RADIO-LISTS: BBC RADIO 3
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SATURDAY 27 APRIL 2024
SAT 00:30 Tearjerker (m001y9dm)
AURORA
Music of Grief and Rebirth
AURORA seeks out songs of loss, hope and new chapters. Featuring beautiful music to help you through the difficult times from Gustav Mahler, Billy Joel and Max Richter. Plus we hear from another listener in the “Song That Saves Me”.
SAT 01:30 Essential Classics Mix (m001ydgt)
Essential Classics for study and focus
Can listening to classical music help you concentrate? Try it out at your next study session with a playlist of brain-boosting tracks from composers who obviously know a thing or two about focus and creativity. Keep an ear out for some of the greats including Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian Bach, Caroline Shaw and Philip Glass.
SAT 02:30 Through the Night (m001y9dp)
Brahms and Pejacevic at the 2023 BBC Proms
Pianist Martin Helmchen joins BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Sakari Oramo in Brahms' Piano Concerto no 2 plus Dora Pejačević Symphony in F sharp minor, op 41. John Shea presents.
02:31 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, op. 83
Martin Helmchen (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)
03:19 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Intermezzo in A, op. 118/2
Martin Helmchen (piano)
03:25 AM
Dora Pejacevic (1885-1923)
Symphony in F sharp minor, op. 41
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)
04:08 AM
Andrew York (b.1958)
Sanzen-in
Tornado Guitar Duo (duo)
04:14 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Four Songs, Op 17
Davos Festival Women's Choir, Magdalena Hoffmann (harp), Nicolas Ramez (french horn), Francois Rieu (french horn)
04:31 AM
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Recorder Concerto in A minor
Leonard Schelb (recorder), Raphael Alpermann (harpsichord), Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck (conductor)
04:40 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
3 Pieces from Slatter (Norwegian Peasant Dances), Op.72
Havard Gimse (piano)
04:49 AM
Rudolf Tobias (1873-1918)
Zur Absolution, from Ecclesia (cantata): Wohl dem, dem die Übertretungen vergeben sind (Psalm 32)
Eesti Projekt Chamber Choir
04:57 AM
Johan Svendsen (1840-1911)
Violin Romance in G major, Op 26
Julia Fischer (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)
05:05 AM
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
8 Instrumental miniatures for 15 instruments
Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (director)
05:13 AM
Alessandro Piccinini (1566-c.1638)
Toccata; Mariona alla vera spagnola, chiaccona
United Continuo Ensemble
05:22 AM
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)
Largo for cello and orchestra
Claudio Bohorquez (cello), Polish Sinfonia luventus Orchestra, Maximiano Valdes (conductor)
05:46 AM
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Sonata in D major (Wq.83/H.505)
Les Coucous Benevoles
06:03 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet no 2 in G, Op 18 no 2
Amar Quartet
SAT 06:30 Breakfast (m001ygq0)
Start your weekend the Radio 3 way, with Saturday Breakfast
Join Linton Stephens to wake up the day with a selection of the finest classical music.
SAT 09:00 Saturday Morning (m001ygq2)
Tom Service talks to leading clarinettist Anthony McGill
Leading clarinettist, Anthony McGill, joins Tom live in the studio. As well as a fantastic classical music playlist, there will be news reports and Tom answers the questions about music you've always wanted to ask.
SAT 12:00 Earlier... with Jools Holland (m001ygq4)
In his new show for Saturday lunchtimes, Jools shares his lifelong passion for classical music. With fascinating guests each week who bring their own favourite music and occasionally perform live in Jools's studio.
Today, Jools's choices include music by Elgar, Farrenc, CPE Bach and Mercer Ellington, with performances from Felicity Palmer, Fats Waller and Victoria Mullova. His guest is multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer Meg Ella who introduces music by Gabriel Kahane, Joanna Borrett and Giovanni Sollima.
SAT 13:00 Music Matters (m001ygqb)
The Land Without Music?
Festival of Britain 1951
Richard Morrison explores the domestic state of music since the 1951 Festival of Britain and the founding of the Arts Council. A major aspiration of the Festival of Britain was the setting up of festivals around the whole country and Richard asks what has happened to those local music hubs today, talking to Gillian Moore, Stephen Maddock and composers Judith Weir and James MacMillan. Conductor Martyn Brabbins talks about the move of funding away from major organisations, like English National Opera, and Richard also talks to Darren Henley, managing director of Arts Council England, about the overall distribution of music around the country.
SAT 14:00 Record Review (m001ygqh)
Monteverdi's Vespers in Building a Library with Jeremy Summerly and Andrew McGregor
Jeremy Summerly's personal recommendation for Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610, plus the best of the week's new classical releases
Presented by Andrew McGregor
2.00pm
Writer Gillian Moore's pick of new releases from the week
3.00pm
Building a Library
Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi's Vespers for the Blessed Virgin is an ambitious and beautiful sequence of psalms, motets and sonatas. Conductor Jeremy Summerly joins Andrew to present his ultimate recommendation to buy, download or stream
3.45pm
Record of the Week
Andrew's pick of the best of the best new releases from the last seven days
SAT 16:00 Sound of Cinema (m001ygqm)
The Ex Factor
From the new Zendaya film "Challengers", to "Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind", every breakup brings its own challenges. Matthew Sweet brings the ice cream and a shoulder to cry on for the films that tackle the subject of exes head on.
SAT 17:00 This Classical Life (m001ygqr)
Jess Gillam with... Tom Poster
Jess's guest this week is the pianist Tom Poster. Equally at home in front of an orchestra, performing solo or playing chamber music, Tom is also one of classical music's great collaborators. As well as a pianist he's an arranger, a composer and the co-founder (with his wife violinist Elena Urioste) of the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective - described as a “sparky, shape-shifting ensemble of starry young musicians".
Tom and Jess load up the This Classical Life jukebox with the music they love, including some glorious Handel performed by Alison Balsom and Iestyn Davies, a twisted orchestral tale by Berlioz, a toe tapper by Ella Fitzgerald and something joyous by Joe Hisaishi from My Neighbour Totoro.
Plus Jess plays some of the best music to take you into Saturday evening.
SAT 18:00 Opera on 3 (m001ygqw)
Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Ryan Speedo Green and Latonia Moore star in Blanchard's drama of a young man's journey, which in 2021 became the first opera by a black composer to be staged at the New York Met.
The opera contains subject matter and very strong language which some listeners may find offensive or upsetting.
Ryan Speedo Green sings Charles, the young man faced with a fateful decision, with Latonia Moore reprising her heartbreaking portrayal of his mother Billie, and Brittany Renee as his girlfriend Greta. Blanchard's score melds opera and jazz into a powerful fusion, and features what is surely the only step dance in opera.
Presented by Debra Lew Harder with commentator Ira Siff.
Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Charles ..... Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone)
Billie ..... Latonia Moore (soprano)
Destiny/Loneliness/Greta ..... Brittany Renee (soprano)
Char'es-Baby ..... Ethan Joseph (treble)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor Evan Rogister
SAT 21:30 Music Planet (m001ygr0)
Fran & Flora's Precious Collection
Lopa Kothari chats to experimental folk duo Fran & Flora about their new album Precious Collection and the traditional Yiddish and Klezmer tunes that inspired them, and we have new music from Spain, Scotland, Norway, Japan and Burkina Faso.
SAT 22:30 New Music Show (m001ygr4)
The Exotica Album
Kate Molleson with the latest new music releases, live recordings and interviews. This week we hear more from the Ligeti Quartet's concert with Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre, given at Birmingham University last month and including works by Sara Caneva and BEAST's director and curator of this concert, Scott Wilson. From a concert given at Glasgow's City Halls in February, Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Øyvind Torvund's The Exotica Album, an affectionate tribute to 1950s pop exoticism. And from Slovenia we hear two pieces from a concert of new music for trumpet and electronics, plus the latest releases from 12 Ensemble, Zwerm and a re-issue of Alice Coltrane, live at Carnegie Hall in 1971.
SUNDAY 28 APRIL 2024
SUN 00:30 Through the Night (m001ygr8)
Tchaikovsky from Croatia
László Fenyö joins the Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations, before Tchaikovsky's Symphony no.6, the 'Pathétique'. Presented by Danielle Jalowiecka.
12:31 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op 33
Laszlo Fenyo (cello), Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra, Aleksandar Markovic (conductor)
12:50 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sarabande from Cello Suite no 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Laszlo Fenyo (cello)
12:53 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op 74 'Pathétique'
Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra, Aleksandar Markovic (conductor)
01:40 AM
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Piano Trio no 2 in E minor Op 67
Altenberg Trio Vienna
02:07 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Suite for orchestra no.3 in D major (BWV.1068)
Erik Niord Larsen (oboe), Roar Brostrom (oboe), Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Lasse Rossing (trumpet), Jens Petter Antonsen (trumpet), Rolf Cato Raade (timpani), Risor Festival Strings, Andrew Manze (conductor)
02:31 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata no 17 in D minor 'Tempest', Op 31 no 2
Lana Genc (piano)
02:55 AM
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Symphony in C major
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Othmar Maga (conductor)
03:30 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), arr. Alan Civil
Suite for Brass Quintet
Brass Consort Koln
03:41 AM
Elisabeth Kuyper (1877-1953)
Zwischen dir und mir; Herzendiebchen, Op 17 Nos 4 & 5
Rachel Ann Morgan (mezzo soprano), Frans van Ruth (piano)
03:47 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
En Saga
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
04:08 AM
John Wilbye (1574-1638)
Draw on, sweet night (the second set of madrigals)
Ensemble Daedalus, Roberto Festa (director)
04:13 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op 60
Anastasia Vorotnaya (piano)
04:22 AM
Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
Serenade (to Frederick Delius on his 60th birthday)
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor)
04:31 AM
Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)
Overture from Hansel and Gretel
Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor)
04:39 AM
Toivo Kuula (1883-1918)
3 Satukuvaa (Fairy-tale pictures) for piano, Op 19
Juhani Lagerspetz (piano)
04:55 AM
Camilla de Rossi (fl.1707-1710)
Cielo, pietoso Cielo (Sant' Alassio)
Agnieszka Kowalczyk (soprano), Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci (director)
04:59 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony no 4 in D major, K.19
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor)
05:12 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
2 pieces for cello & piano, Op 2
Monika Leskovar (cello), Ivana Svarc-Grenda (piano)
05:21 AM
Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Quid trepidas
Currende, Erik van Nevel (conductor)
05:27 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance no 10 in E minor Op 72 no 2
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor)
05:34 AM
Franz Berwald (1796-1868)
String Quartet in G minor
Orebro String Quartet
06:05 AM
Agostino Steffani (1654-1728)
Tassilone - excerpts
Monique Zanetti (soprano), Musica Alta Ripa
SUN 06:30 Breakfast (m001ygsp)
Start your Sunday the Radio 3 way with Tom McKinney
Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of Sunday morning. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
SUN 09:00 Sunday Morning (m001ygsr)
An enticing classical Sunday selection
Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning.
Today, Jordi Savall directs a rambunctious recording of Vivaldi, Finghin Collins makes the piano sing with Louis-Claude Daquin, and clarinettist Martin Fröst performs music by Mozart that’s brimming with energy.
