An Advent concert performed by the Swedish Radio Chorus. With Catriona Young.
Soghomon Komitas (1869-1935),Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594),Damijan Močnik (b.1967)
Soghomon Komitas (1869-1935),Jacobus Gallus Carniolus (1550-1591),William Hawley (b.1950)
Katarina Pustinek Rakar (b.1979),Michael Praetorius (c.1571-1621), Jan Sandström (arranger)
Maria Demérus (soprano), Lisa Carlioth (soprano), Annika Hudak (mezzo soprano), Love Tronner (tenor), Swedish Radio Chorus, Martina Batič (director)
Grosse Fuge, Op 133 (version for orchestra, orig. for string quartet Op 130)
Bart Schneemann (oboe), Harmen de Boer (clarinet), Jacob Slagter (horn), Ronald Karten (bassoon), Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam, Lev Markiz (conductor)
Weihnacht in der uralten Marienkirche zu Krakau. Fantasie Felix Nowowiejski
Russell Braun (baritone), Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, John Rutter (conductor)
Rosen aus dem Suden: waltz arr. Schoenberg for harmonium, piano & string quartet
Marita Kvarving Sølberg (soprano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ketil Haugsand (conductor)
Marián Lapšanský (piano), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor)
Clarinet Sonata in E flat, Op. 167
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, with the last of this year's musical Advent Calendar, plus a special Christmas Sounds of the Earth.
1050 This Christmas week , the former Children's Laureate and prolific author Michael Morpurgo shares his cultural inspirations.
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of German early Baroque master Heinrich Schütz. Today he dips a toe into the fertile archival territory of Schütz’s own writings.
Unlike many composers from the earlier end of music history, Heinrich Schütz left plenty of documentary traces – letters, petitions, memoranda, appraisals, prefaces, poetry and, in tune with the patronage culture of the times, his fair share of fawning dedications. It’s a body of writings that opens fascinating windows onto the composer’s life and times – and provides plentiful cues for music from one of greatest composers of his age.
Wie sehr lieblich und schöne sind doch die Wohnung dein, SWV 181 (Becker-Psalter, Op 5)
Concert in Form einer teutschen Begräbnis-Missa, SWV 279 (Musikalische Exequien)
The Oxford Lieder Festival 2018 goes on a Grand Tour of Europe in song. In this week's Lunchtime Concerts, Andrew McGregor presents highlights from the festival, including the recital 'Tallinn to St Petersburg' by the Estonian mezzo-soprano Kai Rüütel and the recital 'Vienna to Stockholm' performed by the Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling. Plus an unusual Schubertiade from Schubert & Co., a group of rising stars in the singing world brought together by the pianist Sholto Kynoch. Today, in the first of the series, Kai Ruutel sings Rachmaninov, Esther Magi and Tormis, and Camilla Tilling sings Korngold.
Schubert & Co.
O, dolgo budu ja, v molchan'i nochi tajnoj ('In the silence of the secret night') (Op. 4 no.3)
. The sun was shining, the dew gleamed
. When music echoes
. On the window of sleep
1. Spring sun, do not set yet
2. Autumn Song
3. No roses have bloomed for me
4. Love
Two high-energy 20th Century works with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, conducted by François-Xavier Roth in a concert taken from this year's Lucerne Festival. First, Bartok's Divertimento for String Orchestra, which was the last work he composed just before he fled Hungary during the outbreak of World War II. It is less intense than his preceding works and its outer movements shine out with a joyful optimism. Then, cellist Sol Gabetta joins the orchestra for a rare performance of Martinů's Cello Concerto No. 1 in D. After Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra the afternoon finishes with a performance of Bruckner's Mass no 2 in e minor interspersed with movements from Henri Tomasi's Fanfares liturgiques. The concert is presented by Jonathan Swain.
Martinů: Cello Concerto No. 1 in D
Bruckner: Kyrie, from 'Mass No. 2 in E minor
Bruckner: Gloria, from 'Mass No. 2 in E minor
Bruckner: Credo, from Mass No. 2 in E minor
Bruckner: Sanctus, from 'Mass No. 2 in E minor
Bruckner: Benedictus, from 'Mass No. 2 in E minor
Bruckner: Agnus Dei, from 'Mass No. 2 in E minor
Join travel writer Horatio Clare as he wanders in the forest somewhere in Germany, a real-time recording where you can experience the magic and mystery of walking deep into dense woodland, from the comfort of your armchair.
The Wanderer is a figure celebrated in 19th Century Romantic art, music and literature, and especially in Germany and Austria, in the writings of Goethe and other poets, and the songs of Schubert and Mahler. As Horatio wanders in the woods, you will hear his acute observations of the natural environment as he explores its sights, sounds and sensations (perhaps getting lost along the way). Also you’ll hear from some of the great writers who have celebrated wandering in Nature, not just Goethe but also novelist Herman Hesse and the English Romantic poet Coleridge, who also walked in Germany’s forests; and music will accompany Horatio’s thoughts too – Schubert’s great song-cycle Winterreise (Winter Journey) will be a thread, along with other music, from the folk song Spenser the Rover to Mahler’s epic orchestral songs.
There will be thoughts about the dying embers of the day and of the year, and of coming home from travels in time for Christmas.
The walk will begin from the village of Holzbronn in the Black Forest, West of Stuttgart, but Horatio will wander freely from there into the forest.
Berlioz’s Christmas oratorio L’enfance du Christ. Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, BBC Singers and star soloists.
Berlioz’s oratorio L’enfance du Christ (The Childhood of Christ) , home to the much-loved ‘Shepherds’ Farewell’ chorus, is a ravishing retelling of the Christmas story with echoes of Bach’s Passions. Premiered in 1854 the French composer’s inimitable stylistic fingerprints combine in the work to produce music of tender ‘celestial’ beauty, operatic flair, and dramatic instinct. Edward Gardner conducts a superb cast and continues the 90th birthday celebrations of the BBC Symphony Chorus.
Peter Phillips continues his six-part series celebrating the Glory of Polyphony.
Polyphony (literally, 'many sounds') reached its peak in choral music during the historic Renaissance period. Peter Phillips first discovered its magnificent sound world at the age of 16 and ever since has devoted his life to performing and recording it. He even formed his record label and choir -The Tallis Scholars - to share the music with others. In each programme in this series, Peter will share his knowledge of and passion for Renaissance choral music by exploring the lives and works of two very contrasting composers. He'll showcase their unique styles against the social backdrops of the late 15th to early 17th centuries by telling some of their personal stories and explaining the original purpose of the music. He'll also explore the music's meditative qualities and its power to affect worshippers and audiences past and present.
In this second programme, Peter will delve into the lives and music of two contemporary but contrasting Flemish composers: Josquin des Prez and Heinrich Isaac.
Flemish musicians were in great demand in the 15th and 16th Centuries, and many were brought across the Alps to Italy as young choristers and remained there their entire careers. What became known as the Franco-Flemish vocal style influenced the development of religious music across the whole of Europe.
Josquin was employed in Rome, Milan and Ferrara, and his fame spread far and wide - he was greatly admired by Martin Luther, who described Josquin's intimately crafted music as being "as free as the song of the finch".
The widely-travelled Isaac worked for three of Europe's most powerful families - the Habsburgs, the Estes and the Medicis. Full of pomp and ceremony, his music is vastly different to Josquin's; Isaac was the man for the great occasion. The two men once competed for the same job in Ferrara, but Isaac was thought to have been "of a better disposition among his companions and will compose new works more often.".
Soweto Kinch presents Dee Byrne’s Entropi in concert from the 2018 Marsden Jazz Festival. With Dee Byrne, alto saxophone; Andre Canniere, trumpet; Rebecca Nash, piano; Ollie Bryce, bass, and Matt Fisher, drums.
TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2018
TUE 00:30 Through the Night (m0001qgx)
Christmas around the World
Brass Consort Köln with music by Vivaldi, Grieg and Tchaikovsky. Catriona Young presents.
12:31 AM
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Sonata for Two Trumpets and Brass
Brass Consort Köln
12:36 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concert in D minor
12:48 AM
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 4 in F minor, - Winter
12:51 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Suite for Brass Quintet
01:02 AM
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
The Nutcracker, suite, op. 71a
01:10 AM
Giles Farnaby (c. 1563 - 1640)
Fancies, Toyes and Dreams
01:19 AM
Traditional
Three Traditional Carols
01:28 AM
Traditional Nicaraguan
Las Mandolinas
01:30 AM
Traditional
Silent Night
Brass Consort Köln
01:34 AM
Christian Friedrich Ruppe (1753-1826)
Christmas Cantata
Francine van der Hayden (soprano), Karin van der Poel (mezzo soprano), Otto Bouwknegt (tenor), Mitchell Sandler (bass), Ensemble Bouzignac, Musica ad Rhenum, Jed Wentz (conductor)
02:06 AM
Traditional
Deck the Hall
Les chanteurs de Saint-Cœur-de-Marie, Richard Paré (harpsichord), Claude Gosselin (conductor)
02:08 AM
Peter Cornelius
Three Kings
Ben Heppner (tenor), Toronto Children's Chorus, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Jean Ashworth Bartle (conductor)
02:10 AM
Andrew Ford (b.1957)
Wassails and Lullabies
Anne Cooke (soprano), Matthew Baker (bass), Ian Cleworth (percussion), Rebecca Lagos (percussion), Brian Nixon (percussion), Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Antony Walker (conductor)
02:31 AM
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725), Silvio Stampiglia (author)
Cinque Profeti – Christmas Cantata
Barbara Schlick (soprano), Heike Hallaschka (soprano), Kai Wessel (alto), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Michael Schopper (bass), Vokalensemble La Stagione, Michael Schneider (director)
03:31 AM
Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
Sir Roger de Coverley - Christmas dance
BBC Concert Orchestra, David Hill (conductor)
03:36 AM
Adolphe Adam (1803-1856)
Cantique de Noel
Gino Quilico (baritone), Judy Loman (harp), Toronto Children's Chorus, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Jean Ashworth Bartle (conductor)
03:41 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ketil Haugsand (conductor)
03:47 AM
Károly Goldmark (1830-1915)
Ein Wintermarchen (Overture)
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Ervin Lukács (conductor)
03:57 AM
Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669)
The Four Seasons - Winter
Les Voix Humaines
04:12 AM
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz (1876-1909)
Na sniegu (Op.1 No.3) (Tempo mazurka)
Jadwiga Rappé (alto), Ewa Poblocka (piano)
04:14 AM
Michael Haydn (1737-1806)
Cantata: Lauft, ihr Hirten allzugleich (Run ye shepherds, to the light)
Wolfgang Brunner, Salzburger Hofmusik
04:23 AM
Mel Torme,Irving Berlin,Hugh Martin
Christmas Medley
Louis Quilico (baritone), Gino Quilico (baritone), Toronto Children's Chorus, Judy Loman (harp), Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Jean Ashworth Bartle (conductor)
04:31 AM
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - Prologue
Hungarian Radio Choir, Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry (conductor)
04:35 AM
Marcel Samuel-Rousseau (1882-1955)
Variations Pastorales sur un vieux Noel
Erica Goodman (harp), Amadeus Ensemble
04:44 AM
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel
Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir, Evi Eespere (director)
04:55 AM
Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
Variations on "Adeste Fideles"
Tong-Soon Kwak (organ)
05:03 AM
Traditional
A u sviecie nam navina byla (Belarusian Christmas Song)
Belarussian Radio Academic Chorus, Pavel Shepelev (conductor)
05:05 AM
Traditional
Neiba i ziamlia (Heaven and Earth) (Belarussin Christmas Song)
Belarusian Radio Academic Choir, Pavel Shepelev (conductor)
05:06 AM
Valery Kalistratov (b.1942)
Kalyada (Christmas)
Belarusian Radio Academic Choir, Pavel Shepelev (conductor)
05:08 AM
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Concerto grosso in G minor, Op 6 No 8, 'per la notte di Natale'
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor)
05:23 AM
Dimitar Nenov (1901-1953)
Christmas - symphonic poem for soloists, mixed choir & orchestra
Valeri Popova (soprano), Alexander Krunev (baritone), Bulgarian National Radio Mixed Chorus, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Milen Nachev (conductor)
05:58 AM
Carlos Salzédo (1885-1961)
Concert Variations on "O Tannenbaum"
Judy Loman (harp)
06:02 AM
Gustav Ernesaks (1908-1993)
Naarisokk (The Christmas Goat)
Estonian National Male Choir, Ants Sööts (director)
06:05 AM
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping beauty suite (Op.66a)
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor)
06:26 AM
Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych (1877-1921)
Carol of the Bells & The Sleigh a la Russe
Toronto Children's Chorus, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Judy Loman (harp), Jean Ashworth Bartle (conductor)
TUE 06:30 Breakfast (m0001r05)
Tuesday - Petroc's Classical Christmas
Christmas Day Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny, including the winning entry in the Breakfast Carol Competition. Plus your musical requests and suggestions.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
TUE 09:00 Essential Classics (m0001r07)
Ian Skelly
Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 Our Classical Century - 100 pieces celebrating 100 key moments in classical music in the last century. bbc.co.uk/ourclassicalcentury
1050 This Christmas week, the former Children's Laureate and prolific author Michael Morpurgo shares his cultural inspirations.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (m0001r09)
Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672)
The Story of Christmas
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of German early Baroque master Heinrich Schütz. Today we’re off to the Striezelmarkt for a Christmas pastry and a glass of Glühwein.
