RADIO-LISTS: BBC RADIO 3
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SATURDAY 22 JULY 2023
SAT 00:00 Late Junction (m001nnzd)
Heckles, canons and horns
Jennifer Lucy Allan takes the stage for an hour of adventurous listening including canons and kyries from early music masters, trumpets and tumbling stones recorded by Louis Laurain on The Grand Bargy (a rocky cliff rising up to 2301m in the Bornes massif, Haute-Savoie) and an infectious polyrhythmic return from Copenhagen's Selvhenter. She’ll also face down a severely disgruntled audience recorded at a wild and intense 1971 performance by a five piece ensemble featuring the voice of Jeanne Lee, saxophonist Gunter Hampel and drummer Sven-Åke Johansson. Plus we’ll be exploring the meeting points of poetry and sonic experimentation with pieces from Thomas Bruckner, performing Robert Ashley’s spoken word, and Caracas-based collective 4 Grados del Fuego.
Produced by Gabriel Francis
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
SAT 01:00 Tearjerker (m0011llk)
Jordan Rakei
Vol 7: Inspiring sounds for vivid dreams
Enter a world of dreams through the power of imagination with music from Glass Animals, Sharon Van Etten and Steve Reich as well as classical works by Erik Satie and Philip Glass.
01 Glass Animals (artist)
Heat Waves
Performer: Glass Animals
Duration 00:04:02
02
00:04:01 The Haxan Cloak (artist)
The Blessing
Performer: The Haxan Cloak
Duration 00:02:54
03
00:06:55 Erik Satie
Gnossienne No 1
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud
Duration 00:03:33
04
00:10:21 Echo Collective
The See Within
Ensemble: Echo Collective
Duration 00:02:53
05
00:13:23 Sharon Van Etten (artist)
Femme Fatale
Performer: Sharon Van Etten
Duration 00:04:38
06
00:18:01 Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85 (1st mvt)
Performer: Jacqueline du Pré
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: John Barbirolli
Duration 00:07:58
07
00:26:29 Mica Levi
Under the Skin (2013) - 'Love'
Music Arranger: Peter Raeburn
Duration 00:05:10
08
00:31:33 Art School Girlfriend (artist)
Softer Side
Performer: Art School Girlfriend
Duration 00:03:56
09
00:35:29 Hannah Peel (artist)
Filming In King's Landing
Performer: Hannah Peel
Duration 00:02:39
10
00:38:08 Jessica Marie Gallo
City Of Light
Performer: Jessica Gallo
Performer: With Dogs
Performer: Little Symphony
Duration 00:03:51
11
00:41:53 Philip Glass
Violin Concerto No. 1 (1987) Movement II
Performer: Bruckner Orchester Linz
Performer: Dennis Russell Davis
Performer: Renaud Capuçon
Duration 00:10:52
12
00:52:44 Steve Reich
Music for 18 Musicians
Ensemble: Steve Reich
Duration 00:05:03
13
00:56:44 SOPHIE (artist)
It's Okay To Cry
Performer: SOPHIE
Duration 00:03:16
SAT 02:00 Piano Flow (m001nnzg)
Gabriels
Beautiful piano tracks to help you believe
Start to believe, as Jacob Lusk from Gabriels selects a playlist of beautiful piano tracks from the likes of Mozart, Alfa Mist and Neil Cowley
SAT 03:00 Through the Night (m001nnzj)
The elements and the furies
Jordi Savall conducts Le Concert des Nations in works by Rebel, Handel and Gluck. Presented by John Shea.
03:01 AM
Jean-Fery Rebel (1666-1747)
Les Elémens (The Elements), ballet suite
Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (conductor)
03:25 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F, HWV 348
Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (conductor)
03:52 AM
Christoph Gluck (1714-1787)
Don Juan, ballet suite
Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (conductor)
04:34 AM
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Contredanse très vive, from 'Les boréades'
Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (conductor)
04:37 AM
Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703)
Meine Freundin, du bist schon - wedding piece
Maria Zedelius (soprano), David Cordier (alto), Paul Elliott (tenor), Michael Schopper (bass), Rheinische Kantorei, Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (director)
05:01 AM
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Overture - Nabucco
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Alun Francis (conductor)
05:09 AM
Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Harp Fantasia No 2 in C minor, Op 35
Mojca Zlobko Vaigl (harp)
05:18 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Hora est
Radio France Chorus, Denis Comtet (organ), Donald Palumbo (conductor)
05:28 AM
Peter Zagar (1961-)
Blumenthal Dance no 2 for violin, viola, cello, clarinet and piano (1999)
Opera Aperta Ensemble
05:36 AM
Ion Dumitrescu (1913-1996)
Symphonic Prelude
Romanian Youth Orchestra, Cristian Mandeal (conductor)
05:45 AM
Balthasar Fritsch (1570-1608)
Paduan and 2 Galliards (from Primitiae musicales, Frankfurt/Main 1606)
Hortus Musicus, Andres Mustonen (director)
05:54 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet No.62 in C Major, Op.76'3 'Emperor'
Sebastian String Quartet
06:18 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Partita No.1 in B flat major (BWV 825)
Anton Dikov (piano)
06:37 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Holberg Suite, Op.40
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (conductor)
SAT 07:00 Breakfast (m001nw2t)
Saturday - Elizabeth Alker
Elizabeth Alker with her Breakfast melange of classical music, folk, found sounds and the odd Unclassified track. Start your weekend right.
SAT 09:00 Record Review (m001nw30)
BBC Proms Composer: Brahms with Natasha Loges and Andrew McGregor
9.00am
Vivaldi's Salterio
Franziska Fleischhandel (salterio/psaltery)
Il Dolce Conforto
Christophorus CHR77471
Live from The Cliburn - Liszt: Transcendental Etudes
Yuncham Lim (piano)
Steinway & Sons 30217
https://www.steinway.com/music-and-artists/label/yunchan-lim-live-from-the-cliburn-liszt-transcendental-etudes
César Franck: Hulda
Jennifer Holloway (soprano)
Véronique Gens (soprano)
Judith van Wanroij (soprano)
Ludivine Gombert (soprano)
Marie Gautrot (mezzo-soprano)
Edgaras Montvidas (tenor)
Artavazd Sargsyan (tenor)
François Rougier (tenor)
Sébastien Droy (tenor)
Christian Helmer (baritone)
Matthieu Lécroart (bass-baritone)
Guilhem Worms (bass-baritone)
Matthieu Toulouse (bass)
Namur Chamber Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège
Gergely Madaras (conductor)
Bru Zane BZ1052 (3CDs)
https://bru-zane.com/en/pubblicazione/hulda/
Janáček: String Quartets 1 & 2. Haas: String Quartet no.2
Escher String Quartet
Colin Currie (percussion)
BIS BIS-2670 SACD (Hybrid SACD)
https://bis.se/orchestras-ensembles/escher-string-quartet/janacek-haas-string-quartets
9.30am Proms Composer: Natasha Loges on Johannes Brahms
Natasha Loges joins Andrew to discuss five indispensable recordings of BBC Proms Composer Brahms and explains why you need to hear them.
Famed for his epic symphonies and concertos, Johannes Brahms was a prolific song composer as well as writing some of the most beautiful, and neglected, chamber music of the 19th century.
Brahms: Piano Concerto no.1. Franck: Symphonic Variations. Litolff: Concerto Symphonique no.4
Clifford Curzon (piano
London Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
George Szell (conductor)
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
Decca 4663762
https://www.deccaclassics.com/en/catalogue/products/brahms-piano-concerto-no-1-clifford-curzon-6792
Brahms: Late Piano Works, Opp.116-119
Paul Lewis (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMM902365
https://store.harmoniamundi.com/release/265774-paul-lewis-brahms-late-piano-works-opp-116-119?lang=en_GB
Brahms - The Complete Songs, Vol. 10
Sophie Rennert (mezzo-soprano)
Lawrence Power (viola)
Graham Johnson (piano)
Hyperion CDJ33130
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDJ33130
Brahms: Piano Quartets 1-3
Renaud Capuçon (violin)
Gautier Capuçon (cello)
Gérard Caussé (viola)
Nicholas Angelich (piano)
Erato 5193102 (2CDs)
https://www.warnerclassics.com/release/brahms-piano-quartets
Brahms: Symphony No. 4; MacMillan: Larghetto for Orchestra
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor)
Reference Recordings FR-744 (Hybrid SACD)
https://naxosdirect.co.uk/items/brahms-symphony-no.4-macmillan-larghetto-for-orchestra-567107
Natasha Loges: On Repeat
Chopin - Ballades Nos 2 & 4, Scherzo No. 4 etc
Anna Zassimova (piano)
BIS BIS-2619 SACD (Hybrid SACD)
https://bis.se/chopin-ballades-nos-2-4-scherzo-no-4-et-al
Listener On Repeat
Atterberg, Orchestral Works, Volume 1.
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
Chandos CHSA5116 (Hybrid SACD)
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHSA%205116
10.15am New Releases
Anthems, Vol. 1. Music by Elgar, Wesley, Howells, MacMillan etc.
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Florian Störtz (bass)
Harrison Cole (organ)
Stephen Layton (conductor)
Hyperion CDA68434
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68434
C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas for keyboard and violin
Rachel Podger (violin)
Kristian Bezuidenhout (McNulty fortepiano after Anton Walter & Sohn Vienna c. 1805)
Channel Classics CCS SA 41523 (Hybrid SACD)
https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/cpe-bach-sonatas-keyboard-violin
Tchaikovsky: Orchestral works including The Tempest, Francesca Rimini
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)
Chandos CHSA 5300 (Hybrid SACD)
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHSA%205300
Oriente Lux. Dialogue des âmes · Diálogo de almas · Dialogue of souls
Music by Praetorius, Traditional music from Greece, Bangladesh, Syria, Iraq etc.
Orpheus 21
Hesperion XXI
Jordi Savall (director)
Alia Vox AVSA 9954 (Hybrid SACD)
https://www.alia-vox.com/en/catalogue/oriente-lux/#
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Piotr Beczała (tenor)
Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Gerold Huber (piano)
Sony 19658795702
https://www.sonyclassical.com/releases/releases-details/mahler-das-lied-von-der-erde
Masaaki Suzuki plays Bach Organ Works, Vol. 4
Masaaki Suzuki (Treutmann Organ, Stiftskirche St. Georg, Grauhof)
BIS BIS-2541 SACD (Hybrid SACD)
https://bis.se/periods/baroque/masaaki-suzuki-plays-bach-organ-works-vol-4
11.15am Prom Building a Library recommendation
To round off each edition of Summer Record Review, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's BBC Proms.
Robert Schumann – Symphonies 1-4
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
David Zinman (conductor)
Arte Nova 82876 57743-2 (2CDs)
SAT 11:45 New Generation Artists (m001nw36)
NGA Summer Showcase (2/8)
Hannah French continues her series of summer programmes, showcasing some of the talents of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists. Today, María Dueñas dazzles in Ravel's Tzigane, mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston sings Haydn, Tom Borrow plays JS Bach's Italian Concerto in a recording made at Wigmore Hall in May. Hugh Cutting is the first counter-tenor on NGA scheme, and today we hear him with lutenist Danny Murphy in a selection of songs ranging from 16th-century lute songs, to Fleetwood Mac. The programme ends with jazz pianist Fergus McCreadie collaborating with saxophonist Matthew Carmichael.
Ravel
Tzigane - Rapsodie de Concert
María Dueñas, violin
Evgeny Sinaisky, piano
Haydn
Mermaid’s Song
Helen Charlston, (mezzo-soprano)
Roman Rabinovich, (piano)
JS Bach
Italian Concerto in F BWV971
Tom Borrow, (piano)
William Byrd: Ye sacred muses
John Dowland: Can she excuse
Fleetwood Mac: Songbird
Hugh Cutting, counter-tenor
Danny Murphy, lute
Fergus McCreadie / Matthew Carmichael
Marram
Fergus McCreadie, (jazz piano)
Matt Carmichael, (saxophone)
Established just over two decades ago, Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme is acknowledged internationally as the foremost programme of its kind. It exists to offer a platform for artists at the beginning of their international careers; each year six musicians join the scheme for two years, during which time they appear at the UK's major music festivals and venues, enjoy dates with the BBC orchestras and have the opportunity to record in the BBC studios. The artists are also encouraged to form artistic partnerships with one another and to explore a wide range of repertoire, not least the work of contemporary, women and diverse composers. In recent years, Radio 3's New Generation Artists have appeared at many of the UK's music festivals and concert halls. The BBC New Generation Artists Scheme is not itself a prize, rather it offers a unique two-year platform on which artists can develop their prodigious talents. Not surprisingly, the list of alumni reads like a Who’s Who of the most exciting musicians of the past two decades including pianists Paul Lewis, Pavel Kolesnikov, Benjamin Grosvenor and Beatrice Rana, violinists Alina Ibragimova and Lisa Batiashvili, the Belcea, Jerusalem and Ébène Quartets, singers Alice Coote and Fatma Said and the trumpeter Alison Balsom.
SAT 12:30 This Classical Life (m001nw3g)
Jess Gillam with... Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux
Jess Gillam and violinist Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux share their favourite music with each other, including the sublime voices of Dhafer Youssef and the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir, an intimate transcription of Gluck, joy and happiness from Boccherini and the Maccabees plus the unmistakable vibrato of Sidney Bechet.
