Jonathan Swain presents rarities, archive and concert recordings from Europe's leading broadcasters
Andrea Lucchesini (fortepiano - a copy of an instrument built in 1824 by the piano maker Conrad Graf)
Mercé, grido piangendo - from Madrigali a cinque voci, Libro V.; Napoli, Gian Giacomo Carlino (1611)
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) orch. Brewaeys, Luc (b.1959)
Odin Hagen (trumpet), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Per Kristian Skalstad (conductor)
Anatoli Bazhenov (violin), NRCU Symphony Orchestra, Vyacheslav Blinov (conductor)
4 Choral Songs (Op. 53)
Trio for keyboard and strings in G major 'Gypsy rondo' (H.
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Ivars Taurins (conductor)
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Breakfast. Arias by Gluck and Verdi, music for organ by Widor and madrigals to celebrate the coming of May.
Classical Collection with Sarah Walker. Great recordings and classic performances.
French composers and artists from the French-speaking world show why there's nothing quite like Gallic style.
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso Op.28 Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Lamoureux Orchestra Manuel Rosenthal (conductor)
Symphony No.31 in D major K.297 "Paris" Ensemble Orchestral de Paris John Nelson (conductor)
Pasta, pizza and opera - just three of Italy's gifts to the world. But while pasta may have originated in China and the Ancient Greeks appear to have had a form of pizza, there's no doubt that the origins of opera are thoroughly Italian. So as part of the BBC's focus on opera in 2010, Donald Macleod conducts a whistlestop tour through two centuries and more of Italian opera, from Monteverdi to Rossini.
Monday's programme starts with opera in its infancy, as Donald explores the origins of the form in the courtly entertainments of late-16th-century Florence, and we hear from the earliest true opera to have survived intact. Then Monteverdi comes on the scene and the infant's growth accelerates rapidly - we hear from the first operatic masterpiece, then from one of the first operas to offer a realistic portrayal of human relations and motivations. It's about Poppea, a courtesan who sleeps her way to the very top. Finally, a look at the two composers who more than any others dominated the genre in the immediate aftermath of Monteverdi - Francesco Cavalli and Antonio Cesti. They're hardly famous names today, but between them they produced the most popular operas of the entire 17th century.
Russian pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja has had a glittering career working with some of the world's greatest conductors such as Kurt Masur, Sir Colin Davis, Christoph Eschenbach, Kurt Sanderling and Mariss Jansons. However it is as a chamber musician and soloist that she has made her name, working with quartets such as the Alban Berg and Borodin, and earlier on as a duet partner to Sviatoslav Richter, who is said to have had a profound influence on her subsequent development as an artist. In today's recital, Leonskaja performs solo works by Schubert - his Impromptu No. 1 in F minor D935 and the Piano Sonata in D D850. Suzy Klein introduces today's concert live from Wigmore Hall.
Penny Gore presents a week showcasing the wide ranging repertoire of the BBC Scottish SO, including American music. Today, their Chief Conductor Donald Runnicles flexes his musical muscles in a mainly Teutonic programme ending with Bruckner's epic Eighth Symphony
Sean is joined in the studio by two world class instrumentalists. Michael Collins performs in the studio as he prepares to fill the role of conductor and clarinettist for some 'Musical Gems for the Clarinet' with the City of London Sinfonia this week.
Also on the programme, the virtuosic violinist Chloe Hanslip chats about her upcoming tour of the UK with the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra and Pavel Kogan, and performs in the studio.
The Halle continues this Manchester-based series highlighting Mahler's creative path through his symphonies, with Sir Mark Elder conducting Mahler's highly personal Fifth Symphony. Its musical canvas and emotional scope are huge, moving from despair to hope, darkness to light. Opening with a solo trumpet the tragic first movement gives way to a more positive mood and echoes of the Viennese waltz, reaching the blazing finale by way of the famous Adagietto.
Each Mahler symphony in this series is preceeded by a new work . Here it is the turn of the American musical polymath Uri Caine, who has long taken inspiration from Mahler in his jazz-influenced reworkings of classical repertoire. This piece features the Hallé Youth Choir as well as orchestral forces.
Followed by a futher exploration of the music of Uri Caine, in his adaptions and reworkings of Mahler and more.
One evening in Moscow, the Devil appears in town. He travels with a band of demons including a beautiful naked woman and a huge talking black cat, to torment and deceive the town.
In a Night Waves: Landmark, Anne McElvoy and guests turn their attentions to Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita.
Bulgakov created a love story that was a metaphor for his own life. The Master of the title is a writer hounded by the authorities, whose lover Margarita makes a pact with the devil to save him. The book was written in secret in 1930s Russia, a love story that reflected Bulgakov's own life - his love affair with his third wife Yelena, the underlying fear and violence of Soviet Russia, and the power of the critic as a political tool. Bulgakov's novel remained secret for a quarter of a century after his death and wasn't fully published in Russia until 1973.
To discuss The Master and Margarita, Anne is joined by the novelist A.S Byatt, journalist and author James Meek, Bulgakov's biographer Julie Curtis and the actor Anton Lesser.
Professor Mary Beard casts a classicist's eye over Istanbul, one of the world's greatest and most unique cities, under the reign of the Roman Emperor Constantine.
The city's unique position as the bridge between Europe and Asia made it Emperor Constantine's perfect choice as the new capital of his vast Roman Empire. Renamed Constantinople or the 'New Rome', magnificent buildings, gardens and squares in the Roman model were built, including a vast Hippodrome for chariot races. By examining the fates of these incredible classical riches, Mary Beard explores the rich cultural heritage, and many faces, of this extraordinary city.
Istanbul, historically also known as Byzantium and Constantinople, is the largest city in Turkey, and uniquely straddles both the continents of Europe and Asia. These essays paint very different and very personal views of Istanbul, past and present.
Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at Newnham College, Cambridge. She also a regular radio broadcaster and writes a blog for the Times Literary Supplement.
Jez Nelson presents two young bands recorded in concert at the Loop Collective festival: Umlaut, featuring Evan Parker, and Jim Hart's Gemini.
Umlaut brings together French-Swedish trio Peeping Tom with veteran British saxophonist Evan Parker. Taking phrases and fragments from bebop melodies by the likes of Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk as a nominal starting point, their fiery improvisations could go in any direction. In their own words they "tear jazz down to its bare bones and re-furnish it with the new blossom of freebop".
Gemini is led by vibraphonist Jim Hart, and features three other core members of the Loop Collective: saxophonist Ivo Neame, drummer Dave Smith and bassist Jasper Hoiby. Strong melodies are a hallmark of Hart's compositions, but the group are equally happy pursuing more abstract improvisations.
These performances were recording during the Loop Collective festival at London's Vortex in February. The collective, which celebrates its fifth birthday this year, has a D.I.Y. approach to performing, promoting and recording music and as a result has become a breeding ground for innovative young musicians.
TUESDAY 04 MAY 2010
TUE 01:00 Through the Night (b00s7d2h)
Jonathan Swain presents rarities, archive and concert recordings from Europe's leading broadcasters
01:01AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Prelude (Introduction) [string sextet] from Capriccio - opera in 1 act (Op.85) [1940-41]
Henschel Quartet & Soo-Jin Hong (violin) Soo-Kyung Hong (cello)
01:13AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Quintet for piano and strings (Op.44) in E flat major
Henschel Quartet & Jens Elvekjaer (piano)
01:43AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter (1840-1893)
Souvenir de Florence for string sextet (Op.70)
Henschel Quartet & Soo-Jin Hong (violin) Soo-Kyung Hong cello
02:18AM
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)
Sonata in C major (Cantabile) (Kk.132)
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
02:25AM
Klami, Uno (1900-1961)
Revontulet [Aurora boréalis] - Fantasy for orchestra (Op.38)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)
02:46AM
Stanford, Charles Villiers (1852-1924)
O Living Will - motet for unaccompanied chorus
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
02:50AM
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)
Concerto Grosso in D (Op.6 No.4)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (violin/director)
03:01AM
atrributed Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Partita in E flat (K.Anh.C 17'03)
The Festival Winds
03:24AM
Byrd, William (c.1543-1623)
Pavan and galliard for keyboard in G major (MB.
