John Shea presents the first of two concerts from the 2015 Vilabertran Schubertiade Festival in Catalonia, featuring Schubert's Winterreise.
Nikolaj Znaider (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
Simon Standage (violin), Ensemble Il Tempo: Agata Sapiecha (violin and artistic director), Maria Dudzik (violin), Marcin Zalewski (viola da gamba), Lilianna Stawarz (harpsichord)
Graham Pushee (countertenor), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (artistic director)
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) arr. Trayanov, Stefan
Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque arr. for flute, harp, viola & piano (orig. for piano solo)
Canon in D major arr. for 3 violins
Eckart Sellheim (fortepiano), Collegium Aureum, Franzjosef Maier (conductor)
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963) orch. Sir Lennox Berkeley
Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Enrique Garcia Asensio (conductor).
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
My favourite... old-world cellists. Rob delves into the archives of great cellists from the past, including recordings by Maurice Gendron, Daniil Shafran, Gregor Piatigorsky, Emanuel Feuermann and Paul Tortelier, in repertoire by Fauré, Beethoven and Haydn.
Take part in today's music-related challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery person.
Rob's guest this week is the poet, playwright, and broadcaster Ian McMillan. Well known for presenting Radio 3's The Verb, and for his strong Barnsley accent, Ian is a popular performance poet who tours the country with his poetry shows. The most recent of his many books, Neither Nowt nor Summat: In Search of the Meaning of Yorkshire, is an exploration of his beloved home county. Ian will be talking about his life and poetry, and sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, every day at
Rob places Music in Time. The spotlight is on the Romantic period as Rob explores the rise in the virtuosity of works for piano with Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor.
Rob's artist of the week is the conductor Daniel Harding. Harding was the protégée of Simon Rattle in his youth and first conducted the Berlin Philharmonic when he was just 21 years old. He went on to have great success, both at home and abroad, and especially in Germany, developing a special enthusiasm for Romantic and 20th-century repertoire. Throughout the week Rob explores Harding's interpretations of works including Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto, Mahler's Sixth Symphony and Scenes from Goethe's Faust by Schumann.
Symphony No. 6: Andante moderato; Scherzo
He was showered with gifts by royalty and the nobility, and was more popular than Mozart in the world of opera, this week Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Domenico Cimarosa.
In 1772 Cimarosa made his debut as an opera composer in Naples with a comic work called Le stravaganze del conte (The Eccentricities of the Count). It was an immediate success and he went on to compose around sixty operas throughout his career. Cimarosa was also working as a freelance organist, keyboard player and director of the choir in one of the Neapolitan churches. By 1776, he was exceptionally busy with three operas being premiered in Naples, including La finta frascatana, which included the unusual addition of two flutes to the orchestra. Later, in 1793, he composed a concerto for two flutes.
By the late 1770s, Cimarosa had been commissioned to write an opera for Rome. This was called I'Italiana in Londra (the Italian Girl in London).Within two years it had also been produced in Dresden, Prague, Warsaw, Trieste, and Ghent. It then went on to Vienna, Versailles, Paris, St Petersburg and London. Cimarosa had now clearly made his mark on a world stage.
Penny Gore introduces concert performances from this leading chamber music festival, founded by the baritone Hermann Prey in 1976 in the small town of Hohenems, in Vorarlberg, the westernmost part of Austria.
The roster of artists appearing at the festival reads like a "Who's Who" of the lieder and chamber music scene. And alongside established figures, the festival fosters younger talent, heard today in Schubert's late Piano Trio.
Schubert: Der 23. Psalm, D706
Penny Gore continues a week of performances and recordings from the BBC Philharmonic. Today's programme includes Berlioz's lively Beatrice and Benedict Overture and Brahms's lyrical Violin Concerto performed by James Ehnes from a concert given at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. As part of Afternoon on 3's Southern Hemisphere theme, there's another piece by Argentinian composer Ginastera, his Pampeana No 3. Plus a performance of Bruckner's Fourth Symphony, known as the 'Romantic'.
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Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news, with live performance from conductor Crispin Lewis and his ensemble The Musicall Compass and music from Tomas Luis de Victoria's Requiem Mass 1605, as they look forward to a new collaboration with guitarist Laura Snowden.
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Mendelssohn, including the complete incidental music to Midsummer Night's Dream, marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, with actors from the Guildhall School.
The evening begins with the youthful exuberance of Mendelssohn's Symphony No 1, composed in 1824 when Mendelssohn was just 15 years old. Two years later, Mendelssohn, who adored Shakespeare's writings, composed his concert overture based on A Midsummer Night's Dream. The overture was immediately acclaimed as a masterpiece and, many years later, he was made an offer he couldn't refuse by the King of Prussia to provide a score for an entire production of the Shakespeare play in 1843.
Followed by a glimpse into Adopt a Composer - Making Music's scheme pairing composers with performing groups from around the country.
Tonight, the Cobweb Orchestra works on Michael Betteridge's Against the Clock.
Tom Shakespeare, film director Peter Greenaway and art historian Matthijs Ilsink join Matthew Sweet in Holland for an exhibition marking the 500th anniversary of the death of artist Hieronymus Bosch. Matthew also talks to Plebaan Geertjan van Rossem, priest at St John's Cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch, to get a religious perspective on Bosch's work.
Het Noordbrabants Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, Holland, presents the Jheronimus Bosch - Visions of a Genius exhibition from February 13 to May 8, 2016. 20 paintings (panels and triptychs) and 19 drawings are on display.
You might also be interested listening to Saturday 13 February, 1302-1500: Saturday Classics: Ahead of his BBC4 series Renaissance Unchained, art critic Waldemar Januszczak conjures up the sound world of this epoch of huge passions and powerful religious emotions across all of Europe. The term 'Renaissance', or 'rinascita', was coined by Giorgio Vasari in 16th-century Florence, and his assertion that it had fixed origins in Italy has since influenced all of art history. But what of Flanders, Germany and the rest of Northern Europe? Waldemar presents music from the time of the Renaissance greats: Jan Van Eyck, Hans Memling, Albrecht Dürer, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo and El Greco.
Inspired by medieval morality plays, Al Smith takes a look at the most venous of sins, Pride. Rebecca Front stars as the Head of an exclusive school encountering an old pupil.
Mrs Eve is the head of an exclusive public school instilling pride and ambition in their pupils, but her lack of respect for one of her former charges is the basis of a shaming encounter.
The second of five stories inspired by the medieval morality plays introduced by Dr Sue Niebrzydowski, Senior Lecturer in Medieval English Literature at Bangor University.
