MONDAY 31 AUGUST 2015

MON 00:30 Through the Night (b0680jw5)
Rachmaninov's Vespers

John Shea presents a Russian performance of Rachmaninov's Vespers.

12:31 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943)
Vespers (All-night vigil) Op.37 for chorus
Polina Shamaeva (mezzo-soprano), Alexey Neklyudov (tenor), Grand Choir 'Masters of Choral Singing' of Russian State TV and Radio Music Centre, Lev Kontorovich (director)

1:29 AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
Symphony of Psalms (1930 revised 1948)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Choir, Colin Davis (conductor)

1:49 AM
Shchedrin, Rodion Konstantinovich
(b. 1932) after Bizet, Georges (1838-1875)
Carmen - ballet suite for strings and percussion
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Milen Nachev (conductor)

2:31 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Concerto for flute and strings in D minor (Wq.22)
Martin Michael Koffer (flute), Slovenicum Chamber Orchestra, Uros Lajovic (conductor)

2:55 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Piano Sonata in D major (D.850)
Alfred Brendel (piano)

3:32 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Dance Intermezzo (Op.45, No.2) (1907)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

3:36 AM
Dinev, Petar [1889-1980]
Praise the Name of the Lord
Bulgarian National Radio Men's Chorus, Metodi Matakiev (conductor)

3:39 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Abendempfindung (K.523)
Elly Ameling (soprano), Jörg Demus (piano)

3:44 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Concerto for 2 horns and orchestra (TWV 52:D2) in D major
Jozef Illéš & Ján Budzák (horns), Chamber Association of Slovakian Radio, Vlastimil Horák (conductor)

3:57 AM
Hristov, Dobri (1875-1941)
Heruvimska pesen (Cherubic Song) No.4
Polyphonia

4:04 AM
Pettersson, (Gustav) Allan (1911-1980)
Two Elegies (1934) and Romanza (1942)
Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Enrico Pace (piano)

4:10 AM
Valerius, Adriaen (c.1575-1625)
Engels Malsims
Toyohiko Satoh (lute)

4:12 AM
Valerius, Adriaen (c 1575-1625)
Mrs Mary Hofmans Almand - from Nederlandtsche Gedenck-clanck
Toyohiko Satoh (lute)

4:14 AM
Bortnyansky, Dmitry [1751-1825]
Concerto for chorus No.6 "Glory to God in the Highest"
Platon Maiborada Academic Choir, Viktor Skoromny (conductor)

4:20 AM
Strauss, Johann II (1825-1899)
Beautiful Blue Danube (Op.314)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordworth (conductor)

4:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Leonora Overture No.3 (Op.72b)
Slovenian RTV Symphony Orchestra, Anton Nanut (conductor)

4:45 AM
Tomásek, Václav Jan (1774-1850)
Starozitné písne Královédvorského rukopsiu (Ancient Songs from the Králové Drur Manuscript), Op.82
Hana Blaziková (soprano), Wojciech Switala (piano)

4:58 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto da camera in F major (RV.99)
Camerata Köln: Michael Schneider (recorder), Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe), Michael McCraw (bassoon), Mary Utiger & Hajo Bäß (violins), Rainer Zipperling (cello), Harald Hoeren (harpsichord)

5:06 AM
Gretchaninov, Alexandr Tikhonovich [1864-1956]
Cherubic Hymn from Liturgia Domestica
Bulgarian Svetoslav Obretenov Choir, Bulgarian National Radio Chamber Orchestra, Georgi Robev (conductor)

5:14 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Impromptu in F sharp major (Op.36)
Krzysztof Jablonski (piano)

5:19 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Träumerei am Kamin - from the opera 'Intermezzo'
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)

5:27 AM
Leclair, Jean-Marie [1697-1764]
Sonata (Op.9'3) in D major
Lars Bjornkjaer (violin), Katrine Gislinge (piano)

5:39 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
2 Motets: 1. Es ist das Heil uns kommen her; 2. Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein reines Herz (Op.29)
Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor)

5:51 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
String Quartet (Op.74'3) in G minor "Rider"
Ebene Quartet

6:12 AM
Bridge, Frank [1879-1941]
Enter Spring - rhapsody for orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor).


MON 06:30 Breakfast (b0680jw7)
Monday - Ian Skelly

Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.


MON 09:00 Essential Classics (b0680jw9)
Monday - Rob Cowan with Fleur Adcock

9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... Violin Romances'. Rob plays some of these beguiling pieces ranging from the song-like second Romance by Beethoven to a sultry Spanish showpiece by Sarasate and the lyrical outpouring of Dvorak's Romance in F minor.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge and identify the place associated with a well-known work.

