John Shea presents the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink recorded at the 2012 Proms. The programme includes Haydn and Richard Strauss' Eine Alpensinfonie.
Symphony no. 104 in D major H.
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, London Brass, Bernard Haitink (conductor), Leo McFall (off stage conductor)
Tanja Zapolsky (piano), Den Unge Danske Strygekvartet (The Young Danish String Quartet)
Bartlomiej Niziol (violin), Adam Klocek (cello), Sinfonia Varsovia, Tomasz Bugaj (conductor)
Judy Kang (violin), Orchestre Symphonique de Laval, Jean-François Rivest (conductor)
Sonata in D minor (Kk.9) 'Pastorale'; Sonata in B minor (Kk.27); Sonata in A major (Kk.322)
Movements No.4 (Temps de Menuet) & No.5 (Promptement) - from Sonata No.5 in A minor
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Sarah Walker. She's joined by former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet Leanne Benjamin
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love'...British film music. This week Sarah champions an art form that has seen contributions from leading and neglected British composers of the 20th century, from Vaughan Williams to William Walton. It's a genre that often struggles to be taken seriously, perhaps because in its most perfect form it's hidden from view, the audience not noticing that it brings colour to a black-and-white classic, or highlights emotional moods and landscapes, surreptitiously setting the scene.
Classical Consequences. Take part in our daily musical challenge: listen to the story and tell us what happens next.
Sarah's guest this week is Leanne Benjamin, former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet. Leanne shares a selection of the music she danced to during her career, discussing her memories of choreographer Kenneth MacMillan and offering a personal insight into the world of a ballet dancer.
This week Sarah's featured artist is Emma Kirkby, one of the world's most renowned early music specialists, noted for her pure, crystal-like tone and vocal agility. Sarah showcases her repertoire including Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate, Purcell's Evening Hymn and Dowland's songs.
A cosmopolitan composer who became so famous he was known as "The divine Orlando", this week Donald Macleod surveys the life and music of Orlande de Lassus.
Lassus had settled in Antwerp where he taught music to the nobility. He also published his Opus 1 set which included the chanson, Je l'ayme bien. The following year in 1556, Lassus brought out a second publication in Antwerp of motets in five and six parts. This first book of motets included both his Mirabile Mysterium and Fremuit spiritus Jesu.
In that same year of 1556, Lassus received a summons to go and work for the Duke of Bavaria in Munich, where he was employed as a tenor in the chapel choir. Duke Albrecht V was determined to develop music at court, and Lassus went on to take a lead role in this. Upon arriving in Munich, Lassus quickly settled in, publishing a set of madrigals including Quel chiaro sol, and Vostro fui. The Duke became quite possessive over Lassus's compositions, in particular a set of Penitential Psalms which the Duke prohibited Lassus from publishing.
The first of four programmes featuring festivals from across the south-west of England. Including Bach from the Tetbury Music Festival in the Cotswolds, and works for wind ensemble from the Music at Tresanton Festival in St. Mawes, Cornwall
Penny Gore continues her exploration of the complete concertos of Beethoven. Today there's a chance to catch a performance of Beethoven's joyous Triple Concerto which took place in Paris last Friday night. Also today, a symphony by the Bavarian master, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, and the haunting Metamorphosen by his contemporary, Richard Strauss.
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37
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Beethoven Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C, op. 56
Suzy Klein with live music from the Navarra Quartet, and conductor Jonathan Lo, the recipient of the Birmingham Royal Ballet and Rambert Conducting Fellowship sponsored by the BBC Performing Arts Fund.
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Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and Karl-Heinz Steffens from the Opéra de Lausanne, Switzerland
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D, op. 73
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Adopt a Composer The Cambridge Symphony Orchestra discover In Search of Strategy by Chris Roe.
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Jonathan Swain introduces favourite performances of orchestral music by Ravel with tonight his complete ballet Daphnis et Chloe in a recording made by Pierre Monteux, who conducted the work's premiere in Paris in 1912.
TS Eliot Prize winner David Harsent, Robert Crawford, Allan Ropper on healing the brain
The Scottish poet Robert Crawford has written Young Eliot: A biography which explores T S Eliot's life from his childhood in St Louis to publication of 'The Wasteland. He and fellow-Eliot biographer, Lyndall Gordon join Anne McElvoy to work out Eliot's enduring power and appeal while the winner of this year's TS Eliot prize David Harsent reads from his collection Fire Songs.
Allan Ropper is a US neurologist who has written a book called Reaching Down The Rabbit Hole -- his description of what it's like to make a diagnosis where minds and lives hang in the balance. He talks to Anne McElvoy about the mixture of intuition and medical knowledge that every brain doctor needs. They are joined by Brian Hurwitz, Professor of Medicine and the Arts at King's College London to discuss the role of case histories over time and new importance being attached to narrative medicine.
Writer Polly Coles reads Tinseltown, the second of her essays about some of the ways in which Venetians and others have adapted to live in 21st-century Venice - one of the most acclaimed cities in the world. Moving to Venice with her family for several years gave her a resident's view of a city she loves and despairs of in equal measure. Once the most cosmopolitan city in Europe, nowadays it seems little more than a stage-set for the tourist industry. But Venice will always be more than the most idealized city in the world.
In this edition, Polly looks at the impact of celebrity on Venice, suggesting it's a familiar phenomenon for Venetians down the centuries.
Nick Luscombe presents an eclectic mix of music, including new tracks from French electronic producer Rone.
WEDNESDAY 14 JANUARY 2015
WED 00:30 Through the Night (b04xrssk)
Mazovia Goes Baroque
John Shea presents a concert from the 2012 Mazovia Goes Baroque festival, featuring the United Continuo Ensemble and tenor Jan Kobow.
