BBC Proms 2013. Mitsuko Uchida with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mariss Jansons. with Jonathan Swain.
Concerto no. 4 in G major Op.58 for piano and orchestra
Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor)
Martina Lins (soprano), Silke Weisheit (alto), Martin Schmitz (tenor), Hans-Georg Wimmer (bass), Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max (conductor)
Aus dem wasser zu singen (D.744) arr. Liszt for piano
Introduction to Act III & Dances of the Highlanders from Halka (original version)
Soloists with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Chorus, Ton Koopman (conductor)
Muy linda, Pavan, Gallliard - from Pavans, Galliards, Almains, and Other Short Aeirs, Both Graue and Light (1599)
László Horváth (clarinet), The Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Géza Oberfrank (conductor)
Nelson Goerner (1849 Erard grand piano) Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen (conductor)
Quatre Intermèdes et Divertissements for Molière's comedy 'Amphitryon' (Paris-Stockholm, 1785-87) - Intermède IV
Chantal Santon (soprano - La Nuit), Georg Poplutz (tenor - Hérault), Bonn Chamber Chorus, L'Arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt (conductor)
Sonata (Op.1 No.5) in F major (HWV.363a) vers. oboe & bc
18th Century season. Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring Handel at half-past eight and Georgian Gems, compiled from listener requests. Also, including the Best of British music Playlist and your requests for amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls.
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week. We also have our daily brainteaser at
23rd April 2014 will mark the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, and Sarah's guest this week is the actress and director, Fiona Shaw. Fiona has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. She notably played the male lead in Richard II, directed by Deborah Warner, and in 2009 she collaborated with Warner again, taking the lead role in Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. In an article for The Daily Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen described their professional relationship as "surely one of the most richly creative partnerships in theatrical history." Fiona has also worked in film and television, including the American TV show True Blood, and the films My Left Foot, Jane Eyre, Persuasion, and five of the Harry Potter films, in which she played Harry's aunt, Petunia Dursley. As well as acting, she has directed operas, including Vaughan Williams's Riders to the Sea for ENO and Britten's The Rape of Lucretia for the Glyndebourne Tour. Fiona was awarded an honorary CBE in 2001.
This week, as part of the BBC's Eighteenth Century season, Donald Macleod explores the music Handel composed for the Georges, I and II, and to commemorate major events in their reigns.
Today, Handel takes the helm of the newly founded Royal Academy of Music; is appointed Composer for his Majesty's Chapel Royal and Music Master to the royal princesses; creates a string of highly-regarded operatic masterpieces; and makes a seriously upmarket house-move ? right next door to Jimi Hendrix.
Clemency Burton-Hill introduces the first of four programmes showcasing the talents of Radio 3's starry line-up of New Generation Artists. Now in its 15th year, the New Generation Artists scheme brings listeners the very best of emerging British and international talent. The 'NGAs' are offered many opportunities to perform in chamber concerts and with the BBC orchestras; every day this week we hear the fruits of their work in the studio, in recordings made specially for Radio 3.
Today the spotlight falls on Louis Schwizgebel, second prizewinner at the 2012 Leeds International Piano Competition, 2013 Cardiff Singer of the World finalist Olena Tokar, and French viola-player Lise Berthaud
Redeyet oblakov letuchaya gryada (Op 42 No 3); Plenivshis' rozoy, solovey (Op 2 No 2)
This week the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Singers and Ulster Orchestra celebrate English music. Today's programme features the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the 1st symphonies of two of the titans of English music, Walton and Elgar. Plus contemporary English music by Peter Racine Fricker, and Judith Weir.
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Sean Rafferty's guests include much-loved Irish mezzo-soprano Dame Ann Murray. She'll be chatting with Sean about her role working with the young artists of the European Network of Opera Academies at Snape in Aldeburgh.
Plus conductor Dennis Russell Davies, as his tour with the Basel Symphony Orchestra reaches London, with his pianist wife Maki Namekawa. They will piano duet live in the studio.
And live music from oud player Dhafer Youssef and conductor Kristjan Jarvi ahead of their collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Also, In Tune's contribution to the BBC's 18th Century season continues with a look at the 9th of 12 Georgian objects at the Royal Collection with exhibition curator Desmond Shawe-Taylor.
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Tonight's Opera on 3 is a performance of Gounod's Faust, once one of the most famous and most performed operas. Based on Goethe's dramatic poem, it's a tale of romance, temptation and tragedy, and the clash between religion and satanic powers. Faust, sung by the Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja, has become bored with life and its limitations, and makes a pact with the Devil, represented by Méphistophélès, baritone Bryn Terfel: the Devil promises that he will satisfy Faust's hedonistic requests in exchange for his soul. Gounod's Faust contains many musical highlights including the Soldiers' Chorus, and Marguerite's stunning Jewel Song - sung tonight by soprano Sonya Yoncheva. The Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House are conducted by Maurizio Benini, and tonight's live performance is presented by Donald Macleod.
Faust ..... Joseph Calleja (Tenor)
Méphistophélès ..... Bryn Terfel (Baritone)
Marguerite ..... Sonya Yoncheva (Soprano)
Valentin ..... Simon Keenlyside (Baritone)
Wagner ..... Jihoon Kim (Bass Baritone)
Siébel ..... Renata Pokupic (Mezzo-soprano)
Martha Schwerlein ..... Diana Montague (Mezzo-soprano)
We tend to think of England in terms of the binary opposition between the rebel North and establishment South, with the result that we often forget about the bit of the country sandwiched in between - the Midlands. This week five Essayists shed light on the distinctive history and culture of England's squeezed middle.
In this second programme, writer and critic Henry Hitchings turns the spotlight on 'Dr Darwin, the Lunartick Doctor of Lichfield', one of the leaders of the Midland Enlightenment. In the late 18th century, a group of Midlands-based entrepreneurs and innovators helped to recast the world. They included Josiah Wedgwood, James Watt and Matthew Boulton, but none was more remarkable than Erasmus Darwin, the 'Leonardo da Vinci of the Midlands'.
WEDNESDAY 23 APRIL 2014
WED 00:30 Through the Night (b0414zpp)
BBC Proms 2013. Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, in Mozart's Haffner Symphony and Schumann's Piano Concerto with soloist Jan Lisiecki.
