John Shea presents an all-Schubert recital with pianist Katia Michel from the Schubertiade in Vilabertran Festival in Spain.
Sonata for violin and continuo (Op.8 No.2) in D major, from 'X Sonate' (Amsterdam, 1744)
Gottfried von der Goltz (violin), Torsten Johann (harpsichord and positive organ), Lee Santana (theorbo)
The Festival Winds: James Mason and Brian James (oboes), James Campbell and David Bourque (clarinets), James McKay and Christian Sharpe (bassoons), James Sommerville and Neil Spaulding (horns), Joel Quarrington (double bass)
Piano Sonata No. 30 (Op. 109) in E major
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... operetta'. Throughout the week Rob makes the case for this sometimes overlooked genre, showcasing some personal favourites that demonstrate the many delights of light opera: charm, wonderful tunes, great singers and quirky and amusing storylines. You may not hear operetta in quite the same way again!
Take part in today's music-related challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery person.
Rob's guest this week is Nicholas Parsons. Actor, cabaret performer, stand-up comedian, panel show host and quizmaster, Nicholas has had a long and varied career in show business since he first started working in repertory theatre in the 1940s. He became a household name in the 1970s as the host of game show Sale of the Century but is perhaps best known as the chairman of BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute. Nicholas has chaired the hit comedy panel game since its inception in 1967 and hasn't missed a show in 48 years. Nicholas will be talking about the seven decades he has spent working in radio, theatre and television, and sharing a selection of his favourite classical music every day at
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 two Elgar rarities, Carillon and Polonia, Parry's Overture to an Unwritten Tragedy and Mendelssohn's Rondo brillant in E flat major, all of which received their Proms premiere during the 1915 season.
Rob's artist of the week is one of the world's finest orchestras, the Vienna Philharmonic. Since its foundation in 1842 the orchestra has earned a reputation as one of the greats, making top recordings stretching back to 1905 and performing over a hundred concerts every season. Throughout the week Rob shares the Vienna Philharmonic's interpretations of works by composers including Mozart, Beethoven and Strauss, under the batons of maestros such as Karl Böhm, Claudio Abbado and Fritz Reiner.
In 1891, Elgar and his wife returned from London to set up home in the shadow of the Malvern hills. Donald Macleod explores how Elgar's music was influenced by the landscape around him.
Elgar emerged onto the scene at a time when Britain was still described as 'a land without music'. He played a central role in reviving this country's musical reputation, and his success won him fame, honours and a place at the heart of the cultural establishment. Nevertheless, he cast himself as an outsider throughout his long career.
Sarah Walker introduces further highlights from the semi-finals stage of the Leeds International Piano Competition, held in the Great Hall at the University of Leeds. From more than 300 global entries, just twelve pianists have reached the semi-finals stage. Over the week, there's an opportunity to hear from all twelve - today we hear concert highlights from the second group of three.
Another chance to hear the mezzo-soprano Alice Coote, with the English Concert and Harry Bicket in a programme of Handel arias, exploring the theme of 'being both' - the dilemmas and turbulent emotions experienced by both male and female characters. Including arias from Giulio Cesare, Semele, Hercules, Theodora and Messiah.
Few composers express emotion as directly or with greater psychological truth than Handel. British mezzo-soprano Alice Coote explores the full gamut of these emotions in a Prom featuring some of Handel's greatest arias. Taking on both male and female roles, she delves into what it means to be a man, or a woman, in Handel's world of sorceresses and knights, kings and queens. She is joined in her theatrical journey by regular collaborators and period-performance specialists Harry Bicket and The English Concert.
Choral Vespers for the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary recorded in King's College Chapel, Cambridge, in March 2015.
Sean Rafferty with lively mix of music, chat, and arts news. Including pianist Benjamin Grosvenor playing live in the studio.
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, massed choirs and conductor Andrew Litton, live at the BBC Proms. There's Charles Ives' 4th Symphony and Henning Kraggerud plays Nielsen's Violin Concerto.
