We ring in the New Year with Howard Skempton's piece for church bells, Five Rings Triples, played by the bell-ringers of All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames.
This piece was one of 20 new works, collectively called New Music 20X12, commissioned to celebrated the talent and imagination of the UK's musical community as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
Howard Skempton had never composed for church bells before, but he was fascinated by the old English tradition of "method ringing" and he has always found the sound of church bells magical. This piece is constructed according to the traditional rules of bell-ringing, and its title reflects both the structure of the piece and the interlocking rings of the Olympic logo.
Jonathan Swain presents the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in a programme of Mozart and Beethoven, including Mozart's Piano Concerto no.23 with soloist Cassandra Wyss.
Concerto no. 23 in A major K.488 for piano and orchestra
Cassandra Wyss (piano), Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Alexander Prior (conductor)
Symphony no. 41 in C major K.551 (Jupiter)
Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß (D.479) - from Three Songs of the Harpist (Op.12 No.2)
Suite in the olden style arr. D.Shafran for cello and piano
Adagio and rondo for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, vla & vcl (K.617) in C minor trans. Joseph Petric for accordion and string quartet
Joseph Petric (accordion), Moshe Hammer & Marie Bérard (violins), Douglas Perry (viola), David Hetherington (cello)
László Horváth (clarinet), The Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Géza Oberfrank (conductor)
Nystedt, Knut (b. 1915)
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Frederick Fennell - Fabulous Marches for Orchestra.
Eastman-Rochester Pops and Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell (director). MERCURY 434 394-2
A daily brainteaser from one of our listeners, and performances by the Artists of the Week, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
The Vienna Philharmonic gives its annual greeting to the world for the New Year with waltzes, polkas and quadrilles from three members of the Strauss family and their contemporaries. Verdi and Wagner both make an appearance on the bill as well at the start of their anniversary year. Vienna is a city steeped in musical tradition, and no New Year's Day would be complete without a waltz or two.
Josef Strauss: Die Soubrette, Op. 109
Johann Strauss: Kuss-Walzer, Op. 400
Josef Strauss: Theater-Quadrille, Op. 213
Johann Strauss: Aus den Bergen, Op. 292
Josef Strauss: Spährenklänge, Op. 235; Die Spinnerin, Op. 192
Josef Strauss: Hesperusbahnen, waltz, Op. 279; Galoppin, Op. 237
Lanner: Steyrische Tänze, Op. 165
Johann Strauss: Melodien Quadrille, Op. 112
Johann Strauss: Wo die Citronen blüh'n, Op. 364
Johann Strauss (Snr): Recollections of Ernst or The Carnival of Venice", Op .126
Josef Strauss: Plappermäulchen, Op. 245
Louise Fryer introduces more music-making from the summer months at Wales's leading festivals. Today, watery reflections on his native Venice from pianist Alessandro Taverna at the Gregynog Festival, plus a trip to the Gower Festival where the peninsula's churches provide one the UK's most alluring musical atmospheres.
Mendelssohn: Venetian Boat Song No. 2
Louise Fryer presents highlights from the 2012 Lucerne and Verbier Festivals. Today's programme from these highly prestigious Swiss festivals features Leonidas Kavakos as soloist in Korngold's Violin Concerto, Yuja Wang in Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto and Bruckner's mighty Romantic Symphony in a performance by the Cleveland Orchestra.
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor
Recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The third of the Ring dramas concludes as Siegfried awakens the Valkyrie, Brunnhilde, who is surrounded by a ring of fire, and they declare their love for each other.
Wanderer (Wotan)..... Bryn Terfel (Bass-Baritone)
A series of programmes over the Christmas season celebrating and showcasing the talents of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists and welcoming the new intake onto the scheme. To finish his two years on the scheme British prodigy pianist Benjamin Grosvenor performs a wide range of repertoire from Bach to Albeniz in a concert recorded at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall in October 2012.
J.S. Bach: Partita no. 4 in D major BWV.828
Chopin: Polonaise in F sharp minor Op.44, Andante spianato and grande polonaise brillante in E flat major Op.22
To see video performances of the artists click on 'Clips' above, you can also find out about all the New Generation Artists at 'Artists A-Z'.
Louise Fryer and Kirsty Young present this Prom celebrating 70 years of the popular Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs. Some castaways make guest appearances explaining their choices, which will be performed by a star-studded line-up of soloists. Music includes excerpts from Beethoven's Emperor Concerto played by Peter Donohoe, Elgar's Cello Concerto with soloist Nicholas Alstaedt, and Eric Coates's Sleepy Lagoon and the Dambusters March.
His mother has Jewish roots, his father's background was Kenyan-Indian, and they chose Hindu and Muslim names for their son. Krishna Pandit Bhanji - or Sir Ben Kingsley - is a difficult man to pin down. In this interview Joan Bakewell talks to him about wearing a yellow star in Schindler's List, the appeal of Quakerism and why being an actor has saved his life.
Bach's jubilant cantata Singet den Herrn ein neues Lied, first heard in Leipzig on New Year's Day 1724.