Christmas in 17th-century Dresden was not for the faint-hearted. Proceedings started at
3am with a signal call from the town watchman, followed by rounds of canon-fire, peals of bells, singing, shawm-playing, more bells, then a military parade – all leading up to the first church service of the day, at
7.30am, with its obligatory hour-long sermon. Schütz’s music must have been a consolation, at least to those who were fortunate enough to do their worshipping at the court chapel. His yuletide masterpiece is The Christmas Story – today’s programme includes a complete performance.
Hodie Christus natus est, SWV 456
Claire Lefilliâtre, Julie Vallée-Gendre, soprano
Renau Tripathi, haut-contre
Hans-Jörg Mammel, tenor
Thomas van Essen, baritone
Etienne Debaisieux, bass
Chamber Choir of Namur
La Fenice
Jean Tubéry, conductor
Warum toben die Heiden, SWV 23 (Psalmen Davids, Op 2)
Cantus Cölln
Concerto Palatino
Konrad Junghänel, director
Ein Kind ist uns geboren, SWV 302 (Kleine geistliche Concerte I)
Dorothee Mields, soprano
David Erler, alto
Georg Poplutz, tenor
Andreas Wolf, bass
Stefan Maass, Theorbo
Matthias Müller, viola da gamba
Ludger Rémy, organ and director
Verbum caro factum est, SWV 314 (Kleine geistliche Concerte II)
Gerlinde Sämann, Isabel Schicketanz, soprano
Stefan Maass, Theorbo
Matthias Müller, viola da gamba
Ludger Rémy, organ and director
Historia, der freuden- und gnadenreichen Geburth Gottes und Marien Sohnes,
Jesu Christi (The Christmas Story), SWV 435
Else Torp, soprano
Adam Riis, Johan Linderoth, tenor
Jakob Bloch Jespersen, bass
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Concerto Copenhagen
Sirius Viols
Paul Hillier, direction
Produced by Chris Barstow for BBC Wales
TUE 13:00 Sean Rafferty at Home (m0001r0c)
Sir Bryn Terfel
Sir Bryn Terfel welcomes Sean Rafferty into his home in south Wales where he meets some of Bryn's family, including his lively toddler who, Bryn points out, has inherited his lungs. Bryn reflects on his upbringing in Wales, singing in his local church, to the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 1989 and the battle of the baritones between him and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Bryn shows Sean around his home, and they mull over Bryn's hectic international career in the major opera houses, in roles ranging from Mozart to Wagner's Flying Dutchman and Wotan. Sean casts an envious eye around his wine cellar and music room, and their chat throws up insights into the life and work of one of the country's greatest and much-loved singers.
TUE 14:00 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (m0001r0f)
Recorded yesterday in the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge in the Festival’s Centenary year.
Hymn: Once in Royal David's City (desc. Cleobury)*
Bidding Prayer read by the Dean
Up! good Christen folk (Piae Cantiones)*
First lesson: Genesis 3 vv 8-19 read by a Chorister
Adam lay ybounden (Ord)
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (Poston)
Second lesson: Genesis 22 vv 15-18 read by a Choral Scholar
In dulci jubilo (arr. de Pearsall)*
I saw three ships (arr. Simon Preston)
Third lesson: Isaiah 9 vv 2, 6-7 read by a representative of Eton College
Nowell sing we now all and some (Medieval)
Unto us is born a Son (arr. Willcocks)*
Fourth lesson: Isaiah 11 vv 1-3a, 4a, 6-9 read by a Fellow
A spotless rose (Howells)
The Lamb (Tavener)
Fifth lesson: Luke 1 vv 26-38 read by the Master over the Choristers
Joys seven (arr. Cleobury)
Bogoróditse Dyévo (Arvo Pärt)
Sixth lesson: Luke 2 vv 1-7 read by the Mayor of Cambridge
What sweeter music? (John Rutter)
Stille Nacht (arr.Ledger)
Seventh lesson: Luke 2 vv 8-16 read by the Director of Music
In the bleak midwinter (Darke)
While shepherds watched (desc. Cleobury)*
Eighth lesson: Matthew 2 vv 1-12 read by the Vice-Provost
O mercy divine (Judith Weir) (King’s College Commission 2018)
Sir Christèmas (Mathias)
Ninth lesson: John 1 vv 1-14 read by the Provost
O come, all ye faithful (arr. Willcocks)*
Collect and Blessing
Hark! The herald angels sing (desc. Cleobury)*
Organ voluntaries:
In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Bach)
Pièces de Fantaisie en quatre suites, Livre II op. 53: Toccata (Vierne) [broadcast on Radio 3 on Christmas Day only]
Director of Music: Stephen Cleobury
Organ scholar: Henry Websdale
Cellist: Guy Johnston
For many around the world, A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, live from the candlelit Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, marks the beginning of Christmas. It is based around nine Bible readings which tell the story of the loving purposes of God. They are interspersed with carols old and new, sung by the world-famous chapel choir who also lead the congregation in traditional Christmas hymns.
A specially-written carol by the composer Judith Weir will be premiered during A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols this year. A new carol has been commissioned for the Christmas Eve service every year since 1983, so this new work entitled ‘O Mercy Divine’ for choir and cello will be the 36th such carol commissioned by King’s College. Judith Weir is an alumna and honorary fellow of King’s who currently holds the post of Master of the Queen’s Music.
Broadcast live around the world, the famous Christmas Eve service attracts many millions of listeners. Commissioned carols from previous years have included carols by Judith Bingham, Diana Burrell, Tansy Davies, Jonathan Dove, Carl Rütti, John Tavener and many others. The series, instigated by Stephen Cleobury in 1983, represents part of a long-standing contribution by the College to contemporary choral writing.
For Director of Music Stephen Cleobury, who began the regular series of Christmas Eve commissioned carols in 1983, this new carol will be the last such commission ahead of his retirement in September 2019.
“I am delighted that Judith has accepted the College’s invitation to compose a carol for this very special year which sees the 100th anniversary of A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. A previous commission from Judith in the series, Illuminare, Jerusalem, was written for the same service in 1985 and has come to be regarded as one of the finest contemporary carols of recent times. We are proud to count Judith among our many prestigious alumni, and it is a personal delight to have been able to ask her to write this carol for my last Christmas here at King’s.”
This year’s choices include a number of pieces which were sung in 1918 (asterisked, performed this year not necessarily in the original arrangements). Every organist of the College (known as Director of Music since the Willcocks era) including Harold Darke, who acted as organist during Boris Ord’s wartime absence, is represented by a composition or an arrangement. Two commissions from earlier in Stephen Cleobury’s tenure – by Arvo Pärt and John Rutter - are also included.
Producer: Philip Billson
TUE 15:45 Paddington Bear's Musical Adventures (m0001r0h)
Two fun-filled stories for all the family written by Michael Bond - Paddington's First Concert and Paddington at St. Paul's – read by Simon Russell Beale with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Recorded at Milton Court Concert Hall, London, on 7 October 2018.
Herbert CHAPPELL: Paddington Bear's First Concert
Paddington at St Paul’s featuring:
BRITTEN: Cakes and Ale from Suite on English Folk Tunes
RAVEL: Le jardin féerique from Ma mère l'oye
RUDERS: Whispering from Four Dances in One Movement
RAVEL: Petit Poucet from Ma mère l'oye
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Flight of the Bumble Bee
TCHAIKOVSKY: Preghiera from Suite No. 4 Op. 61 "Mozartiana"
ARNOLD: Allegro Vivace from Serenade for Small Orchestra
Simon Russell Beale (narrator)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ben Palmer (conductor)
Paddington’s First Concert sees the marmalade-loving Peruvian bear making his conducting debut - at the Royal Albert Hall. And in Paddington at St Paul’s he is surprised to find himself a member of the Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral.
Paddington's First Concert was written by © Michael Bond 1973 and is published by Chester Music. Paddington at St Paul’s was written by © Michael Bond 2018 and is published by HarperCollins Children’s Books. Illustrations © R. W. Alley 2018.
TUE 17:00 Words and Music (b07f6mh6)
Town and Country
With readings from Horace to Dickens performed by Julian Rhind-Tutt and Lia Williams, and music from Beethoven to Duke Ellington, Words and Music explores Town and Country.
Producer: Tim Allen
01 Ewan MacColl
Dirty Old Town
Performer: Ewan MacColl
Duration 00:01:01
02
00:01:02
Horace 35BC Translated into English verse by John Conington 1874, read by Julian Rhind Tutt and Lia Williams
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
Duration 00:02:35
03
00:03:38 The Christmas Revels & The Revels Chorus - David Coffin, David Jones, John Langstaff, Maggi Peirce, The Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble (artist)
Street Cries
Performer: The Christmas Revels & The Revels Chorus - David Coffin, David Jones, John Langstaff, Maggi Peirce, The Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble
Duration 00:01:06
04
00:04:43
Charles Dickens
Bleak House, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt
Duration 00:01:43
05
00:06:26 The Christmas Revels & The Revels Chorus - David Coffin, David Jones, John Langstaff, Maggi Peirce, The Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble (artist)
Street Cries
Performer: The Christmas Revels & The Revels Chorus - David Coffin, David Jones, John Langstaff, Maggi Peirce, The Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble
Duration 00:00:32
06
00:06:56
Mrs Gaskell
North and South, read by Lia Williams
Duration 00:01:33
07
00:08:30 George Le Brunn, lyrics by Edgar Bateman
If it wasn't for the 'Ouses In between
Performer: Gus Elen
Duration 00:03:17
08
00:11:48
HV Morton
The Spell of London, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt
Duration 00:01:27
09
00:13:15 Philip Glass
Mad Rush
Performer: Bruce Brubaker
Duration 00:01:24
10
00:14:40
William Wordsworth
On Westminster Bridge, read by Lia Williams
Duration 00:00:48
11
00:15:30 Ray Davies
Waterloo Sunset (Mono Album Version)
Performer: The Kinks
Duration 00:03:12
12
00:18:44
Emile Zola, translated by Alec Brown
La Bête Humaine (The Beast in Man), read by Julian Rhind-Tutt
Duration 00:01:40
13
00:20:25 Johann Strauss I
Reise- Galopp, op.85
Performer: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Koice), Mika Eichenholz (Conductor)
Duration 00:02:21
14
00:22:49
John Betjeman
Harrow-On-The-Hill, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt
Duration 00:01:02
15
00:23:52 Duke Ellington
Take The "A" Train
Performer: Duke Ellington
Duration 00:02:59
16
00:26:53
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt
Duration 00:01:53
17
00:28:47 Louis Alter
Manhattan Serenade
Performer: Morton Gould
Duration 00:04:57
18
00:33:45 Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
Performer: English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton (Conductor)
Duration 00:03:04
19
00:33:45
John Steinbeck
East of Eden, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt
Duration 00:03:05
20
00:36:52 Judee Sill
There's A Rugged Road
Performer: Judee Sill
Duration 00:03:41
21
00:40:35
J. R. R. Tolkien
The Hobbit, read by Lia Williams
Duration 00:01:22
22
00:41:59 Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral"3. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Merry Gathering of Country Folk)
Performer: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor)
Duration 00:04:43
23
00:46:43
Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, read by Lia Williams
Duration 00:01:33
24
00:48:16 Felix Mendelssohn
"Over hill, over dale"
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn (Conductor)
Duration 00:02:08
25
00:50:27
Laurie Lee
April Rise, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt
Duration 00:01:24
26
00:51:52 George Frideric Handel
Pastoral Symphony Largetto e mezzo piano
Performer: London Handel Orchestra, Martin Neary (Conductor)
Duration 00:01:09
27
00:53:02
John Betjeman
The Village Inn, read by Lia Williams
Duration 00:02:38
28
00:55:42 John Blow
Come Shepherdsall, let's sing and play
Performer: New London Consort, Philip Pickett (Conductor), Julia Gooding, Andrew King, Simon Grant, Christopher Robson, Libby Crabtree
Duration 00:03:17
29
00:58:59
Thomas Hardy
Tess of the d'Urbervilles, read by Lia Williams
Duration 00:02:10
30
01:01:10 Joseph Haydn
Der Herbst (Autumn) No 19 Einleitung und Rezitativ (Introduction and Recitative)
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (Conductor), Miah Persson (Soprano), Jeremy Ovenden (Tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (Bass)
Duration 00:02:17
31
01:03:27
L.P. Hartley
The Go-Between, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt
Duration 00:02:02
32
01:05:29 Cole Porter
Don't Fence Me In
Performer: Bing Crosby with The Andrews Sisters
Duration 00:03:04
33
01:08:34
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Village Blacksmith, read by Lia Williams
Duration 00:02:13
34
01:10:49 Arvo Pärt
Spiegel im Spiegel
Performer: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Alexi Grynyuk (piano)
Duration 00:03:32
35
01:13:36
A. E. Housman
Into my heart an air that kills, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt
Duration 00:00:28
TUE 18:15 New Generation Artists (m0001r0k)
Schubert's Trout Quintet and Schumann's Fantasy Pieces
New Generation Artists perform Schubert, Schumann and Strauss. Kate Molleson presents the first programme in an eight-part early evening series celebrating the prodigious talents of Radio 3's current New Generation Artists. In what promises to be a festive feast of music making, these prodigiously talented artists are heard performing at some of the UK's leading concert halls and festivals as well as in the BBC's studios. Today there's the chance to savour the distinctive voice of the Egyptian soprano, Fatma Said in songs ranging from Schubert to the cabaret world of William Bolcom. Also today, the brilliant Norwegian viola player, Eivind RIngstad joins the Amatis Trio for a performance of Schubert's Trout Quintet recorded recently at Radio 3's Big Chamber Weekend at the Snape Maltings in Aldeburgh.
