Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony from the 2013 BBC Proms, with Sakari Oramo conducting the BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra. Presented by Jonathan Swain.
Sally Matthews (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Proms Youth Choir, BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)
Örebro String Quartet: Pei Pei Zhu (violin) Hans Elvkull (violin) Linn Löwengren Elvkull (viola) Mats Levin (cello)
Partita No. 1 in B flat major BWV.825 for keyboard
Die Schöpfung (The Creation) (H.21.2) Part 3 - Nos. 29 & 30
Isa Katharina Gericke (soprano) Eve; Jochen Kupfer (baritone) Adam; Oslo Chamber Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra; Christopher Bell (conductor)
Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
Xavier Diaz-Latorre (performing on the Guitarra dels Lleons - The Lion Guitar c.1700)
Don Giovanni (K. 527) - overture
Camerata Quartet: Wlodzimierz Prominski, Andrzej Kordykiewicz (violins), Piotr Reichert (viola), Roman Hoffman (cello)
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and also including music from BBC Music's Ten Pieces project - a scheme to introduce classical music to secondary schools. Today the breakfast show will be playing the Dies Irae and Tuba Mirum from Verdi's Requiem.
Rob presents '5 reasons to love... Bach organ works'. Throughout the week Rob puts Bach's organ works centre stage, showcasing their complexity, and the virtuosity required to perform them. He highlights their flashes of humour, as well as their gravitas and sheer power, plus the way Bach often reinvented pre-existing works. Rob hand-picks recordings by organists including Helmut Walcha, Simon Preston and Ton Koopman.
Take part in today's music-related challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery person.
Rob's guest this week is Nitin Sawhney. A composer, producer, songwriter, DJ and multi-instrumentalist, Nitin is one of the BBC's Ambassadors for the new Ten Pieces project. His musical credentials include collaboration with artists from Sir Paul McCartney to the London Symphony Orchestra. As a child Nitin trained as a classical pianist, moving on to classical and flamenco guitar and learning to play sitar and tabla. He has since toured the world with his band, and recorded nine studio albums, winning accolades for his amalgamation of styles including jazz, flamenco, electronica and classical Indian ragas. He has composed for theatre, film, television and video games with credits including writing the BAFTA-winning soundtrack for The Human Planet, scoring ad campaigns for brands such as Yves Saint Laurent and Nike and writing a new score for Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger. Nitin will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music with Rob, every day at
The BBC has just launched the new Ten Pieces for secondary schools, opening up the world of classical music to children and inspiring them to respond creatively to what they hear. As part of Radio 3's Ten Pieces season, Rob chooses music that complements this exciting selection of works.
Rob's featured artist is the cellist Steven Isserlis. A musician who wears his considerable virtuosity lightly, Isserlis has received worldwide acclaim for his technique, musicianship and command of the instrument. Throughout the week Rob presents recordings by Isserlis including an elegant interpretation of Haydn's Cello Concerto No.1, a lyrical performance of Grieg's Cello Sonata and a rendition of Prokofiev's Cello Concerto that captures the bittersweet language of the work.
Cello Sonata No.2 in G minor, Op. 117
Donald Macleod traces the young composer's journey from common serf to the most fashionable salons of Vienna
Vanhal's story has all the ingredients for a great musical drama: escape from bondage, early success dashed by sudden personal crisis, and a remarkable re-birth won through faith, talent and strength of character. This week, Donald Macleod relates the colourful story of one of the 18th century's leading musical lights.
Vanhal's family were peasants; in effect, legal slaves on the vast Bohemian estates of Count Schaffgotsch. Music offered an escape and Vanhal took every opportunity to better his position - from choir boy, to church organist, and on to Vienna, where rich aristocrats vied to patronise the brilliant young composer.
This week's lunchtime concert comes from the Cheltenham Music Festival, performed by BBC New Generation Artists the Armida Quartet, and the pianist Pavel Kolesnikov. Today's concert features music for solo piano by Schumann, his Lied ohne Ende from Albumblätter, and Schubert's String Quartet in G major D887, all performed in the historic setting of the Pittville Pump Room.
Armida Quartet: Martin Funda (violin), Johanna Staemmler (violin), Teresa Schwamm (viola), and Peter-Philipp Staemmler (cello)
Katie Derham showcases the BBC Philharmonic in music by Schubert, Chopin and Tchaikovsky and violinist Tasmin Little joins them for Haydn's Wood's lyrical Concerto.
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Sarah Gabriel, Viv Mclean, Marmen Quartet, Nicola Benedetti's Ten Facts Ten Pieces
Suzy Klein presents with live music from soprano Sarah Gabriel and pianist Viv Mclean with a preview of their 'Autumn in Paris' concert at St John?s Smith Square exploring the music of composers influenced by the city. More live performance from the Marmen Quartet as they prepare to make their debut recital at the Crucible Studio Theatre in Sheffield.
Plus, Ten Pieces ambassador, Nicola Benedetti presents: Ten Facts Ten Pieces - a short downloadable feature linked to the BBC's Ten Pieces project, which continues to inspire a generation of children to become creative with classical music. This year the project focuses on secondary school children. Each day at
Nicola finds ten quirky and entertaining facts about each of the Ten Pieces. Today's work is the 'Dies Irae' and 'Tuba Mirum' from Verdi's 'Requiem'.
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Donald Runnicles, play Glazunov and Mahler's Tenth Symphony.
