John Shea presents a concert given by the European Soloists Ensemble in Luxembourg, featuring music by Haydn and Jacques Ibert.
Symphony No.85 in B flat major 'La Reine' (H.
Symphony no. 87 in A major (H.
Paris - the song of a great city RT.
An American in Paris (vers. for orchestra)
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918), arr. Ravel, Maurice
Ballet music from the opera "L'amant anonyme" (1780) (Contredanse; Ballet No.1; Ballet No.6)
(1. Au joly boys (Paris 1538); 2. Je ne menge point de porc (Paris, 1538); 3. Tant que vivray (Paris 1528); 4. Vien tost (Paris 1538); 5. Tu disoys que j'en mourroys (Paris 1530))
Concerto no. 2 in G minor Op.22 for piano and orchestra
Benjamin Grosvenor (Piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (Conductor)
8 Danses exotiques vers. for 2 pianos
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... tangos'. Rob explores this fiery and sensual dance form, which originated in South America in the late 19th century. Throughout the week Rob shares works that highlight the wit, passion and full-on Latin temperament of the dance, with featured composers including Niels Gade, Albeniz, Stravinsky, and Carlos Gardel, the great tango writer of the 20th century who did so much to popularise the form.
Take part in our daily musical challenge: can you work out which two composers are associated with a particular piece?
This week's guest is the crime novelist Ian Rankin. Best known as the creator of the Inspector Rebus series, Ian has written books that have been translated into over twenty languages and are bestsellers around the world. His latest novel in the John Rebus series, 'Even Dogs in the Wild', was released this month. Ian will be talking about his writing career and sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, every day at
Rob places Music in Time as he travels to the late Classical period to hear Beethoven's String Quartet Op. 18 No. 4. He discovers how Beethoven developed the model of the string quartet as created by Haydn.
Rob's Artist of the Week is Manfred Honeck, a maestro with the power to make magic with a musical phrase and summon a colossal range of dynamics, and who, for Rob, is one of the greatest conductors alive today. Throughout the week Rob features Honeck together with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in acclaimed recordings of music by the great Romantics, Mahler, Bruckner and Richard Strauss, as well as Verdi and Johann Strauss II.
Handel becomes composer in residence at Cannons and makes London his permanent home.
Handel quickly found his feet in London. He was introduced at court and Queen Anne moved to grant him a regular pension. He found himself with a a steady stream of lucrative commissions and began to develop a brand new vocal genre that would soon take his adopted nation by storm. Esther becomes the first English Oratorio. Presented by Donald Macleod.
London Resounding. In the first of four concerts at LSO St Lukes featuring music from some of the influential composers who lived and worked in London in the 17th and 18th centuries, Florilegium perform works by Handel, Pepusch, Banister and Barsanti.
with Katie Derham, including the BBC Singers in concert at St Paul's Knightsbridge, and recent recordings from the BBC Concert Orchestra.
Beatrice Rana, Aedelfrith Brass Quintet, Thomas Carroll, Claron McFadden, David Dolan
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news, including live performance from outstanding young Italian pianist Beatrice Rana - winner of the Silver Medal and Audience Award in the 2013 Van Cliburn competition and Radio 3 New Generation Artist. More live performance from Aedelfrith Brass Quintet with the unusual addition of two harps, exploring music from Byrd to Britten to Berkeley, ahead of a concert at St John's Smith Square in London; plus cellist Thomas Carroll, soprano Claron McFadden and pianist David Dolan play live in the studio as they prepare for two concerts celebrating David's 60th birthday.
Much-loved Conductor Laureate Tadaaki Otaka returns to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales for Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances. Nelson Goerner is the soloist in Grieg's Piano Concerto.
Recorded last week at St. David's Hall, Cardiff, and presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas.
What is going on inside Britain's families? From three-parent families and surrogacy, to stepfamilies - the fastest rising type of home in the UK - the days of the 'traditional' family are apparently over. The divorce rate in the UK stands at 42%, the highest in the EU, yet nearly 75% of us apparently consider ourselves to be happy with our lives at home. So what are the new rules of family life?
Anne Fine - the first Children's Laureate and an acclaimed author of books for adults and children including Madame Doubtfire and Telling Liddy.
Tobias Jones - a novelist and communalist who opened his home as a sanctuary for people in a period of crisis and explores the results in his new book, A Place of Refuge: an Experiment in Communal Living.
Professor Sarah Cunningham-Burley, Professor of Medical and Family Sociology, Centre for Population Health Sciences and founding co-director, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh.
Dr Tom Shakespeare from the University of East Anglia researches disability studies, medical sociology and ethical aspects of genetics.
Recorded in front of an audience during the Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead.
The impact that the maverick critic, philosopher and semiologist Roland Barthes has had on those who write about films and on many who make them is significant. The film writer and arts journalist Nick James gives a personal response to his work.
Barthes was a powerful blast of fresh air in post war cultural thought, his carefully argued, accessible and sometimes mischievous examinations of philosophical, cultural and social ideas continue to influence contemporary writers and thinkers. Across the series five authors write about Barthes' significance to them and discuss the influence this extraordinary literary figure has had up. They create a picture of an author and essayist whose writing was fun, accessible and deeply influential on the way we look at the world. Barthes's literary output was not only prolific, but also eclectic. During the course of his life his thinking reflected the development of theories of structuralism, semiotics, social theory, design, anthropology and post structuralism.
Other essayists over the week include cultural historian and broadcaster Andrew Hussey, design historian Penny Sparke and historian and broadcaster Michael Wood.
Nick Luscombe returns to Late Junction with a hand-picked mix including dynamic new jazz from The Comet Is Coming, Afro-Cuban grooves by Jack "Mr.Bongo" Costanzo and vintage electronic music experimentalism from Otto Luening.
WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2015
WED 00:30 Through the Night (b06pxjfp)
The Hover State Chamber Choir of Armenia
John Shea presents a concert of sacred and secular music from the Hover State Chamber Choir of Armenia, recorded in the Grand Hall of the Royal Castle in Warsaw in March this year.