Six of radio's most talented playwrights (Lin Coghlan, Roy Williams, Duncan Macmillan and Effie Woods, Al Smith and Lizzie Nunnery) explore how contemporary attitudes to morality have changed.
In medieval times allegorical plays such as 'Mankind' and 'Everyman' were used to warn audiences that how they lived in the present would affect their afterlife - whether they would end up in Hell, Purgatory or Heaven. But in a secular age how do we deal with the nature of sins and virtues? Our attitude to good and evil is certainly less black and white. Is it bad to be proud, don't we deserve respect? Can't anger be used to promote change for the better and isn't envy what drives our materialistic lifestyle? These five tales explore our attitudes to these questions through the character of 'Eve', a 21st-century Everywoman, played by Rebecca Front.
Rebecca Front is a BAFTA winning actress best known for her comedy work in The Thick of It, Alan Partridge, Grandma's House and Psychobitches.
Rebecca can currently be seen in BBC1's War and Peace.
Tom Hughes played the lead in The Game, and was also recently seen in Page Eight and Dancing On The Edge.
Al Smith is the winner of the Sunday Times Playwriting Award. His most recent play, Harrogate, won rave reviews and will be seen later this year in London.
Too late for Valentines Day, but Max Reinhardt's confection includes Five Postcards by Errollyn Wallen, a traditional love song from Fay Hield, a historic encounter in Bishopsgate between the exploratory jazz of Wadada Leo Smith and the exploratory pianos of John Tilbury, a traditional song recorded in Bali 90 years ago and another recorded in Odessa over 100 years ago, Mauritian Sega music and yet another love song, this time from Dutch iconoclasts Zea.
WEDNESDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2016
WED 00:30 Through the Night (b0704v7l)
Schubert's Schwanengesang at the 2015 Vilabertran Schubertiade
John Shea presents the second of two concerts from the 2015 Vilabertran Schubertiade featuring Schubert's Schwanengesang with baritone Oddur Jonsson.
12:31 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (Author)
Gesänge des Harfners, from Wilhelm Meister (D. 478)
Oddur Jonsson (Baritone), Júlia Pujol (Piano)
12:43 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Schwanengesang (D.957)
Oddur Jonsson (Baritone), Júlia Pujol (Piano)
1:34 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Symphony No.9 (D.944) in C major "The Great"
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (Conductor)
2:26 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
An den Mond (Fullest wieder Busch und Tal) (D.259)
Christoph Preéardien (Tenor), Andreas Staier (Piano)
2:31 AM
Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959)
The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Róbert Stankovský (Conductor)
2:52 AM
Vladigerov, Pancho (1899-1978)
Vardar - Rhapsodie bulgare (Op.16)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Milen Nachev (Conductor)
3:03 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor (K.466)
Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje Tonnesen (Conductor)
3:34 AM
Andriessen, Hendrik (1892-1981)
Qui habitat
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Uwe Gronostay (Director)
3:43 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)
Sonata (Kk. 87) in B minor
Eduard Kunz (Piano)
3:48 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Andante Festivo for strings and timpani
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Hannu Koivula (Conductor)
3:54 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Impromptu No.2 in E Flat, D899
Rudolf Buchbinder (Piano)
3:59 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Rondo in C major (K.373)
James Ehnes (Violin), Mozart Anniversary Orchestra
4:05 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750),
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV.1048
European Union Baroque Orchestra, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (Conductor)
4:17 AM
Couperin, François (1668-1733)
Allemande
Tor Espen Aspaas, Sveinung Bjelland (Piano Duo)
4:21 AM
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
Pan and Syrinx (Op.49)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR, Michael Schonwandt (Conductor)
4:31 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Overture in the Italian Style (D.590)
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marcello Viotti (Conductor)
4:39 AM
Pokorný, Frantisek Xaver (1729-1794)
Concerto for Horn, Timpani and Strings in D major
Radek Baborák (Horn), Prague Chamber Orchestra, Antonín Hradil (Conductor)
4:55 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Sonata in A minor for keyboard (Wq.57'2)
Pavel Kolesnikov (Piano)
5:05 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Divertimento in D major (KV.136)
Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Bohdan Warchal (Conductor)
5:17 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872), arr. Wiechowicz, Stanislaw & Mazynski, Piotr
4 Choral Songs
Polish Radio Choir, Marek Kluza (Director)
5:25 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Quartet No. 12 in F major Op.96 (American) for strings
Escher Quartet
5:50 AM
Larsson, Lars-Erik (1908-1986)
Pastoral Suite (Op.19)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (Conductor)
6:04 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
3 Lieder, arr. for cello and piano
Sol Gabetta (Cello), Bertrand Chamayou (Piano)
6:12 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Die Sommernacht (D. 289b)
Oddur Jonsson (Baritone), Júlia Pujol (Piano)
6:16 AM
Horneman, Christian Frederik Emil (1840-1906)
Ouverture til Helteliv
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt (Conductor).
WED 06:30 Breakfast (b070d12z)
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 (b070d2g8)
Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Ian McMillan
9am
My favourite... old-world cellists. Rob delves into the archives of great cellists from the past, including recordings by Maurice Gendron, Daniil Shafran, Gregor Piatigorsky, Emanuel Feuermann and Paul Tortelier, in repertoire by Fauré, Beethoven and Haydn.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.
10am
Rob's guest this week is the poet, playwright, and broadcaster Ian McMillan. Well known for presenting Radio 3's The Verb, and for his strong Barnsley accent, Ian is a popular performance poet who tours the country with his poetry shows. The most recent of his many books, Neither Nowt nor Summat: In Search of the Meaning of Yorkshire, is an exploration of his beloved home county. Ian will be talking about his life and poetry, and sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, every day at
10am.
10:30am
Rob places Music in Time. Rob heads to the disco to discover how clubbing music influenced the Modern composer Thomas Adès's orchestral work Asyla.
11am
Rob's artist of the week is the conductor Daniel Harding. Harding was the protégée of Simon Rattle in his youth and first conducted the Berlin Philharmonic when he was just 21 years old. He went on to have great success, both at home and abroad, and especially in Germany, developing a special enthusiasm for Romantic and 20th-century repertoire. Throughout the week Rob explores Harding's interpretations of works including Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto, Mahler's Sixth Symphony and Scenes from Goethe's Faust by Schumann.
Schumann
Scenes from Goethe's Faust: Faust's Transfiguration
Christiane Karg (soprano)
Mari Eriksmoen (soprano)
Bernarda Fink (mezzo)
Andrew Staples (tenor)
Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Alastair Miles (bass)
Tareq Nazmi (bass)
Kurt Rydl (bass)
Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor).
