RADIO-LISTS: BBC RADIO 3
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SATURDAY 03 SEPTEMBER 2016
SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b07qc4bq)
Shostakovich and Beethoven from the Warsaw Philharmonic
John Shea presents the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra in Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto with soloist Leticia Moreno, and Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.
1:01 AM
Saryan, Ghazaros [1920-1998]
Passacaglia
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan (conductor)
1:09 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitri [1906-1975]
Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op.77
Leticia Moreno (violin), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan (conductor)
1:48 AM
Falla, Manuel de [1876-1946]
Nana
Leticia Moreno (violin) and unidentified harpist
1:51 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770-1827]
Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan (conductor)
2:31 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Concerto for Harp, Flute and Orchestra (K.299) in C major
Suzana Klincharova (harp), Georgi Spasov (flute), Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble, Plamen Djurov (conductor)
3:01 AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
Pulcinella - ballet
Lynne Dawson (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor), Denis Sedov (baritone), Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Minkowski (conductor)
3:38 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Miroirs
Martina Filjak (piano)
4:11 AM
Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762)
Concerto Grosso (Op.3 No.6) in E minor
Camerata Bern, Thomas Furi (conductor)
4:21 AM
Szymanowski, Karol [1882-1937]
The Fountain of Arethusa, from Myths (Op.30)
Seung-Hye Choi (piano), Hyun-Mi Kim (violin)
4:27 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770-1827]
Overture in C major Op.115 (zur Namensfeier)
Concerto Köln, Michael Güttler (conductor)
4:34 AM
Byrd, William (c.1540-1623)
Pavana lachrimae (after John Dowland) for keyboard (MB.
28.54)
Aapo Häkkinen (harpsichord)
4:42 AM
Turina, Joaquín (1882-1949)
Rapsodia sinfonica for piano and string orchestra (Op.66)
Angela Cheng (piano), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Graf (conductor)
4:51 AM
Franceschini, Petronio (1650-1680)
Sonata for 2 trumpets, strings and continuo in D major
Yordan Kojuharov & Petar Ivanov (trumpets), Teodor Moussev (organ), Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Yordan Dafov (conductor)
5:01 AM
Haapalainen, Väinö (1893-1945)
Lemminkainen Overture (1925)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Atso Almila (conductor)
5:09 AM
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899)
Pavane & Forlane - from 'Quelques Danses' (Op.26)
Bengt Åke-Lundin (piano)
5:19 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Kyrie eleison in G minor for double choir and orchestra (RV.587)
Choir of Latvian Radio, Riga Chamber Players, Sigvards Klava (conductor)
5:29 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Piano Trio in E flat major (D.897), 'Notturno'
Grieg Trio
5:40 AM
Farkas, Ferenc [1905-2000]
5 Ancient Hungarian Dances, for wind quintet
Tae-Won Kim (flute), Hyong-Sup Kim (oboe), Pil-Kwan Sung (oboe), Hyon-Kon Kim (clarinet), Sang-Won Yoon (bassoon)
5:50 AM
Järnefelt, Armas (1869-1958)
The Sound of Home
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ilpo Mansnerus (conductor)
6:00 AM
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908)
Capriccio Espagnol (Op.34)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
6:17 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Violin Sonata No.3 in C minor (Op.45)
Alena Baeva (violin), Giuzai Karieva (piano)
6:41 AM
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936)
Ancient Airs and Dances - Suite No.2
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor).
SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b07rkrzg)
Saturday - Elizabeth Alker
Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
SAT 09:00 Record Review (b07syffv)
Summer Record Review: Proms Composer - Max Reger
with Andrew McGregor, including recordings of Proms Composer Max Reger and a review of recent Baroque chamber music releases with Hannah French.
9.00am
Handel in Italy, Volume 2
HANDEL: Agrippina: Overture; Nisi Dominus, HMV 238: Sicut sagittae; Pure del cielo intelligenze eterne (from Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno); Tu del ciel ministro eletto (Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno); Poiche giuraro amore, HWV148; Harpsichord Concerto in G major, HWV 487; Sonata in G minor HV 580: Larghetto; Dalla guerra amorosa, HWV 102; Precipitoso nel mar che freme (from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo); Duetto XV: Quel fior che all'alba ride (The flower that smiles at dawn), HWV192; Se tu non lasci amore, HWV201
Benjamin Bevan (baritone), Sophie Bevan (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Benjamin Bevan (baritone), London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham (harpsichord & conductor)
SIGNUM SIGCD462 (CD)
Faure: The Complete Songs, Vol. 1
FAURE: Le papillon et la fleur Op. 1 No. 1; Mai Op. 1 No. 2; Poeme d'un jour Op. 21; Lydia Op. 4 No. 2; Tristesse Op. 6 No. 2; Dans les ruines d'une abbaye Op. 2 No. 1; Le voyageur Op. 18 No. 2; Serenade toscane Op. 3 No. 2; Les berceaux Op. 23 No. 1; Chanson du pecheur Op. 4 No. 1; Vocalise-etude; Sylvie Op. 6 No. 3; Apres un reve Op. 7 No. 1; Aurore Op. 39 No. 1; Fleur jetee Op. 39 No. 2; Arpege Op. 76 No. 2 (Samain); Les matelots Op. 2 No. 2; La fee aux chansons Op. 27 No. 2; Nell Op. 18 No. 1; Cinq Melodies 'de Venise' Op. 58; Le jardin clos Op. 106; Lydia’s Vocalises: Vocalise No. 20 'L'Envie'
Ann Murray (mezzo), John Chest (baritone), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Nigel Cliffe (baritone), Ben Johnson (tenor), Lorna Anderson (soprano), Janis Kelly (soprano), Joan Rodgers (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
SIGNUM SIGCD427 (CD)
Faure: Apres un reve
FAURE: Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major Op. 36; Nocturne No. 6 in D flat major Op. 63; Barcarolle No. 5 in F sharp minor Op. 66; Barcarolle No. 6 in E flat major Op. 70; Barcarolle No. 7 in D minor Op. 90; Pavane Op. 50 (transcribed by Louis Lortie); Preludes (9) Op. 103; Apres un reve Op. 7 No. 1 (arranged by Percy Grainger); Pelleas et Melisande Op. 80 (suite) (movement 3 arranged by Alfred Cortot)
Louis Lortie (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN10915 (CD)
9.30am Proms Composer: Max Reger (1873 - 1916)
Summer Record Review's Proms Composer feature explores recordings of the music of German composer, pianist, organist, and teacher Max Reger, ahead of the Proms performance of his 'Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart' next week.
Reger: Organ Works, Vol. 1
REGER: Fantasy and Fugue on B-A-C-H Op. 46; Erste Suite E minor Op. 16; Organ Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 33; Zwolf Stucke Op. 80: No. 10; Zwolf Stucke Op. 80: No. 11 'Toccata'; Zwolf Stucke Op. 80: No. 12; Zwolf Stucke Op. 80: No. 8 Romanze in A minor; Organ Sonata No. 2 in D minor Op. 60
Gerhard Weinberger (organ)
CPO 7777172 (2Hybrid SACD)
Vivit!
REGER: Melodia Op. 59 No. 11; Unser lieben Frauen Traum Op. 138 No. 4; Der Mensch lebt und bestehet nur eine kleine Zeit; Abendstandchen Op. 83/3; Nachtlied Op. 138/3; Zur Nacht Op. 6 No. 2; Abendlied Op. 6 No. 3; Abendlied Op. 39 No. 2
TOBIAS, R: Otsekui hirv; Kleine Karfreitagsmotette; Oster Vorspiel; Ostermorgen; Nun ruhen alle Walder; Ascendit in coelum; Vivit!; Liberi Dei; Eks teie tea
Ene Salumae (organ), Siim Selis (piano), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Daniel Reuss (conductor)
ONDINE ODE12212 (CD)
Max Reger: Complete Organ Works Volume 1
REGER: Fantasia uber den Choral 'Ein feste Burg' Op. 27; Fantasie uber ”Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele” Op. 30; Christ ist erstanden von dem Tod; Es kommt ein Schiff geladen; Komm, susser Tod; O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden; O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid; Praludium und Fuge E major Op. 56, No. 1; Praludium und Fuge D minor Op. 56, No. 2; Praludium und Fuge in G major Op. 56, No. 3; Praludium und Fuge C Op. 56, No. 4; Praludium und Fuge B major Op. 56, No. 5; Fantasie und Fuge C minor Op. 29; Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor; Zwolf Stucke Op. 59; Organ Pieces (3) Op. 7; Postludium; Six Trios Op. 47; Variations and Fugue on 'Heil unserm Konig, Heil!', WoO IV/7; Erste Suite E minor Op. 16
Bernhard Buttmann (organ)
OEHMS OC851 (4CD)
Reger: Songs
REGER: Mein Traum Op. 31 No. 5; Unbegehrt Op. 31; Flieder Op. 35 No. 4; Volkslied Op. 37 No. 5; Gluckes genug Op. 37 No 3; Zwischen zwei Nachten Op. 43 No. 1; Meinem Kinde Op. 43 No. 3; Wiegenlied Op. 43 No. 5; Sag es nicht Op. 43 No. 8; Am Dorfsee Op. 48 No. 6; Traume, traume, du mein susses Leben! Op. 51 No. 3; Zwei Ganse Zur weissen Gans sprach einst vertraulich eine graue Op. 55 No. 8; Viola d'amour Op. 55; Waldseligkeit Op. 62 No. 2; Sehnsucht Op. 66 No. 1; Morgen! Op. 66 No. 12; Kindergeschichte Op. 66 No. 12; Aeolsharfe Op. 75 No. 11; Hat gesagt - bleibt's nicht dabei Op. 75 No. 12; Du meines Herzens Kronelein Op. 76 No. 1; Volkslied aus Franken – Waldeinsamkeit Op. 76, No. 3; Wenn die Linde bluht Op. 76 No. 4; Gluck Op. 76 No. 16; In einem Rosengartelein Op. 76 No. 18; Des Kindes Gebet Op. 76 No. 22; Die Mutter spricht Op. 76 No. 28; Das Wolklein Op. 76 No. 33; Mittag Op. 76 No. 35; Schelmenliedchen Op. 76 No. 36; Maria Wiegenlied Op. 76 No. 52; Mausefangen Op. 76 No. 58; Oben in dem Birnenbaum Op. 76/59; Ehre sei Gott in der Hohe!
Sophie Bevan (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
HYPERION CDA68057 (CD)
Max Reger - Piano Music
REGER: Variations and Fugue on a theme of J S Bach; Five Humoresques; Variations and Fugue on a theme of G P Telemann
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
HYPERION CDA66996 (CD)
REGER: Konzert Im Alten Stil, Op. 123; Sinfonietta, Op. 90
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Horstein Stein (conductor)
KOCH SCHWANN 3-1354-2 (CD)
REGER: Sonata in C major; Little Sonata in A major; Tarantella in G minor; Albumblatt in E flat major
Ulf Wallin (violin), Roland Pontinen (piano)
CPO 9998572 (CD)
The Romantic Piano Concerto 53 - Reger & Strauss
REGER: Piano Concerto in F minor Op. 114
STRAUSS, R: Burleske for Piano and orchestra in D minor, AV85
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano), Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Ilan Volkov (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67635 (CD)
Reger: Choral Music
REGER: Der Einsiedler Op. 144a; Drei sechsstimmige Chore Op. 39; Drei Chore Op. 6; Drei Gesange Op. 111b; Palmsonntagmorgen; Requiem Op. 144b
Alice Gribbin (soprano), Christopher Glynn (piano), Consortium, Andrew-John Smith (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67762 (CD)
10.10am
Bruckner & Zemlinksy: String Quintets
BRUCKNER: String Quintet in F major; Intermezzo for String Quintet in D minor
ZEMLINSKY: String Quintet in D minor
Bartholdy Quintet
AVI MUSIC AVI8553348 (CD)
Edition Staatskapelle Dresden - Volume 38
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E Major
WAGNER: Das Liebesmahl der Apostel, WWV 69
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann (conductor)
PROFIL MEDIEN PH15013 (2CD)
Reich: Double Sextet & Radio Rewrite
REICH: Double Sextet; Radio Rewrite
Ensemble Signal, Brad Lubman
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907671 (CD)
10.40am Hannah French on recent early music releases
Hannah French joins Andrew to discuss some recent Early music releases from harpsichordist Sophie Yates, recorder player Dan Laurin, and New York Polyphony. Plus the intriguingly titled 'Ice and Longboats' from Ensemble Mare Balticum.
Roma aeterna
GUERRERO, F: Regina caeli
PALESTRINA: Missa Papae Marcelli; Sicut cervus; Sitivit anima mea; Tu es Petrus a 6; Gaudent in cœlis
VICTORIA: Missa O quam gloriosum: Credo; Gaudent in cœlis
Tim Keeler (countertenor), Andrew Fuchs (tenor), Jonathan Woody (bass-baritone), New York Polyphony
BIS BIS2203 (Hybrid SACD)
Ice and Longboats: Ancient Music of Scandinavia
Ake, Jens Egevad, Ensemble Mare Balticum
DELPHIAN DCD34181 (CD)
Roman: The 12 Flute Sonatas: Nos 6 - 12
ROMAN: Sonata VI in B minor, BeRI 206; Sonata VII in G major, BeRI 207; Sonata VIII in A major, BeRI 208; Sonata IX in C major, BeRI 209; Sonata X in E minor for flute and basso continuo, BeRI 210; Sonata XI in G minor, BeRI 211; Sonata XII in D major, BeRI 212
Dan Laurin (recorder), Paradiso Musicale
BIS BIS2155 (Hybrid SACD)
GENTILI, G: Trio Sonatas (12) Op. 1
Soavi Affetti Baroque Music Ensemble
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 95224BR (CD)
The Pleasures of the Imagination
ARNE: Sonata No. 3 in G
BACH, J C: Harpsichord Sonata Op. 17 No. 2 in C minor
BLOW: Dr Blow's Chacone in Faut
CLARKE, JEREMIAH: Suite No. 2 in A major
CROFT: Suite in D minor
GREENE, M: Suite of Lessons in C
JONES, RICHARD: Third Set of Lessons in B flat
Sophie Yates (harpsichord)
CHANDOS CHAN0814 (CD)
11.45am
DONIZETTI: Le Duc d’Albe
Angela Meade (Helene d’Egmont), Michael Spyres (Henri de Bruges), Laurent Naouri (Le Duc d'Albe), Gianluca Buratto (Daniel Brauer), David Stout (Sandoval), Trystan Llyr Griffiths (Carlos), Robin Tritschler (Balbuena), Dawid Kimberg (Un Tavernier), Halle, Opera Rara Chorus, Sir Mark Elder (conductor)
OPERA RARA ORC54 (2CD)
SAT 12:15 New Generation Artists (b07rks3w)
Beethoven, Schumann, Dauprat, Laura Jurd
Clemency Burton-Hill celebrates the music making of the BBC New Generation Artists. Each Saturday lunchtime over the summer, there's a chance to hear a starry line-up of young musicians caught by the BBC microphones as they embark on their international careers.
