Susan Sharpe presents a concert performance of the opera Pierre de Medicis by the the 19th century Polish composer Jozef Michal Poniatowski.
Poniatowski, J. M. K. [1816-1873] (Josef Michal)
Aleksandra Buczek (soprano, Laura Salviati), Xu Chang (tenor, Pierre de Médicis), Florian Sempey (baritone, Julien de Médicis), Yasushi Hirano (bass, Fra Antonio), Juraj Holly (tenor, Paolo Monti), Jadwiga Postrozna (mezzo-soprano, Henrietta), Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic Chorus, Cracow Festival Orchestra, Massimiliano Caldi (conductor)
Poniatowski, J. M. K. [1816-1873] (Josef Michal)
Cast as Act I, Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic Chorus, Cracow Festival Orchestra, Massimiliano Caldi (conductor)
Poniatowski, J. M. K. [1816-1873] (Josef Michal)
Cast as Act I Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic Chorus, Cracow Festival Orchestra, Massimiliano Caldi (conductor)
Poniatowski, J. M. K. [1816-1873] (Josef Michal)
Cast as Act I Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic Chorus, Cracow Festival Orchestra, Massimiliano Caldi (conductor)
Milan Telecky (viola), Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
Michèle Crider (soprano), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Armin Jordan (conductor)
Preludes No.16 in Bb minor; No.17 in Ab major; No.18 in F minor; No.19 in Eb major; No.20 in C minor - from Preludes (Op.28)
Preludes No.21 in Bb major; No.22 in G minor; No.23 in F major; No.24 in D minor - from Preludes (Op.28)
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, András Schiff (piano), ECM 476 4827.
A daily brainteaser, and performances by the Artist of the Week, Jascha Heifetz.
Rob Cowan's guest on Essential Classics is the English actor and songwriter Clive Swift. He is best known for his role as Richard Bucket in the British television series Keeping Up Appearances, the long-suffering husband of Hyacinth. Other notable television roles include that of Roy in the British television series The Old Guys. Further TV appearances include Doctor Black in two of the BBC's M.R. James adaptations, The Stalls of Barchester and A Warning to the Curious; the BBC adaptation of The Barchester Chronicles; and he has appeared several times in Doctor Who. He also played Sir Ector, the adoptive father of King Arthur in John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur, and the Reverend Eustacius Brewer in the BBC 1 series Born and Bred (2002-05).
As well as acting, Clive is a keen songwriter. Many of his songs are included in his show, Richard Bucket Overflows: An Audience with Clive Swift (2007); and Clive Swift Entertains, performing his own music and lyrics, which toured the UK in 2009.
After working his way around various cities in Germany, Telemann settled in Hamburg where he remained for the rest of his life. His music was in constant demand for all kinds of occasions. Donald Macleod introduces the festive music written for the annual banquet of the civic guard, and highlights from a work which started life as a comic interlude in a serious opera.
The first of four Chamber Music Festival, which takes place annually over several days in August. The theme of theFestival looks at the influence of the natural world on composers and their music, including landscapes and animals, water worlds and woodland projects and the seasons. In today's broadcast, Festival Artistic Director and pianist Ashley Wass plays in Ravel's piano trio, and the Escher Quartet perform Haydn's 'Sunrise' quartet. Presented by Penny Gore.
Penny Gore introduces recent recordingsmade at the Barbican Centre in London with the BBC SO performing music by Haydn, Hummel and Ravel. Spanish maestro Josep Pons takes the baton in Haydn's Symphony No. 101, 'The Clock'; Hummel's Piano Concerto in A minor with soloist Stephen Hough, followed by Ravel's concert version of the opera 'L'Heure Espagnole'. Among the soloists are Ruxandra Donose as Concepcion; Jacques Imbrailo as Ramiro, and Jean-Paul Fouchecourt as Torquemada. And to end, Szymanowski's Symphonia Concertante for piano and orchestra (Symphony No. 4), with Louis Lortie as soloist and conductor Edward Gardner.
Concepcion ..... Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano)
Ramiro ..... Jacques Imbrailo (baritone)
Torquemada ..... Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor)
Gonzalve ..... Julien Behr (tenor)
Don Inigo Gomez ..... David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
Szymanowski - Symphonia Concertante for piano and orchestra (Symphony No. 4)
Sean Rafferty's guests include world-renowned American soprano Christine Brewer.
Composer Rolf Hind talks about his new concerto for accordion player James Crabb with the BBC Symphony Orchestra - James will perform live in the studio.
And there's more live music from soprano Mhairi Lawson with violinist Adrian Chandler and cellist Jonathan Byers ahead of their performance at Perth Concert Hall celebrating St Andrew's Night.
Plus, a special report from a new exhibition at Handel House in London - the Baroque composer's former home - about the librettist of Messiah and other oratorios, Charles Jennings.
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The Mahler Chamber Orchestra is conducted by the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes in music by Beethoven and Stravinsky.
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra, founded in 1997 by the conductor Claudio Abbado, is one of the most dynamic and excting orchestras in the world. Tonight they are conducted by the brilliant Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes who is also soloist in the two Beethoven piano concertos.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Stephen Johnson explores Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3.
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra is conducted by the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes in music by Beethoven and Stravinsky.
