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SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER 2024
SAT 00:30 Through the Night (m0023yld)
Music by Shostakovich, Jolivet, Poulenc and Schmitt
Trumpeter Hakan Hardenberger and pianist Bertrand Chamayou join the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana and conductor Fabien Gabel in works by Shostakovich, Jolivet, Poulenc and Schmitt. John Shea presents.
12:31 AM
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
Suite for trumpet and orchestra
Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet), Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Fabien Gabel (conductor)
12:43 AM
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Piano Concerto no 1 in C minor, Op 35
Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet), Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Fabien Gabel (conductor)
01:05 AM
Andre Jolivet (1905-1974)
Trumpet Concertino
Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Fabien Gabel (conductor)
01:16 AM
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Sinfonietta, FP 141
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Fabien Gabel (conductor)
01:44 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata in G minor, BWV.1001
Hopkinson Smith (baroque lute)
02:00 AM
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Gloria for soprano, chorus and orchestra in G major
Annick Massis (soprano), Choir of Radio France, National Orchestra of France, Georges Pretre (conductor)
02:31 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Souvenir de Florence, Op 70
Vadim Repin (violin), Baiba Skride (violin), Andrei Ionita (cello), Victor Fournelle-Blain (viola), Natalie Racine (viola), Anna Burden (cello)
03:06 AM
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Piano Sonata no 2 in A major, Op 21
Jerzy Godziszewski (piano)
03:35 AM
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
Trois Pieces Breves for wind quintet
Ariart Woodwind Quintet
03:43 AM
John Dowland (1563-1626), arr. John Duarte, Galbraith
Fantasie arr. Duarte/Galbraith for guitar
Manuel Calderon (guitar)
03:47 AM
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Rejoice in the Lord alway, Z 49 (Bell Anthem)
Alex Potter (counter tenor), Samuel Boden (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe (director)
03:55 AM
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Pomp and Circumstance: Military March in D major, Op 39 no 1
David Drury (organ)
04:03 AM
Johan Wagenaar (1862-1941)
Concert Overture, Op 11 'Fruhlingsgewalt'
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen (conductor)
04:11 AM
Johann Caspar Kerll (1627-1693)
Exulta satis - Offertorium for countertenor, tenor, two violins, viola and bc
Hassler Consort
04:20 AM
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795)
Sinfonia for strings and continuo in D minor
Das Kleine Konzert
04:31 AM
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
Overture (Die Fledermaus)
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
04:39 AM
Emil Cossetto (1918-2006)
2 Dances [excerpt cantata 'Zeleni Jura' (Green George)]
Pavica Gvozdic (piano)
04:48 AM
Andrea Falconieri (c.1585-1656)
Quando il labro ti bacio; Fantasia; Nudo Arciero; Galliarda
Jan Van Elsacker (tenor), United Continuo Ensemble
04:57 AM
Vaino Raitio (1891-1945)
Maidens on the Headlands - symphonic poem
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
05:05 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Fantasiestucke, Op 73
Aljaz Begus (clarinet), Svjatoslav Presnjakov (piano)
05:16 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet in E flat major, Op 74 "Harp"
Oslo Quartet, Geir Inge Lotsberg (violin), Per Kristian Skalstad (violin), Are Sandbakken (viola), Oystein Sonstad (cello)
05:51 AM
Josip Raffaelli (1767-1843)
Introduction and theme with variations in A major
Vladimir Krpan (piano)
06:01 AM
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth (1858-1944)
Concerto for violin and horn in A major
Agata Raatz (violin), Zora Slokar (horn), Bern Chamber Orchestra, Graziella Contratto (conductor)
SAT 06:30 Breakfast (m00244w0)
Start your weekend the Radio 3 way, with Saturday Breakfast
Join Emma Clarke to wake up the day with a selection of the finest classical music.
To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Breakfast."
SAT 09:00 Saturday Morning (m00244w2)
Tom meets conductor Karina Canellakis
Tom Service talks to the American conductor Karina Canellakis and plays the perfect classical soundtrack for Saturday morning, from well-known classics to musical gems and a few surprises.
Karina Canellakis is one of the most in-demand conductors in the world right now - she's the Principal Guest Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and is in town to conduct them in Schumann and Bruckner. Known for the intensity and passion of her performances she chats to Tom about her music making and journey.
As humans we're captivated by the mystery of whalesong - why do they sing, how do they sing and WHAT do they sing? Tom talks to Dr Ellen Garland from St Andrew's University about the science behind the song and the latest research from the depths of the ocean. Plus Tom looks at how whalesong has inspired musicians for generations - he talks to composer Emily Doolittle about her musical collaborations with humpback whales.
And how to turn grief into healing. Composer and musician Fer Isella talks about his new album My Father's Heart where he combined recordings of his late father's heartbeat with his piano to create "a beautiful last conversation" between father and son.
SAT 12:00 Earlier... with Jools Holland (m00244w4)
Classical, blues and jazz for the weekend
In a new show for Saturday lunchtimes, Jools shares his lifelong passion for classical music, and the beautiful connections with jazz and blues. 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 Saint-Saens, George Walker and Freddie Slack, with performances from theremin player Clara Rockmore and Charles Mackerras's 1959 recording of Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks. Jools's guest is British-Bahraini trumpet player and composer Yazz Ahmed who introduces a track from her upcoming album 'A Paradise In The Hold' as well as music she loves by Rebecca Clarke, Zad Moultaka and Steve Reich.
SAT 13:00 Music Matters (m00244w6)
A View From The Organ Loft
2. Glasgow Cathedral
Anna travels to Scotland to visit the oldest building in Glasgow: its cathedral. She admires the beautifully smooth, round sound of the Father Willis organ there, and shares her tips on how to build a crescendo on different instruments. She also explores orchestral music evoking the Scottish landscape by Mendelssohn, a lament by Errollyn Wallen, a colourful vignette for oboe and piano by Scottish-born Thea Musgrave, and an organ duet performed by two Scotland-based organists. We also hear from Director of Music Andrew Forbes, both speaking about the unusual shape of the cathedral and performing an organ classic.
Plus, a piece that sounds Christmassy without having anything to do with Christmas…
A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3
SAT 14:00 Record Review (m00244w8)
Schumann's Piano Trio No 1 in D minor in Building a Library with Allyson Devenish & Andrew McGregor
Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.
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Simon Heighes shares his choice of the latest classical releases
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Building a Library
Schumann's Piano Trio No 1 in D minor with Allyson Devenish
Despite his failure to become a concert pianist, due to injuring his fingers, many of Schumann's very greatest works involve the piano. The brooding, and stormy D minor Piano Trio came from Schumann's ‘time of gloomy moods’. But it contains one of his most heart-rending slow movements. It is the work's centre of gravity, with its aching dissonances and high-arching phrases. It is a quintessentially Romantic chamber piece, and has been recorded by many stellar piano trios.
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Record of the Week: Andrew’s top pick.
To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Record Review."
SAT 16:00 Sound of Cinema (m00244wb)
Wake Up! Cinematic nightmares
Wake Up! Matthew Sweet goes cinematic trick-or-treating with music from films about nightmares. Including films such as Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive (music by Angelo Badalamenti), An American Werewolf in London (Elmer Bernstein) and Spellbound (Miklos Rozsa).
To listen on most smart speakers, just say: 'Ask BBC Sounds to play Sound of Cinema.'
SAT 17:00 This Classical Life (m00244wd)
Jess Gillam with... Anastasia Kobekina
Jess's guest this week is the cellist Anastasia Kobekina
Anastasia is known for her musicality, infectious personality and musical imagination. She says her ultimate goal is getting beyond cello technique, beyond the wood, and instead attempting to reach for that feeling when she sings in her most expressive and personal moments. She started playing cello at the age of 4 and has been a prize-winner at the Tchaikovsky Competition and the Enescu Competition and was a Radio 3 New Generation Artist.
Jess and Anastasia talk about her life in music, why she wants her cello to be more than just an instrument and swap favourite tracks to listen to including music by Lili Boulanger, Elgar's cello masterpiece and a film score by Thom Yorke, a perfect Bjork cover and Tchaikovsky from Anastasia's childhood
SAT 18:00 Opera on 3 (m00244wg)
Eugene Onegin from the Royal Opera House
Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin in a new production for the Royal Opera House, conducted by Henrik Nánási. When the innocent and bookish Tatyana meets Eugene Onegin, she falls instantly in love with him, writing an impassioned letter telling her feelings. But Onegin rejects her, and it's not until he sees her many years later that he realises what a terrible mistake he's made. Gordon Bintner sings the brooding anti-hero, and Kristina Mkhitaryan the passionate Tatyana.
Andrew McGregor presents and is joined in the box by cultural historian Rosamund Bartlett.
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin ..... Gordon Bintner (bass-baritone)
Tatyana ..... Kristina Mkhitaryan (soprano)
Lensky ..... Liparit Avetisyan (tenor)
Olga ..... Avery Amereau (mezzo-soprano)
Prince Gremin ..... Dmitry Belosselskiy (bass)
Madame Larina ..... Alison Kettlewell (mezzo-soprano)
Filipyevna ..... Rhonda Browne (mezzo-soprano)
Monsieur Triquet ..... Christophe Mortagne (tenor)
Captain ..... Siphe Kwani (baritone)
Zaretsky ..... Jamie Woollard (bass)
Peasant Singer ..... Timothy Parker-Langston (tenor)
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Henrik Nánási (conductor)
SAT 21:30 Music Planet (m00244wj)
Live from WOMEX
Lopa Kothari presents a live edition of Music Planet from Manchester, where worldwide music expo WOMEX is taking place this year. We hear music from specially recorded concert recordings, as well as a session with the Portuguese fado singer Cristina Clara.
SAT 22:30 New Music Show (m00244wl)
Luca Francesconi's Sospeso - A Suspension of Disbelief
Tom Service introduces more music from September's Venice Biennale, including two major world premieres for orchestra. Luca Francesconi's Sospeso - A Suspension of Disbelief for amplified orchestra, Fancesconi says, was born of 'episodes of a perhaps unconscious suspension of continuity... Spontaneous epiphanies that defied the teleological effort' and he gnomically adds that 'The scream, the braying of the donkey is perhaps the most convincing demonstration of the existence of God.'
Salvatore Sciarrino's Nocturnes creates an individual, dream-like sound world where references to previous nocturnes and night music emerge from a disconcerting background of mysterious breathing and spooky skittering punctuated by sudden crashes.
From Belfast, another world premiere. Northern Ireland-born Simon Mawhinney's orchestral A Pillar of Light for Haydn commemorates not the composer but Haydn Robarts, who died in 2020, aged 19, from cancer. And Hannah Kendall's Tuxedo: Between Carnival for soprano and ensemble uses, newspaper headlines, Biblical phrases and a text by Jean-Michel Basquiat to disturbing effect.
SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER 2024
SUN 00:30 Through the Night (m00244wn)
Luz de Andalucía
Works by Scarlatti and Chopin from the Mizmorim Festival in Basel. John Shea presents.