12:31 AM
Rathgeber, Johann Valentin (1682-1750) / Hammerschmidt, Andreas (1611/12-1675)
Aufforderung zur Freude (Rathgeber); Die Kunst des Küssens (Hammerschmidt)
Jan Kobow (tenor), Axel Wolf (lute)
12:34 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Fantasia, from Partita in C minor BWV.997 for lute
Axel Wolf (lute)
12:38 AM
Vitali, Giovanni Battista (1632-1692) /Corbetta, Francesco (1615-1681)
Toccata, Chiaccona (Vitali); Caprice de chaccone (Corbetta)
United Continuo Ensemble
12:48 AM
Seyfert, Johann Caspar (1697-1767) /Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Amor vincit omnia (Seyfert); Oh Solitude (Purcell)
Jan Kobow (tenor), Axel Wolf (lute)
12:56 AM
Purcell
Chaconne, from King Arthur (Act 5 Scene 2)
Axel Wolf (lute)
12:59 AM
Purcell
If music be the food of love, Z.379C
Jan Kobow (tenor), Axel Wolf (lute)
1:03 AM
Piccinini, Alessandro (1566-c.1638)
Toccata; Mariona alla vera spagnola, chiaccona
United Continuo Ensemble
1:12 AM
Merula, Tarquinio (1594/5-1665) / Caccini, Giulio (~1545-1618)
Folle e ben che si crede for voice and continuo (Merula); Odi, Euterpe (Aria ottava) for voice and continuo (Caccini)
Jan Kobow (tenor), Axel Wolf (lute)
1:21 AM
Storace, Bernardo (fl.1664)
Ciaconna
United Continuo Ensemble
1:28 AM
Piccinini
Toccata VI
Axel Wolf (lute)
1:31 AM
Luzzaschi, Luzzasco (c.1545-1607)
O Primavera
Jan Kobow (tenor), Axel Wolf (lute)
1:35 AM
Vitali
Passa galli per la lettera E; Bergamasca per la lettera B
United Continuo Ensemble
1:42 AM
Weckmann, Matthias (1616-1674) / Krieger, Johann Philipp (1651-1735)
1. Der reinweissen Herzogin hochklare Leibesfarbe (Weckmann); 2. Ihr Freunde fragt Ihr noch (Krieger); 3. Abendandacht (Krieger)
Jan Kobow (tenor), Axel Wolf (lute)
1:50 AM
Pellegrini, Domenico (17th c) / Piccinini
Courante per la X (Pellegrini); Chiaccona in partite variate (Piccinini)
United Continuo Ensemble
1:57 AM
Merula
Capriccio cromatico for keyboard in G major
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)
2:01 AM
Storace
Chaconne for harpsichord in C major
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
2:07 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Suite for orchestra no.3 in D major (BWV.1068)
Erik Niord Larsen, Roar Broström (oboe), Ole Edvard Antonsen, Lasse Rossing, Jens Petter Antonsen (trumpet), Rolf Cato Raade (timpani), Risör Festival Strings, Andrew Manze (conductor)
2:31 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Octet in F major (D.803)
Vilde Frang (violin); Elisabeth Dingstad (violin); Bendik Foss (viola); Audun Sandvik (cello); Hakon Thelin (double bass); Andreas Sundén (clarinet); Audun Halvorsen (bassoon); Jukka Harjo (french horn)
3:33 AM
Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924)
Kammer Fantasie - Carmen
Valerie Tryon (piano)
3:41 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Isanmalle (To the Fatherland)
Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, Eric-Olof Söderström (conductor)
3:43 AM
Sibelius, Jean [1865-1957]
Saarela palaa (Fire on the island)
Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, Eric-Olof Söderström (conductor)
3:45 AM
Sibelius, Jean [1865-1957]
Min rastas raataa (Busy as a thrush)
Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, Eric-Olof Söderström (conductor)
3:47 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Adagio in E flat (WoO.43 No.2)
Lajos Mayer (mandolin), Imre Rohmann (piano)
3:53 AM
Goldmark, Károly (1830-1915)
Im Frühling (In the Spring): overture (Op.36)
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Antal Jancsovics (conductor)
4:07 AM
Bortnyansky, Dmitri (1751-1825
Choral concerto No.6 "What God is Greater"
Platon Maiborada Academic Choir, Viktor Skoromny (conductor)
4:15 AM
Suk, Josef (1874-1935)
Fantastic scherzo (Op.25)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)
4:31 AM
Halvorsen, Johan (1864-1935)
Pictures from Norwegian Fairy-Tales (Op.37)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Vytautas Lukocius (condcutor)
4:45 AM
Grieg, Edvard (Hagerup) (1843-1907)
Lyric pieces - book 5 for piano (Op.54): Nos. 2, 4, 3
Sveinung Bjelland (piano)
4:57 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Gestillte Sehnsucht (Op 91 No.1)
Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo), Morten Carlsen (viola), Sergej Osadchuk (piano)
5:04 AM
Gombert, Nicolas (c.1495-c.1560)
Elegie sur la mort de Josquin Musae Jovis (6 part)
Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal, Christopher Jackson (director)
5:13 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Flute Quartet No.1 in D major, K.285
Dae-Won Kim (flute), Yong-Woo Chun (violin), Myung-Hee Cho (viola), Jink-Yung Chee (cello)
5:28 AM
Lalo, Edouard (1823-1892)
2 Aubades for orchestra (1872)
CBC Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Swift (conductor)
5:37 AM
Scriabin, Alexander [1872-1915]
Sonata for piano no. 3 (Op.23) in F sharp minor
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
5:57 AM
Morawetz, Oskar (1917-2007)
Clarinet sonata
Joaquín Valdepenas (clarinet), Patricia Parr (piano)
6:07 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Zlaty kolovrat (Op.109)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor).
WED 06:30 Breakfast (b04xrt4q)
Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
WED 09:00 Essential Classics (b04xrt7z)
Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Leanne Benjamin
Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Sarah Walker. She's joined by former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet Leanne Benjamin
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love'...British film music. This week Sarah champions an art form that has seen contributions from leading and neglected British composers of the 20th century, from Vaughan Williams to William Walton. It's a genre that often struggles to be taken seriously, perhaps because in its most perfect form it's hidden from view, the audience not noticing that it brings colour to a black-and-white classic, or highlights emotional moods and landscapes, surreptitiously setting the scene.
9.30am
Find the fourth. Take part in our daily musical challenge: spot the theme linking three pieces of music and identify the missing fourth.