Strauss Kornblumen
Fatma Said (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Schumann Fantasiestücke Op.73
Eivind Ringstad (viola), David Meier (piano)
Schubert Die Junge Nonne D.828
Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade D.118
Fatma Said (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D667 (Trout)
Amatis Piano Trio, Eivind Ringstad (viola), Adam Wynter (double bass)
William Bolcom Black Max
Fatma Said (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Established nearly two decades ago, Radio 3's New Generation Artist scheme is internationally acknowledged as the foremost scheme of its kind. It exists to offer a platform for artists at the beginning of their international careers. Each year six musicians join the scheme for two years, during which time they appear at the UK's major music festivals, enjoy dates with the BBC orchestras and have the opportunity to record in the BBC studios. The artists are also encouraged to form artistic partnerships with one another and to explore a wide range of repertoire, not least the work of contemporary and women composers. In recent years Radio 3's New Generation Artists have appeared in festivals or concerts in Aldeburgh, Bath, Belfast, Birmingham, Buxton, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hay-on-Wye, Orkney, Ryedale, Southampton and Stratford-upon-Avon as well as at the BBC Proms. Typically, the artists selected will have been prize winners at major international competitions such as the Tchaikovsky, Liszt or Ferrier but the BBC New Generation Artist scheme is not itself a prize, rather it offers a a unique two year platform on which artists can develop their prodigious talents. Not surprisingly, the list of alumni reads like a Who's Who of the most exciting musicians of the past two decades. In this series, we can catch those artists near the beginnings of their journeys.
TUE 19:30 Proms 2018 Repeats (m0001r0m)
Prom 39 repeat: The John Wilson Orchestra performs Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story.
Another chance to hear Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story with the John Wilson Orchestra, conductor John Wilson. Mikaela Bennett (Maria), Ross Lekites (Tony), Students from ArtsEd and Mountview.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story (concert performance)
Mikaela Bennett (Maria)
Ross Lekites (Tony)
Students from ArtsEd and Mountview.
John Wilson Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)
West Side Story bursts with violent, sensual rhythms and big-hearted melodies. The music ranges from the touching innocence of 'I feel pretty' and 'Tonight' to the tension-fuelled 'Dance at the Gym' in conveying the trials of the ill-fated lovers, Tony and Maria, as they attempt to resolve the deep-rooted animosity between two warring communities on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
This rare performance of the theatre score (authorised concert version) features a top-flight cast, joined by an ensemble of students from leading London theatre schools.
Interval:
Proms Plus. Presenter Kate Molleson introduces Bernstein's 'West Side Story' together with critic and broadcaster David Benedict and musicologist Sophie Redfern. Recorded at the Imperial College Union.
TUE 21:30 New Generation Artists (m0001r0p)
Music of Reflection and Inner Peace
Music for Reflection.
For many people, Schubert's music offers perhaps the most personal inner journey in classical music. In tonight's programme, the brilliant Georgian pianist Mariam Batsashvili plays one of the Viennese composer's most profound utterances, music full of yearning and struggle and yet touched by an inner peace. After that, the Calidore Quartet offer Golijov's Tenebrae, a work inspired both by Golijov's first experiences of Jerusalem and by his child's first visit to a planetarium. As this ethereal music reaches for the stars, Golijov reflects not just on the beauty of the cosmos but on the violence of our world.
Mariam Batsashvili introduces this music of reflection.
Schubert Impromptu in f minor D.935 (Op.Post.142 no.1)
Mariam Batsashvili (piano)
Osvaldo Golijov Tenebrae
Calidore Quartet
TUE 22:00 The Glory of Polyphony (b0b6nxb4)
Lassus and de Victoria
Peter Phillips continues his six-part series celebrating the Glory of Polyphony.
Polyphony (literally, 'many sounds') reached its peak in choral music during the historic Renaissance period. Peter Phillips first discovered its magnificent sound world at the age of 16 and ever since has devoted his life to performing and recording it. He even formed his record label and choir -The Tallis Scholars - to share the music with others. In each programme in this series, Peter will share his knowledge of and passion for Renaissance choral music by exploring the lives and works of two very contrasting composers. He'll showcase their unique styles against the social backdrops of the late 15th to early 17th centuries by telling some of their personal stories and explaining the original purpose of the music. He'll also explore the music's meditative qualities and its power to affect worshippers and audiences past and present.
In this third programme, Peter will delve into the lives and music of two contemporary but contrasting musicians: the Flemish singer and composer Orlando Lassus and the Spanish composer Tomas Luis de Victoria.
Victoria, the committed priest and darling of the Counter-Reformation in Spain wrote music of unparalleled religious intensity, with simple melodic lines and rhythmic variation. Lassus, on the other hand was another Flanders export, thought to have been kidnapped three times as a boy because of his extraordinary singing voice. A Humanist, widely travelled and enormously respected, Lassus' more experimental style included some pretty extreme chromaticism for the time.
01
00:05:49 Tomás Luis de Victoria
Requiem a 6
Performer: Peter Philips
Choir: Tallis Scholars
Duration 00:01:58
02
00:09:17 Tomás Luis de Victoria
Iesum tradidit impius [Responsories]
Performer: George Malcolm
Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir
Duration 00:02:45
03
00:13:14 Tomás Luis de Victoria
Ave Maria a 8
Choir: Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal
Director: Christopher Jackson
Duration 00:04:39
04
00:21:58 Tomás Luis de Victoria
O Magnum Mysterium
Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
Conductor: George Guest
Duration 00:03:08
05
00:29:37 Orlande de Lassus
Missa Bel'Amfitrit'altera (Credo)
Choir: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
Director: Simon Preston
Duration 00:05:07
06
00:37:38 Orlande de Lassus
Prophetiae Sibyllarum: Carmina chromatico; Sibylla Persica; Sibylla Libica
Choir: Vocalconsort Berlin
Duration 00:07:48
07
00:46:32 Cipriano de Rore
Calami Sonum Ferentes
Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble
Conductor: Paul Van Nevel
Duration 00:04:52
08
00:53:01 Orlande de Lassus
Media Vita
Choir: El León de Oro
Conductor: Peter Phillips
Duration 00:05:52
TUE 23:00 Late Junction (m0001r0r)
Guest presenter Stewart Lee with Richard Dawson
For Christmas week, Late Junction is guest edited and presented by comedian and music fanatic Stewart Lee.
Lee has a long-standing fascination with improvised music, choosing guitarist Derek Bailey as incidental music for his shows, and exploring the parallels with comedy through collaborations with the likes of Steve Beresford and Tania Chen.
From his time spent in record shops as a teenager, to more recent work moonlighting as a music critic, Lee has built up a deep collection, with post-punk and folk traditions also well represented.
And folk is where his first guest choice of the week comes in: musician Richard Dawson is one of the leading lights of the British scene, through work under his own name and in collaboration with Rhodri Davies as Hen Ogledd. Though rooted in the music of his native north-east, Dawson’s influences include psychedelia, art-rock and the Sufi tradition. He brings in some tracks from his own extensive music library to share with Stewart.
Produced by Chris Elcombe for Reduced Listening.
WEDNESDAY 26 DECEMBER 2018
WED 00:30 Through the Night (m0001r0t)
Une barque sur l'océan
A water-themed concert from the 2018 Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival. Presented by Catriona Young.
1
2:31 am
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
La cathedrale engloutie (Preludes Book 1)
Alessandra Ammara (piano)
1
2:37 am
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D.714
Åtta Ensemble, Vladimir Mendelssohn (viola), Annariina Jokela (viola), Joona Pulkkinen (cello), Maja Bogdanovic (cello), Petri Mäkiharju (double bass)
1
2:48 am
Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
The Poisoned Fountain
Diana Ketler (piano), Claudio Trovajoli (piano)
1
2:54 am
Tiensuu, Jukka (b.1948)
Narcissus
Blanca Gleisner (oboe)
1:01 am
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Une barque sur l'océan (Miroirs)
Alessandra Ammara (piano)
1:10 am
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Die Lorelei
Sophie Klussmann (soprano), Roberto Prosseda (piano)
1:13 am
Paul Gilson (1865-1942)
De Zee - symphony
Brussels Philharmonic, Karl Anton Rickenbacher (conductor)
1:48 am
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sextet for strings No 2 Op 36 in G major
Aronowitz Ensemble
2:31 am
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Pelleas und Melisande Op 5 (1902-03)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart (conductor)
3:14 am
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Divertimento in E flat major (H.
2.21) for 2 horns, 2 violins, viola and bass
St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Vilnius, Donatas Katkus (conductor)
3:29 am
Dora Pejačević (1885-1923)
Four piano pieces
Ida Gamulin (piano)
3:40 am
Johann Christian Schickhardt (c.1682-1760)
Concerto for flute, (2) oboes, strings & bc in G minor (S.Uu (i hs 58:5))
Musica ad Rhenum
3:57 am
James MacMillan (b.1959)
O Radiant Dawn (from the Strathclyde motets)
BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor)
4:02 am
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
Sumarovo dite (The Fiddler's Child)
Peter Thomas (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor)
4:14 am
Louis Spohr
Harp Fantasia No 2 in C minor, Op 35
Mojca Zlobko Vaigl (harp)
4:23 am
Franz Doppler (1821-1883)
L'oiseau des bois (Bird in the woods) - idyll for flute and 4 horns, Op 21
János Balint (flute), Jenö Keveházi (horn), Peter Fuzes (horn), Sandor Endrodi (horn), Tibor Maruzsa (horn)
4:31 am
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor BWV.922
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
4:38 am
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Hora est for chorus and organ (antiphon and responsorium)
Choeur de Radio France, Denis Comtet (organ), Donald Palumbo (conductor)
4:47 am
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865-1936)
Lyric poem for orchestra in D flat major Op 12
West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Verbitsky (conductor)
4:58 am
František Jiránek (1698-1778)
Concerto for flute, strings and basso continuo in G major
Jana Semerádová (flute), Collegium Marianum, Jana Semerádová (artistic director)
5:10 am
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Fantasy for violin and orchestra in C major, Op 131
Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nicholas Harnoncourt (conductor)
5:26 am
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
O, I'm sick of life, Z.140
Samuel Boden (tenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Collegium Vocale Ghent, Philippe Herreweghe (director)
5:31 am
Johan Svendsen (1840-1911)
Octet for strings in A major, Op 3
Atle Sponberg (violin), Joakim Svenheden (violin), Adrian Brendel (cello), Aida-Carmen Soanea (viola), Vertavo String Quartet
6:08 am
Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Scythian Suite from 'Ala i Lolly' Op 20
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
WED 06:30 Breakfast (m0001rc3)
Wednesday - Petroc's Boxing Day classical mix
Petroc Trelawny presents a Boxing Day edition of Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
WED 09:00 Essential Classics (m0001rc5)
Ian Skelly
Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 Our Classical Century - 100 pieces celebrating 100 key moments in classical music in the last century. bbc.co.uk/ourclassicalcentury
1050 This Christmas week, the former Children's Laureate and prolific author Michael Morpurgo shares his cultural inspirations.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (m0001rc7)
Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672)
Venetian Adventures
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of German early-Baroque master Heinrich Schütz. Today we’re in Venice, where Schütz studies with Gabrieli and hobnobs with Monteverdi.