28.70), 'Quadran'
Aapo Häkkinen (harpsichord)
03:38AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Pavane for orchestra (Op.50)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn (Conductor)
03:46AM
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)
Sacred and profane - 8 medieval lyrics (Op.91)
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
04:02AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Sonata for piano in D major, Hob.XVI.33
Andreas Staier (fortepiano; a copy of Anton Walter, Vienna c.1792)
04:19AM
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953)
Cinderella's waltz from Zolushka [Cinderella] - suite no.1 (Op.107)
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
04:24AM
Geijer, Erik Gustaf (1783-1847)
Midnight Fantasy [1833]
Stefan Bojsten (piano)
04:30AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Pohjola's daughter - symphonic fantasia (Op.49)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund (conductor)
04:44AM
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
O clarissima Mater (respond)
Rondellus
04:54AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Aria with variations from Piano Suite No.5 in E major (HWV.430) "The harmonious blacksmith"
Marián Pivka (piano)
05:01AM
Duruflé, Maurice (1902-1986)
Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens (Op.10)
Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir, Evi Eespere (director)
05:09AM
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)
Sonata in G major (Kk.146)
Ivetta Irkha
05:12AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
String Quartet No.2 in C major (D.32)
Orlando Quartet
05:31AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No.1 for Orchestra in F minor
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Sergiu Comissiona (conductor)
05:44AM
Duparc, Henri (1848-1933)
L'invitation au voyage [Invitation to a Journey] - for voice and piano (1870)
05:48AM
La Vie antérieure [The Former Life] - for voice and piano (1884)
05:53AM
La Vague et la cloche [The Wave and the Bell] - for voice and piano (1871)
Gerald Finley (baritone), Stephen Ralls (piano)
05:59AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto in A major (RV.335), 'The Cuckoo'
Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (director)
06:09AM
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967)
Summer evening [Nyari este]
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, György Lehel (conductor)
06:27AM
Ligeti, György (1923-2006)
Six Bagatelles for wind quintet
Cinque Venti
06:39AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Partita for keyboard No.5 in G major (BWV.829)
Glenn Gould (piano)
06:53AM
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup (1843-1907)
Norwegian Dance No 1 (Op.35)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Andrew Litton (conductor).
TUE 07:00 Breakfast (b00s7d2k)
Tuesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Wilbye to Wagner, Marais to MacDowell, Hungarian folk tunes and the Warsaw Concerto are all included in this morning's Breakfast. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.
TUE 10:00 Classical Collection (b00s7d2m)
Tuesday - Sarah Walker
Classical Collection with Sarah Walker. Great recordings and classic performances.
From the frivolity of Frenchified Rossini to a grand suite by Rameau, plus two Monteux, pere et fils.
10.00
Rossini
Sins of old age:
Petit caprice (style Offenbach)
A caress for my wife
Aldo Ciccolini (piano)
CD: EMI 5 73595 2 [4 CDs]
10.07*
Prokofiev
Symphony No.1 in D major Op.25 "Classical" Orchestre National de Radio France Jean Martinon (conductor)
CD: VOX BOX CDX 5001 [2 CDs]
10.20*
Beethoven
Violin Sonata in F major Op.24 'Spring'
Isabelle Faust (violin)
Alexander Melnikov (piano)
CD: HARMONIA MUNDI HMC9020
25.27 [3 CDs]
10.44*
Giovanni Legrenzi
Ave Regina coelorum
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
Ensemble Artaserse
CD: VIRGIN CLASSICS 00946 344711 2 1
10.49* Group of 3: French Flautists
Mozart
Andante in C major K.315
Claude Monteux (flute)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
CD: PHILIPS 420 880-2
Faure
Fantaisie Op.79
Michel Debost (flute)
Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (piano)
LP: ARCHET d'OR OR X
Debussy
Syrinx
Juliette Hurel (flute)
CD: NAIVE V 492
11.03*
Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux (conductor)
CD: VANGUARD CLASSICS ATM-CD-1894
11.25*
Rameau
Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin:
Suite in A minor
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
CD: HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901754.
TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00s7d2p)
Monteverdi to Rossini - Italian Opera
Episode 2
Continuing Donald Macleod's exploration of two centuries of Italian opera from Monteverdi to Rossini. The second programme focuses on a single decade, the 1720s, and the work of three giants of their day, whom history has treated rather differently: Alessandro Scarlatti; Antonio Vivaldi; and George Frideric Handel. Today Alessandro Scarlatti's reputation is outshone by that of his son Domenico, but he was one of the major musical figures of his time, with over 100 operas to his credit - of which very few are ever performed today.
Unlike Scarlatti, Vivaldi's operatic 'rehabilitation' is well under way, but despite his considerable output - he's known to have composed at least 50 operas, 16 of which have survived - he's still far better known for his instrumental music. Time has been kinder to Handel's operas, many of which are regularly staged today. Handel was German by birth, but he spent a good chunk of his early professional life in Italy, writing opera in the Italian language and the Italian tradition, and he carried on doing so after he settled in London in 1712.
It's a sign of the enormous international success of Italian opera that its leading exponent in the late Baroque, only a century or so after its invention, wasn't actually an Italian!
TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00s7d2r)
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 2009-10
Episode 1
The first of four concerts from the 2009-2010 Britten Sinfonia at Lunch series from the West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge. This innovative series, which tours five different cities, including Krakow in Poland, was the winner of an RPS Chamber Music Award, and features an eclectic mix of familiar and unfamiliar pieces, alongside a new commission from a young composer. In this first concert, composer Christian Mason is paired with music by his mentor, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, of original music and arrangements of Bach, Ockeghem and Machaut.
Machaut (arr. Birtwistle) Hoquetus David
Birtwistle: Double Hocket
JS Bach: (arr Birtwistle) Contrapunctus VII from The Art of Fugue
Birtwistle: Lied
JS Bach: (arr. Birtwistle) Contrapunctus XII from The Art of Fugue
Birtwistle: Verses for clarinet and piano
JS Bach: (arr. Birtwistle) Contrapunctus XVII from The Art of Fugue
Christian Mason: Noctilucence (World premiere tour)
Ockeghem: (arr. Birtwistle) Ut heremita solus
Britten Sinfonia performers:
Jacqueline Shave, Miranda Dale (violin)
Martin Outram (viola)
Caroline Dearnley (cello)
Michael Cox (flute)
Joy Farrell (clarinet)
Huw Watkins (piano)
Helen Edordu (percussion).
TUE 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00s7d2t)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Episode 2
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Penny Gore with more from the BBC Scottish SO, including American music from Gershwin and Nancarrow, and one of the great ballet scores of the last century, Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé
Janacek: Sinfonietta
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov, conductor
2.30pm
Bruch:Kol Nidrei
Andreas Brantelid, cello
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Schwartz, conductor
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
Stewart Goodyear, piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
3.10pm
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 in A major "Italian"
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Nancarrow: Orchestral Piece No 2
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov, conductor
4.00pm
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor.
TUE 17:00 In Tune (b00s7d2w)
Tuesday - Sean Rafferty
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
With a selection of music and guests from the music world.
Main news headlines are at
5.00 and
6.00
E-mail: in.tune@bbc.co.uk.
TUE 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00s7d2y)
Garrick Ohlsson
Presented by Ian Skelly
Garrick Ohlsson, one of the leading Chopin interpreters of our times and a past winner of the Chopin International Piano competition, gives a recital celebrating the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, recorded at the Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw earlier this year.
