The BBC has announced that it has a sustainable plan for the future of the BBC Singers, in association with The VOCES8 Foundation.
The threat to reduce the staff of the three English orchestras by 20% has not been lifted, but it is being reconsidered.
See the BBC press release here.

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SATURDAY 09 JULY 2016

SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b07j4470)
Proms 2015: Britten, Raymond Yiu, Nielsen and Janácek from the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a world premiere by Raymond Yiu, and music by Britten, Nielsen and Janácek. With Catriona Young.
1:01 AM
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)
Sinfonia da requiem, Op.20
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)
1:20 AM
Yiu, Raymond (b.1973)
Symphony for countertenor and orchestra
Andrew Watts (countertenor), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)
1:49 AM
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
Flute Concerto
Emily Beynon (flute), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)
2:08 AM
Janácek, Leos (1854-1928)
Sinfonietta
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)
2:33 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Trio for viola, cello and piano in A minor (Op.114)
Maxim Rysanov (viola), Ekaterina Apekisheva (piano), Kristina Blaumane (cello)
3:01 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), transcribed by Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
7 Schubert Song transcriptions
Naum Grubert (piano)
3:27 AM
Pekiel, Bartlomiej (?-c.1670)
Missa Pulcherrima
Camerata Silesia, Juliusz Gembalski (positive organ), Anna Szostak (conductor)
3:57 AM
Bacewicz, Grazyna (1909-1969)
Serenade for orchestra
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jan Krenz (conductor)
4:02 AM
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903)
Italian Serenade
Bartok String Quartet
4:09 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Aria 'Ella mi fu rapita', from "Rigoletto", Act 2
Kaludi Kaludov (tenor), Sofia Symphony Orchestra, Metodi Matakiev (conductor)
4:15 AM
Bozza, Eugène (1905-1991)
Jour d'été à la montagne
Giedrius Gelgoras, Albertas Stupakas, Valentinas Kazlauskas, Linas Gailiunas (flutes)
4:26 AM
Lyadov, Anatoly Konstantinovich (1855-1914)
The Enchanted Lake (Op.62)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitaenko (Conductor)
4:34 AM
Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich (1732-1795)
Trio in C major, for flute, violin & continuo
Musica Petropolitana
4:47 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Three Marches (K.408)
Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor)
5:01 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Sehnsucht (D.636 Op.39)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (fortepiano - after Johann Fritz, Vienna c.1815)
5:05 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Theme and Variations on the Name 'Abegg' (Op.1)
Seung-Hee Hyun (piano)
5:14 AM
Strauss (ii), Johann [1825-1899]
An der schönen, blauen Donau (The Blue Danube) - waltz Op.314
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor)
5:25 AM
Förster, Kaspar Jr (1616-1673)
Dialogus a 5 'Quid faciam misera?'
Olga Pasiecznik & Marta Boberska (sopranos), Dirk Snellings (bass), Il Tempo Baroque Ensemble - Wim Maseele (theorbo), Anna Sliwa (viola), Lilianna Stawarz (chamber organ), Marcin Zalewski (bass viol), Agata Sapiecha (violin & director)
5:32 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)
Suite in G major - from Nouvelles Suites de Pieces de Clavecin arr. for wind quintet
Yur-Eum Woodwind Quintet
5:47 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante (Op.22)
Janina Fialkowska (piano), Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Raffi Armenian (conductor)
6:02 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Chansons de Bilitis - 3 melodies for voice and piano
Jard van Nes (mezzo-soprano), Gérard Van Blerk (piano)
6:12 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) arr. Agnieszka Duczmal
Cello Concerto in A minor (Op.129) (arranged for strings)
Karolina Jaroszewska (cello), 'Amadeus' Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan, Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)
6:36 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata in F major (K.533)
Anja German (piano).

SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b07jhpp5)
Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

SAT 09:00 Record Review (b07jhpp7)
Building a Library: Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld

with Andrew McGregor

0930
Building a Library: Sarah Lenton comes up with a personal recommendation for Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld from among available versions.

The starting point for Jacques Offenbach's 1858 opéra bouffe Orphée aux enfers is classical Greek myth. But tragedy it ain't. Here, instead, is a cheeky parody of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, the tragic pair a married couple grown sick of the sight of each other. So when Pluto lures Eurydice to his underworld both she and Orpheus are equally pleased. But, much to Orpheus' displeasure, Public Opinion demands Eurydice be rescued. And so she is, the opera ending with a bacchanal including a 'galop infernal' or Can-Can, one of the work's many earworm moments.

1040
Marina Frolova-Walker rounds up new recordings of Russian orchestral repertoire and reassesses recently reissued CDs featuring Soviet musicians and ensembles.

1140
Disc of the Week: Andrew makes a personal choice from among the latest outstanding releases.

SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b07jhpp9)
Cole Porter, Music News Round-Up, Housman

Petroc Trelawny presents a composer portrait of Cole Porter and a round-up of the big stories in music during the 2015-16 season, from education to finances and upcoming talent.

SAT 13:00 Saturday Classics (b07jhppc)
Rob's Gold Standard

Rob Cowan's Gold Standard depository this week includes a rumbustious overture by Malcolm Arnold, Beethoven from pianist Julius Katchen, as well as two rarities: Czech composer Miloslav Kabelac's Hamlet Improvisation for large orchestra, as well as Cimarosa's sparkling operatic comedy, The Music Master.

SAT 15:00 Sound of Cinema (b07jhppf)
Jungle

Matthew Sweet with film music with a jungle setting, including the Sherman Brothers' "Jungle Book", Ennio Morricone's "The Mission", Maurice Jarre's "Gorillas in the Mist", Jerry Goldsmith's "Rambo" and Max Steiner's classic 1933 score for "King Kong". This week's new release is Rupert Gregson-Williams's "The Legend of Tarzan".

SAT 16:00 Jazz Record Requests (b07jhpph)
In the week that trumpeter Johnny Coles would have been 90 years old, amid letters asking for all types of jazz, Alyn Shipton includes a request to celebrate Coles's playing and particularly his collaboration with pianist Randy Weston.

SAT 17:00 Jazz Line-Up (b061fk2c)
New Focus

Julian Joseph presents a concert performance by the Konrad Wiszniewski/ Euan Stevenson New Focus Quartet recorded at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. The group take inspiration from saxophonist Stan Getz's classic 1961 album 'Focus' - their line-up features Konrad Wiszniewski (saxophone), Euan Stevenson (piano), Michael Janisch (bass) and Alyn Cosker (drums).

SAT 18:30 Opera on 3 (b07jhppm)
Halevy's La Juive

Halévy: La Juive

Although Fromental Halévy wrote almost forty operas, La Juive is the only opera of his that we're likely to hear today, but it is an early high point of French grand opera and was one of the most performed works in the nineteenth century. Halévy was among the most successful composers of his time, and his distinguished admirers included Berlioz, Wagner and Mahler, who regarded La Juive as one of the greatest operas ever created. The libretto was by Scribe, a dramatic writer of the time too, but despite the opera's grandeur, La Juive tells a profoundly human story, of an impossible love between a Christian man and a Jewish woman.

Alexandra Wilson introduces this recent performance from the Bavarian State Opera, which stars soprano Aleksandra Kurzak as Rachel, the opera's title character, and Roberto Alagna as her father, the Jewish goldsmith Eleazar. The Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera are conducted by Bertrand de Billy.

Rachel ..... Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano)
Eléazar ..... Roberto Alagna (tenor)
Léopold ..... John Osborn (tenor)
Princess Eudoxie ..... Vera-Lotte Böcker (soprano)
Cardinal Gian Francesco de Brogni ..... Ain Anger (bass)
Ruggiero ..... Andrea Borghini (baritone)
Albert ..... Tariq Nazmi (bass)
A Herald in the Imperial Army ..... Christian Rieger (baritone)
An Officer to the Emperor ..... Petr Nekoranec (baritone)
Executioner ..... Peter Lobert (bass)

The Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera
The Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera
Bertrand de Billy (conductor).

SAT 22:00 Hear and Now (b07jhppp)
Huw Watkins

Tom Service talks to composer-performer Huw Watkins ahead of his fortieth birthday as they listen to a wide-ranging programme of his chamber and orchestral music from the last decade, recorded at a portrait concert earlier this year. Plus, in Modern Muses, Krzysztof Penderecki and violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter discuss a 30-year musical and personal friendship which, among other works, has generated Penderecki's Violin Concerto No. 2 'Metamorphosen'.

Huw Watkins:

Anthem
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Garry Walker (conductor)

Speak Seven Seas
Robert Plane (clarinet)
Philip Dukes (viola)
Huw Watkins (piano)

Remember
Ruby Hughes (soprano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Garry Walker (conductor)

Modern Muses: Krzysztof Penderecki and violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter

3 Welsh Songs
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Garry Walker (conductor)

Huw Watkins:

Partita
Lesley Hatfield (violin)

Double Concerto
Philip Dukes (viola)
Josephine Knight (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Garry Walker (conductor).


SUNDAY 10 JULY 2016

SUN 00:00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz (b07jhv69)
Tadd Dameron

Pianist-composer Tadd Dameron (1917-65) provided the bebop revolution with some of its most exciting and enduring music. Geoffrey Smith's tribute to a neglected master includes performances by the likes of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan and John Coltrane.

SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b07jhv6c)
Tchaikovsky Opera Gala from Russia

With Catriona Young.
1:01 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Slavonic March in B flat minor, 'March Slave'
Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, Gintaras Rinkevicius (Conductor)
1:11 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Arioso of the Warrior from 'Moscow Cantata'
Lena Belkina (Mezzo-Soprano), Novosibirsk Philharmonic, Gintaras Rinkevicius (Conductor)
1:16 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Lensky's Arioso from 'Eugene Onegin'
Dmytro Popov (Tenor), Novosibirsk Philharmonic, Gintaras Rinkevicius (Conductor)
1:19 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Scene and Olga's Aria from 'Eugene Onegin'
Lena Belkina (Mezzo Soprano), Novosibirsk Philharmonic, Gintaras Rinkevicius (Conductor)
1:22 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Lensky's Aria from 'Eugene Onegin'
Dmytro Popov (Tenor), Novosibirsk Philharmonic, Gintaras Rinkevicius (Conductor)
1:29 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Tatyana's Letter Scene from 'Eugene Onegin'
Anna Samuil (Soprano), Novosibirsk Philharmonic, Gintaras Rinkevicius (Conductor)
1:43 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Pauline's Romance from 'The Queen of Spades'
Lena Belkina (Mezzo-Soprano), Novosibirsk Philharmonic, Gintaras Rinkevicius (Conductor)
1:46 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Joan's Aria from 'The Maid of Orleans'
Lena Belkina (Mezzo-Soprano), Novosibirsk Philharmonic, Gintaras Rinkevicius (Conductor)
1:54 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Iolanta's Aria from 'Iolanta'
Anna Samuil (Soprano), Novosibirsk Philharmonic, Gintaras Rinkevicius (Conductor)
1:57 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Vaudemont's Romance, from 'Iolanta'
Dmytro Popov (Tenor)
2:01 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Iolanta's and Vaudemont's Duet from 'Iolanta'
Anna Samuil (Soprano), Dmytro Popov (Tenor), Novosibirsk Philharmonic, Gintaras Rinkevicius (Conductor)
2:11 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Brindisi from 'La Traviata'
Anna Samuil (Soprano), Lena Belkina (Mezzo-Soprano), Dmytro Popov (Tenor), Novosibirsk Philharmonic, Gintaras Rinkevicius (Conductor)
2:15 AM
Lalo, Edouard (1823-1892)
Symphonie Espagnole
Vadim Repin (Violin), Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrucken, Michael Stern (Conductor)
2:48 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886), transc. Lhevinne, Josef
Reminiscences on Meyerbeer's "Robert le diable"
Josef Lhevinne (Piano)
3:01 AM
Taneyev, Sergey Ivanovich (1856-1915)
Symphony No.4 in C minor
Marinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (Conductor)
3:41 AM
Rubinstein, Anton (1829-1894)
'Ja tot, kotoromu vnimala' and 'Ne plats, ditja' from 'Deemon'
Georg Ots (Baritone), Eugen Kelder (Piano)
3:48 AM
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)
String Sonata No.5 in E flat major
Camerata Bern
4:03 AM
Rossi, Salomone (c.1570-c.1630)
Rimanti in pace
Katelijne van Laethem (Soprano), Pascal Bertin (Alto), Eitan Sorek (Tenor), Josep Benet (Tenor), Josep Cabre (Baritone), Ensemble Daedalus, Roberto Festa (Conductor)
4:09 AM
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1789)
Trio Sonata in G major (Op.5'4)
Tafelmusik Baroque Soloists
4:23 AM
Boeck, August de (1865-1937)
Dahomeyse Rapsodie
Flemish Radio Orchestra, Marc Soustrot (Conductor)
4:28 AM
Pahor, Karol (1896-1974)
Oce náš hlapca jerneja (Bailif Yerney's Prayer)
Chamber Choir AVE, Andraž Hauptman (Conductor)
4:35 AM
Scott, Cyril (1879-1970)
Lotus Land (Op.47'1)
Cristina Ortiz (Piano)
4:40 AM
Hannikainen, Ilmari (1892-1955)
Rural Dances (Op.39a)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari (Conductor)
4:55 AM
Erkel, Ferenc (1810-1893)
Overture to the comic opera 'Unknown Heroes'
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, András Kórodi (Conductor)
5:01 AM
Geijer, Erik Gustaf (1783-1847)
Midnight Fantasy
Stefan Bojsten (Piano)
5:07 AM
Dowland, John (1563-1626)
Mr Dowland's midnight
Manuel Calderon (Guitar)
5:10 AM
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
"See, even Night herself is here" (Z.62/11) from 'The Fairy Queen'
Nancy Argenta (Soprano), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Monica Huggett (Conductor)
5:15 AM
Haydn, Michael (1737-1806)
Ave Regina for double choir
Ex Tempore, Florian Heyerick (Director)
5:26 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.25 in G minor (K.183)
Danish Radio Sinfonietta/DR, Adám Fischer (Conductor)
5:50 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Intermezzo (Op.117 No.1) in E flat major "Schlummerlied"
Khatia Buniatishvili (Piano)
5:57 AM
Janacek, Leos (1854-1928)
Violin Sonata
Elena Urioste (Violin), Michael Brown (Piano)
6:13 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Double Concerto in C minor (BWV.1060)
Hans-Peter Westermann (Oboe), Mary Utiger (Violin), Camerata Koln
6:27 AM
Kyurkchiyski, Krassimir (1936-2011)
Prayer, from Two works after paintings of Vladimir Dimitrov - the Master
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kamen Goleminov (Conductor)
6:33 AM
Aulin, Valborg (1860-1928)
String Quartet in F major
Tale String Quartet.

SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b07jlhng)
Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

SUN 09:00 Sunday Morning (b07jhv6h)
James Jolly

Prompted by this week's Building a Library choice of Orpheus in the Underworld, (of which the programme will include act 1 of the selected recording), James Jolly explores the ways in which different composers have told the Orpheus story, from Monteverdi to Philip Glass by way of Gluck, Liszt and Stravinsky. Plus Americana from Henry Cowell and the week's "Best of British" choice by Charles Villiers Stanford.

SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b07jhv6k)
Julia Donaldson

Julia Donaldson began her working life busking and writing songs, and when one of her songs became a children's book, her phenomenally successful career as an author was born. She's been the biggest selling author in Britain for the last six years. This will come as no surprise to anyone who has anything to do with young children, who adore her vibrant and funny rhyming picture books - which include A Squash and a Squeeze, The Snail and the Whale, and the tale of that much-loved monster, The Gruffalo.

Julia talks to Michael Berkeley about the origins of The Gruffalo - which has sold an astonishing 10 million copies - and the secret of writing for children. She remembers her student days busking with her husband-to-be in Paris and how much they enjoy singing and performing her stories together today.
Julia's music choices reflect her intensely musical background - her father's cello playing, her mother's love of lieder, and her own piano playing in pieces by Schubert, Haydn and Handel. Her love of storytelling is reflected in songs by Georges Brassens and Flanders and Swann.

Producer: Jane Greenwood
A Loftus production for BBC Radio 3.

SUN 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b07j3vm5)
Wigmore Hall Mondays: Florian Boesch and Malcolm Martineau

Florian Boesch, baritone, and Malcolm Martineau, piano, perform songs by Schumann and Wolf.

Live from Wigmore Hall
Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill

Schumann: Die beiden Grenadiere, Op.49 No.1
Abends am Strand, Op.45 No.3
Die feindlichen Brüder, Op.49 No.2
Märzveilchen, Op.40 No.1
Muttertraum, Op.40 No.2
Der Soldat Op. 40 No. 3
Der Spielmann, Op.40 No 4
Wolf: Goethe Lieder: Der Schäfer; Phänomen; Wandrers Nachtlied; Anakreons Grab; Harfenspieler I - III;
Schumann: Belsatzar Op.57

Florian Boesch, baritone
Malcolm Martineau, piano

Austrian baritone Florian Boesch is widely regarded among today's foremost interpreters of Lieder. Here he collaborates with Malcolm Martineau in a programme of Schumann and Wolf.

SUN 14:00 The Early Music Show (b07jhv6m)
Live from the York Early Music Festival

Lucie Skeaping presents a live programme from the National Centre for Early Music as the 2016 York Early Music Festival kicks off in style. Lucie will be joined by guests including lutenists Anthony Rooley and Thomas Dunford and flautist Tabea Debus.

SUN 15:00 Choral Evensong (b07j3z9n)
Durham Cathedral

Live from Durham Cathedral

Responses: Reading
Office Hymn: O Jesu, King most wonderful (King's Norton)
Psalms 32, 33, 34 (Wesley, Camidge, Knight)
First Lesson: Isaiah 33 vv.2-10
Canticles: Walmisley in D
Second Lesson: Philippians 1 vv.1-11
Anthem: The Lord is King (Boyce)
Final Hymn: The head that once was crowned with thorns (St Magnus)
Organ Voluntary: Voluntary in D minor Op. 5 No. 8 (Stanley)

Director of Music: James Lancelot
Organist: Francesca Massey.

SUN 16:00 The Listening Service (b07jhvgp)
Chasing a Fugue

Tom Service looks at music in flight - the miraculous musical form that is the fugue, where melodies chase each other, work against each other and come together in a supremely logical and often exhilarating fusion. How does it work, why is it important and can we learn to love the fugue in the 21st century? Tom tries his hand at playing Bach's Fugue in C minor from Book 1 of the Well-Tempered Clavier, a challenge to many a piano exam student, gets tips on tackling fugues from virtuoso harpsichord player Mahan Esfahani, and comes across a very contemporary take on the art of learning about fugue. Lady Gaga is involved...

SUN 16:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b07jhvgr)
Opera North Ring Cycle, Gotterdammerung

Donald Macleod with the great climax to Wagner's Ring Cycle, Götterdammerung - The Twilight of the Gods, in Opera North's critically acclaimed production from Sage Gateshead. The hero Siegfried, ventures though the Rhineland to the home of the Gibichungs, there to confront his fate and the destiny of the gods.

Sung in German

Cast
Brünnhilde .... Kelly Cae Hogan (soprano)
Siegfried ..... Mati Turi (tenor)
Hagen ..... Mats Almgren (bass)
Gutrune ..... Giselle Allen (soprano)
Gunther ..... Andrew Foster-Williams (bass baritone)
Waltraute ..... Susan Bickley (mezzo)
Alberich ..... Jo Pohlheim (bass baritone)
First Norn ..... Fiona Kimm (mezzo)
Second Norn ..... Heather Shipp (mezzo)
Third Norn ..... Lee Bisset (soprano)
Woglinde ..... Jeni Bern (soprano)
Wellgunde ..... Madeleine Shaw (mezzo)
Flosshilde ..... Sarah Castle (mezzo)

Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North conducted by Richard Farnes.

SUN 22:30 Early Music Late (b07jhvgt)
Jean-Guihen Queyras at the Schwetzingen Festival

Jean-Guihen Queyras performs a concert of Bach Cello Suites, interspersed with contemporary music 'echoes' at the Schwetzingen Festival.

Presented by Elin Manahan Thomas

Jonathan Harvey: Pre-echo for Jean-Guihen
Bach: Cello Suite No.2 in D minor, BWV.1008
Ichiro Nodaira: Enigme
Bach: Cello Suite No.6 in D, BWV.1012

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello).

SUN 23:30 Recital (b07jhvgw)
Gould's Goldberg

The late 1981 recording of Glenn Gould performing Bach's monumental Goldberg Variations, BWV.988.