Fiona Talkington celebrates the New Year with special guest, multi-instrumentalist and Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones. He plays live in the BBC's Maida Vale studios, starting with a mandolin and finishing with a ukulele by way of a piano and an array of electronics. He also chooses a selection of his favourite tracks.
WEDNESDAY 02 JANUARY 2013
WED 00:30 Through the Night (b01pg27y)
Jonathan Swain presents a concert from the 2011 BBC Proms featuring the Philadelphia Orchestra in works by Sibelius and Rachmaninov, plus Janine Jansen is soloist in Tchaikovsky's heartfelt Violin Concerto.
12:31 AM
Sibelius, Jean [1865-1957]
Finlandia Op.26 for orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor)
12:40 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich [1840-1893]
Concerto in D major Op.35 for violin and orchestra
Janine Jansen (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor)
1:17 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Sarabande (from Partita no. 2 in D minor BWV.1004 for violin solo)
Janine Jansen (violin)
1:20 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergey [1873-1943]
3 Symphonic dances Op.45 for orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor)
1:56 AM
Berlioz, Hector [1803-1869]
Marche hongroise (Rakoczy march) - from La Damnation de Faust
Philadelphia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor)
2:01 AM
Prokofiev, Sergey [1891-1953]
Sonata for piano no. 7 (Op.83) in B flat major
Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)
2:21 AM
Bartok, Bela [1881-1945]
Four Old Hungarian Folk Songs
Male Choir of the Hungarian Army, Béla Podor (conductor)
2:25 AM
Stravinsky, Igor [1882-1971]
Fireworks (Op.4)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
2:31 AM
Dobrzynski, Ignacy Feliks [1807-1867]
String Quartet No.1 in E minor (Op.7)
Camerata Quartet
3:01 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Prelude in C sharp minor (Op.45)
Krzysztof Jablonski (piano)
3:06 AM
Nowowiejski, Felix [1877-1946]
3 Songs (Op.56) from "The Bialowieza Forest folder"
Polish Radio Choir, Marek Kluza (conductor)
3:28 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Overture to Don Giovanni, K.527
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi (conductor)
3:35 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel [1714-1788]
12 Variations on "La Folia" (Wq.118/9)
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
3:44 AM
Goossens, Eugene [1893-1962]
Fantasy for nine wind instruments (Op.36)
Janet Webb (flute), Guy Henderson (oboe), Lawrence Dobell and Christopher Tingay (clarinets), Daniel Mendelow (trumpet), Clarence Mellor (horn), John Cran, Fiona McNamara (bassoons)
3:55 AM
Faure, Gabriel [1845-1924], text by Hugo, Victor
Le Papillon et la fleur (Op.1 No.1)
Paula Hoffman (mezzo-soprano), Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)
3:57 AM
Faure, Gabriel [1845-1924]
Rencontre (Op.21 No.1); Nell (Op.18 No.1);
Paula Hoffman (mezzo-soprano), Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)
4:02 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von [1786-1826]
Overture from 'Der Freischutz'
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)
4:12 AM
Schutz, Heinrich [1585-1672]
Ich bin eine rufende Stimme, SWV383 & O lieber Herre Gott, wecke uns auf, SWV381
Danish National Radio Chorus, Stefan Parkman (conductor)
4:20 AM
Casella, Alfredo [1883-1947]
Barcarola e scherzo
Min Park (flute), Huw Watkins (piano)
4:31 AM
Walton, William [1902-1983]
Johannesburg Festival Overture
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton (conductor)
4:39 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix [1809-1847]
Prelude and Fugue in E minor (Op.35 No.1)
Sylviane Deferne (piano)
4:49 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Concerto for violin, harpsichord and orchestra in C minor (BWV.1060)
Andrew Manze (violin/director), Richard Egarr (harpsichord), Risør Festival Strings
5:03 AM
Durufle, Maurice [1902-1986]
Quatre motets sur des themes Gregoriens for a capella choir (Op.10)
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
5:11 AM
Respighi, Ottorino [1879-1936]
Trittico Botticelliano
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Peter Sánta (conductor)
5:33 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
12 Variationen uber das Menuet (WoO 68)
Theo Bruins (piano)
5:47 AM
Daniel-Lesur, Daniel Jean Yves [1908-2002]
Suite Medievale for flute, harp and string trio (1908)
Arpae Ensemble
6:01 AM
Kraus, Joseph Martin (1756-1792)
Intermède IV - from Quatre Intermèdes et Divertissements for Molière's comedy 'Amphitryon'
Chantal Santon (soprano - La Nuit), Georg Poplutz (tenor - Hérault), Bonn Chamber Chorus, L'Arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt (conductor)
6:13 AM
Rota, Nino [1911-1979]
Trio for clarinet, basson (orig cello) and piano
Embla.
WED 06:30 Breakfast (b01pg28z)
Wednesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
WED 09:00 Essential Classics (b01pg48c)
Wednesday - Rob Cowan
with Rob Cowan, and his guest, actor Simon Russell Beale.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Frederick Fennell - Fabulous Marches for Orchestra.
