John Shea introduces the Silesian Quartet performing Debussy, Panufnik and Franck.
String Quartet No. 2 (Messages)
Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major K.495
Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935)
Storace, Bernado [fl. 1664]
Ave Maria ... Virgo serena for 4 voices
Rondino in E flat (WoO 25) for two oboes, two clarinets, two horns, two bassoons
Sigiswald Kuijken (violin and conductor), Lucy van Dael (2nd violin solo), La Petite Bande
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... transcriptions'. Throughout the week Sarah explores the transformative effect of seeing one composer's work through the eyes of another, showcasing transcriptions including Bach by Busoni, Schubert by Liszt and Strauss II by Schoenberg.
Take part in our daily musical challenge and identify the personal relationship that connects two pieces of music.
Sarah's guest this week is the comedian, actress and writer Helen Lederer. Helen is a familiar face on the British comedy scene and is well known for her stand-up shows as well as for her role as Catriona in the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. She recently released her first novel, Losing It, which has been shortlisted for the Edinburgh First Book Award. Helen will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music every day at
During the BBC Proms 2015, Sarah takes a look at the Proms season from a century ago and plays music that reflects a time when concert programmes were quite different from those of today. This week's line-up includes the French national anthem and two works so popular that they appeared more than once in the season: Mendelssohn's overture Ruy Blas and Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2.
Sarah's artist of the week - in the week of his BBC Proms appearance - is the boundlessly energetic Valery Gergiev, Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. Throughout the week Sarah will be sharing recordings of his interpretations of works by composers including Berlioz, Mahler and Tchaikovsky.
Today Donald Macleod visits Hereford, the first stop on his tour of the three cities of Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester that make up the musical triangle of the Three Choirs Festival - a unique institution that has been at the heart of British musical life for three centuries.
The role of hosting the festival is passed each year between the three cities, and the Director of Music at the cathedral of the festival's 'home' city therefore takes on the artistic directorship of the festival. Geraint Bowen, Director of Music at Hereford Cathedral, is artistic director of this year's festival; Donald Macleod talks to him about how this unique arrangement works in practice, and why it has been central to the festival's long-term wellbeing.
Donald also visits Anthony Boden, historian of the Three Choirs Festival, about the huge influence of SS Wesley on British choral music in the 19th century.
Radio 3 visits one of the world's oldest music festivals, as it celebrates its Tercentenary in Hereford in 2015.
Roderick Williams performs, at Holy Trinity Church, songs connected with the centenary of World War One, including the world premiere of a festival commission from the Welsh composer Rhian Samuel. A Swift Radiant Morning sets poems by CH Sorley, who was killed in action in 1915.
Another chance to hear Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra complete their cycle of Beethoven Piano Concertos at the BBC Proms, contrasting the 2nd and 5th with Stravinsky's Octet.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major 'Emperor', Op 73
Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra complete their cycle of Beethoven Piano Concertos with Nos. 2 and 5 - the composer's first and final experiments in the genre.
In No. 2 a spacious and lovely central Adagio is framed with Mozartean grace in the outer movements, while the Fifth is the composer's last word on the subject - a musical emancipation of the soloist that anticipates the Romantic concertos of Beethoven's successors. Looking to the musical past for inspiration once again, Stravinsky's Octet pastiches the forms and textures of the 18th century, colouring them with a mood and mischief all his own.
Suzy Klein with a lively mix of music, chat and arts news. She's joined by saxophonist Andy Sheppard, who performs live in the studio, ahead of his appearance at this year's Dartington Festival.
The pianists Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan and Alexei Volodin join the LSO and Valery Gergiev to perform the complete Prokofiev Piano Concertos, live at the BBC Proms.
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Concerto
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 in B flat major
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major
All five Prokofiev piano concertos in one concert - it's a feat conductor Valery Gergiev achieved in 2012 at the Mariinsky and now brings to the Proms, along with three of his original pianists. It's a rare opportunity to hear three international soloists back-to-back, to compare styles and approaches, as well as to explore the composer's later, lesser-known concertos with their newly expressive tenderness. Daniil Trifonov, the prodigious young winner of the Tchaikovsky and Chopin Competitions, shares the bill with his teacher Sergei Babayan, while Alexei Volodin tackles the rarely heard Fourth, commissioned, like Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, by the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein.
Petroc Trelawny delves into the life of Prokofiev and his five piano concertos with guests David Nice and Fiona Noble. Recorded earlier at the Royal College of Music.
The pianists Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan and Alexei Volodin join the LSO and Valery Gergiev to perform the complete Prokofiev Piano Concertos, live at the BBC Proms.
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Concerto
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 in B flat major
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major
All five Prokofiev piano concertos in one concert - it's a feat conductor Valery Gergiev achieved in 2012 at the Mariinsky and now brings to the Proms, along with three of his original pianists. It's a rare opportunity to hear three international soloists back-to-back, to compare styles and approaches, as well as to explore the composer's later, lesser-known concertos with their newly expressive tenderness. Daniil Trifonov, the prodigious young winner of the Tchaikovsky and Chopin Competitions, shares the bill with his teacher Sergei Babayan, while Alexei Volodin tackles the rarely heard Fourth, commissioned, like Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, by the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein.
Prokofiev's 4th Piano Concerto was commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein but he never played the piece. In this interval feature we explore the challenges of writing a commission. Tom McKinney talks to composers, Larry Goves, Judith Bingham and Huw Watkins.
The pianists Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan and Alexei Volodin join the LSO and Valery Gergiev to perform the complete Prokofiev Piano Concertos, live at the BBC Proms.
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Concerto
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 in B flat major
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major
All five Prokofiev piano concertos in one concert - it's a feat conductor Valery Gergiev achieved in 2012 at the Mariinsky and now brings to the Proms, along with three of his original pianists. It's a rare opportunity to hear three international soloists back-to-back, to compare styles and approaches, as well as to explore the composer's later, lesser-known concertos with their newly expressive tenderness. Daniil Trifonov, the prodigious young winner of the Tchaikovsky and Chopin Competitions, shares the bill with his teacher Sergei Babayan, while Alexei Volodin tackles the rarely heard Fourth, commissioned, like Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, by the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein.
In a major series for Radio 3, we rediscover some of the key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age. The period ranges from 750 to 1258 CE and we'll hear about architecture, invention, medicine, innovation and philosophy. Professor Robert Gleave continues the series with an essay featuring Ali ibn Abi Talib and the origins of Shi'ism.
In a major series for Radio 3, we rediscover some of the key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age. The period ranges from 750 to 1258 CE and we'll hear about architecture, invention, medicine, innovation and philosophy. Professor Jonathan Bloom on how the Islamic scholars and thinkers were the early adopters of paper - far ahead of their European contemporaries.
