John Shea introduces a concert of Haydn, Martinu & Mendelssohn with Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana conducted by Andrey Boreyko.
Symphony no. 26 (H.
Marco Schiavon (oboe), Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Andrey Boreyko (conductor)
Symphony no. 3 (Op.56) in A minor "Scottish"
Arcadia Trio: Reiner Gepp (piano), Gorian Kosuta (violin), Milos Mlejnik (cello)
Symphony no. 1 (Symphonia Carminum)
La Capella Ducale, Mona Spägele (soprano), Wilfred Jochens (tenor), Harry van der Kamp (bass), Musica Fiata Köln, Roland Wilson (conductor)
Preludes Nos. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 for guitar
Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden (HWV.210), arr oboe, violin and organ (No.9 from Deutsche Arien (orig for soprano, violin & bc)
Louise Pellerin (oboe), Hélène Plouffe (violin), Dom André Laberge (1999 Karl Wilhelm organ at the Abbey Church, Saint-Benoît-du-Lac)
Hear my prayer - hymn, arr. for soprano, chorus & orchestra
Jennifer Adams-Barbaro (soprano), BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Orquesta Ciudad de Barcelona, Antoni Ros-Marbà (conductor)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Tchaikovsky - The Seasons (orch. Alexander Gauk).
A daily brainteaser, and performances by our Artists of the Week, the Alban Berg Quartet.
Rob Cowan's guest is the award-winning writer, poet, playwright and librettist Michael Morpurgo; a major figure in children's literature. Michael's work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or World War I. In 1976, Michael and his wife established the charity Farms for City Children, with the primary aim of providing children from inner city areas with experience of the countryside. With Ted Hughes he developed the Children's Laureate award and was the Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005. His work has been adapted for opera (Gentle Giant), ballet (Rainbow Bear) and film (Friend or Foe). Currently, he is probably best known for his book War Horse, adapted for radio, stage and film.
Described as the Napoleon of the Piano, Chopin said he was one of the three greatest masters alongside Mozart and Beethoven. This week Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
Hummel was making quite a name for himself, and was now in close contact with Haydn. It was Haydn who supported Hummel in applying for a number of royal positions, and he was eventually appointment Director of Music to Haydn's own patron, Prince Esterhazy. The Prince had already become acquainted with the music of Hummel, in particular his Trumpet Concerto in E flat, which remains the composer's calling card today.
Hummel's contract to the Prince gave him a good salary and lodging at the palace of Eisenstadt, where he was required to take over a number of duties from Papa Haydn. However, Haydn was a hard act to follow and young Hummel found himself resented amongst his colleagues, and was soon at loggerheads with the Prince. Part of Hummel's duties during this time were to compose a number of sacred works for Prince Esterhazy. These include the Mass in B flat major, which pleased the Prince greatly.
Sean Rafferty introduces the first of four Luchtime Concerts from Clandeboye Festival 2012. The Clandeboye Estate sits on the edge of Belfast Lough and the Irish Sea in County Down and each summer the Artistic Director, pianist Barry Douglas, hosts a festival there and performs alongside his international guests. Today he plays solo piano music by Schubert and chamber music by Brahms - his Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor - which was first performed in 1861 at a musical evening in Hamburg when Clara Schumann played the solo part.
Schubert: Impromptu in C minor Op. 90 No 1; Impromptu in G flat Op. 90 No 3
Brahms: Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor Op. 25
The BBC Philharmonic returned just a couple of weeks ago from Japan, and they open this Afternoon on 3 with a performance from that tour, of Dvorak's Ninth Symphony (From the New World).
We then join them in norther Italy for a remarkable concert at Turin's Lingotto - an iconic building famously used in the 1969 movie, The Italian Job, for its race track scene on the roof! Originally a car manufacturing plant, the building is now a hotel and shopping centre with a concert hall. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the orchestra in Peter Maxwell Davies' loving portrait of another Italian city where he studied, and Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony.
Suzy Klein's guests include world-renowned tenor Rolando Villazón, one of the greatest opera stars around today; soprano Soile Isokoski and conductor Vladimir Jurowski as they prepare for the opening night of the new production of Stauss's Ariadne which opens the 2013 Glyndebourne Festival, plus live music from The Hanover Band ahead of their South Downs summer tour of Baroque favourites.
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A concert from the Wigmore series 'Schumann: Under the Influence', in which American pianist Jonathan Biss is asserting Schumann's place in a chain of composers across the centuries, from Purcell to the present day.
Schumann: String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1
Schumann: Piano Quartet in Eb Op. 47
Young American pianist Jonathan Biss is devoting most of his current season to the music of Robert Schumann, for whom he feels a special affinity: "Most of what I know about myself, I have learned from playing Schumann", he said recently. He feels that Schumann is often misunderstood, a one-off eccentric: his aim this season is to allow his audiences to sense Schumann's place in music history. The concert includes the UK premiere of a work by young American composer Timothy Andres, who acknowledges Brahms, Brian Eno and Radiohead as among his influences: his Piano Quintet is a five-movement piece that takes a Schumann motif as its starting point.
Samira Ahmed talks to the Indian architect Charles Correa about how he attempts to marry modernism with concern for local meaning in his work. His buildings have played a pivotal role in the creation of post-Independence India and he believes the country's future lies in its cities but how can this vision be combined with the reality of overcrowding, poverty and squalor?