Beethoven: Horn Sonata in F major, Op.17
Peter Moore (trombone), Robert Thompson (piano)
Dauprat: Air écossais varié Op.22
Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), Eleanor Johnston (harp)
Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op.73
Annelien Van Wauwe (clarinet), Lucas Blondeel (piano)
Laura Jurd: Living, Breathing
Laura Jurd (trumpet) Elliot Galvin (keyboards), Conor Chaplin (bass), Corrie Dick (drums).
SAT 13:00 Saturday Classics (b07rktzy)
Rob's Gold Standard
Rob Cowan presents hand-picked music by Vivaldi, Respighi, Britten, Mozart and Brahms from artists such as Maurice Gendron, Suzanne Danco, Annie Fischer and Sergio Fiorentino.
SAT 15:00 BBC Proms (b07rkv00)
2016, Proms at...Bold Tendencies Multi-Storey Car Park, Peckham
The Multi-Story Orchestra play Steve Reich at Bold Tendencies Multi-Storey Car Park, Peckham, London.
Presented by Georgia Mann
The Multi-Story Orchestra play Steve Reich.
Steve Reich: Vermont Counterpoint
Eight Lines
Music for a Large Ensemble
Multi-Story Orchestra
Christopher Stark, conductor
The Proms steps out of the Royal Albert Hall and into a municipal car park in Peckham to salute the man who reconnected art music to urban culture in all its drive, repetition and asymmetry.
South London favourites Christopher Stark and the Multi-Story Orchestra make their Proms debut in an all-Reich performance on their home ground.
The programme includes Reich's bright and excitable Music for a Large Ensemble - his first major work for full orchestra - and the shifting patterns of his single-movement 'octet' Eight Lines.
SAT 16:00 Sound of Cinema (b07rkv02)
The Modern Prometheus
200 years ago this year, a group of English literati, holidaying in Switzerland, which included the poet Lord Byron and his physician Dr John Polidori, Mary Shelley, her step-sister Claire Clairemont, and her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley, decided to pass the summer evenings entertaining each other with the telling of supernatural stories. The seeds were sown for one of the most enduring of all horror tales - Frankenstein.
Matthew Sweet introduces a selection of film music inspired by the Frankenstein story in the week of the release of Luke Scott's debut feature "Morgan". The programme highlights music from the Universal Studios series of films from the '30s and '40s; from the Hammer Collection of the '60s and '70s; and from some of the more recent cinematic incarnations of the story.
SAT 17:00 Jazz Record Requests (b07symbz)
From listeners' requests in all styles of jazz, Alyn Shipton includes music by singer Lee Wiley and veteran organist Jimmy McGriff. There's also a classic track by Louis Armstrong and a memory of the late Acker Bilk.
Artist Clifford Brown
Title Tiny Capers
Composer Brown
Album Best of Clifford Brown
Label Blue Note
Number 7243 8 23373 2 4 Track 10
Duration
4.18
Performers: Clifford Brown, t; Stu Williamson, vtb; Zoot Sims, ts; Bob Gordon, bars; Russ Freeman, p; Joe Mondragon, b; Shelly Manne, d; Jack Montrose, arr. July 1954.
Artist Stan Getz and Laurindo Almeida
Title Menina Moca
Composer Luiz Anyonio
Album Stan Getz with Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida
Label Verve
Number V6 8665 Track 1
Duration
5.45
Performers: Stan Getz, ts; Laurindo Almeida, g; Steve Kuhn, p; George Duvivier, b; Dave Bailey, d: Edison Machado, Luiz Parga, Jose Paulo, Jose Soorez (percussion) March 1963.
Artist Sonny Clarke
Title Deep In a Dream
Composer Van Heusen / De Lange
Album Leapin’ and Lopin’
Label Blue Note
Number T50999 2 15366 2 5 Track 2
Duration
6.48
Performers: Ike Quebec, ts; Sonny Clarke, p; Burch Warren b; Billy Higgins. 13 Nov 1961.
Artist Louis Armstrong
Title Blueberry Hill
Composer Lewis, Stock, Rose; arr Jenkins
Album Louis Armstrong and Gordon Jenkins
Label Decca
Number 24752 Side A
Duration
2.52
Performers: Louis Armstrong, v; Billy Butterfield, Yank Lawson, Carl Poole, t; Will Bradley, tb; Milt Yaner, Hymie Schertzer, Tom Parshley, Art Drelinger, reeds; Bernie Leighton, p; Carl Kress, g; Jack Lesberg, b; Johnny Blowers, d; choir dir. Gordon Jenkins.
Artist Pete Fountain
Title South Rampart Street Parade
Composer Haggart / Bauduc
Album South Rampart Street Parade
Label Coral
Number 57440 Track 1
Duration
2.05
Performers: Pete Fountain, cl; Dick Nash, Dick Noel, Lew McCreary, tb; George Roberts, btb; Phil Stevens, tu; Bobby Gibbons, bj; Morty Corb; b; Godfrey Hersch, Jack Sperling, Nick Fatool, Paul Barbarin, d; 1963
Artist Pete Fountain
Title When We Danced at the Mardi Gras
Composer Opler, Mercer
Label Coral
Number 65549 Side B
Duration
2.21
Performers: Pete Fountain, cl; Stan Wrightsman, p; Morty Corb, b; Jack Sperling, d; 1961.
Artist Lee Wiley and Leo Reisman’s Orchestra
Title Take it from me
Composer Adams / Waller
Album Lee Wiley and Leo Reisman’s Orchestra
Label Victor
Number 22757 Side B
Duration
3.51
Performers: inc. Bubber Miley, t; Jess Smith, Burt Williams, reeds; Leo Reisman, Lew Conrad, vn; Harry Sigman, d; Lee Wiley, v. 30 June 1931
Artist Brad Mehldau/ Joshua Redman
Title Ornithology
Composer Parker
Album Nearness
Label Nonesuch
Number Track 1
Duration
8.40
Performers: Joshua Redman, ts; Brad Mehldau, p. 2016.
Artist Jimmy McGriff
Title Round Midnight
Composer Monk
Album I’ve Got a Woman
Label Sue
Number ENSUE1 Side One Track Four
Duration
5.43
Performers: Jimmy McGriff, v; Morris Dow, g; Jackie Mills, d. 1962
Artist Bill Evans and Jim Hall
Title Jazz Samba
Composer Ogerman
Album Intermodulation
Label Verve
Number V6 8655 Track 5
Duration
3.12
Performers Bill Evans, p; Jim Hall, g. 10 May 1966.
Artist Acker Bilk
Title Summerset
Composer Bilk / Collett
Album The Radio Luxembourg Sessions
Label Vocalion
Number 5323 Track 11
Duration
3.38
Performers: Acker Bilk, cl; Stan Greig, p; Ron McKay, bj; Ernie Price, b; Ron McKay, d. 2 Feb 1960.
Artist Roger Marks
Title O Solo Mio
Composer Di Capua
Album In Retrospect
Label Upbeat
Number 270 Track 1
Duration
3.17
Performers: Roger Marks, tb; John Whitlock, bj; Bob Jarvis, bgtr; Denny Hutchinson, d. 9 May 2000.
SAT 18:00 Jazz Line-Up (b07rkv04)
Johnstone Jarvie Lowrie, Joe Stilgoe
Claire Martin presents a BBC Introducing set by Scottish jazz trio Johnstone/Jarvie/Lowrie recorded at the 2016 Glasgow Jazz Festival. Plus an interview with singer/songwriter Joe Stilgoe who is touring his new 'Songs on Film' album, celebrating Hollywood's golden age and including an '80s medley and music from Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.
SAT 19:30 BBC Proms (b07rkv08)
2016, Prom 66: Berlin Philharmonic and Simon Rattle
Live at the BBC Proms: The Berlin Philharmonic and Simon Rattle perform Anderson, Dvorak and Brahms.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Julian Anderson: Incantesimi (UK premiere)
Dvorák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46
c.
8.20pm: INTERVAL: Proms Extra
Tom Service discusses Brahms's Symphony No. 2 with academic Nicholas Baragwanath and Austro-German music expert Gavin Plumley. Recorded earlier at the Imperial College Students' Union.
c.
8.40pm
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Berlin Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Overlooking a lake in the Austrian resort of Pörtschach, Johannes Brahms created a symphony that captured all he saw: the beauty of the sunset; the stillness of the night; the peaceful awakening to a new day. And yet its musicians were to play, said Brahms, as if 'with a mourning ribbon around their arm'.
Brahms's meeting of glowing melancholy and piercing brightness is the culmination of the Berlin Philharmonic's second Prom under Sir Simon Rattle, following Dvorák's colourful Slavonic Dances and a new work from Julian Anderson.
SAT 22:00 Hear and Now (b07rkv2y)
Principal Sound Festival and Bobfest
Presented by Robert Worby
Including performances from the Octandre Ensemble recorded at the Principal Sound Festival at St John Smith's Square in April, and from The World according to Bob, an event celebrating the life of the influential musicologist Bob Gilmore, featuring the ensemble Scordatura. Music by Frank Denyer, Christian Mason, Harry Partch, Horatiu Radulescu, Thomas Smetryns and Claude Vivier.
Vivier: Tao Tao Tao - from Kopernikus
Scordatura
Frank Denyer: After the Rain
Octandre Ensemble
Jon Hargreaves (conductor)
Partch: Two Psalms; Dark Brother
John Schneider (voice)
Alfrun Schmid (voice)
Scordatura
Vivier: Piece for Violin and Piano
Benjamin Marquise-Gilmore (violin)
Andrew Zolinsky (piano
Vivier: Samarkand
Octandre Ensemble, Jon Hargreaves (conductor)
Thomas Smetryns: This Could be the Most Beautiful Piece in the World
Octandre Ensemble
Christian Mason: Layers of Love (UK premiere)
Octandre Ensemble
Jon Hargreaves (conductor)
Radulescu: Piano Sonata No.2, Op.82
Ian Pace (piano).
SUNDAY 04 SEPTEMBER 2016
SUN 00:00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz (b01s452n)
Jazz with a Latin Impulse
Jelly Roll Morton famously declared jazz needed a "Spanish tinge" to enhance its blues and swing, and the Latin impulse has assumed all kinds of infectious forms. Geoffrey Smith picks some scintillating examples from Jelly and Dizzy Gillespie to Stan Getz and Richard Galliano.
01 Dizzy Gillespie (artist)
Manteca
Composer: Gillespie, Fuller, Pozo
Performers: Dizzy Gillespie, t, v; Benny Bailey, Dave
Burns, Elmon Wright, Lammar Wright, Jr, t; Ted Kelly, Bill
Shepherd, tb; John Brown, Howard Johnson, as; “Big Nick”
Nicholas, Joe Gayles, ts; Cecil Payne, bs; Milt Jackson,
vib; John Lewis, p; Al McKibbon, b; Kenny Clarke, d; Chano
Pozo, conga, v; Gil Fuller, arr. d. December 1947
Performer: Dizzy Gillespie
02 Jelly Roll Morton (artist)
The Crave
Composer: Morton
Performers: Jelly Roll Morton, p. December 1939
Performer: Jelly Roll Morton
03 Woody Herman (artist)
Bijou
Composer: Ralph Burns
Performers: Sonny Berman, Neal Hefti, Pete Candoli, Conte
Candoli, Irv Lewis, tp; Ralph Pfeffner, Bill Harris, Ed
Kiefer, tb; Woody Herman, Sam Marowitz, John La Porta, cl,
as; Flip Philips, Pete Mondello, ts; Skippy De Sair, bs;
Tony Aless, p; Billy Bauer, g; Chubby Jackson, b; Dave
Tough, d. August 1945
Performer: Woody Herman
04 Duke Ellington (artist)
The Flaming Sword
Composer: Ellington
Performers: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. Soloists:
Cootie Williams, t; Barney Bigard, cl; Tricky Sam Nanton,
Juan Tizol tb; Sonny Greer, d. October 1940
Performer: Duke Ellington
05 Machito & His Afro Cubans (artist)
Cubop City
Composer: Bauza
Performers: Machito, maracas, v; Mario Bauza, Paquito
Davila, Bobby Woodlen, Howard McGhee t; Eugene Johnson,
Freddy Skerritt, as; Jose Madera, Brew Moore ts; Leslie
Johnakins, bs; Rene Hernandez, p; Roberto Rodriguez, b;
Ralph Miranda, cga; Ubaldo Nieto, timbales; Jose Mangual,
bgo. April 1949
Performer: Machito & His Afro Cubans
06 Sonny Rollins (artist)
Hold 'Em Joe
Composer: Roy Thomas Labaff
Performers: Sonny Rollins, ts; Ray Bryant, p; Walter
Booker, b; Mickey Roker, d. July 1965.
Performer: Sonny Rollins
07 Stan Getz (artist)
Samba Dees Days
Composer: Byrd
Performers: Stan Getz, ts; Charlie Byrd, g; Keter Betts, b;
Gene Byrd, b, g; Buddy Deppenschmidt, d; Bill Reichenbach,
d. February 1962
Performer: Stan Getz
08 Tamba Trio (artist)
So Danco Samba
Composer: Jobim
Performers: Luiz Eca, p, arr; Adalberto Castilho, g, ts;
bs, fl; Helcio Millito, perc; Durval Ferreira, g. around
’63.
