John Shea presents the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra performing Beethoven
Jonathan Biss (piano), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Güttler (conductor)
Trio for piano and strings no. 1 (Op.21) in B flat major
Sonata for Piano in G major (H.
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) arr. Mottl
Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur (conductor)
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) arr. Agnieszka Duczmal
The Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan, Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)
Concerto primo à 2, Concerto secondo à 2, Concerto terza à 2, Concerto quarto à 2 (1627)
Bruce Dickey (cornetto), Alberto Grazzi (bassoon, in No.4 only), Michael Fentross (theorbo), Charles Toet (trombone), Jacques Ogg (organ), Lucy van Dael (conductor)
Jaap ter Linden (cello), Ton Koopman (harpsichord), Ageet Zweistra (cello continuo)
Benjamin Butterfield (tenor), Canadian Children's Opera Chorus (Peter Neelands - treble soloist), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor)
Olga Pasiecznik (soprano), Piotr Lykowski (countertenor), Wojciech Parchem (tenor), Miroslaw Borzynski (bass), Sine Nomine Chamber Choir, Concerto Polacco, Marek Toporowski (chamber organ/director)
Jorma Rahkonen (violin), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu (conductor)
Zoltán Kocsis (piano), Anita Szabó (flute), Béla Horváth (oboe), Zsolt Szatmári (clarinet), György Salamon (bass clarinet), Pál Bokor (bassoon), Tamás Zempléni (horn)
Peter Mattei (baritone), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor).
Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Music by Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Barber and Reich, and a look at this week's Specialist Classical Chart.
Classical Collection with James Jolly: this week a collection of British works from foreign artists; classic recordings from Peter Schreier.
James continues to explore foreign performances of British works with Vaughan Williams' Symphony No.5 played by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Delius's Summer Nights performed by Henriette Bonde-Hansen and the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, plus Peter Schreier sings Schubert.
Today's Group of 3 are piano pieces by Edward MacDowell.
An Old Garden; With Sweet Lavender; The Joy of Autumn (New England Idylls, Op.62)
Delius orch. Holten
Soon after his marriage Albeniz moved to Madrid and continued his flourishing performing career there. A series of recitals at the 1888 Universal Exhibition in Barcelona caused such a sensation that he was invited to perform in Paris where he again received rave reviews. Donald Macleod introduces Albeniz's Concerto Fantastico which he'd played to great acclaim in both cities, together with another of his Spanish style piano works, and his charming, and very classical, fourth piano sonata.
In the first of four lunchtime violin recitals recorded at The Sage Gateshead, the young Ukrainian violinist Valeriy Sokolov is joined by pianist Evgeniy Isotov to perform works by Bach, Beethoven & Prokofiev.
Live recordings of concerts by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra including some familiar classics, a romantic American Violin Concerto - and a recent work by the German composer Jarg Widmann that was designed to be played in the same concert as music by Beethoven. There is also a rarely heard orchestral version of some of Dvorak's most heartfelt songs. Presented by Katie Derham.
Mussorgsky Orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
With a selection of music and guests from the music world.
American Soprano Christine Brewer's appearances in opera, concert and recital are marked by her own unique timbre, a vibrant personality and an emotional honesty. Here she appears at the Edinburgh Festival with a transatlantic programme from both Europe and America featuring works by Gluck and Richard Strauss as well as songs from St. Louis Woman by Harold Arlen, who composed the score for The Wizard of Oz.
Followed by highlights of the Flanders Festival of early music, including Les Arts Florissants, directed by Paul Agnew.
Leonardo Leo: Heu nos miseros; Judica me Deus; IX lezione della settimana santa
Tonight on Night Waves Matthew Sweet meets British architect, designer and champion of minimalism John Pawson. Pawson's style has attracted commissions across the world as varied as the Cistercian Monastery of Novy Dvur in Bohemia, Calvin Klein's flagship store in New York and the Sackler Crossing at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. As the first UK exhibition of his work opens this week at The Design Museum, offering an overview of 30 years of his designs, John Pawson talks to Matthew Sweet about how he got from designing miniskirts to monasteries.
As Stephen Fry publishes his second volume of memoirs and hosts three nights of a one-man show at the Royal Albert Hall, he talks to Matthew about his desire for fame and recognition, his early comedy days and his admiration for Benny Hill.
Sarah Kent joins Matthew Sweet to review 'Treasures from Budapest', an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts showcasing over 200 works from the Hungarian state collections, with work from Leonardo da Vinci to Egon Schiele.
Gaspar Noe, the Enfant terrible of French cinema, returns with a new film called Enter the Void. The unflinching portrayal of violence in his previous films, particularly a lingering rape scene in 2002's Irreversible, have earned him praise for his courage and opprobrium for his brutality. Enter the Void finds him in gentler mode with a meditation on life, death and reincarnation indebted to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Oddessy. Yet the film is still capable of trademark shocks and moments horror that linger in the memory. Matthew Sweet talks to him about his influences and why he puts the brutality he finds in the world upon the screen.