Eastman-Rochester Pops and Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell (director). MERCURY 434 394-2
9.30-
10.30am
A daily brainteaser from one of our listeners, and performances by the Artists of the Week, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
10.30am
Rob's guest this New Year week is the actor Simon Russell Beale, whose many accolades include being described as "the greatest stage actor of his generation" by The Independent. His recent stage roles include Leontes in The Winter's Tale and Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard. In 2010 he played Sir Harcourt Courtly in London Assurance at the National Theatre, and in 2011 he made his debut with The Royal Ballet in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Simon has also worked in television, most recently as Home Secretary, William Towers, in the final series of BBC1's spy drama, Spooks. In 2008 he made his debut as a television presenter, fronting the BBC Four series Sacred Music with Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, with a second series broadcast in 2010. Recent radio appearances include the character of George Smiley in the BBC Radio 4 adaptations of John Le Carré novels.
Earlier this year Simon appeared in the title role in Timon of Athens at the Royal National Theatre, which was broadcast to cinemas around the world. He will star in a revival of Peter Nichols's Privates on Parade at the Noel Coward Theatre until March 2013.
11am Rob's Essential Choice
Scriabin: Prometheus - the Poem of Fire, Op. 60
Berlin Philharmonic Claudio Abbado (conductor)
SONY SK53978
Schubert: String Quartet in A minor, D.804 ('Rosamunde')
Alban Berg Quartet
TELDEC 2564 69606-7.
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01pg4qk)
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
Episode 2
Donald Macleod explores Respighi's dark days during the First World War, and his love of pastiche - including his delightful "Boutique Fantasque", based on the music of Rossini.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01pg4rd)
Wales Festivals 2012
Episode 3
Louise Fryer introduces highlights from summer music festivals across Wales with performances recorded at the Gower Festival and at Gregynog, the longest running Welsh classical festival.
Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrushka
Alessandro Taverna (piano)
Beethoven: 'Archduke' Trio Op.97
Kungsbacka Piano Trio.
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b01pg4wc)
Lucerne and Verbier Festivals 2012
Episode 3
Louise Fryer presents highlights from the 2012 Lucerne and Verbier Festivals. Today's programme includes Maria João Pires as soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto no.20 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Bernard Haitink. Plus Sibelius's 1st Symphony from the St Louis Symphony conducted by David Robinson.
Presented by Louise Fryer.
2pm
Mozart: Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor, K.466
Maria João Pires (piano)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
Ives: The Unanswered Question
St Louis Symphony
David Robertson (conductor)
2.35pm
Sibelius: Symphony no.1 in E minor
St Louis Symphony
David Robertson (conductor).
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b01pg50g)
St Peter's College, Oxford
Choral Evensong live from the Chapel of St Peter's College, Oxford with the Rodolfus Choir.
Introit: Domine salva nos (Byrd)
Responses: Byrd
Psalms: 12, 13, 14 (Goss, Allwood, Stanford)
First Lesson: Ruth 1
Office Hymn: Why, impious Herod (Veni redemptor)
Magnificat primi toni à 8 (Victoria)
Second Lesson: Colossians 2 vv8-end
Nunc dimittis tertii toni à 4 (Victoria)
Anthem: Reges Tharsis et insulae (Sheppard)
Final Hymn: Brightest and best of the sons of the morning (Liebster Immanuel)
Organ Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in G - BWV 541 (J.S.Bach)
Ralph Allwood (Director of Music)
Steven Grahl (Organist).
WED 16:30 Opera on 3 (b01pg50j)
Gotterdammerung
Act 1
Wagner's Götterdämmerung, Prologue and Act 1
Presented by Donald Macleod
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, first broadcast live in October. In the last music drama of Wagner's Ring cycle, Brunnhilde sends Siegfried off into the world; but he soon becomes enmeshed in the intrigues of Hagen who uses Siegfried to get back the magic ring from Brunnhilde.
Donald Macleod is joined by Sarah Lenton
First Norn ..... Maria Radner (Contralto)
Second Norn ..... Karen Cargill (Mezzo-Soprano)
Third Norn ..... Elisabeth Meister (Soprano)
Brünnhilde ..... Susan Bullock (Soprano)
Siegfried ..... Stefan Vinke (Tenor)
Gunther ..... Peter Coleman-Wright (Baritone)
Hagen ..... John Tomlinson (Bass)
Gutrune ..... Rachel Willis-Sorensen (Soprano)
Waltraute ..... Mihoko Fujimura (Mezzo-Soprano)
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Royal Opera House Chorus
Conductor, Antonio Pappano.
WED 18:50 New Generation Artists (b01pg50l)
Leonard Elschenbroich
A series of programmes over the Christmas season celebrating and showcasing the talents of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists and welcoming the new intake onto the scheme. German cellist Leonard Elschenbroich is welcomed onto the scheme this year, and begins with a substantial work - Rachmaninov's cello sonata in G minor recorded at BBC Maida Vale studios
Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)
Alexei Grynyuk (piano).
To see video performances of the artists click on 'Clips' above, you can also find out about all the New Generation Artists at 'Artists A-Z'.
WED 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01pg50n)
BBC Proms 2012
Prom 67: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Another chance to hear one of the highlights of the 2012 Proms season.
