The Suisse Romande Orchestra and Neeme Jarvi perform both Dvorak Serenades and Mozart's Bassoon Concerto. With Jonathan Swain
Martin Kuuskamnn (bassoon), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
Romance in F minor Op.11 vers. for violin and orch.
Bogdan Zvoristeanu (violin) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
Bogdan Zvoristeanu (violin) unidentified string quartet from Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra with Harp, freely using Scottish Folk Melodies (Op.46)
James Ehnes (violin), Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
Paul Lewis (piano), Antje Weithaas (violin), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Patrick Demanga (cello)
Annett Andriesen (alto), Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson (conductor)
Légende No.1: St. François d'Assise prêchant aux oiseaux (S.175)
Ambrosio, Giovanni (fl. after 1450)
Ständchen arr. for piano -- from Schwanengesang (D. 957)
Christian Schneider & Erik Niord Larsen (oboe d'amore), Kjell Arne Jørgensen & Miranda Playfair (violin), Dan Styffe (bass), Hans Knut Sveen (harpsichord)
Rautavaara, Einojuhani (b. 1928)
Jaroslaw Zolnierczyk (violin), Andrzej Tatarski (piano), The "Amadeus" Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan, Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor).
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's Breakfast Show, waking up the UK with the finest classical music and the best performances.
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Trio Mediaeval ? Folk Songs, ECM 476 6179. We also have our daily brainteaser at
This week is National Storytelling Week (with National Libraries' Day this Saturday, 8th February) and Rob's guest is the award-winning author, Kate Atkinson. Kate's first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award in 1985, and she has been a critically acclaimed international bestselling author ever since. Her novel Case Histories introduced her readers to Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator, and won the Saltire Book of the Year Award and the Prix Westminster, while When Will There Be Good News? was voted Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year. Her latest novel, Life After Life, recently won the 2013 Costa Novel Award. Kate was awarded an MBE in the Queen's 2011 Birthday Honours, for services to literature.
He was a brilliant pianist, a distinctive composer, a theorist and eminent teacher, and dubbed by Tchaikovsky as the Russian Bach. Donald Macleod, with Dr Anastasia Belina-Johnson, explores the life and music of Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev.
Taneyev has unfortunately often been remembered as a dry and academic composer, but many of his works, such as the Scherzo from his String Trio in D major, dispel that view. Taneyev as a youthful graduate from the Moscow Conservatoire, travelled Europe with Nickolai Rubinstein. Once he returned to Russia, he made a plan to study more Mozart and also Wagner, although his Symphony No 2, shows more influences from his former teacher and friend Tchaikovsky.
It was Tchaikovsky who suggested that Taneyev should succeed him as professor of counterpoint at the Moscow Conservatoire in 1878. It was a post he would keep for nearly thirty years, and was regarded as the institutions "finest adornment". He made his debut as a composer with his Cantata for the unveiling of a Pushkin memorial, but it was his next large choral work John of Damascus, which demonstrates Taneyev's interest in early choral counterpoint.
This week's series of Lunchtime Concerts features concerts recorded in Dublin, Belfast and Omagh. The members of the Capuçon Trio performed an all-Fauré programme in Dublin's National Concert Hall last spring. Meanwhile, BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists, the Danish Quartet took part in Moving on Music's Tour of Northern Ireland during the autumn. Today a violin sonata by Fauré and a string quartet by Haydn.
The first of Fauré's two violin sonatas, the Sonata in A major, Op. 13, was written in 1875 and 1876. Dedicated to Paul Viardot, the son of the singer Pauline Viardot and brother of the girl to whom Fauré was briefly engaged, it is considered one of his early masterpieces. Youthfulness, elegance and the ease of the melody, for which Fauré became synonymous, are apparent from the beginning. Haydn's F minor string quartet, written in 1771, goes back to the earliest days of the string quartet. Throughout the six quartets that make up Opus 20 Haydn introduces compositional techniques that were to shape and define the genre. The set is renowned for the range and contrast of emotion explored in each quarter. The sorrowful No.5 in F minor is one of the best known and immediately recognisable from its opening elegiac main theme.
Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
Haydn: String Quartet Op 20 No. 5
Katie Derham continues her survey of recent live concert recordings from the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Lausanne Chamber Orchestra who perform two cornerstones of the repertoire, Ravel's orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and Beethoven's groundbreaking 'Eroica' Symphony. They're joined by renowned mezzo Violetta Urmana in Mahler and Lucas Macías Navarro who takes a break from his day job as the principal oboe of Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra to play Strauss's concerto.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op 55 ('Eroica')
Sean Rafferty talks to the renowned violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter as she visits London to perform the Dvorak Concerto with the LSO, and reflects on her celebrated career to date. Singers Anna Patalong and Adrian Dwyer from English Touring Opera perform live in the studio as they prepare for their new season of productions, and they are joined by the General Director of ETO, James Conway. Lionel Meunier, who directs the Belgian early music vocal ensemble Vox Luminis, joins Sean to discuss their forthcoming UK concert. Winners of the prestigious Recording of the Year in the 2012 Gramophone Awards, the ensemble has quickly won a reputation for its deeply expressive performances. The eight-piece cello ensemble, Cellophony, also performs live.
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The BBC Singers conducted by Paul Brough perform Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle. Described by the composer himself as "the last of my péchés de vieillesse" (sins of old age), it was written late in his life, in 1863, and is elegantly scored for choir, soloists, two pianos and harmonium.
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle (Credo; Offertoire; Prélude religieux; Sanctus & Benedictus; O salutaris; Agnus Dei)
Followed by highlights from last week's RNCM Festival of Brass at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, which featured the Black Dyke Band and Foden's Band, as well as the Royal Northern College of Music's own Brass Ensemble.
Christine Lagarde, the first female to head the International Monetary Fund, delivers this year's Richard Dimbleby Lecture on TV. Anne McElvoy assesses her arguments with Ngaire Woods and Gillian Tett. Producer: Laura Thomas.
