SATURDAY 27 MARCH 2021

SAT 01:00 Through the Night (m000tgbf)
Haydn's London Symphony

The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Herbert Blomstedt in music by Haydn and Brahms. Jonathan Swain presents.

01:01 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Symphony No. 104 in D, Hob. I:104 'London'
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)

01:29 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)

02:15 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Quartet for Strings in D minor (K.421)
Artemis Quartet, Natalia Prischepenko (violin), Heime Muller (violin), Volker Jacobsen (viola), Eckart Runge (cello)

02:47 AM
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Alles, was ihr tut mit Worten oder mit Werken, Bux WV 4
Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Amsterdam Baroque Chorus, Ton Koopman (conductor)

03:01 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Concerto for piano and orchestra No 2 Op 19 in B flat major
Henri Sigfridsson (piano), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow (conductor)

03:30 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Miroirs
Pedja Muzijevic (piano)

04:00 AM
Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
Introduction and variations on Mozart's 'O cara armonia' for guitar (Op 9)
Xavier Diaz-Latorre (guitar)

04:09 AM
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)
Stabat Mater
Camerata Silesia - Katowice City Singers, Anna Szostak (director)

04:19 AM
Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912-1990)
Three Gymnopedies
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Myer Fredman (conductor)

04:28 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Six Chorales from the Schemelli Collection
Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano), Marco Fink (bass baritone), Domen Marincic (gamba), Dalibor Miklavcic (organ)

04:40 AM
Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012), David Lindup (arranger)
Murder on the Orient Express - music from the film (arr. Lindup)
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba (conductor)

04:52 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
First movement (Allegro) from Concerto for trumpet and orchestra (H.7e.1)
Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet), Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Christian Arming (conductor)


SAT 05:00 Downtime Symphony (m000rb2n)
Take time out with these meditative ambient and orchestral melodies

An hour of wind-down music to help you press pause and reset your mind. With music by Erik Korngold, Felix Mendelssohn, Mother Ivy, Camille Yarborough and more.


SAT 06:00 Downtime Symphony (m000tm7b)
Wind down and charge up with a classic mix from Celeste

An hour of wind-down music to help you press pause and reset your mind - featuring tracks from Susumu Yokata, East of Underground and Mendelssohn to power your downtime.


SAT 07:00 Breakfast (m000tm7d)
Saturday - Elizabeth Alker

Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.


SAT 09:00 Record Review (m000tm7g)
Building a Library on Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor with Lucy Parham and Andrew McGregor

9.00am

Beyond the Limits - CPE Bach: Complete String Symphonies
Gli Incogniti
Amandine Beyer (violin & conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMM905321
https://store.harmoniamundi.com/release/223246-amandine-beyer-and-gli-incogniti-cpe-bach-beyond-the-limits-complete-symphonies-for-strings-and-continuo

Mozart/Jones: Violin Sonatas Fragment Completions
Rachel Podger (violin)
Christopher Glynn (fortepiano)
Channel Classics CCSSA42721 (Hybrid SACD)
https://www.channelclassics.com/catalogue/42721-MozartJones-Violin-Sonatas-Fragment-Completions-World-Premieres/

Lise Davidsen: Beethoven - Wagner - Verdi
Lise Davidsen (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder (conductor)
Decca 4851507
https://store.deccaclassics.com/*/*/Beethoven-Wagner-Verdi/6V2A0000000

Heinrich Albert's Pumpkin Hut
Dorothee Mields (soprano)
Hathor Consort
Romina Lischka (viol & direction)
Ramée RAM1913
https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/Heinrich-Albert-s-Pumpkin-Hut-RAM1913

9.30am Building a Library: Lucy Parham on Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K491

Mozart composed his much-loved Piano Concerto in the winter of 1785-86, shortly before the premiere of the Marriage of Figaro. Despite the compositional proximity of the two works, they reveal very different sides to Mozart's compositional personality, the opera being bright and upbeat while the piano concerto is much darker and is one of only two minor key piano concertos in his entire output. The Piano Concerto in C minor is also different from the earlier concertos because it uses a much larger orchestra including oboes and clarinets. The premiere is thought to have taken place at Vienna's Burgtheater in April 1786. Beethoven is known to have greatly admired Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24 and exclaimed to his friend, Cramer, that he would never be able to do anything like that.