SAT 13:00 Sound of Cinema (m001nw3p)
Destroyer of Worlds
With the appearance of the eagerly anticipated new Christopher Nolan biopic about Oppenheimer, Matthew Sweet turns his attention to film scores bent on destruction, including Ludwig Goransson's score for the new film. The programme includes music from The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, When Worlds Collide, Melancholia, Wandering Earth, Deep Impact, Armageddon, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Rogue One - A Star Wars Story, Star Wars - A New Hope. The Classic Score of the Week is Star Trek II - The Wrath Of Khan.
SAT 14:00 BBC Proms (m001nw3y)
2023
Prom 10: Horrible Histories: ’Orrible Opera
Live at the BBC Proms: The English National Opera and conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson dive into the Horrible History of Opera, including music by Mozart, Puccini and Rossini.
Presented by Georgia Mann, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Mozart: The Magic Flute – Queen of the Night’s aria (‘The Wrath of Hell’)
Wagner: The Ride of the Valkyries
Verdi: Macbeth – Witches’ chorus (‘Welcome Sisters’)
attrib. Rossini: Cats’ Duet
Puccini: Turandot – ‘Nessun dorma’
Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld – The Can-Can (Infernal Galop)
2.40 Interval: Georgia Mann talks to some of the creatives behind Horrible Histories, including composer Richie Webb who writes the madcap songs for the TV series.
3pm
Bizet: Carmen – Toreador’s Song
Rossini: The Barber of Seville – ‘Here at your Service’
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess – ‘Summertime’
Ethel Smyth: The March of the Women
Philip Glass: Akhnaten – Funeral of Amenhotep III
Handel: Giulio Cesare – Stormy Winds
Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance – Major-General’s Song (‘I am the very model’)
Richard David Caine, actor
Alison Fitzjohn, actor
Neal Foster, actor
James McNicholas, actor
Morgan Philpott, actor
Jessica Ransom, actor
Inel Tomlinson, actor
Deborah Tracey, actor
Lucie Pankhurst Movement Director
Rainelle Krause, soprano
Isabelle Peters, soprano
Gwen-Ann Rand, soprano
David Butt-Philip,Tenor
Charles Rice, Baritone
John Molloy, Bass
The English National Opera Chorus
The English National Opera Orchestra
Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor
From dying divas and spellbinding sorceresses to ghosts and generals, join us for a high-decibel dive into the Horrible History of Opera. Experience the very best of music’s biggest, bloodiest and most dramatic genre, and discover the stories behind some of opera’s best-loved tunes in the company of your favourite Horrible Histories characters, in the 30th-anniversary year of the books by Terry Deary, illustrated by Martin Brown. Join the English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra for this specially devised concert experience, featuring music from operas including Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Puccini’s Turandot, Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance and Rossini’s The Barber of Seville.
SAT 16:00 Music Planet (m001nw44)
Road Trip to Ukraine
Kathryn Tickell with new tracks from around the world, including the latest from Finland, Algeria and Cuba, plus a Road Trip to Ukraine - contemporary folk singer Yaryna Kvitka surveys the traditional music of her homeland. This week's Classic Artist is Culture Spears from Botswana.
SAT 17:00 J to Z (m001nw4b)
ARTEMIS in session
Kevin Le Gendre presents a session from ARTEMIS, a jazz “supergroup” featuring six of the most gifted instrumentalists on the scene – Renee Rosnes on piano, Ingrid Jensen on trumpet, Nicole Glover on tenor, Rachael Cohen on alto saxophone, Noriko Ueda on bass and Allison Miller on drums. Together they perform music from their stirring new album for Blue Note Records, In Real Time.
Also in the programme, we hear some of the music that has inspired Franco-Syrian flautist and vocalist Naïssam Jalal whose latest release, Healing Rituals, is already being tipped as an album of the year. Naïssam draws inspiration from many musical traditions, blending jazz with Arabic influences to stunning, atmospheric effect.
Produced by Thomas Rees for Somethin’ Else
SAT 18:30 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (m000k35g)
Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout, live from London's Wigmore Hall
Every weekday in June, as part of BBC Arts’ Culture in Quarantine initiative, Radio 3 broadcasts a live Lunchtime Concert from London's Wigmore Hall. Taking place without an audience present, this series of 20 recitals - the first live concert broadcasts since the start of lockdown - features some of the UK's finest instrumentalists and singers in music from the 16th century to the present day.
Georgia Mann presents violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout in recital.
Schubert: Sonatina in A minor, D.385 (22’)
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.5 in F major, ‘Spring’ (23’)
Photo: Alina Ibragimova credit Eva Vermandel
SAT 19:30 BBC Proms (m001nw4k)
2023
Proms at Sage Gateshead
The Royal Northern Sinfonia under its principal conductor Dinis Sousa perform Brahms, Mozart and Mazzoli as part of the BBC Proms weekend from Sage, Gateshead, introduced by Tom McKinney.
Pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout is the soloist for one of Mozart's most dramatic piano concertos. Brahms's pastoral 2nd Symphony gives evidence of the composer in one of his most cheerful musical moods and Missy Mazzoli offers music "in the shape of the solar system".
Part 1.
Missy Mazzoli: Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor K466
(Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano)
8.15 Interval: Writing and Place
Ian McMillan has been talking to a pair of authors from the North East about how that landscape has shaped their writing. Jessica Andrews grew up in Sunderland and her books include Saltwater and Milk Teeth. Jake Morris-Campbell was born in South Shields and his poetry includes the collection Corrigenda for Costafine Town and various Radio 3 commissioned pieces.
8.35 Part 2.
Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D major op73
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Dinis Sousa (conductor)
SAT 21:30 Backstage Pass (m001nw4q)
Tasmin Little in conversation with Helen Charlston
As part of a new series, celebrated violinist Tasmin Little meets members of BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme for a game of musical ping-pong - exchanging thoughts and stories about the music, the excitements and occasional trials and tribulations of what it means to be a musician today. Tasmin’s guest tonight is British mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston, currently on the NGA scheme and already making a name on the international opera and concert hall stage.
SAT 21:50 New Generation Artists (m001nw50)
Helen Charlston sings Schubert's Ellens Gesang
Following on from Helen's Backstage Pass programme with Tasmin Little, we'll hear music by Schubert performed by mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston and pianist Sholto Kynoch. They perform Schubert's Ellens Gesang, three songs from his selection of seven from Scott's The Lady of the Lake, and ending with the much-loved setting of the Ave Maria.
Schubert:
Ellens Gesang I: Raste, Krieger
Ellens Gesang II: Jager, ruhe von der Jagd
Ellens Gesang III: Hymne an die Jungfrau ('Ave Maria')
Helen Charlston, (mezzo-soprano)
Sholto Kynoch, (piano)
SAT 22:15 BBC Proms (m001nw56)
2023
Proms at Sage Gateshead: Voices of the River’s Edge
Formed for Sage Gateshead’s 2022 Prom, the young people’s choir Voices of the River’s Edge has continued to welcome new members and to make music deep-rooted in North-East communities. This Prom brings them together with the Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia and additional massed voices from across the North-East, in a celebration of vocal music that includes a new BBC commission, Whin Lands, by award-winning composer Kristina Arakelyan.
Presented by Elizabeth Alker
SUNDAY 23 JULY 2023
SUN 00:00 Freeness (m001k864)
Cityscapes
Corey Mwamba presents new improvised music inspired by city soundscapes.
Percussionist Jason Nazary (Anteloper) joins forces with Iranian-American fraternal duo, Saint Abdullah. Through a gauzy tapestry of glitch and electronics, this offering conjures ambient visions of the cityscapes of New York, as hopeful improvisations meet frenetic acknowledgement of housing precarity. Multi-instrumentalist Laila Sakini and percussionist Valentina Magaletti, meanwhile, come together on Cupo, meaning ‘dark’ in Italian. Recorded in various settings across London, it's a brooding, shapeshifting soundscape that expands and contracts over several movements.
Elsewhere in the programme, we hear a love letter to the city of Madrid from the electroacoustic improviser Wade Matthew in which sound collages and field recordings are interwoven with the soft ululations of bass clarinet and alto flute.
Produced by Tej Adeleye
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
01
00:00:08 Peter Brötzmann (artist)
Flower Flaps
Performer: Peter Brötzmann
Performer: Heather Leigh Murray
Performer: Fred Lonberg-Holm
Duration 00:05:28
02
00:06:52 Jen Powers (artist)
Melted Honey
Performer: Jen Powers
Performer: Cole Pulice
Performer: Matthew J. Rolin
Duration 00:06:10
03
00:13:02 Joanna Mattrey (artist)
For Time
Performer: Joanna Mattrey
Duration 00:01:44
04
00:17:08 Илья Белоруков (artist)
2nd Floor, Small Room, Take 1
Performer: Илья Белоруков
Duration 00:01:54
05
00:19:03 Futuris (artist)
Arrival Of The Giants
Performer: Futuris
Duration 00:10:31
06
00:31:18 Laila Sakini (artist)
Side B
Performer: Laila Sakini
Performer: Valentina Magaletti
Duration 00:09:53
07
00:42:12 Milana Sarukhanyan (artist)
Do Not Stand A Willow Tree Above The Waters
Performer: Milana Sarukhanyan
Performer: John Bisset
Duration 00:03:19
08
00:45:30 Jason Nazary (artist)
Insistently, Mystically
Performer: Jason Nazary
Performer: Saint Abdullah
Duration 00:03:22
09
00:50:44 Wade Matthews (artist)
Tengo la suerte para hoy, señores
Performer: Wade Matthews
Duration 00:09:15
SUN 01:00 Through the Night (m001nw5d)
Shostakovich's Violin Concerto and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, with conductor Cristian Măcelaru, are joined by violinist Karen Gomyo for a concert including a premiere by the Iranian composer Elnaz Seyedi. Presented by Danielle Jalowiecka.
01:01 AM
Elnaz Seyedi (1982-)
A Mark of Our Breath
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Cristian Măcelaru (conductor)
01:06 AM
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, op. 77
Karen Gomyo (violin), WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Cristian Măcelaru (conductor)
01:44 AM
Samuel Carl Adams (b.1985)
Playing Changes, from 'Violin Diptych'
Karen Gomyo (violin)
01:51 AM
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
The Rite of Spring
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Cristian Măcelaru (conductor)
02:27 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Piano Concerto no 2 in F minor, Op 21
Christian Ihle Hadland (piano), Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits (conductor)
03:01 AM
Leopold Kozeluch (1747-1818)
Sonata for keyboard (P.13.2) in F major "La chasse"
Gert Oost (organ)
03:19 AM
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Carmen Suite
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Marko Munih (conductor)
03:36 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K 191
Dag Jensen (bassoon), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund (conductor)
03:54 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV.226
Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor)
04:02 AM
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
Trois Pieces breves for wind quintet
Galliard Ensemble
04:10 AM
Franz von Suppe (1819-1895)
Overture from Poet and Peasant
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Marko Munih (conductor)
04:21 AM
Johann Christoph Pez (1664-1716)
Passacaglia & Aria (Presto)
Carin van Heerden (recorder), Ales Rypan (recorder), L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, Michi Gaigg (director)
04:29 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Chansons de Bilitis - 3 melodies for voice & piano (1897)
Paula Hoffman (mezzo soprano), Lars David Nilsson (piano)
04:38 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet no 11 in F minor, Op 95 ('Serioso')
Merel Quartet
05:01 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Trio élégiaque no 1 in G minor
Esther Hoppe (violin), Christian Poltera (cello), Hiroko Sakagami (piano)
05:14 AM
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Fantasia in F sharp minor Wq 67 for keyboard
Dirk Borner (harpsichord)
05:25 AM
Leo Smit (1900-1943)
Concertino for cello and orchestra (1937)
Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Ed Spanjaard (conductor)
05:36 AM
Anonymous
Worldes blis ne last no throwe
Sequentia, Benjamin Bagby (harp)
05:48 AM
Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840)
I Palpiti - introduction and variations on Rossini's 'Di tanti palpiti', Op 13
Fedor Rudin (violin), Janelle Fung (piano)
05:58 AM
Vatroslav Lisinski (1819-1854)
Vecer (Evening)
Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Niksha Bareza (conductor)
06:06 AM
Johann Christian Schickhardt (c.1682-1760)
Flute Concerto in G minor (S.Uu (i hs 58:5))
Musica ad Rhenum
06:22 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Kinderszenen for piano (Op.15)
Havard Gimse (piano)
06:42 AM
Luys de Narvaez (fl.1526-1549)
Los Seys libros del Delphin de musica
Hopkinson Smith (vihuela)
SUN 07:00 Breakfast (m001nw65)
Sunday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents Breakfast, including a Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.
SUN 09:00 Sunday Morning (m001nw6f)
Sarah Walker with a far-reaching musical mix
Sarah Walker chooses two hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning.
Today, Sarah is thrilled by an invigorating musical depiction of the sea from Rimsky-Korsakov, and discovers the power of unison voices in Hildegard of Bingen’s Ave Generosa.
She also revels in the beauty of a Dvorak dance, gets lost in Venice with Vivaldi, and is calmed by a gentle rhapsody for piano from Shukichi Mitsukuri.
Plus, Debussy transports us to our ancient past…
A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3
SUN 12:00 The Early Music Show (m001nw6s)
The harp, the philtre and the sword
Medieval music from the ensemble Apotropaik at the York Early Music Festival. Presented by Lucie Skeaping.
SUN 13:00 Choral Evensong (m001nnym)
Chichester Cathedral
From Chichester Cathedral during the Southern Cathedrals Festival.