Mahler: Symphony No. 10 in F sharp minor
It was the artistic equivalent of the raising of the Titanic. When musicologist Deryck Cooke completed Mahler's unfinished final symphony, he uncovered a lost masterpiece filled with puzzles and allusions; a work where cries of love and cries of pain finally resolve in music of shattering honesty and heart-breaking beauty. This is music that explores the great questions of life; and as Donald Runnicles guides us to the heart of Mahler's final musical testament, there's no more powerful way to open our new season. The songful violin concerto by "Russian Mendelssohn" Alexander Glazunov forms the brightest of contrasts, and with the glorious tone of James Ehnes, it'll sparkle like new.
David Hare discusses his career in playwriting and his memoirs with Matthew Sweet. His version of Chekhov's The Seagull opens this week at Chichester Festival Theatre as part of a season devoted to young Chekhov which also includes David Hare's Platonov and Ivanov.
The Seagull runs at Chichester Festival Theatre from 28th September to November 14th
Novelist and critic Ian Sansom believes that the idea of the average is one of the key terms and principles of the modern age, encompassing human productivity, relationships, politics and art. So, how did average become a byword for mediocrity?
In the second essay of the series, he uncovers the unlikely history of the scientific measurement of the dimensions of the average man and woman. We learn that our ever-changing dimensions matter - size matters - for all sorts of obvious reasons, not least because average sizes literally determine the shape of the world we all live in: the height of our tables and chairs, the shape of our clothes, our cars, our phones - and of course our coffins. We all live and die according to the average.
WEDNESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2015
WED 00:30 Through the Night (b06dc7n7)
Poland's Music in Paradise Festival
Presented by Jonathan Swain.
12:31 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Affetuoso & Wandelt in der Liebe, gleich wie Christus uns geliebt! (aria)
Maria Sanner (contralto), Bolette Roed (recorder), Frederik From (violin), Hager Hanana (cello), Komalé Akakpo (psaltery), Joanna Boslak-Górniok (organ)
12:38 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Sonata in A major for violin and continuo TWV.41:A4
Frederik From (violin), Hager Hanana (cello), Joanna Boslak-Górniok (harpsichord)
12:50 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Lad o Herre, Ordets Sæd riigelig til os uddeeles - cantata
Maria Sanner (contralto), Bolette Roed (recorder), Frederik From (violin), Hager Hanana (cello), Joanna Boslak-Górniok (organ)
1:05 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Sonata in F minor for recorder, violin and continuo TWV.42:f2
Bolette Roed (recorder), Frederik From (violin), Hager Hanana (cello), Joanna Boslak-Górniok (harpsichord)
1:11 AM
Aber, Giovanni (fl.1765-1783)
Quartetto II for recorder, violin, psaltery and continuo
Bolette Roed (recorder), Frederik From (violin), Hager Hanana (cello), Komalé Akakpo (psaltery)
1:20 AM
Martini, Giovanni Battista (1706-1784)
Ex Tractatu Sancti Augustini - Motet for alto solo with obbligato psaltery and continuo
Maria Sanner (contralto), Hager Hanana (cello), Komalé Akakpo (psaltery), Dagmara Kapczynska (harpsichord), Joanna Boslak-Górniok (organ)
1:32 AM
Roman, Johan Helmich (1694-1758)
O herre Gud, Gud's Lamm (Agnus Dei) from Svenska messan (Swedish mass)
Maria Sanner (contralto), Bolette Roed (recorder), Frederik From (Vvolin), Hager Hanana (cello), Komalé Akakpo (psaltery), Dagmara Kapczynska (harpsichord), Joanna Boslak-Górniok (organ)
1:37 AM
Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich (1865-1936)
Mazurka in F sharp minor (Op.25 No.2)
Stefan Lindgren (piano)
1:43 AM
Weinberg, Mieczyslaw (1919-1995)
Symphony No.5 (Op.76)
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, Gabriel Chmura (conductor)
2:31 AM
Bruch, Max (1838-1920)
Symphony No.1 in E Flat Op.28
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
3:02 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Piano Sonata in A major (D959)
Shai Wosner (piano)
3:43 AM
Pachelbel, Johann (1653 - 1706)
Paratum cor meum Deus - motet for double chorus and continuoc
Cantus Cölln, Christoph Anselm Noll (organ), Konrad Junghänel (director)
3:45 AM
Pachelbel, Johann (1653 - 1706)
Singet dem Herrn - motet for double chorus and continuo
Cantus Colln, Christoph Anselm Noll (Organ), Konrad Junghanel (Director)
3:48 AM
Lyadov, Anatoly Konstantinovich (1855-1914)
The Enchanted Lake (Op.62)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitaenko (conductor)
3:56 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
An die Nachtigall (Op.46 No.4)
Mark Pedrotti (baritone), Stephen Ralls (piano)
4:00 AM
Morawetz, Oskar (1917-2007)
Divertimento for Strings (1948, rev. 1954)
Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (Conductor)
4:12 AM
Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich (1732-1795)
Trio in C major, for flute, violin & continuo
Musica Petropolitana
4:24 AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Marche hongroise (Rakoczy march) from La Damnation de Faust - Part 1, Scene 3
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
4:31 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Overture to La Forza del destino
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Quebec, Raffi Armenian (conductor)
4:38 AM
Giuliani, Mauro (1781-1829)
6 Variations for violin and guitar (Op.81)
Laura Vadjon (violin), Romana Matanovac (guitar)
4:47 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) arr. Reger, Max (1873-1916)
Erlkönig D.328, arr. for voice and orchestra
Dietrich Henschel (baritone), National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow (conductor)
4:52 AM
Satie, Erik (1866-1925)
Poudre d'or - waltz for piano
Ashley Wass (Piano)
4:58 AM
Jarnefelt, Armas (1869-1958)
Music to 'The promised Land'
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ilpo Mansnerus (conductor)
5:12 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Phantasiestucke Op.73
Algirdas Budrys (clarinet), Sergejus Okrusko (piano)
5:23 AM
Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste (1741-1813)
Selections from Le Jugement de Midas
John Elwes (tenor), Mieke van der Sluis (soprano), Francoise Vanheck (soprano), Suzanne Gari (soprano), Jules Bastin (bass), Michel Verschaeve (bass), Choeur de la Chapelle Royale de Paris, La Petite Bande, Gustav Leonhardt (conductor)
5:59 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Havanaise (Op.83) arr. for violin and piano (orig. violin and orchestra)
Vilmos Szabadi (violin), Marta Gulyas (piano)
6:08 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Piano Concerto No 14 in E flat (K449)
Maria João Pires (piano), Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor).