In a major series for Radio 3, we continue our journey through the Islamic Golden Age. The period ranges from 750 to 1258 CE and over the twenty episodes, we'll hear about architecture, religious scholarship, medicine, innovation and philosophy. In this evening's essay, Professor Hugh Kennedy explores the life of al-Tabari, the chronicler and historian of the early Islamic World.
Anne Hilde Neset presents an eclectic mix of music from the ancient to modern.
WEDNESDAY 05 FEBRUARY 2014
WED 00:30 Through the Night (b03t0bln)
Orchestra of Swiss Italian Radio. Two works for Bassoon - Verdi's Capriccio, and the first modern performance of Xavier Mercadante's Bassoon Concerto and Schubert's 3rd Symphony. With Jonathan Swain.
12:31 AM
Honegger, Arthur [1892-1955]
Pastorale d'été (1920)
Swiss Italian Radio Orchestra, John Axelrod (conductor)
12:40 AM
Mercadante, Xavier [1795-1870] arr. Joseph Astor
Bassoon Concerto - memories from the "Prodigal Son"
Diego Chenna (bassoon), Swiss Italian Radio Orchestra, John Axelrod (conductor)
12:48 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe [1813-1901] arr. Franco Fusi
Capriccio for Bassoon and Orchestra (1834/2000)
Diego Chenna (bassoon), Swiss Italian Radio Orchestra, John Axelrod (conductor)
1:00 AM
Mignonne, Francisco [1897-1986]
Valse triste
Diego Chenna (bassoon),
1:03 AM
Schumann, Robert [1810-1856]
Symphony No.3 in E flat major (Op.97) "Rhenish"
Swiss Italian Radio Orchestra, John Axelrod (conductor)
1:37 AM
Flury, Richard (1896-1967)
Three pieces for violin and piano
Sibylle Tschopp (violin), Isabel Tschopp (piano)
1:45 AM
Martin, Frank (1890-1974) (orch. Ernest Ansemet)
Ballade for flute (1939)
Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Enrique Garcia-Asensio (conductor)
1:54 AM
Schoeck, Othmar (1886-1957)
Violin concerto in B flat major (Op.21) 'Quasi una fantasia'
Bettina Boller (violin), Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra, Andreas Delfs (conductor)
2:31 AM
Suk, Josef (1874-1935)
Serenade for string orchestra in E flat major (Op.6)
Budapest Strings, Béla Banfalvi (leader)
3:00 AM
Stamitz, Johann (1717-1757)
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra in B flat major (1750)
Jann Engel (clarinet), Capella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde (conductor)
3:18 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] (dubious attribution)
Partita in B flat (K.Anh.C 17'2)
The Festival Winds
3:32 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (composer) [1841-1904]
Slavonic Dance No.10 (Op.72 No.2) in E minor
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor)
3:39 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (BWV.225)
Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Annemieke Cantor (alto), Gerhard Nennemann (tenor), Furio Zanasi (bass), Chorus of Swiss-Italian Radio, Ensemble Vanitas Lugano, Diego Fasolis (conductor)
3:53 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) arr. Mozart
Adagio & Fugue in G minor (after BWV 883)
Benjamin Nabarro (violin), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano), Leopold String Trio
3:59 AM
Glenn Gould [1932-1982]
Cadenza for Concerto No.1 in C major Op.15 for piano and orchestra by Beethoven
Lukas Geniusas (piano)
4:02 AM
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
Serenade for Strings (Op.20)
Royal Academy Soloists, Clio Gould (director)
4:14 AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
Intermezzo (Op.117 No.1) in E flat major "Schlummerlied"
Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)
4:20 AM
Strauss, Johann Jr (1825-1899)
Rosen aus dem Süden, waltz (Op.388)
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Roman Zeilinger (conductor)
4:31 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Ballet Music for the Merry wives of Windsor by Otto Nicolai
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
4:40 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
12 Variations on 'Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman' for piano (K.265)
Martin Helmchen (piano)
4:53 AM
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875)
Carmen Suite
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry (conductor)
5:09 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Le Tombeau de Couperin ? suite for orchestra
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Antoni Ros-Marbà (conductor)
5:28 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe [1683-1764]
Gavotte in A minor
Alexander Romanovsky (piano)
5:35 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola and orchestra in Eb major (KV 364)
Götz Rüstig (violin), Werner Ehrbrecht (viola), Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)
6:08 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Toccata for piano (Op.7) in C major
Francesco Piemontesi (Piano)
6:14 AM
Vedel, Artemy [1767-1808]
Choral concerto No.5 "I cried unto the Lord with my voice" (Psalm 143)
Platon Maiborada Academic Choir, Viktor Skoromny (conductor)
6:23 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Letzter Frühling (Last Spring) (orig. song Op.33/2)
Camerata Bern, Thomas Furi (leader and concertmaster).
WED 06:30 Breakfast (b03t0bpx)
Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's Breakfast Show, waking up the UK with the finest classical music and the best performances.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111 with your music requests.
WED 09:00 Essential Classics (b03t0bwr)
Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Kate Atkinson
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Trio Mediaeval ? Folk Songs, ECM 476 6179. We also have our daily brainteaser at
9.30.
10am
Artists of the Week: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
10.30am
This week is National Storytelling Week (with National Libraries' Day this Saturday, 8th February) and Rob's guest is the award-winning author, Kate Atkinson. Kate's first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award in 1985, and she has been a critically acclaimed international bestselling author ever since. Her novel Case Histories introduced her readers to Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator, and won the Saltire Book of the Year Award and the Prix Westminster, while When Will There Be Good News? was voted Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year. Her latest novel, Life After Life, recently won the 2013 Costa Novel Award. Kate was awarded an MBE in the Queen's 2011 Birthday Honours, for services to literature.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice:
Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Stanislaw Wislocki (conductor)
DG.
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b03t0byp)
Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915)
Taneyev and Wagner
He was a brilliant pianist, a distinctive composer, a theorist and eminent teacher, and dubbed by Tchaikovsky as the Russian Bach. Donald Macleod, with Dr Anastasia Belina-Johnson, explores the life and music of Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev.