12:31 AM BST
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), arr. Mauricio Sotelo
Sonata in F, K. 107
Chen Halevi (clarinet), Daniel Borovitzky (piano), Gringolts Quartet
12:36 AM BST
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), arr. Mauricio Sotelo
Sonata in F minor, K. 184; Interludio – Alegrías; Sonata in G, K. 450
Chen Halevi (clarinet), Daniel Borovitzky (piano), Gringolts Quartet, Agustin Diassera (percussion)
12:49 AM BST
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Sonata in G, K. 455
Gringolts Quartet
12:54 AM BST
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Sonata in B minor, K. 87
Chen Halevi (clarinet), Daniel Borovitzky (piano), Gringolts Quartet, Agustin Diassera (percussion)
01:02 AM BST
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Prelude no 4 in E minor, Op 28 no 4; Prelude no 8 in F sharp minor, Op 28 no 8
Chen Halevi (clarinet), Gringolts Quartet, Daniel Borovitzky (piano)
01:07 AM BST
Mauricio Sotelo (b.1961)
Escultura de roja luz interna
Chen Halevi (clarinet), Daniel Borovitzky (piano), Gringolts Quartet, Agustin Diassera (percussion)
01:21 AM BST
Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)
6 Variations for violin and guitar, Op 81
Laura Vadjon (violin), Romana Matanovac (guitar)
01:31 AM BST
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Stabat Mater, Op 58
Genia Kuhmeier (soprano), Michelle Breedt (mezzo soprano), Steve Davislim (tenor), Mikhail Petrenko (bass), Chorus of the Grand Theatre-Polish National Opera, Miroslaw Janowski (director), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
01:48 AM GMT
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Piano Sonata no 2 in B flat minor, Op 35
Bruce Liu (piano)
02:14 AM
Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
String Quartet no 1 in D minor (1837-1840)
Camerata Quartet
02:31 AM
Dora Pejacevic (1885-1923)
Symphony in F sharp minor, Op 41
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)
03:14 AM
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
Suite no 3, 'Variations' Op 33
James Anagnoson (piano), Leslie Kinton (piano)
03:38 AM
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Psalm 23 (5 Psalms of David (1604)) 'The Lord is my Shepherd'
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
03:46 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Sonata in A major, HWV 361 (transposed to B flat)
Blagoj Angelovski (trumpet), Velin Iliev (organ)
03:56 AM
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Overture from Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Alun Francis (conductor)
04:04 AM
Albertus Groneman (c.1710-1778)
Sonata for 2 flutes in G major
Jed Wentz (flute), Marion Moonen (flute)
04:12 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
3 Studies for piano, Op 104b
Sylviane Deferne (piano)
04:20 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Quadro in G minor, TWV 43:g4
Bolette Roed (recorder), Arte dei Suonatori
04:31 AM
Johan Svendsen (1840-1911)
Festival Polonaise, Op 12
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Philippe Jordan (conductor)
04:40 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Rondo in A minor K.511
Jean Muller (piano)
04:51 AM
Jean Coulthard (1908-2000), orch. Michael Conway Baker
Four Irish Songs
Linda Maguire (soprano), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
05:00 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Rosamunde (Ballet Music no 2), D 797
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Heinz Holliger (conductor)
05:08 AM
Paul Muller-Zurich (1898-1993)
Capriccio for flute and piano, Op 75
Andrea Kolle (flute), Desmond Wright (piano)
05:15 AM
Alessandro Striggio (c.1573-1630)
Ecce beatam lucem, for 40 voices
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
05:23 AM
Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Parade
Kolacny piano duo
05:37 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op 56a, vers. for orchestra
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Simone Young (conductor)
05:56 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major 'Kreutzer'
Mats Zetterqvist (violin), Mats Widlund (piano)
SUN 06:30 Breakfast (m0024526)
Start your Sunday the Radio 3 way with Mark Forrest
Mark Forrest presents Radio 3’s classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of Sunday morning. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Breakfast."
SUN 09:00 Sunday Morning (m0024528)
Your perfect Sunday soundtrack
Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh.
In today’s programme, pianist Sophie-Mayuko Vetter joins the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra for some glorious Mozart, there's theatrical romanticism from Wagner and Ponchielli, and a quirky arrangement of Henry Purcell for Saxophone Quartet.
Sarah also discovers an ethereal dance inspired by the visionary music of Hildegard of Bingen, and guitarist Plinio Fernandes joins forces with cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason to transport us to the heart of South America.
Plus, Cecile Chaminade takes her revenge…
A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3
SUN 12:00 Private Passions (m001r877)
Brian Cox
Brian Cox has enjoyed a prolific career in theatre, film and television over the last 60 years.
Born in Dundee, he was obsessed by film from an early age and when he left school he worked behind the scenes at Dundee Rep theatre. He soon fell in love with the life he saw there and moved to London to train as an actor. Over the years he’s never been afraid to take on difficult, unlikeable characters, including Hannibal Lector in Manhunter, Hermann Goering in Nuremberg and most recently the terrifying media tycoon and patriarch Logan Roy in the TV series Succession, for which he won a Golden Globe.
On stage Brian has played King Lear at the National Theatre and won Olivier awards for his performances in Titus Andronicus and Rat in the Skull. In 2023 he portrayed the composer J S Bach in a play called The Score at the Theatre Royal, Bath.
His musical choices include Bach, Mahler, Verdi and Joni Mitchell.
Presenter Michael Berkeley
Producer Clare Walker
01
00:03:50 Giuseppe Verdi
Grand March (Aida)
Ensemble: Band And State Trumpeters Of The Royal Horse Guards
Ensemble: The State Trumpeters of The Royal Horse Guards
Duration 00:01:53
02
00:10:57 Gustav Mahler
Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Duration 00:08:58
03
00:18:44 Giacomo Puccini
Un bel dì vedremo (Madam Butterfly)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Singer: Maria Callas
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Duration 00:04:31
04
00:29:31 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major (2nd mvt)
Performer: Arthur Rubinstein
Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein
Duration 00:06:33
05
00:38:42 Felix Mendelssohn
Violn Concerto in E minor (1st mvt)
Performer: Itzhak Perlman
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Duration 00:12:59
06
00:46:23 Johann Sebastian Bach
Ciaconna (Partita No.2)
Performer: Hilary Hahn
Duration 00:17:47
07
00:54:59 Joni Mitchell
A Case Of You (2021 remaster)
Singer: Joni Mitchell
Duration 00:04:24
SUN 13:30 Music Map (m002452c)
A journey to Haydn's Trumpet Concerto
Sara Mohr-Pietsch charts a course through 500 years of musical connections to one of Haydn's most enduring and popular works, his Trumpet Concerto of 1796.
Expect dance, expect virtuosity, expect serenity, expect jazz, expect... Indiana Jones? But above all, a lovely Sunday afternoon sequence of great music.
To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers), just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Music Map."
SUN 15:00 Choral Evensong (m0023ys0)
Chapel of St John’s College, Cambridge
From the Chapel of St John’s College, Cambridge, with members of the Rodolfus Choral Course.
Introit: Os justi meditabitur (Bruckner)
Responses: Clucas
Psalms 114, 115 (Tonus peregrinus, Buck)
First Lesson: Hosea 14 vv1-7
Canticles: Kelly in C
Second Lesson: 2 Timothy 4 vv1-8
Anthem: Laudate Dominum (Arnold)
Prayer Anthem: A Blessing (Cheryl Frances Hoad)
Hymn: God moves in a mysterious way (London New)
Voluntary: Toccata (James Macmillan)
Simon Toyne (Conductor)
Dónal McCann (Organist)
Recorded 9 August.
SUN 16:00 Jazz Record Requests (m002452f)
Claire Martin - Billy Cobham - Archie Shepp - Annie Ross
Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you including music by Claire Martin, Billy Cobham, Archie Shepp, Dave Brubeck, Annie Ross and more. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.
To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Jazz Record Requests."
SUN 17:00 The Early Music Show (m002452h)
Early Music Today
Presenter Hannah French chats to internationally renowned interpreter of Italian baroque music Adrian Chandler to mark the 30th anniversary of his ensemble, La Serenissima.
She also pays tribute to Deborah Roberts, soprano and artistic director of the Brighton Early Music Festival, who died last month.
There are some new releases from the Newe Vialles - a London-based viol consort, performing music from the time of Charles I - and from violinist Davina Clarke.
Plus Hannah will have all the latest Early Music news, looking forward to next month's London International Festival of Early Music and also Dutch organist and Amsterdam Baroque director Ton Koopman's 80th birthday.
SUN 18:00 Words and Music (m000nv75)
This Haunted Land
From Emily Bronte's wild moors, the ghosts in stories by MR James & Benjamin Britten's opera Turn of the Screw, Schubert's lamenting song cycle Winterreise to film music for The Shining & The Wicker Man: Tim McInnerny & Ayesha Antoine are the readers in a Halloween episode.
A soundtrack is provided by a range of classical composers including Ligeti, Mozart, Beethoven, Purcell, and a harking back to the 1970s TV series Children of the Stones which was once called "the scariest programme ever made for children" and film soundtracks including Mica Levi's compositions for Under the Skin; Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind for The Shining and Paul Giovanni for The Wicker Man.
The readings include the thoughts of philosopher Mark Fisher from his book Ghosts of My Life; a ghost story from the BBC Domesday project, an evocation of mosquitos in the poem Horns by Ghanaian poet Kwame Dawes, The Terrors of the Night in the Elizabethan pamphlet written by Thomas Nashe and in Mary Karr's poem Field of Skulls which imagines fears which come "drinking gin after the I Love Lucy reruns have gone off".
Producer Luke Mulhall
READINGS:
Archive of Ghost Story from the BBC Domesday project read by Mabel Barber
James Hogg: The Mysterious Bride
Mark Fisher: Ghosts of My Life
Algernon Blackwood: The Haunted House
Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights
MR James: Oh, whistle and I’ll come to you
John Masefield: On the Downs
Edward Thomas: Aspens
Claire Gradidge: I will haunt you in small change
Thomas Hardy: At Castle Boterel
Cynthia Huntington: Ghost
Thomas Nashe: The Terrors of the Night
Kwame Dawes: Horns
John Clare: Written in Northampton County Asylum
John Donne: Nocturnal Upon St Lucy’s Day
Mary Karr: Field of Skulls
01
00:00:00 Goblin
Suspiria (Alternate take)
Performer: Goblin
Duration 00:01:12
02
00:00:18
Ghost story
BBC Domesday Project, read by Mabel Holloway
Duration 00:00:27
03
00:01:00 Henry Purcell
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary: Drum Processional
Performer: Academy of Ancient Music/Kings College Choir
Duration 00:01:06
04
00:01:26
James Hogg
The Mysterious Bride read by Tim McInnerney
Duration 00:00:41
05
00:03:11 Henry Purcell
March (Funeral Music for Queen Mary)
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music
Duration 00:01:45
06
00:03:53
Mark Fisher
Ghosts of My Life, read by Ayesha Antoine
Duration 00:00:57
07
00:04:51 Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind
The Shining
Performer: Mark Ayres
Duration 00:02:54
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00:02:08 Henry Purcell
Drum Processional (Funeral Music for Queen Mary)
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music
Duration 00:00:41
09
00:02:42
Algernon Blackwood
The Haunted House, read by Tim McInnerney
Duration 00:02:42
10
00:09:03 Béla Bartók
Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, iii. Adagio
Performer: Zoltán Kocsis
Orchestra: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Duration 00:06:47
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00:13:47
Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights, read by Ayesha Antoine
Duration 00:02:04
12
00:15:50 Mica Levi
Under The Skin, Lonely Void
Performer: Peter Raeburn
Duration 00:03:38
13
00:19:23
M.R. James
Oh, whistle and Ill come to you, read by Tim McInnerney
Duration 00:02:59
14
00:22:20 Franz Schubert
Winterreisse, Der leiermann
Duration 00:04:17
15
00:00:00
John Masefield
On The Downs, read by Ayesha Antoine
Duration 00:00:51
16
00:23:22 Franz Schubert
Der Leiermann (Winterreise)
Performer: Nfi
Duration 00:04:12
17
00:27:19 Sidney Sager
Children of the Stones Theme
Choir: Ambrosian Singers
Duration 00:01:18
18
00:28:34
Edward Thomas
Aspens, read by Tim McInnerney
Duration 00:01:44
19
00:30:17 Paul Giovanni
The Wicker Man: Willows Song
Performer: Lesley Mackie
Duration 00:04:04
20
00:34:14
Claire Gradidge
I will haunt you in small change, read by Ayesha Antoine
Duration 00:01:12
21
00:35:26 Henry Purcell
Dido & Aeneas, When I am laid in earth
Singer: Rachael Lloyd
Ensemble: Armonico Consort
Conductor: Christopher Monks
Duration 00:03:36
22
00:39:02
Thomas Hardy
At Castle Boterel, read by Tim McInnerney
Duration 00:02:22
23
00:41:20 Dmitry Shostakovich
String Quartet No.15 in E flat minor, Op.144, i. Elegy
Performer: Borodin Quartet
Duration 00:03:20
24
00:44:39
Cynthia Huntington
Ghost, read by Ayesha Antoine
Duration 00:01:17
25
00:45:54 Benjamin Britten
The Turn of the Screw, Variation X
Singer: Felicity Lott
Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble
Conductor: Steuart Bedford
Duration 00:03:45
26
00:49:39
Thomas Nashe
The Terrors of the Night, read by Tim McInnerney
Duration 00:01:36
27
00:52:11 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni (Final Scene)
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Duration 00:04:26
28
00:55:35
Kwame Dawes
Horns, read by Ayesha Antoine
Duration 00:01:18
29
00:56:51 Gyorgy Ligeti
Etude No. 13, Lescalier du diable
Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard
Duration 00:03:17
30
00:59:55
John Clare
Written in Northampton County Asylum, read by Ayesha Antoine
Duration 00:01:28
31
01:01:25
John Donne
Nocturnal Upon St Lucys Day, read by Tim McInnerney
Duration 00:03:47
32
01:06:11 Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in C sharp minor (Moonlight) (1st mvt: Adagio sostenuto)
Performer: Radu Lupu
Duration 00:04:10
33
01:09:16
Mary Karr
Field of Skulls, read by Ayesha Antoine
Duration 00:01:53
34
01:11:08 Winston Rodney & Philip Fullwood
Marcus Garvey
Performer: Burning Spear
Duration 00:01:22
SUN 19:15 Between the Ears (m002452l)
A Young Girl's Guide to Horror
Award-winning poet Joelle Taylor returns to the cinema in Rawtenstall where her mother worked and where she grew up - celebrating the horror films that turned her into a writer, with brand new poetry that evokes the projection box, the usherettes, memories of being a child in front of the big screen and the ghosts that haunted the building.
