John Shea presents performances of Mahler's second symphony and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances from Romanian Radio.
Romanian Radio Academic Chorus (Dan Mihai Goia, director), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, Jin Wang (conductor)
Symphony no.2 in C minor ('Resurrection') for soprano, alto, chorus and orchestra
Simona Mihai (soprano), Valentina Kutzarova (mezzo-soprano), Romanian Radio Academic Chorus, Dan Mihai Goia (director), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel (conductor)
Martin Fröst (clarinet), Tobias Ringborg (violin), Ingegerd Kierkegaard (viola), John Ehde (cello)
Aria 'Quel guardo il cavaliere', Norina's Cavatina from Act 1, scene 2 of "Don Pasquale"
Kimberley Briggs, Carrie Loring, Linda Tsatsanis & Carolyn Kirby (soloists), Robert Venables (trumpet), Claire Preston (piano), The Elmer Iseler Singers, Lydia Adams (conductor)
Anon: 5 Marches from John Playford's new tunes. After Nicola Matteis: Chaconne, Plaint, Ecchi
Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski (conductor)
Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935)
Karen Lemaire (soprano), Flemish Radio Choir, Joris Verdin (harmonium), Vic Nees (conductor)
Goldberg, Johann Gottlieb (1727-1756) attrib. Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Sonata for 2 violins and continuo in C major (also attributed to Bach as BWV.1037)
Rondo in D major (KAnh.184) arr. for flute and piano
Strauss, Johann Jr. (1825-1899)
Four dances: Annina (polka mazurka) (Op.415); Wein, Weib und Gesang (waltz) (Op.333); Sans-Souci (quadrille) (Op.63); Durch's Telephon (polka) (Op.439)
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)
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
My favourite... tenor arias. Throughout the week Rob shares some of his favourite tenor arias, with voices both familiar (Franco Corelli, Richard Tucker and the legendary Carlo Bergonzi) and unfamiliar (Bruno Prevedi and Flaviano Labo). The repertoire ranges from the touching simplicity of Pergolesi's 'Nina' to the searing melodrama of Leoncavallo's 'Vesti la giubba', via Verdi, Giordano and Ponchielli.
Take part in today's musical challenge: trace the classical theme behind a well-known song.
Rob's guest this week is the Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated actor, writer and director Tom Conti. Famous internationally for his roles in films such as Shirley Valentine, Reuben, Reuben and The Dark Knight Rises, Tom was recently voted the most popular actor in the West End in the last 25 years. Tom talks about his career-defining acting roles and shares a selection of his favourite classical music, including works by Donizetti, Handel and Verdi, every day at
Rob places Music in Time, featuring a final piece from BBC 4's 19th-Century Music season. Today the focus is on the Romantic era and Mahler's epic 6th Symphony, whose tormented dreamscapes reflect the heady atmosphere of Freud's Vienna.
Rob's artist of the week is Daniil Shafran, the 'other' great Russian cellist, who Rob considers to have a more individual style than the better-known Rostropovich. Shafran is deliciously quick-witted in the Shostakovich Sonata, passionate in Brahms's 2nd, and profoundly responsive to the voices of Beethoven, Chopin and Rachmaninov. His tone, full and sensual, was quite unlike anyone else's.
Cello Sonata in D, Op. 102 No. 2
As part of Radio 3's celebration of female composers marking International Women's Day, this week Donald Macleod explores with Mary Cyr, the life and music of Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, hailed by scholars as one of the most successful women in the history of French music.
1684 was the year that Elisabeth Jacquet left the royal court in Versailles, and returned to Paris. She married Marin de La Guerre who was an organist at the Jesuit church of Saint Louis. The following year, at the age of only twenty, she composed a sung ballet, now lost, to be performed at court. A few years later in 1687, aged only twenty-two, she published her first set of Suites for Harpsichord, including the Suite No 4 in F major, which she dedicated to King Louis XIV.
Wynne Evans presents highlights from the recent series at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, curated by the Gould Piano Trio and focusing on the revolutionary chamber music of Beethoven.
Gould Piano Trio (Lucy Gould, violin; Alice Neary, cello; Benjamin Frith, piano).
Penny Gore presents a week of concerts from the New York Philharmonic. Today's programme features the world premiere performance of Anthony Cheung's Lyra, a work based on the myth of Orpheus, Frank Peter Zimmermann joins the orchestra and Christoph von Dohnanyi for Dvorak's violin concerto and Yefim Bronfman returns for a performance of Beethoven's 'Emperor' concerto.
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Dvorak: Violin Concerto in A minor, op. 53
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Nielsen: Symphony no. 2 'The 4 Temperaments' op. 16
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5, op. 73
Suzy Klein presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news. Colin Currie brings an assortment of percussion instruments to the studio to play on the eve of a solo recital at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Conductor Robert Ziegler talks about making an interplanetary craft of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, whose Planets Odyssey, complete with filmed footage from NASA, is touring the UK. Plus accordionist Ksenija Sidorova, whose new album was released this month, plays live ahead of a concert at London's Wigmore Hall on Saturday.
Three of Trinity Laban's award-winning pianists showcased in a rich and varied programme.
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat, Op. 31 No. 3
Lowell Liebermann: Gargoyles Op. 29
Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 36 (original 1913 version)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance is a magnet for talented young pianists from around the globe. This showcase concert offers the chance to hear three of Trinity Laban's award-winning pianists in a rich and varied programme.
It features Giulio Potenza ("a very gifted and deep pianist" - Martha Argerich) performing Janacek; Gen Li (winner of the 2015 Jaques Samuel Piano Competition) performing Beethoven and Liebermann; and Jenna Sung ("the talent of tomorrow, today" - Gramophone magazine) performing Haydn, Rachmaninov and a modern miniature masterpiece by Stephen Montague, composed for Sung's Wigmore Hall debut in 2014.