Ives: Symphony No. 4
Ives's thrilling Fourth Symphony demands massive orchestral and choral forces, and it quotes from his own earlier works as well as from traditional American hymns. Completing this year's Nielsen concerto cycle at the BBC Proms is the Violin Concerto - a work that wears its technical demands with great delicacy. Nielsen also provides the concert opener, the folk-inspired choral cantata Springtime on Funen - Funen (Fyn) being the Danish island where the composer was born and grew up.
Andrew McGregor investigates Charles Ives's Symphony no.4 in the context of his life, with guests Richard Bernas and Stephen Montague. Recorded earlier this evening at the Royal College of Music.
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, massed choirs and conductor Andrew Litton, live at the BBC Proms. There's Charles Ives' 4th Symphony and Henning Kraggerud plays Nielsen's Violin Concerto.
Ives: Symphony No. 4
Ives's thrilling Fourth Symphony demands massive orchestral and choral forces, and it quotes from his own earlier works as well as from traditional American hymns. Completing this year's Nielsen concerto cycle at the BBC Proms is the Violin Concerto - a work that wears its technical demands with great delicacy. Nielsen also provides the concert opener, the folk-inspired choral cantata Springtime on Funen - Funen (Fyn) being the Danish island where the composer was born and grew up.
Historian Bettany Hughes follows the trail of the Caucasus in antiquity from the Black sea coast of Ancient Colchis to the shadow of Mount Ararat in Armenia.
In this two-part series, Bettany Hughes travels to the Caucasus, the land that sits on the boundary of Asia and Europe, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, to unravel its mythologised and pivotal place in Western history. For the Ancient Greeks, the region was home to the Golden Fleece, the Amazons and Prometheus. In the Christian tradition it was thought to be the resting place of Noah's Ark after the flood. In Russian literature it was mythologised by Pushkin, Lermontov and Tolstoy. And in the Europe of the Enlightenment, it crucially became known as the home of the purest members of the white race - hence today's descriptions of white criminal suspects as "Caucasian". Bettany travels to the region to find the roots of these stories and test how far the myths are backed up by reality
Max Reinhardt with music from King Creosote and Jon Hopkins, experimental fiddle from Laura Cannell, and a fragile jazz filigree from the Delta Saxophone Quartet.
THURSDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2015
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b068sjxr)
Mark Padmore in Recital
John Shea introduces a recital of Schubert and Fauré songs, featuring tenor Mark Padmore with pianist Julius Drake, recorded in Denmark.
12:31 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
5 Songs for voice and piano (1. Der Wanderer an den Mond, D.870; 2. Im Freien, D.880;
3. Irdisches Glück, D.866; Das Zügenglöcklein, D.871; 5. Viola, D.786)
Mark Padmore (Tenor), Julius Drake (Piano)
1:03 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
4 Songs for voice and piano (1. Am Fenster, D.878; 2. Sehnsucht, D.879;
3. Wiegenlied, D.867; 4. Bei dir allein, D.866)
Mark Padmore (Tenor), Julius Drake (Piano)
1:18 AM
Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924)
La Bonne chanson Op.61 for voice and piano (1. Une sainte en son auréole; 2. Puisque l'aube grandit; 3. La lune blanche luit dans les bois; 4. J'allais dans des chemins perfides; 5. J'ai presque peur, en verité; 6. Avant que tu ne t'en ailles; 7. Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'été; 8. N'est-ce pas?; 9. L'hiver a cessé)
Mark Padmore (Tenor), Julius Drake (Piano)
1:42 AM
Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924)
4 Songs for voice and piano (1. Prison, Op.83 no.1; 2. Spleen, Op.51 no.3;
3. Clair de lune, Op.46 no.2; 4. Mandoline, Op.58 no.1)
Mark Padmore (Tenor), Julius Drake (Piano)
1:52 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Die Taubenpost from Schwanengesang, D.957
Mark Padmore (Tenor), Julius Drake (Piano)
1:57 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Jeux - Poème Dansé
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (Conductor)
2:15 AM
Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921)
Morceau de concert for harp & orchestra in G major, Op 154
