SATURDAY 02 MAY 2009

SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b00k1193)
Susan Sharpe

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Sonata in G minor
1.15am
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992): Theme et variations
1.25am
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953): Sonata No 2 in D, Op 94a
1.48am
Massenet, Jules (1842-1912), arr. Marsick: Meditation (Thais)
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Huw Watkins (piano)

1.54am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Davidde Penitente, K469 - cantata for two sopranos, tenor, choir and orchestra
Krisztina Laki, Nicole Fallien (sopranos)
Hans-Peter Blochwitz (tenor)
Netherlands Chamber Choir
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)

2.42am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV1051
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)

3.00am
Stobaeus, Johann (1580-1646): Du bist meine Zuversicht - psalm motet for six voices
3.04am
Eccard, Johannes (1553-1611): Cui pia contingit divino munere conjunx - wedding song for six voices
Ensemble Weser-Renaissance (voices and continuo)
Manfred Cordes (conductor)

3.08am
Naumann, Johann Gottlieb (1741-1801): Concerto in B flat for harpsichord and orchestra, C1137
Gerald Hambitzer (harpsichord)
Concerto Koln

3.23am
Dobrzynski, Ignacy Feliks (1807-1867): String Quartet No 1 in E minor, Op 7
Camerata Quartet

3.53am
Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915): Fantasy in A minor for two pianos
Aglika Genova, Liuben Dimitrov (pianos)

3.58am
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943): Italian Polka for two pianos
Ruta Ibelhauptiene, Zbignevas Ibelhauptas (pianos)

4.01am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Luonnotar, Op 70 - tone poem for soprano and orchestra
Soile Isokoski (soprano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

4.09am
Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918): South Ostrobothnian Suite No 2, Op 20
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula (conductor)

4.33am
Gilson, Paul (1865-1942): Suite Nocturne, d'apres Aloysius Bertrand
Josef de Beenhouwer (piano)

4.49am
Mosonyi, Mihaly (1814-1870): Unnepi zene (Festival music)
Hungarian Radio Orchestra
Adam Medveczky (conductor)

5.00am
Svendsen, Johann (1840-1911): Festival Polonaise for orchestra, Op 12
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Philippe Jordan (conductor)

5.10am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Ewig einsam/Wenn du einst die Gauen (Guntram, Op 25)
Ben Heppner (tenor)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)

5.23am
Anon (c.1590): Selections from the Susanne van Soldt manuscript
Okke Dijkhuizen (organ)

5.30am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Six Variations on a Folk Melody
Bulgarian Academic Wind Quintet

5.38am
Saebelmann-Kunileid, Aleksander (1845-1875), (lyrics: Koidula, Lydia): Mu Isamaa On Minu Arm (My Fatherland, you are my love)
5.41am
Saebelmann-Kunileid (lyrics: Koidula): Sind Surmani (Until I die)
Estonian Radio Mixed Choir
Toomas Kapten (conductor)

5.45am
Stoyanov, Veselin (1902-1969): Concerto in F minor
Valentin Stefanov (violin)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jordan Dafov (conductor)

6.06am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Keyboard Sonata in C, H XVI 16 35
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

6.18am
Vladigerov, Pancho (1899-1978): Improvisation and Toccata for orchestra, Op 36
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Vladigerov (conductor)

6.31am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Introduction and Allegro appassionato, Op 92
Ivan Palovic (piano)
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

6.48am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Terpsichore - ballet music (excerpt)
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor).


SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b00k4g2y)
Suzy Klein

With Suzy Klein.