MONDAY 11 JULY 2016

MON 00:30 Through the Night (b07jhwjz)
Choral Music from Radio France

Catriona Young presents a performance by the Radio France Chorus directed by Sofi Jeannin.
12:31 AM
Parry, Hubert [1848-1918]
Psalm 22: I Was Glad
Yves Castagnet (organ), Radio France Chorus, Sofi Jeannin (director)
12:36 AM
Britten, Benjamin [1913-1976]
Rejoice In God from 'Rejoice in the Lamb'
Yves Castagnet (organ), Radio France Chorus, Sofi Jeannin (director)
12:40 AM
Finzi, Gerald [1901-1956
My Spirit Sang all Day
Radio France Chorus, Sofi Jeannin (director)
12:42 AM
Elgar, Edward [1857-1934]
My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land
Radio France Chorus, Sofi Jeannin (director)
12:47 AM
Hillborg, Anders [b.1954]
En Midsommarnattsdrom (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Radio France Chorus, Sofi Jeannin (director)
12:51 AM
Stenhammar, Wilhelm [1871-1927]
I Seraillets Haver (In the Seraglio Gardens)
Radio France Chorus, Sofi Jeannin (director)
12:54 AM
Hambraeus, Bengt [1928-2000]
Motetum Archangeli Michaeli
Yves Castagnet (organ), Radio France Chorus, Sofi Jeannin (director)
1:02 AM
Górecki, Henryk Mikolaj [1933-2010]
Totus Tuus
Radio France Chorus, Sofi Jeannin (director)
1:11 AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
Geistliches Lied, Op.30
Yves Castagnet (organ), Radio France Chorus, Sofi Jeannin (director)
1:16 AM
Hersant, Philippe [b.1948]
Départ (from Illuminations)
Radio France Chorus, Sofi Jeannin (director)
1:18 AM
Messiaen, Olivier [1908-1992]
O Sacrum Convivium
Radio France Chorus, Sofi Jeannin (director)
1:23 AM
Poulenc, Francis [1899-1963]
Liberté (Figure humaine)
Radio France Chorus, Sofi Jeannin (director)
1:29 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Symphony No.4 in A major (Op.90) 'Italian'
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg (conductor)
1:57 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Trio for piano and strings (Op.70 no.2) in E flat major
Altenberg Trio, Vienna
2:31 AM
Hannikainen, Ilmari (1892-1955)
Piano Concerto (Op.7)
Arto Satukangas (piano), Helsinki Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari (conductor)
3:05 AM
Regamey, Constantin (1907-1982)
Quintet for clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello and piano
Miroslaw Pokrzywinski (clarinet), Grzegorz Golab (bassoon), New Warsaw Trio
3:40 AM
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594)
Tu es Petrus - motet for 6 voices
Silvia Piccollo & Emmanuela Galli (sopranos), Fabian Schofrin (alto), Marco Beasley (tenor), Daniele Carnovich (bass), Chorus of Swiss Radio, Lugano; Diego Fasolis (conductor)
3:46 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Scherzo for piano No.3 (Op.39) in C sharp minor
Simon Trpceski (piano)
3:54 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Theme with Variations from Sextet in B flat major (Op.18)
Wiener Streichsextet
4:04 AM
Grandjany, Marcel (1891-1975)
Rhapsodie pour la harpe (Op.10) (1921)
Rita Costanzi (harp)
4:13 AM
Copland, Aaron (1900-1990)
Danzon Cubano version for 2 pianos
Aglika Genova (piano), Liuben Dimitrov (piano)
4:20 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto in D minor (Op.3 No.11) from 'L'Estro Armonico'
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor)
4:31 AM
Nicolai, Otto [1810-1849]
Overture to "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
RTV Slovenian Symphony Orchestra, Marko Munih (conductor)
4:40 AM
Cozzolani, Suor Chiara Margarita (1602-c.1677)
Laudate pueri - psalm for 8 voices
Cappella Artemisia; Maria Christina Cleary (harp); Francesca Torelli (theorbo); Bettini Hoffmann (gamba); Miranda Aureli (organ); Candace Smith (director)
4:49 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Nocturne for piano in F sharp minor, Op.48 No.2
Maria João Pires (piano)
4:58 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
Sonata in D minor 'La Folia' (Op.1/12)
Musica Antiqua Köln
5:07 AM
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911)
Romance for violin and orchestra in G major (Op.26)
Julia Fischer (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)
5:16 AM
Zagar, Peter (b. 1961)
Blumenthal Dance No.2 for violin, viola, cello, clarinet and piano (1999)
Opera Aperta Ensemble
5:24 AM
Tailleferre, Germaine (1892-1983)
Sonata for harp
Godelieve Schrama (harp)
5:35 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Nello Santi (Conductor)
5:55 AM
Schumann, Robert [1810-1856]
Kinderszenen (Op.15)
Håvard Gimse (piano)
6:16 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Horn Concerto no.2 (K.417) in E flat major
Jacob Slagter (horn), Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam, Lev Markiz (conductor).

MON 06:30 Breakfast (b07jhwk1)
Monday - Petroc Trelawny

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

MON 09:00 Essential Classics (b07jhwk3)
Monday - Rob Cowan with Kate Adie

9am
My favourite...sonatinas. Throughout the week Rob showcases a range of 'small sonatas' by composers including CPE Bach, Busoni and Ravel. Sonatinas are usually lighter in feel and less demanding than a full sonata, but it's still possible to pack plenty into these smaller forms. Expect flair, technical wizardry, whimsy and more besides.

9.30am
Take part in today's music-related challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery person.

10am
Rob's guest is the veteran correspondent and author Kate Adie. Kate became a familiar face on our televisions as the BBC's chief news correspondent, reporting from war zones around the world and covering major events including the Tiananmen Square Massacre, the Rwandan genocide and the Gulf War. She went on to write a number of books including Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War and her autobiography The Kindness of Strangers. She currently presents From Our Own Correspondent on BBC Radio 4. Kate talks about her career and shares a selection of her favourite classical music, including works by Ethel Smyth and Carl Michael Bellman, and Smetana's Ma Vlast, which she heard whilst reporting on the 'Velvet Revolution' in Prague.

10.30am
Music in Time: Renaissance
Rob places Music in Time as he takes a trip back to the Renaissance period to hear Victoria's Missa O quam gloriosum, published in 1583. Based on Victoria's own joyful motet of 1572, the mass balances great simplicity with a marvellously controlled religious fervour.

11am
In the week leading up to the start of the Proms Rob's featured artist is the 'First Night' conductor Sakari Oramo. Oramo is Chief Conductor of both the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. After a decade as Chief Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, he currently serves as their Honorary Conductor. Rob shares Oramo's interpretations of works by composers including Rachmaninov, Lindberg and Sibelius.

Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No.4
Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
City of Birmingham Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor).

MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b07jhwk5)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Episode 1

Donald Macleod explores Mozart's complex relationship with the city of his birth, Salzburg.

There is no place where Mozart's name is more feted than in his home city of Salzburg. Mozart's own feelings about the city of his birth were ambivalent at best. He was often unhappy there; frustrated by the limitations of musical life in Salzburg and increasingly at loggerheads with his overbearing employer, the high-handed Archbishop Colloredo. "How I detest Salzburg", he wrote, and sought to escape the place on many occasions. Nevertheless this was the place where he spent his formative years, where he composed many great works, and where he developed into the composer we now celebrate as one of the greatest of any age. All this week Donald Macleod explores the story of Mozart's relationship with the place where his genius was forged.

Mozart's childhood was spent as much away from Salzburg as at home. Colloredo's predecessor, old Archbishop Schrattenbach, tolerated, even encouraged the young prodigy's trips abroad with his father to visit royal courts across Europe. He must have suspected, though, that the Mozart family was even then planning their escape from provincial Salzburg.

Don Giovanni: Overture
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Andrea Marcon, conductor

Coronation Mass K317 (Kyrie, Gloria & Credo)
Susan Gritton, soprano
Frances Bourne, mezzo-soprano
Sam Furness, tenor
George Humphreys, baritone
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
St. John's Sinfonia
John Challenger, organ
Andrew Nethsingha, conductor

Church Sonata K.67
Margaret Faultless, violin
Simon Jones, violin
Andrew Skidmore, cello
Kate Aldridge, double-bass

Symphony No.8 in D major
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor

Regina coeli K108
Lynda Russell, soprano
St Paul's Cathedral Choir
St. Paul's Mozart Orchestra
Andrew Carwood, conductor.

MON 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b07jhwk7)
Wigmore Hall Mondays: Ensemble Marsyas and Kristian Bezuidenhout

From Wigmore Hall in London, period-instrument specialists Ensemble Marsyas and Kristian Bezuidenhout perform the quintets for piano and winds by Mozart and Beethoven.

Introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Mozart: Quintet in E flat for piano and winds, K452
Beethoven: Quintet in E flat for piano and winds, Op 16

Ensemble Marsyas
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano).

MON 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b07jhwk9)
2015 Verbier and Lucerne Festival Highlights, Episode 1

Catriona Young presents a week of highlights from the 2015 Verbier and Lucerne Festivals. Today's programme features the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra in works by Haydn, Bartok and Beethoven; and they are joined by Truls Mork for a performance of Schumann's Cello Concerto. The afternoon ends with Bartók's Miraculous Mandarin Suite from the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra and Pablo Heras-Casado.

2.00pm
Haydn
Symphony No. 94 in G, Hob. I:94 ('Surprise')
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Gábor Takács-Nagy

2.21pm
Bartók
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E, Sz. 119
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
András Schiff, piano
Gábor Takács-Nagy

2.46pm
Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F, op. 68 ('Pastoral')
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Gábor Takács-Nagy

3.25pm
Schumann
Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 129
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Truls Mørk, cello and musical direction

3.49pm
J.S. Bach
Sarabande, from Cello Suite No. 2 in in D minor, BWV 1008
Truls Mørk, cello

3.53pm
Handel
Concerto Grosso in B flat, op. 3/2
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Truls Mørk, musical direction

4.05pm
Bartók
The Miraculous Mandarin, suite
Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra
Pablo Heras-Casado.

MON 16:30 In Tune (b07jhwkc)
John Wilson, Opera Holland Park, Michael Foyle

Suzy Klein's guests include conductor John Wilson ahead of concerts with his orchestra at the Cheltenham Festival and BBC Proms. Scottish violinist Michael Foyle and Estonian pianist Maxim Stsura play live in the studio before they make their Wigmore Hall debut tomorrow. Plus a trio of singers from Opera Holland Park's production of Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus - Ben Johnson, Susanna Hurrell and Jennifer France - sing live.

Every day this week as part of BBC Get Playing, Radio 3 presenter and aspiring drummer Sarah Walker will be sharing her practice diary as she takes up the drums in a bid to perform in the Virtual Orchestra at this year's BBC Proms. She'll be sharing her progress from practice pad to mastering the paradiddle on her way to learning the drum part of Bizet's Toreador Song.

MON 18:30 Composer of the Week (b07jhwk5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]

MON 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b07jhwkf)
Baroque Favourites and Fireworks - Barokksolistene directed by Bjarte Eike

Baroque Favourites and Fireworks performed by Barokksolistene and their director Bjarte Eike.