Nick Luscombe with a set from singer-songwriter Jesca Hoop, recorded at the Late Junction Lavish Lounge stage at this year's Latitude Festival in Suffolk. Plus highlights from Womad 2015, electronica from Peru and organ music by the Uri Caine Ensemble.
BBC Radio 3's eclectic late night music programme Late Junction returns to the Latitude Festival for the fifth time to curate a stage in the festival's 10th edition at Henham Park, bringing eight captivating contemporary acts to the Lavish Lounge stage in a new location in the woods. With a wide cross-section of contemporary artists, influences range from 1970s horror films, ping pong balls and the Mojave Desert, to contemporary Nordic jazz, traditional West African musical storytelling and groove-based psychedelic rock.
The hand-picked line-up will bring a wide range of diverse and cross-genre artists spanning jazz, contemporary and folk music to Latitude and Radio 3 listeners, including the intriguing sounds of multi-instrumentalist Marcus Hamblett, experimental quintet Polar Bear, the beautiful tones of Jesca Hoop and the Japanese performance artist, instrument builder and musician ICHI who creates sounds from every-day objects including tape loops and ping pong balls.
The stage is hosted by Radio 3 presenters Max Reinhardt and Nick Luscombe. Highlights recorded at the event on 17th, 18th and 19th July will be featured in Late Junction throughout this and last week.
WEDNESDAY 29 JULY 2015
WED 00:30 Through the Night (b063dhpn)
Verdi Gala Concert - Russian National Orchestra under Mikhail Pletnev
A Verdi Gala concert from the Russian National Orchestra and conductor Mikhail Pletnev, with soprano Lyudmila Monastyrskaya. Catriona Young presents.
12:31 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Overture - Nabucco
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
12:39 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
"Ben'io t'invenni ... Anch'io dischiuso un giorno", Abigail's aria from Nabucco
Lyudmila Monastyrskaya (soprano), Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
12:51 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
"Una macchia è qui tuttora", Lady Macbeth's aria from Macbeth
Lyudmila Monastyrskaya (soprano), Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
1:01 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Ballet music - Otello
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
1:08 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Grand march and ballet music - Aida
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
1:16 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
"Ritorna vincitor", aria from Aida
Lyudmila Monastyrskaya (soprano), Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
1:24 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Overture - Luisa Miller
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
1:31 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
"La Peregrina", ballet music from Don Carlos
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
1:47 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
"Pace, pace, mio Dio", Leonora's aria from La Forza del destino
Lyudmila Monastyrskaya (soprano), Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
1:54 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
"Si colmi il calice" (Brindisi), Lady Macbeth's aria from Macbeth
Lyudmila Monastyrskaya (soprano), Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
1:56 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Symphony No.1 in B flat major (Op.38), 'Spring'
Orchestre Nationale de France, Heinz Wallberg (conductor)
2:31 AM
Narvaez, Luys de (fl.1526-1549)
Los Seys libros del Delphin de musica - excerpts
Hopkinson Smith (vihuela)
3:04 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Alles redet jetzt und singet - cantata for soprano, bass and instrumental ensemble
Barbara Schlick (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Michael Schneider and Konrad Hunteler (recorders), Hans-Peter Westermann and Pieter Dhont (oboes), Michael McCraw (bassoon), Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max (conductor)
3:33 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Rondo capriccioso for piano in E major/minor (Op.14)
Sook-Hyun Cho (piano)
3:40 AM
Bach, Johann Christian (1735-1782)
Quintet in G major for flute, oboe, violin, viola & basso continuo (Op.11 No.2)
Les Adieux
3:49 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Elegie for cello and orchestra (Op.24)
Shauna Rolston (cello), Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor)
3:56 AM
Moscheles, Ignaz (1794-1870)
Sonate mélancolique in F sharp minor (Op.49)
Tom Beghin (fortepiano - built by Gottlieb Hafner, Vienna, ca. 1830)
4:08 AM
Stanford, Charles Villiers (1852-1924)
O Living Will - motet for unaccompanied chorus
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
4:13 AM
Alain, Jehan [1911-1940]
Le Jardin suspendu for organ
Tomás Thon (organ)
4:21 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Première rapsodie arr. for clarinet and orchestra
Kari Kriikku (clarinet), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
4:31 AM
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787)
Dances of the Furies - ballet music from 'Orphée et Euridice'
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (conductor)
4:35 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Suite in A minor (BWV.818a)
Wolfgang Glüxam (harpsichord)
4:49 AM
Stoyanov, Pencho (b. 1931)
Piano Sonata
Ivan Eftimov (piano)
5:04 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major (K211)
James Ehnes (violin/director), Mozart Anniversary Orchestra
5:26 AM
Lukacic, Ivan (1587-1648)
Three motets from 'Sacrae Cantiones' - Quam pulchra es; Quemadmodum desiderat; Panis angelicus
Pro Cantione Antiqua Mark Brown (conductor)
5:40 AM
Pejacevic, Dora (1885-1923)
Piano Quintet in B minor (Op.40) (1915-18)
Ida Gamulin (piano), Zagreb Quartet
6:07 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
Violin Concerto in C major (Op.8 No.12) (RV.178)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director)
6:17 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
2 Nocturnes for piano (Op.62)
Yulianna Avdeeva (piano).
WED 06:30 Breakfast (b063djk2)
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 (b063djqx)
Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Helen Lederer
9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... transcriptions'. Throughout the week Sarah explores the transformative effect of seeing one composer's work through the eyes of another, showcasing transcriptions including Bach by Busoni, Schubert by Liszt and Strauss II by Schoenberg.
9.30am
Take part in today's music-related challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery person.
10am
Sarah's guest this week is the comedian, actress and writer Helen Lederer. Helen is a familiar face on the British comedy scene and is well known for her stand-up shows as well as for her role as Catriona in the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. She recently released her first novel, Losing It, which has been shortlisted for the Edinburgh First Book Award. Helen will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music every day at
10am.
10.30am
During the BBC Proms 2015, Sarah takes a look at the Proms season from a century ago and plays music that reflects a time when concert programmes were quite different from those of today. This week's line-up includes the French national anthem and two works so popular that they appeared more than once in the season: Mendelssohn's overture Ruy Blas and Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2.
11am
Sarah's artist of the week - in the week of his BBC Proms appearance - is the boundlessly energetic Valery Gergiev, Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. Throughout the week Sarah will be sharing recordings of his interpretations of works by composers including Berlioz, Mahler and Tchaikovsky.
Mahler
Symphony No 4 in G
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor.
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b063djzg)
The Three Choirs Festival at 300
Worcester
This week Donald Macleod focuses not on the work of one composer, but on a very special institution that has helped shape musical life in Britain for three hundred years - the Three Choirs Festival. Today's programme opens in Worcester Cathedral, at the tomb of King John, highlighting an even longer association between the cities of Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford that reaches back 800 years.