7.04

TRAD
Put Out Your Cigarettes And Dance
Adam Summerhayes, violin
Emil Chakalov, violin
London Concertante
CHANDOS10453 T1

7.08

Johann STRAUSS II
Fledermaus Overture
Vienna Symphony
Willi Boskovsky
EMI55691 T1

7.17

MENDELSSOHN
Presto from Octet in Eb Op 20
Primavera Chamber Ensemble
ASV3066 T4

7.23

BRITTEN
Le roi s’en va-t’en chasse
Felicity Palmer, mezzo
Endymion Ensemble
John Whitfield
EMI65114 T6

7.27

JS BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Gobel
ARCHIV447287 T5-7

7.39

Sara TAVARES
Ponto di Luz
WHITELABEL T3

7.43

DVORAK
Violin Sonata in F, Op 57 – Last Mvt
Jack Liebeck, violin
Katya Apekisheva, piano
SONY WHITELABEL T6

7.50

ROSSINI
Thieving Magpie Overture
LSO
Pierro Gamba
DECCA3433606 T1

8.03

SCHOENFIELD
Four Parables: Dog Heaven
Andrew Russo, piano
Prague Philharmonia
JoAnn Falletta
BLACKBOX1109 T4

8.11

SCHUBERT
Der Wanderer
Jonathan Lemalu, bass baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
EMI5203 T8

8.17

ANDERSON
Goldilocks: Lady in Waiting Waltz
BBC Concert Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin
NAXOS559382 T18

8.21

HANDEL
Organ Concerto in F: Cuckoo and Nightingale
Simon Preston, organ
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock
ARCHIV419634 T1-4

8.35

VERDI
Ave Maria
Swedish Radio Choir
Stockholm Chamber Choir
Riccardo Muti
EMI47066 T1

8.41

WEBER
Der Freischutz Overture
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev
DG453486 T5

8.53

TCHAIKOVSKY
Waltz from Act 1 of Sleeping Beauty
RPO
Vassily Petrenko
AVIE2139 T13


SAT 09:00 CD Review (b00k4g30)
Building a Library: Dvorak: New World Symphony

Building a Library:
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor From The New World, Op. 95

Reviewer - Rob Cowan

First choice:
(c/w DVORAK: In Nature´s Realm. Overture from the Cycle of Concert Overtures, Op. 91; Othello. Overture from the Cycle of Concert Overtures, Op. 93)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ancerl (conductor)
Supraphon SU 3662-2 011 (CD, Mid Price)

CD Review BAL Catalogue Data
bal.dvorak:
bal.dvorak.symphony.no.9.from.the.new.world.op.95

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

In this week’s programme (timings are approximate):

09.05am

J. HAYDN: Missa Cellensis (Grosse Mariazeller Messe) C-Dur Hob. XXII:5 (Kyrie I – Christe eleison – Kyrie II)
Lydia Teuscher (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (alto), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Harry van der Kamp (bass), Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel (conductor)
Carus 83.247 (CD)

J. HAYDN: Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) Hob. XXI:3 (Nr. 8 Freudenlied)
Genia Kuhmeier (soprano), Werner Gura (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88697 28126 2 (2 CDs)

09.30 am Building a Library Recommendation

DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor From The New World, Op. 95

Reviewer – Rob Cowan

First choice recommendation:
(c/w DVORAK: In Nature´s Realm. Overture from the Cycle of Concert Overtures, Op. 91; Othello. Overture from the Cycle of Concert Overtures, Op. 93)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ancerl (conductor)
Supraphon SU 3662-2 011 (CD, Mid Price)

Next week Piers Burton-Page compares recordings of Mendelssohn Octet Op. 20.

10.25 am Recent Releases

Stella del nostro mar
PETRUS: Ave Maria, virgo serena; MOUTON: Ave fuit prima salus; O Maria, virgo pia; PENALOSA: Sancta mater istud agas; ISSAC: Alma redemptoris mater; Sub tuum praesidium; O praeclarissima; GALANTE: Stella del nostro mar; SENFL: Virgo prudentissima; WILLAERT: Ave Maria, gratia plena; JOSQUIN: Gaude virgo mater Christi; GUBANOV: Benedicta et venerabilis
Cantica Symphonia
Glossa GCD P31905 (CD)

Vespro della beata Vergine
MAZZOCCHI: Psalmi Vespertini binis choris concinendi (Roma, 1648); Sacri flores Op. 1; CARISSIMI: Exsurge cor meum; O dulcissimum Mariae nomen; Salve Regina; FRESCOBALDI: Canzona a due cori; PALESTRINA: Ave maris stella
Cantus Cölln, Concerto Palatino, Konrad Junghanel (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 902001 (CD)

