SATURDAY 27 DECEMBER 2008

SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b00g2vbr)
With John Shea.

1.01am
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931): Prelude: Hr. Oluf han Rider (Master Oluf Rides) - incidental music
1.07am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Symphony No 3 in C
1.37am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Symphony No 4 in A minor
Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

2.12am
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931): Springtime on Funen
Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano)
Mathias Hedegaard (tenor)
John Lundgren (bass-baritone)
Danish National Choir/DR
Danish National Vocal Ensemble/DR
Danish Girls' Chorus/DR
Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

2.30am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Winterreise, D911
Thomas Guthrie (baritone)
David Owen Norris (piano)

3.39am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No 29 in A, K201
Concerto Copenhagen
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor)

4.00am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Cello Concerto in D minor
Charles Medlam (cello)
London Baroque

4.09am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Four Mazurkas
Ashley Wass (piano)

4.20am
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759): 3 Airs from Vauxhall Gardens (arr. Steele-Perkins for trumpet and orchestra)
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
The King's Consort
Robert King (director)

4.31am
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975): 7 Dances of the Dolls, Op 91c (arr. for wind quintet)
Bulgarian Academic Wind Quintet

4.43am
Kyurkchiyski, Krassimir (b.1936): Bulgarian Madonna, from two works after paintings of Vladimir Dimitrov
Simfonieta Orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio
Kamen Goleminov (conductor)

4.49am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Concerto in A minor for 4 keyboards, BWV1065
Ton Koopman, Tini Mathot, Patrizia Marisaldi, Elina Mustonen (harpsichords)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman (director)

5.00am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Septet in B flat for three oboes, three violins and basso continuo
Il Gardellino

5.09am
Eespere, Rene (b.1953): Festina lente
Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir
Evi Eespere (director)

5.18am
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899): Pavane; Forlane (Quelques Danses, Op 26)
Bengt Ake-Lundin (piano)

5.28am
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911): Romance in G for violin and orchestra, Op 26
Julia Fischer (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)

5.36am
Fontana, Giovanni Battista (c.1592-1631): Sonata undecima for cornet, violin and basso continuo
Le Concert Brise

5.45am
Arriaga, Juan Cristosomo (1806-1826): Stabat mater
Grieg Academy Choir
Bergen Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

5.53am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): (Lassen) Lose Himmel meine seele, S494 (transcr. for piano)
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

5.59am
Obrecht, Jakob (1450-1505): Omnis spiritus laudet - offertory motet for five voices
Ensemble Daedalus

6.06am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Cello Concerto in D
France Springuel (cello)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Antoni Ros-Marba (conductor)

6.26am
Anonymous: Four Renaissance Chansons
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Ray Nurse (lute/guitar/viol)
Nan Mackie, Patricia Unruh (viols)
Magriet Tindemans (viol/recorder)
Liz Baker (recorder)
Jon Washburn (director)

6.38am
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975): Piano Concerto No 2 in F
Patrik Jablonski (piano)
Polish Radio Orchestra of Warsaw
Wojciech Rajski (conductor).


SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b00g2xnp)
Alistair Appleton

The complete Breakfast playlist is posted on this website after the programme has been broadcast.

07:04

CORELLI
Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.1
Ensemble 415
Chiara Banchini & Jesper Christensen (directors)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 2901406 CD1 Tr 1 – 4

07:18

MAHLER
Blumine
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CDC7 54647-2 Tr 1

07:26

BARTOK arr. Székely
Romanian Folk Dances
Daniel Hope (violin)
Sebastian Knauer (piano, luthéal)
WARNER 2564 61329-2 Tr 10 – 15

07:34

Gabriel JACKSON
Nowell sing we
BBC Singers
David Hill (conductor)
BBC Recording

07:37

R STRAUSS
Potpourri from Die Schweigsame Frau
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Jeffery Tate (conductor)
EMI CDC7 54581-2 Tr 6

07:42

John WOOLRICH
Ulysses Awakes
Jane Atkins (viola)
Orchestra of St. John's, Smith Square
John Lubbock (conductor)
ASV CD DCA 1049 Tr 1

07:50

CHOPIN
Scherzo No.3 in C Sharp Minor
Stephen Hough (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67456 Tr 6

07:58

Richard FARRANT
Lord for thy Tender Mercy’s Sake
The Cambridge Singers
John Rutter (conductor)
COLLEGIUM COLCD 107 Tr 8