Walking the Downs on the Sussex-Hampshire border, Robert Macfarlane explores the poet Edward Thomas's love-affair with paths and tracks. For twenty years, Thomas walked what he called 'the long white roads' and 'frail tracks' of England's chalk country. Then in 1916, he enlisted and was sent as an officer to the chalk landscape of Arras in Northern France, with its far more dangerous paths, 'Where any turn may lead to Heaven / Or any corner may hide Hell'. He was killed on Easter Monday, 1917. Producer Tim Dee.
Fiona Talkington presents an eclectic mix of musical styles including Polish toy-instrument band Male Instrumenty, cellist Hildur Gudnadottir and the new album by saxophonist Jan Garbarek with the classical vocal quartet, Hilliard Ensemble .
WEDNESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2010
WED 01:00 Through the Night (b00ts2gv)
John Shea presents rarities, archive and concert recordings from Europe's leading broadcasters
1:01 AM
Boeck, August de (1865-1937)
Dahomeyse Rapsodie
Vlaams Radio Orkest, Marc Soustrot (conductor)
1:06 AM
Boeck, August de (1865-1937)
Concerto for violin and orchestra
Vlaams Radio Orkest, Marc Soustrot (conductor)
1:33 AM
Boeck, August de (1865-1937)
Nocturne (1931)
Vlaams Radio Orkest, Marc Soustrot (conductor)
1:42 AM
Boeck, August de (1865-1937) - completed by Emmanuel Geeurickx
In de Schuur (op. posth.)
Vlaams Radio Orkest, Marc Soustrot (conductor)
1:48 AM
Boeck, August de (1865-1937) arr. by Frits Cells
De kleine Rijnkoning (1906)
Vlaams Radio Orkest , Marc Soustrot (conductor)
2:08 AM
Boeck, August de (1865-1937)
Fantasy on two Flemish Folk Songs (1923)
Vlaams Radio Orkest , Marc Soustrot (conductor)
2:15 AM
Fornerod, Aloys (1890-1965)
Concert for 2 violins and piano (Op.16)
Sibylle Tschopp and Mirjam Tschopp (violins), Isabel Tschopp (piano)
2:33 AM
Duphly, Jacques (1715-1789)
Courante - La Boucon
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)
2:38 AM
Couperin, François (1668-1733)
Musette de Taverni
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)
2:41 AM
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594)
Christe, Dei soboles (prima pars) & Accipe daque mihi (secunda pars)
Ensemble Daedalus, Roberto Festa (director)
2:45 AM
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594)
Timor et tremor (prima pars) & Exaudi Deus (secunda pars)
Ensemble Daedalus, Roberto Festa (director)
2:49 AM
Califano, Arcangelo (1st half of c.18th)
Sonata a quattro in C major, for 2 oboes, bassoon and continuo
Ensemble Zefiro
3:01 AM
Mielck, Ernst (1877-1899)
Symphony in F minor, Op 4
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen (conductor)
3:44 AM
Beethoven, Ludvig van (1770-1827)
Sonata No.12 in A flat (Op.26)
Arthur Schoondewoerd (fortepiano)
4:03 AM
Berwald, Franz (1796-1868)
Piano Quintet No.1 in C minor (Op.5) (1853)
Lucia Negro (piano), Zetterqvist String Quartet
4:26 AM
Bloch, Ernest (1880-1959)
Meditation and processional
Morten Carlsen (viola), Sergej Osadchuk (piano)
4:33 AM
Daniel-Lesur, Jean Yves (1908-2002)
Le Cantique des colonnes
Isabelle Perrin and Ghislaine Petit (harps), Maîtrise de Radio France, Denis Dupays (conductor)
4:47 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Domenica' (TWV42:D7)
Albrecht Rau (violin), Heinrich Rau (viola), Clemens Malich (cello), Wolfgang Hochstein (harpsichord)
5:01 AM
Bacewicz, Grazyna (1909-1969)
Serenade for orchestra
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jan Krenz (conductor)
5:05 AM
Sjöblom, Herman (1894-1962)
Kaipun - valse à la russe
Arto Satukangas (piano)
5:09 AM
Merikanto, Oscar (1868-1924)
Merellä - from 4 Songs (Op.47 No.4) (1902)
Arto Satukangas (piano)
5:13 AM
Geijer, Erik Gustaf (1783-1847)
Songs (Vikingen (The Viking) ; Den lilla kolargossen (The Little Charcoal-burner); Reseda (Mignonette) ; Min politik (My Politics) ; På Nyå (On New Year's Day) ; Tal och tystnad (Speech and Silence) ; Natthimlen (The Night Sky) ; Skärslipargossen (The Little Knifegrinder) )
Samuel Jarrick (baritone), Stefan Bojsten (piano)
5:28 AM
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787)
Symphony in E flat major (Op.10 No.3)
La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor)
5:37 AM
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643)
Canzon à 8
Musica Fiata, Köln, Roland Wilson (director)
5:39 AM
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643)
Canzon quinta à 4
Musica Fiata, Köln, Roland Wilson (director)
5:43 AM
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725)
Toccata per cembalo d'ottava siete in D minor (Napoli 1723)
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord by Franciscus Debbonis , from the collection of West German Radio, Cologne)
6:03 AM
Luengen, Ramona (b. 1960)
O Lacrimosa (1993)
Phoenix Chamber Choir, Ramona Luengen (conductor)
6:16 AM
Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich (1865-1936)
Barcarolle in D flat (Op.22 No.1)
Stefan Lindgren (piano)
6:21 AM
Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich (1865-1936)
Gavotte in D (Op.49 No.3)
Stefan Lindgren (piano)
6:26 AM
Scigalski, Franciszek (1782-1846)
Symphony in D major
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrzej Mysinski (conductor)
6:40 AM
Cesti, Pietro Antonio (1623-1669)
Filosofia's Aria 'Sciolta il crin' & Amore's aria 'D'esser pazzo' - from the prologue of 'Orontea'
Andrea Bierbaum (alto: Filosofia), Cettina Cadelo (soprano: Amore), Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs (conductor)
6:50 AM
Fesch, Willem de (1687-c.1757)
Concerto for violin and orchestra in C minor (Op.5 No.5)
Manfred Kraemer (violin), Musica ad Rhenum.