The main focus of the programme is the complete Preludes, a cycle demanding high virtuosity, in which Chopin captures a universe of feeling and mood. Before these sit some of his grandest works - the demanding F sharp major Impromptu, the intensely dramatic Fantasy, and one of the epic Scherzos.
Chopin: Impromptu in F sharp, op. 36
Fantasy in F minor, op. 49
Two Nocturnes, op. 27
Scherzo in C sharp minor, op. 39
Preludes, op. 28
Mazurka in A minor, op. 7 no. 2 (Encore)
Waltz in C sharp minor, op. 64/2 (Encore)
Etude in C sharp minor, op. 10 no. 4
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Followed by performances by nominees for the 2010 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, ahead of the awards ceremony which takes place on 11th May. Tonight features the nominees in the Conductor category - Kirill Karabits, Oliver Knussen and Andris Nelsons.
Shchedrin: Concerto for Orchestra no.5 (excerpt)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Karabits (conductor)
NAXOS 8 572405 tr. 2
Julian Anderson: Book of Hours (Part 1)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Oliver Knussen (conductor)
NMC NMCD 121 Tr. 8
Ginastera: Danza final (Malambo) – Dances from the ballet ‘Estancia’
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)
DG 477 7457 Tr. 9
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5: 3rd Mvt (Scherzo)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons (conductor)
ORFEO C 780 091 A
TUE 21:15 Night Waves (b00s7d30)
China Mieville, Kent State Shootings, Florence Nightingale, Four Lions
On Night Waves this evening Matthew Sweet talks to the Arthur C Clarke award-winning writer China Miéville about his new book, Kraken, and the place such mythical sea monsters have played in fiction.
Forty years on from his student protest days, Michael Goldfarb reflects on events in 1970 Ohio, when four students at Kent State University were shot by the state National Guard.
Matthew visits the Florence Nightingale Museum in anticipation of its re-opening, and discusses, with guests including Nightingale's biographer, her lasting impact.
And there's a review of the new comedy by director Chris Morris. Does 'Four Lions', his film about a Sheffield-based gang of bungling jihadists, relieve the menace of the threat of terrorism by giving it a hint of Ealing comedy?
TUE 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00s7d2p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
TUE 23:00 The Essay (b00s7d4s)
Postcards from Istanbul
Elif Shafak
Acclaimed Turkish author Elif Shafak casts a writer's eye over the unique and very diverse city of Istanbul, a place she still calls home.
"Istanbul is like a huge, colorful Matrushka - you open it and find another doll inside. You open that, only to see a new doll nesting. It is a hall of mirrors where nothing is quite what it seems. One should be cautious when using categories to talk about Istanbul. If there is one thing the city doesn't like, it is clichés."
Carefully avoiding all cliches, Elif Shafak looks at Istanbul's many identities, and its many inhabitants, from the ghosts of the past, to the real Istanbulites, the recent arrivals, to the visitors. Along the way she explains why Istanbul, to her, is a 'She City', a city of women, of widows, mothers and young girls, whose beat and heart is decidedly feminine.
Istanbul, historically also known as Byzantium and Constantinople, is the largest city in Turkey, and uniquely straddles both the continents of Europe and Asia. These essays paint very different and very personal views of this extraordinary city.
Elif Shafak is the best-selling female author in Turkey. Her controversial novel 'The Bastard of Istanbul' was nominated for the Orange Prize for fiction.
TUE 23:15 Late Junction (b00s7d4v)
Fiona Talkington introduces music from sound designer Barbara Truex, experimental artist Scanner, and singer-songwriters Camilla Granlien and Lhasa.
WEDNESDAY 05 MAY 2010
WED 01:00 Through the Night (b00s7dbl)
Jonathan Swain presents rarities, archive and concert recordings from Europe's leading broadcasters
01:01AM
Massenet, Jules (1842-1912)
Thaïs - comedie lyrique in 3 acts
Renée Flemming (soprano) - Thaïs, Simone Alberghini (bass) - Athaneal, Robert Lloyd (bass) - Palemon, Joseph Calleja (tenor) - Nicias, Ana James (soprano) - Crobyle, Liora Grodnikaite (mezzo-soprano) - Myrtale, Claire Shearer (soprano) - Albine, Nigel Cliffe (baritone) - Servant of Nicias, Kiera Lyness (soprano) - La charmeuse), Royal Opera House Chorus, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)
03:21AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Trio for piano and strings No. 3 in F minor (Op.65)
Grieg Trio
04:02AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Il Pastor Fido, ballet music
English Baroque Solists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
04:13AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Fantasiestücke for clarinet [violin or cello] and piano (Op.73)
Claudio Bohorquez (cello), Marcus Groh (piano)
04:24AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Keyboard Concerto No.5 in F minor (BWV.1056)
Angela Hewitt (piano), CBC Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
04:35AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Ballade No.1 in G minor (Op.23)
Shura Cherkassky (piano)
04:44AM
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875)
Carmen Suite
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry (conductor)
05:01AM
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911)
Norwegian artists' carnival (Op.14)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen (conductor)
05:08AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Der Geist hilft unser Schwacheit - motet (BWV.226)
Choir of Latvian Radio, Aivars Kalejas (organ), Sigvards Klava (conductor)
05:16AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Ballade no.3 in A flat (Op.47)
Teresa Carreño, (1853-1917) (piano)
05:25AM
Norman, Ludwig (1831-1885), arranged by Niklas Willen
Andante Sostenuto
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willén (conductor)
05:35AM
Valentini, Giuseppe (1681-1753)
Two works - Augellino, bel augellino, a 7 and Caro vezzo d'amor, a 8
La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata Köln
05:45AM
Wagenseil, Georg Christoph (1715-1777)
Concerto for trombone and orchestra in E flat
Warwick Tyrrell (trombone), Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)
05:55AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Die Götter Griechenlands (D.677b)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (fortepiano - after Johann Fritz, Vienna c.1815)
06:00AM
Fodor, Carolus Antonius (1768-1846)
Symphony No.4 in C minor (Op.19)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Guido Ajmone Marsan (conductor)
06:22AM
Förster, Kaspar (1616-1673)
Repleta est malis (KBPJ.35)
Kai Wessel (counter-tenor), Krzysztof Szmyt (tenor), Grzegorz Zychowicz (bass), Il Tempo Baroque Ensemble
06:33AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Quartet for piano and strings (K.478) in G minor
Aronowitz Ensemble.
WED 07:00 Breakfast (b00s7dbn)
Wednesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Breakfast. Listen to music by Elgar, German, Purcell and Vaughan Williams, and songs by Young and RenÃ(c).
WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b00s7dbq)
Wednesday - Sarah Walker
Classical Collection with Sarah Walker. Great recordings and classic performances.
Belgian, Canadian, Swiss - you don't need to be French to have Gallic style!
10.00
Puccini
La boheme - Act I, 'O soave fanciulla'
Mimi: Pierrette Alarie (soprano)
Rodolfo: Leopold Simoneau (tenor)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Lee Schaenen (conductor)
CD: DG 477 022-2 [7 CDs]
10.04*
Chabrier
Suite pastorale
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
CD: DECCA 433 720-2
10.37*
Franck
Le chasseur maudit
Belgian National Orchestra
Andre Cluytens (conductor)
CD: EMI CZS 5 68220 2 [2 CDs]
10.52*
Rouget de l'Isle arr. Gossec, Lussier
La Marseillaise
Suite of Revolutionary Airs
Les Jacobins
Matthieu Lussier (bassoon/director)
CD: ATMA CLASSIQUE ACD22595
11.03*
Beethoven
Symphony No.4 in E flat major Op.60
Orchestre de la francophonie
Jean-Philippe Tremblay (conductor)
CD: ANALEKTA 2 9975-9 [5 CDs]
11.36*
Debussy
Cello Sonata
Henri Honegger (cello)
Noel Lee (piano)
LP: VALOIS MB 438
11.48*
Honegger
Pastorale d'ete
ORTF Orchestra
Jean Martinon (conductor)
CD: EMI CDM 7 63944 2 TRACK 3.
