Jonathan Swain presents a concert given by the SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden & Freiburg including Bruckner's 3rd Symphony.
Johannes Lüthy (viola), SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden and Freiburg, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor)
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden and Freiburg, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor)
SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden and Freiburg, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor)
Isabelle Poulenard (soprano), Gilles Ragon (tenor), Ensemble Amalia: Florence Malgoire (violin), Marianne Muller (viola da gamba), Philippe Allain-Dupré (flute), Aline Zylberajch (harpsichord), Yasunori Imamura (theorbe)
Concerto VII in F major for four violins & basso continuo (RV.567) - from 'L'estro Armonico' (Op.3)
Paul Wright, Natsumi Wakamatsu, Sayuri Yamagata, Staas Swierstra (violins), Hidemi Suzuki (cello), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (conductor)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (fortepiano - after Johann Fritz, Vienna c.1815)
Joanna G'Froerer (flute), Martin Beaver (violin), Pinchas Zukerman (viola), Amanda Forsyth (cello)
Currende (voices and continuo), Herman Stinders (organ), Erik van Nevel (conductor)
Preludes No.16 in Bb minor; No.17 in Ab major; No.18 in F minor; No.19 in Eb major; No.20 in C minor - from Preludes (Op.28)
Polonaise in A major (Op.40 No.1) arr. for orchestra
Verena Krause (soprano) , Markus Forster (alto) , Martin Steffan (tenor), Albert Hartinger (bass) , Salzburger Hofmusik , Wolfgang Brunner (leader, organ & cembalo)
With Sarah Walker. In this week of the Royal Wedding, music with Pomp and Circumstance, recordings by Mitsuko Uchida, plus the next in our Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle.
Symphony no.7 in E major (original version): Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam
Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto from Mitsuko Uchida. An interpreter of great depth and versatility, Uchida "embraces the humanism and universalism of Beethoven, his emotional gravity and Olympian intellect, and plays at the peak of her considerable powers." (Financial Times). Indeed it was Uchida's 2008 performance of this work at the Barbican Hall that prompted the review: "Uchida's intelligent and minutely attentive style made for a predictably exemplary solo performance" (The Guardian).
Holst's poor health kept him from active service during most of the Great War. At home, he composed the work that would make him world famous, and haunt him for the rest of his life. Presented by Donald Macleod.
The Florestan Trio in a series of concerts given at LSO St Luke's. Each concert included a work by Beethoven, alongside works by other composers.
This week Afternoon on 3 celebrates the neglected English composer York Bowen for the fiftieth anniversary of his death. Today's programme includes Bowen's 3rd Piano Concerto, paired with Rachmaninov's Symphony no. 2 which was also written in 1907, and with Bowen's own Second Symphony alongside other English works written the same year by his more famous contemporaries.
Bowen: Piano Concerto no. 3 in G major, Op.23
Rachmaninov: Symphony no. 2 in E minor
Britten: Sinfonietta, Op. 1
Bowen: Symphony no. 2 in E minor
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Violinst Akiko Suwanai joins Sean in the studio and also performs some unaccompanied Bach. Also on the programme today are pianist Artur Pizarro who performs live in studio (Nocturne no. 3 by Louis Vierne) and conductor Roy Goodman. They speak with Sean ahead of their concerts with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment on 28th April and 4th May.
Composer and conductor Oliver Knussen returns to the Scottish Chamber Orchestra to lead a typically eclectic programme from Glasgow City Halls. It opens with Knussen's own arrangement of Mussorgsky's vignette 'The Seamstress' before they are joined by Finnish cellist Anssi Karttunen in Schumann's Cello Concerto - one of the composer's more daring and adventurous works. The concert ends with Debussy's score for his ballet about a box of toys which come to life
Rana Mitter talks to author and academic Anatol Lieven about his new book about Pakistan - is its portrayal as a failed state accurate, and what is the country's significance to the UK?
Chris Dunkley reviews Paul Abbott's new drama about family secrets, Alzheimer's and a returning prodigal son.
It's 200 years this spring, since the beginning of the Luddite movement. Who were the original Luddites and is it fair to use the term as an insult? Rana talks to Jeremy Black and Katrina Navickas.
And Rana visits the Southbank Centre in London which has just opened an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain. He talks to Jude Kelly about its aims and reviews the artworks with critic Richard Cork.
Lou Stein's investigation into the connections between fatherhood and creativity continues with Gulf War Artist John Keane's look at how his children have influenced how he sees his art and his role as a father. His paintings reflect on the the dire poverty and hopelessness which can flourish in third world countries in conflict. Although the nature of his interests means that he is constantly travelling to politically explosive parts of the world, fatherhood has helped him maintain an emotional balance in his life.
"It was not until my daughter was eleven and my son six that an idea emerged for a painting that blended with the theme of my work at that time, and flowed naturally into the series that I was putting together for an exhibition entitled Intelligent Design. I had become fascinated with the images of the outer reaches of the universe transmitted to us from the orbiting Hubble telescope. The sheer wonder of the vastness of what is out there defies comprehension but inspires awe. And what we see there is what we are. Stardust. Coalesced somehow into an intelligent life form, and circumscribed by love and cruelty. Against this I had also a photograph of my two children, holding hands, standing on a Suffolk beach in front of the ocean and gazing out to the horizon, their backs toward me. The idea occurred to me of substituting the object of their gaze, the chilly greys of the North Sea, for the rich hues of outer space, and this charged the image with a resonance invoking both the micro- and macrocosmic, but more than anything else it just reminded me of that old logo from my own childhood of Start-rite shoes - and this resonance was perfect."
