The Oslo Philharmonic perform Mahler's First Symphony under its new chief conductor, Klaus Makela, in its season-opening concert. Presented by John Shea.
Symphony No. 1 in D 'Titan'
Henriette Schellenberg (soprano), Vancouver Chamber Choir, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Jon Washburn (conductor)
Oslo Philharmonic Choir, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (conductor)
Klara Havlikova (piano), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
Joanne Kolomyjec (soprano), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
Mr. Dowland's midnight
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
1100 Essential Five – this week we bring you five pieces of music inspired by mountains.
Donald Macleod follows Mendelssohn through 1844, and a trip to the UK that included an audience with Queen Victoria
Felix Mendelssohn was one of the most gifted and versatile musicians the world has ever seen. As a child prodigy he was likened to Mozart and he grew to become one of the most famous and beloved composers in Europe, during the middle of the 19th century. His life was cut tragically short, at the age of 38, while he was at the very height of his powers. This week, Donald Macleod focuses on the final five years of Mendelssohn’s life, and follows the composer through his extremely hectic work schedule which undoubtedly contributed to his early demise.
In 1844 made one of his regular visits to the UK. It was a trip packed with engagements, including a private audience with Queen Victoria who had become a huge admirer of his. An offer arrived from the USA asking Mendelssohn to direct a music festival in New York. Instead, the composer took steps to reduce his heavy workload and returned to Germany to complete one of his most celebrated works, his Violin Concerto. The legendary violinist, Fritz Kreisler, called this work the jewel of all violin concertos.
Today’s lunchtime concert was recorded at the RSNO Centre in Glasgow, in early March 2020, with a live audience. Pianist Steven Osborne remarked from the stage, that ‘if I had to pick one concert to play for the rest of my life, it would be this one’. These final two piano sonatas by Beethoven were written in the early 1820s and provoked the composer to remark that the piano was, ‘after all an unsatisfactory instrument’. He was pushing sonata form and the piano instrument of his time to the very limits. Pianist Alfred Brendel has described the finale of Beethoven’s Op 110 sonata thus, “In a last euphoric effort, its conclusion reaches out beyond homophonic emancipation, throwing off the chains of music itself.”
New Zealand's top orchestras play music by Stravinsky, Rachmaninov, Mozart and Beethoven, plus New Zealand composer Claire Cowan. Presented by Fiona Talkington.
Webern, orch. Gerard Schwarz: Langsamer Satz
Katie Derham talks to pianist George Fu ahead of his City Music Foundation live stream from St Bart's, plus conductor Pekka Kuusisto on working with Manchester Camerata.
In Tune's specially curated playlist including the opening chorus of Bach's Magnificat in D, Stravinsky's Scherzo a la Russe and Elana Kats-Chernin's Ornamental air for basset clarinet. Also in the mix is music by Francaix, Mozart, Sibelius and Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Tom Redmond offers another chance to hear a concert given by the CBSO of music by Mozart, Widmann and Brahms, with conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and clarinettist Jörg Widmann. Recorded in Symphony Hall Birmingham in 2017.
Brahms grappled with his First Symphony - and the weight of music history - for well over ten years. But he needn't have worried. From the pounding heartbeats of the opening, to the roof-raiser of a peroration, it's really no wonder it was instantly dubbed "Beethoven's Tenth". Tonight's concert also gives the opportunity to hear Artist in Residence Jörg Widmann in two musical guises: as soloist in Mozart's valedictory Clarinet Concerto (about which Mozart wrote "I smoked a glorious pipe of tobacco. Then I orchestrated almost the entire Rondo..."), then as composer in his Babylon-Suite.
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke for clarinet, flute, harp and two violas (arr. by Aribert Reimann)
Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Andrea Lieberknecht (flute), Jana Boušková (harp), Tatjana Masurenko, Hanna Weinmeister (violas)
Johannesburg Brahms: Piano Sonata no 3 in f minor Op5 - 5th mvt.
Catherine Pepinster, Kate Kennedy, Tim Stanley and New Generation Thinker Dafydd Mills Daniel join Rana Mitter to look at the poet, theologian and now Saint John Henry. The programme marks 175 years since Newman's conversion from the high church tradition of Anglicanism and the Oxford Movement to the Catholic faith on 23 Feb 1846, with a conversation exploring his thinking and poetic writing.
