John Shea introduces a concert of Stravinsky, Mozart and Bizet, given by the Orchestre Nationale de France
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K.488
Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund (conductor)
Górecki, Mikolaj Junior (b. 1971)
Mona Julsrud (soprano), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor)
Viktor ?imcisko (violin), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Onrej Lenard (conductor)
Tapiola ? symphonic poem, Op. 112 (1926)
Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra with Harp, freely using Scottish Folk Melodies (Op.46)
James Ehnes (violin), Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Mario Bernardi (conductor).
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111.
With Andrew McGregor. Including Mendelssohn: Octet; Berlioz: Les nuits d'ete; Music from members of the Bach family; Colin Davis box sets; Mozart: Cosi fan tutte.
'Hiawatha' in the Royal Albert Hall was one of the entertainment phenomena of the 1920s and 30s in London. For two weeks each summer the hall was brimful for the dramatisation of black British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's cantata trilogy: 'Hiawatha's Wedding Feast', 'The Death of Minnehaha' and 'Hiawatha's Departure' - collectively known as 'The Song of Hiawatha'. Hundreds of members of the giant Royal Choral Society swamped the arena (aka the tribal encampment) dressed in home-made native American costumes. A vast backcloth, depicting mountains and forests, obscured the Albert Hall's giant organ. Wigwams invaded the stage, where the principal singers (many of the best known British stars of the day) did their stuff. And the bulk of the performances was directed by Dr Malcolm Sargent, matinee idol in the making.
At the hundredth anniversary of Coleridge-Taylor's death, Andrew Green's Sumptuous Was The Feast' seeks out memories from those who appeared in the Albert Hall productions and those who attended them. Kath Marshall recalls the tribal chants of an authentic Mohawk chief. Rosemary Woodhouse crept onto the stage to solve the mystery of just how Hiawatha's canoe drifted off-stage as it departed for the Hereafter.
But this is no mere trip down memory lane. Andrew Green investigates the popularity of Longfellow's poem 'The Song of Hiawatha' on both sides of the Atlantic. He examines how Coleridge-Taylor was idolised by the black community in the USA as a role model. And has Hiawatha obscured the composer's wider output?
'Sumptuous Was The Feast' details other performances of 'Hiawatha' from Scarborough to Melbourne, Australia...before the craze died after the Second World War. But could hordes of braves and squaws again fill the arena of the Albert Hall?
The singer Donald Greig has established a long career performing with groups such as the Tallis Scholars and the Orlando Consort, of which he is a founder member. Last year he wrote his first novel - Time Will Tell - which recently came out in paperback. It tells parallel stories set in the 1990s world of modern early music performance, and in the 16th century world of Franco-Flemish composers and musicians including Josquin and Ockeghem. Donald Greig talks to Catherine Bott about his novel and selects music featured in the story.
The Nash Ensemble and the BBC Singers join forces for a programme of 20th-century and contemporary works alongside two choral gems from the Tudor period.
Nicholas Kok conducts the UK premiere of a recent work by Sir Harrison Birtwistle - an elegy to twelve extinct species of lepidoptera, commemorated through their Latin names which are set for women's voices and ensemble of three harps and alto flute.
Also in the programme, Gustav Holst's ravishing set of Sanskrit words - for which he made his own translations from the ancient texts - and one of the handful of compositions left behind by his daughter, Imogen. Completing the mix, two motets from that treasury of early Tudor sacred music compiled as the Eton Choirbook - an extraordinary part of the English musical history from a period whose music was a source of fascination to all three of the other composers in this afternoon's concert.
The CBSO under Andris Nelsons, live at the BBC Proms with Kristine Opolais singing music by Verdi and Tchaikovsky. Also orchestral works by Dvorak and Strauss.
Dvorák: Symphony No. 8 in G major
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under its Music Director, conductor Andris Nelsons, accompany soprano Kristine Opolais in the Willow Song and Ave Maria from Verdi's Otello, as well as in the Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. But first, Dvorak's Symphony No. 8; and at the end two orchestral pieces by Johann Strauss II: the Emperor Waltz and the Thunder and Lightning polka.
The second half of this afternoon's Prom concert begins with the Willow Song from Otello. But it is not Verdi's, nor Shakespeare's work. The song Desdemona sings is a folksong of some antiquity. Its earliest appearance in print was in1583, when Thomas Dallis included the tune in his Lute Book. Willow, Willow is one of a number of folksongs that Shakespeare knew well and incorporated into his plays. His audience knew them, too, and understood their motifs and symbols. Dr Fay Hield, ethnomusicologist and singer, explores the way the willow as a badge of forsaken love appears in traditional song - remember Steeleye Span's hit All Around My Hat? - with quotations and musical illustrations drawn from recordings and performed by her and Jon Boden, fiddle player and singer with the hugely successful folk big band, Bellowhead.
The CBSO under Andris Nelsons, live at the BBC Proms with Kristine Opolais singing music by Verdi and Tchaikovsky. Also orchestral works by Dvorak and Strauss.
Dvorák: Symphony No. 8 in G major
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under its Music Director, conductor Andris Nelsons, accompany soprano Kristine Opolais in the Willow Song and Ave Maria from Verdi's Otello, as well as in the Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. But first, Dvorak's Symphony No. 8; and at the end two orchestral pieces by Johann Strauss II: the Emperor Waltz and the Thunder and Lightning polka.
Alyn Shipton's selection of jazz from listeners' requests focuses on the piano, with tracks from Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett, plus music from Acker Bilk, Bruce Turner and Dizzy Gillespie.
Sitar virtuoso Nishat Khan introduces a selection of music reflecting the inspiration for his BBC Proms concert in which Eastern and Western ideas come together. His choice includes music by Britten, Rodrigo, Mozart, Messiaen, John Foulds and Miles Davis; as well as items recorded by himself and members of his family, Ustad Vilayat Khan and Ustad Imrat Khan.
Rachel Harnisch, Henk Neven, OAE and Marin Alsop live at the BBC Proms with one of the greats of the choral repertoire - Brahms's German Requiem - and works by Brahms and Schumann.
Brahms: Tragic Overture (op. 81)
Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor
Inspired by the death of his own mother, the German Requiem of Johannes Brahms is famously a piece which sets out to console the living, rather than commending to eternity the souls of the dead. With texts assembled by Brahms himself from the Lutheran Bible, its deliberate avoidance of Christian theology was a source of concern at early performances, but the premiere of the complete work in 1868 was a triumphant turning-point in Brahms's career. Tonight's performance, using period instrument and choral forces of the sort and size Brahms himself would have known, places his masterwork in the context of his relationship with friends and fellow-composers Robert and Clara Schumann - including performances of Schumann's masterly Fourth Symphony and Brahms's own Tragic Overture.
Laura Tunbridge and Julian Johnson discuss Brahms's German Requiem in a discussion recorded at the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall of the Royal College of Music.
Rachel Harnisch, Henk Neven, OAE and Marin Alsop live at the BBC Proms with one of the greats of the choral repertoire - Brahms's German Requiem - and works by Brahms and Schumann.
Brahms: Tragic Overture (op. 81)
Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor
Inspired by the death of his own mother, the German Requiem of Johannes Brahms is famously a piece which sets out to console the living, rather than commending to eternity the souls of the dead. With texts assembled by Brahms himself from the Lutheran Bible, its deliberate avoidance of Christian theology was a source of concern at early performances, but the premiere of the complete work in 1868 was a triumphant turning-point in Brahms's career. Tonight's performance, using period instrument and choral forces of the sort and size Brahms himself would have known, places his masterwork in the context of his relationship with friends and fellow-composers Robert and Clara Schumann - including performances of Schumann's masterly Fourth Symphony and Brahms's own Tragic Overture.
Ivan Hewett is joined by studio guest Paul Griffiths for a double bill of Italian music theatre: Salvatore Sciarrino's opera The Killing Flower, based on the true story of madrigalist Carlo Gesualdo's murder of his wife and her lover; and marking ten years since the death of the celebrated avant-gardist Luciano Berio, a repeat broadcast of his dramatic work Passaggio in which a single character, She, is subjected to the accusations and commentaries of two choruses in a series of tragic situations.
Recorded at the Barbican Centre in 1990 as part of the BBC's Berio at the Barbican
From approx.
SUNDAY 18 AUGUST 2013
SUN 00:00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz (b038kzwm)
Mike Gibbs
Mike Gibbs's pulsating compositions blend the colours of Africa, Charles Ives, Messiaen and rock into a unique jazz style. Geoffrey Smith features his work for Gary Burton, Stan Getz, and his own band, including a celebration of Gil Evans.
SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b038kzwp)
Jonathan Swain presents a programme of Tchaikovsky, Fauré, Wagner and Mahler with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
1:01 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich [1840-1893]
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
1:22 AM
Fauré, Gabriel [1845-1924]
Pelleas et Melisande - suite (Op.80)
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
1:39 AM
Wagner, Richard [1813-1883]
Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde, WWW 90
Veronika Hajnová (soprano), Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
1:57 AM
Mahler, Gustav [1860-1911]
Symphony no. 10 in F sharp - Adagio
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
2:22 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) arr. Agnieszka Duczmal
Sextet in B flat major (Op.18) arranged for string orchestra
The Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan, Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)
3:01 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 20 in D minor (K.466)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje Toennesen (conductor)
3:32 AM
Širola, Božidar (1889-1956)
Missa Poetica
Slovenian Chamber Choir, Vladimir Kranjcevic (conductor)
4:04 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Nocturne in C sharp minor (Op.74)
Stéphane Lemelin (piano)
4:13 AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Overture - Beatrice and Benedict (Op.27)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
4:21 AM
Hellendaal, Pieter (1721-1799)
Sonata Prima in G major (Op.5)
Jaap ter Linden (cello), Ton Koopman (harpsichord), Ageet Zweistra (cello continuo)
4:30 AM
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911)
Romance arr. for violin and choir (orig. for violin and orchestra)
Borisas Traubas (violin), Polifonija (Lithuanian State Chamber Choir), Sigitas Vaiciulionis (conductor)
4:39 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Sonata for flute and continuo (Op.1 No.1a) (HWV.379) in E minor
The Sonora Hungarica Consort
4:49 AM
Rossini, Gioacchino (1792-1868)
Overture - La Gazza ladra
Oslo Philharmonic, Nello Santi (conductor)
5:01 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Overture - from Sicilian Vespers
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Québec, Raffi Armenian (conductor)
5:10 AM
Tormis, Veljo (b. 1930)
Autumn Landscapes
Estonian Radio Choir, Toomas Kapten (conductor)
5:19 AM
Nin (y Castellanos), Joaquín (1879-1949)
Seguida Española (1930)
Henry-David Varema (cello), Heiki Mätlik (guitar)
5:28 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
12 Variations for piano in B flat (K.500)
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
5:38 AM
Jiránek, František [1698-1778]
Concerto for flute, strings and basso continuo in G major
Jana Semerádová (flute and artistic director) Collegium Marianum
5:49 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Op.129)
Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Martin Fröst (clarinet)
6:00 AM
Dukas, Paul (1865-1935)
La Peri - poeme danse
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands, Jean Fournet (conductor)
6:23 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Sonata no. 18 in E flat major Op.31'3 for piano
Ingrid Fliter (piano)
6:46 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto for bassoon and orchestra in A minor (RV.497)
Ivan Pristas (bassoon), Camerata Slovacca, Viktor Malek (conductor).
SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b038kzwr)
Sunday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111.
SUN 09:00 Sunday Morning (b038kzwt)
Songs of Farewell
A contemporary of Bach, Francesco Bartolomeo Conti was a fine composer of vocal music, and James Jolly introduces Magdalena Kozena's recent recording of his cantata "Languet anima mea amore tu". James also selects songs of farewell, including poignant music by Parry, Beethoven and Mahler. His archive artist of the week is Dame Janet Baker.
SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b038kzww)
Sally Davies
The Chief Medical Officer, Sally Davies, is on our TV screens almost every week as the authority we appeal to in every health scare: horsemeat in burgers, antibiotic resistance, three-parent babies. She is clearly a person of tremendous power and influence, in charge of the National Institute of Health Research with a budget of £1 billion ? voted by Woman's Hour recently one of the top ten most powerful women in the UK.
Sally Davies talks to Michael Berkeley about her private life. She tells him about the death of her second husband from leukaemia less than a year after they were married, and how this has changed her as a doctor. (She scandalised her medical colleagues on a hospital ward round by putting her arms around a dying patient.) She discusses the breakdown of her first marriage, as well as the happiness she has found with her third husband and daughters.
She also reveals that she believes drugs are a medical issue rather than a criminal one.
Sally Davies is humorous, and fun ? she admits she loves wine, for instance. She is deeply musical ? she played in the Midlands Youth Orchestra as a girl and turns to music to relieve stress.
Music includes: Mozart, Brahms, Wagner, Vaughan Williams, Rossini's Stabat Mater, Beethoven's Fidelio - and Queen.
SUN 13:00 The Early Music Show (b038kzwy)
Matthias Weckmann
Catherine Bott presents a profile of the German composer and organist Matthias Weckmann, who flourished in Dresden and Hamburg during the 17th century. Weckmann was a pupil of Henirich Schütz, and the organist and composer Praetorius, and who made a major contribution to the musical life in Protestant Germany. Although few compositions survive, Weckmann wrote some exceptional music, including several beautiful sacred vocal concertos, settings of devotional texts for voices and instruments: Catherine Bott plays a recording by the Ricercar Consort of a couple of these concertos, in addition to a selection of other organ and ensemble works.
SUN 14:00 Sunday Concert (b038kzx0)
Prom 42: Janacek, Beethoven & Tchaikovsky
Kirill Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Janacek's Sinfonietta, Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto (with Sunwook Kim) and Tchaikovsky's 3rd Symphony.
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Janacek: Sinfonietta
at c.
2.25pm
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
at c.
3pm
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 in D major, 'Polish'
Sunwook Kim (piano)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Karabits (conductor)
This summer's Tchaikovsky symphony cycle continues as Kirill Karabits conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in the dance-infused Third Symphony, written in the summer of 1875 and dubbed the 'Polish' following its 1899 London premiere in the Crystal Palace.
Leeds International Piano Competition-winner Sunwook Kim makes his Proms debut in Beethoven's dramatic Piano Concerto No. 3 in a concert that begins with the dazzling brass fanfares and bustling street-life of Brno as translated into music in Janacek's 1926 Sinfonietta.
SUN 16:00 Choral Evensong (b03859tx)
St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
Live from St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
Introit: A Song of Peace (Rose)
Responses: Clucas
Office Hymn: The Lord whom earth and sea and sky (Gonfalon Royal)
Psalms: 73 (Smart; Garrett)
First Lesson: Jeremiah 31 vv1-14
Canticles: Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense (Tippett)
Second Lesson: Romans 8 vv18-30
Anthem: What love is this of thine? (Leighton)
Final Hymn: Sing we of the Blessed Mother (Abbot's Leigh)
Organ Voluntary: Martyrs (Leighton)
Duncan Ferguson (Organist and Master of the Music)
Donald Hunt (Assistant Organist)
Peter Backhouse (organ duettist).
SUN 17:00 New Generation Artists (b038l2b0)
Signum Quartet, Jennifer Johnston, Leonard Elschenbroich
Continuing Radio 3's summer series featuring members of the BBC's New Generation Artists scheme. Now in its 14th year, the NGA scheme is a showcase for young artists who are beginning to make a mark on the national and international music scene. The scheme offers them unique opportunities to develop their talents, including concerts in London and around the UK, appearances and recordings with the BBC orchestras, and special studio recordings for Radio 3.
Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill
A feast of great chamber works today, including Brahms's two songs with viola, a Beethoven violin sonata, and Schumann's evergreen Piano Quintet. Plus a rare chance to hear Hindemith's Sonata for Cello Solo, four of the five movements of which were composed in a single day.
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in G, Op 30 No 3
Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster (piano)
Brahms: Two songs for alto, viola & piano, Op 91
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), Lise Berthaud (viola), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)
Hindemith: Sonata for Cello Solo, Op 25 No 3
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 44 [
29:00] Clive
Igor Levit (piano)
Signum Quartet.
SUN 18:15 Words and Music (b038l2b2)
Twilight
Paul McGann and Hermione Norris are the readers in a sequence of poetry, prose and music on the subject of twilight, including texts by Dickens, Hardy and Shakespeare and music by Schubert, Mendelssohn and Richard Strauss.
SUN 19:30 BBC Proms (b038l2b4)
Prom 48
Prom 48 (part 1): Ravel, Matthias Pintscher and Stravinsky
Tine Thing Helseth, Marco Blaauw, BBC SSO and Matthias Pintscher live at the BBC Proms. Dance-inspired music by Stravinsky and Ravel alongside Pintscher's Double Trumpet Concerto.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Penny Gore
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Matthias Pintscher: Chute d'étoiles (London premiere)
8.15pm Interval
8.35pm
Stravinsky: The Firebird
Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet)
Marco Blaauw (trumpet)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Matthias Pintscher (conductor)
Composer-conductor Matthias Pintscher combines his twin roles this evening, as he joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra to perform his own music alongside that of composers who have inspired him.
Proms featured artist Tine Thing Helseth joins Marco Blaauw as the pair of virtuoso soloists in the London premiere of Matthias Pintscher's Double Trumpet Concerto, Chute d'etoiles. A dramatic and multi-layered work, it takes inspiration from the sculptures of Anslem Kiefer and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. The piece is painted in vivid colours, richly textured, and pushes the techniques of soloists and orchestra to shattering effect.
The concerto is sandwiched between two works which also combine a sense of drama with exquisite and masterfully orchestrated surfaces. Ravel's turn-of-the-century exploration of Spanish dance forms, Rapsodie espagnole and Stravinsky's ballet based on Russian folktales, The Firebird.
An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Wednesday 21st August at
2pm.
SUN 20:15 BBC Proms (b038l2b6)
Proms Plus Intro
Introduction to The Firebird
Louise Fryer and Jonathan Cross discuss Stravinsky's The Firebird.
Recorded earlier this evening at the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall of the Royal College of Music.
SUN 20:35 BBC Proms (b038l2b8)
Prom 48
Prom 48 (part 2): Ravel, Matthias Pintscher and Stravinsky
Tine Thing Helseth, Marco Blaauw, BBC SSO and Matthias Pintscher live at the BBC Proms. Dance-inspired music by Stravinsky and Ravel alongside Pintscher's Double Trumpet Concerto.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Penny Gore
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Matthias Pintscher: Chute d'étoiles (London premiere)
8.15pm Interval
8.35pm
Stravinsky: The Firebird
Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet)
Marco Blaauw (trumpet)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Matthias Pintscher (conductor)
Composer-conductor Matthias Pintscher combines his twin roles this evening, as he joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra to perform his own music alongside that of composers who have inspired him.
Proms featured artist Tine Thing Helseth joins Marco Blaauw as the pair of virtuoso soloists in the London premiere of Matthias Pintscher's Double Trumpet Concerto, Chute d'etoiles. A dramatic and multi-layered work, it takes inspiration from the sculptures of Anslem Kiefer and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. The piece is painted in vivid colours, richly textured, and pushes the techniques of soloists and orchestra to shattering effect.
The concerto is sandwiched between two works which also combine a sense of drama with exquisite and masterfully orchestrated surfaces. Ravel's turn-of-the-century exploration of Spanish dance forms, Rapsodie espagnole and Stravinsky's ballet based on Russian folktales, The Firebird.
An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Wednesday 21st August at
2pm.
SUN 21:45 New Generation Artists (b038l2bb)
Robin Tritschler
Continuing Radio 3's summer series featuring members of the BBC's New Generation Artists scheme. Now in its 14th year, the NGA scheme is a showcase for young artists who are beginning to make a mark on the national and international music scene. The scheme offers them unique opportunities to develop their talents, including concerts in London and around the UK, appearances and recordings with the BBC orchestras, and special studio recordings for Radio 3.
Tonight's programme features songs by Britten and Berkeley performed by tenor Robin Tritschler with pianist Malcolm Martineau.
SUN 22:00 World Routes (b038l2bd)
Rainforest World Music Festival 2013
Rainforest World Music Festival 2013
Lopa Kothari visits the Rainforest World Music Festival in Sarawak, which presents local musicians as well as bands from across the world on a stage nestling between the edge of the Borneo jungle and the South China Sea.
Including sets from Malaysian gamelan ensemble Rhythm in Bronze, Sarawak Longhouse band Madeeh, Australian aboriginal troupe Nunukul Yuggera, and million-selling star of Indonesian pop, Rafly Wa Saja, whose songs protest against Rainforest destruction. More from the Rainforest World Music Festival next week.
SUN 23:00 Jazz Line-Up (b038l2bg)
Paul Towndrow and Steve Hamilton
Claire Martin presents concert music by saxophonist Paul Towndrow & pianist Steve Hamilton recorded at the 2013 Glasgow International Jazz Festival , plus Kevin Le Gendre unearths a jazz classic for this month's 'Now Is the Time' feature. Also on the programme a profile of the Highgate Jazz with Soul Festival in the company of Festival Director Brandon Allen.
