Catriona Young introduces Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante K.364 and Mahler's 5th Symphony performed by the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Vasily Petrenko.
Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor
String Quartet No. 4 in C, K. 157
Silvia Piccollo (soprano), Annemieke Cantor (alto), Marco Beasley (tenor), Daniele Carnovich (bass), Diego Fasolis (conductor)
Piano Sonata in E minor (H.
Magnificat, BuxWV Anh. I
Marieke Steenhoek (soprano), Miriam Meyer (soprano), Bogna Bartosz (contralto), Marco van de Klundert (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Chorus, Ton Koopman (conductor)
Storace, Bernado (fl. 1664)
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), arr. Reger, Max
Du bist die Ruh (D.776), arr. for voice and orchestra
Brigitte Fournier (Soprano), National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow (Conductor)
Ann Monoyios (soprano), Matthew White (countertenor), Colin Ainsworth (tenor), Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Ivars Taurins (conductor)
Martin Hackleman (horn), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor).
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
My favourite... Dowland Songs. Throughout the week Sarah dips into the songbooks of John Dowland, sharing a selection ranging from Fine knacks for ladies (which offers a fascinating glimpse into the life of an Elizabethan pedlar), to the melodious and romantic Come again sweet love from Dowland's First Book of Songs, which was published in 1597.
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.
Sarah's guest this week is the illustrator, writer and Children's Laureate Chris Riddell. Chris has enjoyed critical acclaim for his illustrated books for children, which include the bestselling Ottoline books and The Emperor of Absurdia. He has won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal twice for his illustrations, in 2002 for Pirate Diary and in 2004 for Jonathan Swift's Gulliver and also won the Costa Children's Book Award for Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse in 2013. Chris has worked with collaborators including Paul Stewart on the Muddle Earth, Edge Chronicles and Wyrmweald series and Neil Gaiman on The Graveyard Book, The Sleeper and the Spindle, and Fortunately the Milk. In addition to his children's books, Chris is a renowned political cartoonist whose work appears in The Observer, The Literary Review and The New Statesman. Chris will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, including works by Philip Glass, Debussy and Gorecki, and sketching along with Sarah in the studio, every day at
Sarah places Music in Time with music from Steve Reich's Tehillim, a Modern example of psalm setting, whose dance-like rhythms stem directly from those of the Hebrew texts that Reich has chosen.
Sarah's artist of the week is the Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin. Sarah shares his recordings of piano classics ranging from the fleeting images of Schumann's Waldszenen and Janacek's From an Overgrown Path to the highly-structured sonatas of Mozart and Haydn, as well as sampling his own composition: Etudes in all the minor keys.
Bernard Stevens composes music for films starring James Mason and Dirk Bogarde, presented by Donald Macleod
The music of Bernard Stevens has largely been forgotten today, and yet he was rated by some as equal to Benjamin Britten. Stevens shot to fame when he won the Daily Express competition for a victory symphony, a work he'd largely composed in his evenings during the Blitz. With this public acclaim he soon found himself writing for films starring Dirk Bogarde and James Mason, but gave up this career in the film industry later taking up the post of Professor of Composition at the Royal College of Music where he remained for over thirty years. Public success was short-lived for Stevens partly due to his Communist ideals, and partly because he wasn't interested in self-promotion. He continued composing until his death in 1983 and left a substantial portfolio of works including symphonies, concertos, chamber and solo piano music, and also opera. Throughout the week his daughter Catherine Stevens joins Donald Macleod to lift the veil over her father's life and music.
During the war Bernard Stevens served in the Royal Army Pay Coprs. In his breaks between work and night-time fire watching duty, he'd compose music including his Piano Trio and also his Symphony of Liberation. This symphony won Stevens a competition launched by the Daily Express and he now found himself in the public eye. It was after the war that he started working in the film industry composing music for films starring James Mason and Dirk Bogarde, but he quickly decided this industry wasn't really for him. In 1948 Bernard Stevens and his wife Bertha purchased a new house in Belsize Park, London, previously owned by the violinist Maz Rostal. In that same year he was appointed Professor of Composition at the Royal College of Music, and within a few months completed his Theme and Variations for String Quartet.
Bernard Stevens, arr. A. Williams
The Hebrides Ensemble pay tribute to Sir Peter Maxwell Davies at the 40th anniversary of the St Magnus Festival. It features some of Max's clever reworkings of renaissance music paired with the piano trio he wrote based on a trip to the Fair Isle, north of Orkney. The concert also includes a new work by John Gourlay, an alumnus of the composers course, a nod to Shakespeare in Adès's Court studies from his full-scale opera The Tempest and works by Messiaen and Debussy.
A concert recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in London in April, presented by Penny Gore. Actors Emma Fielding, Samuel West, Damian Lynch and Ian Talbot join conductor Keith Lockhart and the BBC Concert Orchestra for a celebration of Shakespeare's plays and poetry, and music from films of his plays. Plus, more from the 10th annual English Music Festival.
Suzy Klein's guests include pianist Melvyn Tan, conductor Graham Ross, and actor and comedian Barry Humphries.
Donald Macleod introduces Wagner's Das Rheingold from Sage Gateshead, the first instalment of a highly praised complete Ring cycle, given by Opera North.
The performances are semi-staged, with the orchestra in clear vision with the singers, giving the production a special immediacy. Three huge screens showing a specially created visual accompaniment by designer Peter Mumford complement the staging. This is Richard Farnes' last set of appearances with Opera North as their music director.
Wotan ..... Michael Druiett (bass baritone)
Loge ..... Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke(bass)
Fricka ..... Yvonne Howard (mezzo)
Freia ..... Giselle Allen (soprano)
Donner ..... Andrew Foster-Williams (baritone)
Froh..... Mark Le Brocq (tenor)
Fasolt ..... James Creswell (bass)
Fafner ..... Mats Almgren (bass)
Alberich ..... Jo Pohlheim (bass)
Mime ..... Richard Roberts (tenor)
Erda ..... Ceri Williams (mezzo)
Woglinde ..... Jeni Bern (soprano)
Wellgunde ..... Madeleine Shaw (mezzo)
Flosshilde ..... Sarah Castle (mezzo)
As Georgia O'Keeffe images of New Mexico go on display at Tate Modern Matthew Sweet discusses deserts with the author of White Sands, Geoff Dyer , Tanya Barson, curator of the exhibition and writer Laurence Scott.
Geoff Dyer is the author of White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World. It was read as Radio 4's Book of the Week last week which you can find on the Radio 4 website
In a week of broadcasts tracking the 100th anniversary of the first week of the Battle of the Somme, Radio 3's Essay series is featuring five new poems written in response to the battle. The poems have been commissioned by 14-18Now and these programmes will broadcast the poems for the first time and also hear from the poets about their inspiration and writing.
