Jörg Brückner (Horn), Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov (Conductor)
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'
Roberta Alexander (Soprano), Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen (Conductor)
Verklarte Nacht Op.4, arr. for string orchestra
Nigel Robson (Tenor), English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor)
Kirchen-Sonate in B flat (K. 212) for 2 violins, double bass and organ
Nelson Goerner (Piano), Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Bruggen (Conductor)
From Hafiz -Don't be lured by warlike glory...
Trio in E flat major H.
V národnim tónu op. 73 (In Folk Tone) 3. Ach, neni tu (Nothing can change for me)
Suite no. 2 in F major HWV.427 for keyboard
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Scherzos; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: David Zinman, featured conducting Strauss's Tod und Verklarung.
Few composers have championed their nation's folk music as passionately as Zoltán Kodály. Talking to scholar David Vinden, Donald Macleod picks out some gems.
"Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a true benefactor of humanity." So said Hungarian composer, Zoltán Kodály. As a young man growing up in the early years of the twentieth century, he identified, with almost religious zeal, his duty to celebrate the folk music of his native country. Kodály captured it on primitive recording devices, transcribed it, and arranged it for children's choirs; but perhaps even more importantly, elevated it to the status of concert hall art music. In doing so, particularly in the years following the first world war when Hungary was economically decimated, Kodály played a vital role in helping a nation to rebuild itself in the wake of a devastating conflict.
Sean Rafferty introduces the penultimate piano recital in this week's series recorded in Dublin and Belfast. Today's concert was recorded in the First Presbyterian Church, Rosemary Street, Belfast. Pianist, Michael McHale performs a programme of Nocturnes by Chopin and John Field as well as Liszt's adventurous and virtuosic take on Verdi's themes from Rigoletto. He begins the programme with Schubert's Four Impromptus, D. 899 - the four pieces were written and published in 1827, the year before the composer's death.
Franz Schubert: Four Impromptus D. 899
Katie Derham presents performances by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra of a selection from Grieg's perennially-popular incidental music to Ibsen's Norwegian fairy tale drama Peer Gynt recorded recently at the orchestra's Glaswegian home, City Halls, and an Aberdonian performance of Bruckner's 4th symphony, nicknamed 'The Romantic' by the composer himself.
Grieg: Peer Gynt - incidental music Op.23 (At the wedding; Morning; Aase's death; Anitra's dance; Peer Gynt's homecoming; In the hall of the mountain king)
c.
Bruckner Symphony no. 4 in E flat major (Romantic)
Suzy Klein meets the Congolese sapeurs Coup Fatal who bring their unique take on the baroque masters to the In Tune studio today. We also hear from conductor Ed Gardner who conducts his final ENO production this week, a brand new production of Tchaikovsky's opera Queen of Spades. And Swiss tenor Mauro Peter performs live ahead of his concert of Lieder at London's Wigmore Hall tomorrow.
Passionate, serene, and rooted in a deep and heartfelt faith, Rachmaninov loved his Vespers above all his other works. They gave their composer "an hour of the most complete satisfaction", and every performance creates a quite unmistakable atmosphere.
Followed by Harmonice Mundi, by Geoffrey Poole, and Two Movements for String Quartet by Simon Holt, recorded last year and played by students of the Guildhall School.
Kate Grenville is one of Australia's leading authors whose novels have explored her country's often difficult history. She and Rana Mitter discuss past secrets and present concerns as she publishes a memoir One Life: My Mother's Story.
In her trilogy The Secret River, The Lieutenant, and Sarah Thornhill, Kate Grenville explored Australia's early history through three generations of a colonial family.
Brigadoon, Unthank, and today Duncairn. Literary critic Stuart Kelly explores the fictional Scottish cities that never appear on any map.
Nick Luscombe's varied mix includes ambient music from Multicast Dynamics, twisted electronics from Squarepusher, Indian Classical music from Vilayat Khan and Bismillah Khan, plus a newly remastered track from folk guitar legend Bert Jansch.
THURSDAY 04 JUNE 2015
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b05wyvtg)
Chamber Music by Beethoven
Catriona Young presents a performance of Beethoven's Eroica Symphony arr piano trio and Beethoven's Septet in E flat op 20.
12:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827] arr Ries, Ferdinand [1784-1838]
Symphony no. 3 in E flat major Op.55 (Eroica) arr Piano Quartet
Florian Uhlig (piano), Agata Szymczewska (violin), Amihai Grosz (viola), Rafal Kwiatkowski (cello)
1:16 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Septet in E flat major Op.20
Michel Lethiec (clarinet), Giorgio Mandolesi (bassoon), André Cazalet (horn), Agata Szymczewska (violin), Amihai Grosz (viola), Rafal Kwiatkowski (cello), Jurek Dybal (double bass)
1:57 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, B.108 (Op.53)
Vilde Frang (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, William Eddins (conductor)
2:31 AM
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz (1664-1704)
Missa Sancti Henrici, for 5 soloists, 5-part chorus, 5 trumpets, timpani, 2 violins, 3 violas, violone, and organ
Unknown boy soloists from Regensburger Domspatzen, James Griffett (tenor), Michael Schopper (bass), Regensburger Domspatzen, Collegium Aureum, Herbert Metzger (organ), Georg Ratzinger (conductor)
3:08 AM
Grieg, Edvard [1843-1907]
Slatter Op.72 for piano
Ingfrid Breie Nyhus (piano)
3:45 AM
Herbert, Victor (1859-1924), arr. Otto Langey
March of the Toys (from the operetta 'Babes in Toyland', 1903)
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor)
3:49 AM
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)
Sonata for trumpet, two violins & continuo in D major
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), The King's Consort, Robert King (director)
3:55 AM
Cornago, Johannes (b.?Cornago, nr Calahorra, c.1400; d.?Burgos, after 1474)/Ockeghem, Johannes (b Saint Ghislain, nr Mons, c1410; d ?Tours, 6 Feb 1497)
Qu'es mi vida, preguntays
Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director)
4:00 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Prelude and fugue from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Bk.2 No.5 in D major (BWV.874)
Kamiel D'Hooghe (organ of Sint-Pieterskerk, Bertem)
4:08 AM
Suk, Josef (1874-1935)
Elegy (Op.23) arr. for piano trio
Trio Lorenz
4:15 AM
Kalnins, Alfred (1879-1951)
Ballad for cello and piano
Marcis Kuplais (cello), Ventis Zilberts (piano)
4:22 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Rondo for violin and orchestra in B flat major (K.269)
Benjamin Schmid (violin), Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Adam Fischer (conductor)
4:31 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Sonata Polonaise in A minor for violin, viola and continuo (TWV.42:A minor 8)
La Stagione Frankfurt
4:38 AM
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594)
Tu es Petrus - motet for 6 voices
Silvia Piccollo & Emmanuela Galli (sopranos), Fabian Schofrin (alto), Marco Beasley (tenor), Daniele Carnovich (bass), Chorus of Swiss Radio, Lugano, Theatrum Instrumentorum, Diego Fasolis (conductor)
4:45 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Estampes (Pagodes, La Soirée dans Grenade, Jardins sous la pluie)
Hinko Haas (piano)
4:59 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Peer Gynt, Suite No.1
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Roman Zeilinger (conductor)
5:13 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Sonata for violin and keyboard (K.301) in G major
Julie Eskaer (violin) , Janjz Zapolsky (piano)
5:27 AM
Dekleva, Igor (b.1933)
The Wind is Singing
Ipavska Chamber Choir, Tomaz Pirnat (conductor)
5:33 AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
King Lear Overture (Op.4)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa (conductor)
5:50 AM
Novak, Vitezslav (1870-1949)
Trio for piano and strings in D minor (Op.27) 'quasi una ballata'
Suk Trio: Joseph Suk (violin), Josef Chuchro (cello), Jan Panenka (piano)
6:06 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Concerto for 2 harpsichords in F major (Wq.46/H.410)
Alan Curtis & Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichords), Collegium Aureum.
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b05wywj9)
Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
THU 09:00 Essential Classics (b05wyx96)
Thursday - Rob Cowan with Will Gregory
9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... Scherzos'. The word 'scherzo' comes from the Italian 'to joke' or 'I joke'. Rob showcases a range of these playful pieces by composers including Chopin, Prokofiev, Schubert and Stravinsky.
9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge: listen to the clues and see if you know the mystery place.
10am
Rob's guest this week is the musician Will Gregory. Will is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer and is best known as part of the electronic music duo Goldfrapp. He will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music with Rob every day at
10am.
11am
The conductor David ZInman is Rob's artist of the week. Rob will be traversing a wide selection of recordings by Zinman, a conductor who has always shown a flair for versatility and an ear for a varied range of repertoire. Throughout the week Rob will be dipping into Zinman's critically acclaimed set of Beethoven symphonies with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra and exploring his interpretations of Hummel via Richard Strauss and Arthur Honegger.
Including:
Honegger
Pacific 231
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
David Zinman (conductor)
Schumann
Symphony No.1 in B flat Op.39
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
David Zinman (conductor).