Landgrave Moritz of Hesse-Kassel did the world a great favour when he suggested to his 25-year-old second court organist Heinrich Schütz that he should head south to Venice and learn at the feet of the Italian master of sound in space, Giovanni Gabrieli – a period of study that left an indelible imprint on the German composer’s musical style. Schütz’s first Venetian sojourn, which began in 1609, was well-timed – Gabrieli was in poor health and had only three years to live. Two decades later, Schütz returned to a Venice where Monteverdi was now the musical kingpin, and found that things had changed a good deal since his previous visit. Once again, Schütz eagerly absorbed his new discoveries into his own musical language, with splendid results – among them his first set of Symphoniae Sacrae, published in Venice in 1629.
Jubilate Deo in chordis et organo, SWV 276 (Symphoniae Sacrae I, Op 6)
Tobias Mäthger, Georg Poplutz, tenor
Felix Schwandtke, bass
Friederike Otto, Anna Schall, cornetti
Clemens Schlemmer, dulcian
Andreas Arend, theorbo
Matthias Müller, violone
Ludger Rémy, organ
Hans-Christoph Rademann, conductor
Ride la primavera, SWV 7; Di marmo siete voi, SWV 17; Vasto mar, nel cui seno, SWV 19 (Italian Madrigals, Op 1)
Sette Voci
Armin Bereuter, violone
Julian Behr, chitarrone
Lorenzo Feder, harpsichord (organ)
Peter Kooij, director
Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren, SWV 41; Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, SWV 29; Ich danke dem Herrn von ganzem Herzen, SWV 34 (Psalmen Davids, Op 2)
Cantus Cölln
Concerto Palatino
Konrad Junghänel, director
Fili mi, Absalon, SWV 269 (Symphoniae Sacrae I, Op 6)
Felix Schwandtke, bass
Sebastian Krause, Julian Nagel, Masafumi Sakamoto, Fernando Günther, trombone
Andreas Arend, theorbo
Matthias Müller, violone
Ludger Rémy, organ
In te, Domine, speravi, SWV 259
David Erler, countertenor
Margret Baumgartl, violin
Clemens Schlemmer, dulcian
Andreas Arend, theorbo
Ludger Rémy, organ
Hans-Christoph Rademann, conductor
Es steh Gott auf, SWV 356, (Symphoniae sacrae II, Op 10)
Capella Augustana
Matteo Messori, director
Produced by Chris Barstow for BBC Wales
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (m0001rc9)
Oxford Lieder Festival 2018
26/12/2018
The Oxford Lieder Festival 2018 goes on a Grand Tour of Europe in song. In this week's Lunchtime Concerts, Andrew McGregor presents highlights from the festival, including the recital 'Tallinn to St Petersburg' by the Estonian mezzo-soprano Kai Rüütel and the recital 'Vienna to Stockholm' performed by the Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling. Plus an unusual Schubertiade from Schubert & Co., a group of rising stars in the singing world brought together by the pianist Sholto Kynoch. Today, Today, Kai Ruutel sings Brahms, and Camilla Tilling sings Sibelius and Schoenberg, plus Schubert and Co.
HARMA
I cannot stay silent (Estonian folksong)
Kai Rüütel (mezzo-soprano)
BRAHMS
Wie Melodien (Op.105) from Fünf Lieder
Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer (Op. 105) from Fünf Lieder
Klage (Op. 105) from Fünf Lieder
Auf dem Kirchhofe (Op. 105) from Fünf Lieder
Kai Rüütel (mezzo-soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
SCHUBERT
Songs
Schubert & Co.
Sholto Kynoch (piano)
SCHOENBERG
4 Lieder (Op. 2)
Camilla Tilling (soprano)
Paul Rivinius (piano)
SIBELIUS
Den Första Kyssen (Op.37 no.1)
Lasse liten (Op.37 no.2)
Soluppgång (Op.37 no.3)
Var det en dröm? (Op.37 no.4)
Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte (Op. 35)
En Slända (Op.17)
Camilla Tilling (soprano)
Paul Rivinius (piano)
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (m0001rcc)
Ravel, Riccardo Chailly, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Colourful and luxuriant music by Maurice Ravel is on the menu for today's programme. Including pieces inspired by two dance forms: the waltz and the bolero. These performances were recorded at the 30th Anniversary of Riccardo Chailly's Debut at the Lucerne Festival. Presented by Fiona Talkington
2.00pm
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Ravel: La Valse
Ravel: Suite No. 1 from 'Daphnis et Chloé'
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from 'Daphnis et Chloé'
Ravel: Boléro
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly , conductor
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (m0001rcf)
Merton College, Oxford
From the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford, on the Feast of St Stephen.
Introit: Welcome Yule! (Parry)
Responses: Radcliffe
Office hymn: Jesu, the father’s only Son (Christe Redemptor omnium)
Psalms 57, 86 (Hine, Battishill, Lord Mornington)
First Lesson: Genesis 4 vv.1-10
Canticles: Dyson in D
Second Lesson: Acts 7 vv.51-60
Anthem: And I saw a new heaven (Bainton)
Hymn: It came upon the midnight clear (Noel)
Voluntary: Cantata No 29, BWV.29 (Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir) (Sinfonia) (Bach, arr. Guilmant)
Benjamin Nicholas (Director of Music)
Alex Little & Tom Fetherstonhaugh (Organists)
WED 16:30 Words and Music (b09w2s3m)
Man's Best Friend
Actors Robert Lindsay and Claire Benedict read from Dodie Smith's 101 Dalmatians, Jack London's Call of the Wild and Dorothy Parker's mischievous Verse for a Certain Dog in this selection of poems, prose and music of all kinds celebrating mankind's greatest ally in the animal kingdom - dogs. With music by Gershwin, Elgar, Tom Waits and Bob Dylan. From puppy love to fawning, from fetching a stick to disobedience and the clip of a dog and deer that went viral.
Producer: Paul Frankl
01
Fenton!
Duration: 0020
02 Noël Coward
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Performer: Noël Coward
Duration 00:00:02
03
00:00:03
Emily Dickinson
A little Dog that wags his tail [Claire Benedict]
Duration 00:00:02
04
00:00:04 George Gershwin
Walking the Dog (Shall We Dance)
Performer: Los Angeles Philharmonic (orchestra), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
Duration 00:00:02
05
00:00:07
Thomas Hardy
A Popular Personage at Home [Robert Lindsay]
Duration 00:00:01
06
00:00:08 Frédéric Chopin
Waltz in D flat major, Op 64, No 1, Valse du Petit Chien
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Duration 00:00:01
07
00:00:10 Mel Leven
Cruella de Vil
Performer: Bill Lee (piano/vocals)
Duration 00:00:05
08
00:00:15
Dodie Smith
101 Dalmations [Claire Benedict]
Duration 00:00:02
09
00:00:18 Eric Coates
Knightsbridge March (London Suite)
Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
Duration 00:00:04
10
00:00:22
Jack London
The Call of the Wild [Robert Lindsay]
Duration 00:00:03
11
00:00:25 Tom Waits
Rain Dogs
Performer: Tom Waits
Duration 00:00:02
12
00:00:28
Fred Gipson
Old Yeller [Claire Benedict]
Duration 00:00:04
13
00:00:32 Scott Bradley
Downbeat Bear (Tom and Jerry)
Performer: Scott Bradley (conductor), studio orchestra
Duration 00:00:03
14
00:00:36
Don Marquis
confessions of a glutton [Robert Lindsay]
Duration 00:00:01
15
00:00:38 Johann Strauss II
Wine, Woman and Song
Performer: Alfred Mitterhofer (harmonium), Heinz Medjimorec (piano), Alban Berg Quartet (ensemble)
Duration 00:00:10
16
00:00:48 Johann Strauss II
The Beautiful Blue Danube
Performer: Tina the dog
Duration 00:00:10
17
00:00:48
Dorothy Parker
Verse for a Certain Dog [Claire Benedict]
Duration 00:00:01
18
00:00:50 Bob Dylan
If Dogs Run Free
Performer: Bob Dylan
Duration 00:00:03
19
00:00:53
Ted Hughes
Roger the Dog [Robert Lindsay]
Duration 00:00:03
20
00:00:54 Robert Schumann
Traumerei (Kinderszenen, Op 15 No 7)
Performer: Moura Lympany [piano]
Duration 00:00:02
21
00:00:56
Robert William Service
My Dog [Claire Benedict]
Duration 00:00:01
22
00:00:58 Heiner Goebbels
Dwell Where the Dogs Dwell (The Horatian)
Performer: Jocelyn B Smith [vocals], South German Youth Philharmonic [orchestra], Peter Rundel [conductor]
Duration 00:00:05
23
00:01:03
Rudyard Kipling
The Power of the Dog [Claire Benedict]
Duration 00:00:01
24
00:01:05 Edward Elgar
G.R.S (Enigma Variations)
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin [conductor]
Duration 00:00:01
25
00:01:06
Kevin Young
Bereavement [Robert Lindsay]
Duration 00:00:02
26
00:01:08 Edward Elgar
Sospiri
Performer: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields [orchestra], Sir Neville Marriner [conductor]
Duration 00:00:04
WED 17:45 New Generation Artists (m0001rch)
Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and a Musical Zoo
New Generation Artists: Rhapsody in Blue from demon trumpeter, Simon Höfele, an American musical zoo from bass Ashley Riches and guitarist Thibaut Garcia plays Piazzolla.
Kate Molleson continues her eight-part early evening series celebrating the prodigious talents of Radio 3's current New Generation Artists with this fun-packed programme which takes us from New York to South America.
Gershwin arr.Timofei Dokshitser Rhapsody in Blue
Simon Höfele (trumpet), Frank Dupree (piano)
Vernon Duke Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo
Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Tchaikovsky Méditation from Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42
Aleksey Semenenko (violin), Inna Firsova (piano)
Piazzolla Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas - The Four Seasons arr. for guitar
Thibaut Garcia (guitar)
Copland I bought me a cat
Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Established nearly two decades ago, Radio 3's New Generation Artist Scheme is internationally acknowledged as the foremost scheme of its kind. It exists to offer a platform for artists at the beginning of their international careers. Each year six musicians join the scheme for two years, during which time they appear at the UK's major music festivals, enjoy dates with the BBC orchestras and have the opportunity to record in the BBC Studios. The artists are also encouraged to form artistic partnerships with one another and to explore a wide range of repertoire, not least the work of contemporary and women composers. In recent years Radio 3's New Generation Artists have appeared in festivals or concerts in Aldeburgh, Bath, Belfast, Birmingham, Buxton, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hay-on-Wye, Orkney, Ryedale, Southampton and Stratford-upon-Avon as well as at the BBC Proms. Typically, the artists selected will have been prize winners at major international competitions such as the Tchaikovsky, Liszt or Ferrier but the BBC New Generation Artist Scheme is not itself a prize, rather it offers a a unique two year platform on which artists can develop their prodigious talents. Not surprisingly, the list of alumni reads like a Who's Who of the most exciting musicians of the past two decades. In this series, we can catch those artists near the beginnings of their journeys.
WED 18:45 Opera on 3 (m0001rck)
George and Ira Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
English National Opera's universally acclaimed production of George Gershwin's 1935 opera was this season's hot ticket. From its opening number "Summertime", through songs including "I Got Plenty of Nothin'", "Bess, You is My Woman Now" and “It Ain’t Necessarily So”, Porgy and Bess is stuffed full of hits as it tells a compelling story of love and violence in a poor South Carolina fishing community, played here by the Porgy and Bess Ensemble. This international chorus, specially formed for the run, together with an outstanding cast led by Eric Greene and Nicole Cabel in the title roles and the Orchestra of ENO conducted by John Wilson proved beyond a doubt that Porgy and Bess is one of the great operatic masterpieces of the 20th century.
Recorded in October at the Coliseum and presented by Geoffrey Smith in conversation with anthropologist and critic Dr Kit Davis, and including contributions from director James Robinson, conductor John Wilson and members of the cast.
Acts 1 and 2
8.20pm
Interval
8.40pm
Act 3
Porgy.....Eric Greene (tenor)
Bess……Nicole Cabell (soprano)
Crown……Nmon Ford (baritone)
Serena……Latonia Moore (soprano)
Clara……Nadine Benjamin (soprano)
Maria……Tichina Vaughn (mezzo-soprano)
Jake……Donovan Singletary (bass-baritone)
Sporting Life……Frederick Ballentine (tenor)
Mingo……Rheinaldt Tshepo Moagi (tenor)
Robbins/Crab Man……Chaz’men Williams-Ali (tenor)
Peter……Ronald Samm (tenor)
Frazier……Byron Jackson (baritone)
Annie……Sarah-Jane Lewis (mezzo-soprano)
Lily……Pumza Mxinwa (soprano)
Strawberry Woman……Nozuko Teto (mezzo-soprano)
Jim……Njabulo Madlala (baritone)
Undertaker......Whitaker Mills (baritone)
Nelson……Thando Mjandana (tenor)
Detective……Stephen Pallister
Policeman……Christian Hurst
Coroner……Neil Kelly
Porgy and Bess Ensemble (chorus)
Orchestra of English National Opera
John Wilson (conductor)
WED 22:00 The Glory of Polyphony (b0b7h4th)
Tallis and Gombert
Peter Phillips continues his six-part series celebrating the Glory of Polyphony.