5th July: Yrsa Daley-Ward: When your mother calls you, come.
Yrsa Daley-Ward's poem was commissioned by 14-18 NOW:WW1 Centenary Art Commissions, Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Writers' Centre Norwich. It was published by Gatehouse Press."
Adventures in music, ancient to future: 6 Music's Gideon Coe drops in to share some of his latest discoveries. Gideon Coe is very familiar with the BBC music archives and in particular knows the John Peel session archive inside and out. Here he joins Nick to reveal some of his recent discoveries.
We'll also hear 21st-century Congolese rumba from Badi, a captivating piano piece from Julien Mier and a new version of an old Cornish maritime song incorporating underwater recordings by Thirty Pounds of Bone and Philip Reeder.
WEDNESDAY 06 JULY 2016
WED 00:30 Through the Night (b07j44cp)
2014 Music in Paradise Early Music Festival
Catriona Young presents.
12:31 AM
Dieupart, Charles (1670-1740)
Overture
Ground Floor
12:34 AM
Du Mont, Henri (1610-1684)
Recit de l'éternité (O Eternitas)
Ground Floor
12:40 AM
Dieupart, Charles (1670-1740), Du Mont, Henri (1610-1684)
Sarabande; Motet "In lectulo meo"
Ground Floor
12:48 AM
Visée, Robert de (c.1655-c.1732/3)
Suite in G
Ground Floor
1:02 AM
Le Camus, Sebastian (1610-1677)
Laissez durer la nuit - air de cour
Ground Floor
1:07 AM
Dufaut, François (pre 1604-c.1672), D'Ambrys, Honoré (C.17th)
Pièce pour harpe & Air de cour "Le doux silence de nos bois"
Ground Floor
1:13 AM
Le Camus, Sebastian (1610-1677), Le Roux, Gaspard (1660-1707), Lambert, Michel (1610-1696)
Air à deux parties "Délices des étés"; Pièce pour clavecin; Air de cour "Goûtons un doux repos"
Ground Floor
1:22 AM
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1634-1704)
Chaconne "Sans frayeur dans ce bois"; Air à boire "Ayant bu du vin clairet"
Ground Floor
1:27 AM
Nivers, Guillaume-Gabriel (c.1632-1714)
Motet: Beata est Maria
Ground Floor
1:34 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)
Sonata in F minor, K.69
(Harpsichord)
1:38 AM
Adán, Vicente (fl.1775-1787)
Divertimento 2.o Nuevo
Dagmara Kapczynska (Harpsichord), Komalé Akakpo (Dulcimer)
1:51 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)
Sonata in G minor, K.88
Dagmara Kapczynska (Harpsichord), Gwennaëlle Alibert (Harpsichord)
2:00 AM
Soler, Antonio (1729-1783)
Fandango
Fredrik From (Violin), Benjamin Scherer Questa (Violin), Teodoro Baù (Viola D'Arco), Hager Hanana (Cello), Joanna Boslak-Górniok, Dagmara Kapczynska, Gwennaëlle Alibert (Harpsichords), Bolette Roed (Flute), Komalé Akakpo (Dulcimer)
2:07 AM
Boccherini, Luigi (1743-1805)
Cello Concerto No.4
Monika Leskovar (Cello), Varaždin Chamber Orchestra, David Geringas (Conductor)
2:25 AM
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787)
Dances of the Furies - from 'Orphée et Euridice'
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (Artistic Director)
2:31 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Piano Concerto, Op.16
Marián Lapsansky (Piano), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Ondrej Lenárd (Conductor)
3:01 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.38, K.504 (Prague)
Slovenian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra, Gunter Pichler (Conductor)
3:34 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Toccata, Op.7
Francesco Piemontesi (Piano)
3:40 AM
Striggio, Alessandro (c.1540-1592)
Ecce beatam lucem
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (Conductor)
3:49 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), arr. Reger, Max
Du bist die Ruh (D.776)
Brigitte Fournier (Soprano), National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow (Conductor)
3:54 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Academic Festival Overture, Op.80
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry (Conductor)
4:04 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Concerto for oboe & strings in G minor (reconstructed from BWV.1056)
Hans-Peter Westermann (Oboe), Camerata Koln
4:14 AM
Kaski, Heino (1885-1957)
Prelude
Finnish Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu (Conductor)
4:19 AM
Strauss, Johann, II (1825-1899), arr. Buchbinder, Rudolf
Paraphrase of 'An der schonen blauen Donau', Op.314
Rudolf Buchbinder (Piano)
4:24 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 -1827)
Overture: Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op.43
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (Conductor)
4:31 AM
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787)
Dance of the Blessed Spirits - from 'Orphée et Euridice'
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (Conductor)
4:38 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Rosamunde - Ballet Music no.2 (D.797)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Heinz Holliger (Conductor)
4:46 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Grand duo in E major on themes from Meyerbeer's 'Robert le Diable'
Sol Gabetta (Cello), Bertrand Chamayou (Piano)
4:57 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Symphony No.88 (H.
1.88)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (Conductor)
5:19 AM
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959)
Song of the Black Swan
Henry-David Varema (Cello), Heiki Matlik (Guitar)
5:21 AM
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
Prelude to Act 1, Lohengrin
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Quebec, Franz-Paul Decker (Conductor)
5:31 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)
Sonata, K.81
Bolette Roed (Flute), Joanna Boslak-Górniok (Harpsichord)
5:39 AM
Schutz, Heinrich (1585-1672)/Anonymous
Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, SWV.380; Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt
Leif Meyer (Organ), Ars Nova Copenhagen, Concerto Copenhagen, Paul Hillier (Conductor)
5:48 AM
Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637-1707)
Toccata & Fugue (BuxWV.156)
Pieter van Dijk (Organ)
5:57 AM
Rautio, Matti (1922-1986)
Piano Concerto No.2
Martti Rautio (Piano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Rautio (Conductor)
6:19 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Overture: Peter Schmoll und sein Nachbarn
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Antoni Ros-Marba (Conductor).
WED 06:30 Breakfast (b07j44n6)
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 (b07j3y9n)
Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Chris Riddell
9am
My favourite... Dowland Songs. Throughout the week Sarah dips into the songbooks of John Dowland, sharing a selection ranging from Fine knacks for ladies (which offers a fascinating glimpse into the life of an Elizabethan pedlar), to the melodious and romantic Come again sweet love from Dowland's First Book of Songs, which was published in 1597.
