John Shea presents a recital of Ravel and Liszt by 2008 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition winner Vitaly Pisarenko.
Fantasia on themes from 'Le nozze de Figaro' and 'Don Giovanni' for piano (S.697)
Parac, Frano (b. 1948)
La Noce Champêtre ou l'Himen Pastoral - from Pièces pour la Muzette, Paris 1722
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), orch. Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Dixit Dominus à 8 - from 'Musiche sacre concernenti messa, e salmi concertati con istromenti, imni, antifone et sonate' (Venice 1656)
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor)
Peter Westermann, Michael Niesemann, Piet Dhont (oboes), Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (director)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
Joanna G'froerer (flute), Martin Beaver (violin), Pinchas Zukerman (viola), Amanda Forsyth (cello)
Enrico Baiano (harpsichord), Cappella della Pietà de'Turchini, Antonio Florio (conductor)
Jaap van Zweden (violin), Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Vienna - Fritz Reiner conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in waltzes. RCA 09026 68160-2
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, Bernard Haitink.
The year 2012 marks the 350th anniversary of the Book of Common Prayer, which has given us such everyday phrases as 'till death us do part' and 'ashes to ashes'. Rob Cowan's guest this week is the psychoanalyst and novelist Salley Vickers, who is currently writing about The Book of Common Prayer. Her first novel, Miss Garnet's Angel, borrows from the Biblical story of Tobias and the Angel, and many of her subsequent novels - Instances of the Number 3, The Other Side of You, Where Three Roads Meet and Dancing Backwards - explore the impact of spiritual values on contemporary lives. Salley introduces her essential pieces of classical music.
For as long as we've had church music itself a Chapel Royal has been serving the musical and spiritual needs of British monarchs. Scarcely a single British composer of note for centuries failed to be associated with it. Byrd, Purcell, Handel, Gibbons, Locke, even Sir Arthur Sullivan of G&S fame all gave their best to adorn state occasions and royal worship, right up to the recent wedding of William and Kate.
This week, Donald Macleod takes five snapshots of the Chapel's itinerant musicians, following their fortunes as they navigate a perilous route from monarch to monarch. Often their careers prosper, with grand masques for Queen Elizabeth I and battlefield triumphs under Henry V. But there are periods of near collapse too, most notably the years of the Civil War which almost finished the Chapel for good. And we hear the written testimonies of many who gave their best years to the choir, most of them thankful for the education it gave them but also some with dark memories of bullying amongst the ranks.
We begin in 1520, and a royal 'G2' long before the G10 was ever invented. Henry VIII is in France for the signing of a royal treaty. No expense is spared as a 'porta-palace' is constructed complete with a fountain gushing with claret. It's an occasion when his chapel musicians must show what they are made of.
Katie Derham presents a week of programmes featuring recent concerts by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, highlighting British music and Romantic favourites.
Costa Rican-born conductor Giancarlo Guerrero makes his debut with the orchestra in a Swansea concert of youthful works by Brahms, Richard Strauss and Shostakovich. The orchestra's principal horn, Tim Thorpe, performs Richard Strauss's demanding first concerto. Shostakovich wrote his First Symphony while still a teenager; the work unequivocally established him as the first great Soviet composer.
William Mathias's tone poem, Helios, precedes a performance of Dvorak's spirited Eighth Symphony, recorded at Marlborough College's semi-circular Memorial Hall.
Brahms: Serenade no. 2
c.
Strauss: Horn Concerto no. 1
c.
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 1
c.
c.
Dvorak: Symphony no. 8
Kicking off a great week on In Tune, Lithuanian pianist Kasparas Uinskas plays live in the studio ahead of his Wigmore recital. Since bursting onto the scene with a series of highly-praised debut recitals around the world, Kasparas has performed with numerous orchestras and conductors and featured at many international music festivals throughout the USA and Europe.
And pianist Lars Vogt performs Chopin and Brahms, in anticipation of his recital at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
In this concert renowned vocal ensemble Stile Antico perform Tudor and Jacobean sacred music written for domestic performance rather than for liturgical use in church. Composed at a time of religious turmoil following Henry VIII's break from Rome, it's music that reflects the troubled times, intended to inspire piety and affirm faith, whether that faith was Protestant or Catholic. Taken from collections brought together for devotion at court or in private homes and written by some of the great names in Renaissance music it's a chronological journey through this largely neglected repertoire.
attrib. Thomas Morley: Nolo mortem peccatoris
Rana Mitter reads a new collection of poetry from the Taliban in a newly translated volume that attempts to get inside the lives of a people little understood in the West beyond the fact of them being 'the enemy.' Controversy has attended the publication of this volume with some saying that it conveniently forgets the fact that the Taliban are thugs who are killing British soldiers as has been the case just this week. But others say that there is no alternative to 'know thine enemy' and that includes their primary art form of sung and spoken poetry, often carried on mobile phones as mp3s and listened to every day.
Albert Einstein famously said "I have no special talent, I am only passionately curious". But a few centuries earlier, such a claim would have been frowned upon as curiosity was condemned, still associated with original sin. So when did our inquisitive impulse become sanctioned? Science writer Philip Ball traces the rise of curiosity back to the 17th century and the Scientific Revolution when it changed from a vice to a virtue. But as he tells Rana, our sense of wonder may have been diluted in the process.
There's a review of an exhibition that's a time capsule of 18th Century loot revealing the tastes, art, books and souvenirs of aristocrats returning from their Grand Tour of Europe. The British merchant ship The Westmoreland was filled with the fruits of extended shopping expeditions around Europe when it was hijacked by French warships off the coast of Spain and its treasures sold off and dispersed. Alex Harris talks to Rana about this new show which includes some of the most fashionable art of the day and glimpses into the hidden stories behind 18th Century holiday romances.
And Rana talks to Aharon Appelfeld who this evening won the Independent Foreign Fiction prize for his novel Blooms of Darkness describing the experience of a young Jewish boy hidden in a cupboard in a brothel in the ghetto during the second world war.
As part of the Shakespeare Unlocked season on the BBC, writers from Sierra Leone, Brazil, India, Iran and China explain why a playwright from sixteenth century Stratford resonates so powerfully in their own countries.
With Eldred Jones, Aimara Resende, Poonam Trivedi, Narguess Farzad and Yong Li Lan.
In this first essay Poonam Trivedi explains how Bollywood helped to make Shakespeare's reputation in India.
These essays explore Shakespeare's place on the global stage; with writers and scholars from around the world explaining his importance within their own culture. There are references to Hamlet and Othello in Iranian literature for example - as well as in African and Chinese works. Othello was first translated into Persian 170 years ago by a Persian prince because the themes of jealousy and honour struck a chord with the Iranian psyche. Authors the world over have recognised a profound affinity between Shakespeare's themes and their own traditional culture, be in it Chinese, Indian or African.