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00s7dbs)
Monteverdi to Rossini - Italian Opera
Episode 3
Continuing Donald Macleod's exploration of two centuries of Italian opera from Monteverdi to Rossini. Wednesday's programme picks up where Tuesday's left off, to chart a course through the 18th-century tradition of opera seria - serious opera - with music by some very familiar names and some relatively obscure ones. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi is probably best known today for his comic intermezzo Il serva padrona, and for providing some of the source material for Stravinsky's ballet Pulcinella.
We hear from him here in his serious mode, in an opera written three years before his untimely death at the age of 26. Baldassare Galuppi and Niccolò Jommelli were two of the foremost operatic composers of the mid-18th century, now almost entirely overlooked; Jommelli in particular is a master of thrillingly expressive music, and well overdue for a revival. Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice was one of the most influential operas of its time, still widely performed today. Finally, extracts from an early opera by Mozart and a late one by Haydn. Mozart's, the work of a dazzlingly precocious 14-year-old, was shelved for two centuries despite the great success of its opening run. Haydn's never even got the opening run, planned for London in 1791 - it fell foul of local political rivalries and had to wait nearly 160 years for its first performance.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00s7dbv)
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 2009-10
Episode 2
The second of four concerts from the 2009-2010 Britten Sinfonia at Lunch series from West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge. This innovative series, which tours five different cities, including Krakow in Poland, was the winner of an RPS Chamber Music Award, and features an eclectic mix of familiar and unfamiliar pieces alongside a new commission from a young composer. In this second concert, music and arrangements by New York based Nico Muhly appear alongside some of his personal favourites - pieces by Herbert Howells and Aaron Copland.
Gibbons: (arr Muhly) This Is The Record Of John
Gibbons: (arr Muhly) Hosanna To The Son Of David
Gibbons: (arr Muhly) O Lord In Thy Wrath
Howells: Rhapsodic Quintet
Nico Muhly: Motion (world premiere tour)
Copland: Sextet
Britten Sinfonia performers:
Thomas Gould, Miranda Dale (violin)
Martin Outram (viola)
Caroline Dearnley (cello)
Joy Farrell (clarinet)
Huw Watkins (piano).
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00s7dbx)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Episode 3
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Penny Gore continues her exploration of the BBC Scottish SO's wide ranging
repertoire, including Barber's Violin Concerto and French music by Desenclos, Ravel and Franck
Desenclos: Incantation, Thrène et Danse
Giuliano Sommerhalder, trumpet
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Takuo Yuasa, conductor
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Carlo Rizzi, conductor
2.40
Volans: Stripweave
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov, conductor
Barber: Violin Concerto
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Carlo Rizzi, conductor
3.20pm
Franck: Symphony in D minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Carlo Rizzi, conductor.
WED 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00s7dbz)
Truro Cathedral
From Truro Cathedral.
Responses: Radcliffe
Office Hymn: Sing Alleluya forth ye saints on high (Martins)
Psalms: 27, 28, 29 (Monk, Goss, Stanford)
First Lesson: Hosea 13 vv4-14
Canticles: New College Service (Paul Drayton)
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15 vv50-58
Anthem: Te Deum in C (Britten)
Final Hymn: Hail, Redeemer, King divine (King Divine)
Organ Voluntary: Allegro (Symphonie VI) (Widor)
Director of Music: Christopher Gray
Assistant Director of Music: Luke Bond.
WED 17:00 In Tune (b00s7dc1)
Wednesday - Sean Rafferty
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
With a selection of music and guests from the music world.
Main news headlines are at
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WED 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00s7dc3)
London Philharmonic/Jurowski
Presented by Ian Skelly
Conductor Vladimir Jurowski highlights a musical friendship between two Russian composers with very different personalities. Nikolai Myaskovsky began his music studies at the St Petersburg Conservatory at the mature age of 25, where he met the brash, 15 year old Prokofiev, and their friendship blossomed.
As Russia lurched into turbulence in the early 1900s, Myaskovsky had a ringside seat as a serving officer, trying to fulfill his duty as a military engineer followng in his father's footsteps, whilst also pursuing his passion for music. He witnessed first-hand the events which culminated in the First World War and the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. His Sixth symphony is influenced by these events, and it became a monumental choral symphony of heroism and revolution, including themes from French revolutionary songs and a Russian sacred text. But for all its large scale, it is also a deeply personal testament.
Prokofiev left Russia after the revolution but returned in the 1930s. His Sinfonia concertante for cello and orchestra, written near the end of his life, was prompted by Mstislav Rostropovich, whose playing had reawakened Prokofiev's interest in the cello, inspiring him to re-work an earlier concerto into this new piece.
Prokofiev: Sinfonia concertante
Myaskovsky: Symphony no.6
Danjulo Ishizaka (cello)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
conductor Vladimir Jurowski
Followed by performances by nominees for the 2010 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, ahead of the awards ceremony which takes place on 11th May. Tonight features the nominees in the Chamber Music category - The Schubert Ensemble, the Takacs Quartet and the Wigmore Hall Haydn Bicentenary Season.
Beethoven: Quartet in C, OP.59 no.3: 3rd & 4th mvts (Menuetto – Allegro molto)
Takacs Quartet
DECCA 470 847 2
CD 2 Tr. 7-8
Faure: Piano Quintet no.1, Op.89: 1st mvt (Molto moderato)
Schubert Ensemble
CHANDOS CHAN 10576 Tr. 1
Haydn: Quartet Op.64 no.6: 4th mvt
Quatuor Mosaiques
ASTREE E8886 Tr. 4
WED 21:15 Night Waves (b00s7dc5)
David Mitchell, Sheila Rowbothan, Michael Goldfarb, Eurydice
David Mitchell is widely regarded as one of our finest young novelists. Twice shortlisted for the Man Booker prize for his novels number9dream and Cloud Atlas. In Night Waves tonight, Rana Mitter talks to him about his latest book, the Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, which is set in 18th century Japan and tells the story of a junior clerk on the trail of official corruption.
Feminist author Sheila Rowbotham joins Rana to discuss her new women's history of the 20th century, 'Dreamers of a new Day, Women who invented the 20th century'. Socialist feminist Ruth Livesey joins them to discuss how a disparate group of idealistic women shaped their times.
Forty years on from his student protest days, Michael Goldfarb continues his reflections on the legacy of events in 1970 Ohio, when four students at Kent State University were shot by the state National Guard.
And Classicist Edith Hall reviews the new production of Eurydice at the Young Vic in London, and talks about her new book on Greek Tragedy, 'Suffering Under the Sun'.
WED 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00s7dbs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
WED 23:00 The Essay (b00s7dc7)
Postcards from Istanbul
Jason Goodwin
Writer and historian Jason Goodwin looks back at 19th-century Istanbul, a city undergoing great upheaval after the Ottoman Conquest, and how it became the inspiration for his own novels.
Focusing on the city's imperial instinct for order, expressed over the centuries in the functioning of its palace kitchens, architecture and great mosques, and the zoning of different faiths in the Ottoman tradition, Jason Goodwin reflects on how Istanbul survived huge upheaval and change to become a stronger, more distinct city. He compares the city then, with the one he knows today, a city that is again quietly reassuming its identity.
Istanbul, historically also known as Byzantium and Constantinople, is the largest city in Turkey, and uniquely straddles both the continents of Europe and Asia. It was chosen this year as the joint European Capital of Culture. These essays paint five very different and very personal views of this extraordinary city.
Jason Goodwin fell under the spell of Istanbul while studying Byzantine history at Cambridge University. Fifteen years ago, he made a six-month pilgrimage across eastern Europe to reach the city for the first time, a journey recounted in On Foot to the Golden Horn, which won the John Llewellyn Rhys/Mail on Sunday Prize 1993.