Performer: Tamba Trio
09 Richard Galliano (artist)
New York Tango
Composer: Galliano
Performers: Richard Galliano, acc; Bireli Lagrene, g;
George Mraz, b; Al Foster, d. 1996
Performer: Richard Galliano
10 Dizzy Gillespie (artist)
Rio Pakistan
Composer: Gillespie
Performers: Dizzy Gillespie, t; Stuff Smith, vn; Wynton
Kelly, p; Paul West, b; J.C. Heard, d. April 1957
Performer: Dizzy Gillespie
SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b07rkvqz)
Elgar, Bloch and Prokofiev from the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Catriona Young presents a concert of Elgar, Bloch and Prokofiev from the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin.
1:01 AM
Elgar, Edward Sir (1857-1934)
In the South ('Alassio') - overture, Op 50
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (conductor)
1:23 AM
Bloch, Ernest (1880-1959)
Schelomo - Hebrew rhapsody for cello and orchestra
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (conductor)
1:47 AM
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953)
Symphony No 5 in B flat major, Op 100
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (conductor)
2:32 AM
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
Wind Quintet (Op.43)
The Ariart Woodwind Quintet
3:01 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Piano Sonata in B flat major, (D.960)
Naum Grubert (piano)
3:43 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Trio Sonata in G Major (Wq.144/H.568)
Les Coucous Bénévoles
3:57 AM
Gesualdo, Carlo [c.1561-1613]
Two madrigals: Merce grido piangendo & Luci serene e chiari
King's Singers
4:04 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Adagio in E major (K.261)
James Ehnes (violin/director), Mozart Anniversary Orchestra
4:13 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
The Mermaid's song (H.26a.25) from 6 Original canzonettas
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Mahan Esfahani (fortepiano)
4:17 AM
Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809]
My mother bids me bind my hair (H.26a.27) from 6 Original canzonettas
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Mahan Esfahani (fortepiano)
4:21 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897), arr. for orchestra by Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
5 Hungarian Dances (originally for piano duet): Nos. 17 in F sharp minor; 18 in D major; 19 in B minor; 20 in E minor; 21 in E minor
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (conductor)
4:33 AM
Zemzaris, Imants (b.1951)
The Melancholic Waltz (Melankoholiskais valsis), from 'Miraculous Pieces' (Brinumskandarbi) for piano quartet
Aldis Liepinš (piano), Janis Bulavs (violin), Olafs Stals (viola), Leons Veldre (cello)
4:39 AM
Desprez, Josquin [1440-1521]; Anon (c.1500)
3 pieces: (Josquin) In te Domine speravi (in 4 parts); (Anon) Zorzi, Giorgio - Salterello; (Anon) Forte cosa e la speranza (in 5 parts)
Clare Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano), Musica Antiqua of London, Philip Thorby (director)
4:48 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750),
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV.1048
European Union Baroque Orchestra, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor)
5:01 AM
Martucci, Giuseppe (1856-1909)
Noveletta Op.82 No.2 for orchestra
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Nello Santi (Conductor)
5:07 AM
Granados, Enrique (1867-1916)
Quejas o la Maja y el Ruiseñor (from Goyescas)
Enrique Granados (piano)
5:15 AM
Ribayaz, Lucas Ruiz de [c.1640-?]
5 pieces: Achas; Bacas; Ruggiero; Xacaras; Espanoletas
Margret Köll (arpa doppia)
5:24 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Rejoice in the Lord alway 'Bell Anthem' (Z.49)
Robert Lawaty (countertenor), Robert Pozarski (tenor), Miroslaw Borczynski (bass), Sine Nomine Chamber Choir, Concerto Polacco Baroque Orchestra, Marek Toporowski (director)
5:32 AM
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967)
Adagio for violin & piano
Tamás Major (violin), Zoltán Kocsis (piano)
5:41 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No.1 for Orchestra in F minor
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Sergiu Comissiona (conductor)
5:54 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Ballade in G minor (Op.24)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
6:16 AM
Bingen, Hildegard von (1098-1179)
Ave Generosa
Orpheus Women's Choir (Netherlands), Albert Wissink (director)
6:22 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Psalm Nisi Dominus (RV.608)
Matthew White (counter-tenor), Arte dei Suonatori, Eduardo Lopez (conductor)
6:42 AM
Stamitz, Johann (1717-1757)
Clarinet Concerto in B flat major (1750)
Jann Engel (clarinet), Capella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde (conductor).
SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b07rkwh3)
Sunday - Elizabeth Alker
Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
SUN 09:00 Sunday Morning (b07rkwh5)
Jonathan Swain
Jonathan Swain features young pianist Daniil Trifonov playing Liszt's Sonata in B minor, prior to his Proms appearance this week, and previews a week of Bruckner symphonies at the Proms with the composer's lesser-known Abendzauber. He also looks at music of Latin America from the baroque era to the present, by way of interpretations of traditional pieces from Bolivia, Uruguay and Mexico. There's also music from Copland, Ives and Reich, including Copland's Clarinet Concerto, played by Andreas Ottensamer.
SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b0680hh5)
Jancis Robinson
In her forty-year career writing and broadcasting about wine, Jancis Robinson has probably done more than anyone else to make wine an accessible and joyous part of our lives, and to strip away a great deal of the pretensions that used to surround it. But she's also one of our leading scholars of wine, and the fourth edition of the book she describes as her 'fourth child', a mammoth updating of her nearly 1000-page-long Oxford Companion to Wine, is about to be published next month. She talks to Michael Berkeley about her love of opera, the excitement of tasting for the Queen, and the great pleasures of wine and music. Her choices include music by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Handel and a sweet English folk song. Producer: Jane Greenwood A Loftus Production for BBC Radio 3
Produced by Elizabeth Burke
A Loftus Production for BBC Radio 3
First broadcast in August 2015.
01 00:06 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Finch'han dal vino (Don Giovanni)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Singer: Thomas Allen
02 00:09 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No.1 in D major K.412 (1st movement: Allegro)
Performer: Dennis Brain
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
03 00:19 George Frideric Handel
Con rauco mormorio (Rodelinda)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington
Singer: Andreas Scholl
04 00:28 Trad.
A Frog he did a-wooing go
Ensemble: John McCarthy Chorus and Orchestra
05 00:34 Trad.
Cherry Tree Carol
Music Arranger: Sir David Willcocks
Choir: King's College Cambridge Choir
Conductor: Philip Ledger
06 00:40 Keith Jarrett (artist)
Solo Concert: Bremen, 12 July 1973
Performer: Keith Jarrett
07 00:51 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin (Overture and opening)
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov
Singer: Nuccia Focile
Singer: Olga Borodina
SUN 13:00 BBC Proms (b07qbnrd)
2016, Proms Chamber Music, PCM 07: Armida Quartet
BBC Proms: The Armida Quartet perform Schubert and Mozart, and Lise Berthaud and David Saudubray give the world premiere of a new work for viola and piano by Sally Beamish.
From Cadogan Hall, London.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor
Sally Beamish: Merula perpetua
(BBC co-commission with the Royal Philharmonic Society: world premiere)
Mozart: String Quintet in C major, K515
Armida Quartet
Lise Berthaud (viola)
David Saudubray (piano)
BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Armida Quartet bring two friends and three composers to Cadogan Hall for the summer's seventh Proms Chamber Music concert.
Either side of a new work for viola and piano written for Lise Berthaud and David Saudubray by Sally Beamish are chamber works by Schubert and Mozart: the former's quartet movement combining sobriety and vivacity, and the latter's C major String Quintet - a work brimming with twists, interruptions and thrills.
SUN 14:00 New Generation Artists (b07rkwvy)
Elizabeth Watts in Conversation
BBC New Generation Artists a few years on: soprano Elizabeth Watts in conversation with Clemency Burton-Hill.
In the final programme in this occasional series, soprano Elizabeth Watts talks to Clemency about her life as an international concert artist. Elizabeth's two years on the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme began in 2007 after she won the Song Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition; she is now one of the UK's busiest singers on the concert and opera stage. The programme includes music by Strauss, Michael Head, Schubert and Bach.
Schubert: Die Forelle
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Michael Head: Why have you stolen my delight?; A Piper; Sweet Chance
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Paul Turner (piano)
Strauss: Einerlei, Op. 69 No. 3; Schlechtes Wetter, Op. 69 No. 5
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Bach: Zerfließe, mein Herze (from St John Passion)
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr (director)
Alessandro Scarlatti: Se geloso è il mio core (from Endimione e Cintia)
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
English Concert
Laurence Cummings (director).
SUN 14:45 Choral Evensong (b07vxf0y)
Charles Wood Summer School at St Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh
Recorded at the Charles Wood Summer School at St Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh
Introit: O most merciful (Jack Oades) - new commission to mark the 150th birthday of Charles Wood
Responses: Radcliffe
Psalms 147, 148, 149, 150 (Walmisley, Robinson, Stanford, Stanford)
First Lesson: Proverbs 15 vv.13-17
Office Hymn: Alone with none but thee, my God (Wood)
Canticles: Wood in E flat No.2
Second Lesson: 1 Peter 3 vv.8-12
Anthems: It were my soul's desire (Wood arr. Philip Moore)
God be in my head (David Hill)
Final Hymn: O praise ye the Lord! (Laudate Dominum)
Organ Voluntary: Postlude in D minor Op.105 No.6 (Stanford)
Artistic Director: David Hill
Organist: Philip Scriven.
SUN 15:45 BBC Proms (b07rkww0)
2016, Prom 67: Simon Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and Gustavo Dudamel
Live at BBC Proms: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and Gustavo Dudamel play Villa-Lobos, Paul Desenne and Ravel's La Valse and Daphnis and Chloe Suite No 2.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Andrew McGregor
Paul Desenne: Hipnosis mariposa (UK premiere)
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No 2
c.
4.20pm: PROMS INTERVAL: Lucky - by Julianne Pachico
Julianne Pachico is a new literary talent from South America. In her story, set against the backdrop of Colombia's guerilla war, teenage Stephanie confronts an uncertain future.
c.
4.40pm:
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe - Suite No 2
La Valse
The incomparable Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra makes a return following its second appearance at the Proms back in 2011.
As part of our celebration this year of South American music and musicians, we hear the performance of Venezuelan composer Paul Desenne's Hipnosis mariposa and Heitor Villa-Lobos's orchestral tribute to J. S. Bach.
This most thrusting of orchestras ends with Ravel's dizzying parody of a fin de siècle waltz, La Valse. A Proms hot ticket if ever there was one.
PROMS INTERVAL: Lucky - by Julianne Pachico
Julianne Pachico is a new and exciting literary talent from South America. Her short story is set in 2003 against the backdrop of Colombia's guerrilla war. Teenaged Stephanie is delighted when she persuades her mother to let her stay at home while the rest of the family head off for a weekend away. Her delight in escaping her mother's constant gaze soon turns to disquiet when something unexpected happens.
Julianne Pachico's short story accompanies this year's celebration of South American music when the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra performs at the Proms.
Abridged by Lisa Martinson
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.
SUN 18:00 Words and Music (b01m5km1)
Architecture
Indira Varma and Robert Glenister read poetry and prose on the subject of architecture and the built environment, from the earliest known treatise by Vitruvius to J.G. Ballard's dystopian vision of the modern high-rise. Other texts include poems by Thomas Hardy, Philip Larkin and Stephen Spender, critical writing by John Ruskin and Robert Venturi, and a passage from Milton's Paradise Lost. With music from Dufay, Stravinsky, Gabrieli, Varese, Debussy, Widor and Mussorgsky.
01 00:00 Guillaume Dufay
Nuper rosarum flores
Performer: Pomerium
Performer: Alexander Blachly
02 00:01
Italo Calvino trans. William Weaver
Invisible Cities, reader Indira Varma
03 00:02 Pierre Henry (artist)
Messe de Liverpool, movement 6: Communion
Performer: Jacques Spacagna
Performer: Pierre Henry (electronics)
Performer: Pierre Henry
04 00:02
Jim Crace
Arcadia, reader Robert Glenister
05 00:04 Leos Janacek
Sinfonietta, movement 1
Performer: Vienna Philharmonia
Performer: Charles Mackerras (conductor)
06 00:06
Vitruvius trans. Morris Hicky Morgan
The Ten Books of Architecture, reader Indira Varma
07 00:08 Igor Stravinsky
Dumbarton Oaks
Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
08 00:13
Henry David Thoreau
House-Warming (from Walden)
09 00:15 Claude Debussy
Prelude, Book 1 No.10: La cathedrale engloutie
Performer: Nelson Freire (piano)
10 00:15
Sir Walter Scott
Melrose Abbey (from The Lay of the Last Minstrel), reader
Indira Varma
11 00:19
Philip Larkin
Church Going, reader Robert Glenister
12 00:22 Arvo Pärt
Fratres
Performer: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra
13 00:25 Paul Lansky (artist)
Night Traffic
Performer: Paul Lansky (electronics)
Performer: Paul Lansky
14 00:25
Robert Venturi
Learning from Las Vegas, reader Indira Varma
15 00:27 Bobby Troup (artist)
Route 66
Performer: Nat King Cole (piano and bandleader)
Performer: Harry Sweets Edison (trumpet soloist)
Performer: Bobby Troup
16 00:30 György Ligeti
Etude for organ No.1
Performer: Zsigmond Szathmary (organ)
17 00:31
J.G.Ballard
High-Rise, reader Indira Varma
18 00:34
John Milton
Paradise Lost, reader Robert Glenister
19 00:37 Charles-Marie Widor
Symphonie Gothique, movement 3
Performer: Marie-Claire Alain (organ)
20 00:41
John Ruskin
The Lamp of Sacrifice (from The Seven Lamps of
Architecture), reader Indira Varma
21 00:42 Giovanni Gabrieli (artist)
Canzon Duodecimi Toni
Performer: The Wallace Collection
Performer: Simon Wright (conductor)
Performer: Giovanni Gabrieli
22 00:46
Thomas Hardy
Rome: Building a New Street in the Ancient Quarter, reader
Indira Varma
23 00:46 Morton Feldman
Rothko Chapel, movement 2
Performer: The California Ear Unit
Performer: Philip Brett (conductor)
24 00:47
William Carlos Williams
Classic Scene, reader Robert Glenister
25 00:47 Modest Mussorgsky
Il vecchio castello from Pictures at an Exhibition
Performer: Berlin Philharmonic
Performer: Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
26 00:49
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist, reader Indira Varma
27 00:52
Stephen Spender
The Pylons, reader Robert Glenister
28 00:53 Edgard Varèse
Hyperprism
Performer: ASKO Ensemble
Performer: Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
29 00:57 Pierre Henry (artist)
Messe de Liverpool, movement 6: Communion
Performer: Jacques Spacagna
Performer: Pierre Henry (electronics)
Performer: Pierre Henry
30 00:57
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ozymandias
SUN 19:00 BBC Proms (b07sx9yx)
2016, Prom 68: Rossini - Semiramide
Rossini's tragic opera Semiramide. Sir Mark Elder conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Opera Rara Chorus, and soloists including the Russian coloratura soprano Albina Shagimuratova as Semiramide.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Rossini: Semiramide - Act 1
8.50pm: Proms Extra
Louise Fryer talks to Roger Parker about Rossini's Semiramide. Recorded earlier this evening at the Imperial College Union.