Donald talks to fellow Scot Peter Nardone, Director of Music at Worcester Cathedral, and also to Anthony Boden, Festival historian, who highlights the importance of the roles played by Herbert Sumsion and Herbert Brewer in the evolution of the Three Choirs Festival.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b063dkjx)
The Three Choirs Festival at 300
Episode 2
Radio 3 visits one of the world's oldest music festivals, as it celebrates its tercentenary in Hereford in 2015
Two performances from Holy Trinity Church, including Roderick Williams in Tim Torry's settings of First World War poems by Charlotte Mew, and Steven Osborne in Schubert's final piano sonata.
Tim Torry: The Face of Grief
Roderick Williams, baritone
Susie Allan, Piano
Schubert: Sonata in B flat, D960
Steven Osborne, piano.
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b063dkmr)
Proms 2015 Repeats
PSM 1: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Afternoon on 3 - with Penny Gore
Another chance to hear French conductor Franck Ollu's Proms debut, directing the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group in the first of two concerts celebrating composer Pierre Boulez's 90th-birthday year. Boulez's own Notations - written while he was still a student - sits alongside his Dérive 2, both works embedded in the 'family tree' of a composer whose works interconnect in ever-evolving ways.
The concert also features Wanderlied for cello and ensemble by Boulez's French-American contemporary Betsy Jolas, as well as music by two young composers new to the Proms: Shiori Usui and Joanna Lee, who writes for contralto Hilary Summers.
Recorded at Cadogan Hall, London
Presented by Tom Service
Pierre Boulez: Notations 2, 11 & 10; La treizième (arr. J Schöllhorn) UK premiere
Shiori Usui: Ophiocordyceps unilateralis s.l. (BBC commission - world premiere)
Betsy Jolas: Wanderlied (UK premiere)
Joanna Lee: Hammer of Solitude (BBC commission - world premiere)
Pierre Boulez: Dérive 2
Ulrich Heinen (cello)
Hilary Summers (contralto)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Franck Ollu (conductor)
[First broadcast live on Saturday 21st July 2015].
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b063dlsc)
Hereford Cathedral
From Hereford Cathedral during the 2015 Three Choirs Festival, with the choirs of Hereford, Gloucester, and Worcester Cathedrals.
Introit: Keep me as the apple of an eye (Neil Cox)
Responses: Philip Moore
Psalms 142, 143 (Smart, Walmisley)
First Lesson: Isaiah 55 vv.1-11
Office Hymn: Christ Jesus, to this house (St Cecilia)
Canticles: Three Choirs Service (Bob Chilcott)
Second Lesson: 2 Timothy 2 vv.8-19
Anthem: Veni Sancte Spiritus (Malcolm Archer)
Hymn: Lord Jesu, who at Lazarus' tomb (Cornwall)
Voluntary: The Dancing Pipes (Jonathan Dove)
Geraint Bowen (Director of Music)
Peter Dyke (Organist)
First broadcast on 29 July 2015.
WED 16:30 In Tune (b063dkwq)
Bougies Baroques, Emmanuel Vass, Karen Cargill
Suzy Klein with a lively mix of music, chat and arts news. She's joined by baroque ensemble Les Bougies Baroques, who perform Gluck live in the studio ahead of their production of Il Parnaso Confuso at Wilton's Music Hall in London.
Also today pianist Emmanuel Vass brings his new album Sonic Waves to the studio, and mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill talks about her performance of Verdi's Requiem at the BBC Proms this Sunday.
WED 18:30 BBC Proms (b063dlsf)
Prom 15
Prom 15 (part 1): Prokofiev, Qigang Chen and Rachmaninov
BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Xian Zhang live at the BBC Proms, in music by Prokofiev, a work by China's Qigang Chen and Rachmaninov's much-loved Second Symphony
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Katie Derham
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, 'Classical'
Qigang Chen: Iris dévoilée
7.30 pm - INTERVAL
7.50 pm
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor
Meng Meng (soprano)
Anu Komsi (soprano)
Piia Komsi (soprano)
Jia Li (pipa)
Jing Chang (zheng)
Nan Wang (erhu)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang (conductor)
Following last night's Prokofiev piano concerto cycle, tonight's Prom opens with the Russian's bright and joyous 'Classical' Symphony, which surprised critics of the young firebrand composer with its formal elegance. It's paired with Rachmaninov's Second Symphony - beloved for its intimate, lyrical slow movement. Rachmaninov might be the original composer of the 'big tune', but it's an instinct China's Qigang Chen - a pupil of Messiaen - shares. East and West come together for his evocative Iris dévoilée, pairing traditional Chinese instruments with Western harmonies.
[This Prom will be repeated on Friday 31st July at
2pm].
WED 19:30 BBC Proms (b063dlsh)
Proms Extra
Ezra Pound's Cathay
In 1915 Ezra Pound published 'Cathay', a collection of poems translated from classical Chinese. For many the work was seen as one of the most important poetic responses to World War One. The poets Jo Shapcott and Sean O'Brien discuss what have been called poems of 'a supreme beauty' with Rana Mitter.
Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music.
WED 19:50 BBC Proms (b063dlsk)
Prom 15
Prom 15 (part 2): Prokofiev, Qigang Chen and Rachmaninov
BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Xian Zhang live at the BBC Proms, in music by Prokofiev, a work by China's Qigang Chen and Rachmaninov's much-loved Second Symphony
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Katie Derham
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, 'Classical'
Qigang Chen: Iris dévoilée
7.30 pm - INTERVAL
7.50 pm
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor
Meng Meng (soprano)
Anu Komsi (soprano)
Piia Komsi (soprano)
Jia Li (pipa)
Jing Chang (zheng)
Nan Wang (erhu)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang (conductor)
Following last night's Prokofiev piano concerto cycle, tonight's Prom opens with the Russian's bright and joyous 'Classical' Symphony, which surprised critics of the young firebrand composer with its formal elegance. It's paired with Rachmaninov's Second Symphony - beloved for its intimate, lyrical slow movement. Rachmaninov might be the original composer of the 'big tune', but it's an instinct China's Qigang Chen - a pupil of Messiaen - shares. East and West come together for his evocative Iris dévoilée, pairing traditional Chinese instruments with Western harmonies.
[This Prom will be repeated on Friday 31st July at
2pm].
WED 21:15 Sunday Feature (b04hvrqj)
Global Classical Music - A New World Symphony
Cultural Monuments
In a three-part series, Petroc Trelawny sets out to measure the passion and impact of the new global enthusiasm for Western classical music. Is this just an attempt by nations with new wealth and a burgeoning middle-class to buy their way to the international cultural top table, or will this new enthusiasm last and have an impact on places where classical music has few if any roots?