9.30am
Take part in today's challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery music-related object.
10am
Sarah's guest this week is the illustrator, writer and Children's Laureate Chris Riddell. Chris has enjoyed critical acclaim for his illustrated books for children, which include the bestselling Ottoline books and The Emperor of Absurdia. He has won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal twice for his illustrations, in 2002 for Pirate Diary and in 2004 for Jonathan Swift's Gulliver and also won the Costa Children's Book Award for Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse in 2013. Chris has worked with collaborators including Paul Stewart on the Muddle Earth, Edge Chronicles and Wyrmweald series and Neil Gaiman on The Graveyard Book, The Sleeper and the Spindle, and Fortunately the Milk. In addition to his children's books, Chris is a renowned political cartoonist whose work appears in The Observer, The Literary Review and The New Statesman. Chris will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, including works by Philip Glass, Debussy and Gorecki, and sketching along with Sarah in the studio, every day at
10am.
10.30am
Music in Time: Classical
Sarah places Music in Time as she heads back to the Classical period to witness the influence of the Mannheim school on the next generation of classical composers, for instance with the Mannheim 'sigh', a musical device where the emphasis is placed on the first note of a two-note slur, creating a sighing effect.
11am
Sarah's artist of the week is the Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin. Sarah shares his recordings of piano classics ranging from the fleeting images of Schumann's Waldszenen and Janacek's From an Overgrown Path to the highly-structured sonatas of Mozart and Haydn, as well as sampling his own composition: Etudes in all the minor keys.
Hamelin
Etude No.9 in F minor after Rossini
Etude No.10 in F sharp minor after Chopin
Marc-André Hamelin (piano).
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b07j3yhx)
Bernard Stevens (1916-1983)
Resignation from the Communist Party
Due to the Russian suppression of the Hungarian uprising Bernard Stevens resigns from the Communist Party, presented by Donald Macleod
The music of Bernard Stevens has largely been forgotten today, and yet he was rated by some as equal to Benjamin Britten. Stevens shot to fame when he won the Daily Express competition for a victory symphony, a work he'd largely composed in his evenings during the Blitz. With this public acclaim he soon found himself writing for films starring Dirk Bogarde and James Mason, but gave up this career in the film industry later taking up the post of Professor of Composition at the Royal College of Music where he remained for over thirty years. Public success was short-lived for Stevens partly due to his Communist ideals, and partly because he wasn't interested in self-promotion. He continued composing until his death in 1983 and left a substantial portfolio of works including symphonies, concertos, chamber and solo piano music, and also opera. Throughout the week his daughter Catherine Stevens joins Donald Macleod to lift the veil over her father's life and music.
The 1950s were a productive period for Bernard Stevens completing his passionate and warmly coloured Cello Concerto for William Pleeth. Storm clouds were however gathering for Stevens when he acted as a witness for a court case, but due to his communist sympathies was publicly discredited. Not long after he resigned from the Communist party due to the Soviet suppression of the Hungarian uprising. By the 1960s we find Stevens exploring the world of 12 tone serialism with his second String Quartet.
Fantasia on The Irish Ho-Hoane, Op 13
Isabel Beyer, piano
Harvey Dagul, piano
Cello Concerto, Op 18
Alexander Baillie, cello
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Downes, conductor
String Quartet No 2, Op 34 (1st mvt)
The Delmé String Quartet
Dance Suite, Op 28 (3rd and 4th mvt)
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Adrian Leaper, conductor
Producer Luke Whitlock.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b07j3yzc)
St Magnus Festival 2016
Episode 2
Florilegium celebrate their 25th anniversary at this, the 40th St Magnus Festival with a classic Baroque programme ending with the ever-popular 5th Brandenburg Concerto. The folk-like dance qualities of Vivaldi's 'La Folia' trio sonata make it a fitting choice for this most northerly Scottish festival.
Telemann: Flute Concerto in D
Vivaldi: 'La Folia' Trio Sonata
Purcell: Chacony in G minor
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 5
Florilegium, director Ashley Solomon (flute).
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b07j3z9l)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Episode 3
Martin Yates conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in a world premiere performance of his own orchestral suite called Fat Knight, based on music from Vaughan Williams's opera Sir John in Love. Recorded at the 10th English Music Festival in the Abbey at Dorchester-on-Thames. Plus music from a new BBC Concert Orchestra CD featuring the neglected English composer Cecil Armstrong Gibbs. Presented by Penny Gore.
2pm
Vaughan Williams, realised Martin Yates: Fat Knight
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Martin Yates
2.55pm
Gibbs: Dusk; The Enchanted Wood, Op 25
Charles Mutter (violin), Ben Dawson (piano)
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Ronald Corp.
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b07j3z9n)
Durham Cathedral
Live from Durham Cathedral
Responses: Reading
Office Hymn: O Jesu, King most wonderful (King's Norton)
Psalms 32, 33, 34 (Wesley, Camidge, Knight)
First Lesson: Isaiah 33 vv.2-10
Canticles: Walmisley in D
Second Lesson: Philippians 1 vv.1-11
Anthem: The Lord is King (Boyce)
Final Hymn: The head that once was crowned with thorns (St Magnus)
Organ Voluntary: Voluntary in D minor Op. 5 No. 8 (Stanley)
Director of Music: James Lancelot
Organist: Francesca Massey.
WED 16:30 In Tune (b07j3zt3)
Clare Hammond, David Bednall
Suzy Klein presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news, including live performance by pianist Clare Hammond, whose newly released CD features the music of Ken Hesketh. Plus composer and organist David Bednall chats to Suzy about the new recording of his Stabat Mater, which was released last month.
WED 17:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b07j40b0)
Opera North Ring Cycle
Die Walkure
Donald Macleod with Die Walküre, the second night of Opera North's imaginative concert performances of Wagner's Ring from Sage Gateshead. In Die Walküre love enters the scene as we meet Siegmund, who unwittingly falls in love with his sister Sieglinde. And we also meet Wotan's warrior daughters, the famous Valkyries, who are led by Wotan's favourite daughter, Brünnhilde.
Sung in German
Cast
Sieglinde ..... Lee Bisset (soprano)
Siegmund ..... Michael Weinius (tenor)
Wotan ..... Robert Hayward (bass baritone)
Fricka ..... Yvonne Howard (mezzo)
Hunding ..... James Creswell (bass)
The Valkyries:
Brünnhilde ..... Kelly Cae Hogan (soprano)
Rossweisse ..... Madeleine Shaw (mezzo)
Ortlinde ..... Kate Valentine (soprano)
Waltraute .....Heather Shipp (mezzo)
Siegrune ..... Sarah Castle (mezzo)
Gerhilde ..... Giselle Allen (soprano)
Grimgerde ..... Fiona Kimm (mezzo)
Helmwige ..... Katherine Broderick (soprano)
Schwertleite ..... Claudia Huckle (contralto)
Orchestra of Opera North conducted by Richard Farnes.