10am
Rob's guest this week is the poet Fleur Adcock. Fleur was born in New Zealand but spent much of her childhood - and the second world war - in the UK, settling permanently here in 1963. Across a 50-year career she has produced numerous collections of poetry addressing identity, ancestry, relationship and insects. She has held academic positions as well as attracting significant awards, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Fleur will be discussing her career and sharing a selection of her favourite classical music with Rob every day at 10am.

10.30am
Vintage Proms 1915 - music inspired by a Prom from 100 years ago. During the BBC Proms 2015 Rob takes a look at the Proms season from a century ago and plays music that reflects a time when concert programmes were quite different from those of today. This week Rob showcases highlights including Alexander Campbell Mackenzie's Scottish Concerto, a wind serenade by Mozart, and pieces from France and Russia that reflect Britain's international links during the war.

11am
This week Rob features recordings by pianist Mitsuko Uchida, who will appear this Friday at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Rob introduces some of her renowned interpretations of Mozart, including the Sonata No. 15 in F and the Piano Concerto in C K467 from the complete series of Mozart concertos that Uchida is currently recording with the Cleveland Orchestra. There'll also be a complete performance of Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze, Chopin's 3rd Sonata and Debussy's dazzling Etudes.

Mozart
Piano Sonata no 15 in F major K533/494
Mitsuko Uchida (piano).


MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b04k8bfw)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

A Messenger from God

For Johannes Brahms they were musical heroes who might just deign to hear out this unknown composer hoping to make his mark; for Robert and Clara Schumann the handsome young man was 'a messenger sent from God'. When he first called at their Düsseldorf home, little could Brahms foresee the extent to which their lives life would become inextricably connected. Donald Macleod tells the story of the first encounter between Brahms and Clara Schumann, who would become a lifelong friend, critic and inspiration.


MON 13:00 BBC Proms (b0680k9s)
Proms Chamber Music

Proms Chamber Music 7: Elisabeth Leonskaja and the Emerson String Quartet

At the BBC Proms: pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja and the Emerson String Quartet perform a programme of music by Barber, Debussy and Shostakovich.

Live from Cadogan Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Barber: String Quartet in B minor, Op 11 (2nd movement; Molto adagio)
Debussy: 'Feux d'artifice' from Préludes Book 2
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op 57

Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)
Emerson String Quartet

The eminent Russian pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja returns for her second Prom this season. She joins the members of the Emerson String Quartet as they make their Proms debut in a programme featuring two great chamber works of the 20th century. The concert begins with the original version of the hauntingly beautiful Adagio for strings from Barber's String Quartet, Op. 11, and ends with Shostakovich's Piano Quintet, with its darkly comic Scherzo and meditative, delicately melancholy Intermezzo. In between Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Debussy's 'Feux d'artifice' from the Second Book of Preludes - a display of technical and aural fireworks for solo piano.


MON 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b0680k9v)
Proms 2015 Repeats

Prom 43: Sibelius - Symphonies Nos 5, 6 and 7

Afternoon on 3 - with Penny Gore.

Another chance to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra with Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä, at the BBC Proms. Sibelius's final Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 and 7.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch at the Royal Albert Hall

2pm
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E flat major

2.35pm
Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 in D minor

3pm
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C major

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä (conductor)

Who better to bring this year's cycle of Sibelius symphonies to a close than fellow countryman Osmo Vänskä, with one exceptional cycle already completed on disc and another currently under way. 'These symphonies of mine are more confessions of faith than are my other works,' wrote Sibelius, but the later symphonies were hard-won confessions in which the composer's creativity struggled with self-doubt and hostile critics. The results, however, are exceptional, from the soaring horn-led 'swan hymn' of the Fifth to the innocent beauty of the Sixth and the single-movement Seventh, with its total symphonic unity and an ending that has been called 'the grandest celebration of C major there ever was'.

[First broadcast on Monday 17th August]

Followed by a selection of recording from this week's Proms Artists.


MON 16:30 In Tune (b0680k9x)
Kevin Zhu, Gordon Back, SU:M, Jamie Barton

Verity Sharp presents, with guests including American child violin prodigy Kevin Zhu performing live in the studio with Gordon Bach. As the youngest ever winner of the Menuhin Violin Competition Junior Division at the age of 11 back in 2012, he is in the UK to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Florian Leonhard Fine Violins in London. There's also live music from the Korean duo SU:M, who are in London for the K-Music festival. Plus the mezzo Jamie Barton will be talking to Verity ahead of her Proms debut.