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b070hsf8)
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801)
Collaborating with Metastasio
He was showered with gifts by royalty and the nobility, and was more popular than Mozart in the world of opera, this week Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Domenico Cimarosa.
By 1780 Cimarosa was well established on the international opera stage. He was asked to compose a serious work for the opera season in Rome, which turned out to be his Cajo Mario. Commissions were coming in fast, and he was soon to set his first text by the famed poet and librettist, Pietro Metastasio. Metastasio's story of Alessandro nell'Indie had already been tackled by the likes of Hasse, Handel and J. C. Bach. Cimarosa was also appointed Director of Music for the Ospedaletto, where he taught the girls music and directed the choir. He may also have taught them chamber music, performing some of his own works such as his Quartet No 3 in D major.
Further librettos by Metastasio came Cimarosa's way, including L'eroe cinesi, and in 1784 L'Olimpiade, which was another huge success. That same year saw Cimarosa, without his wife, having a break in a villa near Lake Como. It was here where he met Antonia, the daughter of a neighbouring family, and a holiday romance ensued. It was not to last as Cimarosa was soon back in Naples composing more works for the stage. It wasn't all operas around this time; he also composed a comic cantata called Il Maestro di Cappella, where the vocal soloist, playing the role of a pompous conductor, insults his orchestra by taking them through the music bar by bar.
Cajo Mario (Overture)
Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä
Patrick Gallois, conductor
Quartet No 3 in D major (Tempo di menuetto)
Laura Pontecorvo, flute
Members of L'Arte dell'Arco
L'Olimpiade (Act III Aria: Non sò donde viene)
Nicholas Phan (Clistene), tenor
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Markellos Chryssicos, conductor
Sonata in C major R.19
Victor Sangiorgio, piano
Sonata in G major R.20
Victor Sangiorgio, piano
Il Maestro di Cappella
William Berger, baritone
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Producer Luke Whitlock.
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b070htrk)
Schubertiade in Hohenems 2015
Episode 2
The Hohenems Schubertiade 2015.
Penny Gore introduces concert performances from this leading chamber music festival, founded by the baritone Hermann Prey in 1976 in the small town of Hohenems, in Vorarlberg, the westernmost part of Austria.
Today Igor Levit plays the first of three Beethoven piano sonatas you can hear in this week's programmes, and an all-star cast of singers join forces in Schubert part songs - the beginning of a year-long project to perform all his songs at the Schubertiade.
Schubert: Das Abendrot (Der Abend bluht, der Westen gluht), D236; Das Leben, D269; Im Gegenwätigen Vergangenes, D710
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 17 in D minor, Op 31 No 2 (Tempest)
Igor Levit (piano)
Schubert: Mondenschein, D875; Coronach, D836; Ständchen, D920
Mojca Erdmann (soprano),
Juliane Banse (soprano),
Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano),
Martin Mitterrutzner (tenor),
Maximilian Schmitt (tenor),
Sophie Rennert (contralto),
Benjamin Appl (baritone),
Andrè Schuen (baritone),
David Steffens (bass),
Helmut Deutsch and Graham Johnson (pianos)
Photo of singers and Graham Johnson (c) Schubertiade Gmb 2015.
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b070hy26)
BBC Philharmonic
Episode 3
Penny Gore continues a week of performances and recording by the BBC Philharmonic. Today's programme features more in Afternoon on 3's Southern Hemisphere theme - A cry from a world aflame by the South African-born composer John Simon. Plus Tasmin Little joins the orchestra for Mendelssohn's sprightly Violin Concerto, and Yutaka Sado conducts Tchaikovsky's fate-ridden Fourth Symphony.
2pm
John Simon: A cry from a world aflame (first performance)
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgards (conductor)
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2.10pm
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
Tasmin Little (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
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2.40pm
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 in F minor
BBC Philharmonic
Yutaka Sado (conductor).
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b0705754)
Royal Holloway, University of London, at St Bartholomew the Great, London
Live from the Church of St Bartholomew the Great, London, and sung by the Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London, with Fretwork
Introit: Lord, grant grace (Gibbons)
Responses: Tomkins
Psalm 89 (Boyce, Marsh, Morley)
First Lesson: Jeremiah 5 vv.20-31
Canticles: First Service (Morley)
Second Lesson: John 5 vv.30-47
Anthem: How long wilt thou forget me? (Ward)
Hymn: Love of the Father (Song 22)
Voluntary: In nomine (Byrd)
Rupert Gough (Director of Choral Music)
James Kealey (Senior Organ Scholar).
WED 16:30 In Tune (b07053nq)
Doric String Quartet, Rivka Golani, Ramona Big Head, Angelo Villani
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news, including live music from the Doric String Quartet as they prepare for two concerts at the Wigmore Hall in London exploring Joseph Haydn's Op. 76 quartets. The violist Rivka Golani and Blackfoot playwright and academic Ramona Big Head talk about their forthcoming event at the Royal Naval Chapel, Greenwich. And lastly the Italian pianist Angelo Villani plays live in the studio.
WED 18:30 Composer of the Week (b070hsf8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
WED 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b070541m)
BBC Philharmonic
The BBC Philharmonic is conducted by its Chief Conductor Juanjo Mena in Shostakovich's powerful Leningrad Symphony. They are joined by soloist Dejan Lazic for Bartok's characterful Third Piano Concerto.
From the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Presented by Stuart Flinders
Bartok: Piano Concerto No 3
7.55 Interval Music on CD: Shostakovich String Quartet No.8 played by the Fitzwilliam String Quartet
8.15
Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 (Leningrad)
Dejan Lazic (piano)
Juanjo Mena (conductor)
BBC Philharmonic
Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony, dedicated to the city of Leningrad, was written at a time of unimaginable horror in the city. Under siege from the Nazis, hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives in inhumane conditions. Most of the work was written while Shostakovich was resident in the city, and the Leningrad Symphony continues to speak, with directness and impact, of the brutality of war as well as the importance and power of the voice of the creative artist.
The programme begins with Bartok's characterful and energetic Third Piano Concerto, performed by Croatian-born Dejan Lazic.
WED 22:00 Free Thinking (b07054cw)
Delacroix, Petain, de Gaulle, Jonathan Lynn
Jonathan Lynn, author of Yes, Minister talks to Philip Dodd about his new play Patriotic Traitor which imagines the relationship between Petain and de Gaulle as that of father and son and follows them from their first meeting in World War I to the end of the Second World War, by which time, each had sentenced the other to death.
Suhdir Hazareesingh, author of In The Shadow of the General: Modern France and the Myth of de Gaulle, and writer and political columnist, Anne Elizabeth Moutet join Daniel Lee, New Generation Thinker and author of Pétain's Jewish Children to discuss with Philip Dodd the different notions of France that Petain and de Gaulle fought for and their post-war legacies.