Jez Nelson presents pianist John Taylor at the Cheltenham Festival, performing a new work specially commissioned by BBC Radio 3 to celebrate his 70th birthday. For this performance, Taylor has put together a new band that includes saxophonist Julian Arguelles, trumpeter Chris Batchelor, tuba player Oren Marshall, and Taylor's sons, Alex and Leo. He has been a leading figure of British jazz since the 1970s, playing with saxophonists John Surman and Alan Skidmore before going on to form trio Azimuth with Norma Winstone and Kenny Wheeler. Collaborations with Jan Garbarek, Enrico Rava and Lee Konitz in the 1980s established an international reputation for his lyricism, subtle harmonic disguise and classically refined technique, which recent trio combinations, including with drummer Martin France and bassist Palle Danielsson, have further cemented.
TUESDAY 15 MAY 2012
TUE 00:30 Through the Night (b01hjpf4)
John Shea presents an all-Bach concert given by Concerto Koln and the Regensburg Cathedral Choir.
12:31 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Concerto in A major for oboe d'amore and strings (reconstr. of lost original of BWV.1055)
Benoit Laurent (oboe d'amore), Concerto Köln, Markus Hoffmann (director)
12:45 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Cantata no. 11 BWV.11 (Ascension Oratorio)
Johannette Zomer (soprano), Linus Vogt (soprano), Franz Vitzthum (alto), Georg Poplutz (tenor), Wilhelm Schwinghammer (bass), Regensburg Cathedral Choir, Roland Büchner (director), Concerto Köln, Markus Hoffmann (director)
1:14 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf - motet BWV.226
Regensburg Cathedral Choir, Roland Büchner (director), Concerto Köln, Markus Hoffmann (director)
1:22 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Magnificat in D major BWV.243
Johannette Zomer (soprano), Linus Vogt (soprano), Franz Vitzthum (alto), Georg Poplutz (tenor), Wilhelm Schwinghammer (bass), Regensburg Cathedral Choir, Roland Büchner (director), Concerto Köln, Markus Hoffmann (director)
1:51 AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
Sonata no. 3 in F minor Op.5 for piano
Cristina Ortiz (piano)
2:31 AM
Vermeulen, Matthijs [1888-1967]
Symphony no. 1 (Symphonia Carminum)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Roelof Van Driesten (conductor)
2:57 AM
Rheinberger, Joseph [1839-1901]
Sonata in E flat major Op.178 for horn and piano
Martin Van der Merwe (horn), Huib Christiaanse (piano)
3:19 AM
Forster, Kaspar [1616-1673]
Vanitas vanitatum - dialogus de Divite et paupere
La Capella Ducale, Mona Spägele (soprano), Wilfred Jochens (tenor), Harry van der Kamp (bass), Musica Fiata Köln, Roland Wilson (conductor)
3:30 AM
Schubert, Franz [1797-1828]
Overture in B flat major, D.470
Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marcello Viotti (conductor)
3:36 AM
Ponce, Manuel Maria [1882-1948]
Preludes Nos. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 for guitar
Heiki Mätlik (guitar)
3:44 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759]
Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden (HWV.210), arr. oboe, violin and organ (No.9 from Deutsche Arien)
Louise Pellerin (oboe), Hélène Plouffe (violin), Dom André Laberge (1999 Karl Wilhelm organ at the Abbey Church, Saint-Benoît-du-Lac)
3:50 AM
Gershwin, George [1898-1937]
Lullaby for string quartet
New Stenhammar String Quartet
3:59 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Toccata and fugue in D minor BWV.565 for organ
Velin Iliev (organ)
4:09 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix [1809-1847]
Hear my prayer - hymn, arr. for soprano, chorus & orchestra
Jennifer Adams-Barbaro (soprano), BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
4:21 AM
Debussy, Claude [1862-1918]
Jardins sous la pluie (No.3 from Estampes)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
4:25 AM
Toldra, Eduard [1895-1962]
Maig
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Orquesta Ciudad de Barcelona, Antoni Ros-Marbà (conductor)
4:31 AM
Berlioz, Hector [1803-1869]
Overture to Les Troyens a Carthage
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor)
4:36 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von [1786-1826]
Aufforderung zum Tanz
Niklas Sivelöv (piano)
4:46 AM
Purcell, Henry [1659-1695]
Awake, and with attention hear for bass and continuo (Z.181)
Stephen Varcoe (bass), David Miller (theorbo), Peter Seymour (organ)
4:57 AM
Stravinsky, Igor [1882-1971]
Mass for chorus and wind instruments
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
5:15 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Symphony No.33 (K.319) in B flat major
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor)
5:36 AM
Scarlatti, Alessandro [1660-1725]
Toccata in F major
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)
5:42 AM
Hindemith, Paul [1895-1963]
Kleine Kammermusik (Op.24 No.2)
The Ariart Woodwind Quintet
5:56 AM
Haydn, (Franz) Joseph [1732-1809]
Sonata for piano in D major (Hob.XVI.33)
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
6:14 AM
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay [1844-1908]
Capriccio espagnol Op.34
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Dmitriev (conductor).
TUE 06:30 Breakfast (b01hjpf6)
Tuesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
TUE 09:00 Essential Classics (b01hjpf8)
Tuesday - Rob Cowan
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Vienna - Fritz Reiner conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in waltzes. RCA 09026 68160-2
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, Bernard Haitink.
10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest for the week is novelist Salley Vickers, whose books explore the impact of spiritual values on contemporary lives. Salley introduces her essential pieces of classical music.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Chopin
Piano Concerto No.1, Op.11
Eric Heidsieck (piano)
Orchestra of the Colonne Concerts Association
Pierre Dervaux (conductor)
EMI 5 85222 2.
TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01hjprg)
The Chapel Royal
Episode 2
Donald Macleod rejoins the royal musicians in 1575 at Kenilworth Castle for what promises to be a three-week knees-up, a party so lavish that every partygoer will remember it like the Woodstock of his day. And despite their more heavenly inclinations, the singers prove remarkably adept at turning their skills to dramatic ends, not least the Master himself who lands a role as 'deviser' of musical entertainments.
TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01hjprj)
St George's Bristol
Episode 1
From St. George's Bristol, the Soloists of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment explore chamber music by Haydn and his contemporaries. Presented by Katie Derham.
Haydn Piano Trio no 24 in F sharp minor (Hob.
15:26), Op 73 No 3
Mozart Sonata for Violin and keyboard in E minor
Beethoven Theme and Seven Variations on " Bei Mannern"
by Mozart from the Magic Flute
Haydn Piano Trio no 43 in C major (Hob.
15:27), Op 75 No 1.