WED 22:45 The Essay (b07j43n7)
The Somme
Bill Manhire - Known unto God
In a week of broadcasts tracking the 100th anniversary of the first week of the Battle of the Somme, Radio 3's Essay series is featuring five new poems written in response to the battle. The poems have been commissioned by 14-18Now and these programmes will broadcast the poems for the first time and also hear from the poets about their inspiration and writing.
4th July: Paul Muldoon: July 1st 1916, With the Ulster Division
5th July: Yrsa Daley-Ward: When your mother calls you, come.
6th July: Bill Manhire: Known Unto God
7th July: Jackie Kay: Private Joseph Kay
8th July: Daljit Nagra: On your 'A 1940 Memory'
Bill Manhire's poem was commissioned by 14-18 NOW:WW1 Centenary Art Commissions, Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Writers' Centre Norwich. It was published by Gatehouse Press."
Producer: Tim Dee.
WED 23:00 Late Junction (b07j43rh)
Nick Luscombe
Adventures in music, ancient to future. Nick presents new music from Manchester-based band The Breath, featuring Stuart McCallum from The Cinematic Orchestra; experimental Spanish composer Francisco Meirino plus present day Tokyo meets 90s Detroit Techno with a new track from A Taut Line.
We also hear music from the Beating Heart project, for which an archive of original African music recorded by ethnomusicologist Hugh Tracey is being remixed by current artists.
THURSDAY 07 JULY 2016
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b07j44ct)
Mendelssohn's Elijah
Catriona Young presents a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah from Danish Radio, conducted by Masaaki Suzuki.
12:31 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Elias (Elijah), Op.70 - oratorio (Carus edition)
Karina Gauvin (soprano), Roxana Constantinescu (contralto), Colin Balzer (tenor), Christopher Purves (baritone), Danish National Concert Chorus, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)
2:37 AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
String Sextet no. 1 in B flat major, Op.18
Marianne Thorsen (violin), Viktor Stenhjem (violin), Rachel Roberts (viola), Radim Sedmidubsky (viola), Alasdair Strange (cello), Henrik Brendstrup (cello)
3:17 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
9 Variations on a Minuet by Duport (K.573)
Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)
3:29 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943)
Vocalise (Op.34 No.14)
Toronto Symphony, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
3:36 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759]
"Tu del Ciel ministro eletto" - aria from the oratorio 'Il Trionfo del tempo e del disinganno'
Sabine Devieilhe (Bellezza, soprano), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)
3:42 AM
Hüe, Georges (1858-1948)
Phantasy
Iveta Kundratová (flute), Inna Aslamasova (piano)
3:50 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Fêtes Galantes, set 2 (Les Ingénus; La Faune; Colloque sentimental)
Paula Hoffman (mezzo-soprano), Lars-David Nilsson (piano)
3:58 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Romance for violin and orchestra in F minor (Op.11)
Jela Spitkova (violin), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
4:10 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Mazurka No.25 in B minor (Op.33 No.4)
Roland Pöntinen (piano)
4:16 AM
Hellendaal, Pieter [1721-1799]
Concerto grosso for strings and continuo (Op.3 No.6) in F major
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
4:31 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Die Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen - from 'Die Zauberflöte' Act 2 (K.620)
Jouko Harjanne (trumpet), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen (conductor)
4:34 AM
Kalliwoda, Johann Wenzel [1801-1866]
Morceau de salon for oboe and piano (Op.228)
Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe), Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
4:44 AM
Chédeville (Le Cadet), Nicolas (1705-1782)
Les Saisons Amusantes Part II (Les Plaisirs de l'Eté) for musette, recorder, violin & continuo, Paris 1739
Ensemble 1700 - François Lazarevitch (musette), Vittorio Ghielmi (viola da gamba), Mónica Waisman (violin), André Henrich (theorbo/baroque guitar), Alexander Puliaev (harpsichord), Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder/director)
4:54 AM
Scarlatti, Alessandro [1660-1725]
Toccata in F major
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)
5:00 AM
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837)
Piano Trio in F major (Op.22)
Tobias Ringborg (violin), John Ehde (cello), Stefan Lindgren (piano)
5:14 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Swan Lake (excerpt)
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Marko Munih (Conductor)
5:36 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Gesänge der Frühe (Chants de l'Aube) (Op.133) - 5 pieces for piano dedicated to the poet Bettina Brentano
Sylviane Deferne (piano)
5:51 AM
Gombert, Nicolas (c.1495-c.1560)
Missa Tempore paschali: Agnus Dei
Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel (conductor)
5:57 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Suite for Solo Cello No.3 in C major (BWV.1009)
Guy Fouquet (cello)
6:22 AM
Schubert, Franz [1797-1828], arr. Reger, Max [1873-1916]
Am Tage aller Seelen (D.343), arr. for voice and orchestra
Dietrich Henschel (baritone), National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow (conductor).
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b07j44n8)
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 (b07j3y9q)
Thursday - Sarah Walker with Chris Riddell
9am
My favourite... Dowland Songs. Throughout the week Sarah dips into the songbooks of John Dowland, sharing a selection ranging from Fine knacks for ladies (which offers a fascinating glimpse into the life of an Elizabethan pedlar), to the melodious and romantic Come again sweet love from Dowland's First Book of Songs, which was published in 1597.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: can you work out which two composers are associated with a particular piece?
10am
Sarah's guest this week is the illustrator, writer and Children's Laureate Chris Riddell. Chris has enjoyed critical acclaim for his illustrated books for children, which include the bestselling Ottoline books and The Emperor of Absurdia. He has won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal twice for his illustrations, in 2002 for Pirate Diary and in 2004 for Jonathan Swift's Gulliver and also won the Costa Children's Book Award for Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse in 2013. Chris has worked with collaborators including Paul Stewart on the Muddle Earth, Edge Chronicles and Wyrmweald series and Neil Gaiman on The Graveyard Book, The Sleeper and the Spindle, and Fortunately the Milk. In addition to his children's books, Chris is a renowned political cartoonist whose work appears in The Observer, The Literary Review and The New Statesman. Chris will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, including works by Philip Glass, Debussy and Gorecki, and sketching along with Sarah in the studio, every day at
10am.
10.30am
Music in Time: Renaissance
Sarah takes a trip to the Renaissance period as she investigates the dramatic possibilities of the Venetian polychoral style known as 'cori spezzati' - separated choirs.