And as a new exhibition Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art opens at London's National Gallery, Philip Dodd talks to curator Christopher Riopelle about the romantic pessmism of Eugene Delacroix and his visions for both art and the future of society.
The Patriotic Traitor is at the Park Theatre in London from February 17th to March 19th.
Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art is the National Gallery in London from February 17th to May 22nd.
Producer: Jacqueline Smith.
Main Image: 'Liberty Leading the People, 28 July 1830' - painting by Eugène Delacroix, 1830, commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of France.
WED 22:45 The Essay (b070hygh)
Modern Morality Tales
Envy
by Duncan MacMillan and Effie Woods. Inspired by medieval morality plays these stories take a look at sin in the modern world. Rebecca Front plays Eve, a character consumed by Envy.
Directed by Sally Avens
Invidia has gone for a job interview at her old school, but her nemesis, Helen Polidora, is interviewing for the same role. Helen who always beats her at everything. Will this time be different?
The third of five plays inspired by the medieval morality plays introduced by Dr Sue Niebrzydowski, Senior Lecturer in Medieval English Literature at Bangor University.
Six of radio's most talented playwrights (Lin Coghlan, Roy Williams, Duncan Macmillan and Effie Woods, Al Smith and Lizzie Nunnery) explore how contemporary attitudes to morality have changed.
In medieval times allegorical plays such as 'Mankind' and 'Everyman' were used to warn audiences that how they lived in the present would affect their afterlife - whether they would end up in Hell, Purgatory or Heaven. But in a secular age how do we deal with the nature of sins and virtues? Our attitude to good and evil is certainly less black and white. Is it bad to be proud, don't we deserve respect? Can't anger be used to promote change for the better and isn't envy what drives our materialistic lifestyle? These five tales explore our attitudes to these questions through the character of 'Eve', a 21st-century Everywoman, played by Rebecca Front.
Rebecca Front is a BAFTA winning actress best known for her comedy work in The Thick of It, Alan Partridge, Grandma's House and Psychobitches.
Rebecca can currently be seen in BBC1's War and Peace.
Duncan's most recent play, People, Places and Things, is transferring from a sold-out run at the National Theatre to the Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End in March. He writes here with his wife, actress and writer Effie Woods. They have previously written an Afternoon Drama together for Radio 4, The Golden Record.
His co-adaptation of George Orwell's 1984 with Rob Icke for Headlong/Nottingham Playhouse is playing at the Melbourne Festival in Australia after two runs at the Playhouse Theatre in the West End. His play Lungs (Atmen) is playing in rep at Schaubühne in Berlin, directed by Katie Mitchell. The Forbidden Zone is also in rep, directed by Katie Mitchell and will be playing at the Barbican in May 2016.
WED 23:00 Late Junction (b07055vh)
Wednesday - Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt summons up a Late Junction that includes contemporary classical guitar from Diego Castro Magas, guitar electronics from Nick Jonah Davis and a cappella gospel from The Spirit of Memphis Quartet. Plus a live interview with pianist and composer Matthew Bourne about his new album and tour Moogmemory, combining analogue electronics, minimalism and video synthesis. Matthew will even be giving Late Junction an exclusive play of one of his new tracks.
THURSDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2016
THU 00:30 Through the Night (b0704v7q)
BBC Proms 2014: Charles Dutoit conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
John Shea presents a concert from the 2014 BBC Proms featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit.
12:31 AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Le Carnaval romain - overture Op.9
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (Conductor)
12:40 AM
Walton, William (1902-1983)
Sinfonia Concertante for piano and orchestra
Danny Driver (Piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (Conductor)
12:58 AM
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936)
Feste Romane - symphonic poem
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (Conductor)
1:24 AM
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936)
Fontane di Roma - symphonic poem
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (Conductor)
1:41 AM
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936)
Pini di Roma - symphonic poem
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor)
2:02 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Sextet for piano and strings in D major, Op.110
Elise Batnes (Violin), Lars Anders Tomter (Viola), Johannes Gustavsson (Viola), Ernst Simon Glaser (Cello), Katrine Oigaard (Bass), Enrico Pace (Piano)
2:31 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)
Cello Sonata in D minor Op.40
Narek Hakhnazaryan (Cello), Katya Apekisheva (Piano)
3:00 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Sinfonia concertante (K.364)
Oyvind Bjora (Violin), Ilze Klava (Viola), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Mihail Jurowski (Conductor)
3:31 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto in G minor "per l'orchestra di Dresda"
Cappella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde (Conductor)
3:41 AM
Gassman, Florian Leopold (1729-1774)
Stabat Mater
Capella Nova Graz, Otto Kargl (Conductor)
3:54 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Royal Academy Soloists, Clio Gould (Conductor)
4:07 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Nocturne in D flat Op.27 No.2 for piano
Nelson Goerner (Piano)
4:13 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (BWV.230)
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Ivars Taurins (Conductor)
4:20 AM
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911)
Festival Polonaise - for orchestra (Op.12)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Philippe Jordan (Conductor)
4:31 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Overture and Prelude to Act II of Acis and Galatea K566
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Andrew Manze (Conductor)
4:41 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
3 arias: Heut zu Tage macht das Geld nur die Freunde in der Welt, from 'Der lachende Democritus, TWV 21:1';
Die Blumen deiner schönen Wangen, from 'Der unglückliche Alcmeon';
Zürne nicht, geliebte Seele, from 'Der gestürzte Epopeus'
Jan Kobow (Tenor), United Continuo Ensemble
4:46 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 -1827)
7 Variations on 'Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen' WoO.46 for cello and piano (from Mozart's "Die Zauberflote")
Sol Gabetta (Cello), Bertrand Chamayou (Piano)
4:55 AM
Durante, Francesco (1684-1755)
Concerto No.8 in A major 'La pazzia'
Concerto Köln
5:09 AM
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908)
May Night - overture
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
5:17 AM
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936)
Ancient Airs and Dances - Suite No. 3 for strings
I Cameristi Italiani
5:36 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No. 25 in G minor (K.183)
Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Adam Fischer (conductor)
6:01 AM
Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Pavane for orchestra (Op.50)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn (conductor)
6:08 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Sonata in B flat major Z.791 for 2 violins and continuo
Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)
6:15 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Keyboard Concerto No.7 in G minor (BWV.1058)
Angela Hewitt (piano), The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
THU 06:30 Breakfast (b070d131)
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 (b070d2gb)
Thursday - Rob Cowan with Ian McMillan
9am
My favourite... old-world cellists. Rob delves into the archives of great cellists from the past, including recordings by Maurice Gendron, Daniil Shafran, Gregor Piatigorsky, Emanuel Feuermann and Paul Tortelier, in repertoire by Fauré, Beethoven and Haydn.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: can you remember the television show that featured this piece of classical music?
