SUNDAY 16 AUGUST 2020

SUN 00:00 Freeness (m000f6l8)
Improvising with the Australian outback

Allis Hamilton is an artist living in a hand-built shack in the Australian outback. She makes improvised music in a trio called Alias Nun who are inspired by the aural soundscapes of the surrounding bush. Even though their home is far away from the wildfires plaguing the country, there are days when the air is thick with smoke. Allis describes how the complex emotions these devastating fires arouse can find an outlet in improvised music.

Also on the show, saxophonist Mette Rasmussen creates some gorgeously gritty vocalisations through her instrument, in a duo with guitarist Julien Desprez, and there’s a meditative piece that improvises with volume for turntables and electronics. Presented by Corey Mwamba.

Produced by Rebecca Gaskell
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3


SUN 01:00 Through the Night (m000lsz3)
Baroque highlights

Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with soprano Nora Ducza and recorder player Erik Bosgraaf perform Bach, Telemann, Vivaldi and Handel. Jonathan Swain presents.

01:01 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Gloria, from Mass in F, BWV 233
Nora Ducza (soprano), Hungarian Radio Chorus, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Csaba Somos (conductor)

01:08 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Recorder Concerto in F, TWV 51:F1
Erik Bosgraaf (recorder), Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Csaba Somos (conductor)

01:20 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Recorder Concerto in C, RV 444
Erik Bosgraaf (recorder), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Csaba Somos (conductor)

01:29 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Laudate pueri – Gloria Patri et Filio, RV 601
Nora Ducza (soprano), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Csaba Somos (conductor)

01:37 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Concerto for Recorder and Flute in E minor, TWV 52:e1
Erik Bosgraaf (recorder), Fruzsina Varga (flute), Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Csaba Somos (conductor)

01:52 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Laudate pueri Dominum, HWV 237
Nora Ducza (soprano), Hungarian Radio Chorus, Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Csaba Somos (conductor)

02:12 AM
Karol Szymanowski
Etudes (Op.33)
Jerzy Godziszewski (piano)

02:26 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quintet in C major (Op.29)
Yggdrasil String Quartet

03:01 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Symphony No. 8 in G major (Op.88)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Bernhard Gueller (conductor)

03:37 AM
Cesar Franck (1822-1890)
Piano Quintet in F minor
Jorgen Larsen (piano), Skampa Quartet

04:13 AM
Igor Dekleva (b.1933)
The Wind Is Singing
Ipavska Chamber Choir, Tomaz Pirnat (conductor)

04:19 AM
Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)
Suite for chamber orchestra (1946)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jan Krenz (conductor)

04:27 AM
Wouter Hutschenruyter (1796-1878)
Ouverture voor Groot Orkest
Dutch National Youth Wind Orchestra, Jan Cober (conductor)

04:36 AM
Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (1630-1670)
Sonata No 6 for violin and continuo 'La Sabbatina'
Andrew Manze (violin), Richard Egarr (harpsichord)

04:45 AM
Henri Duparc (1848-1933), Charles Baudelaire (author)
La Vie anterieure for voice and piano
Gerald Finley (baritone), Stephen Ralls (piano)

04:50 AM
Johann Christoph Pez (1664-1716)
Overture in D minor
Hildebrand'sche Hoboisten Compagnie

05:01 AM
Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
Ballet Music for the Merry Wives of Windsor by Otto Nicolai
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)

05:10 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Rondo in C for Two Pianos, Op 73
Soós-Haag Piano Duo (piano duo)

05:20 AM
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Litanies à la Vierge Noire version for women's voices and organ (1936)
Maitrise de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, George Pretre (conductor)

05:31 AM
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Partite Sopra Follia
Enrico Baiano (harpsichord)

05:38 AM
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Italian Serenade
Ljubljanski Godalni Quartet

05:47 AM
Carl Reinecke (1824-1910)
Ballade for flute and orchestra
Matej Zupan (flute), RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, David de Villiers (conductor)

05:55 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Jesu meine Freude, BWV 227
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier (director)

06:19 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata in A major, K.331 'Alla Turca'
Young-Lan Han (piano)

06:39 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Concerto in D major H.7b.4 for cello, attrib. Costanzi
France Springuel (cello), Antoni Ros-Marba (conductor), Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra


SUN 07:00 Breakfast (m000lv8r)
Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including a Sunday morning Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk


SUN 09:00 Sunday Morning (m000lv8t)
Sarah Walker with a rousing musical mix

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning.