Taneyev had inherited a keen interest in Greek mythology from his father. It is no surprise that his only opera set Aeschylus's tragic trilogy, The Oresteia. Tchaikovsky could not understand why Taneyev would write an opera on such a theme, something he thought was far removed from the everyday Russian person. The opera failed to enter into the permanent repertoire.
Taneyev was now exceptionally busy as a teacher at the Moscow Conservatoire. At the age of twenty-nine, he was invited to become the institution's Director and went on to not only raise academic standards, but save it from financial ruin. Composing had to be fitted into the summer months and his opera took many years to complete. It was Tchaikovsky who secured a performance date for Taneyev's stagework, forcing the composer to complete it. During this period Taneyev did find time to compose some smaller works, such as his present for Tchaikovsky's birthday, a little piece for piano four hands, quoting a number of Tchaikovsky's own works.
Canzona
Stanislav Jankovsky, clarinet
Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Sanderling, conductor
String Quartet in A major (3rd mvt)
The Leningrad Taneiev Quartet
Overture, The Oresteia, Op 6
The Philharmonia
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
The Composer's Birthday, for piano four hands
Joseph Banowetz, piano
Adam Wodnicki, piano
The Oresteia (Act III Scene III)
Ludmilla Ganestova, soprano (Pallas Athene)
Ivan Dubrovin, tenor (Orestes)
Chorus of the Belorussian State Opera and Ballet Theatre
Orchestra of the Belorussian State Opera and Ballet Theatre
Tatiana Kolomizheva, conductor
Producer: Luke Whitlock.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b03t0ccz)
Music from Ireland
Episode 2
The second of four Lunchtime Concerts performed by members of Capuçon at the National Concert Hall in
Dublin and BBC Radio 3 New Gereration Artists, the Danish Quartet as part of Moving on Music's touring programme in Northern Ireland.
The Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117 was written between March and November 1921 and unlike the reflective first cello sonata which was composed during World War 1, this is more contented music. Vincent d'Indy, complimented his fellow composer on his 'mastery of maturity' and also said the sonata was, 'so beautiful!'
This is complimented by Danish Quartet performing the work of fellow Scandinavian, Hans Abrahamsen, the quartet worked with the composer on the performance of this work: the String Quartet No.1 "10 Preludes for String Quartet". The ten short movements contain a full gamut of expression, from almost violent dissonances through to the peaceful resolution of last of the preludes - a Baroque pastiche - which, in the context, is quite a surprise
Fauré: Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117
Gautier Capuçon, cello; Michel Dalberto, piano
Hans Abrahamsen: 10 preludes (Quartet No.1)
Danish String Quartet
Frederik Øland, violin; Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violin;
Asbjørn Nørgaard, viola; Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin, cello.
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b03t0ckh)
Afternoon on 3
Episode 3
Katie Derham presents more live concert recodings from Switzerland including Ravel in fairy tale mood, Skryabin's lush Piano Concerto with Russian prodigy Daniil Trifonov, and Brahms's Symphony No 2 with veteran Russian conductor Yuri Temirkanov.
Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye (suite)
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra
Michael Francis (conductor)
2.20 pm
Skryabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op 20
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Kazuki Yamada (conductor)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op 73
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Yuri Temirkanov (conductor).
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b03t0dpj)
Chapel of New College, Oxford
From the Chapel of New College, Oxford
Introit: A custodia matutina (Mondonville)
Responses: Smith
Psalms: 27, 28 (Cooper, Hylton Stewart)
First Lesson: Baruch 5
Office Hymn: Jerusalem, my happy home (Southwell)
Canticles: Purcell in G minor
Second Lesson: Mark 1 vv1-11
Anthem: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (BWV 230) (Bach)
Hymn: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (Lobe den Herren)
Organ Voluntary: Praeludium in G minor (BuxWV 149) (Buxtehude)
Edward Higginbottom (Director of Music)
Benjamin Bloor (Organ Scholar).
WED 16:30 In Tune (b03t0cp0)
Harry Bicket, Voces8, Endymion
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music and chat with guests including English Concert conductor Harry Bicket. Fresh from a USA tour of Handel's Theodora, Harry discussed the work ahead of UK performances in Birmingham and London. There's live music from vocal group Voces8 marking the release of their new album 'Eventide' and renowned chamber ensemble Endymion celebrate their 35th anniversary, playing live in the studio ahead of a residency at King's Place.
News headlines at
5pm and
6pm
Email: In.Tune@bbc.co.uk
Twitter: @BBCInTune.
WED 18:30 Composer of the Week (b03t0byp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
WED 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b03t0cr7)
CBSO - Vaughan Williams
Live from the Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Presented by Simon Hoban
Andrew Manze conducts the CBSO in a programme of Vaughan Williams, including the overture "The Wasps", "The Lark Ascending" with violinist Lawrence Jackson, and his masque "Job".
Vaughan Williams: Overture - "The Wasps"
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
c.
8.20pm:
Interval - German Baroque music performed by Andrew Manze as violinist:
Pandolfi - Violin Sonata Op.4'3 "La Monella Romaensca"
Andrew Manze (violin) Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
HARMONIA MUNDI 907241
Track 9
Handel - Violin Sonata in D, Op.1'13 (HWV.371)
Andrew Manze (violin) Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
HARMONIA MUNDI 907259
Tracks 1-4
c.
8.40pm:
Vaughan Williams: Job, A Masque for dancing
Lawrence Jackson (violin)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Andrew Manze
"He rises and begins to round / he drops the silver chain of sound..." When The Lark Ascending takes wing, so do our spirits. But that's just one side of the genius of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Andrew Manze has a special connection with this most English of composers; tonight he shares the rollicking fun of The Wasps, the timeless passion of the Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis and, to top it all, Job: a blockbuster of a ballet score that may well change the way you think about English music.
Followed by highlights from last week's RNCM Festival of Brass at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.
WED 22:00 Free Thinking (b03t0d95)
The Monocled Mutineer; Roman Krznaric's Empathy Revolution
As a production of Oh What a Lovely War opens at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, Matthew Sweet discusses the way World War I is being commemorated.