12:31 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Symphony No.35 in D major (K.385), "Haffner"
Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, Antonio Pappano (conductor)
12:48 AM
Schumann, Robert [1810-1856]
Concerto for piano and orchestra (Op.54) in A minor
Jan Lisiecki (piano), Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, Antonio Pappano (conductor)
1:19 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Nocturne in C sharp minor Op.posth for piano
Jan Lisiecki (piano)
1:24 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergey [1873-1943]
Symphony No.2 (Op.27) in E minor
Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, Antonio Pappano (conductor)
2:22 AM
Ponchielli, Amilcare [1834-1886]
The Dance of the Hours (finale), from La Gioconda
Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, Antonio Pappano (conductor)
2:24 AM
Strauss (ii), Johann [1825-1899]
Paraphrase of 'An der schonen blauen Donau', Op.314
Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)
2:31 AM
Cherubini, Luigi (1760-1842)
Ballet music from 'Anacréon'
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
2:39 AM
Halévy, Jacques-François (1799-1862)
Gérard & Lusignan's duet: 'Salut, salut, à cette noble France' - from 'La Reine de Chypre', Act 3
Benjamin Butterfield (tenor - Gérard), Brett Polegato (baritone - Lusignan), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor)
2:51 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Introduction and rondo capriccioso for violin and orchestra (Op.28)
Moshe Hammer (violin), Winnepeg Symphony Orchestra, Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)
3:00 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Piano Trio in D minor (Op.120) (1923)
Grumiaux Trio
3:22 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose) ballet
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)
3:51 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph [1872-1958]
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis for double string orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)
4:07 AM
Jacob, Gordon (1895-1984)
5 Pieces arranged for harmonica and strings
Gianluca Littera (harmonica), I Cameristi Italiani
4:22 AM
Arnold, Malcolm (1921-2006), arr. John P. Paynter
Little Suite for brass band No.1 (Op.80)
Edmonton Wind Ensemble, Harry Pinchin (conductor)
4:31 AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Le Carnaval romain - overture (Op.9)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)
4:40 AM
Cavalli, Francesco (1602-1676)
Dixit Dominus
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor and Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor)
4:52 AM
Salieri, Antonio (1750-1825)
Sinfonia in D major 'Veneziana'
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi (conductor)
5:02 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Tarantella from Venezia e Napoli (S.162)
Janina Fialkowska (piano)
5:12 AM
Valente, Antonio (fl.1565-80)
Gallarda Napolitana
Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director)
5:14 AM
Strozzi, Barbara [1619-1677]
Mascara, sonata e ballata da piu Cavalieri Napolitani
Maria Cleary (Arpa Doppia)
5:17 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)
5:51 AM
Rózycki, Ludomir (1884-1953)
Symphonic Poem: Mona Lisa Gioconda (Op.31)
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wojciech Czepiel (conductor)
6:01 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Symphony No.4 in A major (Op.90) 'Italian' )]
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg (conductor).
WED 06:30 Breakfast (b04150h2)
Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
18th Century season. Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring Handel at half-past eight and Georgian Gems, compiled from listener requests. Also, including the Best of British music Playlist and your requests for amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk with your music requests.
WED 09:00 Essential Classics (b04150j9)
Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Fiona Shaw
Sarah Walker with her guest, the actress and director Fiona Shaw.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week. We also have our daily brainteaser at
9.30.
10am
Artists of the Week: The Borodin Quartet
10.30am
23rd April 2014 will mark the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, and Sarah's guest this week is the actress and director, Fiona Shaw. Fiona has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. She notably played the male lead in Richard II, directed by Deborah Warner, and in 2009 she collaborated with Warner again, taking the lead role in Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. In an article for The Daily Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen described their professional relationship as "surely one of the most richly creative partnerships in theatrical history." Fiona has also worked in film and television, including the American TV show True Blood, and the films My Left Foot, Jane Eyre, Persuasion, and five of the Harry Potter films, in which she played Harry's aunt, Petunia Dursley. As well as acting, she has directed operas, including Vaughan Williams's Riders to the Sea for ENO and Britten's The Rape of Lucretia for the Glyndebourne Tour. Fiona was awarded an honorary CBE in 2001.
11am
18th Century season: 15 Georgian Pleasures
Herschel
Symphony No. 8 in C minor
London Mozart Players
Matthias Bamert (conductor).
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b0415129)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
God Save the King!
This week, as part of the BBC's Eighteenth Century season, Donald Macleod explores the music Handel composed for the Georges, I and II, and to commemorate major events in their reigns.
Today, George I dies, unexpectedly and unconventionally ? 'of a surfeit of watermelons' is the official word. One of his last constitutional acts was to sign Handel's naturalization papers, and now that the composer was a true Brit there was no bar to his composing the music for the new king's coronation. By all accounts the performances on the day were chaotic, but the scale and magnificence of the music made a lasting impression on those present, and has set the tone for coronations to this day. Handel's deeply competitive leading operatic ladies, Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni, set very much the wrong tone when they scrapped in front of Princess ? soon to be Queen ? Caroline; the King's Theatre, Haymarket, descended into chaos during a performance of Bononcini's opera Astianatte, as the two prima donnas screamed abuse at each other. Happily, no such excitements marred the première of Handel's new one, Riccardo Primo, an opera about Richard the Lionheart ? the perfect subject-matter to mark the new king's accession.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b041518y)
Radio 3 New Generation Artists
Episode 2
Clemency Burton-Hill introduces the second of four programmes showcasing the talents of Radio 3's starry line-up of New Generation Artists. Now in its 15th year, the New Generation Artists scheme brings listeners the very best of emerging British and international talent. The 'NGAs' are offered many opportunities to perform in chamber concerts and with the BBC orchestras; every day this week we hear the fruits of their work in the studio, in recordings made specially for Radio 3.
Today violinist Elena Urioste treats us to a clutch of favourite violin encores, the Apollon Musagète Quartet perform an arrangement of Prokofiev's piano Visions Fugitives, British mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately sings songs by Brahms, and Louis Schwizgebel, second prizewinner at the 2012 Leeds International Piano Competition, plays Beethoven's ever-popular 'Moonlight' Sonata.