Recorded 10th July in Cheltenham Town Hall
Presented by Fiona Talkington

Fasch: Concerto for 2 trumpets
Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D Op. 6 No 4
Vivaldi: Mandolin Concerto in D, RV 93
Rebel: Les Caractères de la danse

8.15: Interval

8.35: Bach: Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, BWV 1043
Handel: Royal Fireworks Music (with indoor fireworks)

Avi Avital, mandolin
Davina Clarke, violin
Barokksolistene
Bjarte Eike, director/violin

It's just old pop music! say Norwegian Baroque orchestra Barokksolistene, whose fresh performances fizz with energy and bring new life to these well-known works.

MON 22:00 Music Matters (b07jhpp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:15 on Saturday]

MON 22:45 The Essay (b07jhx5r)
Roald Dahl at 100, Frank Cottrell Boyce on flying and myth-making

To mark the centenary of Roald Dahl's birth Frank Cottrell Boyce writes about the myth that the celebrated storyteller Dahl constructed out of his near fatal plane crash during the Second World War, and how he so perceptively captured a child's-eye view in his writing. Cottrell Boyce also recalls his very first encounter with Dahl's writing, which ended in outrage. The award-winning Frank Cottrell Boyce's first novel, Millions, was made into a feature film. He is a successful screenwriter and helped devise the Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Roald Dahl at 100 is a celebration of the storyteller's work and legacy ahead of the centenary of his birth in September 2016. Five acclaimed writers, the screenwriter and children's novelist, Frank Cottrell Boyce; the screenwriter and co-creator of The League of Gentleman, Jeremy Dyson; the author and performance poet, Laura Dockrill; the writer and former children's laureate, Michael Rosen, and the biographer Donald Sturrock, explore their passion for Dahl's dazzling worlds, his dark humour and wild language and how it inspired their own work.

Written and read by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Produced by Justine Willett.

MON 23:00 Jazz Now (b07jhx5t)
Antonio Sanchez

Soweto Kinch presents a concert by drummer Antonio Sanchez and his quartet Migration. Featuring saxophonist Seamus Blake, pianist John Escreet and bassist Matt Brewer, they play Antonio's new work, the Meridian Suite, live in concert in Prague.


TUESDAY 12 JULY 2016

TUE 00:30 Through the Night (b07jhy7k)
Edward Gardner conducts the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Catriona Young presents a concert recorded in Norway by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Edward Gardner.
12:31 AM
Janácek, Leos (1854-1928)
Jealousy - overture (original prelude to Jenufa)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)
12:37 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77
James Ehnes (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)
1:18 AM
Janácek, Leos (1854-1928)
The Fiddler's child - ballad for orchestra
Melina Mandozzi (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)
1:32 AM
Janácek, Leos (1854-1928)
Taras Bulba - rhapsody for orchestra
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)
1:56 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897), orch. composer
Hungarian Dance No.1 in G minor (originally for piano duet)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)
2:00 AM
Franck, Cesar [1822-1890]
Cello Sonata in A major (M.8)
Antonio Meneses (cello), Menahem Pressler (piano)
2:31 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Davidde Penitente (K.469) - cantata for 2 sopranos, tenor, choir and orchestra
Krisztina Laki (soprano I), Nicole Fallien (soprano II), Hans-Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Netherlands Chamber Choir, La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)
3:18 AM
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787)
Sonata No.6 in G major for transverse flute and harpsichord (Op.6 No.6)
Karl Kaiser (transverse flute), Susanne Kaiser (harpsichord)
3:29 AM
Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962) (attrib by Kreisler to Pugnani)
Praeludium and Allegro
Moshe Hammer (violin), Valerie Tryon (piano)
3:34 AM
Rathaus, Karol (1895-1954)
Prelude and Gigue in A major for orchestra (Op.44)
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, Joel Suben (conductor)
3:43 AM
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937)
Excerpts from 20 Mazurkas for piano (Op.50): nos.1, 2 & 13
Ashley Wass (piano)
3:51 AM
Traditional Catalan, arr. Montsalvatge, Xavier [1912-2002]
El cant dels ocells
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Luis Claret (cello), Orquesta Ciudad de Barcelona, Luis Garcia Navarro (conductor)
3:57 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
Sonata a quattro in C major for 2 oboes, bassoon & continuo
Ensemble Zefiro
4:09 AM
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da [c.1525-1594]
Stabat Mater for 8 voices
Silvia Piccollo (soprano), Teresa Nesci (soprano), Marco Beasley (tenor), Furio Zanasi (bass), Paolo Crivellaro (organ), Alberto Rasi (viola da gamba), Theatrum Instrumentorum, Chorus of Swiss Radio, Lugano, Diego Fasolis (conductor)
4:16 AM
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961)
Hill-Song No.1
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon (conductor)
4:31 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Aria 'Twill soon be midnight' - from 'Pique Dame'
Joanne Kolomyjec (soprano), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
4:36 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Légende No.1: St. François d'Assise prêchant aux oiseaux (S.175)
Llyr Williams (piano)
4:48 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Flute Quartet no.4 in A major (K.298)
Tom Ottar Andreassen (flute), Frode Larsen (violin), Jon Sønstebø (viola), Emery Cardas (cello)
4:59 AM
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
Siegfried-Idyll for small orchestra
The Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Ervin Lukács (conductor)
5:18 AM
Mathias, William (1934-1992)
A May Magnificat for double chorus (Op.79 No.2)
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
5:27 AM
Ciglic, Zvonimir (b. 1921)
Concertino for harp and orchestra
Mojka Zlobko (harp), Slovenian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra, Anton Nanut (conductor)
5:41 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
String Quartet No.14 in A flat major (Op.105)
Stamic Quartet
6:14 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Piano Sonata 'quasi una fantasia' in E flat major Op.27'1
Louis Schwizgebel (piano).

TUE 06:30 Breakfast (b07jltdd)
Tuesday - Petroc Trelawny

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

TUE 09:00 Essential Classics (b07jltdh)
Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Kate Adie

9am
My favourite...sonatinas. Throughout the week Rob showcases a range of 'small sonatas' by composers including CPE Bach, Busoni and Ravel. Sonatinas are usually lighter in feel and less demanding than a full sonata, but it's still possible to pack plenty into these smaller forms. Expect flair, technical wizardry, whimsy and more besides.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.

10am
Rob's guest is the veteran correspondent and author Kate Adie. Kate became a familiar face on our televisions as the BBC's chief news correspondent, reporting from war zones around the world and covering major events including the Tiananmen Square Massacre, the Rwandan genocide and the Gulf War. She went on to write a number of books including Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War and her autobiography The Kindness of Strangers. She currently presents From Our Own Correspondent on BBC Radio 4. Kate talks about her career and shares a selection of her favourite classical music, including works by Ethel Smyth and Carl Michael Bellman, and Smetana's Ma Vlast, which she heard whilst reporting on the 'Velvet Revolution' in Prague.

10.30am
Music in Time: Modern
Rob places Music in Time. Polystylism was probably created by Russian composer Alfred Schnittke who once said "The goal of my life is to unify serious music and light music, even if I break my neck in doing so". The term refers to the multiple uses of styles and themes in music, as demonstrated by the composer Osvaldo Golijov in his Wa Habibi, which ranges further and wider than most.

11am
In the week leading up to the start of the Proms Rob's featured artist is the 'First Night' conductor Sakari Oramo. Oramo is Chief Conductor of both the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. After a decade as Chief Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, he currently serves as their Honorary Conductor. Rob shares Oramo's interpretations of works by composers including Rachmaninov, Lindberg and Sibelius.

Sibelius
Tapiola Op.112
City of Birmingham Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor).

TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b07jm3mt)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), In Service

There is no place where Mozart's name is more feted than in his home city of Salzburg. Mozart's own feelings about the city of his birth were ambivalent at best. He was often unhappy there; frustrated by the limitations of musical life in Salzburg and increasingly at loggerheads with his overbearing employer, the high-handed Archbishop Colloredo. "How I detest Salzburg", he wrote, and sought to escape the place on many occasions. Nevertheless this was the place where he spent his formative years, where he composed many great works, and where he developed into the composer we now celebrate as one of the greatest of any age. All this week Donald Macleod explores the story of Mozart's relationship with the place where his genius was forged.

Archbishop Colloredo took over as ruler of Salzburg in 1772, and immediately moved to curb Mozart's regular jaunts around Europe. He was determined that the child genius should contribute more fully to musical life at home and put Mozart to work writing for the church. If it rankled, taking what was in effect a servants job, after all the adulation he'd enjoyed abroad, Mozart didn't show it...yet.

Il Sogno di Scipione (Aria "Se vuoi che te reccolgano")
Claes H. Ahnsjö, tenor (Publio)
Salzburger Kammerchor
Mozarteum-Orchester Salzburg
Leopold Hager, director & continuo

Exsultate, jubilate, K165
Emma Kirkby, soprano
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, director

Serenade in D major, K203 (last 2 movts)
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Jean-Jacques Kantorow

Piano Concerto No 1 in F major, K37
Arthur Schoonderwoerd, harpsichord
Cristofori
Emilio Moreno, concertmaster.

TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b07jwtdd)
Schwetzingen Festival 2016, Episode 1

Penny Gore presents a week of lunchtime concerts recorded at this year's Schwetzingen. Centred around the great summer palace built in the second half of the eighteenth century by the Elector Carl Theodore, the Schwetzingen Festival has for six decades now been a magnet for some of the finest chamber musicians and singers. On the bill this week are Haydn piano sonatas, piano duets by Busoni and, in their anniversary years, music by Max Reger and the ninety-year-old György Kurtág. Today, two of the world's leading Lieder singers join forces in the Mozart Hall in Schwetzingen for Schubert settings of Goethe.

Schubert
Willkommen und Abschied, D. 767
An den Mond, D. 259
Meeres Stille, D. 216
Die Spinnerin, D. 247
Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118
Schäfers Klagelied, D. 121
Ganymed, D. 544
Der Musensohn, D. 764

Mignon and the Harpist:
Kennst du das Land, D. 321
Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt, D. 478/1
Heiss mich nicht reden, D. 726
Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass, D. 478/2
So lasst mir scheinen, D. 877/3
Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt, D. 877/1

Julia Kleiter (soprano)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Julius Drake (piano).

TUE 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b07jvz5z)
2015 Verbier and Lucerne Festival Highlights, Episode 2

Catriona Young continues a week of highlights from the 2015 Verbier and Lucerne Festivals. Today's programme from Lucerne features the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons in works by Haydn, Brett Dean and Richard Strauss; ending with Szymanowski's 1st Violin Concerto from the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra with soloist, Isabelle Faust.