Today Sarah takes us on a virtual country walk with Delius, and summons up the call of a goldfinch with a celebrated flute concerto by Vivaldi.

She also discovers a piece by Cecile Chaminade that sounds modern despite being over a century old, and enjoys the near-chaos of the Dufay Collective’s percussion in a very catchy 14th-century Italian dance.

Plus, there’s an energising overture that sounds as though it could be Richard Strauss (but isn’t), and a powerful solo recording by the American gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.

A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3


SUN 12:00 The Future of the Past - Early Music Today (m000btx4)
Voices on and off stage

Nicholas Kenyon explores the sounds of the period instrument revival, focusing on the voice.

Fifty years ago a revolution began in classical music. Back then, there was little doubt how to play a Mozart symphony or a Bach passion – it meant big symphonic forces, heavy textures, slow speeds and modern instruments. But then along came period performance: a new generation of musicians researched and revived period instruments, performance styles and forgotten composers. With lighter forces, faster speeds and new tools, they declared war on the interventionist musical culture of the mid-19th century. To start with, they were largely dismissed as eccentrics - Neville Marriner called them "the open-toed-sandals and brown-bread set” – and academics unable to play in tune. But throughout the 1970s and 80s they multiplied and gathered force. Along with the advent of the CD, their newfound repertory and fascinating new-old sound gave a boost to the classical recording industry. They overturned the way classical music was listened to and performed, making household names of musicians whose scholarly credentials became almost as important as their performing flair.

Nicholas Kenyon tells the story of that revolution, from the earliest pioneers to the global superstars of today. Across the series, he’ll uncover the musical detective-work which went on in universities and rehearsal rooms, reliving the incredible vitality of the times through landmark recordings which took the musical world by storm.

Today’s episode is all about the voice. How did the pioneers of period performance create a vocal sound that was just right?

Handel: Ariodante - Dopo notte
Dame Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor

Monteverdi: Orfeo - Possente spirto
Nigel Rogers, tenor (Orfeo)
London Baroque, The London Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble
Charles Medlam and Theresa Caudle - directors

Handel: Messiah - But who may abide
Emma Kirkby, soprano
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor

Charpentier: Le Reniement de saint Pierre
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie, conductor

Càrceres: Villancet: Soleta So Jo Ací
Monteserrat Figueras, soprano
Hesperion XX

Leonel Power: Sanctus
Gothic Voices
Christopher Page, director

Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David
Stile Antico

Vivaldi: Griselda - Dopo un' orrida procella
Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo soprano
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini

Haydn: The Creation - end of part 2 - Achieved is the glorious work
Gabrieli Consort and Players
Paul McCreesh, conductor

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492 - Act 4 end
Arleen Augér, soprano (Contessa Almaviva)
Barbara Bonney, soprano (Susanna)
Petteri Salomaa, bass-baritone (Figaro)
Håkan Hagegård, baritone (Conte Almaviva)
The Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra
The Drottningholm Court Theatre Chorus
Arnold Östman, conductor

Produced in Cardiff by Amy Wheel.


SUN 13:00 BBC Proms (p08l2p9c)
2020

Stile Antico and Fretwork celebrate a Shakespearean anniversary

In 2020, BBC Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades of unmissable Proms concerts.

Today's concert, introduced by Petroc Trelawny, comes from 2016, when vocal ensemble Stile Antico and viol consort Fretwork combined to celebrate the 400th anniversary year of the death of England’s great bard, William Shakespeare. Their programme contrasts music by Shakespeare’s contemporaries with new settings from Nico Muhly and Composer in Association with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Huw Watkins. In the words of Shakespeare himself, ‘How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music creep in our ears …’

Morley: It was a lover and his lass
Byrd: O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth
Byrd: Why do I use my paper, ink and pen?
Huw Watkins: The Phoenix and the Turtle
Byrd: Fantasia a 5, 'Two parts in one in the fourth above’
Tomkins: Be strong and of a good courage
Ramsey: Sleep, fleshly birth
Byrd: Browning a 5, 'The leaves be green’
Johnson: Full fathom five
Nico Muhly: Gentle sleep
Gibbons: In nomine No 1
Wilbye: Draw on, sweet night

Fretwork
Stile Antico

(From the BBC Proms, 15 August 2016)


SUN 14:00 The Early Music Show (m000lv8x)
John Dunstaple

Hannah French profiles the life and music of John Dunstaple - a musical innovator, influencer and leading composer of his generation, during the reigns of Henry V and Henry VI.