JOHN KEANE Gulf War artist John Keane was born in Hertfordshire in 1954 and attended Camberwell School of Art. His work has focused on many of the pressing political questions of our age, and he came to national prominence in 1991 when he was appointed as official British War Artist during the Gulf War. His subject matter has subsequently addressed difficult topics in relation to religiously inspired terrorism such as Guantanamo Bay, the Moscow theatre siege and homegrown violence against civilians. Most recently, he has also become known for the portraits of Mo Mowlam, Jon Snow and Kofi Annan.
Fiona Talkington presents music from 1950s Jamaica, ngonis from Mali, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, a sonic train ride to Barnstaple and unusual interpretations of Bach.
WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2011
WED 01:00 Through the Night (b010gnl3)
Jonathan Swain presents a collage of pieces by Rameau performed by Early music specialists Arte dei Suonatori.
1:01 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe [1683-1764]
Excerpts from 'Les Indes Galantes'
Eugénie Warnier (soprano) Arte dei Suonatori, Alexis Kossenko (conductor)
1:40 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Hommage à Rameau - No.2 from Images (Set 1)
Walter Gieseking (piano)
1:47 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe [1683-1764]
Selected works by Rameau part 1 of 3
Arte dei Suonatori, Alexis Kossenko (conductor)
2:02 AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Trio des Jeunes Ismaelites - from L'enfance du Christ
Nora Shulman & Virginia Markson (flutes), Judy Loman (harp)
2:09 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe [1683-1764]
Selected works by Rameau part 2 of 3
Eugénie Warnier (soprano) Arte dei Suonatori, Alexis Kossenko (conductor)
2:29 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Elegie for cello and orchestra (Op.24)
Shauna Rolston (cello), Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor)
2:36 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe [1683-1764]
Selected works by Rameau part 3 of 3
Eugénie Warnier (soprano) Arte dei Suonatori, Alexis Kossenko (conductor)
3:01 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor (Op.posthumous)
Harald Aadland (violin), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, John Storgards (conductor)
3:33 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Masonic ritual music (Op.113)
Risto Saarman (tenor), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
3:55 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Violin Sonata in C (K.296)
Malin Broman (violin), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
4:12 AM
Stanley, John (1712-1786)
Organ Concerto in C minor
John Toll (organ), London Baroque: Ingrid Seifert & Richard Gwilt (violins), Charles Medlam (cello), William Hunt (violone), Nigel North (theorbo)
4:24 AM
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (1710-1736)
Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in B flat
András Keller (violin), Concerto Köln
4:37 AM
Piazzolla, Astor [1921-1992]
Milonga del Angel, arr. for string quartet
Artemis Quartet
4:44 AM
Falla, Manuel de (1876-1946) (arr. Gregor Piatigorsky)
Danza rituale del fuoco (Ritual Fire Dance) - from El Amor brujo arranged for cello and piano
Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello), Heini Kärkkäinen (piano)
4:49 AM
Elsner, Józef Antoni Franciszek (1769-1854)
Overture to the opera "Sultan Vampum" (1800)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrzej Straszynski (conductor)
4:53 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Letzter Frühling (Last Spring, orig. song Op.33/2)
Camerata Bern, Thomas Furi (leader and concertmaster)
5:01 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Scherzo No.1 in B flat (D.593)
Halina Radvilaite (piano)
5:07 AM
Weiner, Leó (1885-1960)
Fox Dance - from Divertimento No.1
Concentus Hungaricus; Ildikó Hegyi (concert master)
5:10 AM
Ginastera, Alberto (1916-1983)
Danza final (Malambo) (Op.8a)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
5:13 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Trio No.8 from Essercizii Musici, for Recorder, Harpsichord obligato, and continuo
Camerata Köln
5:21 AM
Françaix, Jean (1912-1997)
L'Heure du berger
The Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound, James Campbell (conductor)
5:29 AM
Strauss, Johann II (1825-1899)
An der schonen, blauen Donau - waltz for orchestra with chorus ad lib. (Op.314)
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
5:40 AM
Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959)
Polkas and Études for Piano, Book III
Antonín Kubálek (piano)
5:50 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Jeux - Poème Dansé
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
6:08 AM
Heinichen, Johann David (1683-1729)
Se mai, Tirsi, mio bene - from the cantata 'Clori e Tirsi'
Nancy Argenta (soprano), Nigel Short (countertenor), Cappella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde (conductor)
6:27 AM
Kuffner, Joseph (1776-1856) [previously attrib. Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)]
Quintet for clarinet and strings in B flat major (Op.32)
Joze Kotar (clarinet), Slovene Philharmonic String Quartet
6:38 AM
Boulogne, Joseph - Chevalier de Saint-Georges (c.1748-1799)
Violin Concerto in D major (Op.3, No.1) (1774)
Linda Melsted (violin), Tafelmusik Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor).
WED 07:00 Breakfast (b010gnl5)
Wednesday - Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan presents Breakfast.
WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b010gnl7)
Wednesday - Sarah Walker
Long:
With Sarah Walker. In this week of the Royal Wedding, music with Pomp and Circumstance, recordings by Mitsuko Uchida, plus our Wednesday Award-winners are the Los Angeles Quartet performing Haydn's String Quartet, Op.33 No.2 The Joke.