Sarah Churchwell and Kevin Jackson discuss the Great Gatsby as a new film, directed by Baz Luhrmann is released.
UKIP is not just a political party, it's a political movement as well. So says Nigel Farage. But what's the difference between a party and a movement? And what does the rise of a grass-roots political movement on the right tell us about the state of political culture in the UK? Samira is joined by historian and blogger Tim Stanley, the historian of Communism Robert Service, and the leader of the Green Party Natalie Bennett.
'Every man has two countries, his own and France' says Frederic Raphael, quoting Thomas Jefferson, as he begins part two of his essay series about living abroad across Europe.
In this programme he explores his life as a young writer in the post-war Paris of Jean-Paul Sartre, and remembers his time living in the Cote d'Azur before it was a popular tourist destination.
Nick Luscombe features Alt Country from California's Gram Rabbit, rare video game music from Japanese band Buffalo Daughter, and Bach's Adagio reinterpreted by saxophonist Joshua Redman.
WEDNESDAY 15 MAY 2013
WED 00:30 Through the Night (b01scxw4)
John Shea introduces a concert commemorating the 140th anniversary of the death of Polish composer Stanislaw Moniuszko, featuring music from some of his operas.
12:31 AM
Nicolai, Otto (1810-1849)
Overture to The Merry wives of Windsor
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
12:40 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Ballet Music for the Merry wives of Windsor by Otto Nicolai
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
12:50 AM
Noskowski, Zygmunt (1846-1909)
The Pearls of Moniuszko - 15 Songs for orchestra
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
1:08 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Ballet Music; Aria "To Wake up from bad dreams" from 'The Countess'
Anna Lubanska (mezzo-soprano), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
1:26 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Aria "Who of my Maidens" from The Haunted Manor
Stanislav Kufyluk (baritone), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
1:31 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Aria: "When I am Queen" from Rokiczana
Anna Lubanska (mezzo-soprano), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
1:34 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Overture; Recitative & Romance: "Where did she go..."; Duet: "Oh Janusz my darling"; Mazurka; Recitative: "O How I would gladly kneel down" & Aria: "If by the morning sun"; Introduction to Act III & Dances of the Highlanders from Halka
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
2:16 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Polonaise-fantasy (Op.61) in A flat major
Yulianna Avdeeva (piano)
2:31 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Concerto for violin and orchestra (Op.77) in D major
Sarah Chang (violin) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Juraj Valucha (conductor)
3:10 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Ballade no. 4 (Op.52) in F minor
Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)
3:21 AM
Dufay, Guillaume (c.1400-1474)
Balsamus et munda cera
Orlando Consort
3:27 AM
Bridge, Frank (1879-1941)
The Sea - suite for orchestra
BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
3:49 AM
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959)
Prelude for guitar no.2 in E major
Norbert Kraft (guitar)
3:52 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Adagio and fugue for strings (K.546) in C minor
Risør Festival Strings
3:59 AM
Zelenka, Jan Dismas (1679-1745)
O magnum mysterium (ZWV.171)
Markéta Cukrová (contralto), Musica Florea, Marek Stryncl (director)
4:05 AM
Hannikainen, Ilmari (1892-1955)
Rural Dances (Op.39a)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari (conductor)
4:20 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
12 Variations on 'Ein Mädchen Oder Weibchen' (Op.66)
Danjulo Ishizaka (cello), José Gallardo (piano)
4:31 AM
Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637-1707)
Ihr lieben Christen, freut euch nun, BuxWV 51
Marieke Steenhoek (soprano), Miriam Meyer (soprano), Bogna Bartosz (contralto), Marco van de Klundert (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Chorus, Ton Koopman (conductor)
4:42 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Nocturne in A flat major (Op.33 No.3)
Stéphane Lemelin (piano)
4:47 AM
Kôlar, Margo (b.1961) (words I. Hirv)
Öö (The Night)
Kaia Urb (soprano), Heiki Mätlik (guitar)
4:51 AM
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911)
Romance in G major (Op.26)
Julia Fischer (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)
4:59 AM
Hotteterre, Jacques (1674-1763)
Les Délices ou Le Fargis
Ensemble 1700, Dorothee Oberlinger (director)
5:05 AM
Poot, Marcel (1901-1988)
A Cheerful Overture
Belgium Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari (conductor)
5:10 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Quartet for strings in C minor (D.703) 'Quartettsatz'
Tilev String Quartet
5:20 AM
Kozeluch, Leopold (1747-1818)
Pastorale in G major
Pieter van Dijk (organ by Johann Ignaz Schmied in the former monastery church of Peruc )
5:25 AM
Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959)
Symphony No.6 (H.343) "Fantasies symphoniques"
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Válek (conductor)
5:55 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
9 Variations on a minuet by Duport (K.573)
Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)
6:07 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893) (arranged Ann Kuppens)
Variations on a rococo theme (Op.33)
Gavriel Lipkind (cello) Brussels Chamber Orchestra.
WED 06:30 Breakfast (b01scy01)
Wednesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
WED 09:00 Essential Classics (b01scy9h)
Wednesday - Rob Cowan
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Tchaikovsky - The Seasons (orch. Alexander Gauk).