SUN 15:00 Choral Evensong (m000lpl5)
St Martin-in-the-Fields

Live from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, with members of the BBC Singers.

Introit: My Eyes for beauty pine (Elizabeth Coxhead/Thomas Coxhead)
Responses: Byrd
Psalms 65, 66, 67 (Wills, Maxim, Grindle)
First Lesson: Isaiah 49 vv.1-7
Canticles: Stanford in B flat
Second Lesson: 1 John 1 vv.1-10
Anthem: Behold, O God our defender (John Scott) – to mark the fifth anniversary of the composer’s death
Prayer anthem: God be in my head (David Hill)
Voluntary: Triptych (Errollyn Wallen)

Nicholas Chalmers (Conductor)
Rachel Mahon (Organist)


SUN 16:00 Jazz Record Requests (m000lv8z)
16/08/20

Alyn Shipton plays jazz records from across the genre as requested by Radio 3 listeners with music from Abbey Lincoln, Ornette Coleman and Miles Davis.

DISC 1
Artist The Kirchin Band
Title Big City Blues
Composer Kirchin
Album Great British Rock n Roll, vol 1
Label Smith and co
Number 1124 CD 1 Track 12
Duration 3.15
Performers Frank Donlan, Murray Campbell, Norman Baron, Stan Palmer, t; Brian Haydon, George Robinson, Johnny Xerri, Norman Hunt, reeds; Johnny Patrick, p; Ronnie Seabrook, b; Basil Kirchin, d.

DISC 2
Artist Don Ewell
Title Wild Man Blues
Composer Morton / Armstrong
Album Free n Easy
Label Good Time Jazz
Number 10046-2 Track 15
Duration 3.23
Performers Don Ewell, p. 1947

DISC 3
Artist Stan Greig
Title Skinnie Minnie
Composer Greig
Album Stan Greig’s Jazz Band, featuring Mac Sandy and Ally Bad Weather
Label Storyville
Number SEP 3.44 S 2 T 1
Duration 2.29
Performers Sandy Brown, cl; Al Fairweather, t; Jeremy French, tb; Stan Greig, p; Tim Mahn, b, Graham Burbidge d. 1958.

DISC 4
Artist Fats Navarro
Title The Things We Did Last Summer
Composer Styne / Cahn
Album Norman Granz JATP at Carnegie Hall 1949
Label Pablo
Number 5311-2 Track 7
Duration 3.40
Performers Fats Navarro, trumpet, Hank Jones, piano, Ray Brown, bass, Shelly Manne, drums. 2 Nov 1949

DISC 5
Artist Paul Desmond
Title Samba De Orpheu
Composer Luis Bonfa
Album Cool Imagination
Label Bluebird
Number 82876 514240-2 Track 13
Duration 4.26
Performers Paul Desmond, as; Jim Hall, g; Percy Heath, b; Connie Kay, d. 10 June 1963

DISC 6
Artist Toti Soler
Title Sardana Flamenco
Composer Soler
Album Raó de Viure
Label TO Productions
Number TO 013 Track 1
Duration 4.28
Performers Toti Soler, g.

DISC 7
Artist New Brew
Title Harambee II
Composer Holdsworth
Album Wodgi
Label Caption Records
Number 01 Track 2
Duration 6.32
Performers: Dave Holdsworth, t; Roz Harding, as; Alan Wakeman, ts; Marcus Vergette, b; Coach York, d. 2018.

DISC 8
Artist Ornette Coleman
Title Kaleidoscope
Composer Coleman
Album Beauty is a rare Thing
Label Rhino
Number 0081227956196 CD 2 Track 9
Duration 6.34
Performers Don Cherry, c; Ornette Coleman, as; Charlie Haden, b; Ed Blackwell, d. 19 July 1960

DISC 9
Artist John McLaughlin
Title Follow Your Heart
Composer McLaughlin
Album My Goal’s Beyond
Label Elektra
Number 52 364 Track 6
Duration 3.19
Performers John McLaughlin, g; 1982.