Polyphony (literally, 'many sounds') reached its peak in choral music during the historic Renaissance period. Peter Phillips first discovered its magnificent sound world at the age of 16 and ever since has devoted his life to performing and recording it. He even formed his record label and choir -The Tallis Scholars - to share the music with others. In each programme in this series, Peter will share his knowledge of and passion for Renaissance choral music by exploring the lives and works of two very contrasting composers. He'll showcase their unique styles against the social backdrops of the late 15th to early 17th centuries by telling some of their personal stories and explaining the original purpose of the music. He'll also explore the music's meditative qualities and its power to affect worshippers and audiences past and present.
In this fourth programme, Peter will delve into the lives and works of two very contrasting musicians: Thomas Tallis and Nicolas Gombert
Both composers were forced to meet the demands of the church in the background of an ever-changing political world. The Reformation and Counter-Reformation affected almost their every musical move. In many ways their music is very similar - melodic, emotive and impassioned, but their lives were far from comparable. Gombert travelled through Europe with the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V until he was accused of sexual misconduct and sentenced to hard labour. Tallis spent almost his entire career in the service of four English monarchs, adapting his sacred music and the language in which it was written, every time there was a change on the throne.
01
00:05:58 Nicolas Gombert
Lugebat David Absalon
Choir: Sansara
Duration 00:05:13
02
00:12:49 Nicolas Gombert
Media Vita
Choir: Trinity Choir
Duration 00:07:09
03
00:23:17 Nicolas Gombert
Magnificat Primi Toni
Music Arranger: Peter Phillips
Choir: Tallis Scholars
Duration 00:02:14
04
00:25:30 Nicolas Gombert
Magnificat Secundi Toni
Music Arranger: Peter Phillips
Choir: Tallis Scholars
Duration 00:01:41
05
00:27:12 Nicolas Gombert
Magnificat Sexti Toni
Music Arranger: Peter Phillips
Choir: Tallis Scholars
Duration 00:02:27
06
00:34:40 Thomas Tallis
Miserere Nostri
Choir: Alamire
Conductor: David Skinner
Duration 00:02:32
07
00:38:31 Thomas Tallis
If Ye Love Me
Ensemble: Theatre of Voices
Singer: Paul Hillier
Duration 00:01:54
08
00:42:35 Thomas Tallis
In Jejunio Et Fletu
Ensemble: Taverner Consort
Conductor: Andrew Parrott
Duration 00:04:04
09
00:48:10 Thomas Tallis
Gaude Gloriosa Dei Mater
Music Arranger: Peter Phillips
Choir: Tallis Scholars
Duration 00:06:50
10
00:56:20 Thomas Tallis
Spem In Alium For 40 Voices
Choir: Tallis Scholars
Conductor: Philip Cave
Duration 00:02:19
WED 23:00 Late Junction (m0001rcm)
Guest presenter Stewart Lee with Tim Key
Stewart Lee’s Christmas stint as guest editor continues as he’s joined by fellow comedian and left-field music fan Tim Key.
As a Russian graduate, Key often features unusual Soviet-era music in his live shows, from Vyacheslav Mescherin’s Ensemble of Electronic Musical Instruments, to composer Mikael Tariverdiev, a recent discovery that can be heard in his latest show ‘Megadate’.
Key brings in some of his most treasured tracks; Lee introduces him to some of his own collection too.
Produced by Chris Elcombe for Reduced Listening.
THURSDAY 27 DECEMBER 2018
THU 00:30 Through the Night (m0001rcp)
A tribute to Jiří Bělohlávek
Hailed as one of the greatest conductors of Czech music, the BBC Symphony Orchestra's former Chief Conductor is celebrated with music by Smetana, Martinu and Dvorak. Catriona Young presents.
12:31 AM
Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
The Bartered Bride (Overture)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
12:38 AM
Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959)
Symphony no. 1
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
01:15 AM
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony no. 9 (Op.95) in E minor "From the New World"
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
01:57 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Trio for piano and strings (Op.70 no.2) in E flat major
Altenberg Trio Vienna
02:31 AM
Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
Ma vlast - cycle of symphonic poems
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek
03:46 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Scherzo No.1 in B flat (D.593)
Halina Radvilaite (piano)
03:53 AM
Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (1630-1670)
Sonata in A minor Op.3`2 (La Cesta) for violin and continuo
Daniel Sepec (violin), Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Lee Santana (theorbo), Michael Behringer (harpsichord)
04:00 AM
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Ave Maria
Chamber Choir AVE, Andraž Hauptman (conductor)
04:07 AM
John Thomas
The minstrel's adieu to his native land for harp
Rita Costanzi (harp)
04:14 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Gestillte Sehnsucht for alto, viola and piano Op 91 No 1
Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo soprano), Morten Carlsen (viola), Sergej Osadchuk (piano)
04:21 AM
William Walton
Orb and sceptre - coronation march
BBC Philharmonic, John Storgards (conductor)
04:31 AM
Julius Fučík (1872-1916)
Entry of the Gladiators
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
04:34 AM
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Nocturne in C sharp minor (Op.74)
Stéphane Lemelin (piano)
04:42 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Laudate Pueri (motet, op.39 no.2)
Polyphonia, Ivelina Ivancheva (piano), Ivelin Dimitrov (conductor)
04:52 AM
Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824)
Duo concertante in C major
Alexandar Avramov (violin), Ivan Peev (violin)
05:02 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto in F major (RV.442) for treble recorder
Michael Schneider (recorder), Camerata Köln
05:10 AM
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Havanaise (Op.83) arr. for violin and piano (orig. violin and orchestra)
Vilmos Szabadi (violin), Marta Gulyas (piano)
05:19 AM
Josef Myslivecek (1737-1781), Unknown (arranger)
String Quintet no.2 in E flat major arr. orchestra
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Werthen (conductor)
05:30 AM
Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)
Trio in one movement, Op.68
Hertz Trio
05:50 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata in F major K.280
Sergei Terentjev (piano)
06:11 AM
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
The Globetrotter suite (Op.358) (orig. for solo piano)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
THU 06:30 Breakfast (m0001ryd)
Thursday - Petroc’s classical picks
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
THU 09:00 Essential Classics (m0001ryh)
Ian Skelly
Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 Our Classical Century - 100 pieces celebrating 100 key moments in classical music in the last century. bbc.co.uk/ourclassicalcentury
1050 This Christmas week, the former Children's Laureate and prolific author Michael Morpurgo shares his cultural inspirations.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (m0001ryk)
Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672)
War
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of German early Baroque master Heinrich Schütz. Today things turn serious, as Schütz is swept up in the convulsions of the 30 Years’ War.
‘War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothin!’ – a sentiment that anyone living in the German states during the 30-year period from 1618 to 1648 would have had no trouble relating to. What began as a little local difficulty at Hradčany Castle in Prague – when Protestant rebels turfed the proposed new Catholic governors of Bohemia out of a third-storey window – gradually escalated into a politically driven, pan-European bloodbath in which, according to some estimates, the German states as a whole lost up to 30 percent of their population. All of this, of course, impacted hugely on musical life – court musical establishments were slimmed down; musicians were laid off, or went unpaid. You can hear the effect in Schütz’s music. His Kleine geistliche Konzerte, from the late 1630s, have an economy of means that may have been necessitated by the austerity of the time but in Schütz’s hands actually serve to intensify the music’s emotional impact.
‘O, Herr, hilf’, SWV 402 (Symphoniae Sacrae III)
Ulrike Hofbauer, Isabel Jantschek, soprano
Georg Poplutz, tenor
Dresdner Barockorchester
Hans-Christoph Rademann, director
Syncharma musicum, SWV 49
Maria Skiba, Heidi Maria Taubert, Dorothea Wagner, soprano
Tobias Hunger, Stephan Gähler, tenor
Cappella Sagittariana Dresden
Norbert Schuster, conductor
Da pacem, Domine’, SWV 465
Cantus Cölln
Musica Fiata
Konrad Junghänel, director
Veni, Sancte Spiritus, SWV 328
Isabel Schicketanz, Gerlinde Sämann, soprano
Georg Poplutz, Tobias Mäthger, tenor
Matthias Müller, viola da gamba
Ludger Rémy, organ and director
O süsser, o freundlicher Herr Jesu Christ, SWV 285
Georg Poplutz, tenor
Ludger Rémy, organ and director
Erhöre mich, wenn ich dich rufe, SWV 289
Dorothee Mields, soprano
Ulrike Hofbauer, soprano
Stefan Maass, theorbo
Matthias Müller, viola da gamba
Ludger Rémy, organ and director
Ist Gott für uns, SWV 329
Gerlinde Sämann, soprano
David Erler, alto
Georg Poplutz, tenor
Tobias Berndt, bass
Stefan Maass, theorbo
Matthias Müller, viola da gamba
Ludger Rémy, organ and director
Ich bin eine rufende Stimme, SWV 383; Verleih uns Frieden genädiglich, SWV 372; Das Wort ward Fleisch, SWV 385; Das ist je gewisslich wah, SWV 388 (Geistliche Chor-Music)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
Danket dem Herren, denn er ist freundlich, SWV 45 (Psalmen Davids, Op 2)
Cantus Cölln
Concerto Palatino
Konrad Junghänel, director
Produced by Chris Barstow for BBC Wales
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (m0001rym)
Oxford Lieder Festival 2018
27/12/2018
The Oxford Lieder Festival 2018 goes on a Grand Tour of Europe in song. In this week's Lunchtime Concerts, Andrew McGregor presents highlights from the festival, including the recital 'Tallinn to St Petersburg' by the Estonian mezzo-soprano Kai Rüütel and the recital 'Vienna to Stockholm' performed by the Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling. Plus an unusual Schubertiade from Schubert & Co., a group of rising stars in the singing world brought together by the pianist Sholto Kynoch. Today, Kai Rüütel takes us from the, Rimsky-Korsakov, to the Estonian composer Mart Saar, who travelled to St Petersburg for composition tuition from the old Russian master. Schubert & Co. continue their Schubertiade, 'Schubert Abroad', with a selection from Schubert's 7 Songs from Walter Scott's 'Fräulein vom See’.
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Plenivshis rozoj, solovey (The nightingale) (Op.2 no.2)
Na kholmakh Gruzii (On Georgia's Hills) (Op.3 no.4)
Serenade (Op.4 no.4)
Drobitsya, i pleshchet, i brizzhet volna (The wave breaks) (Op.46 no.1)
Kogda volnuyetsya zhelteyushchaya niva (When the fields wave in yellow light) (Op.40 no.1)
Kai Rüütel (mezzo-soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
MART SAAR
Once
The Branches Rustle
Vanished Angel
Autumn Thoughts
What was it?
Once Again
Kai Rüütel (mezzo-soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
WAGNER
Träume (Wesendonck Lieder)
Kai Rüütel (mezzo-soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
SCHUBERT
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Sieben Gesänge aus Walter Scotts ‘Fräulein vom See’ (D837) (extracts)
Schubert & Co.
Sholto Kynoch (piano)
GRIEG
Dromme, Op.69 No.5
Camilla Tilling (soprano)
Paul Rivinius (piano)
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (m0001ryp)
Faust by Gounod from Madrid
Today's opera matinee is one of the ever-greens of the repertoire. Gounod's Faust is the tale of a man who sells his soul to the Devil in return for power and knowledge. This new production by the Teatro Real in Madrid is a co-production with De Nationale Opera and Ballet of Amsterdam. Starring Piotr Beczala, Luca Pisaroni and Marina Rebeka. Presented by Jonathan Swain
Gounod: Faust
Faust….. Piotr Beczala (tenor)
Méphistophélès….. Luca Pisaroni (bass-baritone)
Marguerite….. Marina Rebeka (soprano)
Valentin….. Stéphane Degout (baritone)
Wagner….. Isaac Galán (baritone)
Siébel…. Serena Malfi (mezzo-soprano)
Marthe Schwertlein….. Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo (mezzo-soprano)
Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra
Dan Ettinger , conductor
2.00pm
Acts 1 and 2
2.50pm
Act 3
3.40pm
Acts 4 and 5
For full synopsis visit programme page
THU 17:00 Words and Music (b09hrprl)
The Seven Deadly Sins
Adjoa Andoh and Rory Kinnear visit the sins of pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth with poetry and prose by Milton, Carol Ann Duffy, Spenser, Shakespeare, Stevie Smith, Emily Dickinson and Christopher Marlowe and music by Kurt Weill, Mahler, Takemitsu, Verdi and Shostakovich. Rory and Adjoa explore the misery of sin experienced by Hamlet, Iago and Lady Macbeth alongside the idle enjoyment felt by Huckleberry Finn, the exhilaration on discovering that Einstein was a fellow Scot and the thrill of a feast in Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’.