08:04

BACH
Courante (Partita in D Minor)
Thomas Zehetmair (violin)
WARNER 9031 76138 2 CD2 Tr 2

08:06

KABALEVSKY
Suite - The Comedians
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Sinaisky (conductor)
CHANDOS CHSAN 10052 Tr 5 – 14

08:22

LUDFORD
Agnus Dei (Missa Christi Virgo Dilectissima)
The Cardinall's Musick
Andrew Carwood (conductor)
ASV CD GAU 133 Tr 10

08:29

Orlando GOUGH
Birds on Fire (Part 2)
Fretwork
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907478 Tr 13

08:38

POULENC
Concerto for 2 pianos
Frank Braley & Eric le Sage (pianos)
Liege Philharmonic Orchestra
Stephane Deneve (conductor)
RCA 82876 603082 Tr 1 – 3

08:57

BOUZIGNAC
Jubilate Deo
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901471 Tr 13


SAT 09:00 CD Review (b00g3rvn)
Building a Library: R Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra Op. 30

Building a Library:
R Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra Op. 30

Reviewer - Chris de Souza

First choice:
(c/w Till Eulenspiegel Op. 28; Don Juan Op. 20; Salome Op. 54– Dance of the Seven Veils)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 447 4412 (CD, Mid Price)

CD Review BAL Catalogue Data
bal.strauss:
bal.strauss.also.sprach.zarathustra.op.30

09.05am

WEBER:; Preciosa J.279 from disc Weber Overtures
(c/w Euryanthe J.291; Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn, J.8; Oberon J.306; Der Beherrscher der Geister, J.122; Turandot: Overture and Act II March, J.75; Silvana, J.87; Jubel-Ouvertüre, J.245; Abu Hassan, J.106; Der Freischütz, J.277)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit (conductor)
Naxos 8.570296 (CD, Budget)

MOZART: Colloredo Serenade K. 203 from disc Mozart Serenades and Divertimento
(c/w Divertimento K.251; Serenade in D)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Janiczek (violin and director)
Linn Records CKD320 (SACD, Mid Price)

R. STRAUSS: Wiegenlied (Funf Lieder Op. 41) from disc Anna Netrebko Souvenirs
(c/w EMMERICH KALMAN: Heia, in den Bergen from The Gypsy Princess; RICHARD HEUBERGER: Im Chambre séparée from Der Opernball; LEHAR: Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss from Giuditta; GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER : Depuis le jour from Louise ; OFFENBACH: "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Barcarolle) from Les Contes d'Hoffmann; RICHARD STRAUSS: Cacilie, op. 27 no. 2; GRIEG: Solveigs Sang from Peer Gynt; ANDRÉ MESSAGER: Lorsque je n'étais qu'une enfant (Jacqueline)
from Fortunio; ANTONÍN DVORÁK: Kdyz mne stará matka (Songs my mother taught me), op. 55 no. 4 from Gypsy Melodies; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Ne veter, veya s vesote (Not the wind blowing from the heights), op. 43 no. 2; Plenivsis' rozoy, solovey (Enslaved by the rose), op. 2 no. 2; TRAD. JEWISH: Schlof sche, mein Vögele (Sleep well, my little bird);
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER: Pie Jesu from Requiem; REYNALDO HAHN: L'Énamouré (The Loved One); CARLOS GUASTAVINO: La rosa y el sauce (The Rose and the Willow); GERÓNIMO GIMÉNEZ: La tarántula é un bicho mú malo from La tempranica; LUIGI ARDITI: Il bacio (The Kiss))
Anna Netrebko (soprano) and other singers, Prague Philharmonia, Emmanuel Villaume (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 4777639 (CD)

09.30 am
Building a Library Recommendation

R. STRAUSS: Also Sprach Zarathustra Op. 30

Reviewer – Chris de Souza

Next week for the fist Building a Library of 2009 Simon Heighes examines recordings of Handel’s Dixit Dominus.