He has become best known as author of the mysteries The Janissary Tree and The Snake Stone, two novels which feature Turkish eunuch detective, Yashim, who lives and works in 19th century Istanbul. The Janissary Tree won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 2007.
WED 23:15 Late Junction (b00s7dc9)
Late Junction Sessions
Seb Rochford, Chartwell Dutiro, Leo Abrahams and Jyager
Fiona Talkington's selection includes music from Norwegian trio Eplemoya, American songwriter Bonnie Prince Billy, and the sound of the Vichitra Veena.
THURSDAY 06 MAY 2010
THU 01:00 Through the Night (b00s7dk1)
Jonathan Swain presents rarities, archive and concert recordings from Europe's leading broadcasters
01:01AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Symphony No.1 in B flat major (Op.38), 'Spring'
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
01:35AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 -1827)
Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2 (Op. 19) in B flat major
Martha Argerich (piano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (conductor)
02:05AM
Pisendel, Johann Georg (1687-1755)
Sonata in C minor for violin & basso continuo (attributed to J.S. Bach as BWV.1024)
Barbara Jane Gilbey (violin), Sue-Ellen Paulsen (cello), Geoffrey Lancaster (harpsichord)
02:20AM
Ockeghem, Johannes (c.1410-1497)
Intemerata Dei mater
02:28AM
Ave Maria
The Hilliard Ensemble
02:33AM
Jenner, Gustav Uwe (1865-1920)
Trio in E flat for Clarinet, Horn and Piano (1900)
James Campbell (clarinet), Martin Hackleman (horn), Jane Coop (piano)
03:01AM
Quinault, Jean-Baptiste (1687-1745)
Overture and Dances - from the Comedy 'Le Nouveau Monde' (1723)
L'Ensemble Arion
03:10AM
Urbaitis, Mindaugas (b. 1952)
Lacrimosa
Lithuanian State Chamber Choir, Sigitas Vaiciulionis (conductor)
03:15AM
Eckhard, Johann Gottfried (1735-1809)
Sonata in F major, Op.2/1
Arthur Schoonderwoerd (fortepiano after Sebastian Lengerer, 1793 [Austrian / S. German] piano in the Finchcocks collection in Kent, England)
03:30AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Cellos in C major (D.956)
Artemis Quartet
04:21AM
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953)
Symphony No.1 in D major (Op.25)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Karel Ancerl (conductor)
04:35AM
Cabezon, Antonio de (1510-1566)
Duvincela. Chanson-Intavolierung
Roland Götz (spinet)
04:38AM
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643)
Magnificat II
Choir of Swiss Radio, Lugano, Diego Fasolis (conductor)
04:49AM
Delius, Frederick (1862-1934) ed. Eric Fenby
La Calinda - concert version for orchestra from 'Koanga'
BBC Concert Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
04:53AM
Zarzycki, Aleksander (1834-1895)
Mazurka in G major, for violin and piano (Op.26)
Monika Jarecka (violin), Krystyna Makowska (piano)
05:01AM
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787)
Symphony (Op.10 No.2)
La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor)
05:12AM
Desprez, Josquin (ca.1440-1521)
Absolve, quaesumus, Domine/Requiem aeternam
Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel (conductor)
05:17AM
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943)
Piano Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor (Op.1)
Arthur Ozolins (piano), Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
05:45AM
Irgens-Jensen, Ludvig (1894-1969)
Japanischer Frühling
Ragnhild Heiland Sørensen (soprano), Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Steven Sloane (conductor)
06:09AM
Aufschnaiter, Benedict Anton (1665-1742)
Ouverture & Entrée from Serenade No.3 in G minor
06:14AM
Menuett, Gavotta and Menuett from Serenade No.3 in G minor [both from 'Concors discordia amoris et timoris augusti et serenissimi Romanorum regis Josephii' Nürnberg 1695]
L'Orfeo Barockorchester, Michi Gaigg (director)
06:17AM
Nauss, Johann Xaver (c. 1690-1764)
Praeludium Terti Toni from 'Die spielende Muse'
Jaroslav Tuma (1682 / 1829 organ of the Minorite monastery church of Cesky Krumlov)
06:31AM
Håkanson, Knut (1887-1929). Lyrics by Karlfeldt, Erik Axel
Stjärngossar (Starboys) - from 3 Karlfelt Partsongs (Op.39)
Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson (conductor)
06:33AM
Enna, August (1859-1939)
Klaverstykker (piano pieces): No.2 Waltz, No.3 Intermezzo
Ida Cernecka (piano)
06:41AM
Novacek, Ottokar Eugen (1866-1900)
Perpetuum Mobile (orig. for violin and orchestra)
Moshe Hammer (violin), Valerie Tryon (piano)
06:44AM
Rossi, Salomone (c.1570-1630)
Rimanti in pace for 5 voices [from 'Il primo libro della madrigali', 1600], prima parte
Katelijne van Laethem (soprano), Pascal Bertin (alto), Eitan Sorek, Josep Benet (tenors), Josep Cabre (baritone), Ensemble Daedalus, Roberto Festa (conductor)
06:51AM
Improvisation
Improvisation on 'Guardame las vacas'
06:54AM
Improvisation
Two Improvisations on 'La Folia' & 'Passamezzo moderno'
Labyrinto.
THU 07:00 Breakfast (b00s7dk3)
Thursday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Breakfast. Listen to marches by Byrd, Berlioz, Smyth and Walton, waltzes by Strauss II and Janacek, and dances by Rimsky-Korsakov and Bernstein.
THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b00s7dk5)
Thursday - Sarah Walker
Classical Collection with Sarah Walker. Great recordings and classic performances.
Schmaltz gets a Gallic makeover as Karajan conducts Ravel's homage to the waltz in Paris - and the oh so French style of Reynaldo Hahn.
10.00
Ravel
La valse
Orchestre de Paris
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
CD: EMI CDM 7 63526 2
10.14*
Debussy
La plus que lente
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
CD: CHANDOS CHAN 10467
10.20*
Bach
Overture-Suite No.3 in D major BWV 1068
Jean-Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra Jean-Francois Paillard (conductor)
CD: APEX 2564 61686-2
10.42* Group of 3: How to sing Hahn?
Hahn
A Chloris
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor)
Jerome Ducros (piano)
CD: VIRGIN CLASSICS 216621 2
Hahn
L'Heure exquise
Gerard Souzay (baritone)
Dalton Baldwin (piano)
CD: PHILIPS 438 964-2 [4 CDs]
Trad. Poitevin folk-song
Le retour du marin
Reynaldo Hahn (baritone/piano)
CD: ROMOPHONE 82015-2 [3 CDs]
10.52*
Mozart
Piano Concerto in A major K.488
Jean-Claude Pennetier (piano)
Saar Chamber Orchestra
Karl Ristenpart (conductor)
CD: ACCORD 476 9009
11.20*
Francois Couperin
Troisieme lecon de tenebres
Mieke van der Sluis (soprano)
Guillemette Laurens (mezzo-soprano)
Pascal Monteilhet (lute)
Marianne Muller (viola da gamba)
Laurence Boulay (organ)
CD: ERATO MUSIFRANCE 2292-45012-2
11.32*
Schumann
Cello Concerto in A minor Op.129
Anne Gastinel (cello)
Liege Philharmonic Orchestra
Louis Langree (conductor)
CD: NAIVE V 4897.
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00s7dk7)
Monteverdi to Rossini - Italian Opera
Episode 4
Continuing Donald Macleod's exploration of two centuries of Italian opera from Monteverdi to Rossini. This fourth programme delves into the batty world of opera buffa, with lecherous masters and saucy maids gamboling about suggestively in ludicrous plots. First up is Pergolesi's Il serva padrona - 'The Maid as Mistress' - originally designed as light relief between the acts of a 'serious' opera. In the event, it achieved such popularity in its own right that it came to be widely performed as a standalone work, and its serious counterpart was forgotten.