A Spotless Rose
TAVENER: A Hymn to the Mother of God; JOSQUIN: Ave Maria, virgo serena; STRAVINSKY: Ave Maria; SWAYNE: Magnificat I; MOUTON: Nesciens Mater; ANON: Ther is no rose of swych vertu; HOWELLS: A Spotless Rose; ADES: The Fayrfax Carol; PALESTRINA: Stabat Mater; MACMILLAN: Seinte Mari Moder Milde; GRIEG: Ave Maris Stella; BAX: Mater ora filium; GORECKI: Totus tuus
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 447 7635 (CD)

GORECKI: Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’
Christine Brewer (soprano), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor)
Telarc CD-80699 (CD)

10.55 am New Releases

Hilary Finch talks us through some recent releases of chamber music. With extracts from the following discs:

BRAHMS: String Quartet Op. 51, No 1; Piano Quintet Op. 34
Arcanto Quartet, Silke Avenhaus (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 902000 (CD)

JANACEK: String Quartet No. 1 ‘The Kreutzer Sonata’; String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’; MARTINU: Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola H. 313
Emerson Quartet
Deutsche Grammophon 477 8093 (CD)

IMOGEN HOLST: Phantasy Quartet; Duo for viola and piano; String Trio No. 1; The Fall of the Leaf; Sonata for violin and cello; String Quintet
Court Lane Music
Court Lane Music CLM 37601 (CD, Mid Price)

NIELS GADE: Violin Sonata No. 3 in B Flat Major Op. 59; Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Minor Op. 21; Violin Sonata No.1 in A Major Op. 6
Christina Astrand (violin), Per Salo (piano)
DaCapo 8.226066 (CD)

11.35 am Disc of the Week

HANDEL: Clori, Tirsi e Fileno (Cor fedele, in vano speri) HWV 96 [Vol 5 of Italian Cantatas]
Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Yetzabel Arias Fernandez (soprano), Romina Basso (alto), La Risonanza, Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & director)
Glossa GCD 921525 (CD)


SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b00k4g32)
Felicity Palmer and Anish Kapoor

Tom Service interviews versatile mezzo-soprano Felicity Palmer about her career, which has featured repertoire spanning more than 300 years, both in the concert hall and the opera house. She is to perform the role Mrs Sedley in a new production of Britten's Peter Grimes at English National Opera in 2009.

Tom also visits the Brighton Festival 2009 to talk to artist Anish Kapoor, its guest artistic director, who has collaborated on a challenging music programme to go with the rest of the event. Is this the way forward for artistic festivals in the future?


SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00k4g34)
Ensemble Tourbillon and Noemi Kiss

Lucie Skeaping introduces highlights of a concert by Ensemble Tourbillon and soprano Noemi Kiss, directed by viol player Petr Wagner. The concert was given in 2009 in the Rozmberk Palace in Prague Castle and includes arias and sonatas by Fux, Porsile and Abel.

Playlist:

All music performed by the Tourbillon Ensemble, directed by Petr Wagner, with soprano Noemi Kiss.

Johann Joseph Fux: So che piace (Il fonte della salute)

Fux: Sonata Canon for two violas da gamba
Petr Wagner, Hana Flekova (violas da gamba)

Fux: Arpeggio and Fugue in G for solo harpsichord
Alena Honigova (harpsichord)

Giuseppe Porsile: La bella ragione (L'anima immortale)

Mauritius Vogt: Perfida mundi pax

Fux: Sento nel core (La decima fatica d'Ecole)

Attilio Ariosti: Prole tenera (La profezia d'Eliseo)

Carl Friedrich Abel: Frena le belle lagrime (Sifari).


SAT 14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00k00vc)
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) and Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

From Wigmore Hall, London. Presented by Fiona Talkington.

A concert by the all-French duo of cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and pianist Alexandre Tharaud.

Webern: Three short pieces
Brahms: Sonata No 1, Op 38
Debussy: La plus que lente
Berg: Four Pieces for cello and piano, Op 5
Debussy: Sonata for cello and piano.