TUE 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b01hjprl)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Episode 2
Katie Derham continues a week of programmes showcasing recent performances by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, featuring British music and Romantic favourites.
The orchestra's late Principal Conductor Richard Hickox conducts Delius's Sea Drift in a performance from the 2004 Proms, newly remastered for the composer's centenary year. Finnish forests and Snowdonian landscapes are conjured up in tone poems by Sibelius and Hoddinott, and Japanese violin virtuoso Akiko Suwanai performs Sibelius's fiendishly difficult concerto.
Plus the BBC National Chorus of Wales and soprano Jane Irwin join the orchestra for a rare performance of Elgar's introspective cantata The Music Makers, given in Swansea earlier this year.
Delius: Sea Drift
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)
c.
2.25pm
Sibelius: Tapiola
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)
c.
2.45pm
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Akiko Suwanai (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)
c.
3.20pm
Hoddinott: Landscapes
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Takuo Yuasa (conductor)
c.
3.40pm
Elgar: The Music Makers
Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor).
TUE 16:30 In Tune (b01hjprn)
Mark Bebbington, Erica Eloff, Mark Forkgen, Sacconi Quartet, Tom Poster
Pianist Mark Bebbington performs live in the studio as he prepares for a string of concerts celebrating the music of John Ireland. Also playing live, the Sacconi Quartet with pianist Tom Poster as they mark the fifth anniversary of their very own Sacconi Chamber Music Festival.
Plus we hear from composer Stephen McNeff about his new work 'The Chalk Legend' ahead of its premiere in Poole, including live extracts from the piece performed by soprano Erica Eloff and pianist/conductor Mark Forkgen.
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
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TUE 18:30 Composer of the Week (b01hjprg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01hjq1s)
Live from the Barbican in London
The Rite of Spring
Live from the Barbican Centre, London
Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in an all Stravinsky programme.
The premiere of Stravinsky's seminal ballet score The Rite of Spring famously caused a riot at its 1913 premiere in Paris thanks to its innovative and dissonant harmonies. The great impresario Sergei Diaghilev who had commissioned the score is reported to have said that the scandal was 'exactly what I wanted', and the work has remained one of the composers most often performed scores ever since. Fourteen years later Paris also saw the premiere of the opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex, based on Sophocles' tragedy in which Oedipus inadvertently kills his father and marries his mother. When he realises his mistake he is so distraught that he gouges out his own eyes. With a libretto by Jean Cocteau, the work also features a narration - tonight performed by Simon Callow.
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
Jocasta.....Zlata Bulycheva (mezzo soprano)
Oedipus.....Sergei Semishkur (tenor)
Creon.....Ilya Bannik (baritone)
Tiresias.....Alexei Tanovitsky (bass)
Shepherd.....Alexander Timchenko (tenor)
Simon Callow (narrator)
Gentlemen of the London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor).
TUE 20:10 Twenty Minutes (b01hjq1v)
Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex
Stephen Johnson explores Stravinsky's take on the ancient tale of Oedipus Rex, and his ambition to reach beyond the well-worn actions of Sophocles' famous tragedy to create a work of art that would embody the pure essence of drama.
TUE 20:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01hjq1x)
Live from the Barbican in London
Oedipus Rex
Live from the Barbican Centre, London
Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in an all Stravinsky programme.
The premiere of Stravinsky's seminal ballet score The Rite of Spring famously caused a riot at its 1913 premiere in Paris thanks to its innovative and dissonant harmonies. The great impresario Sergei Diaghilev who had commissioned the score is reported to have said that the scandal was 'exactly what I wanted', and the work has remained one of the composers most often performed scores ever since. Fourteen years later Paris also saw the premiere of the opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex, based on Sophocles' tragedy in which Oedipus inadvertently kills his father and marries his mother. When he realises his mistake he is so distraught that he gouges out his own eyes. With a libretto by Jean Cocteau, the work also features a narration - tonight performed by Simon Callow.
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex
Jocasta.....Zlata Bulycheva (mezzo soprano)
Oedipus.....Sergei Semishkur (tenor)
Creon.....Ilya Bannik (baritone)
Tiresias.....Alexei Tanovitsky (bass)
Shepherd.....Alexander Timchenko (tenor)
Simon Callow (narrator)
Gentlemen of the London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor).
TUE 22:00 Night Waves (b01hjprq)
Falstaff, Ideology, Even the Rain, Diego Marani
Tonight on Night Waves with Matthew Sweet, a first night review of a new production of Falstaff live from the Royal Opera House in London.
In the last few weeks alone, David Cameron has declared he's 'sceptical' of 'loud ideology', and Ed Miliband and Ed Balls have accused the Government of being too ideologically driven. So why are our politicians suspicious of ideology? And is it a recent development? Journalist Peter Oborne and writer Eliane Glaser join Matthew to debate political ideology.
Scottish human rights lawyer and screenwriter Paul Laverty talks to Matthew about his new political film Even The Rain, which sets modern globalisation and the Bolivian water wars against a backdrop of European imperialism and Columbus's conquest of the New World in 1492.
Diego Marani is a linguist at the European Union who writes a column for a Swiss newspaper in the made up language of Europanto. He talks to Matthew about his new novel The Last of the Vostyachs, which explores the boundaries between language, ethnicity and national identity.
TUE 22:45 The Essay (b01hjprs)
Shakespeare Around the Globe
Narguess Farzad
As part of the Shakespeare Unlocked season on the BBC, writers from Sierra Leone, Brazil, India, Iran and China explain why a playwright from sixteenth century Stratford resonates so powerfully in their own countries.
With Eldred Jones, Aimara Resende, Poonam Trivedi, Narguess Farzad and Yong Li Lan.
In the second essay in the series, Narguess Farzad explores the continuing hold Shakespeare has in Iran and the Persian speaking world.
These essays explore Shakespeare's place on the global stage; with writers and scholars from around the world explaining his importance within their own culture. There are references to Hamlet and Othello in Iranian literature, for example, as well as in African and Chinese works. Othello was first translated into Persian around 100 years ago by a Persian prince because the themes of jealousy and honour struck a chord with the Iranian psyche. Authors the world over have recognised a profound affinity between Shakespeare's themes and their own traditional culture, be it in Chinese, Indian or African.
TUE 23:00 Late Junction (b01hjq0d)
Tuesday - Fiona Talkington
Lisa Knapp celebrates May, the Hilliard Ensemble sing Gesualdo, UK-Norwegian band Spin Marvel are in session, Joanna MacGregor plays Conlon Nancarrow, and Moroccan band Oudaden perform the music of the Berber people. Introduced by Fiona Talkington.
WEDNESDAY 16 MAY 2012
WED 00:30 Through the Night (b01hjpfb)
John Shea presents a programme of music by Telemann, Vivaldi, Handel, Sammartini with recorder player Bolette Roed and Arte Dei Suonatori recorded at Hindsgavl, Island of Funen.