10am
Rob's guest this week is the poet, playwright, and broadcaster Ian McMillan. Well known for presenting Radio 3's The Verb, and for his strong Barnsley accent, Ian is a popular performance poet who tours the country with his poetry shows. The most recent of his many books, Neither Nowt nor Summat: In Search of the Meaning of Yorkshire, is an exploration of his beloved home county. Ian will be talking about his life and poetry, and sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, every day at
10am.
10:30
Rob places Music in Time as he goes back to the Baroque to investigate Bach's use of recycled musical material in his sacred cantata Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir BWV 29.
11am
Rob's artist of the week is the conductor Daniel Harding. Harding was the protégée of Simon Rattle in his youth and first conducted the Berlin Philharmonic when he was just 21 years old. He went on to have great success, both at home and abroad, and especially in Germany, developing a special enthusiasm for Romantic and 20th-century repertoire. Throughout the week Rob explores Harding's interpretations of works including Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto, Mahler's Sixth Symphony and Scenes from Goethe's Faust by Schumann.
Bartok
Violin Concerto No. 2
Isabelle Faust (violin)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor).
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b070j26k)
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801)
The Russian Years
He was showered with gifts by royalty and the nobility, and was more popular than Mozart in the world of opera, this week Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Domenico Cimarosa.
With Cimarosa now an international celebrity, an offer of work arrived from the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia inviting him to be her Director of Music. In 1787 Cimarosa, with his family and servants, moved to St Petersburg. Not long after their arrival came news of the death of the Duchess of Serra, the wife of one of Cimarosa's Italian patrons. He composed a Requiem Mass in her memory, but Catherine the Great was not impressed with the work. Neither did she enjoy the operas Cimarosa composed whilst in Russia. She actively encouraged her Director of Music to enjoy the title of his job, take charge of music performances at court, but not to compose.
Whilst in Russia, Cimarosa did compose chamber music for the court, including his Sextet in G major. Fortunately, by 1791, his contract had come to an end and he decided to leave Russia. Travelling via Poland, Cimarosa and his family now made their way to Vienna where he was appointed Director of Music to the Imperial Court. Emperor Leopold II greatly appreciated Cimarosa's music, and commissioned him to write a new opera, Il matrimonio segreto, which has gone on to become the composer's most popular work for the stage.
Il sacrificio d'Abramo
Amanda Roocroft, (soprano)
Academy of St Martin-in-the-fields
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Requiem (Offertorium: Domine Jesu & Sanctus)
Montreux Festival Choir
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Vittorio Negri, conductor
Sextet in G major
Members of L'Arte dell'Arco
Il matrimonio segreto (Act II: Final Scene)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Geronimo), tenor
Julia Varady (Elisetta), soprano
Arleen Auger (Carolina), soprano
Julia Hamari (Fidalma), mezzo-soprano
Alberto Rinaldi (Il Conte Robinson), baritone
Ryland Davies (Paolino), tenor
English Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Producer Luke Whitlock.
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b0705240)
Schubertiade in Hohenems 2015
Episode 3
The Hohenems Schubertiade. Penny Gore introduces concert performances from this leading chamber music festival, including a Haydn string quartet and a piano sonata dedicated to Haydn by the young Beethoven.
Haydn: Quartet in B flat major. Op 76 No 4 (Sunrise)
The Jerusalem Quartet
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 3 in C major, Op 2 No 3
Igor Levit (piano)
Photo of Igor Levit (c) Schubertiade Gmb 2015.
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b070j32t)
Puccini's Il Trittico
Puccini - Gianni Schicchi
Penny Gore presents today's Opera Matinee; the last installment of Puccini's Trittico, Gianni Schicchi, recorded at the Royal Opera House in 2011. Buoso Donati dies and his devastated extended family gather round his bedside to mourn, and more importantly to find out what they've been left in his will. When it emerges that in fact he's left everything to the local monastery, the Donati family's only hope is that the wily Gianni Schicchi will come up with a plan. Combining farce with some beautifully poignant musical moments, Puccini's lighthearted comedy is performed by a cast including Lucio Gallo and Ekaterina Siurina, conducted by Antonio Pappano.
Plus more from this week's featured orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic and a concert given in the Victoria Hall, Hanley which featured music by Walton, Bruch and Vaughan Williams.
2pm
Opera Matinee
Puccini Gianni Schicchi
Gianni Schicchi ..... Lucio Gallo (baritone)
Lauretta ..... Ekaterina Siurina (soprano)
Rinucchio ..... Francesco Demuro (tenor)
Zita ..... Elena Zilio (mezzo soprano)
Simone ..... Gwynne Howell (bass)
Nella ..... Rebecca Evans (soprano)
Gherardo ..... Alan Oke (tenor)
Ciesca ..... Marie McLaughlin (soprano)
Marco ..... Robert Poulton (baritone)
Betto ..... Jeremy White (bass)
Spinellocchio ..... Henry Waddington (bass baritone)
Amantio ..... Enrico Fissore (bass)
Pinellino .... Daniel Grice (bass baritone)
Guccio ..... John Molloy (bass)
Buoso ..... Peter Curtis (actor)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
c.
2.55pm
Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
c.
3.35pm
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5
Tasmin Little (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Leo Hussain (conductor).
THU 16:30 In Tune (b07053ns)
Jennifer Pike, The English Concert, Peter Oundjian
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news, with live music from violinist Jennifer Pike marking the release of her new recording of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Also performing live, The English Concert director Harry Bicket, soprano Erin Morley and mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke ahead of their Handel Orlando tour, plus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra Music Director, Peter Oundjian, talks to Sean from Glasgow.
THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b070j26k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
THU 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b0705421)
Philharmonia Orchestra - Mozart, Debussy, Ravel
Alain Altinoglu conducts the Philharmonia in music by Debussy and Ravel. David Frayjoins them for Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24, K491.
Live from the Royal Festival Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Ravel: Suite, Ma Mère l'Oye
Debussy: La Mer
8.15pm
Interval Music: Bach's French Suite in d minor played on a CD recording by tonight's soloist, David Fray.
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491
Ravel: La Valse
David Fray, piano
Alain Altinoglu, conductor
French conductor Alain Altinoglu, a regular with the Metropolitan Opera, New York and Wiener Staatsoper, makes his Philharmonia début conducting favourite impressionist works along with one of Mozart's finest concertos.