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra, founded in 1997 by the conductor Claudio Abbado, is one of the most dynamic and excting orchestras in the world. Tonight they are conducted by the brilliant Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes who is also soloist in the two Beethoven piano concertos.
Julie Bindel gives a talk arguing that sexuality is a choice at the Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival.
Whether sexuality is genetic or not goes to the heart of the ongoing debate about same-sex marriage. Are gay rights activists right to insist sexuality has biological origins, or is it a lifestyle choice as claimed by some traditionalists?
In a talk titled Not Born This Way, the feminist, lesbian, columnist and writer Julie Bindel challenges liberal thinking by arguing that sexuality is indeed a choice, and that the current scientific quest to identify a gay gene is both pointless and dangerous.
The event is chaired by Night Waves presenter Samira Ahmed and recorded as part of Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival 2012.
The Free Thinking festival of ideas takes place at The Sage Gateshead Friday 2 - Sunday 4 November and is broadcast for three weeks on Radio 3 from Friday 2 November.
Five leading American writers write about the cultural history of their favourite comfort food. Far from haute cuisine, these choices are a cake, a snack, and a dish in a box, a hearty homemade dessert and a thick gooey ubiquitous spread. The writers explore with delight and authority how these foods became American, they explain why they continue to be iconic and popular and compare regional preferences. None of these foods are good for the waistline but each is so loved that there is little guilt about indulging in traditional mouthfuls of pure heaven.
In this edition, author Joyce Maynard writes lovingly about how she curled up with her family during the gales of winter at their rural home, sharing bowls of popcorn.
Fiona Talkington presents an eclectic sequence of music, including classic minimalist works by Michael Nyman and Lamont Young, Pygmy music from Gabon, German synthesizer duo Moebius and Tietchens, and Balkan Beats.
WEDNESDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2012
WED 00:30 Through the Night (b01nwdcn)
Nicola Hall presents a programme of chamber music from Warsaw of Beethoven, Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Messiaen's Quartet for the end of time.
12:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Sonata for cello and piano (Op.102'2) in D major
Arto Noras (cello), Yeol Eum Son (piano)
12:52 AM
Stravinsky, Igor [1882-1971]
The Soldier's tale - suite for ensemble
Kaja Danczowska (violin), Michel Lethiec (clarinet), Yeol Eum Son (piano)
1:07 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitri [1906-1975]
Quartet for strings no. 8 (Op.110) in C minor
Artis Quartet
1:31 AM
Messiaen, Olivier [1908-1992]
Quatuor pour la fin du temps for clarinet, piano, violin and cello
Kaja Danczowska (violin), Edgar Moreau (cello), Michel Lethiec (clarinet), Yeol Eum Son (piano)
2:20 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Adagio and Allegro (Op.70)
Arto Noras (cello), Konstantin Bogino (piano)
2:31 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Symphony No.6 in D minor (Op.104)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Bernhard Klee (conductor)
3:01 AM
Moeran, E(rnest) J(ohn) (1894-1950)
Phyllida and Corydon - choral suite (1939)
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
3:31 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Overture from Suite no.1 in C major (BWV.1066)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
3:41 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
12 Variations on 'Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman' for piano (K.265)
Lana Genc (piano)
3:52 AM
Traditional, arranged by Petrinjak, Darko
6 Renaissance Dances
Zagreb Guitar Trio
4:03 AM
Reger, Max (1873-1916)
Präludium in D minor, op 65/6
Cor Ardesch (organ - Organ Willem Hendrik Kam 1859, Grote Kerk, Dordrecht, Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk)
4:11 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Ch'io mi scordi di te.? Non temer, amato bene (K.505)
Andrea Rost (soprano), Zoltán Kocsis (piano), Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
4:21 AM
Sammartini, Giuseppe [1695-1750]
Sinfonia in F
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (conductor)
4:31 AM
Svendsen, Johann (1840-1911)
Festival Polonaise - for orchestra (Op.12)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Philippe Jordan (conductor)
4:40 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Sonata for piano in C major (K.545) (arr. Grieg for two pianos)
Julie Adam and Daniel Herscovitch (pianos)
4:50 AM
Kerll, Johann Caspar (1627-1693)
Exsulta satis - Offertorium for countertenor, tenor, two violins, viola and basso continuo
Hassler Consort
4:59 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
7 Variations on 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen' for cello and piano (WoO.46)
Zara Nelsova (cello), Grant Johannesen (piano)
5:09 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
The Duke of Gloucester's trumpet suite
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), The King's Consort, Robert King (director)
5:20 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis
The Royal Academy Soloists, Clio Gould (director)
5:34 AM
Schlegel, Leander (1844-1913)
Sonata for piano and violin (Op.34) (1910)
Candida Thompson (violin), David Kuyken (piano)
5:56 AM
Berwald, Franz (1796-1868)
String Quartet No.2 in A minor (1849)
Bernt Lysell (violin), Per Sandklef (violin), Thomas Sundkvist (viola), Mats Rondin (cello)
6:16 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Symphony in E flat (Wq.179)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.
WED 06:30 Breakfast (b01nwddz)
Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
WED 09:00 Essential Classics (b01nwdfr)
Wednesday - Rob Cowan
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, András Schiff (piano), ECM 476 4827.