SUN 19:45 Sunday Feature (m002452n)
New Generation Thinkers: The Lost Writings of Mina Loy
Mina Loy (1882–1966) was a key figure of the European and American modernist avant-garde - a ground-breaking writer of poetry, novels, essays, plays, and prose. The 'writings' in question are several versions of an autobiography that Loy never really managed to complete but wrote and rewrote between the 1920s and the 1950s, across many aesthetic changes and much political turmoil as she moved from England to Paris to Florence and then to New York and finally died in Aspen Colorado.
The beauty of these writings is that they capture the spirit of a modern consciousness forming at the cusp of a new era. Loy focuses on her Victorian childhood, her half Jewish identity, her mother's rageful, restrictive behaviour and the newness of modernity as a promise of escape.
Sandeep Parmar, Professor of English Literature at the University of Liverpool, maps out this making and remaking of self, on the street where Loy grew up in Hampstead, and speak to those who can help put her life writing into perspective.
Contributors include Professor Sara Crangle at Sussex University, Dr Sophie Oliver at Liverpool University and Dr Dinah Roe at Oxford Brookes University.
The reader is Ruth Everett.
Mina Loy archive interview reproduced with kind permission from Roger L Conover.
Producer: Mohini Patel
SUN 20:00 Drama on 3 (m001fswl)
The Age of Anxiety
Four strangers meet in a New York bar on All Hallows Eve and embark on a fantastic journey. WH Auden’s extraordinary verse epic for four voices is dramatised by Robin Brooks.
Auden’s long poem The Age of Anxiety was written at the peak of his powers, and is claimed by many as his masterpiece. It contains passages of striking beauty, as powerful as anything he wrote. It is written in the form of a strange verse-drama: four characters, all single, lonely and adrift, spend an evening together, as Auden takes them on a fantastic voyage into memory and myth, in search of a way to solve the problems which have created this age of anxiety, the age in which we all now live.
AUDEN ..... Julian Bleach
QUANT ..... Jonjo O'Neill
MALIN ..... John Light
ROSETTA ..... Genevieve Gaunt
EMBLE ..... Luke Thallon
Sound Design by Jon Nicholls
Produced and Directed by Fiona McAlpine
An Allegra Production for BBC Radio 3
Picture Credit: Nighthawks, 1942 by Edward Hopper
Courtesy of the The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY/ Scala, Florence
SUN 21:40 New Generation Artists (m002452q)
Violinist María Dueñas plays Saint-Saens
The Spanish violin prodigy, María Dueñas plays Saint-Saens' showpiece Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso at the BBC's studios. Whilst in the studio next door, Rob Luft and friends revel in the sounds of electric guitar and Hammond organ in his own homage to Daylight Saving.
Saint-Saens: Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso, Op.28
María Dueñas (violin), Julian Quentin (piano)
Rob Luft: Daylight Saving Time
Rob Luft (electric guitar) with Scott Flanigan (Hammond organ), Tom McCredie (bass guitar), Joe Wright (tenor sax), Jay Davis (drums)
SUN 22:00 Night Tracks (m00202zh)
Music for the evening
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
01
00:00:00 Library Tapes (artist)
Leaves
Performer: Library Tapes
Featured Artist: Julia Kent
Duration 00:02:43
02
00:03:40 Marielle V Jakobsons (artist)
The Beginning is the End
Performer: Marielle V Jakobsons
Duration 00:04:00
03
00:07:40 Christopher Cerrone
Beaufort Scales (Prelude)
Ensemble: Lorelei Ensemble
Duration 00:03:08
04
00:12:14 Angélica Negrón
Conversacion a distancia
Ensemble: Ensemble Pi
Duration 00:05:24
05
00:17:37 Marin Marais
Suite - book 5 no. 2 in G major (Rondeau Le Troilleur / Le Jeu du Volant)
Performer: Benjamin Perrot
Performer: Florence Bolton
Duration 00:06:46
06
00:25:33 Monica Pearce
Attach
Performer: Angela Schwarzkopf
Duration 00:06:38
07
00:32:10 Robert Groslot
Now, Voyager, sail... [Symphony no.1] Op.130 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic
Conductor: Robert Groslot
Duration 00:06:04
08
00:39:11 Frédéric Chopin
4 Mazurkas Op.6 (no.1 in F sharp minor)
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy
Duration 00:03:08
09
00:42:28 William Marshall
Miss Dallas's Reel / The Strathbogie Toast
Performer: Patsy Reid
Performer: Alice Allen
Duration 00:04:45
10
00:48:26 Ye Xiaogang
Long Autumn Night (Song of the Earth - Imitation of Old Poem)
Singer: Shenyang
Orchestra: Shanghai Municipal Committee Band
Conductor: Long Yu
Duration 00:05:43
11
00:54:09 Melissa Aldana
Reflections - V. Un Breve Amor by Julio Cortazar
Performer: Melissa Aldana
Ensemble: PRISM Quartet
Duration 00:03:52
12
00:59:43 J.P.A. Falzone
Zipf's Law IV
Orchestra: Ostrava New Orchestra
Conductor: Owen Underhill
Duration 00:07:27
13
01:07:47 Johann Sebastian Bach
Flute Sonata in E Major BWV.1035 (1st mvt)
Performer: Barthold Kuijken
Performer: Ewald Demeyere
Duration 00:02:16
14
01:10:03 PUBLIQuartet
Improvisations on Dvořák's 'American' String Quartet (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: PUBLIQuartet
Duration 00:06:52
15
01:17:34 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio espagnol, Op.34 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Igor Markevitch
Duration 00:04:41
16
01:23:05 Caroline Shaw
To Music
Singer: Caroline Shaw
Ensemble: Sō Percussion
Duration 00:05:50
SUN 23:30 Unclassified (m0020y96)
Drifts and descants
Join Elizabeth Alker with a selection of fresh music from genre-defying artists as we journey through landscapes of ambient and experimental sounds. Along the way, we'll hear from emerging independent producers whose work plays with orchestral textures and classical form as well as the latest sounds from a new generation of contemporary composers whose sound is infused with the spirit of rock, pop and electronica. This week: propulsive, synth-led textures from Danish duo Svaneborg Kardyb, Remorae's electronic take on an Appalachian folk song, and country music guitar aesthetics fused with ambient sensibilities in the music of New York trio SUSS.
Produced by Geoff Bird
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
01
00:00:00 Andrew Wasylyk (artist)
Blessing Of The Banners
Performer: Andrew Wasylyk
Performer: Tommy Perman
Duration 00:03:58
02
00:03:58 Kevin Fowley (artist)
Aux Marches Du Palais
Performer: Kevin Fowley
Duration 00:05:19
03
00:09:47 The Fantasy Orchestra (artist)
The Empty Boat
Performer: The Fantasy Orchestra
Duration 00:04:21
04
00:14:08 Four Tet (artist)
Watersynth
Performer: Four Tet
Duration 00:04:14
05
00:19:02 Laurie Anderson (artist)
Road to Mandalay
Performer: Laurie Anderson
Duration 00:01:51
06
00:20:53 Svaneborg Kardyb (artist)
Superkilen
Performer: Svaneborg Kardyb
Duration 00:06:19
07
00:28:17 Sin Fang (artist)
everyone feels terrible all of the time
Performer: Sin Fang
Duration 00:02:14
08
00:30:31 Loma (artist)
How It Starts
Performer: Loma
Duration 00:04:21
09
00:35:46 Divide and Dissolve (artist)
Blood Quantum
Performer: Divide and Dissolve
Duration 00:04:50
10
00:40:37 Remorae (artist)
Johnny's on the Water
Performer: Remorae
Duration 00:04:19
11
00:45:55 Carlos Maria Trindade (artist)
The Truth
Performer: Carlos Maria Trindade
Performer: Nuno Canavarro
Duration 00:03:29
12
00:49:23 SUSS (artist)
Birds
Performer: SUSS
Duration 00:06:21
13
00:56:36 Jim Wallis (artist)
Discreet Music 1 (Pt. 2)
Performer: Jim Wallis
Duration 00:03:24
MONDAY 28 OCTOBER 2024
MON 00:30 Through the Night (m002452s)
Mozart and Bruckner from Stockholm
Pianist Francesco Piemontesi joins the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste in Mozart's Piano Concerto no.25 plus Bruckner's 9th Symphony. John Shea presents.