11am
Sarah's artist of the week is the Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin. Sarah shares his recordings of piano classics ranging from the fleeting images of Schumann's Waldszenen and Janacek's From an Overgrown Path to the highly-structured sonatas of Mozart and Haydn, as well as sampling his own composition: Etudes in all the minor keys.
Janacek
On the Overgrown Path, Book 1
Marc-André Hamelin (piano).
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b07j3yhz)
Bernard Stevens (1916-1983)
Honoured by Royalty
Bernard Stevens in honoured by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, presented by Donald Macleod
The music of Bernard Stevens has largely been forgotten today, and yet he was rated by some as equal to Benjamin Britten. Stevens shot to fame when he won the Daily Express competition for a victory symphony, a work he'd largely composed in his evenings during the Blitz. With this public acclaim he soon found himself writing for films starring Dirk Bogarde and James Mason, but gave up this career in the film industry later taking up the post of Professor of Composition at the Royal College of Music where he remained for over thirty years. Public success was short-lived for Stevens partly due to his Communist ideals, and partly because he wasn't interested in self-promotion. He continued composing until his death in 1983 and left a substantial portfolio of works including symphonies, concertos, chamber and solo piano music, and also opera. Throughout the week his daughter Catherine Stevens joins Donald Macleod to lift the veil over her father's life and music.
During the 1960s Bernard Stevens was very active as Professor of Composition at the Royal College of Music. One of his students at this time was a young Michael Finnissy. Stevens was also very busy as an examiner which took him abroad to South Africa and the Far East. In recognition of his services to music he was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Music by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. During this same period he was still composing prolifically, including his Second Symphony, and also his Trio for horn, violin and piano.
Mass for Double Choir (5th mvt)
The Finzi Singers
Paul Spicer, director
Symphony No 2, Op 35
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Downes, conductor
Trio for horn, violin and piano, Op 38 (3rd mvt)
Kenneth Sillito, violin
Timothy Brown, horn
Hamish Milne, piano
Ballad No 2, Op 42
Florian Uhlig, piano
Producer Luke Whitlock.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b07j3yzf)
St Magnus Festival 2016
Episode 3
Russian pianist Alexei Volodin makes his debut at the St Magnus Festival in Orkney and inaugurates the new Festival piano with works by Mendelssohn, Medtner and Rachmaninov.
Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream (arr. Rachmaninov)
Medtner: Four Tales, Op. 35 - No. 4 in C-sharp minor
Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op 28
Alexei Volodin, piano.
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b07j3z9q)
Thursday Opera Matinee
Janacek - The Cunning Little Vixen
Penny Gore presents Janacek's Cunning Little Vixen, first heard in 2010 from the Royal Opera House, conducted by Charles Mackerras in one of the final performances before his death.
Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen holds a very special place in the repertoire - an opera whose characters are a mixture of human beings and animals which tells the story of the life of a Vixen. We meet her woodland friends and enemies - and their lives are contrasted with the human characters who live nearby. But the magic of Janacek's score is in the way he portrays all of these lives with his most colourful and deftly woven music, sometimes spiky, sometimes intensely lyrical.
Vixen Sharp-Ears ..... Emma Matthews (soprano)
Forester ..... Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Fox ..... Elizabeth Meister (soprano)
Schoolmaster/Mosquito ..... Robin Leggate (tenor)
Gamekeeper's Wife/Owl ..... Madeleine Shaw (mezzo-soprano)
Priest/Badger ..... Jeremy White (bass)
Harasta ..... Matthew Rose (bass)
Pasek ..... Alasdair Elliott (tenor)
Inkeeper's Wife ..... Elizabeth Sikora (mezzo-soprano)
Pepik ..... Simona Mihai (soprano)
Frantik ..... Elizabeth Cragg (soprano)
Rooster/Jay ..... Deborah Peake-Jones (soprano)
Chief Hen ..... Glenys Groves (soprano)
Cricket ..... Peter Shafran (treble)
Caterpillar .....Talor Hanson (child soprano)
Frog ..... Harry Bradford (treble)
Young Vixen ..... Eleanor Burke (child soprano)
Woodpecker ..... Amanda Floyd (mezzo-soprano)
Royal Opera Chorus
Children's Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
conductor Sir Charles Mackerras
3.35
Hadley: Salome, Op 55
BBC Concert Orchestra
conductor Rebecca Miller.
THU 16:30 In Tune (b07j3zt5)
Guy Johnston, Peter Seymour, Bjarte Eike
Suzy Klein's guests include cellist Guy Johnston, conductor Peter Seymour and violinist Bjarte Eike with the Barokksolistene.
THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b07j3yhz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b07j40b3)
Paul Lewis - Schubert, Brahms, Liszt
Martin Handley introduces a Royal Festival Hall recital by pianist Paul Lewis, with music by Schubert, Brahms and Liszt, culminating in Liszt's epic Dante Sonata
Schubert: Piano Sonata in B major, D575
Brahms: Four Ballades Op.10
Brahms: Three Intermezzi Op.117
Liszt: Dante Sonata
Paul Lewis (piano)
A musical ride through Hell is how Paul Lewis describes Liszt's Dante Sonata - it's Liszt at his most wild and eccentric, a virtuosic dazzler. It's also the piece with which Paul Lewis first made his reputation 25 years ago as a teenager - he has since become known more for his interpretations of the great piano works of Beethoven and Schubert, but now he is taking a more mature look at Liszt's nightmare epic. He contrasts this with some less well-known early Schubert, some early Brahms and Brahms's well-loved Intermezzi.
THU 22:00 Free Thinking (b07j43nc)
Scotland, Wales and the Ukraine, Lidudumalingani
New Generation Thinker Victoria Donovan explores the links between Wales and Ukraine. Later this month the Wales Book of the Year Awards take place. We hear from Dr Emma Schofield about the way Welsh fiction has reflected debates since devolution. And talk to Lidudumalingani - winner of this year's Caine Prize for African Writing.
Dr Victoria Donovan researches Russian history and culture at the University of St Andrews.
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.