Psychoanalyst Darian Leader's new book looks at the culture and psychology of the human hand. He joins Matthew Sweet along with art historian Lisa Le Feuvre, currently curating an exhibition on sculpture and prosthesis at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, and robotics scientist Thrishantha Nanayakkara from King's College London, who works on the problem of engineering a functioning hand from scratch.
'The Anatomical Venus' looks at another point where physiology and art meet, in waxwork anatomical models. The book's author Joanna Ebenstein joins Matthew along with the curator of the Barts Pathology Museum Carla Valentine.
And, one of this year's New Generation Thinkers, Seb Falk, unveils his work on the history of science. Seb Falk is at the University of Cambridge and blogs at http://astrolabesandstuff.blogspot.co.uk/
New Generation Thinkers is a scheme run by BBC Radio 3 in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council to find academics who can turn their research into radio programmes. Find out more from our website and hear them introducing their research in the programme which broadcast on May 31st - available as an arts and ideas podcast.
The Body Extended: Sculpture and Prosthetics runs at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds from 21st July 2016 - 23rd October 2016
King's College London on Sat 25th June.
You can hear more about The Robots Are Coming at Southbank's Power of Power Festival debates on Saturday 25 June.
We all have worries but rarely do we speak honestly about them. In this series of personal essays, five essayists share their intimate relationship with worry. Professor Francis O'Gorman examines the rituals and ceremonies that often accompany worry. He explores how these rituals are a signal of an ancient human need to care for those people that are precious to us.
Adventures in music, ancient to future: Verity Sharp hosts and journalist/broadcaster Tabitha Thorlu-Bangura guests, bringing you an earful of new and exhilarating sounds. Artists featured include Grammy Award-winning Indian innovator Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Greek guitar virtuoso Dimitris Mystakidis, inventive Bristol folk trio Three Cane Whale, and post-rock powerhouse Mogwai.
WEDNESDAY 22 JUNE 2016
WED 00:30 Through the Night (b07gncc4)
Proms 2015: Alice Coote sings arias by Handel
John Shea presents a BBC Prom featuring mezzo-soprano Alice Coote with The English Concert.
12:31 AM
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Aria 'Sta nell'Ircana pietrosa tana' from Act 3 of 'Alcina'
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), The English Concert, Harry Bicket (harpsichord/director)
12:37 AM
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Air 'Resign thy club and lion's spoils' from Act 2 of 'Hercules'
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), The English Concert, Harry Bicket (harpsichord/director)
12:43 AM
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Aria 'E vivo ancore... Scherza infida' from Act 2 of 'Ariodante'
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), The English Concert, Harry Bicket (harpsichord/director)
12:54 AM
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Air 'Oh that I on wings could rise' from Act 2 of 'Theodora'
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), The English Concert, Harry Bicket (harpsichord/director)
12:58 AM
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Ballet music and recitative 'What horror! Oh heavens!' from 'Ariodante'
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), The English Concert, Harry Bicket (harpsichord/director)
1:04 AM
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Air 'He was despised' from Part 2 of 'Messiah'
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), The English Concert, Harry Bicket (harpsichord/director)
1:17 AM
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Aria 'Myself I shall adore' from Act 3 of 'Semele'
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), The English Concert, Harry Bicket (harpsichord/director)
1:24 AM
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Aria 'Se pieta di me non senti' from Act 2 of 'Giulio Cesare in Egitto'
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), The English Concert, Harry Bicket (harpsichord/director)
1:34 AM
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Aria 'Dopo notte, atra e funesta' from Act 3 of 'Ariodante'
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), The English Concert, Harry Bicket (harpsichord/director)
1:41 AM
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Air 'There in myrtle shades reclin'd' from Act 1 of 'Hercules'
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), The English Concert, Harry Bicket (harpsichord/director)
1:46 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Sonata for solo violin No.2 (BWV.1003)
Rachel Podger (violin)
2:09 AM
Kraus, Joseph Martin (1756-1792)
Symphony in C minor
Concerto Köln
2:31 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich [1840-1893]
Six Pieces (Op.19)
Duncan Gifford (piano)
3:02 AM
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolay Andreyevich [1844-1908]
Antar - symphonic suite (Op.9)
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
3:34 AM
Jarzebski, Adam (1590-1649)
Diligam te Domine from Canzoni e concerti
Lucy van Dael, Marinette Troost (violins), Richte van der Meer, Reiner Zipperling (violas da gamba), Anthony Woodrow (violone), Viola de Hoog (cello), Michael Fentross, (theorbo), Jacques Ogg (organ)
3:40 AM
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621)
Psalm 110: Le Toutpuissant a mon Seigneur et maistre
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Peter Phillips (conductor)
3:48 AM
Suk, Josef (1874-1935)
Elégie (Op.23) arr. for piano trio
Aronowitz Ensemble
3:55 AM
Lisinski, Vatroslav (1819-1854)
Overture: Porin
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazushi Ono (conductor)
4:06 AM
Marais, Marin (1656-1728)
Les Folies d'Espagne
Lise Daoust (flute)
4:17 AM
Paderewski, Ignacy Jan [1860-1941]
Menuet célèbre in G major (Op.14 No.1) "à l'antique"
Kyung-Sook Lee (piano)
4:21 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.5 (K.22) in B flat major
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Ernest Bour (conductor)
4:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Rondino in E flat (WoO.25)
The Festival Winds
4:38 AM
Kienzl, Wilhelm (1857-1941)
"Selig sind, die Verfolgung leiden" - from the opera 'Der Evangelimann', Act 2
Benjamin Butterfield (tenor), Canadian Children's Opera Chorus (Peter Neelands - treble soloist), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor)
4:45 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759], arr. Halvorsen, Johan [1864-1935]
Passacaglia in G minor
Dong-Ho An (violin), Hee-Song Song (cello)
4:54 AM
Strauss, Richard [1864-1949]
5 Songs: Das Rosenband (Op.36, No.1); Liebeshymnus (Op.32, No.3); Morgen (Op.27, No.4); Ich wollt'ein Strausslein binden (Op.68, No.2); Muttertandelei (Op.43, No.2)
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Gary Matthewman (piano)
5:09 AM
Wagner, Richard [1813-1883]
Prelude and Isolde's Liebestod from "Tristan und Isolde"
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (conductor)
5:26 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Nocturne no.6 (Op.63) in D flat major
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
5:35 AM
Boieldieu, Adrien (1775-1834)
Harp Concerto in C major
Suzanna Klintcharova (harp), Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Dimitar Manolov (conductor)
5:57 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Oboe Sonata in G minor (BWV.1030b)
Douglas Boyd (oboe), Knut Johannessen (harpsichord)
6:14 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Six Épigraphes antiques
Wyneke Jordans & Leo Van Doeselaar (pianos).