THU 22:00 Free Thinking (b07054cy)
Utopianism in Politics
Is politics about building a better world, or simply the art of the possible? In a special debate recorded at the London School of Economics to mark the anniversary of Thomas More's Utopia, politicians and historians debate the balance between idealism and realism in politics, international relations and political history. Chaired by Anne McElvoy. With
Justin Champion, Professor of the History of Early Modern Ideas at Royal Holloway, University of London
Dr John Guy, Fellow of Clare College, University of Cambridge
Kwasi Kwarteng, MP for Spelthorne
Gisela Stuart, MP for Birmingham Edgbaston
Utopia is a work of fiction and political philosophy by Thomas More published in 1516 in Latin. The LSE literature festival which runs from February 22nd - 27th is themed on the idea of Utopias.
THU 22:45 The Essay (b070j4h2)
Modern Morality Tales
Wrath
by Roy Williams. Inspired by the medieval morality plays. Rebecca Front stars as Eve, whose anger at the inhuman nature of modern life moves her to an act of protest.
Directed by Sally Avens
Eve finds herself overcome with anger on the day that she is made redundant.
But does her anger necessarily have to have a destructive end?
The fourth of five stories inspired by the medieval morality plays introduced by Dr Sue Niebrzydowski, Senior Lecturer in Medieval English Literature at Bangor University.
Six of radio's most talented playwrights (Lin Coghlan, Al Smith, Duncan Macmillan and Effie Woods, Roy Williams and Lizzie Nunnery) explore how contemporary attitudes to morality have changed.
In medieval times allegorical plays such as 'Mankind' and 'Everyman' were used to warn audiences that how they lived in the present would affect their afterlife - whether they would end up in Hell, Purgatory or Heaven. But in a secular age how do we deal with the nature of sins and virtues? Our attitude to good and evil is certainly less black and white. Is it bad to be proud, don't we deserve respect? Can't anger be used to promote change for the better and isn't envy what drives our materialistic lifestyle? These five tales explore our attitudes to these questions through the character of 'Eve', a 21st-century Everywoman, played by Rebecca Front.
Rebecca Front is a BAFTA winning actress best known for her comedy work in The Thick of It, Alan Partridge, Grandma's House and Psychobitches.
Rebecca can currently be seen in BBC1's War and Peace.
Roy Williams OBE has won both the George Devine Award and the Evening Standard Award for most promising playwright. His many plays include Fallout, Sucker Punch and Clubland. His new play, Soul, about the final days of Marvin Gaye will open in May at the Derngate, Northampton, before transferring to the Hackney Empire.
THU 23:00 Late Junction (b07055vq)
Thursday - Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt hastens the departure of winter with electronica from Dental Work and indeed from Ryuichi Sakamoto with Christian Fennesz, a stirring new single from English folk diva Nancy Kerr and her Sweet Visitor Band, Orchestral Highlife from the The National Symphony Orchestra of Ghana, Moaning Blues from John Lee Hooker, radiantly exploratory punk infused ditties from Phall Fatale, Arvo Pärt's Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten and a Berlin-esque Bowie tune: Sons of the Silent Age.
FRIDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2016
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b0704v7v)
Ton Koopman conducts Beethoven and Mozart symphonies
Ton Koopman conducts the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra in symphonies by Beethoven and Mozart. With John Shea.
12:31 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Overture in C major to 'Il mondo della luna' - dramma giocoso in 3 acts, Hob. XXVIII:7
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Ton Koopman (conductor)
12:36 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.25 in G minor, K.183
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Ton Koopman (conductor)
12:59 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.36
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Ton Koopman (conductor)
1:34 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Concerto for 4 keyboards in A minor (BWV.1065) - from Vivaldi's Concerto for 4 violins (Op.3 No.10, RV.580)
Ton Koopman, Tini Mathot, Patrizia Marisaldi, Elina Mustonen (harpsichords), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman (director)
1:44 AM
Mancini, Francesco [1672-1727]
Missa Septimus for 5 part choir, soloists, strings and continuo
Claire Lefilliâtre (soprano), Marnix De Cat (alto), Han Warmelink (tenor), Currende, Erik van Nevel (conductor)
2:10 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Fantasia in F minor for piano duet (D.940)
Leon Fleisher & Katherine Jacobson Fleisher (piano duet)
2:31 AM
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
The Music Makers (Op.69)
Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano), Netherlands Radio Choir, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden (conductor)
3:11 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Violin Sonata no.1 in A major Op.13
Elena Urioste (violin), Michael Brown (piano)
3:34 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp [1681-1767]
Fantasy No.4 in B flat major for flute solo (TWV.40:2-13)
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
3:40 AM
Buxtehude, Dietrich [1637-1707]
Sonate IV for violin, viola da gamba and keyboard in B flat major (BuxWV.255)
Ensemble CordArte
3:48 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759]
Aria "Ombra mai fu" from Act 1 of the opera 'Serse'
Sergejs Jegers (countertenor), Sinfonietta Riga (Riga Sinfonietta Chamber Orchestra), Andris Veismanis (conductor)
3:52 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Die Braut von Messina - overture (Op.100)
The Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor)
4:01 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Sonata in C major, H.
16.48 for piano
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
4:13 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Concertino for oboe and wind ensemble in C major (arr. for trumpet)
Geoffrey Payne (trumpet), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz (conductor)
4:21 AM
Délibes, Leo (1836-1891)
Bell Song 'Où va la jeune Hindoue?' from Act 2 of 'Lakmé'
Tracy Dahl (soprano), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
4:31 AM
Kirnberger, Johann Philipp (1721-1783)
Sonata in C major for flute & basso continuo
Konrad Hünteler (flute), Wouter Möller (cello), Ton Koopman (harpsichord)
4:41 AM
Arcadelt, Jacques (c.1505-1568)
Il bianco e dolce cigno
Banchieri Singers, Dénes Szabó (conductor)
4:44 AM
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594)
Chanter je veux
Banchieri Singers, Dénes Szabó (conductor)
4:46 AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
Intermezzo in E major (No.4 from 7 Fantasies Op.116 for piano)
Barry Douglas (piano)
4:51 AM
Parker, Horatio William (1863-1919)
A Northern Ballad
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Julius Hegyi (conductor)
5:05 AM
Harrison, Lou (1917-2003)
Harp Suite (1952-1977)
David Tanenbaum (guitar), William Winant (tuned water bowls, finger cymbals and sistra), Scott Evans (tuned water bowls and drums), Joel Davel (drums)
5:21 AM
Barber, Samuel (1910-1981)
Violin Concerto (Op.14)
Dene Olding (violin), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Hiroyuki Iwaki (conductor)
5:45 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Humoreske for piano in B flat major (Op.20)
Ivetta Irkha (piano)
6:09 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Two arias: 'E vivo ancore...Scherza infida' (from Act 2 Scene 3) and 'Dopo notte' (from Act 3 scene 8) - from the opera "Ariodante"
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski (conductor).