12:31 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Concerto no 25 in C major, K.503
Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
01:03 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata no 6 in D major - Tema con variazioni (var. 11)
Francesco Piemontesi (piano)
01:07 AM
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony no 9 in D minor
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
02:04 AM
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
3 Motets: Ave Maria; Christus factus est; Locus iste
Sokkelund Choir, Morten Schuldt-Jensen (conductor)
02:17 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Divertimento in E flat major (K.166)
Bratislavska Komorna Harmonia
02:31 AM
Andre Gretry (1741-1813)
Selections from 'Le Jugement de Midas'
John Elwes (tenor), Mieke van der Sluis (soprano), Francoise Vanheck (soprano), Suzanne Gari (soprano), Jules Bastin (bass), Michel Verschaeve (bass), La Petite Bande, Gustav Leonhardt (conductor)
03:07 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Six Moments musicaux, D.780
Piotr Alexewicz (piano)
03:37 AM
Ture Rangstrom (1884-1947)
Suite for violin and piano no 1 'In modo antico'
Tale Olsson (violin), Mats Jansson (piano)
03:46 AM
Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
Colonial Song
Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor)
03:53 AM
Johann Christoph Pezel (1639-1694)
Four Intradas for brass
Hungarian Brass Ensemble
04:00 AM
Niels Gade (1817-1890)
Ved solnedgang (At sunset) for choir and orchestra, Op 46
Danish National Radio Choir, Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Roman Zeilinger (conductor)
04:08 AM
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
3 pieces from "Les Indes Galantes" & Le Rappel des Oiseaux
Stephen Preston (flute), Robert Woolley (harpsichord)
04:14 AM
Gabriel Faure (1845 - 1924)
Elegy, Op 24
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), Emmanuel Strosser (piano)
04:21 AM
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Variations on 'Mein junges Leben hat ein End'
Academic Wind Quintet
04:31 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Concerto for 3 oboes in B flat major
Peter Westermann (oboe), Michael Niesemann (oboe), Piet Dhont (oboe), Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (director)
04:40 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Three Mazurkas, Op 59
Kevin Kenner (piano)
04:50 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
3 Songs for chorus, Op 42
Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor)
05:01 AM
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Italian serenade
Bartok String Quartet
05:08 AM
Sebastien Le Camus (c.1610--1677), Gaspard le Roux (c.1670 – c.1706), Michel Lambert (1610-1696)
2 French airs and 1 piece for harpsichord
Ground Floor, Juliette Perret (soprano), Marc Mauillon (tenor), Elena Andreyev (cello), Etienne Galletier (theorbo), Gwennaelle Alibert (harpsichord), Angelique Mauillon (harp)
05:17 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Romance in G major for violin and orchestra, Op 40
Igor Ozim (violin), RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Samo Hubad (conductor)
05:25 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Suite no 1 in C major, BWV.1066
Les Passions de L'Ame, Meret Luthi (director)
05:47 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Piano Sonata in D major, H.XVI.33
Bart van Oort (fortepiano)
06:02 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
String Quartet no 12 in F major, Op 96, 'American'
Pavel Haas Quartet
MON 06:30 Breakfast (m002454r)
Sunny side up classical
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's award-winning 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 (m002454t)
The very best of classical music
Ian Skelly 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.
1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
MON 13:00 Classical Live (m002454w)
The ORA Singers from Wigmore Hall plus festival offerings from Oxford
Elizabeth Alker introduces performances from the recent Oxford International Festival of Song alongside recent recordings from the BBC Symphony Orchestra, plus the ORA Singers, live from Wigmore Hall.
The Oxford International Song Festival is one of the biggest and most distinctive celebrations of art song in the country, this year it hosts a Radio 3 New Generaton Day foregrounding the work of current and past singers on the scheme. Classical Live brings you recordings from Oxford across the week.
Also in today's programme the first in a sequence of recent recordings from Elizabeth's "orchestra in focus" - the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Today they perform Stravinsky's fairground inspired ballet Petrouchka.
But today's programme begins with a live concert from Wigmore Hall given by the ORA Singers.
1300 LIVE FROM WIGMORE HALL
Bob Chilcott
The Isle is full of noises
Richard Allain
If music be the food of love
Jonathan Dove
Ariel: Come unto these yellow sands
Michael Cavendish
Come, gentle swains
Thomas Morley arr. Percy Grainger
O mistress mine
Orlando Gibbons
What is our life?
John Tavener
Song for Athene
Libby Larsen
A Lover’s Journey: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Philip Dutton
New Commission
Jonathan Dove
Ariel: Is there more toil?
John Bennet
All things now are merry-minded
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
4 Shakespeare Songs
ORA Singers
Lucy Cox (soprano)
Suzi Digby (conductor)
Andrew McGregor (presenter)
2.10pm
From the Oxford International Festival of Song:
Giuseppe Verdi
String Quartet in E minor
Chaos Quartet
Richard Strauss
Das Rosenband, Op.36 No.1
Ruhe, meine Seele!. Op.27 No.1
Winterweihe, Op.48 No.4
Morgen!, Op.27 No.4
Cäcilie, Op.27 No.2
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Michael Pandya (piano)
***
3pm
Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka (1947 version)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Adam Hickox (conductor)
From the Oxford International Festival of Song:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in B flat major, K.159 "Milanese“
Chaos Quartet
MON 16:00 Composer of the Week (m002454y)
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Superstar
Donald Macleod explores Liszt’s love for the spotlight and his virtuoso era.
Franz Liszt was the original musical heartthrob - the most photographed man of the 19th century, who left a legacy of more than 700 compositions and in the course of his career made well over 1000 concert appearances. With his electrifying talent at the keyboard, he transformed the status of musician from servant to demigod. But he was also a man of complex character, who wore many masks and repeatedly reinvented himself. All this week, Donald Macleod looks at 5 faces of Liszt, uncovering key slices of his soul and identity.
Today, Donald explores Liszt’s showman side, from his career as a child prodigy, to his performing heyday, when he gave a concert roughly every 3 days and invented a whole new style of performance. Across the playlist, we get a sense of Liszt’s magnetism and charisma – how he could both dazzle with dexterity and pull at the heartstrings.
Prelude (No 1 from 12 Transcendental studies)
Alice Sara Ott, piano
Grand galop chromatique
Lang Lang, piano
“Un sospiro” (from 3 Etudes de concert, S144 No 3)
“La Campanella” (from Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S141 No 3)
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Mephisto Waltz No 1
Khatia Buniatishvili, piano
Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat major, S124
Alexander Ullman, piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Gnomenreigen
Murray Perahia, piano
Produced by Amelia Parker for BBC Audio Wales and West
MON 17:00 In Tune (m0024551)
Drivetime classical
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
MON 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m0024553)
Half an hour of the finest classical music
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites - Haydn's Surprise Symphony, Saint-Saëns's The Swan and the Humming Chorus from Puccini's opera Madam Butterfly. Along the way there's the Spinning Chorus from Wagner's The Flying Dutchman arranged for piano by Franz Liszt, Bernstein's ballet Fancy Free, Margaret Bonds' Benediction reflecting on the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Peter Hope's Tallis Revisted.
Producer: Ian Wallington
MON 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (m0024f2k)
Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with Senja Rummukainen
Anna-Maria Helsing conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in a programme of Slavic music featuring Dvorak's Cello Concerto performed by Finnish soloist Senja Rummukainen, the Suite from Janacek's opera The Cunning Little Vixen, Smetana's Ma vlast and the first movement of the rarely heard Suita rustica by Czech composer Vitezslava Kapralova who was just 25 when she died in 1940. The concert also features the world premiere of 'Rewilding', the final commission from the BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer-in-Residence Dobrinka Tabakova which completes her Earth Suite.
Recorded on 4 October 2024 at Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.
Presented by Martin Handley.
Kapralova: Suita rustica, Op.19 - Allegro rustico (1st movt)
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104
Interval
Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen - suite
Dobrinka Tabakova: Earth Suite - Rewilding
Smetana: Ma vlast - from Bohemia's Woods and Fields
Senja Rummukainen (cello)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Anna-Maria Helsing (conductor)
To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Radio 3 in Concert."
MON 21:45 The Essay (m0024557)
Classical Deceptions
Fritz Kreisler
Phil Hebblethwaite examines five classical musical hoaxes and controversies, from the early twentieth century to the modern day. These are origin stories that have fooled and perplexed some of the greatest experts. In an age of misinformation, when faking it has never been more prevalent, the series unravels the stories of some of the most brazen and confounding composer controversies. What is the appeal of engineering a hoax? And why do we fall for them so easily? It’s a journey that raises questions about scholarship, authenticity and our faith in expert opinion.
In the first essay, Phil tells the story of Fritz Kreisler - the virtuoso violinist who passed his own works off as compositions by forgotten Baroque composers. It took 30 years before the hoax was revealed. How did Kreisler manage to fool so many people for so long?
Written and presented by Phil Hebblethwaite
Producer: Jo Glanville
Editor: Joanne Rowntree
Researcher: Heather Dempsey
Studio Engineer: Dan King
A Loftus Media Production for BBC Radio 4
MON 22:00 Night Tracks (m002455b)
Dissolve into sound
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 (m002455d)
Rebecca Vasmant sits in
The DJ, producer, label boss, broadcaster and longtime champion of the Glasgow jazz scene, Rebecca Vasmant, sits in for Soweto all this week.
From Monday to Thursday, the British-Bengali vocalist and producer Tara Lily is choosing contemporaries, living legends and unsung heroes to give her Flowers to. Her first bouquet gets thrown to Pakistani group Jaubi.
Plus, there's music from Ian Carr, Mezcla, Graham Costello and the P.E. Hewitt Jazz Ensemble.
To listen on most smart speakers just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Round Midnight".
TUESDAY 29 OCTOBER 2024
TUE 00:30 Through the Night (m002455g)
Heavenly Delights
St Gallen Symphony Orchestra and conductor Modestas Pitrėnas in works by Webern, Britten and Mahler. John Shea presents.
12:31 AM
Anton Webern (1883-1945), G. Schwarz (arranger)
Langsamer Satz
St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrenas (conductor)
12:44 AM
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Simple Symphony for String Orchestra, Op 4
St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrenas (conductor)
01:02 AM
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony no 4 in G
Tatjana Schneider (soprano), St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrenas (conductor)
02:01 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Chaconne from the Partita no 2 in D minor, BWV.1004
Alena Baeva (violin)
02:17 AM
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Piano Quartet in A minor
Marianna Shirinyan (piano), Nevena Tochev (violin), Alessandro D'Amico (viola), Rafael Rosenfeld (cello)
02:31 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
The Four Seasons, Concertos Op 8 nos 1-4
Barbara Jane Gilby (violin), Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players, Geoffrey Lancaster (conductor)
03:11 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
8 Pieces for Piano, Op 76
Robert Silverman (piano)
03:39 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
3 chorales from the Schemelli collection
Marco Fink (bass baritone), Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano), Domen Marincic (gamba), Dalibor Miklavcic (organ)
03:46 AM
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Italian Serenade
Ljubljanski Godalni Quartet
03:54 AM
Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709)
Sonata in D for Trumpet, Strings and Basso Continuo
Sebastian Philpott (trumpet), European Union Baroque Orchestra, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor)
04:01 AM
Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889)
Tarantella
Gary Karr (double bass), Harmon Lewis (piano)
04:07 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Friedrich Schiller (author)
Die Gotter Griechenlands D.677b
Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (pianoforte)
04:13 AM
Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710)
Xácaras and Canarios (Instrucción de música sobre la guitara española" )
Eduardo Eguez (guitar)
04:22 AM
Gabriel Faure (1845 - 1924)
Pavane for orchestra Op 50
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn (conductor)
04:31 AM
Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762)
Concerto Grosso in G minor
Andrew Manze (violin), Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze (director)
04:39 AM
Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805-1900)
Etudes instructives, Op 53 (1851)
Nina Gade (piano)
04:49 AM
Traditional Swiss, Peter Brutsch (arranger)
S isch äben e Mönsch uf Ärde (Guggisberglied)
Swiss Youth Choir, Nicolas Fink (conductor)
04:59 AM
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Havanaise, Op 83
Vilmos Szabadi (violin), Marta Gulyas (piano)
05:07 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
The Hebrides, Op 26, overture in B minor, Fingal's Cave
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Marek Janowski (conductor)
05:17 AM
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Rejoice in the Lord alway (Z.49) "Bell Anthem"
Robert Lawaty (counter tenor), Robert Pozarski (tenor), Miroslaw Borczynski (bass), Sine Nomine Chamber Choir, Concerto Polacco Baroque Orchestra, Marek Toporowski (director)
05:26 AM
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)
Hary Janos Suite, Op 35a
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Tamas Vasary (conductor)
05:49 AM
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
4 Pieces fugitives for piano, Op 15
Angela Cheng (piano)
06:03 AM
Gustav Uwe Jenner (1865-1920)
Trio in E flat for Clarinet, Horn and Piano (1900)
James Campbell (clarinet), Martin Hackleman (horn), Jane Coop (piano)
TUE 06:30 Breakfast (m00245sj)
Perk up your morning with classical music
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's award-winning 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 (m00245sl)
Celebrating classical greats
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
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.