Gershwin, arr. Heifetz: It ain't necessarily so
Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster (piano)
Prokofiev, arr. Samsonov: Visions fugitives, Op 22
Apollon Musagète Quartet
Brahms: An die Nachtigall; Immerleise; Von ewige Liebe; Die Mainacht; Des Liebsten Schwur
Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), James Baillieu (piano)
Debussy, arr. Heifetz: Beau soir
Engel: Seashell
Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster (piano)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2 (Moonlight)
Louis Schwizgebel (piano).
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b04153q1)
English Music
Episode 3
This week the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Singers and Ulster Orchestra celebrate English music. In today's progamme the Ulster Orchestra perform Elgar's setting of the Ode by O'Shaughnessy, The Music Makers, before turning to Britten's tribute to his teacher in the Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge. Plus choral music by Elgar and Gabriel Jackson from the BBC Singers conducted by James Morgan.
Presented by Penny Gore
2pm
Elgar
The Music Makers, Op.69
Eva Vogal (contralto)
Belfast Philharmonic Society Choir
Ulster Orchestra
Duncan Ward (conductor)
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2.35pm
Elgar
Love's Tempest
Gabriel Jackson
Ruchill Linn
BBC Singers
James Morgan (conductor)
c.
2.50pm
Britten
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
Ulster Orchestra
Michael Francis (conductor).
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b04157wz)
The Guild Chapel, Stratford-upon-Avon
From the Guild Chapel, Stratford-upon-Avon marking the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare
Introit: Haec dies (Byrd)
Responses: Smith
Psalm: 114 (Tonus peregrinus)
Office Hymn: Love's redeeming work is done (Savannah)
First Lesson: Song of Solomon 3
Canticles: Second Service (Gibbons)
Second Lesson: Matthew 28 vv16-end
Anthems: Hear the voice of the Bard (Pete M. Wyer); Since by man came death; Then shall be brought to past; O death, where is thy sting?, But thanks be to God (Handel)
Hymn: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (St Fulbert)
Orchestral Voluntary: A tempo ordinario, e staccato & Allegro from the Organ Concerto in B flat, Op. 4 No. 2, HWV 290 (Handel)
With Orchestra of the Swan (Artistic Director - David Curtis)
Orchestra of the Swan Chamber Choir (Director - John Liggins)
Part of Radio 3's celebration of the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.
WED 16:30 In Tune (b04153wn)
Wednesday - Sean Rafferty
Sean Rafferty celebrates Shakespeare's 450th birthday with the usual In Tune mix of live music and chat. Guests include enterprising cellist/bass-baritone Matthew Sharp, whose concert series RE:naissance 2014 opens at London's Kings Place this week.
Also, In Tune's contribution to the BBC's 18th Century season continues with a look at the 10th of 12 Georgian objects at the Royal Collection with exhibition curator Desmond Shawe-Taylor.
Main headlines are at
5pm and
6pm.
In.Tune@bbc.co.uk
@BBCInTune
Part of Radio 3's celebration of the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.
WED 18:30 Composer of the Week (b0415129)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
WED 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b041543b)
Live from Warwick Arts Centre
Basel Symphony Orchestra - Part, Glass, Adams (part 1)
Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass and John Adams are three of the twentieth century's most influential composers. Their music is more richly textured, harmonic and accessible than their usual 'Minimalist' label implies. Pärt's "These Words", Glass's Cello Concerto No.2 and Adams's "Harmonielehre" are brought to life with consummate skill and passion by the Basel Symphony Orchestra, one of Europe's leading symphony orchestras, brilliantly conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, an acknowledged champion of modern classical music.
Live from Warwick Arts Centre
Presented by Tom Redmond
Arvo Pärt: These Words
Philip Glass: Cello Concerto No.2
Interval
John Adams: Harmonielehre
Basel Symphony Orchestra
Matt Haimovitz (cello)
Dennis Russell Davies (conductor)
"These Words" is as haunting and ethereal as the timeless Gregorian chants that have inspired much of Pärt's work. Resonant and meditative, Glass's recently premiered Cello Concerto No.2 is a condensation of his score for Godfrey Reggio's critically acclaimed 2002 film "Naqoyqatsi".
Requiring colossal orchestral resources, Adams's "Harmonielehre" is a unique, mesmerising, three-movement work that marries the developmental techniques of Minimalism with the harmonic and expressive world of fin de siècle late Romanticism, to breathtaking effect. "You're standing on the Golden Gate Bridge when a huge supertanker suddenly rears up from the water and shoots into the air like a rocket. Wagner's "Parsifal" plays softly, but just keeps turning into Mahler; and against a starry sky, a medieval mystic chatters away to a Californian baby." Those are the visions that inspired John Adams's "Harmonielehre".
Followed by highlights from the National Youth Choir's concert given at Leeds Town Hall last Saturday.
WED 20:20 Twenty Minutes (b03brxkb)
Sound and Fury
How do sound designers use soundscapes and sound effects to manipulate excitement and emotion in the cinema audience?
Trevor Cox, Professor of Acoustic Engineering, visits Pinewood studios to meet Glenn Freemantle, who subsequently won an Oscar for his work on Gravity. Freemantle describes the extraordinary lengths he went to in order to re-create the soundscape of a remote desert canyon in the 2010 film 127 Hours, so that the cinema audience hears exactly what the climber trapped under a rock for 127 hours hears as he tries to escape. And he shows how to build up the sound in a creepy scene to make the audience feel uneasy.
Trevor Cox also learns how the sound of a futuristic motor bike is created in the latest Judge Dredd film - how does a sound designer create a sound that is incredibly powerful but also believable?
And there's a revealing trip to a screening room in central London to experience the very latest technology in the world of cinematic surround sound.
First broadcast in October 2013.
WED 20:40 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b0415821)
Live from Warwick Arts Centre
Basel Symphony Orchestra - Part, Glass, Adams (part 2)
Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass and John Adams are three of the twentieth century's most influential composers. Their music is more richly textured, harmonic and accessible than their usual 'Minimalist' label implies. Pärt's "These Words", Glass's Cello Concerto No.2 and Adams's "Harmonielehre" are brought to life with consummate skill and passion by the Basel Symphony Orchestra, one of Europe's leading symphony orchestras, brilliantly conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, an acknowledged champion of modern classical music.