Suzanna Klintcharova (Harp), Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Dimitar Manolov (Conductor)
2:31 AM
Walton, William (1902-1983)
Cello Concerto (1956)
Zara Nelsova (Cello), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (Conductor)
2:59 AM
Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich (1732-1795)
Ino - solo cantata for soprano and orchestra
Barbara Schlick (Soprano), Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max (Conductor)
3:29 AM
Soler, Antonio (1729-1783)
Sonata No. 83 in F major
Gonny van der Maten (Organ)
3:33 AM
Turina, Joaquin (1882-1949)
Danzas Fantasticas (Op.22)
West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester (Conductor)
3:50 AM
Ortiz, Diego (c.1510-c.1570)
Fantasia I-II "Salve Regina"
Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (Director)
3:53 AM
Jarnovic, Ivan Mane (1747-1804)
Fantasia and Rondo in G major
Vladimir Krpan (Piano)
3:58 AM
Paganini, Niccolo (1782-1840)
Polacca con variazioni (arr. for violin & piano)
Viktor Pikajzen (Violin), Evgenia Sejdelj (Piano)
4:04 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Horn concerto No.3 in E flat major, K.447
James Sommerville (Horn), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (Conductor)
4:19 AM
Parsons, Robert (c.1530-1570)
Ave Maria for 5 voices
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (Conductor)
4:24 AM
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
Overture to Maskarade (FS.39)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen (Conductor)
4:31 AM
Muffat, Georg (1653-1704)
Sonata from Concerto No.XI in E minor "Delirrium amoris" from "Exquisitoris harmoniae
instrumentalis gravi-jucundae selectus primus" Passau 1701
L'Orfeo Barockorchester, Michi Gaigg (Director)
4:37 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Sonata in G major (K.283) arr. Grieg for two pianos (originally for just 1 piano)
Julie Adam (Piano), Daniel Herscovitch (Piano)
4:50 AM
Sonninen, Ahti (1914-1984)
Laulu omnesta (A Song of Happiness)
Sauli Tiilikainen (Baritone), Markus Lehtinen (Piano)
4:53 AM
Klami, Uuno (1900-1961)
Serenades joyeuses
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jussi Jalas (Conductor)
4:59 AM
Escosa, John B. (1928-1991)
Three Dances for 2 harps
Julia Shaw (Harp), Nora Bumanis (Harp)
5:06 AM
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643)
Magnificat II
Chorus of Swiss Radio, Lugano (Choir), Diego Fasolis (Conductor)
5:17 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 -1827)
Rondino in E flat (WoO 25) for two oboes, two clarinets, two horns, two bassoons
The Festival Winds
5:24 AM
Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924)
Suite No.2 for orchestra (Op.34a)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (Conductor)
5:52 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Concerto in the Italian style for keyboard (BWV.971) in F major
Christian Ihle Hadland (Piano)
6:05 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Quartet in E minor for strings
Vertavo Quartet.
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b068sk54)
Thursday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
THU 09:00 Essential Classics (b068skf5)
Thursday - Rob Cowan, plus Sarah Walker with John Lithgow
9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... operetta'. Throughout the week Rob makes the case for this sometimes overlooked genre, showcasing some personal favourites that demonstrate the many delights of light opera: charm, wonderful tunes, great singers and quirky and amusing storylines. You may not hear operetta in quite the same way again!
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: listen to the music and see if you can trace the classical inspiration.
10am
This week Sarah interviews the stage and screen actor John Lithgow. John has appeared on Broadway 22 times, winning Tony Awards for The Changing Room and Sweet Smell of Success. He received back-to-back Academy Award nominations for The World According to Garp and Terms of Endearment and is well known for his Emmy Award-winning performances in the television series 3rd Rock From the Sun and Dexter. Most recently he has starred in Love is Strange, Interstellar and The Homesman. John shares a selection of his favourite classical music and tells Sarah about catching the acting bug performing in Gilbert and Sullivan, how he appeared as the elephant in a ballet of Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals and why Yo-Yo Ma once gave him a private performance of Bach.