9.10pm:
Rossini: Semiramide - Act 2
Semiramide ..... Albina Shagimuratova (soprano)
Arsace ..... Daniela Barcellona (mezzo soprano)
Assur ..... Mirco Palazzi (bass)
Idreno ..... Barry Banks (tenor)
Oroe ..... Gianluca Buratto (bass)
Azema ..... Susana Gaspar (soprano)
Mitrane ..... David Butt Philip (tenor)
Nino's Ghost ..... James Platt (bass)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Opera Rara Chorus
Sir Mark Elder (conductor)
Sir Mark Elder conducts Rossini's operatic tragedy, which pushes singers to the limits of expression in recounting the story of Semiramide, Queen of Babylon, and her entrapment in a web of incest and revenge at the behest of her long-lost son. Vocal athleticism, vivid storytelling and Classical poise combine in Rossini's rarely heard opera, performed in concert.
SUN 23:00 Drama on 3 (b01pyfr9)
The Physicists
Samantha Bond stars as a psychiatrist in this classic European farce by Friedrich Dürrenmatt about three theoretical physicists who believe they are Einstein, Newton and Möbius. They are locked in a lunatic asylum and each gets tangled in vicious murders. Amidst all the jokes is a real relationship between a scientist who may or may not be mad and his nurse who wants to save him. The Physicists was first performed in 1962 at the height of the Cold War.
The serious subject behind the farce is what to do with the knowledge of weapons of mass destruction once let out of the genie's bottle. Who controls that knowledge? Can scientists remain free, even in the free world?
The music soundtrack is from Bernard Herrmann's less well known score to Fahrenheit 451.
Writer .................. Friedrich Durrenmatt
Composer ................ Bernard Herrmann
Doctor Von Zahnd ........ Samantha Bond
Inspector ............... Geoffrey Whitehead
Mobius .................. John Hodgkinson
Newton .................. Thom Tuck
Einstein ................ John Bett
Nurse Monika/Mrs Rose ... Madeleine Worrall
Head Nurse .............. Yonnie Fraser
Mr Rose ................. Andrew Watson
Producer ................ Matt Thompson
MONDAY 05 SEPTEMBER 2016
MON 00:30 Through the Night (b07sxb96)
Zurich Early Music Festival 2016: Ensemble Correspondances in Charpentier
Catriona Young introduces motets by Charpentier performed by Ensemble Correspondances at the 2016 Zurich Early Music Festival.
12:31 AM
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1634-1704)
Motet pour les trépassés, H.311
Ensemble Correspondances; Sébastien Daucé (director)
12:40 AM
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1634-1704)
Leçon du vendredy saint à trois voix, H.91
Ensemble Correspondances; Sébastien Daucé (director)
12:55 AM
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1634-1704)
Repons O vos omnes, H.134
Ensemble Correspondances; Sébastien Daucé (director)
1:00 AM
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1634-1704)
Miserere des Jésuites, H.193
Ensemble Correspondances; Sébastien Daucé (director)
1:26 AM
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1634-1704)
Messe pour les trépassés, H.2
Ensemble Correspondances; Sébastien Daucé (director)
1:41 AM
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1634-1704)
Stabat Mater, H.15
Ensemble Correspondances; Sébastien Daucé (director)
1:49 AM
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1634-1704)
Litanies de la Vierge, H.83
Ensemble Correspondances; Sébastien Daucé (director)
2:07 AM
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1634-1704)
Sonata a 8, H.548
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord and director)
2:22 AM
Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687)
Excerpts from Trios de la Chambre du Roi
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord and director)
2:31 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11
Dang Thai Son (piano), Orchestra of the 18th Century, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)
3:11 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924), arr. Casals, Pablo (1876-1973)
Apres un rêve (Op.7 No.1) arr. for cello & piano
Andreas Brantelid (cello) & Bengt Forsberg (piano)
3:15 AM
Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809]
String Quartet in G major (Op.77'1)
Royal String Quartet
3:34 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1865-1750)
Fugue from Prelude and Fugue for organ (BWV. 552) in E flat major "St Anne"
Simon Preston (organ)
3:42 AM
Berlioz, Hector [1803-1869]
Overture to Les Troyens à Carthage
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor)
3:47 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Impromptu No.3 in B flat major (from 4 Impromptus D.935) (1828)
Ilze Graubina (piano)
3:56 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)
Le Rappel des Oiseaux, in E minor, from Pieces de clavecin
Ivetta Irkha (piano)
3:59 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)
La Poule - from Nouvelles suites de Clavecin
Andreas Borregaard (Accordion)
4:04 AM
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
Capriccio - after Finale of cantata 'Le Bal masqué' vers. for 2 pianos
Wyneke Jordans (piano), Leo van Doselaar (piano)
4:10 AM
Gounod, Charles (1818-1893)
Waltz from 'Faust'
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Børge Wagner (conductor)
4:15 AM
Holst, Gustav [1874-1934]
Indra, Symphonic Poem (Op.13)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Atherton (conductor)
4:31 AM
Leclair, Jean-Marie (1697-1764)
Chaconne from Première Recréation
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord and director)
4:38 AM
Mont, Henry du (1610-1684)
Motet: O Salutaris Hostia
Studio 600, Aldona Szechak (Director), Dorota Kozinska (Director)
4:43 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No. 31 (K.297) in D major 'Paris'
Danish Radio Sinfonietta/DR, Adám Fischer (conductor)
5:00 AM
Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959)
La revue de cuisine - suite from the ballet
The Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound
5:15 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor (Op.58)
Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano)
5:41 AM
Forqueray, Jean-Baptiste (1699-1782)
La Morangis, ou La Plissay - chaconne
Teodoro Baù (viola da gamba), Deniel Perer (harpsichord)
5:49 AM
Machy, Sieur de (1685-1692); Marais, Marin (1656-1728)
Prélude (Machy); La Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris for violin, bass viol and continuo, from 'La Gamme et autres morceaux de symphonie' (Marais)
Nevermind: Anna Besson (flute), Louis Creac'h (violin), Robin Pharo (viola da gamba), Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)
6:01 AM
Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687)
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme - suite
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje Tønnesen (conductor)
6:19 AM
Couperin, François (1668-1733)
La Sultane
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord and director).
MON 06:30 Breakfast (b07sxb9d)
Monday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
MON 09:00 Essential Classics (b07sxb9j)
Monday - Rob Cowan with Samantha Bond
9am
My favourite... Gypsy-style showpieces
Gypsy music has inspired generations of composers to write some of their fieriest and most appealing lighter, and sometimes not-so-light, music. Rob's selection ranges from authentic gypsy tunes played by the great Romanian violinist Grigoras Dinucu (and an Enescu Rhapsody that was inspired by them) to Brahms Zigeunerlieder and Strauss's effervescent Gypsy Baron overture.
9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge: which location is being depicted in this piece of music?
10am
Rob's guest is the celebrated actress Samantha Bond, one of our most versatile actresses. Born into an acting family, her great uncle was a music hall performer and her father was in The Onedin Line, Samantha is famous for her appearances as Lady Rosalind Painswick in the worldwide hit Downton Abbey and the role of Auntie Angela in the comedy series Outnumbered. Her notable stage and screen appearances also include Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with Kenneth Branagh, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Robert Lindsay, and Miss Moneypenny to Pierce Brosnan's James Bond. Through the week, Samantha shares her favourite pieces of classical music with Rob.
10:30am
Music in Time: Classical
Rob places Music in Time. He focuses on the fashion during the Classical period for mechanical curiosities: automata such as musical clocks, and a strange instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin and featured by Mozart in his Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Cello - and Glass Harmonica.
11am
Artist of the Week: Staatskapelle Dresden
The Staatskapelle Dresden visits the Proms this week with Principal Conductor Christian Thielemann. With a roll-call of past directors that has included Schütz, Weber and Wagner, the orchestra is one of Europe's musical glories, its sound warm yet transparent, full-bodied and dynamic. Rob chooses a diverse and distinctive roster of recordings from Vittorio Negri in Vivaldi to Herbert Blomstedt in Beethoven and Otmar Suitner in Tchaikovsky.
Weber
Oberon Overture
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor).
MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01f5hpr)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Turning Points
Giuseppe Verdi was a leading figure in 19th-century Italian opera. But his impact on the cultural and political landscape of the country went much deeper. This week Donald Macleod investigates how Verdi achieved an iconic status which still holds good to this day, beginning with three operas which formed turning points in his career - the first established his international reputation, the second broke new ground with an operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play, and finally, the work which, alongside Rigoletto and Il trovatore, represents a high-water mark in Italian operatic history.
'Libiamo ne'lieti calici' (La Traviata)
Violetta ..... Ileana Cotrubas (soprano)
Alfredo ..... Placido Domingo (tenor)
Bavarian State Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor, Carlos Kleiber
'Surta è la notte' - 'Ernani, Ernani involami' (Ernani)
Elvira ..... Mirella Freni (soprano)
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala Milan
Conductor, Riccardo Muti
Macbeth (extract from Act I)
Lady Macbeth ..... Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo)
Macbeth ..... Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
Macduff ..... José Carreras (tenor)
Banquo ..... Ruggiero Raimondi (bass)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor, Riccardo Muti
La Traviata (extract from Act III)
Violetta ..... Ileana Cotrubas (soprano)
Alfredo ..... Placido Domingo (tenor)
Giorgio Germont ..... Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
Bavarian State Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor, Carlos Kleiber.
MON 13:00 BBC Proms (b07sxdfp)
2016, Proms Chamber Music, PCM 8: Songs by Purcell, Mendelssohn and Quilter
Live at BBC Proms: soprano Carolyn Sampson and countertenor Iestyn Davies perform songs by Purcell (arr. Britten), Mendelssohn and Quilter, including settings of Shakespeare.
Live from Cadogan Hall, London.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
Songs by Purcell (arr. Britten), Mendelssohn and Quilter, including settings of Shakespeare
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
Joseph Middleton (piano)
Two cherished British singers round off 2016's Proms Chamber Music series with a joint recital at Cadogan Hall, celebrating English song with an extended stopover in Germany for songs and duets by Felix Mendelssohn.
Either side, Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies and Joseph Middleton present Benjamin Britten's touching 'realisations' of songs by the composer's theatrical predecessor Henry Purcell, and works by the doyen of English song, Roger Quilter.
MON 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b07sxdfr)
Proms 2016 Repeats, Prom 47: Piers Hellawell, Haydn, Tchaikovsky
Afternoon on 3 with Penny Gore
Another chance to hear the Ulster Orchestra and Rafael Payare play Haydn and Tchaikovsky, and a new piece by Belfast-based composer Piers Hellawell.
Presented by Andrew McGregor at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Piers Hellawell: Wild Flow (BBC commission: world premiere)
Haydn: Cello Concerto No 1 in C major
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 in E minor
Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello
Ulster Orchestra
Rafael Payare, conductor
In the late 1880s Tchaikovsky felt momentarily freed from the catastrophes that were haunting his private life and carving a tragic path through his career. His Fifth Symphony, which was taking shape on his desk, appears to ease the composer's own suffering. Light floods its textures; hopeful melodies invade its dark corners.
Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare makes his Proms debut with his Ulster Orchestra to perform this most radiant of Tchaikovsky's symphonies, bringing with him Haydn's delightfully perky C major Cello Concerto and a brand-new work by Piers Hellawell.
[First broadcast on Sunday 21st August]
Followed by a selection of recordings from this week's Proms Artists.
MON 16:30 In Tune (b07sxdft)
Pelleas Ensemble, Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, Menuhin Competition junior prizewinner Johan Dalene
Sarah Walker's guests include the Pelleas Ensemble, Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, plus Menuhin Competition junior prizewinner Johan Dalene.
MON 18:30 Composer of the Week (b01f5hpr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
MON 19:30 BBC Proms (b07sxdfw)
2016, Prom 69: Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim - Mozart and Bruckner
Live at BBC Proms: Staatskapelle Berlin with Daniel Barenboim as pianist and conductor in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 and Bruckner's Fourth Symphony, the 'Romantic'.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Ian Skelly
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K.491
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8.00pm PROMS EXTRA: Capability Brown
On the 300th anniversary of the birth of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, historian and gardening writer Anna Pavord talks about his work and his legacy. Author of many books, her most recent is called Landskipping. She is interviewed by Ian McMillan, presenter of Radio 3's The Verb and judge of the Proms Poetry competition.
Producer: Jacqueline Smith
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8.25pm
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major (Romantic)
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim (piano and director)
Daniel Barenboim and his Staatskapelle Berlin open three consecutive evenings in which a Mozart piano concerto is paired with a Bruckner symphony. 'We shall never be able to do anything like that,' proclaimed Beethoven when he heard Mozart's dramatic, minor-key Piano Concerto No. 24.
As with Mozart in his concertos, with each of Bruckner's symphonies came a keener focus of vision and honing of craft. With the Fourth, Bruckner really came of age, bringing a newfound confidence in the glowing first movement, while its statuesque Andante is a moving premonition of loss.