1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
TUE 13:00 Classical Live (m00245sn)
Chamber music and song from Oxford
Elizabeth Alker with an afternoon of highlights from the Oxford International Festival of Song alongside recent recordings from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Gringolts Quartet.
Grazyna Bacewicz
Overture for orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
From the Oxford International Festival of Song:
Franz Schubert
Der Wanderer, D.489/493
Edvard Grieg
Ein Traum, Op.48 No.6
Gabriel Faure
Le voyageur, Op.18 No.2
James Newby (baritone)
Natalie Burch (piano)
Ludwig van Beethoven
In Questa Tomba Oscura
Felix Mendelssohn
Reiselied, Op.34 No.6
Fanny Mendelssohn
Dämmrung senkte sich von oben
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The vagabond [Songs of Travel]
James Newby (baritone)
Natalie Burch (piano)
***
Alberto Ginastera – Harp Concerto, Op.25
Alexandra Bidi (harp)
SWR Symphony Orchestra
Kerem Hasan (conductor)
2pm
Johannes Brahms
String Quartet in A minor, Op.51 No.2
Gringolts Quartet
Cristobal de Morales
Magnificat
Cantar Lontano
Marco Mencoboni (conductor)
Francis Poulenc
Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano
Albrecht Meyer (oboe)
Theo Plath (bassoon)
Fabian Muller (piano)
3pm
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
Pietro Locatelli
Sonata da camera in D minor, Op.6 No.12
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi (violin/director)
TUE 16:00 Composer of the Week (m00245sq)
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Sinner
Donald Macleod unpacks Liszt’s love life and his brushes with scandal.
Franz Liszt was the original musical heartthrob - the most photographed man of the 19th century, who left a legacy of more than 700 compositions and in the course of his career made well over 1000 concert appearances. With his electrifying talent at the keyboard, he transformed the status of musician from servant to demigod. But he was also a man of complex character, who wore many masks and repeatedly reinvented himself. All this week, Donald Macleod looks at 5 faces of Liszt, uncovering key slices of his soul and identity.
As a travelling performer and cosmopolitan wanderer, Liszt was pretty hard to tie down… And as a celebrity who was the talk of Europe, it’s no surprise that his dalliances were, too. Today, Donald explores Liszt’s romantic relationships, from secret trysts in Paris to illegitimate offspring and an open affair with a Princess which involved the interference of the Pope.
En rêve
Paul Lewis, piano
Romance oubliée, S132
Steven Isserlis, cello
Thomas Adès, piano
Premiere année de pèlerinage, S160: Suisse (excerpt)
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Die Lorelei
Diana Damrau, soprano
Helmut Deutsch, piano
Les Preludes
Dresden Philharmonic
Michel Plasson, conductor
Liebestraum No 3 in A flat major
Martin James Bartlett, piano
Produced by Amelia Parker for BBC Audio Wales and West
TUE 17:00 In Tune (m00245ss)
Live classical performance and interviews
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
TUE 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m00245sv)
Classical music to inspire you
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
TUE 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (m00245sx)
Kahchun Wong Conducts Mahler’s ‘Titan’
Today, Mahler’s ‘Titan’ Symphony is celebrated as one of the most daring first symphonies ever written, thanks to its willingness to break with convention and its evocative exploration of the human experience. It is difficult to imagine now that Mahler’s First Symphony was, largely, ill-received at its first few performances, despite undergoing several extensive revisions by the composer. As a previous winner of the Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition, Kahchun Wong has a particularly close affinity to Mahler’s works.
Benjamin Britten was commissioned to write the music for The Prince of the Pagodas, a ballet that at its 1989 revival saw a then 20-year old Dame Darcey Bussell in her first principal role. Tonight, we hear a masterful selection from the ballet, arranged by Kahchun, in collaboration with Composer Emeritus of the Hallé Colin Matthews.
Presented by Mark Forrest and recorded on the 26th September 2024.
Benjamin Britten (arranged by Colin Matthews and Kahchun Wong)
The Prince of the Pagodas: Suite
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.1
Performers:
Hallé Orchestra
Kahchun Wong (conductor)
TUE 21:45 The Essay (m00245sz)
Classical Deceptions
Albinoni's Adagio
Phil Hebblethwaite examines five classical musical hoaxes and controversies, from the early twentieth century to the modern day. These are origin stories that have fooled and perplexed some of the greatest experts. In an age of misinformation, when faking it has never been more prevalent, the series unravels the stories of some of the most brazen and confounding composer controversies. What is the appeal of engineering a hoax? And why do we fall for them so easily? It’s a journey that raises questions about scholarship, authenticity and our faith in expert opinion.
The second essay explores the story of one of the most widely recognised pieces in classical music - Albinoni’s Adagio in G minor. But was Albinoni even involved with the composition of the work? Phil gets to the bottom of a story that has perplexed classical scholars for years and asks how much authenticity actually matters.
Written and presented by Phil Hebblethwaite
Producer: Jo Glanville
Editor: Joanne Rowntree
Researcher: Heather Dempsey
Studio Engineer: Dan King
With thanks to Michael Talbot, Donald Greig and Frederick Reece
A Loftus Media Production for BBC Radio 4
TUE 22:00 Night Tracks (m00245t1)
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.
TUE 23:30 'Round Midnight (m00245t3)
Tara Lily's Flowers
Rebecca Vasmant, sitting in all week for Soweto Kinch, presents 'Round Midnight - a weeknight celebration of jazz from across the spectrum, with a particular focus on new UK music.
Singer and producer Tara Lily returns, picking another artist to celebrate in Flowers. Tonight she's chosen harpist Marysia Osu.
Plus, there's music from The Forgotten Fairground, Hamish Brown, Brian Auger and Fractus.
To listen on most smart speakers just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Round Midnight".
WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER 2024
WED 00:30 Through the Night (m00245t5)
Pianist Mateusz Krzyżowski with the Polish Radio Orchestra
A concert featuring Mozart's Piano Concerto no.19 alongside his 'Jupiter' Symphony and Rossini's Overture to the Italian Girl in Algiers. John Shea presents.
12:31 AM
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Overture to 'L'Italiana in Algeri'
Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw, Michal Klauza (conductor)
12:39 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Concerto no 19 in F major, K.459
Mateusz Krzyzowski (piano), Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw, Michal Klauza (conductor)
01:08 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Etude in E minor, Op 25 no 5
Mateusz Krzyzowski (piano)
01:12 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony no 41 in C major, K.551 'Jupiter'
Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw, Michal Klauza (conductor)
01:47 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581
Andrzej Ciepliński (clarinet), Royal String Quartet
02:19 AM
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Lindoro's cavatina 'Languir per una bella' (from L' Italiana in Algeri)
Francisco Araiza (tenor), Capella Coloniensis, Gabriele Ferro (conductor)
02:27 AM
Marcin Swiatkiewicz (b.1984)
Improvised Fantasia
Marcin Swiatkiewicz (harpsichord)
02:31 AM
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)
Duo for Violin and Cello, Op 7
Ilya Gringolts (violin), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)
02:55 AM
Louise Farrenc (1804-1875)
Symphony no 3 in G minor, Op 36
Bern Chamber Orchestra, Graziella Contratto (conductor)
03:31 AM
Anonymous
Gorzkie zale – Planctus de Passione for 2 sopranos, strings and continuo
Anna Mikolajczyk (soprano), Olga Pasiecznik (soprano), Concerto Polacco Baroque Orchestra, Arek Golinski (violin), Dymitr Olszewski (violin), Teresa Kaminska (cello), Marek Toporowski (organ), Marek Toporowski (director)
03:37 AM
Carlos Salzedo (1885-1961)
Variations sur un theme dans le style ancien, Op 30
Mojca Zlobko (harp)
03:48 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op 35 no 1
Sylviane Deferne (piano)
03:57 AM
Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Esa Tukia (horn), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Adelson (conductor)
04:04 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto for 2 violins, 2 cellos & orchestra in D major, RV 564
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director)
04:15 AM
Myroslav Skoryk (1938-2020)
Melody, from the film 'High Pass'
Andrej Bielow (violin), Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Jean-Selim Abdelmoula (piano)
04:19 AM
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
An der schonen, blauen Donau - waltz for orchestra Op 314 'The Blue Danube'
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
04:31 AM
Paul de Schlozer (c.1841-1898)
Étude de concert in A flat major Op 1 no 2 for piano
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
04:34 AM
Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758)
Sonata in D minor
Amsterdam Bach Soloists, Wim ten Have (conductor)
04:44 AM
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Ave Maria (Hail Mary)
Chamber Choir AVE, Andraz Hauptman (conductor)
04:50 AM
Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
Serenade (to Frederick Delius on his 60th birthday)
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor)
04:58 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Alexei Tolstoy (author), Heinrich Heine (author), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (author)
3 Songs from Op 6 - nos 4 to 6
Mikael Axelsson (bass), Niklas Sivelov (piano)
05:09 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Symphony no 88 in G major, H.
1.88
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor)
05:30 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Piano Trio in G major, L.3
Ilya Gringolts (violin), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Alexander Lonquich (piano)
05:53 AM
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Come, ye sons of Art, away (Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary (1694), Z323)
Anna Mikolajczyk (soprano), Henning Voss (contralto), Robert Lawaty (counter tenor), Miroslaw Borczynski (bass), Sine Nomine Chamber Choir, Concerto Polacco Baroque Orchestra, Marek Toporowski (director)
06:17 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op 46 no 2
James Anagnoson (piano), Leslie Kinton (piano)
06:22 AM
Mykola Lysenko (1842-1912)
La Tristesse, Op 39
Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Jean-Selim Abdelmoula (piano)
WED 06:30 Breakfast (m002467l)
Daybreak classics
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's award-winning 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 (m002467n)
A feast of great music
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
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.
1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
WED 13:00 Classical Live (m002467q)
Eleanor Alberga's Symphony No.1 plus song recitals from Oxford
Elizabeth Alker introduces performances from the BBC Symphony Orchestra, including the 1st Symphony by Eleanor Alberga alongsde more highlights from the recent Oxford International Festival of Song.
Edward Elgar
Polonia, Op.76
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Olari Elts (conductor)
From the Oxford International Festival of Song:
Ian Venables
Flying Crooked, Op.28 No.1
Benjamin Britten
Le Roi s'en va-t'en chasse
Carl Loewe
Erlkönig, Op.1 No.3
James Newby (baritone)
Natalie Burch (piano)
***
Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C major, Op.76 No.3 “Emperor”
Arod Quartet
2pm
Eleanor Alberga
Symphony No.1 “Strata”
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Kemp (conductor)
From the Oxford International Festival of Song:
Franz Schubert
Die Forelle, D.550
Nacht und Träume D.827
Marie, D.658
An den Mond, D.193
An die Musik, D.547
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Michael Pandya (piano)
WED 15:00 Choral Evensong (m002467s)
St Luke’s Church, Chelsea, London
From St Luke’s Church, Chelsea, London.