Presented by Donald Macleod
In the first of their two Proms the dynamic Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Riccardo Chailly perform four works by Mendelssohn: the well-known overture Ruy Blas based on Victor Hugo's blood-and-thunder play, and the lesser known overture about the mermaid The Fair Melusine which Mendelssohn referred to as "the most intimate thing" he produced. The Danish violinist Nicolaj Znaider is the soloist in the ever-popular Violin Concerto. The Prom ends with the UK premiere of the original version of the Fifth Symphony, a work written in celebration of the Lutheran Reformation..
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra is one of the oldest symphony orchestras in the world. Mendelssohn became their music director in 1835 and held the position until his death in 1847. Riccardo Chailly has been its conductor since 2005.
Mendelssohn: Overture 'Ruy Blas'
Violin Concerto in E minor
Overture - 'The Fair Melusine'
Symphony No. 5 in D major, 'Reformation' (UK premiere of original version)
Nikolaj Znaider (violin)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor.
WED 21:10 Belief (b010749p)
Salley Vickers
Joan Bakewell explores the beliefs of artists, thinkers, religious leaders and other public figures in a returning series of programmes on Radio 3. Tonight Joan Bakewell's guest is the novelist Salley Vickers. Salley Vickers wrote her first novel at the age of fifty after careers in university education and psychoanalysis. Miss Garnet's Angel, the story of an atheistic, uptight woman who flourishes during a winter spent among the churches and art of Venice, became an instant bestseller. Her succeeding novels, including Mr Golightly's holiday and The Other Side Of you, also have a spiritual dimension, featuring angels, Old Testament prophets - and God. Even so religion's arch-critic Philip Pullman describes her as "a presence to be cherished." Listen to "Belief" and you 'll understand why.
WED 21:40 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01pg51m)
BBC Proms 2012
Prom 44: London Sinfonietta, Andre de Ridder
Another chance to hear one of the highlights of the 2012 Proms season.
Presented by Tom Service
Six classics of post-war music are featured in this Late Night Prom, reflecting Radio 3's Fifty Modern Classics. London Sinfonietta, London Sinfonietta Academy Ensemble and Andre de Ridder play Ligeti, Berio, Xenakis, Harvey, Andriessen and Cage
The concert starts with Ligeti's playful Poeme with its 100 ticking metronomes; followed by Berio's iconoclastic Sequenza V for solo trombone; Xenakis's lively Phlegra; Jonathan Harvey's electronic mixture of bell and treble voice, Mortuos plango, vivos voco; Luis Andriessen's Minimalist musical clock, De snelheid; and ending with John Cage's infamous 4 minutes and thirty-three seconds of pure silence.
Ligeti: Poème symphonique
Berio: Sequenza V
Xenakis: Phlegra
Jonathan Harvey: Mortuos plango, vivos voco
Louis Andriessen: De snelheid
John Cage: 4'33
Byron Fulcher (trombone)
Sound Intermedia (sound projection)
London Sinfonietta
London Sinfonietta Academy Ensemble
André de Ridder (conductor).
WED 23:15 Late Junction (b01pg526)
Wednesday - Fiona Talkington
Fiona Talkington introduces music from last year's London Jazz Festival, including the Yaron Herman Quartet playing music by Nirvana, and pianist Kit Downes improvising with Swedish cellist Fred Lindberg Holm; Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan recorded in concert in Paris in 1985, and The Jimi Hendrix Experience in session for the BBC in 1967.
THURSDAY 03 JANUARY 2013
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b01pg280)
Jonathan Swain presents performances by the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Kodaly, Rachmaninov and Dvorak's Symphony No.9 conducted by Daniel Harding.
12:31 AM
Kodaly, Zoltan [1882-1967]
Dances of Galanta for orchestra
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Juraj Valcuha (conductor)
12:49 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergey [1873-1943]
Concerto no. 2 in C minor Op.18 for piano and orchestra
Evgeni Bozhanov (piano), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Juraj Valcuha (conductor)
1:25 AM
Dvorak, Antonin [1841-1904]
Symphony no. 9 in E minor Op.95 (From the New World)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor)
2:10 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)
2:31 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Magnificat in D major (BWV.243)
Antonella Balducci (soprano), Ulrike Clausen (alto), Frieder Lang (tenor), Fulvio Bettini (baritone), Chorus of Swiss-Italian Radio, Ensemble Vanitas Lugano, Diego Fasolis (conductor)
2:58 AM
Paganini, Nicolo [1782-1840]
Concerto for violin and orchestra No.1 in D major (Op.6)
Jaap van Zweden (violin), Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)
3:25 AM
Anon.