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b05wyxqb)
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)
The Internationalist
In the 1930's, Kodály's reputation reached the international stage. Donald Macleod reflects on how Kodály's music captured the European imagination.
Although there are few composers whose work is located so securely within the indigenous folk culture of their homelands, Zoltán Kodály was, by the late 1920s, building himself a formidable international reputation. By now in his 40s, he had had successful premieres across Europe, and was in dialogue with colossally influential figures such as Arturo Toscanini. His difficulties with the Hungarian authorities were long behind him and, buoyed by a new publishing deal, he was at the height of his powers - responding to commissions with exciting new compositions, and able to travel Europe as a champion of Hungarian music.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b04b2hhx)
The Romantic Piano
Finghin Collins
Sean Rafferty introduces the final programme in this series of four piano recitals recorded in Dublin and Belfast. Today's concert was recorded at The Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. Irish pianist, Finghin Collins performs Schumann's Faschingsschwank aus Wien "Phantasiebilder" Op 26, which translates as 'Carnival Scenes from Vienna'. The US composer, Jane O'Leary has been resident in Ireland since 1972, her Five Bagatelles are a a collection of short pieces inspired by Beethoven's own collections of short piano works. Chopin composed the Four Mazurkas Op. 17 in 1832-33, during his first years in Paris. He loved the Polish dance and across the span of his short life he wrote about sixty of mazurkas.
Finghin Collins (piano)
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien - Phantasiebilder Op 26
Jane O'Leary: Five Bagatelles (2013)
Chopin: Four Mazurkas Op 17
First broadcast 25/07/2014.
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b05wyyjm)
Thursday Opera Matinee
Nielsen - Saul and David
Nielsen 150.
Katie Derham presents the first of our opera broadcasts marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Danish composer Carl Nielsen - a performance from Danish Royal Opera of his first opera, Saul and David, telling the Biblical story of Saul's jealousy of the young David, who has won the favour of the people by defeating the giant, Goliath. Celebrated Nielsen interpreter Michael Schønwandt conducts, with Johan Reuter in the dramatic title role as King Saul and Ann Petersen as David's beloved Michal. His other opera, Maskerade, will be broadcast later this month.
Nielsen: Saul og David
Johan Reuter, bass-baritone, Saul
Michael Kristensen, tenor, Jonathan
Ann Petersen, soprano, Michal
Niels Jørgen Riis, tenor, David
Morten Staugaard, bass, Samuel
Leif Jone Ølberg, bass-baritone, Abner
Susanne Resmark, contralto, Witch of Eldor
Danish Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra
Michael Schønwandt, conductor.
THU 16:30 In Tune (b05wyz3q)
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Clara Rodriguez, Stile Antico, Rena Fruchter
Suzy Klein's guests today include the legendary pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, plus live music from Early Music vocal ensemble Stile Antico, and from distinguished pianist Clara Rodriguez, who will play Latin-American music by Villa-Lobos and others. Plus Rena Fruchter discusses the re-issue of a Dudley Moore film soundtrack.
THU 19:00 Composer of the Week (b05wyxqb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 20:00 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b05wyzhv)
BBC NOW and Chorus - B Tommy Andersson, Mahler
Live from St. David's Hall, Cardiff
Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas
Thomas Sondergard conducts the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales in Satyricon by Composer in Association B Tommy Anderson, and Mahler's 2nd Symphony with soloists Susan Gritton and Jennifer Johnston.
B Tommy Andersson: Satyricon
8.25 Interval - Nicola Heywood Thomas looks back with B Tommy Andersson over his year as Composer in Association with BBC NOW - and forward to his BBC Proms commission in September
8.50 Mahler: Symphony No.2 in C minor (Resurrection)
BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor)
Susan Gritton (soprano)
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano)
Thomas Søndergård closes the orchestra's St David's Hall season with Mahler's 'Resurrection' Symphony, summoning the full force of the orchestra and chorus to conjure the afterlife through music.
It's paired with B Tommy Andersson's Satyricon, a piece inspired by the tales of three young men in Ancient Rome. Written by the Latin author Petronius, they chronicle the amusing and sometimes risqué adventures of the lead character Encolpius. The rhythmic and extroverted music paints a picture of the scene, ending with, in the composer's words, "a grotesque dance, wild and noisy".
THU 22:15 Free Thinking (b05wz4jm)
Susan Abulhawa, Napoleon, Eugenia Cheng on Maths
Dr Eugenia Cheng says she aims to rid the world of maths phobics. She discusses the links between maths and playing the piano with Anne McElvoy. Susan Abulhawa was born to refugees of the 1967 war and is a founder of Playgrounds for Palestine. Her novel Mornings in Jenin has been translated into 25 languages. And as preparations ramp up for events marking the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo - Dr Gregory Tate, one of the 2013 New Generation Thinkers, joins Anne to discuss his new research into the way British writers were inspired by the figure of Napoleon.