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b070d135)
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 (b070d2gd)
Friday - Rob Cowan with Ian McMillan
9am
My favourite... old-world cellists. Rob delves into the archives of great cellists from the past, including recordings by Maurice Gendron, Daniil Shafran, Gregor Piatigorsky, Emanuel Feuermann and Paul Tortelier, in repertoire by Fauré, Beethoven and Haydn.
9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge: trace the classical theme behind a well-known song.
10am
Rob's guest this week is the poet, playwright, and broadcaster Ian McMillan. Well known for presenting Radio 3's The Verb, and for his strong Barnsley accent, Ian is a popular performance poet who tours the country with his poetry shows. The most recent of his many books, Neither Nowt nor Summat: In Search of the Meaning of Yorkshire, is an exploration of his beloved home county. Ian will be talking about his life and poetry, and sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, every day at
10am.
10:30
Rob places Music in Time as he showcases the earliest music written for sixty individual voice parts - the Renaissance composer Alessandro Striggio's Missa sopra 'Ecco si beato giorno'.
11am
Rob's artist of the week is the conductor Daniel Harding. Harding was the protégée of Simon Rattle in his youth and first conducted the Berlin Philharmonic when he was just 21 years old. He went on to have great success, both at home and abroad, and especially in Germany, developing a special enthusiasm for Romantic and 20th-century repertoire. Throughout the week Rob explores Harding's interpretations of works including Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto, Mahler's Sixth Symphony and Scenes from Goethe's Faust by Schumann.
Orff
Carmina Burana
Patricia Petibon (soprano)
Hans-Werner Bunz (tenor)
Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor).
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b070jg4m)
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801)
Banished from Naples
He was showered with gifts by royalty and the nobility, and was more popular than Mozart in the world of opera, this week Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Domenico Cimarosa.
When the Emperor Leopold II died, Cimarosa found himself out of a job. He made his way back to Naples where his opera Il Matrimonia Segreto was produced in honour of his return, and then ran for an unprecedented one hundred and ten consecutive evenings. Cimarosa now got down to completing further opera commissions including Le astuzie femminili and in 1797, Artemisia, regina de Caria. This second opera was one of the composers favourites, but it angered the King of Naples who had the theatre impresario and other production staff thrown into jail.
By 1799 there was unrest in Naples. This year saw the rise of the Parthenopean Republic and the King and his family fled to Sicily. Cimarosa composed a patriotic anthem for the new regime but political change was short lived. With the aid of Russian troops and the British fleet, King Ferdinando returned to Naples and Cimarosa now found himself on the wanted list. He went on the run, but eventually gave himself up. It was only through the special pleading of Lady Hamilton that Cimarosa found himself pardoned and not executed. However, he was now banished from Naples for the rest of his life. His final days were spent in Venice where he worked on his last opera, Artemisia. Cimarosa never finished this work, and after his death it received its premiere. The audience in tribute requested that the curtain should be lowered at the point where Cimarosa had written his last note.
Le astuzie femminili (Overture No.1)
Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä
Patrick Gallois, conductor
Le astuzie femminili (Scene II Act 4: Le figliole che so' di vent' anni)
Sesto Bruscantini, baritone
Orchestra della Radio Roma
Alberto Zedda, director
Requiem (Benedictus)
Montreux Festival Choir
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Vittorio Negri, conductor
Artemisia, regina di Caria (Overture)
Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä
Patrick Gallois, conductor
Artemisia (Entro quest'anima)
Amanda Roocroft, (soprano)
Academy of St Martin-in-the-fields
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Keyboard Concerto in B flat major
Andrea Coen, fortepiano
L'Arte dell'Arco
Federico Guglielmo, director
Producer Luke Whitlock.
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b070jj0w)
Schubertiade in Hohenems 2015
Episode 4
The Hohenems Schubertiade. Penny Gore presents this week's final selection of performances from the leading Austrian chamber music festival, now in its fortieth year.
Beethoven: Sonata No 26 in E flat major, Op 81a (Les Adieux)
Igor Levit (piano)
Schubert: String Quartet No 13 in A minor, D804 (Rosamunde)
Pavel Haas Quartet.
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b070jj0y)
BBC Philharmonic
Episode 4
Penny Gore concludes her week of performances and recordings by the BBC Philharmonic. Today's programme includes Mozart's most popular Horn Concerto performed by Alberto Menendez. And Afternoon on 3's Southern Hemisphere theme continues with Villa-Lobos's Sinfonietta No 1, headed 'To the Memory of Mozart'. Plus a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's colourful story-telling from the 1001 Nights, Scheherazade, recorded in Kendal last year.
2pm
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for strings
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
Mozart: Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat (K 495)
Alberto Menéndez (horn)
BBC Philharmonic
Ben Gernon (conductor)
c.
2.30pm
Villa-Lobos: Sinfonietta No 1
BBC Philharmonic
Fawzi Haimor (conductor)
Casella: Symphony No 1
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
c.
3.30pm
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
BBC Philharmonic
Bramwell Tovey (conductor).
FRI 16:30 In Tune (b07053p3)
Jay Rayner Quartet, Hong Xu, Suzi Digby, Owain Park
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news, including restaurant critic and jazz pianist Jay Rayner with his quartet performing live in the studio ahead of their UK tour. Pianist Hong Xu plays works by Bach and Chen Peixun before he performs as soloist in Schumann's Piano Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Plus, conductor Suzi Digby chats about her new vocal ensemble ORA, and her ambition to commission 100 new choral works for the group over the next 10 years.
FRI 18:30 Composer of the Week (b070jg4m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b070542k)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Wagner, Beethoven and Schubert
Live from Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
Alexandre Bloch conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in music by Wagner, Beethoven and Schubert.
Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - overture
Beethoven: Concerto in C major for violin, cello and piano (Triple Concerto)
8.15: Interval
Weber: Der Freischütz - overture
Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Trio Apaches:
Matthew Trusler, violin
Thomas Carroll, cello
Ashley Wass, piano
Alexandre Bloch, conductor
Schubert's Symphony No. 5 is light and full of tunes, with a significantly smaller orchestra than some of his other symphonic works. The Fifth was written while Schubert was particularly absorbed in the works of Mozart, and this influence can clearly be heard in a work that speaks with a distinctly 18th-century voice.