10am
Sarah's guest this week is Leanne Benjamin, former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet. Leanne shares a selection of the music she danced to during her career, discussing her memories of choreographer Kenneth MacMillan and offering a personal insight into the world of a ballet dancer.
10.30am
This week Sarah's featured artist is Emma Kirkby, one of the world's most renowned early music specialists, noted for her pure, crystal-like tone and vocal agility. Sarah showcases her repertoire including Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate, Purcell's Evening Hymn and Dowland's songs.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Verdi
String Quartet in E minor
Amadeus Quartet.
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b04xrtgh)
Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
The Royal Wedding
A cosmopolitan composer who became so famous he was known as "The Divinde Orlando", this week Donald Macleod surveys the life and music of Orlande de Lassus.
During the 1560's Lassus was busy not only developing musical activities and standards at the court of Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria in Munich, but also improving his own reputation as a composer. In 1562 Lassus was invited to the coronation of the new King of Bavaria and, for this occasion, he composed his motet, Pacis amans. It was during this period that Lassus also composed his famous six-part motet, Timor et tremor.
Lassus had now been appointed Director of Music at the Munich court, a position whose duties he'd been undertaking for some time. By 1568 Lassus was involved in another royal event, the wedding of the Duke's son, Wilhelm V. Lassus composed a Te Deum and entertained guests with his own singing, accompanying himself on the Lute. His motet, Edite Caesareo Boiorum, was also probably sung at the royal wedding.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b04xrtkv)
South West Festivals
Episode 2
Rachel Podger performs Bach in Tetbury, plus more works for wind ensemble from the Music at Tresanton Festival in St. Mawes, Cornwall
Ligeti: 6 Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Ariel Zuckermann, flute
Daniel Bates, oboe
Chen Halevi, clarinet
Alec Frank-Gemill, horn
Rie Koyama, bassoon
Noam Greenberg, piano
Lindberg: Acequia Madre for Clarinet and Piano
Chen Halevi, clarinet
Noam Greenberg, piano
Bach: Sonata for violin and harpsichord in G major, BWV 1019
Rachel Podger, violin
Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord
Poulenc: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Daniel Bates, oboe
Rie Koyama, bassoon
Noam Greenberg, piano.
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b04xrv53)
Beethoven Concertos
Episode 3
Penny Gore continues her exploration of the complete concertos of Beethoven.
Busoni Tanzwaltzer
Finnish RSO, Susanna Mälkki (conductor)
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2.10pm
Mahler Adagio from Symphony no 10
Luxembourg PO, Susanna Mälkki (conductor)
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2.40pm
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, op. 61
Christian Tetzlaff (violin),
Swedish RSO, Daniel Harding (conductor).
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b04xs0g3)
Christ Church, Oxford
From Christ Church, Oxford
Introit: Stella quam viderant Magi (Palestrina)
Hymn: Praise to God who reigns above (Northampton)
Responses: Leighton
Psalms: 73, 74 (Smart, Garrett, Woodward, Walmisley)
Lessons: Exodus 15 vv1-19, Colossians 2 vv8-15
Canticles: H. C. Stewart in C# Minor
Anthem: Reges Tharsis (Sheppard)
Hymn: How brightly shines the morning star (Wie schön leuchtet)
Organ Voluntary: Laudes (Francis Pott)
Alexander Pott, Organ Scholar
Stephen Darlington, Director of Music.
WED 16:30 In Tune (b04xrv8k)
Craig Ogden, James O'Donnell, Imogen Cooper, David Pountney
Ian Skelly presents, with guitarist Craig Ogden performing live in the studio, and organist James O'Donnell in conversation. There'll be live music from pianist Imogen Cooper, and Artistic Director of Welsh National Opera, David Pountney drops by to tell us about their new season.
WED 18:45 Composer of the Week (b04xrtgh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
WED 19:45 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b04xrzd3)
Ulster Orchestra - Schumann, Beethoven, Dvorak
Live from the Ulster Hall, Belfast
John Toal presents Live in Concert. The Ulster Orchestra are joined by pianist Inon Barnatan performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major. Barnatan was recently named the New York Philharmonic's first ever Artist in Association. During the interval John Toal will be in conversation with this evening's soloist, featuring some of the pianist's recent recordings.
Opening the programme is Schumann's emotional Manfred Overture written in 1848, and based on the poem of the same name by Lord Byron. Completing the programme is Dvorak's Symphony No. 7 written in 1885, and commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society. The orchestra will be conducted by Domingo Hindoyan
Ulster Orchestra
Domingo Hindoyan (conductor)
Inon Barnatan (piano)
1st Half
Schumann- Manfred Overture
Beethoven- Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15
INTERVAL (c.
8.30pm)
Schubert: Scherzo and Trio from Piano Sonata in B Flat Major, D960 (Performed by Inon Barnatan)
Inon Barnatan in conversation with John Toal
Ravel: Scarbo from Gaspard de la nuit (Performed by Inon Barnatan)
2nd Half
Dvorak- Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
Then at approx.
9.40pm Adopt a Composer: Kim Moore's Edgelands is introduced by the Bristol Reggae Orchestra.
WED 22:00 Free Thinking (b04xrzd5)
Looking at Art: Fred Wiseman
Philip Dodd explores the way we look at art with documentary maker Fred Wiseman, curator Iwona Blazwick, artist John Keane, poet Kelly Grovier and philosopher Professor Barry C. Smith.
Veteran filmmaker Fred Wiseman who has documented what it is like to work at London's National Gallery. National Gallery is screening in key cities across the UK.
Producer: Zahid Warley.
WED 22:45 The Essay (b04xrzjr)
Venice Unravelled
The Writing on the Wall
Writer Polly Coles reads The Writing on the Wall, the third of her essays about some of the ways in which Venetians and others have adapted to live in 21st-century Venice - one of the most beautiful cities in the world. In tonight?s essay, Polly argues that the recent Biennale fashion of rigging up neon strips of random text around the city Venice is nothing new in city that has always been written upon - in every sense of the phrase.
Written and performed by Polly Coles
Producer: Melanie Harris Sparklab Productions.
WED 23:00 Late Junction (b04xrzmj)
Wednesday - Nick Luscombe
Nick Luscombe presents an eclectic mix of music, including twisted Japanese pop from Neil and Iraiza.
THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2015
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b04xrssm)
Antonio Meneses and Maria Joao Pires
A recital with cellist Antonio Meneses and pianist Maria Joao Pires, from the Chopin and his Europe Festival in Warsaw. John Shea presents.
12:31 AM
Schubert, Franz [1797-1828]
Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D.821, arr. cello
Antonio Meneses (cello), Maria Joao Pires (piano)
12:56 AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
3 Intermezzi Op.117 for piano
Maria Joao Pires (piano)
1:12 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix [1809-1847]
Lied ohne Worte in D major Op.109 for cello and piano
Antonio Meneses (cello), Maria Joao Pires (piano)
1:17 AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
Sonata no. 1 in E minor Op.38 for cello and piano
Antonio Meneses (cello), Maria Joao Pires (piano)
1:44 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Sonata in G minor Op.65 for cello and piano - Largo
Antonio Meneses (cello), Maria Joao Pires (piano)
1:48 AM
Falla, Manuel de [1876-1946]
Suite populaire espagnole - No. 2 'Nana'
Antonio Meneses (cello), Maria Joao Pires (piano)
1:51 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Trio for piano and strings No.3 in C minor (Op.101)
Tamas Major (violin), Peter Szabo (cello), Zoltán Kocsis (piano)
2:09 AM
Smetana, Bedrich (1824-1884)
Quartet for Strings no. 2 in D minor
Pavel Haas Quartet (string quartet)
2:31 AM
Arriaga, Juan Crisostomo (1806-1826)
Symphony in D major/minor
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Hannu Koivula (conductor)
3:00 AM
Albéniz, Isaac (1860-1909), orchestrated by Enrique Arbós
Iberia - suite
West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester (conductor)
3:31 AM
Duparc, Henri (1848-1933) [text: Jean Lahor]
Extase - for voice and piano (?1874)
Catherine Robbin (mezzo-soprano), Stephen Ralls (piano)
3:34 AM
Duparc, Henri (1848-1933) [text after Thomas Moore's 'O! Breathe not his name', on the death of the Irish patriot Robert Emmet]
Elégie - for voice and piano (1874)
Catherine Robbin (mezzo-soprano), Stephen Ralls (piano)
3:38 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) arr. Stefan Trayanov
Clair de lune
Eolina Quartet - Vessela Jeleva (harp), Nikolay Koev (flute), Stefan Trayanov (piano), Vladislav Andonov (viola)
3:43 AM
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643)
Madrigal: 'Altri canti d'Amor' à 6 - from 'Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi con alcuni opuscoli in genere rappresentativo, che saranno per brevi episodi frà i canti senza gesto: libro ottavo' (Venice 1638)
Suzie Le Blanc & Kristina Nilsson (sopranos), Daniel Taylor (countertenor), Rodrigo del Pozo (tenor), Josep Cabré (baritone), Bernard Deletré (bass), Tragicomedia, Stephen Stubbs (conductor), Concerto Palatino, Bruce Dickey (conductor)
3:53 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Domenica' (TWV42:D7) - from 'Pyrmonter Kurwoche'
Albrecht Rau (violin), Heinrich Rau (viola), Clemens Malich (cello), Wolfgang Hochstein (harpsichord)
4:05 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Andante Festivo for strings and timpani
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Hannu Koivula (conductor)
4:11 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe [1813-1901]
Ave Maria (Scala enigmatica armonizzata ...)
Radio France Chorus,Donald Palumbo (conductor)
4:18 AM
Strauss, Richard [1864-1949]
Die Georgine from Lieder aus Letzte Blatter (Op.10 No.4)
Katalin Szökefalvy-Nagy (soprano), Magda Freymann (piano)
4:23 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), completed by Zóltan Kocsis
Rondo (Concert rondo) for horn and orchestra in E flat major (K.371) completed by Zoltán Kocsis.
László Gál (horn), Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zoltán Kocsis (conductor)
4:31 AM
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von [1644-1704]
Battalia a 10 in D (C.61)
Mettmorphosis
4:41 AM
Picchi, Giovanni (1571/2-1643)
Ballo alla Polacca; Ballo Ongaro; Ballo ditto il Pichi
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)
4:48 AM
Falla, Manuel de (1876-1946)
Spanish Dance No.1 from 'La Vida Breve'
Eolina Quartet
4:52 AM
Hidas, Frigyes (1928-2007)
Harpsichord Concerto
Barbala Dobozy (harpsichord), Concentus Hungaricus, Ildikó Hegyi (conductor)
5:06 AM
Kostov, Georgi (1941-)
Ludicrous Dance
Bulgarian Radio Children's Choir, Hristo Nedyalkov (conductor)
5:08 AM
Tanev, Alexander (1928-1996)
Pizzicatos
Bulgarian Radio Children's Choir, conductor Hristo Nedyalkov
5:12 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) orch. Brewaeys, Luc (b.1959)
No.8 Ondine - from Preludes Book II
Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Daniele Callegari (conductor)
5:15 AM
Gilse, Jan van (1881-1944)
Trio for flute, violin and viola
Viotta Ensemble
5:30 AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
Octet for wind instruments
Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (conductor)
5:45 AM
Wassenaer, Count Unico Van (1692-1766)
Concerto armonico for 4 violins, viola and continuo No.5 in B flat major
Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze (director/violin)
5:56 AM
Stradella, Alessandro [1639-1682]
Quando mai vi Stancherete
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Alan Wilson (harpsichord)
6:04 AM
Lindberg, Oskar (1887-1955)
Quartet for piano and strings
Marten Landström (piano), Members of the Uppsala Chamber Soloists.
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b04xrt55)
Thursday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
THU 09:00 Essential Classics (b04xrt81)
Thursday - Sarah Walker with Leanne Benjamin
Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Sarah Walker. She's joined by former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet Leanne Benjamin
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love'...British film music. This week Sarah champions an art form that has seen contributions from leading and neglected British composers of the 20th century, from Vaughan Williams to William Walton. It's a genre that often struggles to be taken seriously, perhaps because in its most perfect form it's hidden from view, the audience not noticing that it brings colour to a black-and-white classic, or highlights emotional moods and landscapes, surreptitiously setting the scene.