Live from Warwick Arts Centre
Presented by Tom Redmond
Arvo Pärt: These Words
Philip Glass: Cello Concerto No.2
Interval
John Adams: Harmonielehre
Basel Symphony Orchestra
Matt Haimovitz (cello)
Dennis Russell Davies (conductor)
"These Words" is as haunting and ethereal as the timeless Gregorian chants that have inspired much of Pärt's work. Resonant and meditative, Glass's recently premiered Cello Concerto No.2 is a condensation of his score for Godfrey Reggio's critically acclaimed 2002 film "Naqoyqatsi".
Requiring colossal orchestral resources, Adams's "Harmonielehre" is a unique, mesmerising, three-movement work that marries the developmental techniques of Minimalism with the harmonic and expressive world of fin de siècle late Romanticism, to breathtaking effect. "You're standing on the Golden Gate Bridge when a huge supertanker suddenly rears up from the water and shoots into the air like a rocket. Wagner's "Parsifal" plays softly, but just keeps turning into Mahler; and against a starry sky, a medieval mystic chatters away to a Californian baby." Those are the visions that inspired John Adams's "Harmonielehre".
Followed by highlights from the National Youth Choir's concert given at Leeds Town Hall last Saturday.
WED 22:00 Free Thinking (b04154dt)
Dame Janet Suzman
Dame Janet Suzman has appeared on stage at the Royal Shakespeare company as Beatrice, Kate, Cleopatra, Portia, Rosaline, Ophelia. On TV she played opposite Michael Gambon as Philip E Marlowe's wife in The Singing Detective. In her native South Africa she has directed Brecht, Chekhov and Shakespeare. She is the author of Acting With Shakespeare: Three Comedies, a series of masterclasses, and Not Hamlet.
Today is the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth. In extended conversation with Philip Dodd, Janet Suzman talks about acting and directing and politics in her native South Africa - which goes to the polls on May 7th.
Part of Radio 3's celebration of the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth
Producer: Zahid Warley.
WED 22:45 The Essay (b04154q5)
In Praise of the Midlands
Shakespeare the Midlander
We tend to think of England in terms of the binary opposition between the rebel North and establishment South, with the result that we often forget about the bit of the country sandwiched in between - the Midlands. This week five Essayists shed light on the distinctive history and culture of England's squeezed middle.
In this third programme, broadcast to mark the 450th anniversary of the Bard's birth, Dominic Dromgoole, artistic director of The Globe, offers praise to 'William Shakespeare the Midlander', and argues that the vision of world literature's most celebrated son was shaped as much by his provincial Stratford upbringing as by his later time in London, and that the distinctive 'mellow shapes of the Midlands' form the backdrop to the universal themes of his writing.
WED 23:00 Late Junction (b04157x1)
Wednesday - Fiona Talkington
Fiona Talkington presents an eclectic choice of music.
THURSDAY 24 APRIL 2014
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b0414zpr)
BBC Proms 2013. Anna Caterina Antonacci is the soloist in Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder with the Rotterdam Philharmonic conducted by Yannick Nézét-Séguin. With Jonathan Swain
12:31 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich [1840-1893]
Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézét-Séguin (conductor)
12:51 AM
Wagner, Richard [1813-1883]
Wesendonck-Lieder, arr. Mottl for voice & orchestra
Anna Caterina Antonacci (mezzo soprano), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézét-Séguin (conductor)
1:13 AM
Prokofiev, Sergei [1891-1953]
Symphony no. 5 in B flat major Op.100
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézét-Séguin (conductor)
1:56 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitri [1906-1975]
The Gadfly - suite from the film music Op.97a
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézét-Séguin (conductor)
1:59 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
6 Mazurkas (1. G major, Op.50/1; 2. C minor, Op.56/3; 3. A flat major, Op.17/3; 4. A minor, Op.17/4; 5. C Major, Op.67/3; 6. C major, Op.56/2)
Sana Villerusa (piano)
2:17 AM
Franck, César (1822-1890)
Choral for organ no.3 in A minor (M.40)
Ljerka Ocic (organ of the Lisinski Concert Hall, Zagreb)
2:31 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Concerto no. 4 in E flat major K.495 for horn and orchestra
David Pyatt (horn), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert King (conductor)
2:47 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (excerpts);
Steven Osborne (piano)
3:17 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Concerto in A major (BWV.1055)
Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe d'amore), Camerata Köln
3:31 AM
Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich [1865-1936]
Albumblatt for trumpet and piano in D flat major
Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)
3:36 AM
Schubert, Franz [1797-1828], arr.Reger, Max [1873-1916]
Erlkönig D.328, arr. Reger for voice and orchestra
Dietrich Henschel (baritone), National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow (conductor)
3:41 AM
Schumann, Robert [1810-1856]
Toccata in C major Op.7 for piano
Nelson Goerner (piano)
3:47 AM
Haydn, Johann Michael (1737-1806)
Ave Regina for double choir (MH.140)
Ex Tempore, Florian Heyerick (director)
3:58 AM
Franck, César (1822-1890)
Cantabile in B major (M.36), No.2 from 3 Pieces pour grand orgue (M.35-37)
Ljerka Ocic (organ of the Lisinski Concert Hall, Zagreb)
4:04 AM
Françaix, Jean (1912-1997)
L'Heure du berger
The Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound
James Campbell (conductor)
4:13 AM
Hotteterre, Jacques [1674-1763]
Sonate en trio in C major Op.3'2
Concerto Copenhagen, Alfredo Bernardini (director)
4:19 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Triumphal March from 'Sigurd Jorsalfar'
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Roman Zeilinger (conductor)
4:31 AM
Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962) (attrib by Kreisler to Pugnani)
Praeludium and Allegro
Moshe Hammer (violin), Valerie Tryon (piano)
4:36 AM
Delius, Frederick (1862-1934)
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - from Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (1911/12)
Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor)
4:45 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.26 in E flat major (K.184)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Franz-Paul Decker (conductor)
4:55 AM
Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927)
Vårnatt (Spring Night)
Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stefan Sköld (conductor)
5:04 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Fantasy for piano (D.760) in C major 'Wandererfantasie'
Alfred Brendel (piano)
5:25 AM
Pfitzner, Hans (1869-1949)
Symphony no.2 in C major (Op.46)
Symphony Novia Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor)
5:44 AM
Fasch, Johann Friedrich (1688-1758)
Overture à due chori in B flat
Cappella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde (conductor)
6:08 AM
Poulenc, Francis (Jean Marcel) (1899-1963)
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1943)
Semmy Stahlhammer (violin), Roland Pöntinen (piano).