10.00
Handel
Let Thy Hand be Strengthened, HWV 259
Choir of Westminster Abbey
The English Concert
Simon Preston (director)
Archiv 410 030-2
10.09
Wednesday Award-winner
Haydn
String Quartet in E flat, op.33 no.2 (The Joke)
Los Angeles String Quartet Philips 464 650-2
10.27
Artist of the Week
Chopin
Piano Sonata no.3 in B minor, Op.58
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Philips 420 949-2
10.57
In the final countdown to the Royal Wedding, we play a royal tribute of our own: Purcell's Come, Ye Sons of Art. As one of the king's favourite composers, Purcell was commissioned to write odes for the birthday of Queen Mary II. This work, written in 1694, is the last birthday ode he wrote; by the end of 1695, both he and Queen Mary had passed away. It's a piece with a particular gravitas, a quality that shines out in this recording from The Choir of King's College Cambridge directed by Stephen Cleobury.
Purcell
Come, Ye Sons of Art
Kate Royal (soprano)
David Hansen (countertenor)
Timothy Mead (countertenor)
Jacques Imbrailo (bass)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Academy of Ancient Music
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
EMI 344438-2
11.20
Mendelssohn
Symphony No.5 in D, op.107 (Reformation)
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 4777581.
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b010gnmw)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Episode 3
Holst was deeply uncomfortable with the fame and approbation that followed the first performances of his Planets Suite but it revived interest in an early opera - one of his most distinctive works. Presented by Donald Macleod.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b010gnmy)
Florestan Trio
Episode 2
The Florestan Trio in a series of concerts given at LSO St Luke's. Each concert included a work by Beethoven, alongside works by other composers.
BEETHOVEN
Trio in C minor Op.1 No.3
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Trio No 2 in E minor Op 67.
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b010gnn0)
York Bowen and His World
Episode 3
This week Afternoon on 3 celebrates the neglected English composer York Bowen for the fiftieth anniversary of his death. Today's programme centres around the year 1929 which not only saw the composition of Bowen's Piano Concerto no. 4, but also Bartok's 1st Rhapsody, Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, and Shostakovich's music for the silent film New Babylon.
Presented by Louise Fryer
2pm
Britten: Phaedra
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)
Bowen: Piano Concerto no. 4 in A minor, Op. 88
Danny Driver (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
3pm
Bartok: Rhapsody no. 1 for Violin and Orchestra
James Ehnes (violin)
Andrew Armstrong (piano)
Shostakovich (completed Rozhdestvensky): New Babylon - extracts
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)
3.35pm
Ravel Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major
Artur Pizarro (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Malkki (cond).
WED 16:00 Choral Evensong (b010gnn2)
Latin Choral Vespers from the Chapel of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Latin Choral Vespers from the Chapel of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
Organ Prelude: Tiento de quinto tono (Anon Spanish 16th century)
Psalms: Dixit Dominus, Confitebor tibi Domine, Beatus vir, Laudate pueri, Laudate Dominum (Victoria)
Chapter Reading: 1 Corinthians 15 vv20-28
Organ Interlude: Tiento sobre cum sancto spiritu (Cabezón)
Office Hymn: Ad caenam Agni providi (Victoria)
Canticle: Magnificat octavi toni (Victoria)
Homily: The Revd Dr Peter Waddell
Marian Antiphon: Regina Coeli (Victoria)
Organ Postlude: Obra de octavo tono, medio registro, mano izquierda (Anon Spanish 17th century)
Director of Music: David Skinner
Senior Organ Scholar: Benjamin Atkinson.
WED 17:00 In Tune (b010gnn4)
Sean Rafferty interviews composer James MacMillan and conductor Clark Rundell about the world premiere of the new opera Clemency at Linbury studios next month. An extract from the opera will be performed live in the studio by Adam Green, Andrew Tortise and Eamonn Mulhall. Also pianist Konstantin Lifschitz performs Bach, Schumann and Janacek live in the studio ahead of his performance at Wigmore Hall later this week.
Main news headlines are at
5.00 and
6.00
E-mail: in.tune@bbc.co.uk.
WED 19:00 Performance on 3 (b010gnn6)
City of London Sinfonia - Weber, Mozart, Barber, Copland
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
A concert that combines virtuosic works from the European classical tradition with two 20th century American classics. Michael Collins, the new principal conductor of the City of London Sinfonia is the soloist in performances of two of Weber's works for clarinet and orchestra while leading soprano Carolyn Sampson sings a concert aria by Mozart. Sampson is also soloist in Barber's evocative portrait of small town America based on a poem by James Agee and the concert ends with Copland's ballet music to a story of 19th century American pioneers. Recorded at London's Cadogan Hall.
Weber - Clarinet Concertino in E flat
Mozart - Ah, lo previdi, K 272
Weber - Clarinet Concerto No.1 in F
Barber - Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Copland - Appalachian Spring (for 13 instruments)
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
City of London Sinfonia
Michael Collins (clarinet/conductor).
WED 21:15 Night Waves (b010gnn8)
Philip Dodd talks to novelist Edward St Aubyn, author of the Booker nominated Mother's Milk.
St Aubyn's semi-autobiographical books centre on the saga of the Melroses, a family suffocated by the presence of a sadistic father and a disillusioned mother. His alter ego, Patrick Melrose, has just come to the end of his fictional journey with the publication of the final chapter in the series, At Last.
As the RSC opens its new theatre in Stratford, Philip is joined by Night Waves’ regular critic Susannah Clapp to review its inaugural show - Macbeth, directed by Michael Boyd.
Journalist John Lloyd joins Philip to review Christian Carion's spy thriller Farewell, based on the true story of the KGB double-agent Vladimir Vetrov.
And why are the British so obsessed with the sex lives of celebrities? Following the latest news about super injunctions, columnist Deborah Orr, publicist Max Clifford and journalist Roy Greenslade discuss the issue.