9.30am
Recording Rewind. Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.
10am
Sarah's guest this week is Leanne Benjamin, former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet. Leanne shares a selection of the music she danced to during her career, discussing her memories of choreographer Kenneth MacMillan and offering a personal insight into the world of a ballet dancer.
10.30am
This week Sarah's featured artist is Emma Kirkby, one of the world's most renowned early music specialists, noted for her pure, crystal-like tone and vocal agility. Sarah showcases her repertoire including Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate, Purcell's Evening Hymn and Dowland's songs.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Smetana
String Quartet No.2 'Intimate letters'
Talich Quartet.
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b04xrtgk)
Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Lassus and the King of France
A cosmopolitan composer who became so famous he was known as "The Divine Orlando", this week Donald Macleod surveys the life and music of Orlande de Lassus.
Lassus's reputation had grown considerably by the 1570s, and he was made a member of the nobility by the Holy Roman, Emperor Maximilian II. King Charles IX of France hoped to poach Lassus away from his German employer, and offered the composer a very good salary. While visiting Paris, Lassus presented the monarch with a new collection of French songs, including Pour courir en poste à la ville and La nuict froide et sombre. Another work Charles IX was particularly bowled over with was Lassus's Prophetiae Sibyllarum. Nevertheless, Lassus opted to to stay in Munich.
Meanwhile, The Duke of Bavaria was beginning to become frustrated with his employee. He felt Lassus was displaying too much independence, including various trips abroad. One another occasion Lassus travelled to Rome to be made a Knight of the Gloden Spur by Pope Gregory XIII. In 1578, the old Duke died and new leadership in Munich brought changes, including a cull of musicians in order to save money. That same year, Lassus published his Missa pro defunctis.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b04xrtkx)
South West Festivals
Episode 3
Two Russian works by Prokofiev and Arensky from the Music at Tresanton Festival in Cornwall and the Plush Festival in Dorset.
Prokofiev: Sonata for Flute and Piano No.2
Ariel Zuckermann, flute
Noam Greenberg, piano
Arensky: Quartet No 2 in A minor, Op 35
Members of Ensemble 360 (Benjamin Nabarro, violin; Yuri Zhislin, viola; Adrian Brendel, cello; Gemma Rosefield, cello).
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b04xrv57)
Thursday Opera Matinee
Bizet - The Pearl Fishers
BizetThe Pearl Fishers
The Pearl Fishers is a compelling tale of a friendship tested as Zurga and Nadir set eyes on a consecrated virgin arriving on a canoe. Leila sings her oath of chastity and Zurga, as the fishermen's leader, promises her the most beautiful pearl if she keeps her oath - and death if she does not. But will the two be able to resist her charms?
Leila......Diana Damrau (soprano)
Nadir....Dmitry Korchak (tenor)
Zurga....Nathan Gunn (baritone)
Nourabad..Nicolas Teste (bass)
Arnold Schoenberg Chorus
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jean-Christophe Spinosi (conductor)
Recorded at the Theater an der Wien in November 2014
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3.50pm
BeethovenPiano Concerto no 4
Garrick Ohlsson (piano),
Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor).
THU 16:30 In Tune (b04xrv8p)
Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2015 - Gareth Brynmor John, Sarah-Jane Lewis, Simon Lepper, Ji Liu
Sean Rafferty presents, and guests include pianist Ji Liu playing live in the studio ahead of his concert at St George's Hall in Liverpool this Sunday 18th January.
Also taking place this Sunday is a special concert at St John's Smith Square in London taking place as part of this year's Kathleen Ferrier Awards - a programme devised by pianist Simon Lepper made up of songs & duets by Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff & Brahms. Lepper himself plays live in the studio alongside two previous winners of the Ferrier Awards - baritone Gareth Brynmor John (1st prize in 2013) and soprano Sarah-Jane Lewis (2nd prize in 2014).
Plus as the Academy Awards nominations are announced today, writer and Radio 3 present Matthew Sweet discusses the award's musical hopefuls.
THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b04xrtgk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b04xrzd7)
BBC Singers - Music from Spain and Latin America
Live from St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London
Presented by Ian Skelly
The BBC Singers with Radio 3 New Generation Artist and guitarist Sean Shibe perform music for voices and guitar from Spain and Latin America.
Almeida Prado: Celebratio amoris et gaudii
Leo Brouwer: Canciones amatorias
Eric Whitacre: A Boy and a Girl
Villa-Lobos: Etudes for guitar
Villa-Lobos arr Chilcott: Bachianas Brasileiras no 5
8.15 Interval: music for string quartet by a Spanish composer of an earlier generation: Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga - known in his day as the 'Spanish Mozart'
8.35
Daniel Saleeb: As de cantar (world premiere)
Falla: Balada de Mallorca
Antonio José: Sonata for guitar
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Romancero gitano
Sean Shibe guitar
BBC Singers
Paul Brough conductor
Banishing those post-Christmas winter blues with a little Latino sunshine, the BBC Singers join forces with Radio 3 New Generation Artist Sean Shibe for a programme of music for voices and guitar from warmer climes. Romantic love is the starting-point for the first half of the concert: poetry from the Biblical Song of Solomon set by the Brazilian Almeida Prado, alongside Cuban love songs by Leo Brouwer, and words by Mexican Octavio Paz, set to music by Eric Whitacre. After the interval, Manuel de Falla's musical reminiscence of the island of Mallorca, a new work by young British composer Daniel Saleeb, and a sequence of gypsy songs by Castelnuovo-Tedesco to poems by the great Spanish poet Garcia Lorca.
Completing the programme, Sean Shibe plays a sonata by Antonio José - a remarkably talented composer who was killed aged just 33 in the Spanish Civil War, and some of the fiendishly virtuosic Etudes for guitar by the Brazilian Heitor Villa-Lobos.
Followed at approx
9.40pm by Adopt a Composer: Mak Murtic's Encounters is presented by the Clapham Community Choir.