12:31 AM
Komitas, Vardapet (1869-1935)
5 Sacred Works for Choir
Hover State Chamber Chorus of Armenia, Sona Hovhannisyan (Conductor)
12:48 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Muhseligen (Op.74)
Hover State Chamber Chorus of Armenia, Sona Hovhannisyan (Conductor)
12:59 AM
Komitas, Vardapet (1869-1935)
Sweet Breeze
Hover State Chamber Chorus of Armenia, Sona Hovhannisyan (Conductor)
1:03 AM
Penderecki, Krzysztof (b. 1933)
Song of the Cherubim
Hover State Chamber Chorus of Armenia, Sona Hovhannisyan (Conductor)
1:11 AM
Sharafyan, Vache (b.1966)
Petalfall Music
Hover State Chamber Chorus of Armenia, Sona Hovhannisyan (Conductor)
1:16 AM
Penderecki, Krzysztof (b. 1933)
Missa Brevis
Hover State Chamber Chorus of Armenia, Sona Hovhannisyan (Conductor)
1:36 AM
Komitas, Vardapet (1869-1935)
Labour Song
Hover State Chamber Chorus of Armenia, Sona Hovhannisyan (Conductor)
1:42 AM
Rautavaara, Einojuhani (b.1928)
Evening Hymn from the Vespers
Hover State Chamber Chorus of Armenia, Sona Hovhannisyan (Conductor)
1:43 AM
Gubaidulina, Sofiya (b.1931)
Vse velikolepie (All magnificence)
Hover State Chamber Chorus of Armenia, Sona Hovhannisyan (Conductor)
1:46 AM
Komitas, Vardapet (1869-1935)
3 choral songs; Yel-yel (Come on my bull)
Hover State Chamber Chorus of Armenia, Sona Hovhannisyan (Conductor)
1:53 AM
Komitas, Vardapet (1869-1935), arr. Sollima, Giovanni
Three Traditional Armenian Songs
Giovanni Sollima (Cello), Gabriele Bellu (Violin), Matteo Amadasi (Viola), Andrea Waccher (Cello), Marco Amico (Guitar), Giovanni Caruso (Keyboard)
2:07 AM
Berio, Luciano (1925-2003)
Folk Songs
Jard van Nes (Mezzo Soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (Conductor)
2:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 -1827)
Quartet for strings in E flat major (Op.74) "Harp"
Oslo Quartet
3:06 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony no.40 in G minor, K.550
Danish Radio Chamber Orchestra, Adám Fischer (Conductor)
3:35 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in C sharp (BWV.848)
Ivett Gyongyosii (Piano)
3:39 AM
Schutz, Heinrich (1585-1672)
Freuet euch des Herren SWV.367 for 3 voices, 2 violins and continuo
Cologne Chamber Chorus (Choir), Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann (Conductor)
3:45 AM
Strauss (ii), Johann (1825-1899)
Wienerblut (waltz) (Op.354)
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Borge Wagner (Conductor)
3:55 AM
Madetoja, Leevi (1887-1947)
Dance Vision (Tanssinaky) (Op.11)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jorma Panula (Conductor)
4:03 AM
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance (Op.46 No.2)
Moshe Hammer (Violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (Cello), William Tritt (Piano)
4:08 AM
Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921)
Etude in D flat (Op.52 No.6)
Stefan Lindgren (Piano)
4:16 AM
Durante, Francesco (1684-1755)
Concerto per quartetto for strings No.5 in A major
Concerto Koln
4:24 AM
Boeck, August de (1865-1937)
In de Schuur (Op. posth.), compl. Emmanuel Geeurickx
Flemish Radio Orchestra, Marc Soustrot (Conductor)
4:31 AM
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
Overture to Maskarade
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam (Conductor)
4:36 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Suite for strings and continuo (TWV.55:G2) in G major 'La Bizarre'
B'Rock, Jurgen Gross (Conductor)
4:54 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856), arr. Liszt, Franz
Widmung S.566
Beatrice Rana (Piano)
4:58 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897), arr. Goethe
Gesang der Parzen (Song of the Fates) (Op.89)
Oslo Philharmonic Choir, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (Conductor)
5:07 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata in A minor (K.310)
Gunilla Süssmann (Piano)
5:25 AM
Halvorsen, Johan (1864-1935)
Norwegian Rhapsody No.1 in A minor
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud (Conductor)
5:37 AM
De Fesch, Willem (1687-1761)
Concerto in E (Op.5 No.6)
Manfred Kramer (Violin), Musica ad Rhenum
5:49 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Pezzo capriccioso - morceau de concert
Narek Hakhnazaryan (Cello), Katya Apekisheva (Piano)
5:56 AM
Veremans, Renaat (1894-1969)
Nacht en Morgendontwaken aan de Nete - in memoriam Felix Timmermans 31.
7.1957
Flemish Radio Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset (Conductor)
6:08 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Cantata No.170 "Vergnugte Ruh', beliebte Seelenlust" (BWV.170)
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano), Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski (Conductor).
WED 06:30 Breakfast (b06pxjqh)
Wednesday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
WED 09:00 Essential Classics (b06qbyqd)
Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Ian Rankin
9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... tangos'. Rob explores this fiery and sensual dance form, which originated in South America in the late 19th century. Throughout the week Rob shares works that highlight the wit, passion and full-on Latin temperament of the dance, with featured composers including Niels Gade, Albeniz, Stravinsky, and Carlos Gardel, the great tango writer of the 20th century who did so much to popularise the form.
9.30am
Take part in today's challenge. Two pieces of music are played together - can you work out what they are?
10am
This week's guest is the crime novelist Ian Rankin. Best known as the creator of the Inspector Rebus series, Ian has written books that have been translated into over twenty languages and are bestsellers around the world. His latest novel in the John Rebus series, 'Even Dogs in the Wild', was released this month. Ian will be talking about his writing career and sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, every day at
10am.
10.30am
Rob places Music in Time. The spotlight is on the Renaissance and Gesualdo's remarkable treatment of dissonance in his Tenebrae Responsories of 1611.
11am
Rob's Artist of the Week is Manfred Honeck, a maestro with the power to make magic with a musical phrase and summon a colossal range of dynamics, and who, for Rob, is one of the greatest conductors alive today. Throughout the week Rob features Honeck together with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in acclaimed recordings of music by the great Romantics, Mahler, Bruckner and Richard Strauss, as well as Verdi and Johann Strauss II.