Very few people today have heard of Gaetano Latilla, but in his own time he was considered one of the most important composers of Italian opera. His La finta cameriera - 'The Fake Maid' - was one of the few full-length comic operas successfully exported from Naples in the 1730s. Baldassare Galuppi cropped up in Wednesday's programme as a composer of serious opera. Like many composers of the period, he also did comedy; his La diavolessa - 'The She-Devil' - is a delightful work with a completely implausible plot.
The curtain comes down with Mozart, who brought the buffa line to an unsurpassable peak of perfection with his three comic operas to librettos by Lorenzo da Ponte.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00s7dk9)
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 2009-10
Episode 3
The third of four concerts from the 2009-2010 Britten Sinfonia at Lunch series from the West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge. This innovative series, which tours five different cities, including Krakow in Poland, was the winner of an RPS Chamber Music Award, and features an eclectic mix of familiar and unfamiliar pieces, alongside a new commission from a young composer. In this third concert, German composer Ulrich Kreppein is paired with Austro-Germanic music by Schubert, Mozart and Schumann.
Schubert: String Trio in B flat D471
Mozart: (completed by Nicholas Daniel) Adagio for Cor Anglais and Strings K580a
Ulrich Kreppein: Windinnres (world premiere tour)
Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F K370
Schumann: (arr Colin Matthews) Mondnacht
Britten Sinfonia perfomers:
Jacqueline Shave (violin)
Clare Finnimore (viola)
Caroline Dearnley (cello)
Nicholas Daniel (oboe/cor anglais).
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00s7dkc)
Thursday Opera Matinee
Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo from La Scala, Milan
Penny Gore presents Monteverdi's seminal opera L'Orfeo, recorded at La Scala Milan and conducted by early music specialist, Rinaldo Alessandrini. And the BBC Scottish SO play music infused with the spirit of dance.
Monteverdi
L'Orfeo
La Musica / Echo......Roberta Invernizzi (soprano)
Orfeo......Georg Nigl (tenor)
Euridice......Roberta Invernizzi (soprano)
Silvia /Speranza......Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Caronte......Luigi De Donato (bass)
Proserpina......Raffaella Milanesi (soprano)
Plutone......Giovanni B. Parodi (bass)
Furio Zanasi (tenor) Apollo
Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor
3.50pm
Ravel: Menuet antique
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom, conductor
4.20pm
Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor.
THU 17:00 In Tune (b00s7dkf)
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Sean is joined by the Italian pianist Roberto Prosseda, who discusses the close connections and friendships of the composers Mendelssohn, Robert and Clara Schumann, Liszt and Moscheles; a subject that he explores in his recital series, 'Leipzig, 1840', which he takes to Brighton and Crear this week. He performs works from the concert in the studio.
Also on the programme, baroque violinist Rachel Podger and musicians from the Royal Academy of Music Baroque Ensemble join Sean ahead of their concert at Wigmore Hall, London, this weekend and play music by Vivaldi in the studio.
Main news headlines are at
5.00 and
6.00
E-mail: in.tune@bbc.co.uk.
THU 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00s7dkh)
Leif Ove Andsnes
Presented by Ian Skelly
Leif Ove Andsnes returns to Wigmore Hall in London with a solo piano programme of miniature masterpieces.
The Schumann works include one of the less familiar - one of the Novelettes, Op.21, while the Chopin works on the programme include some favourites - the hypnotic final Nocturne and the optimistic Ballade no.3, one of his more extended works. Before Schumann's well-known Scenes from Childhood, Leif Ove Andsnes plays the contrasting sounds of György Kurtág's Jatekok - 'Games', which aim to capture the spirit of a child at play.
Schumann 3 Romances, Op. 28
Schumann Novelette Op. 21 No 5
Kurtág Játékok (selection)
Schumann Kinderszenen, Op. 15
Chopin Ballade No. 3 in Ab, Op. 4
Chopin Waltz in Db, Op. 70 No. 3
Chopin Waltz in Ab, Op. 42
Chopin Nocturne in E, Op. 62 No. 2
Bach Toccata in E minor (encore)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Followed by performances by nominees for the 2010 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, ahead of the awards ceremony which takes place on 11th May. Tonight features the nominees in the Ensemble category - the London Sinfonietta, the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Aurora Orchestra.
Finzi: Clarinet concerto: 1st mvt
David Campbell (clarinet)
Aurora Orchestra
Nick Collon (conductor)
Benjamin: At First Light (Part III)
London Sinfonietta
Britten: Night Mail (end sequence)
BCMG
Dvorak: Legends, Op.59 no.2 in G
BBC SO
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
THU 21:15 Night Waves (b00s7dkk)
Terry Eagleton, Douglas Murray, Zinody A Room and a Half
Philip Dodd talks to the critic Terry Eagleton about his new book, 'On Evil', in which he defends the reality of evil, suggesting that it is a palpable force in the modern world.
Also in the programme, a discussion about modern diplomacy with Charles Kupchan, who served on the National Security Council during the Clinton presidency and Douglas Murray, the Director of the Centre for Social Cohesion.
And Zinody Zinik joins Philip to talk about a new film about the Nobel prize winning Russian poet Joseph Brodsky. A mixture of drama and documentary - including animated representations of Brodsky's cat - 'A Room and a Half' tells the story of the poet who was expelled from Russia in the early 1970s and went to live in America. Despite many attempts he was never allowed permission to return to see his parents in his native country.
THU 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00s7dk7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 23:00 The Essay (b00s7dkm)
Postcards from Istanbul
Moris Farhi
The Merman of Istanbul: Celebrating Istanbul's year as European Capital of Culture, distinguished Turkish author Moris Farhi recaptures the spirit of Istanbul through one of its unique characters, a modern-day merman who swims round the islands and grottos of the city in search of a meaning for his unusual gift. Exiled from Turkey for more than fifty years Moris Farhi recaptures some of his love for the city of his youth through this contemporary merman, who takes him back to the myths and fishermen's tales of the mythical Istanbul mermen who brought life to the waters round the city.
Istanbul, historically also known as Byzantium and Constantinople, is the largest city in Turkey, and uniquely straddles both the continents of Europe and Asia. It was chosen this year as the joint European Capital of Culture. These essays paint five very different and very personal views of this extraordinary city.
Moris Farhi was born in Turkey in 1935. After studying in Istanbul, he came to Britain in 1954, where he has lived ever since, though he still visits Istanbul regularly. He has written several novels, including 'Children of the Rainbow', 'Journey through the Wilderness' and 'Young Turk'. He has been Vice-President of International PEN since 2001.
THU 23:15 Late Junction (b00s7dl0)
Fiona Talkington's choices include music from folk group The Owl Service, Philip Glass and Brad Mehldau.