WED 06:30 Breakfast (b07gnclr)
Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
WED 09:00 Essential Classics (b07gncr1)
Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Tom Conti
9am
My favourite... tenor arias. Throughout the week Rob shares some of his favourite tenor arias, with voices both familiar (Franco Corelli, Richard Tucker and the legendary Carlo Bergonzi) and unfamiliar (Bruno Prevedi and Flaviano Labo). The repertoire ranges from the touching simplicity of Pergolesi's 'Nina' to the searing melodrama of Leoncavallo's 'Vesti la giubba', via Verdi, Giordano and Ponchielli.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.
10am
Rob's guest this week is the Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated actor, writer and director Tom Conti. Famous internationally for his roles in films such as Shirley Valentine, Reuben, Reuben and The Dark Knight Rises, Tom was recently voted the most popular actor in the West End in the last 25 years. Tom talks about his career-defining acting roles and shares a selection of his favourite classical music, including works by Donizetti, Handel and Verdi, every day at
10am.
10.30am
Music in Time: Modern
Rob places Music in Time as he explores the Modern era and Zoltán Kodály's passionately nationalistic Psalmus Hungaricus, commissioned to mark the 50th anniversary of the union of the cities of Buda, Pest and Óbuda. In the event, it also marked the beginning of his international reputation as a composer.
11am
Rob's artist of the week is Daniil Shafran, the 'other' great Russian cellist, who Rob considers to have a more individual style than the better-known Rostropovich. Shafran is deliciously quick-witted in the Shostakovich Sonata, passionate in Brahms's 2nd, and profoundly responsive to the voices of Beethoven, Chopin and Rachmaninov. His tone, full and sensual, was quite unlike anyone else's.
Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F, Op. 99
Daniil Shafran, cello
Felix Gottlieb, piano.
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b0540193)
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729)
Opera in Paris
As part of Radio 3's celebration of female composers marking International Women's Day, this week Donald Macleod explores with Mary Cyr, the life and music of Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, hailed by scholars as one of the most successful women in the history of French music.
Jacquet de La Guerre had been the first women composer in history to publish a set of Suites for the harpsichord. In 1694 she became the first women to have an opera premiered at the Academy Royale de Musique in Paris. This was a huge undertaking for any composer at the time, and is evidence of her high standing at the time. Unfortunately, Céphale et Procris only had five or six performances, and its reception by the public was lukewarm. In that same year, Jacquet de La Guerre met the composer and critic Sebastien de Brossard. She lent him some of her own music, which was fortunate as it was through his collection that much of her chamber music including the Trio Sonata No 1 in B flat major, has been preserved for us today.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b07gndb2)
Beethoven: Music in Revolution
Episode 2
Wynne Evans presents highlights from the recent series at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, curated by the Gould Piano Trio and focusing on the revolutionary chamber music of Beethoven.
Beethoven: Bagatelles Op 126, nos 1,2, 3
Benjamin Frith, piano
Beethoven: String Quartet in A minor, Op 132
Elias String Quartet.
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b07gndg6)
New York Philharmonic
Episode 3
Penny Gore presents a week of concerts from the New York Philharmonic. Today's programme features a concert in which the pianist Inon Barnatan joins music director designate Jaap van Zweden for a sparkling performance of Mozart's A major piano concerto K. 488, plus Beethoven's mighty fifth symphony.
2pm:
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden (conductor)
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2.25pm:
Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 23 K. 488
Inon Barnatan (piano)
New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden (conductor)
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2.55pm:
Beethoven: Symphony no. 5, Op. 67
New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden (conductor).
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b07gndnk)
Guildford Cathedral Choir at St John's School, Leatherhead
Live from the Chapel of St John's School, Leatherhead, and sung by Guildford Cathedral Choir
Introit: Vigilate (James Long)
Responses: Philip Moore
Office Hymn: O God, whose hand hath spread the sky (Plainsong)
Psalms 108, 109 (Coward, Read)
First Lesson: Isaiah 24 vv.1-15
Canticles: Stanford in G
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 6 vv.1-11
Anthem: Vox dicentis (Naylor)
Final Hymn: Thy kingdom come, O God (St Cecilia)
Organ Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 543 (Bach)
Organist and Master of the Choristers: Katherine Dienes-Williams
Sub Organist: Paul Provost.
WED 16:30 In Tune (b07gndw7)
Wednesday - Suzy Klein
Suzy Klein presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news.
WED 18:30 Composer of the Week (b0540193)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
WED 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b07gnhw0)
James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook - Schumann, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Beamish
Tenor James Gilchrist and pianist Anna Tilbrook perform music by Schumann, Mendelssohn, Liszt and the world premiere of a new work by Sally Beamish.