MONDAY 19 AUGUST 2013
MON 00:30 Through the Night (b038l2xv)
Jonathan Swain presents an all Bach Choral Concert - with the RIAS Chamber Choir and Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin
12:31 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf - motet BWV.226
12:40 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Sinfonia to the Cantata: "Ich hatte viel Bekummernis" (BWV.21)
12:44 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Komm Jesu komm - motet (BWV.229) ]
RIAS Chamber Choir
12:53 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Sinfonia to the Cantata "Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbaths" (BWV.42)
1:00 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Jesu, meine Freude - motet (BWV.227)
RIAS Chamber Choir
1:21 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Sinfonia to the Cantata "Ich liebe den Hochsten..." (BWV.174)
1:28 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Furchte dich nicht (BWV.228)- motet
RIAS Chamber Choir
1:37 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Sinfonia to the Cantata "Falsche Welt, dir trau' ich nicht"(BWV.52)
1:42 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied - motet (BWV.225)
RIAS Chamber Choir, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Hans Christoph Rademann (orchestra throughout whole concert)
1:59 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]; transcribed by Ferruccio Busoni
Chaconne in D minor, transcribed from Partita No.2 for solo violin (BWV.1004)
Eduard Kunz (piano)
2:15 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Concerto for 4 keyboards in A minor (BWV.1065) ? from Vivaldi's Concerto for 4 violins (Op.3 No.10, RV.580)
Ton Koopman, Tini Mathot, Patrizia Marisaldi, Elina Mustonen (harpsichords), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman (director)
2:25 AM
Koehne, Graeme (b.1956)
To His servant, Bach, God grants a final glimpse: The Morning Star
Guitar Trek
2:31 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)
Souvenir de Florence arranged for Strings (Op.70)
The "Amadeus" Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan, Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)
3:04 AM
Frescobaldi, Girolamo [1583-1643]
La Romanesca
Maria Cleary (Arpa Doppia)
3:11 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)
Suite from Platée (Junon jalouse)
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (director)
3:36 AM
Popper, David (1843-1913)
Hungarian Fantasy (Op.68)
Shauna Rolston (cello), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
3:45 AM
Kapp, Artur (1878-1952)
Cantata 'Päikesele' (To the Sun)
Hendrik Krumm (tenor), Aime Tampere (organ), Estonian Radio Choir, Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (conductor)
3:55 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Air from Suite in D major (BWV.1068)
Barbara Jane Gilbey (violin), Peter Edwards (violin), Janet Rutherford (viola), Sue-Ellen Paulsen (cello), Michael Fortescue (double-bass)
4:00 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Concert aria: Ch'io mi scordi di te?? Non temer, amato bene (K.505)
Tuva Semmingsen (soprano), Jörn Fosheim (piano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Michel Tabachnik (conductor)
4:10 AM
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von (1644-1704)
Sonata in C minor for violin and bass continuo ? from Sonatæ, Violino solo, Salzburg 1681
Salzburger Hofmusik, Wolfgang Brunner (director)
4:23 AM
Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835)
Overture to Norma
Oslo Philharmonic, Nello Santi (conductor)
4:31 AM
Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762)
Concerto Grosso in G minor
Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze (director/violin)
4:39 AM
Purcell, Henry [1659-1695]
Nos.13 & 14 from 'Hail, bright Cecilia' (Z.328)
Soloists, Chorus and Instrumentalists of Swiss Radio, Lugano, Diego Fasolis (conductor)
4:44 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Bajka ? concert overture
Polish National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz Kord (conductor)
4:57 AM
Gershwin, George [1898-1937], arr. Lundin, Bengt-Åke [b.1963]
Selection from Porgy & Bess
Annika Skoglund (soprano), New Stenhammar String Quartet , Staffan Sjöholm (double bass)
5:09 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 1 in C Major (Op. 21)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor)
5:35 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791); arranged by Busoni
Fantasy in F minor (K.608) arranged for Piano Duet
Martha Argerich & Lilya Zilberstein (piano 4 hands)
5:45 AM
Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809]
Quartet for strings (Op.55'1) in A major
Meta4 String Quartet
6:02 AM
Dittersdorf, Carl von (1739-1799)
Symphony no.3 in G major 'Verwandlung Actaeons in einen Hirsch' (Vienna 1785)
La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (director)
6:20 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Prelude and fugue for organ (BWV.561) in A minor
Norbert Bartelsman (1738 Matthijs van Deventer organ of St Luciakerk, Ravenstein, Netherland).
MON 06:30 Breakfast (b038l2xx)
Monday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111.
MON 09:00 Essential Classics (b038l2xz)
Monday - Sarah Walker
with Sarah Walker
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: 'The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Italy' - London Baroque, BIS-2015; and at
9.30 our daily brainteaser.
10am
'Proms Artist Recommends'. Today, Stephen Hough recommends the Kyrie from Dvorak's Mass in D.
10.30am
Sarah's guest this week is the satirist, actor and comedian, John Bird. He is best known for his contributions in Bremner, Bird and Fortune, an award-winning political comedy show on Channel 4. It included a series of sketches called The Long Johns, featuring Bird and John Fortune, who met as students at King's College, Cambridge. Bird also appeared in That Was the Week That Was (a title which he coined) in the 1960s, as well as The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. Other television appearances include Yes Prime Minister and Jonathan Creek.
MON 11:00 Edinburgh International Festival (b038l2y1)
2013 Queen's Hall Series
Dorothea Roschmann and Malcolm Martineau
German soprano Dorothea Röschmann joins Edinburgh-born pianist Malcolm Martineau to perform Schumann's passionate song cycle Liederkreis as well as later romantic settings by Wolf of Mörike poetry and the lush harmonies of Berg's Seven Early Songs.
Schumann: Liederkreis Op 39
11.30 Interval
11.50
Wolf: Gesang Weylas
Wolf: An eine Äolsharfe
Wolf: erstes Liebeslied eines Mädchens
Wolf: Denk es, o Seele
Wolf: Im Frühling
Wolf: Begegnung
Berg: Seven Early Songs
Dorothea Röschmann - soprano
Malcolm Martineau - piano.
MON 13:00 BBC Proms (b038l2y3)
Proms Chamber Music
PCM 6: London Conchord Ensemble
Robin Tritschler and London Conchord Ensemble at the BBC Proms perform music from the English pastoral tradition by Warlock and Imogen Holst, alongside Poulenc's witty Sextet.
From Cadogan Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Poulenc: Sextet
Imogen Holst: Phantasy Quartet
Warlock: The Curlew
Couperin, arr. Adès: Les baricades mistérieuses
Robin Tritschler (tenor)
London Conchord Ensemble
Peter Warlock's yearning and melancholy song-cycle on poems by WB Yeats lies at the heart of this Prom, paired with another wistful piece of English pastoralia from the student pen of the young Imogen Holst. Alongside them, Poulenc's wonderfully witty and colourful Sextet for piano and wind instruments provides a spicy contrast, with - to finish - an elusive 17th-century harpsichord work by François Couperin, refracted through the contemporary prism of Thomas Adès's fertile musical imagination.
An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Saturday 24th August at
2pm.
MON 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b038l2y5)
Proms 2013 Repeats
Prom 44: Stravinsky, Penderecki, Debussy & Ravel
with Louise Fryer. And a second chance to hear conductor Charles Dutoit and the RPO at the BBC Proms in music by Stravinsky, Debussy, Penderecki and Ravel.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Stravinsky: Fireworks
Krzysztof Penderecki: Concerto grosso
at c.
2.40pm
Debussy: La mer
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe - Suite No. 2
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)
Daniel Müller-Schott (cello)
Arto Noras (cello)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
The RPO's Prom opens with Stravinsky's short but brilliant Fireworks, and is followed by the Concerto Grosso by Krzyzstof Penderecki, who is 80 this year, featuring a trio of cellists Leonard Elschenbroich, Daniel Müller-Schott and Arto Noras. The concerto plays with Baroque forms, the cellists playing against choirs of woodwind. The work was written in 2000 and has been championed by Dutoit in Japan, Philadelphia and Chicago. The second half of the concert features two French scores: Debussy's sensuous orchestrations in La Mer, and - to conclude - the second suite from Ravel's stunningly beautiful Daphnis and Chloe.
MON 16:30 In Tune (b038l2y7)
Lisa Batiashvili, Anna Huntley, Julius Drake, Steve Knightley, John Jones
Suzy Klein presents, with guests including world renowned violinist Lisa Batiashvili as she prepares to play Sibelius' Violin Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo at the Proms. Live music from mezzo Anna Huntley and pianist Julius Drake performing Dominick Argento's 'From the Diary of Virginia Woolf' ahead of their concert at North Norfolk Music Festival. And, performing as a duo for the first time ever, folk legends Steve Knightley and John Jones join Suzy as they look forward to Shrewsbury Folk Festival.
Main headlines are at
5pm and
6pm.
In.Tune@bbc.co.uk
@BBCInTune.
MON 18:00 Composer of the Week (b038l8t4)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Bearing the Banner of Finnish Music
Donald Macleod focuses on the early years of Jean Sibelius, who would go on to create a distinctive Finnish voice in music in the late 19th and early 20th century. Born just outside Helsinki in 1865, Sibelius grew up in a Swedish-speaking household, within a Finland which had not yet gained independence from Russia. His first musical love was for the violin, and he relinquished his dream of becoming a concert violinist very reluctantly.
MON 19:00 BBC Proms (b038l7nd)
Prom 49
Prom 49 (part 1): Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Bach & Beethoven
Stephen Hough, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Robin Ticciati live at the BBC Proms with music by Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Bach and Beethoven.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Berlioz: Overture - King Lear
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor
7.50pm Interval
8.10pm
J. S. Bach, orch. George Benjamin: The Art of Fugue - Canon and Fugue
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica'
Stephen Hough (piano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Robin Ticciati (conductor)
Stephen Hough makes his second Proms appearance this summer with Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No 1, famously sight-read by Liszt in the Erard piano showroom in Paris in 1831. Under its Principal Conductor Robin Ticciati, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra performs another work of the same year: Berlioz's King Lear, alongside Beethoven's mighty "Eroica" symphony, described by Berlioz as 'a funeral oration for a great hero'. George Benjamin pays tribute to Bach with orchestrated excerpts from The Art of Fugue.
An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Sunday 25th August at
2pm.
MON 19:50 BBC Proms (b038l7ng)
Proms Plus Intro
The World of the Romantic Piano Concerto
The writer Judith Chernaik and Kenneth Hamilton, pianist and Professor of Music at Cardiff University, join Ian Skelly to explore the world of the Romantic piano concerto and Mendelssohn's contribution to the genre.
MON 20:10 BBC Proms (b038l7nl)
Prom 49
Prom 49 (part 2): Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Bach & Beethoven
Stephen Hough, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Robin Ticciati live at the BBC Proms with music by Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Bach and Beethoven.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Berlioz: Overture - King Lear
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor
7.50pm Interval
8.10pm
J. S. Bach, orch. George Benjamin: The Art of Fugue - Canon and Fugue
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica'
Stephen Hough (piano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Robin Ticciati (conductor)
Stephen Hough makes his second Proms appearance this summer with Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No 1, famously sight-read by Liszt in the Erard piano showroom in Paris in 1831. Under its Principal Conductor Robin Ticciati, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra performs another work of the same year: Berlioz's King Lear, alongside Beethoven's mighty "Eroica" symphony, described by Berlioz as 'a funeral oration for a great hero'. George Benjamin pays tribute to Bach with orchestrated excerpts from The Art of Fugue.
An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Sunday 25th August at
2pm.
MON 21:30 Sunday Feature (b01qkvtw)
The Idea of Sin
In the Beginning Was Sinning
Three programmes in which the Rev Richard Coles excavates the ideas of sin and atonement across time and the world, from the dawn of ethics to the full force of Judeo-Christian damnation and salvation.
The Devil is blue, pot-bellied, seated on a languorous green serpent, and is three-quarters through a hearty meal of haunch-of-human. Around him, men hang from gibbets or spew from the three tongues of red fire which are the rivers of Hell. For the medieval master Giotto, sin had a very real form. And for the faithful who came to worship with Enrico di Scrovegni in his chapel in Padua in northern Italy, the price of human error, was firmly rammed home by the vast glowing fresco that met their gaze as they left the chapel to go back out into the vice-filled medieval city. Scrovegni too had sin very firmly on his mind, because the chapel he built was his family penance for the sin of usury of which they stood accused.
