CD (Emarcy 510342(1); Disc 1 / Track 1)

On the Sunny Side of the Street (Jimmy McHugh / Dorothy Fields) (6’47’’)
Performed by Louis Armstrong (tp) Jack Teagarden (tb) Barney Bigard (cl) Dick Cary (p) Arvell Shaw (b) Sidney Catlett (d)
Recorded "Symphony Hall", Boston, Mass, November 30, 1947
Taken from the album Satchmo at Symphony Hall
1996 CD (GRP GRP16612(1); Track 11)

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SAT 18:00 Opera on 3 (b00drsyj)
Candide

Martin Handley presents Leonard Bernstein's comic operetta Candide, recorded at London's Coliseum in July. Robert Carsen's controversial production for English National Opera updates Voltaire's savage 18th century satire from Europe to the Unites States of the 1950s, revealing the dystopian reality of the American Dream.

Voltaire/Pangloss/Martin: Alex Jennings
Candide: Toby Spence (tenor)
Cunegonde: Marnie Breckenridge (soprano)
Old Lady: Beverley Klein (mezzo-soprano)
Grand Inquisitor/Captain/Governor: Bonaventura Bottone (tenor)
Paquette: Mairéad Buicke (soprano)
Maximilian: Mark Stone (baritone)
Cacambo: Ferlyn Brass
Rumon Gamba: Conductor
Orchestra and Chorus of English National Opera

SYNOPSIS:

Act I

In Westphalia, Maximilian and Cunegonde, the children of the most powerful baron in the country, live in perfect harmony with their chambermaid Paquette and their poor relation Candide. They are tutored by Doctor Pangloss, who teaches them that ‘everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds’. But one day Candide is caught kissing Cunegonde and is thrown out.

He becomes a soldier, but is soon accused of desertion and sentenced to death, only to be pardoned at the last minute. War breaks out in Westphalia. As the fighting subsides, Candide discovers Cunegonde’s body among the dead, and also finds his old teacher Pangloss, who is suffering from syphilis.

James, an Anabaptist, offers to help find a cure for Pangloss and suggests that they all set sail on his ship. But James’s ship sinks, which doesn’t stop Pangloss from insisting that everything is still for the best. As Candide and Pangloss manage to reach dry land an earthquake flattens the entire country, killing thousands. Pangloss and Candide are arrested and accused of being responsible for the catastrophe. An auto-da-fé is ordered to avoid any further disasters. The defendants are brought before the court, tried, and sentenced to death by hanging.

Cunegonde miraculously survived her death in Westphalia and has now begun to regain her previous quality of life. She shares herself between two rival protectors, Don Issachar and Don Cardinale. In order to make sure that the two men never meet, she relies on the help of an Old Lady with a mysterious past. Candide (who has miraculously survived being hanged) is amazed to discover that Cunegonde is alive and well. As they fall into each other’s arms, Don Issachar appears and insults Cunegonde. Candide kills him. Don Cardinale then appears, and the same fate befalls him. Encouraged by the Old Lady, Candide and Cunegonde decide to flee. With the help of a Captain, they all set sail for the New World, in search of a better life.

Act II

Candide, Cunegonde, the Old Lady and Cacambo (a Native American Indian recruited by the Captain to help Candide on his travels), arrive in the New World. The Officer who selects the immigrants is immediately attracted to Cunegonde. Cacambo informs Candide that even in the New World he is still wanted for murder. They have no choice but to leave Cunegonde behind and flee once again.

As they begin their travels, Candide and Cacambo come across a religious group which includes Maximilian. Recognizing Cunegonde’s brother, Candide tells him that his sister is still alive and that he intends to marry her. When Maximilian opposes this idea, an argument breaks out and Candide kills Maximilian. Yet again Candide and Cacambo are forced to flee. Discovering Eldorado, Candide becomes incredibly rich, but he is unable to enjoy his new-found wealth by himself. He sends Cacambo back to try and find Cunegonde, while he looks for a ship to take them all to safety.