Presented by Ian Skelly, live from Wigmore Hall, London
Felix Mendelssohn:
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges Op. 34 No. 2
Schlafloser Augen Leuchte WoO. 4 No. 2
Keine von der Erde Schönen WoO. 4 No. 1
Nachtlied Op. 71 No. 6
Neue Liebe Op. 19a No. 4
Sally Beamish: West Wind (world première)
8.15: Interval
8.35: Franz Liszt:
Im Rhein, im schönen Strome S272/2
Du bist wie eine Blume S287
Die Loreley S273/2
Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam S309
Es war ein König in Thule S278/2
Robert Schumann: Liederkreis Op. 39.
WED 22:00 Free Thinking (b07gnj1b)
Universities: Therapy or Learning?
Philip Dodd debates "Universities - therapy or learning?". New Generation Thinker Dr Seán Williams looks at the history of the university as a space for thought, considering the arguments put forward by Frederick Nietzsche. Dr Seán Williams is at the University of Sheffield's School of Languages and Cultures. He is an expert on German and Comparative Literature and is currently researching a cultural history of hairdressing.
Dr Matt Lodder, Lecturer in Contemporary Art and Visual Culture at the University of Essex and Dr Joanna Williams, education editor of Spiked Online and former Director of the Study for Higher Education at the University of Kent discuss what is happening in academia and what it means.
Dr Shahidha Bari reviews Omer Fast's film of Tom McCarthy's novel Remainder. And Adam Mars Jones joins her to discuss the place for experimentation in the arts today.
Frederick Nietzsche's 1872 series of lectures On the Future of Our Educational Institutions have been republished under the title Anti-Education.
Remainder is released on 24th June 2016.
The New Generation Thinkers prize is an initiative launched by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to find the brightest minds from across the UK who have the potential to transform their research into engaging broadcast programmes. You can hear more about the research topics of all 10 2016 New Generation Thinkers on our website on a programme broadcast on May 31st and available as an arts and ideas podcast and find clips where you can hear their newly commissioned written pieces on a range of subjects.
Producer: Ruth Watts.
WED 22:45 The Essay (b07gnj8b)
A Reflection on Worrying
A Reflection on Worrying: Parental Worries
We all have worries but rarely do we speak honestly about them. In this series of personal essays, five essayists share their intimate relationship with worry. As both a parent and historian, Professor Emma Griffin explores how parental worries have changed throughout the centuries and asks whether worry has always been a part of raising children.
WED 23:00 Late Junction (b07gnjk1)
Verity Sharp with household appliances
Musical adventures with household appliances, hosted by Verity Sharp. Ahead of tomorrow's Late Junction collaboration session - which will feature Matmos and their washing machine - Verity puts on her rubber gloves and gets stuck into the world of harmonious hoovers, blenders and baby monitors.
Plus, hear Ukrainian folk from DakhaBrakha, oud artistry from Nizar Rohana, and wild sax from Kamasi Washington.
THURSDAY 23 JUNE 2016
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b07gncc6)
Philippe Herreweghe with Collegium Vocale Gent in Poland
John Shea presents a concert from Poland featuring Henry Purcell's Ode 'Hail, bright Cecilia' performed by soloists with Collegium Vocale Gent and conductor Philippe Herreweghe.
12:31 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Funeral Sentences: March, Z.860; Man that is born of woman, Z.27; Canzona, Z.860; In the midst of life, Z.17; Canzona, Z.860; Thou knowest, Lord, Z.58c; March, Z.860
Grace Davidson (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe (director)
12:47 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Let mine eyes run down with tears, Z.24
Grace Davidson (soprano), Aleksandra Lewandowska (soprano), Damien Guillon (countertenor), Samuel Boden (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe (director)
12:56 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
O, I'm sick of life, Z.140
Samuel Boden (tenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe (director)
1:01 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Rejoice in the Lord alway, Z.49 (Bell Anthem)
Samuel Boden (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe (director)
1:10 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Hail, bright Cecilia: Ode for St Cecilia's Day, Z.328
Grace Davidson (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), Damiel Guillon (countertenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Samuel Boden (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Peter Kooij (bass), Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe (director)
2:02 AM
Purcell, Daniel (c.1663-1717)
Sonata in F, for recorder and harpsichord
Antoni Sawicz (recorder), Robert Grac (harpsichord)
2:10 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Partita No.1 in B flat major, BWV.825
Anton Dikov (piano)
2:31 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Symphony No.8 in G major (Op.88)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)
3:08 AM
Jadin, Hyacinthe (1776-1800)
Trio No.3 in F (1797)
Trio AnPaPié
3:29 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Abegg variations Op.1
Annika Treutler (piano)
3:37 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Bassoon Concerto in A minor (RV.497)
Ivan Pristas (bassoon), Camerata Slovacca, Viktor Malek (conductor)
3:50 AM
Dukas, Paul (1865-1935)
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Esa Tukia (horn), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Adelson (conductor)
3:58 AM
Ponce, Manuel Maria [1882-1948]
Preludes Nos. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 for guitar
Heiki Mätlik (guitar)
4:05 AM
Granados, Enrique (1867-1916)
No.2 Oriental in C minor - from Danzas espanolas (Set 1) for piano
Sae-Jung Kim (piano)
4:10 AM
Sarasate, Pablo de (1844-1908)
Fantasy after Bizet's 'Carmen' (Op.25)
Julia Fischer (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)
4:24 AM
Delibes, Leo [1836-1891]
Les Filles de Cadix
Eir Inderhaug (soprano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Antoni Ros-Marbà (conductor)
4:31 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) arr. Felix Greissle
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Thomas Kay (flute), Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (conductor)
4:41 AM
Eespere, René (b. 1953)
Festina lente
Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir, Evi Eespere (director)
4:49 AM
Pärt, Arvo (1935-)
Fratres for cello and piano (1977)
Petr Nouzovský (cello), Yukie Ichimura (piano)
5:02 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Pastorella in F (BWV.590)
Hans van Nieuwkoop (organ - Hervormde kerk, Noordbroek - Arp Schnitger 1696)
5:14 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Symphony No.64 in A major, 'Tempora mutantur' (Hob: I/64)
Danish Radio Sinfonietta/DR, Rolf Gupta (conductor)
5:34 AM
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899)
Poème de l'amour et de la mer (Op.19)
Maria Oran (soprano), Residentie Orchestra, The Hague, Hans Vonk (conductor)
6:02 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Variations on a Theme by Beethoven (Op.35)
Dale Bartlett & Jean Marchaud (pianos)
6:21 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Adagio and Fugue for strings (K.546) in C minor
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor).