Dance suite from Vietorisz Codex
Kecskés Ensemble Budapest, András Kecskés (director), Clemencic Consort, René Clemencic (director)
3:30 AM
Grunfeld, Alfred [1852-1924]
Soirees de Vienne for piano, Op.56
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
3:36 AM
Goldmark, Karoly [1830-1915]
Ein Wintermarchen (Overture)
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Ervin Lukács (conductor)
3:46 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe [1813-1901]
O Padre Nostro
Chamber Choir AVE, Andraz Hauptman (conductor)
3:53 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
Concerto in C major, RV.444 for recorder, strings & continuo
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (recorder)
4:03 AM
Vitols, Jazeps [1863-1948]
Romance for violin and piano
Valdis Zarins (violin), Ieva Zarina (piano)
4:10 AM
Rossini, Gioachino [1792-1868]
Overture to L'Italiana in Algeri (Italian Girl in Algiers)
Capella Coloniensis, Gabriele Ferro (conductor)
4:18 AM
Sacchini, Antonio [1735-1786]
Trio sonata in G
Violetas Visinskas (flute), Algirdas Simenas (violin), Gediminas Derus (cello), Daumantas Slipkus (piano)
4:31 AM
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich [1804-1857]
Ivan Susanin: overture
Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor)
4:40 AM
Schubert, Franz [1797-1828]
3 Songs - Liebesbotschaft, Heidenroslein & Litanei auf das Fest
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
4:50 AM
Abel, Carl Friedrich [1723-1787]
Sonata No.6 in G major for transverse flute and harpsichord
Karl Kaiser (transverse flute), Susanne Kaiser (harpsichord)
5:00 AM
Strauss, Richard [1864-1949]
Rosenkavalier - Grand Suite
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Québec, Franz-Paul Decker (conductor)
5:23 AM
Sibelius, Jean [1865-1957]
Rakastava (The Lover) (Op.14) arr. for soprano, baritone and chorus
Pirkko Törnqvist-Paakkanen (soprano), Jouni Kuorikoski (baritone), Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, Eric-Olof Söderström (conductor)
5:30 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Bolero (Op.19) in A minor
Emil von Sauer (piano)
5:37 AM
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay [1844-1908]
Capriccio Espagnol (Op.34)
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Milen Natchev (conductor)
5:54 AM
Philips, Peter [c.1560-1628]
Pavan Dolorosa
Concordia, Mark Levy (conductor)
6:00 AM
Sanz, Gaspar [1640-1710]
Suite espanola for guitar
Tomaz Rajteric (guitar)
6:10 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Trio for piano and strings in C major (K.548)
Kungsbacka Trio.
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b01pg293)
Thursday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
THU 09:00 Essential Classics (b01pg48f)
Thursday - Rob Cowan
with Rob Cowan, and his guest, actor Simon Russell Beale.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Frederick Fennell - Fabulous Marches for Orchestra.
Eastman-Rochester Pops and Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell (director). MERCURY 434 394-2
9.30-
10.30am
A daily brainteaser from one of our listeners, and performances by the Artists of the Week, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
10.30am
Rob's guest this New Year week is the actor Simon Russell Beale, whose many accolades include being described as "the greatest stage actor of his generation" by The Independent. His recent stage roles include Leontes in The Winter's Tale and Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard. In 2010 he played Sir Harcourt Courtly in London Assurance at the National Theatre, and in 2011 he made his debut with The Royal Ballet in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Simon has also worked in television, most recently as Home Secretary, William Towers, in the final series of BBC1's spy drama, Spooks. In 2008 he made his debut as a television presenter, fronting the BBC Four series Sacred Music with Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, with a second series broadcast in 2010. Recent radio appearances include the character of George Smiley in the BBC Radio 4 adaptations of John Le Carré novels.
Earlier this year Simon appeared in the title role in Timon of Athens at the Royal National Theatre, which was broadcast to cinemas around the world. He will star in a revival of Peter Nichols's Privates on Parade at the Noel Coward Theatre until March 2013.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, S178
Emil Gilels (piano)
ORFEO C332931B
Haydn: Symphony No. 93 in D, Hob I:93
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Brüggen (conductor)
PHILIPS 468546.
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01pg4qm)
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
Episode 3
Donald Macleod explores Respighi's life and work in the 1920s, including his Botticelli Triptych.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01pg4rg)
Wales Festivals 2012
Episode 4
Louise Fryer introduces highlights from the 2012 Welsh summer festivals, beginning in Presteigne which has steadfastly been supporting new music for 30 years. Plus more Venetian reflections from the historic Music Room at Gregynog Hall, formerly owned by the art-loving sisters and musical patrons Margaret and Gwendoline Davies.
David Matthews: String Quartet No 3, Op 18
Carducci Quartet
Ravel: Un barque sur l'océan (from 'Miroirs')
Liszt: Gondoliera; Canzone; Tarantella (from 'Années de pèlerinage')
Alessandro Taverna (piano).
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b01pg4wf)
Lucerne and Verbier Festivals 2012
Episode 4
Louise Fryer presents highlights from the 2012 Lucerne and Verbier Festivals. Today's programme includes Berg's Violin Concerto performed by Frank Peter Zimmermann, Schubert's Mass no.6 from the Swedish Radio Chorus, and Tchaikovsky's powerful 5th Symphony.
2pm
Ravel: La Valse
Berg: Violin Concerto
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra
Daniele Gatti (conductor)
2.45pm
Schubert: Mass no.6 in E flat, D.950
Mari Eriksmoen (soprano)
Sara Mingardo (alto)
Andrew Staples (tenor)
Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Franz-Josef Selig (bass)
Swedish Radio Chorus
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor)
3.40pm
Tchaikovsky: Symphony 5 in E minor
Verbier Festival Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor).