From primitive man, through the development of notions of indulgence, guilt and retribution, to the full force of medieval tormented souls and Dante's circles of Hell, Rev Richard Coles explores the ideas of sin and atonement.
'Sin' is a Christian concept, yet to what extent are the essential elements that constitute it - error and disorder - equally essential parts of other world religions, underpinning populations with very different belief systems in cultures from Asia to the Americas?
In this first programme, Richard explores what exactly is meant by sin, and its origins in man's earliest ethical structures. And he travels to Italy to discuss some of the world's most graphic illustrations of the consequences of sin and wrongdoing - in Siena's depictions of the satanic figure of Tyranny and Giotto's extraordinary frescoed Last Judgement in Padua.
Producer: Simon Elmes.
MON 22:15 BBC Proms (b038l7nr)
2013
Prom 50: White, Barry, Rzewski & Feldman
BBC SSO and Ilan Volkov live at the BBC Proms with Gerald Barry, Feldman's Coptic Light and the World Premiere of Frederic Rzewski's Piano Concerto with the composer as soloist.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Andrew McGregor
John White: Chord-Breaking Machine
Gerald Barry: No other people. (UK premiere)
Frederic Rzewski: Piano Concerto (BBC commission: world premiere)
Feldman: Coptic Light
Frederic Rzewski (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)
Ilan Volkov brings his spirit of adventure to this late night Prom, featuring music as beautiful as it is ground breaking.
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performs music by a quartet of visionary and idiosyncratic composers, including two premieres. John White's Chord-breaking Machine could be seen as belonging to a tradition of experimental English minimalists, deconstructing musical material into its constituent parts and reforming as repetitive machine structures; Irish maverick Gerald Barry's No Other People, tonight receiving its first UK performance, also draws on repetition and seemingly simple musical figures, but here to create strongly contrasting canvases of bold, wild and stark music.
Frederic Rzewski's BBC Radio 3-commissioned Piano Concerto, tonally kaleidoscopic and stylistically far reaching, receives its world premiere, with the composer as soloist. And the concert concludes with Morton Feldman's late masterpiece, Coptic Light, a meditation for orchestra: a beatific and spiritual end to this late-night Prom.
MON 23:45 Jazz on 3 (b038l2y9)
Instant Composers' Pool Orchestra, Guillermo Klein Quartet
Dutch large ensemble The Instant Composers' Pool Orchestra is one of the world's longest-running improvisation projects. Founded almost half a century ago by pianist Misha Mengelberg and drummer Han Bennink, the ensemble draws on the jaunty swing of Blue Note-era musicians such as Herbie Nichols and Thelonious Monk within avant-garde parameters: the pieces often have no pre-ordained structure, and the players can inject 'viruses', or themes known by the group, at any point in proceedings. The music veers from the arthouse to the circus, with a sense of surprise never far away.
Argentinian pianist and composer Guillermo Klein first emerged a decade ago with a large ensemble of his own. Visiting the UK with a quartet of New York musicians that includes fellow pianist Aaron Goldberg and saxophonists Chris Cheek and Miguel Zenón, the music of this concert forefronts a more intimate chamber-group side to Klein's musical personality, blending American minimalism, wistful tango-canción and folksong simplicity. This is a chance to hear previously unbroadcast music from two contrasting performances recorded earlier this year.
Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producers: Peggy Sutton & Chris Elcombe.
TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013
TUE 00:30 Through the Night (b038l3gt)
Jonathan Swain presents an Opera from the archives of Hungarian Radio - Ferenc Erkel's "Bank Ban"
12:31 AM
Erkel, Ferenc (1810-1893) [libretto Beni Egressy (1814-1851) after József Katona's play]
Bánk Bán - historical dramatic opera in 3 Acts
József Simándy (tenor: Bánk Bán); Karola Ágay (soprano: Melinda); Sándor Sólyom-Nagy (baritone: Endre II), Erzsébet Komlóssy (contralto: Gertrud), József Réti (tenor: Otto), András Faragó (bass-bar: Petur bán), László Palócz (baritone: Biberach)
The Choir of the Hungarian State Opera, Amadé Németh (chorus master) Hungarian State Opera Philharmonic Orchestra, János Ferencsik (conductor)
2:40 AM
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)
Divertimento for string orchestra (Sz.113)
The Hungarian Radio Orchestra, András Mihaly (conductor)
3:04 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Concerto Pathétique in E minor for Two Pianos
Martha Argerich & Lilya Zilberstein (pianos)
3:22 AM
Haydn, (Franz) Joseph [1732-1809]
String Quartet in D major (Op.64, No.5) (Hob.III.63) "Lark"
Bartók Quartet
3:40 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Ch'io mi scordi di te...? Non temer, amato bene (K.505) (concert aria)
Andrea Rost (soprano), Zoltán Kocsis (piano), Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
3:50 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk([1810-1849)
Waltz for piano (Op.34 No.1) in A flat major
Zoltán Kocsis (piano)
3:56 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
7 Variations on a Theme of The Magic Flute by Mozart
Miklós Perényi (cello), Deszö Ranki (piano)
4:05 AM
Liszt, Franz [1811-1886]
Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (Mephisto waltz no.1)
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor)
4:17 AM
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967)
Fáj a szivem - no.4 of Four Songs for Voice and Piano (1907-1917)
Ilona Tokody (soprano), Imre Rohmann (piano)
4:23 AM
Goldmark, Károly (1830-1915)
Scherzo for orchestra in E minor (Op.19)
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Adam Medveczky (conductor)
4:31 AM
Kacsoh, Pongrac [1873-1923]
Janos Vitez - excerpts
János Berkes (John, tenor), Magda Kalmár (Iluskas, soprano), Lajos Miller (Bagó, baritone), The Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, János Kerekes (conductor)
4:43 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Liebestraum (S.541) no.3 in A flat major
Gyõrgy Cziffra (piano)
4:49 AM
Erkel, Ferenc (1810-1893)
Overture to Névtelen hosök (Unknown Heroes) - a comic opera
The Hungarian Radio Orchestra, András Kórodi (conductor)
4:53 AM
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967)
A song about King Stephen
Hungarian Radio Chorus, Peter Erdei (conductor)
4:59 AM
Farkas, Ferenc (1905-2000)
5 Ancient Hungarian dances for wind quintet
Bulgarian Academic Wind Quintet
5:09 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732 - 1809)
Symphony No.59 in A major "Fire"
Budapest Strings, Botvay Károly (conductor)
5:28 AM
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967)
Öregek
Hungarian Radio Choir, János Ferencsik (conductor)
5:37 AM
Kodaly, Zoltan [1882-1967]
Galantai tancok (Dances of Galanta)
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer (conductor)
5:52 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (S.244 No.2) in C-sharp minor
Jenö Jandó (piano)
6:04 AM
Szervánszky, Endre [1911-1977]
Wind Quintet no 1
Azahar Ensemble
6:22 AM
Trad. Hungarian
Dances from Csiksomelyo
Csaba Nagy (tárogató), Viktória Herencsár (cimbalom)
6:26 AM
Trad (collected by Bartók, Béla (1881-1945))
3 Folksongs from Gyergyo
Zoltán Juhasz (shepherd's pipe), Zoltán Kocsis (piano).
TUE 06:30 Breakfast (b038l3l5)
Tuesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111.
TUE 09:00 Essential Classics (b038l3n0)
Tuesday - Sarah Walker
with Sarah Walker
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: 'The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Italy' - London Baroque, BIS-2015; and at
9.30 our daily brainteaser.
10am
'Proms Artist Recommends'. A chance to hear a work recommended by an artist appearing in tonight's Prom.
10.30am
Sarah's guest this week is the satirist, actor and comedian, John Bird. He is best known for his contributions in Bremner, Bird and Fortune, an award-winning political comedy show on Channel 4. It included a series of sketches called The Long Johns, featuring Bird and John Fortune, who met as students at King's College, Cambridge. Bird also appeared in That Was the Week That Was (a title which he coined) in the 1960s, as well as The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. Other television appearances include Yes Prime Minister and Jonathan Creek.
TUE 11:00 Edinburgh International Festival (b038l4p5)
2013 Queen's Hall Series
Nachtmusique
Live from the Edinburgh International Festival: Nachtmusique, a group drawn from Europe's most respected wind players, explore Mozart's glorious music for wind ensemble, including the virtuosic 'Gran Partita' Serenade.
Mozart: Horn Duos K487
Mozart: Divertimentos for three basset horns K439b
Mozart: Adagio for clarinet and three basset horns K580a
Mozart: Allegro assai for two clarinets and three basset horns K484b
Mozart: Adagio for two clarinets and three basset horns K411
Mozart: Overture 'The Magic Flute' (arr Heidenreich)
11.35 Interval
11.55
Mozart: Serenade in B flat "Gran Partita" K361.
TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b038l4p7)
LSO St Luke's Beethoven Plus
Psophos Quartet
A second week of Beethoven Quartets recorded at LSO St Lukes in London kicks off with the Psophos Quartet performing Bartok's Second Quartet and Beethoven's D major Quartet Op 18 No 3.
Bartok: String Quartet No 2
Beethoven: String Quartet in D, Op 18 No. 3
Psophos String Quartet.
TUE 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b038l5gs)
Proms 2013 Repeats
Prom 45: Tippett - The Midsummer Marriage
with Louise Fryer - and a second chance to hear Tippett's great opera The Midsummer Marriage with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis at the BBC Proms.
Presented by Andrew McGregor
Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage: Act 1
at c.
3pm
Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage: Act 2
at c.
4.05pm
Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage: Act 3
Mark ..... Paul Groves
Jenifer ..... Erin Wall
King Fisher ..... David Wilson Johnson
Bella ..... Ailish Tynan
Jack ..... Allan Clayton
Sosotris ..... Catherine Wyn-Rogers
He-Ancient ..... David Soar
She-Ancient ..... Madeleine Shaw
Stage Director ..... Kenneth Richardson
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)
Last heard at the Proms in 1977, The Midsummer Marriage is Tippett's answer to Mozart's The Magic Flute, an opera rich in symbolism and psychology, trials and transformations. Paul Groves and Erin Wall are Mark and Jenifer, Ailish Tynan and Allan Clayton, Bella and Jack, two couples tested by a series of supernatural interventions on the shortest night of the year.
One of today's leading Tippett exponents, Sir Andrew Davis conducts the centrepiece of this summer's Proms focus on Tippett's music alongside Britten's centenary.
TUE 17:00 In Tune (b038l5jk)
Machynlleth Festival, Welsh National Opera
Suzy Klein presents, with live music from baritone Benjamin Appl, soprano Caroline MacPhie, and pianist Sanaz Sotoudeh ahead of their recital at the Machynlleth Festival.
Welsh National Opera's Youth Opera project are about to perform Britten's Paul Bunyan at the Wales Millennium Centre. Conductor Alice Farnham and soprano Vanessa Bowers join Suzy to talk about this exciting venture.
Main headlines are at
5pm and
6pm.
In.Tune@bbc.co.uk
@BBCInTune.