2.00pm
Haydn
Symphony No. 90 in C, Hob. I:90
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons

2.26pm
Brett Dean
Dramatis personae
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
Andris Nelsons

2.57pm
Richard Rodgers
My Funny Valentine
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons

3.00pm
Richard Strauss
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons

3.50pm
Szymanowski
Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35
Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra
Isabelle Faust, violin
Pablo Heras-Casado.

TUE 16:30 In Tune (b07jl2h5)
Sol Gabetta, Thomas Nickell, Gemma Arterton and Nigel Hess

Suzy Klein's guests include cellist Sol Gabetta as she prepares to perform at the First Night of the BBC Proms. Pianist Thomas Nickell joins us in the midst of his debut UK Tour to perform live in the studio, plus composer Nigel Hess and actor Gemma Arterton chat about their forthcoming 'Food of Love' concert with the RPO, a Shakespearean extravaganza at Cadogan Hall in London.

Every day this week as part of BBC Get Playing, Radio 3 presenter and aspiring drummer Sarah Walker will be sharing her practice diary as she takes up the drums in a bid to perform in the Virtual Orchestra at this year's BBC Proms. She'll be sharing her progress from practice pad to mastering the paradiddle on her way to learning the drum part of Bizet's Toreador Song.

TUE 18:30 Composer of the Week (b07jm3mt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]

TUE 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b07jl8mz)
York Early Music Festival - Alamire

David Skinner directs the Alamire consort, performing Anne Boleyn's Songbook, live at the York Early Music Festival

Presented by Adam Tomlinson
Live at York Minster Chapter House

Anne Boleyn's Songbook: Music and Passions of a Tudor Queen

Alamire:
directed by David Skinner
Camilla Harris & Kirsty Hopkins, sopranos
Helen Charlston, alto
Nick Todd & Simon Wall, tenors
Greg Skidmore & Tim Whiteley, baritones
Rob Macdonald & Tom Flint, basses
Jacob Heringman, lute
Kirsty Whatley, harp

Anne Boleyn, the most notorious of Henry VIII's six wives, was brought up under the guardianship of Margaret of Austria - patron to some of the most famous composers in all of Europe - and then in the French court, where a collection of her favourite music was assembled in a book that she probably kept until her execution in 1536. Alamire explores the contents of this collection, which includes works by some of the greatest composers of the early 16th century: Compère, Brumel, Mouton and Josquin. The programme concludes with a haunting setting of O Deathe Rock Me Asleep, possibly linked to Anne's fate as she awaited her execution in the Tower of London.

TUE 22:00 Free Thinking (b07jl8xm)
Liverpool Art Biennial

Matthew Sweet and the critic, Natalie Haynes report from Liverpool where art has taken over the city. They talk to the artists, Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, Betty Woodman and Krzysztof Wodiczko as well as the Biennial director, Sally Tallant and the poet and 2015 New Generation Thinker Sandeep Parmar, who is curating a literary programme for the festival.

The Liverpool Biennial runs until October 16th
.
Sandeep Parmar is the author of two poetry books: The Marble Orchard and Eidolon (a rewriting of Helen of Troy in modern America).

Producer: Zahid Warley

(Image: Momentary Monument - The Stone by Lara Favaretto / Credit: Joel Fildes).

TUE 22:45 The Essay (b07jl91l)
Roald Dahl at 100, Jeremy Dyson on the delicious lure of Dahl's adult fiction

To celebrate the centenary of Roald Dahl's birth Jeremy Dyson remembers his ten-year-old self and the day he discovered Dahl's short stories for adults. The deliciously dark lure of that first encounter has never left him. In his essay he reflects on Dahl's storytelling genius and its influence on his own writing. Jeremy Dyson is a screenwriter and with Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reese Shearsmith created The League of Gentlemen.

Written and read by Jeremy Dyson.
Produced by Justine Willett.

TUE 23:00 Late Junction (b07jl98s)
Verity Sharp with Joe Boyd

Verity Sharp begins another week of musical exploration, in the company of record producer and writer Joe Boyd, famous for the crucial role he played in the careers of Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Nick Drake, The Incredible String Band, Vashti Bunyan and more. Boyd will be bringing his encyclopaedic musical knowledge to the Late Junction party.

Also, as ever, hear the world's most exciting new sounds. Tonight's featured artists include the Elliot Galvin Trio, Flit, and Debo Band.

Produced by Jack Howson for Reduced Listening.


WEDNESDAY 13 JULY 2016

WED 00:30 Through the Night (b07jhy7m)
Operatic Arias from Romanian Radio

Catriona Young presents an operatic gala concert from Romanian Radio.
12:31 AM
Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848)
Overture to 'Don Pasquale'
Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
12:38 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Aria 'La mia Letizia infondere' from Act 2 scene 1 of 'I Lombardi alla prima crociata'
Stefan Pop (tenor), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
12:41 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Aria 'Temerari! Sortite fuori' from 'Così fan tutte', K.588
Teodora Gheorghiu (soprano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
12:47 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Letter Scene from 'Eugene Onegin'
Iulia Isaev (soprano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
1:01 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Chorus 'Patria oppressa' from Act 4 scene 1 of 'Macbeth'
Romanian Radio Academic Chorus, Dan Mihail Goia (director), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
1:09 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Overture to 'Luisa Miller'
Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
1:15 AM
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
Duet 'O soave fanciulla' from Act 1 of 'La Bohème'
Stefan Pop (tenor), Teodora Gheorghiu (soprano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
1:20 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie' (The Anvil Chorus); Aria 'Stride la vampa' from Part 2 of 'Il Trovatore'
Romanian Radio Academic Chorus, Dan Mihail Goia (director), Liliana Ciuca Mattei (mezzo-soprano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
1:26 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Tre volte miagola' (The Witches' Chorus) from Act 3 of 'Macbeth'
Romanian Radio Academic Chorus, Dan Mihail Goia (director), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
1:31 AM
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
Aria 'Tu che di gel sei cinto' from Act 3 scene 1 of 'Turandot'
Teodora Gheorghiu (soprano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
1:34 AM
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
Aria 'Un bel dì vedremo' from Act 2 of 'Madama Butterfly'
Iulia Isaev (soprano), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, David Crescenzi (conductor)
1:39 AM
Enescu, George (1881-1955)
Sonata torso for violin and piano, from incomplete Sonata of 1911
Clara Cernat (violin), Thierry Huillet (piano)
1:54 AM
Wieniawski, Józef [1837-1912]
Symphony in D (Op.49)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pawel Przytocki (conductor)
2:31 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Trio sonata for flute, violin and continuo (Wq.161'2) in B flat major
Les Coucous Bénévoles
2:49 AM
Machaut, Guillaume de (c.1300-1377)
La Messe de Nostre Dame
Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
3:19 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Fantasie in G major (BWV.572)
Scott Ross (organ)
3:29 AM
Sáry, László (b.1940)
Pebble Playing in a Pot
Aurél Holló & Zoltán Rácz (marimbas)
3:38 AM
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959)
Etude no.4 in G major - from 12 Estúdios for guitar (A.235)
Heiki Mätlik (guitar)
3:42 AM
Roussel, Albert (1869-1937)
Le Jardin mouillé, Op.3 No.3
Ola Eliasson (baritone), Mats Jansson (piano)
3:47 AM
Lalo, Edouard (1823-1892)
2 Aubades
CBC Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Swift (conductor)
3:56 AM
Medtner, Nikolai [1879-1951]
3 Fairy Tales
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
4:04 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.4 in D major (K.19)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska (Conductor)
4:18 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
Concerto da Camera in D major (RV.94)
Camerata Köln
4:31 AM
Caldara, Antonio (c.1671-1736)
Stabat mater
Capella Nova Graz, Otto Kargl (director)
4:36 AM
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961)
Après un rêve
Leslie Howard (piano)
4:40 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Clarinet Concertino in E flat major (Op.26)
Hannes Altrov (clarinet), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paul Mägi (conductor)
4:50 AM
Fritz, Gaspard (1716-1783)
Sonata for violin and continuo (Op.2 No.4)
Sibylle Tschopp (violin), Isabel Tschopp (piano)
5:03 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Pensieri notturni di Filli: Italian cantata no.17 (HWV.134)
Johanna Koslowsky (soprano), Musica Alta Ripa
5:10 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Variations on a theme by Haydn (Op.56a)
Sinfonia Varsovia, Tomasz Bugaj (conductor)
5:30 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Trio for violin, cello and piano (Op.11) in B flat major
Trio Ondine
5:48 AM
Bach, Carl Philip Emanuel (1714-1788)
Sonata in G minor (Wq.70/6)
Wim Diepenhorst (organ)
6:01 AM
Vejvanovsky, Pavel Josef (c.1633/39-1693)
Offertur ad duos choros
Musica Aeterna Bratislava, Peter Zajícek (director)
6:07 AM
Greef, Arthur de (1862-1940)
Piano Concerto No.2 in B major
Artur Pizarro (piano), Flemish Radio Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor).

WED 06:30 Breakfast (b07jwz7j)
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 (b07jw7mp)
Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Kate Adie

9am
My favourite...sonatinas. Throughout the week Rob showcases a range of 'small sonatas' by composers including CPE Bach, Busoni and Ravel. Sonatinas are usually lighter in feel and less demanding than a full sonata, but it's still possible to pack plenty into these smaller forms. Expect flair, technical wizardry, whimsy and more besides.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: Two pieces of music have been altered. Can you identify them?

10am
Rob's guest is the veteran correspondent and author Kate Adie. Kate became a familiar face on our televisions as the BBC's chief news correspondent, reporting from war zones around the world and covering major events including the Tiananmen Square Massacre, the Rwandan genocide and the Gulf War. She went on to write a number of books including Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War and her autobiography The Kindness of Strangers. She currently presents From Our Own Correspondent on BBC Radio 4. Kate talks about her career and shares a selection of her favourite classical music, including works by Ethel Smyth and Carl Michael Bellman, and Smetana's Ma Vlast, which she heard whilst reporting on the 'Velvet Revolution' in Prague.

10.30am
Music in Time: Romantic
Rob places Music in Time with Chopin's Ballade No. 4 Op. 52, which demonstrates the Romantic trend for 'tempo rubato', described by Ignacy Jan Paderewski as 'this irreconcilable foe of the metronome'.

11am
In the week leading up to the start of the Proms Rob's featured artist is the 'First Night' conductor Sakari Oramo. Oramo is Chief Conductor of both the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. After a decade as Chief Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, he currently serves as their Honorary Conductor. Rob shares Oramo's interpretations of works by composers including Rachmaninov, Lindberg and Sibelius.

Nielsen
Symphony No.3 'Sinfonia espansiva' Op.27
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor).

WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b07jw7mr)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Theatrical Diversions

There is no place where Mozart's name is more feted than in his home city of Salzburg. Mozart's own feelings about the city of his birth were ambivalent at best. He was often unhappy there; frustrated by the limitations of musical life in Salzburg and increasingly at loggerheads with his overbearing employer, the high-handed Archbishop Colloredo. "How I detest Salzburg", he wrote, and sought to escape the place on many occasions. Nevertheless this was the place where he spent his formative years, where he composed many great works, and where he developed into the composer we now celebrate as one of the greatest of any age. All this week Donald Macleod explores the story of Mozart's relationship with the place where his genius was forged.

Mozart spent the entirety of 1774 kicking his heels in Salzburg; the longest continuous period he'd spent at home since he was six. A brief diversion presented itself when he was asked to produce an opera for Munich but, ultimately, he found his theatrical ambitions once again thwarted. Mozart's frustrations with his position in Salzburg were becoming obvious.

Bassoon Concerto, K191 (1st movt)
Eckart Hübner, bassoon
Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester

"L'amerò, sarò costanta" (Il re pastore, Act 2, Scene 2)
Reri Grist, soprano (Aminta)
The Orchestra of Naples
Denis Vaughan, conductor

Epistle Sonata in C, K328
Catherine Mackintosh, violin
Miranda Fulleylove, violin
Jennifer Ward Clark, cello
Andrew Lumsden, organ

Missa Brevis in C, K220 (Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei)
Ruth Holton, soprano
Charles Brett, countertenor
Andrew Tusa, tenor
Henry Wickham, bass
The Quiristers of Winchester College and Choral Scholars
The Amadi Orchestra
Julian Smith, conductor

Violin Concerto No.4 in D, K218
Simon Standage, violin
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor.

WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b07jwz7l)
Schwetzingen Festival 2016, Episode 2

Penny Gore continues her week of lunchtime concerts recorded at this year's Schwetzingen with a concert of Haydn and Prokofiev by the young Russian pianist, Denis Kozhukhin, making his debut at the festival.

Haydn: Keyboard Sonata No. 39 in D, Hob. XVI:24
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat, Op. 84
Haydn: Keyboard Sonata No. 47 in B minor, Hob. XVI:32
Gluck: Lent, très doux, from act III scene 2 of 'Ballet des ombres heureuses' (encore)

Denis Kozhukhin (piano)

recorded in the Jagdsaal, Schwetzingen.

WED 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b07jw7mt)
2015 Verbier and Lucerne Festival Highlights, Episode 3

Catriona Young explores further treasures from the 2015 Verbier Festival. Today's programme includes Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate with soprano Pretty Yende, Bruch's 1st Violin Concerto with soloist Joshua Bell and Beethoven's 7th Symphony.

2.00pm
Mozart
Exsultate Jubilate, K. 165
Pretty Yende, soprano
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Joshua Bell, conductor

2.16pm
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Joshua Bell, violin and conductor

2.40pm
Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Joshua Bell, conductor.

WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b07jl19z)
Eton Choral Course at Eton College Chapel

From the Chapel of Eton College with the first 2016 Eton Choral Course

Introit: A new song (James MacMillan)
Responses: Rose
Office Hymn: Come down, O Love divine (Down Ampney)
Psalms 69, 70 (Chard, Attwood, Morley)
First Lesson: Isaiah 49 vv.8-13
Canticles: Solihull Service (Ben Parry)
Second Lesson: 2 Corinthians 8 vv.1-11
Anthem: Joy at the sound (Roxanna Panufnik)
Final Hymn: Tell out my soul (Woodlands)
Organ Voluntary: Pentolaccia (Edward Picton-Turbervill) - first performance

Director of Music: Ben Parry
Organist: Christopher Whitton.

WED 16:30 In Tune (b07jl2hn)
Joshua Ellicott, Jessica Curry, Michael Crawford, Martin James Bartlett

Suzy Klein presents, with a live music from tenor Joshua Ellicott with pianist Christopher Glynn, and former BBC Young Musician of the Year Martin James Bartlett. Composer Jessica Curry chats to Suzy about her part in the Durham Hymns project, and actor Michael Crawford and composer Richard Taylor talk about their current West End show The Go Between.

Every day this week as part of BBC Get Playing, Radio 3 presenter and aspiring drummer Sarah Walker will be sharing her practice diary as she takes up the drums in a bid to perform in the Virtual Orchestra at this year's BBC Proms. She'll be sharing her progress from practise pad to mastering the paradiddle on her way to learning the drum part of Bizet's Toreador Song.

WED 18:30 Composer of the Week (b07jw7mr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]

WED 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b07jl8n1)
BBC Singers - Jam on the Marsh

As part of the John Armitage Memorial 'JAM on the Marsh' festival on Kent's Romney Marsh, Nicholas Cleobury conducts the BBC Singers in a concert of literature; from Shakespeare to Tagore and Rossetti to Manley Hopkins. 400 years after Shakespeare's death and with the Bard at its heart, this programme includes music by Vaughan Williams, Holst, Finzi and Leighton, as well as Festival Commissions by Paul Mealor and Thomas LaVoy. Dame Janet Suzman, renowned for her performances of Shakespeare, intersperses readings between the music.

Programme

Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs
Holst: The Evening Watch (Henry Vaughan)
Finzi: All this Night (William Austin)
Paul Mealor: To Seek Where Shadows Are (Christina Rossetti) (festival commission)
Martin: Songs of Ariel, from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'
Jaako Mantyjarvi: Four Shakespeare Songs
Leighton: God's grandeur (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
Thomas LaVoy: O Great Beyond (Rabindranath Tagore) (world premiere)

BBC Singers
Nicholas Cleobury, conductor
Dame Janet Suzman, reader

Image: Susan Pilcher.

WED 22:00 Free Thinking (b07jlbvp)
War and Modern Memory

Philip Dodd explores war and modern memory with former Colonel Lincoln Jopp MC, the historians, Lloyd Clark, Anna Feigenbaum and Ana Carden-Coyne and the New Generation Thinker, Anindya Raychaudhuri.

Lloyd Clark teaches War Studies at the University of Buckingham and is writing a book on generalship.

Dr Ana Carden-Coyne is co-director of the Centre for the Cultural History of War at Manchester University.

Dr Anna Feigenbaum teaches at Bournemouth University and is currently writing Tear Gas: 100 Years in the Making.

Former Colonel Lincoln Jopp MC studied philosophy and theology at university before taking up a commission with the Scots Guards. He was decorated for gallantry in Sierra Leone and served in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan before finishing his military career as assistant head of the MOD's strategy unit.

Dr Anindya Raychaudhuri is a lecturer in the School of English at the University of St Andrews and is conducting oral history research into the impact of Partition.

The New Generation Thinkers prize is an initiative launched by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to find the brightest minds from across the UK who have the potential to transform their research into engaging broadcast programmes. You can hear more about the research topics of all 10 2016 New Generation Thinkers on our website on a programme broadcast on May 31st and available as an arts and ideas podcast and find clips where you can hear their newly commissioned written pieces on a range of subjects.

Producer: Zahid Warley.

WED 22:45 The Essay (b07jl926)
Roald Dahl at 100, Laura Dockrill on Dahl's heroine Matilda

In the centenary year of Roald Dahl's birth Laura Dockrill remembers growing up with Matilda and discovering through Dahl's heroine that it was OK to be different. Laura Dockrill is a writer, illustrator and performance poet. She is the creator of Darcy Burdock, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2014.

Written and read by Laura Dockrill
Produced by Justine Willett.

WED 23:00 Late Junction (b07jl98v)
Verity Sharp

Adventures in music, ancient to future, with Verity Sharp as your intrepid guide.

A programme filled with fantastic tracks from around the globe, including songs from Concordu de Orosei, Ricardo Jacinto, and Verity Susman. Plus, get on board as we take a sonic excursion to Appalachia in the Fifties.

Produced by Jack Howson for Reduced Listening.


THURSDAY 14 JULY 2016

THU 00:30 Through the Night (b07jhy7p)
Beethoven and Brahms - Alexander String Quartet

Catriona Young presents a concert given by the Alexander String Quartet at last year's Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw. The quartet is joined by pianist Boris Berman for Brahms' Piano Quintet.
12:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
String Quartet no.14 in C sharp minor, Op.131
The Alexander String Quartet: Zakarias Grafilo (violin), Frederick Lifsitz (violin), Paul Yarbough (viola), Sandy Wilson (cello)
1:09 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34
Boris Berman (piano), The Alexander String Quartet
1:53 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Scherzo, from 'Piano Quintet in E flat, Op.44'
Boris Berman (piano), The Alexander String Quartet
1:59 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Concerto no.5 in A major K.219 for violin and orchestra
Bartlomiej Niziol (violin), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
2:31 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Dixit Dominus for SSATB soloists and double choir and orchestra in D major (RV.595)
Unidentified soloists, Choir of Latvian Radio and the Riga Chamber Players, Sigvards Klava (conductor)
3:01 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Lute Partita in C minor (BWV.997)
Konrad Junghänel (lute)
3:24 AM
Bergh, Gertrude van den (1793-1840)
Lied fur pianoforte
Frans van Ruth (piano)
3:29 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Hektors Abschied (D.312b, Op.58 No.1)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (fortepiano - after Johann Fritz, Vienna c.1815)
3:34 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
2 Elegiac melodies for string orchestra (Op.34)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
3:44 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp [1681-1767]
Sonata in F minor TWV.41:f1
Luka Mitev (bassoon), Helena Kosem Kotar (piano)
3:54 AM
Handel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759)
Cleopatra's aria: 'Piangerò la sorte mia' - from 'Giulio Cesare', Act 3 Scene 3
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze (director)
4:01 AM
Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich [1865-1936]
Concerto in E flat major Op.109 for alto saxophone and orchestra
Virgo Veldi (saxophone), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tarmo Leinatamm (conductor)
4:14 AM
Enescu, George (1881-1955)
Konzertstück in F for viola and piano
Gyözö Máté (viola), Balázs Szokolay (piano)
4:24 AM
Anonymous (C.18th)
Pastorella in D major; Aria in D major
Ljerka Ocic (organ), Stanko Arnold (trumpet)
4:31 AM
Smetana, Bedrich [1824-1884]
2 Dances from "Czech Dances, Book II": No.11 Hulán (Lancers); No.12 Obkocák (Striding Dance)
Karel Vrtiska (piano)
4:39 AM
Stainov, Petko (1896-1977)
A bright sun has risen
Petko Stainov Mixed Choir Kazanlak, Petya Pavlovich (conductor)
4:45 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Capriccio for keyboard (BWV.993) in E major "In honorem Joh. Christoph. Bachii"
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
4:52 AM
Tartini, Giuseppe (1692-1770)
Sonata for violin and continuo (Brainard F5) (Op.2 No.5) in F major
Gottfried von der Goltz (Violin), Torsten Johann (Organ), Lee Santana (Theorbo)
5:06 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907), orch. Hans Sitt
4 Norwegian dances (Op.35)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava, Robert Stankovsky (conductor)
5:26 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Lirnik wioskowy (Country Lyrist)
Urszula Kryger (mezzo soprano), Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska (piano)
5:32 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Three Polonaises
Kevin Kenner (piano)
5:53 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Cello Concerto in D major, Hob.VIIb No.2
France Springuel (cello), Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Antoni Ros-Marba (conductor)
6:13 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Flute Sonata in G major (Wq.133/H.564), 'Hamburger Sonata'
Wilbert Hazelzet (flute), Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
6:21 AM
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594)
Pelli meae consumptis carnibus
The King's Singers.