THU 16:30 Opera on 3 (b01pg53t)
Gotterdammerung
Act 2
Wagner's Götterdämmerung, Act 2
Presented by Donald Macleod
Recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The last music drama of Wagner's Ring cycle continues, as Brunnhilde denounces Siegfried and assists Hagen with his quest for the ring.
Brünnhilde ..... Susan Bullock (Soprano)
Siegfried ..... Stefan Vinke (Tenor)
Gunther ..... Peter Coleman-Wright (Baritone)
Hagen ..... John Tomlinson (Bass)
Gutrune ..... Rachel Willis-Sorensen (Soprano)
Alberich ..... Wolfgang Koch (Baritone)
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Royal Opera House Chorus
Conductor, Antonio Pappano.
THU 18:00 New Generation Artists (b01pg53w)
New Generation Artists
Clemency Burton-Hill introduces recordings by Radio 3's starry line-up of New Generation Artists. Today, a chance to hear from Spanish mezzo-soprano Clara Mouriz, German cellist Nicolas Altstaedt, and two newcomers to the NGA scheme: Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe, and New York-based violinist Elena Urioste.
Rodrigo: Pastorcito Santo; Coplillas de Belen
Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Fazil Say: 4 Cities
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Fazil Say (piano)
Albeniz: Sevilla; Catalunya
Sean Shibe (guitar)
Ravel: Sonata for violin and piano, Op posth
Elena Urioste (violin), Michael Brown (piano)
Catalan trad: Cant des ocells
Basque trad: Aurtxo polita
Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano). Joseph Middleton (piano)
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op 40
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Fazil Say (piano).
To see video performances of the artists click on 'Clips' above, you can also find out about all the New Generation Artists at 'Artists A-Z'
THU 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01pg53y)
BBC Proms 2012
Prom 69: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Another chance to hear one of the highlights of the 2012 Proms season.
Presented by Penny Gore
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Riccardo Chailly in their second Prom perform Messiaen's dramatic 1964 memorial to the dead of two world wars, Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum, and Mahler's 6th Symphony which is a similarly wide-ranging soundscape moving from death-portending hammer-blows to alpine cow-bells. It also contains one of Mahler's most glorious slow movements.
Together with the Turangalila Symphony, Messiaen's Et Expecto is one of his most often performed orchestral works. It is on a vast canvas with a wide dynamic range, full of orchestral effects and apocalyptic gongs. The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra is one of the oldest symphony orchestras in the world. Riccardo Chailly has been their conductor since 2005.
Messiaen: Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
THU 21:35 Belief (b010745p)
Raymond Tallis
Joan Bakewell explores the beliefs of artists, thinkers, religious leaders and other public figures in a returning series of programmes on Radio 3. Tonight Joan Bakewell's guest is the physician, poet and philosopher, Raymond Tallis. He is Professor Emeritus of Geriatric medicine at Manchester University but has made his name as much outside the field of medicine as within it. A humanist, he writes about the transcendence of human beings and is a vigorous critic of the kind of scientific thinking which reduces them to animals. According to Tallis, only humans can point, and in that action they transcend their biology.
THU 22:05 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01pg56m)
BBC Proms 2012
Prom 14: Kronos Quartet
Another chance to hear one of the highlights of the 2012 Proms season.
Presented by Andrew McGregor
The Kronos Quartet makes its Proms debut with a typically eclectic Late Night programme which ranges from from Syrian folk-pop via Sofia Gubaidulina's Fourth Quartet to one based on 'Amazing Grace.'
For almost 40 years, the Kronos Quartet has been reinventing the string quartet, regularly turning it into a multimedia experience. The group's first Proms appearance begins with high-octance Syrian folk-pop and ends with a Kronos commission blending classical strings with ethnic Balkan instruments, shouts, foot-stomping, bells and electronic overdubs.
In between, varied fare from the group's eclectic repertoire plus a BBC commission inspired by the work of Delia Derbyshire of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (responsible for the realisation of Ron Grainer's Doctor Who theme). Listen out, too, for the otherworldly Kronos arrangement of a Scandinavian folk lament.
Omar Souleyman, arr. Jacob Garchik: I'll Prevent the Hunters from Hunting You (La sidounak sayyada) (UK premiere)
Sofia Gubaidulina: String Quartet No. 4
Ben Johnston: String Quartet No. 4 'Amazing Grace'
Nicole Lizée: The Golden Age of the Radiophonic Workshop (Fibre-Optic Flowers) (BBC commission: world premiere)
Trad., transcr. Ljova, arr. Kronos Quartet: Tusen tankar (A Thousand Thoughts)
Aleksandra Vrebalov: ... hold me, neighbour, in this storm ...
Kronos Quartet.
THU 23:30 Late Junction (b01pg56p)
Thursday - Fiona Talkington
Fiona Talkington presents music recorded at London's Café Oto from pianist Eve Risser, bassist Joachim Florent and tuba player Per Åke Holmlander. Raymond Scott shows off the clavivox and electronium, plus a setting of the Lux Aeterna by Zbigniew Preisner, and Brian Eno is inspired by Pachelbel.