10.20 New Releases

BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in G BuxWV147; from disc Opera Omnia IX, Organ Works 4

Ton Koopman (Gercke/Herbst organ (1683), Dorfkirche, Basedow organ)
Challenge Classics CC72248 (CD)

CPE BACH: Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes (c/w Magnificat)
Basler Madrigalisten, L’arpa festante, Fritz Naf (conductor)
Carus 83.412 (Hybrid SACD)

JS BACH: Gavotte BWV 1006; HUBAY: Hejre Kati from disc Gipsy Way
(c/w Russian Fantasy; PABLO DE SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20; BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor; KHACHATURIAN: Sabre Dance; VITTORIO MONTI: Csárdás; GEORGES BOULANGER: Georgette in D major; Romanian “Hora” in F sharp major; GEORGES BOULANGER: Avant de Mourir; Old-hungarian Gipsy Song in C sharp minor; Fakó Csárdás in D flat major; Transylvanian Fantasy in E minor Encore; Gipsy Song “Náne Cócha”)
Pavel Sporcl (violin), Romano Stilo (Slovak Gypsy cimbalom band)
Supraphon SU3951-2 (CD)

DVORAK: Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor (Scherzo and Finale)
(c/w TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in A minor Op. 50)
Smetana Trio
Supraphon SU3949-2 (CD)

SHCHEDRIN: The Ancient Melodies of Russian Folksongs from disc Shchedrin: Music for Cello and Piano
(c/w Sonata; In the style of Albeniz; Quadrille)
Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Rodion Shchedrin (piano)
Nimbus NI5831 (CD)

LISZT: Totentanz
(c/w Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2)
Eldar Nebolsin (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
Naxos 8.570517 (CD, Budget)

MUNDY: Vox Patris Caelestis from disc Mary and Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey – Sisters in Hope of the Resurrection
(c/w TYE: Omnes gentes plaudite manibus; TALLIS: Videte miraculum; SHEPPARD: Libera nos I; The Second Service - Magnificat and Nunc dimittis; BYRD: Teach me, O Lord; Ne irascaris Domine; O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth; WHITE: Exaudiat te Dominus)
The Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O’Donnell (conductor)
Hyperion CDA67704 (CD)

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 6 (finale)
Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, Roger Norrington (conductor)
Hanssler Classic CD 93.219 (CD)

11.45am Disc of the Week

MOZART: Piano Concerto in F KV459
(c/w Piano Concerto in D minor K466)
Christian Zacharias (piano and director), Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
MDG 9401529 (Hybrid SACD)


SAT 12:15 Music Feature (b00g3rvq)
String Theory

International violinist Daniel Hope examines the mysteries of the violin. No one knows who invented it and it was often seen as the Devil's instrument, certainly one that most resembles the human voice and thought at one time to be able to steal men's souls. Exploring its history, Hope offers up his own thoughts on the violin's musical DNA, what he calls the 'soul and feeling of the violin' that can be traced back to countries as diverse as Mongolia, China, India and Arabia. As well as featuring music from the four corners of the world, the programme looks at the transformation of the bow as a tool of war to an instrument of music. And there's a rare chance for Daniel to get his hands on an early instrument built by a descendant of the Father of the Violin, Andrea Amati, on which he plays excerpts from the earliest published violin sonata, written in 1610.


SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00g3rvs)
15th-century English composer Nicholas Ludford

Lucie Skeaping talks to conductor Andrew Carwood about the music of the 15th-century English composer Nicholas Ludford. Often seen as bridging the gap between two more famous composers, Robert Fayrfax and John Taverner, he has been described by musicologist David Skinner as one of the last unsung geniuses of Tudor polyphony. Music featured is taken from some of Ludford's festal mass settings and includes a performance of his motet Domine Jesu Christe. The recordings were made especially for the programme by the BBC Singers conducted by Andrew Carwood.

Ludford: Ave cuius conception (extract)
The Cardinall's Musick
Conducted by Andrew Carwood
ASV CD GAU 131
Track 12

Ludford: Domine Jesu Christe
The BBC Singers
Conducted by Andrew Carwood
(BBC recording)

Ludford: Kyrie from Lady Mass (Feria iii)
The BBC Singers
Conducted by Andrew Carwood
(BBC recording)

Ludford: Gloria from Missa videte miraculum
The BBC Singers
Conducted by Andrew Carwood
(BBC recording)

Segue to:

Ludford: Credo from Lady Mass (Feria iii)
The BBC Singers
Conducted by Andrew Carwood
(BBC recording)

Ludford: Sanctus/Benedictus from Missa Christi Virgo
The BBC Singers
Conducted by Andrew Carwood
(BBC recording)

Segue to:

Ludford: Agnus Dei from Lady Mass (Feria iii)
The BBC Singers
Conducted by Andrew Carwood
(BBC recording).