WED 06:30 Breakfast (b06dc84t)
Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and also including music from BBC Music's Ten Pieces project - a scheme to introduce classical music to secondary schools. Today's piece is Night Ferry by Anna Clyne.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
WED 09:00 Essential Classics (b06dcb6g)
Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Nitin Sawhney
9am
Rob presents '5 reasons to love... Bach organ works'. Throughout the week Rob puts Bach's organ works centre stage, showcasing their complexity, and the virtuosity required to perform them. He highlights their flashes of humour, as well as their gravitas and sheer power, plus the way Bach often reinvented pre-existing works. Rob hand-picks recordings by organists including Helmut Walcha, Simon Preston and Ton Koopman.
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 Nitin Sawhney. A composer, producer, songwriter, DJ and multi-instrumentalist, Nitin is one of the BBC's Ambassadors for the new Ten Pieces project. His musical credentials include collaboration with artists from Sir Paul McCartney to The London Symphony Orchestra. As a child Nitin trained as a classical pianist, moving on to classical and flamenco guitar and learning to play sitar and tabla. He has since toured the world with his band, and recorded nine studio albums, winning accolades for his amalgamation of styles including jazz, flamenco, electronica and classical Indian ragas. He has composed for theatre, film, television and video games with credits including writing the BAFTA-winning soundtrack for The Human Planet, scoring ad campaigns for brands such as Yves Saint Laurent and Nike and writing a new score for Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger. Nitin will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music with Rob, every day at
10am.
10.30am Ten Pieces
The BBC has just launched the new Ten Pieces for secondary schools, opening up the world of classical music to children and inspiring them to respond creatively to what they hear. To celebrate this Rob chooses music that complements this exciting selection of works.
11am
Rob's featured artist is the cellist Steven Isserlis. A musician who wears his considerable virtuosity lightly, Isserlis has received worldwide acclaim for his technique, musicianship and command of the instrument. Throughout the week Rob presents recordings by Isserlis including an elegant interpretation of Haydn's Cello Concerto No.1, a lyrical performance of Grieg's Cello Sonata and a rendition of Prokofiev's Cello Concerto that captures the bittersweet language of the work.
Prokofiev
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 58
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi (conductor).
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b06dcq95)
Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813)
Turning Point
Vanhal secures an all-expenses paid trip to Italy but, after lingering there for two years, perhaps all is not as well as it seems.
Vanhal's story has all the ingredients for a great musical drama: escape from bondage, early success dashed by sudden personal crisis, and a remarkable re-birth won through faith, talent and strength of character. This week, Donald Macleod relates the colourful story of one of the 18th century's leading musical lights.
Having won the support of one of Vienna's wealthy aristocratic patrons, Vanhal heads off to complete his musical education abroad, with 2000 florins in his wallet and an letters of introduction to every major city in Italy. Back home, a plum job is waiting for him in the household of his benefactor. So why then does Vanhal seem reluctant to take up his dream appointment?
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b06dcqmb)
Cheltenham Music Festival 2015
Episode 2
This week's lunchtime concert comes from the Cheltenham Music Festival, performed by BBC New Generation Artists the Danish String Quartet, and the pianist Pavel Kolesnikov. Today's concert features music for solo piano by Schumann, his Arabeske in C major, and continues with music for string quartet by Mendelssohn, Nielsen, and also a selection of Danish folk music, all performed in the historic setting of the Pittville Pump Room.
Mendelssohn: Capriccio in E minor, Op 81 no 3
Danish String Quartet: Rune Tomsgaard Sørensen (violin), Frederik Øland (violin), Asbjørn Norgaard (viola), and Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin (cello)
Schumann: Arabeske in C, Op 18
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
Nielsen: Quartet No 2 in F minor, Op 5
Selection of Danish folk music arrangements
Danish String Quartet: Rune Tomsgaard Sørensen (violin), Frederik Øland (violin), Asbjørn Norgaard (viola), and Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin (cello)
Produced by Johannah Smith.
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b06dcqw8)
BBC Philharmonic
Episode 3
Katie Derham showcases the BBC Philharmonic in music by Mozart and Tchaikovsky and Tasmin Little joins them in two popular miniatures by Elgar. Plus Anna Clyne's Night Ferry performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra - one of the featured works in BBC Music's Ten Pieces for secondary schools.
Ten Pieces II
Anna Clyne: Night Ferry
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23 in A (K488)
Javier Perianes (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor)
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Elgar: Chanson de matin; Chanson de nuit
Tasmin Little (violin)
BBC Philharmonic, Andrew Davis (conductor)
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Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)
BBC Philharmonic, John Storgards (conductor).