There’s also a choral work by a 17th century Benedictine nun that’s full of expressive pathos, and a playful collaboration between accordion and tuba.
A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3
SUN 12:00 Private Passions (m001ygsw)
Edith Hall
Edith Hall is Professor of Classics at Durham University – and her passion for her subject reaches far beyond the lecture hall or seminar room. She wants us all to understand how the writing and thinking of ancient Greece still influence how we write and think today.
She leads a campaign called Advocating Classics Education, to promote teaching in state secondary schools, and her books include Aristotle’s Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life, and Ancient Greeks: Ten Ways They Shaped the Modern World. Her writing and teaching are based on decades of scholarship, with a focus on ancient Greek drama, and she’s also a familiar voice as a broadcaster, on programmes such as In Our Time.
Her most recent book is Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the ancient Greeks and Me - a deeply personal account of the psychological damage that suicide inflicts across generations, drawing parallels between her own family history and characters from Greek tragedy.
Edith's music selection includes Schubert, Beethoven, Gluck and Handel.
SUN 13:30 Music Map (m001ygsy)
A journey to Vaughan Williams' Tallis Fantasia
Ralph Vaughan Williams' Tallis Fantasia, written for double string orchestra and string quartet, and based on a theme by the 16th century English composer Thomas Tallis, has been one of his most enduringly popular works since its premiere in Gloucester Cathedral in 1910.
In this sonic journey Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the piece in a wider musical landscape exploring echoes, fantasies, multiple ensembles, modal harmonies and musical time travel. The playlist includes works by Mozart, Charles Ives, John Coltrane, Grace Williams, and Thomas Tallis himself, on route to the magical resonance of Vaughan Williams' haunting fantasia.
Producer: Ruth Thomson
SUN 15:00 Choral Evensong (m001y9cm)
Magdalen College, Oxford
From the Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford.
Introit: O Hearken (Roxanna Panufnik)
Responses: Matthew Martin
Psalm 119: 1-32 (Tom Dixon, Marlow, Garrett, Hylton Stewart)
Office hymn: The saint who first found grace to pen (Tallis’s Canon)
First Lesson: Genesis 2: 4b-9
Canticles: Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense (Howells)
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15: 35-49
Anthem: Eternal Father (Stanford)
Voluntary: Rhapsody No. 2 (Howells)
Mark Williams (Informator Choristarum)
Alexander Pott (Assistant Organist)
SUN 16:00 Jazz Record Requests (m001ygt0)
Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Alyn Shipton brings you a preview of this year's Cheltenham Jazz Festival with requests from some of its featured artists. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.
DISC 1
Artist Snarky Puppy
Title Tio Macaco
Composer League
Album We Like It Here
Label Ropeadope
Number RAD 262 CD 1 Track 7
Duration 5.43
Performers Maz Maher, Jay Jennings, t; Chris Bullock, Bob Reynolds, reeds; Bob Lanzetti, Mark Lettieri, Chris McQueen, g; Bill Laurance, Shaun Martin, Corey Henry, kb; Michael League, b; Larnell Lewis, d; Nate Werth, Steohen Brezet, perc 2014.
DISC 2
Artist Humphrey Lytteleton Band
Title Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho
Composer Trad. Arr. Lyttelton
Album …With Marie Knight 1958
Label Calligraph
Number CLG CD 047 Track 11
Duration 4.46
Performers Sister Marie Knight, v; Humphrey Lyttelton, t; John Picard, tb; Tony Coe, cl, as; Jimmy Skidmore, ts; Joe Temperley, bars; Ian Armit, p; Brian Brocklehurst, b; Eddie Taylor, d. 1958.
DISC 3
Artist Dave Brubeck
Title Plain Song
Composer Dave Brubeck
Album Jazz Impressions of the USA
Label Columbia
Number CL 984 S 2 T 1
Duration 4.04
Performers Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Norman Bates, b; Joe Morello, d. 26 Nov 1956.
DISC 4
Artist Sonny Rollins
Title St Thomas
Composer trad arr Rollins
Album Prestige Profiles: Sonny Rollins
Label Prestige
Number 0602498770504 Track 1
Duration 6.47
Performers Sonny Rollins, ts; Tommy Flanagan, p; Doug Watkins, b; Max Roach, d. 22 June 1956.
DISC 5
Artist Ornette Coleman
Title Ramblin’
Composer Ornette Coleman
Album Beauty is a Rare Thing – the Complete Atlantic Recordings
Label Rhino
Number 0081227956196 CD 2 Track 5
Duration 6.35
Performers Ornette Coleman, as; Don Cherry, c; Charlie Haden, b; Billy Higgins, d; 9 Oct 1959.
DISC 6
Artist Tubby Hayes
Title Message to the Messengers
Composer Harry South
Album Tubby Hayes Vol. 2
Label Real Gone Jazz
Number RGJCD448 CD 1 Track 19
Duration 6.09
Performers Dickie Hawdon, t; Tubby Hayes, ts; Harry South, p; Pete Elderfield, b; Bill Eydon, d. 17 July 1956.
DISC 7
Artist John Taylor
Title Spring is Here
Composer Richard Ridgers / Lorenz Hart
Album Blue Glass
Label Ronnie Scott’s Jazz House
Number JHCD 020 Track 2
Duration 6.39
Performers John Taylor, p; Mick Hutton, b; Steve Arguelles, d. June 1991.
DISC 8
Artist Hermeto Pascoal
Title Tiruluruli
Composer Osmar Santos
Album Lagoa de Canoa
Label Som Da Gente
Number SDG 021/84 Track 3
Duration 0.59
Performers Osmar Santos, v; Hermeto Pascoal kb. 1084.
DISC 9
Artist Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter
Title Diana
Composer Wayne Shorter
Album 1 + 1
Label Verve
Number 314 537 564 2 Track 7
Duration 5.32
Performers Wayne Shorter, ss; Herbie Hancock, p. 1997.
DISC 10
Artist Blossom Dearie
Title I Like London In The Rain
Composer Jim Council, Blossom Dearie
Album Discover Who I Am – The Fontana Years
Label Fontana (Universal)
Number 4841322 CD 4 Track 12
Duration 2.39
Performers Blossom Dearie, p, v; band including Ian Carr, Kenny Wheeler, t; Harold McNair, Ray Warleigh, reeds; Daryl Runswick/ Jeff Clyne, b; Spike Wells, d. Brian Gascoigne, arr, cond. August 1970.
SUN 17:00 The Early Music Show (m0012gj5)
Lucrezia Borgia's music
Hannah French seeks the real Lucrezia Borgia through the music she knew and loved, in conversation with Professor Laurie Stras of the University of Huddersfield. Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519) has had an appallingly bad press, but pretty much everything we think we know about her is wrong: she may have been the pope's daughter - hardly her fault - but she almost certainly didn't do any of the really nasty things she's been accused of – incest, murder etc. The real Lucrezia was a highly skilled administrator and a patron of the arts and music who sang, loved dancing, and employed some of the best composers and performers in Italy.
01
00:01:01 Josquin des Prez
Agnus Dei I (Missa Fortuna desperata)
Ensemble: Cut Circle
Conductor: Jesse Rodin
Duration 00:02:08
02
00:03:09 Josquin des Prez
Scaramella va alla guerra
Ensemble: Ensemble Clément Janequin
Conductor: Dominique Visse
Duration 00:01:02
03
00:08:48 Jean Japart
Nencioçça mia
Ensemble: Medusa
Director: Patrizia Bovi
Duration 00:01:53
04
00:10:41 Josquin des Prez
In te Domine speravi
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble
Conductor: Paul Hillier
Duration 00:02:12
05
00:15:47 Nicolo Patavino
Non è tempo di tenere
Singer: Patrizia Bovi
Duration 00:02:10
06
00:17:57 Anonymous
Muchos van d'amor heridos (villancico)
Ensemble: Capella de Ministrers
Conductor: Carles Magraner
Duration 00:02:12
07
00:20:10 Josquin des Prez
Guillaume se va chauffer
Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London
Conductor: David Munrow
Duration 00:01:01
08
00:24:24 Josquin des Prez
Ha quante cose
Ensemble: The Cardinall’s Musick
Duration 00:00:29
09
00:24:53 Josquin des Prez
Virgo salutiferi
Ensemble: Weser-Renaissance Bremen
Conductor: Manfred Cordes
Duration 00:07:28
10
00:34:52 Bartolomeo Tromboncino
Su, su, leva, alza le ciglia
Singer: Annemieke Cantor
Ensemble: Retrover
Director: Markus Tapio
Duration 00:02:22
11
00:37:14 Joan Ambrosio Dalza
Piva alla ferrarese
Ensemble: Ex Umbris
Duration 00:02:04
12
00:39:19 Bartolomeo Tromboncino
Muchos son che van perdidos
Singer: Patrizia Bovi
Ensemble: Medusa
Duration 00:01:48
13
00:45:08 Leonora d'Este
O Salutaris hostia
Ensemble: Musica Secreta
Ensemble: Celestial Sirens
Director: Deborah Roberts
Director: Laurie Stras
Duration 00:02:55
14
00:48:04 Leonora d'Este
Sicut lilium
Ensemble: Musica Secreta
Ensemble: Celestial Sirens
Director: Deborah Roberts
Director: Laurie Stras
Duration 00:01:42
15
00:49:46 Leonora d'Este
Ego sum panis vitae
Choir: Monteverdi Choir
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Duration 00:02:50
16
00:54:37 Leonora d'Este
Tribulationes civitatum
Ensemble: Musica Secreta
Ensemble: Celestial Sirens
Director: Deborah Roberts
Director: Laurie Stras
Duration 00:05:32
SUN 18:00 Words and Music (m001k873)
Nature of the British Isles
Island hopping around Britain, with readings by Georgie Glen and Tom Durham, takes us on our Words and Music journey today to:
A cavern on the Isle of Staffa which inspired Mendelssohn’s Fingal’s Cave
Martin Martin, in A Late Voyage to St Kilda, describes life in 1698 in what was the most remote spot in the British Empire
Far to the south west Angeline Morrison sings, from the perspective of his mother, of the unknown African boy, washed up after wreck of a slave ship and buried on St Martin’s in the Isles of Scilly
In 1980 Lucy Rendall was the first child to be born at Rackwick in Hoy for 32 years. The chronicler of Orkney life, George Mackay Brown, wrote Lullaby for Lucy in celebration, and Peter Maxwell Davies set it. We learn of Hebridean life centuries earlier in the Orkneyinga Saga
Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse, set in Skye, was inspired by Godrevy lighthouse, off St Ives
Shetland fiddler Aly Bain and squeezebox player Phil Cunningham pay tribute to their pianist friend in Violet Tulloch Queen of Lerwick
Brenda Chamberlain’s Tide Race is an account of her life on Bardsey – Ynys Enlli, the island in the current, in Welsh. We hear music by the triple harpist of Anglesey, Ynys Mon, Llio Rhydderch, from her album album, Enlli
Wordsworth wrote in praise of Grace Darling, tragic heroine of the Farne Islands, as has, in our time, Michael Longley
John Keats wrote wonderful letters and poems while staying on the Isle of Wight, where Brits winners Wet Leg are writing interesting words and music today.