THU 06:30 Breakfast (b07jx4bw)
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 (b07jx4by)
Thursday - Rob Cowan with Kate Adie

9am
My favourite...sonatinas. Throughout the week Rob showcases a range of 'small sonatas' by composers including CPE Bach, Busoni and Ravel. Sonatinas are usually lighter in feel and less demanding than a full sonata, but it's still possible to pack plenty into these smaller forms. Expect flair, technical wizardry, whimsy and more besides.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: can you work out which two composers are associated with a particular piece?

10am
Rob's guest is the veteran correspondent and author Kate Adie. Kate became a familiar face on our televisions as the BBC's chief news correspondent, reporting from war zones around the world and covering major events including the Tiananmen Square Massacre, the Rwandan genocide and the Gulf War. She went on to write a number of books including Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War and her autobiography The Kindness of Strangers. She currently presents From Our Own Correspondent on BBC Radio 4. Kate talks about her career and shares a selection of her favourite classical music, including works by Ethel Smyth and Carl Michael Bellman, and Smetana's Ma Vlast, which she heard whilst reporting on the 'Velvet Revolution' in Prague.

10.30am
Music in Time: Classical
Rob places Music in Time with Beethoven's Diabelli Variations. The culmination of the Classical preoccupation with variation form, the 'Diabellis' demonstrate Beethoven's rigorous approach, while combining a sense of mischief with the work's technical challenges.

11am
In the week leading up to the start of the Proms Rob's featured artist is the 'First Night' conductor Sakari Oramo. Oramo is Chief Conductor of both the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. After a decade as Chief Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, he currently serves as their Honorary Conductor. Rob shares Oramo's interpretations of works by composers including Rachmaninov, Lindberg and Sibelius.

Bloch
Suite Symphonique
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor).

THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b07jwfnc)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Rock Bottom

There is no place where Mozart's name is more feted than in his home city of Salzburg. Mozart's own feelings about the city of his birth were ambivalent at best. He was often unhappy there; frustrated by the limitations of musical life in Salzburg and increasingly at loggerheads with his overbearing employer, the high-handed Archbishop Colloredo. "How I detest Salzburg", he wrote, and sought to escape the place on many occasions. Nevertheless this was the place where he spent his formative years, where he composed many great works, and where he developed into the composer we now celebrate as one of the greatest of any age. All this week Donald Macleod explores the story of Mozart's relationship with the place where his genius was forged.

After yet another ill-judged request for an absence of leave, Colloredo finally lost his patience with Mozart. He rudely dismissed the composer from his Salzburg court. Mozart set out for Paris to seek his fortune but disappointment and tragedy would follow. He was forced to return, chastened and bereft.

Concerto for Flute and Harp, K299 (3rd movt)
Patrick Gallois, flute
Fabrice Pierre, harp
Swedish Chamber Orchestra

Vespers, K339 (Beatus Vir, Laudate Pueri, Laudate Dominum, Magnificat)
Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano
Ruth Massey, mezzo soprano
Mark Dobell, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
The Sixteen
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Harry Christophers, conductor

Sinfonia Concertante, K363 (II. Andante)
Isaac Stern, violin
Pinchas Zukerman viola
English Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

Idomeneo: Act II, Scene 6
Werner Hollweg, tenor (Idomeneo)
Trudeliese Schmidt, mezzo soprano (Idamante)
Felicity Palmer, mezzo soprano (Elettra)
Mozartorchester & Chor des Opernhauses, Zurich
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor.

THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b07jj4k3)
Schwetzingen Festival 2016, Episode 3

Penny Gore continues a week of concerts from the Schwetzingen Festival with a programme of piano duets celebrating György Kurtág's 90th birthday and the centenary of Max Reger's death.

György Kurtág (b. 1926)
Excerpts from Játékok (Games)
Spiel mit dem Unendlichen
Hommage à Verdi
Kyrie
Hommage à J. S. B

Bach arr Kurtag: Alle Menschen müssen sterben, BWV 643, chorale, arr. piano four hands
Busoni: Improvisation on the Chorale 'Wie wohl ist mir, o Freund der Seele BWV 517, by Bach, K. 271
Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 86 for two pianos

Stenzl Piano Duo
Hans-Peter and Volker Stenzl (pianos).

THU 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b07jl1b2)
Thursday Opera Matinee, Handel's Acis and Galatea

In this week's Opera Matinee there is the opportunity to hear again a performance of Handel's pastoral masterpiece, Acis and Galatea in a performance first broadcast in 2009. Catriona Young presents a recording made at the Royal Opera House, London, during the 250th anniversary of George Frederic Handel's death. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Christopher Hogwood lead a performance with Charles Workman and Danielle de Niese in the title roles. The afternoon also includes orchestral music conducted by Pierre Boulez in the 2009 Lucerne Summer Festival.

2.00pm
Handel
Acis and Galatea

Acis ...... Charles Workman (baritone)
Galatea ...... Danielle de Niese (soprano)
Damon ...... Paul Agnew (tenor)
Coridon ...... Ji-Min Park (tenor)
Polyphemus ...... Matthew Rose (bass)
Chorus Soprano soloist ...... Juliet Schiemann
Chorus tenor soloist ...... Philip Bell
The Royal Opera Extra Chorus
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Christopher Hogwood (conductor).

3.36pm
Debussy
Jeux
Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra
Pierre Boulez

3.53pm
Boulez
Notations 1-4 & 7
Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra

4.11pm
Mahler
2 songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn:
Rheinlegendchen
Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Andris Nelsons.

THU 16:30 In Tune (b07jl2jv)
Septura, Chi-chi Nwanoku, Fidelio Trio

Suzy Klein presents, with live music from brass ensemble Septura and the Fidelio Trio, who are joined by poet Sinead Morrissey ahead of their performance at Cheltenham Festival. Plus Chi-chi Nwanoku joins Suzy to discuss the upcoming Sphinx 20 symposium on diversity and inclusion in classical music.

Every day this week as part of BBC Get Playing, Radio 3 presenter and aspiring drummer Sarah Walker will be sharing her practice diary as she takes up the drums in a bid to perform in the Virtual Orchestra at this year's BBC Proms. She'll be sharing her progress from practise pad to mastering the paradiddle on her way to learning the drum part of Bizet's Toreador Song.

THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b07jwfnc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]

THU 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b07jl8n3)
BBC New Generation Artists Harrogate Showcase

Harrogate International Festival 2016 BBC New Generation Artists Showcase Concert. Three outstanding young artists join forces at the Royal Hall, Harrogate for a programme inspired by Brahms's and Schumann's love for the music of JS Bach. Narek Hakhnazaryan, a former winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition plays Bach's original solo cello version of his third cello suite before Russian pianist, Pavel Kolesnikov joins him to play movements from Schumann's recently discovered version with piano accompaniment. And Belgian clarinettist, Annelien Van Wauwe plays Schumann's romantically wistful Fantasy Pieces and a Romance by Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen, a one-time pupil of Brahms. And the three young musicians combine forces to round off their fascinating programme with Brahms's Clarinet Trio, a work which inspired one contemporary to observe admiringly that: "It is as though the instruments were in love with each other."
Presented by Tom Redmond

Bach arr. Brahms: Chaconne for piano left hand
Bach: Cello Suite No.3 in C major BWV 1009
Schumann: Fantasiestücke for clarinet, Op.73

Interval Music: Schumann Romanzen und Balladen op 67 sung by the Flemish Radio Choir, Bo Holten (conductor)

Bach arr. Schumann: Cello Suite No.3 in C major
Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen: Romanze in F major
Brahms: Trio in A minor for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, Op.114

Annelien Van Wauwe (clarinet)
Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello)
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)
rec. 07 July 2016.

THU 22:00 Free Thinking (b07jl8xp)
Brazilian Culture, Saying the Unsayable, Addiction, Raqib Shaw

Anne McElvoy looks ahead to the Rio Olympics discussing Brazilian culture talking to author, politics lecturer and former National Secretary for Public Security Luiz Eduardo Soares and with Dr Edward King from the University of Bristol. This summer the RSC is exploring saying the unsayable this summer with a season of plays, Anne talks with the writer and the director of one of those plays, 'Fall of the Kingdom, Rise of the Foot Soldier' - Somalia Seaton and Nadia Latif. Neuroscientist Marc Lewis explains why he is convinced that addiction is a behavioural problem and not a disease. And Raqib Shaw talks about his new exhibition of self-portraits.

Rio de Janeiro: Extreme City by Luiz Eduardo Soares published by Allen Lane is out now.
Digital Technologies in Argentine and Brazilian Culture by Edward King explores the use of science fiction in literature and graphic fiction from Argentina and Brazil.
The Biology of Desire: why addiction is not a disease by Marc Lewis published by Scribe is out now
'Fall of the Kingdom, Rise of the Foot Soldier' runs from 27th July at the RSC in Stratford
Raqib Shaw's self portraits are at the White Cube in Bermondsey until 11th September 2016.

Producer: Ruth Watts.

THU 22:45 The Essay (b07jl928)
Roald Dahl at 100, Michael Rosen on the exuberance of Dahl's poetry

In the centenary year of Roald Dahl's birth the dazzling language, clever observation and rude humour that infuses Dahl's poetry is celebrated by the acclaimed children's writer and former children's laureate, Michael Rosen.

Written and read by Michael Rosen
Produced by Justine Willett.

THU 23:00 Late Junction (b07jl98x)
Verity Sharp with Grimes's Mixtape

Verity Sharp has the great pleasure of presenting an exclusive mixtape from experimental, electronic music star Grimes.

Born in Canada in 1988, Claire Boucher (aka Grimes) has managed to become a major mainstream act without compromising her underground roots and original influences, ranging from industrial noise to medieval music. Her latest album 'Art Angels', which features collaborations with Janelle Monae and Aristophanes, was rated one of 2015's very best albums by many leading pop and rock critics.

Also tonight ... open your ears to excellent new tracks from percussionist and producer Sarathy Korwar, pop subversive Kilo Kish, and Congolese legends Konono No. 1.