He revisits Alan Bleasdale's 1986 TV series The Monocled Mutineer starring Paul McGann. The subject of heated debates at the time of its broadcast, McGann has continued to study what is known about the soldier Percy Toplis, who inspired the series.
Philosopher Roman Krznaric wants to launch an empathy revolution. He explains what he wants to put in his museum of empathy and why it can change lives and inspire political action. His book Empathy, A Handbook for Revolution is published this week.
Producer: Neil Trevithick.
WED 22:45 The Essay (b03t0dc0)
The Islamic Golden Age
Islamic Architecture
This major essay series continues as leading thinkers and practitioners share their knowledge and passion for the Golden Age of Islam. Dr. Sussan Babaie from the Courtauld Institute is an expert in Islamic architecture. She turns the spotlight on two significant monuments of the early medieval period in the Islamic world: the 10th century royal mausoleaum of the Samanid dynasty in Bukhara, present-day Uzbekistan and the 11th to 12th century developments in the great congregational mosque of Isfahan, in central Iran, built under the patronage of the Seljuq dynasty.
Producer: Sarah Taylor.
WED 23:00 Late Junction (b03t0df5)
Wednesday - Anne Hilde Neset
Anne Hilde Neset presents an eclectic mix of music from the ancient to modern.
THURSDAY 06 FEBRUARY 2014
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b03t0blq)
Christian Zacharias conducts Sinfonia Varsovia and pianist Jan Lisiecki in Schumann's Piano Concerto and 4th Symphony. With Jonathan Swain
12:31 AM
Paderewski, Ignacy Jan [1860-1941]
Overture in E flat
Sinfonia Varsovia, Christian Zacharias (conductor)
12:41 AM
Schumann, Robert [1810-1856]
Concerto for piano and orchestra (Op.54) in A minor;
Jan Lisiecki (piano), Sinfonia Varsovia, Christian Zacharias (conductor)
1:11 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Partita in B flat BWV 825 - Prelude
Jan Lisiecki (piano)
1:14 AM
Schumann, Robert [1810-1856]
Symphony No.4 (Op.120) in D minor;
Sinfonia Varsovia, Christian Zacharias (conductor)
1:43 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Cello Concerto in C major (H.7b.1)
Stephen Isserlis (cello), Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Jean Fournet (conductor)
2:10 AM
Heinichen, Johann David (1683-1729)
Se mai, Tirsi, mio bene - from the cantata 'Clori e Tirsi'
Nancy Argenta (soprano), Nigel Short (countertenor), Cappella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde (conductor)
2:31 AM
Franck, César (1822-1890)
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34
Imre Rohmann (piano), Bartók Quartet
3:05 AM
Sasnauskas, Ceslovas (1867-1916)
Requiem (1912-15)
Inesa Linaburgyte (mezzo-soprano); Algirdas Janutas (tenor), Vladimiras Prudnikovas (bass); Kaunas State Choir, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Petras Bingelis (conductor)
3:39 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Sonata for transverse flute & basso continuo in G major - from Essercizii Musici
Camerata Köln - Karl Kaiser (transverse flute), Rainer Zipperling (cello); Sabine Bauer (harpsichord)
3:46 AM
Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918)
Suru (Op.22 No.2)
Arto Noras (cello), Tapani Valsta (piano)
3:54 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Eight Ländler (from D.790)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
4:02 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Aria 'O let me weep' - from Fairy Queen
Irena Baar (soprano), Tomaz Lorenz (violin), Maks Strmcnik (organ)
4:10 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Romance (Op.11) in F minor vers. for violin and piano
Mincho Minchew (violin), Violinia Stoyanova (piano)
4:21 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Overture from the Incidental music to König Stephan (Op.117)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)
4:31 AM
Valentini, Giovanni (1582/3-1649)
Fra bianchi giglie, a 7
La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata Köln
4:40 AM
Hartmann, Johan Peter Emilius (1805-1900)
Etudes Instructives, Op.53
Nina Gade (piano)
4:50 AM
Strauss, Johann II (1825-1899)
Wienerblut (waltz) (Op.354)
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Borge Wagner (conductor)
5:00 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Tzigane - rapsodie de concert for violin and piano
Vilmos Szabadi (violin), Márta Gulyás (piano)
5:11 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Sonata for flute and continuo in A minor (Wq.128)
Robert Aiken (flute), Colin Tilney (harpsichord), Margaret Gay (cello)
5:21 AM
Schumann, Robert [1810-1856]
6 Songs (Op.107)
Jan Van Elsacker (tenor), Claire Chevallier (fortepiano)
5:31 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Symphony No. 41 in C major K.551 (Jupiter)
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Günter Pichler (conductor)
6:04 AM
Bruch, Max (1838-1920)
Violin Concerto No.2 in D minor (Op.44)
James Ehnes (violin), Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Mario Bernardi (conductor).
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b03t0bpz)
Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's Breakfast Show, waking up the UK with the finest classical music and the best performances.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111 with your music requests.
THU 09:00 Essential Classics (b03t0bwt)
Thursday - Rob Cowan with Kate Atkinson
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Trio Mediaeval ? Folk Songs, ECM 476 6179. We also have our daily brainteaser at
9.30.
10am
Artists of the Week: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
10.30am
This week is National Storytelling Week (with National Libraries' Day this Saturday, 8th February) and Rob's guest is the award-winning author, Kate Atkinson. Kate's first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award in 1985, and she has been a critically acclaimed international bestselling author ever since. Her novel Case Histories introduced her readers to Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator, and won the Saltire Book of the Year Award and the Prix Westminster, while When Will There Be Good News? was voted Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year. Her latest novel, Life After Life, recently won the 2013 Costa Novel Award. Kate was awarded an MBE in the Queen's 2011 Birthday Honours, for services to literature.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice:
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor'
Mindru Katz (piano)
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor)
THE BARBIROLLI SOCIETY.