TUE 18:30 Composer of the Week (b038l8wt)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Berlin, Vienna, Helsinki
Donald Macleod introduces music written by Sibelius during his period of study in Berlin, including his first work based on the Finnish national epic The Kalevala. Sibelius moved to Berlin armed with a scholarship amounting to 2000 Finnish marks, which was to pay for his tuition and maintenance for a year. What the young Finn experienced on his arrival was a quite severe culture shock. Back in Helsinki he was already a figure of national importance, but here in cosmopolitan Berlin, he was just one music student among many, and the place was alive with them. In this city where every musician he encountered seemed to be a virtuoso, Sibelius was intimidated. He found himself, initially, unable to compose at all.
TUE 19:30 BBC Proms (b038l926)
Prom 51
Prom 51 (part 1): Tippett, Britten & Elgar
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Ian Bostridge, London Symphony Orchestra and Daniel Harding live at the BBC Proms in a concert honouring the memory of Sir Colin Davis through music by Britten, Tippett and Elgar.
Tippett: The Mask of Time - Fanfare no. 5
Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Britten: Les illuminations
8.30pm Interval
8.50pm
Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor)
What was to have been the latest Proms appearance by Sir Colin Davis becomes, following his death earlier this year, a concert honouring his memory. Taking over as conductor, Daniel Harding performs music by the modern British composer with whom Sir Colin was perhaps most associated - Michael Tippett - including in his programme Tippett's wonderfully vigorous, energetic and inventive Concerto for strings. This year's Britten centenary is marked in his white-hot 1940 song-cycle to words by the precocious teenage poet, surrealist and libertine Arthur Rimbaud. Concluding the concert, the magisterial Second Symphony by the grandfather of 20th-century English music, Edward Elgar.
An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Monday 26th August at
2pm.
TUE 20:30 BBC Proms (b038l928)
Proms Plus Literary
Britten and Poetry
Benjamin Britten's compositions were inspired by the work of many poets and novelists, including Wilfred Owen, W.H. Auden, Blake, Shakespeare, Henry James and Thomas Mann. The actor Samuel West, who has narrated some of Britten's films, and writer Alexandra Harris explore the relationship between words and music. Presented by Ian McMillan and including readings by Malcolm Sinclair.
Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of this year's Proms Plus events.
TUE 20:50 BBC Proms (b038l92b)
Prom 51
Prom 51 (part 2): Tippett, Britten & Elgar
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Ian Bostridge, London Symphony Orchestra and Daniel Harding live at the BBC Proms in a concert honouring the memory of Sir Colin Davis through music by Britten, Tippett and Elgar.
Tippett: The Mask of Time - Fanfare no. 5
Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Britten: Les illuminations
8.30pm Interval
8.50pm
Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor)
What was to have been the latest Proms appearance by Sir Colin Davis becomes, following his death earlier this year, a concert honouring his memory. Taking over as conductor, Daniel Harding performs music by the modern British composer with whom Sir Colin was perhaps most associated - Michael Tippett - including in his programme Tippett's wonderfully vigorous, energetic and inventive Concerto for strings. This year's Britten centenary is marked in his white-hot 1940 song-cycle to words by the precocious teenage poet, surrealist and libertine Arthur Rimbaud. Concluding the concert, the magisterial Second Symphony by the grandfather of 20th-century English music, Edward Elgar.
An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Monday 26th August at
2pm.
TUE 22:10 BBC Proms (b038lb7m)
Proms Plus Late
Tomos Brangwyn, Adib Rostami, Mehdi Ganjvar, Kayo Chingonyi
Georgia Mann introduces a session mixing music by Tomos Brangwyn, Adib Rostami and Mehdi Ganjvar with Kayo Chingonyi's poetry.
TUE 22:45 The Essay (b01h625m)
Here's Looking at Me
Akram Khan
Akram Khan agreed to be the subject of a portrait for the National Portrait Gallery. But how is an artist chosen? And what are the difficulties of depicting a man who says 'there's no division between Akram Khan the dancer and Akram Khan the man'? A normal 'sitting' would make no sense.
So we follow Khan's story of capturing movement - how the traditional expressions of Kathak dance were interpreted by Fakhr in a contemporary way and made into a nine-panel sepia portrait which captured the dancer in action.
The result is a portrait that is both deeply rooted in tradition and yet vivid describes Khan in various moods and attitudes.
TUE 23:00 Late Junction (b038ld2d)
Tuesday - Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt's selections include a Newcastle Lullaby from Rachel Unthank And The Winterset, jump blues from Joe Liggins and electronica from Lee J Malcolm.
WEDNESDAY 21 AUGUST 2013
WED 00:30 Through the Night (b038l3gw)
Jonathan Swain presents some highlight performances by the conductor Sir Colin Davis
12:31 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich [1840-1893]
Symphony no. 4 in F minor Op.36
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
1:13 AM
Sibelius, Jean [1865-1957]
Pohjola's daughter - symphonic fantasia (Op.49)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
1:28 AM
Ravel, Maurice [1875-1937]
Sheherazade - 3 poems for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
1:49 AM
Sibelius, Jean [1865-1957]
Symphony No. 4 in A minor Op.63
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor)
2:31 AM
Juon, Paul (1872-1940)
Fairy Tale in A minor for cello and piano (Op.8)
Esther Nyffenegger (cello), Desmond Wright (piano)
2:37 AM
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953) (selection by M T-Thomas)
Cinderella ? suite no.1 (Op.107)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
3:04 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
12 Variationen über den russischen Tanz (WoO.71)
Theo Bruins (piano)
3:18 AM
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)
Ave Maria; Christus factus est; Locus iste
The Sokkelund Choir, Morten Schuldt Jensen (conductor)
3:31 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor (Op.21)
Maurizio Pollini (piano), Belgrade Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta (conductor)
4:01 AM
Berwald, Franz (1796-1868)
Septet in B flat
Kristian Möller (clarinet), Frederik Ekdahl (bassoon), Ayman Al Fakir (horn), Roger Olsson (violin), Linn Löwengren-Elkvull (viola), Hanna Thorell (cello), Mattias Karlsson (double bass)
4:23 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Cantata: Heilig, Heilig (Wq.217/H.778)
The Netherlands Chamber Choir, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman (conductor)
4:36 AM
Josquin des Prez [c.1450/5-1521]
Motet Inviolata, integra et casta es (5 part)
Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal, Christopher Jackson (director)
4:44 AM
Alpaerts, Flor (1876-1954)
Zomer-idylle (Summer Idyll) (1928)
Flemish Radio Orchestra, Michel Tabachnik (conductor)
4:53 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto for violin and orchestra (RV.315) (Op.8 No.2) in G minor 'L'Estate'
Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (director)
5:05 AM
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)
Quartet for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon no.6 in F major 'Andante et tema con variazioni'
Vojtech Samec (flute), Jozef Luptacik (clarinet), Frantisek Machats (bassoon), Josef Illes (french horn)
5:31 AM
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)
Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge (Op.10)
The Royal Academy Soloists, Clio Gould (director)
5:36 AM
Bridge, Frank (1879-1941)
Miniatures ? No.8 Valse Russe for violin, cello and piano
Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William Tritt (piano)
5:39 AM
Bridge, Frank (1879-1941)
No.2 in G minor, 'Hornpipe' (Allegro moderato) ? from 'Miniatures', set 3 for violin, cello and piano
Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William Tritt (piano)
6:15 AM
Gilson, Paul (1865-1942)
La Mer (1892)
Flemish Radio Orchestra, Flemish Radio Choir, Brassband Buizingen, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
6:18 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Meeres Stille (D.216) (Op.3 No.2)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
6:29 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Légende No.1: St. François d'Assise prêchant aux oiseaux (S.175)
Llyr Williams (piano).
WED 06:30 Breakfast (b038l3l7)
Wednesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111.
WED 09:00 Essential Classics (b038l3n2)
Wednesday - Sarah Walker
with Sarah Walker
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: 'The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Italy' - London Baroque, BIS-2015; and at
9.30 our daily brainteaser.
10am
'Proms Artist Recommends'. A chance to hear a work recommended by an artist appearing in tonight's Prom.
10.30am
Sarah's guest this week is the satirist, actor and comedian, John Bird. He is best known for his contributions in Bremner, Bird and Fortune, an award-winning political comedy show on Channel 4. It included a series of sketches called The Long Johns, featuring Bird and John Fortune, who met as students at King's College, Cambridge. Bird also appeared in That Was the Week That Was (a title which he coined) in the 1960s, as well as The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. Other television appearances include Yes Prime Minister and Jonathan Creek.
WED 11:00 Edinburgh International Festival (b038l4p9)
2013 Queen's Hall Series
Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques
The great harpsichordist-conductor Christophe Rousset and his baroque ensemble Les Talens Lyriques, both specialists in the baroque music of France make their debut at the Festival with a performance of some of the great works by Couperin.
Couperin: Septième Ordre from Pièces de clavecin
11.30 Interval
11.50
Couperin: L'Apothéose de Corelli
Couperin: L'Apothéose de Lully
Christophe Rousset - harpsichord
Les Talens Lyriques.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b038l4pc)
LSO St Luke's Beethoven Plus
Cremona Quartet
The series recorded at LSO St Lukes in London continues with the Cremona String Quartet in Beethoven's Quartet in C, Op 59 No 3 (the third and last of his so-called 'Razumovsky Quartets'), and Bartok's Quartet No 4
Beethoven: String Quartet in C major, Op 59 No 3
Bartok: String Quartet No 4
Cremona String Quartet.
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b038l5gw)
Proms 2013 Repeats
Prom 48: Ravel, Matthias Pintscher & Stravinsky
with Louise Fryer - and a second chance to hear Tine Thing Helseth, Marco Blaauw, BBC SSO and Matthias Pintscher at the BBC Proms in a dance inspired music by Stravinsky and Ravel alongside Pintscher's Double Trumpet Concerto.
Presented by Penny Gore from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Matthias Pintscher: Chute d'étoiles (London premiere)
at c.
2.40
Stravinsky: The Firebird
Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet)
Marco Blaauw (trumpet)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Matthias Pintscher (conductor)
Composer-conductor Matthias Pintscher combines his twin roles as he joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra to perform his own music alongside that of composers who have inspired him.
Proms featured artist Tine Thing Helseth joins Marco Blaauw as the pair of virtuoso soloists in the London premier of Matthias Pintscher's Double Trumpet Concerto, 'Chute d'etoiles.' A dramatic and multi-layered work it takes inspiration from the sculptures of Anslem Kiefer and Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring.' The piece is painted in vivid colours, richly textured, and pushes the techniques of soloists and orchestra to shattering effect.
The concerto is sandwiched between two works which also combine a sense of drama with exquisite and masterfully orchestrated surfaces. Ravel's turn-of-the-century exploration of Spanish dance forms, 'Rapsodie Espagnole' and Stravinsky's ballet based on Russian folktales, 'The Firebird.'.
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b038ld11)
Edington Priory (Edington Festival of Music within the Liturgy)
Live from Edington Priory during the Edington Festival of Music within the Liturgy.