THU 22:00 Free Thinking (b04xrzd9)
2015 Oscar Nominations, Russell T Davies
Matthew Sweet looks at today's announcement of this year's Oscar nominations, focusing on the politics of the foreign film awards with critics Ian Christie, Karen Krizanovich and Phillip Bergson.
TV dramatist Russell T Davies discusses his new projects for Channel 4, E4 and 4OD. Respectively titled Cucumber, Banana, and Tofu, they explore the passions and pitfalls of 21st century gay life.
Cucumber is a drama which screens Thursdays on Channel 4 at
9pm from Jan 22nd for 3 weeks
Banana screens Thursdays on E4 at
10pm from Jan 22nd for 3 weeks
Tofu is an online documentary series available on 4OD
And as another icon of British Brutalist architecture - Birmingham's Central Library - faces the bulldozers, Dr Barnabas Calder, the author of the forthcoming book Raw Concrete, examines our love-hate relationship with the grey stuff.
Producer: Craig Templeton Smith.
THU 22:45 The Essay (b04xrzjt)
Venice Unravelled
So Near to Venice
Writer Polly Coles reads So Near to Venice, the last of her essays about some of the ways in which Venetians and others have adapted to live in 21st-century Venice. Moving to Venice with her family for several years gave her a resident's view of a city she loves and despairs of in equal measure. Once the most cosmopolitan city in Europe, nowadays it seems little more than a stage-set for the tourist industry. But Venice will always be more than the most idealized city in the world.
In this edition, Polly looks at the invisible residents of Venice who service the millions of tourists who descend on the city each year.
Written and performed by Polly Coles
Producer: Melanie Harris Sparklab Productions.
THU 23:00 Late Junction (b04xrzml)
Thursday - Nick Luscombe
Nick Luscombe presents an eclectic mix of music, including Egyptian composer and guitarist Ali Khattab.
FRIDAY 16 JANUARY 2015
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b04xrssp)
Rachmaninov and Glazunov
Vadim Gluzman is the soloist in Glazunov's Violin Concerto, and the French National Orchestra and Vassily Sinaisky also perform Rachmaninov's 2nd Symphony. John Shea presents.
12:31 AM
Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880)
Overture to La Vie Parisienne
Orchestre National de France, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
12:37 AM
Glazunov, Alexander (1865-1936)
Violin Concerto in A minor (Op.82)
Vadim Gluzman (violin), Orchestre National de France, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
12:56 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Adagio from Sonata for violin solo (BWV.1001) in G minor
Vadim Gluzman (violin)
1:01 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943)
Symphony no. 2 (Op.27) in E minor
Orchestre National de France, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
1:57 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata in D major (K.284)
Cathal Breslin (piano)
2:31 AM
Krajci, Mirko [b. 1968]
Suite No.2 from the ballet 'Don Juan' (2008)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Mirko Krajci (conductor)
3:04 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Fantasiestücke for clarinet (violin or cello) and piano (Op.73)
Claudio Bohorquez (cello), Marcus Groh (piano)
3:15 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
Holberg Suite for string orchestra (Op.40)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (conductor)
3:38 AM
Dvorak, Antonin [1841-1904]
Slavonic Dance No.9 in B minor (Op.72 No.1) orch. composer
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor)
3:42 AM
Hoffmann, Melchior [c.1679-1715]
3 songs
Jan Kobow (tenor), United Continuo Ensemble
3:48 AM
Swider, Józef (1930-2014)
Piesn - from 10 Songs to Lyrics by Polish Poets
Polish Radio Choir, Wlodzimierz Siedlik (conductor)
3:56 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Variations for flute and piano in E minor (D.802) (on 'Trockne Blumen' from 'Die schöne Müllerin')
Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Bruno Robilliard (piano)
4:11 AM
Cavalli, Francesco (1602-1676)
Salve Regina
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
4:19 AM
Lutoslawski, Witold [1913-1994]
Little Suite (vers. for orchestra)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
4:31 AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Le Corsaire - overture (Op.21)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer (conductor)
4:40 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
8 Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano' (Wo
0.28) arranged for oboe and piano
Hyong-Sup Kim (oboe), Ja-Eun Ku (piano)
4:50 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Double Concerto in C minor (BWV.1060)
Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe), Mary Utiger (violin), Camerata Köln
5:04 AM
Marcello, Alessandro [1669-1747]; Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750] arranger; Cyprien Katsaris; transcriber
Adagio from 'Oboe Concerto in D minor, (Op.1)
Cyprien Katsaris (piano)
5:09 AM
Fodor, Carolus Antonius (1768-1846)
Symphony No.4 in C minor (Op.19)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Guido Ajmone Marsan (conductor)
5:32 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Piano Trio in G major (K564)
Ondine Trio
5:47 AM
Schubert, Franz [1797-1828], arr.Reger, Max [1873-1916]
Am Tage aller Seelen D.343, arr. Reger for voice and orchestra
Dietrich Henschel (baritone), National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow (conductor)
5:55 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Te Deum in C major (Hob XXIIIc:1)
Netherlands Radio Choir and Chamber Orchestra, Antoni Ros-Marba (conductor)
6:03 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' (Op.2) in B flat major
Nelson Goerner (1849 Erard grand piano) Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen (conductor)
6:21 AM
Fomin, Evstignei [1761-1800]
Overture to the melodrama 'Orfej'
Pratum Integrum, Pavel Serbin (conductor).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b04xrt5h)
Friday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b04xrt83)
Friday - Sarah Walker with Leanne Benjamin
Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Sarah Walker. She's joined by former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet Leanne Benjamin
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love'...British film music. This week Sarah champions an art form that has seen contributions from leading and neglected British composers of the 20th century, from Vaughan Williams to William Walton. It's a genre that often struggles to be taken seriously, perhaps because in its most perfect form it's hidden from view, the audience not noticing that it brings colour to a black-and-white classic, or highlights emotional moods and landscapes, surreptitiously setting the scene.
9.30am
Mystery Composer. Take part in today's music-related challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery composer.
10am
Sarah's guest this week is Leanne Benjamin, former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet. Leanne shares a selection of the music she danced to during her career, discussing her memories of choreographer Kenneth MacMillan and offering a personal insight into the world of a ballet dancer.