Introit: All people clap your hands (Weelkes)
Responses: Leighton
Office hymn: O strength and stay (Strength and stay)
Psalms 98, 99, 100, 101 (Attwood, Ouseley, Ley, Nicholson)
First Lesson: Isaiah 33 vv.2-10
Canticles: Dyson in D
Second Lesson: Philippians 1 vv.1-11
Anthem: The Star (Christopher Hussey) (first broadcast)
Hymn: O holy City, Seen of John (Sancta civitas)
Voluntary: Tu es Petrus (Timothy Ravalde) (first broadcast)
Charles Harrison (Organist and Master of the Choristers)
Timothy Ravalde (Assistant Organist)
Recorded 14 July.
SUN 14:00 BBC Proms (m001nw73)
2023
Proms at Sage Gateshead
American countertenor Reginald Mobley perform a selection of traditional American spirituals with pianist Baptiste Trotignon as part of the BBC Proms Sage Gateshead weekend. Their programme includes:
My Lord What a Morning
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
Great Campmeetin’
Steal Away
Save me Lord
By and by / There is a balm in Gilead
Deep River
I Got a Robe
Were You There
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Bright Sparkles in the Churchyard
alongside items by Florence Price and H.T.Burleigh.
During the interval, Tom McKinney talks to Reginald Mobley about the music in this concert programme and his own singing career.
SUN 16:00 Jazz Record Requests (m001nw7g)
New discoveries and evergreen classics
Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.
SUN 17:00 The Listening Service (m000n6bt)
What makes the organ so mighty?
Tom Service takes on the largest instrument created by human hands: the organ. With the help of organist Anna Lapwood, Tom asks: what makes the organ so mighty? Why has it fascinated musicians from Bach to Procol Harum? Along the way, Tom will delve into the Delphian roots of the organ and we’ll hear what its ancestor the Hydraulis sounded like, created in ancient Egypt. And we’ll drop in on Madison Square Garden where Gladys Gooding entertained huge audiences at sports events for over thirty years, starting in the 1930s. Finally, we’ll hear what makes the organ timeless and immortal in music by John Cage and Olivier Messiaen. All hail: the organ!
SUN 17:30 Words and Music (m001c78l)
Northumbria
As the BBC Proms broadcast from Sage Gateshead, today's programme takes inspiration from the writers and music associated with Northumbria. From Bede and Anglo-Saxon verse to the Percy family depicted in Shakespeare's Henry IV, our journey takes in the wildlife illustrated by Thomas Bewick and the landscapes cut through by Hadrian's Wall. The music includes the sound of Northumbrian pipes and folk performers, alongside recordings by the Royal Northern Sinfonia who are based at Sage Gateshead. The readers are Zoe Hakin and Ross Waiton. We also hear a new poem commissioned by Radio 3 from New Generation Thinker Jake Morris-Campbell and Professor Michelle Brown reading from the Lindisfarne Gospels.
Producer: Ruth Watts
Readings:
Entry for the Year 793, Laud Chronicle, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle trans G.N. Garmonsway
Basil Bunting, Briggflatts
Katrina Porteous, The Sea Road, Howick
The Lindisfarne Gospels an extract read by Professor Michelle Brown
Jake Morris-Campbell, The Lindisfarne Gospels, Somewhere on the A1(M) commissioned for Words & Music
Gordon Burn, The North of England Home Service
Anne Cleeves, The Moth Catcher
Sean O'Brien, On The Toon
Alexander Rose, Kings in the North The House of Percy in British History
William Shakespeare Hotspur Henry IV, A.IV sc.3, Henry IV, P.1
Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger
Katrina Porteous, The Sea Road, Lindisfarne
Basil Bunting, Fishermen
Anne Stevenson, Jarrow
Anne Stevenson, Hadrian’s Poems 1955-2005
W.H. Auden, Roman Wall Blues
Durham trans. S.A.J. Bradley
The Dream of the Rood trans. S.A.J. Bradley
01
00:01:31
The Laud Chronicle
The Anglo Saxon Chronicle, read by Zoe Hakin
Duration 00:00:26
02
00:01:58 The Unthanks (artist)
A Great Northern River, Diversions Vol. 3 - Songs From The Shipyards
Performer: The Unthanks
Duration 00:03:38
03
00:05:34
Basil Bunting
Briggflatts, read by Basil Bunting
Duration 00:30:00
04
00:08:04 Ralph Vaughan Williams
Silent Noon, Songs By Beethoven, Wolf, Butterworth, Vaughan Williams And Bridge
Singer: Sir Thomas Allen
Performer: Malcolm Martineau
Duration 00:03:50
05
00:11:49
Katrina Porteous
The Sea Road, Howick, read by Zoe Hakin
Duration 00:00:44
06
00:12:10 Maria Szymanowska
Nocturne in B flat major
Performer: Svetlana Belsky
Duration 00:04:24
07
00:16:34 Benedetto Marcello
Estro poetico-armonico, Psalm 46: God is Our Refuge and Our Strength
Music Arranger: Charles Avison
Choir: VOCES8
Ensemble: Les Inventions
Duration 00:08:50
08
00:19:00
Anon
The Lindisfarne Gospels, read by Zoe Hakin
Duration 00:01:03
09
00:25:25 Lindisfarne (artist)
Run for Home, Meet Me On The Corner
Performer: Lindisfarne
Duration 00:01:37
10
00:26:28
Jake Morris-Campbell
The Lindisfarne Gospels, Somewhere on the A1(M), read by Jake Morris-Campbell
Duration 00:02:14
11
00:28:43 Träd
Northumberland Waltz: Mallorca / The Cheviot Hills / I Have Seen the Roses Blow
Performer: The Cheviot Ranters
Duration 00:01:56
12
00:29:35
Gordon Burn
The North of England Home Service, read by Ross Waiton
Duration 00:01:58
13
00:31:33 The Shadows (artist)
Frightened City
Performer: The Shadows
Duration 00:02:22
14
00:32:36
Anne Cleeves
The Moth Catcher, read by Zoe Hakin
Duration 00:01:49
15
00:34:25 Kenickie (artist)
In Your Car
Performer: Kenickie
Duration 00:00:57
16
00:35:19
Sean O Brien
On The Toon, read by Ross Waiton
Duration 00:01:29
17
00:36:49 Claude Debussy
Images: I. Gigues
Orchestra: Hallé
Conductor: Sir Mark Elder
Duration 00:04:04
18
00:40:52
Alexander Rose
Kings in the North The House of Percy in British History, read by Ross Waiton
Duration 00:00:48
19
00:41:40 Alistair Anderson (artist)
Over the Border
Performer: Alistair Anderson
Duration 00:02:07
20
00:43:47
William Shakespeare
Henry IV, Part 1, read by Ross Waiton
Duration 00:01:53
21
00:45:41 Anon.
Angelus ad Pastores
Performer: John Banks
Duration 00:02:38
22
00:46:05
Penelope Lively
Moon Tiger, read by Zoe Hakin
Duration 00:01:57
23
00:48:17 Anon.
Sanctus
Choir: The Monks & Novices of Saint Frideswide
Duration 00:01:50
24
00:50:06 Sting (artist)
Waters of Tyne
Performer: Sting
Duration 00:02:10
25
00:52:12
Katrina Porteous
The Sea Road, Lindisfarne, read by Zoe Hakin
Duration 00:00:37
26
00:52:51
Basil Bunting
Fishermen, read by Ross Waiton
Duration 00:00:41
27
00:53:32 Stephen Dodgson
Flute Concerto: I. Molto moderato, sempre cantabile
Performer: Robert Smallman
Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia
Conductor: Ronald Zollman
Duration 00:03:43
28
00:57:16 Trad.
The Hexamshire Lass
Singer: Sir Thomas Allen
Music Arranger: David Haslam
Orchestra: The Northumbria Concert Orchestra and Chorus
Duration 00:01:40
29
00:58:55
Anne Stevenson
Jarrow, read by Zoe Hakin
Duration 00:02:00
30
01:00:54 Kathryn Tickell (artist)
Lads of Alnwick
Performer: Kathryn Tickell
Duration 00:01:36
31
01:01:55
Anne Stevenson
Hadrians, read by Zoe Hakin
Duration 00:00:14
32
01:02:25
W.H. Auden
Roman Wall Blues, read by Ross Waiton
Duration 00:00:51
33
01:03:17 William Byrd
Psalms, Sonnets and Songs of Sadness and Piety made into Music of Five Parts, 1588 - Lullaby, My Sweet Baby
Music Arranger: Edmund Horace Fellowes
Singer: Alfred Deller
Ensemble: Wenzinger Consort Of Viols
Duration 00:07:00
34
01:05:00
Anon.
Durham poem, read by Zoe Hakin
Duration 00:01:11
35
01:08:33
Anon.
Bedes Death Song , read by Zoe Hakin
Duration 00:00:13
36
01:10:13 William Byrd
Elegy on the death of Thomas Tallis, 1585, Ye Sacred Muses
Music Arranger: Edmund Horace Fellowes
Singer: Alfred Deller
Ensemble: Wenzinger Consort Of Viols
Duration 00:03:49
37
01:10:59
Anon.
The Dream of the Rood, read by Ross Waiton
Duration 00:02:15
SUN 18:45 Sunday Feature (m0014p0s)
Nixon in China
On the 50th anniversary of President Nixon’s historic state visit to Mao's China, theatre director Daniel Kramer explores the politics and drama of ‘the week that changed the world’ through the prism of John Adams’s operatic masterpiece ‘Nixon in China’ - as his own production of the opera gets underway for the Hannover State Opera in its 2023 season.
We’ll hear from the librettist Alice Goodman, composer John Adams and original director and conceiver of the opera Peter Sellars who reflect on the enduring power of ‘Nixon in China’, opening in 1987 and one of the first operas ever written inspired by recent political events, combining incredible music and poetic insight with history and journalism. Drawing on the first-person testimony of reporters who covered the visit and those in the room when Nixon debated with Mao face to face, this deeply musical feature explores the diplomatic context, media spectacle and psychological dimensions of Nixon's state visit and what it illuminates about today's global balance of power.
Presented by Daniel Kramer. With contributions from librettist Alice Goodman, director Peter Sellars, composer John Adams, former US China Ambassador and special assistant to Henry Kissinger Winston Lord, Robert Keatley, who was part of the press corps as foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, director of the China Institute at SOAS Steve Tsang, music critic and author Alex Ross, former CNN bureau chief in Bejing Mike Chinoy, opera singer Julian Chou Lambert, former editor of the London Evening News covering Nixon's visit Stephen Claypole, soprano Janis Kelly who played Pat Nixon at the Met and baritone Mark Stone, who will play Nixon in Daniel's 2023 production of 'Nixon in China'.
Produced by Simon Hollis
A Brook Lapping Production for BBC Radio 3
First broadcast in February 2022
SUN 19:30 BBC Proms (m001nw7z)
2023
Prom 12: Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony
Live at the BBC Proms: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus and Ryan Wigglesworth with Eleanor Dennis, Karen Cargill, Nicky Spence and Michael Mofidan.
Presented by Kate Molleson, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Helen Grime: Meditations on Joy
7.50 Interval
Kate Molleson talks about changing ideas of joy with Bidisha Mamata, writer and presenter of a podcast series about happiness for the Wellcome Collection.
8.10 Part Two
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, 'Choral'
Eleanor Dennis (soprano)
Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano)
Nicky Spence (tenor)
Michael Mofidian (bass-baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)
Beethoven’s mighty ‘Choral’ Symphony, with its famous ‘Ode to Joy’ finale, is performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and new Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth in the first of their two Proms together this season. The symphony’s monumental, revolutionary musical statement – seizing hope and happiness from doubt and struggle – is picked up in Helen Grime’s Proms commission Meditations on Joy, whose three movements are each inspired by a different poem and facet of joy.
SUN 21:45 BBC Proms (m001nw88)
2023
Proms at Sage Gateshead: Self Esteem and the Royal Northern Sinfonia
An exciting collaboration between Self Esteem and the Royal Northern Sinfonia. Recorded at the weekend-long Proms festival at Sage Gateshead.
Presented by Elizabeth Alker.
MONDAY 24 JULY 2023
MON 00:00 Sounds Connected (m001nw8j)
Mahaliah Edwards
Mahaliah Edwards connections include music by Toru Takemitsu, John Dowland and Poulenc.
This new series of three episodes introduces presenter Mahaliah Edwards. Mahaliah is a professional violinist, educator and passionate advocator for the power of music. She is an alumna of BBC Open Music, which brings creatives and musicians of all genres, styles and backgrounds from across the UK to the BBC.
For more details about BBC Open Music follow the link below:
bbc.co.uk/openmusic
MON 00:30 Through the Night (m001nw8s)
Alexander Lonquich and the Munich Chamber Orchestra at Music Days in Lower Saxony
The first of two concerts featuring Beethoven's five piano concertos, conducted from the piano by Alexander Lonquich. Tonight we hear the second and fourth concertos. Catriona Young presents.