You can read the Caine Prize story here http://caineprize.com/2016-shortlist/
The Wales Book of the Year Awards are announced on Thursday 21 July. The shortlists are:
The Roland Mathias Poetry Award: Love Songs of Carbon, Philip Gross /Boy Running, Paul Henry /Pattern beyond Chance, Stephen Payne
The Rhys Davies Fiction Award: The Girl in the Red Coat, Kate Hamer/ We Don't Know What We're Doing, Thomas Morris / I Saw a Man, Owen Sheers
The Open University in Wales Creative Non-Fiction Award:
Losing Israel, Jasmine Donahaye / Woman Who Brings the Rain, Eluned Gramich / Wales Unchained, Daniel G. Williams
Aberystwyth University Welsh-language Poetry Award: Nes Draw, Mererid Hopwood / Hel llus yn y glaw, Gruffudd Owen / Eiliadau Tragwyddol, Cen Williams
Welsh-language Fiction Award: Norte, Jon Gower / Y Bwthyn, Caryl Lewis / Rifiera Reu, Dewi Prysor
The Open University in Wales Welsh-language Creative Non-Fiction Award: Pam Na Fu Cymru, Simon Brooks / Dyddiau Olaf Owain Glyndwr, Gruffydd Aled Williams / Is-deitla'n Unig, Emyr Glyn Williams
Producer: Ruth Watts
(Image: Lidudumalingani, Credit: The Caine Prize for African Writing).
THU 22:45 The Essay (b07j43nf)
The Somme
Jackie Kay - Private Joseph Kay
In a week of broadcasts tracking the 100th anniversary of the first week of the Battle of the Somme, Radio 3's Essay series is featuring five new poems written in response to the battle. The poems have been commissioned by 14-18Now and these programmes will broadcast the poems for the first time and also hear from the poets about their inspiration and writing.
4th July: Paul Muldoon: July 1st 1916, With the Ulster Division
5th July: Yrsa Daley-Ward: When your mother calls you, come.
6th July: Bill Manhire: Known Unto God
7th July: Jackie Kay: Private Joseph Kay
8th July: Daljit Nagra: On your 'A 1940 Memory'
Jackie Kay's poem was commissioned by 14-18 NOW:WW1 Centenary Art Commissions, Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Writers' Centre Norwich. It was published by Gatehouse Press.
Producer: Tim Dee.
THU 23:00 Late Junction (b07j43rm)
Late Junction Sessions
Nick Luscombe with session highlights
Nick digs into the Late Junction session archive to pull out some personal favourites. Highlights include music from Australian improv trio The Necks in session with British saxophonist Evan Parker recorded at the BBC's Maida Vale studios.
Plus the nostalgic horror soundtracks of Polypores, the wonky pop of David West and dub pioneer U-Roy.
FRIDAY 08 JULY 2016
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b07j44cw)
When Mighty Pianists Stalked the Earth
Catriona Young travels back in time to when Mighty Pianists stalked the earth and pianos trembled... A Russian piano recital precedes archive performances from Reger, Busoni and Felix Mottl amongst others.
12:31 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No.8 in F sharp minor (S.244)
Albert Mamriev (piano - a Blüthner Grand, selected by Mr. Mamriev)
12:39 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) arr. Friedmann, Ignaz (1882-1948)
Siciliana from Flute Sonata in E flat BWV.1031
Albert Mamriev (piano)
12:42 AM
Moszkowski, Moritz (1854-1924)
Liebeswaltzer (Op.57/5)
Albert Mamriev (piano)
12:47 AM
Rubinstein, Anton (1829-1894)
Barcarolle No.5 in A minor (Op.93/7)
Albert Mamriev (piano)
12:54 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Etude in C (Op.10 No. 1)
Albert Mamriev (piano)
1:05 AM
Godowsky, Leopold (1870-1938)
Alt Wien, waltz
Albert Mamriev (piano)
1:09 AM
Alkan, Charles-Valentin (1813-1888)
Mouvement de valse from "Trois Etudes de Bravoure" Op.16
Albert Mamriev (piano)
1:15 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Mazeppa - Symphonic Poem
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Juozas Domarkas (conductor)
1:32 AM
Reger, Max (1873-1916)
Intermezzo in E flat minor (Op.45 No.3)
Max Reger (piano)
1:36 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Intermezzo in E flat minor (Op.118 No.6)
Konstantin Igumnov (1873-1948) (piano)
1:41 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), transc. Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Fantasia on Beethoven's 'Ruinen von Athen' for piano (S.389)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) (piano)
1:53 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Rondo brillante in E flat "La gaieté for piano" (J.252) (Op.62)
Raoul Pugno (1852-1914) (piano)
1:59 AM
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
Prelude to Parsifal
Felix Mottl (1856-1911) (piano)
2:11 AM
Wagner, Richard (1813 - 1883)
Brünnhildes Abschied - from Götterdämmerung (1876)
Birgit Nilsson (mezzo-soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor)
2:31 AM
Maliszewski, Witold [1873-1939]
Symphony No.1 in G minor (Op.8)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
3:06 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Piano Quartet in E flat major (Op.47)
Alexander Melnikov (piano), Leopold String Trio
3:34 AM
Reutter, Johann Georg (1708-1772)
Ecce quomodo moritur justus
Capella Nova Graz, Otto Kargl (Director)
3:41 AM
Hammerschmidt, Andreas (1611/12-1675)
Suite in G minor/G major for winds - from the collection 'Ester Fleiß'
Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director)
3:56 AM
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)
Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grünen Wald (I walked with joy through a green forest) (no.7 from Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit)
Arleen Auger (soprano), Irwin Gage (piano)
4:01 AM
Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de [1689-1755]
Pastorale
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (director)
4:09 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
4 Kontra Tänze (KV.267)
English Chamber Orchestra, Mitsuko Uchida (conductor)
4:16 AM
Doppler, Franz (1821-1883)
L'oiseau des bois (Op.21) - idyll for flute and 4 horns
János Balint (flute), Jeno Kevehazi, Peter Fuzes, Sandor Endrodi, Tibor Maruzsa (horns)
4:22 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Introduction to Act III & Dances of the Highlanders from Halka (original vers.)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (Conductor)
4:31 AM
Salieri, Antonio (1750-1825)
Sinfonia in D major 'Veneziana'
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi (conductor)
4:41 AM
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)
Sonata da chiesa in A major (Op.1 No.3)
London Baroque
4:48 AM
Braunfels, Walter (1882-1954)
Symphonic Variations on a French Children's Song Op.15
BBC Concert Orchestra; Johannes Wildner (conductor)
5:04 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Trio for piano and strings in C major (K.548)
Kungsbacka Trio
5:23 AM
Rosenmuller, Johann (c.1619-1684)
Confitebor - Psalm 110 (111)
Johanna Koslowsky (soprano), David Cordier (countertenor), Gerd Türk (tenor), Stephan Schreckenberger (bass), Carsten Lohff (organ), Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel (director/lute)
5:39 AM
Stamitz, Carl (1745-1801)
Cello Concerto No.2 in A
Michal Kanka (cello), Prague Chamber Orchestra, Jirí Pospíchal (concert master)
5:59 AM
Farkas, Ferenc [1905-2000]
5 Ancient Hungarian Dances for wind quintet
Academic Wind Quintet
6:10 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Overture (D.590) in D major "in the Italian style"
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Paul McCreesh (Conductor)
6:18 AM
Zelenka, Jan Dismas (1679-1745)
Overture a 7 in F major ZWV.188
Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (Director)
6:26 AM
Youmans, Vincent (1898-1946) arr. Louis Merkur
Tea for Two, from 'No, No, Nanette' (arranged for two pianos)
Tobias Koch (piano), Alexander Melnikov (piano).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b07j44nb)
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 (b07j3y9s)
Friday - Sarah Walker with Chris Riddell
9am
My favourite... Dowland Songs. Throughout the week Sarah dips into the songbooks of John Dowland, sharing a selection ranging from Fine knacks for ladies (which offers a fascinating glimpse into the life of an Elizabethan pedlar), to the melodious and romantic Come again sweet love from Dowland's First Book of Songs, which was published in 1597.