Introit: Afferentur regi (Bruckner)
Responses: David Trendell
Office hymn: Love divine (Airedale)
Psalms 147, 148, 149, 150 (Stanford, Stanford, Stanford, Stanford)
First Lesson: Baruch 5 vv1-9
Canticles: Stanford in C
Second Lesson: Mark 1 vv1-11
Anthem: Ecce sacerdos magnus (Bruckner)
Hymn: The day thou gavest (Joldwynds)
Voluntary: Symphony No 4 in E flat major (Scherzo) (Bruckner, arr. Rupert Jeffcoat and Jeremy Summerly)
Jeremy Summerly (Director of Music)
Rupert Jeffcoat (Organist)
Recorded 14 October.
WED 16:00 Composer of the Week (m002467v)
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Saint
Donald Macleod explores Liszt’s midlife pivot towards his faith.
Franz Liszt was the original musical heartthrob - the most photographed man of the 19th century, who left a legacy of more than 700 compositions and in the course of his career made well over 1000 concert appearances. With his electrifying talent at the keyboard, he transformed the status of musician from servant to demigod. But he was also a man of complex character, who wore many masks and repeatedly reinvented himself. All this week, Donald Macleod looks at 5 faces of Liszt, uncovering key slices of his soul and identity.
Today, Donald reveals how a series of wake-up-calls forced Liszt to change his life direction. He exchanged his concert garb for a cassock and took minor liturgical orders, becoming an Abbé. We hear how he found new inspiration in texts and voices, and how he wrestled with his faith, morality and earthly desires.
Salve Regina
Collegium Vocale Gent
Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor
Dante Symphony (iii. Magnificat), S109
Women of the Berlin Rundfunk Chorus
Berlin Philharmonic
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Les morts: Oraison
Glasgow Singers
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov, conductor
Legendes, S175: St Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds
Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin
Gerd Albrecht, conductor
10 Harmonies poetiques et religieuses: Benediction de dieu dans la solitude (excerpt)
Claudio Arrau, piano
Christus, Part 3: Resurrexit
Franziska Hirzel, soprano
Birgit Remmert, alto
Donald Kaasch, tenor
Ralf Lukas, bass
Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno
Beethoven Orchester Bonn
Roman Kofman, conductor
Produced by Amelia Parker for BBC Audio Wales and West
WED 17:00 In Tune (m002467x)
Discover classical music and artists
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
WED 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m001lc19)
Half an hour of the finest classical music
An eclectic mix of classical favourites and lesser known gems - from Mendelssohn's music for a Midsummer Night's Dream to Lou Harrison's tribute to Fragonard; Ian Bostridge sings Schubert, and harpist Catrin Finch joins forces with kora player Seckou Keita.
Produced by Laura Yogasundram.
01
00:00:00 Jean Sibelius
Impromptu in B minor, Op. 5/5
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes
Duration 00:03:44
02
00:03:41 Luigi Boccherini
Cello concerto No 6 in D major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Constantin Macherel
Ensemble: London Mozart Players
Conductor: Sebastian Comberti
Duration 00:05:15
03
00:08:52 Lou Harrison
Varied Trio IV. Rondeau, in honor of Fragonard
Performer: Donna Fairbanks
Performer: Hilary Demske
Performer: Doug Smith
Duration 00:03:16
04
00:12:06 Charles Villiers Stanford
Justorum animae (3 Motets, Op.38)
Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
Duration 00:03:17
05
00:15:16 Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Scherzo)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Edward Gardner
Duration 00:04:30
06
00:19:42 Catrin Finch (artist)
Gobaith
Performer: Catrin Finch
Performer: Seckou Keita
Duration 00:05:14
07
00:24:52 Franz Schubert
Im Frühling, D 882
Performer: Julius Drake
Singer: Ian Bostridge
Duration 00:04:41
WED 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (m0024680)
Oxford International Song Festival
The Oxford International Song Festival celebrates 25 years of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, with members past and present. Elizabeth Watts and Kathryn Rudge are joined by current members Santiago Sanchez, James Atkinson and Michael Pandya. Oxford Song’s Artistic Director Sholto Kynoch joins the party in a programme that takes a whirlwind tour of dance-inspired songs by composers from Robert and Clara Schumann to Witold Lutosławski, before concluding with Brahms’s exuberant Liebeslieder Walzer.
Recorded earlier this month at the Holywell Music Room and introduced by Ian Skelly.
Schubert: Der Tanz D826
Schubert: Seligkeit D433
Mahler: Hans und Grethe no.3 (from Lieder und Gesange aus der Jugenzeit)
Schubert: Auf dem Wazzer su singen D774
Lowe: Erlkonig, Op.1'3
Finzi: The Dance Continued, Op.14 (from A Young Man's Exhortation)
William Denis Browne: To Gratiana Dancing and Singing
Holst: Persephone
Lutoslawski: Tarantella
Chopin: Mazurka Op.24'1
Bizet: Adieu de l'hotesse arabe
Ginastera: Arrorro and Gato (from 5 Canciones populares Argentinas)
Brahms: Selected Waltzes Op.39 (nos1-6)
Clara Schumann: Walzer
Schumann: Seit ich ihn gesehen Op.42'1 (from Frauenliebe und leben)
Schumann: Das ist ein Floten und Geigen (from Dichterliebe)
Schumann: Tanzlied, Op.78'1 (from Vier Duette)
Brahms: Liebeslieder Walzer Op.52
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano)
Santiago Sanchez (tenor)
James Atkinson (baritone)
Sholto Kynoch (piano),
Michael Pandya (piano)
WED 21:45 The Essay (m0024682)
Classical Deceptions
The Lost Haydn Sonatas
Phil Hebblethwaite examines five classical musical hoaxes and controversies, from the early twentieth century to the modern day. These are origin stories that have fooled and perplexed some of the greatest experts. In an age of misinformation, when faking it has never been more prevalent, the series unravels the stories of some of the most brazen and confounding composer controversies. What is the appeal of engineering a hoax? And why do we fall for them so easily? It’s a journey that raises questions about scholarship, authenticity and our faith in expert opinion.
Thirty years ago, the classical music world hailed the discovery of six lost Haydn sonatas. Only it soon turned out that they probably weren’t written by Haydn at all, and the finger of suspicion was pointed at an obscure German musician. In this third essay of the series, Phil explores the fallout from the scandal. Can a work of art still have value if it's not authentic?
Written and presented by Phil Hebblethwaite
Producer: Jo Glanville
Editor: Joanne Rowntree
Researcher: Heather Dempsey
Studio Engineer: Dan King
With thanks to Michael Beckerman and Frederick Reece
A Loftus Media Production for BBC Radio 4
WED 22:00 Night Tracks (m0024684)
The music garden
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 (m0024686)
A classic from Tommy Smith
Rebecca Vasmant continues her week sitting in for Soweto Kinch on 'Round Midnight.
Tara Lily returns to give out another bunch of Flowers to a living legend. Tonight she's gone for a recent guest on the show, the great Indian vocalist Asha Puthli.
Plus, there's music from India Blue, Alice Russell and Matt Wilde. Rebecca also has the first play of a new track by Little Acres.
To listen on most smart speakers just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Round Midnight".
THURSDAY 31 OCTOBER 2024
THU 00:30 Through the Night (m0024688)
Festival Strings Lucerne and pianist Claire Huangci
Works by Strauss, Sommer and Schumann performed by Festival Strings Lucerne and pianist Claire Huangci. Presented by John Shea.
12:31 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Variations on a Bavarian folksong, TrV.109
Daniel Dodds (violin), Dominik Fischer (viola), Alexander Kionke (cello)
12:38 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Arabischer Tanz
Daniel Dodds (violin), Dominik Fischer (viola), Alexander Kionke (cello), Claire Huangci (piano)
12:41 AM
Hans Sommer (1837 - 1922)
Piano Quartet in G minor WoO
Daniel Dodds (violin), Dominik Fischer (viola), Alexander Kionke (cello), Claire Huangci (piano)
01:09 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op 47
Daniel Dodds (violin), Dominik Fischer (viola), Alexander Kionke (cello), Claire Huangci (piano)
01:35 AM
Hans Huber (1852-1921)
Cello Sonata no 4 in B flat major, Op 130
Esther Nyffenegger (cello), Desmond Wright (piano)
02:01 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Joachim Raff (arranger)
Overture to 'Herders Entfesseltem Prometheus'
Orchestra of the Zurich University of the Arts, Marc Kissoczy (conductor)
02:18 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Franz Liszt (arranger)
Widmung, Op 25 no 1
Jorge Bolet (piano)
02:22 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Traumerei am Kamin: Symphonic interlude no 2 from Intermezzo, Op 72
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)
02:31 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
6 Moments musicaux, Op 16
Lazar Berman (piano)
03:01 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Symphony no 103 in E flat major "Drum Roll" (H.
1.103)
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
03:31 AM
Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613)
Miserere
Camerata Silesia, Anna Szostak (conductor)
03:42 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Rapsodie espagnole vers. for 2 pianos
Aglika Genova (piano), Liuben Dimitrov (piano)
03:55 AM
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Toccata VII primo tono, for harpsichord
Johannes Keller (harpsichord)
04:02 AM
Boldizsar Csiky (b.1937)
Divertimento for wind ensemble
Budapest Wind Ensemble, Kalman Berkes (leader)
04:15 AM
Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872), Adam Mickiewicz (author)
Niepewnosc (Uncertainty)
Urszula Kryger (mezzo soprano), Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska (piano)
04:18 AM
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
Nocturno for harp
Branka Janjanin-Magdalenic (harp)
04:23 AM
Ruth Gipps (1921-1999)
Seascape, Op 53
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jonathan Bloxham (conductor)
04:31 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Scherzo in C minor (from F-A-E Sonata)
David Petrlik (violin), Renata Ardasevova (piano)
04:37 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto in F, RV571 for violin, 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon & cello
Zefira Valova (violin), Anna Starr (oboe), Markus Muller (oboe), Anneke Scott (horn), Joseph Walters (horn), Moni Fischaleck (bassoon), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)
04:47 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op 72 no 2
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
04:53 AM
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
Trois Pieces Breves for wind quintet
Ariart Woodwind Quintet
05:01 AM
Filip Kutev (1903-1982)
Pastoral for flute and orchestra (1943)
Lidia Oshavkova (flute), Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dimitar Manolov (conductor)
05:12 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Gloria in Excelsis Deo, BWV191
Ann Monoyios (soprano), Colin Ainsworth (tenor), Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Ivars Taurins (conductor)
05:27 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Concerto no 21 in C major, K.467
Jon Kimura Parker (piano), CBC Radio Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
05:56 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
String Quartet no 2 in A minor, Op 13
Pacific Quartet Vienna
THU 06:30 Breakfast (m002456t)
Classical music to brighten your morning
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's award-winning 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 (m002456w)
Your perfect classical playlist
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.
1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
THU 13:00 Classical Live (m002456y)
Bacewicz's 3rd Symphony from the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Elizabeth Alker with more specially recorded performances including Grazyna Bacewicz from the BBC Symphony Orchestra, more highlights from the recent Oxford International Festival of Song and two of Beethoven's "Razumovsky" Quartets from the Ehnes Quartet in Montreal.
Jean Sibelius
Lemminkainen’s Return
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Olari Elts (conductor)
From the Oxford International Festival of Song:
Maurice Ravel
Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques [Melodies Populaires Grecques]
Henri Duparc
L'invitation au voyage
Franz Liszt
I'vidi in terra angelici costumi [3 Petrarch Sonnets]
Franz Schubert
Die Mutter Erde, D.788
James Newby (baritone)
Natalie Burch (piano)
***
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No.8 in E minor, Op.59 No.2 "Razumovsky"
Ehnes Quartet
c.