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 two Elgar rarities, Carillon and Polonia, Parry's Overture to an Unwritten Tragedy and Mendelssohn's Rondo brillant in E flat major, all of which received their Proms premiere during the 1915 season.
11am
Rob's artist of the week is one of the world's finest orchestras, the Vienna Philharmonic. Since its foundation in 1842 the orchestra has earned a reputation as one of the greats, making top recordings stretching back to 1905 and performing over a hundred concerts every season. Throughout the week Rob shares the Vienna Philharmonic's interpretations of works by composers including Mozart, Beethoven and Strauss, under the batons of maestros such as Karl Böhm, Claudio Abbado and Fritz Reiner.
Including:
Strauss
Tod und Verklärung
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor).
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b068sknw)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
The Apostles
As Elgar headed towards his 50th birthday, he took up cycling and started work on a major new choral project. Presented by Donald Macleod.
Elgar emerged onto the scene at a time when Britain was still described as 'a land without music'. He played a central role in reviving this country's musical reputation, and his success won him fame, honours and a place at the heart of the cultural establishment. Nevertheless, he cast himself as an outsider throughout his long career.
Cockaigne (in London town), Op. 40
English Symphony Orchestra
William Boughton, conductor
The Apostles: (Excerpt from Part 2)
Rebecca Evans, soprano
Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano
Paul Groves, tenor
Jacques Imbrailo, baritone
David Kempster, baritone
Brindley Sherratt, bass
The Halle Orchestra, Choir and Youth Choir
Sir Mark Elder, conductor
In the South "Alassio"
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox, conductor
Love, Op18, No 2
The Finzi Singers
Paul Spicer, director.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b068slpv)
Leeds International Piano Competition 2015
Episode 3
Sarah Walker introduces more concert highlights from the semi-finals of the Leeds International Piano Competition, held in the Great Hall at the University of Leeds. After two preliminary stages, just twelve outstanding young pianists remain from the 79 invited to Leeds. Over the week, there's an opportunity to hear all the semi-finalists. Today, in the third of this week's series of lunchtime concerts, we hear from a further three contenders hoping to secure a place in the upcoming final.
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b068slx8)
Proms 2015 Repeats
Prom 54: Britten, Raymond Yiu, Nielsen and Janacek
Afternoon on 3 - with Verity Sharp.
Another chance to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Edward Gardner in Britten, Janacek and Nielsen's Flute Concerto with Emily Beynon, plus a world premiere - Raymond Yiu's Symphony.
Presented from the Royal Albert Hall, London by Tom Service
2pm:
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
2.25pm:
Raymond Yiu: Symphony (BBC commission: world premiere)
2.50pm:
Nielsen: Flute Concerto
3.10pm:
Janácek: Sinfonietta
Andrew Watts (countertenor)
Emily Beynon (flute)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)
Proms regular Edward Gardner continues this year's Nielsen anniversary celebrations with the Flute Concerto - a work that expresses what Nielsen perceived as the instrument's 'Arcadian' quality. This gentle, pastoral quality battles, however, with darker forces, characterfully symbolised by the bass trombone. Both Janácek's Sinfonietta and Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem are also vivid expressions of contrast - in mood, texture and colour. The five movements of the Sinfonietta are all scored for a different - and sometimes unlikely - combination of instruments, while the three episodes in Britten's elegiac Sinfonia da Requiem paint different stages of mourning, from grief to anger and finally an uneasy acceptance. Raymond Yiu's BBC commission is a symphony which features the amazing countertenor voice of Andrew Watts, singing texts by Walt Whitman, Constantine Cavafy,Thom Gunn and John Donne on memories of love and loss.
