Jonathan Swain presents BBC New Generation Artists the Armida Quartet with Pavel Kolesnikov in Brahms Quartet No 2 and Dvorak Quintet No 2
1:01 AM
Johannes Brahms [1833-1897]
String Quartet No 2 in A minor, Op 51 No 2
Armida Quartet
1:35 AM
Antonin Dvorak [1841-1904]
Piano Quintet No 2 in A major, Op 81
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Armida Quartet
2:15 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Symphony No 6 in F major, Op 68, 'Pastoral'
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Frübeck de Burgos (conductor)
3:01 AM
Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809]
String Quartet, Op 76 No 1 in G major
Elias Quartet: Sara Bitlloch & Donald Grant (violins), Martin Saving (viola), Marie Bitlloch (cello)
3:23 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat major
Markus Maskuniitty (horn), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Junichi Hirokami (conductor)
3:44 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
6 Impromptus, Op 5
Juhani Lagerspetz (piano)
4:00 AM
Stainov, Petko (1896-1977)
A Bright Sun Has Risen
Petko Stainov Mixed Choir Kazanlak, Petya Pavlovich (conductor)
4:06 AM
Pearson, Leslie (b. 1931)
Dance Suite - after Arbeau
The Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble
4:15 AM
Medins, Janis (1890-1966)
Aria from "Suite No 1"
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Imants Resnis (conductor)
4:20 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Scherzo No 1 in B flat, D593
Halina Radvilaite (piano)
4:27 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto da camera in C major, RV 87
Camerata Köln
4:35 AM
Bloch, Ernest (1880-1959)
Solo Cello Suite No 1
Esther Nyffenegger (cello)
4:45 AM
Tekeliev, Alexander [1942-]
Tempo di Waltz for children's chorus and piano
Bulgarian National Radio Children's Choir, Detelina Ivanova (piano), Hristo Nedyalkov (conductor)
4:50 AM
Piazzolla, Astor (1921-1992)
Tango Suite for two guitars (Parts 2 and 3)
Tornado Guitar Duo: Igor Tulincev (guitar), Sergei Kovtunov (guitar)
5:01 AM
Reger, Max [1873-1916]
Nachtlied
Copenhagen Young Voices, Poul Emborg (director)
5:05 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Rondo in D, K485
Jean Muller (piano)
5:11 AM
Delius, Frederick (1862-1934)
Irmelin Prelude (RT.6.27) (arr. from preludes to acts 1 & 3 of the opera)
Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor)
5:17 AM
Gilse, Jan van (1881-1944)
String Quartet (unfinished, 1922)
Ebony Quartet
5:27 AM
Jersild, Jorgen (1913-2004)
3 Danish Romances for Choir: 1. The Tedious Winter Went Its Way; 2. My Favourite Valley; 3. Night Rain
Jutland Chamber Choir, Mogens Dahl (conductor)
5:38 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Trio No 4 from Essercizii Musici, for flute, harpsichord obligato and continuo
Camerata Köln
5:49 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitri
7 Dances of the Dolls, Op 91b, arr. for wind quintet
Academic Wind Quintet
6:00 AM
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)
5 Rückert-Lieder (1. Ich atmet' einen Linden Duft; 2. Liebst du um Schonheit; 3. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder; 4. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen; 5. Um Mitternacht)
Jadwiga Rappe (alto), Ewa Poblocka (piano)
6:19 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Ma Mere l'Oye (Mother Goose) - ballet
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)
6:38 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Violin Sonata No 2 in G major, Op 13
Alina Pogostkina (violin), Sveinung Bjelland (piano).
Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Presented by Tom Service.
Tom Service meets Paul Lewis, one of the UK's leading pianists as he embarks on a landmark series of recitals exploring the music of Haydn, Beethoven and Brahms. They discuss the parallels and connections which exist between these composers' works, and enjoy the beauty, humour, tragedy and serenity found in their writing for the piano.
It's the London Sinfonietta's 50th birthday and the ensemble have dug deep in their archives to create a collection of 50 objects to celebrate. Tom joins their artistic director and chief executive, Andrew Burke, and oboist/composer, Melinda Maxwell at London Sinfonietta HQ to look over the collection and talks to composer Harrison Birtwistle, and visual artist and composer Christian Marclay about the way the ensemble has pushed the boundaries in their first half century.
The Bayeux Tapestry is to visit the UK for the first time in its history, but what were the sounds and music that heralded the Norman Conquest. Jeremy Lewellyn of Oxford University tells all.
Plus, a new book on Brahms's relationship with his poets by Natasha Loges. Tom visits Natasha and her husband, bass-baritone, Stephan Loges at their home as they share their love of Brahms' lieder performing two of their favourite songs, and offer their discoveries about the composer and the poets he set to music.
The trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth with her personal choices, including music that inspired her when she was growing up in Norway.
01 00:03 Edvard GriegMatthew Sweet presents a selection of film music inspired by the theme of power, in particular the abuse of power, prompted by the release of Steven Spielberg's new film 'The Post'. Amongst Matthew's selection is music for 'Caligula'; 'The Last King of Scotland'; 'Paths of Glory'; 'A Few Good Men'; 'Compliance'; 'All The King's Men (2006)'; 'La Mani Sulla Citta' (Hands Over The City); 'The Insider' and 'Citizen Kane'. The programme also features part of John Williams's new score for 'The Post'.
In this week's selection from listeners' emails, letters and cards, Alyn Shipton presents music in many styles of jazz including a track from the newly released album by saxophonist Alan Barnes and pianist Dave Newton.
Artist Rocket 88Kevin Le Gendre presents a performance by vocalist Anthony Joseph and his band who fuse Caribbean sounds with poetry and jazz, recorded on the Jazz Line-Up stage at Southbank Centre as part of the 2017 London Jazz Festival.
A performance from the Met of Massenet's Thaïs - an opera based around the inner lives of the two main roles and set in 4th-century Alexandria. Thaïs is an Egyptian courtesan who the monk Athanaël seeks to reform. Ultimately she achieves salvation but he succumbs to his lust for her. Massenet's score contains some beautifully romantic music, including the much-loved Meditation. Ailyn Pérez stars in the title role and Gerald Finley is the monk who tries to resist her powers of seduction. Emmanuel Villaume conducts the Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House.
Presented by Mary Jo Heath and Ira Siff.
Thaïs ..... Ailyn Pérez (soprano)
Nicias ..... Jean-Francois Borras (tenor)
Athanaël ..... Gerald Finley (baritone)
Palémon ..... David Pittsinger (bass-baritone)
Metropolitan Opera House Chorus
Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra
Emmanuel Villaume, conductor.
Tom McKinney presents a concert by the BBC Philharmonic and Psappha ensemble, part of New Music North West, a festival showcasing talented British composers from the north west of England.
Mario Duarte: Metztli
Grace-Evangeline Mason: Kintsukuroi (Golden Repair)
Daniel Kidane: Sirens
Laura Bowler: 3811 Nautical Miles
Larry Goves: hollow yellow willow (world premiere)
David Horne: Resonating Instruments
Tom Coult: Two Games and a Nocturne
Psappha
BBC Philharmonic
Mark Heron (conductor).
Jazz superstar and cult figure, pianist Keith Jarrett has won a global following with his inspired solo concerts, crossover projects and best-selling Standards Trio. Geoffrey Smith surveys a unique and legendary career.