FRIDAY 04 JANUARY 2013
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b01pg282)
Jonathan Swain presents a concert from the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra featuring cellist Jean-Guihen Queryas as soloist in Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme.
12:31 AM
Stravinsky, Igor [1882-1971]
Divertimento from the ballet Le Baiser de la fee (The Fairy's Kiss)
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Spivakov (conductor)
12:58 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich [1840-1893]
Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra, (Op. 33)
Jean-Guihen Queryas (cello), Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Spivakov (conductor)
1:18 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Sarabande from Suite for solo Cello No.1 in G (BWV.1007)
Jean-Guihen Queryas (cello)
1:21 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich [1840-1893]
Suite from the ballet Swan Lake (Op.20a)
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Spivakov (conductor)
1:55 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich [1840-1893]
Danse Russe from the ballet The Nutcracker (Op.71)
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Spivakov (conductor)
1:57 AM
Stravinsky, Igor [1882-1971]
Petrushka (1947 version)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
2:28 AM
Rouget de Lisle, Claude-Joseph (1760-1836)
La Marseillaise arr. Stravinsky for violin solo
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
2:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2 (Op.19) in B flat major
Maria João Pires (piano), Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen (conductor)
3:01 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Quartet for strings No.2 (Op.13) in A minor
Biava Quartet (USA)
3:32 AM
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)
Quartet for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon no.6 in F major 'Andante et tema con variazioni'
Vojtech Samec (flute), Jozef Luptacik (clarinet), Frantisek Machats (bassoon), Josef Illes (french horn)
3:43 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
3 Works for Choir, (Op. 112)
The Hungarian Radio and Television Choir, István Antal (piano), Zoltán Vásárhelyi (conductor)
3:55 AM
Kodaly, Zoltán (1882-1967)
Adagio
Morten Carlsen (viola), Sergej Osadchuk (piano)
4:05 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Horn Concerto No.2 in E flat (K.417)
James Sommerville (horn), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
4:19 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto in A major (RV.335), 'The Cuckoo'
Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (director)
4:31 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Quartet for strings in C minor (D.103) 'Satz'
Tilev String Quartet
4:41 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Die Göttin im Putzzimmer
Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor)
4:47 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Little preludes for keyboard (BWV.939-42)
Christophe Bossert (organ, St Martin's Church, Varazdinske Toplice)
4:52 AM
Matteis, Nicola (died c.1707)
L'Amore (Love)
Elizabeth Wallfisch (Baroque violin), Linda Kent (chamber organ)
4:56 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Symphony for string orchestra in B minor, No.10
Risör Festival Strings
5:06 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), arr. Ralf Gothoni
Der Müller und der Bach' - from 'Die schöne Müllerin' (D.795)
Ralf Gothoni (piano)
5:11 AM
Duruflé, Maurice (1902-1986)
Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens (Op.10)
Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir, Evi Eespere (director)
5:20 AM
Leclair, Jean-Marie (1697-1764)
Violin Concerto in D major (Op.10 No.3)
Simon Standage (violin), Il Tempo Ensemble
5:35 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Pohjola's daughter - symphonic fantasia (Op.49)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund (conductor)
5:49 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Quintet for clarinet and strings in B flat major (Op.34)
James Campbell (clarinet), Orford String Quartet
6:15 AM
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953)
Symphony No.1 in D major (Op.25)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Michel Tabachnik (conductor).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b01pg295)
Friday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b01pg48s)
Friday - Rob Cowan
with Rob Cowan, and his guest, actor Simon Russell Beale.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Frederick Fennell - Fabulous Marches for Orchestra.
Eastman-Rochester Pops and Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell (director). MERCURY 434 394-2
9.30-
10.30am
A daily brainteaser from one of our listeners, and performances by the Artists of the Week, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
10.30am
Rob's guest this New Year week is the actor Simon Russell Beale, whose many accolades include being described as "the greatest stage actor of his generation" by The Independent. His recent stage roles include Leontes in The Winter's Tale and Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard. In 2010 he played Sir Harcourt Courtly in London Assurance at the National Theatre, and in 2011 he made his debut with The Royal Ballet in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Simon has also worked in television, most recently as Home Secretary, William Towers, in the final series of BBC1's spy drama, Spooks. In 2008 he made his debut as a television presenter, fronting the BBC Four series Sacred Music with Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, with a second series broadcast in 2010. Recent radio appearances include the character of George Smiley in the BBC Radio 4 adaptations of John Le Carré novels.
Earlier this year Simon appeared in the title role in Timon of Athens at the Royal National Theatre, which was broadcast to cinemas around the world. He will star in a revival of Peter Nichols's Privates on Parade at the Noel Coward Theatre until March 2013.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Benjamin Britten (conductor)
LONDON 425 100-2
Schumann
Fantasie in C, Op. 17
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
DG 479 0908.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01pg4qp)
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
Episode 4
A trip to the tobacconist...via Brazil - as Donald Macleod explores Respighi's last years.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01pg4rj)
Wales Festivals 2012
Episode 5
Louise Fryer introduces highlights from Wales's summer music festivals, and a trip to the former Wesleyan Chapel in the centre of Machynlleth which brings the finest chamber music to the market town every August.