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b03t0byr)
Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915)
Romantic Entanglements
He was a brilliant pianist, a distinctive composer, a theorist and eminent teacher, and dubbed by Tchaikovsky as the Russian Bach. Donald Macleod, with Dr Anastasia Belina-Johnson, explores the life and music of Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev.
Taneyev cut quite a dashing image. On more than one occasion, married women became infatuated with him, including Leo Tolstoy's wife, which caused much jealousy. Taneyev was often invited to the Tolstoy's house, where he'd play piano duets with Leo Tolstoy, and discuss Wagner. Wagner's Ring Cycle had made a great impression upon Taneyev, which can be clearly heard in the Entr'acte from his opera The Oresteia.
Although Taneyev had now given up his position of Director at the Moscow Conservatoire, he still taught there. Numbered amongst his students were Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Lyapunov and Gliere. With his resignation of the Directorship, Taneyev now found more time to compose, including his Symphony No 3 which he dedicated to his friend and fellow composer, Arensky. Taneyev was also turning his attention more and more to chamber music, including his String Quartet No 5.
I awaited you in the grotto
The Valery Rybin Choir
Evgueni Talisman, piano
Valery Rybin, director
Entr'acte from The Oresteia (Act III Scene II)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Symphony No 3 (4th mvt)
Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Sanderling, conductor
Not the wind from on high, Op 17 No 5
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ivari Ilja, piano
Anxiously beats the Heart, Op 17 No 9
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ivari Ilja, piano
String Quartet No 5 in A major, Op 13
Vladimir Ovcharek, violin
Grigory Lutzky, violin
Vissarion Solovyev, viola
Josef Levinzon, cello
Luke Whitlock.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b03t0cd1)
Music from Ireland
Pavel Haas Quartet
Today's concert begins with two Nocturnes by Fauré performed in the National Concert Hall, Dublin by Michel Dalberto, a member of the Capuçon Trio. The invention of the Nocturne is attributed to the Irishman, John Field and Fauré uses the form to present his profound writing for piano. Dalbeto begins with the bleak and almost despairing, Nocturne No 7 and couples it with the Nocturne No. 6 which is one of Fauré's most loved works, perhaps because of its achingly beautiful opening theme.
BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists, the Danish Quartet presented Mendelssohn's String Quartet in A minor at the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh as part of the musician's tour of Northern Ireland presented by Moving on Music. In March 1837, Felix Mendelssohn married Cecile Jeanrenaud in Frankfurt, and during the summer they extended the honeymoon with a stay in Bingen am Rhein, where Felix and Cecile kept a joint diary and so we know that it was during this time that he composed his String Quartet in E Minor, completing it on June 18, 1837.
Fauré: Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 74
Nocturne No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 63
Michel Dalberto, piano
Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13
Danish String Quartet
Frederik Øland, violin; Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violin;
Asbjørn Nørgaard, viola; Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin, cello.
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b03t0ckk)
Thursday Opera Matinee
Lully - Phaeton
Katie Derham presents Lully's Phaëton.
What do you give the Sun King who has everything? Flattery, of course! Jean-Baptiste Lully wasn't Louis XIV's favourite composer for nothing and tried-and-trusted egregious sycophancy is the starting point for his opera 'Phaëton'. You might think that the tale from Ovid (including the inevitable love problems of the gods) with its 'pride comes before a fall' theme was a risky one to put before the king. But rest assured: the composer with the XIV Factor knew the myth's message of 'don't mess with the Sun' would have been lost on no one in the 1683 audience.
Of course, there's more to 'Phaëton' than fulsome puffery and, over three centuries later, the power of some of Lully's greatest music still impresses. The great chaconne that ends Act 2 and the fourth Act's depiction of the Sun's kingdom are just two of many memorable moments brought to life here by one of the leading Lully interpreters of our time, Christophe Rousset who leads a specialist ensemble and cast. Recorded live at the Lausanne Bach Festival. Plus, from
3.30 pm, more from the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.
Lully: Phaëton (Prologue and Acts 1 & 2)
Phaëton ..... Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenor)
Clymène .... Ingrid Perruche (soprano)
Théone, A.strée ..... Isabelle Druet, (mezzo)
Libie ..... Gaëlle Arquez (mezzo)
Epaphus ..... Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone)
Mérops, Automne, Jupiter ..... Frédéric Caton (bass)
Protée, Saturne ..... Benoît Arnould (baritone)
Triton, Le Soleil, La Déesse de la Terre ..... Cyril Auvity (tenor)
Une heure, Une bergère egyptienne ..... Virginie Thomas (soprano)
Namur Chamber Chorus
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset, conductor
(Acts 3, 4 and 5 tomorrow from
2.00 pm)
3.30 pm
Chabrier: Gwendoline (Overture)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Neeme Järvi (conductor)
Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor
Martha Argerich & Nelson Goerner (pianos)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Alejo Pérz (conductor)
4.05 pm
Richard Strauss: Suite (Der Rosenkavalier, Op 59)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Kazuki Yamada (conductor).
THU 16:30 In Tune (b03t0cp3)
Renee Fleming, Thomas Sondergard, Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music and chat, with guests from the arts world,
including conductor Thomas Sondergaard discussing Mahler, and a review of an exhibition about Handel's music for royal occasions, at the Foundling Museum in London.
News headlines at
5pm and
6pm
Email: In.Tune@bbc.co.uk
Twitter: @BBCInTune.
THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b03t0byr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b03t0cr9)
Royal Northern Sinfonia - Wigglesworth, Mozart, Berlioz, Ravel
Adam Tomlinson presents a concert of music by Mozart, Berlioz and Ravel live from Sage Gateshead. Featuring the Royal Northern Sinfonia conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth.
Ryan Wigglesworth: First Book of Inventions
Mozart: Ch'io mi scordi di te - Non temer, amato bene, K505
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat, K271 (Jeunehomme)
c.
8.30 pm Interval:
Adam Tomlinson introduces music by two baroque composers, Gluck and Couperin, who influenced Berlioz and Ravel.
c.