Susan Abulhawa's new novel is called The Blue Between Sky and Water.
Eugenia Cheng's book is called Cakes, Custard and Category Theory: Easy Recipes for Understanding Complex Maths.
Producer: Neil Trevithick
Image: Susan Abulhawa
Photo credit: Chase Burkett.
THU 22:45 The Essay (b05wz4wl)
Five Imaginary Scottish Places
Unthank
Scottish Literature is filled with imaginary places. Today Stuart Kelly explores Alasdair Gray's Unthank, the nightmarish setting for 1981's Lanark.
THU 23:00 Late Junction (b05wz53z)
Thursday - Nick Luscombe
Nick Luscombe's selection features new music from London based producer Flako, an Asian inspired piece by Estonian composer and musician Peeter Vahi, Japanese hip-hop from DJ Shark and jazz from Swedish guitarist Ulf Wakenius.
FRIDAY 05 JUNE 2015
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b05wyvtj)
Proms 2014: Halle and Mark Elder
Catriona Young presents a concert from the 2014 BBC Proms with the Hallé Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder. Alice Coote is the soloist in Elgar's Sea Pictures.
12:31 AM
Berlioz, Hector [1803-1869]
Le Corsaire - overture Op.21
Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor)
12:40 AM
Elgar, Edward [1857-1934]
Sea pictures Op.37
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor)
1:04 AM
Grime, Helen [b.1981]
Near Midnight
Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor)
1:16 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770-1827]
Symphony no. 3 in E flat major Op.55 (Eroica)
Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor)
2:04 AM
Mondonville, Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de [1711-1772]
Grand Motet 'Dominus regnavit'
Ann Monoyios (soprano), Matthew White (counter tenor), Colin Ainsworth (tenor), Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Ivars Taurins (conductor)
2:31 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Symphony No 2 in C, Op 61
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda
3:07 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Quartet for piano and strings No.3 (Op.60) "Werther" in C minor
Havard Gimse (piano), Stig Nilsson (violin), Anders Nilsson (viola), Romain Garioud (cello)
3:43 AM
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)
Sonata da Chiesa in B minor (Op.1 No.6)
London Baroque
3:49 AM
Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927). Lyrics by J.P.Jacobsen
Three choral songs
Swedish Radio Choir, Gustaf Sjökvist (conductor)
3:56 AM
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) transcr. Liszt
Isolde's Liebestod transc. Liszt for piano (S.447)
François-Frédéric Guy (piano)
4:03 AM
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945) arr. Arthur Willner
Romanian folk dances from Sz.56
I Cameristi Italiani
4:11 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Fantasy in C minor (K.396)
Valdis Jancis (piano)
4:22 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Recitativo accompagnato - Dall'ondoso periglio; Aria - Aure, deh, per pieta - from the opera 'Giulio Cesare in Egitto' Act 3 Sc 4
Graham Pushee (counter-tenor), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (artistic director)
4:31 AM
Khachaturian, Aram Ilyich [1903-1978]
Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from the ballet 'Spartacus' (Act 3)
NRCU Symphony Orchestra, Vyacheslav Blinov (conductor)
4:40 AM
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
Chaconne for piano (Op.32)
Anders Kilström (piano)
4:50 AM
Duijck, Johan [b.1954]
Cantiones Sacrae in honorem Thomas Tallis, op.26, Book 1
Flemish Radio Choir, Johan Duijck (conductor)
5:00 AM
Groneman, Albertus (1710-1778)
Concerto in G major for solo flute, two flutes, viola & basso continuo
Jed Wentz (solo flute), Marion Moonen, Cordula Breuer (flutes), Musica ad Rhenum
5:08 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Overture - from 'Der Freischütz'
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
5:19 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Tzigane - rapsodie de concert pour violon et piano
James Ehnes (violin), Wendy Chen (piano)
5:30 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Quartet for strings (Op.18'2) in G major
Kroger Quartet
5:55 AM
Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847)
Songs Without Words (Op.6) (1846)
Sylviane Deferne (piano)
6:06 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Concerto for flute and strings in D minor (Wq.22)
Martin Michael Koffer (flute), Slovenicum Chamber Orchestra, Uros Lajovic (conductor).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b05wywjc)
BBC Music Day
Petroc Trelawny presents a special edition of the Breakfast programme from Birdoswald Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall. He's joined live by the BBC Singers as Radio 3 joins "Hadrian's Wall of Sound" - a live musical event taking place along the Wall from Bowness-on-Solway to Wallsend.