Jonathan Swain presents piano music played by recent Radio 3 New Generation Artist Beatrice Rana, including Sonatas by Clementi and Liszt, and Debussy's Pour le piano.
1:01 AM
Muzio Clementi (1752-1832)
Piano Sonata in B minor Op 40 No 2
Beatrice Rana (piano)
1:18 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Pour le piano
Beatrice Rana (piano)
1:33 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Piano Sonata in B minor, S178
Beatrice Rana (piano)
2:07 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
String Octet in E flat, Op 20
Leonidas Kavakos, Per Kristian Skalstad, Frode Larsen & Tor Johan Böen (violins), Lars Anders Tomter & Catherine Bullock (violas), Öystein Sonstad & Ernst Simon Glaser (cellos)
2:39 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Jan Dewinne (flute), Ensemble 415
3:01 AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Roméo et Juliette - symphonie dramatique, Op 17 (orchestral movements only)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
3:54 AM
Rossini, Gioachino [1792-1868
Variations on a Theme from 'Moses in Egypt'
Edgar Moreau (cello), Pierre-Yves Hodique (piano)
4:02 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Divertimento in B flat major for wind ensemble, K186
Bratislavska Komorna Harmonia
4:15 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op 60
Ronald Brautigam
4:24 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Egmont Overture (incidental music, Op 84)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Arthur Fagan (conductor)
4:33 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Caesar's aria: 'Va tacito e nascosto' (from 'Giulio Cesare in Egitto', Act 1 Sc.9)
Graham Pushee (countertenor), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (artistic director)
4:41 AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
8 Instrumental miniatures for 15 instruments (arr. from 'Les cinq doigts' for piano)
Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (conductor)
4:49 AM
Berezovsky, Maxim (1745-1777)
Ne otverzhy mene vo vremia starosti ('Do not forsake me in my old age')
Dumka Academic Cappella, Evgeny Savchuk (director)
5:01 AM
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908)
Overture to Pskovitjanka (The Maid of Pskov)
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
5:09 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Prelude (Introduction) from 'Capriccio'
Henschel Quartet & Soo-Jin Hong (violin) Soo-Kyung Hong (cello)
5:21 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Sonata Polonaise in A minor for violin, viola and continuo, TWV.42:a8
La Stagione Frankfurt
5:28 AM
Ockeghem, Johannes (c.1410-1497)
Intemerata Dei mater
The Hilliard Ensemble: David James (alto), Rogers Covey-Crump & John Potter (tenors), David Beaven (bass), Paul Hillier (bass/director)
5:37 AM
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)
Quartet No 1 in F major for flute, clarinet, bassoon and horn
Canberra Wind Soloists
5:48 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Impromptu in A flat major D899 No 4
Sook-Hyun Cho (piano)
5:55 AM
Debussy, Claude [1862-1918]. Trans. Zoltán Kocsis
Arabesque No 1 in E major (arr. for wind ensemble)
Béla Horváth (oboe), Anita Szabó (flute), Zsolt Szatmári (clarinet), György Salamon (bass clarinet), Pál Bokor (bassoon), Tamás Zempléni (horn), Péter Kubina (double bass)
5:59 AM
Gabrieli, Giovanni (c.1553-1612)
Sonata Pian'e forte, for brass
Members of the Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Roman Zeilinger (conductor)
6:04 AM
Fauré, Gabriel [1845-1924]
La bonne chanson, Op 61, arr. for voice, piano and string quartet
Ruby Hughes (soprano), Signum Quartet, James Baillieu (piano), Lachlan Radford (double bass)
6:30 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 21
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, Frans Brüggen (conductor).
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
In this week's Sunday Escape, Sarah Walker plays John Cage's "In a Landscape" - music with minimalist and oriental overtones. Plus sounds inspired by birdsong from Tarquinio Merula and Ottorino Respighi, music from Purcell's semi-opera "The Prophetess" and the Symphony in D by CPE Bach.
Alistair Spalding talks about dance with the zeal of the convert. Although he's headed Sadler's Wells since 2004, commissioning new work from leading international choreographers - Akram Khan, Mark Morris, Matthew Bourne, Pina Bausch - he doesn't come from a dance background. He left school at sixteen, and worked in a solicitor's office, aiming to be a lawyer. He then studied linguistics and philosophy and became a primary school teacher. And so, how did he end up becoming Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Sadler's Wells in London, the top British venue for international dance?
In Private Passions, Alistair Spalding reveals his route to an unlikely career, beginning with the first dance performance he ever saw: John Cage was in the pit, blowing on a conch shell. He explains his vision of drawing in the best contemporary composers to write for dance, and of widening the repertoire to include older dancers. He discusses too his innovative and highly popular dance afternoons for the over-65s.
Music choices include Debussy, Bach, Thomas Adès, Monteverdi, Nick Cave and Joni Mitchell.
Produced by Elizabeth Burke
A Loftus production for BBC Radio 3.
BBC New Generation Artist soprano Fatma Said makes her Wigmore Hall debut with songs by Schumann, Mendelssohn, Poulenc and her fellow countryman, Egyptian composer Sherif Mohie El Din.
Introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.
Schumann: Sechs Gesänge, Op 89; Singet nicht mit Trauertönen; Liebeslied; Requiem
Mendelssohn: Die Liebende schreibt; Suleika II (Ach, um deine feuchten Schwingen); Hexenlied
Poulenc: Les chemins de l'amour; Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon
Sherif Mohie El Din: Three Egyptian Cycle Songs: The Rain; Will the river flow forever?; Against whom?
Fatma Said (soprano), James Vaughan (piano)
First broadcast live on 15 January 2018.
From the early years of the Renaissance, composers portrayed subjects from Greek mythology. These stories provided particular inspiration as the new operatic genre took hold in the early 17th century. The 18th century saw the philosophical revolution of the Enlightenment spread throughout Europe and accompanied by a certain reaction against Greek myth, there was a tendency to insist on the scientific and philosophical achievements of Ancient Greece. The myths, however, continued to provide an important source of raw material for dramatists and composers. Lucie Skeaping introduces a diverse selection of early music inspired by these Greek myths, including works by Monteverdi, Handel, Purcell, Cavalli, Rameau and Gluck.
First broadcast in June 2012.
01 00:02 Claudio MonteverdiWednesday's service from Exeter Cathedral.
Introit: The Lord is King (Timothy Parsons)
Responses: Michael Walsh
Office Hymn: Christ whose glory fills the skies (Ratisbon)
Psalm 89 (Noon, Crotch, Barnby, Moore)
First Lesson: 1 Kings 19 vv.9b-18
Canticles: Rubbra in A flat
Second Lesson: Mark 9 vv.2-13
Anthem: Seek him that maketh the seven stars (Jonathan Dove)
Final Hymn: Thou didst leave thy throne and thy kingly crown (Margaret)
Organ Voluntary: Joie et clarté des Corps Glorieux (Messiaen)
Timothy Noon (Director of Music)
Timothy Parsons (Assistant Director of Music)
First broadcast live 17/01/18.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces an hour of unmissable choral music. Today, a masterclass in close harmony from folk masters the Melrose Quartet, plus Haydn, Strauss and Piazzolla.
Tom Service examines Dvorak's Symphony No 9, "From the New World", one of the BBC's current "Ten Pieces III". Dvorak told the New York Herald in 1893 that "a serious and original school of composition should be established in the United States of America" which he hoped would have at its foundation black composers, like those he met, taught, and whose music he promoted at the National Conservatory of Music of America. Alongside Dvroak's Symphony "From the New World', Tom explores the lesser known Symphonies of three black composers: William Grant Still, Florence Price and William Dawson and how they realised Dvorak's dream for American music and used the symphony to create new languages and communities of listeners.