8.50 pm Part 2
Berlioz: Nuits d'été
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Sophie Bevan, soprano
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Ryan Wigglesworth, piano & conductor
When Berlioz encountered a set of poems by his friend Théophile Gautier which told of love passionate, unrequited and lost, his reaction was typically intense: he immediately set the songs to music - first for soprano with piano, then with orchestra. In the colour, sensuousness and grace of 'Nuits d'été', Berlioz "sowed the seeds for the entire musical lyricism of the nineteenth century in the French language", according to one musicologist. Ryan Wigglesworth also includes Mozart's Jeunhomme Piano Concerto, Ravel's plangent memorial to lost friends and his own 'Inventions'.
Followed by highlights from last week's RNCM Festival of Brass at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.
THU 22:00 Free Thinking (b03t0d97)
Hanif Kureishi
Tonight on Free Thinking, Philip Dodd is in extended conversation with the novelist, screenwriter and dramatist Hanif Kureishi. Since his early success in the 1980s with My Beautiful Laundrette and The Buddha of Suburbia, Kureishi has been the author of many novels and a series of films with the director Roger Michell. His latest novel, The Last Word, the story of an ageing Indian writer and his young biographer, returns to themes which have interested Kureishi since the start of his career - race, sex and desire, class and humour. He discusses with Philip why immigrants are seen as an eternal spectre Britain, changing views of sexuality and the shadow of mortality.
You can download this programme by searching under the Arts and Ideas podcasts for the broadcast date.
Producer: Fiona McLean
First broadcast 06/02/2014.
THU 22:45 The Essay (b03t0dc4)
The Islamic Golden Age
Al-Biruni
Radio 3 continues its series of portraits of some of the more remarkable figures and events from the Islamic Golden Age - an era which saw huge changes in empires, medicine, architectural achievements and philosophical thought. In this evening's essay, Professor James Montgomery sheds light on the scholar al-Biruni. An exceptionally gifted mathematician, he devoted much of his life to astronomy and chronometry in an effort to measure, capture and contain time. He lived a long life devoted to scholarship and wrote more than 140 books which influenced intellectual thought of the period and beyond.
Producer: Sarah Taylor.
THU 23:00 Late Junction (b03t0df9)
Thursday - Anne Hilde Neset
Anne Hilde Neset presents an eclectic mix of music from the ancient to modern.
FRIDAY 07 FEBRUARY 2014
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b03t0bls)
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra perform Fauré's suite Pelléas et Mélisande, and the Adagio from Mahler's 10th Symphony. With Jonathan Swain
12:31 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich [1840-1893]
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
12:52 AM
Fauré, Gabriel [1845-1924]
Pelléas et Mélisande - suite (Op.80);
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
1:09 AM
Wagner, Richard [1813-1883]
Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde, WWW 90
Veronika Hajnová (soprano), Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
1:27 AM
Mahler, Gustav [1860-1911]
Symphony No.10 in F sharp - Adagio
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
1:52 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) arr. Agnieszka Duczmal
Sextet in B flat major (Op.18) arranged for string orchestra
The Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan, Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)
2:31 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Concerto for piano and orchestra No.20 in D minor (K.466)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje Toennesen (conductor)
3:02 AM
Širola, Božidar (1889-1956)
Missa Poetica
Slovenian Chamber Choir, Vladimir Kranjcevic (conductor)
3:34 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Nocturne in C sharp minor (Op.74)
Stéphane Lemelin (piano)
3:43 AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Overture - Beatrice and Benedict (Op.27)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
3:51 AM
Hellendaal, Pieter (1721-1799)
Sonata Prima in G major (Op.5)
Jaap ter Linden (cello), Ton Koopman (harpsichord), Ageet Zweistra (cello continuo)
4:00 AM
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911)
Romance arr. for violin and choir (orig. for violin and orchestra)
Borisas Traubas (violin), Polifonija (Lithuanian State Chamber Choir), Sigitas Vaiciulionis (conductor)
4:09 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Sonata for flute and continuo (Op.1 No.1a) (HWV.379) in E minor
Sonora Hungarica Consort
4:19 AM
Rossini, Gioacchino (1792-1868)
Overture - La Gazza ladra
Oslo Philharmonic, Nello Santi (conductor)
4:31 AM
Enescu, George (1881-1955)
Romanian Rhapsody No.1 in A major (Op.11 no.1)
Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Horia Andreescu (cond)
4:43 AM
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)
Rhapsody No.1, for cello and piano
Miklós Perényi (cello), Lóránt Szücs (piano)
4:54 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Dumka - Russian rustic scene for piano (Op.59)
Duncan Gifford (piano)
5:04 AM
Wanski, Jan (1762-1821)
Symphony in G major on themes from the opera 'Kmiotek' (The Peasant) (c.1786/7)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrzej Mysinski (conductor)
5:20 AM
Godard, Benjamin (1849-1895)
Berceuse de Jocelyn
David Varema (cello), Cornelia Lootsman (harp)
5:27 AM
Dohnányi, Ernõ (1877-1960)
Piano Quintet No.2 in E flat minor (Op.26)
Erno Szegedi (piano), Tatrai Quartet
5:52 AM
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787)
Trio in G major for 2 flutes and continuo (Op.16 No.4)
La Stagione Frankfurt: Karl Kaiser and Michael Schneider (flutes), Rainer Zipperling (cello)
6:02 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.38 in D major (K.504), 'Prague'
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b03t0bq1)
Friday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's Breakfast Show, waking up the UK with the finest classical music and the best performances.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111 with your music requests.
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b03t0bx0)
Friday - Rob Cowan with Kate Atkinson
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Trio Mediaeval ? Folk Songs, ECM 476 6179. We also have our daily brainteaser at
9.30.
