London Symphony Orchestra; cond. by Sir Colin Davis;
Der Messias (K.572) Edith Mathis (soprano), Birgit Finnilä (mezzo), Peter Schreier (tenor), Theo Adam (bass); Austrian Radio Chorus & Symphony Orchestra; cond. by Sir Charles Mackerras
Carol Wincenc (flute), Chee-Yun (violin), Nokuthula Ngwenyama (viola), David Finckel (cello)
Dita Paegle (soprano), Antra Bigaca (mezzo soprano), Martins Klisans (tenor), Janis Markovs (bass), Choir of Latvian Radio and the Riga Chamber Players, Sigvards Klava (conductor)
Edith Mathis (soprano); Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra; cond. by Leopold Hager
Allan Monk (Guglielmo, baritone), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
Theme & 2 Variations in A on 'Come un agnello' from the opera 'Fra i due litiganti' by Giuseppe Sarti, K. 460
8 further Variations in A on 'Come un agnello' from the opera 'Fra i due litiganti' by Giuseppe Sarti, K. 460
A Mozart selection for breakfast-time listening. With Rob Cowan.
James Jolly introduces great Mozart recordings and today talks with his guest, the opera director, Graham Vick.
Donald Macleod maps out Mozart's life-story, plays many of his favourite works and trys to fathom why for him Mozart's music will always remain a constant companion.
Donald discovers Mozart in his early thirties still on the road prospecting for a better job. To Mozart Vienna seemed capricious -and so to Prague, Berlin & Potsdam.
Conductor Laureate Barry Wordsworth and the BBC Concert Orchestra are joined by pianist John Lill at LSO St Luke's in London to play one of Mozart's best-loved piano concertos and two symphonies; the short one-movement No 32 and the effervescent No 29 in A.
Symphony No. 32 in G K318
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K466
Symphony No. 29 in A K201
Afternoon on 3 continues the Genius of Mozart, including recordings from Radio 3 New Generations Artists, some lesser known choral works, and his symphonies no.20 and 33.
Today we take a look at Mozart's last travels and his his time in Vienna from 1787-1790 at the end of his life. Clarinettist Sarah Williamson, pianist John Reid and violist Judith Busbridge perform Mozart's 'Kegelstatt' trio live in the studio. Sean is also joined by violinist Rachel Podger and violist Jane Rogers who perform a Mozart duo live in the In Tune studio.
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Petroc Trelawny presents performances of Mozart written between 1787 and 1788 by some great composer-conductors. And he is joined by Colin Lawson, clarinettist and Director of the Royal College of Music, as he explores Mozart's love affair with the clarinet.
Mozart (attrib) Divertimento no. 4 for Three Basset horns, KVAnh229 (439b)
Mozart Symphony no. 40 in G minor K 550
Mozart Symphony no. 41 in C major K.551 'Jupiter'
Sara Mohr-Pietsch is the late night Mozart DJ with the discs. Write to her with your Mozart requests and dedications. Email: playmozartforme@bbc.co.uk.
WEDNESDAY 12 JANUARY 2011
WED 01:00 Through the Night (b00x1smj)
The Genius of Mozart, presented by John Shea
01:01AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Der Schauspieldirektor (K.486)
Leo McKern - Frank, the Impresario (spoken role)
Reri Grist - Madame Silverklang (soprano)
Judith Raskin - Miss Sweetsong (soprano)
Richard Lewis - Eiler (the banker) (tenor)
Sherrill Milnes - Buff (stage manager) (baritone)
English Chamber orchestra, Andre Previn (conductor)
01:40AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
8 Variations in G on the Dutch song 'Laat ons juichen, batavieren!' by Christian Ernst Graaf, K. 24
Pieter-Jan Belder (fortepiano by Kobald Brothers after Walter 1795)
01:46AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Gallimathias Musicum (K.32)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, conductor Fabio Biondi
02:02AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No 25 in G minor (K.183)
Danish Radio Sinfonietta, conductor Adam Fischer
02:27AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Dixit Dominus & Magnificat in C (K.193)
Mitsuko Shirai (soprano); Eberhard Büchner (tenor); Hermann Christian Polster (bass); Leipzig Radio Chorus & Symphony Orchestra; cond. by Herbert Kegel
02:38AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Violin Concerto no.4 in D major (K.218)
Frank Peter Zimmerman (violin), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Guido Ajmone Marsan (conductor)
03:02AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata No.12 in F major (K.332)
Annie Fischer (piano)
03:17AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Rondo in C major for violin and orchestra (K.373)
James Ehnes (violin); Mozart Anniversary Orchestra
03:24AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Fugue in G minor for keyboard (K.401)
Bernhard Gfrerer (organ)