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b06dcvhr)
Lincoln Cathedral
Live from Lincoln Cathedral
Introit: Locus iste (Bruckner)
Responses: Matthew Martin
Office Hymn: Most holy God of heaven (plainsong)
Psalms 98, 99 (Robinson, Attwood)
First Lesson: 1 Kings 22 vv29-45
Canticles: Noble in B minor
Second Lesson: Acts 23 vv12-35
Anthem: For lo, I raise up (Stanford)
Final Hymn: Christ triumphant, ever reigning (Guiting Power)
Organ Voluntary: Aria (Alain)
Aric Prentice (Director of Music)
Jeffrey Makinson (Sub-Organist).
WED 16:30 In Tune (b06dcr51)
Philharmonia Chamber Players, Opera North's Kiss Me, Kate and Ten Facts Ten Pieces
Suzy Klein presents, with live music from the Philharmonia Chamber Players, featuring members of the orchestra as it celebrate its 70th anniversary. More live performance from soprano Jeni Bern and Tiffany Graves - the stars of Opera North's new production of Kiss Me, Kate by Cole Porter - ahead of their tour of England.
Plus, Ten Pieces ambassador, Nicola Benedetti presents: Ten Facts Ten Pieces - a short downloadable feature linked to the BBC's Ten Pieces project, which continues to inspire a generation of children to become creative with classical music. This year the project focuses on secondary school children. Each day at
5.30pm Nicola finds ten quirky and entertaining facts about each of the Ten Pieces. Today's work is Anna Clyne's 'Night Ferry.'.
WED 18:30 Composer of the Week (b06dcq95)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
WED 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b06dcsfl)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble - Mozart, Rossini, Schubert
Live from King's Place, London.
Presented by Ian Skelly.
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble play a Rossini String Sonata, Mozart's Horn Quintet and Schubert's Octet
Rossini: String Sonata in G
Mozart: Horn Quintet in E flat, K407
8.15: Interval
Schubert Octet in F, D803
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble was created in 1967 to perform the larger chamber works - from quintets to octets - with players who customarily work together, instead of the usual string quartet with additional guests. Drawn from the principal players of the ASMF, the Chamber Ensemble tours as a string octet, string sextet, and in other configurations including winds. Their programme features Schubert's Octet, one of the staples of the chamber repertoire, along with less familiar pieces.
WED 22:00 Free Thinking (b06dcvht)
Populism, Romola Garai on Measure for Measure
On the final day of Jeremy Corbyn's first Labour Party conference as Leader, Philip Dodd presents a discussion about populism in politics, with philosopher Roger Scruton, historian Justin Champion, journalist and commentator John Lloyd, and activist Sirio Canos Donnay, a representative of the Spanish populist movement Podemos.
Romola Garai stars in a new production of Measure for Measure directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins. They discuss this drama of puritanism and carnal desire.
Measure For Measure is at the Young Vic from October 1st to November 14th.
Producer: Luke Mulhall.
WED 22:45 The Essay (b06dcswx)
About Average
Working 9 to 5
Novelist and critic Ian Sansom believes that the idea of the average is one of the key terms and principles of the modern age, encompassing human productivity, relationships, politics and art. So, how did average become a byword for mediocrity?
In the third essay of the series, he explores the changing concept of the average working week in an age of zero hours contracts. Is the idea of an average working week now as redundant and old-fashioned as the idea of the tea-drinking, bowler-hatted man on the Clapham omnibus, with his 2.4 children living comfortably in suburbia, in a nation of cheeky-chappie shopkeepers?
Producer: Stan Ferguson.
WED 23:00 Late Junction (b06dcvky)
Wednesday - Mara Carlyle
Mara Carlyle presents a varied selection of music, and talks to Mica Levi and Raisa Khan from experimental pop band Micachu and the Shapes. Mica Levi also composed the soundtrack to the recent film Under The Skin.
THURSDAY 01 OCTOBER 2015
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b06dc7n9)
British Symphonies at the BBC Proms
British Symphonies. BBC Proms performances of Elgar's Second and Vaughan Williams's 'London' symphonies. Jonathan Swain presents.
12:31 AM
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major Op.63
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
1:27 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
A London Symphony (Symphony No.2)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Atherton (conductor)
2:14 AM
Foulds, John [1880-1939]
Keltic Suite (Op.29)
Katharine Wood (cello), BBC Concert Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)
2:31 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Suite for Solo Cello No.6 in D major (BWV.1012)
Guy Fouquet (cello)
3:02 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
String Quintet No.2 in G major (Op.111)
Members of Wiener Streichsextett
3:32 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Regina coeli for soloists SATB, chorus, orchestra & organ (K.276) in C major
Olivia Robinson (soprano), Sian Menna (mezzo-soprano), Christopher Bowen (tenor), Stuart MacIntyre (baritone), BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
3:39 AM
Smetana, Bedrich [1824-1884]
2 Dances from "Czech Dances, Book II"
Karel Vrtiska (piano)
3:48 AM
Faure, Gabriel [1845-1924]
Reflets dans l'eau from Mirages (Op.113)
Ronan Collett (bariton), Nicholas Rimmer (piano)
3:53 AM
Walton, William (1902-1983)
Where does the uttered music go? - for SATB chorus
BBC Singers, Stephen Layton (conductor)
3:59 AM
Hellendaal, Pieter (1721-1799)
Concerto Grosso in D minor (Op.3'2)
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
4:10 AM
Flury, Richard (1896-1967)
Three pieces for violin and piano
Sibylle Tschopp (violin), Isabel Tschopp (piano)
4:19 AM
Janequin, Clément (c.1485-1558)
La Chasse
Ensemble Clément Jannequin: Dominique Visse (countertenor), Bruno Boterf (tenor), Vincent Bouchot (baritone), Francois Fauché (baritone), Massimo Moscardo (bass), Eric Bellocq (guitar), Massimo Moscardo (lute), Mattheu Lusson (bass gamba)
4:24 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Polonaise from 'Eugene Onegin' (Op.24)