Catherine Pepinster is former editor of the Tablet and the author of The Keys and the Kingdom: The British and the Papacy
Dafydd Mills Daniel is McDonald Departmental Lecturer in Christian Ethics at the University of Oxford and a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker. His book is called Ethical Rationalism and Secularisation in the British Enlightenment
Tim Stanley is a columnist and leader writer for the Daily Telegraph who studied history at Cambridge and who is a contributing editor for the Catholic Herald https://www.timothystanley.co.uk/index.html
Dr Kate Kennedy is Oxford Centre for Life-Writing Associate Director and a music specialist who has written on Ivor Gurney, and co-edited The Silent Morning: Culture and Memory after the Armistice and The First World War: Literature, Music, Memory.
You can find a playlist Free Thinking explores religious belief https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03mwxlp including contributions from Ziauddin Sardar, Richard Dawkins, Karen Armstrong, Rabbi Sacks, Marilynne Robinson and Simon Schama.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Waves & Lines: No. 1, Bees
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 for cello and orchestra: Var. VI: Andante
Was it a Dream?, Op. 37, No. 4
WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2021
WED 00:30 Through the Night (m000shs1)
German Romance, Lithuanian Thrills
The Swedish Radio Choir performs music from the German choral tradition alongside contemporary Lithuanian works. Presented by John Shea.
12:31 AM
Juste Janulyte (1982-)
Aquarelle
Swedish Radio Choir, Giedre Slekyte (conductor)
12:39 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen
Swedish Radio Choir, Giedre Slekyte (conductor)
12:42 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Trauergesang, Op 116
Swedish Radio Choir, Giedre Slekyte (conductor)
12:47 AM
Max Reger (1873-1916)
Excerpts from 8 geistliche Gesänge, Op 138
Swedish Radio Choir, Giedre Slekyte (conductor)
12:53 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Richte mich, Gott (Psalm 43), from 3 Psalmen, Op 78
Swedish Radio Choir, Giedre Slekyte (conductor)
12:58 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Fest- und Gedenksprüche, Op 109
Swedish Radio Choir, Giedre Slekyte (conductor)
01:09 AM
Bronius Kutavicius (1932-)
Giedantis vezys (Singing Lobster)
Swedish Radio Choir, Giedre Slekyte (conductor)
01:14 AM
Vaclovas Augustinas (1959-)
Tykus tykus
Swedish Radio Choir, Giedre Slekyte (conductor)
01:19 AM
Onute Narbutaite (1956-)
Vasara (Summer)
Swedish Radio Choir, Giedre Slekyte (conductor)
01:22 AM
Romualdas Grazinis (1962-)
Sutartine
Swedish Radio Choir, Giedre Slekyte (conductor)
01:29 AM
Vaclovas Augustinas (1959-)
Trepute martela (The Stomping Bride)
Swedish Radio Choir, Giedre Slekyte (conductor)
01:33 AM
Franz Berwald (1796-1868)
Septet in B flat major (1828)
Niklas Andersson (clarinet), Henrik Blixt (bassoon), Hans Larsson (horn), Jannica Gustafsson (violin), Hakan Olsson (viola), Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello), Maria Johansson (double bass)
01:57 AM
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Symphony No 2, Op 16, 'The Four Temperaments'
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ingar Bergby (conductor)
02:31 AM
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
Concerto in modo misolidio for piano and orchestra
Olli Mustonen (piano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Markus Lehtinen (conductor)
03:07 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Water Music - suite (HWV 350) in G major
Collegium Aureum
03:18 AM
Jonny Greenwood (b.1971)
Water
Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (conductor)
03:34 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
4 Impromptus for piano, D 899 (No 4 in A flat)
Arthur Schnabel (piano)
03:42 AM
Nicolas Gombert (c.1495-c.1560)
Elegie sur la mort de Josquin Musae Jovis (6 part)
Montreal Early Music Studio, Christopher Jackson (director)
03:51 AM
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
The Perfect Fool, Op 39, ballet music
Argovia Philharmonic, Douglas Bostock (conductor)
04:03 AM
Bela Bartok (1881-1945),Zoltan Szekely (1903-2001)
Six Romanian Folk dances (Sz.56) arr. Szekely for violin and piano
Miklos Szenthelyi (violin), Zoltan Kocsis (piano)
04:09 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Overture (Suite) in G minor for oboe & basso continuo, TWV.41:g4
Ensemble of the Eighteenth Century, Susanne Regel (conductor)
04:20 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Rondo in E flat major, Op 16
Ludmil Angelov (piano)
04:31 AM
Fredrik Pacius (1809-1891)
Overture from the Hunt of King Charles (1852)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
04:38 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op 6 no 4
Sixth Floor Ensemble, Anssi Mattila (conductor)
04:49 AM
Jacobus de Kerle (c.1531-1591)
Agnus Dei from Missa ut-re-me-fa-sol-la for 7 voices
Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel (director)
04:54 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Henri Busser (orchestrator)
Printemps – symphonic suite (orch. Busser)
Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Volodymyr Sirenko (conductor)
05:10 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Rondo in D (K.485)
Jean Muller (piano)
05:17 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Voyevoda - Symphonic Ballad Op 78
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tamas Vasary (conductor)
05:28 AM
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Suite from "Les Indes galantes"
Neue Dusseldorfer Hofmusik, Mary Utiger (director)
06:02 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
String Quintet no 1 in F, Op 88
Sebastian String Quartet, Marco Genero (viola)
WED 06:30 Breakfast (m000sjlz)
Wednesday - Petroc's classical mix
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
WED 09:00 Essential Classics (m000sjm1)
Ian Skelly
Essential Classics - the best in classical music, with Ian Skelly.