SAT 15:00 World Routes (b00k4g36)
Oumou Sangare

Presented by Lucy Duran
Produced by James Parkin

Saturday 2nd May 2009

Line-up:
Oumou Sangare (vocals)
Souleymane Sidibe (calabash)
Sekou Bah (bass guitar)
Hamane Toure (guitar)
Brehima ‘Benego’ Diakite (kamel ngoni)
Aliou Dante (drums)
Cheick Oumar Diabate (djembe)
Amadou Traore (flute)
Dandio Sidibe (backing vocals)
Fatoumata Diawara (backing vocals)

1. Sounsoumba (Sangare, Arr. Cheick Tidiane Seck)

2. Iyo djeli (Sangare, Arr. Massambou Wele Diallo)

3. Seya (Arr. Sangare/Cheick Tidiane Seck)

Interview with Oumou Sangare

4. Donso (Trad, Arr. Sangare)

5. Kounandya (Sangare, Arr. Cheick Tidiane Seck)

6. Mogo Kele (Sangare, Arr. Massambou Wele Diallo)

7. Yalla (Sangare)

All recordings made by engineers James Birtwistle and Simon Tindall

LUCY DURAN, who has studied the music of Oumou Sangare for many years, writes the following notes about the songs we hear in this concert programme from the Barbican Hall.

Oumou’s song texts are deeply metaphorical and philosophical, reflecting the common beliefs and discourses of Malians, as a way of provoking them to think more critically about their values - especially regarding women.

SOUNSOUMBA is the name of a large tree of the savannah. The song compares a young woman to this proud tree, until she is forced to marry, when she shrinks to a small stunted tree. When women marry in the villages of Wasulu, they have to leave their parental home and move in with their husband’s family, often far away. The song reflects on the isolation and grief this causes.

IYO DJELI (celebrating of the art of the griot). In this song, Oumou pays tribute to Djekani Djeli, a griot woman singer who lived in Wasulu in the 1960s. The song talks of one of the great problems that female artists in Mali face, even to this day: the belief that women who pursue a profession will be unable to have children. To be childless in Mali is to be stigmatised, which is what people said would happen to Djekani Djeli, only because she was a singer. Until one day, God gave her a child! Oumou draws parallels with her own decision to become a singer, thanking her mother for her support, and she avows that she too will always sing for those who are “true men”.

SEYA (joy). In this song, the title track of her most recent album, her first in six years, Oumou celebrates her joyful return to the Malian public. She talks of her pleasure in ordering her clothes when she visits the tailors, and the coquettish way of wearing a skirt low on the hips. In Mali, all women have their clothes specially tailored, to individual designs; this is one way in which they can express their own identity. She describes how young girls go to the market wearing their waist beads, being flirtatious; in short, this is a song celebrating female sensuality and the right of women to enjoy themselves in public.

DONSO (hunter). This song reaches deep into one of Mali’s oldest and most revered cultural traditions, that of the hunters’ associations. Hunters are regarded as healers and protectors, upholding the true values of Mande society across the centuries. Oumou uses the special musical style of Wasulu hunters’ songs, usually only performed by men, featuring the loping rhythms of the 6-string hunters’ harp and scraper. She laments the early death of several great artists from Wasulu, including Allata Brulaye, whom many credit with the invention of the kamalengoni, the youth harp that has become the trademark of her own music. She also laments the death of her own father, Bari Sangare. Death is hard, but it teaches us wisdom and forgiveness.

KOUNADYA (good fortune). Many Malian songs reflect on the nature of destiny. This one says, if you are lucky enough to be blessed with good fortune, either in your marriage, your health, or your profession, don’t take it for granted - use it wisely, be grateful, and don’t be selfish. Oh, good fortune!

MOGO KELE (one person). This song is about the brevity of life and the need to do something of importance in the short moment we have in the world. Oumou sings: There have been many great leaders and warriors in Mali’s pre-colonial past, but their time is over. Banzoumana Sissoko, Mali’s “old lion”, a great musician, was a brave and uncompromising critic of Mali’s rulers, but his time has gone. You cannot dwell on what others have done - you must do some things yourself. Malians, what are you thinking of? Get on with it!