9.30am
Take part in today's challenge: two pieces of music are played together - can you work out what they are?
10am
Sarah's guest this week is the illustrator, writer and Children's Laureate Chris Riddell. Chris has enjoyed critical acclaim for his illustrated books for children, which include the bestselling Ottoline books and The Emperor of Absurdia. He has won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal twice for his illustrations, in 2002 for Pirate Diary and in 2004 for Jonathan Swift's Gulliver and also won the Costa Children's Book Award for Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse in 2013. Chris has worked with collaborators including Paul Stewart on the Muddle Earth, Edge Chronicles and Wyrmweald series and Neil Gaiman on The Graveyard Book, The Sleeper and the Spindle, and Fortunately the Milk. In addition to his children's books, Chris is a renowned political cartoonist whose work appears in The Observer, The Literary Review and The New Statesman. Chris will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, including works by Philip Glass, Debussy and Gorecki, and sketching along with Sarah in the studio, every day at
10am.
10.30am
Music in Time: Romantic
Sarah places Music in Time. The spotlight is on the Romantic period and the newfound equality between instruments as expressed in Brahms' Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Op.120 No. 2.
11am
Sarah's artist of the week is the Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin. Sarah shares his recordings of piano classics ranging from the fleeting images of Schumann's Waldszenen and Janacek's From an Overgrown Path to the highly-structured sonatas of Mozart and Haydn, as well as sampling his own composition: Etudes in all the minor keys.
Haydn
Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Hob.XI:36
Marc-André Hamelin (piano).
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b07j3yj1)
Bernard Stevens (1916-1983)
Under a Shadow
Bernard Stevens under the shadow of cancer completes his opera The Shadow of the Glen, presented by Donald Macleod
The music of Bernard Stevens has largely been forgotten today, and yet he was rated by some as equal to Benjamin Britten. Stevens shot to fame when he won the Daily Express competition for a victory symphony, a work he'd largely composed in his evenings during the Blitz. With this public acclaim he soon found himself writing for films starring Dirk Bogarde and James Mason, but gave up this career in the film industry later taking up the post of Professor of Composition at the Royal College of Music where he remained for over thirty years. Public success was short-lived for Stevens partly due to his Communist ideals, and partly because he wasn't interested in self-promotion. He continued composing until his death in 1983 and left a substantial portfolio of works including symphonies, concertos, chamber and solo piano music, and also opera. Throughout the week his daughter Catherine Stevens joins Donald Macleod to lift the veil over her father's life and music.
In the last decade of his life Bernard Stevens was diagnosed with cancer. He largely kept his illness private from his students and colleagues at the Royal College of Music, and kept on teaching and also composing music. With an Arts Council Grant Stevens was able to take time away from teaching in order to complete his opera The Shadow of the Glen, which was recorded in the year before his death. The last work he completed was his Concertante for Two Pianos. Two pianists also visited Stevens to perform for him his Piano Concerto originally composed in 1955, but later revised. Stevens was thoroughly delighted with the work, but the very next day he went into care and never returned home again.
The Birds Know This (from The True Dark, Op 49)
Richard Jackson, baritone
Igor Kennaway, piano
The Shadow of the Glen, Op 50 (Beginning)
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano (Nora)
Paul Hudson, bass (The Tramp)
Divertimenti Orchestra
Howard Williams, conductor
Nocturne on a Note-row by Ronald Stevenson, Op 51
Michael Finnissy, piano
Concertante for Two Pianos Op 55 (3rd mvt)
Isabel Beyer, piano
Harvey Dagul, piano
Piano Concerto, Op 26
Martin Roscoe, piano
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Adrian Leaper, conductor
Producer Luke Whitlock.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b07j3yzh)
St Magnus Festival 2016
Episode 4
Pianist Joseph Middleton is joined by an ensemble of young British-based singers at the 40th St Magnus Festival to explore the theme of Songs to the Moon through German lieder, French and English song
Brahms: Der Gang zum Liebchen Op. 48, No. 1
Brahms: Ständchen Op. 106, No. 1
Brahms: Der Abend Op. 64, No. 2
Brahms: Vergebliches Ständchen Op. 84, No. 4
Schumann: Mondnacht Op. 39, No. 5
Schumann: Venetianisches Lied I, Op. 25 No. 17 - from 'Myrthen'
Schumann: Die Lotosblume, Op. 25 No. 7 - from 'Myrthen'
Schumann: In der Nacht Op 74 No 4
Warlock: The Night
Parry: Bright Star
Barber: Nocturne Op 13 No 4
Mompou: Damunt de tu nomes les flors
Saint-Saëns: Guitares et Mandolines
Debussy: Apparition
Chausson: La Nuit, Op. 11 No. 1
Hahn: L'Heure exquise - from 'Chansons grises'
Fauré: Clair de lune, Op. 46 No. 2
Fauré: Pleurs d'or Op 72
Fauré: Tarentelle
Joseph Middleton, piano
Ailish Tynan, soprano
Anna Huntley, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Stephan Loges, bass.
FRI 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b07j3z9s)
with Penny Gore. John Wilson conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a concert presented live from Salford by Tom Redmond, including Vaughan Williams's hugely inventive Symphony No 8, completed just three years before his death. Plus recent recording from the BBC Concert Orchestra.
2pm
Ireland: Overture, Satyricon
Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye, Suite
2.30pm
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 8
BBC Philharmonic, conductor, John Wilson
3.00pm
John Pickard: Binyon Songs
David Owen Norris: Piano Concerto
Roderick Williams (baritone), David Owen Norris (piano)
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Gavin Sutherland
3.50pm
Walter Braunfels: Suite - Don Gil von den grünen Hosen; Konzertstück
Piers Lane (piano)
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Johannes Wildner.