MON 22:15 BBC Proms (b07sxdfy)
2016, Proms Extra Lates, Elliott Sansom Trio
Georgia Mann presents informal late-night music and poetry featuring emerging UK talent. Tonight's performers include Elliott Sansom Trio, a jazz trio led by pianist Elliott Sansom. Recorded last Thursday in the Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall.
MON 23:00 Jazz Now (b07sxdg0)
Malija
Soweto Kinch presents a new set from Malija in concert at King's Place, Al Ryan talks to the band, featuring Mark Lockheart and Liam Noble, plus Emma Smith focuses on the group's bassist Jasper Høiby and his new album Fellow Creatures.
TUESDAY 06 SEPTEMBER 2016
TUE 00:30 Through the Night (b07sxfgj)
An Opera Gala from Bucharest
Catriona Young presents an operatic gala concert from Romanian Radio.
12:31 AM
Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848)
Overture to 'Don Pasquale'
Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
12:38 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Aria 'La mia Letizia infondere' from Act 2 scene 1 of 'I Lombardi alla prima crociata'
Stefan Pop (tenor), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
12:41 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Aria 'Temerari! Sortite fuori' from 'Così fan tutte', K.588
Teodora Gheorghiu (soprano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
12:47 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Letter Scene from 'Eugene Onegin'
Iulia Isaev (soprano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
1:01 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Chorus 'Patria oppressa' from Act 4 scene 1 of 'Macbeth'
Romanian Radio Academic Chorus, Dan Mihail Goia (director), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
1:09 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Overture to 'Luisa Miller'
Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
1:15 AM
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
Duet 'O soave fanciulla' from Act 1 of 'La Bohème'
Stefan Pop (tenor), Teodora Gheorghiu (soprano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
1:20 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie' (The Anvil Chorus); Aria 'Stride la vampa' from Part 2 of 'Il Trovatore'
Romanian Radio Academic Chorus, Dan Mihail Goia (director), Liliana Ciuca Mattei (mezzo-soprano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
1:26 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Tre volte miagola' (The Witches' Chorus) from Act 3 of 'Macbeth'
Romanian Radio Academic Chorus, Dan Mihail Goia (director), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
1:31 AM
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
Aria 'Tu che di gel sei cinto' from Act 3 scene 1 of 'Turandot'
Teodora Gheorghiu (soprano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
1:34 AM
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
Aria 'Un bel dì vedremo' from Act 2 of 'Madama Butterfly'
Iulia Isaev (soprano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
1:39 AM
Enescu, George (1881-1955)
Sonata torso for violin and piano, from incomplete Sonata of 1911
Clara Cernat (violin), Thierry Huillet (piano)
1:54 AM
Wieniawski, Józef [1837-1912]
Symphony in D (Op.49)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pawel Przytocki (conductor)
2:31 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Trio Sonata for flute, violin and continuo (Wq.161/2) in B flat major
Les Coucous Bénévoles
2:49 AM
Machaut, Guillaume de (c.1300-1377)
La Messe de Nostre Dame
Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
3:19 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Fantasie in G major (BWV.572)
Scott Ross (organ)
3:29 AM
Sáry, László (b.1940)
Pebble Playing in a Pot
Aurél Holló & Zoltán Rácz (marimbas)
3:38 AM
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959)
Etude No.4 in G major - from 12 Estúdios for guitar (A.235)
Heiki Mätlik (guitar)
3:42 AM
Roussel, Albert (1869-1937)
Le Jardin mouillé, Op.3 No.3
Ola Eliasson (baritone), Mats Jansson (piano)
3:47 AM
Lalo, Edouard (1823-1892)
2 Aubades
CBC Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Swift (conductor)
3:56 AM
Medtner, Nikolai [1879-1951]
3 Fairy Tales
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
4:04 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.4 in D major (K19)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska (Conductor)
4:18 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
Concerto da Camera in D major (RV.94)
Camerata Köln
4:31 AM
Caldara, Antonio (c.1671-1736)
Stabat mater
Capella Nova Graz, Otto Kargl (director)
4:36 AM
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961)
Après un rêve (Fauré)
Leslie Howard (piano)
4:40 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Clarinet Concertino in E flat major (Op.26)
Hannes Altrov (clarinet), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paul Mägi (conductor)
4:50 AM
Fritz, Gaspard (1716-1783)
Violin Sonata (Op.2 No.4)
Sibylle Tschopp (violin), Isabel Tschopp (piano)
5:03 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Pensieri notturni di Filli: Italian cantata no.17 (HWV.134)
Johanna Koslowsky (soprano), Musica Alta Ripa
5:10 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Variations on a Theme by Haydn (Op.56a)
Sinfonia Varsovia, Tomasz Bugaj (conductor)
5:30 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Trio for violin, cello and piano (Op.11) in B flat major
Trio Ondine
5:48 AM
Bach, Carl Philip Emanuel (1714-1788)
Sonata in G minor (Wq.70/6)
Wim Diepenhorst (organ)
6:01 AM
Vejvanovsky, Pavel Josef (c.1633/39-1693)
Offertur ad duos choros
Musica Aeterna Bratislava, Peter Zajícek (director)
6:07 AM
Greef, Arthur de (1862-1940)
Piano Concerto No.2 in B minor
Artur Pizarro (piano), Flemish Radio Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor).
TUE 06:30 Breakfast (b07sxfgl)
Tuesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
TUE 09:00 Essential Classics (b07sxmhl)
Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Samantha Bond
9am
My favourite... Gypsy-style showpieces
Gypsy music has inspired generations of composers to write some of their fieriest and most appealing lighter, and sometimes not-so-light, music. Rob's selection ranges from authentic gypsy tunes played by the great Romanian violinist Grigoras Dinicu (and an Enescu Rhapsody that was inspired by them) to Brahms Zigeunerlieder and Strauss's effervescent Gypsy Baron overture.
9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge: listen to the clues and identify a mystery musical thing.
10am
Rob's guest is the celebrated actress Samantha Bond, one of our most versatile actresses. Born into an acting family, her great uncle was a music hall performer and her father was in The Onedin Line, Samantha is famous for her appearances as Lady Rosalind Painswick in the worldwide hit Downton Abbey and the role of Auntie Angela in the comedy series Outnumbered. Her notable stage and screen appearances also include Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with Kenneth Branagh, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Robert Lindsay, and Miss Moneypenny to Pierce Brosnan's James Bond. Through the week, Samantha shares her favourite pieces of classical music with Rob.
10.30am
Music in Time: Romantic
Rob places Music in Time. Today he samples the work which Johannes Brahms presented to the world as his Opus One: his Piano Sonata No 1 in C, written when he was only 19. It's a virtuoso, highly romantic work, with an opening which seems to pay tribute to Beethoven.
11am
Artist of the Week: Staatskapelle Dresden
The Staatskapelle Dresden visits the Proms this week with Principal Conductor Christian Thielemann. With a roll-call of past directors that have included Schütz, Weber and Wagner, the orchestra is one of Europe's musical glories, its sound warm yet transparent, full-bodied and dynamic. Rob chooses a diverse and distinctive roster of recordings from Vittorio Negri in Vivaldi to Herbert Blomstedt in Beethoven and Otmar Suitner in Tchaikovsky.
Beethoven
Symphony No 1 in C major, Op.21
Staatskapelle Dresden
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor).
TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01f680z)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), 'Viva Verdi!'
Donald Macleod investigates the challenges facing Verdi, while Italy was under Austrian rule, as he tried to cope with the strict censorship applied to operas such as Rigoletto and Un ballo in maschera, and the role played by Nabucco and La battaglia di Legnano in the movement for the unification of Italy. In the turbulent years of the 19th century, when Italy was struggling to gain independence from its Austrian rulers, Verdi's patriotic choruses seemed to embody the spirit of the movement for the unification of Italy, and an entire mythology has grown up around Verdi as hero of the Risorgimento. Donald Macleod investigates the role Verdi's music was thought to have played in Italy's fight for freedom, and the challenges he faced in his own battle with the Austrian censors.
Questa o quella' (Rigoletto)
Duke ..... Roberto Alagna (tenor)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan Conductor, Riccardo Muti
'Va pensiero' (Nabucco)
Chorus and Orchestra of Deutsche Oper, Berlin
Conductor, Giuseppe Sinopoli
La battaglia di Legnano (extract from Act I)
Arrigo ..... José Carreras (tenor)
Rolando ..... Matteo Manuguerra (baritone)
ORF Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Vienna
Conductor, Lamberto Gardelli
È il sol dell'anima (Rigoletto)
Duke ..... Roberto Alagna (tenor)
Gilda ..... Andrea Rost (soprano)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Conductor, Riccardo Muti
Rigoletto (extract from Act II)
Rigoletto ..... Renato Bruson (baritone)
Gilda ..... Andrea Rost (soprano)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Conductor, Riccardo Muti
Un ballo in maschera (extract from Act II)
Amelia ..... Margaret Price (soprano)
Riccardo ..... Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Renato ..... Renato Bruson (baritone)
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor, George Solti.
TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b07tr3xs)
Machynlleth and Gower Festivals 2016, Navarra Quartet, Schubert Ensemble
This week's concerts are from festivals held in the Gower Peninsula and the picturesque mid-Wales market-town of Machynlleth. Every August since 1986, the Tabernacle in Machynlleth has been home to an international music festival. Today the Navarra Quartet perform the second of Haydn's Opus 9 quartets. Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2016, Gower Festival takes place a month earlier, in churches spread across an area that boasts one of Wales' most spectacular landscapes. Recorded at All Saints in Oystermouth, the Schubert Ensemble perform Schubert's Trout Quintet.
Presented by Christopher Cook.
Haydn: String Quartet in E flat, Op 9 No 2
Navarra Quartet:
Magnus Johnston violin
Marije Ploemacher violin
Simone van der Giessen viola
Brian O'Kane cello
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D 887 (Trout)
Schubert Ensemble:
William Howard, piano
Simon Blendis, violin
Douglas Paterson, viola
Jane Salmon, cello
Peter Buckoke, double bass.
TUE 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b07sxq7g)
Proms 2016 Repeats, Prom 48: Pintscher, Mendelssohn
Afternoon on 3 - with Penny Gore
Another chance to hear the BBC SSO perform Matthias Pintscher's Reflections on Narcissus with cellist Alisa Weilerstein plus music from Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Presented by Ian Skelly at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Matthias Pintscher: Reflections on Narcissus
Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Matthias Pintscher (conductor)
2.40pm
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Overture and Incidental Music, Op 61
Bottom ..... Mark Benton
Oberon/Theseus ..... Alex Hassell
Puck ..... Simon Manyonda
Hermia/Fairy/Mistress Quince ..... Sinead Matthews
Lysander/Snout/Philostrate ..... Sam Swann
Titania/Hippolyta ..... Michelle Terry
Bijan Sheibani (stage director)
Katherine Broderick (soprano)
Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano)
Finchley Children's Music Group
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Matthias Pintscher (conductor)
Narcissus, the Thespian hunter who fell in love with his own image, inspired Matthias Pintscher to compose his own reflection on 'the interaction of different groups and their mirror images', a work for cello and orchestra. Pintscher conducts Reflections on Narcissus here before a semi-staged performance of Mendelssohn's incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Mendelssohn's delicate, mercurial and strident music is interspersed with excerpts from Shakespeare's text to form a centrepiece of this season's celebrations of Shakespeare's 400th anniversary.
[First broadcast on Sunday 21st August]
Followed by a selection of recordings from this week's Proms Artists.
TUE 16:30 In Tune (b07sxrgx)
Mark Padmore, Morgan Szymanski, Ceruleo Ensemble, Roman Rabinovich
Sarah Walker's guests include tenor Mark Padmore, guitarist Morgan Szymanski, the Ceruleo Ensemble, and pianist Roman Rabinovich.
TUE 18:30 Composer of the Week (b01f680z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
TUE 19:30 BBC Proms (b07sxsd4)
2016, Prom 70: Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim - Mozart and Bruckner
Live at the BBC Proms: Berlin Staatskapelle with Daniel Barenboim as pianist and conductor in Mozart's No 26 in D major, K537 'Coronation' and Bruckner's Symphony No 6.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Presented by Ian Skelly
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 26 in D major, K537 'Coronation'
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8.05pm PROMS EXTRA: The Great Fire of London
On this day 350 years ago the capital was in ruins after the Great Fire of London. Historian Adrian Tinniswood describes the massive clearing-up operation, and talks to New Generation Thinker Thomas Charlton of Dr Williams's Library.
Producer: Katy Hickman
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8.30pm
Bruckner: Symphony No 6 in A major
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim (piano and director)
Bruckner, but not as we know him. In the Sixth Symphony, gone is the composer's typical heft, his long-drawn crescendos and his archetypal brooding introduction. Instead, this symphony gallops into life, crackling with vitality. Bruckner's rich and individual Sixth Symphony is heard in the second of the Staatskapelle Berlin's two Proms after a piano concerto by Mozart that boasts similar rarity and individuality.
Mozart's sparkling Piano Concerto No. 26 was performed by the composer in Frankfurt during festivities in 1790 for the coronation of Leopold II as Holy Roman Emperor; tonight Daniel Barenboim gives its first Proms performance for over 40 years.
TUE 22:00 Sunday Feature (b06fld1w)
How Celtic Are We?
Cultural historian Dai Smith interrogates the Celtic myth.
For generations, Celtic identity on the British isles has been about 'not being English.' It's an interpretation you can see written out in Rugby internationals, jewellery design, music and poetry which has also underpinned devolved politics and regional radicalism.
Dai Smith takes the meaning of the terms 'Celt' and 'Celtic' in the twenty-first century and searches for a Celtic DNA and for Celtic language, as well as the shared history that holds the six Celtic nations together. At a time when many are questioning those facets which hold the identities of the UK together, he also asks if the use of the term Celtic to mean passionate, hot blooded, or romantic is not just a harmless inaccuracy, but a dangerous myth that is preventing a more mature and evidence based analysis of identity around the fringes of the British Isles.
First broadcast in October 2015.
TUE 22:45 The Essay (b05qfqfr)
British Film Comedians, Tony Hancock
A further chance to hear the columnist and historian Simon Heffer with his 2015 Essays on much-loved comic actors of mid-20th century British film.