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b07gnclt)
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 (b07gncr4)
Thursday - Rob Cowan with Tom Conti
9am
My favourite... tenor arias. Throughout the week Rob shares some of his favourite tenor arias, with voices both familiar (Franco Corelli, Richard Tucker and the legendary Carlo Bergonzi) and unfamiliar (Bruno Prevedi and Flaviano Labo). The repertoire ranges from the touching simplicity of Pergolesi's 'Nina' to the searing melodrama of Leoncavallo's 'Vesti la giubba', via Verdi, Giordano and Ponchielli.
9.30am
Take part in today's music-related challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery person.
10am
Rob's guest this week is the Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated actor, writer and director Tom Conti. Famous internationally for his roles in films such as Shirley Valentine, Reuben, Reuben and The Dark Knight Rises, Tom was recently voted the most popular actor in the West End in the last 25 years. Tom talks about his career-defining acting roles and shares a selection of his favourite classical music, including works by Donizetti, Handel and Verdi, every day at
10am.
10.30am
Music in Time: Baroque
Rob places Music in Time as he heads back to the Baroque era and a landmark in the repertoire of the violin - Heinrich Biber's extraordinary sequence of Rosary Sonatas, which require the player to continually retune the instrument in a practice known as 'scordatura'. The result is an expanded palette of tone-colours, which Biber uses to heighten his portrayal of scenes from the lives of Christ and the Virgin Mary.
11am
Rob's artist of the week is Daniil Shafran, the 'other' great Russian cellist, who Rob considers to have a more individual style than the better-known Rostropovich. Shafran is deliciously quick-witted in the Shostakovich Sonata, passionate in Brahms's 2nd, and profoundly responsive to the voices of Beethoven, Chopin and Rachmaninov. His tone, full and sensual, was quite unlike anyone else's.
Chopin
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
Daniil Shafran, cello
Anton Ginsburg, piano.
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b0540195)
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729)
The Elector of Bavaria
As part of Radio 3's celebration of female composers marking International Women's Day, this week Donald Macleod explores with Mary Cyr, the life and music of Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, hailed by scholars as one of the most successful women in the history of French music.
Jacquet de La Guerre had apartments on the Ile Saint Louis, where she would hold regular musical gatherings for discerning patrons. These concerts would also be a testing ground for her own chamber music, such as her Trio Sonata No 4 in G minor. In 1707 she published a set of violin sonatas, which she dedicated to the Sun King, Louis XIV. It was around this period that another patron came into her life; The Elector of Bavaria, Maximilian II, had taken asylum just outside Paris. Jacquet de La Guerre socialised with Maximilian, sometimes performing music together. She dedicated her third book of cantatas to him, which includes Le Sommeil d'Ulisse. This cantata might have been designed to reflect Maximilian's own situation, and includes themes of misfortune and wandering.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b07gndb4)
Beethoven: Music in Revolution
Episode 3
Wynne Evans presents highlights from the recent series at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, curated by the Gould Piano Trio and focusing on the revolutionary chamber music of Beethoven.
Beethoven: String Quartet in F major, Op 18 No 1
Elias Quartet
Beethoven: Cello Sonata in D major, Op 102 No 2
Alice Neary, cello
Benjamin Frith, piano.
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b07gndg8)
Thursday Opera Matinee
Vivaldi - Catone in Utica
Penny Gore presents Vivaldi's opera Catone in Utica from a recent performance in Amsterdam by La Cetra Baroque, Basel, conducted by Andrea Marcon. When Vivaldi's opera was first heard in Verona in 1737 it was a huge success. The loosely historical plot from the librettist Metastasio concerns the last confrontation between Cato, a defender of Roman liberty, and Caesar, who has just become supreme ruler. The emotional crux of the opera comes between Cato and his daughter, Marcia.
Vivaldi: Catone in Utica
Catone ..... Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenor)
Cesare ..... Annet Fritsch (soprano)
Marzia/ ..... Francesca Ascioti (mezzo)
Arbace ..... Roberta Invernizzi (soprano)
Emilia ..... Ann Hallenberg (mezzo)
Fulvio.......Carlos Mena (countertenor)
La Cetra Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (conductor)
Followed by more from the New York Philharmonic's featured concerts this week:
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3, op. 37
Yefim Bronfman (piano)
New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert (conductor).
THU 16:30 In Tune (b07gndw9)
Kosmos Ensemble, Luca Alessandrini, Sonoro
Suzy Klein presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news. Live music today from the Kosmos Ensemble, who play two concerts at the East Neuk Festival this weekend. Researcher Luca Alessandrini brings his new spider-silk violin in to the studio, to be demonstrated by violinist Helena Szwoch, and brand new chamber choir Sonoro sing live before heading down the road to give a concert at St James's, Sussex Gardens.
THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b0540195)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b07gnhw2)
Jerusalem Quartet - Beethoven, Bartok, Brahms
The Jerusalem Quartet begins its 20th anniversary series at Wigmore Hall with quartets by Beethoven and Bartók before being joined after the interval by Sharon Kam for Brahms's autumnal Clarinet Quintet.