10.30am
This week Sarah's featured artist is Emma Kirkby, one of the world's most renowned early music specialists, noted for her pure, crystal-like tone and vocal agility. Sarah showcases her repertoire including Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate, Purcell's Evening Hymn and Dowland's songs.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Tchaikovsky
String Quartet No.2 in F major, Op.22.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b04xrtgp)
Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Reform at Court
A cosmopolitan composer who became so famous he was known as "The Divine Orlando", this week Donald Macleod surveys the life and music of Orlande de Lassus.
Wilhelm succeeded his father as Duke of Bavaria in 1579. He found the court finances in a perilous state and quickly imposed drastic savings, including staff cuts at the Ducal Chapel. Lassus, as Music Director, now found himself with fewer musicians to work with. His music also had to accomodate changes in religious style, as the Jesuits came to have a powerful influence in Munich. His Missa Entre vous filles is introspective and sombre.
During the 1580s Ferdinand Lassus, one of Orlande's sons, began to take over some of his father's duties in the court chapel. Orlande's music during this period reflects his state of mind, including his madrigal Io son si stanco sotto, "I am so weary under the ancient burden of my sins". In his last decade Lassus began to suffer from depression. His final works include a collection of motets, Cantiones sacrae, and a set of spiritual madrigals, the monumental Lagrime di San Pietro.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b04xrtlp)
South West Festivals
Episode 4
A final visit to the Plush Festival in Dorset, featuring members of Ensemble 360, and highlights from their programme titled 'Love and War'
Prokofiev: 7th Piano Sonata in Bb, Op 83
Tim Horton (piano)
Taneyev: Canzone for clarinet & piano
Tim Horton, piano
Richard Hosford, clarinet
Shostakovich: 2nd Piano Trio in E minor, Op 67
Benjamin Nabarro, violin
Gemma Rosefield, cello
Tim Horton, piano.
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b04xrv5k)
Beethoven Concertos
Episode 4
Penny Gore concludes her exploration of all Beethoven's concertos with his piano adaptation of his Violin Concerto and his final, magnificent 'Emperor' Concerto. Also today, a rare chance to hear Kurt Weill's Second Symphony, written just a few months before he left Europe for a new life in Hollywood.
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major arr. for Piano by the composer, op 61a
Arthur Schoonderwoerd (conductor and fortepiano), Cristofori Ensemble
Kurt Weill Symphony no 2 (1934)
Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg, Mark Minkowski (conductor)
3pm
Mozart Symphony no 33 in B flat, K. 319
Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg, Mark Minkowski (conductor)
Beethoven Piano Concerto no 5 'Emperor'
Yefim Bronfman (piano),
San Fransico Symphony Orchestra, Michel Tilson Thomas (conductor).
FRI 16:30 In Tune (b04xrv8r)
Valentina Lisitsa, Katona Twins, James MacMillan
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music and conversation, including live performances from dazzling Ukrainian-born pianist Valentina Lisitsa, in the UK to play Prokofiev's 2nd Piano Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra. Hungarian virtuoso guitar duo the Katona Twins plays live in the studio as they prepare for a performance at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester; and one of today's most successful composers, James MacMillan discusses his opera Ines de Castro along with Olivia Fuchs who directs a new production of the work at Scottish Opera.
FRI 18:30 Composer of the Week (b04xrtgp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b04xrzdm)
BBC Symphony Orchestra - Sibelius, Rachmaninov, Nielsen
Live from the Barbican, Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra continue their acclaimed cycle of Nielsen's Symphonies with No. 3. Plus the young Italian pianist Federico Colli joins the orchestra for Rachmaninov's 'fiendish' 3rd Piano Concerto.
Presented by Martin Handley
The concert begins with Sibelius's haunting overture The Dryad which gathers up moth-like fragments into a brief, halting dance. Winner of the Salzburg Mozart Competition (2011) and the Leeds International Piano Competition (2012), young Italian pianist Federico Colli shares his interpretation of Rachmaninov's "demonic" 3rd Piano Concerto. Plus soprano Lucy Hall and baritone Marcus Farnsworth join the orchestra in the spellbinding Andante pastorale of Nielsen's 'Sinfonia espansiva'. Despite its title, it's not the longest of his symphonies, its expansiveness is rather an expression of exhilarating life-force, launched as it is with a volley of 26 'A's, the key in which it eventually ends, rising into radiance.
Sibelius: The Dryad
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor Op.30
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8.15pm Interval: Music from Denmark. Niels Gade wrote the choral prayer Gebeth before he made his breakthrough as a composer. Plus Carl Nielsen's Serenata in vano - a 'humorous trifle' written in 1914 for a quintet of wind and double bass.
c.
8.35pm Second half
Nielsen: Symphony no. 3 Op.27 (Sinfonia espansiva)
Federico Colli (piano)
Lucy Hall (soprano)
Marcus Farnsworth (baritone)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor).
FRI 22:00 The Verb (b04xrzdq)
The Verb with Hilary Mantel
In this edition of The Verb Ian McMillan presents an extended interview with the novelist Hilary Mantel. The programme looks at her life in writing, from her struggle to publish the first book she ever wrote, the historical epic A Place of Greater Safety to the phenomenal success of her Thomas Cromwell books, Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies, both of which won the Booker Prize. We learn about the themes that run through all her work: the pursuit of power, fame and how it changes us, the collective versus the individual voice, and ghosts (which for Mantel are choices not made, both in her life and in her writing). She sheds light on her relationship with Thomas Cromwell, how she avoids pastiche when writing historical dialogue, and explains that working on the recent RSC adaptations of her Thomas Cromwell books has influenced the final book in the trilogy, the as-yet-unpublished ‘The Mirror and The Light’.
Hilary Mantel published her first novel Every Day is Mother’s Day in 1985. She won the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize for Fludd, and the Hawthornden Prize for An Experiment in Love. Her memoir, Giving Up the Ghost won the MIND Book of the Year award. Mantel is the first British writer to win the Booker Prize twice. Her most recent book is a collection of short stories The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, published by Fourth Estate.