4 of 5: Tony Hancock.
Tragedy and comedy have often shared the billing in Simon Heffer's series on British comic actors in mid-20th century film, but never more so than in the case of Tony Hancock.
Hancock is warmy recalled for his embodiment on radio and television of a self-deluded failure, a man whose life has been an odyssey of constant frustration. His role in film was less succesful and Simon Heffer examines the reasons why.
After critics noted the contributions of both his gifted screenwriters, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, and of his main sidekick, Sid James, Hancock refused to work with them. Then he fired his agent.
Simon Heffer considers the strengths but also the weaknesses of his two largely forgotten films - The Rebel and The Punch and Judy Man - and the sad demise of a brilliant performer whose influences are still apparent today.
Producer : Beaty Rubens.
TUE 23:00 Late Junction (b07sxsql)
Max Reinhardt with Cafe Oto's Fielding Hope
Max is joined by Fielding Hope, the curator at leading music venue Cafe Oto in London. The venue supports a wide array of exploratory artists from the world of free jazz and improvisation to noise musicians and experimental guitar groups. Tonight Fielding brings in two brand-new artists he thinks are moving song-based music in interesting new directions.
Also on the show; electronic experimentation from Teresa Rampazzi, Italy's answer to Delia Derbyshire; art-rock from Boston courtesy of Bent Knee and old-time Mississippi fiddle music from Floyd Ming's Pep Steppers.
Produced by Alannah Chance for Reduced Listening.
WEDNESDAY 07 SEPTEMBER 2016
WED 00:30 Through the Night (b07sxfgn)
Proms 2011: Weber's Der Freischutz
Catriona Young presents Weber's three-act opera 'Der Freischütz' in its French version, as performed at the 2011 BBC Proms by John Eliot Gardiner and his musical team.
12:32 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von [1786-1826]
Der Freischütz (French Version, 1841)
Max ..... Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Agathe ..... Sophie Karthäuser (soprano)
Kaspar ..... Gidon Saks (bass baritone)
Ännchen ..... Virginie Pochon (soprano)
Kuno ..... Matthew Brook (bass)
Kilian ..... Samuel Evans (baritone)
Ottokar ..... Robert Davies (baritone)
A Hermit ..... Luc Bertin-Hugault (bass)
Zamiel ..... Christian Pelissier (actor)
Monteverdi Choir,
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique,
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
3:01 AM
Ravel, Maurice [1875-1937]
Trio for piano and strings in A minor
Altenberg Trio, Vienna
3:27 AM
Visée, Robert de (c.1655-c.1723/3)
Suite in A major
Yasunori Imamura (theorbo)
3:41 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Trumpet Concerto in D major
Friedemann Immer (trumpet), Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (director)
3:48 AM
Barber, Samuel (1910-1981)
Adagio for Strings (Op.11)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Richard Dufallo (conductor)
3:59 AM
Gershwin, George [1898-1937]
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (transcribed for solo piano)
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
4:13 AM
Ritter, August Gottfried [1811-1885], Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770-1827]
Andante in A minor, Op.26 (arrangement of Allegretto from Beethoven Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.42)
Erwin Wiersinga (organ)
4:22 AM
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594)
Magnificat primi toni for 4 voices
Marco Beasley and Davide Livermoore (tenors), Fabian Schofrin and Annemieke Cantor (altos), Daniele Carnovich (bass), Diego Fasolis (conductor)
4:31 AM
Debussy, Claude [1862-1918]
Gigues - from Images for Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor)
4:39 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Toccata in G major BWV.916 for keyboard
Jason Gillham (piano)
4:47 AM
Gibbons, Orlando [1583-1625], Walton, William [1902-1983]
Drop, Drop, Slow Tears (2 settings by Gibbons and Walton)
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (director)
4:53 AM
Britten, Benjamin [1913-1976]
Nocturnal after John Dowland Op.70 for guitar
Sean Shibe (guitar)
5:11 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor (Op.33)
Jozef Podhradský (cello), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Oliver Dohnányi (conductor)
5:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Five Scottish and Irish Folksongs (WoO.152/20) (1. The Wand'ring Minstrel; 2. I dream'd I lay where flowers; 3. The Elfin Fairies; 4. Charlie is my darling; 5. Farewell Bliss, and Farewell Nancy)
Stephen Powell (tenor soloist in No.1), Lorraine Reinhardt (soprano soloist in No.3), Linda Lee Thomas (piano), Gwen Thompson (violin), Eugene Osadchy (cello), Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn (conductor)
5:46 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)
Le Temple de la Gloire - orchestral suites from the opera-ballet (1745)
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor)
6:16 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Hungarian dances for piano duet (Nos.1; 11; 13; 17; 8)
Noël Lee and Christian Ivaldi (pianos).
WED 06:30 Breakfast (b07sxfgq)
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 (b07sxmhn)
Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Samantha Bond
9am
My favourite... Gypsy-style showpieces
Gypsy music has inspired generations of composers to write some of their fieriest and most appealing lighter, and sometimes not-so-light, music. Rob's selection ranges from authentic gypsy tunes played by the great Romanian violinist Grigoras Dinicu (and an Enescu Rhapsody that was inspired by them) to Brahms Zigeunerlieder and Strauss's effervescent Gypsy Baron overture.
9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge: can you work out which two composers are associated with a particular piece?
10am
Rob's guest is the celebrated actress Samantha Bond, one of our most versatile actresses. Born into an acting family, her great uncle was a music hall performer and her father was in The Onedin Line, Samantha is famous for her appearances as Lady Rosalind Painswick in the worldwide hit Downton Abbey and the role of Auntie Angela in the comedy series Outnumbered. Her notable stage and screen appearances also include Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with Kenneth Branagh, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Robert Lindsay, and Miss Moneypenny to Pierce Brosnan's James Bond. Through the week, Samantha shares her favourite pieces of classical music with Rob.
10.30am
Music in Time: Baroque
Rob places Music in Time. On the day Staatskapelle Dresden arrives at the Proms, Rob travels back to the early years of this venerable orchestra, with music by one of its first directors: Heinrich Schütz. His third volume of Symphoniae Sacrae was published in Dresden in 1650, at the end of the Thirty Years' War, and Schütz celebrated in grand style with works such as his magnificent "Nun Danket alle Gott".
11am
Artist of the Week: Staatskapelle Dresden
The Staatskapelle Dresden visits the Proms this week with Principal Conductor Christian Thielemann. With a roll-call of past directors that has included Schütz, Weber and Wagner, the orchestra is one of Europe's musical glories, its sound warm yet transparent, full-bodied and dynamic. Rob chooses a diverse and distinctive roster of recordings from Vittorio Negri in Vivaldi to Herbert Blomstedt in Beethoven and Otmar Suitner in Tchaikovsky.
Elgar
Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op.55
Staatskapelle Dresden
Sir Colin Davis (conductor).
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01f68dl)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Paris
Donald Macleod looks at the pros and cons of writing grand opera for Paris with its tradition of lengthy ballet interludes, spectacular sets and lavish costumes, and plays highlights from Verdi's two grand operas written expressly for Paris, which took full advantage of the extravagant resources at his disposal.
Don Carlos ballet music (extract)
Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House
Conductor, James Levine
Macbeth ballet music
Berlin Phiharmonic Orchestra
Conductor, Claudio Abbado
Les Vêpres siciliennes (Act II extract)
Robert ..... Michael Rippon (baritone)
Jean Procida ..... Ayhan Baran (bass)
Thibault ..... Gerald English (tenor)
Daniéli ..... Bernard Dickerson (tenor)
Hélène ..... Jacqueline Brumaire (soprano)
BBC Chorus and Concert Orchestra
Conductor, Mario Rossi
Don Carlos (extracts)
Don Carlos ..... Richard Margison (tenor)
Rodrigo ..... Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Elisabeth ..... Galina Gorchakova (soprano)
Philip ..... Roberto Scandiuzzi (bass)
Count Lerma ..... Robin Leggate (tenor)
Eboli ..... Olga Borodina (mezzo)
Grand Inquisitor ..... Robert Lloyd
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Conductor, Bernard Haitink.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b07sxq7d)
Machynlleth and Gower Festivals 2016, Anna Stephany, Schubert Ensemble
This week's concerts are from festivals held in the Gower Peninsula and the picturesque mid-Wales market-town of Machynlleth. Today, mezzo-soprano Anna Stéphany explores French song repertoire with pianist Sholto Kynoch and the Schubert Ensemble play a new piece inspired by the landscape from Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Fauré's emotionally charged First Piano Quartet.
Introduced by Christopher Cook.
A selection of French songs
Anna Stéphany, mezzo-soprano
Sholto Kynoch, piano
Cheryl Frances-Hoad: "The Whole Earth Dances"
Schubert Ensemble:
Simon Blendis, violin
Douglas Paterson, viola
Jane Salmon, cello
Peter Buckoke, double bass
Fauré: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op 15 No 1
William Howard, piano
Simon Blendis, violin
Douglas Paterson, viola
Jane Salmon, cello.
WED 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b07sxq7l)
Proms 2016 Repeats, Prom 52: Sao Paulo Jazz Symphony Orchestra
Afternoon on 3 - with Penny Gore.
Another chance to hear the Late Night Prom from the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, joined by guest players from the São Paulo Jazz Symphony Orchestra for a celebration of Brazilian popular music.
Presented from Royal Albert Hall, London by Katie Derham
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
São Paulo Jazz Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
The São Paulo Symphony Orchestra's musicians and Principal Conductor Marin Alsop are joined by members of the São Paulo Jazz Symphony Orchestra for a landmark celebration of Brazilian popular-music from the past 100 years.
Few countries can boast such an ingrained and individual popular music tradition as Brazil, and this feel-good Prom will take you from the African influenced rhythms and Chopinesque chromaticism of Brazilian street music to the outlandish constructions of the so-called São Paulo avant-garde - all from the best Brazilian players in the business.
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b07sxtbk)
Genesis Sixteen at St Clement Danes Church, London
Recorded at St Clement Danes Church, London, and sung by Genesis Sixteen
Introit: Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (Purcell)
Responses: Bernard Rose
Psalm 37 (Foster, Hylton Stewart, Greene, Howells)
First Lesson: Proverbs 2 vv.1-15
Magnificat in B flat for double choir (Stanford)
Second Lesson: Colossians 1 vv.9-20
Nunc Dimittis (Plainsong)
Anthem: A Feast Song for St Cecilia (Bernard Rose)
Hymn: Dear Lord and Father of mankind (Repton)
Organ Voluntary: An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary (Patrick Gowers)
Conductors: Harry Christophers, Eamonn Dougan, Sarah Latto
Organist: Matthew Martin.
WED 16:30 In Tune (b07sxrh1)
Tamara Wilson, Trilogy
Suzy Klein's guests include soprano Tamara Wilson, and violin trio Trilogy.
WED 18:30 Composer of the Week (b01f68dl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
WED 19:30 BBC Proms (b07sxtbm)
2016, Prom 71: Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann and Daniil Trifonov - Mozart and Bruckner
Live at BBC Proms: The Staatskapelle Dresden, chief conductor Christian Thielemann and pianist Daniil Trifonov perform Mozart's Piano Concerto No.21 and Bruckner's Third Symphony.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Tom Service
Mozart: Piano concerto No.21 in C, K467
8.00pm: PROMS EXTRA
Writer and broadcaster Gavin Plumley talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about the life and work of the Staatskapelle Dresden and the orchestra's place in German culture. They are joined by the orchestra's artistic programmer Tobias Niederschlag.
Recorded earlier in the evening at the Imperial College Union.
Producer Janet Tuppen
8.20pm: Part 2
Bruckner: Symphony No.3 in D minor
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Christian Thielemann (conductor)
In the first of two Proms in which Christian Thielemann displays his credentials as an interpreter of the Austro-German repertoire, he focuses on Bruckner's Third Symphony, the composer's symphonic monument to his idol Wagner - a monolithic memorial that feels at the same time intimate and personal.
Before that, one of the most sought-after of today's pianists, Daniil Trifonov, is the soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 - whose ebullient finale contrasts with the seraphic slow movement made famous by the 1967 film Elvira Madigan.
WED 22:00 Sunday Feature (b06qjknt)
An Imagined Glasgow
"Glasgow is a magnificent city. Why do we hardly ever notice that?" asks a character in Alasdair Gray's Lanark. "Because nobody imagines living there," replies another. "Think of Florence, Paris, London, New York. Nobody visiting them for the first time is a stranger because he's already visited them in paintings, novels, history books and films, but if a city hasn't been used by an artist, not even the inhabitants live there imaginatively."
When writer Louise Welsh arrived in Glasgow in 1985 the former work horse of the Empire seemed to have turned its back on the River Clyde. Prospects were bleak, but there was a buzz of creativity in the city.
Since 1996 - the year Douglas Gordon collected the Turner Prize- seventeen artists from Glasgow have been nominated for the award. Ever since Glasgow has been heralded as a creative anomaly: how could a working class industrial city, with little in the way of arts infrastructure, produce such interesting conceptual artists? Or so the thinking went.
"There are the myths and there's what actually happened," says Francis McKee, director of the Centre for Contemporary Arts.
Louise Welsh explores myths and miracles, taking to the streets and meeting artists along in the way, including the eventual winners of the 2015 Turner Prize, Assemble.
Producer: Caitlin Smith
First broadcast in November 2015.
WED 22:45 The Essay (b05qfqft)
British Film Comedians, Sid James
In the final programme celebrating comic actors from mid-20th century British film, Simon Heffer turns his gaze on a man whose priapic laugh alone merits an entire radio series. Sid James was at the heart of the phenomenally successful Carry On films and one of the best-loved and most easily recognised comic actors of his day.
Throughout the 1950s and '60s, the many roles he played were all, in essence, the same. As Simon Heffer puts it: "To say Sid had range as an actor would be to do him an injustice. Sid not have range. Sid was Sid. And it was as well he was, because the audience expected Sid in the full pomp of his Sidness, and would have been crushed with disappointment by anything else."
But Sid was not, by birth, the wise-cracking Cockney geezer whom he came to embody. He traced his roots back to Johannesburg, where he started life as Solomon Joel Cohen and began his working life as a gentlemen's hairdresser.