WED 07:00 Breakfast (b00ts2gx)
Wednesday - Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Songs by Strauss, a Psalm by Schütz, Saint-Saens' Allegro appassionato and music for cello and piano by Schumann are included this morning.
WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b00ts2gz)
Wednesday - James Jolly
Classical Collection with James Jolly: this week a collection of British works played by foreign musicians; classic recordings from Peter Schreier.
Today, James Jolly continues to showcase foreign musicians in British works. Louis Fremaux conducts Walton's Crown Imperial, Leonard Bernstein conducts Britten's Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes and our featured artist this week, Peter Schreier sings Schubert's Winterreise accompanied by Andras Schiff.
10.00
Saint-Saens
La Princesse Jaune: Overture
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch (conductor)
EMI CZS 575477-2
10.06
Rigel
Symphony No.4 in C minor, Op.12/4
Concerto Koln
BERLIN CLASSICS 0016432BC
10.22
Debussy
Suite bergamasque
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
DECCA 460 247-2
10.40
Tavener
Song for Athene
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus
Norman Mackenzie (director)
TELARC CD-80654
10.47
Walton
Crown Imperial
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Louis Fremaux (conductor)
EMI 764201-2
10.57
Schubert
Winterreise, D.911: conclusion
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Andras Schiff (piano)
DECCA 436 122-2
11.10
Britten
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
DG 431 758-2
11.30
Mozart
Piano Concerto No.8 in C major, K.246
Zoltan Kocsis (piano)
Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMA1903022.
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00ts2h1)
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)
Opera collaborations with Francis Money-Coutts
While living in London Albéniz met the solicitor, poet and aspiring librettist Francis Money-Coutts with whom he signed an exclusive contract for ten years. Coutts provided Albéniz with a secure income and collaborated with him on three operas with varying degrees of success. Donald Macleod introduces extracts from two of those joint ventures, one based on a popular novel by a contemporary Spanish writer, and the other, a very English opera set in the time of the Wars of the Roses.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00ts2h3)
The Sage Gateshead
Episode 2
In the second of four lunchtime concerts featuring the violin, Jack Liebeck and pianist Ashley Wass visit The Sage Gateshead to perform works by Mozart, Brahms and Ernest Bloch.
MOZART - Sonata for violin & piano, K.454
BRAHMS - Sonata for violin & piano in G, Op.78
BLOCH - Baal Shem: Three Pictures from Hassidic Life.
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00ts2h5)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra - Wednesday
There are musical references to war in several of the works in today's programme performed by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. There's a symphony by Hindemith that made a statement about artistic freedom in dark times and a poignant musical memorial by Martinu to a Czech village destroyed by the Nazis. Mahler introduces us to a drummer-boy and a sentry-guard - and then, in total contrast, Berlioz dreams of summer nights. The programme ends with Martinu's final symphony, written 'in exile' in the United States - music that alternates dark drama and soaring lyricism. Presented by Katie Derham.
Hindemith: Mathis der Maler Symphony
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, conductor
2.30pm
Mahler: Der Schildwache Nachtlied
Der Tamboursg'sell
Juha Uusitalo, baritone
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, conductor
2.45pm
Martinu: Memorial to Lidice
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, conductor
2.55pm
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
3.25pm
Martinu: Symphony No.6 (Fantaisies symphoniques)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrusa, conductor.
WED 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00ts2h7)
From Chichester Cathedral during the Southern Cathedrals' Festival.
Introit: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace (SS Wesley)
Responses: Tomkins
Office Hymn: O thou who camest from above (Hereford)
Psalm: 108 (SS Wesley)
First Lesson: 2 Kings 4 vv1-7
Canticles: Wesley in E
Second Lesson: John 2 vv1-12
Anthem: Faire is the heaven (Harris)
Final Hymn: God is love (Alleluia)
Organ Voluntary: Choral Song and Fugue (SS Wesley)
Organist and Master of the Choristers: Sarah Baldock
Assistant Organist: Simon Lawford.
WED 17:00 In Tune (b00ts2h9)
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Singers Jacek Lascezkowski and Iestyn Davies come into the studio to chat about the first UK performance of Steffani's opera Niobe at the Royal Opera House. Sean previews the new Diaghilev exhibition at the V&A with curators Millicent Hodson and Jane Pritchard.