BBC Music Day will connect communities and generations with an inspirational celebration of music across the UK. Radio 3 Breakfast is the start of a day of live music-making on Radio 3 involving all of the BBC's performing groups. The day ends with a live gala concert with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at City Halls in Glasgow in a simulcast on Radio 3, 2, Radio Scotland, Asian Network and on red button.
BBC Music Day kicks off with 'Hadrian's Wall of Sound' - a unique, visually spectacular musical relay from Bowness on Solway to Wallsend. Hundreds of musicians from diverse communities along the wall will journey by bicycle, horse, open top vintage bus, motorbike and unicycle, passing a baton from performer to performer. The music will start at daybreak in West Cumbria and finish in North Tyneside - 73 miles and 14 hours later. This ambitious feat will be reflected live on BBC Radio 3 - led by the BBC Singers - and on BBC local radio, BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Look North (North East and Cumbria).
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b05wyx9j)
BBC Music Day
Today Essential Classics is part of BBC Music Day, a new nationwide initiative connecting communities and generations with an inspirational celebration of music across the UK. This unique day features live music events and performances involving both well-known musicians and local ensembles across the country, together with the BBC's Performing Groups. Essential Classics is pleased to be joined by the BBC Singers, live from Cumbria.
Later in the morning Rob hands over to Sarah Walker in north-west London for a specially recorded concert from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios. The concert will feature works by Bax, Ravel, John Adams and Sibelius performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, sitting side by side with amateur musicians and students on the BBC SO/RCM Pathways Scheme, and the BBC SO Family Orchestra and Chorus will create a new piece. And BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Esther Yoo will join the BBC SO to perform the finale of Beethoven's Violin Concerto.
9am
As part of BBC Music Day we join the BBC Singers live from Cumbria for some songs that reflect the local area. Rob shares his final reason to love scherzos. Also, take part in today's musical challenge: listen to the clues and see if you know the mystery performer.
10am
Rob's guest this week is the musician Will Gregory. Will is a composer, producer, keyboardist and woodwind player and is best known as part of the electronic music duo Goldfrapp. He will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music with Rob, every day at
10am.
10.30am
We return to Cumbria to hear once again from the BBC Singers and after that we join Sarah Walker at Maida Vale for a specially recorded concert by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. They're joined by students and amateur musicians to perform works by Bax, Ravel, John Adams and Sibelius. In addition the BBC SO Family Orchestra and Chorus will create a new piece and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Esther Yoo joins the BBC SO to perform the finale of Beethoven's Violin Concerto.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b05wyxqd)
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)
Kodaly and Education Matters
Kodály's life was, to an unique extent, dedicated to the music education of the Hungarian people. Donald Macleod discusses his legacy with David Vinden.
"It is our firm conviction that mankind will live the happier when it has learned to live with music more worthily. Whoever works to promote this end, in one way or another, has not lived in vain." The words of Zoltán Kodály: a composer whose commitment to the celebration of his nation's culture, and the education of his nation's children, was virtually unparalleled. In the closing programme of this week's series, Donald Macleod talks to Kodály scholar and teacher David Vinden about Kodály's role as a music educationalist, and about how his much fêted teaching 'method' works.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b05xgj10)
BBC Music Day: Live from Aldeburgh
LIVE from Snape Maltings in Suffolk
Presented by Sarah Walker
In this special edition of the Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert for BBC Music Day, Clemency Burton-Hill is live from Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk with a programme that celebrates young musicians. The concert features two of Radio 3's New Generation Artists alongside Aldeburgh Young Musicians and members of the Britten-Pears Young Artist programme and St James Middle School choir
Programme to include:
Dvorak: Cypresses 2, 3 and 10
Navarra Quartet
Liszt: Soirées de Vienne
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)
Britten: Friday Afternoons songs
Jon Boden: Lady on the Mountain (Aldeburgh Friday Afternoons commission 2014)
Nico Muhly: Rain (Aldeburgh Friday Afternoons commission 2015)
Choir of St James Middle School Bury St Edmunds
Boulez: Notations 1,6 8-12
Julian Trevelyan (piano)
Britten: folk song group including Oliver Cromwell
Benjamin Appl (baritone),
St James Middle School Bury St Edmunds,
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano).
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b05wyyjp)
BBC Music Day
Ian Skelly hosts Afternoon of 3 which continues to celebrate music in communities up and down the UK for the first BBC Music Day. The children of Pimlico Opera's Primary Robins visit Grange Park Opera for a live concert featuring the bass baritone Bryn Terfel and the BBC Concert Orchestra.