10.15am New Releases

Guerrero: Magnificat, Lamentations & Canciones
El León de Oro
Peter Phillips (conductor)
Marco Antonio García de Paz (conductor)
Hyperion CDA68347
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68347

Rediscovered: British Clarinet Concertos by Dolmetsch, Maconchy, Spain-dunk & Wishart
Peter Cigleris (clarinet)
Deian Rowlands (harp)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ben Palmer (conductor)
Signum SIGCD656
https://signumrecords.com/product/rediscovered-british-clarinet-concertos-by-dolmetsch-maconchy-spain-dunk-wishart/SIGCD656/

Cello Music From Proust's Salons: Hahn, Fauré, Saint-Saëns, Duparc, Isserlis and Franck
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Connie Shih (piano)
BIS BIS2522 (Hybrid SACD)
https://bis.se/performers/isserlis-steven/cello-music-from-prousts-salons

Andriessen: The only one
Nora Fischer (soprano)
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
Nonesuch 7559791733
https://www.nonesuch.com/albums/the-only-one

10.40am Simon Heighes on New Baroque Releases

Simon Heighes reviews new and recent recordings of Baroque music including a new release of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater.

Songs of Solitude: Music by J. S. Bach and others
Hiyoli Togowa (viola)
BIS BIS2533 (Hybrid SACD)
https://bis.se/performers/togawa-hiyoli/songs-of-solitude

JS Bach: The Well-Tempered Consort II
Phantasm
Laurence Dreyfus (director)
Linn CKD657
https://www.linnrecords.com/recording-js-bach-well-tempered-consort-ii

JS Bach: Cantatas Nos. 45 & 198 & Motet 'O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht'
Dorothee Mields (soprano)
Alex Potter (counter-tenor)
Thomas Hobbs (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Gent
Philippe Herreweghe (director)
PHI LPH035
https://www.linnrecords.com/recording-bach-meins-lebens-licht-cantata-bwv-45-198-motet-bwv-118

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater & Rossell: Salve Regina
Giulia Semenzato (soprano)
Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano)
Ensemble Resonanz
Riccardo Minasi (director)
Harmonia Mundi HMM902637
https://store.harmoniamundi.com/format/673901-pergolesi-stabat-mater-rossell-salve-regina

Settecento: Baroque Instrumental Music from the Italian States
Tabea Debus (recorders)
La Serenissima
Adrian Chandler (director)
Signum SIGCD663
https://signumrecords.com/product/settecento-baroque-instrumental-music-from-the-italian-states/SIGCD663/

11.20am Record of the Week

Beethoven: Symphony No.9
Christina Landshamer (soprano)
Jennifer Johnson Cano (mezzo-soprano)
Werner Güra (tenor)
Shenyang (bass-baritone)
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor)
Reference Recordings FR-741 (Hybrid SACD)
https://referencerecordings.com/recording/beethoven-symphony-no-9/


SAT 11:45 Music Matters (m000tm7j)
Music under threat in Kabul

Kate Molleson is joined by musicians in Kabul to discuss the new restrictions on women singing - the ban, from the Afghan Ministry of Education, has caused concern that the Taliban is increasing its influence in the Afghan government as western forces prepare to pull out of the country. With contributions from Ahmad Sarmast, Director of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, and pianist Maram Abdullah.

Following the death earlier this month of the conductor James Levine, Kate hears from the American music critic Anne Midgette and conductor Kenneth Woods as they discuss the moral questions surrounding Levine’s recorded legacy in the light of the controversy over his personal life.

Ahead of World Autism Awareness Week, Kate talks to Adam Ockleford, who has worked extensively in the field of autism and music, and to Joe Stollery, a composer who regards his own autism as both a help and a hindrance in his musical life.

And, the broadcaster Jennifer Lucy Allan speaks about her new book 'The Foghorn's Lament', which documents the role this coastal 'music' has played in our life and culture.


SAT 12:30 This Classical Life (m000tm7l)
Jess Gillam with...Benson Wilson

Jess Gillam and baritone Benson Wilson share the music they love, including the voices of Johnny Mathis, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Samoan gospel singer Lani Alo.

Today we played….

Copland – Appalachian Spring: Allegro (Leonard Bernstein, New York Phil)
Erroll Garner - Misty (Johnny Mathis)
Pulp – Common People
Verdi – Don Carlos: "O Carlo, ascolta" from Act IV Scene 2 (Dmitri Hvorostovsky, BBC Welsh SO, Richard Armstrong, recorded at 1989 Cardiff Singer of the World final)
Interpol – Untitled (from Turn on the Bright Lights)
John Rutter – What sweeter music (Choir of King’s College Cambridge Stephen Cleobury, Robert Quinney (organ)
Lani Alo – Alo i ou faiva (Lani Alo and Livingston Efu)
Poulenc – Double Piano Concerto in D Minor: III. Finale (Mischa Cheung and Yulia Miloslavaskaya (pianos), Giraud Ensemble Chamber Orchestra, Sergey Simakov)


SAT 13:00 Inside Music (m000jv9z)
Storytelling, beauty and melancholy in music with composer Isobel Waller-Bridge

TV and film composer Isobel Waller-Bridge leads us through an intriguing selection of pieces that get her thinking about the power music has to create vivid images and to tell stories.