There's also a tribute to composer Geoffrey Burgon with tenor James Bowman.
WED 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00ts2hc)
Edinburgh International Festival 2010
EIF: Royal Concertgebouw, Jansons
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
The Concertgebouw, conducted by Mariss Jansons, at the Edinburgh Festival.
Dedicated to the memory of Claude Debussy, Stravinsky's single movement Symphonies of Wind Instruments draws on Russian folk elements. Folksong lies at the heart of Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta too, though the work has made its way into the popular psyche after featuring in the films Being John Malkovich and The Shining.
4 Dedicaces is an umbrella title that Pierre Boulez gave to four of Berio's magical miniatures that were grouped together in the late 1980s. The Firebird is possibly Stravinsky's best known work, the suite from it is performed here in the arrangement that Stravinsky made in 1945.
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Berio: 4 Dadicaces
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1945)
Grieg: Solveig's Lied
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance op 72 no 7
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Followed by highlights of the Leipzig Bach Festival, including the Collegium Vocale Ghent, conducted by Philippe Herreweghe.
Bach: Gott ist unsre Zuversicht, BWV 197
Nun danket alle Gott BWV 192
Gott man lobt dich BWV 120
Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn BWV 119
Dorothee Mields, soprano
Damien Guillon, alto
Colin Balzer, tenor
Peter Kooij, bass
Collegium Vocale Ghent,
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
WED 21:15 Night Waves (b00ts2hf)
Marilynne Robinson, Irish Poetry, Progressive
Philip Dodd talks to the American novelist Marilynne Robinson about her work and her recent collection of essays on science and culture.
Marilynne Robinson won the 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction with her novel Home to put alongside the Pulitzer she won in 2005 for the novel Gilead. Alongside her literary output she is one of America's leading essayists and non fiction writers. She's written on the British welfare state, nuclear pollution and a collection of philosophical essays called The Death of Adam. This year Marilynne Robinson published Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self, a series of essays which criticised science and scientists for their attempts to monopolise ideas about human existence. Philip talks to her about the relationship between science and modern thought.
A new anthology of Irish poetry which embraces WB Yeats, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett and Seamus Heaney is discussed by the poet, Paul Muldoon and the anthology's editor, Patrick Crotty.
And with the party conference season well under way Philip decodes one of the current political buzzwords - "progressive". When Tony Blair appeared on Night Waves he described himself as a "progressive" politician, and there's been talk recently of "progressive spending cuts". What does progressive mean today and does it have anything to do with the progressivism that emerged in America in the late 19th century as a response to industrialisation?
WED 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00ts2h1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
WED 23:00 The Essay (b00nky3q)
A Five-Day Journey
Singing
Crossing from Bramber Bank to Kingston Down, in the company of the writer Rod Mengham, Robert Macfarlane considers the Aboriginal Australian concept of the 'songline', whereby walking, wayfaring, singing and folk memory become aligned. He explores some of the ways that landscapes can be sung into being - or en-chanted - and embarrasses a number of passers-by with his own performances. Producer Tim Dee.
WED 23:15 Late Junction (b00ts2hh)
Fiona Talkington
Fiona Talkington presents a mix of musical styles, including favourite tracks of fellow presenter Robert Sandall, who died in July.
Robert Sandall co-presented Mixing It on Radio 3 for 17 years, interviewing and playing the music of Peter Gabriel, Bjork, Radiohead, David Sylvian, PJ Harvey, Robert Wyatt, the Penguin Cafe Orchestra and many more - Fiona will play some of his favourite tracks.
THURSDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2010
THU 01:00 Through the Night (b00ts2jz)
John Shea presents part 1 of Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin recorded at the Royal Opera House. The cast includes Amanda Roocroft and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Catch part 2 tomorrow night; 24th September.