Sarnia is the old name for Guernsey, inspiration for a piece of that name by John Ireland
Producer: Julian May
01
00:00:46
Mairi Hedderwick
The Second Katie Morag Storybook, read by Georgie Glen
02
00:01:14 Trad.
Cock of the North
Performer: Ness Melodeon Band
03
00:02:18
Felix Mendelssohn
Note to his sister Fanny, read by Tom Durham
04
00:06:23
John Keats
On the Sea read by Tom Durham
05
00:07:28
Rudyard Kipling
Seal Lullaby, read by Georgie Glen, and Seals singing, recorded at Holy Island
06
00:08:33 Peter Maxwell Davies
Lullabye for Lucy
Choir: The Sixteen
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Duration 00:05:06
07
00:11:58
George Mackay Brown
Lullaby for Lucy read by Tom Durham
Duration 00:05:06
08
00:13:46
Kenneth Steven
The Small Giant, read by Tom Durham
Duration 00:05:06
09
00:14:21
Anonymous, from Historic England Research records
1830 wreck of the English brig HOPE, read by Georgie Glen
Duration 00:05:06
10
00:15:34 Angeline Morrison
Unknown African Boy (d.1830)
Performer: Angeline Morrison
Duration 00:05:06
11
00:20:56
Seamus Heaney
The Republic of Conscience, read by Tom Durham
Duration 00:05:06
12
00:21:06 Cosmo Sheldrake
Numinous
Performer: Cosmo Sheldrake
Duration 00:05:06
13
00:24:17
Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse, read by Georgie Glen
Duration 00:05:06
14
00:24:56 Peter Maxwell Davies
The Lighthouse
Singer: Neil Mackie
Singer: Michael Rippon
Singer: David Wilson‐Johnson
Duration 00:05:06
15
00:27:58
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
Flannan Isle, read by Tom Durham
Duration 00:05:06
16
00:33:02 John Casken
Concerto for Orchestra
Performer: Sophia Jaffé
Orchestra: Hallé
Conductor: Markus Stenz
Duration 00:05:06
17
00:30:57
Basil Bunting
Briggflatts, read by Tom Durham
Duration 00:05:06
18
00:32:37
Michael Longley
Grace Darling, read by Georgie Glen
Duration 00:05:06
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00:33:23 Unknown
Plainsong
Performer: Unknown
Duration 00:05:06
20
00:34:05
Simeon of Durham
Account of the pillaging of Lindisfarne, 6th June 793, read by Tom Durham
Duration 00:05:06
21
00:34:38 Llio Rhydderch
Llwybr-Y-Perenion
Performer: Llio Rhydderch
Duration 00:05:06
22
00:35:19
Brenda Chamberlain
Tide Race, read by Georgie Glen
Duration 00:05:06
23
00:37:08 Llio Rhydderch
Llwybr-Y-Perenion
Performer: Llio Rhydderch
Duration 00:05:06
24
00:38:44
Brenda Chamberlain
Tide Race, read by Georgie Glen
Duration 00:05:06
25
00:39:24 Llio Rhydderch
Llwybr-Y-Perenion
Performer: Llio Rhydderch
Duration 00:05:06
26
00:40:46
Brenda Chamberlain
Tide Race, read by Georgie Glen
Duration 00:05:06
27
00:41:29 Stephen Hall
To the Sea
Performer: Brenda Wootton and John the Fish
Duration 00:05:06
28
00:44:03
Martin Martin
A Late Voyage to St Kilda, read by Tom Durham
Duration 00:05:06
29
00:46:50
Unknown
A Lament for a fallen cragsman in Gaelic and English
Duration 00:05:06
30
00:47:17 Anonymous
Compilation of Gaelic praise and psalm singing in the traditional style led by a precentor
Performer: Unknown
Duration 00:05:06
31
00:49:25
Julian May
The Ides of March, read by Georgie Glen
Duration 00:05:06
32
00:50:30
Verses by Earl Rognvald, Sigmund Fish-Hook and Oddi
Orkneyinga Saga, read by Tom Durham
Duration 00:05:06
33
00:51:29
Seamus Heaney
The Given Note, read by Seamus Heaney
Duration 00:05:06
34
00:52:27 Trad.
Port na bPucai
Performer: Liam O’Flynn
Duration 00:05:06
35
00:54:15
John Keats
Letter to John Hamilton Reynolds, April 17th and 18th, 1817, read by Tom Durham
Duration 00:05:06
36
00:56:35 John Ireland
Sarnia, No 2 In a May Morning
Performer: Royal Scottish Orchestra
Duration 00:05:06
37
01:01:21
Iain Crichton Smith
The Melodeon of the Spirit, read by Tom Durham
Duration 00:05:06
38
01:01:24 Trad.
Cock of the North
Performer: Ness Melodeon Band
Duration 00:05:06
39
01:01:35 Ness Melodeon Band (artist)
Cock of the North
Performer: Ness Melodeon Band
Duration 00:00:55
40
01:02:19 Wet Leg (artist)
Chaise Longue
Performer: Wet Leg
Duration 00:00:55
41
01:07:24 Phil Cunningham
Violet Tulloch Queen of Lerwick
Performer: Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham
Duration 00:00:55
42
01:04:02
W. B. Yeats
The Lake Isle of Innisfree, read by W. B. Yeats
Duration 00:00:55
43
01:11:37
Michael Morpurgo
Why the Whales Came, read by Georgie Glen
Duration 00:00:55
44
01:05:25
George Mackay Brown
The Island of Women, read by Georgie Glen
Duration 00:00:55
SUN 19:15 Sunday Feature (m001cnt3)
An Unconventional Teacher
Almost singlehandedly, Ralph Vaughan Williams nurtured an entire generation of women composers. Among others, Elizabeth Maconchy, Ruth Gipps, Ina Boyle, Grace Williams and Helen Glatz all benefitted from his teaching, either privately or as students at the Royal College of Music, where he was a Professor of Composition from 1920 to 1942. The diversity of their styles is a testament to Vaughan Williams’s teaching methods. His approach focused on developing the individual’s voice, allowing each one of them to produce outstandingly original music.
But when these women left his teaching rooms, they met with prejudice that kept their works off concert stages. Vaughan Williams untiringly offered them his support. ‘Push on and one day perhaps the key will turn in the lock’ he told Elizabeth Maconchy, giving her encouragement while advocating for her work behind the scenes. Despite his best efforts, many of Vaughan Williams’s women students faced extreme difficulties pursuing careers as composers, and some – such as Ina Boyle and Helen Glatz – are only now being re-discovered.
In this programme, music historian Leah Broad goes in search of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s legacy as a teacher of women composers. She asks, what was it about his personality and teaching that produced such an astonishing variety of styles from such diverse individuals? And what has happened to the music by the women Vaughan Williams taught? Among others, she hears from Nicola LeFanu, daughter of Elizabeth Maconchy and herself a composer; and Victoria Rowe, who is keeping Ruth Gipps’s archive safe in a garden shed; and she visits Trinity College Dublin library to see the notes kept by Ina Boyle about her lessons with Vaughan Williams.
Producer: Caroline Donne
A CTVC production for BBC Radio 3.
SUN 20:00 Drama on 3 (m001ygt2)
Cymbeline
Shakespeare's exhilarating late play of lovers under strain and leaders under pressure. Staged in an alternative present-day Britain.
An ineffectual ruler governs a divided, insular Britain, alienated from the rest of Europe. That ruler, Cymbeline (Michael Maloney), refuses to pay the taxes demanded by a foreign power, clinging to mythical notions of sovereignty. "Britain's a world by itself and we will nothing pay for wearing our own noses." But Cymbeline's judgement is clouded by grief, having lost his two older children as babies. When his daughter Imogen (Lydia Wilson) rebels and marries boyfriend Posthumus (Daniel Rock) in secret, Cymbeline is enraged and banishes Posthumus. But waiting in the wings is a power-hungry figure, plotting to seize control by any means necessary.
Adapted and directed for radio by Emma Harding
Introduced by Professor Edith Hall
Imogen ..... Lydia Wilson
Cymbeline ..... Michael Maloney
Posthumus Leonatus ..... Daniel Rock
Iachimo ..... Philip Arditti
Queen ..... Amanda Lawrence
Cloten ..... Will Close
Caia Lucius ..... Greta Scacchi
Pisanio ..... Ayesha Dharker
Belarius ..... Ifan Huw Dafydd
Guiderius ..... Zak Ghazi-Torbati
Arviragus ..... Matthew Aubrey
Cornelia ..... Nadia Williams
Philario ..... Harry Taurasi
Jailer. .... Philippe Spall
Sue Sayer ..... Sara Gregory
Original music composed by Joseph Howard, performed by Zak Ghazi-Torbati, Joseph Howard and Eosaph Caimbeul.
Shakespeare consultant, Paul Prescott
Production co-ordinator, Eleri Sydney McAuliffe
Sound design, Catherine Robinson
A BBC Audio Drama Wales production
SUN 22:00 Night Tracks (m001ygt4)
Night music
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
SUN 23:30 Unclassified (m001ygt6)
Visionary
The next Unclassified Live concert will take place on May 1st at London’s Southbank Centre, with performances from This Is The Kit, Moor Mother and Modern Nature, accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by André de Ridder. With preparations well under way, Elizabeth marks the occasion by celebrating some of the stars of this and former instalments of the live event, including another chance to hear Coby Sey's far-reaching performance at the 2023 edition of Blue Dot Festival, as well as new tracks from alumni such as Darkstar, Aïsha Devi and Hinako Omori.
Produced by Geoff Bird
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
MONDAY 29 APRIL 2024
MON 00:30 Through the Night (m001ygt8)
Amatis Trio from Slovenia
From Celje National Home in Slovenia, the Amatis Trio play music by Andrea Tarrodi, Haydn and Mendelssohn. Penny Gore presents.
12:31 AM
Andrea Tarrodi (b.1981)
Moorlands
Amatis Piano Trio
12:41 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Piano trio in C, Hob. XV: 27
Amatis Piano Trio
01:00 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op 49
Amatis Piano Trio
01:30 AM
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Schön Rosmarin, Op 55 no 4
Amatis Piano Trio
01:33 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata for violin solo in G minor, BWV.1001
Sigiswald Kuijken (violin)
01:49 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cantata no. 82 BWV.82 (Ich habe genug): Schlummert ein (Aria)
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo soprano), Orchestra of Emmanuel Music, Craig Smith (conductor)
01:59 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Symphony no 103 in E flat major "Drum Roll" (H.1.103)
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
02:31 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Violin Concerto in D major (Op.35)
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn (conductor)
03:06 AM
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Nocturne for tenor, 7 instruments and string orchestra, Op 60
Benjamin Butterfield (tenor), Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Simon Streatfield (conductor)
03:32 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Polonaise in A flat, Op.53
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (piano)
03:39 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Gigues - from Images for Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor)
03:47 AM
Clement Janequin (c.1485-1558)
Escoutez tous gentilz (La bataille de Marignon/La guerre)
King's Singers
03:54 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Duet in E flat major, WoO.32
Milan Telecky (viola), Juraj Alexander (cello)
04:04 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Adagio and fugue for strings (K.546) in C minor
Risor Festival Strings
04:11 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Gesang der Parzen (Song of the Fates), Op 89
Oslo Philharmonic Choir, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
04:20 AM
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Concerto Grosso in D Op 6 No 4
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director)
04:31 AM
Anatol Lyadov (1855-1914)
The Enchanted Lake, Op 62
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitaenko (conductor)
04:39 AM
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Sonata in D minor Fugue (K.41); Presto (K. 18)
Eduardo Lopez Banzo (harpsichord)
04:48 AM
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Kantate No. 4 Ad Latus - Surge amica mea
La Cetra Vocalensemble Basel, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Carlos Federico Sepulveda (conductor)
04:56 AM
Gheorghi Arnaoudov (b.1957)
Laus Solis
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Milen Nachev (conductor)
05:05 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Csardas macabre
Jeno Jando (piano)
05:13 AM
Alessandro Marcello (1673-1747), arr. Colm Carey
Concerto in D minor
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet), Colm Carey (organ)
05:22 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Cello Sonata in A minor, Op 36
Truls Mork (cello), Havard Gimse (piano)
05:50 AM
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967), arr. Jeno Kenessey
Dances of Galanta
Adam Fellegi (piano)
06:05 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Symphony no 3 in D major, D.200
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Liss (conductor)
MON 06:30 Breakfast (m001ygtb)
Sunrise classical
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
MON 09:30 Essential Classics (m001ygtd)
Refresh your morning with classical music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1100 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.