She finds herself dancing with her eyes closed to Erik Satie before realising how stringed instruments can in their own way mimic the emotional impact of voices. She also discovers how a Finnish landscape full of migrating swans can be captured perfectly in music, and plays a song from 1969 that breaks many of the rules of pop to deliver its beautiful, melancholy message.

A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.

A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3

01 00:05:34 Erik Satie
Gnossiennes No. 3 - Lent
Performer: Alice Sara Ott
Duration 00:02:54

02 00:10:05 Sergei Prokofiev
'And now, this is how things stood' from Peter and the Wolf
Narrator: David Bowie
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
Duration 00:03:12

03 00:14:43 Isobel Waller-Bridge
Arise
Duration 00:02:56

04 00:18:42 Hildegard von Bingen
Antiphon, O quam mirabilis est
Ensemble: Anonymous 4
Duration 00:03:26

05 00:24:02 György Ligeti
Number 3 & Number 10 from 10 pieces for wind quintet
Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Duration 00:02:41

06 00:28:18 Luigi Cherubini
Symphony in D - 1st movement
Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Duration 00:12:55

07 00:43:18 Olivier Messiaen
Quartet for the End of Time - V - Louange a l'eternite de Jesus
Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio
Duration 00:09:01

08 00:53:49 Scott Walker
It's raining today
Performer: Scott Walker
Duration 00:03:49

09 00:59:00 Claude Debussy
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Performer: Timothy Hutchins
Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Duration 00:10:49

10 01:11:07 Caroline Shaw
Plan and Elevation - The Orangery & The Beech Tree
Ensemble: Attacca Quartet
Duration 00:04:36

11 01:16:53 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Kyrie from Missa Assumpta est Maria
Choir: The Sixteen
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Duration 00:04:50

12 01:23:02 John Tavener
The Lamb (arranged for strings)
Orchestra: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Mikel Toms
Duration 00:03:20

13 01:27:24 Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for flutes, strings and continuo in C major, RV533
Performer: Stephen Preston
Performer: Nicholas McGegan
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music
Director: Christopher Hogwood
Duration 00:07:19

14 01:36:07 Leos Janáček
In the Mists - 1st movement - Andante
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes
Duration 00:04:28

15 01:42:12 Einojuhani Rautavaara
Cantus arcticus, Op. 61 - Concerto for Birds and Orchestra - III - Swans Migrating
Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Leif Segerstam
Duration 00:07:36

16 01:50:07 Traditional Bulgarian
Houbava Milka (Beautiful Milk)
Choir: Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir
Choir: Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir
Duration 00:03:35

17 01:55:49 George Crumb
Apparition 6 - The night in silence under many a star
Performer: Gilbert Kalish
Singer: Jan DeGaetani
Duration 00:03:50


SAT 15:00 Sound of Gaming (m000tm7n)
2021 Bafta Gaming Awards

Louise Blain reflects on this week’s 2021 Bafta Gaming Awards, talking with the nominees and featuring the music - considering them as a possible litmus test on the shape of gaming in the 2020s.

Music featured in the programme is taken from the nominees for the Best Gaming Music category, which are: GHOST OF TSUSHIMA by Ilan Eshkeri, Shigeru Umebayashi, Peter Scaturro; HADES by Darren Korb; THE LAST OF US PART II by Gustavo Santaolalla, Mac Quayle, Scott Hanau; MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES by John Paesano, Scott Hanau, Alex Hackford; ORI AND THE WILL OF THE WISPS by Gareth Coker; and SACKBOY: A BIG ADVENTURE by Jay Waters, Joe Thwaites, Joanna Skorupa.

Nominees for the Game of the Year include ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS which has proved such a hit during a year of lockdown.

Louise looks at these, and more, listing the winners.

In Louise’s words:

"Gaming was such a lifeline for so many people over 2020 and the 2021 British Academy Games Awards nominations reflect that. I don't think many of us would feel quite as connected to friends if we hadn't spent months fishing together in Animal Crossing: New Horizons or sharing the emotional web of The Last of Us Part 2. Vitally, 2020's games are a clear indicator of the diversity possible in this industry. I can't wait to explore the incredible scores nominated in the Best Gaming Music category. From the heroic joy of Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales to the indie sword-spinning action of Hades, these are soundtracks to define a year like no other."


SAT 16:00 Music Planet (m000tm7q)
World Mix with Kathryn Tickell

A bunch of musical roses from around the world, with tracks from Jamaica, China, Portugal, Senegal, Brazil and Tanzania. Plus a sea shanty from Bristol's Longest Johns, some vintage Leadbelly and a field recording from Java. Kathryn Tickell presents these two specially curated mixtapes.