[First heard on 25th August]
Followed by a selection of recordings from this week's Proms Artists.
THU 16:30 In Tune (b068smqh)
Ballake Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Katya Apekisheva, Eleanor Alberga
Sean Rafferty with lively mix of music, chat, and arts news. Including live music in the studio from Malian master of the kora, Ballake Sissoko with French cellist Vincent Segal playing music from their new album Musique de Nuit. Pianist Katya Apekisheva performs live ahead of her concert at Kings Place in London and composer Eleanor Alberga discusses her new piece Arise, Athena! which receives its world premiere at the Last Night of the Proms.
THU 18:00 Composer of the Week (b068sknw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 19:00 BBC Proms (b068tnhb)
Prom 73
Prom 73 (part 1): Vienna Philharmonic
Live at the BBC Proms: The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with Semyon Bychkov in a programme of Brahms and Schmidt.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Penny Gore
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major
7.40 pm INTERVAL
8.00 pm
Schmidt: Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)
The first of two consecutive nights with the Vienna Philharmonic under two different conductors. Here, Semyon Bychkov showcases Franz Schmidt's neglected Second Symphony - a work he has passionately championed. A bold piece of Brucknerian ambition, it has more than a hint of Richard Strauss about it. It's paired with Brahms's Third Symphony - the work that saw the composer finding his true musical identity, stepping out from behind his influences to create something lyrical yet strangely unresolved.
THU 19:40 BBC Proms (b068tnhd)
Proms Extra
Franz Schmidt
Gavin Plumley and Erik Levi discuss the life and work of Austrian composer Franz Schmidt, including his Symphony No. 2. Presented by Martin Handley.
THU 20:00 BBC Proms (b068tnhg)
Prom 73
Prom 73 (part 2): Vienna Philharmonic
Live at the BBC Proms: The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with Semyon Bychkov in a programme of Brahms and Schmidt.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Penny Gore
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major
7.40 pm INTERVAL
8.00 pm
Schmidt: Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)
The first of two consecutive nights with the Vienna Philharmonic under two different conductors. Here, Semyon Bychkov showcases Franz Schmidt's neglected Second Symphony - a work he has passionately championed. A bold piece of Brucknerian ambition, it has more than a hint of Richard Strauss about it. It's paired with Brahms's Third Symphony - the work that saw the composer finding his true musical identity, stepping out from behind his influences to create something lyrical yet strangely unresolved.
THU 21:30 Sunday Feature (b05ns9lv)
Caucasian Roots
Episode 2
Historian Bettany Hughes continues her journey through the Caucasus, the land that sits on the boundary of Asia and Europe, to understand its mythologised and pivotal place in Western history. In this second part, she traces how an anthropologist invented the idea that this region was the home of the white race "The Caucasians", still heard today in descriptions of white criminal suspects as "Caucasian males". And she finds how the writings of Pushkin and Tolstoy it became a a 'Russian version of the Wild West'.
For the Ancient Greeks, the Caucasus was home to the Golden Fleece, the Amazons and Prometheus. In the Christian tradition it was thought to be the resting place of Noah's Ark after the flood. In this series, Bettany travels to the region to find the roots of these stories and test how far the myths are backed up by reality.
Written and presented by Bettany Hughes
Produced by Russell Finch
A Somethin' Else production for Radio 3.
THU 22:15 BBC Proms (b068tsj1)
2015
Prom 74: Wireless Nights Prom With Jarvis Cocker
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Jarvis Cocker (presenter)
BBC Philharmonic
Richard Hills (organ)
Manchester Chamber Choir (ladies)
Maxime Tortelier (conductor)
In the last of this year's Proms collaborations with six of the BBC national radio stations and BBC Music, Jarvis Cocker brings his popular Radio 4 show Wireless Nights to the Royal Albert Hall. As the BBC Philharmonic help Jarvis drift off to sleep, he soon finds himself on an underwater voyage down to the endless night of the ocean bed. En route, he meets psychoanalyst Jung, two submariners trapped on a tiny submersible and a freediver experiencing "the rapture of the deep". The BBC Philharmonic creates a sonic seascape and accompany Jarvis Cocker in songs by Echo and the Bunnymen and Jeff Buckley.