Janacek
Jenufa: Symphonic Suite
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor).
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b06pxl60)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Master of the Orchestra
Handel takes charge at the Royal Academy of Music and becomes Composer of Music for His Majesty's Chapel Royal.
At the height of his career, Handel is commissioned to compose music for the King's coronation, but there's trouble afoot at the Royal Academy with squabbling singers and exorbitant costs. Presented by Donald Macleod.
Overture: Alessandro
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou, conductor
Coronation Anthem: The King Shall Rejoice
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, director
Tolomeo, Re d'Egitto (extract from Act 3)
Ann Hallenburg, mezzo (Tolomeo)
II Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis, conductor
Overture: Lotario
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis, conductor.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b06pxmhn)
London Resounding
Episode 2
London Resounding. In the second of four concerts at LSO St Lukes featuring music from some of the influential composers who lived and worked in London in the 17th and 18th centuries, fortepianist Ronald Brautigam performs sonatas by Haydn, Clementi, Cramer and Field.
Presented by Katie Derham
Cramer: Piano Sonata in E flat, Op 43 No 3
Clementi: Piano Sonata in D, Op 25 No 6
Field: Piano Sonata in E flat, Op 1 No 1
Haydn: Piano Sonata in E flat, HobXVI/52
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano).
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b06pxmhq)
The BBC Philharmonic Live from Salford
The BBC Philharmonic and conductor Alpesh Chauhan are live in concert from MediaCity in Salford, presented by Adam Tomlinson, and featuring BBC New Generation Artist Benjamin Appl. Then back to the studio with Verity Sharp for music performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra
2pm
Strauss: Don Juan
BBC Philharmonic
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)
2.20pm:
Schubert: Memnon; Prometheus; Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen
Wolf: Denk es, o Seele; Gebet
Benjamin Appl (baritone)
BBC Philharmonic
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)
2.40pm:
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Op 46 Nos 1 and 4; Op 72 Nos 2 and 7
BBC Philharmonic
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor).
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b06pxp26)
Chichester Cathedral
Live from Chichester Cathedral
Introit: Prayer of St Richard of Chichester (Frederick Stocken)
Responses: Smith
Office Hymn: The Lord is King (Yanworth)
Psalm 119 vv.73-104 (Walker, Cooke, Pye, Attwood)
First Lesson: Jeremiah 31 vv.1-9
Canticles: Sixth Service (Weelkes)
Second Lesson: Matthew 15 vv.21-31
Anthem: Great Lord of Lords (Gibbons)
Final Hymn: Christ triumphant, ever reigning (Guiting Power)
Organ Voluntary: Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 537 (Bach)
Organist and Master of the Choristers: Charles Harrison
Assistant Organist: Timothy Ravalde.
WED 16:30 In Tune (b06pxmv4)
Wednesday - Sean Rafferty
Sean Rafferty with a lively mix of music, chat and arts news, including live music in the studio from Russian pianist Konstantin Scherbakov ahead of his recital at Wigmore Hall.
WED 18:30 Composer of the Week (b06pxl60)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
WED 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b06pxn6c)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven, Elgar
Vassily Sinaisky conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Elgar's Second Symphony. Kirill Gerstein joins them in Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto.
Live from the Lighthouse, Poole
Presented by Ian Skelly
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 in G
8.15: Interval
8.35
Elgar: Symphony No 2 in E flat
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
With references to the brilliant warmth and light of Italy and the rugged grandeur of the Cornish coast, Elgar's Second Symphony is far more complex and deeply personal than his First. Riddled with doubts, questioning and conflict it reflects not only the true spirit of the age but also the personality of the composer as it meanders from extrovert exuberance to melancholy introversion. Elgar himself stated that "I have written out my soul".
Beethoven imbues his Fourth Piano Concerto with a genuinely romantic voice. It is ardent and melancholy, heroic and ethereal, anguished and whimsical.
WED 22:00 Free Thinking (b06ptbbg)
2015 Festival
Breathalysing Britain: Free Spirits Or a Drain on Society?
Every day we read lurid headlines about alcohol abuse and the consequences of binge drinking for the young at home and abroad. But a deeper look reveals a complicated picture of alcohol use in Britain. Champagne is still linked with celebration, while pubs are closing up and down the country. University freshers' weeks are adjusting to reflect the increasing number of students who are teetotal - but doctors are reporting a rise in patients with liver damage. How should society accommodate people who drink to excess and those who don't want to drink at all?
Dr Sally Marlow from King's College, London is an expert in addiction. In a specially commissioned Free Thinking talk she explores the hypocrisy in society around alcohol.
Joining the debate chaired by Free Thinking presenter Philip Dodd are:
Professor Barry Smith - philosopher from the University of London's School of Advanced Study and wine columnist for Prospect magazine.
David Yelland - former editor of the Sun and a Trustee of Action on Addiction and Patron of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics.
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed, author of Love in a Headscarf and Muslim women's activist, who blogs at Spirit 21 and who is a lifelong teetotaller.
Recorded in front of an audience at the Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead.
WED 22:45 The Essay (b06pxnjn)
Signs and Mythologies - The Significance of Roland Barthes
Penny Sparke
The eminent design historian Penny Sparke (author of 'The Modern Interior' and 'As Long As It's Pink') cites Roland Barthes as a factor in her decision to work in the field of design. She assesses his influence on her thinking throughout her career.
Barthes was a powerful blast of fresh air in post war cultural thought, his carefully argued, accessible and sometimes mischievous examinations of philosophical, cultural and social ideas continue to influence contemporary writers and thinkers. In this series five authors write about Barthes' significance to them and discuss the effect the maverick cultural philosopher has had upon their own work. They create a picture of a literary figure whose writing was fun, accessible and deeply influential on the way we look at the world. Barthes's literary output was not only prolific, but also eclectic. During the course of his life his thinking influenced the development of theories of structuralism, semiotics, social theory, design, anthropology and post structuralism.
Other essayists over the week include broadcaster and cultural historian Andrew Hussey, film journalist Nick James and historian and broadcaster Michael Wood.