Introit: The fruit of silence is prayer (Neil Cox) (First performance)
Responses: Plainsong
Psalm: 34 (Grayston Ives)
First Lesson: Deuteronomy 15 vv1-15
Canticles: Second Service (Gibbons)
Second Lesson: Acts 4 vv32-37
Anthem: Strengthen ye the weak hands (Harris)
Final Hymn: All my hope on God is founded (Michael)
Organ Voluntary: Psalm Prelude Set 1, No.1, Op.32 (Howells)
Matthew Martin, Peter Stevens and Jeremy Summerly (Choir Directors)
John Challenger (Organist).
WED 16:30 In Tune (b038l5jm)
Janet Baker, Rene Jacobs, Wu Quartet, Gabriel Jackson, Richard Hills
Suzy Klein presents, with live music in the studio from the up and coming Wu Quartet ahead of their performance at the North Norfolk Festival. Renowned conductor René Jacobs, one of the world's finest baroque interpreters, joins us from Edinburgh ahead of his performance with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra at the Edinburgh International Festival. Organist Richard Hills discusses his upcoming Light Organ Prom and Suzy talks to composer Gabriel Jackson about his latest projects including works being performed at this year's Presteigne Festival.
Plus, we'll be talking to the legendary Dame Janet Baker on this, her 80th birthday.
Main headlines are at
5pm and
6pm.
In.Tune@bbc.co.uk
@BBCInTune.
WED 18:30 Composer of the Week (b038l8ww)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Sibelius the Patriot
Political tensions within Finland increased with the issuing of the "February Manifesto" in 1899, designed to bring Finland into line with Mother Russia. Up to this time, although Sibelius had been drawing on explicitly Finish elements in his music in a broadly nationalist way, Sibelius took care to keep a safe distance from any kind of direct political involvement. But now, like all self-respecting Finns, Sibelius was incensed. Donald Macleod introduces some of the patriotic compositions the composer produced in the following years.
WED 19:30 BBC Proms (b038ld13)
Prom 52
Prom 52 (part 1): Vir, Sibelius, Bantock & Elgar
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo perform Elgar's Enigma Variations & Sibelius's Violin Concerto, with soloist Lisa Batiashvili, live at the BBC Proms.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Penny Gore
Param Vir: Cave of Luminous Mind (BBC commission: world premiere)
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor
8.35pm Interval
8.55pm
Bantock: Celtic Symphony
Elgar: 'Enigma' Variations
Lisa Batiashvili (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
Dedicated to the late Jonathan Harvey, Param Vir's Cave of Luminous Mind is inspired by the mindfulness of Tibetan Buddhism and the story of Buddhist master Milarepa's penitential progress on the Diamond Path.
Chief Conductor and Elgar Medalwinner Sakari Oramo directs the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of Vir's work, Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations and Granville Bantock's 1940 Celtic Symphony for strings and six harps. Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili plays Sibelius's exhilarating Violin Concerto, a work she recorded in 2008 to rave reviews.
An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Tuesday 27th August at
2pm.
WED 20:35 Twenty Minutes (b038ld15)
Elgar and Bantock in Birmingham
Edward Elgar was first Peyton Professor of Music at the University of Birmingham, and he was succeeded in 1908 by Granville Bantock. Elgar's stint wasn't much of a success, his lectures were considered embarrassing. By contrast Bantock held the post for more than 20 years and made Birmingham into a real centre for music. Fiona Clampin tells the story of the passing of this chair from one to the other illustrated with the extensive collection of letters written by both men held in the archives of the Elgar Birthplace Museum near Worcester and material from the University of Birmingham's special collections.
Producer: James Cook.
WED 20:55 BBC Proms (b038ld17)
Prom 52
Prom 52 (part 2): Vir, Sibelius, Bantock & Elgar
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo perform Elgar's Enigma Variations & Sibelius's Violin Concerto, with soloist Lisa Batiashvili, live at the BBC Proms.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Penny Gore
Param Vir: Cave of Luminous Mind (BBC commission: world premiere)
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor
8.35pm Interval
8.55pm
Bantock: Celtic Symphony
Elgar: 'Enigma' Variations
Lisa Batiashvili (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
Dedicated to the late Jonathan Harvey, Param Vir's Cave of Luminous Mind is inspired by the mindfulness of Tibetan Buddhism and the story of Buddhist master Milarepa's penitential progress on the Diamond Path.
Chief Conductor and Elgar Medalwinner Sakari Oramo directs the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of Vir's work, Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations and Granville Bantock's 1940 Celtic Symphony for strings and six harps. Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili plays Sibelius's exhilarating Violin Concerto, a work she recorded in 2008 to rave reviews.
An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Tuesday 27th August at
2pm.
WED 22:15 BBC Proms (b038ld2b)
Proms Composer Portraits
Param Vir
Param Vir talks to Andrew McGregor about his work, and introduces performances of his chamber works, given by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music. Recorded earlier this evening at the Amaryllis Concert Hall in the Royal College of Music.
WED 23:00 Late Junction (b038lb7p)
Wednesday - Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt selections include Peter Erskine's chamber jazz trio, an Italian delight from Paolo Conte, a brand new track from Kathryn Williams, and 1952 Vincent Black Lightning from Richard Thompson.
THURSDAY 22 AUGUST 2013
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b038l3gy)
Jonathan Swain presents a concert from the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande featuring Gounod, Leclair, Reicha and Mozart
12:31 AM
Gounod, Charles [1818-1893]
Petite symphonie in B flat major for 9 wind instruments
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Heinz Holliger (conductor)
12:51 AM
Leclair, Jean-Marie [1697-1764]
Concerto in C major Op.7'3 for oboe and string orchestra
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Heinz Holliger (oboe and conductor)
1:06 AM
Reicha, Antoine [1770-1836]
Scene for cor anglais and orchestra, compl. Holliger
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Heinz Holliger (cor anglais and conductor)
1:14 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Symphony no. 40 in G minor K.550
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Heinz Holliger (conductor)
1:53 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Symphony no.5 (Op.67) in C minor
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen (conductor)
2:31 AM
Dvorák, Antonin (1841-1904)
Piano Trio in E minor (Op.90) 'Dumky'
Suk Trio
3:01 AM
Suk, Josef [1874-1935]
Raduz and Mahulena (Op.16) 'A fairy tale suite'
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Smetácek (conductor)
3:30 AM
Obrecht, Jacob (1450-1505)
Salve Regina
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Paul van Nevel (conductor)
3:35 AM
Goldberg, Johann Gottlieb (1727-1756)
Sonata in C minor for 2 Violins, Viola and Continuo
Musica Alta Ripa
3:48 AM
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857)
Adèle ? song
Petteri Salomaa (baritone), Ilmo Ranta (piano)
3:51 AM
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857)
Sing not, thou beauty
Petteri Salomaa (baritone), Ilmo Ranta (piano)
3:52 AM
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857)
I recall a wondrous moment
Petteri Salomaa (baritone), Ilmo Ranta (piano)
3:56 AM
Gounod, Charles [1818-1893]
Waltz from 'Faust'
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Børge Wagner (conductor)
4:02 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) arr. Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Chaconne in D minor, from 'Partita No. 2, BVW 1004'
Hiro Kurosaki (violin), Linda Nicholson (fortepiano)
4:14 AM
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875)
Carmen Suite
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry (conductor)
4:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Overture from Die Geschopfe des Prometheus (Op.43)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek (conductor)
4:36 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Waltz for piano (Op.34 No.3) in F major 'Cat'
Zoltán Kocsis (piano)
4:41 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
Overture from The Wasps ? Aristophanic suite
BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
4:52 AM
Janácek, Leos (1854-1928)
Vlci stopa (The wolf's trail) for soprano, female choir & piano
Susse Lillesøe (soprano), Danish National Radio Choir, Per Salo (piano), Stefan Parkman (conductor)
4:59 AM
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)
La Gazza Ladra ? Overture
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)
5:10 AM
Haydn, (Franz) Joseph [1732-1809]
String Quartet in D major (Op.64, No.5) (Hob.III.63) "Lark"
Bartók Quartet
5:28 AM
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
Balladen om bjørnen , Op.47 (1923)
Mattias Ermedahl (tenor), Anders Kilström (piano)
5:35 AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
The Firebird (suite ? version 1919)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
5:56 AM
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992)
Le Loriot (Golden Oriole) (No.2 of Catalogue d'Oiseaux)
David Louie (piano)
6:04 AM
Sibelius, Jean [1865-1957]
Min rastas raataa (Busy as a thrush) No.4 of 9 Partsongs (Op.18)
Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, Eric-Olof Söderström (conductor)
6:06 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Le carnaval des animaux
The Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound, James Campbell (director).
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b038l3l9)
Thursday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111.
THU 09:00 Essential Classics (b038l3n4)
Thursday - Sarah Walker
with Sarah Walker
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: 'The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Italy' - London Baroque, BIS-2015; and at
9.30 our daily brainteaser.
10am
'Proms Artist Recommends'. A chance to hear a work recommended by an artist appearing in tonight's Prom.
10.30am
Sarah's guest this week is the satirist, actor and comedian, John Bird. He is best known for his contributions in Bremner, Bird and Fortune, an award-winning political comedy show on Channel 4. It included a series of sketches called The Long Johns, featuring Bird and John Fortune, who met as students at King's College, Cambridge. Bird also appeared in That Was the Week That Was (a title which he coined) in the 1960s, as well as The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. Other television appearances include Yes Prime Minister and Jonathan Creek.
THU 11:00 Edinburgh International Festival (b038l4ph)
2013 Queen's Hall Series
Midori
Violinist Midori returns to the Queen's Hall to perform some of the great solo Sonatas and Partitas by JS Bach including the mighty Chaconne, a pinnacle of violin virtuosity, contrasted with Schnittke's brief tribute to his hero Shostakovich.
JS Bach: Sonata No 1 in G minor
JS Bach: Sonata No 3 in C minor
11.45 Interval
12.05
Schnittke: Prelude in memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich
JS Bach: Partita No 2 in D minor
Midori - Violin.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b038l4pk)
LSO St Luke's Beethoven Plus
Kuss Quartet
More Beethoven quartets from LSO St Lukes: the Kuss Quartet perform his 'Quartetto Serioso' in F minor, Op 95, plus Bartok's Quartet No 6.
Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor, Op 95
Bartok: String Quartet No 6
Kuss String Quartet.
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b038l5gy)
Proms 2013 Repeats
Prom 46: Dvorak, Verdi, Tchaikovsky & J Strauss II
with Lousie Fryer - The City of Birmingham SO under Andris Nelsons at the BBC Proms with Kristine Opolais singing music by Verdi and Tchaikovsky. Also orchestral works by Dvorak and Strauss.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Dvorák: Symphony No. 8 in G major
at c.
2.40pm
Verdi: Otello - Willow Song; Ave Maria
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin - Polonaise; Letter Scene
Johann Strauss II: Emperor Waltz
Johann Strauss II: Thunder and Lightning - polka
Kristine Opolais (soprano)
Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons (conductor)
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under its Music Director, conductor Andris Nelsons, accompany soprano Kristine Opolais in the Willow Song and Ave Maria from Verdi's Otello, as well as in the Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. But first Dvorak's Symphony No. 8, and at the end two orchestral pieces by Johann Strauss II: the Emperor Waltz and the Thunder and Lightning polka.