THU 23:45 Late Junction (b068tvnm)
Thursday - Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt presents Ghanaian xylophone from SK Kakraba, exploratory songs from Australia's Daughter's Fever, choral music by Helmut Lachenmann, and a live session from Paris-based Cameroonian singer-songwriter Blick Bassy.
FRIDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2015
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b068sjxt)
Soprano Hana Blazikova and pianist Andreas Staier
Soprano Hana Blazikova with pianist Andreas Staier in songs by Tomasek, Chopin and Schumann. With John Shea.
12:31 AM
Tomásek, Václav Jan (1774-1850)
Die Erwartung
Hana Blaziková (Soprano), Andreas Staier (Piano)
12:39 AM
Tomásek, Václav Jan (1774-1850)
3 Songs (1. Am Flusse (Op.55/3) (Goethe); 2.Ratlose liebe (Op.58/1) (Goethe); 3. Das Lied)
Hana Blaziková (Soprano), Andreas Staier (Piano)
12:44 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Impromptu in C minor, No.1 (D.899)
Andreas Staier (Piano)
12:55 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
8 songs from Op.74
Hana Blaziková (Soprano), Andreas Staier (Piano)
1:18 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Liederkreis (Op.39)
Hana Blaziková (Soprano), Andreas Staier (Piano)
1:43 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Sliczny chlopiec (Handsome Lad), (Op. 74/8)
Hana Blaziková (Soprano), Andreas Staier (Piano)
1:45 AM
Dussek, Jan Ladislav (1760-1812)
Piano Sonata (Op.35 No.2) in G major
Andreas Staier (Fortepiano)
2:00 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Symphony No. 1 (Op.11) in C minor
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer (Conductor)
2:31 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Piano Concerto No. 24 (K.491) in C minor
Alfred Brendel (Piano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (Conductor)
3:02 AM
Leo, Leonardo (1694-1744)
Cello Concerto in D minor
Werner Matzke (Cello), Concerto Koln
3:16 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Jordens sang (Song of the Earth) - cantata for chorus and orchestra (Op.93)
Academic Choral Society (Choir), Helsinki Cathedral Chorus (Choir),
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ulf Soderblom (Conductor)
3:34 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Overture from "Der Schauspieldirektor" (K.486)
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Borge Wagner (Conductor)
3:39 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Nocturne in D Flat major, from 2 Nocturnes Op.27
Zbigniew Raubo (Piano)
3:46 AM
Fritsch, Balthasar (1570/80-after 1608)
Paduan and 2 Galliards (from Primitiae musicales, Frankfurt/Main 1606)
Hortus Musicus, Andres Mustonen (Director)
3:55 AM
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)
Concerto Grosso in D (Op.6 No.4)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (Director)
4:04 AM
Turina, Joaquin (1882-1949)
Homenaje a Navarra
Niklas Liepe (Violin), Niels Liepe (Piano)
4:11 AM
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)
Courtly Dances from Gloriana, Op.53
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (Conductor)
4:21 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir - motet (BWV.228)
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Ivars Taurins (Conductor)
4:31 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Mazurka from the idyll 'Jawnuta' (The Gypsies)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Salwarowski (Conductor)
4:36 AM
Solnitz, Anton Wilhelm (c.1708-c.1752-3)
Sinfonia in A major (Op.3 No.4) for strings and continuo
Musica ad Rhenum
4:49 AM
Sor, Fernando (1778-1839)
Introduction and Variations on Mozart's 'O cara armonia' for guitar (Op.9)
Xavier Diaz-Latorre (Guitar)
4:58 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 -1827)
Recitative and Leonora's aria from 'Fidelio'
Anja Kampe (Soprano), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Miguel Gomez Martinez (Conductor)
5:06 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Holberg Suite (Op.40)
The Slovenian Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra, Andrej Petrac (Artistic Leader)
5:26 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Trio for piano and strings No.2 (Op.66) in C minor
Leonidas Kavakos (Violin), Eckard Runge (Cello), Enrico Pace (Piano)
NONRK
5:55 AM
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von (1644-1704)