FRI 22:00 The Verb (b07054d0)
On Form
Ian McMillan looks at form with guests Claudia Rankine, Don Paterson and AL Kennedy.
Claudia Rankine's book 'Citizen: An American Lyric' (Penguin) won the 2015 Forward Prize for poetry. Her prose poetry style has raised questions about what poetry is. For Claudia, poetry is any writing concerned with the structure of feelings rather than events. The writer AL Kennedy publishes her new novel 'Serious Sweet' (Jonathan Cape) in May. For AL Kennedy being a writer means 'saying something you have to say in the best possible way'. The poet Don Paterson believes that form is always up for revision. Don Paterson won the Costa Prize for Poetry with his collection '40 Sonnets' (Faber).
Producer: Cecile Wright.
FRI 22:45 The Essay (b0704thq)
Modern Morality Tales
Moderation
Rebecca Front plays Eve in five stories about modern attitudes towards morality. In the final tale inspired by the medieval morality plays, Lin Coghlan takes a comic look at our attitude towards Moderation.
Eve comes face to face with her Spiritual Estate Agent after her car crashes into a canal.
Eve ..... Rebecca Front
Isobel ..... Anastasia Hille
Ana ..... Scarlett Brookes
Jerome ..... Ewan Bailey
Directed by Sally Avens
The last of five plays inspired by the Medieval Morality Plays introduced by Dr Sue Niebrzydowski, Senior Lecturer in Medieval English Literature at Bangor University. Five of radio's most talented playwrights (Lizzie Nunnery, Roy Williams, Duncan Macmillan and Effie Woods, Al Smith and Lin Coghlan) explore how contemporary attitudes to morality have changed.
In medieval times allegorical plays such as 'Mankind' and 'Everyman' were used to warn audiences that how they lived in the present would affect their afterlife - whether they would end up in Hell, Purgatory or Heaven. But in a secular age how do we deal with the nature of sins and virtues? Our attitude to good and evil is certainly less black and white. Is it bad to be proud; don't we deserve respect? Can't anger be used to promote change for the better and isn't envy what drives our materialistic lifestyle? These five tales explore our attitudes to these questions through the character of 'Eve', a 21st century Everywoman, played by Rebecca Front.
Rebecca Front is a BAFTA winning actress best known for her comedy work in The Thick of It, Alan Partridge, Grandma's House and Psychobitches. Rebecca can currently be seen in BBC1's War and Peace.
Lin Coghlan is the winner of the Dennis Potter and the Peggy Ramsay Awards. She writes extensively for radio, television, theatre and film. She is currently adapting The Forsytes for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b07055vw)
Lopa Kothari - Otava Yo Live in Session
Lopa Kothari presents a live session with the Russian folk/rock band Otava Yo, offering traditional melodies on fiddle, psaltery, bagpipes, gusli, drums and electric guitar - all with a modern and humorous twist, plus new releases from across the globe.
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 (b0703302)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 TUE (b07052cx)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 WED (b070hy26)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 THU (b070j32t)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 FRI (b070jj0y)
BBC Philharmonic
23:50 SUN (b070crh4)
Breakfast
07:00 SAT (b0702y6d)
Breakfast
07:00 SUN (b070311s)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (b070325h)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (b070d12x)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (b070d12z)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (b070d131)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (b070d135)
Choir and Organ
16:00 SUN (b07031fw)
Choral Evensong
15:00 SUN (b06zvblr)
Choral Evensong
15:30 WED (b0705754)
Composer of the Week
12:00 MON (b070325m)
Composer of the Week
18:30 MON (b070325m)
Composer of the Week
12:00 TUE (b0704vjf)
Composer of the Week
18:30 TUE (b0704vjf)
Composer of the Week
12:00 WED (b070hsf8)
Composer of the Week
18:30 WED (b070hsf8)
Composer of the Week
12:00 THU (b070j26k)
Composer of the Week
18:30 THU (b070j26k)
Composer of the Week
12:00 FRI (b070jg4m)
Composer of the Week
18:30 FRI (b070jg4m)
Drama on 3
21:00 SUN (b0457qkh)
Early Music Late
22:50 SUN (b07031jx)
Essential Classics
09:00 MON (b070325k)
Essential Classics
09:00 TUE (b070d1cm)
Essential Classics
09:00 WED (b070d2g8)
Essential Classics
09:00 THU (b070d2gb)
Essential Classics
09:00 FRI (b070d2gd)
Free Thinking
22:00 TUE (b07054cm)
Free Thinking
22:00 WED (b07054cw)
Free Thinking
22:00 THU (b07054cy)
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
00:00 SUN (b070311l)
Hear and Now
22:00 SAT (b0702z02)
In Tune
16:30 MON (b070330d)
In Tune
16:30 TUE (b07053nl)
In Tune
16:30 WED (b07053nq)
In Tune
16:30 THU (b07053ns)
In Tune
16:30 FRI (b07053p3)
Jazz Line-Up
17:00 SAT (b0702yzy)
Jazz Record Requests
16:00 SAT (b0702yzw)
Jazz on 3
23:00 MON (b0703310)
Late Junction
23:00 TUE (b07055v8)
Late Junction
23:00 WED (b07055vh)
Late Junction
23:00 THU (b07055vq)
Music Matters
12:15 SAT (b0702y8b)
Music Matters
22:00 MON (b0702y8b)
Opera on 3
18:30 SAT (b0702z00)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (b064ncly)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 SUN (b06zjbv2)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 MON (b07032zw)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 TUE (b070523t)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 WED (b070htrk)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 THU (b0705240)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 FRI (b070jj0w)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 SUN (b07031g2)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 MON (b070330k)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 TUE (b070541d)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 WED (b070541m)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 THU (b0705421)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 FRI (b070542k)
Record Review
09:00 SAT (b0702y6g)
Saturday Classics
13:00 SAT (b0702y8k)
Sound of Cinema
15:00 SAT (b0702y8r)
Sunday Feature
18:45 SUN (b07031g0)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (b070311v)
The Early Music Show
14:00 SUN (b07031ft)
The Essay
22:45 MON (b070n39l)
The Essay
22:45 TUE (b07054l7)
The Essay
22:45 WED (b070hygh)
The Essay
22:45 THU (b070j4h2)
The Essay
22:45 FRI (b0704thq)
The Verb
22:00 FRI (b07054d0)
Through the Night
01:00 SAT (b06zq4s1)
Through the Night
01:00 SUN (b070311n)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (b070325f)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (b0704v7c)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (b0704v7l)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (b0704v7q)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (b0704v7v)
Words and Music
17:30 SUN (b07031fy)
World on 3
23:00 FRI (b07055vw)