A sequence on the theme of dystopia, with readings from Burgess, Auden and Yeats and music from Shostakovich and Vaughan Williams. The readers are Samantha Bond and Tobias Menzies.
01 Wendy CarlosClemency Burton-Hill presents a landmark series exploring the impact of technology on creativity. Across three episodes we trace how technology has shaped the creative process, from conception to execution, to sharing and experiencing. Technology may help us to be more productive, but does it make our ideas better?
Artists are both preoccupied with technology and empowered by it. Technology underpins the way we live, but how does the technology artists, writers and musicians use, change the way they create?
In the third and final programme we focus on how technology has changed how we share and experience art, music and literature.
Artist Olafur Eliasson reflects on The Weather Project, where a giant "sun" illuminated the Tate's Turbine Hall. It helped changed the role of the museum and he explains the possibilities that new technologies and collaborations can open up.
Instagram has changed how we experience art and has given artists a new mode of discovery. As the photographs we take on our smartphones are silently improved by algorithms, is it harder to judge the value of culture when there is so much of it?
The British choreographer Wayne McGregor has been using dancers to explore cognition, mathematics and neuroscience. He wants to see what happens when a machine learns your choreography and how it may predict what happens next.
Computers can help us paint, write stories, design objects and compose music but as technology is heralded as an enabler to a better life, do we risk losing sight of that spark of imagination that makes us human? If human beings are no longer needed to make art, then what are we for?
Produced by Barney Rowntree.
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3.
Clemency Burton-Hill presents music by Brahms: his First Piano Concerto performed by Francesco Piemontesi with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Variations on a Theme by Haydn. Then music by Haydn himself - his Symphony No 26, 'Lamentatione'.
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op 56a
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Lionel Bringuier (conductor)
Haydn: Symphony No 26 in D minor, 'Lamentatione'
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonardo Garcia Alarcon (conductor)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor, Op 15
Francesco Piemontesi (piano)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Lionel Bringuier (conductor).
Love, passion and change. Five stories from tales told in Ovid's Metamorphoses brought vividly to life in a new dramatisation. With a special introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate
Dramatised by Lucy Catherine
Ceyx and Alcyone
Ovid ..... Jim Norton
Alcyone ..... Clare Corbett
Ceyx ..... Philip Bretherton
Somnus ..... Neil McCaul
Juno ..... Isabella Inchbald
Captain ..... Tayla Kovacevi-Ebong
Pygmalion
Pygmalion ..... Rupert Holliday Evans
Theras ..... Gary Duncan
Orpheus and Euridice
Orpheus ..... Tom Forrister
Eurydice ..... Madeline Hatt
Charon ..... Neil McCaul
Pluto ..... Philip Bretherton
Proserpina ..... Isabella Inchbald
Priest ..... Clive Hayward
Byblis and Cannus
Byblis ..... Abbie Andrews
Cannus ..... Adam Fitzgerald
Servant ..... Isabella Inchbald
Mother ..... Ellie Darvill
Woman ..... Kath Weare
Baucis and Philemon
Baucis ..... Sheila Reid
Philemon ..... John Rowe
Strangers ..... Clive Hayward & Tayla Kovacevi-Ebong
Directed by Marc Beeby.
Simon Heighes introduces highlights from a concert recorded at last summer's Early Music Festival in the Catalonian town of Poblet.
Recorded al fresco in the square of the 12th-century Cistercian monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet, Jordi Savall and the Hespèrion XXI Ensemble with guest musicians from China, Afghanistan, Armenia, Syria and Turkey, perform music inspired by the extraordinary journey of the Medieval Morrocan explorer Ibn Battuta.
Savall takes us via Constantinople to the Far East and to Sub-Saharan Africa before returning to Fez, recreating Battuta's 14th-century journey through music.
Producer Helen Garrison.
The BBC Philharmonic in concert recordings of Bruch's First Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony.
Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor
Leila Josefowicz (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Conductor Andrew Litton
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 in E minor
BBC Philharmonic
Conductor Vassily Sinaisky.
Jonathan Swain presents a performance from the 2015 BBC Proms of Elgar's Dream of Gerontius with the Vienna Philharmonic and conductor Sir Simon Rattle.
12:31 AM
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
The Dream of Gerontius - Part 1
Gerontius ..... Toby Spence (tenor)
Priest ..... Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Proms Youth Choir, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor)
1:08 AM
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
The Dream of Gerontius - Part 2
Gerontius ..... Toby Spence (tenor)
Angel ..... Magdalena Kozená (mezzo soprano)
Angel of the Agony ..... Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Proms Youth Choir, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor)
2:05 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Finlandia, Op.26
BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor)
2:14 AM
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908)
The Three Wonders (The tale of Tsar Saltan - suite, Op.57)
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
2:22 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Ballade No.3 in A flat major, Op.47
Nelson Goerner (piano)
2:31 AM
Schmelzer, Johann Heinrich [c.1620-1680]
Vesperae sollennes
Gradus ad Parnassum, Concerto Palatino, Choral scholars from Wiener Hofburgkapelle, Konrad Junghänel (director)
2:53 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix [1809-1847]
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op.56 (Scottish)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marcin Nalecz-Niesiolowski (conductor)
3:31 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
'Kommt! eilet' (aria from Cantata, BWV.74)
Anders Dahlin (tenor), Zefira Valova (violin), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)
3:36 AM
Bertali, Antonio [1605-1669]
Ciacona in C for violin solo
Daniel Sepec (violin), Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Lee Santana (theorbo), Michael Behringer (harpsichord)
3:48 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Une barque sur l'océan - from No.3 of 'Miroirs'
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (conductor)
3:57 AM
Duparc, Henri (1848-1933)
La vague et la cloche
Gerald Finley (baritone), Stephen Ralls (piano)
4:02 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Ondine - from Préludes Book 2 (1912)
Philippe Cassard (piano)
4:06 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Marriage of Figaro - overture
Danish Radio Chamber Orchestra, Adám Fischer (conductor)
4:11 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); transc. Liszt, Franz [1811-1886]
Auf dem Wasser zu singen (D.744) arr. for piano
Anastasia Vorotnaya (piano)
4:15 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Nulla in mundo pax sincera for soprano and orchestra, RV.630
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze (director)
4:23 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Lemminkainen's Return - No.4 from Lemminkainen Suite, Op.22
BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
4:31 AM
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
Serenade for Strings, Op.20
Royal Academy Soloists, Clio Gould (director)
4:42 AM
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837)
Rondo in B minor, Op.109
Stefan Lindgren (piano)
4:51 AM
attrib. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Partita in B flat, K.Anh.C 17'2
The Festival Winds
5:06 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Gesang der Parzen, Op.89
Warsaw Philharmonic Chorus; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)
5:19 AM
Schumann, Robert [1810-1856]
Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.63
ATOS Trio
5:53 AM
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
To her beneath whose steadfast star - for chorus
BBC Singers, Stephen Layton (conductor)
5:58 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Sonata No.7 in E minor for 2 violins and continuo, Z.796 (1683)
Simon Standage (violin), Ensemble Il Tempo
6:06 AM
Scigalski, Franciszek (1782-1846)
Symphony in D major
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrzej Mysinski (conductor)
6:20 AM
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)
Concerto Grosso in F major, Op.6 No.9
The King's Consort, Robert King (director).