Presenter: Ian McMillan
Producer: Jessica Treen
FRI 22:45 The Essay (b04xrzjw)
Venice Unravelled
Water Level
Writer Polly Coles reads Water Level, the last of her essays about some of the ways in which Venetians and others have adapted to live in 21st century Venice - one of the most beautiful cities in the world. In this edition, Polly explores the real Venice lived at water level by its boat-loving residents who row their sandolos and other craft far into the lagoon to escape the visitors.
Written and performed by Polly Coles
Producer: Melanie Harris Sparklab Productions.
FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b04xrzmn)
Celtic Connections
Mary Ann Kennedy Live from Celtic Connections 1
Mary Ann Kennedy live from Glasgow at one of the world's biggest winter music festivals, with special late-night performances from the CCA, the BBC's hub on Sauchiehall Street.
In tonight's line-up, leading Quebec roots musicians Vent du Nord; Indian classical violin duo Ganesh and Kumaresh; plus Manran, one of Scotland's new generation of folk bands, who infuse Gaelic song with heavyweight Highland and uilleann pipes.
Celtic Connections is held in 20 venues over 18 days with 300 events taking place throughout the whole festival, involving over two thousand musicians from 26 countries. Scots and Irish Celtic music is at the centre of the festival, but it has always embraced the music of the Celtic cultures of the USA, Canada, France and Spain, together with the closely connected cultures of Scandinavia and eastern Europe. In recent years the Festival has also connected with traditions across Africa and Asia. The concerts range from the most traditional to the most experimental, all brought together in the context of one of the world's liveliest folk cultures, with a never-ending stream of young Scottish musicians who are reinventing their own traditions for their own time.
This is the first of two live late-night sessions from Glasgow's Centre for Contemporary Arts, each featuring some of the best acts from the Festival. It is part of BBC Music's extensive coverage of Celtic Connections, also featuring on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC2 TV in Scotland, and BBC Music Online.
The line-up next week includes Romanian gipsy band Taraf de Haidouks, Songhoy Blues from Mali, and Italian tarantella band Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino.
Tickets available from the BBC Tickets website from Friday 9th January.
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 (b04xrsl4)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 TUE (b04xrv51)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 WED (b04xrv53)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 THU (b04xrv57)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 FRI (b04xrv5k)
Breakfast
07:00 SAT (b04xrj47)
Breakfast
07:00 SUN (b04xrntg)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (b04xrskw)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (b04xrt4n)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (b04xrt4q)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (b04xrt55)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (b04xrt5h)
CD Review
09:00 SAT (b04xrnh4)
Choir and Organ
16:00 SUN (b04xrpwt)
Choral Evensong
15:00 SUN (b04wmx7f)
Choral Evensong
15:30 WED (b04xs0g3)
Composer of the Week
12:00 MON (b04xrsl0)
Composer of the Week
18:30 MON (b04xrsl0)
Composer of the Week
12:00 TUE (b04xrtg9)
Composer of the Week
18:00 TUE (b04xrtg9)
Composer of the Week
12:00 WED (b04xrtgh)
Composer of the Week
18:45 WED (b04xrtgh)
Composer of the Week
12:00 THU (b04xrtgk)
Composer of the Week
18:30 THU (b04xrtgk)
Composer of the Week
12:00 FRI (b04xrtgp)
Composer of the Week
18:30 FRI (b04xrtgp)
Drama on 3
22:00 SUN (b04xrq9n)
Essential Classics
09:00 MON (b04xrsky)
Essential Classics
09:00 TUE (b04xrt7v)
Essential Classics
09:00 WED (b04xrt7z)
Essential Classics
09:00 THU (b04xrt81)
Essential Classics
09:00 FRI (b04xrt83)
Free Thinking
22:00 MON (b03x1p4n)
Free Thinking
22:00 TUE (b04xrzcy)
Free Thinking
22:00 WED (b04xrzd5)
Free Thinking
22:00 THU (b04xrzd9)
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
00:00 SUN (b04xrntb)
Hear and Now
22:00 SAT (b04xrnhn)
In Tune
16:30 MON (b04xrsl6)
In Tune
16:30 TUE (b04xrv8h)
In Tune
16:30 WED (b04xrv8k)
In Tune
16:30 THU (b04xrv8p)
In Tune
16:30 FRI (b04xrv8r)
Jazz Line-Up
18:00 SAT (b04xrnhj)
Jazz Record Requests
17:00 SAT (b04xrnhg)
Jazz on 3
23:00 MON (b04xrsld)
Late Junction
23:00 TUE (b04xrzmg)
Late Junction
23:00 WED (b04xrzmj)
Late Junction
23:00 THU (b04xrzml)
Music Matters
12:15 SAT (b04xrnh6)
Night Music
00:00 MON (b04y525l)
Opera on 3
19:15 SAT (b04xrnhl)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (b043p4qx)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 SUN (b04xrq3y)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 MON (b04xrsl8)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:00 TUE (b04xrzcw)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:45 WED (b04xrzd3)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 THU (b04xrzd7)
Radio 3 Live in Concert
19:30 FRI (b04xrzdm)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 SAT (b04xrnh8)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 SUN (b04wmjx6)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 MON (b04xrsl2)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 TUE (b04xrtks)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 WED (b04xrtkv)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 THU (b04xrtkx)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 FRI (b04xrtlp)
Saturday Classics
14:00 SAT (b04xrnhb)
Sound of Cinema
16:00 SAT (b04xrnhd)
Sunday Feature
18:45 SUN (b04xrq3w)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (b04xrntj)
The Early Music Show
14:00 SUN (b04xrppx)
The Essay
22:45 MON (b04xrslb)
The Essay
22:45 TUE (b04xrzjp)
The Essay
22:45 WED (b04xrzjr)
The Essay
22:45 THU (b04xrzjt)
The Essay
22:45 FRI (b04xrzjw)
The Verb
22:00 FRI (b04xrzdq)
Through the Night
01:00 SAT (b04wmy50)
Through the Night
01:00 SUN (b04xrntd)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (b04xrskt)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (b04xrssh)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (b04xrssk)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (b04xrssm)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (b04xrssp)
Words and Music
17:30 SUN (b04xrq3t)
World on 3
23:00 FRI (b04xrzmn)