9.30-
10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by the Artist of the Week, Jascha Heifetz.
10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest on Essential Classics is the English actor and songwriter Clive Swift. He is best known for his role as Richard Bucket in the British television series Keeping Up Appearances, the long-suffering husband of Hyacinth. Other notable television roles include that of Roy in the British television series The Old Guys. Further TV appearances include Doctor Black in two of the BBC's M.R. James adaptations, The Stalls of Barchester and A Warning to the Curious; the BBC adaptation of The Barchester Chronicles; and he has appeared several times in Doctor Who. He also played Sir Ector, the adoptive father of King Arthur in John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur, and the Reverend Eustacius Brewer in the BBC 1 series Born and Bred (2002-05).
As well as acting, Clive is a keen songwriter. Many of his songs are included in his show, Richard Bucket Overflows: An Audience with Clive Swift (2007); and Clive Swift Entertains, performing his own music and lyrics, which toured the UK in 2009.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Beethoven: Wellington's Victory, Op. 91
London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Doráti (conductor)
MERCURY 475 8508.
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00sq5fj)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Episode 3
With his astute business sense, Telemann no doubt had an eye to the financial advantages of publishing his own music, but he also had a genuine desire to make sheet music more readily available to anyone who could afford to buy it. Donald Macleod looks at some of the many collections Telemann published and marketed himself, including a range of chamber music for virtually every instrument in existence at the time, a collection of small-scale sacred cantatas for use in the home and the most popular of all his passion oratorios.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01nwdss)
Lincoln and Lincolnshire Chamber Music Festival 2012
Episode 2
Continuing this week of chamber music recorded at this year's Lincoln and Lincolnshire Chamber Music Festival, Penny Gore presents music performed by the Escher Quartet and other eminent chamber musicians in repertoire by Haydn, Sibelius and Debussy.
Programme:
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Jing Zhao (cello) / Katya Apekisheva (piano)
Sibelius: String Trio
Boris Brovtsyn (violin) / Philip Dukes (viola) / Alexander Chaushian (cello)
Mozart: String Quartet in B flat, K.458 "Hunt"
Escher String Quartet.
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b01nwdtw)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Episode 3
Penny Gore introduces a recording of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto with Sabine Meyer as soloist with the BBC SO under its Chief Conductor, Jiri Belohlavek, made while on tour in Shanghai, China in 2010. Also, new recordings of Szymanowski: his Concert Overture and his Symphony 2, under the baton of Edward Gardner.
2pm
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622
BBC SO
Sabine Meyer, clarinet
Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
2.30pm
Szymanowski - Concert Overture in E, Op 12
BBC SO
Edward Gardner, conductor
Szymanowski - Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op 19
BBC SO
Edward Gardner, conductor.
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b01nwnrx)
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
From Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
Introit: Jesu, grant me this I pray (Whitlock)
Responses: Michael Walsh
Psalm 106 (Lawes, Garrett, Howells, Lawes)
Office Hymn: Let all the world (Luckington)
First Lesson: Zechariah 8 vv1-13
Canticles: The New College Service (Howells)
Second Lesson: Mark 13 vv3-8
Anthem: Lord, thou hast been our refuge (Vaughan Williams)
Final Hymn: O holy city, seen of John (Sancta Civitas)
Organ Voluntary: Allegro risoluto (Plymouth Suite) (Whitlock)
David Poulter (Director of Music)
Daniel Bishop (Associate Organist).
WED 16:30 In Tune (b01nwdyg)
Semyon Bychkov, L'Avventura London
Sean Rafferty's guests include one the world's top conductors, Semyon Bychkov, as he prepares to celebrate his 60th birthday with a special concert with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Also, exclusive live music from dynamic early music ensemble L'Avventura London.
Main headlines are at
5pm and
6pm.
In.Tune@bbc.co.uk
@BBCInTune.
WED 18:30 Composer of the Week (b00sq5fj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
WED 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01nwnrz)
Live from the Lighthouse, Poole
Sibelius
Live from The Lighthouse, Poole
Presented by Martin Handley
The young rising star Benjamin Grosvenor takes centre stage with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for Grieg's Piano concerto. Sibelius's 4th symphony opens the concert - a dark work with a sense of foreboding, but a fascinating piece. Tchaikovsky ends the programme, with his stormy take on Dante's story of the fallen lovers condemned to whirl through hell together for eternity.
Sibelius: Symphony No.4
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor James Gaffigan
The fourth symphony was once considered to be the strangest of Sibelius's symphonies, but today it is regarded as one of the peaks of his output. Sibelius was proud of the work and later said "I am pleased that I did it, for even today I cannot find a single note in it that I could remove, nor can I find anything to add."
Grieg's highly lyrical and romantic piano concerto remains a favourite for both pianists and audiences alike. The final composer in tonight's programme, Tchaikovsky, was one of Grieg's admirers, and said of the work "there prevails that fascinating melancholy which seems to reflect in itself all the beauty of Norwegian scenery."
When Tchaikovsky read Dante's epic The Divine Comedy, an episode from the Inferno fired his imagination: the tale of Francesca, a young woman who has been condemned to eternal damnation because of an illicit love affair. Tchaikovsky vividly depicts the driving winds of hell before a solo clarinet launches Francesca's tale, and the music builds in a long crescendo of passion.