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Suzy Klein with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for potential companion pieces for a well-known piece of music.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 The conductor and virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell talks about the things that have inspired him throughout his life and career.
Witold Lutoslawski's extraordinary life mirrors the turbulent history of his homeland Poland, yet he consistently denied the effect of any of this tumult on his music. Donald Macleod is joined this week by Dr Nicholas Reyland to explore the truth of this denial alongside the life and career of one the most revered composers of the Twentieth Century. The week begins by exploring Lutoslawski's traumatic youth in Warsaw and his terrifying experiences during the Second World War.
Lacrimosa
Lucy Crowe (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)
Two Studies
Ewa Kupiec (piano)
Symphonic Variations
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Witold Lutosławski (conductor)
Variations on a Theme of Paganini (2 piano original version)
Martha Argerich, Gabriela Montero (pianos)
Symphony No 1
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
Producer: Sam Phillips.
Live from Wigmore Hall, London, acclaimed Israeli pianist Inon Barnatan plays music by Bach's Toccata in E minor, Franck's Prelude Choral and Fugue, and Barber's Piano Sonata.
Introduced by Clemency Burton-Hill.
Bach: Toccata in E minor, BWV 914
Franck: Prelude, Chorale and Fugue
Barber: Piano Sonata in E flat minor, Op 26
Inon Barnatan (piano).
Penny Gore presents a week of concerts and recordings from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Across the week Afternoon Concert's tone poem theme continues with Smetana and Respighi, plus we hear the fruits of the Orchestra's Beethoven Symphony Cycle recorded during a recent tour of North Wales with Principal Guest conductor Xian Zhang, and the cellist Alexey Stadler performs from the Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
2pm
Weber: overture to Oberon, J306
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op 33
Tchaikovsky; Pezzo capriccioso, Op 62
Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92
Alexey Stadler (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang (conductor)
c. 3.15pm
Elgar: Serenade in E minor for String Orchestra, Op 20
BBC NOW
Tadaaki Otaka (cond)
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite from "Ala i Lolly", Op 20
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor)
c. 4.30pm
Bartok: Divertimento, Sz113
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor).
Katie Derham presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news. Live music today comes from choral group VOCES8, who have a new CD of works by Jonathan Dove out, Broadway and West End sensation Kim Criswell ahead of her performance with the CBSO of Bernstein hits from the stage and screen. Plus superstar tenor Joseph Calleja, who is currently singing the role of Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca at Covent Garden.
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an imaginative, eclectic mix of music, featuring favourites together with lesser-known gems, with a few surprises thrown in for good measure. This evening's offering includes music by Beethoven, Mozart and award-winning folk musician Daoirí Farrell. Plus a pair of waltzes by Richard Strauss and Brahms.
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra play Mozart and Tippett.
Recorded at City Halls, Glasgow
Presented by Andrew McGregor.
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos in E flat major, K365
8.15: Interval
8.35
Tippett: Symphony No 4
Lucas & Arthur Jussen, pianos
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Lucas and Arthur Jussen, the two Dutch brothers, barely in their early twenties, come to Glasgow with Mozart's concerto for two pianos. And then enter the living, breathing world of Michael Tippett's Fourth Symphony; a whole lifetime, from birth to death, expressed in music that seems to evolve and grow before your very ears. Martyn Brabbins brings all his mastery and insight to a modern British masterpiece that demands to be heard.
Professor Francis O'Gorman examines some of the ordinary ways in which the modern, and particularly technological world makes forgetfulness part of our daily routine. All those endless PIN numbers, passwords and (not so) memorable names that we need to access our data... Francis asks whether in the daily amnesia that besets him might there be a tiny glimpse of another life? A life without demands?
Soweto Kinch presents Finnish trumpeter Verneri Pohjola and his quartet in concert at the Royal Festival Hall during the 29017 EFG London Jazz Festival.
Jonathan Swain presents a concert from the 2017 BBC Proms featuring the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Robin Ticciati in music by Brahms, Berg, Thomas Larcher and Schumann.
12:31 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Tragic Overture, Op 81
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor)
12:43 AM
Alban Berg (1885-1935)
Violin Concerto
Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor)
1:10 AM
Thomas Larcher (1963)
Nocturne - Insomnia
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor)
1:25 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 97 (Rhenish)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor)
1:55 AM
Nielsen, Carl [1865-1931]
Wind Quintet, Op 43
Cinque Venti
2:19 AM
Gorecki, Henryk Mikolaj (1933-2010)
Totus tuus, Op 60
Jutland Chamber Choir, Mogens Dahl (director)
2:31 AM
Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959)
Variations on a Slovak Theme
Peter Jarusek (cello) , Daniela Varinska (piano)
2:41 AM
Pokorný, Frantisek Xaver (1729-1794)
Concerto in D major for horn, timpani and strings
Radek Baborák (horn), Prague Chamber Orchestra, Antonín Hradil (conductor)
2:58 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance in C major, Op 46 No 1
James Anagnoson and Leslie Kinton (piano)
3:02 AM
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
Litanies à la Vierge Noire - arranged for female/children's voices, string orchestra and timpani
Maîtrise de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, George Prêtre (conductor)
3:12 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Flute Sonata in A minor, Wq.128
Robert Aitken (flute), Colin Tilney (harpsichord), Margaret Gay (cello)
3:23 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Dumka - Russian Rustic Scene, Op 59
Duncan Gifford (piano)
3:33 AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
Symphony of Psalms (1930 revised 1948)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Choir, Colin Davis (conductor)
3:53 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Images for orchestra:
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ion Marin (conductor)
4:31 AM
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953)
Russian Overture, Op 72
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
4:44 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Ivars Taurins (conductor)
4:51 AM
Leos Janácek (1854-1928)
Suite for Orchestra, Op 3
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor)
5:05 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Quartet in F major for oboe and strings, K370
Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe), Psophos Quartet
5:19 AM
Chabrier, Emmanuel (1841-1894)
España - rhapsody for orchestra
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender (conductor)
5:26 AM
Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Nocturne No 6 in D flat major, Op 63
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
5:36 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe [1683-1764]
Suite from Platée (Junon jalouse) - comedie-lyrique in three acts (1745)
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (director)
6:01 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
String Quartet in F major
Bartok String Quartet.
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for potential companion pieces for a well-known piece of music.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 The conductor and virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell talks to Ian about the things that have inspired him throughout his life and career.
Witold Lutoslawski's extraordinary life mirrors the turbulent history of his homeland Poland, yet he consistently denied the effect of any of this tumult on his music. Donald Macleod is joined this week by Dr Nicholas Reyland to explore the truth of this denial alongside the life and career of one the most revered composers of the Twentieth Century. Tuesday's episode focusses on the aftermath of the war in Poland, and Lutoslawski's brief flirtation with folk music.
Little Suite (Mala Suita) - II. Hurra Polka
NDR Symphony Orchestra
Krzysztof Urbanski (conductor)
Bukoliki - I. Allegro vivace
Stella Czajkowski (piano)
Wiosna (Spring) - no.1. Piosenka o zlotym listku (Song of the golden leaf)
Anna Radziejewska (mezzo-soprano)
Mariusz Rutkowski (piano)
Concerto for Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)
Musique funèbre
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi (conductor)
Producer: Sam Phillips.