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor)
4:31 AM
Rosetti, Antonio (c.1750-1792)
Grande symphonie in D major
Capella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde (director)
4:46 AM
Bortnyansky, Dmitry [1751-1825]
Concerto for chorus No.6 "Glory to God in the Highest"
Platon Maiborada Academic Choir, Viktor Skoromny (conductor)
4:52 AM
Grieg, Edvard (Hagerup) (1843-1907)
Andante con moto for piano trio in C minor
Kungsbacka Piano Trio
5:02 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Kyrie eleison in G minor for double choir and orchestra (RV.587)
Choir of Latvian Radio, Riga Chamber Players, Sigvards Klava (conductor)
5:13 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Après une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata - from Années de Pèlerinage: Deuxième Année (S.160 No.7)
Yuri Boukoff (piano)
5:29 AM
Stamitz, Johann (1717-1757)
Clarinet Concerto in B flat major
Jann Engel (clarinet), Capella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde (conductor)
5:46 AM
Schütz, Heinrich (1585-1672)
Wohl denen, die ohne Wandel leben - Motet for 2 choirs & continuo (SWV.482) (from Königs und Propheten Davids Hundert und Neunzehender Psalm in Eilf Stükken... (Dresden 1671)
Rheinische Kantorei, Musica Alta Ripa (lower strings & chamber organ (played by Bernward Lohr), Hermann Max (conductor)
5:51 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Sonata for viola da gamba and keyboard No.3 in G minor (BWV.1029)
Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
6:05 AM
Dvorak, Antonin [1841-1904]
Notturno in B major (Op. 40)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jan Stanienda (conductor)
6:13 AM
Arensky, Anton Stepanovich (1861-1906)
Suite No.2 for 2 pianos (Op.23), 'Silhouettes'
James Anagnoson, Leslie Kinton (pianos).
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b06dc84w)
Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and also including music from BBC Music's Ten Pieces project - a scheme to introduce classical music to secondary schools. Today's piece is Stokowski's orchestration of J S Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
THU 09:00 Essential Classics (b06dcb71)
Thursday - Rob Cowan with Nitin Sawhney
9am
Rob presents '5 reasons to love... Bach organ works'. Throughout the week Rob puts Bach's organ works centre stage, showcasing their complexity, and the virtuosity required to perform them. He highlights their flashes of humour, as well as their gravitas and sheer power, plus the way Bach often reinvented pre-existing works. Rob hand-picks recordings by organists including Helmut Walcha, Simon Preston and Ton Koopman.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: can you work out which two composers are associated with a particular piece?
10am
Rob's guest this week is Nitin Sawhney. A composer, producer, songwriter, DJ and multi-instrumentalist, Nitin is one of the BBC's Ambassadors for the new Ten Pieces project. His musical credentials include collaboration with artists from Sir Paul McCartney to The London Symphony Orchestra. As a child Nitin trained as a classical pianist, moving on to classical and flamenco guitar and learning to play sitar and tabla. He has since toured the world with his band, and recorded nine studio albums, winning accolades for his amalgamation of styles including jazz, flamenco, electronica and classical Indian ragas. He has composed for theatre, film, television and video games with credits including writing the BAFTA-winning soundtrack for The Human Planet, scoring ad campaigns for brands such as Yves Saint Laurent and Nike and writing a new score for Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger. Nitin will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music with Rob, every day at
10am.
10.30am Ten Pieces
The BBC has just launched the new Ten Pieces for secondary schools, opening up the world of classical music to children and inspiring them to respond creatively to what they hear. To celebrate this Rob chooses music that complements this exciting selection of works.
11am
Rob's featured artist is the cellist Steven Isserlis. A musician who wears his considerable virtuosity lightly, Isserlis has received worldwide acclaim for his technique, musicianship and command of the instrument. Throughout the week Rob presents recordings by Isserlis including an elegant interpretation of Haydn's Cello Concerto No.1, a lyrical performance of Grieg's Cello Sonata and a rendition of Prokofiev's Cello Concerto that captures the bittersweet language of the work.
Grieg
Cello Sonata in A minor
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Stephen Hough (piano).
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b06dcq9c)
Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813)
Going It Alone
Finally recovering from his 'mental disturbance', Vanhal set out on a new career as an independent musician; but was his new peace of mind having a detrimental effect on his music.
Vanhal's story has all the ingredients for a great musical drama: escape from bondage, early success dashed by sudden personal crisis, and a remarkable re-birth won through faith, talent and strength of character. This week, Donald Macleod relates the colourful story of one of the 18th century's leading musical lights.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b06dcqmd)
Cheltenham Music Festival 2015
Episode 3
This week's lunchtime concert comes from the Cheltenham Music Festival, performed by BBC New Generation Artists the Danish String Quartet, the Armida Quartet, with mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately, and the pianist Pavel Kolesnikov. They're also joined by the double bassist Ben Griffiths. Today's concert features music by Beethoven and Faure, all performed in the historic setting of the Pittville Pump Room.
Beethoven: Quartet in E flat, Op 74 'The Harp'
Danish String Quartet: Rune Tomsgaard Sørensen (violin), Frederik Øland (violin), Asbjørn Norgaard (viola), and Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin (cello)
Faure: La bonne chanson, Op 61
Kitty Whately, mezzo-soprano
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
Armida Quartet: Martin Funda (violin), Johanna Staemmler (violin), Teresa Schwamm (violia), and Peter-Philipp Staemmler (cello), and joined by Ben Griffiths (double bass)
Produced by Luke Whitlock.