SAT 14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00g9nhn)
Belcea Quartet

A concert given by the Belcea Quartet in May 2008 at the Wigmore Hall in London. The programme contrasts two masterpieces of the quartet repertoire, the concentrated minature movements of Webern's Op 5 and Schubert's wide-ranging and tragic Death and the Maiden. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Webern: 5 Movements, Op 5. Schubert: String Quartet in D minor (Death and the Maiden).


SAT 15:00 World Routes (b00g3rxj)
World Routes in North East Brazil

Forro, coco and cowboys

Lucy Duran travels to rural North East Brazil, going in search of traditional Forro, a style of country music much-loved there but little-known outside. And, travelling deeper inland towards the Sertao - Brazil's wild semi-desert area - she has a chance encounter with some singing cowboys.


SAT 16:00 Jazz Library (b00g3tfr)
Earl Hines

To coincide with 2008's 105th anniversary of the swing bandleader's birth, pianist Martin Litton joins Alyn Shipton to select the highlights from a number of new reissues of Earl Hines's music. Considered one of the most accomplished pianists in jazz, Hines's work has, in recent years, tended to be eclipsed by that of other swing bandleaders, although there has now been a revival in interest in it.

Including:

DISC 1
Title Rosetta
Artist Earl Hines
Composer Hines / Woode
Album The Quintessence
Label Fremaux
Number FA 237 CD 2 Track 5

Personnel: Charlie Allen, George Dixon, t; Walter Fuller, t, voc; Louis Taylor, William Franklin, tb; Darnell Howard, Omer Simeon, Cecil Irwin, Jimmy Mundy, reeds; Earl Hines, p; Lawrence Dixon, g; Quinn Wilson, b; Wallace Bishop, d. 12 Dec 1934

DISC 2
Title Glad Rag Doll
Artist Earl Hines
Composer Hines
Album Deep Forest
Label Chant Du Monde
Number 2741465 CD 1 Track 11

Personnel: Earl Hines, p.

DISC 3
Title Weather Bird
Artist Earl Hines and Louis Armstrong
Composer Armstrong
Album The Quintessence
Label Fremaux
Number FA 237 CD 1 Track 4

Personnel: Louis Armstrong, t; Earl Hines, p. 5 Dec 1928.
[Also on The Earl: Original Recordings 1928-41, Naxos)

DISC 4
Title Caution Blues (Blues in Thirds)
Artist Earl Hines
Composer Hines
Album The Quintessence
Label Fremaux
Number FA 237 CD 1 Track 7

Personnel: Earl Hines, p. 9 Dec 1928.
[Also on The Earl: Original Recordings 1928-41, Naxos)

DISC 5
Title Blues in Thirds
Artist Sidney Bechet Trio
Composer Hines
Album The Quintessence
Label Fremaux
Number FA 237 CD 1 Track 16

Personnel: Sidney Bechet, cl, Earl Hines, p; Baby Dodds, d. 6 Sep 1940.

DISC 6
Title The Father’s Getaway
Artist Earl Hines
Composer Hines
Album The Quintessence
Label Fremaux
Number FA 237 CD 1 Track 12

Personnel: Earl Hines, p. 29 Jul 1929

DISC 7
Title Grand Terrace Shuffle
Artist Earl Hines
Composer Hines
Album The Quintessence
Label Fremaux
Number FA 237 CD 2 Track 10

Personnel: Edward Simms, Milton Fletcher, George Dixon, t; Walter Fuller, t, voc; Edward Burke, John Streamline Ewing, Joe McLewis, tb; Leroy Harris, Robert Crowder, Omer Simeon, Budd Johnson, reeds; Earl Hines, p; Claude Roberts, g; Quinn Wilson, b; Alvin Burroughs, d. 12 July 1939

DISC 8
Title Let’s Get Started
Artist Earl Hines
Composer Hines, Cook
Album The Quintessence
Label Fremaux
Number FA 237 CD 2 Track 18

Personnel: Willie Cook, Palmer Davis, Art Walker, Bill Douglas; t; Pappy Smithm Bennie Green, Cliff Smalls, tb; Scoops Carry, Lloyd Smith, Kermit Scott, Wardell Gray, John Williams, reeds; Bill Thompson, vib; Earl Hines, p; Rene Hall, g; Gene Thomas, b; Chick Booth, d. May/Jun 1946

DISC 9
Title My Monday Date
Artist Loiuis Armstrong All Stars
Composer Hines
Album California Concerts
Label MCA
Number CD 1 Track 12

Personnel: Armstrong, t; Barney Bigard, cl; Jack Teagarden, tb; Hines, p; Arvell Shaw, b; Cozy Cole, d, Pasadena Civic Auditoriium, 1951.