1230 Album of the Week
MON 13:00 Classical Live (m001ygtg)
I Fagiolini live from the Wigmore Hall and Tom McKinney with Grieg’s Piano Concerto
Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.
The programme begins live at Wigmore Hall in London where renowned British vocal ensemble I Fagiolini perform a selection of madrigals by Claudio Monteverdi.
Live from Wigmore Hall, London presented by Hannah French.
Claudio Monteverdi
O primavera, gioventù dell'anno, SV. 68
Rimanti in pace a la dolente e bella, SV. 74
Lamento della ninfa, SV. 163
Sfogava con le stelle, SV. 78
Longe da te, cor mio, SV. 92
Salve o regina, SV. 326
Cruda Amarilli, SV. 94
Era l'anima mia, SV. 96
Parlo, miser, o taccio?, SV. 136
Lamento d’Arianna (Secondo), SV. 107
I Fagiolini
Robert Hollingworth (director)
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This week on Classical Live we're showcasing chamber music recorded in Bristol by former BBC New Generation Artists alongside performances from the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, including Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor, with soloist Eric Lu.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Overture - Colas Breugnon, Op. 24
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
Witold Lutosławski
Little Suite (Mala Suita)
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Krzysztof Urbański (conductor)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 1 in F, Op. 5 No. 1
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)
Alexei Grynyuk (piano)
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Eric Lu (piano)
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Duncan Ward (conductor)
Keith Tippett
The Blacksmith [Five Short Pieces and Four Whispers for Archie’s Chair]
Lunar Saxophone Quartet
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Valse-scherzo in C major, Op. 34, arr. for violin & piano
Esther Yoo (violin)
Zhang Zuo (piano)
MON 16:00 Composer of the Week (m001ygtl)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
'Achilles' the rascal
Donald Macleod explores Debussy’s wayward youth, as the rebellious streak he adopted from his father leads to habits which will last a lifetime.
In the music of Claude Debussy there have been said to run dangerous and destructive currents. His radical works did forge a path which would redefine music in the 20th century, but his beautiful music runs contrary to his shocking personal life. The Scottish soprano Mary Garden said of him, “I honestly don’t know if he ever loved anybody really. He loved his music – and perhaps himself.” The lies and duplicity, deception and debt left other unfortunate people in their wake, with Debussy unrepentant throughout. In the aftermath of these scandals, Debussy was disowned by his friends, and by most of Parisian society, but the notoriety he gained only seemed to heighten his appeal with audiences. Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod tracks the scandalous life of Achille-Claude Debussy and tries to reconcile his appalling behaviour with his transcendent music.
Today we find Debussy breaking all the rules at the Paris Conservatoire, where his music was decried as “bizarre, incomprehensible and unperformable.” We also follow the young Debussy as he spreads a trail of lies on his journeys across Europe. Donald tracks the rebellious streak present in Debussy’s own father, and learns how Debussy adopted a precarious financial existence, beginning a habit of borrowing money he couldn’t repay. Donald also tracks Debussy’s first real relationship of note, with an older, married woman. However, none of this scandalous behaviour stops the young composer from winning the Prix de Rome – a prize Debussy wasn’t at all pleased to win!
Suite Bergamasque – III. Claire de Lune
Samson François, piano
La Mer – II. Jeux de vagues
Philharmonia Orchestra
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Ariettes Oubliee – No 5, Aquarelles I. Green
Sabine Devieilhe, soprano
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
Images for Orchestra: II. Iberia
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Mélodies de Jeunesse - III. Les Papillons
Sandrine Piau, soprano
Jos van Immerseel, fortepiano
Recueil Vasnier, L 53: Romance – Silence ineffable
Veronique Dietschy, soprano
Emmanuel Strosser, piano
Printemps – II. Modere
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vassily Petrenko, conductor
Produced by Sam Phillips for BBC Audio Wales and West
MON 17:00 In Tune (m001ygts)
Live music and chat with classical artists
Katie Derham is joined for live music in the studio by the Busch Trio. Plus, Ukrainian pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk performs ahead of his concert at the Wigmore Hall.
MON 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m001ygtw)
Half an hour of the finest classical music
Thirty minutes of back-to-back classical music, including works by Fauré, Locatelli, Ethel Smyth and Joaquin Turina. Produced by Michael Rossi.
MON 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (m001ygv0)
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
From the Lighthouse in Poole: Andrew Litton conducts a fascinating programme in which Stravinsky reveals his love for Tchaikovsky and Ravel pays hommage to Schubert before deconstructing the gilded world of the Viennese Waltz. And between the Stravinsky and Ravel, the brilliant Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski joins the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for a concerto which reveals Saint-Saëns admiration for the music of JS Bach.
Ravel greatly admired Schubert’s collection of Valses nobles and Valses sentimentales, inspiring him to write his own cycle of eight solo piano waltzes which he later orchestrated – each a sparkling jewel. His “choreographic poem” La Valse, however, is a dizzying parody of the Viennese waltz, unable to control the wild inertia of its own energy, the piece tears itself apart from within. Saint-Saëns’s Second Piano Concerto serves as a perfect example of the French composer’s elegant style and its composition was intertwined with his friendship with the pianist Anton Rubinstein, the founder of the St Petersburg Conservatory and composition teacher of Tchaikovsky. And it's piano pieces and songs by Tchaikovsky that Stravinsky lovingly arranged for his ballet and divertimento The Fairy's Kiss.
Introduced by Martin Handley.
Stravinsky: Divertimento from The Fairy's Kiss
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor Op.22
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Ravel: La Valse
Simon Trpčeski (piano)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Andrew Litton (conductor)
Recorded 10 April 2024.
MON 21:45 The Essay (m001ygv4)
Letters to a Young Composer
Tarik O'Regan
Inspired by Rilke's letters to an aspiring poet, five leading composers write a personal letter to a young composer – real or imagined – with their thoughts about their craft, their influences and the things they wish they'd known when they were starting out.
Covering themes of luck, resilience, an itinerant life and the seismic effects of Artificial Intelligence, these deeply personal essays reflect the realities of life as a leading composer.
In this essay, Tarik O'Regan writes to an imagined, younger Tarik, sharing the internal and external pressures of a life working in music. O'Regan discusses travel, mental health, the relationship between public image and reality - and the thrill of creation.
MON 22:00 Night Tracks (m001ygvb)
Music for the evening
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
MON 23:30 'Round Midnight (m001ygvf)
Robert Mitchell picks his Flowers
Radio 3’s new late night jazz show broadcasts Monday to Friday and is presented by award-winning musician Soweto Kinch. Focusing on the UK scene, it spotlights the best new music and heritage acts from around the world.
British piano player Robert Mitchell appears throughout the week, on a feature called Flowers, where artists are asked to celebrate a musician they feel deserves recognition and respect.
TUESDAY 30 APRIL 2024
TUE 00:30 Through the Night (m001ygvh)
Beethoven's Missa Solemnis
Vladimir Jurowski conducts the German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, with soloists and the Berlin Radio Chorus in a performance of Beethoven's mass at the Philharmonie, Berlin last November. Penny Gore presents.
12:31 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Missa Solemnis in D major, Op 123
Miah Persson (soprano), Samantha Hankey (mezzo soprano), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass), Berlin Radio Chorus, Gijs Leenaars (director), German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)
01:39 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Grosse Fuge, Op 133
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Marko Munih (conductor)
01:57 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Trio for piano and strings (Op 70 no 2) in E flat major
Altenberg Trio Vienna
02:31 AM
Antoine Dauvergne (1713-1797)
Concert de simphonies à IV parties in F major, Op 3 no 2
Capella Coloniensis, William Christie (director)
02:52 AM
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
4 Pieces fugitives for piano, Op 15
Angela Cheng (piano)
03:05 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Masonic ritual music, Op 113
Risto Saarman (tenor), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
03:27 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Violin Concerto in A minor, RV 357, Op.4'4
Fabio Biondi (violin), Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director)
03:35 AM
Eugene Bozza (1905-1991)
Jour d'été à la montagne
Giedrius Gelgotas (flute), Albertas Stupakas (flute), Valentinas Kazlauskas (flute), Linas Gailiunas (flute)
03:46 AM
Otto Nicolai (1810-1849)
Overture, The Merry Wives of Windsor
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
03:56 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet in D major, K 155
Australian String Quartet
04:05 AM
Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)
Loquebantur variis linguis for 7 voices
BBC Singers, Bo Holten (director)
04:11 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Two Nocturnes, Op 32
Kevin Kenner (piano)
04:20 AM
Paul Gilson (1865-1942)
Andante and Scherzo for cello and orchestra
Timora Rosler (cello), Flemish Radio Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
04:31 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Sorge nel petto - aria from "Rinaldo" (Act 3 Sc.4)
Graham Pushee (counter tenor), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (artistic director)
04:36 AM
Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840)
Moto perpetuo, Op 11
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Nello Santi (conductor)
04:41 AM
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Trio sonata for flute, violin and continuo (Wq.143) in B minor
Les Coucous Benevoles
04:51 AM
Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870)
La Gaité - Rondo brillant pour le Piano Forte in A major
Tom Beghin (fortepiano)
05:00 AM
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op 75
Juhani Tapaninen (bassoon), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
05:18 AM
Edward Pallasz (1936-2019)
Epitafium
Polish Radio Choir, Wlodzimierz Siedlik (conductor)
05:27 AM
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Siegfried Idyll
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Cristian Măcelaru (conductor)
05:47 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Violin Sonata no 1 Op 8 in F major
Vilde Frang Bjaerke (violin), Jens Elvekjaer (piano)
06:09 AM
Francisco Guerau (1649-1722)
Mariona, 'Poema Harmonico'
Xavier Diaz-Latorre (guitar)
06:15 AM
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Morceau de concert for harp and orchestra in G major, Op 154
Suzanna Klintcharova (harp), Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Dimitar Manolov (conductor)
TUE 06:30 Breakfast (m001yjjl)
Boost your morning with classical
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
TUE 09:30 Essential Classics (m001yjjn)
Classical soundtrack for your morning
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1100 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.