1:01 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich [1840-1893]
Eugene Onegin (Op.24) Act I
Amanda Roocroft - Soprano (Tatyana) Nino Surguladze - Mezzo-soprano (Olga) Yvonne Howard - Contralto (Madame Larina) Susan Gorton - Soprano (Filipyevna) Rolando Villazon - Tenor (Lensky) Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Baritone (Eugene Onegin) Jonathan Fisher - Baritone (Trifon Petrovich) Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Philippe Jordan (conductor)
2:15 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Waltz for piano (Op.70'3) in D flat major; Waltz No.2 in C sharp minor (3 Waltzes for piano (Op.64)); Waltz for piano (Op.70'1) in G flat major; Waltz for piano (Op.42) in A flat major
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
2:28 AM
Norman, Ludvig (1831-1885)
Sextet for piano, 2 violins, viola, violincello and double bass in A minor (Op.29)
Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano), Uppsala Chamber Soloists
3:01 AM
Lewkovitch, Bernhard (b. 1927)
Tre madrigal di Torquato Tasso (Op.13)
Johanne Bock, Camilla Toldi Bugge (soloists), The Jutland Chamber Choir, Mogens Dahl (conductor)
3:10 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Symphony No.7 in D minor (Op.70)
Polish Radio Orchestra, Wojciech Rajski (conductor)
3:47 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)
Sonata in D minor (Kk.9) 'Pastorale'; Sonata in B minor (Kk.27); Sonata in A major (Kk.322)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
3:55 AM
Avison, Charles (1709-1770)
Concerto Grosso No.4 in A minor
Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon (director)
4:08 AM
Ibert, Jacques (1890-1962)
Trois Pièces Brèves
Galliard Ensemble BBC New Generation Artists
4:16 AM
Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962)
La Gitana
Patrik Ringborg (violin), Anders Kilström (piano)
4:19 AM
Haydn, (Franz) Joseph (1732-1809)
String Quartet in B minor, No.31 (Hob:lll:37)
Quatour Ysaÿe:
4:37 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Scherzo and March (S.177)
Jeno Jandó (piano)
4:51 AM
Strauss, Johann Jr (1825-1899)
Treasure Waltzes (Op.418)
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Raffi Armenian (conductor)
5:01 AM
Martucci, Giuseppe (1856-1909)
Notturno (Op.70 No.1)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Nello Santi (conductor)
5:08 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Sonetto 123 di Petrarca (S.158 No.3): I vidi in terra angelici costumi
Janina Fialkowska (piano)
5:16 AM
Verdelot, Philippe (c.1485-c.1532)
Italia Mia
Banchieri Singers, Denes Szabo (conductor)
5:21 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) transcribed Joseph Petric
Adagio and rondo for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, vla & vcl (K.617) in C minor
Joseph Petric (accordion), Moshe Hammer & Marie Bérard (violins), Douglas Perry (viola), David Hetherington (cello)
5:31 AM
Janácek, Leos (1854-1928)
Sumarovo dite
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
5:45 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Sonata No.6 for 2 violins and continuo in G minor (Z.807)
Ensemble Il Tempo
5:52 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Heitere Tage Mädchen erfähret (Op.29 No.2) ; Romanze (1816) Ein König einst gefangen sass ; Canzonetta (Op.29 No.3) (1811)
In euren Blicken ; Die Zeit (Op.43) (1810) Es sitzt die Zeit im weissen Kleid ; Wiegenlied (Op13 No.2) (1810)
Christina Högman (soprano), Jakob Lindberg (guitar)
6:04 AM
Lipinski, Karol Józef (1790-1861)
Violin Concerto No.4 in A major (Op.32)
Albrecht Breuninger (violin), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wojciech Rajski (conductor)
6:20 AM
Lassus, Orlando (1532-1594)
3 motets: Jubilate Deo; Io ti voria; Tristis est anima mea
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Paul van Nevel (conductor)
6:26 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Keyboard Sonata in E flat major, Hob.XVI/38
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
6:37 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
The Golden Spinning Wheel - symphonic poem (Op.109)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor).
THU 07:00 Breakfast (b00ts2k1)
Thursday - Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan shares his musical enthusiasms. Dances by Wagner and Bizet, Schumann's Kinderszenen and Copland's Clarinet Concerto are all included in the programme.
THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b00ts2k3)
Thursday - James Jolly
Classical Collection with James: this week a collection of British works played by foreign musicians; classic recordings from Peter Schreier.
James Jolly continues to play British music performed by foreign artists. Today there's Elgar's Piano Quintet featuring the pianist Lars Vogt, Thomas Beecham conducts a collection of his 'lollipops' and Peter Schreier sings Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte.
10.00
Krommer
Partita in F major, Op.57
Budapest Wind Ensemble
Naxos
8.553498
10.20
Today's Group of 3 are Beecham Lollipops
Saint-Saens Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)
Sibelius Valse Triste
Tchaikovsky: Waltz (Eugene Onegin)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham (conductor)
EMI CDM 763412-2
10.40
Beethoven
An die ferne Geliebte, Op.98
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Walter Olbertz (piano)
Berlin Classics BC2082-2
11.00
Elgar
Piano Quintet in A minor, Op.84
Lars Vogt (piano)
Antje Weithaas & Radoslaw Szulc (violins)
Tatjana Masurenko (viola)
Claudio Bohorquez (cello)
AVL MUSIC 855312 7
11.45
Philip Lane
Suite of Cotswold Folkdances
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Gavin Sutherland (conductor)
ASV CD WHL 2126.
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00ts2k5)
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)
Inspirations
By 1897, Albeniz was living in Paris, where he not only continued his dual roles of pianist and composer but he had also begun teaching. He and his patron Francis Money-Coutts now launched into another major collaboration in which they intended to produce a trilogy of operas based on the story of King Arthur and in doing so create an English national opera. Donald Macleod introduces an extract from the first and only one of the three operas actually completed, a piano work inspired by the countryside around Granada, and a performance of Albeniz's only purely orchestral work, evoking the songs and dances of a typical Spanish fiesta.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00ts2k7)
The Sage Gateshead
Episode 3
In the 3rd of this week's series of violin recitals recorded at The Sage Gateshead, the young American violinist Augustin Hadelich is joined by pianist Charles Wood to perform music by Beethoven, Debussy, Stravinsky and Sarasate.