03:30AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio (K.418)
Cyndia Sieden (soprano), Prima La Musica, Dirk Vermeulen (conductor)
03:37AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Quartet for Strings in D minor (K.421)
Hagen Quartet
04:09AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Der Zauberer (K.472)
Sally Matthews (soprano); Simon Lepper (piano)
04:12AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Violin Sonata in E flat (K.481)
Salvatore Accardo (violin); Bruno Canino (piano)
04:37AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Twelve Horn Duos (K.487) (selection)
Martin van der Merwe, Jos Buurman (horns)
04:42AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Quartet for piano and strings in E flat (K.493)
Paul Lewis (piano), Antje Weithaas (violin), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Patrick Demanga (cello)
05:10AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Trio for piano and strings (K502) in B flat major
Kungsbacka Trio
05:33AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Mentre ti lascio, o figlia - aria for bass and orchestra (K.513)
Robert Holl (bass), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)
05:41AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (17-56-1791)
Don Giovanni (K. 527) - Overture
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling (conductor)
05:48AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.41 in C major (K.551) 'Jupiter'
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, cond. by Gottfried von der Goltz
06:22AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Sonata for keyboard (K.576) in D major
Jonathan Biss (piano)
06:37AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Four Dances (K.601) in A, C, G, D
Slovak Sinfonietta; cond. by Taras Krysa
06:48AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Contredanse in E flat (K.607) (Il trionfo delle donne)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
06:49AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Five Contredanses (K.609) in C, Eb, D, C, G
Slovak Sinfonietta; cond. by Taras Krysa
06:57AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Contredanse in G (K.610) (Les filles malicieuses)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
WED 07:00 Breakfast (b00x1sml)
The Genius of Mozart
1791
A Mozart selection for breakfast-time listening. With Rob Cowan.
WED 09:00 Classical Collection (b00x1smn)
Wednesday - James Jolly
James Jolly introduces great Mozart recordings and talks with his guest Sir John Eliot Gardiner. As well as pioneering the use of original instruments in historically-informed performances of Mozart's music, Gardiner has conducted many Mozart productions in opera houses using modern instruments. He reflects on the changes in approach to performing Mozart's music, especially in the opera house, the particular challenges of dramatic pacing in Mozart's operas, and the similarities and differences in approach between conducting Mozart's operas and his concert music.
2 German Dances, K605* [and the slightly dubious 'Sleigh Ride']
Vienna Mozart Ensemble, Willi Boskovsky (conductor)
From the PHILIPS complete edition
John Eliot Gardiner interview
Overture to The Magic Flute, K620
The English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Archiv 449 166-2
Requiem and Kyrie from Requiem, K626
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Philips 420 197-2
Finale of Piano Concerto no.22 in E flat, K482
Malcolm Bilson (fortepiano)
The English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Archiv 423 595-2
'Fuor del mar' from Act 2 of Idomeneo
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Idomeneo)
The English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Archiv 431 674-2
'Soave sia il vento' from Act 1 of Così fan tutte
The English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Amanda Roocroft (Fiordiligi)
Rosa Mannion (Dorabella)
Carlos Feller (Don Alfonso)
Archiv 437 829-2
Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge, K596
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano)
EMI 353226-2
Im Frühlingsanfang, K597
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano)
HYPERION CDA 66989
Das Kinderspiel, K598
Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano)
NAXOS
8.557900-2
Piano Quartet in G minor, K.478
Paul Lewis (piano), Leopold String Trio
HYPERION CDA 673737
Clarinet Concerto in A, K622*
Bernard Walton (clarinet), Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert Von Karajan (conductor)
TESTAMENT SBT 1381
Violin Sonata in F, K30
Blandine Verlet (violin), Gerard Poulet (harpsichord)
From the PHILIPS complete edition
Symphony No 38 in D, K504 (Prague)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Igor Markevitch (conductor)
DG 474 400-2.