WED 20:10 Discovering Music (b01nwns1)
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
Stephen Johnson explores Tchaikovsky's symphonic poem Francesca da Rimini.
WED 20:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01nwns3)
Live from the Lighthouse, Poole
Grieg, Tchaikovsky
Live from The Lighthouse, Poole
Presented by Martin Handley
The young rising star Benjamin Grosvenor takes centre stage with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for Grieg's Piano concerto. Sibelius's 4th symphony opens the concert - a dark work with a sense of foreboding, but a fascinating piece. Tchaikovsky ends the programme, with his stormy take on Dante's story of the fallen lovers condemned to whirl through hell together for eternity.
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky : Francesca da Rimini
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor James Gaffigan
The fourth symphony was once considered to be the strangest of Sibelius's symphonies, but today it is regarded as one of the peaks of his output. Sibelius was proud of the work and later said "I am pleased that I did it, for even today I cannot find a single note in it that I could remove, nor can I find anything to add."
Grieg's highly lyrical and romantic piano concerto remains a favourite for both pianists and audiences alike. The final composer in tonight's programme, Tchaikovsky, was one of Grieg's admirers, and said of the work "there prevails that fascinating melancholy which seems to reflect in itself all the beauty of Norwegian scenery."
When Tchaikovsky read Dante's epic The Divine Comedy, an episode from the Inferno fired his imagination: the tale of Francesca, a young woman who has been condemned to eternal damnation because of an illicit love affair. Tchaikovsky vividly depicts the driving winds of hell before a solo clarinet launches Francesca's tale, and the music builds in a long crescendo of passion.
WED 22:00 Free Thinking (b01nwdzm)
2012 Festival
Aliens: The Ultimate Them and Us
Another chance to hear Matthew Sweet debating how the discovery of alien life might change the way we think about humanity.
Scientists have now detected distant planets that may contain life. If we are not alone in the Universe, will this fundamentally affect how we understand ourselves and should we prepare for the consequences? Ought we to begin work on a set of truly "universal" rights or prepare to take arms against the greatest threat to our existence?
Debating how the discovery of alien life will impact our moral and philosophical universe are the best-selling science-fiction writer Stephen Baxter, whose books include the latest Doctor Who novel, the science broadcaster and journalist Sue Nelson, the futurist and neuroscientist Anders Sandberg, and one of our leading space scientists, John Zarnecki, Professor of Space Science at the Open University.
The event is chaired by Night Waves presenter Matthew Sweet and was recorded as part of Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival 2012.
WED 22:45 The Essay (b01nwf0n)
TV Dinners to Roadside Diners
Michael Cunningham
Five American writers write about the cultural history of their favourite comfort food. Far from haute cuisine, these choices are a cake, a snack, and a dish in a box, a hearty homemade dessert and a thick gooey ubiquitous spread. The writers explore with delight and authority how these foods became American, they explain why they continue to be iconic and popular and compare regional preferences. None of these foods are good for the waistline but each is so loved that there is little guilt about indulging in traditional mouthfuls of pure heaven.
Novelist Michael Cunningham, best known for his novel The Hours, wonders why he was so more attached to the macaroni and cheese that came in a box, than his mother's cooking. And he's struck by the promise that this instant food conjured up a space age world of endless leisure. He despairs that this humble dish has become an unrecognisable gourmet food in some restaurants.
WED 23:00 Late Junction (b01nwf74)
Wednesday - Fiona Talkington
Fiona Talkington's musical sequence spans the globe, including songs from Georgia, Corsica and Senegal, and instrumentals from Bali, Buenos Aires and Moravia.
THURSDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2012
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b01nwdcs)
Nicola Hall presents Strauss, Holloway and Brahms from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra recorded at the 2011 BBC Proms.