12:31 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp [1681-1767]
Concerto Polonaise TWV 43:B3
Arte dei Suonatori (ensemble)
12:40 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp [1681-1767]
Quadro in G minor
Bolette Roed (recorder), Arte dei Suonatori (ensemble)
12:50 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759]
Trio Sonata in C minor (Op. 2 no. 1)
Bolette Roed (recorder), Arte dei Suonatori (ensemble)
1:02 AM
Graupner, Christoph [(1683-1760)]
Flute Concerto in F, GWV 323
Bolette Roed (recorder), Arte dei Suonatori (ensemble)
1:12 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
Concerto for Sopranino, Two Violins and Basso Continuo RV 108
Bolette Roed (recorder), Arte dei Suonatori (ensemble)
1:21 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
Concerto in D minor RV 129 'Concerto madrigalesco'
Bolette Roed (recorder), Arte dei Suonatori (ensemble)
1:26 AM
Sammartini, Giuseppe [1695-1750]
Recorder Concerto in F
Bolette Roed (recorder), Arte dei Suonatori (ensemble)
1:39 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)
2:05 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Symphony No.3 in D major (D.200)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Olaf Henzold (conductor)
2:31 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Symphony No.5 in E flat major, Op.82
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen (conductor)
3:05 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)
Stabat mater for 10 voices, organ & basso continuo in C minor
Danish National Radio Chorus, Søren Christian Vestergaard (organ), Bo Holten (conductor)
3:29 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Gesänge der Frühe (Chants de l'Aube) (Op.133) - 5 pieces for piano dedicated to the poet Bettina Brentano
Sylviane Deferne (piano)
3:44 AM
Geminiani, Francesco [1687-1762]
Concerto Grosso (Op.3 No.2)
Europa Galante (ensemble), Fabio Biondi (director)
3:52 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Sonata for violin and piano in G minor
Janine Jansen (violin), David Kuyken (piano)
4:07 AM
Pylkkänen, Tauno (1918-1980)
Suite for oboe and strings (Op.32)
Aale Lindgren (oboe), Finnish Radio Orchestra, Petri Sakari (conductor)
4:16 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Symphony in E flat (Wq.179)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
4:31 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Ruy Blas - overture (Op.95)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlávek (conductor)
4:39 AM
Zagar, Peter (b. 1961)
Blumenthal Dance No.2 for violin, viola, cello, clarinet and piano (1999)
Opera Aperta Ensemble
4:48 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Ballade No.1 (Op.23)
Hinko Haas (piano)
4:58 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Cara sposa, amante cara - aria from 'Rinaldo' (Act 1 scene 7)
Graham Pushee (countertenor), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (artistic director)
5:07 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Sonata in F minor - from ''Der Getreue Music-Meister'
Camerata Köln
5:17 AM
Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959)
Sonatina for clarinet and piano
Valentin Uriupin (clarinet), Yelena Komissarova (piano)
5:29 AM
Jersild, Jorgen (1913-2004)
3 Danish Romances for Choir
The Jutland Chamber Choir, Mogens Dahl (conductor)
5:41 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
28 Variations on a theme by Paganini for piano (Op.35)
Nicholas Angelich (piano)
6:05 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Quartet for piano and strings (K.478) in G major
Trio Ondine, Antoine Tamestit (viola).
WED 06:30 Breakfast (b01hjpfd)
Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
WED 09:00 Essential Classics (b01hjpfg)
Wednesday - Rob Cowan
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Vienna - Fritz Reiner conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in waltzes. RCA 09026 68160-2
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, Bernard Haitink.
10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest for the week is novelist Salley Vickers, whose books explore the impact of spiritual values on contemporary lives. Salley introduces her essential pieces of classical music.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Bartok
Violin Concerto No.2 in B minor, Sz112
Henryk Szeryng (violin)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
PHILIPS 438 812-2.
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01hjprv)
The Chapel Royal
Episode 3
Donald Macleod rejoins the royal musicians in 1623 when an impending royal liaison sees the building of a Catholic chapel within metres of their main base. There's also a dose of intrigue in the ranks, with news of an assault within the chapel and the departure of a talented musician in royal disgrace.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01hjprx)
St George's Bristol
Episode 2
From St. George's Bristol, the second in a series of concerts exploring Haydn's chamber music, performed by the Soloists of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Presented by Katie Derham.
Haydn Divertimento in D No. 79 for baryton, viola and cello
Haydn Divertimento in C No 82 for baryton, viola and cello
Haydn Sonata in F major for violin and viola Hob. VI:1
Danzi Duo in C minor for viola and cello
Pleyel Quartet in D for flute, violin, viola and cello.
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b01hjprz)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Episode 3
With Katie Derham.
Live from BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff: Matthias Bamert conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in music by Mozart, Hindemith and Brahms.
Violinist Veronika Eberle and violist Nils Monkemeyer are the soloists in Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, perhaps the first gem of Mozart's maturity. The orchestra continues its series of concerts celebrating the music commissioned by Swiss patron Paul Sacher with a performance of one of Hindemith's most ambitious later works, his symphony The Harmony of the World.
Brahms: Tragic Overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Matthias Bamert (conductor)
c.
2.15pm
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
Veronika Eberle (violin)
Nils Mönkemeyer (viola)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Matthias Bamert (conductor)
c.
2.45pm
Hindemith: Die Harmonie der Welt
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Matthias Bamert (conductor).
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b01hjqjg)
St Pancras Church, London
From St Pancras Church, as part of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music.
Introit: Adoro te Devote (Gabriel Jackson) first broadcast
Responses: Phillip Cooke
Office Hymn: O Christ, our hope, our hearts' desire (Bedford Row)
Psalms: 15, 24 (Léon Charles)
First Lesson: 2 Samuel 23 vv1-5
St Pancras Canticles (Joseph Phibbs) first broadcast
Second Lesson: Colossians 2 v20 - 3 v4
Anthem: Viri Galilei (Patrick Gowers)
Final Hymn: The head that once was crowned with thorns (St Magnus)
Organ Voluntary: Fantasia 150 (Paul Ayres)
Christopher Batchelor (Director of Music)
Léon Charles (Assistant Organist).
WED 16:30 In Tune (b01hjps1)
Jordi Savall and The Oxford Concert Party
Performing live on today's In Tune, celebrated Spanish viol player and conductor Jordi Savall, appearing ahead of his concert with period orchestra Le Concert des Nations at St. John's Smith Square as part of the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music.
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
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WED 18:30 Composer of the Week (b01hjprv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
WED 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01hjqjj)
Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Borodin
Live from the Bridgewater Hall.
Presented by Stuart Flinders.