9.30-
10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by our Artists of the Week, the Alban Berg Quartet.
10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest is the award-winning writer, poet, playwright and librettist Michael Morpurgo; a major figure in children's literature. Michael's work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or World War I. In 1976, Michael and his wife established the charity Farms for City Children, with the primary aim of providing children from inner city areas with experience of the countryside. With Ted Hughes he developed the Children's Laureate award and was the Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005. His work has been adapted for opera (Gentle Giant), ballet (Rainbow Bear) and film (Friend or Foe). Currently, he is probably best known for his book War Horse, adapted for radio, stage and film.
11am: Rob's Essential Choice
Goldmark: The Queen of Sheba (excerpts)
Male Chorus of the Hungarian People's Army
Chorus "Jeunesses Musicales"
Hungarian State Opera Chorus & Orchestra
Adam Fischer (conductor).
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01scy9k)
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
Hummel and Beethoven
Described as the Napoleon of the Piano, Chopin said he was one of the three greatest masters alongside Mozart and Beethoven. This week Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
Hummel soon found himself returning to Vienna, dismissed by Prince Esterhazy in 1811. One bone of contention was that Hummel spent too much time writing stage works to be performed in Vienna instead of carrying out his official duties at Eisenstadt. One such stage work was Hummel's opera, Mathilde von Guise, about a fictitious princess who wishes to marry below her station.
In was in Vienna that Hummel met Beethoven and the two developed a rocky friendship. Soon, Hummel got married to a famous singer of the day, Elizabeth Rockel. This caused further tension between the two composers, as Beethoven may have had romantic designs on Rockel as well. Elizabeth would go on to sing a number of Hummel's songs, of which he composed many, including his Air a la Tirolienne with variations.
Hummel didn't remain in Vienna long and, with the support of his wife, started to tour as a pianist again. His name was becoming more recognised around Europe and, with this success, came the offer of a new position to the Wurttemberg Court in Stuttgart in 1816. He wowed the Stuttgart audiences with his piano playing, possibly with one of his recent compositions, the Piano Concerto in A minor Op.85.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01ngqsj)
Clandeboye Festival 2012
Clandeboye Festival 2012
Clandeboye 2/4
Sean Rafferty introduces more music from the Clandeboye Festival 2012 which is celebrating its tenth year. Today Artisitic Director Barry Douglas joins Michel Lethiec to play Poulenc's Clarinet Sonata in a programme featuring French Music. Two pianists from Nrothern Ireland, Michael McHale and David Quigley were Clandeboye Young Musicians during the early years of the Festival and they both won the Camerata Ireland Young Musician of the Year at the Festival - the two pianists share the piano today to perform Fauré's Dolly Suite. And soprano, Alish Tynan and pianist, Barry Douglas bring the programme to a close wiht four songs by Duparc.
Fauré: Elegie
Andres Diaz (cello), Michael McHale (piano)
Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata
Michel Lethiec (clarinet); Barry Douglas (piano)
Fauré: Dolly Suite
Michael McHale, David Quigley (piano - 4 hands)
Duparc: L'invitation au voyage; Extase; Chanson triste; Éligie
Ailish Tynan (soprano); Barry Douglas (piano).
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b01scyss)
BBC Philharmonic on Tour
Episode 3
With Katie Derham.
The BBC Philharmonic returned just a couple of weeks ago from Japan, and they end this Afternoon on 3 with a performance from that tour: Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii and Japanses conductor Yutaka Sado.
Before that, you can hear the orchestra in earlier visits to Spain and Germany: Gianandrea Noseda conducts Britten's passionate Sinfonia da Requiem in Barcelona, and his successor as the BBC Philharmonic's Chief Conductor, Juanjo Mena, conducts Schubert's Unfinished Symphony in Nuremberg.
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
BBC Philharmonic,
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor).
2.15pm
Schubert: Symphony No 8 in B minor, D 759 (Unfinished)
BBC Philharmonic,
Juanjo Mena (conductor).
2.40pm
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1
Nobuyuki Tsujii (piano),
BBC Philharmonic,
Yutaka Sado (conductor).
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b01sczk5)
St Pancras Church
Live from St Pancras Church, as part of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music
Introit: As watchmen look to the morning (Gordon Crosse) (1st broadcast)
Responses: Ronald Corp (1st performance)
Psalms: 36, 46 (Léon Charles)
First Lesson: 1 Kings 19 vv1-18
St Pancras Canticles (Philip Moore) (1st performance)
Second Lesson: Matthew 3 vv13-end
Anthem: Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire (Diana Burrell) (1st broadcast)
Hymn: Come down, O love divine (Down Ampney)
Organ Voluntary: Chaconne for Jonathan Harvey (Ed Hughes) (1st performance)
Christopher Batchelor (Director of Music)
Michael Waldron (Assistant Organist).
WED 16:30 In Tune (b01scyym)
Jonathan Biss, Milos Karadaglic, John Hurt
James Jolly in for Sean Rafferty. Guests include internationally acclaimed American pianist Jonathan Biss, visiting the UK for a series of concerts including London's Wigmore Hall and St David's Hall, Cardiff. He'll be performing live in the studio. As will guitar sensation Milos Karadaglic as he tours the world, plus actor John Hurt talks about a new film he has narrated, exploring Benjamin Britten's pacifist beliefs from a young man through to the composition of his War Requiem.