DISC 10
Title I Never Knew
Artist Earl Hines
Composer Pitt, Eagen, Marsh, Whiteman
Album Tour De Force
Label Black Lion
Number 760 140 Track 4

Personnel, Earl Hines, p; 29 Nov 1972.

DISC 11
Title In My Solitude (from Duke Ellington Medley)
Artist Earl Hines
Composer Ellington
Album Live in Orange
Label Black and Blue
Number BB 967-2 Track 7 (final part)

Personnel: Earl Hines, p. 12 July 1974.


SAT 17:00 Jazz Record Requests (b00g3tft)
With Geoffrey Smith

Including:

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)

High Noon (Dimitri Tiomkin) (2'35'')
Performed by Bernie Glow, Stan Fishelson, Nick Travis (tp) Frank Rehak, Jim Dahl (tb) Gene Quill (as) Morty Lewis (ts) Sol Schlinger (bar) Hal Schaefer (p) Chet Amsterdam (b) Stan Webb (reeds) Charlie Persip (d)
Recorded NY, April 1958
Taken from the album Showcase
LP (London HAT 2147; Side 1 / Track 6)

Rug Cutter's Swing (Henry "Red" Allen) (2'47'')
Performed by Russell Henry "Red" Allen (tp) Claude Jones (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Russell Procope, Hilton Jefferson (as) Horace Henderson (p,arr) Lawrence "Larry" Lucie (g) Elmer James (b) Walter Johnson (d)
Recorded New York, September 25, 1934
Taken from the album Swing Out
1996 CD (Topaz TPZ 1037; Track 17)

Denomination Blues (Washington Phillips) (5’30’’)
Performed by Washington Phillips (dolceola,vcl)
Recorded Dec 5 1927
Taken from the album I Am Born to Preach the Gospel
1991 CD (Yazoo YAZOO2003(1); Track 8)

Just One More Chance (Arthur Johnston / Sam Coslow) (3'10'')
Performed by Lucky Thompson and his Lucky Seven:
Neal Hefti (tp) Benny Carter (as,arr,comp) Lucky Thompson (ts) Bob Lawson (bar) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Red Callender (b) Lell Young (d)
Recorded Los Angeles, April 22 1947
Taken from the album Esquire All-American Hot Jazz Sessions
1989 CD (Bluebird ND 86757(1))

Streets of London (McTell) (3'23")
Performed by The Neo-Troglodytes: Wally Fawkes (clt), Colin Smith (tpt), Campbell Burnap (voc, tbn), Doug Murray (pno), Tony Desborough (bs), Derek Hogg (dms)
Recorded 25 November 1978, Eltham
Taken from the album The Neo-Troglodytes
1979 LP (Dawn Club DCS 33.001, side 1 track 2)

African Mailman (Nina Simone) (3'07'')
Performed by Nina Simone (p) Jimmy Bond (b) Albert "Tootie" Heath (d)
Recorded New York, 1957
Taken from the album Nina Simone
1999 CD (Charly CDGR295(1); Track 14)

Ko-didi (Victor Williams) (7'30'')
Performed by Mongezi Feza (tp) Dudu Pukwana (as) Victor Williams (p,el-p,voice) Peter Cowling (b-g) John Stevens (d) Bob (cga)
Recorded London October 14 & 15 and November 30 1974
Taken from the album Flute Music
LP (Caroline CA 2005. Side 1 / Track 3)

Blue Chopsticks (Herbie Nichols) (6’12’’)
Performed by Roswell Rudd (tb) Steve Lacy (sop) Misha Mengelberg (p) Kent Carter (b) Han Bennink (d)
Recorded Milan, Italy, Jun 25 & 26 1982
Taken from the album Regeneration
LP (Soul Note SN1054; Side 1 / Track 1)

Black Coffee (Sonny Burke / Paul Francis Webster) (7’47’’)
Performed by Sonny Criss (as) Walter Davis (p) Paul Chambers (b) Alan Dawson (d)
Recorded NY, Oct 21 1966
Taken from the album This is Criss
1990 CD (Prestige OJCCD4302(1); Track 1)

All Night Dance (Bennie Wallace) (5'45'')
Performed by Ray Anderson (tb) Bennie Wallace (ts) Rabbit Edmonds (sax) Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack (p) Stevie Ray Vaughan (el-g) Bob Cranshaw (el-b) Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (d)
Recorded NY early 1985
Taken from the album Twilight Time
LP (Blue Note BT 85107; Side 1 / Track 1)