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b06dcqwb)
Thursday Opera Matinee
Lalo - La Jacquerie
Katie Derham presents Lalo's opera La Jacquerie, recorded at the Montpellier Festival in July, starring Véronique Gens and Charles Castronovo.
Set in late-medieval France, the young Robert falls in love with Blanche, daughter of the local lord, while a bloody peasant revolt takes place. He places himself as protector between her father and the disenfranchised people, but he is pursued and attacked by the crowd.
Lalo's admiration for Wagner is clear in this concise 4-act drama. He left it unfinished but it was completed by his collaborator Arthur Coquard.
2pm:
Lalo: La Jaquerie
Blanche de Sainte-Croix ..... Véronique Gens (soprano)
Jeanne ..... Nora Gubisch (mezzo-soprano)
Robert ..... Charles Castronovo (tenor)
Guillaume ..... Boris Pinkhasovich (baritone)
Le Comte de Sainte-Croix ..... Jean-Sébastien Bou (baritone)
Le Sénéchal ..... Patrick Bolleire (bass)
Le Baron de Savigny ..... Enguerrand de Hys (tenor)
Radio France Chorus
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Patrick Davin.
THU 16:30 In Tune (b06dcr53)
English Touring Opera, New Generation Artists, Nicola Benedetti's Ten Facts Ten Pieces
Suzy Klein presents, with live music from English Touring Opera bringing a taster of their upcoming season to the studio, featuring Massenet's Werther, Debussy's Pelleas & Melisande and Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann. Live music from two of the latest artists to join Radio 3's New Generation Artists Scheme, announced today, and Katie Derham and Anton Du Beke pop by with an update on their Strictly Come Dancing adventure.
Plus, Ten Pieces ambassador, Nicola Benedetti presents: Ten Facts Ten Pieces - a short downloadable feature linked to the BBC's Ten Pieces project, which continues to inspire a generation of children to become creative with classical music. This year the project focuses on secondary school children. Each day at
5.30 Nicola finds ten quirky and entertaining facts about each of the Ten Pieces. Today's work is Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 by J. S. Bach, orchestrated by Stokowski.
THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b06dcq9c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b06dcsfq)
CBSO - Sibelius, Mozart, Mendelssohn
Live from Symphony Hall, Birmingham, the CBSO plays Sibelius's Fifth Symphony and music by Mozart and Mendelssohn. Presented by Adam Tomlinson.
Mendelssohn: Overture, The Hebrides
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat, K271
8.15: Interval
Adam Tomlinson in discussion with Principal Guest Conductor of the CBSO, Edward Gardner, and with their newly appointed Assistant Conductor Alpesh Chauhan.
8.35
Sibelius: Symphony No.5
Lars Vogt, piano
CBSO
Edward Gardner, conductor
Sibelius's Fifth Symphony begins with a glowing sunrise and ends with a vision of a flight of swans - and one of the simplest but noblest melodies ever written. A real CBSO speciality, there's no finer way to salute Sibelius in his anniversary year. First, though, Edward Gardner takes us to sea with Felix Mendelssohn, and joins the masterly Lars Vogt in Mozart's little jewel of a piano concerto.
THU 22:00 Free Thinking (b06dd004)
Macbeth on Film, James Shapiro, Barrie Keeffe
Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro discusses 1606 - the year Macbeth was written. And Matthew Sweet is joined by Sonia Massai and Andrew Hilton to review the new film starring Michael Fassbender and look at other cinematic versions of "the Scottish play". Matthew also talks to playwright Barrie Keeffe about a revival of his 1977 play Barbarians, while Radio 3 New Generation Thinker Fern Riddell offers her take on the controversy surrounding the Jack The Ripper Museum in London's East End.
1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear by James Shapiro is published by Faber & Faber and is out now.
Macbeth starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard is on general release from 2nd October
Barbarians by Barrie Keeffe opens at Central St Martins in London on 3rd October and runs until 7th November. There's another production of the play at The Young Vic in London which opens on 2nd December
Producer: Torquil MacLeod
Image: James Shapiro
Photographer: Mary Cregan.
THU 22:45 The Essay (b06dcswz)
About Average
Mr Average
Novelist and critic Ian Sansom goes in search of the 'average' man or woman.
THU 23:00 Late Junction (b06dd008)
Thursday - Mara Carlyle
Mara Carlyle presents a varied selection of music.
FRIDAY 02 OCTOBER 2015
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b06dc7nc)
Beethoven and Rachmaninov Cello Sonatas
Presented by Jonathan Swain.