WED 12:00 Donald Macleod's Mozart (b00x31lc)
1791
Donald Macleod maps out Mozart's life-story, plays many of his favourite works and trys to fathom why for him Mozart's music will always remain a constant companion. Today Donald takes a broad view of Mozart's last year - 1791, a year that began full of promise but transformed into one of the saddest in the history of music.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00x1smq)
The Genius of Mozart
St James's Baroque - Mozart Sacred Music
BBC Singers
St James's Baroque
Paul Brough conductor
Live from St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London
Presented by Catherine Bott
Ave verum K618
God is our refuge K20
Kyrie K33
Church Sonata in D major K69
Veni Sancte Spiritus K47
Laudate Dominum K339
Church Sonata in C major K328
Mass in C major 'Coronation' K317
The BBC Singers join forces with period-instrument orchestra St James's Baroque for a concert of sacred music from every decade of Mozart's life. The programme ranges from his very first sacred work ('God is our refuge' - composed by the eight-year old Mozart in July 1765 after a visit with his family to the recently-opened British Museum), to one of his last (the 'Ave verum corpus', a deeply serene setting of Latin words which he composed in July 1791, only a few months before his death). In between, comes music from Mozart's years in Salzburg, where he was employed by the city's Prince Archbishop. Mozart spent this period as a liveried servant in the Archbishop's household (higher in rank than the cooks but lower than the valets, as he rather ruefully observed) and his lack of status, combined with the creative restrictions imposed by the Archbishop's preferences in liturgical music, led to the famous bust-up with his princely employer which culminated - the story goes - in Mozart being physically kicked out of the Archbishop's palace. Nonetheless, that period gave rise to some of Mozart's most exquisite sacred music, including, in this concert, the wonderful 'Laudate dominum' from one of his Vespers settings, and the famous Coronation Mass whose final, heartbreaking, Agnus Dei points forward to the music Mozart would later write for one of his most unforgettable operatic characters - the Countess in 'The Marriage of Figaro'.
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00x1sms)
The Genius of Mozart
1791
Afternoon on 3 continues the Genius of Mozart, including recordings from Radio 3 New Generations Artists, and the BBC performing groups. Today's selection features two of his Sinfonia Concertantes.
Presented by Louise Fryer.
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K297b
Galliard Ensemble,
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Douglas Boyd, conductor
String Quintet in E flat, K614
Artis Quartet,
Lawrence Power, viola
Piano Trio in G, K564
Kungsbacka Trio
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K364
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Lawrence Power, viola
UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra.
WED 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00x1smv)
Archive - Mozart Requiem
Archive recording for All Souls' Day of a liturgical performance of Mozart's Requiem in D minor K.626 from the Chapel of New College, Oxford, on 12 January 2011. The soloists Jonty Ward (treble), Hugh Cutting (alto), Guy Cutting (tenor), and Jonathan Howard (bass) are drawn from the Choir of New College and they are accompanied by the European Union Baroque Orchestra directed by Edward Higginbottom.
WED 17:00 In Tune (b00x1smx)
The last in the In Tune Mozart series. Sean Rafferty is joined by soprano Elizabeth Watts, who will perform live in the studio. Sean also talks to countertenor and conductor Rene Jacobs, who will discuss how he was influenced by Mozart's work.
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WED 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00x1smz)
The Genius of Mozart
Music from Mozart's Last Years
Suzy Klein and Petroc Trelawny introduce music from Mozart's last years.
It's fair to say most people know at least something about Mozart's life, for instance that he was a child prodigy and died while writing his Requiem. But is there any fact about Mozart - man or music - you've always wondered about but never dared to ask? Maybe it's about the circumstances of that Requiem or Mozart's fabled skittish personality, or whether he really could write music straight onto the page, almost without thinking.
Well, this evening is your chance.
Dr Cliff Eisen who has been our music consultant on The Genius of Mozart season and is an internationally regarded authority on Mozart will be joining Petroc Trelawny and Suzy Klein on Performance on 3. You'll be able to ask Cliff Eisen your Mozart question live on air or you can email or text.
Mozart: Piano Concerto in B flat, K595
Mitsuko Uchida (piano and director)
Cleveland Orchestra
Mozart: Masonic Cantata: Laut verkünde unsre Freude, K623
Peter Schreier and Hans-Peter Blochwitz (tenors)
Andreas Schmidt (bass)
Men's Chorus of Leipzig Radio
Staatskapelle Dresden
Peter Schreier (conductor)
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
Malin Christensson (soprano)
Daniela Lehner (mezzo)
Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)
Henk Neven (bass)
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor).
WED 22:00 Play Mozart for Me (b00x1sn1)
Episode 9
Sara Mohr-Pietsch is the late night Mozart DJ with the discs. Write to her with your Mozart requests and dedications. Email: playmozartforme@bbc.co.uk.