The statistics are often jaw-dropping. Massive new concert halls across China, educational systems in South America and India and millions of children learning western instruments. The fact that 30 million Chinese students are currently studying the piano speaks of a fundamental new development in a musical tradition that was once firmly anchored in the West
In the first programme, Petroc looks at the wave of new building projects under way, particularly in China. Massive concert halls designed by award-winning international architects are a bold statement of intent and they've certainly raised the profile of China's performance ambitions. The question now is how they're going to be filled and why do they continue to be planned and built with such extraordinary zeal when the audiences who might attend remain tentative about what is, to all intents and purposes, an alien culture. Is it enough to believe that 'if you build it, they will come?'
Petroc centres his exploration on Zaha Hadid's iconic Opera House in Guangzhou and also hears from leading cultural figures in India, South America and the Middle East where the story shares universal challenges but with very particular local dimensions.
Producer: Tom Alban.
WED 22:15 BBC Proms (b063dlwc)
2015
Prom 16: Late Night With - BBC Radio 1
Radio 1's first ever Prom is less concert and more dance-party - a musical homage to Ibiza and its infectious, energetic brand of club music. 2015 marks the 20th anniversary of Radio 1 in Ibiza, and the BBC Proms celebrate by bringing some of that Balearic ambience to the Royal Albert Hall. Celebrated British DJ Pete Tong introduces two decades' worth of club anthems, re-arranged for orchestra by Jules Buckley, and featuring contributions from chart-topping vocalists John Newman and Ella Eyre.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Introduced by Andrew McGregor
John Newman (vocalist)
Ella Eyre (vocalist)
Pete Tong (presenter)
Heritage Orchestra
Jules Buckley (conductor)
set list with original artists:
Right Here Right Now (Fatboy Slim)
Pjanoo (Erik Prydz)
Lola's Theme (Shapeshifters)
Children (Robert Miles)
9pm til I come (ATB)
Go (Moby)
Your Love (Frankie Knuckles)
Good Life (Inner City)
Belfast (Orbital)
Smokebelch II (Sabres of Paradise)
One More Time (Daft Punk)
Where Love Lives (Alison Limerick)
Rachel's Song (Perfecto Symphony / Vangelis)
Porcelain (Moby)
Insomnia (Faithless)
Waiting All Night (Rudimental feat. Ella Eyre)
Music sounds better with you (Stardust)
Strings of Life (Rhythm is Rhythm)
Jaguar (Knights of the Jaguar)
Nightmare (Brainbug)
Café del Mar (Energy 52)
Feel the Love (Rudimental feat. John Newman)
You Got the Love (The Source feat. Candi Staton).
WED 23:45 Late Junction (b063dlwf)
Wednesday - Latitude and Womad Festivals 2015
Nick Luscombe with more highlights recorded at the Late Junction Lavish Lounge stage at this year's Latitude Festival in Suffolk. Plus highlights from Womad 2015.
THURSDAY 30 JULY 2015
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b063dhpq)
Great British Symphonies: Walton's Symphony No 1
Great British Symphonies: the Danish National Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Manze performs Walton's First Symphony. With John Shea.
12:31 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' for string orchestra & harps
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor)
12:45 AM
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (1897-1957)
Concerto in C sharp major Op.17 for piano (left hand) and orchestra
Artur Pizarro (piano), Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor)
1:15 AM
Walton, William (1902-1983)
Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor)
2:00 AM
Bliss, Sir Arthur (1891-1975)
Cello Concerto
Shauna Rolston (cello), Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor)
2:31 AM
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594)
Missa Osculetur me
Royal Academy of Music Chamber Choir, Royal Academy of Music Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, Patrick Russill (conductor)
2:55 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750]
Violin Sonata No.3 in C (BWV.1005)
Vilde Frang (violin)
3:19 AM
Kuffner, Joseph (1776-1856) [previously attrib. Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)]
Quintet (Introduction, theme and variations) for clarinet and strings in B flat major (Op.32)
Joze Kotar (clarinet), Slovene Philharmonic String Quartet
3:30 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
5 movements from the ballet music "Les Petits riens" (K.299b)
Danish Radio Sinfonietta/DR; Adám Fischer (conductor)
3:41 AM
Rubinstein, Anton (1829-1894)
Melody in F major (Op.3 No.1)
Dennis Hennig (piano)
3:45 AM
Buxtehude, Dietrich (c.1637-1707)
Ciaccona 'Quemadmodum desiderat cervus' (BuxWV.92)
John Elwes (tenor), Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubéry (cornet & conductor)
3:52 AM
Villa-Lobos, Heitor [1887-1959]
Prelude for guitar No.1 in E minor
Norbert Kraft (guitar)
3:56 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Lza (song)
Urszula Kryger (mezzo-soprano), Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska (piano)
4:00 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Piezn wieczorna (Evening song)
Urszula Kryger (mezzo soprano), Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska (piano)
4:04 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Triolet
Urszula Kryger (mezzo soprano), Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska (piano)
4:06 AM
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)
Sonata for strings No.5 in E flat major
Camerata Bern
4:21 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
La fille aux cheveux de lin (orig. for piano from Preludes Book 1 No.8)
Moshe Hammer (violin solo), Valerie Tryon (piano)
4:24 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Petite pièce pour clarinette et piano
Joaquín Valdepeñas (clarinet), Patricia Parr (piano)
4:26 AM
Takemitsu, Toru (1930-1996)
Sayonara (Goodbye) from Uta - songs for chorus
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
4:31 AM
Albicastro, Henricus (fl.1700-06)
Motet 'Coelestes angelici chori'
Guy de Mey (tenor), Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini (conductor)
4:45 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), arr. Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Ständchen (Horch, horch! die Lerch) (D.889)
Janina Fialkowska (piano)
4:47 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) transcr Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Die Forelle (S.564)
Simon Trpceski (piano)
4:51 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), arr. Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Atlas (from 'Schwanengesang')
Erika Lux (piano)
4:55 AM
Vanhal, Johann Baptist (1739-1813)
Symphony in A minor
Capella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde (conductor)
5:13 AM
Anonymous
Psalm: De profundis clamavi ad te Domine
Studio 600 - Aldona Szechak and Dorota Kozinska (directors)
5:16 AM
Mont, Henry du (1610-1684)
Motet: O Salutaris Hostia
Studio 600 - Aldona Szechak and Dorota Kozinska (directors)
5:21 AM
Schoeck, Othmar (1886-1957)
Zwei Klavierstücke (Op.29)
Desmond Wright (piano)
5:29 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Romance in G major for violin and orchestra (Op.40)
Igor Ozim (violin), Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Samo Hubad (conductor)
5:37 AM
Anon (17th century)
Strawberry leaves
Concordia, Mark Levy (conductor)
5:39 AM
Anon. (17th century)
Daphne
Angharad Gruffydd Jones (soprano), Concordia, Mark Levy (conductor)
5:44 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Seven Songs: Wir wandelten (Op.96 No.2); Alte Liebe - from 5 Gesäng (Op.72); Das Mädchen spricht (Op.107 No.3); Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer - from 5 Lieder für eine tiefere Stimme (Op.105); Meine Liebe ist Grün - from 9 Lieder und Gesange (Op.63); Von ewiger Liebe (Op.43 No.1); Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht - from Vier Lieder (Op.96)
Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
6:04 AM
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
String Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.13 (1888 revised 1900)
Vertavo Quartet.