12:31 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Concerto no 2 in B flat, Op 19
Alexander Lonquich (piano), Munich Chamber Orchestra
12:59 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Concerto no 4 in G, Op 58
Alexander Lonquich (piano), Munich Chamber Orchestra
01:34 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony no 7 in A major, arr. for wind ensemble
Octophoros, Paul Dombrecht (conductor)
02:08 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
12 Variations on 'Ein Madchen oder Weibchen' for cello and piano, Op 66
Danjulo Ishizaka (cello), Jose Gallardo (piano)
02:17 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata in E minor, Op 90
Xaver Scharwenka (piano)
02:31 AM
Franjo von Lucic (1889-1972)
Missa Jubilaris
Ivan Goran Kovacic Academic Chorus, Croatian Army Symphony Wind Orchestra, Unknown (organ), Mladen Tarbuk (conductor)
03:00 AM
Uros Krek (1922-2008)
Sinfonietta
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Rossen Milanov (conductor)
03:28 AM
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Aria 'Di Provenza il mar' - from 'La Traviata'
Gaetan Laperriere (baritone), Orchestre Symphonique de Trois-Rivieres, Gilles Bellemare (conductor)
03:33 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425
Avi Avital (mandolin), Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Willi Zimmermann (conductor)
03:40 AM
Johann Michael Bach (1648-1694)
Herr, ich warte auf dein Heil
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier (director)
03:46 AM
Mihail Jora (1891-1971)
Sonatine for piano Op 44
Ilinca Dumitrescu (piano)
03:57 AM
Leevi Madetoja (1887-1947)
Dance Vision (Tanssinaky), Op 11
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jorma Panula (conductor)
04:05 AM
Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
Wilja (Wilia)
Urszula Kryger (mezzo-soprano), Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska (piano)
04:11 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Sonata for violin and keyboard (K.15) in B flat major
Les Ambassadeurs
04:19 AM
Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
The Sorcerer's apprentice - symphonic scherzo for orchestra
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Adam Medveczky (conductor)
04:31 AM
Janez Gregorc (1934-2012)
Sans respirer, sans soupir
Slovene Brass Quintet
04:37 AM
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
3 Preludes (1926): No 1 in B flat; No 2 in C sharp minor; No 3 in E flat
Bengt-Ake Lundin (piano)
04:43 AM
Alexis Contant (1858-1918)
L'Aurore - Symphonic Poem (1912)
Orchestre Metropolitaine, Gilles Auger (conductor)
04:56 AM
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
Symphony in C major, Op 10 No 4
La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor)
05:05 AM
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Psalm 23 (5 Psalms of David (1604)) 'The Lord is my Shepherd'
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
05:13 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major (BWV 1007)
Guy Fouquet (cello)
05:33 AM
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Maurice Ravel (orchestrator)
Pictures at an Exhibition
BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
06:05 AM
Pal Esterhazy (1635-1713)
Harmonia Caelestis (excerpts)
Maria Zadori (soprano), Monika Fers (soprano), Katalin Karolyi (alto), Savaria Vocal Ensemble, Capella Savaria, Pal Nemeth (conductor)
MON 06:30 Breakfast (m001nw6r)
Monday - Petroc's classical commute
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
MON 09:00 Essential Classics (m001nw71)
Tom McKinney
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
0930 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (m001nw7c)
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
Battles lost, battles won
Kate Molleson introduces the spry and subtly surprising music of Germaine Tailleferre, with guests Barbara Kelly and Caroline Potter.
Germaine Tailleferre first made a splash in the heady atmosphere of 1920s Paris. She was part of a lively, bohemian scene in which poetry and exhibitions went hand in hand with performances of new music. Her career was given a bump start by the eccentric older composer, Eric Satie. He was an influential voice in avant-garde circles, and his support opened a door to wider recognition. Tailleferre became part of a like-minded set of young composers, along with Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Louis Durey and Georges Auric. Their energy and drive created exciting new outlets for performances of their music. It was a journalist, Henri Collet, who coined their eventual collective name "Les Six". While their artistic paths quickly diversified, the group remained friends for the rest of their lives.
Tailleferre was a prolific composer, writing in all the genres from small scale chamber works to large scale works including cantatas, orchestral scores, ballets and operas. After enjoying considerable success, by the 1930s her prominence began to fade. There's some evidence to suggest that her two unhappy marriages, and the deprivations of living in occupied France, followed by a temporary exile in the States during the Second World War, all had an adverse impact on her career. Despite these setbacks, she continued to compose and would teach music almost to the very end of her life. She died in 1983 at the age of 91.
Held back perhaps by her own retiring personality and historical views of a female composer, Tailleferre's music has been overshadowed by some of the other members of "Les Six". This week Kate Molleson brings Germaine Tailleferre's music firmly in to the limelight. She's joined in studio by two other Tailleferre enthusiasts, Barbara Kelly from the University of Leeds, and Caroline Potter, who's currently writing a book about Tailleferre.
Today there's a rare performance of Tailleferre's sparkling ballet score Le Marchand d'Oiseaux and the uplifting story of her fight for the right to study music. Tailleferre's determination would win through in the end, but her victory was to come at some personal cost.
Valse lente (Deux valses)
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
Valse brillante (Deux valses)
Clinton-Narboni Piano Duo
Image for 8 instruments
Ulrike Sieber, flute
Deborah Marshall, clarinet
Heiko Stralendorff, celesta
Angela Gassenhuber, piano
Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet
Wolfram Buchenberg, conductor
Jeux de plein air
I : Le Tirelitentaine
II : Cache-cache mitoula
Pascal Rogé, piano
Ami Rogé, piano
Quartet for Strings
I: Modéré
II: Intermede
III: Vif
Stenhammar Quartet
Romance in A major
Nicolas Horvath, piano
Le Marchand d’oiseaux
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov, conductor
Producer: Johannah Smith
MON 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (m001nw7p)
New Generation Artists in Concert (2)
The second in the summer series of Monday Lunchtime Concerts introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch and featuring music recorded in concert by some of Radio 3's New Generation Artists. Today, piano music by Schumann played by Eric Lu, and Schubert's 'Rosamunde' String Quartet played by the Aris Quartet, in a recording made at the Barber Lunchtimes at the University of Birmingham in March. Plus we hear a short song recorded by countertenor Hugh Cutting, recorded at the Ryedale Festival this May.
Schumann
Waldscenen Op.82
Eric Lu, (piano)
Franz Schubert
String Quartet no. 13 in a-minor "Rosamunde"
Aris Quartet
Vaughan Williams
Linden Lea
Hugh Cutting, (countertenor)
Christopher Glynn, (piano)
MON 14:00 Afternoon Concert (m001nw82)
Monday - BBC Proms - Mahler's First Symphony
Presented by Fiona Talkington, including Mark Wigglesworth's recent Prom with the BBC Philharmonic, including new work by Grace-Evangeline Mason, Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.1 with Stephen Hough, and Mahler's Symphony No.1
Also today and throughout the week, a concert of Renaissance and Baroque music from Chorwerk Ruhr and the ensemble Capella de la Torre, recorded recently at the Schwetzingen Festival in Germany.
Including:
Janacek: The Excursions of Mr Broucek - suite: no.2; Moon waltz
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov, conductor
Emily Hazrati: Drop down, ye Heavens, from above
BBC Singers
Grace Rossiter, conductor
c.2.15pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Tuesday 18th July)
Presented by Tom McKinney
Grace-Evangeline Mason: ABLAZE THE MOON (BBC commission: world premiere)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor
Sir Stephen Hough, piano
BBC Philharmonic
Mark Wigglesworth, conductor
c.
2.55pm
Proms Artist Choice
c.3.15pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Tuesday 18th July)
Presented by Tom McKinney
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major
BBC Philharmonic
Mark Wigglesworth, conductor
c.
4.10pm
Orologio: Intrada XXII (arr. Katharina Bauml)
Capella de la Torre
Katharina Bauml, director
Pacelli: Cantate Domino à 8
Chorwerk Ruhr
Florian Helgath, director
Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso, Op.62
Anastasia Kobekina, cello
Lilit Grigoryan, piano
c.4.35pm
Svendsen Carnival in Paris
BBC Philharmonic
Ben Gernon, conductor
Bacewicz: Overture for orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Marta Gardolińska, conductor
MON 17:00 In Tune (m001nw8c)
Elim Chan, ORA Singers
Sean Rafferty is joined by conductor Elim Chan ahead of her BBC Prom with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Plus there's live music from the ORA Singers ahead of their concert at the Three Choirs Festival.
MON 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m001nw8m)
Expand your horizons with classical music
Opening with a symphony by Haydn full of graceful pomp, the Classical Mixtape explores the intimacy of musical prayer, with Francesca Caccini and Nadia Boulanger, as well as the infinity of the universe with music by John Williams. Star composer Antonio Vivaldi joins forgotten Portuguese musician António Pereira da Costa in a Baroque feast, while Bonds and Scarlatti are reimagined for the piano and the guitar respectively. Finishing with a timeless earworm: Beethoven and his bagatelle to Elise...
Producer: Julien Rosa
MON 19:30 BBC Proms (m001nw8w)
2023
Prom 13: Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony
Live at the BBC Proms: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ilan Volkov perform a new piece by Catherine Lamb alongside Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony.
Presented by Kate Molleson, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Catherine Lamb: Portions Transparent/Opaque
8.10 Interval: Nigel Simeone visits the Radio 3 Presenter's box, to talk to Kate Molleson about his pick of the Proms coming up in the next few days.
8.30 Part Two
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)
Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra pair a classic 19th-century symphony with the world premiere of a newly completed orchestral triptych. Premiered just days before the composer’s sudden death, Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony, with its evocative subtitle, is entangled with its author’s own struggles and emotions. Its passionate outpourings meet the intricate play of proportion, density and energy in American composer Catherine Lamb’s mesmerising Portions Transparent/Opaque – a trio of movements inspired by colour theory that move gradually from sonic expansion to collapse.
MON 22:00 Sunday Feature (m0011m4h)
Afterwords: Simone de Beauvoir
Of the reception of The Second Sex, the seminal book of feminist philosophy that launched 'second-wave' feminism, Simone de Beauvoir said, "Well, it is not my fault if, particularly in France, whenever we talk about women, we instantly think about sex. This is precisely because women have been reduced, by men, to being what they mainly are for men, which is almost exclusively something sexual".
De Beauvoir's position was simply stated, in line with a philosophical position that existence precedes essence: "one is not born but becomes a woman". De Beauvoir herself became a formidable figure in the world of philosophy, literature and politics. It is this iconic image - 'brand Beauvoir' - that has dominated in the thirty-five years since her death and which this episode of Afterwords seeks to deconstruct.
Through archive from 1949 onwards and through the words of those who knew her (such as the writer and former diplomat Claudine Monteil who lives within sight of de Beauvoir's grave) and those who've studied her work (the philosopher and de Beauvoir biographer Kate Kirkpatrick, Professor Ursula Tidd of Manchester University and American philosopher Kathryn Sophia Belle), an intimate, nuanced portrait of Simone de Beauvoir emerges - a woman who embraced the 'matter of being a human being' and modelled new ways of engaging ethically with the world.
With the voice of Simone de Beauvoir, courtesy of the Studs Terkel Radio Archive, and readings by Caroline Crier.
Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio Three
First broadcast 14th November 2021
MON 22:45 The Essay (m000tfdw)
Blood and Bronze
A Portrait of the Artist
Jerry Brotton is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary University of London and wants us to take a fresh look at a period in European history usually associated with beauty, harmony and art. His approach contains a health warning: the Renaissance was a lot darker and violent than many of us have imagined. Retracing the life of Benvenuto Cellini through his shocking autobiography, Jerry reveals how this was a time of conflict as well as beauty, creativity as well as tyranny. And as he gets to grips with such a charismatic yet dangerous character as Cellini, a new discovery brings the story up to date. On the market for over $100 million, a Russian art dealer has offered a ‘self-portrait’ by the hand of Cellini. But Cellini worked in gold and silver, bronze and marble. He didn’t paint! Or did he?
Jerry Brotton is on the trail of a Renaissance man and a modern-day mystery.
Reader Marco Gambino
Producer Mark Rickards
A Whistledown Scotland Production
MON 23:00 Night Tracks (m001nw93)
Adventures in sound
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
TUESDAY 25 JULY 2023
TUE 00:30 Through the Night (m001nw9d)
Alexander Lonquich plays Beethoven Concertos
Alexander Lonquich performs Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos 1, 3, and 5 with the Munich Chamber Orchestra at the Lower Saxony Music Days Festival. Catriona Young presents.