1230 Album of the Week
TUE 13:00 Classical Live (m001yjjq)
The Luxembourg Philharmonic with Mozart’s Symphony No.40 plus Mendelssohn from the Van Kuijk Quartet
Tom Mckinney showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles, and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe including Mozart from Luxembourg and Mendelssohn from Bristol
This week's featured ensemble is the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, and today they perform Mozart’s tour-de-force Symphony No. 40 in G minor. There’s also Mendelssohn from former Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Van Kuijk Quartet, a Bach Chaconne from the extraordinary Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero and Scriabin’s all-encompassing 'Poem of Ecstasy' from the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
Anatol Lyadov
Baba-Yaga
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor)
Clara Schumann
6 Songs, Op. 13
James Newby (baritone)
James Baillieu (piano)
Samuel Wesley
Sinfonia obbligato
London Mozart Players
Matthias Bamert (conductor)
Eric Coates
The Dam Busters March
BBC Philharmonic
John Wilson (conductor)
Caroline Shaw
And the swallow
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin (conductor)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne (Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV. 1004)
Gabriela Montero (piano)
Carl Nielsen
Oriental Festival March (Aladdin, Op. 34)
Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Samuel Jean (conductor)
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet No. 4 in D major, G. 449 (Fandango)
Sean Shibe (guitar)
Danish String Quartet
Alexander Scriabin
Symphony No .4, Op. 54 'The Poem of Ecstasy'
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi (conductor)
Louis Vierne
Tantum ergo
Danish National Concert Choir
Carsten Seyer-Hansen (conductor)
Felix Mendelssohn
String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
Van Kuijk Quartet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Leopold Hager (conductor)
Nadia Boulanger
Three Pieces for piano
Nour Ayadi (piano)
Francsisco Tarrega
Requerdos de la Alhambra
Thibaut Garcia (guitar)
Abel Selaocoe
Qhawe
Abel Selaocoe (cello)
Seckou Keita (kora)
Ulster Orchestra
Fiona Monbet (conductor)
TUE 16:00 Composer of the Week (m001yjjs)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
'Claude' the bohemian
Donald Macleod explores as Debussy adopts a bohemian lifestyle. A romantic encounter seems set to lend some stability to his life... until Debussy makes a shock announcement.
In the music of Claude Debussy there have been said to run dangerous and destructive currents. His radical works did forge a path which would redefine music in the 20th century, but his beautiful music runs contrary to his shocking personal life. The Scottish soprano Mary Garden said of him, “I honestly don’t know if he ever loved anybody really. He loved his music – and perhaps himself.” The lies and duplicity, deception and debt left other unfortunate people in their wake, with Debussy unrepentant throughout. In the aftermath of these scandals, Debussy was disowned by his friends, and by most of Parisian society, but the notoriety he gained only seemed to heighten his appeal with audiences. Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod tracks the scandalous life of Achille-Claude Debussy and tries to reconcile his appalling behaviour with his transcendent music.
In Tuesday’s episode, Donald finds Debussy adopting a bohemian lifestyle in the French capital, frequenting Parisian cafes and mixing with some of the city’s most controversial artists. However this lifestyle only makes his financial situation worse. Against all odds, a romantic encounter seems set to lend some stability to his life… until Debussy makes a shock announcement...
Danse bohemienne
Noriko Ogawa, piano
Deux Arabesques
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
Rodrigue et Chimene (excerpt) (arr. Smith & orch. Denisov)
Laurence Dale, tenor (Rodrigue)
Donna Brown, soprano (Chimene)
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Kent Nagano, conductor
La damoiselle élue – Chorus: La damoiselle élue s’appuyait
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Proses Lyriques – III. De fleurs
Christine Schafer, soprano
Irwin Gage, piano
Produced by Sam Phillips for BBC Audio Wales and West
TUE 17:00 In Tune (m001yjjv)
Ease into your evening with classical music
Katie Derham meets dancers involved in the Strictly Come Dancing - The Professionals tour. There’s also live music from jazz pianist Sultan Stevenson.
TUE 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m001yjjx)
Classical music to inspire you
Take time out with this 30-minute soundscape including a jig by Holst, baroque religious music from South America by Domenico Zipoli, Dvorak's American Quartet arranged for winds, The Dance of the Hours from Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda, a concerto for two harps and strings by Karl Jenkins, a Haydn piano sonata and music for cello and piano by Henrietta Bosmans.
Producer: Ian Wallington
TUE 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (m001y9fv)
The Fergus McCreadie Trio and Manchester Collective
Jazz pianist Fergus McCreadie and his Trio join the Manchester Collective for a genre-busting concert that breaks down any boundaries between jazz, folk and classical.
Shortlisted for a Mercury Prize, and a current Radio 3 New Generation Artist, the brilliant young Scottish pianist joined the Manchester Collective at London's South Bank Centre as part of their UK tour last month for a concert which ranges from a brand new set of his own, via Scottish and Sardinian folk tunes and some exquisite miniatures by a modern Hungarian master, and on to a quartet by that old master, Joseph Haydn. As Manchester Collective's inspirational music director Rakhi Singh says: "What can I do to hold the space... what we choose makes us listen to everything in a different way."
Fergus McCreadie: Stony Gate
Donald Grant: Thoir thusa nuas an rionnag sin (Bring you down that star) (WP)
Donald Grant: Slow Tune and Valse
György Kurtág: II, VIII, IX, XI and XV from Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánszky
Fergus McCreadie: Nearness of You
Christian Mason: Muttos from Sardinian Songbook
Donald Grant: NZ 2004
Michael Rooney: Eileen’s Lament
Junior Crehan: Luachrachan’s Jig
Christian Mason: Eki Attar from Tuvan Songbook
Donald Grant: Prelude
Haydn: Adagio from String Quartet Op. 54 No. 2
Anna Meredith arr. Richard Jones: Honeyed Words
Fergus McCreadie: Seasons Change, Snowcaps and The Unfurrowed Field
Fergus McCreadie Trio:
Fergus McCreadie (piano)
David Bowden (string bass)
Stephen Henderson (drums)
Manchester Collective:
Rakhi Singh (violin and music director)
Donald Grant (violin)
Simone van der Giessen (viola)
Christian Elliott (cello)
TUE 21:45 The Essay (m001yjjz)
Letters to a Young Composer
John Rutter
Inspired by Rilke's letters to an aspiring poet, five leading composers write a personal letter to a young composer – real or imagined – with their thoughts about their craft, their influences and the things they wish they'd known when they were starting out.
Covering themes of luck, resilience, an itinerant life and the seismic effects of Artificial Intelligence, these deeply personal essays reflect the realities of life as a leading composer.
TUE 22:00 Night Tracks (m001yjk1)
Dissolve into sound
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
TUE 23:30 'Round Midnight (m001yjk3)
International Jazz Day
Round Midnight is Radio 3’s brand new weekday evening jazz show, presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch. It spotlights the best jazz, with an emphasis on new music and the thriving UK scene.
Throughout the week, British pianist Robert Mitchell will be selecting music from living legends, unsung heroes and artists he thinks deserve recognition and respect - giving them their Flowers.
Plus, Soweto celebrates International Jazz Day.
WEDNESDAY 01 MAY 2024
WED 00:30 Through the Night (m001yjk5)
Remembrance and Reflection
Shostakovich, Chevalier de Saint-Georges and Mahler with the Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo Vänskä. Danielle Jalowiecka presents.
12:31 AM
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op 110a
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor)
12:54 AM
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (c.1739-1799)
Violin Concerto in D, Op 3 no 1
Karen Gomyo (violin), Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor)
01:14 AM
Carlos Simon (b. 1986)
An Elegy: A Cry from the Grave
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor)
01:20 AM
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Adagietto, from Symphony No. 5
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor)
01:31 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Variations on a theme of Chopin, Op 22 for piano
Zbigniew Raubo (piano)
02:00 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
String Quartet in A major, Op 41 no 3
Vertavo Quartet
02:31 AM
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
L'Apotheose de la Danse - orchestral suite of dance music
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski (conductor)
03:09 AM
Bozidar Sirola (1889-1956)
Missa Poetica
Slovenian Chamber Choir, Vladimir Kranjcevic (director)
03:41 AM
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729)
Sonata in D major for 2 violins and continuo
Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci (director)
03:50 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
9 Variations on 'Quant' e piu bello' by Paisiello (WoO.69)
Theo Bruins (piano)
03:56 AM
Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912-1990)
Three Gymnopedies
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Myer Fredman (conductor)
04:06 AM
Maurice Durufle (1902-1986)
Quatre motets sur des themes gregoriens, Op 10
Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir, Evi Eespere (director)
04:14 AM
Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)
Suite (sonata) for clavichord no.12 (IB.236) in E minor
Karin Jonsson-Hazell (harpsichord)
04:22 AM
Johann Christoph Pezel (1639-1694), arr. Ronald Romm
Suite of German dances, arr for brass ensemble
Canadian Brass
04:31 AM
Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
Ballet Music for the Merry Wives of Windsor by Otto Nicolai
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
04:40 AM
Federico Mompou (1893-1987)
Scènes d'enfants
Marianne Richter-Beijer (piano)
04:49 AM
Johan Svendsen (1840-1911)
Romance for violin & orchestra Op 26 in G major arr. for violin & choir
Borisas Traubas (violin), Polifonija, Sigitas Vaiciulionis (conductor)
04:58 AM
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
Trio in F major for 2 flutes and continuo
Karl Kaiser (flute), Michael Schneider (flute), Rainer Zipperling (cello), Harald Hoeren (harpsichord)
05:07 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Divertimento in C major, London Trio No 1 (Hob.4 No 1)
Carol Wincenc (flute), Philip Setzer (violin), Carter Brey (cello)
05:17 AM
Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)
Suscipe, quaeso Domine for 7 voices
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
05:26 AM
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
Vetrate di Chiesa (Church Windows)
Orchestra of London, Canada, Uri Mayer (conductor)
05:51 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Partita in F major, K.Anh.C
17.05
Festival Winds
06:16 AM
Frigyes Hidas (1928-2007)
Harpsichord Concerto
Borbala Dobozy (harpsichord), Concentus Hungaricus, Ildiko Hegyi (conductor)
WED 06:30 Breakfast (m001yh0x)
Get going with classical
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
WED 09:30 Essential Classics (m001yh0z)
The very best of classical music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1100 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.
1230 Album of the Week
WED 13:00 Classical Live (m001yh11)
Baritone James Newby sings Schumann’s Dichterliebe, plus Rimsky-Korsakov & Butterworth from the Luxembourg Philharmonic
Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.
Today baritone James Newby and pianist James Baillieu perform Schumann’s song-cycle Dichterliebe at St George’s Brandon Hill in Bristol. There’s Rimsky-Korsakov’s 'Skazka' or fairy-tale and George Butterworth’s rhapsody 'A Shropshire Lad' from the Luxembourg Philharmonic. And harpsichordist Jane Chapman plays a toccata by Froberger at last year’s London International Festival of Early Music.