Main headlines are at
5pm and
6pm.
In.Tune@bbc.co.uk
@BBCInTune.
WED 18:30 Composer of the Week (b01scy9k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
WED 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01sczk7)
Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Faure, Chopin
Live from Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Presented by Simon Hoban
Simon Hoban presents live from Manchester's Bridgewater Hall as Christian Zacharias joins the Hallé as conductor and soloist. In a wonderful programme, they contrast elegant and touching music from Fauré and Ravel with their countryman Bizet's joyous Symphony in C and Chopin's passionate Second Piano Concerto.
Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande: Suite
Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2.
WED 20:25 Discovering Music (b01sczk9)
Bizet's Symphony in C
Bizet's "Symphony in C" has a fascinating history. Written when Bizet was studying at the Paris Conservatoire, probably as a student assignment, it seems he made no effort to have the work published during his lifetime. Rediscovered in the 1930s, it was premiered 80 years after it had been written and since then has remained a popular addition to the symphonic repertoire. Stephen Johnson unpicks this youthful work, which reveals the influence of Bizet's teacher, Charles Gounod and the techniques and colourful orchestration that Bizet would employ in his later compositions.
WED 20:45 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01sczkc)
Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Ravel, Bizet
Live from Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Presented by Simon Hoban
Simon Hoban presents live from Manchester's Bridgewater Hall as Christian Zacharias joins the Hallé as conductor and soloist. In a wonderful programme, they contrast elegant and touching music from Fauré and Ravel with their countryman Bizet's joyous Symphony in C and Chopin's passionate Second Piano Concerto.
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Bizet: Symphony in C.
WED 22:00 Night Waves (b01scz0q)
Peter Brook
The theatre director Peter Brook has had a lifelong relationship with Shakespeare which he has explored in his productions of plays including A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear and Hamlet starring actors such as Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and Paul Scofield. Matthew Sweet talks to him on the publication of a book of essays reflecting on the playwright, The Quality of Mercy.
First broadcast in May 2013.
WED 22:45 The Essay (b01scz4n)
Living Abroad
Spain
Oscar-winning screen writer Frederic Raphael continues his essay series about living abroad across Europe.
In programme three Raphael gives an off-the-beaten-track perspective on Franco's Spain, during the late 1950s, where he lived in a small artistic community and witnessed the impact of grand politics on Spanish village life.
WED 23:00 Late Junction (b01scz5m)
Wednesday - Nick Luscombe
Nick Luscombe features Appalachian folk from Alice Wylde, spiritual jazz from Billy Gault, a track from the Conet Project's shortwave radio collection, plus a Yann Tomita rework of a Sun Ra classic.
THURSDAY 16 MAY 2013
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b01scxwq)
John Shea presents a concert with Philippe Herreweghe and the Royal Flemish Philharmonic with Bruckner's 4th Symphony and Mahler's Kindertotenlieder with soloist Dagmar Peckova.
12:31 AM
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)
Kindertotenlieder
Dagmar Pecková (mezzo soprano), Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
12:56 AM
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)
Symphony No.4 in E flat major, 'Romantic'
Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
1:58 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Quartet for strings (Op.55'1) in A major
META4
2:16 AM
Lauber, Joseph (1864-1952)
Sonata Fantasia in una parte for flute & piano (Op.50)
Marianne Keller Stucki (flute), Agathe Rytz-Jaggi (piano)
2:31 AM
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup (1843-1907)
Haugtussa - song cycle
Solveig Kringelborn (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
2:59 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Concerto no. 4 in D major K.218 for violin and orchestra
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Guido Ajmone Marsan (conductor)
3:23 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf - motet (BWV.226)
Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor)
3:31 AM
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857)
Overture from Ruslan i Lyudmila
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)
3:36 AM
Storace, Bernado (fl. 1664)
Chaconne for harpsichord in C major
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
3:42 AM
Bree, Johannes Bernardus van (1801-1857)
Concert Overture in B minor
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen (conductor)
3:54 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Rhapsodie for Saxophone and Orchestra, arranged for saxophone and piano
Miha Rogina (saxophone), Jan Sever (piano)
4:05 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Quartet for flute and strings (K.298) in A major
Joanna G'froerer (flute), Martin Beaver (violin), Pinchas Zukerman (viola), Amanda Forsyth (cello)
4:17 AM
Gregorc, Janez (b.1934)
Sans respirer, sans soupir
Slovene Brass Quintet
4:24 AM
Gounod, Charles (1818-1893)
Waltz from 'Faust'
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Børge Wagner (conductor)
4:31 AM
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904)
Overture Domov muj (Op.62)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Marián Vach (conductor)
4:43 AM
Mokranjac, Stevan (1856-1914)
Third Song-Wreath (From my homeland)
Karolj Kolar (tenor), Nikola Mitic (baritone), Belgrade Radio and Television Chorus, Mladen Jagust (conductor)
4:51 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Etude in E major (Op.10 No.3)
Jane Coop (piano)
4:55 AM
Smetana, Bedrich (1824-1884)
Vltava (Moldau) from 'Ma Vlast'
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Québec, Raffi Armenian (conductor)
5:08 AM
Bartok, Bela (1881-1945)
4 Hungarian folk songs for chorus (Sz.93) (1930)
The Hungarian Radio Chorus, Péter Erdei (conductor)
5:22 AM
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
Pomp and Circumstance: Military March in D, Op.39/1
David Drury (organ)
5:29 AM
Geijer, Erik Gustaf (1783-1847)
Sonatina for Violin and Piano in A flat
Klara Hellgren (violin), Anders Kilström (piano)
5:43 AM
Monteclair, Michel Pignolet de (1667-1737)
Le Depit genereux - cantata for voice and continuo
Isabelle Poulenard (soprano), Ricercar Consort, Henri Ledroit (conductor)
5:57 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Sonata for piano (K.576) in D major
Jonathan Biss (piano)
6:12 AM
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875)
Carmen Suite No.2
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Marko Munih (conductor).