12:31 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, op. 15
Alexander Lonquich (piano), Munich Chamber Orchestra
01:07 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37
Alexander Lonquich (piano), Munich Chamber Orchestra
01:43 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat, op. 73 ('Emperor')
Alexander Lonquich (piano), Munich Chamber Orchestra
02:20 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Overture (Egmont, Op 84)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Arthur Fagen (conductor)
02:31 AM
Carolus Antonius Fodor (1768-1846)
Sonata in F sharp minor (Op.2 No.2) (1793)
Arthur Schoonderwoerd (fortepiano)
02:49 AM
Sandor Balassa (b.1935)
Valley of the Huns - symphonic poem
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Laszlo Kovacs (conductor)
03:08 AM
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
Trio for piano and strings (Op.12) in E flat major
Hertz Trio
03:25 AM
Alessandro Piccinini (1566-c.1638)
Toccata; Mariona alla vera spagnola, chiaccona
United Continuo Ensemble
03:34 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Hora est
Radio France Chorus, Denis Comtet (organ), Donald Palumbo (conductor)
03:43 AM
Johannes Verhulst (1816-1891)
Overture in C minor, 'Gijsbrecht van Aemstel', Op 3
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen (conductor)
03:52 AM
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)
Suite in the olden style arr. D.Shafran for cello and piano
Daniil Shafran (cello), Anton Osetrov (piano)
04:06 AM
Anonymous
Kyrie 'Orbis factor'; Nostra avocata sei
Mala Punica
04:15 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Concerto in E flat major H.7e.1 for trumpet and orchestra
Gabor Boldoczki (trumpet), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)
04:31 AM
Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762)
Sonata in D major, (Op.1 No.1)
Pierre Pitzl (viola da gamba), Mary Jean Bolli (viola da gamba), Luciano Contini (archlute), Augusta Campagne (harpsichord)
04:40 AM
Daniel Auber (1782-1871)
Overture to "Marco Spada"
Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
04:51 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Trio No.5 from Essercizii Musici, for Recorder, Violin, and continuo
Camerata Koln
05:02 AM
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Banalités
Katarina Jovanovic (soprano), Dejan Sinadinovic (piano)
05:13 AM
Stevan Mokranjac (1856-1914)
Fifth Song-Wreath (From my homeland)
Belgrade Radio and Television Chorus, Mladen Jagust (conductor)
05:24 AM
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899), Arnold Schoenberg (arranger)
Rosen aus dem Suden: waltz arr. Schoenberg for harmonium, piano & string quartet
Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (director)
05:33 AM
George Enescu (1881-1955)
Impressions d'enfance for violin and piano (Op.28)
Sherban Lupu (violin), Valentin Gheorgiu (piano)
05:53 AM
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (c.1670-1746)
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - Mass for 4 voices & basso continuo
Barbara Schlick (soprano), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Max von Egmond (bass), Jugendkantorei Dormagen, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max (director)
06:10 AM
Franz Berwald (1796-1868)
String Quartet in Eb Major (1849)
Zetterqvist String Quartet
TUE 06:30 Breakfast (m001nw9h)
Tuesday - Petroc's classical alarm call
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
TUE 09:00 Essential Classics (m001nw9p)
Tom McKinney
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.
0930 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (m001nw9w)
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
A meeting of minds
Kate Molleson considers the reasons why Germaine Tailleferre struck up a friendship with Ravel, with guests Caroline Potter and Barbara Kelly.
Germaine Tailleferre first made a splash in the heady atmosphere of 1920s Paris. She was part of a lively, bohemian scene in which poetry and exhibitions went hand in hand with performances of new music. Her career was given a bump start by the eccentric older composer, Eric Satie. He was an influential voice in avant-garde circles, and his support opened a door to wider recognition. Tailleferre became part of a like-minded set of young composers, along with Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Louis Durey and Georges Auric. Their energy and drive created exciting new outlets for performances of their music. It was a journalist, Henri Collet, who coined their eventual collective name "Les Six". While their artistic paths quickly diversified, the group remained friends for the rest of their lives.
Tailleferre was a prolific composer, writing in all the genres from small scale chamber works to large scale works including cantatas, orchestral scores, ballets and operas. After enjoying considerable success, by the 1930s her prominence began to fade. There's some evidence to suggest that her two unhappy marriages, and the deprivations of living in occupied France, followed by a temporary exile in the States during the Second World War, all had an adverse impact on her career. Despite these setbacks, she continued to compose and would teach music almost to the very end of her life. She died in 1983 at the age of 91.
Hindered too, perhaps, by her own retiring personality and historical views of a female composer, Tailleferre's music has been overshadowed by some of the other members of "Les Six". This week Kate Molleson brings Germaine Tailleferre's music firmly in to the limelight. She's joined in studio by two other Tailleferre enthusiasts, Barbara Kelly from the University of Leeds, and Caroline Potter, who's currently writing a book about Tailleferre.
Seventeen years her senior, and very well respected, Ravel was also considered by many young bloods to be part of the old guard. When Tailleferre began to visit him in 1924, it was intriguing direction for a young composer to make.
Pas trop vite
Nicolas Horvath, piano
Piano Trio
I: Allegro animato
II: Allegro vivace
Trio Karénine
Paloma Kouider, piano
Fanny Robilliard, violin
Louis Rodde, cello
Ballade for piano and orchestra
Modéré – Assez lent – Presto – Mouvement de Valse. Un peu moins vite – Lent
Florian Uhlig, piano
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
Pablo Gonzàlez, conductor
Chansons françaises
No 5 : On a dit mal de mon ami (excerpt)
Jane Bathori, soprano
Germaine Tailleferre, piano
Chansons françaises
No 1. Non, non, la fidélité
No 2. Souvent un air de vérité
No 5. On a dit mal de mon ami
Ruby Hughes, soprano
Anna Tilbrook, piano
Concerto no. 1 for piano and orchestra
California Parallele Ensemble
United States Santa Cruz Orchestra
Nicola Paiment, conductor
Josophine Gandolfi, piano
Producer: Johannah Smith
TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (m001nwb2)
East Neuk Festival 1/4
From the East Neuk festival in Fife, pianist Bertrand Chamayou, cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, violist Diyang Mei and the Belcea Quartet perform Brahms second sextet for strings and a selection of Debussy preludes for solo piano. Recorded at Crail Parish Church.
Brahms: Sextet No 2 in G, Op.36
Debussy: La Cathedrale Engloutie
Debussy: La Terrasse Des Audiences Du Clair De Lune
Belcea Quartet
Diyang Mei, viola
Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Stephen Broad - presenter
Laura Metcalfe - producer
TUE 14:00 Afternoon Concert (m001nwb8)
Tuesday - BBC Proms - Elena Urioste and BBC NOW
Presented by Fiona Talkington, including another chance to hear the BBC National Orchestra of Wales's recent Prom with conductor Tadaaki Otaka, featuring the violinist Elena Urioste in Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Violin Concerto, and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
Plus more from the Schwetzingen Festival, and music by Silvestrov and Zemlinsky.
Including:
Coleridge-Taylor: African suite for orchestra op.35: IV. African Dance (arr. Chris Cameron)
Chineke!
Kevin John Edusei, conductor
Shostakovich: Introduction, from 'The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a'
Kian Soltani (cello)
Six cellos of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Praetorius: Gloria tibi Domine
Chorwerk Ruhr
Florian Helgath, director
Capella de la Torre
Katharina Bauml, director
c.
2.25pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Wesnesday 19th July)
Presented by Penny Gore
Rachmaninov orch. Respighi: Five Études-tableaux
Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto in G minor
Elena Urioste, violin
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
c.
3.20pm
Proms Artist Choice
Gallus: Jerusalem, gaude gaudio magno
Chorwerk Ruhr
Florian Helgath, director
Capella de la Torre
Katharina Bauml, director
c.
3.35pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Wednesday 19th July)
Presented by Penny Gore
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
c.
4.10pm
Silvestrov: Abendserenade
European Union Youth Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Bianciardi: Ave gratia plena
Chorwerk Ruhr
Florian Helgath, director
Capella de la Torre
Katharina Bauml, director
Phillys Tate: London Fields; no.3 - Springtime in Kew
London Philharmonic
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
c.4.35pm
Zemlinsky: Psalm 23 Op.14 for chorus and orchestra
Tenebrae
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Nigel Short, conductor
TUE 17:00 In Tune (m001nwbg)
Sir Mark Elder, James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook
Sean Rafferty is joined by conductor Sir Mark Elder ahead of BBC Prom with the Hallé. Plus, tenor James Gilchrist and pianist Anna Tilbrook perform live in the studio ahead of James's appearance at the Three Choirs Festival in Bach's St John Passion.
TUE 19:00 BBC Proms (m001nwbm)
2023
Prom 14: Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations
Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra & conductor Elim Chan perform Elgar, Noriko Koide, and, with pianist Jan Lisiecki, Beethoven's sparkling Piano Concerto No.3.
Presented by Ian Skelly, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Noriko Koide: Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain (BBC commission: European premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Edward Elgar: ‘Enigma’ Variations
Jan Lisiecki (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Elim Chan (conductor)
‘The Enigma I will not explain – its “dark saying” must be left unguessed …’ So wrote Edward Elgar of his career-making ‘Enigma’ Variations. What’s not in question, however, is the tender playfulness of orchestral variations inspired by the composer’s friends and family, including the noble, much-loved ‘Nimrod’. Pianist Jan Lisiecki joins Elim Chan and the BBC SO for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 – a Romantic tussle between conflict and lyricism. The concert opens with the European premiere of Noriko Koide’s silkworm-inspired Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain, commissioned for last year’s BBC Proms Japan.
TUE 21:15 Sunday Feature (m00121yr)
Afterwords: Mary Oliver
A dive into the poetic worlds of the American writer Mary Oliver, through rare recordings of the poet herself, interviews with those who knew her and writers for whom her work has been a guiding light.
In this edition of Afterwords, we explore Oliver's poetic invitations to finding redemption, devotion and love within a harsh and beautiful world. Her words sing the natural landscape - alive with awe, ecstasy, wildness - but also with a deep awareness of its capacity for heartbreak, pain and brutality.
In 'Our World', Mary Oliver's elegy for the photographer Molly Malone Cook - her partner of over four decades - Oliver wrote "Attention without feeling... is only a report. An openness — an empathy — was necessary if the attention was to matter". Using the image of Cook tenderly observing the world in the slow bloom of her photographer's darkroom, Oliver reflects on how this notion of attention wove into her writing, "M. instilled in me this deeper level of looking..."
We hear from Helene Atwan, her publisher at Beacon Press, poet and friend Lisa Starr and the writers Mary Jean Chan and Nadine Aisha Jassat
Archive recordings include excerpts from the On Being podcast ('Mary Oliver - Listening to the World' interview by Krista Tippett, 5.
02.15 - hear the conversation in full at www.onbeing.org), the Lannan Foundation ('Mary Oliver in Conversation with Coleman Barks', 4.
08.01), Literary Hub ('A Phonecall from Paul: A Conversation with John Waters',
18.07.19) and Beacon Press ('At Blackwater Pond',
15.04.06).
Poems feat. (Reprinted by the permission of The Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency as agent for the author.)
“In Blackwater Woods”
Copyright © Mary Oliver 1983
“Sleeping in the Forest”
Copyright © Mary Oliver 1978
“Wild Geese”
Copyright © Mary Oliver 1986
“The Whistler”
Copyright © Mary Oliver 1999
“When Death Comes”
Copyright © Mary Oliver 1992
Produced by Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 3
RPT - first broadcast 21st November 2021
TUE 22:00 The Essay (m000tdtq)
Blood and Bronze
Overture
Jerry Brotton is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary University of London and wants us to take a fresh look at a period in European history usually associated with beauty, harmony and art. His approach contains a health warning: the Renaissance was a lot darker and violent than many of us have imagined. Retracing the life of Benvenuto Cellini through his shocking autobiography, Jerry reveals how this was a time of conflict as well as beauty, creativity as well as tyranny.
Music is at the heart of the Renaissance, and Cellini’s early years are spent training as a musician. Renaissance music was all about harmony, but Cellini was ruled by other passions. Jerry looks at his early years and the conflicts that soon arise in a volatile youth.
With specially commissioned music to recreate the sound of Renaissance Florence.
Reader Marco Gambino
Producer Mark Rickards
A Whistledown Scotland Production
TUE 22:15 BBC Proms (m001nwbr)
2023
Prom 15: Late Night: Moon and Stars
Live at the BBC Proms: music by Kristina Arakelyan, Claude Debussy & Hans Zimmer performed by celebrated organist Anna Lapwood.
Presented by Andrew McGregor, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Kristina Arakelyan: Star Fantasy
Ghislaine Reece-Trapp: In Paradisum
Olivia Belli: Limina Luminis (BBC commission: world premiere)
Hans Zimmer trans. Anna Lapwood: Interstellar Suite, Part 1 — Stay
Florence Price: Retrospection (An Elf on a Moonbeam)
Philip Glass: Mad Rush
Hans Zimmer trans. Anna Lapwood: Interstellar Suite, Part 2 — Cornfield Chase
Debussy arr. Guilmant: Andantino doucement expressif (3rd movement of String Quartet in G minor)
Debussy arr. Anna Lapwood: Clair de Lune (from Suite bergamasque)
Hans Zimmer trans. Anna Lapwood: Interstellar Suite, Part 3 — No Time for Caution
Anna Lapwood, organ
A chance to hear the 9,999 pipes of the Royal Albert Hall’s organ put through their paces by organist and TikTok star Anna Lapwood in her solo Proms debut. Stars shine and moonlight gleams in a late-night programme that gazes on the heavens through the eyes of Philip Glass, Claude Debussy, Kristina Arakelyan and Ghislaine Reece-Trapp. We’ll travel on out into the universe with Anna’s own organ version of music by film composer Hans Zimmer, all in cinematic close-up.
WEDNESDAY 26 JULY 2023
WED 00:00 The Night Tracks Mix (m001khdt)
Music for the night
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening. Subscribe to receive your weekly mix on BBC Sounds.
WED 00:30 Through the Night (m001nwbw)
An evening at Villa Casals
Canadian pianist Louis Lortie joins clarinettist Paul Meyer and cellist Edgar Moreau at the Pau Casals International Music Festival for a programme of Fauré, Debussy, Brahms and Beethoven. Danielle Jalowiecka presents.