Sir Mark Elder conducts the Hallé in an all-Russian programme of music. The first half of the concert is devoted to two of Borodin's much-loved works, his overture to Prince Igor followed by the Second Symphony. Pianist Sofya Gulyak, the first ever female winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition, joins them in a performance of Tchaikovsky's Concert Fantasy, and the programme concludes with the stirring 1812 overture.
Borodin Overture: Prince Igor
Borodin: Symphony No.2
Sofya Gulyak (piano)
The Hallé
Sir Mark Elder (conductor).
WED 20:10 Twenty Minutes (b01hjqjl)
Your First 1812
Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture is well known to music lovers and is performed frequently in concert halls all over the country. It's such an established orchestral perennial that most musicians could probably play it without even looking at the music.
But all professional musicians have to start somewhere and many of them will have played in youth orchestras in their early musical lives.
Amersham Music Centre in Buckinghamshire is one of many local authority Saturday music schools around the country which nurture the talent and enthusiasm of budding young musicians. Children from the ages of 7 upwards are encouraged to sing, play an instrument and develop a love of music. Sarah Taylor has been eavesdropping on the Senior Orchestra as they prepare for their first ever performance of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. The conductor, Fiona Jacob and the children share their nerves and excitement as they try and master this tricky piece.
Producer: Sarah Taylor.
WED 20:40 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01hjqjn)
Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tchaikovsky
Live from the Bridgewater Hall.
Presented by Stuart Flinders.
Sir Mark Elder conducts the Hallé in an all-Russian programme of music. The first half of the concert is devoted to two of Borodin's much-loved works, his overture to Prince Igor followed by the Second Symphony. Pianist Sofya Gulyak, the first ever female winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition, joins them in a performance of Tchaikovsky's Concert Fantasy, and the programme concludes with the stirring 1812 overture.
Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasy Op.56
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Sofya Gulyak (piano)
The Hallé
Sir Mark Elder (conductor).
WED 22:00 Night Waves (b01hjps3)
Photographers' Gallery, Carlos Fuentes, The War of the Sexes, Brighton Festival
The Photographer's Gallery re-launches itself in London this weekend after relocating to new premises and a multi-million pound overhaul. The exhibition venue will include a digital wall to feature new commissions from artists, as the Gallery attempts to embrace photography's digital revolution of the last decade. Director Brett Rogers explains the ambition behind the project; Eamonn McCabe and Amanda Hopkinson discuss the Gallery's position in the future of photography.
Carlos Fuentes, one of Mexico's greatest writers, died on Tuesday. A leading figure in the 1960s Latin American literature boom, he achieved international renown with The Death of Artemio Cruz, in which he describes a post-revolutionary Mexico that had largely fallen short of the revolution's lofty ideals. Professor Steven Boldy, an expert on his work and close friend, explains why he was so significant in the Spanish-speaking world and beyond.
Why isn't there yet greater harmony and equality between the sexes? Paul Seabright, the author of "The War of the Sexes", and historian Joanna Bourke debate whether the answer lies in our remote evolutionary past.
This year's Brighton Festival is curated by Vanessa Redgrave. She says she wants the work on display to explore the potential for art to make positive changes in the world. But is there a trade-off in art between making a direct political point and maintaining aesthetic integrity? New Generation Thinkers Shahidha Bari and Lucy Powell went to Brighton to see 'The Rest Is Silence', an immersive interpretation of Hamlet , and Redgrave's own contribution to the Festival, a staging of 'A World I Loved', autobiography of a Lebanese woman who lived through the tumultuous 20th Century in the Middle East.
WED 22:45 The Essay (b01hjps5)
Shakespeare Around the Globe
Eldred Jones
As part of the Shakespeare Unlocked season on the BBC, writers from Sierra Leone, Brazil, India, Iran and China explain why a playwright from sixteenth century Stratford resonates so powerfully in their own countries.
With Eldred Jones, Aimara Resende, Poonam Trivedi, Narguess Farzad and Yong Li Lan.
In this third essay Professor Eldred Jones explains that Shakespeare took from Africa as much as Africa has taken from him.
These essays explore Shakespeare's place on the global stage; with writers and scholars from around the world explaining his importance within their own culture. There are references to Hamlet and Othello in Iranian literature for example - as well as in African and Chinese works. Othello was first translated into Persian 170 years ago by a Persian prince because the themes of jealousy and honour struck a chord with the Iranian psyche. Authors the world over have recognised a profound affinity between Shakespeare's themes and their own traditional culture, be in it Chinese, Indian or African.
WED 23:00 Late Junction (b01hjq0g)
Wednesday - Fiona Talkington
Fiona Talkington's late-night mix includes a vintage cajun recording by Dennis McGee, music by Philip Glass for the film 'Koyaanisqatsi', the extraordinary sound of Hans Reichel's daxophone, and the gospel songs of the Malawi Mouse Boys.
THURSDAY 17 MAY 2012
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b01hjpfj)
From St James' Basilica in Prague, organist Olivier Latry plays music by Bach, Franck, Widor, Langlais, Litaize, Dupre and his own improvisations on themes of BA Wiedermann.
12:31 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Olivier Latry (organ)
12:40 AM
Franck, Cesar [1822-1890]
Prelude, Fugue and Variations in B minor (Op. 18)
Olivier Latry (organ)
12:51 AM
Widor, Charles Marie [1844-1937]
Symphony no. 6 in G minor (op. 42/2) - Allegro
Olivier Latry (organ)
1:00 AM
Langlais, Jean [1907-1991]
Cantilene from 'Suite Breve'
Olivier Latry (organ)
1:07 AM
Litaize, Gaston [(1909-1991)]
Scherzo from Douze Pieces
Olivier Latry (organ)
1:11 AM
Dupre, Marcel [1886-1971]
Prelude and Fugue in G minor (Op. 7/3)
Olivier Latry (organ)
1:17 AM
Latry, Olivier [(b. 1962)]
Improvisations on themes of B. A. Wiedermann
Olivier Latry (organ)
1:36 AM
Boellmann, Leon [1862-1897]
Toccata
Olivier Latry (organ)
1:40 AM
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)
Te Deum for soloists, chorus and orchestra in C major
Giorgia Milanesi (soprano), Ulfried Haselsteiner (tenor), Anne Margrethe Punsvik Gluch (soprano), Thomas Mohr (baritone), Håvard Stendsvold (bass-baritone), Kristiansand Cathedral Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Rolf Gupta (conductor)
2:06 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Symphony No.73 in D major 'La Chasse', H.