Producer: Fiona McLean
01 George Frideric Handel
Concerto 1 - Allegro
Performer: Academy of St. Martins-in-the-Fields, Iona Brown (Conductor)
Duration 00:02:26
02
00:02:28
Christopher Marlowe
Dr Faustus, read by Adjoa Andoh
Duration 00:00:33
03
00:03:01 Leos Janáček
Overture: Jealousy
Performer: Czech Philharmonic, Jiri Belohlavek (Conductor)
Duration 00:05:50
04
00:08:52
William Shakespeare
Othello, read by Rory Kinnear
Duration 00:00:45
05
00:09:37 Thomas Campion
Fire, fire, fire, fire! (The Third Booke of Ayres (1617) XX)
Performer: Steven Rickards (Countertenor), Dorothy Linell (Lute)
Duration 00:01:53
06
00:11:32
Carol Ann Duffy
Warming Her Pearls, read by Adjoa Andoh
Duration 00:02:04
07
00:13:36 Claude Debussy
Chansons de Bilitis La flûte de Pan
Performer: Véronique Gens (Soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Duration 00:02:23
08
00:16:00
William Shakespeare
Othello, read by Rory Kinnear
Duration 00:01:00
09
00:17:01 Kurt Weill
The Seven Deadly Sins Unzucht (Lust)
Performer: Marianne Faithful, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies (Conductor)
Duration 00:05:16
10
00:22:18 Toru Takemitsu
Masque for Two Flutes - Continu
Performer: Auréole Trio with Patricia Manson (flute)
Duration 00:03:17
11
00:23:09
Emily Dickinson
Wild Nights, read by Adjoa Andoh
Duration 00:00:22
12
00:25:36
Ted Hughes
Echo and Narcissus, read by Rory Kinnear
Duration 00:01:57
13
00:26:23 Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Flute, Strings and Harpsichord in G Minor, Op.10 no.2 "La Notte" Largo - Presto
Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan (Conductor)
Duration 00:02:13
14
00:28:38
Ben Jonson
On Gut, read by Adjoa Andoh
Duration 00:00:18
15
00:28:48 Robert Beaser
Choral Variations for Orchestra - The Seven Deadly Sins - Gluttony
Performer: Jan Opalach (Bass-baritone), American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies (Conductor)
Duration 00:03:06
16
00:31:54
Robert Burton
from The Anatomy of Melancholy, read by Rory Kinnear
Duration 00:00:22
17
00:32:06 Camille Saint‐Saëns
Danse Macabre, Op.40
Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (Conductor)
Duration 00:05:49
18
00:37:55
Edmund Spenser
The Faerie Queene, read by Adjoa Andoh
Duration 00:01:01
19
00:38:57 Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures At An Exhibition - VI. Samuel Goldenberg Und Schmuyle
Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Duration 00:02:15
20
00:41:13
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol, read by Rory Kinnear
Duration 00:00:52
21
00:42:06 George Frideric Handel
Alexanders Feast - Allegro
Performer: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
Duration 00:03:20
22
00:45:26
Stevie Smith
Alone in the Woods, read by Adjoa Andoh
Duration 00:00:48
23
00:46:15 Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem Sequenza - Dies Irae
Performer: Sinfonie Orchester und Chor des WDR Koln
Duration 00:02:51
24
00:47:46
John Milton
Paradise Lost, read by Adjoa Andoh
Duration 00:01:27
25
00:49:13 Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No.10, Op.93 - Allegro
Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (Conductor)
Duration 00:03:10
26
00:53:24
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar, read by Rory Kinnear
Duration 00:01:21
27
00:54:46 Giuseppe Verdi
Macbeth - Prelude
Performer: Budapest Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lamberto Gardelli
Duration 00:01:54
28
00:56:41
William Shakespeare
Macbeth, read by Adjoa Andoh
Duration 00:01:04
29
00:57:45 Hamish MacCunn
Six Scotch Dances - Dirk Dance
Performer: Murray McLachlan
Duration 00:01:49
30
00:59:35
Robert Crawford
Alba Einstein, read by Rory Kinnear
Duration 00:01:25
31
01:01:01 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro Voiche sapete
Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), John Pritchard (Conductor)
Duration 00:02:51
32
01:03:54
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, read by Adjoa Andoh
Duration 00:01:00
33
01:04:12 Jean Sibelius
Melodrama from Svartsjukans Natter (Nights of Jealousy), JS 125 (1893)
Performer: Laura Vikman (violin), Joel Laakso (cello), Folke Gräsbeck (piano)
Duration 00:03:26
34
01:07:38
Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn, read by Adjoa Andoh
Duration 00:00:59
35
01:08:01 Ferde Grofé
Grand Canyon Suite: Grand Canyon Suite: I. Sunrise
Performer: New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Bátiz (Conductor)
Duration 00:05:20
THU 18:15 New Generation Artists (m0001ryr)
Ashley Riches in Finzi and Mariam Batsashvili in Liszt
New Generation Artists: the Georgian pianist Mariam Batsashvili gives a transcendental performance of Liszt's Après une lecture du Dante and Ashley Riches sings Finzi's Earth and Air and Rain, ten masterful setting of poems by Thomas Hardy. Also today, a cello suite by a Catalan contemporary of Pablo Casals and Debussy's sultry faun as recreated by Fritz Kreisler.
Presented by Kate Molleson.
Liszt Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata
Mariam Batsashvili (piano)
Gaspar Cassado Suite for solo cello
Andrei Ionita (cello)
Finzi Earth and Air and Rain
Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Anna Tilbrook (piano)
Today's performances from these award-winning artists were recorded in concerts at Turner Sims Southampton, at the Cheltenham Festival and also in the BBC's studios,
THU 19:30 Proms 2018 Repeats (m0001ryt)
Prom 62 repeat: Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Another chance to hear Vasily Petrenko, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in music by Strauss, Elgar, Bartok and a world premiere by Iain Bell, from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Elgar: In the South (Alassio)
Iain Bell: Aurora (BBC co-commission: world premiere)
c.
8.15pm
Interval Proms Plus
Dr Nathan Case and Dr Melanie Windridge discuss the latest scientific research into the Aurora Borealis with New Generation Thinker Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough.
c.
8.35pm
R Strauss: Ständchen; Das Bächlein; Morgen!; Zueignung
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Adela Zaharia (soprano - Iain Bell)
Miah Persson (soprano - R Strauss)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra present a concert that moves from the lush, late-Romantic soundscapes of Strauss’s songs (with soprano Miah Persson) and the sweeping melodic generosity of Elgar’s Italy-inspired overture In the South to the leaner, more percussive intensity of Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra – a virtuosic showcase for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert also includes the world premiere of Iain Bell’s concerto for coloratura soprano and orchestra, Aurora, featuring soprano Adela Zaharia.
THU 22:00 The Glory of Polyphony (b0b89h85)
Byrd, Cornysh and the Eton Choirbook
Peter Phillips continues his six-part series celebrating the Glory of Polyphony.
Polyphony (literally, 'many sounds') reached its peak in choral music during the historic Renaissance period. Peter Phillips first discovered its magnificent sound world at the age of 16 and ever since has devoted his life to performing and recording it. He even formed his record label and choir -The Tallis Scholars - to share the music with others. In each programme in this series, Peter will share his knowledge of and passion for Renaissance choral music by exploring the lives and works of two very contrasting composers. He'll showcase their unique styles against the social backdrops of the late 15th to early 17th centuries by telling some of their personal stories and explaining the original purpose of the music. He'll also explore the music's meditative qualities and its power to affect worshippers and audiences past and present.
In this fifth programme, Peter will delve into the lives and music of two English composers born a century apart.
In England, the florid style of composers like William Cornysh who contributed to the illuminated anthology of sacred music known as the Eton Choirbook at the turn of the 16th Century changed beyond recognition with the effects of the Reformation. In just under a century, the grandiose embellishments of the Italian style which had been so influential up to Henry VIII's split from Rome were replaced by something far more intimate.
William Byrd was a favourite of the Anglican Queen Elizabeth I, but because of Byrd's Catholic faith, his sacred music was largely published and performed in secret so as to avoid arrest by Her Majesty's teams of spies.
01
00:03:41 William Byrd
Civitas sancti tui
Ensemble: The King’s Singers
Duration 00:04:58
02
00:12:36 William Byrd
Great Service (Benedictus)
Choir: Tallis Scholars
Conductor: Peter Phillips
Duration 00:04:12
03
00:20:17 William Byrd
Gaudeamus omnes
Ensemble: Cardinall's Musick
Director: Andrew Carwood
Duration 00:05:26
04
00:27:27 William Byrd
4-Part Mass (Agnus Dei)
Choir: Choir of New College Oxford
Conductor: Edward Higginbottom
Duration 00:03:29
05
00:31:39 William Byrd
Laudibus in sanctis
Choir: Stile Antico
Duration 00:05:32
06
00:40:02 William Cornysh
Magnificat (excerpt)
Music Arranger: Peter Phillips
Choir: Tallis Scholars
Duration 00:06:33
07
00:47:49 William Cornysh
Ave Maria
Ensemble: Cardinall's Musick
Director: Andrew Carwood
Duration 00:02:40
08
00:52:52 William Cornysh
Salve Regina (excerpt)
Choir: The Sixteen
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Duration 00:03:02
09
00:57:28 William Cornysh
Ah Robin!
Choir: Oxford Camerata
Conductor: Jeremy Summerly
Duration 00:01:27
THU 23:00 Late Junction (m0001ryw)
Stewart Lee presents Laura Cannell’s mixtape
In his final show as guest editor, Stewart Lee presents a mixtape from recorder player and violinist Laura Cannell.
Cannell’s work explores the territory between composed and improvised music, drawing on medieval and early music while rooted in contemporary techniques and approaches. Her mixtape spans Thomas Tallis, Breton bagpipes, violinist Galya Bisengalieva and improvising saxophonist Colin Stetson.
She joins Stewart in the studio, and he shares some final cuts from his own collection too.
Produced by Chris Elcombe for Reduced Listening.
FRIDAY 28 DECEMBER 2018
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (m0001ryy)
Siblings play Seven Spanish Folk Songs
Sergey & Lusine Khachatryan perform sonatas by Mozart, Prokofiev & Franck at the Palau de Musica in Barcelona. Presented by Catriona Young.
1
2:31 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Sonata in B flat major, K 454
Sergey Khachatryan (violin), Lusine Khachatryan (piano)
1
2:53 am
Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Violin Sonata No 2 in D major, Op 94a
Sergey Khachatryan (violin), Lusine Khachatryan (piano)
1:18 am
César Franck (1822-1890)
Violin Sonata in A major
Sergey Khachatryan (violin), Lusine Khachatryan (piano)
1:49 am
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
Sabre Dance from Act IV of Gayaneh
Sergey Khachatryan (violin), Lusine Khachatryan (piano)
1:52 am
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Nana from Seven Spanish Folk Songs
Sergey Khachatryan (violin), Lusine Khachatryan (piano)
1:55 am
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909), Enrique Arbós (orchestrator)
Iberia - suite orchestrated by Enrique Arbos
West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester (conductor)
2:26 am
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), John Dahlstrand (arranger)
Piece en forme de Habenera
Gary Karr (double bass), Harmon Lewis (piano)
2:31 am
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Symphony No 1 in G minor 'Winter Daydreams'
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Buribayev (conductor)
3:13 am
Louis-Nicolas Clerambault (1676-1749)
Pirame et Tisbe - cantata for voice and simphonie (1710)
Gilles Ragon (tenor), Ensemble Amalia
3:31 am
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Scherzo for piano in D minor, Op 10 no 1
Angela Cheng (piano)
3:36 am
Uuno Klami (1900-1961)
Nummisuutarit (suite for orchestra)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
3:45 am
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Quartet for flute, viola and continuo (Wq.93 / H.537) in A minor
Les Adieux, Andreas Staier (pianoforte), Wilbert Hazelzet (flute), Hajo Bäß (viola)
4:02 am
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Petites voix pour voix egales a capella
Maîtrise de Radio France, Denis Dupays (director)
4:08 am
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
From 'Paris e Helena', ballet music
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ludovít Rajter (conductor)
4:21 am
Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
2 Dances from "Czech Dances, Book II"
Karel Vrtiska (piano)
4:31 am
Leonard Bernstein
Overture from Candide
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Richard Dufallo (conductor)
4:36 am
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Psalm 110: Le Toutpuissant a mon Seigneur et maistre
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Peter Phillips (conductor)
4:44 am
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor)
4:59 am
Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959)
Etudes and polkas - book 3 for piano
Antonín Kubálek (piano)
5:09 am
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Concerto in A minor for Recorder, Viola da Gamba, Strings and Continuo
La Stagione Frankfurt
5:25 am
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Max Reger (arranger)
Gretchen am Spinnrade D.118, arr. Reger for voice and orchestra
Brigitte Fournier (soprano), National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow (conductor)
5:29 am
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
Violin Sonata (Con moto; Ballade ; Allegretto; Adagio)
John Harding (violin), Daniel Blumenthal (piano)
5:47 am
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Arnold Schoenberg (orchestrator)
Piano Quartet in G minor Op 25 orch. Schoenberg
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart (conductor)
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (m0001s6c)
Friday - Petroc’s classical rise and shine
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and the Friday poem.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (m0001s6f)
Ian Skelly
Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 Our Classical Century - 100 pieces celebrating 100 key moments in classical music in the last century. bbc.co.uk/ourclassicalcentury
1050 This Christmas week, the former Children's Laureate and prolific author Michael Morpurgo shares his cultural inspirations.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (m0001s6h)
Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672)
The Long Goodbye
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of German early Baroque master Heinrich Schütz. Today, Schütz attempts to retire – and eventually bids farewell with his Schwanengesang.