BEETHOVEN - Sonata for violin & piano No.8 in G, Op.30'3
DEBUSSY - Sonata for violin & piano in G minor
STRAVINSKY - Suite Italienne for violin & piano
SARASATE - Concert Fantasy on "Carmen" for violin & piano.
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00ts2k9)
Thursday Opera Matinee
Thursday Opera Matinee - Chabrier's L'Etoile
Chabrier's comic opera L'Étoile is a gem - a very silly story set to some glorious music. The performance was recorded last year at the Grand Theatre in Geneva and is full of gallic wit and charm. Our 'orchestra of the week', the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, then returns with colourful orchestrations of some of Debussy's piano preludes - and a performance of that most notorious of Ravel's scores, Boléro. Presented by Katie Derham.
Chabrier: L'Étoile
King Ouf 1st.......... Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, tenor
Siroco.................................René Schirrer, bass
Hérisson de Porc-Epic......Pierre Doyen, baritone
Tapioca............................. Fabrice Farina, tenor
Lazuli.....Marie-Claude Chappuis, mezzo-soprano
Princess Laoula................ Sophie Graf, soprano
Aloès........Blandine Staskiewicz, mezzo-soprano
Chief of police..............................Jérôme Savary
Chorus of the Grand Théâtre, Geneva
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor
4.10pm
Debussy orch. Matthews: Five Preludes for Piano
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov, conductor
4.35pm
Ravel: Boléro
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov, conductor.
THU 17:00 In Tune (b00ts2kc)
Thursday - Sean Rafferty
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
With a selection of music and guests from the music world.
Main news headlines are at
5.00 and
6.00
E-mail: in.tune@bbc.co.uk.
THU 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00ts2kf)
Edinburgh International Festival 2010
Episode 7
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
The Dutchman in Wagner's Flying Dutchman has become a signature role for Finnish baritone Juha Uusitalo. He has performed it at many of the world's great opera houses. Here he sings the Dutchman's Monologue alongside Wotan's emotive Farewell from Die Walküre.
Carl Nielsen's Fifth Symphony depicts an immense struggle for supremacy between good and evil.
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture
Dutchman's Der fliegende Holländer: Monologue
Die Walküre: Wotan's Farewell
Nielsen: Symphony No 5
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo Conductor
Juha Uusitalo Bass baritone
Followed by highlights of the Saintes Festival, including Les Cris de Paris, directed by Geoffroy Jourdain.
Salomone Rossi: Psalm 8
Les Cris de Paris
Geoffroy Jourdain (director)
Couperin: Les Nations, sonades et suites de simphonies en trio
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (conductor)
THU 21:15 Night Waves (b00ts2kh)
Downton Abbey, the Limits of Science, Krapp's Last Tape, Serge Diaghilev
Anne Karpf joins Anne McElvoy to review the new period drama, Downton Abbey - written by Julian Fellowes, and with a cast including Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith and Penelope Wilton, the series spans the two years from the sinking of the Titanic to the outbreak of the First World War.
Two of our most eminent scientists, Roger Penrose and Russell Stannard, debate the limits of scientific discovery; how far can science go before practical constraints - and the limits of what we can imagine - prevent further breakthroughs.
Tom Paulin joins Anne to consider Michael Gambon's performance in Samuel Beckett's classic one-man show, Krapp's Last Tape - in which the self-absorbed Krapp records his memoirs and reflects on a single tender memory.
And Siobhan Davies offers a contemporary choreographer's perspective on the Russian ballet impresario, Sergei Diaghilev, and his Ballets Russes.
Anne also discusses Serge Diaghilev and The Golden Age of the Ballets Russes 1909-1929. A new exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The exhibition will explore the work of the Ballets Russes, the influential dance company, and its enduring impact on theatre, art, music and fashion. The company began in the social and political upheaval of pre-revolutionary Russia and its creator Serge Diaghilev reawakened interest in ballet across Europe and America. Treasures on show will include Picasso's huge front cloth for Le Train Bleu, as well as original costumes and set designs, props and posters by artists and designers like Georges Braque and Jean Cocteau.
THU 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00ts2k5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 23:00 The Essay (b00nky5x)
A Five-Day Journey
Flying
The Downs have often prompted dreams of flight. 'I shall lift great heron-like wings and fly...to other points of view', wrote WH Hudson in 1900. Reaching The Cuckmere Valley and The Seven Sisters, Robert Macfarlane re-imagines the life of the artist Eric Ravilious (1903-42), who was fascinated by the 'pure design' of the South Downs: their paths, ridges and light. Ravilious's passion for aerial landscapes eventually led him northwards, to Norway and Iceland. He disappeared off the coast of Iceland in September 1942 while on a rescue flight. Producer Tim Dee.
THU 23:15 Late Junction (b00ts2kw)
Fiona Talkington
Fiona Talkington presents a diverse mix of musical styles, including Swedish folk tunes on the nyckelharpa and organ played by Johan Hedin and Gunnar Idenstam, and a tribute to Georgian composer Giya Kancheli, who is 75 this year.
FRIDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2010
FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b00ts2lj)
John Shea presents part 2 of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin recorded at the Royal Opera House. The cast includes Amanda Roocroft and Dmitri Hvorostovsky
1:02 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich [1840-1893]
Eugene Onegin (Op.24) Acts II & III
Amanda Roocroft - Soprano (Tatyana) Nino Surguladze - Mezzo-soprano (Olga) Yvonne Howard - Contralto (Madame Larina) Susan Gorton - Soprano (Filipyevna) Rolando Villazon - Tenor (Lensky) Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Baritone (Eugene Onegin) Ryland Davies - Tenor (Monsieur Triquet) Jonathan Fisher - Baritone (Trifon Petrovich) Robert Gleadow - Bass (Zaretsky) Eric Halfvarson - Bass (Prince Gremin, Act III only) Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Philippe Jordan (conductor)
2:18 AM
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787)
Concerto for flute and orchestra (Op.6 No.2) in E minor
Karl Kaiser (transverse flute), La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (director)
2:35 AM
Mielck, Ernst (1877-1899)
String Quintet in F major (Op.3)
Erkki Palola (violin), Anne Paavilainen (violin), Matti Hirvikangas (viola), Teema Kupiainen (viola), Risto Poutanen (cello)
3:01 AM
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
Prelude and Isolde's Liebestod - from 'Tristan & Isolde'
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Frübeck de Burgos (conductor)
3:18 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
String Quintet in C major (Op.29)
Yggdrasil String Quartet
3:51 AM
Satie, Erik (1866-1925)
Poudre d'or
Ashley Wass (piano)
3:57 AM
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908)
Le Coq d'Or
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor)
4:23 AM
Warlock, Peter (1894-1930)
Serenade for Strings
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor)
4:30 AM
Dubois, Pierre Max (1930-1995)
Quartet for flutes
Valentinas Kazlauskas, Lina Baublyte, Albertas Stupakas, Giedrius Gelgoras (flutes)
4:39 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Intermezzo in A major (Op.118 No.2)
Jane Coop (piano)
4:46 AM
Handel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759)
Alceste: Gentle Morpheus, son of night
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze (director)
4:55 AM
Klami, Uuno (1900-1961)
Intermezzo
Päivi Kaerkaes (cor anglais), Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri, Sakari Oramo (conductor)
5:01 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Cantata: 'Erwachet zum Kriegen, ihr' (TWV.
01:481)
Henri Ledroit (counter-tenor), François Fernandez (violin), Philippe Pierlot (bass viol), Bernard Fouccrolle (harpsichord)
5:09 AM
Fougstedt, Nils-Eric (1910-1961)
Concert Overture (1941)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
5:17 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Sonata for piano four hands in D major (K.381)
Vilma Rindzeviciute and Irina Venckus (piano)
5:28 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Trio sonata in G minor Op.2, No.5
Musica Alta Ripa
5:39 AM
Medins, Janis (1890-1966)
Flower Waltz - from the ballet 'Victory of Love'
Lepaja Symphony Orchestra, Imants Resnis (conductor)
5:44 AM
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837)
Trio in E flat major (Op.12)
The Hertz Trio
6:02 AM
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992)
Theme and Variations
Peter Oundjian (violin), William Tritt (piano)
6:11 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
En Saga (1st version of 1892)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
6:33 AM
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643)
Toccata sopra i pedali dell'Organo e senza
Angela Tomanic (organ of Bazilika obiskanja Device Marije, (Church of the Virgin Mary), Petrovcah constructed by Gaétano Callido of Padua 1727, expanded 1813]
6:39 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Suite for Orchestra No.2 in B minor (BWV.1067)
Jan Dewinne (flute), Ensemble 415.
FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b00ts2lm)
Friday - Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan with music to begin the day. Respighi's Fountains of Rome, Malcolm Arnold's Tam O'Shanter overture and a well-known piece of music by Charlie Chaplin are included in the programme.
FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b00ts2lp)
Friday - James Jolly
Classical Collection with James Jolly: this week a collection of British works played by foreign musicians; classic recordings from Peter Schreier.
James concludes his exploration of British works performed by foreign musicians with Walton's Symphony No. 2 in the hands of George Szell and William Boyce's Fifth Symphony conducted by Antonio Janigro. There's also a recording of Peter Schreier singing Schumann.
10.00
Boyce
Symphony No.5 in D major
Zagreb Soloists
Antonio Janigro (conductor)
VANGUARD 08 2037 71
10.08
Vaughan Williams
Oboe Concerto
Neil Black (oboe)
English Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
DG 419 748-2
10.26
Schumann
Der arme Peter, Op.53 No.3
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Norman Shetler (piano)
BERLIN CLASSICS BC 2110-2
10.31
Mozart
Piano Concerto No.21, K.467 (cadenzas Busoni)
Annie Fischer (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
EMI CDZ 767002-2
11.02
Dowland
Time Stands Still
Daniel Taylor (countertenor)
Les Voix Humaines
ATMA ACD 2 2151
11.06
Elgar
Serenade for String Orchestra in E minor, Op.20
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 419 191-2
11.20
Walton
Symphony No.2
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell (conductor)
SONY MASTERWORKS PORTRAIT MPK 46732.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00ts2lr)
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)
Iberia
In the last five years of his life, Albeniz was in constant pain from a kidney infection, but it was during that time that he wrote his masterpiece - a cycle of piano pieces called 'Iberia', each evoking different aspects of Spain. Donald Macleod devotes the whole of the final programme to this remarkable work, playing extracts from it, both in its original form for piano and in various arrangements, finishing with an exuberant version of a trio of pieces for guitar and orchestra, brilliantly evoking Albeniz's beloved Andalucia.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00ts3kn)
The Sage Gateshead
Vilde Frang, Milana Chernyawska
In the final lunchtime concert of the week from The Sage Gateshead, the young Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang & Ukrainian pianist Milana Chernyawska perform sonatas by Richard Strauss & Béla Bartok.