Produced by Jack Howson for Reduced Listening.


FRIDAY 15 JULY 2016

FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b07jhy7r)
Busoni's Indian Fantasy and Sibelius 3rd Symphony

Catriona Young presents a programme of Huber, Busoni and Sibelius with the Orchestra of Swiss-Italian Radio with pianist Davide Cabassi and conductor Philipp Bach.
12:31 AM
Huber, Hans [1852-1921]
Eine Lustspielouverture, Op.50
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Philipp Bach (conductor)
12:41 AM
Busoni, Ferruccio [1866-1924]
Fantasia indiana, Op.44b
Davide Cabassi (piano), Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Philipp Bach (conductor)
1:07 AM
Arlen, Harold [1905-1986]
Improvisation on 'Somewhere over the Rainbow'
Davide Cabassi (piano)
1:12 AM
Sibelius, Jean [1865-1957]
Symphony No. 3 in C major Op.52
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Philipp Bach (conductor)
1:42 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Eight Piano Pieces (Op.76)
Robert Silverman (piano)
2:11 AM
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
Figure humaine - cantata for double chorus (1943)
Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor)
2:31 AM
Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927)
String Quartet No.4 (Op.25) in A minor
Oslo String Quartet
3:08 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Violin Sonata in A major 'Kreutzer' (Op.47)
Geir Inge Lotsberg (violin) Einar Steen-Nøkleberg (piano)
3:45 AM
Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762)
Concerto grosso (Op.3 No.6) in E minor
Camerata Bern, Thomas Furi (conductor)
3:54 AM
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
O clarissima Mater
Rondellus
4:03 AM
Delius, Frederick (1862-1934)
Irmelin Prelude (RT.6.27) arr. from Preludes to Acts 1 & 3 of the opera
Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (Conductor)
4:09 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Fantasy for flute and piano
Lóránt Kovács (flute), Erika Lux (piano)
4:14 AM
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937)
Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor
Jerzy Godziszewski (piano)
4:22 AM
Schmelzer, Johann Heinrich [c.1620-1680]
Sonata in D for 3 violins and continuo
Il Giardino Armonico
4:31 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Overture to Genoveva, Op.81
Orchestre Nationale de France, Heinz Wallberg (Conductor)
4:41 AM
Bax, Arnold [1883-1953]
Mater ora filium for double choir
BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor)
4:51 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Rondo in A minor K.511
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
5:01 AM
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903)
Italian Serenade for string quartet
Ljubljana String Quartet
5:09 AM
Paganini, Nicolò (1782-1840)
Duetto Amoroso for violin and guitar
Tomaz Lorenz (violin), Jerko Novak (guitar)
5:20 AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
Overture from The Wasps - Aristophanic suite (from incidental music)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
5:30 AM
Saint-Saens, Camille [1835-1921]
Bassoon Sonata in G major, Op.168
Toby Chan Siu-Tung (bassoon), Rachel Cheung Wai-Ching (piano)
5:43 AM
Arensky, Anton Stepanovich (1861-1906)
Suite No.3, 'Variations' (Op.33)
James Anagnoson and Leslie Kinton (pianos)
6:07 AM
Rodrigo, Joaquín (1901-1999)
Concierto de Aranjuez
Norbert Kraft (guitar), Winnepeg Symphony Orchestra, Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor).

FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b07jxnyc)
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 (b07jwld2)
Friday - Rob Cowan with Kate Adie

9am
My favourite...sonatinas. Throughout the week Rob showcases a range of 'small sonatas' by composers including CPE Bach, Busoni and Ravel. Sonatinas are usually lighter in feel and less demanding than a full sonata, but it's still possible to pack plenty into these smaller forms. Expect flair, technical wizardry, whimsy and more besides.

9.30am
Take part in today's music-related challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery place.

10am
Rob's guest is the veteran correspondent and author Kate Adie. Kate became a familiar face on our televisions as the BBC's chief news correspondent, reporting from war zones around the world and covering major events including the Tiananmen Square Massacre, the Rwandan genocide and the Gulf War. She went on to write a number of books including Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War and her autobiography The Kindness of Strangers. She currently presents From Our Own Correspondent on BBC Radio 4. Kate talks about her career and shares a selection of her favourite classical music, including works by Ethel Smyth and Carl Michael Bellman, and Smetana's Ma Vlast, which she heard whilst reporting on the 'Velvet Revolution' in Prague.

10.30am
Music in Time: Baroque
Rob places Music in Time with Telemann's Overture Suite in E major. The suite, an ordered set of instrumental pieces, was extremely popular in the Baroque period, and the later addition of an overture to make an "overture suite" became particularly fashionable in Germany, with Telemann having claimed to have written around two hundred examples of this form.

11am
To mark the start of the Proms tonight, Rob shares a recording by the conductor who will open proceedings, Sakari Oramo. Oramo teams up with his 'First Night' orchestra, the BBC Symphony, in an acclaimed recording of Grieg's Piano Concerto.

Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16
Javier Perianes (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor).

FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b07jwld4)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Farewell Salzburg

There is no place where Mozart's name is more feted than in his home city of Salzburg. Mozart's own feelings about the city of his birth were ambivalent at best. He was often unhappy there; frustrated by the limitations of musical life in Salzburg and increasingly at loggerheads with his overbearing employer, the high-handed Archbishop Colloredo. "How I detest Salzburg", he wrote, and sought to escape the place on many occasions. Nevertheless this was the place where he spent his formative years, where he composed many great works, and where he developed into the composer we now celebrate as one of the greatest of any age. All this week Donald Macleod explores the story of Mozart's relationship with the place where his genius was forged.

In 1781, Mozart finally broke free from Salzburg after an acrimonious parting with his employer, Archbishop Colloredo. Vienna would be his new home and the place where Mozart would finally blossom into the great opera composer he had always wanted to be. He visited his home just once more, taking with him one of his very greatest sacred works.

Serenade for 13 winds, K361 'Gran partita' (3. Adagio)
Members of the Orchestra of St. Luke's
Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor

Symphony No 32 in G major
London Mozart Players
Jane Glover, conductor

Die Entführung aus dem Serail: "Welcher Kummer herrscht in meiner Seele....Traurigkeit ward mir zum Lose"
Lucia Popp, soprano (Constanze)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Mass in C minor, Gloria (Qui Tollis to end of Gloria)
Sylvia McNair, soprano
Diana Montague, mezzo soprano
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor
Cornelius Hauptmann, bass
The Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

String Quartet No 16 in E flat, K428/421b (2. Andante con moto)
Emerson String Quartet.

FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b07jxnyf)
Schwetzingen Festival 2016, Episode 4

Penny Gore concludes her week of lunchtime concerts from the Schwetzingen Festival with one of the masterpieces of the chamber music repertory. Some of today's leading chamber musicians join forces for Schubert's great Quintet in the Mozart Hall, Schwetingen.

Schubert
String Quintet in C, D. 956
Arcanto Quartet
Antje Weithaas (violin)
Daniel Sepec (violin)
Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
with Maximilian Hornung (cello).

FRI 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b07jwld6)
2015 Verbier and Lucerne Festival Highlights, Episode 4

Catriona Young rounds off a week of highlights from the 2015 Verbier and Lucerne Festivals. Today's programme features the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra in Brahms' Serenade No 1 and ends with Mahler's mighty 5th Symphony from the Lucerne Festival Orchestra under Andris Nelsons.

2.00pm
Brahms
Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Truls Mørk

2.45pm
Varèse
Amériques, second version (1927)
Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra
Pablo Heras-Casado

3.07pm
Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Andris Nelsons.

FRI 16:30 In Tune (b07jl2k1)
Live from the Concert Hall at Imperial College Union, London

Sean Rafferty presents a special programme from the Concert Hall at Imperial College Union to mark the opening night of the 2016 BBC Proms, with live performance from artists appearing at this year's festival including Matilda Lloyd (trumpet) and members of the BBC PROMS Gospel Superchoir.

Every day this week as part of BBC Get Playing, Radio 3 presenter and aspiring drummer Sarah Walker will be sharing her practice diary as she takes up the drums in a bid to perform in the Virtual Orchestra at this year's BBC Proms. She'll be sharing her progress from practise pad to mastering the paradiddle on her way to learning the drum part of Bizet's Toreador Song.

FRI 18:00 Composer of the Week (b07jwld4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]

FRI 19:00 BBC Proms (b07jl8n5)
2016, Prom 01: First Night of the Proms

Live at BBC Proms: BBC Symphony Orchestra with Sakari Oramo. Sol Gabetta plays Elgar's Cello Concerto, mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina joins for Prokofiev's Cantata Alexander Nevsky

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny and Clemency Burton-Hill

Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture 'Romeo and Juliet'
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor

c.20:00
Interval - Petroc Trelawny and Clemency Burton-Hill look forward to two months of world-class music-making in the company of guests including the Director of the BBC Proms, David Pickard.

c.20:25
Prokofiev: Cantata 'Alexander Nevsky'

Olga Borodina, mezzo-soprano
Sol Gabetta, cello
BBC National Chorus of Wales
The BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

Tchaikovsky's ravishing 'Romeo and Juliet' overture launches our celebrations marking 400 years since the death of Shakespeare.
Argentine soloist Sol Gabetta makes her Proms debut in Elgar's hauntingly lyrical Cello Concerto, the first in a series of works throwing a spotlight on the instrument.
Prokofiev delivered a score of new directness and clarity for his friend Sergey Eisenstein's patriotic film Alexander Nevsky: the cantata he fashioned from it features the dramatic 'Battle on the Ice'.

FRI 22:00 The Verb (b07jxr07)
The Verb on Sea

It's the last Verb of the season, so Ian's gone to Brighton for a summer holiday. We go exploring with writer and tour guide David Bramwell and we set up shop in Bom Bane's cafe, where the owner Jane Bom Bane treats us to some music as a selection of Brighton's finest writers and performers drop by.

Producer: Cecile Wright.

FRI 22:45 The Essay (b07jl92y)
Roald Dahl at 100, Donald Sturrock on the events that made the man and writer

To celebrate the centenary of Roald Dahl's birth his biographer, Donald Sturrock remembers meeting the genius storyteller in the writing hut at the bottom of his garden. Here Dahl revealed how he used both the darkness and lightness of his childhood to fire his writing. Donald Sturrock wrote Storyteller: The Life of Road Dahl and has edited his letters, Love From Boy: Roald Dahl's Letters to His Mother.

Written and read by Donald Sturrock
Produced by Justine Willett.

FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b07jl98z)
Lopa Kothari - Melange in Session

Lopa Kothari presents sounds from around the globe with live music from Melange, founded by UK cellist Shirley Smart, who lived for ten years in Jerusalem, the ensemble gathers musicians from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.