Skin Deep (Louie Bellson) (6'46'')
Performed by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra:
Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson (tp) Ray Nance (tp) Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, Juan Tizol (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts) Russell Procope (as,cl) Hilton Jefferson, Paul Gonsalves (as) Harry Carney (bar) Duke Ellington (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Louie Bellson (d)
Recorded NY August 12 1952
Taken from the album Ellington Uptown
CD (Columbia/Legacy 512917 2; Track 1)

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Jazz Record Requests
Presented by Geoffrey Smith
Producer: Benedict Warren
Saturday 27 December 2008 5pm–6 pm


SAT 18:00 Opera on 3 (b00g3tfw)
Puccini: La fanciulla del West

Puccini's La fanciulla del West in a production by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

The cloudy mountains of Wild West California at the height of the Gold Rush form the setting for La Fanciulla del West, the most vivdly cinematic of Puccini's operas. Its characters come from the ends of the earth to the Polka Saloon, where they gather to drink, gamble, gossip and fight. The mining camp is full of men, with just one woman, the owner of the saloon, Minnie. She is a scripture-reading innocent, admired and respected by everybody. Into this environment comes Dick Johnson, in reality Ramirez, a bandit on the run. Despite her better instincts, Minnie falls for him, much to the annoyance of Jack Rance the sheriff, who fancies Minnie himself. Rance hunts Johnson down and is about to have him lynched, when Minnie finds a way to save him.

Presented by Martin Handley, with guest Alexandra Wilson.

Minnie ...... Eva-Maria Westbroek (soprano)
Dick Johnson ...... Jose Cura (tenor)
Jack Rance ...... Silvano Carroli (baritone)
Nick ...... Bonaventura Bottone (tenor)
Ashby ...... Eric Halfvarson (bass)
Jake Wallace ...... Vuyani Mline (bass)
Sonora ...... Daniel Sutin (baritone)
Trin ...... Hubert Francis (tenor)
Bello ...... Kostas Smoriginas (bass-baritone)
Happy ...... Quentin Hayes (bass)
Joe ...... Harry Nicoll (tenor)
Larkens ...... Andrew Foster-Williams (baritone)
Harry ...... Robert Murray (tenor)
Sid ...... Adrian Clarke (baritone)
Billy Jackrabbit ...... Graeme Danby (bass)
Wowkle ...... Clare Shearer (soprano)
Jose Castro ...... Jeremy White (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Antonio Pappano (conductor).


SAT 21:00 Between the Ears (b00g3tfy)
Woven in Time

An evocative and poetic story about black female identity as told through the words of poets Zena Edwards and Khadijah Ibrahiim, and the lives of women in an Afro-Caribbean hair salon: a place where women congregate over several hours to shape their outer selves with intricate new hairstyles of corn rows, dreadlock and weaves, and share their inner selves as they socialise and ponder the trials of life.

Taking the themes of woven hair and woven lives, of history and culture, the programme explores the link between the changing politics of black female identity, notions of black beauty, and how this has been expressed through hair to the present day.

Zena Edwards has been commissioned to write new poetic narratives for the programme.

Producer: Ella-Mai Robey
(R).


SAT 21:30 Paradise Lost (b00grsqx)
Episode 6

Read by Anton Lesser.

Michael continues to explain to Adam the conflict with Satan and his Angels, ending with their expulsion from heaven following the victory by the Messiah.


SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b00g3tgs)
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2008

Highlights from the 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby presents highlights from the 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Bryn Harrison's substantial new work for the festival Repetitions in Extended Time takes centre stage alongside Peter Adriaansz's Prana and the Matthew Adkins-curated [60] Project.

Peter Adriaansz - Prana (17:24) excerpts
Percussion Group The Hague
The Netherlands Vocal Laboratory
Catch
Tuesday 25 November, Bates Mill

Silent Noisy Music – excerpts
Wilhem Latchoumia (Piano Baschet-Malbos)
Crank: Scott McLaughlin, James Saunders, Nick Williams (music box)
Tuesday 25 November, Creative Arts Building Recital Hall

[60] PROJECT (World Premiere) excerpts
Curated, mixed and performed by Mathew Adkins
Friday 28 November, North Light Gallery

Bryn Harrison - Repetitions in Extended Time (46:48)
ensemble plus-minus
Sunday 23 November, St Paul's Hall