12:31 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op.102
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
12:47 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Cello Sonata No.3 in A major, Op.69
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
1:14 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
7 Variations on 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen' WoO.46 for cello and piano (from Mozart's "Die Zauberflote")
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
1:24 AM
Webern, Anton (1883-1945)
Three Little Pieces for cello and piano, Op.11
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
1:27 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943)
Sonata in G minor, Op.19 for cello and piano
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
2:04 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
First movement (Prologue) from Cello Sonata in D minor
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
2:09 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
2nd & 3rd movements (Serenade & Finale) from Cello Sonata in D minor
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
2:17 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Bassoon Sonata (Op.168) in G major
Jens-Christoph Lemke (bassoon), Mårten Landström (piano)
2:31 AM
Franck, César (1822-1890), text: Sicard & Louis de Fourcaud
Psyché - symphonic poem for chorus and orchestra (M.47) vers. original (1887-88)
The Netherlands Radio Choir, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Jean Fournet (conductor)
3:18 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Organ Sonata in A major (Op.65 No.3)
Martti Miettinen (organ)
3:29 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico [1685-1757]
2 Sonatas in D minor: Fugue (K.41); Presto (K.18)
Eduardo López Banzo (harpsichord)
3:39 AM
Pez, Johann Christoph (1664-1716)
Passacaglia & Aria (presto) - from Concerto pastorella in F major for 2 recorders, strings & continuo
Carin van Heerden & Ales Rypan (recorders), L'Orfeo Barockorchester, Michi Gaigg (director)
3:47 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
9 Variations on a minuet by Duport for piano (K.573)
Bart van Oort (piano)
3:57 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Romance for string orchestra in C major (Op.42)
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Hannu Koivula (conductor)
4:02 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Five Choral Songs, Op.104 (Nachtwache 1; Nachtwache 2; Letztes Glück; Verlorene Jugend; Im Herbst)
Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor)
4:16 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), transcr. Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Ständchen arr. for piano - from Schwanengesang (D.957)
Simon Trpceski (piano)
4:23 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Aria: Mi lusinga il dolce affetto (frrom Act 2 Scene 3, 'Alcina')
Graham Pushee (countertenor), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (conductor)
4:31 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance No.12 in D flat major (Op.72 No.4)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor)
4:37 AM
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967)
Sonatina for cello & piano
László Mezõ (cello), Lóránt Szücs (piano)
4:46 AM
Jarzebski, Adam (1590-1649)
Corona Aurea: concerto à 2 for cornett and violin
Bruce Dickey (cornett), Lucy van Dael (violin and conductor), Richte van der Meer and Reiner Zipperling (cellos), Jacques Ogg (harpsichord), Anthony Woodrow (double bass)
4:53 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
French Suite No.2 in C minor for keyboard (BWV.813)
Cristian Niculescu (piano)
5:07 AM
Gershwin, George [1898-1937]
Lullaby for string quartet
New Stenhammar String Quartet
5:16 AM
Shearing, George (1919-2011)
Music to Hear (Five Shakespeare Songs)
Vancouver Chamber Choir, Peter Berring (piano), David Brown (double bass), Jon Washburn (director)
5:29 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Op.61) - incidental music
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt (conductor)
5:54 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (Op.28)
Taik-Ju Lee (violin), Young-Lan Han (piano)
6:04 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Symphony No.1 in C Major (Op. 21)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b06dc84y)
Friday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and also including music from BBC Music's Ten Pieces project - a scheme to introduce classical music to secondary schools. Today's piece is the 2nd movement of Shostakovich's Symphony No.10.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b06dcb7c)
Friday - Rob Cowan with Nitin Sawhney
9am
Rob presents '5 reasons to love... Bach organ works'. Throughout the week Rob puts Bach's organ works centre stage, showcasing their complexity, and the virtuosity required to perform them. He highlights their flashes of humour, as well as their gravitas and sheer power, plus the way Bach often reinvented pre-existing works. Rob hand-picks recordings by organists including Helmut Walcha, Simon Preston and Ton Koopman.
9.30am
Take part in today's challenge. Two pieces of music are played together - can you work out what they are?
10am
Rob's guest this week is Nitin Sawhney. A composer, producer, songwriter, DJ and multi-instrumentalist, Nitin is one of the BBC's Ambassadors for the new Ten Pieces project. His musical credentials include collaboration with artists from Sir Paul McCartney to The London Symphony Orchestra. As a child Nitin trained as a classical pianist, moving on to classical and flamenco guitar and learning to play sitar and tabla. He has since toured the world with his band, and recorded nine studio albums, winning accolades for his amalgamation of styles including jazz, flamenco, electronica and classical Indian ragas. He has composed for theatre, film, television and video games with credits including writing the BAFTA-winning soundtrack for The Human Planet, scoring ad campaigns for brands such as Yves Saint Laurent and Nike and writing a new score for Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger. Nitin will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music with Rob, every day at
10am.
10.30am Ten Pieces
The BBC has just launched the new Ten Pieces for secondary schools, opening up the world of classical music to children and inspiring them to respond creatively to what they hear. To celebrate this Rob chooses music that complements this exciting selection of works.
11am
Rob's featured artist is the cellist Steven Isserlis. A musician who wears his considerable virtuosity lightly, Isserlis has received worldwide acclaim for his technique, musicianship and command of the instrument. Throughout the week Rob presents recordings by Isserlis including an elegant interpretation of Haydn's Cello Concerto No.1, a lyrical performance of Grieg's Cello Sonata and a rendition of Prokofiev's Cello Concerto that captures the bittersweet language of the work.
Saint-Saëns
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 119
Steven Isserlis (cello)
NDR Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach (conductor).
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b06dcq9h)
Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813)
Music for the Masses
New times bring new musical fashions and Vanhal is forced to adapt to survive. Vienna's music critics and the aristocratic cognoscenti aren't impressed by his new, overtly populist direction. Nevertheless, business is booming.
Vanhal's story has all the ingredients for a great musical drama: escape from bondage, early success dashed by sudden personal crisis, and a remarkable re-birth won through faith, talent and strength of character. This week, Donald Macleod relates the colourful story of one of the 18th century's leading musical lights.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b06dcqml)
Cheltenham Music Festival 2015
Episode 4
This week's lunchtime concert comes from the Pittville Pump Room during the Cheltenham Music Festival, given by BBC New Generation Artists the Armida Quartet, joined by the viola player Lise Berthaud, performing works by Florentine Mulsant and Dvorak. There is also vocal music by Vaughan Williams, and a premiere of three songs by Jonathan Dove, sung by the mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately, accompanied by the pianist Simon Lepper.