THURSDAY 13 JANUARY 2011
THU 01:00 Through the Night (b00x1srw)
Susan Sharpe presents part 1 of Rossini's opera Matilde, part 2 is broadcast tomorrow
1:02 AM
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)
Matilde Shabran, or Bellezza, e cuor di ferro - Act I (melodramma giocoso in 2 acts)
Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano) Matilde; Juan Diego Florez (tenor) Corradino; Mark Beesley (bass) Raimondo; Vessalina Kasarova (mezzo soprano) Edoardo; Marco Vinco (bass) Aliprando; Afonso Antoniozzi (baritone) Isidoro; Enkelejda Shkosa (mezzo soprano) Contessa D'Arco; Carlo Lepore (bass) Ginardo; Bryan Secombe (bass) Rodrigo; Robert Anthony Gardiner (tenor) Egoldo; Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi (conductor)
3:01 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Concerto for violin and orchestra in E minor (Op.64)
Isaac Stern (violin), Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nikolai Malko (conductor)
3:28 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
28 Variations on a theme by Paganini for piano (Op.35)
Nicholas Angelich (piano)
3:52 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Holberg Suite (Op.40)
Sofia Soloists, Plamen Djourov (conductor)
4:11 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Prelude for piano (Op.45) in C sharp minor
Cedric Tiberghien (piano)
4:17 AM
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
Intermezzo - from Manon Lescaut (between Acts II & III)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)
4:23 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Water Music: Suite in G major
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (conductor)
4:34 AM
Rózycki, Ludomir (1884-1953)
Symphonic Poem: Mona Lisa Gioconda (Op.31)
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wojciech Czepiel (conductor)
4:44 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Rondine (Op.81 No.2)
Reka Szilvay (violin), Naoko Ichihashi (piano)
4:47 AM
Arnold, Malcolm (1921-2006)
Three Shanties (Op.4)
The Ariart Woodwind Quintet
4:55 AM
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance No.9 in B minor (Op.72 No.1)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor)
5:01 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Egmont - overture (Op.84)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Michel Tabachnik (conductor)
5:10 AM
Vejvanovsky, Pavel Josef (c.1633/39-1693)
Offertur ad duos choros (Ms. Kremsier)
Musica Aeterna Bratislava, Peter Zajícek (director)
5:16 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Passacaglia in C minor (BWV.582)
Kare Nordstoga (organ)
5:30 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Symphony No.97 in C major (H.
1.97)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Antoni Ros-Marbà (conductor)
5:56 AM
Doubinsky, Ivan (C.20th)
Our Father
Bulgarian National Radio Children's Choir, Hristo Nedyalkov (conductor)
5:58 AM
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908)
Sleep my beauty - cradle song from 'May Night'
Joanne Kolomyjec (soprano), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
6:02 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture vers. standard
The Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ludovít Rajter (conductor)
6:23 AM
Sorkocevic, Luka (1734-1789)
Sonata in A major
Vladimir Krpan (piano)
6:32 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Sonata in D minor 'La Folia' (Op.1/12)
Musica Antiqua Köln
6:41 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Manfred - Overture to the Incidental Music (Op.115)
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Jirí Belohlávek (conductor)
6:55 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856), trans. Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Widmung (Op.25 No.1)
Jorge Bolet (piano).
THU 07:00 Breakfast (b00x1sry)
Thursday - Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Wake up to music, news and the occasional surprise.
THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b00x1ss0)
Thursday - James Jolly
With James Jolly. Classic recordings and works influenced by Mozart including today a group of three Mozart paraphrases and Tchaikovsky's Suite No.4, also known as 'Mozartiana'.
Today's highlights include Beethoven's String Quartet in A, Op.18 No.5 performed by the Gewandhaus Quartet, a group of three Mozart paraphrases, an extract from Rossini's Il Turco in Italia featuring Cecilia Bartoli and Tchaikovsky's Suite No.4 for orchestra, otherwise known as Mozartiana.
10.00
Haydn
The Seasons, extract from Winter -
nos 38 and 39: 'Erblicke hier, betorter Mensch' / 'Dann bricht der grosse Morgen an'
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
Andreas Schmidt (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Archiv 431 818-2
10.10
Chopin
Variations in B flat on 'La ci darem la mano'
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
Helios CDH55181
10.26
Beethoven
String Quartet in A, op.18 no.5
Gewandhaus Quartet:
Frank-Michael Erben (violin)
Conrad Suske (violin)
Volker Metz (viola)
Jurnjakob Timm (cello)
Membran / NCA 60139
10.58
Today's Group of 3 is a collection of Mozart paraphrases
Gelinek
'Air des mysteres d'Isis'
Thalberg
'Lacrimosa'
Franz Liszt
'Ave verum corpus'
Cyprien Katsaris (piano)
Sony SK 52 551
11.09
Hummel
Rondo Brillant on a Russian Folk Theme, Op.98
Howard Shelley (piano and conductor)
London Mozart Players
Chandos CHAN 10216
11.27
Rossini
Il turco in Italia - 'Credete alle femmine' from Act 2, Scene 7
Michele Pertusi (Selim)
Cecilia Bartoli (Fiorilla)
Chorus and orchestra of La Scala Milan
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
Decca 458 924-2
11.32
Tchaikovsky
Suite no.4 in G for orchestra, Op.61 ('Mozartiana')
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carl Pini (violin)
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
Sony 82876-88807-2.
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00td8j5)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Man of God
iv) Man of God
Donald Macleod and Suzanne Aspden of Oxford University put Handel's spirtual beliefs under the microscope and explain the circumstances that led to the composer repositioning himself as a composer of oratorios.