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b063djk4)
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 (b063djr9)
Thursday - Sarah Walker with Helen Lederer
9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... transcriptions'. Throughout the week Sarah explores the transformative effect of seeing one composer's work through the eyes of another, showcasing transcriptions including Bach by Busoni, Schubert by Liszt and Strauss II by Schoenberg.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.
10am
Sarah's guest this week is the comedian, actress and writer Helen Lederer. Helen is a familiar face on the British comedy scene and is well known for her stand-up shows as well as for her role as Catriona in the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. She recently released her first novel, Losing It, which has been shortlisted for the Edinburgh First Book Award. Helen will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music every day at
10am.
10.30am
During the BBC Proms 2015, Sarah takes a look at the Proms season from a century ago and plays music that reflects a time when concert programmes were quite different from those of today. This week's line-up includes the French national anthem and two works so popular that they appeared more than once in the season: Mendelssohn's overture Ruy Blas and Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2.
11am
Sarah's artist of the week - in the week of his BBC Proms appearance - is the boundlessly energetic Valery Gergiev, Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. Throughout the week Sarah will be sharing recordings of his interpretations of works by composers including Berlioz, Mahler and Tchaikovsky.
Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Mariinsky Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor.
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b063djzj)
The Three Choirs Festival at 300
Gloucester
Gloucester Cathedral is renowned for having a uniquely beautiful acoustic, and famously was the venue for the premiere of one of the most quintessentially English pieces of music - Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. And Gloucester is the final stop on Donald Macleod's tour of the three cities that constitute the geographical, historical, and musical triangle of the Three Choirs Festival. The festival takes place annually, as it has for three centuries, and lies at the heart of British musical life.
Today Donald Macleod visits the office of Chief Executive Dominic Jewel and discusses the practicalities of managing a festival that extends over three counties. He also pays a final visit to Festival historian Anthony Boden and discusses the particular influence of Herbert Howells and Ivor Gurney, two of Gloucestershire's finest composers.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b063dkjz)
The Three Choirs Festival at 300
Episode 3
Radio 3 visits one of the world's oldest music festivals, as it celebrates its tercentenary in Hereford and Leominster in 2015.
The Wihan Quartet present a semi-autobiographical work by their Czech compatriot, Bedrich Smetana. Steven Osborne performs one of the great piano sonatas by Beethoven.
Beethoven: Sonata in A major, Op.101
Steven Osborne, piano
Smetana: Quartet no.1 'From my Life'
Wihan Quarte.
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b063dkn2)
Proms 2015 Repeats
Prom 13: Holst - The Planets
Afternoon on 3 - with Penny Gore
Another chance to hear Susanna Mälkki conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Boulez's Notations and Holst's The Planets at the BBC Proms. Leila Josefowicz joins for the UK premiere of Luca Francesconi's Violin Concerto.
Presented by Christopher Cook from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Pierre Boulez: Notations 1-4 & 7
Luca Francesconi: Duende - The Dark Notes (BBC co-commission) (UK premiere)
Holst: The Planets
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Elysian Singers (women's voices)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Once an irascible enfant terrible, Pierre Boulez was born 90 years ago. The Proms celebrations continue with one of his earliest works. Originally a series of 12 brilliant miniatures for piano, Notations is gradually being expanded by the composer into an orchestral cycle. Holst's The Planets brings musical imagery of a different kind. Violinist Leila Josefowicz makes a welcome return to the Proms, with the UK premiere of a concerto composed specially for her by one of Italy's greatest living composers.
[First broadcast on Monday 27th July]
Followed by great recordings from some of this week's Proms Artists.
THU 16:30 In Tune (b063dkws)
Katia and Marielle Labeque, Anna Meredith, Constella Ballet and Orchestra
Suzy Klein with a lively mix of music, chat and arts news. She's joined by pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque ahead of their appearance at the BBC Proms, the composer Anna Meredith, and some of the cast and the director of Constella Ballet & Orchestra.
THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b063djzj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 19:30 BBC Proms (b063dm1r)
Prom 17
Prom 17 (part 1): Halle - Debussy, Vaughan Williams and Elgar
Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé orchestra, live at the BBC Proms, with a programme of Debussy, Vaughan Williams and Elgar.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Vaughan Williams: Sancta civitas
8.20 pm INTERVAL
8.40 pm
Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op 63
Robin Tritschler (tenor)
Iain Paterson (baritone)
Hallé Youth Choir
Trinity Boys Choir
Hallé Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
Hallé
Mark Elder (conductor)
Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé champion Vaughan Williams's neglected oratorio Sancta civitas - an ecstatic vision of post-apocalyptic salvation. It's a piece made for the huge space of the Royal Albert Hall, where its heavenly trumpets and choirs can swell to full force. Described by Elgar's wife as 'vast in design and supremely beautiful', his Second Symphony took a while to win public affection, but is now almost as cherished as Debussy's evocative tone-poem depicting the lascivious thoughts of a sleepy faun - a work the composer Pierre Boulez has hailed as signalling the beginning of modern music.
[This Prom will be repeated on Monday 3rd August at
2pm].
THU 20:20 BBC Proms (b063dm1w)
Proms Extra
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Its early readers included Queen Victoria and a young Oscar Wilde. 150 years after it became a publishing sensation the writer Lynne Truss and children's novelist Philip Ardagh discuss 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and its enduring appeal to readers, writers and film makers with Anne McElvoy.
Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music.
THU 20:40 BBC Proms (b063dm1y)
Prom 17
Prom 17 (part 2): Halle - Debussy, Vaughan Williams and Elgar
Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé orchestra, live at the BBC Proms, with a programme of Debussy, Vaughan Williams and Elgar.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Vaughan Williams: Sancta civitas
8.20 pm INTERVAL
8.40 pm
Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op 63
Robin Tritschler (tenor)
Iain Paterson (baritone)
Hallé Youth Choir
Trinity Boys Choir
Hallé Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
Hallé
Mark Elder (conductor)
Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé champion Vaughan Williams's neglected oratorio Sancta civitas - an ecstatic vision of post-apocalyptic salvation. It's a piece made for the huge space of the Royal Albert Hall, where its heavenly trumpets and choirs can swell to full force. Described by Elgar's wife as 'vast in design and supremely beautiful', his Second Symphony took a while to win public affection, but is now almost as cherished as Debussy's evocative tone-poem depicting the lascivious thoughts of a sleepy faun - a work the composer Pierre Boulez has hailed as signalling the beginning of modern music.