Presented by Fiona Talkington
Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat, Op 18 No 6
Bartók: String Quartet No 3
Interval at approx
8.15
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115
Jerusalem String Quartet
with Sharon Kam (clarinet)
Concert recorded at Wigmore Hall, London, on 17 June 2016
Having been taken up at the beginning of their career as BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists, the Jerusalem Quartet now ranks as one of the world's leading chamber music ensembles. In this sold-out concert they play music which has been at the heart of their repertoire now for twenty years.
THU 22:00 Free Thinking (b07gnj1d)
Walter Benjamin, the Soviet Superwoman, Munch
Anne McElvoy evaluates the first major English edition of short fiction by the great German critic and essayist, Walter Benjamin with the translator and scholar Esther Leslie and the critic, Kevin Jackson.
Also in the programme a guide to the Soviet Superwoman courtesy of curator Elena Sudokova and Dolya Gavanski -- the moving forces behind the GRAD gallery show devoted to women in the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1991.
And as Peter Watkins' critically acclaimed film based on the life of Edvard Munch is re-released New Generation Thinker Leah Broad considers the Norwegian painter's achievement and the art of biography.
Fay Bound Alberti's cultural history of the body completes the programme - why do we talk of the heart as the seat of our emotions and where would you expect to find someone's "mind" ?
This Mortal Coil by Fay Bound Alberti is published by Oxford University Press.
The Storyteller by Walter Benjamin is published by Verso on 23rd June.
Superwoman: Work, Build and Don't Whine is on at GRAD in Little Portland Street in London from 18 June -17 September
Edvard Munch - a 1974 biographical film about the Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch, written and directed by Peter Watkins, has been re-released on DVD by Eureka.
Leah Broad's research at the University of Oxford is focused on Nordic modernism. She is editor of The Oxford Culture Review and winner of the Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for the best arts journalism essay in 2015 for her reappraisal of the Finnish composer Sibelius.
The New Generation Thinkers prize is an initiative launched by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to find the brightest minds from across the UK who have the potential to transform their research into engaging broadcast programmes. You can hear more about the research topics of all 10 2016 New Generation Thinkers on our website on a programme broadcast on May 31st and available as an arts and ideas podcast and find clips where you can hear their newly commissioned written pieces on a range of subjects.
Producer: Zahid Warley
(Main Image: Unknown Artist, ‘Let’s liberate women from kitchen slavery to work in socialist industry. Let’s organise our canteens’ c.1927 Offset colour print ©The City Museum, Saint Petersburg)
THU 22:45 The Essay (b07gnj8d)
A Reflection on Worrying
A Reflection on Worrying: Worry and Music
We all have worries but rarely do we speak honestly about them. In this series of personal essays, five essayists share their intimate relationship with worry. As a young, impressionable musician, classical guitarist Tom McKinney witnessed first-hand the debilitating worry that can come with performing music. In this essay Tom explores how his own worry runs much deeper than that of stage fright and leads him to question the validity of being a musician.
THU 23:00 Late Junction (b07gnjk7)
Late Junction Sessions
Verity Sharp with Matmos, Juxtavoices and a washing machine
Experimental electronic duo Matmos and 'anti-choir' Juxtavoices meet for a very exciting Late Junction collaboration session.
On top of their ten excellent studio albums, Matmos are well known for their numerous collaborations with Bjork. However, today's Late Junction collaboration session is with a group they've never met before - Juxtavoices, the 24 person improvising 'anti-choir' from Sheffield. Add to that the collaborative powers of an everyday Ultimate Care II washing machine, the sound of which is the source material for Matmos' latest album.
Verity Sharp also puts together some Midsummer Day music for you, and features great artists new and old, including Paddy Steer and Ernest Ranglin.
FRIDAY 24 JUNE 2016
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b07gncc8)
Proms 2015: Tchaikovsky and Elgar from the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
John Shea presents a performance from the 2015 BBC Proms featuring the St Petersburg Philharmonic and Julia Fischer in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and Elgar's Enigma Variations.
12:31 AM
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908)
Invisible City of Kitezh - 3 Symphonic Pictures
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor)
12:44 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich [1840-1893]
Violin Concerto in D major (Op.35)
Julia Fischer (violin), St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor)
1:18 AM
Paganini, Niccolò (1782-1840)
Caprice for solo violin in E flat major, Op.1 no.17
Julia Fischer (violin)
1:23 AM
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
Variations on an original theme ('Enigma') (Op.36)
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor)
1:54 AM
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
Salut d'amour (Op.12) vers. for orchestra
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor)
1:59 AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
Duetto (Vivo) from Pulcinella Suite for orchestra
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor)
2:01 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
String Quartet in D minor (K.421)
Biava Quartet
2:31 AM
Grieg, Edvard [1843-1907]
Slatter Op.72
Ingfrid Breie Nyhus (piano)
3:08 AM
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967)
Summer evening
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, György Lehel (conductor)
3:27 AM
Schreker, Franz (1878-1934)
Valse Lente
Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor)
3:32 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Aria with variations from Piano Suite No.5 in E major (HWV.430) "The harmonious blacksmith"
Marián Pivka (piano)
3:38 AM
Kunzen, Friedrich (1761-1817)
Overture to the opera 'Erik Ejegod'
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Peter Marschik (conductor)
3:44 AM
Zelenka, Jan Dismas [1679-1745]
Suite in F major
Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)
4:00 AM
Porumbescu, Ciprian (1853-1883)
Ballade
Razvan Stoica (violin), Andrea Stoica (piano)
4:06 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Mazurka from Halka (original version)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
4:10 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Cantata BWV.118 "O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht"'
Collegium Vocale Gent (Orchestra and Choir), Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
4:20 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856), trans. Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Widmung (Op.25 No.1)
Jorge Bolet (piano)
4:24 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Overture to La Clemenza di Tito (K.621)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sebastian Weigle (Conductor)
4:31 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), orch. Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)
Chorale Prelude (BWV.654)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart (conductor)
4:39 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Valse impromptu (S.213)
Louis Schwizgebel (piano)
4:45 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Capriccio (Op.81 No3) in E minor
Brussels Chamber Orchestra
4:52 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Gloria in Excelsis Deo (BWV.191)
Ann Monoyios (Soprano), Colin Ainsworth (Tenor), Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Ivars Taurins (Conductor)
5:07 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich [1840-1893]
Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
5:28 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
String Quartet in D minor (Op.42)
Pavel Haas Quartet
5:41 AM
Jeanjean, Paul (1874 - 1928)
Prelude and Scherzo
Bálint Mohai (bassoon), Monika Michel (piano)
5:50 AM
Kraft, Antonín (1749-1820)
Cello Concerto in C major (Op.4)
Michal Kanka (cello), Prague Chamber Orchestra, Pavel Safarik (concert master)
6:14 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Exsultate, jubilate - motet K.165 for soprano and orchestra
Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Giovanni Antonini (conductor).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b07gnclw)
Friday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b07gncr6)
Friday - Rob Cowan with Tom Conti
9am
My favourite... tenor arias. Throughout the week Rob shares some of his favourite tenor arias, with voices both familiar (Franco Corelli, Richard Tucker and the legendary Carlo Bergonzi) and unfamiliar (Bruno Prevedi and Flaviano Labo). The repertoire ranges from the touching simplicity of Pergolesi's 'Nina' to the searing melodrama of Leoncavallo's 'Vesti la giubba', via Verdi, Giordano and Ponchielli.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: Two pieces of music have been altered. Can you identify them?