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b04150h4)
Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
18th Century season. Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring Handel at half-past eight and Georgian Gems, compiled from listener requests. Also, including the Best of British music Playlist and your requests for amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk with your music requests.
THU 09:00 Essential Classics (b04150jc)
Thursday - Sarah Walker with Fiona Shaw
Sarah Walker with her guest, the actress and director Fiona Shaw.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week. We also have our daily brainteaser at
9.30.
10am
Artists of the Week: The Borodin Quartet
10.30am
23rd April 2014 will mark the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, and Sarah's guest this week is the actress and director, Fiona Shaw. Fiona has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. She notably played the male lead in Richard II, directed by Deborah Warner, and in 2009 she collaborated with Warner again, taking the lead role in Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. In an article for The Daily Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen described their professional relationship as "surely one of the most richly creative partnerships in theatrical history." Fiona has also worked in film and television, including the American TV show True Blood, and the films My Left Foot, Jane Eyre, Persuasion, and five of the Harry Potter films, in which she played Harry's aunt, Petunia Dursley. As well as acting, she has directed operas, including Vaughan Williams's Riders to the Sea for ENO and Britten's The Rape of Lucretia for the Glyndebourne Tour. Fiona was awarded an honorary CBE in 2001.
11am
18th Century season: 15 Georgian Pleasures
Mozart
Adagio for glass harmonica in C, K.356
Bruno Hoffman (glass harmonica).
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b041512c)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Much Ado About Not Much
This week, as part of the BBC's Eighteenth Century season, Donald Macleod explores the music Handel composed for the Georges, I and II, and to commemorate major events in their reigns.
Today, Handel bids a musical farewell to his friend and devoted supporter Queen Caroline, dead within ten years of her coronation. Had she survived longer, she would doubtless have joined the long list of royal subscribers to her favourite composer's Concerti Grossi, published in 1739. Four years on, her husband George II became the last British monarch to lead his troops into battle ? at Dettingen, south-east of Frankfurt, where his makeshift army defeated the French. Handel seems to have mistaken this minor skirmish for a major victory, and decided to mark it with a grand Te Deum. He conceived it for the enormous spaces of St Paul's Cathedral, but in the event it was performed in the much more intimate surroundings of the Chapel Royal ?a musical quart in an architectural pint pot.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b0415190)
Radio 3 New Generation Artists
Episode 3
Clemency Burton-Hill introduces another programme showcasing the talents of Radio 3's starry line-up of New Generation Artists. Now in its 15th year, the New Generation Artists scheme brings listeners the very best of emerging British and international talent. The 'NGAs' are offered many opportunities to perform in chamber concerts and with the BBC orchestras; every day this week we hear the fruits of their work in the studio, in recordings made specially for Radio 3.
Today Irish tenor Robin Tritschler sings Tippett's cantata Boyhood's End, clarinettist and former BBC Young Musician of the Year Mark Simpson performs Four Duets by Edmund Finnis, and Chinese pianist Zhang Zuo tackles Schumann's demanding Etudes Symphoniques
Tippett: Boyhood's End
Robin Tritschler (tenor), Christopher Glynn (piano)
Edmund Finnis: Four Duets
Mark Simpson (clarinet), Vikingur Olafsson (piano)
Schumann: Etudes symphoniques, Op 13
Zhang Zuo (piano).
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b04153q3)
English Music
Episode 4
This week features English music performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Singers and the Ulster Orchestra. Following on from The Dream of Gerontius on Monday, Andrew Davis conducts the Symphony Orchestra in Elgar's The Apostles, also part of his 70th birthday celebration concerts at the Barbican earlier this month. This is preceeded with a Last Night of the Proms favourite, Wood's Fantasia on British Sea Songs.
Presented by Penny Gore
c.
2pm
Wood
Fantasia on British Sea Songs
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
c.
2.20pm
Elgar
The Apostles
Nicole Cabell (Soprano)
Sarah Connolly (Mezzo)
Paul Groves (Tenor)
Brindley Sherratt (Bass)
Gerald Finley (Baritone)
Jacques Imbrailo (Baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor).
THU 16:30 In Tune (b04153wq)
Alisa Weilerstein, Tim Hugh, Alissa Firsova
Sean Rafferty presents, with live music from America cellist Alisa Weilerstein whose concerto disc with Berlin Staatskapelle and Daniel Barenboim won this year's BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Year Award; pianist/composer Alissa Firsova and cellist Tim Hugh play live in the studio ahead of their concert at Milton Court in London; plus news of the 2014 BBC Proms season, launched today.
Also, In Tune's contribution to the BBC's 18th Century season continues with a look at the 11th of 12 Georgian objects at the Royal Collection with exhibition curator Desmond Shawe-Taylor.
Main headlines are at
5pm and
6pm.
In.Tune@bbc.co.uk
@BBCInTune.
THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b041512c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b04158k2)
BBC SSO - Part, Mahler
Live from City Halls, Glasgow
Presented by Jamie MacDougall
Mahler's Ninth Symphony represents the composer's ultimate achievement in orchestral music. At around 80 minutes in length the Symphony is epic, seeming to encompass the very span of life and death itself. Described by Leonard Bernstein as 'terrifying, and paralyzing', tonight Donald Runnicles - chief conductor of the BBC SSO and music director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin - brings his affinity with musical drama to this mighty testament.
And to precede the vast symphony the orchestra evoke the haunting simplicity of Arvo Pärt's memorial to a composer greatly devoted to Mahler's music: his Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten.
Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
This concert has no interval
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
Followed by highlights from the National Youth Choir's concert given at Leeds Town Hall last Saturday.
THU 22:00 Free Thinking (b04154dw)
Stealing Banksy? Vice Media, Chris Marker Profile
As the row continues over who Banksy's latest artwork belongs to, and a street art exhibition and auction - Stealing Banksy? - opens in London, Samira Ahmed asks how works of art on the street and online are challenging notions of ownership in the art world. With Mary McCarthy, Director of MM Contemporary Arts; Professor Lionel Bently, barrister and copyright expert on intellectual property, and street artist and gallery owner, Pure Evil.
Stewart Purvis, ex ITN CEO and Professor of Journalism at City Universitylooks at the rise of global youth media company Vice. From it's beginnings as a Toronto punk 'zine in 1994 to a mainstream global online news channel, does Vice offer a new model of news for both journalists and audiences?
The Whitechapel Gallery is holding a retrospective of French film maker Chris Marker. Artist Jeremy Millar, film critic and co-curator of the retrospective Chris Darke and Habda Rashid, Assistant Curator at The Whitechapel Gallery discuss his life and work.
THU 22:45 The Essay (b04154q7)
In Praise of the Midlands
In Praise of Alan Sillitoe, 'Bard of Nottingham'
We tend to think of England in terms of the binary opposition between the rebel North and establishment South, with the result that we often forget about the bit of the country sandwiched in between - the Midlands. This week five Essayists shed light on the distinctive history and culture of England's squeezed middle.
In this fourth programme, James Walker, Chair of the Nottingham Writers' Studio, offers a eulogy to the Bard of Nottingham, Alan Sillitoe, and his great fictional creation, Arthur Seaton, who famously declared 'Whatever you say I am, that's what I'm not'. The highly quotable hedonistic anti-hero of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is part of a long tradition of Nottinghamshire rebels and tough individualists, running from Robin Hood to the strike-defying Notts miners of the 1980s.
THU 23:00 Late Junction (b04157y9)
Thursday - Fiona Talkington
Fiona Talkington presents an eclectic choice of music.
FRIDAY 25 APRIL 2014
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b0414zpt)
BBC Proms 2013. BBC Symphony Orchestra with Edward Gardner. Lutoslawski and Holst. With Jonathan Swain
12:31 AM
Lutoslawski, Witold [1913-1994]
Symphonic variations
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)
12:41 AM
Holst, Gustav [1874-1934]
Egdon Heath Op.47
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)
12:56 AM
Lutoslawski, Witold [1913-1994]
Concerto for piano and orchestra
Louis Lortie (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)
1:23 AM
Holst, Gustav [1874-1934]
The Planets - suite Op.32
BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)
2:16 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
12 Variations on 'Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman' for piano (K.265)
Martin Helmchen (piano)
2:31 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Symphony no.2 in D major (Op.43)
Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Peeter Lilje (conductor)
3:15 AM
Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918)
Virta Venhetta vie ('Rivers Gentle Flow Carry The Boat') (Op.37 No.1)
Eero Heinonen (piano)
3:19 AM
Stainov, Petko (1896-1977)
The Secret of the Struma River
Gusla Men's Choir, Vassil Stefanov (conductor)
3:27 AM
Hammerschmidt, Andreas (1611/12-1675)
Suite in C for strings (gambas) and winds - from the collection 'Ester Fleiß'
Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director)
3:40 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Sonata in G minor for cello and piano (Op.65)
Claes Gunnarsson (cello), Roland Pöntinen (piano)
4:11 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) orch. Henri Büsser
Printemps - suite symphonique
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Jun Märkl (conductor)
4:31 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906-1975)
Festive Overture (Op.96)
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor)
4:37 AM
Gratton, Hector (1900-1970) arr. David Passmore
Première danse canadienne (1927)
Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William Tritt (piano)
4:41 AM
Gratton, Hector [1900-1970] arr. Passmore, David
Quatrieme danse canadienne arranged for piano trio
Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William Tritt (piano)
4:46 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Chromatic fantasia and fugue in D minor BWV.903 for keyboard
Evgeni Koroliov (piano)
4:59 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Francesca da Rimini (symphonic fantasia after Dante) (Op.32)
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Québec, Raffi Armenian (conductor)
5:23 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759]
Ah! che troppo inequali, Italian cantata no.26 for soprano, 2 violins, viola and continuo HWV 230
Maria Keohane (soprano) European Union Baroque Orchestra, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor)
5:34 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) arranged by Edmund Rubbra
25 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by GF Handel (Op.24)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch (conductor)
6:02 AM
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934)
Wind Quintet in A flat major (Op.14)
Cinque Venti
6:17 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto for cello and orchestra in E minor, RV.409
Maris Villeruss (cello), Latvian Philharmony Chamber Orchestra, Tovijs Lifsics (conductor).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b04150h6)
Friday - Petroc Trelawny
18th Century season. Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring Handel at half-past eight and Georgian Gems, compiled from listener requests. Also, including the Best of British music Playlist and your requests for amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk with your music requests.
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b04150jf)
Friday - Sarah Walker with Fiona Shaw
Sarah Walker with her guest, the actress and director Fiona Shaw.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week. We also have our daily brainteaser at
9.30.
10am
Artists of the Week: The Borodin Quartet
10.30am
23rd April 2014 will mark the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, and Sarah's guest this week is the actress and director, Fiona Shaw. Fiona has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. She notably played the male lead in Richard II, directed by Deborah Warner, and in 2009 she collaborated with Warner again, taking the lead role in Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. In an article for The Daily Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen described their professional relationship as "surely one of the most richly creative partnerships in theatrical history." Fiona has also worked in film and television, including the American TV show True Blood, and the films My Left Foot, Jane Eyre, Persuasion, and five of the Harry Potter films, in which she played Harry's aunt, Petunia Dursley. As well as acting, she has directed operas, including Vaughan Williams's Riders to the Sea for ENO and Britten's The Rape of Lucretia for the Glyndebourne Tour. Fiona was awarded an honorary CBE in 2001.
11am
18th Century season: 15 Georgian Pleasures
Avison
Concerto Grosso No.1
Avison Ensemble
Pavlo Beznosiuk (conductor).