FRIDAY 07 MAY 2010
FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b00s7dml)
Jonathan Swain presents rarities, archive and concert recordings from Europe's leading broadcasters
01:01AM
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (1875-1912)
Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor (Op 10)
Richard Hosford (clarinet), Nash Ensemble
01:32AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
On Wenlock Edge
Mark Padmore (tenor), Nash Ensemble
01:55AM
Dowland, John (1563-1626)
The Lady Cliftons spirit for lute (P.45)
01:57AM
King of Denmark's Galliard
01:59AM
Morley, Thomas (c.1557-1602) & Dowland, John (1563-1626) - "Knights of the Lute"
Fantasie (Morley)
Nigel North (lute)
02:09AM
Locke, Matthew (c.1630-1677)
The Tempest - instrumental music for the opera
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (director)
02:27AM
Stanley, John (1712-1786)
Trumpet Voluntary
Stanko Arnold (trumpet), Ljerka Ocic-Turkulin (organ)
02:31AM
Walton, William (1902-1983)
Two Pieces for Strings (written for the film Henry V in 1944)
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor)
02:36AM
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
Sea Pictures (Op.37)
Kristina Hammarström (mezzo soprano), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
03:01AM
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992)
Theme and Variations
Peter Oundjian (violin), William Tritt (piano)
03:10AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (No.6 from Lyric pieces, Op.65)
Valerie Tryon (piano)
03:18AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897), orch. Arnold Schoenberg in 1937
Piano Quartet in G minor, Op.25
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart (conductor)
04:00AM
Lindberg, Oskar (1887-1955)
Piano Quartet (1928)
Marten Landström (piano), Members of the Uppsala Chamber Soloists
04:25AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto for bassoon and orchestra in A minor (RV.497)
Ivan Pristas (bassoon), Camerata Slovacca, Viktor Malek (conductor)
04:38AM
Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899)
Spanischer Marsch (Op.433)
ORF Symphony Orchestra, Peter Guth (conductor)
04:44AM
Dauvergne, Antoine (1713-1797)
Ballet music from 'Les Troqueurs'
Capella Coloniensis, William Christie (harpsichord and conductor)
05:01AM
Arriaga, Juan Crisostomo (1806-1826)
Los Esclavos Felices - overture
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor)
05:09AM
Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918)
Orjan poika [The Son of the Slave] - symphonic legend for soprano, baritone, mixed choir and orchestra (Op.14) (1910)
Suomen Laula Choir (with unidentified soprano & baritone soloists), The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jussi Jalas (conductor)
05:34AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Violin Concerto in D minor (Op.47)
Judy Kang (violin), Orchestre Symphonique de Laval, Jean-François Rivest (conductor)
06:09AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (composer) (1714-1788);
Trio sonata for flute, violin and continuo (Wq.161'2) in B flat major
Les Coucous Bénévoles
06:27AM
Wolf, Cornelius de (1880-1935)
Fantasia on Psalm 33
Cor Ardesch (organ), on Organ Willem Hendrik Kam 1859, Grote Kerk, Dordrecht, Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk
06:36AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Sonata for piano No.4 in Eb major (Op.7)
Alfred Hoehn (piano) [recorded approximately 1919-1920 on Welte Mignon rolls].
FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b00s7dmn)
Friday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Breakfast. Wake up to music, news - and the occasional surprise.
FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b00s7dmq)
Friday - Sarah Walker
Classical Collection with Sarah Walker. Great recordings and classic performances.
In Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century music, Gallic style is unmistakable.
10.00
Poulenc
Suite francaise
Orchestre de Paris
Georges Pretre (conductor)
CD: EMI 5 66837 2 [5 CDs]
10.13*
Satie
Je te veux, waltz
Philippe Entremont (piano)
CD: SONY CLASSICAL SBK 48283
Gershwin
Prelude No.2
Michel Legrand (piano)
CD: ERATO 4509-96386-2
Bach arr. Loussier
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645
Play Bach Trio
CD: MUSIC CLUB MCCD 113
10.25*
Benedetto Marcello ed. Bach
Oboe Concerto in C minor
Maurice Bourgue (oboe)
Toulouse Chamber Orchestra
Louis Auriacombe (conductor)
CD: EMI CZS 7 67425 2 [2 CDs]
10.39*
Vachon
String Quartet in A major Op.5 No.1
Quatuor Les Adieux
CD: VALOIS V 4761
10.50*
Debussy
Nocturnes
French National Radio Choir and Orchestra Charles Munch (conductor)
11.16*
Messiaen
Fantaisie burlesque
Rondeau
Yvonne Loriod (piano)
LP: ERATO OME 1 [8 LPs]
11.27*Mozart
Violin Concerto in G major K.216
Christian Ferras (violin)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Munchinger (conductor)
LP: DECCA ECS 697
11.52*
Widor
Symphony No.5 in F minor Op.42 No.1- (v) Toccata Pierre Cochereau (organ of Notre-Dame, Paris)
LP: PHILIPS 6527 113.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00s7dms)
Monteverdi to Rossini - Italian Opera
Episode 5
Continuing Donald Macleod's exploration of two centuries of Italian opera from Monteverdi to Rossini. In the final course of this week-long operatic banquet we reach Signor Crescendo himself, Gioacchino Rossini. Rossini is known above all for his dazzling comic masterpiece The Barber of Seville, but like many of his musical forbears he also cultivated his 'serious' side. It's a side that many listeners may be only dimly aware of, and it's never been particularly good box office.
After a shaky start, The Barber became a perennial favourite with audiences. By contrast, the searing tragedy of Ermione just didn't catch on; the opera ran for a handful of nights before the composer withdrew it, after which it went into suspended animation until it was finally revived over a century and a half later. When they met in 1822, Beethoven advised Rossini to stick to comic opera. Ermione proves how wrong he was. We also hear from the two leading composers of Italian opera in the generation before Rossini, Ferdinando Paër and Simon Mayr - as with several of this week's composers, little-known now but major players in their own day.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00s7dmv)
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 2009-10
Episode 4
The last of four concerts from the 2009-2010 Britten Sinfonia at Lunch series from the West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge. This innovative series, which tours five different cities, including Krakow in Poland, was the winner of an RPS Chamber Music Award, and features an eclectic mix of familiar and unfamiliar pieces, alongside a new commission from a young composer. In this concert, a new work by British composer Gwilym Simcock is performed alongside music by Messiaen and Ravel.
Gwilym Simcock: Simple Tales (World Premiere)
Messiaen: "Louange à l'Eternité de Jésus" from the Quartet for the End of Time.
Ravel: Piano Trio
Britten Sinfonia performers:
Jacqueline Shave (violin)
Gwilym Simcock (piano) (for Simple Tales)
Shai Wosner (piano) (for the Ravel)
Caroline Dearnley (cello).
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00s7dqt)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Episode 4
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Penny Gore ends her week showcasing the wide ranging repertoire of the BBC Scottish SO with American music from John Mackey, and a concert of Mendelssohn and Bruckner recorded yesterday at City Halls, Glasgow
John Mackey: Red Line Tango (UK premiere)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
2.30pm
Dvorak: Symphony No 8 in G major
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Petr Altrichter, conductor
3.15pm
MacMillan: The Sacrifice - Three Interludes
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Petr Altrichter, conductor
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
Matthew Trusler , violin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence Renes, conductor
4.00pm
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence Renes, conductor.
FRI 17:00 In Tune (b00s7dqw)
Friday - Sean Rafferty
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
With a selection of music and guests from the music world.
Main news headlines are at
5.00 and
6.00
E-mail: in.tune@bbc.co.uk.
FRI 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00s7dqy)
Mozart, Shostakovich
Part 1
Presented by Louise Fryer
Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, the BBC Philharmonic is joined by conductor Gunther Herbig, who has a long standing relationship with the orchestra, and has worked with many of the major international ensembles. As a previous Principal Guest conductor of the orchestra, he introduces an artist making his debut with the BBC Philharmonic, the American pianist Shai Wosner.
Wosner, a former Radio 3 New Generation Artist, performs one of Mozart's most popular piano concertos. Gunther Herbig then explores Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony. Written in 1936 but withdrawn by the composer before performance after difficulties with the Soviet regime, it was finally performed after the death of Stalin in 1961. In this massive work Shostakovich uses his huge orchestra to unforgettable effect.
Mozart: Piano concerto No 21 in C, K467
Shostakovich: Symphony No 4
BBC Philharmonic
Shai Wosner (piano)
conductor Gunther Herbig.
FRI 19:30 Twenty Minutes (b00s7dr0)
Ryabov and Kozhin
"Two little boys were hunting crayfish off the wooden jetty. They were diving down under the steep bank and resurfacing, snorting out the water from their nostrils. They swam to the side of the jetty and, with triumphant cries, chucked their booty into a pail.
Ryabov waited until one of them, feeling the cold, climbed out of the lake. Hopping about on one foot, his head tilted to one side, he was getting the water out of his ear. Only then did the young boy notice Ryabov.