12:31 AM
Gabriel Faure (1845 - 1924)
Piano Trio in D minor, Op 120
Paul Meyer (clarinet), Edgar Moreau (cello), Louis Lortie (piano)
12:52 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Cello Sonata in D minor, L. 135
Edgar Moreau (cello), Louis Lortie (piano)
01:03 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op 120 no 1
Paul Meyer (clarinet), Louis Lortie (piano)
01:27 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Trio no 4 in B flat, Op 11 'Gassenhauer'
Louis Lortie (piano), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Edgar Moreau (cello)
01:49 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Serenade no 1 in D, Op 11
Scharoun Ensemble Berlin, Zermatt Music Festival Academy Students
02:31 AM
Jacobus Gallus Carniolus (1550-1591)
Missa super Adesto dolori meo a 5 (SQM III/9)
Madrigal Quintett Brno, Roman Valek (director)
02:53 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata for solo violin No 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
03:14 AM
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Symphony No.3 in C minor Op.78 "Organ Symphony"
Kaare Nordstoga (organ), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Michel Plasson (conductor)
03:49 AM
Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
Melody in F major, Op 3 no 1
Dennis Hennig (piano)
03:54 AM
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen, from 'Die tote Stadt'
Aleksander Nohr (baritone), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Petr Popelka (conductor)
03:59 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425
Avi Avital (mandolin), Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Willi Zimmermann (conductor)
04:06 AM
Milton Barnes (1931-2001)
Three Folk Dances
Moshe Hammer (violin), Valerie Tryon (piano)
04:12 AM
Gabriel Faure (1845 - 1924)
Nocturne for piano no 6 in D flat major, Op 63
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
04:21 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Markus Theinert (arranger)
The Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a
Brass Consort Koln
04:31 AM
Ruth Watson Henderson (1932-)
The River for SATB and piano (in memory of John Ford)
Elmer Iseler Singers, Claire Preston (piano), Lydia Adams (conductor)
04:35 AM
Vatroslav Lisinski (1819-1854)
Vecer (Evening) - orchestral idyll
Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Enrico Dindo (conductor)
04:42 AM
Arcangelo Califano (fl.1700-1750)
Sonata for 2 oboes, bassoon and keyboard in C major
Ensemble Zefiro
04:52 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Sonata in G minor H.
16.44 for piano
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
05:03 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Liederkreis, Op 24
Allan Clayton (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano)
05:24 AM
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
L'Arlesienne Suites Nos 1 & 2
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)
05:46 AM
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Clair de lune - No 5 from Pieces de fantaisie: suite for organ No 2 Op 53
Stanislas Deriemaeker (organ)
05:56 AM
Augusta Holmes (1847-1903)
La vision de la reine
BBC Singers Women's Voices, Morwenna Del Mar (cello), Alison Martin (harp), Annabel Thwaite (piano), Hilary Campbell (conductor)
06:14 AM
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor)
WED 06:30 Breakfast (m001nw3d)
Wednesday - Petroc's classical rise and shine
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
WED 09:00 Essential Classics (m001nw3n)
Tom McKinney
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
0930 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (m001nw3x)
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
The new Romeo and Juliet
Kate Molleson follows Tailleferre activities in America in the 1920s. As her professional horizons widen, a chance meeting leads to a whirlwind proposal of marriage.
Germaine Tailleferre first made a splash in the heady atmosphere of 1920s Paris. She was part of a lively, bohemian scene in which poetry and exhibitions went hand in hand with performances of new music. Her career was given a bump start by the eccentric older composer, Eric Satie. He was an influential voice in avant-garde circles, and his support opened a door to wider recognition. Tailleferre became part of a like-minded set of young composers, along with Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Louis Durey and Georges Auric. Their energy and drive created exciting new outlets for performances of their music. It was a journalist, Henri Collet, who coined their eventual collective name "Les Six". While their artistic paths quickly diversified, the group remained friends for the rest of their lives.
Tailleferre was a prolific composer, writing in all the genres from small scale chamber works to large scale works including cantatas, orchestral scores, ballets and operas. After enjoying considerable success, by the 1930s her prominence began to fade. There's some evidence to suggest that her two unhappy marriages, and the deprivations of living in occupied France, followed by a temporary exile in the States during the Second World War, all had an adverse impact on her career. Despite these setbacks, she continued to compose and would teach music almost to the very end of her life. She died in 1983 at the age of 91.
Held back perhaps by her own retiring personality and historical views of a female composer, Tailleferre's music has been overshadowed by some of the other members of "Les Six". This week Kate Molleson brings Germaine Tailleferre's music firmly in to the limelight. She's joined in studio by two other Tailleferre enthusiasts, Barbara Kelly from the University of Leeds, and Caroline Potter, who's currently writing a book about Tailleferre.
Tailleferre was introduced to the illustrator Ralph Barton at a swanky party. The attraction between them was instantaneous, but all too soon a heartbreaking tragedy was to follow.
Violin sonata no 1 (excerpt)
I : Modéré sans lenteur
Malin Broman, violin
Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano
Fandango
Nicolas Horvath, piano
La nouvelle Cythère (excerpts)
Nocturne
Pavane
Galop
Clinton-Narboni Duo
Harp Concertino
I. Allegretto
II: Lento
III: Rondo
Gabriella Dall’Olio, harp
Foundation Philharmonic Orchestra
David Snell, conductor
Chansons Françaises
No 3 : Mon mari m‘a diffamée (Anon. XV.)
No 4 : Vrai Dieu, qui m‘y confortera? (Anon. XV.)
Ruby Hughes, soprano
Anna Tilbrook, piano
Violin sonata no 1
I: Modéré sans lenteur
IV: Final: très vite
Malin Broman, violin
Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano
Producer: Johannah Smith
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (m001nw46)
East Neuk Festival (2/4)
Recorded in Crail Church, pianist Bertrand Chamayou performs Ravel's macabre-inspired tour de force for the piano and
the Belcea Quartet play Debussy's much loved string quartet.
Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit M.55
Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Belcea Quartet
Stephen Broad - presenter
Laura Metcalfe - producer
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (m001nw4d)
Wednesday - BBC Proms at Sage Gateshead
Presented by Fiona Talkington, including another chance to hear one of the recent Proms at Sage Gateshead. Dinis Sousa conducts the Royal Northern Sinfonia in a new piece by Missy Mazzoli, Mozart's Piano Concerto No.20 with soloist Kristian Bezuidenhout, and Brahms's Symphony No.2.
Plus more from Chorwerk Ruhr and Capella de la Torre at this summer's Schwetzingen Festival.
Including:
Pachelbel: Canon in D major
Daniel Hope, Lorenza Borrani & Lucy Gould (violins)
Kristian Bezuidenhout (harpsichord)
Stefan Rath (theorbo)
Jonathan Cohen (cello)
c.
2.05pm
BBC Proms at Sage Gateshead (first broadcast live on Saturday 22nd July)
Presented by Tom McKinney
Missy Mazzoli: Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor
Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Dinis Sousa, conductor
c.
2.50pm
Proms Artist Choice
c.
3pm
Praetorius: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist
Chorwerk Ruhr
Florian Helgath, director
Capella de la Torre
Katharina Bauml, director
c.
3.05pm
BBC Proms at Sage Gateshead (first broadcast live on Saturday 22nd July)
Presented by Tom McKinney
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Dinis Sousa, conductor
WED 16:00 Choral Evensong (m001nw4l)
Gloucester Cathedral
Live from Gloucester Cathedral during the Three Choirs Festival.
Responses: Randall Svane
Psalm 119 vv.145-176 (Cooper, Wesley, Miller, Hylton Stewart)
First Lesson: Isaiah 49 vv.8-13
Magnificat (Finzi, completed David Bednall)
Second Lesson: 2 Corinthians 8 vv.1-11
Nunc dimittis (David Bednall)
Anthem: The Pilgrimes Travels (Judith Bingham)
Voluntary: Acclamations (Neil Cox)
Adrian Partington (Director of Music)
Jonathan Hope (Organist)
WED 17:00 In Tune (m001nw4s)
Chloe Hanslip & Danny Driver
Violinist Chloe Hanslip and pianist Danny Driver perform live in the studio ahead of their concert at the Music at Paxton festival.
WED 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m001nw4z)
Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
WED 19:30 BBC Proms (m001nw55)
2023
Prom 16: The Hallé perform Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony
Live at the BBC Proms: Sir Mark Elder conducts the Hallé in Rachmaninov's choral symphony The Bells and Shostakovich's mighty Fifth Symphony.
Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Rachmaninov: The Bells
c.
8.05
Interval: Martin Handley is joined in the Radio 3 box by Rachmaninov expert, Philip Bullock, to discuss The Bells, its origins and influences.
c.
8.25
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor
Mané Galoyan, soprano
Dmytro Popov, tenor
BBC Symphony Chorus
Hallé Choir
Hallé
Sir Mark Elder, conductor
Rachmaninov’s The Bells opens this all-Russian programme from Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé. Based on an Edgar Allan Poe poem, this magnificent choral symphony blends gothic drama with mystical intensity, haunted by the tolling of the Dies irae chant. Fear of death also lurks beneath the triumphant fanfares and jollity of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 – the composer’s attempt to satisfy Stalin and the Soviet regime after his career-riskingly provocative opera The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.
WED 22:00 Sunday Feature (m00120qn)
Afterwords: Stuart Hall
Reflections on the life and work of the Jamaican-British academic, writer and cultural studies pioneer, Stuart Hall, through archive and contributions from those who knew him and his work.
In his memoir, published three years after his death in 2014, Stuart Hall wrote, “You could say I have lived, metaphorically speaking, on the hinge between the colonial and post-colonial worlds; because of radically changing locations, I have belonged, in different ways, to both at different times of my life without ever being fully of either.” It was this position of belonging and not-belonging, of being perpetually ‘in-between’ his homeland, Jamaica, and the place he made his home - Britain - that inspired many of Hall’s progressive theories on identity, art, politics and culture, making him one of the most influential and respected British thinkers of our time.
Through his own words, and with contributions from loved ones, academics, artists, and a new generation inspired by his work, Afterwords explores Hall’s ideas, influence and identities, from Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, to founding editor of the New Left Review, co-creator of the first Cultural Studies department at Birmingham University, Professor of Sociology at the Open University, champion of black British art, TV presenter, political activist, lover of music and family man.
With Catherine Hall, Aicha Merez, Julian Henriques and Imani Robinson.
Research by Redzi Bernard.
Produced by Zakia Sewell
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio Three.
First broadcast 28th November 2021
WED 22:45 The Essay (m000tf74)
Blood and Bronze
Storming the Capitol
Jerry Brotton is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary University of London and wants us to take a fresh look at a period in European history usually associated with beauty, harmony and art. His approach contains a health warning: the Renaissance was a lot darker and violent than many of us have imagined. Retracing the life of Benvenuto Cellini through his shocking autobiography, Jerry reveals how this was a time of conflict as well as beauty, creativity as well as tyranny.
Having built a career as a goldsmith, Cellini turns soldier during one of the Renaissance’s most terrible moments: the Sack of Rome in 1527. As he defends the city, he melts down the pope’s jewellery as the fighting reaches its climax.
Reader Marco Gambino
Producer Mark Rickards
A Whistledown Scotland Production
WED 23:00 Night Tracks (m001nw5c)
Around midnight
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
THURSDAY 27 JULY 2023
THU 00:30 Through the Night (m001nw5g)
Bruckner from Zagreb
Aleksandar Marković conducts the Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Bruckner's Eighth Symphony. Danielle Jalowiecka presents.
12:31 AM
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Aleksandar Markovic (conductor)
01:46 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Lyric Pieces - selection from Books 1 & 2
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
02:04 AM
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Te Deum for soloists, chorus and orchestra in C major
Giorgia Milanesi (soprano), Ulfried Haselsteiner (tenor), Anne Margrethe Punsvik Gluch (soprano), Thomas Mohr (baritone), Havard Stensvold (bass baritone), Kristiansand Cathedral Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Rolf Gupta (conductor)
02:31 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
String Quartet No 14 in D minor, D 810 'Death and the Maiden'
Sebastian String Quartet
03:10 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op.58
Jakub Kuszlik (piano)
03:38 AM
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Mon coeur s'ouvre from 'Samson et Dalila' (arr for trumpet & orchestra)
Jouko Harjanne (trumpet), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen (conductor)
03:44 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
2 Sonatinas for mandolin: C minor WoO 43/1 and C major WoO 44/1
Avi Avital (mandolin), Shalev Ad-El (harpsichord)
03:51 AM
Hector Gratton (1900-1970)
Legende - symphonic poem
Orchestre Metropolitain, Gilles Auger (conductor)
04:01 AM
Peter Zagar (1961-)
Blumenthal Dance no 2 for violin, viola, cello, clarinet and piano (1999)
Opera Aperta Ensemble
04:09 AM
Monk of Salzburg (c.1340-c.1392)
In aller werlt mein liebster hort
Ensemble fur Fruhe Musik Augsburg
04:15 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
D'un cahier d'esquisses (1903)
Roger Woodward (piano)
04:20 AM
Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
Ballet Music for the Merry Wives of Windsor by Otto Nicolai
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
04:31 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto for 4 violins, cello and orchestra (RV.567) Op 3 No 7 in F major
Paul Wright (violin), Natsumi Wakamatsu (violin), Sayuri Yamagata (violin), Staas Swierstra (violin), Hidemi Suzuki (cello), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (conductor)
04:40 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
David MacDonald (organ)
04:49 AM
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
Varnatt (Spring Night)
Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stefan Skold (conductor)
04:58 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
8 Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano'
Hyong-Sup Kim (oboe), Ja-Eun Ku (piano)
05:07 AM
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Two Pieces for String Octet, Op 11
Helena Winkelman (violin), Camerata Variabile Basel
05:18 AM
Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962)
Capriccio brillante for 3 flutes, Op 31
Vladislav Brunner Sr. (flute), Juraj Brunner (flute), Milan Brunner (flute)
05:28 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Serenade for strings in E major, Op.22
Camerata Bern, Antje Weithaas (director)
05:56 AM
Gabriel Faure (1845 - 1924)
Nocturne for piano in E flat minor, Op 33 no 1
Livia Rev (piano)
06:05 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn in E flat major, K452
Douglas Boyd (oboe), Hans Christian Braein (clarinet), Kjell Erik Arnesen (french horn), Per Hannisdal (bassoon), Andreas Staier (piano)
THU 06:30 Breakfast (m001nw5n)
Thursday - Petroc's classical mix
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
THU 09:00 Essential Classics (m001nw5s)
Tom McKinney
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
0930 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (m001nw5x)
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
An Escape Route
Kate Molleson tells the story of Germaine Tailleferre's dramatic escape from war-torn France, with music including a brilliantly original concerto for two pianos and orchestra.