YALA (roaming). This is the only song featured in this programme that is not from her recent album SEYA. It was first released in 2002 on a local cassette in Mali and became a huge hit. It warns young people of the dangers they face when tempted by city nightlife: drugs, alcohol, even prostitution. Oumou criticises men who are out womanising, bringing nothing but problems, but women don’t get off lightly either: she compares those who go out roaming the streets at night to a dog looking for a bone to chew.


SAT 16:00 Jazz Library (b00k4g38)
Listener Feedback

In his regular roundup of suggestions from listeners, Alyn Shipton presents music to add to Jazz Library's recommendations. With essential tracks by Dexter Gordon and Gene Krupa as well as more music by the late Ian Carr. There is also an archive interview with Neil Ardley, one of Carr's long-term musical compatriots.

Playlist:

DISC 1
Title: Dark Eyes
Artist: Gene Krupa Trio
Composer: Trad
Album: Gene Krupa Story
Label: Proper
Number: Properbox 1 CD 3, Tr 7
Personnel: Gene Krupa (drums, leader); Charlie Ventura (tenor saxophone); Teddy Napoleon (piano). 8 March 1945

DISC 2
Title: Blame it on My Youth
Artist: Art Farmer
Composer: Levant/Hayman
Album: Blame It On My Youth
Label: Contemporary
Number: 14042, Tr 1
Personnel: Art Farmer (flugelhorn); James Williams (piano); Rufus Reid (bass), Victor Lewis (drums). Feb
1988

DISC 3
Title: Shiny Stockings
Artist: Karin Krog/Dexter Gordon
Composer: Foster/Hendricks
Album: Some Other Spring
Label: Meantime
Number: MR10, Tr 8
Personnel: Karin Krog (violin); Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone); Kenny Drew (piano); Niels Henning Ortsed
Pedersen (bass); Espen Rud (drums). Rec 1970

DISC 4
Title: Torso
Artist: Nucleus
Composer: Ian Carr
Album: Solar Plexus/Belladonna
Label: BGO
Number: 566 CD 1, Tr 5
Personnel: Ian Carr, Kenny Wheeler (trumpets); Brian Smith (sopranos, tenor saxophone, flute); Tony Roberts (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet); Karl Jenkins (keyboard); Chris Spedding (guitar); Jeff Clyne (bass); Ron Matthewson (bass guitar); John Marshall (drums); Chris Karan (percussion); Keith Winter, VCS3 synthesiser. Rec: Dec 14/15, 1970

DISC 5
Title: Le dejeuner sur l'herbe
Artist: New Jazz Orchestra, dir Neil Ardley
Composer: Ardley
Album: Impressed 2, with Gilles Peterson
Label: Verve
Number: 982 014-2, Tr 5
Personnel: Ian Carr, Derek Watkins, Henry Lowther, Harry Beckett (trumpets); John Mumford, Mike Gibbs, Derek Wadsworth (trombones); George Smith (tuba); Barbara Thompson, Dave Gelly, Jim Philip, Dick Heckstall-Smith (reeds); Frank Ricotti (vibraphone); Jack Bruce (bass); Jon Hiseman (drums). Sept 1968

DISC 6
Title: No Moon at All
Artist: Brad Mehldau
Composer: Evans, Mann
Album: Day Is Done
Label: Nonesuch
Number: 79910-2, Tr 10
Personnel: Brad Mehldau (piano); Larry Grenadier (bass); Jeff Ballard (drums). 2005

DISC 7
Title: Half Past Late
Artist: Michael Brecker
Composer: Brecker
Album: Time is of the Essence
Label: Verve
Number: 547 8442, Tr 3
Personnel: Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone); Pat Metheny (guitar); Larry Goldings (organ), Bill Stewart (drums). 1999

DISC 8
Title: Hot House
Artist: Tete Montoliu
Composer: Tad Dameron
Album: Hot House
Label: Steeplechase
Number SCCD 37027/28 CD 2, Tr 6
Personnel: Tete Montoliu (piano); NHOP (bass); Tootie Heath (drums). May 1974.