During his search, Candide meets Martin, a poor man who is as pessimistic as Pangloss is optimistic. Martin tells Candide that the world is a horrible place, full of horrible people. In spite of this new lesson, Candide puts his trust in a greedy businessman, Vanderdendur, who pretends to help Candide while selling him a leaky boat and stealing all his money. The boat sinks, but Candide finds his stolen money floating on the water along with the half-drowned Pangloss (who has also miraculously survived being hanged), who continues to repeat his mantra of optimism.

They end up in a casino where Paquette and Maximilian (who has miraculously survived being killed by Candide) also work. Ragotski, the owner of the casino, encourages Cunegonde and the Old Lady to use their charms to steal Candide’s money. Cunegonde’s mask falls from her face, and Candide is forced to recognize that she is not the faithful woman he always imagined her to be. He further realizes that human happiness is to be found neither in Pangloss’s unconditional optimism nor in Martin’s die-hard pessimism, but somewhere in between.

Candide concludes that it would be best to try and ‘make our garden grow’...

©Robert Carse


SAT 19:20 Twenty Minutes (b00dsk2t)
Candide

Martin Handley explores the themes of Candide with its director and Christopher Bigsby, Professor of American Studies at UEA.


SAT 19:35 Opera on 3 (b00dsk2w)
Candide, Act 2

Martin Handley presents Leonard Bernstein's comic operetta Candide, recorded at London's Coliseum in July. Robert Carsen's controversial production for English National Opera updates Voltaire's savage 18th century satire from Europe to the Unites States of the 1950s, revealing the dystopian reality of the American Dream.

7.20 Interval: Martin Handley explores the themes of the opera with its director and Christopher Bigsby, Professor of American Studies at UEA.

7.35 Candide, Act 2

Voltaire/Pangloss/Martin: Alex Jennings
Candide: Toby Spence (tenor)
Cunegonde: Marnie Breckenridge (soprano)
Old Lady: Beverley Klein (mezzo-soprano)
Grand Inquisitor/Captain/Governor: Bonaventura Bottone
Paquette: Mairéad Buicke (soprano)
Maximilian: Mark Stone
Cacambo: Ferlyn Brass
Rumon Gamba: Conductor
Orchestra and Chorus of English National Opera

SYNOPSIS:
Candide, a young man from Westphalia, is in love with Cunegonde, daughter of the local baron. He is a loyal follower of the teachings of his tutor, Dr Pangloss, who believes ‘Everything that is, is planned, is wisely planned, is right and good’.

Candide is confronted with many disasters. There is a massacre during which Cunegonde is apparently killed; and Pangloss is executed in an auto-da-fé. Candide sets off on his travels. He goes to Paris, where he meets an Old Lady, who accompanies him (along with the miraculously saved Cunegonde) to the New World. He goes to Buenos Aires and to the fabulous land of Eldorado.

He returns to Europe, surviving a shipwreck, goes to Venice and finally back to Westphalia. There he realizes the folly of Pangloss’s philosophy and resolves to build his own life rather than assuming that everything that happens is for the best.

© Alison Latham


SAT 21:10 Gottschalk (b00drsyl)
Pianist Philip Martin plays Gottschalk's Le carnival de Venise, Op 89, and Printemps d'amour, Op 40.


SAT 21:30 BBC Singers (b00drsyn)
Latvian choral conductor Kaspars Putnins directs the BBC Singers in a performance of Rachmaninov's Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, a setting of the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom composed in the summer of 1910.


SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b00drsyq)
Ivan Hewett presents a concert focusing on new music by Middle-Eastern composers given at Cadogan Hall, London, in June 2008.

Hiba Al Kawas (soprano)
Wafaa Safar (ney)
Bassem Alkhouri (qanun)
Nieuw Ensemble
Garry Walker (conductor)

Franco Donatoni: Refrain 1
Nouri Iskandar: Mawal Kurdeli
Rachida Ibrahim: Music for Ney and Chamber Orchestra
Saed Haddad: On Love 1
Tan Dun: Circle with four trios, conductor and audience
Rasheed Al-Bougaily: Deewaan
Hiba Al Kawas: Araftu Beirut.