MON 18:30 Composer of the Week (b04k8bfw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]


MON 19:30 BBC Proms (b0680mq2)
Prom 61

Prom 61 (part 1): San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas

Live at the BBC Proms: the San Francisco Symphony with their Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas and pianist Yuja Wang play music by Ives and Bartok and Beethoven's Third Symphony

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Ives: Decoration Day (New England Holidays Symphony)
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2

8.20 pm INTERVAL

8.40 pm
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica'

Yuja Wang (piano)
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

Chinese virtuoso Yuja Wang is the soloist in Bartók's Second Piano Concerto - a work the composer intended to pose 'fewer difficulties for the orchestra' and to be 'more pleasing in its thematic material' than his First. Beethoven's emotionally charged 'Eroica' Symphony forms the second half - the ground-breaking symphony that would pave the way for the mighty Romantic works of Mahler and Bruckner. The concert opens with Charles Ives's atmospheric Decoration Day, inspired by his father's marching band.


MON 20:20 BBC Proms (b0680mq4)
Proms Extra

The Song of the Lark

The American novelist Willa Cather's 'The Song of the Lark' was first published a hundred years ago in 1915. Her biographer Dame Hermione Lee talks to New Generation Thinker Sarah Dillon about Cather's story of a young girl who leaves her home town in Colorado to pursue a career as an opera singer. The reader is Laurel Lefkow.

Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music.


MON 20:40 BBC Proms (b0680mq6)
Prom 61

Prom 61 (part 2): San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas

Live at the BBC Proms: the San Francisco Symphony with their Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas and pianist Yuja Wang play music by Ives and Bartok and Beethoven's Third Symphony

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Ives: Decoration Day (New England Holidays Symphony)
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2

8.20 pm INTERVAL

8.40 pm
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica'

Yuja Wang (piano)
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

Chinese virtuoso Yuja Wang is the soloist in Bartók's Second Piano Concerto - a work the composer intended to pose 'fewer difficulties for the orchestra' and to be 'more pleasing in its thematic material' than his First. Beethoven's emotionally charged 'Eroica' Symphony forms the second half - the ground-breaking symphony that would pave the way for the mighty Romantic works of Mahler and Bruckner. The concert opens with Charles Ives's atmospheric Decoration Day, inspired by his father's marching band.


MON 22:00 BBC Proms (b0680mq8)
Proms Extra Lates

Project Jam Sandwich, Liz Berry

World-ranging folk styles from Project Jam Sandwich, and poetry from Birmingham-based writer Liz Berry. Recorded live in the Elgar Room in the Royal Albert Hall and introduced by Georgia Mann.


MON 22:45 The Essay (b03ncnfc)
Cities on the Brink

Berlin

Stepping back in time, three BBC News correspondents present their personal perspectives on the capital cities of the major European powers that fought the Great War.

The first programme explores the epicentre of turmoil as the conflagration took hold: Berlin, the capital of Kaiser Wilhelm II's empire. Stephen Evans reminds us that the German capital on the eve of war was the world's most innovative technological centre. Einstein was here, the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics from 1914. Mark Twain called Berlin the "German Chicago" because of its dizzying sense of modernity and progress. Immigrants were sucked in by industry. In 1895, 20,000 Berliners worked in the factories being built on the outskirts of the city, living cheek-by-jowl in new blocks which became known as "rental barracks".

But all this industrial energy and the wealth it created - which we still associate with today's Germany - came at a price. Both male and female workers felt alienated in their work, likening themselves to machines. As women grew in importance to the economy, so did the loudness of the criticism of their alleged neglect of traditional home virtues. The image of Germany united in war that was to be orchestrated later in the year was already belied by the reality of daily life in the capital itself.

Producer Simon Coates.


MON 23:00 Jazz on 3 (b0680mqb)
Ken Vandermark

Chicago-based saxophonist and composer Ken Vandermark presents his latest ensemble, Made To Break, an improvising quartet featuring American percussionist Tim Daisy, Austrian vocalist/reeds player Christof Kurzmann and Jasper Stadhouders, an electric bassist from the Netherlands.

Vandermark moved to Chicago in 1989 and has long been established as a key figure on the city's music scene. In addition to working with the likes of Peter Brötzmann and Mats Gustafsson in reeds trio Sonore, he has led a series of highly regarded ensembles, among them the Vandermark 5 and Spaceways Inc., with percussionist Hamid and bassist Nate McBride. Made to Break has been described as his most radical project yet, drawing on influences from the music of Ethiopia, punk band the Ex, John Cage and Morton Feldman.

Also on the programme, Jez Nelson talks to jazz writer Peter Margasak of the Chicago Reader who surveys other recent developments on the Windy City's jazz scene and introduces some of the best new releases.

Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producer: Chris Elcombe.