WED 22:00 Composer of the Week (b010gnmw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
WED 23:00 The Essay (b010gnnq)
The Essay: The Father Instinct
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Lou Stein's investigation into the connections between fatherhood and creativity continues with Booker nominated author Abdulrazak Gurnah's emotional return to Zanzibar to see his elderly father. By making contact with him and his native land after a long period of absence, he was able to clearly focus his memories and his father's stories. He shared them with his daughters and then the world with the publication of his award-winning book "Paradise".
"My father was a pious man, but his piety was not oppressive. He did not harangue or lecture people, or engage in any ostentatious acts of observance. When he was younger, he was one of the handful of people who went to the mosque for the dawn prayers, and went to the mosque for all the other prayers in the day when he wasn't at work. Even when he was so unwell, he went to the mosque for at least three of the day's prayers. During the month of Ramadhan he read the Koran from beginning to end, reading for two hours in the afternoon every day instead of taking his usual siesta, pacing himself so that he could complete the reading before the month was out. So it was no surprise that one of the first things that my father should say to me after a 17-year absence was, go to the mosque and say your prayers, for while he did not harangue people about praying, he did not see why he should not harangue his own son."
Notes:
ABDULRAZAK GURNAH (Novelist). Abdulrazak was born in 1948 in Zanzibar, Tanzania and teaches at the University of Kent. His best-known novels are Desertion (2005), By The Sea (2001), and Paradise (1994). The latter was short-listed for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Prize. It is a compelling story set in East Africa about a young Muslim boy, Yusuf, who is pawned by his father to a rich and powerful trader whom he is told is his "uncle". His search for his own identity and for an understanding of his true father's actions is the centre Gurnah's novel.
WED 23:15 Late Junction (b010gnns)
Fiona Talkington - 27/04/2011
Fiona Talkington introduces music by American minimalist Ingram Marshall, guitarist Stian Westerhus, bluegrass from Chris Thile and Michael Daves, and a reinterpretation of Ketelbey.
THURSDAY 28 APRIL 2011
THU 01:00 Through the Night (b010gpmw)
Jonathan Swain introduces a selection of piano music played by Spanish pianist José Enrique Bagaria, Haydn, Chopin, Albeniz and Schumann.
1:01 AM
Haydn, (Franz) Joseph [1732-1809]
Sonata for piano (H.
16.50) in C major;
José Enrique Bagaria (piano)
1:14 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Barcarolle for piano (Op.60) in F sharp major
José Enrique Bagaria (piano)
1:23 AM
Albeniz, Isaac [1860-1909]
Iberia, Book 1 - 1. El Puerto; 2. Corpus Christi en Sevilla
José Enrique Bagaria (piano)
1:35 AM
Debussy, Claude [1862-1918]
Preludes L.123 Book 2; V. Bruyères; Vll. Ondine (Scherzando)
José Enrique Bagaria (piano)
1:42 AM
Schumann, Robert [(1810-1856)]
Sonata for piano no. 2 (Op.22) in G minor;
José Enrique Bagaria (piano)
1:59 AM
De Falla, Manuel [(1876-1949)]
Nocturne (1899)
José Enrique Bagaria (piano)
2:04 AM
Suk, Josef (1874-1935)
Mass in B flat major, 'Krecovicka'
Marie Matejkova (soprano), Ilona Satylova (alto), Jiri Vinklarek (tenor), Michael Mergl (bass), Miluska Kvechova (organ), Czech Radio Choir, Pilzen Radio Orchestra, Stanislaw Begunia (conductor)
2:29 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Quartet for strings No.2 (Op.13) in A minor
Biava Quartet
3:01 AM
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621)
Fantasia in G minor (g1)
Leo van Doeselaar (Van Hagerbeer organ (1643)
3:12 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Symphony no.1 (Op.39) in E minor
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
3:50 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Nocturne for piano No.1 in E flat minor (Op.33 No.1)
Livia Rev (piano)
3:58 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto for 2 cellos and orchestra in G minor (RV.531)
Maris Villeruss and Leons Veldre (cellos), Peteris Plakidis (harpsichord), Latvian Philharmony Chamber Orchestra, Tovijs Lifsics (conductor)
4:11 AM
Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich (1865-1936)
Elegie in D flat major (Op.17) arranged for horn and piano
Mindaugas Gecevicius (horn), Ala Bendoraitiene (piano)
4:19 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Symphony No.22 in E flat, 'The Philosopher'
Amsterdam Bach Soloists
4:35 AM
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787)
Sonata No.6 in G major for transverse flute and harpsichord (Op.6 No.6)
Karl Kaiser (transverse flute), Susanne Kaiser (harpsichord)
4:45 AM
Rore, Cipriano de (c1515-1565)
Fera gentil'
The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley (director)
4:51 AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Le Carnaval romain - overture (Op.9)
Orchestra di Roma della RAI, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
5:01 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Variations Brillantes in B flat major, on a theme from Hérold's 'Ludovic'
Ludmil Angelov (piano)
5:08 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.16 in C major (K.128)
The Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan, Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)
5:21 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Nulla in mundo pax sincera for soprano and orchestra (RV.630)
Marita Kvarving Sølberg (soprano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ketil Haugsand (conductor)
5:29 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Wojewode, symphonic ballad, (Op 78)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
5:41 AM
Lipinski, Karol Józef (1790-1861)
Variations on a theme of Rossini's 'La Cenerentola'
Miroslaw Lawrynowicz (violin), Krystyna Makowska-Lawrynowicz (piano)
5:57 AM
Tallis, Thomas (c.1505-1585)
Spem in Alium, for 40 voices
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
6:05 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
La valse
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jac van Steen (conductor)
6:18 AM
Sor, Fernando (1778-1839)
Introduction and variations on Mozart's 'O cara armonia' for guitar (Op.9)
Ana Vidovic (guitar)
6:27 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Concerto for 2 violins and string orchestra in D minor (BWV.1043)
Sigiswald Kuijken (violin and conductor), Lucy van Dael (2nd violin solo), La Petite Bande
6:44 AM
Gershwin, George (1898-1937)
Three Preludes arr. for two pianos
Aglika Genova & Luben Dimitrov (pianos)
6:50 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Theme with variations from Sextet in B flat major (Op.18)
Wiener Streichsextet.