Heinrich Schütz lived to be 87 – a pretty creditable age even now, but in the 17th century, extraordinary. As he approached his 60th birthday, his thoughts turned to retirement – and pension arrangements. Unfortunately for Schütz, his then employer, Johann Georg I of Saxony, had different ideas – ideas that involved his celebrated kapellmeister continuing to work in much the same way as before, for an unspecified period of time. In the event, it took a change of leadership to bring about the result Schütz so desired; the old Elector died, and in 1657, with Schütz now a grand old 72, the new Elector, Johann Georg II, assented to new arrangements, involving a pension, permission to leave Dresden, and lighter duties. Schütz, though, didn’t rest on his laurels, and some of his greatest music dates from his last years – including his sparse and powerful setting of the Matthew Passion, and his musical last will and testament, a collection of works he himself titled ‘Swansong’.
Auf dem Gebirge, SWV 396 (Geistliche Chormusik)
David Erler, Alexander Schneider, countertenor
Cappella Sagitariana
Hans-Christoph Rademann, conductor
Feget den alten Sauerteig aus, SWV 404; Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich?, SWV 415; Komm, heiliger Geist, SWV 417 (Symphoniae Sacrae III)
Dresdner Barockorchester
Hans-Christoph Rademann, director
Ich danke dem Herrn von ganzem Herzen, SWV 424 (12 Geistliche Gesange, Op 13)
Dresden Chamber Choir
Hans-Christoph Rademann, conductor
Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt (Psalm 100), SWV 493
Collegium Vocale Gent
Concerto Palatino
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
St Matthew Passion, SWV 479 (Und Siehe Da, Der Vorhang Im Tempel Zerreib In Zwei Stück)
Paul Elliott, tenor (Evangelist)
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor (Pilate)
The Hilliard Ensemble
Mein Seele erhebt den Herren, SWV 494 (‘German Magnificat’)
Collegium Vocale Gent
Concerto Palatino
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
Produced by Chris Barstow for BBC Wales
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (m0001s6k)
Oxford Lieder Festival 2018
28/12/2018
The Oxford Lieder Festival 2018 goes on a grand tour of Europe in song. In this week's Lunchtime Concerts, Andrew McGregor presents highlights from the festival, including the recital 'Tallinn to St Petersburg' by the Estonian mezzo-soprano Kai Rüütel and the recital 'Vienna to Stockholm' performed by the Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling. Plus an unusual Schubertiade from Schubert & Co., a group of rising stars in the singing world brought together by the pianist Sholto Kynoch. Today, bringing our week of highlights to a close, Camilla Tilling sings Bo Linde and Stenhammer, and Schubert & Co. board Venetian gondolas in songs by Schubert and Rossini.
BO LINKDE
Äppelträd och päronträd (The apple tree and the pear tree) (Op.40) from Fjorton sånger om våren
Den ängen där du kysste mig (The meadow where you kissed me) (Op.40) from Fjorton sånger om våren
Camilla Tilling (soprano)
Paul Rivinius (piano)
STENHAMMER
Vandraren (The Wanderer) (Op.26) from Visor och stämmningar
Nattyxne (Butterfly Orchid) (Op.26) from Visor och stämmningar
Det far ett skepp (A ship sails) (Op.26) from Visor och stämmningar
Jungfru blond och jungfru brunett (Miss Blonde and Miss Brunette) (Op.26) from Visor och stämmningar
Camilla Tilling (soprano)
Paul Rivinius (piano)
SCHUBERT
Gondelfahrer (D809)
Alessandro Fisher (tenor)
Joshua Owen Mills (tenor)
Martin Hassler (baritone)
Gavan Ring (baritone)
SCHUBERT
Drei Gesänge (D902)
1. L’incanto degli occhi
2. Il traditor deluso
3. Il modo di prender moglie
Martin Hassler (baritone)
ROSSINI
Il Gondolieri
Raphaela Papadakis (soprano)
Alice Privett (soprano)
Jess Dandy (contralto)
Bethan Langford (mezzo-soprano)
Alessandro Fisher (tenor)
Joshua Owen Mills (tenor)
Martin Hassler (baritone)
Gavan Ring (baritone)
MAHLER
Rückert-Lieder (Songs after Rückert (extracts)
Camilla Tilling (soprano)
Paul Rivinius (piano)
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (m0001s6m)
Haydn, Stravinsky and Beethoven at the Lucerne Festival
More orchestral treats from two conductors at the Lucerne Festival: François-Xavier Roth and Mariss Jansons. Haydn's witty 83rd symphony, also known as The Hen; Stravinsky's neo-classical Symphony in 3 movements; a rare chance to hear Beethoven's lesser known Mass - the one in C; plus Schumann, Rachmaninov and Bernstein.
Presented by Jonathan Swain
2.00pm
Haydn: Symphony No. 83 in G minor 'La Poule'
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
François-Xavier Roth, conductor
2.20pm
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Beethoven: Mass in C, op. 86
Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat, op. 38 ('Spring')
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43
Bernstein: Divertimento for Orchestra
Julia Kleiter, soprano
Gerhild Romberger , contralto
Christian Elsner , tenor
Florian Boesch , bass-baritone
Denis Matsuev , piano
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor
FRI 17:00 Words and Music (b09fmkh3)
Walks in Two Worlds
Theseus went into the maze, Orpheus into the dark of Hades. Heroes that they were, both emerged again to the light of the day. Alexandra Gilbreath and Neil Pearson are our guides to worlds galore, of magic and myth, and of love... for two people may share the same space but their thoughts? Who knows? How many worlds do we each inhabit as memory bends time back on itself?
So the familiar becomes the strange, with poetry from an Anglo-Saxon riddle, John Burnside, Vahni Capildeo, Ciaron Carson, Cecil Day-Lewis, Robert Devereux Earl of Essex, Thom Gunn, W S Graham, Selima Hill, Mervyn Peake, Warsan Shire, and prose from Paul Kingsnorth and Michael Ondaatje; with the music of Satie and Mussorgsky walking us through from one world to the next, plus Birtwistle, Britten, Chopin, Klami, George Lewis, James MacMillan and Jean Redpath.
Producer: Jacqueline Smith.
01 Frédéric Chopin
Prélude, Op. 28 No.11 In B
Performer: Nikolai Lugansky
Duration 00:00:43
02
00:00:41
Selima Hill
Dragon Fly, read by Alexandra Gilbreath
Duration 00:00:14
03
00:00:49 Modest Mussorgsky
Il vecchio castello
Performer: Dénes Várjon
Duration 00:01:55
04
00:02:02
Les Murray
The Meaning of Existence, read by Neil Pearson
Duration 00:00:28
05
00:02:44 Baka Forest People
Call of the Forest
Performer: Baka Forest People; Martin Cradick
Duration 00:01:41
06
00:04:24
W. S. Graham
Imagine a forest (extract), read by Alexandra Gilbreath
Duration 00:00:49
07
00:04:46 Richard Wagner
Parsifal, Transformation Scene
Orchestrator: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Duration 00:02:27
08
00:07:10
John Burnside
A Stolen Child (extract), read by Neil Pearson
Duration 00:00:16
09
00:07:27 Uuno Klami
Kalevala Suite, Op. 23 - IV Cradle Song for Lemminkäinen
Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Jorma Panula
Duration 00:04:43
10
00:08:00
John Burnside
Parousia (extract), read by Neil Pearson
Duration 00:00:58
11
00:10:46
Louis MacNeice
Collected Poems, Canto XXIV (extract), read by Neil Pearson
Duration 00:00:24
12
00:12:09
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, read by Alexandra Gilbreath
Duration 00:00:23
13
00:12:32 Robert Johnson
Cross Road Blues
Performer: Robert Johnson
Duration 00:02:34
14
00:15:07 Modest Mussorgsky
Promenade
Performer: Dénes Várjon
Duration 00:00:52
15
00:15:59
Owen Sheers
Winter Swans, read by Neil Pearson
Duration 00:01:05
16
00:17:05 Nigel Hess
Stirrings
Performer: Joshua Bell
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Nigel Hess
Duration 00:01:46
17
00:17:21
Anglo-Saxon riddle, translated by Richard Hamer
Swan, read by Alexandra Gilbreath
Duration 00:00:39
18
00:18:53 Erik Satie
Gymnopédie No. 2
Performer: Yoshiko Okada
Duration 00:02:47
19
00:19:12
Thom Gunn
Touch read by Neil Pearson
Duration 00:01:39
20
00:21:11
James K. Baxter
Moss on Plum Branches, read by Alexandra Gilbreath
Duration 00:00:33
21
00:21:44 Joni Mitchell
Cactus Tree
Performer: Judy Collins
Duration 00:04:45
22
00:26:29
Vahni Capildeo
Investigation of Past Shoes (extract), read by Alexandra Gilbreath
Duration 00:00:41
23
00:27:11 Modest Mussorgsky
Promenade: Tuileries
Performer: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gilbert Levine (Conductor)
Duration 00:00:33
24
00:27:46 Traditional
The Grey Silkie
Performer: Jean Redpath
Duration 00:03:58
25
00:31:46
Robin Robertson
At Roane Head, read by Alexandra Gilbreath and Neil Pearson
Duration 00:03:09
26
00:34:59 James Macmillan
Ballad
Performer: Buddug Verona James (Mezzo Soprano), Andrew Wilson-Dickson (piano)
Duration 00:02:39
27
00:37:38 Traditional
Just a Closer Walk
Performer: George Lewis
Duration 00:02:28
28
00:37:51
Mervyn Peake
It Makes a Change, read by Alexandra Gilbreath
Duration 00:00:30
29
00:40:07
Warsan Shire
Backwards, read by Alexandra Gilbreath
Duration 00:00:31
30
00:40:54
Warsan Shire
Backwards, read by Alexandra Gilbreath
Duration 00:00:38
31
00:40:38 Jules Massenet
Méditations from Thaïs
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Nigel Hess
Duration 00:04:58
32
00:45:37
Cecil Day-Lewis
Walking Away, read by Neil Pearson
Duration 00:01:20
33
00:47:00 Roy Harper
When An Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease extract
Performer: Roy Harper
Duration 00:02:57
34
00:49:57
Charles Kingsley
The Water Babies (extract), read by Alexandra Gilbreath
Duration 00:00:51
35
00:50:51 Benjamin Britten
Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge: Funeral March
Performer: Kreisler String Orchestra
Duration 00:03:30
36
00:51:02
E. E. Cummings
What if a much of a which of a wind (excerpt), read by Neil Pearson
Duration 00:00:50
37
00:52:24
Edward Thomas
The Combe, read by Alexandra Gilbreath
Duration 00:00:51
38
00:54:22
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
Verses Made By the Earl of Essex in His Trouble (excerpt), read by Neil Pearson
Duration 00:00:26
39
00:54:50 Harrison Birtwistle
Theseus Game (for large ensemble with two conductors)
Orchestra: Ensemble Modern Orchestra
Conductor: Martyn Brabbins
Conductor: Pierre-André Valade
Duration 00:04:00
40
00:58:53 Benjamin Britten
Serenade For Tenor, Horn & Strings Op 31: 01 Prologue
Performer: Barry Tuckwell
Orchestrator: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Steuart Bedford
Duration 00:01:21
41
01:00:11 Christoph Willibald Gluck
Orpheo Second Act Scene I Ballo. Presto Coro: "Chi mai Dell'Erebo"
Singer: Franco Fagioli
Choir: Accentus
Orchestra: Insula Orchestra
Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
Duration 00:01:01
42
01:01:12 Christoph Willibald Gluck
Orpheo Second Act Scene I Aria con coro: "Deh, placatevi con me"
Performer: Franco Fagioli (Countertenor), Accentus Chorus, Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey (Conductor)
Duration 00:03:00
43
01:04:14
Ciaran Carson
The Fetch, read by Neil Pearson
Duration 00:00:56
44
01:05:21 Erik Satie
Gymnopédie No. 3
Performer: Yoshiko Okada
Duration 00:03:07
45
01:06:11
Michael Ondaatje
The English Patient (excerpt), read by Alexandra Gilbreath
Duration 00:01:30
46
01:08:30 Benjamin Britten
Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge: Moto Perpetuo
Performer: Kreisler String Orchestra
Duration 00:01:09
47
01:08:33
Paul Kingsnorth
Beast (excerpt), read by Neil Pearson
Duration 00:01:03
48
01:09:38 Traditional
Just a Closer Walk With Thee
Performer: Allen Toussaint
Duration 00:03:34
49
01:11:09
Selima Hill
Man With A Grasshopper on His Nose, read by Alexandra Gilbreath
Duration 00:00:19
FRI 18:15 New Generation Artists (m0001s6p)
Andrei Ionita performs Kashperova's Cello Sonata No 1
The Cello Sonata No 1 by Leokadiya Kashperova receives its first ever broadcast. In the years before the Revolution, the pianist and composer Leokadiya Kashperova enjoyed a position at the centre of musical life in St Petersburg. A favourite student of Anton Rubinstein she was the favoured interpreter of the new works of Glazunov and her friend Balakirev. After she married at the age of 44 in 1916, she was forced to flee first to the Caucasus and then in 1918 to Moscow and not a note of her music was heard. The recording of the Cello Sonata in today's programme will be the first time this 50-minute work has been heard since the time of its composition. The score was prepared especially for this recording - work which was entrusted to the former winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition and NGA, Andrei Ionita and the brilliant Armenian pianist, Lilit Grigoryan. When an excerpt of the work's slow movement was played at a recent lecture on the composer, many in the audience were moved to tears.