1.73
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ludovit Rajter (conductor)
2:31 AM
Walton, William (1902-1983)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
James Ehnes (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor)
3:01 AM
Spohr, Louis (1784-1859)
Notturno for wind and Turkish band in C major, Op.34
Octophoros, Paul Dombrecht (conductor)
3:34 AM
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)
Ave Maria; Christus factus est; Locus iste (motets)
The Sokkelund Choir, Morten Schuldt Jensen (conductor)
3:47 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Sonata for flute and keyboard (BWV.1032) in A major
Sharon Bezaly (flute), Terence Charlston (harpsichord)
4:01 AM
Papandopulo, Boris (1906-1991)
Trio Sonata
Zagreb Guitar Trio
4:14 AM
Albright, William Hugh (1944-1998)
Dream rags (1970) - Morning reveries
Donna Coleman (piano)
4:21 AM
Bach, Johann Christian (1735-1782)
Quintet for flute, oboe, violin, viola & basso continuo in G major (Op.11 No.2)
Les Adieux
4:31 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
Concerto for oboe and orchestra (RV.449) (Op.8'12) in C major
Concerto Copenhagen, Alfredo Bernardini (conductor and oboe)
4:41 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Der Abend (Op.34 No.1) for 16 part choir
Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor)
4:50 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Sonata for violin and keyboard (K.303) in C major
Tai Murray (violin), Shai Wosner (piano)
5:01 AM
Farkas, Ferenc (1905-2000)
5 Ancient Hungarian dances for wind quintet
Bulgarian Academic Wind Quintet
5:11 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Rhapsody for alto, male chorus and orchestra (Op.53)
Mirjam Kalin (alto), Male voices of Slovenicum Chamber Choir and Choir Consortium Classicum, Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Marko Munih (conductor)
5:24 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Images II
Roger Woodward (piano)
5:38 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Symphony No.100 (H.
1.100) in G major, 'Military'
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Mark Taddei (conductor)
6:02 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Piano Quartet in E flat major (Op.47)
Alexander Melnikov (piano), Leopold String Trio.
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b01hjpfl)
Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
THU 09:00 Essential Classics (b01hjpfn)
Thursday - Rob Cowan
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Vienna - Fritz Reiner conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in waltzes. RCA 09026 68160-2
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, Bernard Haitink.
10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest for the week is novelist Salley Vickers, whose books explore the impact of spiritual values on contemporary lives. Salley introduces her essential pieces of classical music.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Mozart
Coronation Mass, K.317
Maria Stader (soprano)
Sieglinde Wagner (alto)
Helmut Krebs (tenor)
Josef Greindl (bass)
St Hedwigs Cathedral Choir
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Igor Markevitch (conductor)
DG 437 383-2.
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01hjps7)
The Chapel Royal
Episode 4
It's 1674, and as the foundations are laid for the new St Paul's Cathedral a major signing is appointed as Master of the royal musicians. Donald Macleod follows the new incumbent's fortunes, including the performance of a new work at the cathedral's opening ceremony.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01hjps9)
St George's Bristol
Episode 3
From St. George's Bristol, the Soloists of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment perform Haydn's chamber music including an arrangement for flute and string quartet of one of his best loved London symphonies, The Clock. Presented by Katie Derham.
Haydn Divertimento in C for string quintet (P.108), Op.88
Haydn Symphony No 101 in D (Clock) arr Salomon for flute and string quintet
Haydn Austrian Hymn (2nd mvt from Quartet in C, Op 76 No 3.
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b01hjpsc)
Thursday Opera Matinee
Verdi - Oberto
Verdi: Oberto
We're in thirteenth-century Italy where Count Riccardo is about to be wed to Cuniza. But as you might expect, there's a problem. The wicked count has form, and satisfaction is demanded of him by Oberto, the father of Leonora, the girl he has seduced and ruined. A duel is fought which leaves Oberto dead, Riccardo guilt-ridden, and Leonora in a convent. With its powerful choruses, striking ensembles, and rhythmic vitality, Verdi's rarely-heard first opera has many of the hallmarks of his later style.
Presented by Katie Derham.
Oberto........Michele Pertusi (bass)
Leonora........Maria Guleghina (soprano)
Cuniza.........Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo)
Imelda.........Sophie Pondjiclis (mezzo)
Riccardo.......Vater Borin (tenor)
Chorus of Radio France
French National Orchestra
Carlo Rizzi, conductor.
THU 16:30 In Tune (b01hjpsf)
Feinsten Ensemble, Onyx Brass
Feinstein Ensemble play live in the studio and discuss their upcoming performance of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos at St Martin in the Fields. More live music from Onyx Brass ahead of their concert at the Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Plus we hear from Jools Holland on his favourite piece of Shakespeare.
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
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Twitter: BBCInTune.
THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b01hjps7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01hjqkr)
Britten Sinfonia, Roderick Williams - Viennese Song
Live from Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
The Britten Sinfonia and baritone Roderick Williams present a programme inspired by Viennese Song.
Four of Gustav Mahler's Ruckert lieder lay at the heart of this concert - songs of love, longing and loneliness. Around them is music by Schubert; his songs arranged for orchestra by Anton Webern, some dances and the masterwork that is his 5th Symphony. Webern's own Five Movements complete the programme - brief diamonds of condensed atonality that shocked the world in 1909 when they were written, but works whose heritage is obviously the Viennese tradition epitomised by Schubert and Mahler.
Schubert orch.Webern: 6 German Dances, D.820
Webern: 5 Movements, Op.5 arr. for string orchestra
Schubert arr.Webern: Tränenregen (from Die schöne Müllerin)
Schubert arr.Webern: Der Wegweiser (from Winterreise)
Schubert arr.Webern: Du bist die Ruh, D.776
Schubert arr.Webern: Ihr Bild (from Schwanengesang)
Schubert arr.Webern: Romance (from Rosamunde)
8.05pm Music Interval
Mahler: Ich atmet' einem linden Duft (from Rückert-Lieder)
Mahler: Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder (from Rückert-Lieder)
Mahler: Liebst du um Schonheit (from Rückert-Lieder)
Mahler: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (from Rückert-Lieder)
Schubert: Symphony No.5 in B flat
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Britten Sinfonia
Jacqueline Shave (director, violin).
THU 22:00 Night Waves (b01hjpsh)
The Sunshine Boys, Athletic Perfection, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Ballgowns
Tonight on Night Waves with Anne McElvoy.
Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths star in Neil Simon's 1972 classic The Sunshine Boys at the Savoy Theatre. Two ageing vaudeville comedians, long since retired and with a grudge between them that means they haven't talked for eleven years, are recruited for a CBS special on the history of comedy. Will the need for money overcome the depths of hatred that Lewis and Clark feel for each other? Susannah Clapp reviews.
As the Torch relay begins its Odyssey this weekend, the Olympic spirit is surely aboard as we prepare to settle in for a summer of triumphs and disasters. But how does the quest for athletic perfection fare in an era of technological and biological advancement? The classicist Angie Hobbs, the Wellcome Institute's Emily Sandberg and Anders Sandberg from the Oxford Future of Humanity institute discuss how far we should push athletic performance.