A second chance to hear Christian Ihle Hadland and friends in their Radio 3 Big Chamber Weekend at Saffron Hall. Today they play chamber music by Mozart, Sibelius and Brahms. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.
Mozart: Variations for piano on "Mio caro Adone" from Salieri's "La fiera di Venezia", K180
Sibelius: String Trio in G minor
Brahms: Trio in A minor, Op 114 (version for viola, cello and piano)
Christian Ihle Hadland (piano),
Boris Brovtsyn (violin),
Lars Anders Tomter (viola),
Adrian Brendel (cello).
A second chance to hear BBC Radio 3's first Big Chamber Weekend at Saffron Hall in Saffron Walden, Essex. Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents performances by Norwegian pianist Christian Ihle Hadland and three musicians he collaborates with closely, Russian violinist Boris Brovtsyn, Norwegian viola player Lars Anders Tomter and English cellist Adrian Brendel.
Penny Gore presents a week of concerts and recordings from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Afternoon Concert's tone poem theme continues with Respighi, plus we hear the fruits of the Orchestra's Beethoven Symphony Cycle recorded during a recent tour of North Wales with Principal Guest conductor Xian Zhang, and Soprano Chiara Taigi sings Verdi.
2pm
Verdi
Overture to La Forza del destino
Quattro pezzi sacri
Ave Maria from Otello
La Vergine degli angeli from La Forza del destino
Tacea la notte placida from Il Trovatore
Sempre libera from La Traviata
Respighi: Pini di Roma
Chiara Taigi (soprano)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang (conductor
c. 3.45pm
Beethoven: Symphony No 4 in B flat major, Op 60
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang (conductor)
c. 4.20pm
Bloch: Voice in the wilderness
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Benjamin Wallfisch (conductor).
Katie Derham presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news. Her guests include the Aquinas Piano Trio, who perform live in the studio.
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an imaginative, eclectic mix of music, featuring favourites together with lesser-known gems, with a few surprises thrown in for good measure. The perfect way to usher in your evening.
Over the past half-century, the London Sinfonietta has been at the forefront of new music performance, racking up an impressive commissioning record with many of the greatest composers of our times. 'Landmarks', recorded last November at St John's Smith Square, was part of the London Sinfonietta's 50th anniversary season and showcased a handful of iconic Sinfonietta commissions from the last century, written for their classic one-to-a-part formation.
Presented by Martin Handley.
Iannis Xenakis: Thallein for chamber orchestra (1984)
Colin Matthews: Contraflow (1992)
London Sinfonietta
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
8.10pm Interval music (from CD)
Pérotin: Viderunt omnes
Early Music Consort of London
David Munrow (conductor)
8.25pm
Wolfgang Rihm: Chiffre ii: Silence to be beaten (1983)
Harrison Birtwistle: Silbury Air (1977)
London Sinfonietta
Martyn Brabbins (conductor).
Matthew Sweet looks at the films nominated for this year's Academy Awards and the tradition of films with a campaigning message. Plus, film historian Vanda Krefft charts the complicated life of William Fox, the man who founded the Fox Film Corporation.
The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox is by Vanda Krefft.
Producer: Craig Templeton Smith.
Author Rose Ruane's brilliant memory has always been part of her identity. Friends and family rely on her ability to recall names, places and pieces of trivia. She's an asset to any quiz team. But she's beginning to feel that an excellent memory is as much a curse as a blessing. Should forgetting be a skill to develop?
Ahead of his birthday this weekend, Robert Wyatt rejoins Verity down the line to share some musical selections that are exciting him at the minute.
Also on the programme; 16th century court music from Japan, men imitating birds and a psycho-sexual choral piece by Jenny Moore's "orchestra of chaos" Mystic Business. Plus stripped back grime from East Man, and we dip a toe into slow radio.
Jonathan Swain presents a concert from Luxembourg of Grieg, Elgar and Brahms with Solistes Européens conducted by Christoph König, and violinist Renaud Capuçon.
12:31 AM
Grieg , Edvard [1843-1907]
In Autumn - Overture, Op 11
Solistes Européens, Christoph König (conductor)
12:42 AM
Elgar, Edward [1857-1934]
Violin Concerto in B minor Op 61
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Solistes Européens, Christoph König (conductor)
1:25 AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
Symphony No 3 in F major, Op 90
Solistes Européens, Christoph König (conductor)
1:59 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op 44
Ingrid Fliter (piano); Ebène Quartet
2:31 AM
Aulin, Tor ((1866 - 1914))
Violin Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 14
Stig Nilsson (violin), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Michel Plasson (conductor)
3:04 AM
Sasnauskas, Ceslovas (1867-1916)
Requiem (1912-15)
Inesa Linaburgyte (mezzo-soprano); Algirdas Janutas (tenor), Vladimiras Prudnikovas (bass); Kaunas State Choir, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Petras Bingelis (conductor)
3:38 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
12 Variations in B flat major, K500
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
3:48 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp [1681-1767]
Quadro in G minor
Bolette Roed (recorder), Arte dei Suonatori (ensemble)
3:57 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Pezzo capriccioso - morceau de concert, arr. for cello and piano
Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello), Katya Apekisheva (piano)
4:04 AM
Norman, Ludvig (1831-1885)
Rosa rorans bonitatem, Op 45 (1876)
Eva Wedin (mezzo-soprano soloist), Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gustaf Sjökvist (conductor)
4:13 AM
Liszt, Franz [1811-1886]
La lugubre gondola, S200
Yulianna Avdeeva (piano)
4:21 AM
Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835), arr. unknown
Oboe Concerto in E flat (arranged for trumpet)
Geoffrey Payne (trumpet), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz (conductor)
4:31 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F, BWV 1047
Ars Barocca
4:42 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Two Nocturnes Op 32
Kevin Kenner (piano)
4:52 AM
Järnefelt, Armas (1869-1958)
The Sound of Home
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ilpo Mansnerus (conductor)
5:03 AM
Bax, Arnold [1883-1953]
Mater ora filium, for double choir
BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor)
5:13 AM
Morawetz, Oskar (1917-2007)
Clarinet Sonata
Joaquín Valdepeñas (clarinet), Patricia Parr (piano)
5:23 AM
Schickhard, Johann Christian (c.1682-c.1760)
Sonata in C major for flute and harpsichord
Vladislav Brunner jr. (flute), Herta Madarova (harpsichord)
5:33 AM
Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809]
Symphony No 96 in D major H.1.96 (Miracle)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
5:56 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Suite Bergamasque (1890)
Roger Woodward (piano)
6:14 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Scherzo Capriccioso, Op 66
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Québec, Raffi Armenian (conductor).
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Suzy Klein with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for potential companion pieces for a well-known piece of music.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 The conductor and virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell talks about the things that have inspired him throughout his life and career.
Witold Lutoslawski's extraordinary life mirrors the turbulent history of his homeland Poland, yet he consistently denied the effect of any of this tumult on his music. Donald Macleod is joined this week by Dr Nicholas Reyland to explore the truth of this denial alongside the life and career of one the most revered composers of the Twentieth Century. Wednesday's episode introduces us to the composer's alter-ego, Derwid, and explores Lutoslawaski's conducting career, and his reaction to both further political unrest in Poland and personal tragedy.
"Derwid": Nie oczekuje dzis nikogo (I'm not expecting anyone today)
Rena Rolska (vocals)
Polish Radio Dance Orchestra
Ryszard Damrosz (conductor)
Livre pour Orchestre
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Witold Lutoslawski (conductor)
Cello Concerto
Rostropovich (cello)
Orchestre de Paris
Witold Lutoslawski (conductor)
Producer: Sam Phillips.