10am
Rob's guest this week is the Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated actor, writer and director Tom Conti. Famous internationally for his roles in films such as Shirley Valentine, Reuben, Reuben and The Dark Knight Rises, Tom was recently voted the most popular actor in the West End in the last 25 years. Tom talks about his career-defining acting roles and shares a selection of his favourite classical music, including works by Donizetti, Handel and Verdi, every day at
10am.
10.30am
Music in Time: Classical
Rob places Music in Time. Today the spotlight is on the Classical era and the Agnus Dei from Beethoven's mighty Missa Solemnis. Originally intended for performance at the installation of Beethoven's friend and pupil Rudolph Johannes Joseph Rainier von Habsburg-Lothringen as Archbishop of Olmütz, the work grew to unpredicted dimensions and Beethoven overshot his self-imposed deadline by three years and ten days, though, by then, no-one was counting.
11am
Rob's artist of the week is Daniil Shafran, the 'other' great Russian cellist, who Rob considers to have a more individual style than the better-known Rostropovich. Shafran is deliciously quick-witted in the Shostakovich Sonata, passionate in Brahms's 2nd, and profoundly responsive to the voices of Beethoven, Chopin and Rachmaninov. His tone, full and sensual, was quite unlike anyone else's.
Rachmaninov
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
Daniil Shafran, cello
Anton Ginsburg, piano.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b0540197)
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729)
Death of the Sun King
As part of Radio 3's celebration of female composers marking International Women's Day, this week Donald Macleod explores with Mary Cyr, the life and music of Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, hailed by scholars as one of the most successful women in the history of French music.
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre lost her most significant Patron, when King Louis XIV of France died in 1715. However, her music was also in demand outside of the royal court, including songs, music for seasonal Fairs and works for the theatre. Her final published work was her Cantates françoises and, after that, her career took more of a back seat. Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre died a wealthy woman in 1729.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b07gndb6)
Beethoven: Music in Revolution
Episode 4
Wynne Evans presents highlights from the recent series at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, curated by the Gould Piano Trio and focusing on the revolutionary chamber music of Beethoven.
Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat major, Op 1 No 1
Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor, Op 1 No 3
Gould Piano Trio (Lucy Gould, violin; Alice Neary, cello; Benjamin Frith, piano).
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b07gndgb)
New York Philharmonic
Episode 4
Penny Gore presents a week of concerts from the New York Philharmonic. In this weeks final programme, the fairy tale theme continues with Stravinsky's original version of Petrushka and the world premiere of John Adams's new violin concerto, Scheherazade.2, written for soloist Leila Josefowicz. The week ends with a rousing performance of Richard Strauss's Rosenkavalier suite.
2pm:
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Inon Barnatan (piano)
New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert (conductor)
c.
2.20pm:
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1911 version)
New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert (conductor)
c.
2.55pm:
John Adams: Scheherazade.2
Leila Josefowicz (violin)
New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert (conductor)
c.
3.35pm:
Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite
New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert (conductor).
FRI 16:30 In Tune (b07gndwc)
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Yaniv d'Or, Proms Inspire
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news, with live performance from violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and countertenor Yaniv d'Or. Plus we focus on the posthumous world premiere of Peter Maxwell Davies' children's opera The Hogboon. And we announce the winners of this year's Proms Inspire competition.
FRI 18:30 Composer of the Week (b0540197)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b07gnhw9)
Britten Sinfonia - Bach, Corelli, Tippett, Watkins, Britten
Ian Bostridge directs Britten Sinfonia in a programme of Bach, Corelli, Tippett and Britten.
Presented by Martin Handley, live from West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge.
Bach arr. Hogwood: Fugue in B minor on a Theme of Corelli BWV579
Corelli: Concerto Grosso in F major Op. 6 No. 2
Tippett: Fantasia Concertante on a Theme by Corelli
Huw Watkins: Three Welsh Songs
Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
8.10 Interval
8.30
Martin Owen, horn
Jacqueline Shave, violin/director
Ian Bostridge, tenor/director
Britten Sinfonia once again joins forces with acclaimed tenor Ian Bostridge in a performance which includes one of Benjamin Britten's seminal works, the Serenade for tenor, horn and strings.