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b01scy03)
Thursday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
THU 09:00 Essential Classics (b01scy9m)
Thursday - Rob Cowan
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Tchaikovsky - The Seasons (orch. Alexander Gauk).
9.30-
10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by our Artists of the Week, the Alban Berg Quartet.
10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest is the award-winning writer, poet, playwright and librettist Michael Morpurgo; a major figure in children's literature. Michael's work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or World War I. In 1976, Michael and his wife established the charity Farms for City Children, with the primary aim of providing children from inner city areas with experience of the countryside. With Ted Hughes he developed the Children's Laureate award and was the Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005. His work has been adapted for opera (Gentle Giant), ballet (Rainbow Bear) and film (Friend or Foe). Currently, he is probably best known for his book War Horse, adapted for radio, stage and film.
11am: Rob's Essential Choice
Bloch: Schelomo
George Neikrug (cello)
Symphony of the Air
Leopold Stokowski (conductor).
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01scy9p)
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
Hummel and Weimar
Described as the Napoleon of the Piano, Chopin said he was one of the three greatest masters alongside Mozart and Beethoven. This week Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
Whilst at the court in Stuttgart, Hummel had the luxury of working with one of the best orchestras in Germany, that included the virtuoso bassoonist Anton Romberg. It may well have been during this period that Hummel and Romberg performed the composers Grande Concerto in F for Bassoon and Orchestra. However, Hummel was not destined to stay long in Stuttgart as his relations with the authorities deteriorated to a point of no return.
By 1819, Hummel was appointed Master of Music to the Grand Duke of Weimar, where he'd remain for the rest of his life. Hummel's responsibilities were mainly to conduct the court orchestra, most often in the performance of opera. Hummel didn't promote many of his own stage works during his time in Weimar, although he'd composed many theatrical works including music for the ballet The Magic Castle.
Hummel's contract at Weimar allowed him greater freedom than any of this previous court positions had. He was given regular time off each year to tour as a concert pianist, including travelling to Russia where he met John Field, and to Warsaw where he met Chopin. His name became well known far and wide, and Hummel soon found himself propositioned by an Edinburgh businessman to set some Scottish folksongs including, For the sake o' Somebody.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01ngqsl)
Clandeboye Festival 2012
Episode 3
Clandeboye 3/4
Irish soprano, Ailish Tynan talks to Sean Rafferty at the Clandeboye Festival before joining Artistic Director, Barry Douglas to perform a selction of songs from Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch. Then Festival guests join forces to play Schumann's String Quartet, Op. 41 - one of three quartets by Schumann dedicated to Mendelssohn.
Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch Selection
Ailish Tynan (soprano), Barry Douglas (piano)
Schumann: String Quartet in A, Op 41
Erika Raum (violin), Michael d'Arcy (violin) Ruth Gibson (viola), Andres Diaz (cello).
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b01scysv)
Thursday Opera Matinee
Rachmaninov - Aleko
With Katie Derham.
Rachmaninov's student opera 'Aleko' is effectively his graduation exercise, a tale of jealous love and life set in a gipsy camp. Its series of cameos won Rachmaninov Tchaikovsky's friendship (among others), and launched his career as a composer. Gianandrea Noseda brings it to life in his native country of Italy with the BBC Philharmonic, and a cast of leading Russian soloists. Recorded in the RAI Auditorium in Turin.
After it, we hear the BBC Philharmonic - this week's featured orchestra - in a rapturously received performance given last year in Zagreb; Chief Conductor, Juanjo Mena, directs them in Mahler's epic Fifth Symphony.
Rachmaninov: Aleko
Aleko ..... Sergey Murzaev (baritone)
Young Gypsy ..... Evgheny Akimov (tenor)
Old Gypsy ..... Gennadi Bezzubenkov (bass)
Zemfira ..... Svetla Vassileva (soprano)
Old Gypsy Woman ..... Nadeshda Vassilieva (mezzo-soprano)
Chorus of the Teatro Regio, Turin,
BBC Philharmonic,
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor).
2.55pm
Mahler: Symphony No 5
BBC Philharmonic,
Juanjo Mena (conductor).