Presented by Kate Molleson.
Glazunov: Chant du ménestrel Op.71
Andrei Ionita (cello), Lilit Grigoryan (piano)
Schumann: 6 Songs Op.89
Fatma Said (soprano), James Vaughan (piano)
Leokadiya Aleksandrovna Kashperova (1872-1940): Cello Sonata No 1
Andrei Ionita (cello), Lilit Grigoryan (piano)
Strauss: Sextet from 'Capriccio'
Calidore Quartet, Eivind Ringstad (viola), Andrei Ionita (cello)
FRI 19:30 Proms 2018 Repeats (m0001s6r)
Prom 68 repeat: Berlin Philharmonic, Kirill Petrenko, Beethoven, Strauss
Another chance to hear Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra play Beethoven and Strauss from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Strauss: Don Juan
Death and Transfiguration
8.20: Interval Proms Plus: Crime writer Belinda Bauer and novelist Patricia Duncker consider the challenges posed by describing sex and death in fiction. Presented by Matthew Sweet.
Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A major
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko, conductor
The Berliner Philharmoniker and its Music Director Designate Kirill Petrenko pair two of the 19th century’s greatest symphonic poems with Beethoven’s much-loved Seventh Symphony. If Don Juan celebrates the life of the body – energetic passions, desires and cynical ambitions – then the composer’s Death and Transfiguration, a vivid portrait of the last hours of a dying artist, explores ideas of the mind and spirit. These two colourful musical narratives are set against the dance-driven energy of Beethoven’s symphony.
FRI 21:30 New Generation Artists (m0001s6t)
Calidore Quartet performs Mendelssohn's String Quartet No 6
New Generation Artists: The Calidore Quartet play Mendelssohn's String Quartet No 6 in F minor, Op 80.
Mendelssohn's masterful last quartet was written in 1847 in the aftermath of the death of his beloved sister, Fanny. It bears the inscription: "Requiem for Fanny," and suffuses anger, despair, nostalgia and tenderness. Within a year, Mendelssohn himself was dead. The Calidore Quartet write in the notes for this recording: "We hope that our performance can inspire resilience in listeners during challenging times."
FRI 22:00 The Glory of Polyphony (b0b91tc7)
Tomkins, Cardoso and the New World
Peter Phillips brings his six-part series celebrating the Glory of Polyphony to a close.
Polyphony (literally, 'many sounds') reached its peak in choral music during the historic Renaissance period. Peter Phillips first discovered its magnificent sound world at the age of 16 and ever since has devoted his life to performing and recording it. He even formed his record label and choir -The Tallis Scholars - to share the music with others. In each programme in this series, Peter will share his knowledge of and passion for Renaissance choral music by exploring the lives and works of two very contrasting composers. He'll showcase their unique styles against the social backdrops of the late 15th to early 17th centuries by telling some of their personal stories and explaining the original purpose of the music. He'll also explore the music's meditative qualities and its power to affect worshippers and audiences past and present.
In this sixth and final programme, Peter will explore later developments on the peripheries of Europe and beyond, focusing on the music of Thomas Tomkins in England and Manuel Cardoso in Portugal. He'll also look at how composers such as Juan Gutierrez de Padilla took the Renaissance polyphonic tradition in Europe further afield to the new missions in Mexico and South America.
In England during the early 17th Century, Renaissance-style counterpoint was still key, and Welsh-born Tomkins served King and country with anthems and liturgical music until the outbreak of the English Civil War. In Portugal and the New World, composers reacted to the developments of Monteverdi and looked ahead to Baroque harmonic structures whilst clinging to the traditional choral framework. Manuel Cardoso was a loyal servant and friend to the musical King Joao IV, who helped him to publish most of his works, much of which were destroyed in the Lisbon earthquake of 1755.
01
00:04:52 Thomas Tomkins
O God, The Proud Are Risen Against Me
Choir: St George's Chapel Windsor Choir
Conductor: Christopher Robinson
Duration 00:03:48
02
00:10:31 Thomas Tomkins
Almighty God, The Fountain Of All Wisdom (excerpt)
Music Arranger: Peter Phillips
Choir: Tallis Scholars
Duration 00:04:31
03
00:18:29 Thomas Weelkes
Gloria (excerpt)
Choir: Choir Of Sidney Sussex College
Conductor: David Skinner
Duration 00:03:05
04
00:23:49 Thomas Weelkes
When David Heard
Choir: The Sixteen
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Duration 00:03:27
05
00:27:16 Thomas Tomkins
When David Heard
Performer: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Performer: Graham Ross
Duration 00:04:33
06
00:35:58 Manuel Cardoso
Sitivit Anima Mea
Ensemble: Contrapunctus
Director: Owen Rees
Duration 00:04:09
07
00:41:17 Duarte Lôbo
Pater Peccavi
Choir: Ars Nova
Conductor: Bo Holten
Duration 00:02:30
08
00:46:42 Manuel Cardoso
Requiem Aeternam (excerpt)
Choir: Schola Cantorum of Oxford
Conductor: Jeremy Summerly
Duration 00:04:11
09
00:52:33 Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla
Lamentations (excerpt)
Choir: Tallis Scholars
Conductor: Peter Phillips
Duration 00:01:46
10
00:54:57 Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla
Deus In Adiutorium
Ensemble: Rose Ensemble
Duration 00:02:10
11
00:59:59 Darius Milhaud
"La Cheminée du Roi René" (excerpt from Madrigal-Nocturne)
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra
Duration 00:00:32
FRI 23:00 Music Planet (m0001s6x)
Sir David Attenborough Mixtape plus concert sets from WOMEX 2018 with Lopa Kothari
Music Planet ends the year with a Mixtape introduced by Sir David Attenborough, with tracks from his double CD set of his own field recordings. And Lopa Kothari introduces concert sets from WOMEX 2018, the annual gathering of the world music industry held in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands - with performances from Haitian singer Moonlight Benjamin, and acapella polyphony group San Salvador from southern France.
Sir David Attenborough first became nationally known as the presenter of BBC TV's Zoo Quest, a series based on expeditions to catch exotic animals for London Zoo. The programmes ran from 1954 to 1963, and in his spare time during the filming, Sir David made sound recordings of the local music, some of which made its way onto the TV series. He passed the tapes on to the BBC Sound Archive, who dutifully copied and preserved them all, and they are now being released to the public in their entirety for the first time. In this Music Planet Mixtape, Sir David introduces some of his favourites - including some sparkly harp playing from Paraguay, the chanting of his team's luggage-carriers in New Guinea, and the funeral gongs of the Dyak people in Borneo.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
14:00 TUE (m0001r0f)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 MON (m0001qgn)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 WED (m0001rcc)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 THU (m0001ryp)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 FRI (m0001s6m)
Between the Ears
21:30 SAT (m0001psz)
Breakfast
07:00 SAT (m0001psg)
Breakfast
07:00 SUN (m0001ptl)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (m0001qgb)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (m0001r05)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (m0001rc3)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (m0001ryd)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (m0001s6c)
Choir and Organ
16:00 SUN (m0001ptv)
Choral Evensong
15:00 SUN (m0001p1p)
Choral Evensong
15:30 WED (m0001rcf)
Composer of the Week
12:00 MON (m0001qgg)
Composer of the Week
12:00 TUE (m0001r09)
Composer of the Week
12:00 WED (m0001rc7)
Composer of the Week
12:00 THU (m0001ryk)
Composer of the Week
12:00 FRI (m0001s6h)
Drama on 3
19:30 SUN (m0001pv1)
Essential Classics
09:00 MON (m0001qgd)
Essential Classics
09:00 TUE (m0001r07)
Essential Classics
09:00 WED (m0001rc5)
Essential Classics
09:00 THU (m0001ryh)
Essential Classics
09:00 FRI (m0001s6f)
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
00:00 SUN (b06zj3ch)
Hear and Now
22:00 SAT (m0001pt1)
Inside Music
13:00 SAT (m0001psn)
J to Z
17:00 SAT (m0001psv)
Jazz Now
23:00 MON (m0001qgv)
Jazz Record Requests
16:00 SAT (m0001pss)
Late Junction
23:00 TUE (m0001r0r)
Late Junction
23:00 WED (m0001rcm)
Late Junction
23:00 THU (m0001ryw)
Music Matters
12:15 SAT (m0001psl)
Music Planet
23:00 FRI (m0001s6x)
New Generation Artists
18:15 TUE (m0001r0k)
New Generation Artists
21:30 TUE (m0001r0p)
New Generation Artists
17:45 WED (m0001rch)
New Generation Artists
18:15 THU (m0001ryr)
New Generation Artists
18:15 FRI (m0001s6p)
New Generation Artists
21:30 FRI (m0001s6t)
Opera on 3
18:30 SAT (m0001psx)
Opera on 3
18:45 WED (m0001rck)
Paddington Bear's Musical Adventures
15:45 TUE (m0001r0h)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (m0001ptq)
Proms 2018 Repeats
19:30 TUE (m0001r0m)
Proms 2018 Repeats
19:30 THU (m0001ryt)
Proms 2018 Repeats
19:30 FRI (m0001s6r)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 SUN (m0001n8c)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 MON (m0001qgk)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 WED (m0001rc9)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 THU (m0001rym)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 FRI (m0001s6k)
Radio 3 in Concert
20:45 SUN (m0001pv3)
Radio 3 in Concert
23:00 SUN (m0001pv5)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 MON (m0001qgs)
Record Review
09:00 SAT (m0001psj)
Sean Rafferty at Home
13:00 TUE (m0001r0c)
Sound Walk
16:30 MON (m0001qgq)
Sound of Dance
15:00 SAT (m0001psq)
Sunday Feature
18:45 SUN (m0001ptz)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (m0001ptn)
The Early Music Show
14:05 SUN (m0001pts)
The Glory of Polyphony
22:00 SUN (b0b527p4)
The Glory of Polyphony
22:00 MON (b0b5t0kg)
The Glory of Polyphony
22:00 TUE (b0b6nxb4)
The Glory of Polyphony
22:00 WED (b0b7h4th)
The Glory of Polyphony
22:00 THU (b0b89h85)
The Glory of Polyphony
22:00 FRI (b0b91tc7)
The Listening Service
17:00 SUN (b0858zp1)
Through the Night
01:00 SAT (m0001p17)
Through the Night
01:00 SUN (m0001pt4)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (m0001pv7)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (m0001qgx)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (m0001r0t)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (m0001rcp)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (m0001ryy)
Words and Music
17:30 SUN (m0001ptx)
Words and Music
17:00 TUE (b07f6mh6)
Words and Music
16:30 WED (b09w2s3m)
Words and Music
17:00 THU (b09hrprl)
Words and Music
17:00 FRI (b09fmkh3)