STRAUSS - Sonata for violin & piano in E flat, Op.18
BARTOK - Sonata for solo violin.
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00ts3kq)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Episode 4
Music from Richard Strauss's final opera provides the bookends for today's programme played by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In-between there's 20th and 21st-century music including rarely-heard scores by Messiaen, Debussy and Miaskovsky. The orchestra's homeland contributes the soloist for Bartok's 2nd Violin Concerto and music from the 1950's and a new work by a composer still in his 20's. Finnish choirs join the orchestra for music by Pärt, intriguingly based on a prelude by Bach. Presented by Katie Derham.
Richard Strauss: Prelude to Capriccio
Members of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Okko Kamu, conductor
2.10pm
Messiaen: Les Offrandes oubliées
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
2.20pm
Debussy: 4 Symphonic Fragments (Le martyre de Saint Sébastien)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen, conductor
2.45pm
Bartok: Violin Concerto No.2
Elina Vähälä, violin
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
3.25pm
Uuno Klami: The Song of Lake Kuujärvi
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, conductor
3.45pm
Ville Matvejeff: Ad Astra
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrusa, conductor
4.00pm
Miaskovsky: Symphony No.10 in F Minor
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen, conductor
4.15pm
Pärt: Credo
EMO Ensemble
Kaamos Chamber Choir
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andres Mustonen, conductor
4.30pm
Richard Strauss: Final Scene from Capriccio
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Okko Kamu, conductor.
FRI 17:00 In Tune (b00ts3ks)
Sean Rafferty presents In Tune live from the City Halls Glasgow with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Garry Walker with the soprano Rebecca Bottone and the National Youth Choir of Scotland.
Main news headlines are at
5.00 and
6.00
E-mail: in.tune@bbc.co.uk.
FRI 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00ts3kv)
Halle, Elder
Sir Mark Elder opens the Hallé's 2010-11 season with Classical Brit winning violinist, Alina Ibragimova, and the distinguished Scandinavian cellist Torleif Thedéen in Brahms' Double Concerto. 'My new work must be capable of stirring the world - God grant me that it will!' said Dvorák and his astonishingly rich Seventh Symphony, overlaid with tragic overtones, is considered by many to be his finest. The concert opens with Smetana's portrayal of the river Vltava as it flows through Bohemia's countryside to Prague.
Smetana Má Vlast: Vltava
Brahms Double Concerto
Dvorák Symphony No.7
Sir Mark Elder conductor
Alina Ibragimova violin
Torleif Thedéen cello
Followed by highlights of the Utrecht Early Music Festival - including Capriccio Stravagante directed by Skip Skempe.
FRI 21:15 The Verb (b00ts3kx)
Daljit Nagra, Peter Blegvad
Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word, live in front of an audience at the Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House. On stage with Ian, guests include Forward Prize-winning poet Daljit Nagra and The Verb's Sony Award-winning Eartoonist Peter Blegvad.
FRI 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00ts2lr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 23:00 The Essay (b00nkycn)
A Five-Day Journey
Collecting
Walking the final miles of the South Downs with the artist Chris Drury, Robert Macfarlane explores the sometimes eerie relationship between walking, collecting, and creation. Vladimir Nabokov, Iris Murdoch, Hugh MacDiarmid, Bruce Chatwin, and Drury's own remarkable land-art sculptures feature, as does the life and death of Virginia Woolf, who drowned herself in the Sussex Ouse having slipped a single, heavy flint into her pocket. Producer Tim Dee.
FRI 23:15 World on 3 (b00ts3kz)
Lopa Kothari
All the latest sounds from around the world with Lopa Kothari including the sublime sound of Alemu Aga's Ethiopian harp, in session. Called the "bèguèna" in Amharic, some believe the instrument to be a direct descendant of King David's harp
Alemu Aga was born in1950 in Entotta, near Addis Ababa and is an Ethiopian musician and singer and a master of the bèguèna (a ten-stringed member of the lute family, also known as "King David's Harp"). Alemu went on to become an acknowledged master of the instrument, first recorded in 1972 by Cynthia Tse Kimberlin for a major UNESCO collection, and performing and broadcasting around the world. In 1974, however, the Derg military junta came to power in Ethiopia; their anti-religious policies also included the banning of the harp from radio broadcasts, as well as the teaching of the instrument. As a result, Alemu Aga decided to open a souvenir shop in Addis Ababa's Piazza district.
For a time he played only in private, but the collapse of the Derg's régime led eventually to a change in state policy, and Alemu again began to teach and perform in public.