Producer: Frank Stirling at Unique.
WED 23:00 Late Junction (b06pxp15)
Wednesday - Nick Luscombe
Nick Luscombe presents music from Joanna Newsom's beautiful new record Divers, epic electronica from Bersarin Quartett and a track from Tony Scott's 1965 Music for Zen Meditation.
THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2015
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b06pxjfr)
United Continuo Ensemble and Tenor Jan Kobow at the 2012 Mazovia Goes Baroque Festival
John Shea presents a concert from the 2012 Mazovia Goes Baroque festival, featuring the United Continuo Ensemble and tenor Jan Kobow.
12:31 AM
Rathgeber, Johann Valentin (1682-1750)/Hammerschmidt, Andreas (1611/12-1675)
Aufforderung zur Freude (Rathgeber); Die Kunst des Küssens (Hammerschmidt)
Jan Kobow (tenor), Axel Wolf (lute)
12:34 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Fantasia from Partita in C minor, BWV.997
Axel Wolf (lute)
12:38 AM
Vitali, Giovanni Battista (1632-1692)/Corbetta, Francesco (1615-1681)
Toccata, Ciaccona (Vitali); Caprice de chaccone (Corbetta)
United Continuo Ensemble
12:48 AM
Seyfert, Johann Caspar (1697-1767)/Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Amor vincit omnia (Seyfert); Oh Solitude (Purcell)
Jan Kobow (tenor), Axel Wolf (lute)
12:56 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Chaconne, from King Arthur (Act 5 Scene 2)
Axel Wolf (lute)
12:59 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
If music be the food of love
Jan Kobow (tenor), Axel Wolf (lute)
1:03 AM
Piccinini, Alessandro (1566-c.1638)
Toccata; Mariona alla vera spagnola, chiaccona
United Continuo Ensemble
1:12 AM
Merula, Tarquinio (1594/5-1665)/Caccini, Giulio (~1545-1618)
Folle e ben che si crede (Merula); Odi, Euterpe (Aria ottava) (Caccini)
Jan Kobow (tenor), Axel Wolf (lute)
1:21 AM
Storace, Bernardo (fl.1664)
Ciaconna
United Continuo Ensemble
1:28 AM
Piccinini, Alessandro (1566-c.1638)
Toccata VI
Axel Wolf (lute)
1:31 AM
Luzzaschi, Luzzasco (c.1545-1607)
O Primavera
Jan Kobow (tenor), Axel Wolf (lute)
1:35 AM
Vitali, Giovanni Battista (1632-1692)
Passa galli per la lettera E; Bergamasca per la lettera B
United Continuo Ensemble
1:42 AM
Weckmann, Matthias (1616-1674)/Krieger, Johann Philipp (1651-1735)
Der reinweissen Herzogin hochklare Leibesfarbe (Weckmann); Ihr Freunde fragt Ihr noch (Krieger); Abendandacht (Krieger)
Jan Kobow (tenor), Axel Wolf (lute)
1:50 AM
Pellegrini, Domenico (17th c)/Piccinini, Alessandro (1566-c.1638)
Courante per la X (Pellegrini); Ciaccona in partite variate (Piccinini)
United Continuo Ensemble
1:57 AM
Merula, Tarquinio (1594-1665)
Capriccio cromatico in G
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)
2:01 AM
Storace, Bernardo [fl.1664]
Chaconne in C
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
2:07 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Suite for orchestra no.3 in D major (BWV.1068)
Erik Niord Larsen, Roar Broström (oboe), Ole Edvard Antonsen, Lasse Rossing, Jens Petter Antonsen (trumpet), Rolf Cato Raade (timpani), Risör Festival Strings, Andrew Manze (conductor)
2:31 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Octet in F major (D.803)
Vilde Frang Bjærke (violin); Elisabeth Dingstad (violin); Bendik Foss (viola); Audun Sandvik (cello); Håkon Thelin (double bass); Andreas Sundén (clarinet); Audun Halvorsen (bassoon); Jukka Harjo (french horn)
3:33 AM
Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924)
Kammer Fantasie
Valerie Tryon (piano)
3:41 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Isanmalle (To the Fatherland); Saarela palaa (Fire on the island) (Op.18 no.3); Min rastas raataa (Busy as a thrush) (Op.18 no.4)
Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, Eric-Olof Söderström (conductor)
3:47 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Adagio in E flat (WoO.43 No.2)
Lajos Mayer (mandolin), Imre Rohmann (piano)
3:53 AM
Goldmark, Károly (1830-1915)
Im Frühling (In the Spring): overture
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Antal Jancsovics (conductor)
4:07 AM
Bortnyansky, Dmitri (1751-1825)
Choral concerto No.6 "What God is Greater"
Platon Maiborada Academic Choir, Viktor Skoromny (conductor)
4:15 AM
Suk, Josef (1874-1935)
Fantastic scherzo
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)
4:31 AM
Halvorsen, Johan (1864-1935)
Pictures from Norwegian Fairy-Tales
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Vytautas Lukocius (conductor)
4:45 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Lyric pieces: book 5 (Op.54): Nos. 2, 4, 3
Sveinung Bjelland (piano)
4:57 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Gestillte Sehnsucht (Op 91 No.1)
Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo), Morten Carlsen (viola), Sergej Osadchuk (piano)
5:04 AM
Gombert, Nicolas (c.1495-c.1560)
Elegie sur la mort de Josquin Musae Jovis
Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal, Christopher Jackson (director)
5:13 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Flute Quartet No.1 in D major, K.285
Dae-Won Kim (flute), Yong-Woo Chun (violin), Myung-Hee Cho (viola), Jink-Yung Chee (cello)
5:28 AM
Lalo, Edouard (1823-1892)
2 Aubades
CBC Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Swift (conductor)
5:37 AM
Scriabin, Alexander [1872-1915]
Sonata no.3 (Op.23) in F sharp minor
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
5:57 AM
Morawetz, Oskar (1917-2007)
Clarinet Sonata
Joaquín Valdepeñas (clarinet), Patricia Parr (piano)
6:07 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Zlaty kolovrat (The Golden Spinning Wheel), symphonic poem (Op.109)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor).