A second chance to hear Christian Ihle Hadland and friends in their Radio 3 Big Chamber Weekend at Saffron Hall. Today they play chamber music by Beethoven and Shostakovich. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.
Beethoven: 12 Variations for cello and piano on "See the conqu'ring hero comes" from Handel's "Judas Maccabaeus", WoO45
Shostakovich: Sonata for viola and piano, Op 147
Lars Anders Tomter (viola),
Adrian Brendel (cello),
Christian Ihle Hadland (piano).
Penny Gore presents a week of concerts and recordings from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Afternoon Concert's tone poem theme continues with Smetana and Janacek, plus we hear from New Generation Artist, the soprano Fatma Said.
2pm
Smetana: Vltava from Ma vlast
Dvorak Mesicku na nebi hlubokem [O silver moon...] from Rusalka
Strauss Allerseelen from 8 Lieder aus Letzte Blätter, Op 10; Morgen, Op 27 No 4; Strauss Cäcilie Op 27 No 2
Janacek: The Danube
Liszt: Hungaria, S103
Fatma Said (soprano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Otto Tausk (conductor)
c. 3.10pm
Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town) - overture, Op 40
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor).
Live from St Paul's Cathedral, London.
Introit: Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich? SWV 415 (Schütz)
Responses: Ayleward
Psalm 149 (Stanford)
First Lesson: Isaiah 49 vv.1-13
Canticles: Wesley in E
Second Lesson: Acts 22 vv.3-16
Anthem: Ascribe unto the Lord (Wesley)
Hymn: Disposer supreme (Hanover)
Organ Voluntary: Fugue in E minor, Op 35 No 1 (Mendelssohn, arr. Smits)
Andrew Carwood (Director of Music)
Simon Johnson (Organist).
New Generation Artists in a largely French programme. Former NGA, Alec Frank-Gemmill plays a period horn in a recording he made in the magical atmosphere of the Finchcocks Musical Museum, just a few days before its closure. Also today, a short arrangement of Bizet by the newly-signed, Quatuor Arod and the remarkable viola playing of Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad at his Wigmore hall debut. .
Saint-Saëns: Romance in E major, Op 67, for horn and piano
Alec Frank-Gemmill (period horn)
Alasdair Beatson (Erard 1866 piano)
Bizet: Adagietto from L' Arlésienne Suite No 1
Quatuor Arod
Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon
Kathryn Rudge (mezzo), Christopher Glynn (piano)
Henri Vieuxtemps: Elegy
Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad (viola)
David Meier (piano).
Katie Derham presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news. Live music today comes from superstar young cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, whose debut album was released this month, and soprano Anna Bonitatibus, who has collected together some of her musical friends to perform two concerts at Wigmore Hall this week. Plus French conductor François-Xavier Roth talks about being at the helm of the London Symphony Orchestra.
In this In Tune playlist: Grieg arranges some well-known Mozart, Bach is interrupted by Shostakovich, and Borodin blends with Sandström.
50 years to the day since the orchestra played its first concert, the London Sinfonietta celebrates its birthday with the music that has shaped its identity - past, present and future.
Live from the Royal Festival Hall, London
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Harrison Birtwistle: The Message
Stravinsky: Octet
Ligeti: Chamber Concerto
8.15-8.35: Interval
Deborah Pritchard: New work for solo saxophone (World premiere)
Samantha Fernando: Formations (World premiere)
Hans Abrahamsen: Left, alone - for piano (left hand) and orchestra (London premiere)
Various: Encore! (14 Variations on a Hornpipe by Purcell) (World premiere)
London Sinfonietta
David Atherton, conductor
George Benjamin, conductor
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Tamara Stefanovich, piano
Simon Haram, saxophone
London Sinfonietta Academy Alumni
Co-founder David Atherton joins George Benjamin and Vladimir Jurowski in conducting a journey that begins with the music of Stravinsky, Ligeti and Birtwistle, courses through to the London premiere of Hans Abrahamsen's piano concerto 'Left, alone' and peers into the future with a new commission by RPS Music Award-winning composer Samantha Fernando.
Craig Brown, Afua Hirsch, Robert Jobson and New Generation Thinker Joe Moshenska discuss the monarchy as the Royal Academy and the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace stage exhibitions exploring the painting collections of Charles I and II. How has patronage changed and, in this year of another Royal Wedding, what impact are depictions in TV dramas such as The Crown and biographies including Craig Brown's Ma'am Darling having on our view of royalty? Philip Dodd presents.
Charles I King and Collector runs at the Royal Academy, London from January 27th until April 15th
Charles II: Art & Power is running at the Queen's Gallery Buckingham Palace until May 13th
Ma'am Darling 90 Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown is out now
BRIT(ish) by Afua Hirsch is out now.
Dr Joe Moshenska is the author of A Stain in the Blood: The Remarkable Voyage of Sir Kenelm Digby.
Diana: Closely Guarded Secret by Robert Jobson is out now
Producer: Debbie Kilbride
Writer Mark Illis explores why he has forgotten much of his teenage years and wonders if forgetting is a natural process, a part of growing up. Marred by ill health these were difficult years in his life, now lost in a grey fog. Has he actively chosen to forget? Or is his inner teenager still there, sulking behind a closed door?
We play French ethnomusicologist Charles Duvelle's 1966 recordings of Moorish classical music from Mauritania in memory of the musicologist and editor of the Ocora label who died late last year.
Elsewhere we have Peruvian Huayno harp music from the Andes, a ritualistic performance piece by Conrad Winslow that features velcro and zips and ahead of her Late Junction mixtape tomorrow, we hear from pioneering electronic composer Suzanne Ciani on the liberating powers of the Buchla synthesiser, an instrument built by her friend and collaborator, the former NASA scientist Don Buchla.
Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Mahler's Fifth Symphony by the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jonathan Nott at the 2013 BBC Proms.