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b041512f)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
War and Peace
This week, as part of the BBC's Eighteenth Century season, Donald Macleod explores the music Handel composed for the Georges, I and II, and to commemorate major events in their reigns.
Today, explosions both warlike and peaceful. On the 19th of August 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie pitched up on the coast of Scotland for one last crack at toppling the house of Hanover ? thereby setting in train a chain of events that's become known to history as the Jacobite Rising of '45. Charles and his Highlanders made it as far south as Derby before being turned back and eventually routed at the Battle of Culloden. In response, Handel went into patriotic overdrive; his oratorio Judas Maccabaeus celebrates the hero of the hour, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland. With the Jacobites quelled, British troops could be redeployed on the Continent in the continuing conflict over the Austrian Succession. Its resolution in the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle gave Handel another opportunity for sonic celebration: his Music for the Royal Fireworks.
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, (Act 3; 'See, the conqu'ring hero comes!')
Choir of New College, Oxford
King's Consort
Robert King (conductor)
Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62; Ouverture
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord and direction
'From scourging rebellion (A Song on the Victory obtained over the Rebels)', HWV 228 no.9
Charles Daniels, Andrew Carwood, Simon Davies, tenors
Adrian Butterfield, violin
Katherine Sharman, cello
David Miller, theorbo
Paul Nicholson, harpsichord
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63 (Act 1; conclusion)
Emma Kirkby, soprano (Israelitish Woman)
Catherine Denley, mezzo-soprano (Israelitish Man)
Jamie MacDougall, tenor (Judas Maccabaeus)
Choir of New College, Oxford
King's Consort
Robert King, conductor
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (original version) The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord and direction
Producer: Chris Barstow.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b0415196)
Radio 3 New Generation Artists
Episode 4
Clemency Burton-Hill introduces the last programme this week showcasing the talents of Radio 3's starry line-up of New Generation Artists. Now in its 15th year, the New Generation Artists scheme brings listeners the very best of emerging British and international talent. The 'NGAs' are offered many opportunities to perform in chamber concerts and with the BBC orchestras; every day this week we hear the fruits of their work in the studio, in recordings made specially for Radio 3.
Today the Apollon Musagète Quartet perform Stravinsky's Concertino, Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe plays the Guitar Sonata by Antonio José, and jazz saxophonist Trish Clowes performs some of her own compositions.
Trish Clowes: An Unusual Trip
Trish Clowes (saxophone), Chris Montague (electric guitar), Ross Stanley (piano)
Stravinsky: Concertino
Apollon Musagète String Quartet
Trish Clowes: A Cat called Behemoth; In between the Moss and Ivy
Trish Clowes (saxophone), Chris Montague (electric guitar), Ross Stanley (piano and Hammond organ)
José: Guitar Sonata
Sean Shibe (guitar).
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b04153q5)
English Music
The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Elgar, Britten and Vaughan Williams
This week celebrates English music performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra and BBC Singers. In a month of 70th birthday celebrations for Sir Andrew Davis, today's programme incudes a concert he gave with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Toyota last year, featuring Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, and Vaughan Williams' London Symphony. Plus Finzi and Warlock from the Ulster Orchestra, Bridge from the BBC Singers, and Dyson from the BBC Symphony Chorus.
Presented by Penny Gore
2pm
Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March no.1
Britten
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Vaughan Williams
A London Symphony
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
c.
3.15pm
Finzi
Dies Natalis
Mary Nelson (soprano)
Ulster Orchestra
Timothy Henty (conductor)
Warlock
Capriol Suite
Ulster Orchestra
Timothy Henty (conductor)
Bridge
Autumn; Golden slumbers
BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
c.
3.55pm
Judith Weir
The Welcome Arrival of Rain
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Dyson
Three Songs of Praise
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor).
FRI 16:30 In Tune (b04153ws)
John Wilson, Marcelo Bratke, Cantabile
Sean Rafferty's guests include lively young vocal ensemble Cantabile, renowned for their popular blend of classical and cabaret. They'll be performing live in the studio ahead of their week-long residency at London's Crazy Coqs club with pianist Malcolm Martineau.
Plus, live music from acclaimed Brazilian pianist Marcelo Bratke.
Also, In Tune's contribution to the BBC's 18th Century season continues with a look at the last of 12 Georgian objects at the Royal Collection with exhibition curator Desmond Shawe-Taylor.
Main headlines are at
5pm and
6pm.
In.Tune@bbc.co.uk
@BBCInTune.
FRI 18:30 Composer of the Week (b041512f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b041543z)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Beethoven, Mozart
Live in Concert
Presented by Jamie MacDougall
Jérémie Rhorer conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra with violinist Nicola Benedetti in Mozart's 'Turkish' Violin Concerto, as well as two works by Beethoven; his rousing Egmont overture and the Fourth Symphony in B flat major.
The violin concerto in A major was the last of 5 concertos that Mozart wrote for the instrument in 1775, its 'Turkish' nickname coming from a minor-key section of music in the last movement. Beethoven wrote the Overture to Goethe's historical drama Egmont 'purely out of love for the poet'. It was written a year after Napoleon's troops had invaded Vienna and of the nine musical excerpts Beethoven wrote for the play, this dramatic Overture remains the most well known. Four years later, Beethoven completed his Fourth Symphony, full of light and shade, between the giants of his Third and Fifth symphonies.
Beethoven: Overture, Egmont
Mozart: Violin Concerto No 5 in A 'Turkish'
8.10pm Interval
8.30
Beethoven: Symphony No 4 in B flat major
Nicola Benedetti (violin)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jérémie Rhorer (conductor)
Followed by highlights from the National Youth Choir's concert given at Leeds Town Hall last Saturday.
FRI 22:00 The Verb (b04154dy)
Sentimentality
Ian McMillan is joined by guests Professor John Carey, poet Ross Sutherland, novelist MJ Hyland and singer Barb Jungr to explore why 'sentimentality' in writing was so valued in the 18th century, and has become so taboo in contemporary writing.
First broadcast 25/04/2014.