10am
Artists of the Week: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
10.30am
This week is National Storytelling Week (with National Libraries' Day this Saturday, 8th February) and Rob's guest is the award-winning author, Kate Atkinson. Kate's first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award in 1985, and she has been a critically acclaimed international bestselling author ever since. Her novel Case Histories introduced her readers to Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator, and won the Saltire Book of the Year Award and the Prix Westminster, while When Will There Be Good News? was voted Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year. Her latest novel, Life After Life, recently won the 2013 Costa Novel Award. Kate was awarded an MBE in the Queen's 2011 Birthday Honours, for services to literature.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice:
Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23
Emil Gilels (piano)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
ARCHIPEL.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b03t0byt)
Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915)
Taneyev Catches a Chill
He was a brilliant pianist, a distinctive composer, a theorist and eminent teacher, and dubbed by Tchaikovsky as the Russian Bach. Donald Macleod, with Dr Anastasia Belina-Johnson, explores the life and music of Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev.
Vasili Safonov was Director of the Moscow Conservatoire at the start of the twentieth century, and he was a man Taneyev just didn't get on with. Taneyev did not agree with Safonov's changes to the curriculum, or his treatment of the revolutionary students in 1905. After nearly thirty years service to the conservatoire, Taneyev resigned. This gave him more opportunity to write music, such as his popular Piano Quintet in G minor.
Chamber music was a preoccupation for Taneyev in his latter years, but he also turned to one last cantata called On the reading of the Psalm. This he eventually completed in the year of his death. One bitterly cold day, Taneyev attended the funeral of one of his students, Scriabin. Taneyev was lightly clad and not wearing a hat, and he subsequently became ill and suffered with a heart attack and died. He didn't get to hear a performance of his final cantata.
Music, when soft voices die, Op 17 No 3
Vassily Savenko, bass-baritone
Alexander Blok, piano
Evening, Op 27 No 2
Houston Chamber Choir
Robert Simpson, conductor
Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor, Op 29
Olga Kern, piano
Piano Quintet in G minor Op 30 (2nd mvt)
Vadim Repin, violin
Ilya Gringolts, violin
Nobuko Imai, viola
Lynn Harrell, cello
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
On the Reading of the Psalm Op 36 (3rd mvt)
Lolita Semenina, soprano
Marianna Tarassova, alto
Mikhail Gubsky, tenor
Andrei Baturkin, bass
St Petersburg State Academic Capella Choir
Boys Choir of the Glinka Choral College
Russian national Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Producer: Luke Whitlock.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b03t0cd3)
Music from Ireland
Episode 4
This week's series of Lunchtime Concerts is brought to a close with chamber music by Nielsen and Fauré. BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists, the Danish Quartet brought the music of fellow Dane, Carl Nielsen, to the MAC in Belfast.
Nielsen composed his Third Quartet in 1897-8, and in it he breaks away from his reliance on the German romantic tradition and transports the listener to the landscape of his native Denmark. The music is rich in sonority and melodic counterpoint.
For the first time this week, the members of the Capuçon Trio come together to perform Fauré's Piano Trio Op. 20 which was recorded at the National Concert Hall in Dublin last spring.
Fauré composed the Trio when he was well into his 70s, at a time when his hearing in the high and low registers was failing - this is probably why the sound spectrum occupies the mid-range - but the trio written in the final years of a compositional life that linked romanticism to the freedoms of 20th century harmony, is a masterpiece.
Nielsen: String Quartet No 3 in E flat major
Danish String Quartet
Frederik Øland, violin; Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violin;
Asbjørn Nørgaard, viola; Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin, cello
Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120
Capuçon Trio
Renaud Capuçon, violin; Gautier Capuçon, cello;
Michel Dalberto, piano.
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b03t0ckm)
Afternoon on 3
Episode 4
Katie Derham presents the dramatic conclusion of Lully's 'Phaëton', plus more live concert recordings from Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and its Artistic Director Neeme Järvi, including Pascal Dusapin's recent violin concerto 'Aufgang' with Renaud Capuçon and Rachmaninov's ever-popular 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini' with Alexander Gavrylyuk.
Lully: Phaëton (Acts 3, 4 & 5)
Namur Chamber Chorus
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (conductor)
(for full details see Thursday)
3.10 pm
Pascal Dusapin: Aufgang
Renaud Capuçon, violin
Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead, Op 29
4.05 pm
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op.43
Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Neeme Järvi (conductor).
FRI 16:30 In Tune (b03t0cp5)
Sunwook Kim, Bradley Creswick, Robin Ticciati, Project Jam Sandwich
Live from our Salford studio, Sean Rafferty presents a mix of music and conversation, including live performance from the leader of the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Bradley Creswick. First appointed leader in 1984, Bradley went on to lead the Philharmonia and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House before returning to the Sinfonia and the North East in 1984. He talks to Sean about his rich and varied career as he prepares to perform Vaughan Williams' Lark Ascending at Sage Gateshead - a piece he recorded with the orchestra and Richard Hickox in 2000.
News headlines at
5pm and
6pm
Email: In.Tune@bbc.co.uk
Twitter: @BBCInTune.
FRI 18:30 Composer of the Week (b03t0byt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b03t0crc)
BBC NOW - Mahler's Symphony No 9
Live from St David's Hall, Cardiff
Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas
Thomas Søndergård and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales play Mahler's Symphony No. 9.
Mahler: Symphony No 9
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Aware that Beethoven, Schubert and Bruckner had never lived beyond their Ninth symphonies, Mahler approached his own Ninth with trepidation. Opening with the rhythm of an irregular heartbeat from within the orchestra, Mahler's Ninth Symphony embarks on a journey of super-human intensity through to its heart-rending conclusion ninety minutes later.
Followed by highlights from last week's RNCM Festival of Brass at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.
FRI 22:00 The Verb (b03t0d9k)
Joanne Harris, Rosie Dastgir, John Lucas, Allan Chatburn
Ian McMillan's guests are the writers Joanne Harris and Rosie Dastgir, and he'll also be exploring the art of whistling with John Lucas and Allan Chatburn.