"Is it Grandfather you want?" he asked.
In Izrael Metter's short story, the young man with the briefcase has come to a rural spot outside Moscow, in order to confront the older Kozhin, who was a 'high-up' in the police force many years back. Ryabov has come to confront him about the fate of his own father - Kozhin was responsible. But, strangely, Ryabov is unsure how to handle the situation, despite having the advantage of surprise. So what will happen?
Izrael Metter was a leading novelist, short story writer and radio satirist after the second world war, and this tale was first published in 1976. He lived for most of his life in Leningrad.
Translated by Michael Duncan
Producer Duncan Minshull.
FRI 19:50 Performance on 3 (b00s7dr2)
Mozart, Shostakovich
Part 2
Presented by Louise Fryer
Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, the BBC Philharmonic is joined by conductor Gunther Herbig, who has a long standing relationship with the orchestra, and has worked with many of the major international ensembles. As a previous Principal Guest conductor of the orchestra, he introduces an artist making his debut with the BBC Philharmonic, the American pianist Shai Wosner.
Wosner, a former Radio 3 New Generation Artist, performs one of Mozart's most popular piano concertos. Gunther Herbig then explores Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony. Written in 1936 but withdrawn by the composer before performance after difficulties with the Soviet regime, it was finally performed after the death of Stalin in 1961. In this massive work Shostakovich uses his huge orchestra to unforgettable effect.
Shostakovich: Symphony No.4
BBC Philharmonic
Shai Wosner (piano)
conductor Gunther Herbig.
FRI 21:15 The Verb (b00s7ds5)
Richard Hawley, Simon Armitage
A live edition of Radio 3's cabaret of the word with Ian McMillan, featuring the celebrated Sheffield singer songwriter Richard Hawley and poet Simon Armitage.
Producer: Laura Thomas.
FRI 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00s7dms)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 23:00 The Essay (b00s7ds7)
Postcards from Istanbul
Huzun
Hüzün: writer Maureen Freely delivers her own despatch from the city of her youth, in which she explores 'hüzün', the feeling of collective melancholy that used to linger over the city that she knew as a child.
Famously described by Orhan Pamuk, whose work Freely translates, 'hüzün' is the feeling of decay, sadness and nostaligia that seemed to envelop the Istanbul of the sixties and seventies, a time when things were changing fast, but when 'Old Istanbul' was still visible in the boats, buildings and even the people of the city. Now, some fifty years on, Istanbul is certainly a very different, more modern city, but one in which the feeling of 'hüzün' can still be sensed in its isolated, hidden-away corners.
Istanbul, historically also known as Byzantium and Constantinople, is the largest city in Turkey, and uniquely straddles both the continents of Europe and Asia. These essays paint three very different and very personal views of this extraordinary city.
Maureen Freely is a journalist, novelist, translator and lecturer. She grew up in Istanbul, and much of her family is still based there. She is also the English translator of Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk's recent
works.
FRI 23:15 World on 3 (b00s7ds9)
Lopa Kothari
Lopa Kothari introduces a specially recorded session by German group La Brass Banda, an unusual brew of traditional Bavarian folk, Balkan beats, reggae and mariachi.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 MON (b00s7c2r)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 TUE (b00s7d2t)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 WED (b00s7dbx)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 THU (b00s7dkc)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 FRI (b00s7dqt)
Breakfast
07:00 SAT (b00s6rz6)
Breakfast
07:00 SUN (b00s6s3w)
Breakfast
07:00 MON (b00s7c2h)
Breakfast
07:00 TUE (b00s7d2k)
Breakfast
07:00 WED (b00s7dbn)
Breakfast
07:00 THU (b00s7dk3)
Breakfast
07:00 FRI (b00s7dmn)
CD Review
09:00 SAT (b00s6rz8)
Choir and Organ
18:30 SUN (b00s6sd8)
Choral Evensong
16:00 SUN (b00s4yww)
Choral Evensong
16:00 WED (b00s7dbz)
Classical Collection
10:00 MON (b00s7c2k)
Classical Collection
10:00 TUE (b00s7d2m)
Classical Collection
10:00 WED (b00s7dbq)
Classical Collection
10:00 THU (b00s7dk5)
Classical Collection
10:00 FRI (b00s7dmq)
Composer of the Week
12:00 MON (b00s7c2m)
Composer of the Week
22:00 MON (b00s7c2m)
Composer of the Week
12:00 TUE (b00s7d2p)
Composer of the Week
22:00 TUE (b00s7d2p)
Composer of the Week
12:00 WED (b00s7dbs)
Composer of the Week
22:00 WED (b00s7dbs)
Composer of the Week
12:00 THU (b00s7dk7)
Composer of the Week
22:00 THU (b00s7dk7)
Composer of the Week
12:00 FRI (b00s7dms)
Composer of the Week
22:00 FRI (b00s7dms)
Discovering Music
17:00 SUN (b00s6sd6)
Drama on 3
20:00 SUN (b00s6sdb)
Hear and Now
22:30 SAT (b00s6s0z)
In Tune
17:00 MON (b00s7c2t)
In Tune
17:00 TUE (b00s7d2w)
In Tune
17:00 WED (b00s7dc1)
In Tune
17:00 THU (b00s7dkf)
In Tune
17:00 FRI (b00s7dqw)
Jazz Library
16:00 SAT (b00s6rzj)
Jazz Library
00:00 SUN (b00kksny)
Jazz Line-Up
23:30 SUN (b00s6sdj)
Jazz Record Requests
17:00 SAT (b00s6rzm)
Jazz on 3
23:15 MON (b00s7c52)
Late Junction
23:15 TUE (b00s7d4v)
Late Junction
23:15 WED (b00s7dc9)
Late Junction
23:15 THU (b00s7dl0)
Music Matters
12:15 SAT (b00s6rzb)
Night Waves
21:15 MON (b00s7c2y)
Night Waves
21:15 TUE (b00s7d30)
Night Waves
21:15 WED (b00s7dc5)
Night Waves
21:15 THU (b00s7dkk)
Opera on 3
18:00 SAT (b00s6rzp)
Performance on 3
19:00 MON (b00s7c2w)
Performance on 3
19:00 TUE (b00s7d2y)
Performance on 3
19:00 WED (b00s7dc3)
Performance on 3
19:00 THU (b00s7dkh)
Performance on 3
19:00 FRI (b00s7dqy)
Performance on 3
19:50 FRI (b00s7dr2)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (b00hwwrg)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
14:00 SAT (b00s4y7w)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 MON (b00s7c2p)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 TUE (b00s7d2r)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 WED (b00s7dbv)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 THU (b00s7dk9)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 FRI (b00s7dmv)
Radio 3 Requests
14:00 SUN (b00s6s7h)
Sunday Feature
21:30 SUN (b00s6sdd)
Sunday Morning
10:00 SUN (b00s6s3y)
The Early Music Show
13:00 SAT (b00s6rzd)
The Early Music Show
13:00 SUN (b00s6s7f)
The Essay
23:00 MON (b00s7c30)
The Essay
23:00 TUE (b00s7d4s)
The Essay
23:00 WED (b00s7dc7)
The Essay
23:00 THU (b00s7dkm)
The Essay
23:00 FRI (b00s7ds7)
The Verb
21:15 FRI (b00s7ds5)
Through the Night
01:00 SAT (b00s50gy)
Through the Night
01:00 SUN (b00s6s3t)
Through the Night
01:00 MON (b00s7c2f)
Through the Night
01:00 TUE (b00s7d2h)
Through the Night
01:00 WED (b00s7dbl)
Through the Night
01:00 THU (b00s7dk1)
Through the Night
01:00 FRI (b00s7dml)
Twenty Minutes
19:30 FRI (b00s7dr0)
Words and Music
22:15 SUN (b00s6sdg)
World Routes
15:00 SAT (b00d0fm0)
World on 3
23:15 FRI (b00s7ds9)