Partita no.6 in D major for violin, viola & basso continuo, from 'Harmonia artificiosa-ariosa'
Il Giardino Armonico: Stefano Barneschi (violin), Marco Bianchi (violin), Paolo Beschi (cello),
Riccardo Doni (harpsichord), Maria E. Mascardi (theorbo), Giovanni Antonini (director)
6:07 AM
Kodaly, Zoltan (1882-1967)
Dances of Galanta
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Edo de Waart (Conductor)
6:24 AM
Kalman, Emmerich Imre (1882-1953)
Aria: Wenn es Abend wird - from Grafin Mariza
Fritz Wunderlich (Tenor), West Deutsches Rundfunkorchester Koln, Franz Marszalek (Conductor).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b068sk59)
Friday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b068skf7)
Friday - Rob Cowan, plus Sarah Walker with John Lithgow
9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... operetta'. Throughout the week Rob makes the case for this sometimes overlooked genre, showcasing some personal favourites that demonstrate the many delights of light opera: charm, wonderful tunes, great singers and quirky and amusing storylines. You may not hear operetta in quite the same way again!
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: listen to the music and see if you can trace the classical inspiration.
10am
This week Sarah interviews the stage and screen actor John Lithgow. John has appeared on Broadway 22 times, winning Tony Awards for The Changing Room and Sweet Smell of Success. He received back-to-back Academy Award nominations for The World According to Garp and Terms of Endearment and is well known for his Emmy Award-winning performances in the television series 3rd Rock From the Sun and Dexter. Most recently he has starred in Love is Strange, Interstellar and The Homesman. John shares a selection of his favourite classical music and tells Sarah about catching the acting bug performing in Gilbert and Sullivan, how he appeared as the elephant in a ballet of Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals and why Yo-Yo Ma once gave him a private performance of Bach.
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 two Elgar rarities, Carillon and Polonia, Parry's Overture to an Unwritten Tragedy and Mendelssohn's Rondo brillant in E flat major, all of which received their Proms premiere during the 1915 season.
11am
Rob's artist of the week is one of the world's finest orchestras, the Vienna Philharmonic. Since its foundation in 1842 the orchestra has earned a reputation as one of the greats, making top recordings stretching back to 1905 and performing over a hundred concerts every season. Throughout the week Rob shares the Vienna Philharmonic's interpretations of works by composers including Mozart, Beethoven and Strauss, under the batons of maestros such as Karl Böhm, Claudio Abbado and Fritz Reiner.
Including:
Strauss
Tod und Verklärung
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor).
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b068skp4)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
'My Beloved Country'
After 1914, Elgar and Alice through themselves into war work. In his music, Elgar's inclination to nostalgia became even more heightened as the world he knew was swept away by a conflict he could barely understand. Presented by Donald Macleod.
Elgar emerged onto the scene at a time when Britain was still described as 'a land without music'. He played a central role in reviving this country's musical reputation, and his success won him fame, honours and a place at the heart of the cultural establishment. Nevertheless, he cast himself as an outsider throughout his long career.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b068slq9)
Leeds International Piano Competition 2015
Episode 4
Sarah Walker concludes Radio 3's coverage of the semi-finals stage of the 2015 Leeds International Piano Competition with highlights from three more of the twelve semi-finalists' programmes, performed in the Great Hall at the University of Leeds.
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b068slxf)
Proms 2015 Repeats
Prom 55: SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg
Afternoon on 3 - with Verity Sharp
Another chance to hear the flautist Sophie Cherrier, the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg conducted by François-Xavier Roth, perform Boulez, Ligeti and Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra.