THU 16:30 In Tune (b01scyyp)
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Martin Frost, Elias Quartet, Bruce Brubaker, Elliott Wheeler
Clemency Burton-Hill's guests include Moldovan violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, one of the most exciting and original talents to emerge on the international concert scene in recent years. She'll be performing live in the In Tune studio.Also joining us will be Borletti-Buitoni Trust musicians clarinettist Martin Frost and the Elias Quartet - they'll perform music by Mozart, pianist Bruce Brubaker will play music by Glass and Muhly, and composer Elliott Wheeler is dropping in to talk about his work on Baz Luhrmann's remake of The Great Gatsby. Main headlines are at
5pm and
6pm.In.Tune@bbc.co.uk@BBCInTune.
THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b01scy9p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01sczmr)
Live from City Halls, Glasgow
Bach, Pintscher
Live From City Halls, Glasgow
Presented by Jamie MacDougall
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Artist in Association Matthias Pintscher perform Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. Tine Thing Helseth and Marco Blaauw join the forces to perform the UK premiere of the double trumpet concerto composed by Pintscher inspired by Stravinsky's work and the artist Anselm Kiefer. The concert opens with Bach, demonstrating that revolutions don't have to start riots.
J.S. Bach: Suite No 2 BWV 1067
Matthias Pintscher: Chute d'Étoiles - Hommage à Anselm Kiefer
Tine Thing Helseth (Trumpet)
Marco Blaauw (Trumpet)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Matthias Pintscher (Conductor)
In the closing concert of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's 2012-13 Season - the orchestra's Artist in Association Matthias Pintscher conducts a concert celebrating the centenary of the shattering premiere of Stravinsky's ballet, The Rite of Spring.
Premiered in Paris on 29th May 1913, with revolutionary choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Stravinsky's music, depicting a pagan rite in spring, included many new techniques, sounds and rhythms that continue to influence composers to this day.
Tonight's conductor and composer Matthias Pintscher is certainly influenced by Stravinsky's writing, and in the UK premiere of his double trumpet concerto Chute d'Étoiles, he pays homage to the great German artist Anselm Kiefer's 2007 installation in the Grand Palais, Paris, a great experiment in weight and movement conjuring a shower of falling stars and exploring creation and destruction, emerging and obliteration.
Music by Bach, who perhaps explored the same themes from an overtly religious point of view, starts the concert musically over 260 years before it finishes.
THU 20:10 Twenty Minutes (b01sczmt)
I Predict a Riot
Ivan Hewett explores the myths that surround the infamous first performance of the Rite of Spring.
The scene that surrounded the first performance of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring on 29 May 1913 in Paris has been described as 'a battleground', a 'full-scale riot' and the aftermath of 'an earthquake' that had struck the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Ivan Hewett tries to unravel what really happened.
Ivan is joined by Professor Stephen Walsh, who holds a Chair in Music at Cardiff University, and has written extensively about Stravinsky, and by Professor Esteban Buch, Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. Both have contributed to a new volume of essays published to coincide with the anniversary of the first performance of the Rite of Spring.
THU 20:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01sczmw)
Live from City Halls, Glasgow
Stravinsky
Live From City Halls, Glasgow
Presented by Jamie MacDougall
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Artist in Association Matthias Pintscher perform Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. Tine Thing Helseth and Marco Blaauw join the forces to perform the UK premiere of the double trumpet concerto composed by Pintscher inspired by Stravinsky's work and the artist Anselm Kiefer. The concert opens with Bach, demonstrating that revolutions don't have to start riots.
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Tine Thing Helseth (Trumpet)
Marco Blaauw (Trumpet)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Matthias Pintscher (Conductor)
In the closing concert of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's 2012-13 Season - the orchestra's Artist in Association Matthias Pintscher conducts a concert celebrating the centenary of the shattering premiere of Stravinsky's ballet, The Rite of Spring.
Premiered in Paris on 29th May 1913, with revolutionary choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Stravinsky's music, depicting a pagan rite in spring, included many new techniques, sounds and rhythms that continue to influence composers to this day.
Tonight's conductor and composer Matthias Pintscher is certainly influenced by Stravinsky's writing, and in the UK premiere of his double trumpet concerto Chute d'Étoiles, he pays homage to the great German artist Anselm Kiefer's 2007 installation in the Grand Palais, Paris, a great experiment in weight and movement conjuring a shower of falling stars and exploring creation and destruction, emerging and obliteration.
Music by Bach, who perhaps explored the same themes from an overtly religious point of view, starts the concert musically over 260 years before it finishes.
THU 22:00 Night Waves (b01scz0s)
Acting Styles, Propaganda and Power, Jesse Norman
Tonight on Night Waves, Anne McElvoy discusses the political legacy of Edmund Burke. He's been called the father of modern conservatism, and his latest biographer, Conservative MP Jesse Norman, would not disagree. But he's keen to point out differences between Burke's more communitarian conservatism and the liberal individualism espoused by some people who describe themselves as conservatives today. Jesse Norman joins Anne.
Staying with politics, how do politicians communicate with us in the modern, social media age? And how do you distinguish between getting a message across, and manipulation? Anne discusses a new exhibition on propaganda and power at the British Library with Eliane Glaser, author of Get Real: How To Tell It Like It Is In A World Of Illusion and Matthew McGregor, Political Director of Blue State Digital who was involved in the 2012 Obama election campaign.