Plus highlights from last year's City of London Festival.
THU 16:30 In Tune (b038l5jp)
Moscow Drug Club, Alexander Melnikov
Suzy Klein presents, with live music from the exciting gypsy swing outfit Moscow Drug Club. They've promised to turn the In Tune studio into a sonic combination of 1930's Berlin Cabaret, Hot Club de France, Nuevo Tango and Gypsy Campfire, so prepare for something special!
Main headlines are at
5pm and
6pm.
In.Tune@bbc.co.uk
@BBCInTune.
THU 18:00 Composer of the Week (b038l8wz)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
A Warning from Above
Years of heavy drinking had taken a toll on the health of Sibelius, to the extent that at the age of only 39, he had tremors in his hands. He was persuaded to move out of the city to a house in the countryside. But word had got around that he was in poor health and people who had funded him in the past turned their backs. Donald Macleod explores the music composed by Sibelius in this period, when, with health problems becoming more acute, the composer receives a "warning from above".
THU 19:00 BBC Proms (b038ldtm)
Prom 53
Prom 53 (part 1): Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Prokofiev
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin live at the BBC Proms with music by Tchaikovsky, Wagner and Prokofiev.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Tchaikovsky: Fantasy-Overture 'Romeo and Juliet'
Wagner, orch. Mottl: Wesendonck-Lieder
7.45pm Interval
8.05pm
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor)
Tonights Prom features the Rotterdam Philharmonic and opens with a tale of doomed love in Tchaikovsky's Fantasy-Overture 'Romeo and Juliet', conducted by the orchestra's charismatic Canadian Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. They are then joined by Italian soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci for Wagner's 'Wesendonck Lieder', a song-cycle written by the composer while he was infatuated with Mathilde Wesendonck, the author of the poems, and the wife of Wagner's patron. The second half of the concert is devoted to Prokofiev's bright and energetic Fifth Symphony in B flat major.
An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Thursday 29th August at
2pm.
THU 19:45 BBC Proms (b038ldtp)
Proms Plus Intro
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
James Jolly discusses Prokofiev and his Fifth Symphony with Fiona McKnight, Archivist of the Prokofiev Archive at Goldsmiths University, and the musicologist David Nice.
THU 20:05 BBC Proms (b038ldtr)
Prom 53
Prom 53 (part 2): Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Prokofiev
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin live at the BBC Proms with music by Tchaikovsky, Wagner and Prokofiev.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Tchaikovsky: Fantasy-Overture 'Romeo and Juliet'
Wagner, orch. Mottl: Wesendonck-Lieder
7.45pm Interval
8.05pm
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor)
Tonights Prom features the Rotterdam Philharmonic and opens with a tale of doomed love in Tchaikovsky's Fantasy-Overture 'Romeo and Juliet', conducted by the orchestra's charismatic Canadian Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. They are then joined by Italian soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci for Wagner's 'Wesendonck Lieder', a song-cycle written by the composer while he was infatuated with Mathilde Wesendonck, the author of the poems, and the wife of Wagner's patron. The second half of the concert is devoted to Prokofiev's bright and energetic Fifth Symphony in B flat major.
An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Thursday 29th August at
2pm.
THU 21:15 Sunday Feature (b01qqfht)
The Idea of Sin
Lead Me Not into Temptation
The Rev. Richard Coles continues his series exploring the idea of sin by tackling temptation and the way sin has become not merely an archaic idea in many contemporary societies but a positively attractive tool in the hands of commerce and advertising. He talks to senior figures in the advertising industry about the rise of the 'naughty but nice' school of commercial and explores the way Sin has been marginalised by modern secular societies while remaining central to others. Can the law operate entirely without reference to sin and 'in this world of sin' are children still being encouraged to establish values and judgements that owe their origins to religious ideas of sin and good.
Producer - Tom Alban.
THU 22:00 BBC Proms (b038ldtt)
2013
Prom 54: World Routes Prom
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Lucy Duran
The stars of this year's World Routes Academy Fidan Hajiyeva and Gochaq Askarov from Azerbaijan live at the BBC Proms. Plus music from Mali with Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba, as well as the worldwide debut of the all-star Da Kali Trio.
In January 2013 UK-based Fidan Hajiyeva, at just 17, became the youngest member of the World Routes Academy. Launched in 2010, the BBC Radio 3 World Routes Academy aims to support and inspire young world music artists by bringing them together with an internationally renowned artist in the same field and belonging to the same tradition. Fidan's parents are from music-rich Azerbaijan and her mentor is the celebrated Azeri singer Gochaq Askarov.
The World Routes Prom also includes a focus on Mali. Da Kali is an ensemble drawn from the long tradition of Malian griots or praise singers, and includes virtuoso balafon player Lassana Diabate, Hawa Diabate a powerful and versatile female griot, and Mamadou Kouyate, who has made the little known bass ngoni his own. Trio Da Kali's appearance at the BBC Proms will be their world premiere. The Trio has been handpicked by the Aga Khan Music Initiative for the next Kronos Quartet collaboration, which will debut in the USA in early 2014.
Bassekou Kouyate is one of the true masters of the ngoni, an ancient traditional lute found throughout West Africa. He has collaborated with many musicians in and outside of Mali including Toumani Diabate, Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabate, Ali Farka Toure, Sir Paul McCartney, John Paul Jones, and many others. After his celebrated debut album 'Segu Blue' and the Grammy nominated follow up 'I speak fula', as well as hundreds of concerts all over the globe, he is back with his new album 'Jama ko.'.
THU 23:30 Late Junction (b038ldy7)
Thursday - Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt features Richard Thompson's 1952 Vincent Black Lightning performed by the Del McCoury Band and Kate McGarrigle's First Born sung by her children Rufus and Martha Wainwright. Plus vocal acrobatics from Sainkho Namtchylak, African Dub from Lojo's Denis Paen and Ecuadorian flutes from Hatun Kotama Escuela De Flauta.
FRIDAY 23 AUGUST 2013
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b038l3h0)
Jonathan Swain presents a recital of Brahms, Widmann and Shostakovich from pianist Alexander Melnikov
12:31 AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
7 Fantasies Op.116 for piano
Alexander Melnikov (piano)
12:54 AM
Widmann, Jorg [1973-]
Intermezzos
Alexander Melnikov (piano)
1:14 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitri [1906-1975]
24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 for piano
Alexander Melnikov (piano)
2:20 AM
Scriabin, Alexander [1872-1915]
Andante cantabile (Op. 32/1) from 2 Poems for piano
Alexander Melnikov (piano)
2:24 AM
Marais, Marin [1656-1728]
La Reveuse (no.28) from Suitte d'un gout etranger
Vittorio Ghielmi (viola da gamba), Luca Pianca (lute)
2:31 AM
Walton, William (1902-1983)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
James Ehnes (violin); Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Bramwell Tovey (conductor)
3:01 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Septet for trumpet, piano and strings (Op.65) in E flat major
Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Elise Baatnes (violin), Karolina Radziej (violin), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Hjalmer Kvam (cello), Marius Faltby (double bass), Enrico Pace (piano)
3:19 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Symphony No. 25 in G minor (K.183)
Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Adam Fischer (conductor)
3:43 AM
Wolf, Cornelius de (1880-1935)
Fantasia on Psalm 33
Cor Ardesch (organ), on Organ Willem Hendrik Kam 1859, Grote Kerk, Dordrecht, Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk
3:52 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe [1813-1901]
Ave Maria (Scala enigmatica armonizzata ...)
Radio France Chorus,Donald Palumbo (conductor)
3:58 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Letzter Frühling (Last Spring, orig. song Op.33/2)
Camerata Bern, Thomas Furi (leader and concertmaster)
4:05 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major for 3 violins, 3 violas, 3 cellos & basso continuo, BWV.1048
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (conductor)
4:18 AM
Scott, Cyril (1879-1970)
Lotus Land (Op.47 No.1)
Cristina Ortiz (piano)
4:23 AM
Dvorak, Antonin [1841-1904]
Polonaise for orchestra in E flat major
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Ludovít Rajter (conductor)
4:31 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
Concerto in G minor for Strings and continuo (RV.157)
Il Giardino Armonico
4:37 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), arranged Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Sonata for piano in C major (K.545)
Julie Adam and Daniel Herscovitch (pianos)
4:46 AM
Landeghem, Jan van [1956-]
Small Chorale Partita for Small Organ on 'Ruk open Heer, de Hemelpoort'
Kamiel D'Hooghe (organ) (1829 Lambert van Peteghem organ of Saint Peter's Church, Bertem)
4:54 AM
Bartok, Bela [1881-1945]
Six Romanian Folk dances (Sz.56) arr. Szekely for violin and piano
Miklós Szenthelyi (violin) Zoltan Kocsis (piano)
5:00 AM
Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich (1865-1936)
Lyric poem for orchestra in D flat major (Op.12)
West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Verbitsky (conductor)
5:11 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Concerto for flute and strings in D minor
Robert Aitken (flute), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
5:33 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Theme and variations on the Name 'Abegg' (Op.1)
Seung-Hee Hyun (female) (piano)
5:42 AM
Strauss, Richard [1864-1949]
Prelude (Introduction) from Capriccio - opera in 1 act (Op.85)
Hrachya Avanesyan, Johannes Soe Hansen (Violins), Ettore Causa, Magda Stevensson (Violas), Andreas & Ingemar Brantelid (Cellos)
5:55 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Suite for orchestra in A major (Op.98b)
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, Stanislaw Macura (conductor)
6:15 AM
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953)
Symphony No.1 in D major (Op.25), 'Classical'
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Michel Tabachnik (conductor).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b038l3lf)
Friday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111.
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b038l3n6)
Friday - Sarah Walker
with Sarah Walker
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: 'The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Italy' - London Baroque, BIS-2015; and at
9.30 our daily brainteaser.
10am
'Proms Artist Recommends'. Antoni Wit chooses Ravel's orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.
10.30am
Sarah's guest this week is the satirist, actor and comedian, John Bird. He is best known for his contributions in Bremner, Bird and Fortune, an award-winning political comedy show on Channel 4. It included a series of sketches called The Long Johns, featuring Bird and John Fortune, who met as students at King's College, Cambridge. Bird also appeared in That Was the Week That Was (a title which he coined) in the 1960s, as well as The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. Other television appearances include Yes Prime Minister and Jonathan Creek.
FRI 11:00 Edinburgh International Festival (b038l4pm)
2013 Queen's Hall Series
Pierre-Laurent Aimard
French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, one of the world's great keyboard performers, contrasts a selection of Debussy's exquisite Préludes with the fireworks of Ligeti's Etudes in a live concert from the Edinburgh International Festival.