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b06pxjr1)
Thursday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
THU 09:00 Essential Classics (b06qbyzj)
Thursday - Rob Cowan with Ian Rankin
9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... tangos'. Rob explores this fiery and sensual dance form, which originated in South America in the late 19th century. Throughout the week Rob shares works that highlight the wit, passion and full-on Latin temperament of the dance, with featured composers including Niels Gade, Albeniz, Stravinsky, and Carlos Gardel, the great tango writer of the 20th century who did so much to popularise the form.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards
10am
This week's guest is the crime novelist Ian Rankin. Best known as the creator of the Inspector Rebus series, Ian has written books that have been translated into over twenty languages and are bestsellers around the world. His latest novel in the John Rebus series, 'Even Dogs in the Wild', was released this month. Ian will be talking about his writing career and sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, every day at
10am.
10.30am
Rob places Music in Time as he highlights the Modern in Messiaen's use of recurring melodic patterns and birdsong in his Liturgie de cristal.
11am
Rob's Artist of the Week is Manfred Honeck, a maestro with the power to make magic with a musical phrase and summon a colossal range of dynamics, and who, for Rob, is one of the greatest conductors alive today. Throughout the week Rob features Honeck together with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in acclaimed recordings of music by the great Romantics, Mahler, Bruckner and Richard Strauss, as well as Verdi and Johann Strauss II.
Bruckner
Symphony No.4 in E flat major 'Romantic'
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor).
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b06pxl62)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Rise of the Oratorio
Donald Macleod recounts how Handels rivalry with the Opera of the Nobility drove the composer to produce his own glorious season of opera and oratorio.
Overture: Deborah:
The King's Consort
Robert King, conductor
Alcina (extract from Act 2)
Joyce DiDonato, soprano (Alcina)
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis, conductor
Organ Concerto in G major, Op 4 No 1
Paul Nicholson, organ
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
Sweet bird, that shuns't the noise of folly (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)
Gillian Webster, soprano
Gabrieli Consort
Paul McCreesh, conductor.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b06pxmhs)
London Resounding
Episode 3
London Resounding. In the third of four concerts at LSO St Lukes featuring music from some of the influential composers who lived and worked in London in the 17th and 18th centuries, viol consort Fretwork perform works by Hume, Lawes, Gibbons and Purcell.
Presented by Katie Derham
Gibbons: Pavan and Galliard in 6 parts
W Lawes: Consort Set in F for 6 viols
Hume: Life and Death
Gibbons: Fantasies in 6 parts Nos 1 and 2
Purcell: Fantasies in 4 parts Nos 7 and 11; In nomine in 6 parts
Gibbons: Go from My Window
Fretwork.
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b06pxmhv)
Thursday Opera Matinee
Herold - Le Pre aux Clercs
with Katie Derham. Today's opera matinee is a recording from the National Opera House in Wexford of Hérold's 1832 three-act opera, Le Pré aux Clercs. It was his final triumph - he died a few weeks later, aged 42 - and tells the story of three women and their love intrigues. It had over 1500 performances in Paris alone in the 19th century.
2pm
Ferdinand Hérold Le Pré aux clercs (The Clerks' Meadow)
Marguerite de Valois ..... Marie Lenormand (mezzo-soprano)
Isabelle Montbal ..... Marie-Eve Munger (soprano)
Nicette ..... Magali Simard Galdès (soprano)
Baron de Mergy .... Nico Darmanin (tenor)
Comte de Comminges ..... Dominique Coté (baritone)
Cantarelli ..... Eric Huchet (baritone)
Girot ..... Tomislav Lavoie (bass)
L'exempt du guet ..... Jan Capinski (bass)
Le Brigadier ..... Felix Kemp,
Archer 1 ..... David Howes
Archer 2 ..... Sheldon Baxter
Wexford Festival Chorus
Wexford Festival Orchestra
Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor)
15.50
Braunfels: Symphonic Variations on a French Children's Song
BBC Concert Orchestra
Johannes Wildner (conductor).
THU 16:30 In Tune (b06pxmv8)
Arcadia Quartet, Zuill Bailey, Ermonela Jaho
Sean Rafferty with a lively mix of music, chat and arts news. Guests include Arcadia Quartet playing Haydn and Beethoven, soprano Ermonela Jaho discussing Leoncavallo's opera Zaza, and cellist Zuill Bailey playing Rachmaninov.
THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b06pxl62)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b06pxn6f)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Mozart, Mendelssohn
Live from Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Julian Rachlin, play Mozart and Mendelssohn.
Mozart: Overture, The Marriage of Figaro
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
8.15: Interval
8.35
Mozart: Symphony No.35 in D 'Haffner'
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 in A 'Italian'
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Julian Rachlin, violin/director
Mozart's Marriage of Figaro overture opens an evening of celebratory music, including Mendelssohn's sun-drenched Italian Symphony. Julian Rachlin, meanwhile, picks up his violin and stars as both conductor and soloist in Mendelssohn's hugely popular Violin Concerto - bittersweet romance and sparkling fun, all rolled up into one irresistibly tuneful masterpiece.
THU 22:00 Free Thinking (b06ptgk2)
2015 Festival
Rule-Making and Rule-Breaking for Women and Men
Do men and women have different attitudes to rule breaking? With changing ideas about gender, can we say that our minds are wired differently? Helen Fraser, head of the Girls' Day School Trust said recently that 'being the compliant girl is never going to get you anywhere'. What are the rules today for relationships and getting on in society? Is it time to throw out received ideas and challenge the advice given to young people?
Free Thinking presenter Rana Mitter chairs a debate that takes the shape of a rule-breaking game show. Our panellists are:
Sheila Hancock - actress and author of three non-fiction books and a novel Miss Carter's War
Journalist Bim Adewunmi - culture editor at Buzz Feed UK, who writes often about popular culture and how it intersects with gender and race
Neil Bartlett, theatre director and author whose most recent novel is The Disappearance Boy
Jonny Mitchell, the headmaster in Channel 4's Educating Yorkshire and now the Head of the Co-operative Academy of Leeds
Recorded in front of an audience at the Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead and first broadcast in November 2015.
Producer: Zahid Warley.