And, from immersive theatre to long-running TV series where even the writers don't know what's going to happen to the characters next week, modern actors need to draw on skills very different from traditional stagecraft. Anne discusses the future of acting with Sean Holmes, artistic director of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, the actor Adjoa Andoh and Geoff Colman, Head of Acting at Central School of Speech and Drama.
Producer: Luke Mulhall.
THU 22:45 The Essay (b01scz4q)
Living Abroad
Italy
Part four sees the writer journey to early 1960s Italy, where he mixes ancient Roman history, with a very personal experience of some of the key players in the Italian film industry.
THU 23:00 Late Junction (b01scz5r)
Thursday - Nick Luscombe
Nick Luscombe mixes up a Korean lullaby, Benin's Orchestre Poly Rythmo, Sci Fi soundscapes from Hacker Farm and music from the experimental composer Emanuele de Raymondi.
FRIDAY 17 MAY 2013
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b01scxws)
John Shea presents a programme celebrating 25 years of the Grieg Trio on this the national day of Norway.
12:31 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Trio in C major Hob. XV:27 for piano and strings
Grieg Trio
12:51 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Trio no. 1 in B major Op. 8 for piano and strings (1854/91)
Grieg Trio
1:29 AM
Halvorsen, Johan (1864-1935)
Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 67
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård (conductor)
2:00 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 -1827)
Trio in D major Op.70'1 (Ghost) for piano and strings
Grieg Trio
2:24 AM
Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich (1865-1936)
Albumblatt for trumpet and piano in D flat major
Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)
2:31 AM
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup (1843-1907)
Peer Gynt - suite no. 1 (Op. 46)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)
3:28 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Overture to the Magic Flute
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi (conductor)
3:35 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)
Pieces from Les Indes Galantes
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje Tønnesen (conductor)
3:48 AM
Delibes, Leo (1836-1891)
Les Filles de Cadix
Eir Inderhaug (soprano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Antoni Ros-Marbà (conductor)
3:54 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied - motet (BWV.225)
Norwegian Soloist Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Grete Pedersen (conductor)
4:11 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty (Op.66)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Arvid Engegård (conductor)
4:16 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
La Valse
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
4:31 AM
Halvorsen, Johan (1864-1935)
Norwegian Rhapsody No 1
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ingar Bergby (conductor)
4:43 AM
Trad arr. Sommerro, Henning (b.1952) (text: Olai Skullerud)
Akk, mon min vei til Kana'an
Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Grete Pedersen Helgerød (conductor)
4:46 AM
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup (1843-1907)
Holberg Suite (Op.40)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
5:07 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Sonata in B flat minor (Op.35)
Ivo Pogorelich (piano)
5:27 AM
Nystedt, Knut (b. 1915)
O Crux
Norwegian Soloists Choir, Grete Helgerød (conductor)
5:34 AM
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911)
Carnival in Paris - Overture/Episode for orchestra (Op.9)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)
5:47 AM
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
Der Fliegende Hollander ('The Flying Dutchman') - overture
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor)
5:59 AM
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961)
To a Nordic Princess
Leslie Howard (piano)
6:06 AM
Borgstrøm, Hjalmar (1864-1925)
Music to Johan Gabriel Borkman
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Kjell Seim (conductor)
6:18 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Norwegian Bridal march - from Pictures from country life for piano (Op.19 No.2)
Edvard Grieg (piano)
6:21 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Sommerfugl - from Lyric pieces, book 3 for piano (Op.43 No.1)
Edvard Grieg (piano)
6:24 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Norwegian Dance No.1 (Allegro marcato) from 4 Norwegian Dances for Piano Duet (Op.35)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b01scy05)
Friday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b01scy9r)
Friday - Rob Cowan
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Tchaikovsky - The Seasons (orch. Alexander Gauk).
9.30-
10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by our Artists of the Week, the Alban Berg Quartet.
10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest is the award-winning writer, poet, playwright and librettist Michael Morpurgo; a major figure in children's literature. Michael's work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or World War I. In 1976, Michael and his wife established the charity Farms for City Children, with the primary aim of providing children from inner city areas with experience of the countryside. With Ted Hughes he developed the Children's Laureate award and was the Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005. His work has been adapted for opera (Gentle Giant), ballet (Rainbow Bear) and film (Friend or Foe). Currently, he is probably best known for his book War Horse, adapted for radio, stage and film.
11am: Rob's Essential Choice
Martinu: The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Ancerl (conductor).
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01scy9t)
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
Hummel's Final Years
Described as the Napoleon of the Piano, Chopin said he was one of the three greatest masters alongside Mozart and Beethoven. This week, Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
Hummel was now famous all over Europe. The composer Robert Schumann wrote to Hummel asking for lessons although, by this stage, Hummel was minimising his teaching activities to focus on composition. Hummel did continue to tour throughout Europe, offering audiences works like his Rondo Brillant Op.98 and his Septet in C, nicknamed as "The Military". However, the older Hummel got, the less popular his concerts became. He was increasingly considered old-fashioned compared to popular new musical tastes such as the Paganini craze.
Towards the end of his life, Hummel worked hard to improve the situation of his musicians at Weimar, and also their widows and orphans, organising and giving regular concerts to generate money for them. By March 1837, Hummel gave his last public performance. Hummel composed a number of sacred works such as his Missa Solemnis in C. At his memorial concert, an unknown mass by the composer was performed.