Simon Heffer traces his journey from a few years in rep to bit-parts in British comic films, his years of triumph in the Carry On films and his dramatic and unpredictable death on stage in 1976 - a somehow fitting end to a series on comic actors in their lives and on film.
Producer: Beaty Rubens.
WED 23:00 Late Junction (b07sxtw7)
Late Junction Sessions, Anna & Elizabeth, Asiq Nargile and the Alash Ensemble in Session
Three disparate folk traditions combine in this exclusive Late Junction collaboration session, recorded in the music rooms of Craxton Studios, a turn-of-the-century house in north-west London.
Duo Anna & Elizabeth play Banjo, fiddle and guitar and draw their inspiration from the mountain music of Appalachia, vocalist and saz virtuoso Asiq Nargile is from the Asiq tradition in Georgia while Bady-Dorzhu Ondar from the Alash Ensemble is a master of harmonic Tuvan throat singing, a technique from the southern fringes of Siberia that allows each singer to produce multiple pitches simultaneously. Over the course of a day in the oak panelled rooms of Craxton studios the musicians worked on several pieces including a percussive tap performance from Anna Roberts-Gevalt and a harmonic Tuvan vocal piece from Bady-Dorzhu Ondar.
Also on the programme an exclusive recording of a new piece by British pianist Kate Halsall, Adam Rudolph's Go: Organic Guitar Orchestra, featuring 11 of New York City's guitarists and brooding improv from Austrian group Polwechsel.
Produced by Alannah Chance for Reduced Listening.
THURSDAY 08 SEPTEMBER 2016
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b07sxfgs)
Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Stravinsky from the Danish National Symphony Orchestra
James Ehnes is the soloist in Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dmitri Kitajenko. Catriona Young presents.
12:31 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich [1840-1893]
Symphony No. 1 in G minor Op.13 (Winter daydreams)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Kitajenko (conductor)
1:16 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitri [1906-1975]
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op.77
James Ehnes (violin), Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Kitajenko (conductor)
1:57 AM
Stravinsky, Igor [1882-1971]
The Firebird - suite
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Kitajenko (conductor)
2:20 AM
Fasch, Johann Friedrich (1688-1758)
Sonata in D minor
Amsterdam Bach Soloists, Wim ten Have (conductor)
2:31 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Op.61) - incidental music (excerpts)
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt (conductor)
2:55 AM
La Rue, Pierre de (c.1460-1518)
Missa Sancto Job
Orlando Consort
3:31 AM
Nardelli, Mario (1927-1993)
Three pieces for guitar
Mario Nardelli (guitar)
3:41 AM
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
Serenade for Strings (Op.20) in E minor
Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble, Plamen Djourov (conductor)
3:52 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Sonatina No.3 for piano (Op.67 No.3) in B flat minor
Eero Heinonen (Piano)
3:59 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)
Sonata in E minor (K. 81) for flute and harpsichord
Bolette Roed (Flute), Joanna Boslak-Górniok (Harpsichord)
4:07 AM
Stainov, Petko (1896-1977)
Horsemen - ballad for men's choir
Kaval Men's Choir, Mihail Angelov (conductor)
4:14 AM
Hüe, Georges (1858-1948)
Phantasy
Iveta Kundratová (flute), Inna Aslamasova (piano)
4:22 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto for 2 trumpets and orchestra in C major (RV.537)
Anton Grcar and Stanko Arnold (trumpets), Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Marko Munih (conductor)
4:31 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Havanaise for violin and orchestra (Op.83)
Moshe Hammer (violin), Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)
4:41 AM
Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924)
2 Finnish Folksong arrangements for piano duet (Op.27)
Erik T. Tawaststjerna and Hui-Ying Liu (pianos)
4:52 AM
Sheppard, John [c.1515-1558], Dove, Jonathan [b.1959]
In manus tuas (Sheppard) & Into Thy Hands (Dove)
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (director)
5:04 AM
Paganini, Nicolò (1782-1840)
Duetto Amoroso for violin and guitar
Tomaz Lorenz (violin), Jerko Novak (guitar)
5:14 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Overture - from 'Der Freischütz'
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)
5:24 AM
Zagar, Peter (b. 1961)
Blumenthal Dance No.2 for violin, viola, cello, clarinet and piano
Opera Aperta Ensemble
5:32 AM
Boccherini, Luigi (1743-1805) arr. Francesco Squarcia
String Quintet No.60 (G.324) (Op.30 No.6) in C major 'La Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid' (arr. for string orchestra)
I Cameristi Italiani
5:47 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Liederkreis (Op.24)
Jan van Elsacker (tenor), Claire Chevallier (fortepiano)
6:07 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Violin Concerto No.1 in D minor (BWV.1052)
Zefira Valova (violin), Ars Barocca.
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b07sxfgv)
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 (b07sxmhq)
Thursday - Rob Cowan with Samantha Bond
9am
My favourite... Gypsy-style showpieces
Gypsy music has inspired generations of composers to write some of their fieriest and most appealing lighter, and sometimes not-so-light, music. Rob's selection ranges from authentic gypsy tunes played by the great Romanian violinist Grigoras Dinicu (and an Enescu Rhapsody that was inspired by them) to Brahms Zigeunerlieder and Strauss's effervescent Gypsy Baron overture.
9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.
10am
Rob's guest is the celebrated actress Samantha Bond, one of our most versatile actresses. Born into an acting family, her great uncle was a music hall performer and her father was in The Onedin Line, Samantha is famous for her appearances as Lady Rosalind Painswick in the worldwide hit Downton Abbey and the role of Auntie Angela in the comedy series Outnumbered. Her notable stage and screen appearances also include Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with Kenneth Branagh, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Robert Lindsay, and Miss Moneypenny to Pierce Brosnan's James Bond. Through the week, Samantha shares her favourite pieces of classical music with Rob.
10.30am
Music in Time: Modern
Rob places Music in Time. Stravinsky's "The Firebird" was his first ballet score, and his first collaboration with Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes. Stravinsky used elements of folk music and dazzling orchestration to conjure up a Russian fairy-tale world. The huge success of the premiere in 1910 brought him worldwide fame, and soon afterwards he produced a version of the ballet that could be performed in concert - the Firebird Suite.
11am
Artist of the Week: Staatskapelle Dresden
The Staatskapelle Dresden visits the Proms this week with Principal Conductor, Christian Thielemann. With a roll-call of past directors that has included Schütz, Weber and Wagner, the orchestra is one of Europe's musical glories, its sound warm yet transparent, full-bodied and dynamic. Rob chooses a diverse and distinctive roster of recordings from Vittorio Negri in Vivaldi to Herbert Blomstedt in Beethoven and Otmar Suitner in Tchaikovsky.
Vivaldi
Concerto in E minor, RV.277, "ll Favorito"
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Vittorio Negri (conductor).
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01f68kr)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Aida
Donald Macleod focuses his attention on one of Verdi's most remarkable operas in which, amongst the spectacular pomp and ceremony, an intimate tragedy unfolds. It's the timeless story of a love affair between a man and his enemy's daughter, both torn between love, patriotism and family loyalty.
Aida (extracts)
Radamès ..... Placido Domingo (tenor)
Aida ..... Montserrat Caballé (soprano)
Amneris ..... Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo)
Amonasro ..... Piero Cappuccilli (baritone)
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor, Riccardi Muti.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b07sxq7n)
Machynlleth and Gower Festivals 2016, Anna Stephany, Trio Isimsiz
This week's concerts are from festivals held in two of Britain's most beautiful areas, the Gower Peninsula and the picturesque mid-Wales market-town of Machynlleth. Today's highlights include songs by Schumann and Welsh composer Rhian Samuel's new work Wildflower Songbook, written specially for her and sung by mezzo-soprano Anna Stéphany with pianist Sholto Kynoch, recorded at Machynlleth's Tabernacle, and Trio Isimsiz perform Schumann's restless last Piano Trio - written in 1851, just five years before his death - in the peaceful location of St. John's Gowerton.
Presented by Christopher Cook
Schumann: Die Blume der Ergebung, Op. 83 No. 2
Schumann: Roselein, Roselein
Anna Stéphany, mezzo-soprano
Sholto Kynoch, piano
Rhian Samuel
Wildflower Songbook
Anna Stéphany, mezzo-soprano
Sholto Kynoch, piano
Schumann: Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op 110
Trio Isimsiz:
Erdem Misirlioglu, piano
Pablo Hernan Benedi, violin
Michael Petrov, cello.
THU 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b07sxq7q)
Proms 2016 Repeats, Prom 51: Marlos Nobre, Grieg, Rachmaninov
Afternoon on 3 - with Penny Gore
Another chance to hear the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop in dances from Russia and Latin America, with pianist Gabriela Montero in Grieg's Piano Concerto.
Presented by Ian Skelly at the Royal Albert Hall, London
2pm
Marlos Nobre: Kabbalah
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
c.
2.40
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 - Prelude
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
Gabriela Montero, piano
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
This year's Proms focus on Latin America in the year when the Olympic Games go to Rio de Janeiro heats up with a visit from the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, under its chief conductor Marin Alsop. Their concert is bookended by infectious, furious dances from Marlos Nobre and Rachmaninov. In between comes music from the doyen of South American composers, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and a performance of Grieg's Piano Concerto for which the orchestra is joined by Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero.
[First broadcast on Wednesday 24th August]
Followed by a selection of recordings from this week's Proms Artists.
THU 16:30 In Tune (b07sxrh3)
Thursday - Suzy Klein
Suzy Klein's guests include the Albion Quartet.
THU 18:00 Composer of the Week (b01f68kr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 19:00 BBC Proms (b07sxtxb)
2016, Prom 72: Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann and Nikolaj Znaider
The Staatskapelle Dresden, chief conductor Christian Thielemann and violinist Nikolaj Znaider perform Beethoven, Reger and Strauss's tone poem 'Till Eulenspiegel'.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Tom Service
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D
7.45pm: PROMS INTERVAL
Tom Service talks to the German conductor Christian Thielemann, Principal Conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle in an edited version of an interview first broadcast on Music Matters in 2014.
8.05pm: Part 2
Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Nikolaj Znaider (violin)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Christian Thielemann (conductor)
The Staatskapelle Dresden and its Chief Conductor Christian Thielemann open their second Prom with Beethoven's most radiant, smiling work, his sublime Violin Concerto, in the sure hands of Nikolaj Znaider.
After the interval this famously rich-toned orchestra digs into Max Reger's affectionate and beautifully orchestrated Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart and finally Richard Strauss's witty and abrasive depiction of an impish figure from German folklore, his outlandish tone-poem telling of 'Till Eulenspiegel's merry pranks'.
THU 21:30 BBC Proms (b07sxv6g)
2016, Proms Poetry Competition: Ian McMillan, Jackie Kay
Judges Ian McMillan, Jackie Kay and Judith Palmer are joined on stage by the winning poets whose writing has been prompted by music from this year's Proms. The reader is Stella Gonet. Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet, the David Bowie Prom, Elgar on the opening night and Michael Tippett's A Child of Our Time are amongst the concerts which have produced a range of poetic responses but whether they have led to the winning poems we will hear tonight in a Proms Extra event recorded in front of an audience at Beit Hall, Imperial College before tonight's concert.
Ian McMillan is a poet and presenter of Radio 3's The Verb.
Jackie Kay is the third poet to take up the position of Makar, Scotland's Poet Laureate.
Judith Palmer is director of the Poetry Society.
Producer: Fiona McLean.
THU 22:15 BBC Proms (b07sxv6j)
2016, Prom 73: Handel - Coronation Anthems
Live at BBC Proms: Academy of Ancient Music and conductor Richard Egarr in Muffat, Purcell and JS Bach and Handel's Coronation Anthems.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Andrew McGregor
Handel: Coronation Anthems: Zadok the Priest; My Heart is Inditing
Georg Muffat: Armonico tributo - Sonata No. 5 in G major
Handel: Coronation Anthem: Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened
JS Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 - Air (arr. Stokowski)
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - 'When I am Laid in Earth' (Dido's Lament) (arr. Stokowski)
Handel: Coronation Anthem: The King Shall Rejoice
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr conductor
On 11 October 1727, George II was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. The House of Hanover's favourite composer was the natural choice to provide the music. Handel wrote four majestic Coronation Anthems for the occasion, the most famous, Zadok the Priest, designed to unleash its blazing choral entry just as George stepped into the Abbey's chancel.
The Academy of Ancient Music returns to the Proms to fill the Royal Albert Hall with all the regal splendour of Handel's Coronation Anthems and with Leopold Stokowski's equally grandiose upholstering of music by Bach and Purcell.
THU 23:30 Late Junction (b07sxv78)
Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt looks ahead to London's K-Music Festival 2016 with music from Korean traditionalists Jeong Ga Ak Hoe, who perform folk songs from the north and repertoire from the Korean travelling music groups of the 1940s. Plus a new release from contemporary music group Nadar Ensemble and a piece from composer Michael Finnissy's beat generation ballads, performed by pianist Phillip Thomas.
Produced by Alannah Chance for Reduced Listening.
FRIDAY 09 SEPTEMBER 2016
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b07sxfgx)
Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe
Catriona Young presents a concert from Bulgaria featuring Ravel's ballet 'Daphnis et Chloé'.
12:31 AM
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899)
Poème de l'amour et de la mer Op.19
Valentina Kutsarova (soprano), Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Emil Tabakov (conductor)
12:59 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Daphnis et Chloé - ballet
Bulgarian National Radio Mixed Chorus, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Emil Tabakov (conductor)
1:57 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)
Violin Sonata (Op.134)
Vesko Eschkenazy (violin), Ludmil Angelov (piano)
2:31 AM
Haydn (Franz) Joseph (1732-1809)
Symphony No. 103 (H.