DISC 10
Artist Dorothy Ashby
Title Essence of Sapphire
Composer Ashby
Album Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby
Label Atlantic
Number 1447 Track 2
Duration 3.14
Performers Dorothy Ashby, hp; Richard Davis, b; Grady Tate, d. 1965

DISC 11
Artist Abbey Lincoln
Title Hey Mr Tambourine Man
Composer Bob Dylan
Album Who Used to Dance
Label Verve
Number 533 559-2 Track 4
Duration 6.53
Performers Abbey Lincoln, v; Marc Cary, p; Michael Bowie, b; Aaron Walker, d. May 1996.

DISC 12
Artist Miles Davis
Title In a Silent Way
Composer Zawinul
Album In a Silent Way
Label Columbia
Number 86556 Track 2
Duration 4.14
Performers Miles Davis, t; Wayne Shorter, ss; Chick Corea / Herbie Hancock, kb; Joe Zawinul, org; John McLaughlin, g; Dave Holland, b; Tony Williams, d. 18 Feb 1969.


SUN 17:00 Words and Music (m000lv91)
Animal Kingdom

As George Orwell's Animal Farm turns 75, the actors Emily Bruni and Nicholas Farrell read from literature featuring animal characters. With words by George Orwell, Anna Sewell, Brian Jacques and music by Saint-Saens, Tom Waites, Janacek and Laurence Crane.


SUN 18:15 Proms Preview (m000lv93)
A Week at the Proms - Programme 5

In the Fifth programme of this series Georgia Mann explores the coming week's Proms concerts with guests Katy Hamilton and Fiona Maddocks, as they react to archive performances, hear fresh interviews and select recommendations. Among the topics in discussion are a 1996 performance of Verdi’s opera, Don Carlos, with conductor Bernard Haitink and forces from the Royal Opera (Covent Garden) – of which he was Music Director at the time – and a cast including Olga Borodina and Dmitri Hvorostovsky; we reflect on the 2008 performance of Stockhausen’s Stimmung with Theatre of Voices and director Paul Hillier; and describe the magic that Colin Davis brought to the London Symphony Orchestra during its 2001 rendition of Beethoven’s "Pastoral" Symphony.


SUN 19:00 The Listening Service (b08xcqwf)
Extreme Voices

Whether it's an eye-wateringly high soprano or profoundly low bass, lightning quick rappers, the star castrati of the 18th century, the screamers, the growlers, the robots or the singers that can produce two notes at once - there are a lot of extreme voices out there.

Tom Service takes a trip through the many purveyors of vocal pyrotechnics from Mozart and Rachmaninov to Stockhausen, Tom Waits and Daft Punk, has a lesson in throat singing from overtone singer Michael Ormiston, and finds out whether we're all extreme singers at heart.


SUN 19:30 Record Review Extra (m000lv95)
Natasha Loges's Women Composers

Hannah French presents more music from the freshest recordings in classical music, including more highlights from Natasha Loges's top five recordings of women composers.


SUN 21:00 BBC Proms (p08kd6qm)
2020

Paul McCreesh conducts Handel's Saul

In 2020, BBC Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades of unmissable Proms concerts. The sole work in tonight's concert is one of Handel’s most dramatic and poignant biblical oratorios, Saul, performed complete by leading period-informed collective the Gabrieli Consort & Players, under Paul McCreesh. The cast is led by British bass Neal Davies as the mad king of Israel, with star German counter-tenor Andreas Scholl as his psalm-singing successor.

Davies, Scholl and McCreesh had recorded Saul with the Gabrieli Consort & Players in 2002, for a disc described by BBC Music Magazine as ‘overwhelming’. It was later made First Choice on BBC Radio 3’s Building a Library. Experience the work live in this exhilarating performance from the 2003 Proms season.

Presented by Martin Handley

Handel: Saul

Neal Davies (Saul)
Andreas Scholl (David)
Deborah York (Michal)
Susan Gritton (Merab)
Mark Padmore (Jonathan)
Paul Agnew (High Priest/Witch of Endor)
Jonathan Lemalu (Ghost of Samuel)
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh (conductor)

(From the BBC Proms 2003, 24 August)