12:31 AM
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Nott (conductor)
1:42 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
6 Moments musicaux for piano, D780
Martin Helmchen (piano)
2:10 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Piano Trio in C major, K548
Kungsbacka Trio
2:31 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
6 Orchestral songs (Nos 1-5 only) (EG.177)
Solveig Kringelborn (soprano), Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (conductor)
2:54 AM
Goldmark, Karoly [1830-1915]
String Quartet in B flat major, Op 8
Kodály Quartet
3:23 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante, Op 22
Janina Fialkowska (piano), Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Raffi Armenian (conductor)
3:38 AM
Pipkov, Lubomir (1904-1974) [traditional folk lyrics]
Nani mi nani, Damiancho
Violeta Sartsanova (soloist), Sofia Chamber Choir, Vassil Arnaudov (conductor)
3:44 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Concerto in C minor for violin, harpsichord and orchestra, BWV 1060
Andrew Manze (violin/director), Richard Egarr (harpsichord), Risør Festival Strings
3:58 AM
Tournier, Marcel (1879-1951)
Au matin
Branka Janjanin-Magdalenic (harp)
4:02 AM
Gounod, Charles (1818-1893)
Overture to Mireille
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Oliver Dohnányi (conductor)
4:10 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Dalila's aria: 'Mon coeur s'ouvre' (from 'Samson et Dalila', Act 2 Scene 3)
Helja Angervo (mezzo-soprano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ulf Söderblom (conductor)
4:17 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Concerto fragment in E flat for horn and orchestra (K.370b and K.371)
James Sommerville (horn), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
4:31 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Künft'ger Zeiten eitler Kummer, HWV 20 - No 1 from Deutsche Arien (originally for soprano, violin & bc, arranged for oboe, violin and organ)
Hélène Plouffe (violin), Louise Pellerin (oboe), Dom André Laberge (organ - 1999 Karl Wilhelm at the abbey church Saint-Benoît-du-Lac)
4:36 AM
Field, John (1782-1837)
Andante inédit in E flat major for piano
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
4:44 AM
Cozzolani, Suor Chiara Margarita (1602-c.1677)
O quam bonus es - motet for 2 voices (Si lodano le piaghe di Christo e le mamelle della Madonna)
Cappella Artemisia, Candace Smith (director)
4:54 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Overture to 'St Paul', Op 36
Rietze Smits (organ)
5:02 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Symphony No 22 in E flat, 'The Philosopher'
Amsterdam Bach Soloists
5:18 AM
Barber, Samuel (1910-1981)
Violin Concerto, Op 14
Dene Olding (violin), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Hiroyuki Iwaki (conductor)
5:42 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Ariettes oubliées - song cycle for voice and piano
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Gary Matthewman (piano)
5:59 AM
Wagner, Richard [1813-1883]
Prelude and Isolde's Liebestod - from 'Tristan und Isolde'
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Rafael Frubeck de Burgos (conductor)
6:16 AM
Gershwin, George [1898-1937]
Rhapsody in Blue (transcribed for solo piano)
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano).
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for potential companion pieces for a well-known piece of music.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 The conductor and virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell talks to Ian about the things that have inspired him throughout his life and career.
Witold Lutoslawski's extraordinary life mirrors the turbulent history of his homeland Poland, yet he consistently denied the effect of any of this tumult on his music. Donald Macleod is joined this week by Dr Nicholas Reyland to explore the truth of this denial alongside the life and career of one the most revered composers of the Twentieth Century. Today's episode explores the unrest that led to the emergence of the Solidarity movement in Poland, Lutoslawski's involvement with Solidarity and a change in his musical direction.
Les espaces du sommeil
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Berlin Philharmonic
Witold Lutoslawski (conductor)
Epitaph for Oboe and Piano
Melanie Ragge (oboe)
Ann Martin-Davis (piano)
Symphony No 3
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)
Producer: Sam Phillips.
A second chance to hear Christian Ihle Hadland and friends in their Radio 3 Big Chamber Weekend at Saffron Hall. Today they play chamber music by Edvard Grieg, Percy Grainger and Rebecca Clarke. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.
Grieg: Andante con moto in C minor for piano trio (1878)
Grainger: Folk Songs from the British Isles for piano
Rebecca Clarke: Sonata for viola and piano (1919)
Boris Brovtsyn (violin),
Lars Anders Tomter (viola),
Adrian Brendel (cello),
Christian Ihle Hadland (piano).
Penny Gore presents this week's Thursday Opera Matinee: Rossini's Moses in Egypt, performed at the Bregenz Festival last summer. Telling the story of Moses and the Israelites' escape from Egypt, it's also a love story between the Pharaoh's son Amenofi and the Israelite Elcia. Followed by more from this week's featured orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales with music by Haydn.
2pm
Rossini: Moses in Egypt
Pharoah ..... Andrew Foster-Williams (baritone)
Amaltea ..... Mandy Fredrich (soprano)
Osiride .....Sunnyboy Dladla (bass)
Elcia ..... Clarissa Costanzo (soprano)
Mambre ..... Taylan Reinhard (tenor)
Moses ..... Goran Juric (bass)
Aaron ..... Matteo Macchioni (tenor)
Amenofi ..... Dara Savinova (mezzo-soprano)
Prague Philharmonic Chorus
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Enrique Mazzola (conductor)
c.4.30pm
Haydn: Symphony No 92 in G major, "Oxford"
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor).
Katie Derham presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news. Live performance today comes from violinist Vadim Gluzman, who performs with the BBC Symphony Orchestra this weekend. Katie is also joined by two of opera's superstars - soprano Sonya Yoncheva and tenor Vittorio Grigolo - down the line from The Met in New York where they are performing in Puccini's Tosca, which will be broadcast live in HD at cinemas across the UK on Saturday and is Radio 3's 'Opera on 3'.
In Tune's specially curated mixtape: Dreamy Puccini, mellow Miles Davis and a naive waltz by Elena Kats-Chernin blended with harp music from Handel, a wind serenade by Dvorak, heartfelt Ladysmith Black Mambazo and nostalgic Respighi.
Producer: Ian Wallington.
A generous sprinkling of iconic Vivaldian 'seasoning' and Beethoven's defiant symphonic optimism swaddle something whose ink is scarcely dry: a new work by bassist Edgar Meyer.
Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas, live from Colston Hall, Bristol
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
8.10: Interval
Edgar Meyer: Overture for Violin and Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No 2
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, conductor and violin.
From Ecuador to the Scottish borders: Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough meets Maren Meinhardt and Graham Robb who explore the land on their doorsteps and also follow in the footsteps of others from Humboldt the naturalist and explorer to the forgotten territory of the Debatable Land.
Graham Robb's book The Debatable Land is out in February.
Maren Meinhardt's book A Longing For Wide and Unknown Things: The Life of Alexander Humboldt is published in January.
Producer: Jacqueline Smith
Professor Francis O'Gorman wonders how much of what we think is remembering is actually forgetting. What exactly is our relationship with past time and fantasy? He explores the compound presence of forgetfulness masquerading as memory: from the revisiting of places, the re-reading of books, and the revisiting of people we once knew. Is our hold on the past more determined by what we do not remember, cannot remember, or do not want to remember than we easily admit?
Verity Sharp hosts a concert recorded at Nottingham Contemporary, showcasing local artists working in experimental music genres.
Featuring sets from art-rock duo Rattle (twin drumkits and vocals); the Dead Rat Orchestra (alternative folk); and Xenia Pestova with Ed Bennett (Indian harmonium and electronics).
Pioneering electronic composer, sound designer, and master of the Buchla synthesizer Suzanne Ciani is the latest compiler of the Late Junction mixtape.
She has 30 minutes to make her musical mark on the programme, this time exploring the intersection where technology and creativity meet. Described as "America's first female synth hero", Ciani is one of the most innovative artists of the last forty years.
Working at the intersection of new age music, electronic experiments, and classical composition, her work has been heard in cinemas and concert halls, on adverts and pinball machines.
Jonathan Swain presents a performance from the 2015 BBC Proms with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales playing Prokofiev, Rachmaninov and a London premiere by Qigang Chen.