If you are in search of a good role model, an example of a life well spent, well navigated, look to George Frideric Handel's seventy-four years. From day one this divinely musical and decisive Saxon instinctively knew where to take himself and who to please.
Donald Macleod is joined by Suzanne Aspden, a Handel expert from Oxford University armed with the latest in Handel scholarship. Faced with hours of Handel's sublime music and the composer's eventful life story they've whisked up a focus on Handel the borrower of his own and others' music - with a look at Agrippina the opera that so impressed Venice, and an electric peformance of Dixit Dominus. They discuss Handel the politician, how the composer was adopted in England and found long-term favour with the new Hanoverian monarchy.
Some of the most arresting moments from Handel's operas Radamisto, Admeto, Partenope, and Ariodante dominate the third programme, a look at Handel the resourceful 'Opera divo'. And with ravishing music from his oratorios Esther, Saul, Samson and Messiah, Handel as 'Man of God' is also exposed, revealing the composer's ability to twist a ban on staging Biblical texts to his advantage.
Today the spirit of Handel lives on and in the final programme 'The Idea of Handel' Donald and Suzanne broadcast 'The Anthem for the Foundling Hospital', the Violin Sonata in D Op.1 and a saucy aria from Semele, as they exhibit how the reputation of this great composer has evolved over the centuries.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00xysq9)
Schwetzingen Festival 2010
Viktoria Mullova
The versatile Russian violinist Viktoria Mullova plays chamber music in the elegant Rococo Theatre in Schwetzingen Castle, as part of the annual Schwetzingen Festival.
Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat, op 12.3
Viktoria Mullova, violin
Kristian Bezuidenhout, hammerklavier
Schubert: Piano Trio in E flat, D. 929
Viktoria Mullova, violin
Pieter Wispelwey, cello
Kristian Bezuidenhout, hammerklavier
Presented by Karishmeh Felfeli.
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00x1ss4)
Afternoon on 3 features new recordings from the BBC performing groups, including a concert given last month in Hanley by the BBC Philharmonic. Plus new recordings of Gregson and Foulds from the BBC Concert Orchestra and Howells' Requiem from the BBC Singers.
Presented by Karishmeh Felfeli.
2pm
Smetana: Bartered Bride overture
BBC Philharmonic
Yutaka Sado (conductor)
Gregson: Music for Chamber Orchestra
BBC Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)
Foulds: Indian Suite
BBC Concert Orchestra
Ronald Corp (conductor)
2.45pm
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor
Nobuyuki Tsujii (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Yutaka Sado (conductor)
3.25pm
Howells: Requiem
Margaret Feaviour (sop), Margaret Cameron (mezzo) Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor)
Jamie W Hall (bass)
BBC Singers
David Hill (conductor)
Gregson: 2 Pictures for String Orchestra
BBC Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)
Foulds: Henry VIII Suite
BBC Concert Orchestra
Ronald Corp (conductor)
4.10pm
Dvorak: Symphony no.9 in E minor 'From the New World'
BBC Philharmonic
Yutaka Sado (conductor).
THU 17:00 In Tune (b00x1ss6)
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Sean talks to conductor Andre Previn, in London to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra in concert and lead a Discovery Day on Vaughan Williams. Plus live music from Australian pianist Leslie, who has several concerts and CD releases to mark this year's Liszt anniversary, including a 99 CD box set recording of all of the composer's works for piano.
Main news headlines are at
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THU 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00x8b10)
Northern Sinfonia - Schreker, Elgar, Strauss
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Sir Mark Elder conducts Northern Sinfonia for the first time in a programme of works composed around and during the First World War, within the space of five years. The profound and wistful Cello Concerto, played by one of the great British cellists, Steven Isserlis, was the last major work that Elgar wrote. 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' was composed by Strauss as incidental music for Molière's play of the same name, originally with the ambitious idea of staging it together with the opera Ariadne auf Naxos in the same evening. Strauss included some arrangements of the music of Lully within it. Schreker was one of Vienna's most important composers in the same period, and in this luscious chamber symphony he makes full use of the mere 23 instruments involved.
Schreker: Chamber Symphony
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Strauss: 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' Suite
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Northern Sinfonia
conductor Mark Elder
Followed by the launch of the 2011 Proms Inspire Young Composers Competition. Petroc talks to previous winners about the competition.
THU 21:00 Music Planet (b00x31t3)
Oceans
For this major series to accompany BBC One's 'Human Planet', Andy Kershaw and Lucy Duran go trekking across the globe to bring us music from the peoples of some of the world's remotest regions, visiting many of the places featured in the TV series. This week the focus is on the music of ocean communities.