This week also sees the re-release of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's film The life and Death of Colonel Blimp. When it was first released in the 1943, Churchill wanted to ban the movie, which was inspired by a cartoon hero turned wartime figure of fun. So what has its impact been on the way we think about the conduct of war? Michael Goldfarb and Ian Christie assess its legacy.
People are glamorous, an address can be glamorous and so too can a dinner party so what does the word mean? It entered the language in the 18th century when it was a synonym for enchantment so maybe that's a clue. ...one which the fashion expert Caroline Cox will be invited to decode when she reviews the V&A's exhibition about Ballgowns which opens this weekend.
THU 22:45 The Essay (b01hjpsk)
Shakespeare Around the Globe
Aimara Resende
As part of the Shakespeare Unlocked season on the BBC, writers from Sierra Leone, Brazil, India, Iran and China explain why a playwright from sixteenth century Stratford resonates so powerfully in their own countries.
With Eldred Jones, Aimara Resende, Poonam Trivedi, Narguess Farzad and Yong Li Lan.
In the fourth essay of the series Professor Aimara Resende explains Shakespeare's hold on the diverse peoples of South America. And how the Tempest has been used to explain and argue about national identity.
These essays explore Shakespeare's place on the global stage; with writers and scholars from around the world explaining his importance within their own culture. There are references to Hamlet and Othello in Iranian literature, for example, as well as in African and Chinese works. Othello was first translated into Persian 170 years ago by a Persian prince because the themes of jealousy and honour struck a chord with the Iranian psyche. Authors the world over have recognised a profound affinity between Shakespeare's themes and their own traditional culture, be in it Chinese, Indian or African.
THU 23:00 Late Junction (b01hjq0j)
Thursday - Fiona Talkington
A piece for organ by Messiaen, a song by John Dowland, a classic recording by Duke Ellington, a story about witches, and the experimental sounds of the Psychological Stategy Board. With Fiona Talkington.
FRIDAY 18 MAY 2012
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b01hjpfq)
John Shea presents a concert of Solo Cantatas by Scarlatti and Handel with Dorothee Mields & Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder) and Ensemble 1700.
12:31 AM
Scarlatti, Alessandro [1660-1725]
Ardo è ver per te d'amore- Cantata for soprano, recorder and basso continuo
Dorothee Mields (soprano), Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder), Ensemble 1700
12:41 AM
Mancini, Francesco [1672-1737]
Sonata for Recorder and Basso Continuo No.1
Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder), Ensemble 1700
12:50 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759]
Pensieri notturni di Filli: Italian cantata no.17 (HWV.134)
Dorothee Mields (soprano), Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder), Ensemble 1700
12:58 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759]
La bianca rosa - Cantata for soprano and basso continuo (HWV.160c)
Dorothee Mields (soprano), Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder), Ensemble 1700
1:06 AM
Corelli, Arcangelo [1653-1713]
Sonata for violin and continuo (Op.5'12) in D minor "La Folia"
Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder), Ensemble 1700
1:17 AM
Porsile, Giuseppe [1680-1750]
E già tre volte - cantata for soprano, recorder and continuo
Dorothee Mields (soprano), Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder), Ensemble 1700
1:29 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp [1681-1767]
Rodisettes aria from "Der geduldige Sokrates"
Dorothee Mields (soprano), Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder), Ensemble 1700
1:33 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Sextet for piano and strings in D major, Op.110
Elise Batnes (violin), Lars Anders Tomter & Johannes Gustavsson (violas), Ernst Simon Glaser (cello), Katrine Öigaard (bass), Enrico Pace (piano)
2:00 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Tod und Verklärung (Op.24)
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Samo Hubad (conductor)
2:24 AM
Wilbye, John (1574-1638)
Madrigal: Draw on sweet night - for 6 voices
BBC Singers, Bo Holten (director)
2:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 1 in C Major (Op. 21)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor)
2:57 AM
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup [1843-1907]
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor (Op. 45)
Julian Rachlin (violin), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
3:21 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] (attrib.)
Partita in B flat (K.Anh.C 17'2)
The Festival Winds
3:36 AM
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594)
S.U.su.P.E.R.per - motet for 4 voices
Currende (vocal only), Erik van Nevel (conductor)
3:40 AM
Borodin, Alexander [1833-1887]
Notturno (Andante) - from String Quartet No.2 in D
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Oliver Dohnányi (conductor)
3:49 AM
Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich (1865-1936)
Mazurka in F sharp minor (Op.25 No.2)
Stefan Lindgren (piano)
3:56 AM
Kyurkchiyski, Krassimir [1936-]
Bulgarian Madonna from 2 works after paintings of Vladimir Dimitrov - the Master
Simfonieta' Orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio, Kamen Goleminov
4:02 AM
Wanski, Jan (1762-1821)
Symphony in D major on themes from the opera "Pasterz nad Wisla"
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrzej Mysinski (conductor)
4:15 AM
Duron, Sebastian [1660-1716]
Ay, que me abraso de amor en la llama
Olga Pitarch (soprano), Accentus Austria, Thomas Wimmer (director)
4:22 AM
Salieri, Antonio [1750-1825]
Overture La grotta di Trofonio
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi (conductor)
4:31 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Kirchen-Sonate in B flat (K. 212), for 2 violins, double bass and organ
Royal Academy of Music Beckett Ensemble, Patrick Russill (conductor)
4:36 AM
Parry, Hubert (1848-1918)
Songs of farewell for mixed voices: no.6; Lord, let me know mine end
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
4:47 AM
Noskowski, Zygmunt (1846-1909)
Excerpts of Ballet music from 'A Hut out of the Village' - 'Gypsy Dance' & 'Kolomyika' (Ukrainian Dance)
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Miroslaw Jacek Blaszczyk (conductor)
5:00 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Fantaisie-impromptu for piano in C sharp minor (Op.66)
Dubravka Tomsic (piano)
5:06 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Quartet for strings (Op.42) in D minor
Pavel Haas Quartet
5:19 AM
Schubert, Franz [1797-1828]
Symphony No.8 in B minor (D.759) "Unfinished"
Concertgebouworkest , Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
5:42 AM
Gombert, Nicolas (c.1495-c.1560)
Musae Jovis a6
BBC Singers, Bo Holten (conductor)
5:49 AM
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837)
Rondo brillant for piano and orchestra in A major (Op.56)
Rudolf Macudzinski (piano), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ludovít Rajter (conductor)
6:10 AM
Kuhlau, Friedrich (1786-1832)
Introduction et Variations Sur la Romance de l'Opera Euryanthe
Duo Nanashi
6:23 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
No.4 Lemminkainen's Return - from Lemminkainen Suite (Op.22)
BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b01hjpfs)
Friday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b01hjpfv)
Friday - Rob Cowan
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Vienna - Fritz Reiner conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in waltzes. RCA 09026 68160-2
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, Bernard Haitink.