SAT 17:00 Jazz Record Requests (b00k99h9)
Jazz Record Requests
Presented by Geoffrey Smith
Saturday 2 May 2009 5pm–6pm

JRR Signature Tune:
Oh, but on the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues) (Wynton Marsalis)
Performed by Wynton Marsalis (tp), Marcus Roberts (p), Todd Williams (ts), Dr Michael White (cl), Danny Barker (bj), Teddy Riley (tp), Freddie Lonzo (tb), Reginald Veal (b), Herlin Riley (d)
Recorded 28 October 1988
Taken from the album The Majesty of the Blues
1989 CD (CBS 465129 2)

Alexander’s Ragtime Band (Irving Berlin) (2:58)
Performed by Bessie Smith (v) Joe Smith (ct) Jimmy Harrison (tb) Coleman Hawkins (cl) Fletcher Henderson (p) Charlie Dixon (bj)
Recorded 2 March 1927, New York City
Taken from the album The Essential Bessie Smith
1997 CD (Columbia/Legacy 487398 2 Disc 2 Track 1)

Stevedore Stomp (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) (2:45)
Performed by Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra: Cootie Williams, Louis Metcalf, Arthur Whetsol (tp) Joe ‘Tricky Sam’ Nanton (tb) Barney Bigard, Harry Carney (reeds) Otto Hardwick (cl, ss, as, bs) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (bj) Wellman Braud (b) Sonny Greer (d)
Recorded 7 March 1929, New York
Taken from the album Jubilee Stomp
1992 CD (Bluebird 74321101532 Track 5)

The Campbells are Swinging (Trad. Arr. Clinton) (3:46)
Performed by The Big 18: Yank Lawson, Buck Clayton, Charlie Shavers, Rex Stewart (tp) Bob Ascher, Sy Berger, Lou McGarity, Dickie Wells (tb) Watt Levinsky (as, cl) Hymie Shertzer (as) Sam Donahue, Boomie Richman (ts) Ernie Caceres (bs) Johnny Guarnieri (p) Barry Galbraith (g) Russ Savakus (b) Don Lamond (d)
Recorded 15 July 1958, New York City
Taken from the album The Swing Collection
LP (RCA DPS 2058/A S2/5)

There Will Never Be Another You (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) (5:10)
Performed by Lester Young (ts) Bill Potts (p) Norman Williams (b) Jim Lucht (d)
Recorded 7 & 8 December 1956, Washington DC
Taken from the album Lester Young in Washington, D.C. 1956, Vol. 3
LP (Pablo 2308 228 S2/2)

Little David’s Fugue (John Lewis) (5:34)
Performed by Modern Jazz Society: J.J Johnson (tb) Guther Schuller (fh) James Politis (ft) Aaron Sachs (cl) Lucky Thompson (ts) Manuel Zegler (bs) Janet Putnam (harp) Percy Heath (b) Connie Kay (d) John Lewis (arr)
Recorded 14 March 1955, New York City
Taken from the album A Concert of Contemporary Music
1999 CD (Verve 5598272(1) Track 1)

Punkin’ (Shorty Rogers) (3:18)
Performed by Louis Bellson (d) Willie Smith (as) Harry Carney (bs) Juan Tizol (tb) Billy Strayhorn (p) Clark Terry (tp) Wardell Gray (ts) Wendell Marshall (b) John Graas (fh)
Recorded February 1952, Los Angeles
Taken from the album Capital Jazz Classics Vol. 6 All Star Sessions
LP (Capitol M 11031. B5)

Isn’t This a Lovely Day? (Irving Berlin, Fred Astaire) (3:54)
Performed by Stacey Kent (v) Jim Tomlinson (sx, cl) Colin Oxley (g) Dave Newton (p) Simon Thorpe (b) and Steve Brown (d)
Recorded 26 & 27 July 1999, England
Taken from the album Let Yourself Go Celebrating Fred Astaire
1999 CD (Candid CCD 79764 Track 4)