In Bristol, the British Paraorchestra teams up with young musicians from South West OpenUp Music Orchestra and singers from the Bristol Youth Choir and City of Bristol Choir under conductors Charles Hazlewood and David Ogden.
1400-1500
LIVE from Grange Park Opera with presenter Verity Sharp
Music to include:
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll (original orchestration)
Plus songs specially arranged by Andrew Cottee to feature members of the BBC Concert Orchestra and Pimlico Opera's Primary Robins, a community project that uses music and drama to enrich the lives of schoolchildren with little exposure to the arts.
There'll also be a guest appearance from opera superstar Bryn Terfel, currently playing Tevye in Grange Park's production of 'Fiddler on the Roof'.
Pimlico Opera's Primary Robins
BBC Concert Orchestra
Michael Collins (conductor)
Bryn Terfel (bass baritone)
Pimlico Opera's Primary Robins
BBC Concert Orchestra
Michael Collins (conductor)
1530-1545
LIVE from Colston Hall in Bristol with presenter in Alex Lovell in conversation with Charles Hazlewood
Radio 3 drops in on a concert conducted by Charles Hazlewood and David Ogden who bring together four musically diverse and cross-generational groups of musicians in a celebration of muisic making in Bristol. The South West OpenUp Music Youth Orchestra and Bristol Youth Choir are joined by City of Bristol Choir and Charles Hazlewood's Biritish Paraorchestra in works by Pachelbel arranged by David Ogden and Jonathan Dove. Presenter Alex Lovell discusses Charles Hazlewood's vision for musical diversity live on air.
Pachelbel arr. Ogden: The songs you learn by heart.
Jonathan Dove: There was a Child
South West OpenUp Music Youth Orchestra
Bristol Youth Choir & City of Bristol Choir
British Paraorchestra
Charles Hazlewood and David Ogden (conductors)
1620-1630
LIVE from Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff - simulcast with Radio Cymru and Radio Wales, presented by Nicola Heywood-Thomas
After discussions with Guinness World Records, we are going to attempt to set a new world record - The Greatest Distance Between Singers of a Duet.
It will happen at Hoddinott Hall, Wales Millennium Centre, and Y Wladfa in Patagonia, to the accompaniment of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (conductor - John Quirk), and will be a live broadcast on BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio 3, simultaneously.
The song in question will be the Welsh hymn Calon Lan, with the first and second verses being sung as a duet between Shan Cothi in Cardiff and Andres Evans in Patagonia (7000+ miles away). So as well as celebrating the first ever BBC Music Day, we will also be part of the ongoing, year-long celebrations, noting 150 years since the first Welsh settlers left for Patagonia.
The first and second chorus, along with the third verse and repeated chorus at the end will be sung by a choir in Patagonia (Cor Ysgol Gerdd y Gaiman), and an inter-generational composite choir in Hoddinott Hall. The composite choir in Cardiff will be made up of the in-house Radio Cymru choir, members of the BBC NOW Chorus, members of the BBC Choir of the Year - Cor CF1, and Wales Millennium Centre/Only Kids Aloud Chorus (conducted by the Music Day ambassador - Tim Rhys Evans).
FRI 16:30 In Tune (b05wyz3s)
BBC Music Day: Suzy Klein in Bradford and Sean Rafferty in Belfast
Suzy Klein in Bradford and Sean Rafferty in Belfast with live music and guests for BBC Music Day.
1630-1815 Suzy Klein in Bradford
In Tune continues BBC Music Day's celebration of music among communities and generations throughout the UK. Suzy's guests in Bradford at the Kala Sangam Arts Centre include members of the BBC Philharmonic collaborating with South Asian traditional musicians Vejay Venkat and Arian Sadr, students from Leeds College of Music, and the award winning Hammonds Saltaire Brass Band. Plus local children taking part in an outdoor performance of composer Anna Meredith's piece 'Connect It', one of the BBC's Ten Pieces to inspire primary schools across the UK.
1815-1915 Sean Rafferty in Belfast
Sean Rafferty continues In Tune from Crumlin Road Gaol, the focal point of BBC Music Day in Belfast. He is joined by members of the Ulster Orchestra, conducted by David Brophy, with the celebrated flautist Sir James Galway working with young flautists, the traditional Irish musician Neil Martin and the Methodist College Choir.