Germaine Tailleferre first made a splash in the heady atmosphere of 1920s Paris. She was part of a lively, bohemian scene in which poetry and exhibitions went hand in hand with performances of new music. Her career was given a bump start by the eccentric older composer, Eric Satie. He was an influential voice in avant-garde circles, and his support opened a door to wider recognition. Tailleferre became part of a like-minded set of young composers, along with Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Louis Durey and Georges Auric. Their energy and drive created exciting new outlets for performances of their music. It was a journalist, Henri Collet, who coined their eventual collective name "Les Six". While their artistic paths quickly diversified, the group remained friends for the rest of their lives.
Tailleferre was a prolific composer, writing in all the genres from small scale chamber works to large scale works including cantatas, orchestral scores, ballets and operas. After enjoying considerable success, by the 1930s her prominence began to fade. There's some evidence to suggest that her two unhappy marriages, and the deprivations of living in occupied France, followed by a temporary exile in the States during the Second World War, all had an adverse impact on her career. Despite these setbacks, she continued to compose and would teach music almost to the very end of her life. She died in 1983 at the age of 91.
Held back perhaps by her own retiring personality and historical views of a female composer, Tailleferre's music has been overshadowed by some of the other members of "Les Six". This week Kate Molleson brings Germaine Tailleferre's music firmly in to the limelight. She's joined in studio by two other Tailleferre enthusiasts, Barbara Kelly from the University of Leeds, and Caroline Potter, who's currently writing a book about Tailleferre.
As basic commodities dwindled in German occupied France, Tailleferre's situation became untenable. A life as a war refugee was fast becoming a necessary solution.
Partita for piano (excerpt)
I: Perpetuum mobile
Virginia Eskin, piano
Chansons du folklore
La pernette se lève
Patrice Michaels, soprano
Chicago Chamber Musicians
Paul Freeman, conductor
Sonata for Harp
I: Allegretto
II: Lento
III: Perpetuum mobile
Maria Graf, harp
Concerto two pianos, chorus and orchestra
Mark Clinton, Piano
Nicole Narboni, Piano
Solveig Berg, Soprano
Emmanuelle Mansard, Soprano
Anne Coppey, Mezzo Soprano
Charlotte Baillaux, Mezzo Soprano
Dominique Ploteau, Tenor
Phillipe Hoarau, Tenor
Phillipe Degaetz, Bass
Francois Echassaux, Bass
Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris
The XAS Ensemble
Bruno Poindefert, conductor
La cantate du narcisse
II: Le narcisse. Soleil seul avec toi
Jean Planel, tenor
Orchestre National de la RTF
Roger Désormières, conductor
Larghetto
Mark Clinton and Nicole Narboni, pianos
Producer: Johannah Smith
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (m001nw61)
East Neuk Festival (3/4)
From Kilrenny Church in Fife, French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras plays solo works by Bach, Saygun and Marais.
Anonymous (Maybe Marais): Les Regrets
Saygun: Partita for cello solo op. 31
Marais: La Reveuse
Bach: Suite for Solo Cello No. 5 in C Minor, BWV1011
Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello
Stephen Broad - presenter
Laura Metcalfe - producer
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (m001nw68)
Thursday - BBC Proms - Impressions of Spain
Presented by Ian Skelly, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra's recent Spanish-themed Prom. Josep Pons conducts the orchestra in music from and inspired by his homeland, including Lalo's Symphonie espagnole with violinist María Duenas, and works by Falla, Debussy and Ravel.
Plus the Spanish-born guitarist Anabel Montesinos in Barcelona, more Renaissance and Baroque music from the Schwetzingen Festival, and JS Bach performed on the organ of St Thomas Church, Leipzig.
Including:
Rodrigo: Three Old Dance Tunes: no.3 Jiga
City of Granada Orchestra
Josep Pons, conductor
Mangore: Caazapa
Anabel Montesinos, guitar
Schelle: Komm, Jesu, komm
Chorwerk Ruhr
Florian Helgath, director
Capella de la Torre
Katharina Bauml, director
c.
2.05pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Thursday 20th July)
Presented by Ian Skelly
Falla: La vida breve – Interlude and Dance
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
María Duenas, violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons, conductor
c.
3pm
Proms Artist Choice
c.3.20pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Thursday 20th July)
Presented by Ian Skelly
Debussy: Images – Ibéria
Ravel: Boléro
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons, conductor
c.
4pm
Gallus: Ecce quomodo moritur Justus
Chorwerk Ruhr
Florian Helgath, director
JS Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV 552
Johannes Lang, organ of St Thomas' Church, Leipzig
c.4.30pm
Sibelius: Valse Triste
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Eva Ollikainen, conductor
Smyth: Serenade (Symphonic serenade) in D major (4th movement)
BBC Philharmonic
Odaline de la Martinez, conductor
THU 17:00 In Tune (m001nw6j)
Helen Charlston
Mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston joins Katie Derham in the studio for live music ahead of her performance in Mendelssohn’s Elijah at the BBC Proms.
THU 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m001nw6v)
The perfect classical half hour
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. Today's selection includes music by Vivaldi, Glazunov, Richard Strauss, a rare gem from Moritz Moszkowski, a piece by Beethoven that deserves to be heard much more often and some glorious Poulenc to end with.
THU 19:30 BBC Proms (m001nw76)
2023
Prom 17: Orff’s Carmina Burana
Live at the BBC Proms: the City of Birmingham Symphony and Choruses are conducted by Kazuki Yamada in Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms and Orff's Carmina Burana.
Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Interval at
8pm
For the first part of his professional life Munich-born Carl Orff, early music pioneer and music educator, was not a terribly successful composer. But between 1932 and 1944 his income increased nearly tenfold and his greatest hit, the 1937 Carmina Burana, came at a time when many of Germany's most celebrated composers and musicians had fled the Nazi regime. Erik Levi, author of the definitive 'Music in the Third Reich', explores Orff's sometimes controversial career in conversation with Martin Handley.
8.25 pm
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana - cantiones profanae for soloists, chorus and orchestra
Maki Mori - Soprano
Levy Sekgapane - Tenor
Germán Olvera - Baritone
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Youth Chorus and Children's Choir
University of Birmingham Voices
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada - Conductor
Experience the awe-inspiring power of a full orchestra with massed choir and operatic soloists. Sacred and secular collide in a Prom that unites two choral classics: Symphony of Psalms by Igor Stravinsky and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. The former offers music steeped in classical tradition yet interpreted with a fresh perspective, while the latter – with its famous ‘O Fortuna!’ opening – is an extravagant musical celebration of springtime, youth, wine and sex.
THU 22:00 Sunday Feature (m0018238)
Afterwords: Muriel Spark
"One's prime is elusive ..."
Muriel Spark is probably still best known for the novel based on her own schooling in Edinburgh in the 1930's, 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'. But she published over twenty other novels, as well as essays and poems - she always thought of herself as a poet first - and, though 'Scottish by formation', she left Scotland for 'adventures' in what used to be Rhodesia, London, New York and Rome, before finally settling into a kind of 'spiritual exile' for the last thirty years of her life in Arezzo, Tuscany.
But her work and her ideas about what a writer is still resonate, as can be heard in recordings with her from the early 1970s onwards and through the observations of the writers Ian Rankin and Zoe Strachan, Colin McIlroy of the National Library of Scotland and Muriel Spark's friend and author of 'Appointment in Arezzo', Alan Taylor.
With extracts from Spark's writing read by Kate Arneil.
"Everything happens to an artist; time is always redeemed, nothing is lost and wonders never cease." (Loitering With Intent)
Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio Three
First broadcast 12th June 2022
THU 22:45 The Essay (m000tfn7)
Blood and Bronze
Death in Florence
Jerry Brotton is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary University of London and wants us to take a fresh look at a period in European history usually associated with beauty, harmony and art. His approach contains a health warning: the Renaissance was a lot darker and violent than many of us have imagined. Retracing the life of Benvenuto Cellini through his shocking autobiography, Jerry reveals how this was a time of conflict as well as beauty, creativity as well as tyranny.
On his return to Florence, Cellini experiences the horrors of the plague. It is a recurrent feature of daily life in the Renaissance with shocking contemporary resonances. And Cellini has his own very personal brush with death.
Reader Marco Gambino
Producer Mark Rickards
A Whistledown Scotland Production
THU 23:00 The Night Tracks Mix (m001nw7h)
Music for late-night listening
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening. Subscribe to receive your weekly mix on BBC Sounds.
THU 23:30 Ultimate Calm (m001cylx)
Ólafur Arnalds: Series 1
Tune into nature feat. Jon Hopkins
Join Icelandic composer and pianist Ólafur Arnalds for another hour-long musical journey to the very heart of calmness.
In this episode, Ólafur takes inspiration from the calming sounds of the natural world, pulling out pieces featuring birdsong, as well as compositions that aim to help flowers grow. He shares music from the likes of Einojuhani Rautavaara, Peter Broderick and Grouper, and shares his own reflections on nature’s calming influence and how birdsong is the original earworm.
Every episode of Ultimate Calm features a special guest who will transport listeners to the place they feel most calm - their own personal safe haven. For this nature-inspired episode, the English producer and composer Jon Hopkins takes us to his own safe haven, a particular memory he has of emerging from caves in the Amazonian rainforest.
Produced by Katie Callin
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds
FRIDAY 28 JULY 2023
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (m001nw7t)
Monte-Carlo Philharmonic
Arabella Steinbacher joins the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra for Mozart's Violin Concerto No 5, before the Orchestra takes centre stage in Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony. Presented by Danielle Jalowiecka.
12:31 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Violin Concerto no.5 in A major, K.219 'Turkish'
Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Andris Poga (conductor)
01:00 AM
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Recitativo and scherzo-caprice, Op.6
Arabella Steinbacher (violin)
01:06 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op.58
Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Andris Poga (conductor)
01:58 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Partita No 4 in D, BWV 828
Schaghajegh Nosrati (piano)
02:31 AM
Jan van Gilse (1881-1944)
Nonet (4 wind and 5 strings) (1916)
Viotta Ensemble
03:05 AM
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge (Op.10)
Royal Academy Soloists, Clio Gould (director)
03:31 AM
Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
Hornpipe (Miniatures, Set 3, no 2)
Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William Tritt (piano)
03:34 AM
Camilla de Rossi (fl.1707-1710)
Duol sofferto per Amore' (excerpt Sant'Alessio)
Martin Oro (countertenor), Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci (director)
03:41 AM
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Polovtsian dances (Prince Igor)
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
03:53 AM
Alfredo Casella (1883-1947)
Sicilienne and Burlesque
Kathleen Rudolph (flute), Rena Sharon (piano)
04:02 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Symphony No.22 (H.
1.22) in E flat major, "The Philosopher"
Amsterdam Bach Soloists
04:17 AM
Johann Rosenmuller (1619-1684)
De profundis - Psalm 129 (130)
Johanna Koslowsky (soprano), David Cordier (countertenor), Gerd Turk (tenor), Stephan Schreckenberger (bass), Carsten Lohff (organ), Cantus Colln, Konrad Junghanel (director)
04:31 AM
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Allegro appassionato in C sharp minor Op 70
Stefan Lindgren (piano)
04:37 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Flute Concerto in D major RV.90 'Il Gardellino'
Giovanni Antonini (recorder), Il Giardino Armonico
04:48 AM
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
The Blue Bird, from 8 Partsongs Op 119 No 3
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
04:52 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Lyric suite for orchestra from Lyric Pieces (Book 5)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)
05:11 AM
Johann Gottlieb Graun (c.1702-1771)
Quartetto in G minor, GraunWV Av:XIV:10
Kore Orchestra, Andrea Buccarella (harpsichord)
05:22 AM
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Prelude in G minor (BuxWV.149)
Lorenzo Ghielmi (harpsichord)
05:30 AM
Laszlo Lajtha (1892-1963)
Symphony No.4 (Op.52), 'Spring'
Hungarian State Orchestra, Janos Ferencsik (conductor)
05:55 AM
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
Folket i Nifelhem (The people of Nifelhem) (1912)
Swedish Radio Choir, Michael Engstrom (piano), Gustav Sjokvist (conductor)
06:10 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Macbeth (Op.23)
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (m001nwdb)
Friday - Petroc's classical alternative
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and the Friday poem.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (m001nwdd)
Tom McKinney
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.
0930 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (m001nwdg)
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
Music is Music
Kate Molleson discovers Tailleferre raising two grandchildren, writing music and teaching well into her eighties, because 'a good way of ending your life is restarting it'.