2pm
From the Oxford International Festival of Song:
Vítězslava Kaprálová
Morning, Op.4 No.1
Song on the willow fife, Op.10 No.1
An apple from the lap, Op. 22
Song of your absence
Under one’s breath
Spring
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Michael Pandya (piano)
***
2.30pm
Grazyna Bacewicz
Symphony No.3 in F minor, Op.36
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
3pm
Cristobal de Morales
Lamentabatur Jacob
Cantica Symphonia
Giuseppe Maletto (conductor)
Franz Waxman
Carmen Fantasy
Johan Dalene (violin)
Fumiya Koido (piano)
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No.9 in C major, Op.59 No.3 "Razumovsky"
Ehnes Quartet
THU 16:00 Composer of the Week (m0024570)
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Goth
Donald Macleod marks Halloween by exploring the dark and demonic side of Liszt’s life and music.
Franz Liszt was the original musical heartthrob - the most photographed man of the 19th century, who left a legacy of more than 700 compositions and in the course of his career made well over 1000 concert appearances. With his electrifying talent at the keyboard, he transformed the status of musician from servant to demigod. But he was also a man of complex character, who wore many masks and repeatedly reinvented himself. All this week, Donald Macleod looks at 5 faces of Liszt, uncovering key slices of his soul and identity.
Today, Donald explores Liszt’s lifelong fascination with death and demons and how that macabre obsession seeped into his work, infiltrating some of the most beguiling and terrifying pieces of classical music ever composed. Shaped by unsettling experiences in his youth and the influence of his idol Paganini, the black-clad Liszt was a goth at heart who would probably have been equally fascinated and appalled by the gruesome story of his own corpse.
Mephisto Waltz No 4
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Der Doppelgänger (after Schubert’s Schwanengesang)
Stéphane Degout, baritone
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphael Pichon, conductor
Grandes études de Paganini, No 5 “La Chasse”, S141
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Totentanz, S126
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
La lugubre gondola II
Stephen Hough, piano
Funeral Odes, No 3 “Le triomphe funebre du Tasse”
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov, conductor
Produced by Amelia Parker for BBC Audio Wales and West
THU 17:00 In Tune (m0024572)
Wind down from work with classical music
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
THU 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m0024574)
Expand your horizons with classical music
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
THU 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (m0024576)
The Philharmonia with Nemanja Radulovic
The Philharmonia's principal conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts the orchestra in a concert of Russian music. This season, Nemanja Radulovic is the Philharmonia's featured artist, and he plays Khachaturian's folk-infused Violin Concerto, before the orchestra takes centre stage with Tchaikovsky's first symphony 'Winter Daydreams'.
Live from the Royal Festival Hall, presented by Sarah Walker
7.30pm
Khachaturian: Dance of the rose maidens; Lullaby; Sabre dance from Gayaneh
Khachaturian; Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.1 (Winter Daydreams)
Nemanja Radulovic (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor)
THU 21:45 The Essay (m0024578)
Classical Deceptions
Joyce Hatto
Phil Hebblethwaite examines five classical musical hoaxes and controversies, from the early twentieth century to the modern day. These are origin stories that have fooled and perplexed some of the greatest experts. In an age of misinformation, when faking it has never been more prevalent, the series unravels the stories of some of the most brazen and confounding composer controversies. What is the appeal of engineering a hoax? And why do we fall for them so easily? It’s a journey that raises questions about scholarship, authenticity and our faith in expert opinion.
More than 20 years ago, critics began to acclaim the recordings of the pianist Joyce Hatto. One described her as the greatest living pianist. When the fraud was later revealed, it turned out to be one of the greatest instances of plagiarism in the history of the record industry. Phil explores the story of a digital deception.
Written and presented by Phil Hebblethwaite
Producer: Jo Glanville
Editor: Joanne Rowntree
Researcher: Heather Dempsey
Studio Engineer: Dan King
With thanks to Nicholas Cook and Jessica Duchen
A Loftus Media Production for BBC Radio 4
THU 22:00 Night Tracks (m002457b)
Music for moonlight
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 (m002457d)
Awen Ensemble premiere
'Round Midnight celebrates jazz old and new, from across the spectrum, each weeknight on BBC Radio 3 - but with a special focus on contemporary UK artists. Rebecca Vasmant is sitting in for Soweto Kinch all this week.
Tara Lily concludes her run on Flowers - picking living legends and contemporaries to celebrate. Her final bouquet goes to vocalist, composer and bass player Ganavya.
Tara's debut album Speak In The Dark is out now.
Rebecca has a couple of spooky jazz tracks from Norman Willmore and Lambert, Hendricks & Ross to mark Halloween - plus, less scary pieces by Rosa Brunello and Chip Wickham.
To listen on most smart speakers just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Round Midnight".
FRIDAY 01 NOVEMBER 2024
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (m002457g)
Romania Night
Radio Romania's 95th Birthday Concert. The Romanian Radio National Orchestra performs Dumitrescu's Symphonic Prelude and Beethoven's 6th Symphony and is joined by Alexandru Tomescu for Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. He also performs Paganini's Caprice no 24 in A minor. John Shea presents.
12:31 AM
Ion Dumitrescu (1913-1996)
Symphonic Prelude
Romanian Radio National Orchestra, Rumon Gamba (conductor)
12:41 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35
Alexandru Tomescu (violin), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, Rumon Gamba (conductor)
01:18 AM
Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840)
Caprice no 24 in A minor
Alexandru Tomescu (violin)
01:25 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony no 6 in F major, Op 68 (Pastoral)
Romanian Radio National Orchestra, Rumon Gamba (conductor)
02:07 AM
Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950)
3 Romanian Dances for 2 pianos
Dana Protopopescu (piano), Viniciu Moroianu (piano)
02:23 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Don Giovanni overture
Romanian Radio National Orchestra, Tiberiu Soare (conductor)
02:31 AM
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Scheherezade - symphonic suite, Op 35
Romanian Radio National Orchestra, Tiberiu Soare (conductor)
03:20 AM
George Enescu (1881-1955)
Impressions d'enfance for violin and piano, Op 28
Sherban Lupu (violin), Valentin Gheorgiu (piano)
03:40 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Ferruccio Busoni (arranger)
Keyboard Concerto no 1 in D minor, BWV1052
Dinu Lipatti (piano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum (conductor)
04:00 AM
Jonel Perlea (1900-1970)
Lullaby
Remus Manoleanu (piano)
04:05 AM
Mihail Andricu (1894-1974)
Sinfonietta no 13, Op 123
Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Emanuel Elenescu (conductor)
04:12 AM
Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950)
2 Nocturnes for piano
Viniciu Moroianu (piano)
04:20 AM
Alfred Alessandrescu (1893-1959)
Symphonic sketch "Autumn Twilight"
Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Constantin Bobescu (conductor)
04:31 AM
Andreas Schencker (18th C)
Symphony no 5 in B flat major
Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra, Horia Andreescu (conductor)
04:39 AM
Ciprian Porumbescu (1853-1883)
Ballade for violin and piano
Razvan Stoica (violin), Andrea Stoica (piano)
04:45 AM
Mihail Jora (1891-1971)
Sonatine for piano, Op 44
Ilinca Dumitrescu (piano)
04:56 AM
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
Overture 'Ruslan i Lyudmila'
Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Cristian Macelaru (conductor)
05:02 AM
Traditional
Steaua sus rasare (from Trei cantece de stea din Dobrogea )
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Romanian Madrigal Choir, Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Tiberiu Soare (conductor)
05:05 AM
Paul Constantinescu (1909-1963)
Free Variations on Byzantine theme for cello and orchestra
Catalin Ilea (cello), Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Carol Litvin (conductor)
05:16 AM
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
4 Visages for viola and piano, Op 238
Silvia Simionescu (viola), Alice Burla (piano)
05:26 AM
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Violin Concerto no 1 in G minor, Op 26
Ion Voicu (violin), Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Emanuel Elenescu (conductor)
05:49 AM
Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950)
Aubade for wind quartet
Nicolae Maxim (flute), Radu Chisu (oboe), Valeriu Barbuceanu (clarinet), Mihai Tanasila (bassoon)
06:10 AM
George Enescu (1881-1955)
Isis - Symphonic Poem
Romanian National Radio Choir, Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Camil Marinescu (conductor)
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (m002457j)
Start the day right with classical music
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's award-winning 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 (m002457l)
The ideal mix of classical music
Ian Skelly 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.
1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
FRI 13:00 Classical Live (m002457n)
Dvorak's 7th Symphony from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Chaos Quartet in Oxford
Elizabeth Alker with specially recorded performances from this week's "orchestra in focus", the BBC Symphony Orchestra, including Delyana Lazarova conducting them in Dvorak’s 7th Symphony, and more from the recent R3 New Generation Artist Day at the Oxford International Song Festival.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture: Egmont, Op.84
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
From the Oxford International Festival of Song:
Barbara Strozzi
Serenata con violini (Sinfonia)
Silentio Nocivo, Op.1 No.6
Diego Conti
Une etoile dansante
Marco Uccellini
Aria sopra La Bergamasca
Chaos Quartet
Anon. arr. Britten
O Waly, Waly
Sweet Polly Oliver
The Last Rose of Summer [Irish Folk Song Arrangements]
The Brisk Young Widow
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Michael Pandya (piano)
***
Frederic Chopin
Fantasy in F minor, Op.49
Evgeny Kissin (piano)
Gala Flagello
Vitality for orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Matthew Lynch (conductor)
2.30pm
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No.7 in D minor, Op.70
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Delyana Lazarova (conductor)
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Sonata for Flauto Traverso, Violino, Bassone e Cembalo in D, FaWV N:D1
Collegium Marianum
Jana Semerádová (flute/director)
Tomas Luis de Victoria
Laetatus sum a 12
Cantar Lontano
Marco Mencoboni (conductor)
3.30pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in C, K.465 ‘Dissonance’
Engegard Quartet
FRI 16:00 Composer of the Week (m002457q)
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Wanderer
Donald Macleod explores Liszt’s rootlessness and nomadic nature.
Franz Liszt was the original musical heartthrob - the most photographed man of the 19th century, who left a legacy of more than 700 compositions and in the course of his career made well over 1000 concert appearances. With his electrifying talent at the keyboard, he transformed the status of musician from servant to demigod. But he was also a man of complex character, who wore many masks and repeatedly reinvented himself. All this week, Donald Macleod looks at 5 faces of Liszt, uncovering key slices of his soul and identity.
Today, Donald explores Liszt’s cosmopolitan lifestyle and his complicated national identity. Born in Hungary, but raised in France, he didn’t have a straightforward relationship with his heritage, and never settled in one place. He was a true European, who, in his later years, split his life between three countries. We hear how Liszt grappled with nationalism and rootlessness, and became a cultural chameleon, projecting different identities as suited him.
Consolation No 1 in E major, S172
Daniel Barenboim, piano
Kennst du das Land
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Antonio Pappano, piano
Rakoczy March (from Hungarian Rhapsody No 15)
Arcadi Volodos, piano
Songs:
Enfant, si j’etais roi
Im Rhein, im schoenen Strome
Isten Veled!
Andrew Kennedy, tenor
Iain Burnside, piano
Troisieme année de pèlerinage: Les jeux d’eau sur la villa d’Este
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Wiegenlied
Khatia Buniatishvili, piano
Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 (orch. Doppler)
Vienna Philharmonic
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
Produced by Amelia Parker for BBC Audio Wales and West
FRI 17:00 In Tune (m002457s)
Classical artists live in session
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.
FRI 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m002457v)
Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
FRI 19:30 Friday Night is Music Night (m001yymd)
Fly Me to the Movies
Another chance to hear conductor Ben Palmer and the BBC Concert Orchestra in a concert from Saffron Hall featuring film and classical music on the theme of flying. They are joined by Latvian violinist Kristīne Balanas in Korngold's ravishing Violin Concerto alongside music by Walton, Martinů and John Williams; and a brand new piece from tonight's conductor. First broadcast in May.