Vaughan Williams: The Sky Above The Roof
Jonathan Dove: Nights Not Spent Alone (premiere)
Kitty Whately, mezzo-soprano
Simon Lepper, piano
Florentine Mulsant: Vocalise for solo viola
Lise Berthaud, viola
Dvorak: String Quintet No 3 in E flat, Op 97
Armida Quartet: Martin Funda (violin), Johanna Staemmler (violin), Teresa Schwamm (violia), and Peter-Philipp Staemmler (cello), and joined by Lise Berthaud (viola)
Produced by Johannah Smith.
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b06dcqwd)
BBC Philharmonic
Episode 4
Verity Sharp ends this week's look at the BBC Philharmonic with a programme that includes music by Tchaikovsky and Ravel, and Tasmin Little joins them in a rarely heard piece by Delius. Plus Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - one of this year's Ten Pieces for Secondary Schools.
Ten Pieces
Shostakovich: Symphony No.10
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor)
2:55
Tchaikovsky: Oxana's Caprices, Overture
BBC Philharmonic, Yutaka Sado (conductor)
3:05
Ravel: Piano Concerto in D (for the left hand)
Martin Roscoe (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Andrew Gourlay (conductor)
3:25
HK Gruber: Rough Music
Martin Grubinger (percussion)
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor)
3:50
Delius: Suite for violin and orchestra
Tasmin Little (violin)
BBC Philharmonic, Andrew Davis (conductor)
4:10
Pierné: Scherzo-caprice for piano and orchestra
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor).
FRI 16:30 In Tune (b06dcr55)
Ten Pieces Special
Building on the success of BBC Music's Ten Pieces for Primary, which has already engaged more than half of UK primary schools, the BBC is extending the initiative to secondary schools, aiming to open up the world of classical music to children aged 11 and above, inspiring them to respond creatively to the repertoire.
In this special edition of In Tune, live from Thomas Tallis School in Blackheath, London, Ten Pieces Ambassador Suzy Klein welcomes guests including fellow-ambassadors baritone Roderick Williams and DJ Mr Switch, as well as the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Stephen Bell, and pianist Iain Burnside. They will all be performing live in the school hall for an audience of school children, some of whom will also have the chance to perform alongside the orchestra in some of the Ten Pieces, including the Mambo from Bernstein's West Side Story.
Other live performances include Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending, and a concerto for turntables and orchestra by Gabriel Prokofiev, featuring Mr Switch.
Also in the programme:
Ten Pieces ambassador Nicola Benedetti presents: Ten Facts Ten Pieces - a short downloadable feature linked to the BBC's Ten Pieces project, which continues to inspire a generation of children to become creative with classical music. This year the project focuses on secondary school children. Each day at
5.30pm Nicola finds ten quirky and entertaining facts about each of the Ten Pieces. Today's work is Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10 (2nd movement).
FRI 18:30 Composer of the Week (b06dcq9h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b06fljkg)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra: Strauss Alpine Symphony
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra play the Alpine Symphony by Strauss and Jennifer Johnston joins them for Berio's Folk Songs.
Recorded on October 1st in Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and presented by Stuart Flinders.
Tchaikovsky (orch. Sergei Abir): The Seasons - September, October, November, December
Berio: Folk Songs
8.15: Interval
8.35
Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony
Jennifer Johnston, mezzo-soprano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
Out of the lowest depths of the orchestra, murmurs arise, daylight gathers in the brasses, and then, all of a sudden, the sun appears in full orchestral blaze. Dawn arrives and so begins music's most vividly depicted mountainous ascent. One hundred years after its premiere, Vasily Petrenko and a super-sized orchestra scale the peak of Strauss's mighty Alpine Symphony. Waterfalls, glaciers, an ear-splitting storm - the whole of nature is evoked. First, though, take an autumn stroll in the Russian countryside with four lovely miniatures by Tchaikovsky, and join Liverpool's own star mezzo Jennifer Johnston for a whistle-stop world tour in Luciano Berio's Folk Songs.
FRI 22:00 The Verb (b06dd0tm)
Candace Bushnell, Will Abberley, Chris Green
Ian's guests on The Verb this week include Candace Bushnell, Will Abberley and Chris Green.
Candace Bushnell is the best-selling author who wrote the 'Sex and The City' column which became a worldwide phenomenon following the TV adaptation starring Sarah Jessica Parker. Bushnell's latest novel is 'Killing Monica' (Little Brown)
Performer and writer Christopher Green with a new commission on Anne Sexton.
Will Abberley has celebrated the ellipsis and the exclamation mark on the Verb. He'll be talking about his latest book 'English Fiction and the Evolution of Language' (Cambridge University Press), which explores the interaction of science and fiction.
Producer: Faith Lawrence.
FRI 22:45 The Essay (b06dcsx1)
About Average
Middletown
Novelist and critic Ian Sansom believes that the idea of the average is one of the key terms and principles of the modern age, encompassing human productivity, relationships, politics and art. So, how did average become a byword for mediocrity?
In the final essay of the series, he attempts to locate the most average place in the UK, the heart of Middle England, the spiritual home of Joe and Josephine Public.
Producer: Stan Ferguson.
FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b06dd0tr)
Mary Ann Kennedy, plus Karen Matheson in session
Mary Ann Kennedy live from Glasgow with new music from across the globe, and a session with singer Karen Matheson.
Karen Matheson, best known as the lead singer in top Scottish band Capercaillie, is joined by Donald Shaw on piano and guitarist Matheu Watson in a live session from BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay studios. Karen Matheson's new album 'Urram', a Gaelic word meaning 'Respect', is released this month.