Music includes:
Mozart: Rondo: Allegro (Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K314)
Sir James Galway (flute)
Ulster Orchestra
David Brophy (conductor)
Joan Trimble: Prelude from Suite for Strings
Ulster Orchestra
David Brophy (conductor)
Neil Martin: They were loved (No Tongue can Tell)
Neil Martin (uilleann pipes)
Ulster Orchestra
David Brophy (conductor)
Gyorgy Orban: Daemon irrepit callidus
Karl Jenkins: I'll Make Music
Methodist College Choir
Ruth McCarthy (choirmaster).
FRI 19:15 Choir and Organ (b05wyzhx)
BBC Music Day
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a special edition of the programme for BBC Music Day, live from Maida Vale Studios, with choral music from choirs of all ages, including Berkshire Young Voices and Voyage Community Choir joining the BBC Symphony Chorus. The concert links generations of singers together and culminates in a premiere of a work by Bob Chilcott.
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
LIVE from BBC Maida Vale Studios in London
Richard Rodney Bennett: Four Poems of Thomas Campion
[Winter Nights
Never weather-beaten sail
Fire, fire!
The hours of sleepy night]
BBC Symphony Chorus
Stephen Jackson (conductor)
Rutter: For the Beauty of the Earth
Chilcott: Can you Hear Me
Tyson and Scott: Feel Good
Berkshire Young Voices
Elizabeth Croft (conductor)
Andrew McKenna (piano)
Cy Coleman, arr Richard Barnes: Rhythm of Life
Voyage Community Choir
Dorian Edwards conductor
Premiere and Broadcast Premiere of part of a new work which will be fully premiered in 2016:
Bob Chilcott: Setting Sail (from The Voyage)
Berkshire Young Voices
BBC Symphony Chorus
Voyage Community Choir
Gemma Beason (piano)
Stephen Jackson (conductor).
FRI 20:00 BBC Music Day (b05xgnbc)
2015
BBC Music Night
BBC Music Night
LIVE from City Halls in Glasgow
Presented by Katie Derham and Ken Bruce
BBC Music Day culminates in a live gala concert from City Halls in Glasgow presented by Katie Derham and Ken Bruce, which is simulcast on Radio 2, Radio 3, Radio Scotland and the Asian Network. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is joined by an exciting cross-genre line-up of artists including tenor Noah Stewart, the violinist Jack Liebeck, pop legends Lulu and Deacon Blue, Bhangra artist Jaz Dhami, Scots folk star Claire Hastings, harpist Catrin Finch and jazz pianist Jamie Cullum. They perform music with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Richard Balcombe, from classical repertoire to film music, jazz to rock and folk music to Jaz Dhami.
Music includes:
Bernstein: Overture Candide
Steve Sidwell (new arrangement): God Only Knows
Agustin Lara: Granada - Noah Stewart (tenor)
Claire Hastings: The Posie
Deacon Blue (arr. Martin Williams): Hipster (New arrgt Martin Williams)
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro - overture
Catrin Finch: Tros Y Garreg
Jaz Dhami: Gulabi Aankhen
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (1st movement) - Jack Liebeck (violin)
Rimsky Korsakov: Procession of the Nobles
INTERVAL
Katie Derham talks to some of the artists taking part in this special gala concert and looks back at highlights from BBC Music Day on Radio 3, from the BBC Singers singing on Hadrian's Wall to the world record attempt for the longest-distance duet between Cardiff and Patagonia.
Deacon Blue: Long Window To Love (new arrangement by Martin Williams)
Puccini: Recondita Armonia (Tosca) - Noah Stewart (tenor)
Catrin Finch: Solstice
Claire Hastings: Let Ramensky Go
Frederick Loewe: My Fair Lady
Massenet: Meditation (Thais) - Jack Liebeck (violin)
Jaz Dhami: Chura liya hai Tumne
Mark London: To Sir With Love
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Richard Balcombe (conductor).
FRI 22:00 The Verb (b05wz4jp)
Ian's guests on the 'Cabaret of the word' include the poet and novelist Kate Clanchy.
Kate Clanchy is the author of the poetry collections 'Slattern', 'Samarkand' and 'Newborn', as well as a memoir 'Antigona and Me'. Her latest book is a novel, 'Meeting The English'. Kate will be a judge on this year's Proms Poetry Competition.
Producer: Faith Lawrence.
FRI 22:45 The Essay (b05wz4wq)
Five Imaginary Scottish Places
Brigadoon
Unthank, Brigadoon, Thrums. Scottish literature is filled with place names that can't be found in a gazeteer or GPS. The literary critic Stuart Kelly explores the imaginary locations that have provided the settings for some of Scotland's greatest novels. He concludes his visit to imaginary Scottish places with a visit to Brigadoon.
FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b05wz547)
Lopa Kothari - The Hot Seats in Session
Lopa Kothari with the latest releases from across the globe, and a live session from Appalachian string band The Hot Seats.