Presented by Katie Derham.
Walton: 'Spitfire' Prelude and Fugue
John Williams: Flight to Neverland from Hook
Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major
Ben Palmer: Window Seat: Flight for Orchestra (world premiere)
----INTERVAL (20’)----
Arthur Bliss: March from Things to Come
John Williams: Three Pieces from Schindler’s List Suite
Martinů : Thunderbolt P-47
John Williams: Across the Stars (Love Theme from Star Wars: Attack of the Clones)
John Williams: Flying Theme from E.T.
John Williams: Imperial March from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Kristīne Balanas (violin)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Conductor, Ben Palmer
FRI 21:45 The Essay (m002457x)
Classical Deceptions
Mamoru Samuragochi
Phil Hebblethwaite examines five classical musical hoaxes and controversies, from the early twentieth century to the modern day. These are origin stories that have fooled and perplexed some of the greatest experts. In an age of misinformation, when faking it has never been more prevalent, the series unravels the stories of some of the most brazen and confounding composer controversies. What is the appeal of engineering a hoax? And why do we fall for them so easily? It’s a journey that raises questions about scholarship, authenticity and our faith in expert opinion.
Mamoru Samuragochi became famous in the 2000s as the ‘Japanese Beethoven’ – a deaf composer whose music touched millions of classical fans and crossed over to a mainstream audience by being used in computer games. But was Samuragochi actually deaf and was he even composing his own works? In his last essay in the series, Phil considers the impact of hoaxes on our trust in authenticity and celebrity.
Written and presented by Phil Hebblethwaite
Producer: Jo Glanville
Editor: Joanne Rowntree
Researcher: Heather Dempsey
Studio Engineer: Dan King
A Loftus Media Production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 22:00 Late Junction (m002457z)
Music for Motorways: Kraftwerk’s Autobahn at 50
50 years after Kraftwerk's seminal album Autobahn was released, Jennifer Lucy Allen revisits the record and explores how it changed the dial on how we think about sound.
We dig into the BBC archive for a live session from 1975 and hear an interview with drummer Wolfgang Flür, explaining how the band’s fascination with speed and cars shaped their perception of sound.
Drilling down on the connection between Autobahn and Detroit, Drexciya’s DJ Stingray 313, talks about how the album influenced the city’s techno scene. Kraftwerk’s music chimed with those in Motor City, making it onto the club dance floors and across local radio. Kraftwerk’s vision of a mechanised, motorik future offered a sense of optimism in the rubble of postwar Germany. Similarly, the clean futurism of techno provided a window onto a brighter future in Detroit, a city hit hard by the decline of the car industry.
Elsewhere, we play music for motorways with a track by Yeah You recorded in their car, cut up sounds from Le Cars and country music for roadside motels.
Produced by Silvia Malnati
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
FRI 23:30 'Round Midnight (m0024581)
Rainer Trüby's Mixtape
Broadcaster, producer and DJ Rebecca Vasmant sits in for Soweto Kinch on 'Round Midnight - Radio 3's nightly look at jazz from all styles and eras, with a particular focus on new UK artists.
As today marks the 50th anniversary of Kraftwerk's seminal album Autobahn, we've chosen to mark the occasion by inviting DJ, digger and record compiler Rainer Trüby to curate a mixtape of synth-inspired German jazz fusion. Expect cult classics from the likes of Michael Bundt and Peter Herbolzheimer pulled from Rainer's own record collection.
Rainer's latest compilation album Glücklich VI is out now on Compost Records.
Rebecca also has tracks from Crooq and Scrimshire, plus a first play from Paix.
To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Round Midnight."
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 (m002455d)
'Round Midnight
23:30 TUE (m00245t3)
'Round Midnight
23:30 WED (m0024686)
'Round Midnight
23:30 THU (m002457d)
'Round Midnight
23:30 FRI (m0024581)
Between the Ears
19:15 SUN (m002452l)
Breakfast
06:30 SAT (m00244w0)
Breakfast
06:30 SUN (m0024526)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (m002454r)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (m00245sj)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (m002467l)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (m002456t)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (m002457j)
Choral Evensong
15:00 SUN (m0023ys0)
Choral Evensong
15:00 WED (m002467s)
Classical Live
13:00 MON (m002454w)
Classical Live
13:00 TUE (m00245sn)
Classical Live
13:00 WED (m002467q)
Classical Live
13:00 THU (m002456y)
Classical Live
13:00 FRI (m002457n)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 MON (m0024553)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 TUE (m00245sv)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 WED (m001lc19)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 THU (m0024574)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 FRI (m002457v)
Composer of the Week
16:00 MON (m002454y)
Composer of the Week
16:00 TUE (m00245sq)
Composer of the Week
16:00 WED (m002467v)
Composer of the Week
16:00 THU (m0024570)
Composer of the Week
16:00 FRI (m002457q)
Drama on 3
20:00 SUN (m001fswl)
Earlier... with Jools Holland
12:00 SAT (m00244w4)
Essential Classics
09:30 MON (m002454t)
Essential Classics
09:30 TUE (m00245sl)
Essential Classics
09:30 WED (m002467n)
Essential Classics
09:30 THU (m002456w)
Essential Classics
09:30 FRI (m002457l)
Friday Night is Music Night
19:30 FRI (m001yymd)
In Tune
17:00 MON (m0024551)
In Tune
17:00 TUE (m00245ss)
In Tune
17:00 WED (m002467x)
In Tune
17:00 THU (m0024572)
In Tune
17:00 FRI (m002457s)
Jazz Record Requests
16:00 SUN (m002452f)
Late Junction
22:00 FRI (m002457z)
Music Map
13:30 SUN (m002452c)
Music Matters
13:00 SAT (m00244w6)
Music Planet
21:30 SAT (m00244wj)
New Generation Artists
21:40 SUN (m002452q)
New Music Show
22:30 SAT (m00244wl)
Night Tracks
22:00 SUN (m00202zh)
Night Tracks
22:00 MON (m002455b)
Night Tracks
22:00 TUE (m00245t1)
Night Tracks
22:00 WED (m0024684)
Night Tracks
22:00 THU (m002457b)
Opera on 3
18:00 SAT (m00244wg)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (m001r877)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 MON (m0024f2k)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 TUE (m00245sx)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 WED (m0024680)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 THU (m0024576)
Record Review
14:00 SAT (m00244w8)
Saturday Morning
09:00 SAT (m00244w2)
Sound of Cinema
16:00 SAT (m00244wb)
Sunday Feature
19:45 SUN (m002452n)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (m0024528)
The Early Music Show
17:00 SUN (m002452h)
The Essay
21:45 MON (m0024557)
The Essay
21:45 TUE (m00245sz)
The Essay
21:45 WED (m0024682)
The Essay
21:45 THU (m0024578)
The Essay
21:45 FRI (m002457x)
This Classical Life
17:00 SAT (m00244wd)
Through the Night
00:30 SAT (m0023yld)
Through the Night
00:30 SUN (m00244wn)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (m002452s)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (m002455g)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (m00245t5)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (m0024688)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (m002457g)
Unclassified
23:30 SUN (m0020y96)
Words and Music
18:00 SUN (m000nv75)
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 (m001fswl)
Words and Music
18:00 SUN (m000nv75)
Factual
Sunday Feature
19:45 SUN (m002452n)
Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media
Between the Ears
19:15 SUN (m002452l)
Music Matters
13:00 SAT (m00244w6)
Sound of Cinema
16:00 SAT (m00244wb)
The Essay
21:45 MON (m0024557)
The Essay
21:45 TUE (m00245sz)
The Essay
21:45 WED (m0024682)
The Essay
21:45 THU (m0024578)
The Essay
21:45 FRI (m002457x)
Music
Late Junction
22:00 FRI (m002457z)
Music: Classical
Breakfast
06:30 SAT (m00244w0)
Breakfast
06:30 SUN (m0024526)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (m002454r)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (m00245sj)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (m002467l)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (m002456t)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (m002457j)
Classical Live
13:00 MON (m002454w)
Classical Live
13:00 TUE (m00245sn)
Classical Live
13:00 WED (m002467q)
Classical Live
13:00 THU (m002456y)
Classical Live
13:00 FRI (m002457n)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 MON (m0024553)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 TUE (m00245sv)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 WED (m001lc19)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 THU (m0024574)
Classical Mixtape
19:00 FRI (m002457v)
Composer of the Week
16:00 MON (m002454y)
Composer of the Week
16:00 TUE (m00245sq)
Composer of the Week
16:00 WED (m002467v)
Composer of the Week
16:00 THU (m0024570)
Composer of the Week
16:00 FRI (m002457q)
Earlier... with Jools Holland
12:00 SAT (m00244w4)
Essential Classics
09:30 MON (m002454t)
Essential Classics
09:30 TUE (m00245sl)
Essential Classics
09:30 WED (m002467n)
Essential Classics
09:30 THU (m002456w)
Essential Classics
09:30 FRI (m002457l)
In Tune
17:00 MON (m0024551)
In Tune
17:00 TUE (m00245ss)
In Tune
17:00 WED (m002467x)
In Tune
17:00 THU (m0024572)
In Tune
17:00 FRI (m002457s)
Music Map
13:30 SUN (m002452c)
Night Tracks
22:00 SUN (m00202zh)
Night Tracks
22:00 MON (m002455b)
Night Tracks
22:00 TUE (m00245t1)
Night Tracks
22:00 WED (m0024684)
Night Tracks
22:00 THU (m002457b)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (m001r877)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 MON (m0024f2k)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 TUE (m00245sx)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 WED (m0024680)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 THU (m0024576)
Record Review
14:00 SAT (m00244w8)
Saturday Morning
09:00 SAT (m00244w2)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (m0024528)
This Classical Life
17:00 SAT (m00244wd)
Through the Night
00:30 SAT (m0023yld)
Through the Night
00:30 SUN (m00244wn)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (m002452s)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (m002455g)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (m00245t5)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (m0024688)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (m002457g)
Words and Music
18:00 SUN (m000nv75)
Music: Classical: Chamber & Recital
New Generation Artists
21:40 SUN (m002452q)
Music: Classical: Choral
Choral Evensong
15:00 SUN (m0023ys0)
Choral Evensong
15:00 WED (m002467s)
Music: Classical: Early Music
The Early Music Show
17:00 SUN (m002452h)
Music: Classical: Experimental & New
New Music Show
22:30 SAT (m00244wl)
Unclassified
23:30 SUN (m0020y96)
Music: Classical: Opera
Opera on 3
18:00 SAT (m00244wg)
Music: Easy Listening, Soundtracks & Musicals
Friday Night is Music Night
19:30 FRI (m001yymd)
Sound of Cinema
16:00 SAT (m00244wb)
Music: Jazz & Blues
Jazz Record Requests
16:00 SUN (m002452f)
Music: Jazz & Blues: Jazz
'Round Midnight
23:30 MON (m002455d)
'Round Midnight
23:30 TUE (m00245t3)
'Round Midnight
23:30 WED (m0024686)
'Round Midnight
23:30 THU (m002457d)
'Round Midnight
23:30 FRI (m0024581)
Jazz Record Requests
16:00 SUN (m002452f)
Music: World
Late Junction
22:00 FRI (m002457z)
Music Planet
21:30 SAT (m00244wj)
Night Tracks
22:00 SUN (m00202zh)
Night Tracks
22:00 MON (m002455b)
Night Tracks
22:00 TUE (m00245t1)
Night Tracks
22:00 WED (m0024684)
Night Tracks
22:00 THU (m002457b)
Religion & Ethics
Choral Evensong
15:00 SUN (m0023ys0)
Choral Evensong
15:00 WED (m002467s)