12:31 AM
Holloway, Robin [1943-]
Fifth concerto for orchestra
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor)
12:58 AM
Strauss, Richard [1864-1949]
4 Letzte Lieder for voice and orchestra (AV.150)
Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor)
1:18 AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
Symphony no.2 in D major (Op.73)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor)
2:00 AM
Franck, Cesar [1822-1890]
Sonata for violin or cello and piano (M.8) in A major
Antonio Meneses (cello), Menahem Pressler (piano)
2:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Overture and music from the Ballet Prometheus, Op.43
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Hannu Koivula (conductor)
2:47 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), orch. Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)
Chorale Prelude (BWV.654)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart (conductor)
2:56 AM
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)
Verklärte Nacht (Op.4)
Borromeo String Quartet
3:24 AM
Pfitzner, Hans (1869-1949)
Venus Mater - from 5 Lieder (Op.11, No.4) (1901)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Hans Wiesbach (conductor)
3:29 AM
Pfitzner, Hans (1869-1949)
Verrat - from 7 Lieder (Op.2, No.7) (1888-89)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Hans Wiesbach (conductor)
3:32 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Nocturne in E flat minor (Op.33 No.1)
Stéphane Lemelin (piano)
3:39 AM
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643)
Magnificat II
Choir of Swiss Radio, Lugano, Diego Fasolis (conductor)
3:50 AM
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)
Concerto Grosso in D (Op.6 No.4)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (violin/director)
3:59 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Konzertstück for 4 horns and orchestra in F major (Op.86)
Kurt Kellan, John Ramsey, William Robson, Laurie Matiation (horns), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
4:18 AM
Kutev, Filip (1903-1982)
Pastoral for flute and orchestra (1943)
Lidia Oshavkova (flute), Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dimitar Manolov (conductor)
4:31 AM
Borodin, Alexander [1833-1887]
Overture 'Prince Igor'
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Oliver Dohnányi (conductor)
4:42 AM
Paderewski, Ignacy Jan [1860-1941]
Menuet celebre in G major (Op.14 No.1) "à l'antique"
Kyung-Sook Lee (piano)
4:47 AM
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967)
4 Madrigals for women's chorus
Jutland Chamber Choir, Mogens Dahl (director)
4:58 AM
Klami, Uuno (1900-1961)
Intermezzo
Päivi Kaerkaes (cor anglais), Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri, Sakari Oramo (conductor)
5:03 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Serenade No.2 in G minor for violin & orchestra (Op.69b)
Judy Kang (violin), Orchestre Symphonique de Laval, Jean-François Rivest (conductor)
5:12 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Sonata for oboe, violin and continuo in C major (RV.779)
Camerata Köln
5:26 AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
Trio in A minor Op.114 for clarinet or viola, cello and piano
Martin Fröst (clarinet) Thorleif Thedén (cello) Roland Pöntinen (piano)
5:53 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Andante - from Fünf Klavierstücke (Op.3 No.1)
Ludmil Angelov (piano)
6:00 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.38 (K.504) in D major 'Prague'
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ivor Bolton (conductor).
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b01nwdf3)
Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
THU 09:00 Essential Classics (b01nwdft)
Thursday - Rob Cowan
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, András Schiff (piano), ECM 476 4827.
9.30-
10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by the Artist of the Week, Jascha Heifetz.
10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest on Essential Classics is the English actor and songwriter Clive Swift. He is best known for his role as Richard Bucket in the British television series Keeping Up Appearances, the long-suffering husband of Hyacinth. Other notable television roles include that of Roy in the British television series The Old Guys. Further TV appearances include Doctor Black in two of the BBC's M.R. James adaptations, The Stalls of Barchester and A Warning to the Curious; the BBC adaptation of The Barchester Chronicles; and he has appeared several times in Doctor Who. He also played Sir Ector, the adoptive father of King Arthur in John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur, and the Reverend Eustacius Brewer in the BBC 1 series Born and Bred (2002-05).
As well as acting, Clive is a keen songwriter. Many of his songs are included in his show, Richard Bucket Overflows: An Audience with Clive Swift (2007); and Clive Swift Entertains, performing his own music and lyrics, which toured the UK in 2009.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Berglund (conductor)
EMI 4769512.
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00sq5kz)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Episode 4
In October 1737 Telemann took up a longstanding offer to visit Paris where he was welcomed with open arms. Donald Macleod looks at the works Telemann wrote especially for his trip, including a selection of chamber works for flute, violin and continuo and a psalm setting performed twice at Paris' prestigious Concert Spirituel.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01nwdsv)
Lincoln and Lincolnshire Chamber Music Festival 2012
Episode 3
Penny Gore presents the third of this week's concerts recorded at the Lincoln and Lincolnshire Chamber Music Festival. Today's concert continues with the Festival's theme of the influence of the natural world on composers and their music, featuring music by Sally Beamish and Schubert, with Festival Artistic Director and pianist Ashley Wass performing in Schubert's 'Trout' quintet.
Sally Beamish: Seafarer Trio
Ashley Wass (piano) / Matthew Trusler (violin) / Thomas Carroll (cello) / Walter van Dyk (speaker)
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D.667 "Trout"
Tai Murray (violin) / Philip Dukes (viola) / Alexander Chaushian (cello) / Graham Mitchell (double bass) / Ashley Wass (piano).
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b01nwdty)
Thursday Opera Matinee
Gluck - Alceste
Penny Gore introduces Opera Matinee: Gluck's Alceste, recorded live at the Vienna State Opera earlier this month. Veronique Gens and Joseph Kaiser lead a starry cast with Ivor Bolton at the helm of the Gustav Mahler Chorus and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. This is the 1776 Paris version of Gluck's Alceste, adapted by Ranieri de' Calzabigi from a play by Euripides.
2pm
Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste
Alceste, Queen of Thessaly ..... Véronique Gens (soprano)
Admète, her husband ..... Joseph Kaiser (tenor)
Evandro, a confidant of Admetus ..... Benjamin Bruns (tenor)
High Priest ..... Clemens Unterreiner (baritone)
Apollon ..... Alessio Arduini (baritone)
Thanathos, an infernal deity ..... Clemens Unterreiner (bass)
First Child / Coryphée ..... Ileana Tonca
Second Child / Coryphée ..... Juliette Mars
Hercules ..... Adam Plachetka
Gustav Mahler Chorus
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Ivor Bolton (conductor).
THU 16:30 In Tune (b01nwdyj)
Matthew Trusler, Robert Lloyd, Simon Russell Beale, Michael Grandage
Sean Rafferty's guests include one of Britain's leading violin soloists, Matthew Trusler, who will soon release a new album for children including music & poetry read by stars such as Clive Owen and Danny de Vito.