[This Prom will be repeated on Monday 3rd August at
2pm].
THU 22:00 Sunday Feature (b04jmrnm)
Global Classical Music - A New World Symphony
New Orchestras, New Repertoire?
Petroc Trelawny's three-part series looking at the extraordinary surge in performance of Western classical music over the last twenty or thirty years turns his attention to the mechanics of the new orchestras.
Building dramatic and iconic concert halls will count for nothing if they're not filled by both visiting and local artists. That puts a great deal of pressure on relatively young orchestras who need to develop audiences unfamiliar with the classical music repertoire.
Concentrating on the Guangzhou Symphony, the Qatar Philharmonic, the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Sao Paulo Symphony orchestras, Petroc talks to performers, audience members, organisers and government officials about the long-term ambitions for their respective bands.
Will the current funding levels be sustained? Are the audience numbers really growing and will the Western repertoire come to dominate or are they delivering something entirely new to their respective cities and ultimately to the rest of the world?
Petroc also hears from composers and programmers who have to balance cultural ambition with economic pragmatism.
Producer Tom Alban.
THU 22:45 The Essay (b03j9nj0)
The Islamic Golden Age
Harun al-Rashid
The Islamic Golden Age rediscovered through portraits of key achivements and figures. The period ranges from 750 to 1258 CE and we'll hear about architecture, invention, medicine, innovation and philosophy. Professor Julia Bray explores the figure of Harun al-Rashid known to many from the Thousand and One Night tales.
Julia separates fact from fiction and sheds light on Harun's life. What was his Baghdad really like? Was it as Tennyson said 'A goodly place, a goodly time, For it was in the golden prime Of good Haroun Alraschid'. Harun is remembered as a champion of the arts, as a romantic hero, a benevolent ruler. However, there's plenty of evidence to the contrary and that his failure to plan properly for the future led to chaos and bloodshed.
Producer: Sarah Taylor.
THU 23:00 Late Junction (b063dmgb)
Thursday - Latitude and Womad Festivals
Nick Luscombe with more highlights recorded at the Late Junction Lavish Lounge stage at this year's Latitude Festival in Suffolk including a lively set from Formaca Preta who combine thrash metal with rhythms and grooves from their native Brazil. Plus highlights from the Charlie Gillett Radio 3 stage at last week's Womad festival.
FRIDAY 31 JULY 2015
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b063dhps)
Shostakovich and Rachmaninov Cello Sonatas
Julian Steckel and Marianna Shirinyan play cello sonatas by Shostakovich and Rachmaninov. Presented by Catriona Young.
12:31 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich
Andante Cantabile arranged for cello and piano
Julian Steckel (cello), Marianna Shirinyan (piano)
12:38 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich
Valse Sentimental Op.51 no.6; Nocturne Op.19 no.4
Julian Steckel (cello), Marianna Shirinyan (piano)
12:45 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitri
Sonata in D minor Op.40 for cello and piano
Julian Steckel (cello), Marianna Shirinyan (piano)
1:13 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergei
Sonata in G minor Op.19 for cello and piano
Julian Steckel (cello); Marianna Shirinyan (piano)
1:49 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergei
Vocalise (Op.34 no.14)
Julian Steckel (cello), Marianna Shirinyan (piano)
1:55 AM
Bortnyansky, Dmitry [1751-1825]
Hymn of the Cherubim No.7 "The Lord is King"
Platon Maiborada Academic Choir, Viktor Skoromny (conductor)
2:00 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Le Tombeau de Couperin for orchestra
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Antoni Ros-Marbà
2:19 AM
Berezovsky, Maxim Sosontovitch [1745-1777]
Choral concerto "Cast Me Not Off in the time of Old Age"
Platon Maiborada Academic Choir, Yulia Tkach (conductor)
2:31 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Symphony No.5 in B flat major (D.485)
Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry (conductor)
2:57 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Mephisto Waltz No.1 (S.514)
Janina Fialkowska (piano)
3:09 AM
Janacek, Leos [1854-1928]
String Quartet No.1 "The Kreutzer Sonata"
Danish String Quartet
3:30 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Aria: 'Was erblicke ich?' - from the opera 'Daphne' (Op.82)
Ben Heppner (tenor), Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)
3:39 AM
Paganini, Nicolo (1782-1840)
Perpetuum Mobile (Op.11 No.2)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Nello Santi (conductor)
3:45 AM
Dvorak, Antonin [1841-1904]
Slavonic Dance No.9 in B major (Op.72 No.1)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor)
3:49 AM
Buxtehude, Dietrich [1637-1707]
Toccata for organ in F major (BuxWV.156)
Ludger Lohmann (organ)
3:57 AM
Goldmark, Károly (1830-1915)
In Italien - overture (Op.49)
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Geza Oberfrank (conductor)
4:09 AM
Satie, Erik (1866-1925)
La Belle excentrique
Pianoduo Kolacny
4:18 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Prelude-Chaconne; Sarabande; Gigue; Air; Ballo - from 'Terpsichore', ballet music
English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
4:31 AM
Britten, Benjamin [1913-1976]
Courtly Dances from Gloriana op 53
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
4:41 AM
Morley, Thomas (c.1557-1602) & Dowland, John (1563-1626)
"Knights of the Lute" Fantasie (Morley); Pavan; Earl of Derby, his Galliard (Dowland)
Nigel North (lute)
4:51 AM
Dvorak, Antonin [1841-1904]
Polonaise for orchestra in E flat major
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Ludovít Rajter (conductor)
4:57 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924) [text: Paul Verlaine]
En sourdine
Karina Gauvin (soprano), Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
5:01 AM
Spohr, Louis (1784-1859)
Fantasie and variations on a theme of Danzi in B flat (Op.81)
Joze Kotar (clarinet), Slovene Philharmonic String Quartet
5:09 AM
Geminiani, Francesco [1687-1762]
Concerto Grosso (Op.3 No.2)
Europa Galante (ensemble), Fabio Biondi (director)
5:18 AM
Franck, César (1822-1890)
Prelude, Fugue and Variation
Robert Silverman (piano)
5:30 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Concerto for bassoon and orchestra in B flat major (K.191)
Dag Jensen (bassoon), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund (conductor)
5:48 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Organ Sonata in C major (BWV 529)
Juliusz Gembalski (organ of St Anne Church in Warsaw)
6:04 AM
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)
Te Deum in C major for soloists, chorus and orchestra
Giorgia Milanesi (soprano), Ulfried Haselsteiner (tenor), Anne Margrethe Punsvik Gluch (soprano), Thomas Mohr (baritone), Håvard Stendsvold (bass-baritone), Kristiansand Cathedral Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Rolf Gupta (conductor).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b063djkd)
Live from Cornwall
Petroc Trelawny presents a special edition of Breakfast, live from Mullion Harbour in Cornwall, celebrating the sounds of Britain's coastline. With sea-themed music and live performances from local Cornish musicians.