THU 22:45 The Essay (b06pxnjq)
Signs and Mythologies - The Significance of Roland Barthes
Andrew Gallix
An encounter as a teenager with Roland Barthes and an orange moped inspired the magazine editor Andrew Gallix, who now teaches at the Sorbonne, with a fascination for the ideas of the great French theorist. In this week of essays celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth, Andrew reflects on what Barthes meant by 'The Death of the Author'.
Across the week five authors write about Barthes' significance to them and discuss the influence the maverick cultural philosopher has had upon their own work. Over the week they create a picture of a literary figure whose writing was fun, accessible and is still deeply influential on the way we look at the world. Barthes's literary output was not only prolific, but also eclectic. During the course of his life his thinking influenced the development of theories of structuralism, semiotics, social theory, design, anthropology and post structuralism. A powerful blast of fresh air in post war cultural thought, his carefully argued, accessible and sometimes mischievous examinations of philosophical, cultural and social ideas continue to influence contemporary writers and thinkers.
An eclectic group of essayists celebrate the range of influence his writing has had. Andrew Hussey examines Barthes' impact in Europe in the 1960s. Other essayists over the week include design historian Penny Sparke, film journalist Nick James, the editor of 3 A.M. Magazine and teacher at the Sorbonne in Paris, Andrew Gallix, and cultural historian Michael Wood.
Producer: Frank Stirling at Unique.
THU 23:00 Late Junction (b06pxp17)
Late Junction Sessions
Matona and Aine O'Dwyer
Nick Luscombe's varied selection tonight includes this month's Late Junction Session: from Zanzibar, Matona plays oud and violin, with Irish harpist Aine O'Dwyer, who also plays organ and guitar for this unique encounter, the first time they had recorded together. Plus, tracks by Welsh composer and performer Huw M, London psychedelic rock band Teeth of the Sea, videogame music from Austin Wintory and an organ piece by J.S. Bach.
FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2015
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b06pxjfw)
The Harmony of the Spheres
John Shea presents a concert of early and contemporary choral music from the Swedish Radio Chorus.
12:31 AM
Bingen, Hildegard von (1098-1179)
O ignis spiritus
Swedish Radio Chorus, Peter Dijkstra (director)
12:39 AM
Rore, Cipriano de (c.1515-1565)
Kyrie and Gloria - from 'Missa Praeter rerum seriem'
Swedish Radio Chorus, Peter Dijkstra (director)
12:50 AM
Glass, Philip (b.1937) arr. Meijer, Lavinia (b.1983)
Metamorphoses Two ('Flowing'), arr. for harp
Lisa Viguier Vallgarda (harp)
12:58 AM
Palmér, Catharina (b. 1963); text: James Joyce (1882-1941)
Strings in the Air Above
Swedish Radio Chorus, Peter Dijkstra (director)
1:07 AM
Sandström, Jan (b.1954) [text from 'The Song of Songs' in the Bible]
Surge aquilo (1998)
Swedish Radio Chorus, Peter Dijkstra (director)
1:14 AM
Rore, Cipriano de (c.1515-1565)
Sanctus and Benedictus - from 'Missa Praeter rerum seriem'
Swedish Radio Chorus, Peter Dijkstra (director)
1:19 AM
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992)
O sacrum convivium
Swedish Radio Chorus, Peter Dijkstra (director)
1:26 AM
Glass, Philip (b. 1937) arr. Meijer, Lavinia (b. 1983)
Metamorphoses Four ('Flowing'), arr. for harp
Lisa Viguier Vallgarda (harp)
1:33 AM
Rore, Cipriano de (c.1515-1565)
Agnus Dei - from 'Missa Praeter rerum seriem'
Swedish Radio Chorus, Peter Dijkstra (director)
1:41 AM
Jackson, Gabriel (b. 1962)
Ave regina caelorum
Mats Bergström (electric guitar), Lisa Carlioth (soprano), Swedish Radio Chorus, Peter Dijkstra (director)
1:56 AM
Zach, Ján (b. 1967)
....Lie Back (for String Quartet)
Moyzes Quartet: Stanislav Mucha & František Torok (violins), Alexander Lakatoš (viola), Ján Slávik (cello)
2:13 AM
Rota, Nino (1911-1979)
Trio for clarinet, bassoon (orig. cello) and piano
Embla: Bente Stenger Gram (clarinet), Christina Andersen (bassoon), Berit Juul Rasmussen (piano)
2:31 AM
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953)
Symphony No.7 in C sharp minor (Op.131)
Orchestre Métropolitain, Agnes Grossmann (conductor)
3:03 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Concerto for violin and orchestra (Op.64) in E minor
Hilary Hahn (violin), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Hugh Wolff (conductor)
3:30 AM
Förster, Kaspar (1616-1673)
Beatus vir (KBPJ.3) for soprano, alto, bass, 2 violins & basso continuo
Marta Boberska (soprano), Kai Wessel (countertenor), Grzegorz Zychowicz (bass), Il Tempo Baroque Ensemble
3:39 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Ballade No.1 in G minor (Op.23)
Shura Cherkassky (piano)
3:48 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Premiere rapsodie for clarinet and orchestra
Jozef Luptacik (Clarinet), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Ludovit Rajter (Conductor)
3:57 AM
Sibelius, Jean [1865-1957]
Rakastava (The Lover) (Op.14) arr. for soprano, baritone and chorus
Pirkko Törnqvist-Paakkanen (soprano), Jouni Kuorikoski (baritone), Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, Eric-Olof Söderström (conductor)
4:04 AM
Eller, Heino (1887-1970)
3 Pieces (from 'Five Pieces for Strings')
Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vallo Jarvi (conductor)
4:17 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943)
3 pieces from 'Morceaux de Salon' (Op.10)
Duncan Gifford (piano)
4:31 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Concerto for four keyboards in A minor (BWV.1065)
Bruno Lukk, Peep Lassmann, Eugen Kelder, Valdur Roots (pianos), Estonian Radio Chamber Orchestra, Paul Mägi (conductor)
4:42 AM
Bertali, Antonio (1605-1669)
Sonata Prima à 3 for two recorders, bass viol and bass continuo
Le Nouveau Concert: Frederic de Roos and Patrick Denecker (recorders), Sophie Watillon (bass viol), Guy Penson (harpsichord)
4:49 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Mentre ti lascio, o figlia - aria for bass and orchestra (K.513)
Robert Holl (bass), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)
4:58 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Sonatina, Romance and Menuet - from Six petites pieces faciles (Op.3 Nos.1, 2 and 3)
Antra Viksne (piano) & Normunds Viksne (piano)
5:05 AM
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936)
Ancient Airs and Dances - Suite No.2
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
5:23 AM
Haydn, (Franz) Joseph [1732-1809]
String Quartet in D major (Op.64, No.5) (Hob.III.63) "Lark"
Bartók Quartet
5:41 AM
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)
5 Rückert-Lieder
Jadwiga Rappe (alto), Ewa Poblocka (piano)
6:00 AM
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992)
Theme and Variations
Peter Oundjian (violin), William Tritt (piano)
6:09 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.35 in D major (K.385), "Haffner"
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset (Conductor).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b06pxjrk)
Friday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b06qbyqt)
Friday - Rob Cowan with Ian Rankin
9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... tangos'. Rob explores this fiery and sensual dance form, which originated in South America in the late 19th century. Throughout the week Rob shares works that highlight the wit, passion and full-on Latin temperament of the dance, with featured composers including Niels Gade, Albeniz, Stravinsky, and Carlos Gardel, the great tango writer of the 20th century who did so much to popularise the form.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge. Listen to the clues and identify the mystery music-related place.