FRI 22:00 The Verb (b07gnj1g)
Bad Language
This week the Cabaret of the Word becomes The F Verb as we examine rude and transgressive language.
Ian's guests include the academic Rebecca Roache, who is writing a book about the mechanics of swearing. Why do certain words become 'bad'? Does sound have anything to do with it? And what is considered rude across the globe?
Peter Mackay teaches at the University of St Andrews, where he is working on an anthology of transgressive Scottish Gaelic poetry.
We also have a special commission from the performance poet and stand up comedian Kate Fox.
Producer: Cecile Wright.
FRI 22:45 The Essay (b07gnj8g)
A Reflection on Worrying
A Reflection on Worrying: The Comedy of Worry
We all have worries but rarely do we speak honestly about them. In this series of personal essays, five essayists share their intimate relationship with worry. Comedian Steve Punt muses on how worry has always been a bedfellow of comedy, how our worries can be a source of shared observational humour and how a lack of perspective between the trivial and serious can lead to hilarious consequences.
FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b07gnjk9)
Kathryn Tickell with the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians in Session
Kathryn Tickell with new music from across the globe, plus a live studio session with members of The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians.
Syrian oud player Issam Rafea brings members of his Orchestra of Syrian Musicians (formerly the Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music) to perform the classic traditional repertory of Syria. They are currently touring the UK along with Damon Albarn, who first worked with them in Damascus in 2008, then toured and recorded with them. Many of the musicians were forced to leave Syria because of the ongoing conflict, but are now reuniting for a celebration of Syrian music and culture.
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 (b07gnc3j)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 TUE (b07gndg4)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 WED (b07gndg6)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 THU (b07gndg8)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 FRI (b07gndgb)
Between the Ears
21:30 SAT (b07gn38t)
Breakfast
07:00 SAT (b07gn389)
Breakfast
07:00 SUN (b07gn5cd)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (b07gn91h)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (b07gnclp)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (b07gnclr)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (b07gnclt)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (b07gnclw)
Catalogue d'Oiseaux
04:20 SUN (b07gn3xt)
Catalogue d'Oiseaux
13:00 SUN (b07gn5cl)
Catalogue d'Oiseaux
19:30 SUN (b07gn7fk)
Catalogue d'Oiseaux
23:00 SUN (b07gn7q6)
Choir and Organ
16:00 SUN (b07gn6kk)
Choral Evensong
15:00 SUN (b07fd8d8)
Choral Evensong
15:30 WED (b07gndnk)
Composer of the Week
12:00 MON (b053zy7w)
Composer of the Week
18:30 MON (b053zy7w)
Composer of the Week
12:00 TUE (b0540191)
Composer of the Week
18:30 TUE (b0540191)
Composer of the Week
12:00 WED (b0540193)
Composer of the Week
18:30 WED (b0540193)
Composer of the Week
12:00 THU (b0540195)
Composer of the Week
18:30 THU (b0540195)
Composer of the Week
12:00 FRI (b0540197)
Composer of the Week
18:30 FRI (b0540197)
Drama on 3
21:00 SUN (b051zxlm)
Early Music Late
22:25 SUN (b07gn7q4)
Essential Classics
09:00 MON (b07gn91k)
Essential Classics
09:00 TUE (b07gncqv)
Essential Classics
09:00 WED (b07gncr1)
Essential Classics
09:00 THU (b07gncr4)
Essential Classics
09:00 FRI (b07gncr6)
Free Thinking
22:00 TUE (b07gnj18)
Free Thinking
22:00 WED (b07gnj1b)
Free Thinking
22:00 THU (b07gnj1d)
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
00:00 SUN (b07gn3xp)
Hear and Now
22:00 SAT (b07gn38w)
In Tune
16:30 MON (b07gnc3l)
In Tune
16:30 TUE (b07gndw5)
In Tune
16:30 WED (b07gndw7)
In Tune
16:30 THU (b07gndw9)
In Tune
16:30 FRI (b07gndwc)
Inspired by Birds
01:00 SUN (b07gn3xr)
Jazz Line-Up
17:00 SAT (b07gn38p)
Jazz Now
23:00 MON (b07gnc53)
Jazz Record Requests
16:00 SAT (b07gn38m)
Late Junction
23:00 TUE (b07gnjjz)
Late Junction
23:00 WED (b07gnjk1)
Late Junction
23:00 THU (b07gnjk7)
Music Matters
12:15 SAT (b07gn38f)
Music Matters
22:00 MON (b07gn38f)
Opera on 3
18:30 SAT (b07gn38r)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (b07gn5cj)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 MON (b07gnc3g)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 TUE (b07gnd9z)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 WED (b07gndb2)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 THU (b07gndb4)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 FRI (b07gndb6)
Radio 3 in Concert
20:20 SUN (b07gn7fm)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 MON (b07gnc3n)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 TUE (b07gnhvy)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 WED (b07gnhw0)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 THU (b07gnhw2)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 FRI (b07gnhw9)
Record Review
09:00 SAT (b07gn38c)
Saturday Classics
13:00 SAT (b07gn38h)
Sound of Cinema
15:00 SAT (b07gn38k)
Sunday Feature
18:45 SUN (b07gn7fh)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (b07gn5cg)
The Early Music Show
14:00 SUN (b07gn5cp)
The Essay
22:45 MON (b07gnc3s)
The Essay
22:45 TUE (b07gnj88)
The Essay
22:45 WED (b07gnj8b)
The Essay
22:45 THU (b07gnj8d)
The Essay
22:45 FRI (b07gnj8g)
The Listening Service
17:00 SUN (b07gn6km)
The Verb
22:00 FRI (b07gnj1g)
Through the Night
01:00 SAT (b07gbffm)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (b07gn91f)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (b07gncc2)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (b07gncc4)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (b07gncc6)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (b07gncc8)
Words and Music
17:30 SUN (b063d81y)
World on 3
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