Actor Simon Russell-Beale, director Michael Grandage and composer Denis King visit In Tune ahead of their production of Privates on Parade at Noel Coward Theatre and perform extracts live in the studio.
Plus veteran bass Robert Lloyd, with conductor Renato Balsadonna and mezzo Justina Gringyte discuss Chelsea Opera Group's upcoming rare performance of Massenet's sumptuous telling of the Don Quichotte tale.
Main headlines are at
5pm and
6pm.
Email: In.Tune@bbc.co.uk
Twitter: @BBCInTune.
THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b00sq5kz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01nwnsc)
Britten Birthday Concert
Live from the WigmoreHall, London
Presented by Katie Derham
Britten Birthday Concert, live from Wigmore Hall, featuring works by Purcell, Muhly, Tippett, Handel and Britten himself. Britten Sinfonia is joined by mezzo Alice Coote
Purcell: Rondeau from Abdelazer Suite
Purcell arr. Muhly: Let the night perish (Job's Curse)
Purcell arr. Stokowski: Dido's Lament from 'Dido and Aeneas'
Tippett: Lament from Divertimento on 'Sellinger's Round'
8.00 Interval
8.20
Handel: Selection of arias from Alcina
Britten: Prelude and Fugue, Op.29
Purcell arr. Britten: Chacony in G minor
Tippett: Little Music for strings
Britten: Phaedra, Op.93
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
Britten Sinfonia
Jaqueline Shave (director)
Richard Hetherington (conductor, Phaedra)
For what would have been the composer's 99th birthday, acclaimed British mezzo-soprano Alice Coote joins Britten Sinfonia in a celebration of English music by, influential to and connected with Benjamin Britten.
Coote performs a selection of arias from Handel's mystical opera, Alcina, as well as Britten's late cantata Phaedra - inspired by Handel's dramatic cantatas and cast for devastatingly economical forces.
THU 22:00 Free Thinking (b01nwdzp)
2012 Festival
Revolution and Democracy: The Arab Spring
Jeremy Bowen and Tarek Osman discuss Revolution, Democracy and the Arab Spring at the Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival.
What kind of societies will the Arab Spring give birth to? Democratic, Capitalist, Islamic, or Unstable?
The revolutions sweeping the Arab World have led to the introduction of democratic rule in some countries. But is a new kind of non-western democracy emerging, and what are the implications for our world?
Jeremy Bowen is the BBC's Middle East Editor and author of The Arab Uprisings, and Tarek Osman is an Egyptian political economist and author of Egypt on the Brink.
The event is chaired by Night Waves presenter Samira Ahmed and recorded as part of Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival 2012.
The Free Thinking festival of ideas takes place at The Sage Gateshead Friday 2 - Sunday 4 November and is broadcast for three weeks on Radio 3 from Friday 2 November.
THU 22:45 The Essay (b01nwf0q)
TV Dinners to Roadside Diners
Simon Winchester
Five American writers write about the cultural history of their favourite comfort food. Far from haute cuisine, these choices are a cake, a snack, and a dish in a box, a hearty homemade dessert and a thick gooey ubiquitous spread. The writers explore with delight and authority how these foods became American, they explain why they continue to be iconic and popular and compare regional preferences. None of these foods are good for the waistline but each is so loved that there is little guilt about indulging in traditional mouthfuls of pure heaven.
Simon Winchester makes different pies during the year on his farm in New England. He travels America in search of the best shoofly, huckleberry and pumpkin pie. His story begins with one slice of blueberry pie at a roadside diner that turned him into a slave to pies.
THU 23:00 Late Junction (b01nwf76)
Thursday - Fiona Talkington
Fiona Talkington's eclectic musical mix includes Alpine yodelling, vintage German electronica, a Transylvanian lament and a sonata for microtonal piano.
FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b01nwdcv)
Susan Sharpe presents pianist Lars Vogt playing Janacek and Schubert from the 2010 BBC Proms.