Galicia: Galicians consider themselves Celts, linked by sea travel with peoples in Northern France, Ireland and Scotland. Lucy Duran meets leading piper Xosé Manuel Budiño, and is invited to the village of Cebreiro for a party celebrating Celtic culture.
Papua New Guinea: To the accompaniment of the villagers, Andy Kershaw sets off on a shark fishing expedition with Blais, the singing shark caller from Tembin Village. Together the try to lure sharks with Blais's unique repertory of shark-calling songs.
Brazil: Lucy Duran visits the coastal city of Salvador da Bahia, the ancient capital of the Camdomblé religion. This is the religion that uses old African customs and languages - it's practised on the seashore looking across to Africa, and the sea and its shells are crucial to the liturgy, and its music too.
Solomon Islands: Andy Kershaw gets the gospel: the Deep Sea Canoe Movement is dedicated to keeping up continuous worship 24 hours a day on the paradise island of Malaita.
Producers: Roger Short and James Parkin.
THU 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00td8j5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 23:00 The Essay (b00r8cn9)
Land and Sea and Sky
Michael Bird
Michael Bird writes books about the visual arts, so St Ives is a good place to be. In his essay he explores how the constant transformations of what he sees, the land in the light, the weather, the breaking waves, even the people, have a rejuvenating, inspirational impact on him. Bird's essay was recorded in the streets leading down to the water, on Porthmeor Beach, on the cliff path leading to Land's End, along the run he takes to focus his thoughts. Unusually, but importantly, for a writer, he lives where the visual rather than the verbal, takes precedence. In St Ives one sees, then writes, rather than the other way around. And Michael Bird puzzles on his personal jouney, on how he came to be living in the far southwest, where land and sea and sky meet so dramatically.
THU 23:15 Late Junction (b00x1ss8)
Fiona Talkington - 13/01/2011
Fiona Talkington plays a selection of new releases for 2011, including the debut album by young Iranian composer Sohrab.
FRIDAY 14 JANUARY 2011
FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b00x1sw2)
Susan Sharpe presents part 2 of Rossini's opera Matilde
1:02 AM
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)
Matilde Shabran, or Bellezza, e cuor di ferro - Act 2
Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano) Matilde; Juan Diego Florez (tenor) Corradino; Mark Beesley (bass) Raimondo; Vessalina Kasarova (mezzo soprano) Edoardo; Marco Vinko (bass) Aliprando; Afonso Antoniozzi (baritone) Isidoro; Enkelejda Shkosa (mezzo soprano) Contessa D'Arco; Carlo Lepore (bass) Ginardo; Bryan Secombe (bass) Rodrigo; Robert Anthony Gardiner (tenor) Egoldo; Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi (conductor)
2:04 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Suite for orchestra No.2 in B minor (BWV.1067)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)
2:26 AM
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967)
Sonatina for cello & piano
László Mezõ (cello), Lóránt Szücs (piano)
2:35 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Tod und Verklärung (Op.24)
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Samo Hubad (conductor)
3:01 AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
Piano Quartet No 2 in A, Op 26
Julian Rachlin (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Torleif Thedén (cello), Itamar Golan (piano)
3:49 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Trio Sonata in C minor from 'Musikalischen Opfer' (BWV.1079)
Tom Ottar Andreassen (flute), Frode Larsen (violin), Emery Cardas (cello), Knut Johanssen (harpsichord)
4:09 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Mazurka in A minor (Op.17 No.4)
Jane Coop (piano)
4:13 AM
Musorgsky, Modest (1839-1881)
Khovanschina - overture
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Samo Hubad (conductor)
4:19 AM
Kats-Chernin, Elena [1957-]
Russian Rag
Donna Coleman (piano)
4:24 AM
Hammerschmidt, Andreas (1611/12-1675)
Suite in C for strings (gambas) and winds - from the collection 'Ester Fleiß'
Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director)
4:38 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Mephisto Waltz No.1 (S.514)
Janina Fialkowska (piano)
4:49 AM
Van Hoof, Jef (1886-1959)
Symphonic Introduction to a Festive Occasion (1942)
Flemish Radio Orchestra , Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor)
5:01 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Overture 'Ruy Blas' (Op.95)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Hiroyuki Iwaki (conductor)
5:09 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Drei Fantaisiestucke (Op.73)
Algirdas Budrys (clarinet), Sergejus Okrusko (piano)
5:20 AM
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787)
Dance of the Furies, from Act II of Orfeo ed Euridice
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Lovro von Matacic (conductor)
5:25 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Symphony No.4 in B flat major (Op.60)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn (conductor)
6:02 AM
Viotti, Giovanni Battista [1755-1824]
Duo concertante in C major
Alexandar Avramov (violin), Ivan Peev (violin)
6:08 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Sonata No.7 for 2 violins and continuo in E minor (Z.796) (1683)
Simon Standage (violin), Ensemble Il Tempo
6:16 AM
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936)
Rossiniana
The West Australia Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester (conductor)
6:43 AM
Flury, Richard (1896-1967)
Three pieces for violin and piano
Sibylle Tschopp (violin), Isabel Tschopp (piano)
6:51 AM
Roman, Johan Helmich [1694-1758]
Symphonia No.20 in E minor
Stockholm Antiqua.
FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b00x1sw4)
Friday - Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Start the day with a refreshing selection of music.
FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b00x1sw6)
Friday - James Jolly
James Jolly presents classic recordings and works influenced by Mozart including today Beethoven's variations on a passage from Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro.
Our highlights today include 12 Variations by Beethoven on Se vuol ballare from Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro, Ravel's Piano Concerto in G featuring the soloist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. And we finish with two highly contrasting takes on the same theme by Mozart (from the first movement of his Piano Sonata in A, K331) - the composers are Max Reger and Leonid Chizhik.
10.00
Dvorak
Slavonic Dance op.72 no.3 in F
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Artur Rodzinski (conductor)
DG 471 202-2
10.03
Beethoven
12 Variations on 'Se vuol ballare' from Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro for piano and violin, WoO 40 Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
DG 415 874-2
10.16
Liszt
Reminiscences de Don Juan, S418
Jorge Bolet (piano)
Decca 417 523-2
10.35
Ravel
Piano Concerto in G
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Ettore Gracis (conductor)
EMI 67258
10.59
Reger
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart, Op.132
New York Philharmonic conducted by Kurt Masur
Teldec 9031-74007-2
11.30
Chizhik
Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Mozart, for piano, strings and percussion
Leonid Chizhik (piano)
Gidon Kremer (violin and direction)
Andrei Pushkarev (percussion)
Danelius Rubinas (double bass)
Kremerata Baltica
DG 00289 474 8012.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00td8jc)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
The Idea of Handel
v) The Idea of Handel
Donald Macleod & Suzanne Aspden of Oxford University chart Handel's final years and look at how his reputation and music have been viewed by subsequent generations. Includes a rare chance to hear a complete peformance of The Anthem for the Foundling Hospital.
If you are in search of a good role model, an example of a life well spent, well navigated, look to George Frideric Handel's seventy-four years. From day one this divinely musical and decisive Saxon instinctively knew where to take himself and who to please.
Donald Macleod is joined by Suzanne Aspden, a Handel expert from Oxford University armed with the latest in Handel scholarship. Faced with hours of Handel's sublime music and the composer's eventful life story they've whisked up a focus on Handel the borrower of his own and others' music - with a look at Agrippina the opera that so impressed Venice, and an electric peformance of Dixit Dominus. They discuss Handel the politician, how the composer was adopted in England and found long-term favour with the new Hanoverian monarchy.
Some of the most arresting moments from Handel's operas Radamisto, Admeto, Partenope, and Ariodante dominate the third programme, a look at Handel the resourceful 'Opera divo'. And with ravishing music from his oratorios Esther, Saul, Samson and Messiah, Handel as 'Man of God' is also exposed, revealing the composer's ability to twist a ban on staging Biblical texts to his advantage.
Today the spirit of Handel lives on and in the final programme 'The Idea of Handel' Donald and Suzanne broadcast 'The Anthem for the Foundling Hospital', the Violin Sonata in D Op.1 and a saucy aria from Semele, as they exhibit how the reputation of this great composer has evolved over the centuries.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00xytmk)
Schwetzingen Festival 2010
Jerusalem Quartet
The Jerusalem Quartet perform Janácek's Quartet "Intimate Letters" and Brahms' second quartet in A minor at the 2010 Schwetzingen Festival. Both are intensely personal works, the first being an expression of Janacek's decades-long friendship with a married woman much younger than himself, and the second being held back from publication until Brahms finally felt satisfied with it. Presented by Karishmeh Felfeli.
Janácek: String Quartet no.2 "Intimate Letters"
Jerusalem Quartet:
Alexander Pavlovsky, violin
Sergei Bresler, violin
Amichai Grosz, viola
Kyril Zlotnikov, cello
Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, op. 51/2
Jerusalem Quartet.
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00x1swb)
Afternoon on 3 features new recordings from the BBC performing groups, including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra playing Brahms and Beethoven, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker. Plus the BBC Singers with Meyerbeer's Psalm 91.
Presented by Karishmeh Felfeli.
2pm
Rufinatscha: The Bride of Messina - overture
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
2.15pm
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major
Vilde Frang (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
2.55pm
Beethoven: Symphony no.3 in E flat major 'Eroica'
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
Meyerbeer: Psalm 91; Qui in manu Dei requiescit
Elizabeth Poole (soprano), Rebecca Lodge (mezzo soprano), Christopher Bowen (tenor), Adrian Peacock (bass)
BBC Singers
Andrew Carwood (conductor)
4pm
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Act 1
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor).