FRI 22:45 The Essay (b04154qc)
In Praise of the Midlands
Learning to Be a Midlander
We tend to think of England in terms of the binary opposition between the rebel North and establishment South, with the result that we often forget about the bit of the country sandwiched in between - the Midlands. This week five Essayists shed light on the distinctive history and culture of England's squeezed middle.
In this fifth and final programme in the series, writer and performer Katherine Jakeways reflects on her anonymous Northamptonshire upbringing, her love of that other great (and self-styled) 'Poet of the Midlands' - not Shakespeare but Adrian Mole - and explains how, with the discovery of Richard III's bones under a car park in Leicester and the Staffordshire Hoard in Hammerwich, she finally found a sense of regional belonging and learned to be a proud Midlander.
FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b04157z4)
The Gloaming in Session, Commonwealth Connections 12
Mary Ann Kennedy with a session from Irish band The Gloaming, news of the Songlines Awards, and Commonwealth Connections continues with music from Grenada and Malawi.
Feature: Malawi
In a music centre at the heart of Malawi's capital Lilongwe, 3 groups converge to demonstrate some of this country's rich music and culture. Waliko Makhala, respected musicologist and pioneer at Malawi Broadcasting Corporation, introduces the Kang'oma Cultural Troupe. Teacher Nkathama Chavamagwede and singer Avelyn White play township jive and songs of social comment. Nyandoro & The Black Souls fill a small teaching room with the sounds of unashamedly traditional songs, and we hear how this music defines Malawi's heritage.
Heritage Track: Grenada
Writer Jacob Ross was short-listed for the 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize and in 2011 was awarded Grenada's highest award for his contribution to literature. His choice of Heritage Track- the 1960s calypso Dan is the Man in the Van by The Mighty Sparrow- reminds him of growing up in Grenada and the schooling he received in what was then a British colony, full of nonsensical nursery rhymes and images of seasons unknown in the Caribbean. He paints a picture of Grenadians as being both laid-back and determined in their attitude to life, and nurturing high hopes as their star sprinter, Kirani James, heads for Glasgow this summer.
Session: The Gloaming
Since breaking into the music scene in Ireland in 2011 The Gloaming has been critically acclaimed for their innovative approach, mixing traditional Irish folk roots with the New York contemporary music scene. Irish and American musicians join forces in this five-piece ensemble to produce a fresh mix moving 'the music of Ireland in captivating new directions', according to The New Yorker Magazine. After concerts in London, Amsterdam, Paris and New York last year, The Gloaming showcase some of their latest work in an exclusive session in our studio.
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 (b0414z93)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 TUE (b04153pz)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 WED (b04153q1)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 THU (b04153q3)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 FRI (b04153q5)
Breakfast
07:00 SAT (b0414dkf)
Breakfast
07:00 SUN (b0414dqb)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (b0414z8v)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (b04150h0)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (b04150h2)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (b04150h4)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (b04150h6)
CD Review
09:00 SAT (b0414dkh)
Choir and Organ
16:00 SUN (b0414fq0)
Choral Evensong
15:00 SUN (b0414fpy)
Choral Evensong
15:30 WED (b04157wz)
Composer of the Week
12:00 MON (b0414z8z)
Composer of the Week
18:00 MON (b0414z8z)
Composer of the Week
12:00 TUE (b0415127)
Composer of the Week
17:50 TUE (b0415127)
Composer of the Week
12:00 WED (b0415129)
Composer of the Week
18:30 WED (b0415129)
Composer of the Week
12:00 THU (b041512c)
Composer of the Week
18:30 THU (b041512c)
Composer of the Week
12:00 FRI (b041512f)
Composer of the Week
18:30 FRI (b041512f)
Drama on 3
19:30 SUN (b0414fq4)
Essential Classics
09:00 MON (b0414z8x)
Essential Classics
09:00 TUE (b04150j7)
Essential Classics
09:00 WED (b04150j9)
Essential Classics
09:00 THU (b04150jc)
Essential Classics
09:00 FRI (b04150jf)
Free Thinking
22:00 WED (b04154dt)
Free Thinking
22:00 THU (b04154dw)
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
00:00 SUN (b0414dn4)
Hear and Now
22:00 SAT (b0414dm7)
In Tune
16:30 MON (b0414z95)
In Tune
16:30 TUE (b04153wl)
In Tune
16:30 WED (b04153wn)
In Tune
16:30 THU (b04153wq)
In Tune
16:30 FRI (b04153ws)
Jazz Line-Up
18:00 SAT (b0414dkw)
Jazz Record Requests
17:00 SAT (b0414dkt)
Jazz on 3
23:00 MON (b0414z9c)
Late Junction
23:00 TUE (b04157rf)
Late Junction
23:00 WED (b04157x1)
Late Junction
23:00 THU (b04157y9)
Music Matters
12:15 SAT (b0414dkk)
Music for Easter
21:55 SUN (b0414fq6)
Opera on 3
19:00 MON (b0414z97)
Opera on 3
18:50 TUE (b041580v)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (b0414dqg)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 SAT (b0414dm5)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 WED (b041543b)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
20:40 WED (b0415821)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 THU (b04158k2)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 FRI (b041543z)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 SAT (b0414dkm)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 SUN (b040hww8)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 MON (b0414z91)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 TUE (b041518w)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 WED (b041518y)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 THU (b0415190)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 FRI (b0415196)
Saturday Classics
14:00 SAT (b0414dkp)
Sound of Cinema
16:00 SAT (b0414dkr)
Sunday Feature
18:45 SUN (b0419n4c)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (b0414dqd)
The Early Music Show
14:00 SUN (b0414fpw)
The Essay
22:45 MON (b0414z99)
The Essay
22:45 TUE (b04154q3)
The Essay
22:45 WED (b04154q5)
The Essay
22:45 THU (b04154q7)
The Essay
22:45 FRI (b04154qc)
The Verb
22:00 FRI (b04154dy)
Through the Night
01:00 SAT (b040hz9f)
Through the Night
01:00 SUN (b0414dq8)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (b0414z8s)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (b0414zpk)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (b0414zpp)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (b0414zpr)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (b0414zpt)
Twenty Minutes
20:20 WED (b03brxkb)
Words and Music
17:30 SUN (b0414fq2)
World on 3
23:00 FRI (b04157z4)