Green Dolphin Street (Bronislau Kaper) (5:42)
Performed by Eric Dolphy (as, bc, ft) Freddie Hubbard (tp) Jackie Byard (p) George Tucker (b) Roy Haynes (d)
Recorded 1 April 1960, New York City
Taken from the album Outward Bound
1987 CD (New Jazz OJCCD0222(1) Track 2)

Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen, E.Y Harburg) (5:24)
Performed by Keith Jarrett (p)
Recorded live at Teatro Alla Scala, Milan, Italy on 13 February 1995
Taken from the album La Scala
1997 CD (ECM 5372682(1) Track 3)

The Lamp is Low (Maurice Ravel, Bert A Shefter, Peter De Rose, Mitchell Parish) (6:00)
Performed by Bud Shank (ft, as) Claude Williamson (p) Don Prell (b) Chuck Flores (d)
Recorded 1956
Taken from the album The Bud Shank Quartet Pacific Jazz
LP (Vogue LAE 12113; S2/4)

Romance in the Dark (Lil Green) (6:52)
Performed by Ruby Braff (tp) Samuel Margolis (ts) Vic Dickenson (tb) Nat Pierce (p) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d)
Recorded 17 October 1955, New York City
Taken from the album Linger Awhile
1999 CD (Vanguard VCD 79608-2. Track 8)

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SAT 18:00 Opera on 3 (b00k4g3b)
Skin Deep

Presented by Tom Service.

David Sawer and Armando Iannucci's satirical opera about society's obsession with staying young and beautiful. Richard Farnes conducts and Richard Jones directs an Opera North production from the Grand Theatre in Leeds.

It is set in the clinic of cosmetic surgery genius Doktor Needlemeier, who has a dark secret - he's concocting an elixir of youth. All he needs to perfect it is a contribution from Hollywood star Luke Pollock - but when Luke leaves the clinic only half the man he was, questions are asked and Needlemeier flees to California.

Dr Needlemeier ...... Geoffrey Dolton (baritone)
Lania (his wife) ...... Janis Kelly (soprano)
Donna (his receptionist) ...... Heather Shipp (mezzo-soprano)
Elsa (his daughter) ...... Amy Freston (soprano)
Robert (a villager) ...... Andrew Tortise (tenor)
Luke Pollock (a Hollywood actor) ...... Mark Stone (bass-baritone)
Susannah Dangerfield (a reporter) ...... Gwendoline Christie
Patient ...... Gillene Herbert (soprano)
Donnalike ...... Sarah Blood (soprano)
Robertalike1 ...... Nicholas Butterfield (bass)
Robertalike 2 ...... Trevor Bowes (bass)
Opera North Chorus
Orchestra of Opera North
Richard Farnes (conductor).


SAT 20:20 Night Music (b00k4g3d)
The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins perform works by David Sawer.

Rolf Hind (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

David Sawer: the greatest happiness principle for orchestra; The Melancholy of Departure for piano; From Morning to Midnight - suite for orchestra.


SAT 21:30 Between the Ears (b00g2k04)
In Memoria

A sound-collage created by Edward Wickham and Anthony Pitts, originally inspired by a visit to the tunnels of the National Mining Museum near Wakefield. It includes early music group The Clerks performing inside Crossness Pumping Station in Bexley, as well as children's songs, poetry, real life stories, a new motet by Pitts for three pairs of two voices, and medieval motets by Ockeghem, Dufay, Obrecht and Josquin.


SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b00k4g3j)
Manchester Portraits

Detlev Glanert

An exploration of the work of one of Germany's leading composers, Detlev Glanert.

Tom Service talks to Glanert and German music expert Jean Martin both about the composer's works and the influences behind today's German music.

Glanert: Symphony No 3 (22:43)
BBC Philharmonic
Clark Rundell (conductor)

Glanert: Parergon (The Mirror of the Great Emperor) (UK premiere) (13:32)
BBC Philharmonic
Clark Rundell (conductor)

Glanert: Thee pieces for clarinet and piano (11:15)
Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet)
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)

Glanert: Nine Caricatures for orchestra (UK premiere) (11:19)
BBC Philharmonic
Clark Rundell (conductor)

Argentum et Aurum (UK premiere) (11:20)
BBC Philharmonic
Clark Rundell (conductor)