Debussy: Voiles
Ligeti: Galamb Borong
Debussy: La cathédrale engloutie
Ligeti: White on White
Debussy: La danse de Puck
Ligeti: Fanfares
Debussy: Général Lavine -- eccentric
Ligeti: Fém
Debussy Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir
Ligeti: Arc-en-ciel
Debussy: Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
Ligeti: Automne à Varsovie
11.50 Interval
12.10
Debussy: Des pas sur la neige
Ligeti: Cordes à vide
Debussy: Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses
Ligeti: En suspens
Debussy: Brouillards
Ligeti: Entrelacs
Debussy: Le vent dans la plaine
Ligeti: Touches bloquées
Debussy: Feux d'artifice
Ligeti: Der Zauberlehrling
Debussy: Les tierces alternées
Ligeti: L'escalier du diable
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b038l4pp)
LSO St Luke's Beethoven Plus
Skampa Quartet
The series recorded at LSO St Lukes in London ends with the Skampa Quartet performing Haydn's B flat Quartet Op 1 No 1 and Beethoven's Quartet in A minor Op 132
Haydn: String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 1 No. 1
Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
Skampa String Quartet.
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b038l5h3)
Proms 2013 Repeats
Prom 47: Brahms's A German Requiem
with Louise Fryer and another chance to hear Rachel Harnisch and Henk Neven joining the OAE and Marin Alsop at the BBC Proms with one of the greats of the choral repertoire - Brahms's German Requiem - and orchestral works by Brahms and Schumann.
Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill at the Royal Albert Hall, London
and that's followed at approx
3.55pm by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra's recent BBC Proms performance of Sibelius's Seventh Symphony conducted by Daniel Harding.
Brahms: Tragic Overture (op. 81)
Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor
at c.
2.50pm
Brahms: A German Requiem
Rachel Harnisch (soprano)
Henk Neven (baritone)
Choir of the Enlightenment
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Marin Alsop (conductor)
at c.
3.55pm A second chance to hear the concluding work in the Mahler Chamber Orchestra's Prom given at the RAH on 31 July.
Sibelius Symphony no 7 in C major
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor).
FRI 16:30 In Tune (b038l5jr)
David Zinman, John Wilson, Sophie Yates, David Finckel, Wu Han
Suzy Klein presents, with live music from award winning British harpsichordist Sophie Yates known for her stunning interpretations of English and French early music. Conductor John Wilson discusses his upcoming Hollywood Rhapsody Prom and the "power team of American classical music", cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han, play live in the studio. Plus David Zinman joins us from Edinburgh where he prepares to conduct the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the band he has directed and conducted since 1995, at the Edinburgh International Festival.
Main headlines are at
5pm and
6pm.
In.Tune@bbc.co.uk
@BBCInTune.
FRI 18:30 Composer of the Week (b038l8x4)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Before the Silence
Save for a scattering of miniatures and occasional pieces, Sibelius wrote no major compositions after 1926, although he lived for three more decades. Donald Macleod reflects on Sibelius's final works before his legendary period of silence.
FRI 19:30 BBC Proms (b038lfhy)
Prom 55
Prom 55 (part 1): Lutoslawski, Shostakovich & Panufnik
Antoni Wit and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra play Lutoslawski and Panufnik, with Alexander Melnikov in Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major
8.30pm Interval
8.50pm
Panufnik: Tragic Overture
Panufnik: Lullaby
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in B minor
Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit (conductor)
Antoni Wit and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra make their Proms debuts as the festival continues its focus on Polish music during Lutoslawski's centenary year.
Written for the Warsaw Philharmonic in 1954, Lutoslawski's virtuosic folk-inflected Concerto for Orchestra creates a unique sound-world.
Lauded for his recording of Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues, pianist Alexander Melnikov is the soloist in the composer's buoyant Piano Concerto No. 2.
Andrzej Panufnik's Tragic Overture and Lullaby and Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony paint a vivid picture of two nations in parallel periods of anxiety.
An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Friday 30th August at
2pm.
FRI 20:30 BBC Proms (b038lfj0)
Proms Plus Intro
Lutoslawski, Panufnik and Polish Culture
Recorded at the Royal College of Music, London
Andrew McGregor talks to Nick Reyland and Roxanna Panufnik about Lutoslawski and Panufnik and their place in the history of Polish culture.
FRI 20:50 BBC Proms (b038lfj2)
Prom 55
Prom 55 (part 2): Lutoslawski, Shostakovich & Panufnik
Antoni Wit and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra play Lutoslawski and Panufnik, with Alexander Melnikov in Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major
8.30pm Interval
8.50pm
Panufnik: Tragic Overture
Panufnik: Lullaby
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in B minor
Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit (conductor)
Antoni Wit and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra make their Proms debuts as the festival continues its focus on Polish music during Lutoslawski's centenary year.
Written for the Warsaw Philharmonic in 1954, Lutoslawski's virtuosic folk-inflected Concerto for Orchestra creates a unique sound-world.
Lauded for his recording of Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues, pianist Alexander Melnikov is the soloist in the composer's buoyant Piano Concerto No. 2.
Andrzej Panufnik's Tragic Overture and Lullaby and Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony paint a vivid picture of two nations in parallel periods of anxiety.
An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Friday 30th August at
2pm.
FRI 22:15 Sunday Feature (b01qwgv2)
The Idea of Sin
The Road to Redemption
The Reverend Richard Coles visits Lincoln Cathedral, the focus of Medieval pilgrimage, to begin the last of his series exploring contemporary and historical ideas about sin. Having looked at the central place Temptation still has for many in both religious and secular societies the attention now swings to methods of redemption, purification and the goodness that is defined only by its counter to the idea of sin.
Bathing in the Ganges, Islamic Pilgrimage and the Hajj and Christian pilgrimage are all constructed around notions of cleansing and redemption. But Richard also hears from figures from the environmental movement who suggest that attitudes and actions to our natural world might also be construed in terms which resonate with the conventional spiritual ideas of redemption.
Producer: Tom Alban.
FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b038lfq0)
Session with Sam Amidon
Multi-instrumentalist and folk singer from Vermont, Sam Amidon is in session. Plus all the latest sounds from around the world with Lopa Kothari. Producer James Parkin.
Born in 1981 and raised in Vermont by folk-musician parents, Sam Amidon sings and plays fiddle, banjo, and guitar. As a teenager, Amidon rose to acclaim as a fiddler, releasing five albums with his band Popcorn Behavior. A musician who plays anything from traditional folk to free jazz, Amidon has released four solo albums, and also plays in the New York-based indie-rock bands Doveman and Stars Like Fleas. Amidon also draws comics and makes videos and his work has shown in the Galleries Kuhturm in Leipzig, Audio Visual Arts in New York City, and in a multimedia performance at New York's Museum of Art and Design.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 MON (b038l2y5)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 TUE (b038l5gs)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 WED (b038l5gw)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 THU (b038l5gy)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 FRI (b038l5h3)
BBC Proms
14:00 SAT (b03854f4)
BBC Proms
15:00 SAT (b038kyp0)
BBC Proms
16:00 SAT (b038kypm)
BBC Proms
19:30 SAT (b038kzdd)
BBC Proms
20:15 SAT (b038kzdg)
BBC Proms
20:35 SAT (b038kzdj)
BBC Proms
19:30 SUN (b038l2b4)
BBC Proms
20:15 SUN (b038l2b6)
BBC Proms
20:35 SUN (b038l2b8)
BBC Proms
13:00 MON (b038l2y3)
BBC Proms
19:00 MON (b038l7nd)
BBC Proms
19:50 MON (b038l7ng)
BBC Proms
20:10 MON (b038l7nl)
BBC Proms
22:15 MON (b038l7nr)
BBC Proms
19:30 TUE (b038l926)
BBC Proms
20:30 TUE (b038l928)
BBC Proms
20:50 TUE (b038l92b)
BBC Proms
22:10 TUE (b038lb7m)
BBC Proms
19:30 WED (b038ld13)
BBC Proms
20:55 WED (b038ld17)
BBC Proms
22:15 WED (b038ld2b)
BBC Proms
19:00 THU (b038ldtm)
BBC Proms
19:45 THU (b038ldtp)
BBC Proms
20:05 THU (b038ldtr)
BBC Proms
22:00 THU (b038ldtt)
BBC Proms
19:30 FRI (b038lfhy)
BBC Proms
20:30 FRI (b038lfj0)
BBC Proms
20:50 FRI (b038lfj2)
Breakfast
07:00 SAT (b038kynt)
Breakfast
07:00 SUN (b038kzwr)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (b038l2xx)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (b038l3l5)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (b038l3l7)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (b038l3l9)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (b038l3lf)
CD Review
09:00 SAT (b038kynw)
Choral Evensong
16:00 SUN (b03859tx)
Choral Evensong
15:30 WED (b038ld11)
Composer of the Week
18:00 MON (b038l8t4)
Composer of the Week
18:30 TUE (b038l8wt)
Composer of the Week
18:30 WED (b038l8ww)
Composer of the Week
18:00 THU (b038l8wz)
Composer of the Week
18:30 FRI (b038l8x4)
Edinburgh International Festival
11:00 MON (b038l2y1)
Edinburgh International Festival
11:00 TUE (b038l4p5)
Edinburgh International Festival
11:00 WED (b038l4p9)
Edinburgh International Festival
11:00 THU (b038l4ph)
Edinburgh International Festival
11:00 FRI (b038l4pm)
Essential Classics
09:00 MON (b038l2xz)
Essential Classics
09:00 TUE (b038l3n0)
Essential Classics
09:00 WED (b038l3n2)
Essential Classics
09:00 THU (b038l3n4)
Essential Classics
09:00 FRI (b038l3n6)
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
00:00 SUN (b038kzwm)
Hear and Now
22:15 SAT (b038kzdl)
In Tune
16:30 MON (b038l2y7)
In Tune
17:00 TUE (b038l5jk)
In Tune
16:30 WED (b038l5jm)
In Tune
16:30 THU (b038l5jp)
In Tune
16:30 FRI (b038l5jr)
Jazz Line-Up
23:00 SUN (b038l2bg)
Jazz Record Requests
17:15 SAT (b038kzd8)
Jazz on 3
23:45 MON (b038l2y9)
Late Junction
23:00 TUE (b038ld2d)
Late Junction
23:00 WED (b038lb7p)
Late Junction
23:30 THU (b038ldy7)
Music Feature
12:15 SAT (b01nj6s8)
New Generation Artists
17:00 SUN (b038l2b0)
New Generation Artists
21:45 SUN (b038l2bb)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (b038kzww)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 TUE (b038l4p7)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 WED (b038l4pc)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 THU (b038l4pk)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 FRI (b038l4pp)
Saturday Classics
18:15 SAT (b038kzdb)
Sunday Concert
14:00 SUN (b038kzx0)
Sunday Feature
21:30 MON (b01qkvtw)
Sunday Feature
21:15 THU (b01qqfht)
Sunday Feature
22:15 FRI (b01qwgv2)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (b038kzwt)
The Early Music Show
13:00 SAT (b038kyny)
The Early Music Show
13:00 SUN (b038kzwy)
The Essay
22:45 TUE (b01h625m)
Through the Night
01:00 SAT (b0385m16)
Through the Night
01:00 SUN (b038kzwp)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (b038l2xv)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (b038l3gt)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (b038l3gw)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (b038l3gy)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (b038l3h0)
Twenty Minutes
15:40 SAT (b038kypk)
Twenty Minutes
20:35 WED (b038ld15)
Words and Music
18:15 SUN (b038l2b2)
World Routes
22:00 SUN (b038l2bd)
World on 3
23:00 FRI (b038lfq0)