FRI 22:45 The Essay (b03t0dc6)
The Islamic Golden Age
Al Hakim
Radio 3's twenty part essay series on the Islamic Golden Age continues its exploration through this five hundred year period of empire, innovation, religious turmoil, scientific discovery and major advances in philosophical thought. In this evening's essay, we hear about the controversial Egyptian imam-caliph, Al Hakim and his sister Sitt al-Mulk. At worst, al Hakim has a reputation as the "mad" caliph and the destoroyer of the Holy Sepulchre church in Jerusalem. At best - he's a capricious tyrant. Dr. Simonetta Calderini and Dr. Delia Cortese share their forensic academic research into these controversial siblings and the essay is read by Dr. Simonetta Calderini.
Producer: Sarah Taylor.
FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b03t0dfc)
Siba in Session
Lopa Kothari with tracks from across the globe, a studio session with Brazilian artist Siba and part two of 'Commonwealth Connections', featuring musicians from around the Commonwealth.
SESSION: Described as "one of the mavericks of the local music scene", Siba has redefined contemporary Brazilian roots music with his folk orchestra Siba e a Fuloresta. He released his latest album in September, hailed by local critics as one of last year's best, mixing North-Eastern Brazilian rhythms, rock 'n' roll and romantic Brazilian 'brega' music with African influences such as 70s Senegalese guitar music and Congotronics - flavours very much explored in our exclusive studio session.
'Commonwealth Connections' is a new BBC Radio 3 landmark 26-part weekly series leading up to the Commonwealth Games in July, featuring music from each of the 53 member states, reflecting the range of music and culture across the whole organisation.
MUSIC FEATURE: Canada - A Postcard from the Atlantic island of Newfoundland
A lively music session recorded in St. John's, Newfoundland's capital city, featuring legendary button accordionist Frank Maher, singer and collector of folk songs, Jean Hewson, the respected fiddler and academic Christina Smith plus other local musicians including bodhran player Rick West and fiddler Tony O'Brien. We hear how generations of musicians have found inspiration from their landscape, their fishing traditions and island life.
HERITAGE TRACK: Lesotho
Mosito Lehata, 100 and 200 metre sprinter, is the fastest man in Lesotho and is the current holder of the country's record for the 100 metres. Mosito's chosen artist is Lesotho saxophonist Bhudaza with the track "Tjontjobina" from his album "Bo-Mapefane".
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 (b03t0b9v)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 TUE (b03t0ckf)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 WED (b03t0ckh)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 THU (b03t0ckk)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 FRI (b03t0ckm)
BBC Performing Groups
00:00 MON (b03t09xy)
Breakfast
07:00 SAT (b03t0031)
Breakfast
07:00 SUN (b03t02st)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (b03t09y2)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (b03t0bps)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (b03t0bpx)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (b03t0bpz)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (b03t0bq1)
CD Review
09:00 SAT (b03t0034)
Choir and Organ
16:00 SUN (b03t08mv)
Choral Evensong
15:00 SUN (b03s69kh)
Choral Evensong
15:30 WED (b03t0dpj)
Composer of the Week
12:00 MON (b03t09y6)
Composer of the Week
18:30 MON (b03t09y6)
Composer of the Week
12:00 TUE (b03t0bym)
Composer of the Week
18:30 TUE (b03t0bym)
Composer of the Week
12:00 WED (b03t0byp)
Composer of the Week
18:30 WED (b03t0byp)
Composer of the Week
12:00 THU (b03t0byr)
Composer of the Week
18:30 THU (b03t0byr)
Composer of the Week
12:00 FRI (b03t0byt)
Composer of the Week
18:30 FRI (b03t0byt)
Drama on 3
22:00 SUN (b03t08n3)
Essential Classics
09:00 MON (b03t09y4)
Essential Classics
09:00 TUE (b03t0bwp)
Essential Classics
09:00 WED (b03t0bwr)
Essential Classics
09:00 THU (b03t0bwt)
Essential Classics
09:00 FRI (b03t0bx0)
Free Thinking
22:00 TUE (b03t0d93)
Free Thinking
22:00 WED (b03t0d95)
Free Thinking
22:00 THU (b03t0d97)
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
00:00 SUN (b03t02sp)
Hear and Now
22:00 SAT (b03t020y)
In Tune
16:30 MON (b03t0b9x)
In Tune
16:30 TUE (b03t0cny)
In Tune
16:30 WED (b03t0cp0)
In Tune
16:30 THU (b03t0cp3)
In Tune
16:30 FRI (b03t0cp5)
Jazz Line-Up
18:00 SAT (b03t020t)
Jazz Record Requests
17:00 SAT (b03t020r)
Jazz on 3
23:00 MON (b03t0bh2)
Late Junction
23:00 TUE (b03t0df3)
Late Junction
23:00 WED (b03t0df5)
Late Junction
23:00 THU (b03t0df9)
Music Matters
12:15 SAT (b03t0037)
Opera on 3
19:30 MON (b03t0bgy)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (b036j06t)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 SAT (b03t020w)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 SUN (b03t08n1)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 TUE (b03t0cr5)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 WED (b03t0cr7)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 THU (b03t0cr9)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 FRI (b03t0crc)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 SAT (b03s61zp)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 SUN (b01kq286)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 MON (b03t0b9s)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 TUE (b03t0ccx)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 WED (b03t0ccz)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 THU (b03t0cd1)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 FRI (b03t0cd3)
Saturday Classics
14:00 SAT (b03t020m)
Sound of Cinema
16:00 SAT (b03td9s7)
Sunday Feature
18:45 SUN (b01rygqy)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (b03t02sw)
The Early Music Show
14:00 SUN (b03t08ms)
The Essay
22:45 MON (b03t0bh0)
The Essay
22:45 TUE (b03k0q3c)
The Essay
22:45 WED (b03t0dc0)
The Essay
22:45 THU (b03t0dc4)
The Essay
22:45 FRI (b03t0dc6)
The Verb
22:00 FRI (b03t0d9k)
Through the Night
01:00 SAT (b03s69qr)
Through the Night
01:00 SUN (b03t02sr)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (b03t09y0)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (b03t0bll)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (b03t0bln)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (b03t0blq)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (b03t0bls)
Words and Music
17:30 SUN (b03t08mx)
World on 3
23:00 FRI (b03t0dfc)