Germaine Tailleferre first made a splash in the heady atmosphere of 1920s Paris. She was part of a lively, bohemian scene in which poetry and exhibitions went hand in hand with performances of new music. Her career was given a bump start by the eccentric older composer, Eric Satie. He was an influential voice in avant-garde circles, and his support opened a door to wider recognition. Tailleferre became part of a like-minded set of young composers, along with Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Louis Durey and Georges Auric. Their energy and drive created exciting new outlets for performances of their music. It was a journalist, Henri Collet, who coined their eventual collective name "Les Six". While their artistic paths quickly diversified, the group remained friends for the rest of their lives.
Tailleferre was a prolific composer, writing in all the genres from small scale chamber works to large scale works including cantatas, orchestral scores, ballets and operas. After enjoying considerable success, by the 1930s her prominence began to fade. There's some evidence to suggest that her two unhappy marriages, and the deprivations of living in occupied France, followed by a temporary exile in the States during the Second World War, all had an adverse impact on her career. Despite these setbacks, she continued to compose and would teach music almost to the very end of her life. She died in 1983 at the age of 91.
Held back perhaps by her own retiring personality and historical views of a female composer, Tailleferre's music has been overshadowed by some of the other members of "Les Six". This week Kate Molleson brings Germaine Tailleferre's music firmly in to the limelight. She's joined in studio by two other Tailleferre enthusiasts, Barbara Kelly from the University of Leeds, and Caroline Potter, who's currently writing a book about Tailleferre.
Kate Molleson and guests Barbara Kelly and Caroline Potter pull together a portrait of this elusive, brilliant composer.
Suite burlesque
1. Dolente
Clinton-Narboni Duo
Ouverture trans. By John Paynter
US Navy Band
Lt. Commander John R Pastin, officer in charge/leader
Il était un Petit Navire (arr for two pianos)
Overture to the comic opera
Sayaka Nakajima, piano
Concertino for flute, piano and chamber orchestra (excerpts)
I: Pastorale
IIII: Nocturne
Anthony Robb, flute
Diana Ambache, piano
Ambache Chamber Ensemble
Pancarte pour une porte d’entrée (song cycle)
Les Chapeaux
Désinvoluture
L’oiseau des îsles
Cours
L’émeraude
Sainte Nitouche
Partage
L’insecte
L’hirondelle
Le serpent
Pancarte pour une porte d’entrée
Ruby Hughes, soprano
Anna Tilbrook
Sonate Champêtre for wind and piano
I: Allegro moderato
II: Andantino
III: Allegro vivace – Gaiement
Tailleferre Ensemble
Tu mi chamas
Jodie Devos, soprano
Nicolas Krüger, piano
Producer: Johannah Smith
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (m001nwgq)
East Neuk Festival (4/4)
Recorded in Kilrenny Church in Fife, the Castalian Quartet pair Sibelius's brooding and introspective five-movement work 'Voces intimae' with the fourth of Haydn's genre-shaping Opus 20 quartets, nicknamed 'the Sun'.
Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op. 20
Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56, “Voces intimae"
Castalian Quartet
Stephen Broad - presenter
Laura Metcalfe - producer
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (m001nwdj)
Friday - BBC Proms - Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
Presented by Ian Skelly, including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ryan Wigglesworth's recent Proms performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony alongside a newly commissioned piece from Scottish composer Helen Grime.
Plus the last from this week's featured concert of Renaissance and Baroque music, given by Chorwerk Ruhr and Capella de la Torre at the Schwetzingen Festival in Germany.
Including:
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, op.72; no.11 in F major
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor
G. Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo omnis terra
Chorwerk Ruhr
Florian Helgath, director
Capella de la Torre
Katharina Bauml, director
Zequinha de Abreu: Tico-Tico No Fubá
Viktoria Mullova, violin
Misha Mullov-Abbado, double bass
c.
2.15pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Sunday 23rd July)
Presented by Kate Molleson
Helen Grime: Meditations on Joy (BBC co-commission: UK premiere)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor
c.
2.45pm
Proms Artist Choice
c.
3pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Sunday 23rd July)
Presented by Kate Molleson
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
Eleanor Dennis, soprano
Karen Cargill, mezzo
Nicky Spence, tenor
Michael Mofidian, bass-baritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor
c.
4.20pm
JS Bach: Drum schließ ich mich in deine Hände, aria from 'Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229'
Maurice of Hesse-Kassel: Hosianna filio David
Chorwerk Ruhr
Florian Helgath, director
Capella de la Torre
Katharina Bauml, director
FRI 16:30 The Listening Service (m000n6bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Sunday]
FRI 17:00 In Tune (m001nwdl)
Annelien Van Wauwe, The Ciderhouse Rebellion with Kirsty Merryn
Clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe performs live in the studio ahead of her BBC Prom with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Plus, virtuoso improv duo The Ciderhouse Rebellion join Kirsty Merryn to perform numbers from their new collaborative album The Devil’s On The Mast.
FRI 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m001nwdn)
Classical music for focus or relaxation
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
FRI 19:30 BBC Proms (m001nwdq)
2023
Prom 18: Lata Mangeshkar: Bollywood Legend
Live at the BBC Proms: a tribute to Bollywood’s late, great ‘Queen of Melody,’ Lata Mangheshkar, whose legendary voice was the soundtrack for an entire generation of cinema-goers.
Presented by Sarah Walker and the Asian Network's Haroon Rashid with Noreen Khan on stage, live at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Programme to include:
Khemchand Prakash arr Nathen Durasamy Aayega Aane Walal Aayega
Madan Mohan arr Saurabh Shiva Kumar Aapki Nazro Ne Samjha
Jatin Pandit and Lalit Pandit arr Tim Pottier Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna
Naushad Ali arr Tim Pottier Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya
Jatin Pandit and Lalit Pandit arr Michael Seal Kabhi Kushi Kabhie Gham (title song)
RD Burman arr Tim Pottier Bahon Mein Chale Aao
Gulam Mohamed & Naushad Ali arr Tim Pottier Chalte Chalte Yun Hi Koi
Shivkumar Sharma & Hariprasad Chaurasia arr Tim Pottier Mere Hathon Mein Nau-Nau Chudiyan
Madan Mohan Kholi arr Tim Pottier Lag Ja Gale
Palak Muchhal - singer
Palash Muchhal - singer
Gubzy Sing Lackhanpal percussion
Parvinder Bharat percussion
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Michael Seal - conductor
Don’t miss this Proms tribute to the Nightingale of India: ‘Queen of Melody’ Lata Mangheshkar, whose voice was the soundtrack for generations of cinema-goers. The legendary Bollywood playback singer died last year, aged 92. Tonight, her legacy is celebrated by Palak Muchhal, Palash Muchhal and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Together, they mark the immense career and catalogue of an extraordinary, era-defining artist.
Interval: Sarah Walker and Haroon Rashid discuss Lata Mangheshkar's legacy and enduring influence, from the Radio 3 box.
FRI 22:00 Sunday Feature (m00188kh)
Afterwords: Chinua Achebe
The life and ideas of the Nigerian novelist, poet and critic, Chinua Achebe, in his own words, and in the words of those who knew, loved, and were inspired by him.
Celebrated as “the Father of Modern African literature,” Achebe blazed a trail for African people centring themselves and their culture in their own stories. This began with the release of his debut novel, Things Fall Apart, in 1958. He believed fiercely in the power of stories to obscure or reveal identities, depending on who does the telling, and with that, came a duty to speak out about the failings and corruption of post-colonial Nigeria, and its suppression of stories around Biafra.
With contributions from Achebe’s close friend, the Somali novelist and poet Nuruddin Farah, the author Caryl Phillips, who began a friendship with Achebe after interviewing him in 2003, the young Nigerian writer Esther Ifesanichi Okonkwo who has taken inspiration from Achebe’s essays, and the Igbo historian (and Achebe’s youngest child) Dr Nwando Achebe.
Produced by Redzi Bernard.
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio Three
First broadcast 19th June 2022
FRI 22:45 The Essay (m000tgb9)
Blood and Bronze
The Scorpion
Jerry Brotton is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary University of London and wants us to take a fresh look at a period in European history usually associated with beauty, harmony and art. His approach contains a health warning: the Renaissance was a lot darker and violent than many of us have imagined. Retracing the life of Benvenuto Cellini through his shocking autobiography, Jerry reveals how this was a time of conflict as well as beauty, creativity as well as tyranny.
Cellini roams between the great Italian Renaissance courts, at ease in making art and causing trouble. He conjures devils in the Colosseum and murders his brother’s killer before being falsely imprisoned for stealing the pope’s jewels.
Reader Marco Gambino
Producer Mark Rickards
A Whistledown Scotland Production
FRI 23:00 Late Junction (m001nwds)
Moon Moogs, Sun Salutations
Put on your space boots and join Verity Sharp for another two-hour musical adventure to the farthest reaches of sound via a whole stack of new releases. There’ll be an ode to the sun from ‘the voice of the Andes’ aka Bolivian singer Luzmila Carpio, and a rousing call to action from legendary American composer Beverley Glenn-Copeland. There’s a “polyphonous hex” from experimental Berlin producer Ziúr, Norwegian guitar improvisations from bass player Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard and Aphex Twin’s first release in five years.
Plus a journey to the moon courtesy of the archives of Canadian composer Mort Garson, with the soundtrack he created on his Moog synthesizer for the live broadcast of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing.
Produced by Katie Callin
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 MON (m001nw82)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 TUE (m001nwb8)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 WED (m001nw4d)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 THU (m001nw68)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 FRI (m001nwdj)
BBC Proms
14:00 SAT (m001nw3y)
BBC Proms
19:30 SAT (m001nw4k)
BBC Proms
22:15 SAT (m001nw56)
BBC Proms
14:00 SUN (m001nw73)
BBC Proms
19:30 SUN (m001nw7z)
BBC Proms
21:45 SUN (m001nw88)
BBC Proms
19:30 MON (m001nw8w)
BBC Proms
19:00 TUE (m001nwbm)
BBC Proms
22:15 TUE (m001nwbr)
BBC Proms
19:30 WED (m001nw55)
BBC Proms
19:30 THU (m001nw76)
BBC Proms
19:30 FRI (m001nwdq)
Backstage Pass
21:30 SAT (m001nw4q)
Breakfast
07:00 SAT (m001nw2t)
Breakfast
07:00 SUN (m001nw65)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (m001nw6r)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (m001nw9h)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (m001nw3d)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (m001nw5n)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (m001nwdb)
Choral Evensong
13:00 SUN (m001nnym)
Choral Evensong
16:00 WED (m001nw4l)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 MON (m001nw8m)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 WED (m001nw4z)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 THU (m001nw6v)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 FRI (m001nwdn)
Composer of the Week
12:00 MON (m001nw7c)
Composer of the Week
12:00 TUE (m001nw9w)
Composer of the Week
12:00 WED (m001nw3x)
Composer of the Week
12:00 THU (m001nw5x)
Composer of the Week
12:00 FRI (m001nwdg)
Essential Classics
09:00 MON (m001nw71)
Essential Classics
09:00 TUE (m001nw9p)
Essential Classics
09:00 WED (m001nw3n)
Essential Classics
09:00 THU (m001nw5s)
Essential Classics
09:00 FRI (m001nwdd)
Freeness
00:00 SUN (m001k864)
In Tune
17:00 MON (m001nw8c)
In Tune
17:00 TUE (m001nwbg)
In Tune
17:00 WED (m001nw4s)
In Tune
17:00 THU (m001nw6j)
In Tune
17:00 FRI (m001nwdl)
J to Z
17:00 SAT (m001nw4b)
Jazz Record Requests
16:00 SUN (m001nw7g)
Late Junction
00:00 SAT (m001nnzd)
Late Junction
23:00 FRI (m001nwds)
Music Planet
16:00 SAT (m001nw44)
New Generation Artists
11:45 SAT (m001nw36)
New Generation Artists
21:50 SAT (m001nw50)
Night Tracks
23:00 MON (m001nw93)
Night Tracks
23:00 WED (m001nw5c)
Piano Flow
02:00 SAT (m001nnzg)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
18:30 SAT (m000k35g)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 MON (m001nw7p)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 TUE (m001nwb2)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 WED (m001nw46)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 THU (m001nw61)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 FRI (m001nwgq)
Record Review
09:00 SAT (m001nw30)
Sound of Cinema
13:00 SAT (m001nw3p)
Sounds Connected
00:00 MON (m001nw8j)
Sunday Feature
18:45 SUN (m0014p0s)
Sunday Feature
22:00 MON (m0011m4h)
Sunday Feature
21:15 TUE (m00121yr)
Sunday Feature
22:00 WED (m00120qn)
Sunday Feature
22:00 THU (m0018238)
Sunday Feature
22:00 FRI (m00188kh)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (m001nw6f)
Tearjerker
01:00 SAT (m0011llk)
The Early Music Show
12:00 SUN (m001nw6s)
The Essay
22:45 MON (m000tfdw)
The Essay
22:00 TUE (m000tdtq)
The Essay
22:45 WED (m000tf74)
The Essay
22:45 THU (m000tfn7)
The Essay
22:45 FRI (m000tgb9)
The Listening Service
17:00 SUN (m000n6bt)
The Listening Service
16:30 FRI (m000n6bt)
The Night Tracks Mix
00:00 WED (m001khdt)
The Night Tracks Mix
23:00 THU (m001nw7h)
This Classical Life
12:30 SAT (m001nw3g)
Through the Night
03:00 SAT (m001nnzj)
Through the Night
01:00 SUN (m001nw5d)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (m001nw8s)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (m001nw9d)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (m001nwbw)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (m001nw5g)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (m001nw7t)
Ultimate Calm
23:30 THU (m001cylx)
Words and Music
17:30 SUN (m001c78l)