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b063djry)
Friday - Sarah Walker with Helen Lederer
9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... transcriptions'. Throughout the week Sarah explores the transformative effect of seeing one composer's work through the eyes of another, showcasing transcriptions including Bach by Busoni, Schubert by Liszt and Strauss II by Schoenberg.
9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge: trace the classical theme behind a well-known song.
10am
Sarah's guest this week is the comedian, actress and writer Helen Lederer. Helen is a familiar face on the British comedy scene and is well known for her stand-up shows as well as for her role as Catriona in the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. She recently released her first novel, Losing It, which has been shortlisted for the Edinburgh First Book Award. Helen will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music every day at
10am.
10.30am
During the BBC Proms 2015, Sarah takes a look at the Proms season from a century ago and plays music that reflects a time when concert programmes were quite different from those of today. This week's line-up includes the French national anthem and two works so popular that they appeared more than once in the season: Mendelssohn's overture Ruy Blas and Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2.
11am
Sarah's artist of the week - in the week of his BBC Proms appearance - is the boundlessly energetic Valery Gergiev, Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. Throughout the week Sarah will be sharing recordings of his interpretations of works by composers including Berlioz, Mahler and Tchaikovsky.
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 74 ('Pathétique')
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b063djzl)
The Three Choirs Festival at 300
Summing Up...
Donald Macleod concludes his survey of the 300-year history of the Three Choirs festival: not in one of the great cathedrals of Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester, but in one of Hereford's most historic pubs, the Black Lion. There he talks to the Reverend Stephen Williams about the pub's central role in the earliest days of the festival.
Donald also assesses the role of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford in helping to re-establish the festival after the First World War, and unearths a moment of comedy when Ethel Smyth was rehearsing her Mass in Gloucester Cathedral. The series ends with music that lies at the heart of the Three Choirs tradition - Elgar's Dream of Gerontius.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b063dkk1)
The Three Choirs Festival at 300
Episode 4
Radio 3 visits one of the world's oldest music festivals, as it celebrates its tercentenary in 2015.
Steven Osborne presents another Beethoven piano sonata at Holy Trinity Church in Hereford, while the Wihan Quartet perform Haydn and Beethoven at Leominster Priory.
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 90
Steven Osborne, piano
Haydn: String Quartet in G Op 54 No 1
Beethoven: String Quartet Op 18 No 4
Wihan Quartet.
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b063dknf)
Proms 2015 Repeats
Prom 15: Prokofiev, Qigang Chen and Rachmaninov
Afternoon on 3 - Presented by Penny Gore
Another chance to hear Wednesday's Prom, opening with Prokofiev's bright and joyous 'Classical' Symphony, which surprised critics of the young firebrand composer with its formal elegance. It's paired with Rachmaninov's Second Symphony - beloved for its intimate, lyrical slow movement. Rachmaninov might be the original composer of the 'big tune', but it's an instinct China's Qigang Chen - a pupil of Messiaen - shares. East and West come together for his evocative Iris dévoilée, pairing traditional Chinese instruments with Western harmonies.
Presented by Katie Derham at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, 'Classical'
Qigang Chen: Iris dévoilée
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor
Meng Meng (soprano)
Anu Komsi (soprano)
Piia Komsi (soprano)
Jia Li (pipa)
Jing Chang (zheng)
Nan Wang (erhu)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang (conductor)
Followed by great recordings from some of this week's Proms Artists.
FRI 16:30 In Tune (b063dkwv)
Francesco Piemontesi, Vadym Kholodenko, Sophie Hunter & Andrew Staples
Suzy Klein with a lively mix of music, chat and arts news. She's joined by pianist Francesco Piemontesi ahead of his appearance at the BBC Proms.
FRI 18:00 Composer of the Week (b063djzl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 19:00 BBC Proms (b063dms1)
Prom 18
Prom 18 (part 1): Katia and Marielle Labeque
Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's epic 7th Symphony. Katia and Marielle Labèque play Mozart's E flat Concerto for two pianos. Live at the BBC Proms
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Donald Macleod
Mozart: Concerto in E flat major for two pianos, K365
7.30 pm INTERVAL
7.50 pm
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, 'Leningrad'
Katia Labèque (piano)
Marielle Labèque (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)
Sisters Katia and Marielle Labèque perform Mozart's concerto for two pianos as a complement to our focus on the composer's late piano concertos. Written in the 1770s for Mozart and his own sister 'Nannerl' to perform, it's a work that delights in the interplay of dialogue, with a slow movement that is a tender conversation between friends. Intimacy gives way to epic gestures in Shostakovich's sprawling 'Leningrad' Symphony - one of the giants of the symphonic repertoire, and a passionate musical testament to the 25 million Soviet citizens killed in the Second World War.
[This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 4th August at
2pm].
FRI 19:30 BBC Proms (b063dms3)
Proms Extra
Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony
Tom Service hosts an exploration of the historical context of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony, the 'Leningrad' - with guests Marina Frolova-Walker and David Fanning. Recorded earlier at the Royal College of Music.
FRI 19:50 BBC Proms (b063dms5)
Prom 18
Prom 18 (part 2): Katia and Marielle Labeque
Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's epic 7th Symphony. Katia and Marielle Labèque play Mozart's E flat Concerto for two pianos. Live at the BBC Proms
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Donald Macleod
Mozart: Concerto in E flat major for two pianos, K365
7.30 pm INTERVAL
7.50 pm
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, 'Leningrad'
Katia Labèque (piano)
Marielle Labèque (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)
Sisters Katia and Marielle Labèque perform Mozart's concerto for two pianos as a complement to our focus on the composer's late piano concertos. Written in the 1770s for Mozart and his own sister 'Nannerl' to perform, it's a work that delights in the interplay of dialogue, with a slow movement that is a tender conversation between friends. Intimacy gives way to epic gestures in Shostakovich's sprawling 'Leningrad' Symphony - one of the giants of the symphonic repertoire, and a passionate musical testament to the 25 million Soviet citizens killed in the Second World War.
[This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 4th August at
2pm].
FRI 21:30 Sunday Feature (b04k7zf9)
Global Classical Music - A New World Symphony
Education - 30 Million Young Pianists
From the much heralded success of El Sistema in South America to the overwhelming numbers of Chinese instrumentalists and the new projects in India and the Middle East, everyone agrees that the sustained growth of Classical music around the world depends on Education. In the final programme of the series looking at the new classical music world order Petroc Trelawny explores the different approaches to music and finds that one size does not fit all.