THU 07:00 Breakfast (b010gpmy)
Thursday - Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan presents Breakfast.
THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b010gpn0)
Thursday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. In this week of the Royal Wedding, music with Pomp and Circumstance, recordings by Mitsuko Uchida, plus the Pathetique Sonata in our Beethoven Piano Sonata cycle.
New for Thursdays. Sarah Walker offers listeners the chance to exercise their powers of deduction with a light-hearted challenge to identify four seemingly unrelated pieces of music and the mystery theme that connects them, or to identify a well-known musician after hearing the same piece of music, played by three different musicians, one after another. Listeners will be invited to text or email in their replies.
10.00
Handel
The King Shall Rejoice, HWV 260
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Philips 432 110-2
10.11
Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle
Sonata no.8 in C minor, op.13 (Pathetique)
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Hyperion SACDA67605
10.33
CPE Bach
Cello Concerto in A, Wq 172
Alison McGillivray (cello)
The English Concert
Andrew Manze (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi 907403
10.53
Purcell
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary (selection)
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
Naxos
8.553129
11.06
Artist of the Week
Berg
Piano Sonata, Op.1
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Philips 468 033-2
11.29
Beethoven
Fantasia in C minor for piano, chorus and orchestra, Op.80
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) Warner Classics 2564 606022.
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b010gpn2)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Episode 4
On the verge of a breakdown, Holst withdrew to the quiet of village life in Thaxted and devoted himself fully to composition - producing a new opera inspired by Shakespeare. Presented by Donald Macleod.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b010gpn4)
Florestan Trio
Episode 3
The Florestan Trio in a series of concerts given at LSO St Luke's. Each concert included a work by Beethoven, alongside works by other composers.
IVES
Piano Trio
BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio Op 70/2 in E flat.
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b010gpn6)
Thursday Opera Matinee
BBC Scottish SO live, plus Thursday Opera Matinee
Today's Afternoon on 3 features a live concert from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra who are joined by Radio 3 New Generation Artists the ATOS Trio. It's followed by this week's Thursday Opera Matinee: Rachmaninov's Francesca da Rimini from the Salle Pleyel in Paris. Then we return to the world of neglected English composer York Bowen for music by him and his contemporary, Stravinsky.
Presented by Louise Fryer.
2pm
Live from City Halls in Glasgow
Presented by Jamie MacDougall
Haydn: Piano Trio in G major, Hob.XV:25 'Gipsy Rondo'
ATOS Trio
Beethoven Concerto for piano, violin and
cello in C major, Op. 56 (Triple Concerto)
ATOS Trio
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze (conductor)
3pm
Thursday Opera Matinee
Rachmaninov: Francesca da Rimini
Francesca .... Anna Aglatova (soprano)
Paolo .... Mikhail Gubsky (tenor)
Dante .... Vitaly Panfilov (tenor)
Virgil's Ghost .... Alexander Naumenko (baritone)
Lanciotto Malatesta .... Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Radio France Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra
Alexander Vedernikov (conductor)
4.05pm
Britten: Lachrymae
Maxim Rysanov (viola)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)
Bowen: Fantasia for four violas
Lawrence Power, Philip Dukes
James Boyd, Scott Dickinson (violas)
4.40pm
Stravinsky: Concerto for Chamber Orchestra in E Flat, 'Dumbarton Oaks'
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles (conductor).
THU 17:00 In Tune (b010gpn8)
Jazz pianist and composer Django Bates has been commissioned by Radio 3 and Jazz On 3 to compose a work for the Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2011. Django will perform live in the studio ahead of his appearance at the one of the UK's largest jazz festivals.
Mezzo-soprano Sophie Koch performs the role of Charlotte and soprano Eri Nakamura plays Sophie in the revival of Benoit Jacquot's 2004 production of Jules Massenet's 'Werther'. The opera singers will talk to Sean live in the studio ahead of their performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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 (b010gpnb)
Angela Hewitt RFH
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Renowned for her interpretations of Bach's keyboard music, Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt performs a recital which pairs two suites from the Baroque period with two of the greatest masterpieces of the variation form. It's a concert with subtle links between the works: the word Partita originally meaning 'variation'; three of the works have important fugues and Brahms's 'Handel Variations' is based on a theme from one of Handel's keyboard suites - though not the one performed tonight. Beethoven based his set of variations on the theme he was later to use in the last movement of his 3rd Symphony the 'Eroica', so the variations share the nickname. Recorded last month at the Royal Festival Hall, London.
J.S. Bach - Partita no.1 in B flat BWV.825
Beethoven - 15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original theme in Eb op.35 'Eroica'
Handel - Suite no.8 in F minor HWV.433
Brahms - 25 Variations and Fugue on a theme by G.F. Handel op.24
Angela Hewitt (piano).