1.103) in E flat major "Drum Roll"
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
3:01 AM
Mancini, Francesco [1672-1727]
Missa Septimus for 5 part choir, soloists, strings and continuo
Claire Lefilliâtre (soprano), Marnix De Cat (alto), Han Warmelinck (tenor), Currende, Erik van Nevel (conductor)
3:27 AM
Lucic, Franjo von (1889-1972)
Elegy
Ljerka Ocic (organ of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Zagreb)
3:35 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Nocturne in D flat (Op.27 No.2)
Theodor Leschetizky (piano)
3:42 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Flute Quartet in G major, K.285a
Joanna G'froerer (flute), Martin Beaver (violin), Pinchas Zukerman (viola), Amanda Forsyth (cello)
3:52 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Rosamunde: Overture (D.644)
Orchestre National de France, Emmanuel Krivine (conductor)
4:03 AM
Giordano, Umberto (1867-1948)
Aria from 'Andrea Chenier', Act 3: 'Nemico della patria'
Allan Monk (baritone), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
4:08 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Serenade No.1 in D major for violin and orchestra (Op.69a)
Judy Kang (violin), Orchestre Symphonique de Laval, Jean-François Rivest (conductor)
4:16 AM
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934)
St Paul's Suite (arr. Walsh for guitar quartet)
Guitar Trek
4:31 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
Concerto in F major (RV.568) for violin, 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon and cello
Zefira Valova (violin), Anna Starr & Markus Müller (oboes), Anneke Scott & Joseph Walters (horns), Moni Fischaleck (bassoon), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)
4:45 AM
Nebra, José de [1702-1768]
Que, contrario Señor
Maria Espada (soprano), Al Ayre Español, Eduardo López Banzo (harpsichord & director)
4:50 AM
Albeniz, Isaac [1860-1909]
El Corpus en Sevilla from 'Iberia' (Book 1)
Plamena Mangova (piano)
4:59 AM
Schoeck, Othmar (1886-1957)
Sommernacht (Summer Night) - pastoral intermezzo for string orchestra (Op.58)
Camerata Bern
5:11 AM
Soriano, Francesco (1548-1621)
Dixit Dominus
BBC Singers, Bo Holten (conductor) (unidentified organ)
5:18 AM
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), transcr. Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Isolde's Liebestod transc. for piano (S.447)
François-Frédéric Guy (piano)
5:25 AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Excerpts from La Damnation de Faust (Op.24)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
5:38 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Piano Quartet No.1 (Op.1)
Harald Aadland (violin), Nora Taksdal (viola), Audun Sandvik (cello), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)
6:06 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Flute Concerto in B flat major (Wq.167)
Robert Aitken (flute), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b07sxfgz)
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 (b07sxmhs)
Friday - Rob Cowan with Samantha Bond
9am
My favourite... Gypsy-style showpieces
Gypsy music has inspired generations of composers to write some of their fieriest and most appealing lighter, and sometimes not-so-light, music. Rob's selection ranges from authentic gypsy tunes played by the great Romanian violinist Grigoras Dinicu (and an Enescu Rhapsody that was inspired by them) to Brahms Zigeunerlieder and Strauss's effervescent Gypsy Baron overture.
9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge: trace the classical theme behind a well-known song.
10am
Rob's guest is the celebrated actress Samantha Bond, one of our most versatile actresses. Born into an acting family, her great uncle was a music hall performer and her father was in The Onedin Line, Samantha is famous for her appearances as Lady Rosalind Painswick in the worldwide hit Downton Abbey and the role of Auntie Angela in the comedy series Outnumbered. Her notable stage and screen appearances also include Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with Kenneth Branagh, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Robert Lindsay, and Miss Moneypenny to Pierce Brosnan's James Bond. Through the week, Samantha shares her favourite pieces of classical music with Rob.
10.30am
Music in Time: Renaissance
Rob places Music in Time. He selects English madrigals from "The Triumphs of Oriana", a collection compiled by Thomas Morley in 1601 and said to be in honour of Queen Elizabeth. The 25 madrigals encompass a wide range of composers, but all end with the same refrain: "Then sang the shepherds and nymphs of Diana: Long live fair Oriana".
11am
Artist of the Week: Staatskapelle Dresden
The Staatskapelle Dresden visits the Proms this week with Principal Conductor, Christian Thielemann. With a roll-call of past directors that has included Schütz, Weber and Wagner, the orchestra is one of Europe's musical glories, its sound warm yet transparent, full-bodied and dynamic. Rob chooses a diverse and distinctive roster of recordings from Vittorio Negri in Vivaldi to Herbert Blomstedt in Beethoven and Otmar Suitner in Tchaikovsky.
Tchaikovsky
Serenade in C major, Op.48, for string orchestra
Staatskapelle Dresden
Otmar Suitner (conductor).
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b01f6bd1)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Verdi and Shakespeare
After Aida was performed in 1871, there was a gap of sixteen years before Verdi's penultimate opera found its way to the stage. He'd been lured back by the temptation of a new Shakespearean work - Otello. Donald Macleod introduces highlights from the work regarded by many as Verdi's finest tragic opera, and he takes a look at Verdi's final contribution to the stage, based on Shakespeare's comic fictional character - Falstaff.
Otello (extracts)
Otello ..... Placido Domingo (tenor)
Desdemona ..... Cheryl Studer (soprano)
Iago ..... Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Orchestra and Chorus of Bastille Opera
Conductor, Myung-Whun Chung
Falstaff (extracts)
Falstaff ..... Bryn Terfel (baritone)
Bardolph ..... Anthony Mee (tenor)
Pistol ..... Anatoli Kotscherga (bass)
Mistress Quickly ..... Larissa Diadkova (mezzo)
Alice Ford ..... Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano)
Meg Page ..... Stella Doufexis (contralto)
Nanetta ..... Dorothea Röschmann (soprano)
Ford ..... Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Dr Caius ..... Enrico Facini (tenor)
Berlin Radio Choir
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor, Claudio Abbado.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b07sxq7s)
Machynlleth and Gower Festivals 2016, Navarra Quartet
This week's concerts are from two festivals held in the outstanding scenic surroundings of the Gower Peninsula and the picturesque mid-Wales market-town of Machynlleth. Today's highlights include a performance given in Machynlleth's Tabernacle by the Navarra Quartet of the quartet said to be Beethoven's own favourite, his C sharp minor, Op 131.
Introduced by Christopher Cook.
Beethoven: Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131
Navarra Quartet:
Magnus Johnston, violin
Marije Ploemacher, violin
Simone van der Giessen, viola
Brian O'Kane, cello.
FRI 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b07sxq7v)
Proms 2016 Repeats, Prom 53: Emily Howard, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov
Afternoon on 3, presented by Penny Gore
The RLPO and conductor Vasily Petrenko in Rachmaninov's Third Symphony, Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No.1 and Torus by Emily Howard
Presented at London's Royal Albert Hall by Martin Handley
2pm
Emily Howard: Torus (Concerto for Orchestra) - BBC co-commission with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra: world premiere
2.20pm
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major
2.50pm
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 3 in A minor
Alexey Stadler, cello
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko conductor
'A composer's music should express his love affairs, his religion, the books that have influenced him, the pictures he loves.' So said Rachmaninov, whose Third Symphony does just that through irrepressible yearning and longing. It forms the culmination of this Prom in which the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and its Russian Chief Conductor perform Shostakovich's disquieting First Cello Concerto.
A brand-new work by Liverpool-born composer Emily Howard opens.
[First broadcast on Thursday 25th August]
Followed by a selection of music from this week's Proms artists.
FRI 16:30 In Tune (b07sxrh5)
Friday - Suzy Klein
Suzy Klein with a lively mix of music, chat and arts news.
FRI 18:30 Composer of the Week (b01f6bd1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 19:30 BBC Proms (b07sxvjv)
2016, Prom 74: Verdi - Requiem
Live at BBC Proms: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and BBC Proms Youth Choir with conductor Marin Alsop in Verdi's Requiem
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Verdi: Requiem
Tamara Wilson (soprano)
Alisa Kolosova (mezzo-soprano)
Michael Fabiano (tenor)
Morris Robinson (bass)
BBC Proms Youth Choir
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Marin Alsop (conductor)
Verdi's shattering Requiem - which began life as a memorial to Rossini - was so forthright in its expression of grief, faith and judgement that many thought it too dramatic for performance in church.
In the penultimate Prom of 2016, Marin Alsop leads the period instruments of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the fresh voices of the BBC Proms Youth Choir through all the passion, turbulence and reflection of Verdi's sacred masterpiece.
FRI 21:15 Sunday Feature (b06ccwh3)
You're Tearing Me Apart: Rebel Without a Cause at 60
It's impossible now to separate the cult of James Dean from the film that defined a teen-age. But Rebel Without a Cause is now 60 years old. Do it and its star still have the same power and allure? Alan Dein explores the mystery and mystique of Rebel and drawing on rare, never-heard archive, explores the making of a legend.
Producer: Mark Burman
First broadcast September 2015.
FRI 22:00 BBC Proms (b07tq947)
2016, Proms Extra Lates, Nerija
Georgia Mann presents informal late-night music and poetry featuring emerging UK talent.
All female jazz band Nérija is made up of London-based musicians performing original music inspired by Jazz, Hip Hop, Afrobeat and Hi-life.
Sheila Maurice-Grey (trumpet)
Rosie Turton (trombone)
Cassie Kinoshi (alto saxophone)
Nubya Garcia (tenor saxophone)
Shirley Tetteh (guitar)
Inga Eichler (double bass)
Lizy Exel (drums)
Recorded in the Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on Wednesday.
FRI 22:45 The Essay (b05302mx)
Fear Itself, Matthew Sweet
Fear is one of the six basic universal emotions (the others are anger, disgust, happiness, sadness and surprise) and like all human emotions not easy to understand. Fear can be played upon, enjoyed, conquered. It is an obstacle to progress ("the only thing to fear is fear itself") and, as we stand at the kerb, it saves our lives every day. This series of The Essay brings you five essays on different aspects of fear.
Tonight writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet uncovers the tragic history of The Little Albert Experiment, conducted by John B Watson, a 1920s psychologist who conditioned a toddler to recoil from a white rat and, eventually, any white fluffy object.
Producer Laura Thomas.
FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b07sxvs3)
Lopa Kothari - 2016 Darbar Festival Preview
Lopa Kothari with a preview of this year's Darbar Festival of Indian music at Southbank Centre in London.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
Afternoon on 3
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Afternoon on 3
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Afternoon on 3
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Afternoon on 3
14:00 THU (b07sxq7q)
Afternoon on 3
14:00 FRI (b07sxq7v)
BBC Proms
15:00 SAT (b07rkv00)
BBC Proms
19:30 SAT (b07rkv08)
BBC Proms
13:00 SUN (b07qbnrd)
BBC Proms
15:45 SUN (b07rkww0)
BBC Proms
19:00 SUN (b07sx9yx)
BBC Proms
13:00 MON (b07sxdfp)
BBC Proms
19:30 MON (b07sxdfw)
BBC Proms
22:15 MON (b07sxdfy)
BBC Proms
19:30 TUE (b07sxsd4)
BBC Proms
19:30 WED (b07sxtbm)
BBC Proms
19:00 THU (b07sxtxb)
BBC Proms
21:30 THU (b07sxv6g)
BBC Proms
22:15 THU (b07sxv6j)
BBC Proms
19:30 FRI (b07sxvjv)
BBC Proms
22:00 FRI (b07tq947)
Breakfast
07:00 SAT (b07rkrzg)
Breakfast
07:00 SUN (b07rkwh3)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (b07sxb9d)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (b07sxfgl)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (b07sxfgq)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (b07sxfgv)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (b07sxfgz)
Choral Evensong
14:45 SUN (b07vxf0y)
Choral Evensong
15:30 WED (b07sxtbk)
Composer of the Week
12:00 MON (b01f5hpr)
Composer of the Week
18:30 MON (b01f5hpr)
Composer of the Week
12:00 TUE (b01f680z)
Composer of the Week
18:30 TUE (b01f680z)
Composer of the Week
12:00 WED (b01f68dl)
Composer of the Week
18:30 WED (b01f68dl)
Composer of the Week
12:00 THU (b01f68kr)
Composer of the Week
18:00 THU (b01f68kr)
Composer of the Week
12:00 FRI (b01f6bd1)
Composer of the Week
18:30 FRI (b01f6bd1)
Drama on 3
23:00 SUN (b01pyfr9)
Essential Classics
09:00 MON (b07sxb9j)
Essential Classics
09:00 TUE (b07sxmhl)
Essential Classics
09:00 WED (b07sxmhn)
Essential Classics
09:00 THU (b07sxmhq)
Essential Classics
09:00 FRI (b07sxmhs)
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
00:00 SUN (b01s452n)
Hear and Now
22:00 SAT (b07rkv2y)
In Tune
16:30 MON (b07sxdft)
In Tune
16:30 TUE (b07sxrgx)
In Tune
16:30 WED (b07sxrh1)
In Tune
16:30 THU (b07sxrh3)
In Tune
16:30 FRI (b07sxrh5)
Jazz Line-Up
18:00 SAT (b07rkv04)
Jazz Now
23:00 MON (b07sxdg0)
Jazz Record Requests
17:00 SAT (b07symbz)
Late Junction
23:00 TUE (b07sxsql)
Late Junction
23:00 WED (b07sxtw7)
Late Junction
23:30 THU (b07sxv78)
New Generation Artists
12:15 SAT (b07rks3w)
New Generation Artists
14:00 SUN (b07rkwvy)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (b0680hh5)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 TUE (b07tr3xs)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 WED (b07sxq7d)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 THU (b07sxq7n)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 FRI (b07sxq7s)
Record Review
09:00 SAT (b07syffv)
Saturday Classics
13:00 SAT (b07rktzy)
Sound of Cinema
16:00 SAT (b07rkv02)
Sunday Feature
22:00 TUE (b06fld1w)
Sunday Feature
22:00 WED (b06qjknt)
Sunday Feature
21:15 FRI (b06ccwh3)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (b07rkwh5)
The Essay
22:45 TUE (b05qfqfr)
The Essay
22:45 WED (b05qfqft)
The Essay
22:45 FRI (b05302mx)
Through the Night
01:00 SAT (b07qc4bq)
Through the Night
01:00 SUN (b07rkvqz)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (b07sxb96)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (b07sxfgj)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (b07sxfgn)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (b07sxfgs)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (b07sxfgx)
Words and Music
18:00 SUN (b01m5km1)
World on 3
23:00 FRI (b07sxvs3)