12:31 AM
Janacek, Leos [1854-1928]
In the mists - 4 pieces for piano
Lars Vogt (piano)
12:45 AM
Schubert, Franz [1797-1828]
Sonata for piano (D.894) in G major
Lars Vogt (piano)
1:20 AM
Alfvén, Hugo (1872-1960)
Aftonen (evening)
Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson (conductor)
1:25 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.29 (K.201) in A major
The Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan, Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)
1:53 AM
Sor, Fernando [1778-1839]
Introduction and variations on a theme from Mozart's Magic Flute (Op.9)
Ana Vidović (guitar)
2:03 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Concerto for violin and orchestra in E minor (Op.64)
Isaac Stern (violin), Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nikolai Malko (conductor)
2:31 AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
Sextet for strings no. 2 (Op.36) in G major
Aronowitz Ensemble
3:12 AM
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594)
Agnus Dei - super ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la
Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel (director)
3:19 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Keyboard Concerto in F minor (BWV1056)
Angela Hewitt (piano), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
3:30 AM
Warlock, Peter (1894-1930)
Serenade for Strings (1921-22)
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor)
3:37 AM
Bizet, Georges (1838-75)
Habanera (L'amour est un oiseau rebelle) - from Carmen
Jouko Harjanne (trumpet), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen (conductor)
3:42 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Symphony No.94 in G major, 'Surprise'
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Philippe Entremont (conductor)
4:05 AM
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837)
Rondo in B minor (Op.109)
Stefan Lindgren (piano)
4:14 AM
Norman, Ludwig (1831-1885), arr. Niklas Willen
Andante Sostenuto
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willén (conductor)
4:24 AM
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)
Sonata for trumpet, two violins & continuo in D major
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), The King's Consort, Robert King (director)
4:31 AM
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), arr. Zoltán Kocsis
Concert Prelude to Tristan und Isolde for piano
François-Frédéric Guy (piano)
4:42 AM
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)
Sonata da Chiesa in E minor (Op.1 No.2)
London Baroque
4:47 AM
Dobrzynski, Ignacy Feliks (1807-1867)
Andante and Rondo alla Polacca arranged for flute and orchestra
Henryk Blazej (flute), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ryszard Dudek (conductor)
4:59 AM
Lassus, Orlando de (1532-94)
Susanna fayre
Emma Kirkby (soprano), The Rose Consort of Viols
5:02 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Rakastava (Op.14) - suite for string orchestra
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Hannu Koivula (conductor)
5:15 AM
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)
2 graduals for chorus
Danish National Radio Choir, Jesper Grove Jorgensen (conductor)
5:23 AM
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725)
Toccata per cembalo (in G minor/major)
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)
5:31 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra No.2 in E flat major (Op.74)
Kari Kriikku (clarinet), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)
5:54 AM
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621)
Psalm 99
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Peter Phillips (conductor)
5:58 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
12 Variationen über das Menuet (WoO 68)
Theo Bruins (piano)
6:11 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (conductor).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b01nwdf7)
Friday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b01nwdfw)
Friday - Rob Cowan
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, András Schiff (piano), ECM 476 4827.
9.30-
10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by the Artist of the Week, Jascha Heifetz.
10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest on Essential Classics is the English actor and songwriter Clive Swift. He is best known for his role as Richard Bucket in the British television series Keeping Up Appearances, the long-suffering husband of Hyacinth. Other notable television roles include that of Roy in the British television series The Old Guys. Further TV appearances include Doctor Black in two of the BBC's M.R. James adaptations, The Stalls of Barchester and A Warning to the Curious; the BBC adaptation of The Barchester Chronicles; and he has appeared several times in Doctor Who. He also played Sir Ector, the adoptive father of King Arthur in John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur, and the Reverend Eustacius Brewer in the BBC 1 series Born and Bred (2002-05).
As well as acting, Clive is a keen songwriter. Many of his songs are included in his show, Richard Bucket Overflows: An Audience with Clive Swift (2007); and Clive Swift Entertains, performing his own music and lyrics, which toured the UK in 2009.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Liszt: Hunnenschlacht, S105
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
DG 00289 477 9525.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00sq5rv)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Episode 5
After a long break, during which Telemann's productivity fell off dramatically, he made a remarkable comeback in the last ten years of his life when he wrote some of his greatest works. Donald Macleod introduces the colourful orchestral suite based on Cervantes' novel Don Quixote, and one of the finest examples of Telemann's word-painting in his last secular cantata.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01nwdsx)
Lincoln and Lincolnshire Chamber Music Festival 2012
Episode 4
Penny Gore concludes the week of concerts recorded at the Lincoln and Lincolnshire Chamber Music Festival, and featuring the Festival's Artistic Director and pianist Ashley Wass. The first work is Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht, arranged for piano trio by Schoenberg's pupil Eduard Steuerman, followed by Elgar's noble Piano Quintet.
Programme:
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op.4
Ashley Wass (piano) / Matthew Trusler (violin) / Thomas Carroll (cello)
Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op.84
Boris Brovtsyn / Tai Murray (violin) / Philip Dukes (viola) / Alexander Chaushian (cello) / Katya Apekisheva (piano).
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b01nwdv0)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Episode 4
Penny Gore presents a concert recorded earlier this week by the BBC SO on tour in the Sultanate of Oman, featuring Britten's Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2, with soloist Lars Vogt, and Brahms' Symphony No 1, under the baton of Jakub Hrusa. Followed by Mendelssohn's String Symphony No. 9 and then Oliver Knussen's Autumnal for Violin and Piano, appropriate for this time of the year, taken from the recent Total Immersion series at the Barbican Centre in London, celebrating the composer's 60th birthday.
2pm
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op 18
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op 68
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Lars Vogt, piano
Jakub Hrusa, conductor
Then at
3.50pm
Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 9 in C major
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Haveron, director
4.15pm
Knussen: Autumnal for Violin and Piano, Op 14
Alexandra Wood, violin
Huw Watkins, piano.
FRI 16:30 In Tune (b01nwdys)
Rachel Kolly d'Alba, Ingrid Fliter
In an exciting new venture for In Tune, Sean Rafferty presents the first in a series of shows live from the BBC studios in Salford.
In Tune live from Salford will showcase classical music-making and the arts in the North of England and beyond.
Today's guests include acclaimed young Swiss violinist Rachel Kolly-D'Alba in advance of her appearance with the BBC Philharmonic tomorrow in Leeds - she'll be performing live in the studio.