THU 21:15 Night Waves (b00v7tnw)
Baroness Warnock
Baroness Warnock is most famous as the author of the Warnock Report on human fertility, the first, and many would say best, attempt to legislate for the burgeoning area of reproductive ethics. As well as navigating the moral complexities of IVF, stem cells and human embryo destruction, Mary Warnock has raised five children, run an Oxford college and written numerous books for both the professional and the lay philosopher. Now she is embroiled in a long-running debate about the status of religious ideas in British society. Warnock believes that religious thinkers are given a special authority in moral discussions and that they should not be; a fact she is robustly happy to discuss with any religious minded thinker, be they a bishop in the House of Lords or a columnist for the Daily Mail.
In an interview first broadcast in October 2010, Anne McElvoy talks to Baroness Warnock about her long life, her philosophical influences and the tragedies that she has suffered. Anne also challenges her on the role of the public intellectual to legislate for the rest of society and whether her reputation for being a moral pragmatist underplays the strong sense of principled rationalism she brings to her work.
THU 22:00 Composer of the Week (b010gpn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 23:00 The Essay (b010gpwf)
The Essay: The Father Instinct
James MacMillan
Lou Stein's investigation into the connections between fatherhood and creativity continues with composer James Macmillan's view that the traditional role of fatherhood which values family and life must be re-discovered and celebrated. For Macmillan, marrying and having a family was entirely sympathetic with the demands of his life as an artist.
"Can a musician contribute to this much-needed counter-revolution? Can artists be weaned off their toxic hedonism to provide new ways of imagining our human condition and its flourishing in a universal sense of the good life? I have no idea.
Nevertheless, something strange happened to me and my long-time collaborator, the poet Michael Symmons Roberts when we first became fathers in the 1990s. We were overwhelmed at the new experience. No one warns you that you fall head over heels in love with the new arrivals - these tiny, insignificant little bundles - who can do nothing for themselves, but turn your lives inside out. Maybe mothers know about this, but as usual, fathers, perhaps a bit slow on the uptake, are the last to find out. We noticed that there was not much in our culture which reflected on this, or celebrated parenthood, and fatherhood especially. Neither was there much which rejoiced in the family, or marriage or the fullness of human sexuality, other than the usual stuff from popular culture. We wondered if we could address this vacuum in our own work, some way. It is not the first time that Michael and I have been accused of muscling into territory recently colonized by militant, exclusivist feminism, but you know what? We couldn't care less! The result was Quickening, a large oratorio co-commissioned by the BBC Proms and the Philadelphia Orchestra."
Notes:
JAMES MACMILLAN (Composer). James became internationally recognised after the performance of his composition Tryst in 1990 which lead to his appointment as Affiliate Composer of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. His prolific output has been performed and broadcast around the world, placing him in the front rank of contemporary composers. James' beautifully reflective works about the Scottish Isles The Road to Ardtalla (1983) and I (A Meditation on Iona) (1996) were toured nationally in 2004 as part of Lou Stein's and Deirdre Gribbin's Venus Blazing Tour, which played to a sell-out crowd at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.
THU 23:15 Late Junction (b010gpwh)
Fiona Talkington - 28/04/2011
Fiona Talkington's musical journey encompasses Isnaj Dui's musical evocation of sleep, a saxophone quartet by Keith Tippett, music for viola and percussion by Philip Glass, and fiddle playing by Dave Swarbrick.
FRIDAY 29 APRIL 2011
FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b010gpyc)
Jonathan Swain presents the Soloists of St Petersburg in concert performing Mozart, Shostakovich & Haydn
1:01 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Adagio and fugue for strings (K.546) in C minor
1:07 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitry [1906-1975]
Excerpts from 24 Preludes for piano (Op. 34)
1:18 AM
Boskovic, Dijana
Concerto for Strings dedicated to Russian composers
1:31 AM
Barber, Samuel [1910-1981]
Adagio for string orchestra arr. from 2nd mvt of String Quartet
1:37 AM
Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809]
Concerto for violin and orchestra (H.7a.1) in C major
Mihail Gantvarg (violin)
1:57 AM
Rossini, Gioachino [1792-1868]
Sonata a quattro for 2 violins, cello and double bass no. 3 in C major
2:06 AM
Bartók, Béla [1881-1945]
Romanian folk dances (Sz.68) orch. from Sz.56
2:12 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich [1840-1893]
Waltz from Serenade for string orchestra (Op.48) in C major
2:16 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
Unidentified movement from Concerto for 2 violins, cello and orchestra (RV.578) (Op.3'2) in G minor "L'Estro Armonico"
all items performed by the Soloists of St. Petersburg
2:18 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Symphony no.2 in D major (Op.73)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Pedro Halffter (conductor)
3:01 AM
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643)
Vespro della Beata Vergine
Elisabetta Tiso, Monica Piccinini & Lia Serafini (soprano), Carlos Mena (countertenor), Lambert Climent, Lluís Vilamajó & Francesc Garrigosa (tenor), Furio Zanasi (baritone), Antonio Abete & Daniele Carnovich (bass), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall (conductor)
3:20 AM
Berwald, Franz (1796-1868)
String Quartet in G minor
Örebro String Quartet
3:51 AM
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937)
Preludes for piano, Op.1
Jerzy Godziszewski (piano)
4:11 AM
Strauss, Johann Jr (1825-1899) arranged by Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)
Emperor Waltz (Op.437) (1888)
Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (conductor)
4:24 AM
Gershwin, George (1898-1937)
Rhapsody in Blue
William Tritt (piano), Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Boris Brott (conductor)
4:41 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody no.6 in D flat major
Rian de Waal (piano)
4:49 AM
Boeck, August de (1865-1937)
Dahomeyan Rhapsody (1893)
Flemish Radio Orchestra, Marc Soustrot (conductor)
4:54 AM
Krása, Hans (1899-1944)
Overture for chamber orchestra
Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard (conductor)
5:01 AM
Stradella, Alessandro (1644-1682)
Quando mai vi Stancherete
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Alan Wilson (harpsichord)
5:09 AM
Verrijt, Jan Baptist (c.1600-1650)
Flammae Divinae (Op.5) (1649) - No.4: Currite, pastores
The Consort of Musicke
5:13 AM
Gwilym Simcock [(1981- )]
Improvisation on a 'plain-chant like' melody
Gwilym Simcock (piano)
5:21 AM
Goossens, Eugene (1893-1962)
Concertino for double string orchestra (Op.47)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
5:35 AM
Suk, Josef (1874-1935)
A Tale of a Winter's evening (Op.9)
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Vasata (conductor)
5:51 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto for violin and orchestra (RV.315) (Op.8 No.2) in G minor 'L'Estate' (Summer)
Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (director)
6:00 AM
Anonymous (17th century)
Seven sonatas for organ
Ljerka Ocic (organ of the Franciscan Church in Ksaver, Zagreb)
6:19 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Trio for viola, cello and piano (Op.114) in A minor
Maxim Rysanov (viola); Ekaterina Apekisheva (piano); Kristina Blaumane (cello)
6:45 AM
Hammerschmidt, Andreas (1611/12-1675)
Suite in G minor/G major for winds - from the collection 'Ester Fleiß'
Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director).
FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b010gpyf)
Friday - Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan presents Breakfast.
FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b010gpyh)
Friday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. In this week of the Royal Wedding, music with Pomp and Circumstance, recordings by Mitsuko Uchida, plus our Friday virtuoso, violinist Salvatore Accardo plays Paganini.
As the bells ring out in Westminster Abbey, we celebrate today's Royal Wedding with music full of pomp and circumstance used for royal occasions - Handel's Zadok the Priest, one of four anthems composed for the coronation of George II in 1727. We also play Swedish Baroque composer Johan Helmich Roman's Music for a Royal Wedding, a selection of pieces written for the four-day-long wedding of Crown Prince Adolf Frederick of Sweden and his bride Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.
10.00
Handel
Zadok the Priest, HWV 258
The Choir of the King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King (conductor)
Hyperion CDA67286
10.06
Friday Virtuoso
Paganini
Variations on God Save the King, Op.9
Salvatore Accardo (violin)
DG 449858
10.14
Mozart
String Quartet in F major, K590
Alban Berg Quartet
Teldec 4509-95495-2
10.40
Johan Helmich Roman
Music for a Royal Wedding (selection)
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze (conductor)
BIS-CD-1602
10.49
Artist of the Week
Schumann
Fantasie in C, op.17
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Decca 478 2280
11.30
J.S. Bach
Cantata BWV 29, Wir danken dir, Gott
Christine Schafer (soprano)
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano)
Werner Gura (tenor)
Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
TELDEC
8.35034.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b010gpyk)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Episode 5
Holst's final opera hints that he was on the verge of achieving very great things on the stage and in the concert hall, but his sudden death cut short what might have been the crowning years of his career. Presented by Donald Macleod.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b010gpym)
Florestan Trio
Episode 4
The Florestan Trio in a series of concerts given at LSO St Luke's. Each concert included a work by Beethoven, alongside works by other composers.
Today there are two unusual works in the trio genre - Janacek's "Kreutzer Sonata" restored to what is possibly its original scoring for trio by Till Alexander Körber , and Beethoven's Second Symphony in an arrangement by the composer himself.
JANACEK
Piano Trio (Kreutzer Sonata)
BEETHOVEN
Second Symphony (in the composer's version for piano trio).
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b010gpyp)
Today's Afternoon on 3 celebrates the Royal Wedding with a live concert of royal music from Belfast's Ulster Hall. The Ulster Orchestra and conductor Barry Wordsworth are also joined by Irish soprano Ailish Tynan for music by Mozart and Haydn.
Afterwards we return to the world of neglected English composer York Bowen, who died fifty years ago. We'll hear music by Bowen, and by Saint-Saens who called him "the most remarkable of the young British composers".
Presented by Louise Fryer
2pm
Live from the Ulster Hall, Belfast
Presented by John Toal
Jeremiah Clarke: The Prince of Denmark's March
Britten: Courtly Dances (from Gloriana)
Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate, K165
Bliss: Royal Palaces Music (excerpts)
Wagner: Bridal Chorus (Lohengrin)
Ferguson: Overture for an Occasion
Handel: Let the bright Seraphim (Samson)
Handel arr. Harty: Water Music Suite
Walton: Orb and Sceptre
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Wedding March
Ailish Tynan (soprano)
Ulster Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
3:55pm
Britten: 2 Portraits for String Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)
Bowen: Eventide
BBC Concert Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)
4.35
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto no. 1 in A minor
Danjulo Ishizaka (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Malkki (conductor).
FRI 17:00 In Tune (b010gpyr)
The Turtle Island Quartet - known for pushing the boundaries of chamber music with their interpretations of folk, jazz and rock - play live in the studio ahead of their London debut at the Greenwich International String Quartet Festival.
And the Doric Quartet, who have recently released a CD of string quartets by William Walton, also play live - music from their forthcoming concert at London's Wigmore Hall.
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Main news headlines are at
5.00 and
6.00
E-mail: in.tune@bbc.co.uk.
FRI 19:00 Performance on 3 (b010gpzn)
Live from the Barbican Hall, London
Britten, James Clarke
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Live from the Barbican Hall London
A new concerto to catch the ear, written for tonight's pianist - Nicolas Hodges - and two contrasting views of the heroic add strong spice to this programme. Ilan Volkov's choice of works opens with Britten's rarely-heard Ballad of Heroes, a choral setting of words by Auden and Swingler honouring British members of the anti-fascist International Brigade killed during the Spanish Civil War while Beethoven's mighty 3rd Symphony is nicknamed 'Eroica' - 'Heroic'.