10am
This week's guest is the crime novelist Ian Rankin. Best known as the creator of the Inspector Rebus series, Ian has written books that have been translated into over twenty languages and are bestsellers around the world. His latest novel in the John Rebus series, 'Even Dogs in the Wild', was released this month. Ian will be talking about his writing career and sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, every day at
10am.
10.30am
Rob places Music in Time as he heads back to the Baroque to examine the use of word-painting to illustrate a scene in Bach's St Matthew Passion.
11am
Rob's Artist of the Week is Manfred Honeck, a maestro with the power to make magic with a musical phrase and summon a colossal range of dynamics, and who, for Rob, is one of the greatest conductors alive today. Throughout the week Rob features Honeck together with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in acclaimed recordings of music by the great Romantics, Mahler, Bruckner and Richard Strauss, as well as Verdi and Johann Strauss II.
Braunfels
Benedictus (Grosse Messe, Op.37)
Simone Schneider (soprano)
Stuttgart State Opera Chorus
Stuttgart State Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor).
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b06pxl64)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
The Charitable Will Be Remembered
Handel's most enduring work, Messiah, debuts in Ireland, and the composer becomes involved with Thomas Coram's Foundling Hospital.
Also featuring Handel's tribute to the last reigning British monarch to lead his troops into battle. Presented by Donald Macleod.
I know that my redeemer liveth (Messiah)
Caroline Sampson, soprano
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
The Dettingen Anthem
Choir of Westminster Abbey
English Concert
Simon Preston, conductor
Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove (Alceste)
Paul Elliott, tenor
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
Anthem for the Foundling Hospital
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Academy of Ancient Music,
Simon Preston, conductor.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b06pxmhx)
London Resounding
Episode 4
London Resounding. In the last of this week's concerts at LSO St Lukes featuring music from some of the influential composers who lived and worked in London in the 17th and 18th centuries, Musica ad Rhenum perform chamber music with flute by Haydn, Clementi, JC Bach and Graf.
Presented by Katie Derham
Haydn: Trio in G, HobXV/15
Clementi: Sonata in C (La chasse)
JC Bach: Sonata in C minor, Op 17 No 2
Graf: Grand Sonata in G
Musica ad Rhenum
Jed Wentz (flute/director).
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b06pxmhz)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales Live in Cardiff
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Eduardo Portal perform live in Cardiff as part of Afternoon on 3's Southern Hemisphere season. Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas. Then back to the studio with Ian Skelly for music performed by the BBC Singers.
14.00 - LIVE
Marquez: Danzon No 2
Luis Cluzeau-Mortet: Llanuras
Lalo Schifrin: Concierto Caribeno
Matthew Featherstone (flute)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Eduardo Portal (conductor)
14.50
Interval music Gershwin American in Paris
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Eric Stern (conductor)
15.15 - LIVE
Revueltas: La Noche de los Mayas
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Eduardo Portal (conductor)
15.50
Penderecki: Agnus Dei
Gorecki: Amen
BBC Singers
Paul Brough (conductor).
FRI 16:30 In Tune (b06pxmvb)
Friday - Sean Rafferty
Sean Rafferty with a lively mix of music, chat and arts news.
FRI 18:30 Composer of the Week (b06pxl64)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b06pxn6h)
London Philharmonic Orchestra - Liadov, Prokofiev, Sibelius
Live from the Royal Festival Hall. Susanna Mälkki makes her conducting debut with the London Philharmonic and she's joined by the brilliant 22-year-old pianist Beatrice Rana. A silver medallist in the 2013 Van Cliburn competition, Beatrice Rana already has a major recording contract and is a current BBC New Generation Artist. She tackles Prokofiev's modernistic Second Concerto, one of the most technically demanding concertos in the entire repertoire. The concert opens with a fragment from the composer who famously opened a door for the young Stravinsky when he failed to deliver a score to Diaghilev and his fledgling Ballets russes.
Liadov
From the Apocalypse Op 66
Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op. 16
Beatrice Rana (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki (conductor)
approx.
8.20pm Interval
8.40
Sibelius: Symphony No.1 in E minor, Op. 3
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki (conductor).
FRI 22:00 The Verb (b06pxp3j)
Patti Smith, Grayson Perry, Holly Pester, Anthony Horowitz
Where do you find the permission to be creative? The Verb aims to find out with Patti Smith, Grayson Perry, Anthony Horowitz and Holly Pester.
Patti Smith has just published her second volume of memoir 'M Train' (Bloomsbury), a book that follows Patti around New York as she writes, reads and drinks coffee.
Grayson Perry's recent exhibition at the Turner Contemporary in Margate 'Provincial Punk' examined his interests in contemporary Britain from class and taste to war.
Anthony Horowitz has just published his second James Bond novel 'Trigger Mortis' (Orion). He explains where he gets the permission to take on another writer's most famous character.
The poet and sound artist Holly Pester examines the phenomenon of 'vocal fry' in a special commission for The Verb.
Producer: Faith Lawrence.
FRI 22:45 The Essay (b06pxnjs)
Signs and Mythologies - The Significance of Roland Barthes
Michael Wood
The historian and broadcaster Michael Wood concludes this series of essays celebrating the 20th-century French philosopher Roland Barthes by trying to define him. Semiologist, existentialist, writer on art, design, thought, popular culture, photography, film - even Barthes himself was decidedly inconsistent in his attempts to define himself.
Across the week five authors have been writing about Barthes' significance to them and discussing the effect the maverick cultural philosopher has had upon their own work. Over the week they've created a picture of a literary figure whose writing was fun, accessible and deeply influential on the way we look at the world. So how should we think of him? Or does he defy categorisation? Barthes' literary output was eclectic. During the course of his life his thinking influenced the development of theories of structuralism, semiotics, social theory, design, anthropology and post structuralism. A powerful blast of fresh air in post war cultural thought, his carefully argued, accessible and sometimes mischievous examinations of philosophical, cultural and social ideas continue to influence contemporary writers and thinkers.
An eclectic group of essayists celebrate the range and breadth of his writing. Other essayists over the week include broadcaster and design historian Penny Sparke, film journalist Nick James and historian and broadcaster Michael Wood.
Producer: Frank Stirling at Unique.
FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b06pxp1c)
Lopa Kothari with The East Pointers in Session
Lopa Kothari with new music from across the globe, plus a live studio session with Canadian band The East Pointers.
The East Pointers came together on Prince Edward Island in Canada's Atlantic Maritimes. Cousins Tim Chaisson (fiddle) and Koady Chaisson (banjo), who were born on the island, found themselves joined in regular informal kitchen parties by guitarist Jake Charron - it wasn't long before they decided to make a go of a band. They offer a fresh, youthful take on the area's traditional music.
Plus more from the World Music Archive and BBC Introducing.
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 (b06pxdz9)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 TUE (b06pxmhl)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 WED (b06pxmhq)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 THU (b06pxmhv)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 FRI (b06pxmhz)
Breakfast
07:00 SAT (b06pv3gv)
Breakfast
07:00 SUN (b06pv42c)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (b06px0q0)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (b06pxjqc)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (b06pxjqh)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (b06pxjr1)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (b06pxjrk)
CD Review
09:00 SAT (b06pv3gx)
Choir and Organ
16:00 SUN (b06pv42m)
Choral Evensong
15:00 SUN (b06p5bvb)
Choral Evensong
15:30 WED (b06pxp26)
Composer of the Week
12:00 MON (b06px0q4)
Composer of the Week
18:30 MON (b06px0q4)
Composer of the Week
12:00 TUE (b06pxl5y)
Composer of the Week
18:30 TUE (b06pxl5y)
Composer of the Week
12:00 WED (b06pxl60)
Composer of the Week
18:30 WED (b06pxl60)
Composer of the Week
12:00 THU (b06pxl62)
Composer of the Week
18:30 THU (b06pxl62)
Composer of the Week
12:00 FRI (b06pxl64)
Composer of the Week
18:30 FRI (b06pxl64)
Drama on 3
21:00 SUN (b06pv42w)
Early Music Late
22:35 SUN (b06pv435)
Essential Classics
09:00 MON (b06qbtwr)
Essential Classics
09:00 TUE (b06qbyq6)
Essential Classics
09:00 WED (b06qbyqd)
Essential Classics
09:00 THU (b06qbyzj)
Essential Classics
09:00 FRI (b06qbyqt)
Free Thinking
22:00 MON (b06pssk1)
Free Thinking
22:00 TUE (b06pswsk)
Free Thinking
22:00 WED (b06ptbbg)
Free Thinking
22:00 THU (b06ptgk2)
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
00:00 SUN (b06pv427)
Hear and Now
22:00 SAT (b06pv3hr)
In Tune
16:30 MON (b06pxdzc)
In Tune
16:30 TUE (b06pxmv2)
In Tune
16:30 WED (b06pxmv4)
In Tune
16:30 THU (b06pxmv8)
In Tune
16:30 FRI (b06pxmvb)
Jazz Line-Up
17:00 SAT (b06pv3h7)
Jazz Record Requests
16:00 SAT (b06pv3h5)
Jazz on 3
23:00 MON (b06pxdzk)
Late Junction
23:00 TUE (b06pxp13)
Late Junction
23:00 WED (b06pxp15)
Late Junction
23:00 THU (b06pxp17)
Music Matters
12:15 SAT (b06pv3gz)
Night Music
23:35 SUN (b06pv437)
Opera on 3
18:30 SAT (b06pv3hk)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (b06pv42h)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 SUN (b06p50ql)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 MON (b06pxdz7)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 TUE (b06pxmhj)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 WED (b06pxmhn)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 THU (b06pxmhs)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 FRI (b06pxmhx)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 SUN (b06pv42t)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 MON (b06pxdzf)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 TUE (b06pxn69)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 WED (b06pxn6c)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 THU (b06pxn6f)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 FRI (b06pxn6h)
Saturday Classics
13:00 SAT (b06pv3h1)
Sound of Cinema
15:00 SAT (b06pv3h3)
Sunday Feature
18:45 SUN (b06pv42r)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (b06pv42f)
The Early Music Show
14:00 SUN (b06pv42k)
The Essay
22:45 MON (b06pxdzh)
The Essay
22:45 TUE (b06pxnjl)
The Essay
22:45 WED (b06pxnjn)
The Essay
22:45 THU (b06pxnjq)
The Essay
22:45 FRI (b06pxnjs)
The Verb
22:00 FRI (b06pxp3j)
Through the Night
01:00 SAT (b06p5jyw)
Through the Night
01:00 SUN (b06pv429)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (b06px0py)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (b06pxjfm)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (b06pxjfp)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (b06pxjfr)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (b06pxjfw)
Words and Music
17:30 SUN (b06pv42p)
World on 3
23:00 FRI (b06pxp1c)