12:31 AM
Prokofiev, Sergei [1891-1953]
Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, (Classical)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Xian Zhang (conductor)
12:46 AM
Chen, Qigang [b.1951]
Iris Dévoilée
Meng Meng (soprano), Anu Komsi (soprano), Piia Komsi (soprano), Jia Li (pipa), Jing Chang (zheng), Nan Wang (erhu), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Xian Zhang (conductor)
1:29 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergei [1873-1943]
Symphony No 2 in E minor, Op 27
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Xian Zhang (conductor)
2:24 AM
Satie, Erik (1866-1925)
Poudre d'or - waltz for piano
Ashley Wass (piano)
2:31 AM
Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927)
String Quartet No 3 in F major, Op 18
Yggdrasil String Quartet
3:03 AM
Schumann, Robert [1810-1856]
Etudes en formes de variations, Op 13
Zhang Zuo (piano)
3:33 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
6 Chorales from the Schemelli Collection: Gott, wie gross ist deine Güte (BWV 462); Dich bet' ich an, mein höchster Gott (BWV 449); Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen (BWV 452); O liebe Seele, zieh' die Sinnen (BWV 494); Vergiss mein nicht, mein allerliester Gott (BWV 505); Ich halte treulich still und liebe meinen Gott (BWV 466)
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Marco Fink (bass-baritone), Domen Marincic (gamba), Dalibor Miklavcic (organ)
3:45 AM
Fougstedt, Nils-Eric (1910-1961)
Concert Overture (1941)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
3:53 AM
Franceschini, Petronio (1650-1680)
Sonata in D major for 2 trumpets, strings and continuo
Yordan Kojuharov & Petar Ivanov (trumpets), Teodor Moussev (organ), Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Yordan Dafov (conductor)
4:02 AM
Grandjany, Marcel (1891-1975)
Rhapsodie pour la harpe, Op 10 (1921)
Rita Costanzi (harp)
4:11 AM
Enescu, George (1881-1955)
Concert Piece for viola and piano
Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Monique Savary (piano)
4:21 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Egmont Overture
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (conductor)
4:31 AM
Strauss (ii), Johann (1825-1899)
Wienerblut (waltz), Op 354
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Borge Wagner (Conductor)
4:41 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
4 Mazurkas, Op 33
Yulianna Avdeeva (piano)
4:52 AM
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967)
4 Madrigals for women's chorus: Chi vuol veder; Fior Scoloriti; Chi d'amor sente; Fuor de la bella caiba
Jutland Chamber Choir, Mogens Dahl (director)
5:03 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Flute Sonata in G major - from Essercizii Musici
Camerata Köln
5:10 AM
Ibert, Jacques (1890-1962)
Trois pièces brèves
Bulgarian Academic Wind Quintet
5:18 AM
Reger, Max (1873-1916)
Präludium in D minor, Op 65 No 6
Cor Ardesch (organ)
5:26 AM
Tobias, Rudolf (1873-1918)
Absol - motet
EEsti Projekt Chamber Choir
5:34 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Trio for piano and strings No 3 in C minor, Op 101
Zoltán Kocsis (piano), Tamas Major (violin), Peter Szabo (cello)
5:52 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Estampes
Lars-David Nilsson (piano)
6:07 AM
Vanhal, Johann Baptist (1739-1813)
Concerto for 2 bassoons
Kim Walker & Sarah Warner Vik (bassoons), Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Arvid Engegaard (conductor).
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for potential companion pieces for a well-known piece of music.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 The conductor and virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell talks to Ian about the things that have inspired him throughout his life and career.
Witold Lutoslawski's extraordinary life mirrors the turbulent history of his homeland Poland, yet he consistently denied the effect of any of this tumult on his music. Donald Macleod is joined this week by Dr Nicholas Reyland to explore the truth of this denial alongside the life and career of one the most revered composers of the Twentieth Century. This week's final programme explores Lutoslawski's final years, which saw him showered with awards by musical establishments across Europe
Fanfare for CUBE
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit (conductor)
Piano Concerto
Christian Zimmerman (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
Symphony no 4
LA Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
Chantefleurs et Chantefables - I. La Belle-de-nuit
Valdine Anderson (soprano)
New Music Concerts Ensemble
Witold Lutosławski (conductor)
Producer: Sam Phillips.
Christian Ihle Hadland and friends end their Radio 3 Big Chamber Weekend at Saffron Hall in Essex with chamber music by Szymanowski and Dvorak. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.
Szymanowski: Trois Caprices de Paganini for violin and piano, Op 40
Dvorak: Piano Quartet No 2 in E flat major, Op 87
Boris Brovtsyn (violin),
Lars Anders Tomter (viola),
Adrian Brendel (cello),
Christian Ihle Hadland (piano).
Penny Gore presents a week of concerts and recordings from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. We hear the collaborative concert from the recent Association of British Orchestras conference in Cardiff, at which both the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera performed. Plus Afternoon Concert's tone poem theme continues, and we hear the fruits of the Orchestra's Beethoven Symphony Cycle recorded during a recent tour of North Wales with Principal Guest conductor Xian Zhang.
2pm
R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Tomas Hanus (conductor)
c. 2.50pm
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor)
c. 3.40pm
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini - symphonic fantasia after Dante, Op 32
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang (conductor)
c. 4.15pm
Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F major, Op 68, "Pastoral"
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang (conductor).
Katie Derham presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news. Her guests include conductor Paavo Järvi, who performs with the Philharmonia Orchestra in Bedford, Coventry and London this week, and also has a new CD with the Estonian Festival Orchestra playing Shostakovich out this month.
A specially curated mixtape including music by Berlioz, Palestrina and Bartok, as well as some surprises including pieces by Isaias Savio and Girolamo Abos.
Paul Lewis plays piano music by Haydn, Beethoven and Brahms, in the first of a series of four recitals in which he traces the thread of musical heritage from one composer to the next.
Presented by Martin Handley.
Haydn: Sonata in C, Hob.XVI/50
Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, Op 126
8.15: Interval
Brahms: 6 Pieces, Op 118
Haydn: Sonata in G, Hob.XVI/40
Paul Lewis (piano)
Recorded on 23rd January at the Royal Festival Hall, London
This concert features the music of three key figures, Haydn, Beethoven and Brahms, tracing the thread of musical heritage from one to the next.
Haydn is represented by two sonatas that show the composer at his most witty.
Beethoven, who was for a time Haydn's pupil, almost trumps the senior composer at that game in his late Bagatelles, Op 126. In these six brief pieces, punchy inventiveness rubs shoulders with profound lyricism.
Brahms's Op 118 also consists of six contrasting pieces, but these encapsulate emotions ranging from impassioned extroversion to the most haunted, darkly reflective inner journeys.
January is a month of resolutions and fresh starts, of gyms and diets. This week Ian McMillan and guests tackle the language of Wellbeing and Self-Care.
Poets are not generally known for their physical prowess, but in George Szirtes new collection 'Thirty Poets Go To The Gym' (Candlestick). What happens when famous poets from Lord Byron to John Berryman and from Emily Dickinson to Elizabeth Bishop try to get into shape?
What are the strongest influences on the ways we chose to live our lives? Does taking care of someone meaning letting them take care of themselves? These issues are at the heart of Kendall Feaver's new play 'The Almighty Sometimes', starring Julie Hesmondhalgh. Julie discusses her role with Ian, and also examines what wellbeing means to an actor.
The poet Melissa Lee-Houghton won the Somerset Maugham Award for her debut collection 'Sunshine' (Penned in the Margins), an intensely personal collection dealing with her experience of abuse, addiction and mental health issues. Melissa discusses how she protects herself when publishing such personal work.
Producer: Cecile Wright
Presenter: Ian McMillan.
Poet and playwright Amanda Dalton examines the role of material objects in our quest to preserve or conjure our past. Our uneasy relationship with forgetting means we often keep objects to recall loved ones and hold on to memories. She details the objects she retains of her father's: his cigarette lighter, old cream cardigan and his shoe cleaning kit, as her own symbols to ward off the forgetting.
Kathryn Tickell with a special show from Celtic Connections record at the CCA in Glasgow, with music from Vieux Farka Touré, Vasen and Paul McKenna Band.