Britten - Ballad of Heroes
James Clarke - Untitled No.2 for piano and large orchestra (BBC co-commission; UK Premiere)
Nicolas Hodges (piano)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Crouch End Festival Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor).
FRI 19:50 Twenty Minutes (b00s1ml2)
I'm Sorry I Killed Your Fish
Shostakovich's Fifth symphony was published with the tag "A Soviet artist's reply to justified criticism," and was widely seen as an apology to Stalin authorities for his opera Lady Macbeth. Russian apologies are very different from English ones. Overwhelmingly the most common way for a Russian to apologise is to say "forgive me": a formulation that demands forgiveness from the listener. English apologies, by contrast, almost always use the word "sorry": a word full of ambiguity since it expresses regret but not necessarily culpability.
The ambiguity has frequently been exploited by Anglo-Saxon politicians who have apparently apologised for historic wrongs which they were not responsible for.
Poles use the formula: "I apologise" - what linguists call a "a performative" - which is situated somewhere between the English and Russian formula. Eva Ogiermann from Portsmouth University is a Polish linguist, fluent in all three languages; she has carried out extensive research in how people apologise in the three languages. In one scenario she asked people how they would apologise for letting a neighbour's pet fish die while supposedly looking after them. A typical British apology is "Some of your fish died while you were away. I fed them an everything but turned up one day and some had died" (admitting facts but denying responsibility) or when accepting blame only using careful formulation such as "I think I might not have fed them properly". Russians and Poles would tend to the more florid, such as "I neglected your fish. I know now that there is nothing to be done", or "I have not lived up to your trust".
Using many other scenarios, not just fish, Eva Ogiermann constructs a complete typology of apology, and argues that the differences are more than linguistic - they reflect different notions of politeness in the respective cultures. The British emphasise "negative politeness" - not encroaching on someone else's space. Russians are far more interested in "positive politeness" - making the hearer feel good about themselves.
FRI 20:10 Performance on 3 (b010q22t)
Live from the Barbican Hall, London
Beethoven
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Live from the Barbican Hall London
A new concerto to catch the ear, written for tonight's pianist - Nicolas Hodges - and two contrasting views of the heroic add strong spice to this programme. Ilan Volkov's choice of works opens with Britten's rarely-heard Ballad of Heroes, a choral setting of words by Auden and Swingler honouring British members of the anti-fascist International Brigade killed during the Spanish Civil War while Beethoven's mighty 3rd Symphony is nicknamed 'Eroica' - 'Heroic'.
Beethoven - Symphony no.3 in Eb major 'Eroica'
Nicolas Hodges (piano)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Crouch End Festival Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor).
FRI 21:15 The Verb (b010gpzq)
Terry Deary, Christian Bok, Kerry Andrew, Drama from Peter Blegvad and Kevin Jackson
Ian McMillan introduces Radio 3's language cabaret with Verb regulars Peter Blegvad and Kevin Jackson who present a radiophonic drama extravaganza. Ian talks to best-selling children's author and man behind the Horrible Histories, Terry Deary, there's performance from You Are Wolf and the Canadian poet Christian Bök explains how he has encoded his work into the DNA of a bacterium in a bid to make his work live forever.
FRI 22:00 Composer of the Week (b010gpyk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 23:00 The Essay (b010gq10)
The Essay: The Father Instinct
The Father Instinct
In his concluding essay for the series, writer/director Lou Stein reveals how his four year old son, who has Down's syndrome, has been a positive influence on his work and life.
"Fathering a child with a severe disability is usually seen to compromise work and personal life, but in my case, my son has enhanced, inspired and even become a part of my work as a director and dramatist".
While working on pre-production groundwork for THE ESSAY series, Lou interviewed a number of potential artist-fathers who might have something revealing to say about the impact of fatherhood, either negative or positive on their work. During this process, he realised that the birth of his son, Ethan, marked a progressive turning point in his directing career. During the first few weeks of his son's life, which coincided with the premiere of a play he was directing (PERFORMANCES by Brian Friel), Lou imagined a future where most of his energies would be spent on caring for a son who had critically severe special needs. He feared the implications for his own work.
The opposite happened. A power instinctive force was released which Lou feels has resulted in some of his best creative work. Ethan has also put Lou in touch with his own father who died when he was 7 by reminding him of his own childhood.
"During the first week of Ethan's birth, I heard and saw my father clearly for the first time in my life. In the dream, he appeared in a 1950's-styled checked blouson jacket and well-creased trousers and approached me from a far distance. I saw he was holding baby Ethan. Then very deliberately, he walked up to me and with great import, he handed Ethan to me and said in a voice which I had not remembered before this moment "Ethan is my gift for you"."
LOU STEIN (Theatre Director). Lou is a London based Theatre Director/Writer who founded the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill and has worked with such actors as Dame Helen Mirren, Clive Owen, Sir Patrick Stewart, Chris Eccleston, Sir John Mills, and Helena Bonham-Carter in London theatres including the West End, The Royal Court, and for the BBC.
FRI 23:15 World on 3 (b010gq12)
Lopa Kothari with tracks from across the globe, plus a studio session with Argentinean electro-cumbia artist Axel Krygier.
Axel Krygier's new album 'Pesebre' takes in Andean bluegrass, Latino twist, tropical klezmer and Peruvian surf music as well as digital cumbia. He is currently on a European tour with his new Paris-based band.