FRI 17:00 In Tune (b00x1swd)
There will be live music from Park Lane Group Young Artist pianist Alexander Soares, who performs in the In Tune studio ahead of his performance later in the evening at the Purcell Room, London.
Sean is also joined by soprano Aleksandra Kurzak and tenor John Osborn, the leads in the Royal Opera House's forthcoming revival of The Barber of Seville.
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.
FRI 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00x8b3q)
BBC Philharmonic live in Manchester
Martinu, Hummel
Karen Geoghegan joins Günther Herbig and the BBC Philharmonic to play Hummel's Bassoon Concerto in a concert that also includes Martinu's 6th Symphony and Dvorak's 8th. Introduced by Petroc Trelawny live from Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.
Martinu: Symphony No. 6
Hummel: Bassoon Concerto in F
Karen Geoghegan (bassoon)
BBC Philharmonic
conductor Günther Herbig.
FRI 19:55 Twenty Minutes (b00x21pk)
A Marginal History
Justin Champion rummages through public and academic libraries to see how the defacing of books over centuries of reading sheds light on the history of reading and information.
We've all been brought up to believe that writing in books is literary sacrilege: small children are still told off for colouring in their own books. How many hearts have sunk when opening a library book to find biro underlining, marginal commentary, or plain simple abuse?
The rules and regulations of public libraries sternly outline the penalties and punishment for such crimes. The modern obsession with the unmarked book has been famously broken by a few notorious readers: Joe Orton and his partner, Kenneth Halliwell, served a four month sentence for defacing library books. In 1959 they began a two year campaign of stealing and defacing books from the Islington public library, then smuggling them back into the stacks, where they shocked and appalled patrons and staff alike.
Surprisingly though this passion for the clean page is a recent cultural attitude: it is a consequence of the increasing commodification of the trade in second hand and rare books - books without marks simply command a greater price. Book dealers used to crop marginalia from their titles to increase their value.
In the past it was different: annotating, marking, and including marginal comments was approved and encouraged. There were handbooks explaining the best way of doing it. Historians of the book have only very recently recognised that these marks in books are the surviving traces of how real readers encountered books.
In A Marginal History, Justin Champion and Bill Sherman look in the margins of some of the intriguing books and manuscripts in the British Library's collection to shed light on this practice of marking books.
FRI 20:15 Performance on 3 (b00x8b4t)
BBC Philharmonic live in Manchester
Dvorak
Karen Geoghegan joins Günther Herbig and the BBC Philharmonic to play Hummel's Bassoon Concerto in a concert that also includes Martinu's 6th Symphony and Dvorak's 8th. Introduced by Petroc Trelawny live from Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.
Dvorák: Symphony No. 8 in G
Karen Geoghegan (bassoon)
BBC Philhamonic
conductor Günther Herbig.
FRI 21:15 The Verb (b00x1swg)
Audrey Niffenegger, Sharron Kraus, Susan Wicks, Ira Lightman
Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's celebration of the best writing and performance of all kinds. This week, the best-selling writer of 'The Time Traveler's Wife' Audrey Niffenegger reads a brand new Verb commission. Her latest book is a graphic novel and, as she explains to Ian, she's passionate about the form and about the bookiness of books in general. And, the songwriter, musician, philosopher Sharron Kraus performs work from her new album which mixes the folk traditions of England and Appalachia and discusses the art of songwriting. Poets Susan Wicks and Catherine Smith describe the treasures they found in the store-rooms of the Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery when they and other writers and artists were invited to be inspired for a local project. And, poet, mathematician and lover of the avant garde Ira Lightman assesses haikus found in the Wikileaks cables. They may be haiku in a mathematical sense but are they spiritually true to the form?
FRI 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00td8jc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 23:00 The Essay (b00r8ct0)
Land and Sea and Sky
Chris Wood
Chris Wood has won awards for his songwriting and his performance, such as BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year, 2009. He is much concerned with English identity and our relationship with the land (his album 'Trespasser' is a musical examination of enclosure as a continuing affront). Exploring such themes Wood draws on the ancient storytelling of traditional song, engages with our very nature in 'Turtle Song' - a new song written for the recent Darwin anniversary - and place (there's even a song about his allotment). He has always lived in Faversham and recorded on location here in Kent's creek, mudflat region, his essay explores how the sea snaking far inland the vast sky and the Dickensian marshes have all shaped his sensibility and concerns.
FRI 23:15 World on 3 (b00x1swj)
Lopa Kothari
Lopa Kothari with new tracks from across the globe, and a session with American gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello.