Jonathan Swain presents symphonies by Mozart, Brahms and Dvorák performed by the Romanian Radio National Symphony Orchestra
Symphony no. 36 (K.425) in C major "Linz"
Symphony no. 1 (Op.68) in C minor
Symphony no. 9 (Op.95) in E minor "From the New World"
Unidentified soloists, Choir of Latvian Radio and the Riga Chamber Players, Sigvards Klava (conductor)
Peer Gynt - suite no. 1 (Op. 46)
Rob Cowan presents Breakfast and talks to Comedy Classics guest Tony Hawks. Comedian and writer Tony Hawks is familiar to fans of BBC TV's "Have I got news for you" and Radio 4's "The News Quiz", "Would I Lie to You", "Just a Minute", and "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue". He is the author of the bestseller "Round Ireland with a Fridge" - the story of his absurd quest to hitch round the circumference of Ireland within a month... with a fridge. The book was serialised on BBC Radio 4. Tony Hawks will be talking to Rob about how he listens to classical music and playing his top five favourites by Rachmaninov, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Bach.
With Sarah Walker. This week performances of all five Parry Symphonies looking forward Friday's BBC4 film on the composer: The Prince and the Composer.
Today we play a world-premiere recording of a work that caused its composer great anguish from its conception to its first performance. Although the 1868 premiere of Parry's Symphony No.1 was under-rehearsed and had to be abandoned, when the piece was performed again later that year, Parry conducted to great applause. Showing influences of both Schumann and Wagner, it's a fine first symphonic attempt and one that is served faithfully in this groundbreaking recording from the English Symphony Orchestra conducted by William Boughton.
Imagine being JS Bach's son, growing up in a gigantic shadow with a great weight of expectation on your shoulders, and trying to earn a living as a composer. These days, almost inevitably, the career of Carl Philipp Emmanuel, Johann Sebastian's second son - and those of the other Bach children - are almost entirely obscured by the reputation of their father. But CPE Bach is the man of whom Mozart said, "he is the father, we are the children. Those of us who know anything at all learned it from him".
This week, Donald Macleod discovers that there's more to CPE Bach than his famous name. In Monday's programme, CPE finds a job at the court of the famously belligerent Frederick the Great of Prussia. When Frederick wasn't busy annexing parts of Europe, he liked nothing better than to play the flute, so an important part of CPE Bach's duties was to provide pieces for the king to perform, and to accompany him when he did. Music in the programme includes the Concerto for Flute in D minor, and an organ sonata written for Frederick's equally musical sister, Anna Amalia.
The French members of the Ebene Quartet are as at home in jazz and comtemporary music as they are in classical, but today's live Wigmore recital is firmly mainstream, with music by Mozart and Borodin's tuneful second quartet.
This week Afternoon on 3 looks north to the rich musical scene in the Nordic countries, with performances of Schumann symphonies from the Bergen Symphony Orchestra, plus other music played by the Swedish Radio Orchestra, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Tampere Philharmonic from Finland and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
Sean is joined by the captivating composer, jazz vocalist and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson. She leads a Bath Festival-commissioned tribute (on Monday May 30th) to the great singer, songwriter, pianist and Civil Rights activist, Nina Simone.
Also on the show today is world renowned pianist Mitsuko Uchida, ahead of her performances of Beethoven piano concerti with the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Colin Davis.
Purcell's songs fascinated later English composers Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett and we hear arrangements by both of them in tonight's concert as well as two other works by Britten - his Bach setting 'Five Spiritual Songs' and songs from his cycle 'Who are these children?'. Haydn famously visited England twice and wrote a series of English songs for his aristocratic patrons including his only Shakespeare setting 'She never told her love' which sets verses from Twelfth Night. The concert ends with Weill's four Walt Whitman songs including 'Oh Captain! My Captain!' which transforms Whitman's famous cry of anguish at the assassination of Lincoln into song form.
Haydn - Content; Sailor's song; She never told her love; The wanderer; Fidelity
Sara Mohr-Pietsch recommends recordings of English music for string orchestra.
Britten - from 'Who are these Children?' Op. 84: Nightmare; Slaughter; Who are these Children?; The Children
Weill - Beat! Beat! Drums!; O captain! My captain!; Come up from the fields, father; Dirge for two veterans.
Matthew Sweet talks to Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, former British ambassador to Afghanistan, about his memoirs: Cables from Kabul, which chart the deepening crisis surrounding the West's mission in Afghanistan.
As London's Jewish Museum launches its Entertaining the Nation exhibition, Matthew is joined by actress and comedian Maureen Lipman and historian David Cesarani to reflect on the Jewish contribution to British entertainment.
Martin Scorsese has paid tribute to controversial director Elia Kazan in a new documentary: Letter to Elia. Film historian Ian Christie reviews the film and explores the influence and inspiration between the two directors.
Plus, photo journalist Peter Marlow discusses a new exhibition of his work: Point of Interest, the result of a rigorous editing process which involved reducing several thousand images taken alongside his photojournalistic work down to a mere thirty seven.
The actress Diana Quick sees actors as story-tellers, and reflects on how the voice is the most essential of instruments.
Diana Quick was the first woman president of the Oxford University Dramatic Society. She is perhaps best known for her role as Julia Flyte in the television production of Brideshead Revisited. Stage credits include: Hamlet (Royal Shakespeare Company), Troilus and Cressida (National Theatre), and Mother Courage & Her Children (Royal Court). She has one daughter with actor Bill Nighy; the actress Mary Nighy. Her autobiography A Tug On The Thread is published by Virago.
Jez Nelson presents Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen and his Ensemble at the Cheltenham Festival, including specially commissioned music for the occasion. Gustavsen has been at the forefront of the Scandinavian jazz scene for the last decade, developing with his trio a lyrical, often sparse sound that draws on their Nordic heritage as well as cool jazz, blues and gospel. Since 2008 he's been recording and touring with Tord Gustavsen Ensemble, appearing in quartet form here with tenor and soprano saxophonist Tore Brunborg, Mats Eilertsen on bass and the trio's drummer Jarle Vespestad.
Also on the programme, a roundup of the latest album releases with studio guest John Fordham.
TUESDAY 24 MAY 2011
TUE 01:00 Through the Night (b011ckgs)
John Shea's selection includes String Quartets from Beethoven and Mendelssohn
1:01 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Quartet for strings in D major (Op.44 No.1)
Tankstream Quartet
1:28 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Quartet for strings (Op.59 No.1) in F major 'Rasumovsky'
Tankstream Quartet
2:09 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Le Papillon et la fleur (Op.1 No.1) (1861)
Paula Hoffman (mezzo soprano), Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)
2:12 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Les roses d'Ispahan (Op.39 No.4) (1884)
Paula Hoffman (mezzo soprano), Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)
2:15 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
En Sourdine (Op.58 No.2) (1891)
Paula Hoffman (mezzo soprano), Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)
2:19 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Après un rêve (Op.7 No.1) (1878)
Paula Hoffman (mezzo soprano), Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)
2:21 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Rencontre (Op.21 No.1) (1878)
Paula Hoffman (mezzo soprano), Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)
2:23 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Au bord de l'eau (Op.8 No.1) (1878)
Paula Hoffman (mezzo soprano), Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)
2:26 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Nell (Op.18 No.1) (1878)
Paula Hoffman (mezzo soprano), Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)
2:28 AM
Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915)
Piano Concerto in F sharp minor (Op.20)
Anatol Ugorski (piano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Gunther Schuller (conductor)
3:01 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Suite in E minor
Douglas Mackie and Jane Dickie (flutes), Barbara Jane Gilbey and Imogen Lidgett (solo violins), Sue-Ellen Paulsen (cello), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Lancaster (conductor/harpsichord)
3:34 AM
Fault, François du (1604-c.1670)
L'Offrande
Konrad Junghänel (playing 11-string lute)
3:41 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Symphony No.9 in C major 'The Great' (D.944)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Paul McCreesh (conductor)
4:41 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
3 Chansons for unaccompanied chorus
BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
4:48 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Romance in D flat - from Pieces for piano (Op.24 No.9)
Liisa Pohjola (piano)
4:52 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Polonaise in C major (Op.40 No.10) - from 10 Pensées Lyriques
Eero Heinonen (piano)
4:55 AM
Kalniņ?, Alfred (1879-1951)
My Homeland
Riga Chamber Musicians Orchestra, Normunds Sne (conductor)
5:01 AM
Anonymous (16th century)
Corten espadas afiladas
Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Lambert Climent (tenor), Francesc Garrigosa (tenor), Jordi Ricart (baritone), Hespèrion XX, Jordi Savall (director)
5:03 AM
Anonymous (16th century)
Aquella voz de Cristo
Luiz Alves da Silva (countertenor), Paolo Costa (countertenor), Lambert Climent (tenor), Jordi Ricart (baritone), Hespèrion XX, Jordi Savall (director)
5:08 AM
Anonymous (16th century)
Diferencias sobre las Vacas
Hespèrion XX, Jordi Savall (director)
5:11 AM
Leo, Leonardo (1694-1744)
Cello Concerto in D minor
Werner Matzke (cello), Concerto Köln
5:24 AM
Marais, Marin (1656-1728)
La Paraza
Vittorio Ghielmi (Viola da Gamba), Luca Pianca (Lute)
5:27 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Divertimento for 2 horns, 2 violins, viola and bass (H.
2.21) in E flat major 'Eine Abendmusik'
St Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Vilnius, Donatas Katkus (conductor)
5:43 AM
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594)
Miser, chi speme in cose mortal pone
Banchieri Singers, Denes Szabo (conductor)
5:46 AM
Clemens non Papa (c.1510-c.1556)
Chanson Languir Me Fais
Banchieri Singers, Denes Szabo (conductor)
5:48 AM
Josquin des Prez (c.1450/5-1521)
Chanson Vous L'Airez
Banchieri Singers, Denes Szabo (conductor)
5:51 AM
Willaert, Adrian (c.1490-1562)
A la fontaine du prez
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
5:57 AM
Hollander, Christian (1510/15-1569)
Ave Maria
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
5:59 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Violin Concerto in A major
Mincho Minchev (violin) Studio Concertante Instrumental Ensemble, Vasil Kazandjiev (conductor)
6:13 AM
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937)
Preludes for piano, Op.1
Jerzy Godziszewski (piano)
6:33 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907), orch. Hans Sitt
4 Norwegian dances (Op.35)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava, Robert Stankovsky (conductor)
6:53 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) arr. Duncan Craig
Romance in G (Op. 40) arr. Craig for viola and piano
Gyözö Máté (viola), Balázs Szokolay (piano).
TUE 07:00 Breakfast (b011ckgv)
Tuesday - Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Pianist Michel Legrand performs Gershwin's Three Preludes, the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado perform Rossini's overture to The Thieving Magpie, and Waldteufel's Skater's Waltz is performed by the Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper conducted by Franz Bauer-Theussel.
TUE 10:00 Classical Collection (b011ckgx)
Tuesday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. This week performances of Parry Symphonies and, with the Chelsea Flower Show opening this week, works inspired by gardens.
10:00
Brahms
Academic Festival Overture
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Eugen Jochum (conductor)
EMI CZS 569515-2
10:12
Debussy
Estampes No.3 - Gardens in the Rain
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN 10443
10:16
Delius
The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
ARGO 4302022
10:27
Stanford
Beati Quorum Via (Three Latin Motets, Op.38)
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
Christopher Robinson (conductor)
NAXOS
8.555794
10:31
Parry
Symphony No.2 in F 'Cambridge'
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Andrew Penny (conductor)
NAXOS
8.553469
11:19
Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle
Sonata No.11 in B flat Op.22
Louis Lortie (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN 10616(9)
11:47
Few conductors have done more for the early music revival than Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Today's recording of Handel's Water Music proves why. "Full of vitality and colour. This is period-instrument playing at its most stimulating and the sound-picture is vivid and clear", says the Penguin Guide to Classical Music. It's just the right approach for this well loved set of light orchestral movements, premiered on a barge in the summer of 1717 after King George I requested a concert on the River Thames.
Handel
Water Music - Suite No.2 HWV349
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
PHILIPS 4647062.
TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b011ckgz)
Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons
"In composition and keyboard playing, I never had any other teacher than my father." It could so easily have gone horribly wrong: one of the greatest musical minds the world has ever known, teaching his musical offspring himself. But Johann Sebastian Bach clearly had very special qualities and seems to have remained on good terms with all of his children. In today's programme, Donald Macleod explores the relationship between CPE Bach and his famous father.
TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b011ckh1)
Hungarian Music
Episode 1
Today's Lunchtime concert is taken from a series of Hungarian recitals recored in the Cosmo Rodewald Hall at the University of Manchester. Designed to mark this year's Liszt bicentenary, the recitals featured works by other Hungarian composers as well as Liszt, and include performances by the Danel Quartet, piano duo Artur Pizzaro & Vita Panomariovaite, the chamber ensemble CHROMA and soprano Susan Bullock with pianist Malcolm Martineau.
LISZT - Vergiftet sind meine Lieder; Im Rhein, im schonen Strome; Mignons Lied
Susan Bullock (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
LISZT - Concerto pathétique for 2 pianos
Artur Pizarro & Vita Panomariovaite (pianos)
KODALY - String Quartet No.2, Op.10
Danel String Quartet
BARTOK - Contrasts
CHROMA.
TUE 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b011ckjs)
Nordic Countries
Episode 2
This week Afternoon on 3 looks north to the rich musical scene in the Nordic countries, with performances of Schumann symphonies from the Bergen Symphony Orchestra, plus other music played by the Swedish Radio Orchestra, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Tampere Philharmonic from Finland and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
TUE 16:30 In Tune (b011ckjv)
Sean Rafferty interviews conductor Alan Curtis and author Donna Leon about their shared passion for Handel's operas. Alan Curtis is conducting the baroque orchestra Il Complesso Barocco performing Handel's Ariodante at the Barbican later this week. He has also conducted Il Complesso Barocco in a CD that accompanies the book 'Handel's Bestiary: In Search of Handel's Operas' - written by Donna and inspired by her interest in Handel's arias which reference animals and animal symbolism.
Also on the programme the Brodsky Quartet perform Ravel and Falla live in the studio. They talk to Sean about their return to Wigmore Hall where they will perform a programme from the early twentieth century featuring Turina, Ravel and Bartok.
Main news headlines are at
5.00 and
6.00
E-mail: in.tune@bbc.co.uk.
TUE 18:30 Composer of the Week (b011ckgz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b011ckjx)
Walter Weller and the CBSO at Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Live from the Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
Two major works in tonight's concert: Brahms's 1st piano concerto, a youthful but powerfully virtuosic work - Brahms called the slow adagio movement a 'gentle portrait' of Clara Schumann with whom he was in love; and after the interval Schubert's lyrical C major Symphony, the 'Great'. The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Viennese maestro Walter Weller, and joined in the Brahms piano concerto by Croatian pianist Dejan Lazic.
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op 15
8.10 Interval music
Petroc Trelawny introduces recordings by tonight's soloist Dejan Lazic.
8.30 Part Two
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, the 'Great' C major
Dejan Lazic (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Walter Weller (conductor).
TUE 22:00 Night Waves (b011ckk3)
Immigration, Bob Dylan at 70, Evelyn Juers, Life, Above All
There are few subjects that attract more debate than immigration, and tonight Anne hears two very different perspectives on the subject - from controversial Dutch author Paul Scheffer and from former World Bank Vice President Ian Goldin, who believes that the merits of migration are underestimated.
As Bob Dylan turns 70, Anne discovers why his recent work still has meaning from singer Barb Jungr and English academic, Daniel Karlin.
Anne talks to the Australian author and publisher Evelyn Juers about her new book that blends fact and fiction to tell the forgotten story of Thomas Mann's brother Heinrich - and his Hollywood exile.
And a film that brought Cannes Film Festival critics to their feet - Life, Above All - the story of a 12 year-old girl growing up in an African township where AIDS is a shameful secret, and the real cause of death of her baby sister has to be concealed.
TUE 22:45 The Essay (b00ss3bw)
Half Shame, Half Glory - Postcards from the Acting Profession
Simon McBurney
Simon McBurney beckons us to join him on stage, during the run of Samuel Beckett's Endgame, and explores how performing in the same play night after night is a process of refinement rather than repetition.
Simon McBurney is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Complicite Theatre Company. He has devised, directed and acted in over thirty Complicite productions. As an actor, Simon has performed extensively for theatre, radio, film and TV. Feature films include Sleepy Hollow, Kafka, Tom and Viv, Bright Young Things, The Manchurian Candidate, Friends with Money and The Last King of Scotland.
TUE 23:00 Late Junction (b011ckkc)
Fiona Talkington - 24/05/2011
Fiona Talkington's eclectic late-night mix includes the songs of bees in Marcus Davidson and Chris Watson's Bee Symphony, African music inspired by the Apollo space shuttle, music for bassett horns, and choral music from Latvia.
WEDNESDAY 25 MAY 2011
WED 01:00 Through the Night (b011ckky)
Jonathan Swain's selection includes Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony plus Schumann's 4th Symphony
1:01 AM
Schumann, Robert [(1810-1856)]
Symphony no. 4 (Op.120) in D minor
Romanian Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Francisco Rettig (conductor)
1:32 AM
Berwald, Franz (1796-1868)
Piano Quintet No.1 in C minor (Op.5) (1853)
Lucia Negro (piano), Zetterqvist String Quartet
1:56 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Concerto for piano and orchestra no.21 (K.467) in C major
Håvard Gimse (piano), Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (conductor)
2:23 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille [1835-1921]
Symphony no. 3 (Op.78) in C minor "Organ symphony"
Romanian Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Christian Badea (Conductor)
3:01 AM
Larsson, Lars-Erik (1908-1986)
Concertino for Piano and Strings (Op.45 No.12) (1957)
Mårten Landström (piano), Members of Uppsala Chamber Soloists
3:16 AM
Noskowski, Zygmunt (1846-1909)
Symphony No.3 in F major 'From Spring to Spring'
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, Szymon Kawalla (conductor)
3:57 AM
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967)
Summer evening
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, György Lehel (conductor)
4:15 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied - motet (BWV.225)
Danish National Radio Chorus, Stefan Parkman (conductor)
4:28 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Impromptu in G flat major (Op.51)
Krzysztof Jablonski (piano)
4:34 AM
Gratton, Hector (1900-1970) arr. David Passmore
Première danse canadienne (1927)
Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William Tritt (piano)
4:38 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Concerto for violin and string orchestra No.1 in A minor (BWV.1041)
Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel (violin and conductor)
4:49 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Academic Festival Overture (Op.80)
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry (conductor)
5:01 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Trio No.8 from Essercizii Musici, for Recorder, Harpsichord obligato, and continuo
Camerata Köln
5:09 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Der Sturm - chorus for SATB choir and orchestra (H.24a.8)
Netherlands Radio Choir and Chamber Orchestra, Antoni Ros-Marba (conductor)
5:19 AM
Merikanto, Oscar (1868-1924)
Merellä - from 4 Songs (Op.47 No.4)
Arto Satukangas (piano)
5:23 AM
Anon (Neapolitan Renaissance)
Viva, viva rey Ferrando (Fernando?)
Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director)
5:27 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Matthew Rowe (conductor)
5:39 AM
Delibes, Léo [1836-1861] text: de Musset, Alfred [1810-1857]
Les Filles de Cadix
Eir Inderhaug (soprano) Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Antoni Ros Marba
5:44 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Rapsodie espagnole
Piano Duo: Aglika Genova, Liuben Dimitrov
5:58 AM
Fusz, János (1777-1819)
Quartet for flute, viola, cello and guitar
Laima Sulskute (flute), Romualdas Romoslauskas (viola), Ramute Kalnenaite (cello), Algimantas Pauliukevicius (guitar)
6:23 AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
The Firebird
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
6:39 AM
Leclair, Jean-Marie (1697-1764)
Violin Concerto in D major (Op.10 No.3)
Simon Standage (violin), Il Tempo Ensemble.
WED 07:00 Breakfast (b011ckl0)
Wednsday - Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan presents Breakfast, including Mendelssohn's Hebrides overture performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Joseph Swensen, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin perform the Hoe Down from Copland's Rodeo and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra perform Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 conducted by Neeme Jarvi.
WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b011ckl2)
Wednesday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. This week performances of Parry Symphonies and, with the Chelsea Flower Show opening this week, works inspired by gardens.
10:00
Grainger
Country Gardens
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
HYPERION CDA66884
10:02
Butterworth
Two English Idylls
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
LYRITA SRCD245
10:13
Handel
Concerto Grosso in A major, Op.6 No.11
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
L'OISEAU LYRE 478 0319
10:32
Parry
Symphony No.3 in C 'The English'
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Matthias Bamert (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9120-22
11:08
Rameau
Pieces de clavecin: Suite in G - La Poule
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI 901754
11:15
J.C. Bach
Cease a while ye winds to blow
Maria Zadori (soprano)
Capella Savaria
Pal Nemeth (conductor)
HUNGARATON 31730
11:31
Our focus work today is Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Falla's fragrant depiction of three individual gardens lushly scored for piano and full orchestra. It's sensitively handled here by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and its soloist Alicia de Larrocha, whose "ability to evoke the colour of the Spanish atmosphere is remarkable" says Gramophone Classical Music Guide in a review of this Penguin award-winning disc. Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos supports Larrocha superbly while the London Philharmonic Orchestra provides a hot-blooded accompaniment.
11.33
Wednesday Award Winner
Falla
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Alicia De Larrocha (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (conductor)
DECCA 4102892.
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b011ckm5)
Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach (1714-1788)
To Stir the Heart
To Stir the Heart
Donald Macleod discovers how the Seven Years War affected life in Berlin during CPE Bach's tenure as harpsichordist at the court of Frederick the Great, and finds insights into Bach's musical philosophy: "I believe that music must, first and foremost, stir the heart ...".
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b011ckm7)
Hungarian Music
Episode 2
Today's Lunchtime concert is taken from a series of Hungarian recitals recorded in the Cosmo Rodewald Hall at the University of Manchester. Designed to mark this year's Liszt bicentenary, the recitals featured works by other Hungarian composers as well as Liszt, and include performances by the Danel Quartet, piano duo Artur Pizarro & Vita Panomariovaite, the chamber ensemble CHROMA and soprano Susan Bullock with pianist Malcolm Martineau.
LISZT - S'il est un charmant gazon; Enfant, si j'etais roi; La Tombe et la Rose; Comment, disaient-ils; Oh! Quand je dors
Susan Bullock (soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
LISZT - Rakoczy March for 2 pianos
Artur Pizarro & Vita Panomariovaite (pianos)
KODALY - Duo for violin & cello, Op.7
CHROMA.
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b011ckm9)
Nordic Countries
Episode 3
This week Afternoon on 3 looks north to the rich musical scene in the Nordic countries, with performances of Schumann symphonies from the Bergen Symphony Orchestra, plus other music played by the Swedish Radio Orchestra, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Tampere Philharmonic from Finland and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
WED 16:00 Choral Evensong (b011ckmc)
Salisbury Cathedral
From Salisbury Cathedral.
Introit: Holy is the true light (David Halls)
Responses: Radcliffe
Psalms: 15, 16, 96 (Elgar, Musgrove, Harris)
First Lesson: Ecclesiasticus 2 vv 1-23
Office Hymn: Sing Alleluya forth ye saints on high (Martins)
Canticles: Jesus College Service (Mathias)
Second Lesson: 1 Timothy 6 vv 11-19
Anthem: Give us the wings of faith (Bullock)
Hymn: With the saints whose stories stir us (Regent Square)
Te Deum in C (Stanford)
Organ Voluntary: Fantasy on 'Babylon's Streams' (Harris)
David Halls (Director of Music)
Daniel Cook (Assistant Director of Music).
WED 17:00 In Tune (b011ckn6)
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
The pianist Danny Driver plays in the studio ahead of his performance at the English Music Festival in Dorchester-on-Thomas, and he is joined by festival director Em Marshall.
The conductor Douglas Boyd talks to Sean about his tenure at the Manchester Camerata as he prepares for his last concerts with the orchestra as Music Director.
And the general director of Scottish Opera Alex Reedijk reveals details of the company's 2011-12 season.
Main news headlines are at
5.00 and
6.00
E-mail: in.tune@bbc.co.uk.
WED 18:30 Composer of the Week (b011ckm5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
WED 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b011ckn8)
Joanna MacGregor and friends at Bath MusicFest
Part 1
Live from Bath Abbey
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
The opening night concert of Bath International MusicFest celebrates two major themes of this year's festival: Celtic music and Songs of Freedom. Wells Cathedral Chamber Choir sing Scottish settings by James MacMillan, while Joanna MacGregor and The Britten Sinfonia perform his frenzied, folksong inspired Second Piano Concerto. Norwegian Trumpeter Arve Henriksen stars in Lost Highway, MacGregor's arrangement of traditional American and Gospel songs. Marching them all in and out of Bath Abbey are the City of Bristol Pipes and Drums.
James MacMillanThe Gallant Weaver
James MacMillanA Child's Prayer
James MacMillanAfter Virtue
Joanna MacGregor Lost Highway: Gospel and Blues from the Deep South
Arve Henriksen (trumpet)
Wells Cathedral School Chamber Choir
Nigel Perrin (choral conductor)
City of Bristol Pipes and Drums
Britten Sinfonia
Joanna MacGregor (piano/director).
WED 20:15 Twenty Minutes (b011g9dp)
Soul in the Psalms
Mary Ann Kennedy explores the unlikely relationship between American gospel music and the Gaelic tradition
of Psalm singing from the Western Isles.
WED 20:35 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b011g9dr)
Joanna MacGregor and friends at Bath MusicFest
Part 2
Live from Bath Abbey
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
The opening night concert of Bath International MusicFest celebrates two major themes of this year's festival: Celtic music and Songs of Freedom. Wells Cathedral Chamber Choir sing Scottish settings by James MacMillan, while Joanna MacGregor and The Britten Sinfonia perform his frenzied, folksong inspired Second Piano Concerto. Norwegian Trumpeter Arve Henriksen stars in Lost Highway, MacGregor's arrangement of traditional American and Gospel songs. Marching them all in and out of Bath Abbey are the City of Bristol Pipes and Drums.
James MacMillanSo Deep,
James MacMillanHalie Speerit's Dauncers
James MacMillan Piano Concerto No.2
Arve Henriksen (trumpet)
Wells Cathedral School Chamber Choir
Nigel Perrin (choral conductor)
City of Bristol Pipes and Drums
Britten Sinfonia
Joanna MacGregor (piano/director).
WED 22:00 Night Waves (b011cknb)
Henry Kissinger
In an extended interview Rana Mitter talks to former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as his new book On China is published.
For the past four decades, Kissinger has maintained close diplomatic relations with four generations of Chinese leaders, through the terms of eight US presidents. In this special edition of Night Waves, the Nobel Peace Prize recipient explores the evolving relationship between China and the United States and the crucial difference between the two countries' characters, and gives his prescription for the possibility of the world's future peace and progress.
Through the prism of this analysis of China, Kissinger - the author of numerous books on foreign policy and diplomacy - also reveals his insights into the art of statesmanship.
WED 22:45 The Essay (b00ss3hg)
Half Shame, Half Glory - Postcards from the Acting Profession
Olivia Williams
Olivia Williams reflects on the actor-director relationship, and takes us on the journey that drove her to become a Surrendered Actor.
Olivia Williams studied English at Cambridge, then Drama at the Bristol Old Vic. Her first major role was as Jane Fairfax in the 1996 ITV production of Emma. Williams made her film debut in 1997's The Postman, after doing a screen test for Kevin Costner. She went on to play a lead role in Wes Anderson's Rushmore (1998). Other film credits include: The Sixth Sense, Lucky Break, The Heart of Me, and An Education.
Produced by Sasha Yevtushenko.
WED 23:00 Late Junction (b011cknm)
Fiona Talkington - 25/05/2011
Fiona Talkington with an eclectic late-night mix, including a collaboration between Polish band Kroke and Norwegian trio Tindra, songs by Nick Drake, traditional music from Morocco and music for prepared piano by John Cage.
THURSDAY 26 MAY 2011
THU 01:00 Through the Night (b011ckpc)
Presented by John Shea. Music includes violin music by Bach and Brahm's German Requiem
1:01 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Chaconne in D minor, from 'Partita No. 2, BWV 1004'
Hiro Kurosaki (violin)
1:14 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) arr. Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Chaconne in D minor, from 'Partita No. 2, BWV 1004'
Hiro Kurosaki (violin), Linda Nicholson (fortepiano)
1:25 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) arr. Brahms. Johannes (1833-1897)
Chaconne in D minor, from 'Partita No. 2, BWV 1004'
Linda Nicholson (fortepiano)
1:39 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) arr. Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Chaconne in D minor, from 'Partita No. 2, BWV 1004'
Hiro Kurosaki (violin), Linda Nicholson (fortepiano)
1:52 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op.45
Barbara Bonney (soprano), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn (conductor)
3:01 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Overture (Sinfonia) from L' Isola disabitata - azione teatrale in 2 acts (H.28.9)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Rolf Gupta (conductor)
3:09 AM
Lilburn, Douglas (1915-2001)
Diversions for Strings
Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor)
3:26 AM
Suk, Josef (1874-1935)
Un Poco Triste - from Ctyri skladby for violin and piano (Op.17 No.3) (1900)
Uro? Prevor?ek (violin), Marjan Vodopivec (piano)
3:30 AM
Loewe, Carl (1796-1869)
8 Lieder: Frühling
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Michael Raucheisen (piano)
3:51 AM
Granados, Enrique (1867-1916)
Quejas o la maja y el ruisenor (The Maiden and the Nightingale) - from Goyescas: 7 pieces for piano (Op.11 No.4)
Angela Hewitt (piano)
3:58 AM
Granados, Enrique (1867-1916)
El Pelele - from Goyescas: 7 pieces for piano (Op.11 No.7)
Angela Hewitt (piano)
4:03 AM
Albéniz, Isaac (1860-1909), orchestrated by Enrique Arbós
Iberia - suite
The West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester (conductor)
4:34 AM
Muffat, Georg (1653-1704)
Toccata XI
Nikiforos Klironomos (Organ of Neresheim Abbey, Swabia - largest organ built by Johann Holzhay (1741-1809), and inaugurated on New Year's Day 1798)
4:41 AM
Andriessen, Hendrik (1892-1981)
Qui habitat
Netherlands Chamber Choir; Uwe Gronostay (director)
4:50 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto in G minor 'per l'Orchestra di Dresda' (RV.577)
Cappella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde (conductor) (soloists unidentified)
5:01 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906-1975)
Festive Overture (Op.96)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
5:08 AM
Rangström, Ture (1884-1947)
Suite for violin and piano No.2 (in Modo barocco) (1921-2)
Tale Olsson (violin), Mats Jansson (piano)
5:19 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Concerto for oboe d'amore and string orchestra No.4 (BWV.1055) in A major
Kalin Panayotov (oboe d'amore), Ars Barocca
5:34 AM
Morley, Thomas (c.1557-1602)
Hard by a crystal fountain
The King's Singers
5:37 AM
Talbot, Joby (b.1971)
The wishing tree (2002)
The King's Singers
5:41 AM
Kelemen, Milko (b. 1924)
Variations for piano
Ivo Pogorelic (piano)
5:53 AM
Smetana, Bedrich (1824-1884)
Piano Trio in G minor (Op.15)
Suk Trio
6:21 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) arranged for orchestra by Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
5 Hungarian Dances - Nos. 17 in F# minor; 18 in D major; 19 in B minor; 20 in E minor; 21 in E minor
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (conductor)
6:33 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
4 Dances from 'Abdelazer'
Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon (director)
6:37 AM
Banchieri, Adriano (1568-1634)
Cor mio, deh non languire
The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley (lute & director)
6:43 AM
Pallavicino, Benedetto (c.1551-1601)
Cor mio, deh non languire The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley (director)
6:48 AM
Petrali, Vincenzo (1832-1889)
Versetti per il Gloria (Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 6)
Leo van Doeselaar (organ of S. Corona, Vicenza).
THU 07:00 Breakfast (b011ckr1)
Thursday - Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan presents Breakfast, including Tchaikovsky's Waltz from Sleeping Beauty performed by the Kirov Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev, Brahms' Hungarian Dance No.2 performed by the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Ivan Fischer, and pianist Jean-Marc Luisada performs Chopin's Waltz in Ab (Op 34'1).
THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b011ckr3)
Thursday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. This week performances of Parry's 5 Symphonies and, with the Chelsea Flower Show opening this week, works inspired by gardens.
10:00
Mussorgsky
Khovanshchina - Prelude (Dawn over the Moscow River)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
PHILIPS 4685262
10:06
Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol, Op.34
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
DG 4497692
10:22
Debussy
Preludes, Bk 1 - La cathedrale engloutie
Zoltan Kocsis (piano)
PHILIPS 4565682
10:29
Parry
Symphony No.4 in E minor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Matthias Bamert (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9120-22
11:12
Jacob van Eyck
Der Fluyten Lust-hof (excerpt)
Pamela Thorby (Soprano Recorder)
Andrew Lawrence-King (Triple Harp)
LINN CKD291
11:16
Gurney
Down by the Salley Gardens
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Julius Drake (piano)
HYPERION CDA67243
11:19
Strauss
Serenade in E flat Op.7
Royal Academy of Music Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Keith Bragg (conductor)
ROYAL ACADEMY RAM034
11:35
Considered by many to be one of Beethoven's greatest piano sonatas, the Waldstein set the scene for future piano works, both by Beethoven and those he influenced. Full of the heroic grandeur that distinguishes the composer's middle period, and one of Beethoven's most technically challenging piano works, it's an ambitious undertaking for any pianist. In this recording Wilhelm Backhaus proves himself equal to the task, combining his characteristically objective, analytical approach with clean phrasing and great feeling. Small wonder he was so admired for his Beethoven interpretations during his lifetime.
Beethoven
Piano Sonata No.21 in C Op.53 'Waldstein'
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
DECCA 4757198.
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b011ckr5)
Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Ich bin ein Hamburger
Ich bin ein Hamburger
In 1768 CPE Bach left Berlin after 30 years' service at the court of Frederick the Great of Prussia and started a new job in Hamburg, where he took over from his godfather, Telemann, as musical director of the city's five most prominent churches. Life was good - according to one visitor, "Bach has a talkative wife, a rather unattractive but well-mannered daughter, a son who is a lawyer, good wine and good beer". Donald Macleod finds out what life was like for the Bach family in the more commercial atmosphere of Hamburg, the biggest port and trading centre of the German lands.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b011ckr7)
Hungarian Music
Episode 3
Today's Lunchtime concert comes from a series of Hungarian recitals recorded in the Cosmo Rodewald Hall at the University of Manchester. Marking the 2011bicentenary of Liszt's birth, the recitals featured works by Bartok, Kodaly, Dohnanyi and Kurtag as well as Liszt, and include performances by the Danel Quartet, piano duo Artur Pizzaro & Vita Panomariovaite, the chamber ensemble CHROMA and soprano Susan Bullock with pianist Malcolm Martineau.
LISZT - Der Fischerknabe; Uber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh; Ich liebe dich; Die stille Wasserrose
Susan Bullock (soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
KURTAG - Hommage R Sch for clarinet, viola & piano
CHROMA
BARTOK - String Quartet No.1
Danel String Quartet.
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b011cks2)
Thursday Opera Matinee
Berlioz - The Damnation of Faust
This week's Opera Matinee is the Chicago Lyric Opera's recent production of The Damnation of Faust by Berlioz, with Susan Graham as Marguerite, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis.
THU 16:30 In Tune (b011cks4)
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Opera Holland Park's production of L'amico Fritz by Mascagni opens on June 10th. Sean is joined in studio by cast members Anna Leese (Suzel) and Eric Margiore (Fritz), conductor Stuart Stratford and director Annilese Miskimmon. Anna and Eric sing live in studio accompanied by Alison Luz on piano.
Sean is also joined by the legendary singer Dame Cleo Laine who performs live in studio ahead of her residency at Ronnie Scotts from 30th May to 2nd June. She is joined by John Horler on piano and Alec Dankworth, double bass.
Main news headlines are at
5.00 and
6.00
E-mail: in.tune@bbc.co.uk.
THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b011ckr5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b011cks6)
Live from the Royal Philharmonic Hall
Mozart
Live from Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Mahler's epic 7th Symphony sometimes called 'Song of the Night' continues the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's celebrations of the composer in the centenary of his death. Conducted by Vasily Petrenko, the RLPO is also joined by violinist and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Alina Ibramigova for Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4.
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko (conductor).
THU 20:00 Twenty Minutes (b011cl1n)
Her First Ball
'Her First Ball' by Katherine Mansfield opens with Leila, a young unsophisticated country girl, nervous but excited on her way to her first formal ball with more cultured relatives.
Written in the tempo of a waltz, Mansfield conjures up the dreamlike, fairytale atmosphere of the ball, which is suddenly shattered when an older, fat dancing partner warns Leila that this is the beginning of the end of her young life, that now she will merely age, regretting her lost youth and beauty. For a moment, the magic is broken, but when another handsome young partner whisks her away, she returns to the thrill of the moment, to the joy of being young and free.
Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) is widely considered one the masters of the short story, her much acclaimed stories include 'The Garden Party' and 'Bliss'. She was brought up in colonial New Zealand but moved to Britain in 1908 where she led a literary bohemian life among the influential writers of the time.
Reader: Fenella Woolgar
Produced by Justine Willett.
THU 20:20 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b011cl1q)
Live from the Royal Philharmonic Hall
Mahler
Live from Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Mahler's epic 7th Symphony sometimes called 'Song of the Night' continues the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's celebrations of the composer in the centenary of his death. Conducted by Vasily Petrenko, the RLPO is also joined by violinist and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Alina Ibramigova for Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4.
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko (conductor).
THU 22:00 Night Waves (b011cksj)
Leila Ahmed, War Correspondents, Richard Long, This Week's Theatre
Anne McElvoy talks to the Egyptian cultural historian Leila Ahmed about her new book which explores the resurgence of the Muslim veil. Since 9/11 the wearing of the veil has become a controversial symbol, often associated with the rise of radical Islam. Leila Ahmed talks to Anne about the shifts in belief and ideology which has led growing numbers of Muslim women in the East and West to cover their heads.
Anne speaks to three veteran war reporters who feature in a new Imperial War Museum North exhibition about the correspondent's life behind the frontline and the changing nature of war reporting. With Kate Adie, Michael Nicholson and Eric Thirer.
The artist Richard Long creates art from walking across landscapes; from Ireland to the Gobi Desert. He discusses his latest exhibition, Human Nature and why technical skill is not required for his style of art.
And Susannah Clapp joins Anne to bring us up to date on this week's theatrical openings, including the latest play by award-winning writer Richard Bean.
Producer: Lisa Davis.
THU 22:45 The Essay (b00ss3p1)
Half Shame, Half Glory - Postcards from the Acting Profession
Mat Fraser
Mat Fraser lets us peek inside his Job-Getting Toolbox, that indispensible piece of kit that he carries with him to each audition.
Mat Fraser is a musician, actor and presenter. His acting career has encompassed a certain amount of political activism around disability issues. His hit one-man stage show Sealboy: Freak was based on the true story of 'Sealo' who travelled with American freak shows from the 1930s to the 1970s. Other credits include the Channel 4 series Cast Offs and BBC's Every Time You Look at Me.
THU 23:00 Late Junction (b011cksq)
Fiona Talkington - 26/05/2011
Fiona Talkington presents an eclectic late-night mix, including lullabies from Raymond Scott and Unni Boksasp, music from the Necks, Brian Eno and Jon Hassell, and baryton trios by Haydn.
FRIDAY 27 MAY 2011
FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b011ckvn)
Jonathan Swain presents highlights from the Penguin Café Orchestra at BBC Proms 2010
1:01 AM
Grieg, Edvard [1843-1907]
Holberg suite (Op.40) version for string orchestra
Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble, Plamen Djouroff (conductor)
1:21 AM
Jeffes [1949-]
Dirt
Penguin Café Orchestra
1:26 AM
Jeffes [1949-]
Steady State
Kathryn Tickell (northumbrian pipes), Penguin Café Orchestra
1:33 AM
Jeffes [1949-]
Swing the Cat
Kathryn Tickell (northumbrian pipes), Penguin Café Orchestra
1:36 AM
Raychev, Alexander [1922-2003]
Sonata-Poem for violin and symphony orchestra
Boyan Lechev (violin), Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vassil Stefanov (conductor)
1:56 AM
Jeffes [1949-]
Giles Fanaby's Dream
Kathryn Tickell (northumbrian pipes), Penguin Café Orchestra
2:02 AM
Jeffes [1949-]
Perpetuum Mobile
Penguin Café Orchestra
2:07 AM
Grieg, Edvard [1843-1907]
Concerto for piano and orchestra (Op.16) in A minor
Millena Mollova (piano), Symphonic Orchestra of the (former) Committee of Radio and Television Sofia, Vassil Stefanov
2:37 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Sonata for Piano and Violin No.6 in A major (Op.30 No.1)
Mats Zetterqvist (violin), Mats Widlund (piano)
3:01 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Symphony no. 4 (Op.36) in F minor
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
3:46 AM
Wilbye, John (1574-1638)
Draw on, sweet night
Ensemble Daedalus, Roberto Festa (director)
3:51 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Sonata for piano (H.
16.34) in E minor
Ingrid Fliter (piano)
4:02 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto da Camera in D major (RV.95)
Camerata Köln
4:11 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
Variations for Brass Band;
The Hannaford Street Silver Band, Bramwell Tovey (conductor)
4:24 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856), trans. Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Widmung (Op.25 No.1)
Jorge Bolet (piano)
4:28 AM
Strauss, Johann II (1825-1899)
Beautiful Blue Danube (Op.314)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
4:38 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Muhseligen (Op.74) (part 1)
Grex Vocalis, Carl Hogset (director)
4:44 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Passacaglia (and fugue) in C Minor (BWV.582)
Sergei Terentjev (piano)
5:01 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio - aria for soprano and orchestra (K.418)
Cyndia Sieden (soprano), Prima La Musica, Dirk Vermeulen (conductor)
5:08 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)
Sonata in D major (Kk.96)
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
5:13 AM
Gade, Jacob (1879-1963)
Jalousie - tango tzigane
The Young Danish String Quarte
5:18 AM
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857)
Capriccio Brillante for symphony orchestra on the theme of 'Jota Aragonesa'
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
5:28 AM
Finzi, Gerald (1901-1956)
White-flowering days for chorus (Op.37)
BBC Singers, Bo Holten (conductor)
5:32 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Polonaise for piano in F sharp minor (Op.44)
Aldo Ciccolini (piano)
5:43 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Double Concerto in C minor (BWV.1060)
Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe), Mary Utiger (violin), Camerata Köln
5:57 AM
Lindblad, Adolf Fredrik (1801-1878)
String Quartet No.6 in E flat major
Örebro String Quartet
6:24 AM
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908)
Concerto for trombone and military band in B flat major
Tibor Winkler (trombone), Chamber Wind Orchestra, Zdenek Machacek (conductor)
6:35 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Liebestraum (S.541) no.3 in A flat major
Gyõrgy Cziffra (piano)
6:40 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732 - 1809)
Symphony No.59 in A major "Fire"
Budapest Strings, Botvay Károly (conductor).
FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b011ckvq)
Friday - Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan presents Breakfast, including Bruckner's motet Os Justi sung by Polyphony conducted by Stephen Layton, pianist Murray Perahia performs Schubert's Impromptu No.2 in Ab major, and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra under Charles Mackerras perform Dvorak's Legend No.1 in D minor.
FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b011ckvs)
Friday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. This week performances of Parry Symphonies and, with the Chelsea Flower Show opening this week, works inspired by gardens.
10:00
Parry
I was glad when they said unto me
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN24131
10:08
Purcell
The Prophetess - Suite
Concerts des Nations
Jordi Savall (director)
FONTANA ES 8583
10:23
Janacek
On an Overgrown Path (excerpt)
Rudof Firkusny (piano)
DG 4298572
10.33
Although unjustly neglected in favour of his choral music, Parry's symphonies are well worth listening to. Among these, his Symphony No.5 in B minor "Symphonic Fantasia" stands out, combining the nobilmente of Elgar's symphonies and the gravity of Brahms. "The really clever, coherent thing about this close-knit piece - four movements linked as one - is the emotional memory that Parry carries forward with the development and transformation of his themes", wrote Edward Seckerson of the Independent when reviewing this work at the proms in 2010. The BBC Philharmonic provide a sensitive performance in the hands of Vassily Sinaisky.
The culmination of our series this week of Hubert Parry's five Symphonies coincides with a programme later today on BBC4 in which HRH The Prince of Wales will be exploring his love of the music of Parry and will be investigating his life and legacy.
Parry
Symphony No.5 in B minor 'Symphonic Fantasia'
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
PMR029/10NA7445
11.13
Delius
In a Summer Garden
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
WARNER APEX 8573890842
11:29
Friday Virtuoso
Albinoni
Concerto a 5 in D minor Op.9 No.2 for oboe, strings and continuo
Heinz Holliger (oboe)
I Musici
PHILIPS 4202552
11:42
Vaughan Williams
Tallis Fantasia
London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)
VIRGIN 5617632.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b011ckvv)
Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach (1714-1788)
A Very Remarkable and Famous Man
A Very Remarkable and Famous Man
Times were changing during the second half of the 18th century. A whole new group of people emerged - the middle class. They wanted to be entertained and to acquire the accomplishments of the gentry - playing the harpsichord and the like. For several centuries beforehand music had revolved around the church and the aristocracy, but no more. Composers had to take note of their new audience and CPE Bach immediately recognised the opportunities of a city full of amateur musicians. As he put it to a colleague, "in works that are intended for general consumption, be less abstruse and put in more sugar". Donald Macleod tells the story of CPE Bach's commercial success.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b011ckvx)
Hungarian Music
Episode 4
In the last of this week's Lunchtime Concerts of Hungarian music recorded at the Cosmo Rodewald Hall in Manchester, soprano Susan Bullock and pianist Malcolm Martineau perform Marking the 2011bicentenary of Liszt's birth, the recitals featured works by Bartok, Kodaly, Dohnanyi and Kurtag as well as Liszt, and include performances by the Danel Quartet, piano duo Artur Pizzaro & Vita Panomariovaite with O-Duo, the chamber ensemble CHROMA and soprano Susan Bullock with pianist Malcolm Martineau.
LISZT - Es muss ein Wunderbares sein; Die drei Zigeuner
Susan Bullock (soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
DOHNANYI - Sextet in C, Op.37
CHROMA
BARTOK - Sonata for 2 pianos & percussion
Artur Pizarro & Vita Panomariovaite (pianos) & O-Duo (percussion).
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b011ckvz)
Nordic Countries
Episode 4
This week Afternoon on 3 looks north to the rich musical scene in the Nordic countries, with performances of Schumann symphonies from the Bergen Symphony Orchestra, plus other music played by the Swedish Radio Orchestra, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Tampere Philharmonic from Finland and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
FRI 16:30 In Tune (b011ckw1)
Friday - 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.
FRI 18:00 Composer of the Week (b011ckvv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 19:00 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b011ckw3)
Strauss and Bruckner from St David's Hall, Cardiff
Live from St. David's Hall in Cardiff
Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas
The "final thoughts" of two great German masters are explored by Principal Guest Conductor Jac van Steen with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Mezzo soprano Katarina Karneus returns to the hall where she won Cardiff Singer of the World in 1995 to perform the Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss, capturing a mood of Olympian calm and serenity. Bruckner's powerful Ninth Symphony takes us on a dark and gripping journey, full of thunderous energy. It was left unfinished at the composer's death and closes with the slow movement which shares the same serenity as Strauss.
Richard Strauss - Four last songs
19:25 Interval Music
Nicola Heywood Thomas recommends recordings by tonight's soloist Katarina Karneus
19:55
Bruckner - Symphony no. 9
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Katarina Karneus (mezzo soprano)
Jac van Steen (conductor)
Following the main concert pianist Lars Vogt performs Brahms's Piano Concerto no.2 with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Thierry Fischer in a performance recorded at St.David's Hall, Cardiff in January.
FRI 22:00 The Verb (b011ckw5)
Jon McGregor, Laura Dockrill and Eva Salzman on Science Fiction, Laurie Stras on Chas'n' Dave and Cockney Song
Ian McMillan's cabaret of the word. Tonight's programme includes new short stories from Jon McGregor, the shortest of which is just ten words long. Jon's first novel, If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things was awarded the Betty Trask Prize and a Somerset Maugham award. His writing has been praised for its quiet but lyrical style, which captures the everyday world around us.
Laura Dockrill reads a letter to Dolly Parton - from Jolene's point of view.
Poet Eva Salzman, a self confessed science fiction nut as a teenager, visits the new Science Fiction exhibition at the British Library - and in thinking about other realities is inspired to write a new piece of fiction for the Verb.
And in the month that Chas 'n' Dave bow out of live performances, Ian and musicologist Laurie Stras discuss - is this the end of the Cockney Song?
FRI 22:45 The Essay (b00ss3zd)
Half Shame, Half Glory - Postcards from the Acting Profession
Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill asks what it means to be an actor, especially when you are unemployed.
Clemency Burton-Hill is the daughter of the TV presenter and writer Humphrey Burton. Burton-Hill has combined a career in acting, writing, music, and political and arts consultancy. Television credits include: Hustle, Midsomer Murders, The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, Supernova, and Party Animals.
Series produced by Sasha Yevtushenko.
FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b011ckw9)
Lopa Kothari with tracks from across the globe, plus a specially-recorded studio session with Afrobeat dub fusion band Soothsayers. This London-based multicultural group includes members with backgrounds in reggae, funk, soul, jazz and Asian music.