FRI 16:30 In Tune (b07j3zt7)
Gabriella Swallow, Edward Gardner
Suzy Klein presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news. Live performance on today's short show comes courtesy of cellist Gabriella Swallow and soprano Sally Silver, who'll be joined by a host of artists in Camden Forge next week for a typically eclectic concert. Plus Edward Gardner joins Suzy down the line from Birmingham, where he is preparing to conduct Verdi's opera Falstaff.
FRI 17:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b07j40b8)
Opera North Ring Cycle
Siegfried
Donald Macleod introduces the hero Siegfried in Opera North's production of Wagner's Ring Cycle from Sage Gateshead in this third instalment of Wagner's epic saga, The Ring of the Nibelungs.
Sung in German
Cast
Siegfried ..... Lars Cleveman (tenor)
Brünnhilde ..... Kelly Cae Hogan (soprano)
Mime ..... Richard Roberts (tenor)
Wanderer ..... Béla Perencz (baritone)
Alberich ..... Jo Pohlheim (bass baritone)
Fafner ..... Mats Almgren (bass)
Woodbird ..... Jeni Bern (soprano)
Erda ..... Ceri Williams (mezzo)
Orchestra of Opera North conducted by Richard Farnes.
FRI 22:45 The Essay (b07j43nl)
The Somme
Daljit Nagra - On your 'A 1940 Memory'
In a week of broadcasts tracking the 100th anniversary of the first week of the Battle of the Somme, Radio 3's Essay series is featuring five new poems written in response to the battle. The poems have been commissioned by 14-18Now and these programmes will broadcast the poems for the first time and also hear from the poets about their inspiration and writing.
4th July: Paul Muldoon: July 1st 1916, With the Ulster Division
5th July: Yrsa Daley-Ward: When your mother calls you, come.
6th July: Bill Manhire: Known Unto God
7th July: Jackie Kay: Private Joseph Kay
8th July: Daljit Nagra: On your 'A 1940 Memory'
Daljit Nagra's poem was commissioned by 14-18 NOW:WW1 Centenary Art Commissions, Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Writers' Centre Norwich. It was published by Gatehouse Press.
Producer: Tim Dee.
FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b07j43rs)
Kathryn Tickell with Mosi Conde in session
Kathryn Tickell with Mosi Conde, one of the finest UK-based kora players - a griot from Guinea-Conakry, in session.
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 (b07j3vm7)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 TUE (b07j3z9b)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 WED (b07j3z9l)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 THU (b07j3z9q)
Afternoon on 3
14:00 FRI (b07j3z9s)
Between the Ears
21:00 SAT (b07j3h2n)
Breakfast
07:00 SAT (b07j3h0x)
Breakfast
07:00 SUN (b07j3k0j)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (b07j3vlc)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (b07j44n4)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (b07j44n6)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (b07j44n8)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (b07j44nb)
Choir and Organ
16:00 SUN (b07j3m4p)
Choral Evensong
15:00 SUN (b07h6qhp)
Choral Evensong
15:30 WED (b07j3z9n)
Composer of the Week
12:00 MON (b07j3vm1)
Composer of the Week
18:30 MON (b07j3vm1)
Composer of the Week
12:00 TUE (b07j3yhv)
Composer of the Week
18:15 TUE (b07j3yhv)
Composer of the Week
12:00 WED (b07j3yhx)
Composer of the Week
12:00 THU (b07j3yhz)
Composer of the Week
18:30 THU (b07j3yhz)
Composer of the Week
12:00 FRI (b07j3yj1)
Drama on 3
21:00 SUN (b07j3m50)
Early Music Late
22:20 SUN (b07j3m52)
Essential Classics
09:00 MON (b07j3vlt)
Essential Classics
09:00 TUE (b07j3y9l)
Essential Classics
09:00 WED (b07j3y9n)
Essential Classics
09:00 THU (b07j3y9q)
Essential Classics
09:00 FRI (b07j3y9s)
Free Thinking
22:15 TUE (b07j43n1)
Free Thinking
22:00 THU (b07j43nc)
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
00:00 SUN (b04d1jq4)
Hear and Now
22:00 SAT (b07j3h2q)
In Tune
16:30 MON (b07j3vmp)
In Tune
16:30 TUE (b07j3zsz)
In Tune
16:30 WED (b07j3zt3)
In Tune
16:30 THU (b07j3zt5)
In Tune
16:30 FRI (b07j3zt7)
Jazz Line-Up
17:00 SAT (b07j3h2c)
Jazz Now
23:00 MON (b07j3vnh)
Jazz Record Requests
16:00 SAT (b07j3h1z)
Late Junction
23:00 TUE (b07j43rf)
Late Junction
23:00 WED (b07j43rh)
Late Junction
23:00 THU (b07j43rm)
Music Matters
12:15 SAT (b07j3h1f)
Music Matters
22:00 MON (b07j3h1f)
Night Music
23:20 SUN (b07j3m54)
Opera on 3
18:30 SAT (b07j3h2g)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (b06rwfv4)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 SUN (b07h6cn8)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 MON (b07j3vm5)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 TUE (b07j3yz7)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 WED (b07j3yzc)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 THU (b07j3yzf)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 FRI (b07j3yzh)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 SUN (b07j3m4y)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 MON (b07j3vn7)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:15 TUE (b07j409y)
Radio 3 in Concert
17:30 WED (b07j40b0)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 THU (b07j40b3)
Radio 3 in Concert
17:30 FRI (b07j40b8)
Record Review
09:00 SAT (b07j3h1b)
Saturday Classics
13:00 SAT (b07j3h1n)
Sound of Cinema
15:00 SAT (b07j3h1s)
Sunday Feature
18:45 SUN (b07j3m4w)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (b07j3k0l)
The Early Music Show
14:00 SUN (b07j3k8l)
The Essay
22:45 MON (b07j3vnc)
The Essay
22:45 TUE (b07j43n3)
The Essay
22:45 WED (b07j43n7)
The Essay
22:45 THU (b07j43nf)
The Essay
22:45 FRI (b07j43nl)
The Listening Service
17:00 SUN (b07j3m4r)
Through the Night
01:00 SAT (b07h6rl8)
Through the Night
01:00 SUN (b07j3jcq)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (b07j3vkv)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (b07j44cm)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (b07j44cp)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (b07j44ct)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (b07j44cw)
Words and Music
17:30 SUN (b04f8m1t)
World on 3
23:00 FRI (b07j43rs)