Plus, Sean is joined by one of the world's finest pianists, Argentinian Ingrid Fliter, currently in Manchester for a concert at the Royal Northern College of Music tomorrow.
Main headlines are at
5pm and
6pm.
In.Tune@bbc.co.uk
@BBCInTune.
FRI 18:30 Composer of the Week (b00sq5rv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01nwntt)
Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Dvorak, Chopin
Live from The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
The BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Vassily Sinaisky, performs Dvorak's Carnival Overture, Chopin's Piano Concerto No 2 with Daniil Trifonov, and Schmidt's Symphony No 4.
Dvorak: Carnival Overture
Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
Meet Franz Schmidt, last of the Austrian Romantics. As storm clouds gathered over his native Austria, Schmidt poured a lifetime of heartbreak into his beautiful Fourth Symphony; music of profound emotion, glorious melody and some of the most tender poetry in 20th century music. Prize-winning 21-year-old virtuoso Daniil Trifonov is the perfect soloist for Chopin's youthful Second Concerto. Dvorak's colourful and exuberant overture starts the evening.
FRI 20:15 Twenty Minutes (b01nwntw)
Twenty Ways to Stuff a Cat
In a taxidermist's studio, animals are prepared for immortality: animal heads, fish, birds, mice; in museums, natural history specimens are preserved in the name of conservation and education; in galleries, artists play with notions of life, death and the stopping of time; on a computer screen, contemporary artists create wild menageries of hybrid creatures through the process of 'animangling', or digital taxidermy. From the great bagging and stuffing fever of nineteenth century sportsmen-naturalists, and the related collections of small animals arranged in meticulously detailed scenarios to the current revival of taxidermy as art - both real and virtual - as well as the growing enthusiasm for freeze-drying a dead pet, Ian Sansom explores what the urge to stuff or otherwise preserve an animal suggests about our culture, and finds out about the intricacies of the art in an Edinburgh taxidermy studio.
Ian is a literary critic and the author of The Mobile Library detective series. He has broadcast for Radio 3 on his enthusiasm for concrete, his adopted city of Belfast, bibliophilia, swimming, the cultural history of the suit and of shoes among other subjects. His next novel, the first of a new detective series, is due out in 2013.
FRI 20:35 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01nwnty)
Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Schmidt
Live from The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
The BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Vassily Sinaisky, performs Dvorak's Carnival Overture, Chopin's Piano Concerto No 2 with Daniil Trifonov, and Schmidt's Symphony No 4.
Schmidt: Symphony No 4
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
Meet Franz Schmidt, last of the Austrian Romantics. As storm clouds gathered over his native Austria, Schmidt poured a lifetime of heartbreak into his beautiful Fourth Symphony; music of profound emotion, glorious melody and some of the most tender poetry in 20th century music. Prize-winning 21-year-old virtuoso Daniil Trifonov is the perfect soloist for Chopin's youthful Second Concerto. Dvorak's colourful and exuberant overture starts the evening.
FRI 22:00 The Verb (b01nwnv0)
Kate Rusby, Helen Farish, Fiona Evans
Radio 3's 'Cabaret of the word' presented by Ian McMillan, with guests Kate Rusby and Helen Farish and Fiona Evans.
Singer Kate Rusby on her writing process, why she thinks 'rhymes could power cars !', why the sea so often features in her lyrics, and her experience of collaborating with Paul Weller, amongst other artists, for her new album '20'.
Poet Helen Farish on the pleasures and difficulties of capturing music in language, writing from imagination, and her new collection 'Nocturnes at Nohant' (Bloodaxe), which explores the relationship between Chopin and the novelist George Sand. Pianist Sarah Gait performs Chopin's Prelude no 17 and his Nocturne in C Sharp Minor to accompany the poems.
Playwright Fiona Evans with a new commission, 'Rooftop Romeo' - a drama inspired by a residency on hospital wards and with nurses working in the community. Fiona shares her experience of writing about people suffering from dementia, and how they engage with poetry and music.
FRI 22:45 The Essay (b01nwf0s)
TV Dinners to Roadside Diners
Alice Sebold
Five American writers write about the cultural history of their favourite comfort food. Far from haute cuisine, these choices are a cake, a snack, and a dish in a box, a hearty homemade dessert and a thick gooey ubiquitous spread. The writers explore with delight and authority how these foods became American, they explain why they continue to be iconic and popular and compare regional preferences. None of these foods are good for the waistline but each is so loved that there is little guilt about indulging in traditional mouthfuls of pure heaven.
Alice Sebold, author of the best-selling The Lovely Bones, explains her ultimate obsession: peanut butter.
FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b01nwf78)
Ara Dinkjian in Session
Mary Ann Kennedy with tracks from across the globe, plus a studio session with Armenian-American oud player and composer Ara Dinkjian.
Acclaimed as one of the world's leading players of the oud, the Arabic lute, Ara Dinkjian was born in the USA to parents from Armenia. With percussionist Arto Tuncboyacian he formed the band Night Ark, reinterpreting Armenian and Middle Eastern folk music in a jazz context. He is also a songwriter, and his song Homecoming (Dinata Dinata) was chosen to be performed at the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics. He is visiting London with his Quartet for a concert as part of the London Jazz Festival.