Mussorgsky: The Nursery
Grieg: Haugtussa
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano).
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b01pg4wh)
Lucerne and Verbier Festivals 2012
Episode 5
Louise Fryer presents highlights from the 2012 Lucerne and Verbier Festivals. Today's programme includes Tchaikovsky ballet music from the Verbier Festival Orchestra, violinist Isabelle Faust and legendary conductor Claudio Abbado in Mozart and Andris Nelsons conducts Mahler's mighty Resurrection Symphony with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
2pm
Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from Swan Lake
Verbier Festival Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov (conductor)
2.35pm
Mozart: Violin Concerto no.5 in A, K.219
Isabelle Faust (violin)
Mozart Orchestra, Bologna
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
3pm
Mahler: Symphony no.2 in C minor 'Resurrection'
Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Mihoko Fujimura (alto)
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons (conductor).
FRI 16:30 Opera on 3 (b01pg5jf)
Gotterdammerung
Act 3
Wagner's Götterdämmerung, Act 3
Presented by Donald Macleod
The conclusion of Wagner's Ring cycle, first broadcast live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in October. The fate of the world is left to Brunnhilde - in the final conflagration she returns the ring of power to the forces of nature as she rides into the cleansing flames.
Brünnhilde.....Susan Bullock (Soprano)
Siegfried.....Stefan Vinke (Tenor)
Gunther.....Peter Coleman-Wright (Baritone)
Hagen.....John Tomlinson (Bass)
Gutrune.....Rachel Willis-Sorensen (Soprano)
Woglinde.....Nadine Livingston (Soprano)
Wellgunde.....Kai Ruutel (Mezzo-Soprano)
Flosshilde.....Harriet Williams (Mezzo-Soprano)
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Royal Opera House Chorus
Conductor, Antonio Pappano.
FRI 18:05 New Generation Artists (b01pg5jh)
Clara Mouriz, Nicolas Altstaedt and Igor Levit
In the last programme of this series showcasing the talents of Radio 3's starry line-up of New Generation Artists, Clemency Burton-Hill introduces recordings by the Spanish mezzo-soprano Clara Mouriz, the German cellist Nicolas Altstaedt, and the German-Russian pianist Igor Levit.
Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118
Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Beethoven: Cello Sonata in D, Op 102 No 2
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Jose Gallardo (piano)
Schubert: Der Zwerg, D771; Der Tod und das Madchen, D531; Nacht und Traume, D827
Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37
Igor Levit (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek.
Liszt: Invocation
Igor Levit (piano)
To see video performances of the artists click on 'Clips' above, you can also find out about all the New Generation Artists at 'Artists A-Z'.
FRI 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01pg5jk)
BBC Proms 2012
Prom 73: Vienna Philharmonic
Another chance to hear one of the highlights of the 2012 Proms season.
Presented by Martin Handley.
One of the great musical partnerships is celebrated tonight, as the pianist Murray Perahia joins conductor Bernard Haitink and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to perform Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto, undoubtedly the most personal - and radical - of the five. Bruckner's monumental last symphony also promises to be a highlight of this year's Proms. Bernard Haitink is one of the great interpreters of this profoundly spiritual music, and Bruckner himself described the Vienna Philharmonic as "the most superior" orchestra.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Murray Perahia (piano)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor).
FRI 21:30 Belief (b00wln17)
Bonnie Greer
Writer Bonnie Greer recalls how the nuns who educated her taught her to fight for social justice.
Presenter:Joan Bakewell
Producer:Dawn Bryan.
FRI 22:00 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01pg5kb)
BBC Proms 2012
Prom 38: National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Another chance to hear one of the highlights of the 2012 Proms season.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
The youthful members of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra conducted by Mark Armstrong perform a wide-ranging set, from Jazz classics through to a new work by Tim Garland.
Founded in the mid-1960s the NYJO is world-famous as a glittering showcase for the country's best young jazz musicians with many of the current generation of top British jazz players having risen through its ranks. Known for their unique swinging big band sound they have always played a mix of classics and new works. In tonight's late-night Prom they perform compositions by Ellington and Monk through to contemporary pieces including the premiere of a new work by Tim Garland called 'Agro Alegria' described by its composer as 'almost a ballad' based on a dance rhythm from the flamenco tradition, with the word 'Agro' having the double meaning of planting and growing, but also a reference to the youthful rowdiness of the NYJO members.
Ellington: Rockin' in Rhythm
Nikki Iles: Hush
Kenny Wheeler: Sweet Time Suite - Know Where You Are
Monk (arr. Mark Armstrong): 'Round Midnight
Richardson: Groove Merchant
Chris Whiter: The Change
Tom Stone: Return Flight
Ellington (arr. Callum Au): Caravan
Ellington: Sunset and the Mocking Bird (The Queen's Suite)
Tim Garland: Agro Alegria
Tim Garland (saxophone)
Mark Mondesir (drums)
National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Mark Armstrong (conductor).
FRI 23:25 World on 3 (b01pg5kd)
Nidi d'Arac in Session
Lopa Kothari with the latest sounds from around the globe plus a specially recorded studio session by the Italian group Nidi d'Arac.