Overture: Proud Thames
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle in E flat, Op. 126 No. 6
Martin Garcia Garcia (piano)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Fairy Tale - 'Skazka', Op. 29
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Jérémie Rhorer (conductor)
Santa Ratniece
After the wind
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin (conductor)
Wilfred Josephs
Clarinet Quintet, Op. 135 (iii. Scherzo)
Linda Merrick (clarinet)
Kreutzer Quartet
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in E major, Kk. 380
Louis Schwizgebel-Wang (piano)
Anna Whitcombe
And the skies became vermillion
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jordan de Souza (conductor)
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe, Op. 48
James Newby (baritone)
James Baillieu (piano)
George Butterworth
A Shropshire Lad – rhapsody for orchestra
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Duncan Ward (conductor)
Claude Debussy
Marche ecossaise sur un theme populaire
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)
Johann Jakob Froberger
Toccata in G major
Jane Chapman (harpsichord)
WED 15:00 Choral Evensong (m001yh13)
Tewkesbury Abbey
Live from Tewkesbury Abbey
Introit: My beloved spake (Hadley)
Responses: Richard Ayleward
Psalm: 25 (Stonex)
First Lesson: Job 23: 1-12
Office hymn: Twin princes of the courts of heaven (Gonfalon Royal)
Canticles: Chichester Service (Walton)
Second Lesson: John 1: 43-51
Anthem: Give me the wings of faith (Leighton)
Hymn: Who are these like stars appearing (All Saints)
Voluntary: Introduction and Passacaglia (Roy Massey)
Simon Bell (Director of Music)
Carleton Etherington (Organist)
WED 16:00 Composer of the Week (m001yh15)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Monsieur Croche
Donald Macleod explores Debussy’s work as an outspoken critic, and in the aftermath of the scandal with soprano Therese Roger, there’s more shocking behaviour from the composer.
In the music of Claude Debussy there have been said to run dangerous and destructive currents. His radical works did forge a path which would redefine music in the 20th century, but his beautiful music runs contrary to his shocking personal life. The Scottish soprano Mary Garden said of him, “I honestly don’t know if he ever loved anybody really. He loved his music – and perhaps himself.” The lies and duplicity, deception and debt left other unfortunate people in their wake, with Debussy unrepentant throughout. In the aftermath of these scandals, Debussy was disowned by his friends, and by most of Parisian society, but the notoriety he gained only seemed to heighten his appeal with audiences. Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod tracks the scandalous life of Achille-Claude Debussy and tries to reconcile his appalling behaviour with his transcendent music.
Today, Donald explores Debussy’s work as a critic under the pseudonym Monsieur Croche. And, even though the dust has barely settled from the latest scandal in the composer's personal life, there’s more shocking behaviour to come from Debussy.
Prelude – La Fille aux cheveux de lin
Daniel Barenboim, piano
3 Chansons de Bilitis
Veronique Gens, soprano
Roger Vignoles, piano
Fetes Galantes - Claire de Lune
Stella Doufexis, mezzo-soprano
Daniel Heide, piano
Trois Nocturnes
Cleveland Orchestra
Ladies of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Images, L 110 – II. Hommage a Rameau
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Produced by Sam Phillips for BBC Audio Wales and West
WED 17:00 In Tune (m001yh17)
Classical music live from the BBC
Katie Derham is joined by the Chiaroscuro Quartet, who play live in the studio.
WED 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m001yh19)
Expand your horizons with classical music
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
WED 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (m001yh1c)
Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony, from Gateshead
Dinis Sousa conducts the Royal Northern Sinfonia in Beethoven’s groundbreaking Symphony No 3 ‘Eroica’ (1803-4) – one of the greatest turning-points in the history of music. Several decades later, Robert Schumann was working on sketches for an opera based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. He abandoned the project but used the sketches to compose two movements of a symphony in G minor, the first of which was performed by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in 1832. Just three years later, the same orchestra (conducted by Mendelssohn), gave the premiere of a piano concerto by Robert’s wife, Clara Schumann, who was also the solo pianist in that first performance.
Recorded at The Glasshouse, Gateshead
Presented by Linton Stephens
Robert Schumann: Symphony in G minor 'Zwickau'
Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto
c.
20:15
Interval
Beethoven: Symphony No 3 ‘Eroica’
Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Dinis Sousa (conductor)
WED 21:45 The Essay (m001yh1f)
Letters to a Young Composer
Benbrick
Inspired by Rilke's letters to an aspiring poet, five leading composers write a personal letter to a young composer – real or imagined – with their thoughts about their craft, their influences and the things they wish they'd known when they were starting out.
Covering themes of luck, resilience, an itinerant life and the seismic effects of Artificial Intelligence, these deeply personal essays reflect the realities of life as a leading composer.
WED 22:00 Night Tracks (m001yh1h)
Music for the darkling hour
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
WED 23:30 'Round Midnight (m001yh1k)
‘Round Midnight is Radio 3’s brand new weekday evening jazz show, presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch. It showcases new UK jazz and shares the best music from across the world – new and old.
This week’s guest on our Flowers feature is pianist Robert Mitchell. Alongside his acclaimed solo work, Robert has been in a range of important groups over the past three decades - from Gary Crosby’s Nu Troop, to Quite Sane, Panacea and True Think. Today it's Norma Winstone’s turn to get her flowers.
THURSDAY 02 MAY 2024
THU 00:30 Through the Night (m001yh1m)
Molière in Music
The Santa Cecilia Orchestra and conductor Antonello Manacorda perform Richard Strauss's orchestral suite Le Bourgeois gentilhomme. Danielle Jalowiecka presents.
12:31 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op 60
Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Antonello Manacorda (conductor)
01:10 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), arr. Luciano Berio
Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op 120 No 1 (arr for clarinet and orchestra)
Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet), Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Antonello Manacorda (conductor)
01:37 AM
Alessandro Carbonare (b. 1967)
Improvisation
Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet), Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia
01:40 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Symphony No 6 in C major, D589
Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Antonello Manacorda (conductor)
02:13 AM
Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792)
Quatre Intermedes for Moliere's comedy 'Amphitryon' - Intermede IV (VB.27)
Georg Poplutz (tenor), Bonn Chamber Chorus, L'Arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt (conductor)
02:24 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Mazurka No 25 in B minor Op 33 No 4
Roland Pontinen (piano)
02:31 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Mass in C major, Missa in tempore belli 'Paukenmesse' H.22.9
Hilde Haraldsen Sveen (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo soprano), Jonas Degerfeldt (tenor), Gabriel Suovanen (baritone), Oslo Philharmonic Choir, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor)
03:11 AM
Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006)
String Quartet no 1 (Metamorphoses nocturnes)
Casals Quartet
03:33 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
La fille aux cheveux de lin (Preludes book 1 no.8)
Francesco Piemontesi (piano)
03:36 AM
Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
Lord, let me know mine end (no 6 from Songs of farewell for mixed voices)
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (director)
03:48 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Concerto no.1 in A minor BWV.1041
Stefano Montanari (violin), Accademia Bizantina, Stefano Montanari (leader)
04:01 AM
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Serenata in vano, FS 68
Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound, James Campbell (conductor)
04:08 AM
Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1924)
Valse in E major, Op 34 No 1
Dennis Hennig (piano)
04:16 AM
Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)
'L'Eraclito amoroso' for soprano and continuo
Musica Fiorita, Susanne Ryden (soprano), Rebeka Ruso (viola da gamba), Rafael Bonavita (theorbo), Daniela Dolci (harpsichord), Daniela Dolci (director)
04:22 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Notturno in B major, Op 40
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jan Stanienda (conductor)
04:31 AM
Christian Frederik Emil Horneman (1840-1906)
Overture (Aladdin)
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt (conductor)
04:42 AM
Traditional, arr. Fritz Kreisler
Farewell to Cucullain 'Londonderry Air'
Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William Tritt (piano)
04:47 AM
Georges Auric (1899-1983), arr. Philip Lane
The Lavender Hill Mob (Suite)
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba (conductor)
04:55 AM
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Sextet for piano and winds
Zoltan Kocsis (piano), Anita Szabo (flute), Bela Horvath (oboe), Zsolt Szatmari (clarinet), Tamas Zempleni (horn), Pal Bokor (bassoon)
05:12 AM
William Byrd (1543-1623)
Content is rich
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Rose Consort of Viols
05:17 AM
Teresa Carreno (1853-1917)
Valse Petite in D major
Dennis Hennig (piano)
05:21 AM
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
Poema autunnale
Viktor Simicisko (violin), Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
05:36 AM
Leonardo Leo (1694-1744)
Miserere Mei Deus - concertato a due chori
Ensemble William Byrd, Graham O'Reilly (conductor)
05:54 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Piano Sonata no 1 in F sharp minor, Op 11
Ji-Yeong Mun (piano)
THU 06:30 Breakfast (m001ygzc)
Classical music to set you up for the day
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
THU 09:30 Essential Classics (m001ygzf)
Celebrating classical greats
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1100 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.
1230 Album of the Week
THU 13:00 Classical Live (m001ygzh)
The Luxembourg Philharmonic plays Schubert’s 9th Symphony and Ravel's Shéhérazade, plus Mozart from the Van Kuijk Quartet.
Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.
This week’s featured orchestra, the Luxembourg Philharmonic, perform Ravel’s deeply romantic song-cycle Shéhérazade with soprano Patricia Petibon, and Schubert’s mammoth 9th Symphony 'The Great'. And the Van Kuijk Quartet perform with music by Mozart, recorded at St. George’s Brandon Hill in Bristol. Also in the programme the Miniature Suite by one of Bristol’s famous sons, Cyril Rootham, and a Beethoven piano sonata from Elisabeth Brauss.
Other highlights include Hindemith from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Singers with music by Cecilia McDowell and Geminiani in a recording by Radio 3’s New Generation Baroque Ensemble – Ensemble Augelletti.
Paul Hindemith
Turandot (Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes of Weber)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Isaac Albeniz
Asturias (Suite española No. 1, Op. 47 No. 5)
Thibaut Garcia (guitar)
Maurice Ravel
Shéhérazade – song-cycle
Patricia Petibon (soprano)
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Jérémie Rhorer (conductor)
Edward MacDowell
Forest Spirits (Suite No. 1 in A minor for orchestra, Op. 42)
Ulster Orchestra
Takuo Yuasa (conductor)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in D minor, K. 421
Van Kuijk Quartet
Cyril Rootham
Miniature Suite for piano & orchestra
Alan Fearon (piano)
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)
Francesco Geminiani
Trio Sonata in D minor Op. 2 No. 5
Ensemble Augelletti
Eric Coates
The Three Men - suite
BBC Philharmonic
John Wilson (conductor)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major Op. 14 No. 2
Elisabeth Brauss (piano)
Cecilia McDowall
O Nata Lux
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin (conductor)
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944 'Great'
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Leopold Hager (conductor)
THU 16:00 Composer of the Week (m001ygzk)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
The Hooligans
Debussy ascends to a new level of fame as his opera Pelléas et Mélisande is premiered, but more lies and duplicity from the composer have tragic repercussions.
In the music of Claude Debussy there have been said to run dangerous and destructive currents. His radical works did forge a path which would redefine music in the 20th century, but his beautiful music runs contrary to his shocking personal life. The Scottish soprano Mary Garden said of him, “I honestly don’t know if he ever loved anybody really. He loved his music – and perhaps himself.” The lies and duplicity, deception and debt left other unfortunate people in their wake, with Debussy unrepentant throughout. In the aftermath of these scandals, Debussy was disowned by his friends, and by most of Parisian society, but the notoriety he gained only seemed to heighten his appeal with audiences. Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod tracks the scandalous life of Achille-Claude Debussy and tries to reconcile his appalling behaviour with his transcendent music.