Presented from the Royal Albert Hall, London by Andrew McGregor
2pm:
Pierre Boulez: '... explosante-fixe ...'
2.35pm:
Ligeti: Lontano
2.50pm:
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Sophie Cherrier (flute)
SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg
François-Xavier Roth (conductor)
Bartók wasn't the first composer to write a Concerto for Orchestra, but freewheeling virtuosity and rhythmic energy set this one apart. Treating individual instruments as soloists or partners in exhilarating duets-to-the-death, Bartók reinvents the orchestra itself. The whole classical canon seems dissolved in Ligeti's Lontano, in which familiar harmonies and styles are suspended in space and time, and resolution continually hangs just out of reach. Turning classical rules of development on their head, Boulez's '... explosante-fixe ...'works backwards, moving from its most complex material to its primary, original source. It's audacious and completely compelling.
[First heard on 26th August]
Followed by a selection of recordings from this week's Proms Artists.
FRI 16:30 In Tune (b068smqk)
Friday - Sean Rafferty: Marin Alsop, Alice Farnham, Morgan Szymanski, Milan Siljanov
Sean Rafferty with lively mix of music, chat, and arts news.
FRI 18:30 Composer of the Week (b068skp4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 19:30 BBC Proms (b068tvrq)
Prom 75
Prom 75 (part 1): Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op 38 (Part 1)
8.10 pm INTERVAL
8.30 pm
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op 38 (Part 2)
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Proms Youth Choir
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the second of two performances by the Vienna Philharmonic, completing a Proms triptych of Elgar's great oratorios, spread across recent seasons, with arguably the greatest of them all: The Dream of Gerontius. This is spiritual inquiry at its most musically intoxicating and ecstatic - a work that reaches after the same mystic transcendence as Wagner's Parsifal. The BBC Proms Youth Choir returns for its fourth festival appearance, joining soloists Toby Spence and Roderick Williams, with Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená as the Angel.
FRI 20:10 BBC Proms (b068tvrs)
Proms Interval
Joyce's Big Lie
'Joyce's Big Lie' is a specially commissioned story by Deborah Moggach for the last Prom. Joyce is in Cornwall as autumn approaches and looking 'for love' So come the cooler weather, what lies ahead for her?
Reader Claire Skinner
Producer Duncan Minshull.
FRI 20:30 BBC Proms (b068tvrv)
Prom 75
Prom 75 (part 2): Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op 38 (Part 1)
8.10 pm INTERVAL
8.30 pm
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op 38 (Part 2)
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Proms Youth Choir
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the second of two performances by the Vienna Philharmonic, completing a Proms triptych of Elgar's great oratorios, spread across recent seasons, with arguably the greatest of them all: The Dream of Gerontius. This is spiritual inquiry at its most musically intoxicating and ecstatic - a work that reaches after the same mystic transcendence as Wagner's Parsifal. The BBC Proms Youth Choir returns for its fourth festival appearance, joining soloists Toby Spence and Roderick Williams, with Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená as the Angel.
FRI 22:00 BBC Proms (b068tvrx)
Proms Extra Lates
Flea Circus, Holly Hopkins
Music from Flea Circus, who draw on the canon of European jazz and contemporary music, and poetry from London-based writer Holly Hopkins. Recorded live in the Elgar Room in the Royal Albert Hall and introduced by Georgia Mann.
FRI 22:45 The Essay (b041xxd4)
Georgian Portraits
Dan Cruikshank on Robert Adam
In today's essay, historian Dan Cruikshank explores his passion for Georgian architecture through the work of the Scottish neoclassical architect and interior designer Robert Adam.
Producer: Mohini Patel.
FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b068tvsz)
Lopa Kothari - Maia von Lekow in session
Lopa Kothari with a live session by Kenyan singer Maia von Lekow, the latest new releases from across the globe and new music from BBC Introducing.