Hummel set the benchmark for future pianists and also campaigned tirelessly for the uniformity of musical copyright laws in Germany. Goethe, a friend of Hummel's at Weimar, considered the composer to be the Napoleon of the Piano. One of Hummel's greatest works, which has kept his name famous today, is his Piano Sonata in F sharp minor.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01ngqsn)
Clandeboye Festival 2012
Clandeboye Festival 2012 - Barry Douglas
Clandeboye 4/4
In the last programme from the Clandeboye Festival 2012, Barry Douglas performs solo piano music by Brahms and Schubert and in between is joined by cellist Andres Diaz to perform Brahms's Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor. Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy brings the series to a close - it was composed in 1822 and each of the four movements is connected by a fragment of Schubert's song The Wanderer, which is the basis of the second movement.
Brahms: Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 38
Andres Diaz (cello), Michael McHale (piano)
Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy
Barry Douglas (piano).
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b01scysx)
BBC Philharmonic on Tour
Episode 4
With Jonathan Swain.
To close our week of afternoons with the BBC Philharmonic featuring performances they've given around the world, we begin a concert they gave in Japan just a few weeks ago. Conductor Yutaka Sado was keen for audiences in his native country to hear the music of Britten, a composer he passionately champions, and especially Britten's landmark opera from 1945, Peter Grimes. Here Sado presents the 'Four Sea Interludes' to begin Afternoon on 3.
When Spanish-born Juanjo Mena joined the BBC Philharmonic two years ago as Chief Conductor, he was similarly keen to explore a British vein, and here he conducts the Enigma Variations, portraits of Elgar's friends "pictured within". The last two works this week are in performances given by the orchestra on tour in Austria and Germany: Gianandrea Noseda conducts Beethoven's Violin Concerto in Vienna with Armenian soloist Sergey Khachatryan, and Rachmaninov's powerful and tragic First Symphony in Aachen in northern Germany.
Britten: Four Sea Interludes (from Peter Grimes)
BBC Philharmonic,
Yutaka Sado (conductor).
2.15pm
Elgar: Variations on an original theme (Enigma)
BBC Philharmonic,
Juanjo Mena (conductor).
2.45pm
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Sergey Khachatryan (violin),
BBC Philharmonic,
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor).
3.30pm
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 1
BBC Philharmonic,
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor).
FRI 16:30 In Tune (b01scyyr)
Friday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill presents, live from In Tune's Salford studio, with live music and guests from the music world.
Main headlines are at
5pm and
6pm.
In.Tune@bbc.co.uk
@BBCInTune.
FRI 18:30 Composer of the Week (b01scy9t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b01scznc)
BBC Symphony Orchestra - Jonathan Lloyd, Brahms, Tippett
Stephen Hough plays Brahms's 2nd Piano Concerto after a World Premiere from Jonathan Lloyd and the BBC SO continue their Tippett Cycle with the 1st Symphony, conducted by the American James Gaffigan.
Live from the Barbican Centre, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Jonathan Lloyd: New Balls
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2
20:35 Interval: Petroc Trelawny selects music from Stephen Hough's long recording career
20:55
Tippett: Symphony No 1
Jonathan Lloyd's RPS commission New Balls for winds and brass is a companion piece to his Old Racket for strings, heard earlier in the BBC Symphony Orchestra's current season. Another feature of the orchestra's season has been appearances by the great British pianist Stephen Hough, who tonight plays Brahms's epic, highly symphonic Second Piano Concerto. Famous for the glorious cello melody that opens the slow movement as well as a coruscating and innovative Scherzo, this masterful concerto is hugely admired by Hough, a composer in his own right whose works have been performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Completing the cycle of Tippett symphonies, the BBC SO and conductor James Gaffigan reach the First, a work conceived whilst Tippett was in prison as a conscientious objector and completed as war ended in 1945. Bursting with vitality and insistent rhythms, it has many hallmarks of his later style, with a darkly Purcellian set of variations and a highly wrought double fugue to finish.
FRI 22:00 The Verb (b01scz0v)
Radio 3's 'Cabaret of the Word' presented by Ian McMillan with Holly Pester, Melvyn Burgess and Don Paterson. Don Paterson will launch the 2013 Proms Poetry Competition.
FRI 22:45 The Essay (b01scz4s)
Living Abroad
Greece
Oscar-winning screen writer Frederic Raphael reads the final essay in his new series about living abroad across Europe, this time in Greece.
It's the early 1960s, and the country is as yet undisturbed by mass tourism. As Raphael travels to a remote island, echoes of the classical world rub up against the realities of post civil war division, and a village life which has barely changed for centuries.
FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b01scz60)
Al Scorch and the Country Soul Ensemble in Session
Mary Ann Kennedy with tracks from across the globe, and a studio session with Chicago-based band Al Scorch and the Country Soul Ensemble.
This is the first visit to the UK by a musician who describes his style as "grafting literate, character-driven song craft and Mid-American roots with a post-punk DIY attitude". It has also been called 'the other side of the Mountain Music', and in his album 'Board up the Windows' he brings to life vivid characters from American life: a hearse driver bound for the cemetery, a Civil War soldier, a couple whose home is threatened by developers, songs powered by heartfelt singing and furious banjo picking.