Today, a band of Debussy supporters called Les Apaches (the Hooligans) help him ascend to a new level of fame as his opera Pelléas et Mélisande is premiered. However, Donald find more lies and duplicity from the composer and this time they lead to tragic repercussions, with the composer being forced to flee France.
Estampes - II. La soiree dans Grenade
Walter Gieseking, piano
Pelléas et Mélisande, Act III (excerpt)
Julien Behr, tenor (Pelléas)
Vannina Santoni, soprano (Mélisande),
Les Siecles
Francois Xavier Roth, conductor
Rhapsodie for saxophone and orchestra
Daniel Gauthier, saxophone
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Heinz Holliger, conductor
L’isle joyeuse
Werner Haas, piano
Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane
Lisa Wellbaum (harp)
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
La Mer – III. Dialogue of the Waves
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Produced by Sam Phillips for BBC Audio Wales and West
THU 17:00 In Tune (m001ygzm)
Live music and news from the world of classical
Katie Derham meets conductor Paul McCreesh to talk about his new recording of Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius. Plus, there’s live music from the Kukal Quartet.
THU 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m001ygzp)
Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
THU 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (m001ygzr)
Jader Bignamini conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jader Bignamini conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in French music: Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, Poulenc’s Gloria, with the BBC Symphony Chorus, plus music by Camille Pépin.
‘Convinced that his love is spurned, the artist poisons himself with opium…’ Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is the musical head-trip to end all head-trips, a no-holds-barred phantasmagoria for an enormous orchestra.
And that’s not even the half of it, in a concert that features the massed voices of the BBC Symphony Chorus in Poulenc’s barnstorming Gloria, and which opens with Camille Pépin’s visionary, ravishing Les Eaux célestes. Sky gods, lovers, a celestial river and the cowherd of the stars: it’s hard to imagine a better counterpart for Berlioz’s spectacular sonic imagination than the UK premiere of this symphonic retelling of an ancient Chinese myth. Prepare to be transported….
Recorded at the Barbican on Friday 19th April 2024. Presented by Martin Handley
Camille Pépin: Les Eaux célestes (UK premiere)
Francis Poulenc: Gloria
Interval
Hector Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique Op.14
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jader Bignamini (conductor)
THU 21:45 The Essay (m001ygzt)
Letters to a Young Composer
Sally Beamish
Inspired by Rilke's letters to an aspiring poet, five leading composers write a personal letter to a young composer – real or imagined – with their thoughts about their craft, their influences and the things they wish they'd known when they were starting out.
Covering themes of luck, resilience, an itinerant life and the seismic effects of Artificial Intelligence, these deeply personal essays reflect the realities of life as a leading composer.
THU 22:00 Night Tracks (m001ygzw)
The music garden
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
THU 23:30 'Round Midnight (m001ygzy)
Award-winning saxophonist Soweto Kinch presents this new weekday evening jazz show. It celebrates the thriving UK scene and spotlights the best new music alongside legendary heritage acts.
Every day this week Robert Mitchell has appeared on the show as Soweto's guest for the feature Flowers - where musicians are asked to celebrate a musician they feel deserve recognition and respect. The English pianist's final selection for the week is a song from Matana Roberts.
FRIDAY 03 MAY 2024
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (m001yh00)
Handel's Messiah from Rome
The Santa Cecilia Orchestra and Chorus, with conductor John Nelson and soloists, perform Handel's Messiah. Penny Gore presents.
12:31 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Messiah, HWV 56 (Part 1)
Sara Blanch (soprano), Sasha Cooke (mezzo soprano), Krystian Adam (tenor), Anthony Robin Schneider (bass), Santa Cecilia Chorus, Andrea Secchi (director), Santa Cecilia Orchestra, John Nelson (conductor)
01:12 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Messiah, HWV 56 (Parts 2 & 3)
Sara Blanch (soprano), Sasha Cooke (mezzo soprano), Krystian Adam (tenor), Anthony Robin Schneider (bass), Santa Cecilia Chorus, Andrea Secchi (director), Santa Cecilia Orchestra, John Nelson (conductor)
02:08 AM
Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935), George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Passacaglia after Handel
Byungchan Lee (violin), Cameron Crozman (cello)
02:15 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Sonata in D minor HWV 367a
Bolette Roed (recorder), Allan Rasmussen (harpsichord)
02:31 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Symphony No 7 in D minor (Op 70)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Stefan Asbury (conductor)
03:12 AM
Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783-1847)
Piano Quartet in E minor
Klara Hellgren (violin), Ingegerd Kierkegaard (viola), Asa Akerberg (cello), Anders Kilstrom (piano)
03:42 AM
Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682)
Ardo, sospiro e piango
Emma Kirkby (soprano), David Thomas (bass), Jakob Lindberg (lute), Anthony Rooley (lute), Anthony Rooley (director)
03:49 AM
Frano Parac (b.1948)
Guitar Trio
Zagreb Guitar Trio
03:54 AM
Paolo Tosti (1846-1916), Renato Rascel (1912-1991), Eduardo di Capua (1865-1917), Paolo Conte (b.1937), arr. Guido Rennert
Sempre Italia (medley): Marecchiare (Tosti); Arrivederci Roma (Rascel); O Sole mio (di Capua); Azzurro (Conte)
WDR Radio Orchestra, Rasmus Baumann (conductor)
04:02 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Die Gotter Griechenlands D.677b
Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (pianoforte)
04:07 AM
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)
Espana - rhapsody
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)
04:13 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Abegg variations Op.1 for piano
Annika Treutler (piano)
04:21 AM
Giuseppe Sammartini (1695-1750)
Sinfonia in F major
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director)
04:31 AM
Victor Herbert (1859-1924)
The Fortune Teller (excerpts)
Eastman-Dryden Orchestra, Donald Hunsberger (conductor)
04:39 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Ballade no 1 in G minor, Op 23
Zbigniew Raubo (piano)
04:49 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, BWV 228
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Ivars Taurins (conductor)
04:58 AM
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Partite Sopra Follia
Enrico Baiano (harpsichord)
05:06 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), arr. Francesco Squarcia
3 Hungarian Dances
I Cameristi Italiani
05:14 AM
Giacomo Facco (1676-1753)
Sinfonia no 9 in C minor for cello and basso continuo
La Guirlande
05:25 AM
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor, Op 44
James Ehnes (violin), Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
05:50 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Sonata in G major, H.
16.27
Niklas Sivelov (piano)
06:01 AM
Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Nonet in F major, Op 31
Kyoko Ogawa (violin), Anne Sophie Van Riel (viola), Alexander Arai-Swale (double bass), Hyunjung Song (oboe), Carlotta Brendel (bassoon), Zuzanna Szambelan (cello), Ronja Macholdt (flute), Astrid den Daas (clarinet), Pauline Zahno (horn)
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (m001yhnd)
Sunny side up classical
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with the Friday poem and music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
FRI 09:30 Essential Classics (m001yhng)
A feast of great music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1100 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.
1230 Album of the Week
FRI 13:00 Classical Live (m001yhnj)
The Luxembourg Philharmonic plays Mendelssohn’s “Italian” Symphony and Leonard Elschenbroich plays Brahms’ Cello Sonata No.1
Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.
This week’s featured orchestra the Luxembourg Philharmonic perform Mendelssohn’s 4th Symphony, plus there’s a Brahms cello sonata recorded at St. George’s Brandon Hill in Bristol by Leonard Elschenbroich and Alexei Grynyuk, jazz saxophone by another of Bristol’s famous sons – Will Gregory, and Prokofiev’s “Sarcasms” from the Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero.
Johann Strauss II
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214
BBC Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)
Sergei Prokofiev
Sarcasms, Op. 17
Gabriela Montero (piano)
Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Sussex Landscape
Ulster Orchestra
Daniele Rustioni (conductor)
William Byrd
Sing joyfully
Latvian Radio Choir
Kaspars Putniņš (conductor)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio and fugue in C minor, K. 546
Armida Quartet
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw
Michał Klauza (conductor)
Edward Elgar
Sea slumber song (Sea pictures, Op. 37)
Catriona Morrison (mezzo-soprano)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Eric Coates
Last love
BBC Philharmonic
John Wilson (conductor)
Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)
Alexei Grynyuk (piano)
Will Gregory
Orbit
Jess Gillam Ensemble
Agustin Barrios Mangore
La Catedral
Thibaut Garcia (guitar)
Carl Maria von Weber
Overture: Oberon
KBS Symphony Orchestra
Shiyeon Sung (conductor)
Alban Berg
Piano Sonata, Op. 1
Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 'Italian'
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Duncan Ward (conductor)
Paul Hindemith
6 chansons for chorus
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin (conductor)
John Foulds
Sicilian Aubade
Cynthia Fleming (violin)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Ronald Corp (conductor)
FRI 16:00 Composer of the Week (m001yhnl)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
The Fall
There is scandal at the ballet and in the concert hall as Donald Macleod explores the end of Debussy’s life. Plus, as war erupts, the composer’s mountain of debt continues to grow.
In the music of Claude Debussy there have been said to run dangerous and destructive currents. His radical works did forge a path which would redefine music in the 20th Century, but his beautiful music runs contrary to his shocking personal life. The Scottish soprano Mary Garden said of him, “I honestly don’t know if he ever loved anybody really. He loved his music – and perhaps himself.” The lies and duplicity, deception and debt left other unfortunate people in their wake, with Debussy unrepentant throughout. In the aftermath of these scandals, Debussy was disowned by his friends, and by most of Parisian society, but the notoriety he gained only seemed to heighten his appeal with audiences. Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod tracks the scandalous life of Achille-Claude Debussy and tries to reconcile his appalling behaviour with his transcendent music.
In Friday’s episode, there is scandal at the ballet and in the concert hall as Donald explores the end of the life of Claude Debussy. Despite struggling with the cancer which would finally lead to his death, and the eruption of World War One, the composer also finds a new spark of inspiration. However, it would not be enough to counter Debussy’s mountain of debt which continued to grow as he fails to complete a host of promised works for the stage.
Children’s Corner – Cakewalk
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
5 Poemes de Charles Baudelaire - III. Le Jet d’eau
Alison Hagley, soprano
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian – Music for Act V - Paradise
Sylvia McNair, soprano
Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano
Nathalie Stutzmann, mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Jeux, L 126
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
Sonata for flute, viola and harp, L 137 – III. Finale
Tre Voci
La chute de la maison Usher, L112 (excerpt) (completed and orchestrated by R Orledge)
Christine Barbaux, soprano
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Georges Prêtre, conductor
Syrinx
Emmanuel Pahud, flute
Produced by Sam Phillips for BBC Audio Wales and West
FRI 17:00 In Tune (m001yhnn)
In session with stellar classical artists
Katie Derham introduces live music in the studio from countertenor Hugh Cutting amongst others.