SAT 17:00 J to Z (m000kwjr)
Brandee Younger and Dezron Douglas Home Session

Kevin Le Gendre presents an exclusive home session from harpist Brandee Younger and bassist Dezron Douglas recorded in lockdown in Brooklyn. Both leading players on the US scene, Younger and Douglas have a long-standing musical association with saxophonist Ravi Coltrane as well as star drummer Makaya McCraven. Their music draws from jazz, RnB, hip hop and beyond.

Also in the programme, Ali Shaheed Muhammad from A Tribe Called Quest, the revered hip hop group known for their innovative use of jazz samples, shares some of the music that inspires him. And bassist William Parker calls in to introduce one of his latest compositions.

Produced by Dominic Tyerman for Somethin’ Else.

01 00:00:24 Jonathan Barber (artist)
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Performer: Jonathan Barber
Duration 00:06:06

02 00:07:32 Charles Tolliver (artist)
Blue Soul
Performer: Charles Tolliver
Duration 00:06:06

03 00:15:15 Brandee Younger (artist)
Malaguena - Grey Habanera
Performer: Brandee Younger
Performer: Dezron Douglas
Duration 00:06:46

04 00:23:07 Rudresh Mahanthappa (artist)
Ring of Fire
Performer: Rudresh Mahanthappa
Duration 00:03:50

05 00:27:37 Anne Mette Iversen Quartet (artist)
Reworking of a Butterfly
Performer: Anne Mette Iversen Quartet
Duration 00:04:43

06 00:33:08 Dianne Reeves (artist)
Endangered Species
Performer: Dianne Reeves
Duration 00:03:20

07 00:37:20 William Parker (artist)
Gilmore's Hat
Performer: William Parker
Duration 00:07:08

08 00:44:57 Tom Green Septet (artist)
Kaleidoscope
Performer: Tom Green Septet
Duration 00:07:08

09 00:52:40 Jimmy McGriff (artist)
Green Dolphin Street
Performer: Jimmy McGriff
Duration 00:05:49

10 00:58:56 Roy Ayers (artist)
Shadows of the East
Performer: Roy Ayers
Performer: Adrian Young
Performer: Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Duration 00:03:40

11 01:03:02 Yusef Lateef (artist)
Belle Isle
Performer: Yusef Lateef
Duration 00:03:14

12 01:06:24 Brainstorm (artist)
Journey to the Light
Performer: Brainstorm
Duration 00:05:29

13 01:12:11 Jay Electronica (artist)
The Neverending Story
Performer: Jay Electronica
Duration 00:04:18

14 01:16:40 Art Blakey (artist)
Moanin'
Performer: Art Blakey
Duration 00:04:36

15 01:22:04 Brandee Younger (artist)
Games
Performer: Brandee Younger
Performer: Dezron Douglas
Duration 00:06:45


SAT 18:30 Opera on 3 (m000tm7s)
Mozart's Marriage of Figaro from the Metropolitan Opera

Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro from the Metropolitan Opera starring Ildar Abdrazakov, Nadine Sierra and Marisuz Kwiecien. The story tells how the crafty servants Figaro and Susanna succeed in getting married, despite the best efforts of their philandering employer Count Almaviva to have a romantic assignation with Susanna before her marriage. But not before a series of comic misunderstandings are resolved.
This performance from 2018 from the Met in New York is presented by Mary-Jo Heath and commentator Ira Siff.

Figaro.....Ildar Abdrazakov (Bass)
Susanna.....Nadine Sierra (Soprano)
Count Almaviva.....Marisuz Kwiecien (Baritone)
Countess Almaviva.....Ailyn Perez (Soprano)
Cherubino.....Isabel Leonard (Mezzo-soprano)
Marcellina.....Katarina Leoson (Soprano)
Doctor Bartolo.....Maurizio Muraro (Singer)
Don Basilio.....Greg Fedderly (Tenor)
Antonio.....Paul Corona (Bass)
Barbarina.....Ashley Emerson (Soprano)
Don Curzio.....Scott Scully (Tenor)
Linda Burman-Hall (Harpsichord)
David Heiss (Cello)
New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Harry Bicket (Conductor)


SAT 22:00 New Music Show (m000tm7v)
Streaming, Swirling and Indifference

Tom Service presents the latest in new music performance, including new electronic music by Annea Lockwood and Barbara Ellison, and a re-discovered major modernist orchestral score by Bill Hopkins.

Annea Lockwood: Streaming, Swirling, Converging

Barbara Ellison: Sedukuduku

Gerald Barry: No people
Ensemble Musikfabrik
Conducted by Mariano Chiacchiarini

Bill Hopkins: Musique de L'Indifference
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ilan Volkov

Juro Kim Feliz: Pangkur
Liminar Ensemble

Laure M Hiendl: White Radiance
Elaine Mitchener (vocal)
MAM.manufaktur für aktuelle musik

Helen Thorington: Calling to mind