The Hot Seats are a five-piece from Richmond, Virginia, with their own twisted blend of American roots music. With influences ranging from Woody Guthrie and Phil Ochs to George Formby and Frank Zappa, their intention is "to keep the role of traditional musician as entertainer and commentator alive and kicking".
Plus the latest from BBC Introducing, and another dip into the Radio 3 World Music Archive.
World on 3 sessions are available for download as a podcast via the home page.
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 (b05wytj3)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 TUE (b05wyyjh)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 WED (b05wyyjk)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 THU (b05wyyjm)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 FRI (b05wyyjp)
BBC Music Day
20:00 FRI (b05xgnbc)
BBC Performing Groups
23:30 SUN (b05wynm7)
Between the Ears
22:00 SAT (b05wyjrj)
Breakfast
07:00 SAT (b05wyjqy)
Breakfast
07:00 SUN (b05wynln)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (b05wyqnj)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (b05wywj3)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (b05wywj7)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (b05wywj9)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (b05wywjc)
CD Review
09:00 SAT (b05wyjr0)
Choir and Organ
16:00 SUN (b05wynlx)
Choir and Organ
19:15 FRI (b05wyzhx)
Choral Evensong
15:00 SUN (b05w83tp)
Choral Evensong
15:30 WED (b05x1w65)
Composer of the Week
12:00 MON (b05wythx)
Composer of the Week
18:30 MON (b05wythx)
Composer of the Week
12:00 TUE (b05wyxpt)
Composer of the Week
18:30 TUE (b05wyxpt)
Composer of the Week
12:00 WED (b05wyxq8)
Composer of the Week
18:30 WED (b05wyxq8)
Composer of the Week
12:00 THU (b05wyxqb)
Composer of the Week
19:00 THU (b05wyxqb)
Composer of the Week
12:00 FRI (b05wyxqd)
Drama on 3
22:00 SUN (b03th7fk)
Essential Classics
09:00 MON (b05wyqnl)
Essential Classics
09:00 TUE (b05wyx8p)
Essential Classics
09:00 WED (b05wyx94)
Essential Classics
09:00 THU (b05wyx96)
Essential Classics
09:00 FRI (b05wyx9j)
Free Thinking
22:00 TUE (b05wz4jh)
Free Thinking
22:00 WED (b05wz4jk)
Free Thinking
22:15 THU (b05wz4jm)
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
00:00 SUN (b05wynlj)
Hear and Now
22:30 SAT (b05wyjrl)
In Tune
16:30 MON (b05wytj5)
In Tune
16:30 TUE (b05wyz3l)
In Tune
16:30 WED (b05wyz3n)
In Tune
16:30 THU (b05wyz3q)
In Tune
16:30 FRI (b05wyz3s)
Jazz Line-Up
18:00 SAT (b05wyjrd)
Jazz Record Requests
17:00 SAT (b05wyjrb)
Jazz on 3
23:00 MON (b05wytjc)
Late Junction
23:00 TUE (b05wz53q)
Late Junction
23:00 WED (b05wz53x)
Late Junction
23:00 THU (b05wz53z)
Music Matters
12:15 SAT (b05wyjr2)
Opera on 3
19:30 MON (b05wytj7)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (b05wynls)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 SAT (b05wyjrg)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 SUN (b05wynm3)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 TUE (b05wyzhq)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 WED (b05wyzhs)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
20:00 THU (b05wyzhv)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 SAT (b05wyjr4)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 SUN (b05w7tdx)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 MON (b05wytj1)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 TUE (b04b2hh4)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 WED (b04b2hhg)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 THU (b04b2hhx)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 FRI (b05xgj10)
Saturday Classics
14:00 SAT (b05wyjr6)
Sound of Cinema
16:00 SAT (b05wyjr8)
Sunday Feature
18:45 SUN (b05wynm1)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (b05wynlq)
The Early Music Show
14:00 SUN (b05wynlv)
The Essay
22:45 MON (b05wytj9)
The Essay
22:45 TUE (b05wz4wd)
The Essay
22:45 WED (b05wz4wj)
The Essay
22:45 THU (b05wz4wl)
The Essay
22:45 FRI (b05wz4wq)
The Verb
22:00 FRI (b05wz4jp)
Through the Night
01:00 SAT (b05w8380)
Through the Night
01:00 SUN (b05wynll)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (b05wyqng)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (b05wyvtb)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (b05wyvtd)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (b05wyvtg)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (b05wyvtj)
Words and Music
17:30 SUN (b01mk8z4)
World on 3
23:00 FRI (b05wz547)