10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest for the week is novelist Salley Vickers, whose books explore the impact of spiritual values on contemporary lives. Salley introduces her essential pieces of classical music.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Brahms
String Sextet in B flat, Op. 18
Yehontan Berick, Arnaud Sussmann (violins)
Yura Lee, Paul Neubauer (violas)
Eric Kim, Laurence Lesser (cellos).
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01hjpsm)
The Chapel Royal
Episode 5
It should have been the pinnacle of Maurice Greene's career, but when the new Master of the chapel children offers his composition services for the coronation of George II he finds that the king has other ideas. Donald Macleod finds out how a naturalised German muscled in on the ceremonial action and also traces the fortunes of the chapel musicians through to the present day.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01hjpsp)
St George's Bristol
Episode 4
The last in a series of recitals given at St. George's Bristol by the Soloists of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment exploring Haydn's chamber music. Presented by Katie Derham.
Haydn Trio in D, Hob XI, no.82 for flute, violin and cello
Danzi Duo in G minor, op.9 no.2 for viola and cello
Haydn Divertimento in B minor no.96 for baryton, viola and cello
Haydn Divertimento in G No 84 for baryton, viola and cello
Haydn Trio in C, Op 11 No 5 for flute, violin and cello.
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b01hjpsr)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Episode 4
Katie Derham concludes her week of programmes featuring recent concerts by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, highlighting British music and Romantic favourites.
In a recent concert from Bangor, the orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor Jac van Steen perform music by Tchaikovsky, Bruch and Dvorak. The young Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang is the soloist in Bruch's popular First Violin Concerto. The Seventh Symphony by Dvorak is one of the composer's darkest works, sparked off by the Third Symphony of his friend and mentor Brahms.
Richard Hickox conducts Frank Bridge's 1911 suite for orchestra, The Sea, the composer's best-known work. Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis, written in exile in the 1940s, is preceded by the most famous work by the composer who inspired it.
Tchaikovsky: Hamlet - Fantasy Overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)
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2.25pm
Bruch: Violin Concerto no. 1
Vilde Frang (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)
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2.50pm
Dvorak: Symphony no. 7
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)
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3.30pm
Bridge: The Sea
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)
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3.55pm
Weber: Overture from Der Freischutz
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Christoph Konig (conductor)
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4.10pm
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Christoph Konig (conductor).
FRI 16:30 In Tune (b01hjpst)
Allegri Quartet, Gould Piano Trio, Alva
Rounding off the week on In Tune, presenter Sean Rafferty welcomes two fantastic chamber ensembles: the Allegri Quartet whose legacy stretches back sixty years, over which time they have premiered no fewer than sixty works; and the Gould Piano Trio will also perform live as they celebrate their first volume of complete Beethoven Trios. Plus voice/fiddle duo Alva - Vivien Ellis and Giles Lewin - will perform popular C18th English songs with a sporting theme, and there's a location report from the Chelsea Flower Show which opens on Monday.
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
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FRI 18:30 Composer of the Week (b01hjpsm)
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12:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01hjqll)
Jordi Savall at the Lufthansa Festival
Live from St John's Smith Square, London
Presented by Catherine Bott
The Luftansa Festival of Baroque Music is focussing in this olympic year on the spirit of goodwill, competition and harmony of nations. For this opening concert, the revered Catalan viol-player Jordi Savall brings his hand-picked line up of leading players from many nations to London for a concert featuring Baroque music from across Europe.
In the French corner is Lully with his incidental music to Moliere's play, presented to the court of Louis XIV. The Italian baroque is represented by the concerto grosso writing of Corelli and Geminiani. England has the music of Charles Avison, and Biber with his vivid battle music represents Bohemia and Austria. Handel and Boccherini meanwhile travelled widely, assimilating different European styles.
Lully: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (suite)
Corelli: Concerto grosso in D major, Op.6 No.4
Biber: Battalia
Geminiani: Concerto grosso No.12 in D minor, 'Follia' (after Corelli)
20:25
Interval: Interval Music
20:45
Handel: Concerto grosso in G major, Op.6 No.1
Avison: Concerto No.9 in C major (after D. Scarlatti)
Boccherini: Quintet in C major, Op.30 No.6, 'La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid'
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (viola da gamba/director).
FRI 22:00 The Verb (b01hjqln)
Gary Numan, Ros Barber, Geoff Ryman, Kwame Kwei-Armah
Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's Cabaret of the Word, which this week includes electro-pop pioneer Gary Numan on writing lyrics for his new album 'Dead Son Rising', writer Ros Barber on impersonating Shakespeare in her remarkable verse novel 'The Marlowe Papers' (Sceptre), science fiction writer Geoff Ryman - who asks what 'science' meant to The Bard, Kwame Kwei Armah's contribution to the 'My Own Shakespeare' series, and there's also music from Robin Scott, Jamie Akers and Lindsey Cleary who perform 'O Never Say That I Was False of Heart'' from 'Shakespeare The Sonnets' (Abbey records).
Poetry Proms Competition coming soon ... see website for details.
Producer: Faith Lawrence.
FRI 22:45 The Essay (b01hjpsw)
Shakespeare Around the Globe
Yong Li Lan
As part of the Shakespeare Unlocked season on the BBC, writers from Sierra Leone, Brazil, India, Iran and China explain why a playwright from sixteenth century Stratford resonates so powerfully in their own countries.
With Eldred Jones, Aimara Resende, Poonam Trivedi, Narguess Farzad and Yong Li Lan.
In the final essay in the series Yong Li Lan gives a unique insight into how popular Shakespeare remains in China and South East Asia. She talks about the way his work is interpreted and staged in the region.
These essays explore Shakespeare's place on the global stage; with writers and scholars from around the world explaining his importance within their own culture. There are references to Hamlet and Othello in Iranian literature, for example, as well as in African and Chinese works. Othello was first translated into Persian 170 years ago by a Persian prince because the themes of jealousy and honour struck a chord with the Iranian psyche. Authors the world over have recognised a profound affinity between Shakespeare's themes and their own traditional culture, be in it Chinese, Indian or African.
FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b01hjqlq)
Mary Ann Kennedy - Jim Moray Session
Mary Ann Kennedy with new tracks from across the globe, plus a studio session with English folk musician Jim Moray.
Jim Moray studied classical composition at Birmingham Conservatoire, and at the same time was recording tracks for an album which took an individual approach to English folk. He writes that he sees "pop, rock and folk all as parts of the same musical world - because they are." His new album 'Skulk' was released in April.