FRI 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m001yhnq)
Classical music for focus or relaxation
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
FRI 19:30 Friday Night is Music Night (m001yhns)
Bond... James Bond
Martin Yates conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in music spanning six decades from the iconic film franchise. With singers Alice Fearn and Oliver Tompsett, recorded in Chichester Festival Theatre in March.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
Norman Monty: James Bond Theme
David Arnold: The World is Not Enough
John Barry: Diamonds Are Forever
Paul McCartney: Live and Let Die
Bono. The Edge: Goldeneye
Chris Cornell: You Know My Name
Narada Michael Walden: Licence to Kill
Various: James Bond Suite
John Barry, Duran Duran: A View to a Kill
Marvin Hamlisch: Nobody Does It Better
John Barry, Paul Waaktaar: The Living Daylights
----INTERVAL----
John Barry: Dr. No Suite
John Barry: Goldfinger
Lionel Bart: From Russia with Love
John Barry: All the Time in the World
John Barry: All Time High
Bill Conti: For Your Eyes Only
Burt Bacharach: The Look of Love
John Barry: You Only Live Twice Suite
Adele: Skyfall
John Barry: Moonraker
John Barry: The Man with the Golden Gun
John Barry: Thunderball
Sheryl Crow: Encore: Tomorrow Never Dies
Singers Alice Fearn and Oliver Tompsett
BBC Concert Orchestra
Conductor Martin Yates
FRI 21:45 The Essay (m001yhnv)
Letters to a Young Composer
Errollyn Wallen
Inspired by Rilke's letters to an aspiring poet, five leading composers write a personal letter to a young composer – real or imagined – with their thoughts about their craft, their influences and the things they wish they'd known when they were starting out.
Covering themes of luck, resilience, an itinerant life and the seismic effects of Artificial Intelligence, these deeply personal essays reflect the realities of life as a leading composer.
FRI 22:00 Late Junction (m001yhnx)
Puppy love
Who let the dogs out? Late Junction ensures that every dog gets his day in this canine episode as Verity shares a selection of songs dedicated to man’s best friend.
There’ll be new jazz about street dogs from Helsinki’s Jonathan Bäckström Quartet, and something from New York avant-garde legend Laurie Anderson, commemorating her beloved rat terrier Lolabelle. Plus electroacoustic experiments from Argentine composer Beatriz Ferreyra that she conceived for dog owners, dog dreams from San Francisco-based sound artist Lucy Liyou, and domestic music for sceptical dogs from Jamaican producer Gavsborg.
Produced by Kit Callin
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
FRI 23:30 'Round Midnight (m001yhnz)
Presented by British saxophonist Soweto Kinch and reflecting the rich history of jazz.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
'Round Midnight
23:30 MON (m001ygvf)
'Round Midnight
23:30 TUE (m001yjk3)
'Round Midnight
23:30 WED (m001yh1k)
'Round Midnight
23:30 THU (m001ygzy)
'Round Midnight
23:30 FRI (m001yhnz)
Breakfast
06:30 SAT (m001ygq0)
Breakfast
06:30 SUN (m001ygsp)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (m001ygtb)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (m001yjjl)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (m001yh0x)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (m001ygzc)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (m001yhnd)
Choral Evensong
15:00 SUN (m001y9cm)
Choral Evensong
15:00 WED (m001yh13)
Classical Live
13:00 MON (m001ygtg)
Classical Live
13:00 TUE (m001yjjq)
Classical Live
13:00 WED (m001yh11)
Classical Live
13:00 THU (m001ygzh)
Classical Live
13:00 FRI (m001yhnj)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 MON (m001ygtw)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 TUE (m001yjjx)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 WED (m001yh19)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 THU (m001ygzp)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 FRI (m001yhnq)
Composer of the Week
16:00 MON (m001ygtl)
Composer of the Week
16:00 TUE (m001yjjs)
Composer of the Week
16:00 WED (m001yh15)
Composer of the Week
16:00 THU (m001ygzk)
Composer of the Week
16:00 FRI (m001yhnl)
Drama on 3
20:00 SUN (m001ygt2)
Earlier... with Jools Holland
12:00 SAT (m001ygq4)
Essential Classics Mix
01:30 SAT (m001ydgt)
Essential Classics
09:30 MON (m001ygtd)
Essential Classics
09:30 TUE (m001yjjn)
Essential Classics
09:30 WED (m001yh0z)
Essential Classics
09:30 THU (m001ygzf)
Essential Classics
09:30 FRI (m001yhng)
Friday Night is Music Night
19:30 FRI (m001yhns)
In Tune
17:00 MON (m001ygts)
In Tune
17:00 TUE (m001yjjv)
In Tune
17:00 WED (m001yh17)
In Tune
17:00 THU (m001ygzm)
In Tune
17:00 FRI (m001yhnn)
Jazz Record Requests
16:00 SUN (m001ygt0)
Late Junction
22:00 FRI (m001yhnx)
Music Map
13:30 SUN (m001ygsy)
Music Matters
13:00 SAT (m001ygqb)
Music Planet
21:30 SAT (m001ygr0)
New Music Show
22:30 SAT (m001ygr4)
Night Tracks
22:00 SUN (m001ygt4)
Night Tracks
22:00 MON (m001ygvb)
Night Tracks
22:00 TUE (m001yjk1)
Night Tracks
22:00 WED (m001yh1h)
Night Tracks
22:00 THU (m001ygzw)
Opera on 3
18:00 SAT (m001ygqw)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (m001ygsw)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 MON (m001ygv0)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 TUE (m001y9fv)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 WED (m001yh1c)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 THU (m001ygzr)
Record Review
14:00 SAT (m001ygqh)
Saturday Morning
09:00 SAT (m001ygq2)
Sound of Cinema
16:00 SAT (m001ygqm)
Sunday Feature
19:15 SUN (m001cnt3)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (m001ygsr)
Tearjerker
00:30 SAT (m001y9dm)
The Early Music Show
17:00 SUN (m0012gj5)
The Essay
21:45 MON (m001ygv4)
The Essay
21:45 TUE (m001yjjz)
The Essay
21:45 WED (m001yh1f)
The Essay
21:45 THU (m001ygzt)
The Essay
21:45 FRI (m001yhnv)
This Classical Life
17:00 SAT (m001ygqr)
Through the Night
02:30 SAT (m001y9dp)
Through the Night
00:30 SUN (m001ygr8)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (m001ygt8)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (m001ygvh)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (m001yjk5)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (m001yh1m)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (m001yh00)
Unclassified
23:30 SUN (m001ygt6)
Words and Music
18:00 SUN (m001k873)
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES ORDERED BY GENRE
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
Drama
Drama on 3
20:00 SUN (m001ygt2)
Words and Music
18:00 SUN (m001k873)
Factual
Sunday Feature
19:15 SUN (m001cnt3)
Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media
Music Matters
13:00 SAT (m001ygqb)
Sound of Cinema
16:00 SAT (m001ygqm)
The Essay
21:45 MON (m001ygv4)
The Essay
21:45 TUE (m001yjjz)
The Essay
21:45 WED (m001yh1f)
The Essay
21:45 THU (m001ygzt)
The Essay
21:45 FRI (m001yhnv)
Music
Late Junction
22:00 FRI (m001yhnx)
Music: Classical
Breakfast
06:30 SAT (m001ygq0)
Breakfast
06:30 SUN (m001ygsp)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (m001ygtb)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (m001yjjl)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (m001yh0x)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (m001ygzc)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (m001yhnd)
Classical Live
13:00 MON (m001ygtg)
Classical Live
13:00 TUE (m001yjjq)
Classical Live
13:00 WED (m001yh11)
Classical Live
13:00 THU (m001ygzh)
Classical Live
13:00 FRI (m001yhnj)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 MON (m001ygtw)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 TUE (m001yjjx)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 WED (m001yh19)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 THU (m001ygzp)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 FRI (m001yhnq)
Composer of the Week
16:00 MON (m001ygtl)
Composer of the Week
16:00 TUE (m001yjjs)
Composer of the Week
16:00 WED (m001yh15)
Composer of the Week
16:00 THU (m001ygzk)
Composer of the Week
16:00 FRI (m001yhnl)
Earlier... with Jools Holland
12:00 SAT (m001ygq4)
Essential Classics Mix
01:30 SAT (m001ydgt)
Essential Classics
09:30 MON (m001ygtd)
Essential Classics
09:30 TUE (m001yjjn)
Essential Classics
09:30 WED (m001yh0z)
Essential Classics
09:30 THU (m001ygzf)
Essential Classics
09:30 FRI (m001yhng)
In Tune
17:00 MON (m001ygts)
In Tune
17:00 TUE (m001yjjv)
In Tune
17:00 WED (m001yh17)
In Tune
17:00 THU (m001ygzm)
In Tune
17:00 FRI (m001yhnn)
Music Map
13:30 SUN (m001ygsy)
Night Tracks
22:00 SUN (m001ygt4)
Night Tracks
22:00 MON (m001ygvb)
Night Tracks
22:00 TUE (m001yjk1)
Night Tracks
22:00 WED (m001yh1h)
Night Tracks
22:00 THU (m001ygzw)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (m001ygsw)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 MON (m001ygv0)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 TUE (m001y9fv)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 WED (m001yh1c)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 THU (m001ygzr)
Record Review
14:00 SAT (m001ygqh)
Saturday Morning
09:00 SAT (m001ygq2)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (m001ygsr)
Tearjerker
00:30 SAT (m001y9dm)
This Classical Life
17:00 SAT (m001ygqr)
Through the Night
02:30 SAT (m001y9dp)
Through the Night
00:30 SUN (m001ygr8)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (m001ygt8)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (m001ygvh)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (m001yjk5)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (m001yh1m)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (m001yh00)
Words and Music
18:00 SUN (m001k873)
Music: Classical: Choral
Choral Evensong
15:00 SUN (m001y9cm)
Choral Evensong
15:00 WED (m001yh13)
Music: Classical: Early Music
The Early Music Show
17:00 SUN (m0012gj5)
Music: Classical: Experimental & New
New Music Show
22:30 SAT (m001ygr4)
Unclassified
23:30 SUN (m001ygt6)
Music: Classical: Opera
Opera on 3
18:00 SAT (m001ygqw)
Music: Easy Listening, Soundtracks & Musicals
Friday Night is Music Night
19:30 FRI (m001yhns)
Sound of Cinema
16:00 SAT (m001ygqm)
Tearjerker
00:30 SAT (m001y9dm)
Music: Jazz & Blues
Jazz Record Requests
16:00 SUN (m001ygt0)
Music: Jazz & Blues: Jazz
'Round Midnight
23:30 MON (m001ygvf)
'Round Midnight
23:30 TUE (m001yjk3)
'Round Midnight
23:30 WED (m001yh1k)
'Round Midnight
23:30 THU (m001ygzy)
'Round Midnight
23:30 FRI (m001yhnz)
Jazz Record Requests
16:00 SUN (m001ygt0)
Music: World
Late Junction
22:00 FRI (m001yhnx)
Music Planet
21:30 SAT (m001ygr0)
Night Tracks
22:00 SUN (m001ygt4)
Night Tracks
22:00 MON (m001ygvb)
Night Tracks
22:00 TUE (m001yjk1)
Night Tracks
22:00 WED (m001yh1h)
Night Tracks
22:00 THU (m001ygzw)
Religion & Ethics
Choral Evensong
15:00 SUN (m001y9cm)
Choral Evensong
15:00 WED (m001yh13)