He talks to Chinese teachers and performers about the technical brilliance being achieved but the desire to develop a sense of ensemble and performance; he visits new schools in India, where the systems and notations of classical music are being harnessed to work alongside the powerful Indian musical traditions and the industrial production requirements of Bollywood, and he assesses the lasting impact of Venezuela's El Sistema and its impact elsewhere in South America.
Thus far the very highest levels of musical ambition still require students to head back to the heartland of the Western Classical tradition. Academies and Conservatoires in Britain, America, Germany and Russia are luring ambitious musicians from across the globe. A significant change in recent years is the number who then return home to share the skills they've developed and to encourage a new self-confidence and maturity.
But, as Petroc discovers, there's another more pressing concern for those passionate about classical music and that's the less straightforward education of audiences.
Producer: Tom Alban.
FRI 22:15 BBC Proms (b063dms7)
2015
Prom 19: Alina Ibragimova plays Bach
Live at the BBC Proms, the first of two late-night concerts in which Alina Ibragimova performs all six of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin, BWV 1001
Bach: Partita No. 1 in B minor for solo violin, BWV 1002
Bach: Sonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin, BWV 1003
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
When you place a single, solo instrumentalist in the Royal Albert Hall, a peculiar alchemy occurs.
Suddenly the huge space becomes charged with a collective energy, a concentration that amplifies the emotions and gestures of the music performed. When that happens at a Late Night Prom, it's particularly magical. Violinist Alina Ibragimova, making the first of several appearances this season, takes us back to what can seem like the purest expression of music, performing Bach's complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, split across two concerts (see also Prom 21).
FRI 23:45 World on 3 (b063dms9)
WOMAD 2015 Highlights: Kasse Mady Diabate, Mbongwana Star, The Soil
Mary Ann Kennedy, Lopa Kothari and studio guest Andy Morgan introduce some of their highlights from last weekend's WOMAD festival, with music from Kasse Mady Diabate, Mbongwana Star and The Soil.
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
16:00 SUN (b063d7x4)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 MON (b063dgkg)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 TUE (b063dkmp)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 WED (b063dkmr)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 THU (b063dkn2)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 FRI (b063dknf)
BBC Proms
15:00 SAT (b063d52d)
BBC Proms
19:00 SAT (b063d5hx)
BBC Proms
20:20 SAT (b063d5hz)
BBC Proms
20:40 SAT (b063d5j1)
BBC Proms
13:00 SUN (b062jlwm)
BBC Proms
19:30 SUN (b063d9c3)
BBC Proms
20:20 SUN (b063d9c5)
BBC Proms
20:40 SUN (b063d9c7)
BBC Proms
13:00 MON (b063dgkd)
BBC Proms
19:30 MON (b063dgnw)
BBC Proms
20:20 MON (b063dgny)
BBC Proms
20:40 MON (b063dgp0)
BBC Proms
22:00 MON (b063dh34)
BBC Proms
19:00 TUE (b063dl49)
BBC Proms
20:00 TUE (b063dl4f)
BBC Proms
20:20 TUE (b063dl4h)
BBC Proms
20:50 TUE (b063dl4c)
BBC Proms
21:10 TUE (b063dmx4)
BBC Proms
18:30 WED (b063dlsf)
BBC Proms
19:30 WED (b063dlsh)
BBC Proms
19:50 WED (b063dlsk)
BBC Proms
22:15 WED (b063dlwc)
BBC Proms
19:30 THU (b063dm1r)
BBC Proms
20:20 THU (b063dm1w)
BBC Proms
20:40 THU (b063dm1y)
BBC Proms
19:00 FRI (b063dms1)
BBC Proms
19:30 FRI (b063dms3)
BBC Proms
19:50 FRI (b063dms5)
BBC Proms
22:15 FRI (b063dms7)
Breakfast
07:00 SAT (b063cwqk)
Breakfast
07:00 SUN (b063d6nw)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (b063dgk6)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (b063djk0)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (b063djk2)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (b063djk4)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (b063djkd)
CD Review
09:00 SAT (b063f1jc)
Choral Evensong
15:00 SUN (b062k1r1)
Choral Evensong
15:30 WED (b063dlsc)
Composer of the Week
12:00 MON (b063dgkb)
Composer of the Week
18:30 MON (b063dgkb)
Composer of the Week
12:00 TUE (b063djzd)
Composer of the Week
18:00 TUE (b063djzd)
Composer of the Week
12:00 WED (b063djzg)
Composer of the Week
12:00 THU (b063djzj)
Composer of the Week
18:30 THU (b063djzj)
Composer of the Week
12:00 FRI (b063djzl)
Composer of the Week
18:00 FRI (b063djzl)
Essential Classics
09:00 MON (b063dgk8)
Essential Classics
09:00 TUE (b063djqv)
Essential Classics
09:00 WED (b063djqx)
Essential Classics
09:00 THU (b063djr9)
Essential Classics
09:00 FRI (b063djry)
In Tune
16:30 MON (b063dgkj)
In Tune
16:30 TUE (b063dkwn)
In Tune
16:30 WED (b063dkwq)
In Tune
16:30 THU (b063dkws)
In Tune
16:30 FRI (b063dkwv)
Jazz Line-Up
18:00 SAT (b05tm4hm)
Jazz Record Requests
17:00 SAT (b063d575)
Jazz on 3
23:00 MON (b063dh36)
Late Junction
23:00 TUE (b063dl65)
Late Junction
23:45 WED (b063dlwf)
Late Junction
23:00 THU (b063dmgb)
New Generation Artists
12:15 SAT (b063f58p)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 SAT (b063d3f6)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 TUE (b063dkjs)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 WED (b063dkjx)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 THU (b063dkjz)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 FRI (b063dkk1)
Sound of Cinema
14:00 SAT (b063d52b)
Sunday Feature
21:15 WED (b04hvrqj)
Sunday Feature
22:00 THU (b04jmrnm)
Sunday Feature
21:30 FRI (b04k7zf9)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (b063d6ny)
The Early Music Show
14:00 SUN (b063d7mt)
The Essay
22:45 MON (b03j9mcx)
The Essay
22:30 TUE (b03j9nht)
The Essay
22:45 TUE (b03j9nhy)
The Essay
22:45 THU (b03j9nj0)
Through the Night
01:00 SAT (b062k71z)
Through the Night
01:00 SUN (b063d6nq)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (b063dgk4)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (b063dhpl)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (b063dhpn)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (b063dhpq)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (b063dhps)
Words and Music
18:15 SUN (b063d81y)
World on 3
22:30 SAT (b063d5q5)
World on 3
11:30 SUN (b063d6p0)
World on 3
21:45 SUN (b063d9dw)
World on 3
23:45 FRI (b063dms9)