0915 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 Musicians recommend their favourite recordings.
1100 Essential Five – this week we bring you five pieces of music inspired by mountains.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (m000sjm3)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
The Swedish Nightingale
Donald Macleod examines the frenzied year of 1845 and a significant encounter with the great soprano, Jenny Lind.
Felix Mendelssohn was one of the most gifted and versatile musicians the world has ever seen. As a child prodigy he was likened to Mozart and he grew to become one of the most famous and beloved composers in Europe, during the middle of the 19th century. His life was cut tragically short, at the age of 38, while he was at the very height of his powers. This week, Donald Macleod focuses on the final five years of Mendelssohn’s life, and follows the composer through his extremely hectic work schedule which undoubtedly contributed to his early demise.
Mendelssohn had been attempting strike a balance between his heavy work commitments and his personal life. Even so, his sister Fanny was concerned that he still trying to do far too much. In 1845 he began negotiations with the Saxon court about resuming his duties as chief conductor of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, as well as undertaking duties at the Leipzig Conservatory. Later that year, Mendelssohn was also in discussion with the Prussian King about taking on further duties in Berlin. Meanwhile, the composer had found a new inspiration, the extraordinary voice of the ‘Swedish Nightingale’, Jenny Lind.
Wenn sich zwei Herzen scheiden, Op 99 No 5
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Geoffrey Parson, piano
Lieder ohne Worte in C, Op 67 No 4
Lieder ohne Worte in A, Op 85 No 5
Lieder ohne Worte in D, Op 102 No 2-3
Daniel Barenboim, piano
Piano Trio No 2 in C minor, Op 66
Wanderer Trio
Athalie, Op 74 (Overture & War March)
Vienna Philharmonic
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Produced by Luke Whitlock, for BBC Wales
WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (m000sjm5)
Chamber music from Glasgow's RSNO Centre (2/4)
Kate Molleson presents this recital of cello and piano chamber music by principal cellist of the RSNO Aleksei Kiseliov and renowned pianist Alasdair Beatson at the RSNO Centre in Glasgow. Their concert opens with Beethoven’s Sonata in D major, Op 102, written in 1815 and inspired by his cellist friend Josef Linke. They are perhaps the first of Beethoven’s ‘late’ period style and explore new possibilities for the cello, as well as using a fugue for the first time as the basis of a movement – something Beethoven continued to explore in his music. In contrast, Strauss's Cello sonata in F was written when he was a teenager and it was only after several revisions that the piece became the elegant and Romantic work we recognise today. Dvorak’s Silent Woods closes this recital, an arrangement of a movement from his larger work 'From the Bohemian Forest'. The Czech title ‘Klid’ translates as ‘Tranquility’.
Beethoven: Cello Sonata in D major, Op. 102 No. 2
R. Strauss: Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 6
Dvorák: Silent Woods, for Cello and piano
Aleksei Kiseliov – cello
Alasdair Beatson – piano
Presenter - Kate Molleson
Producer – Laura Metcalfe
WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (m000sjm7)
A Week in New Zealand - Wednesday
New Zealand's top orchestras play music by Ravel, Debussy, Berlioz and Salina Fisher, the young New Zealand composer of acclaimed piece Rainphase. Presented by Fiona Talkington.
Ravel: Boléro
Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été
with Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano)
New Zealand SO
Conductor Edo de Waart
3.45pm
Salina Fisher: Rainphase
Auckland Philharmonia
Conductor Tianyi Lu
3.55pm
Debussy: La Mer
New Zealand SO
Conductor Edo de Waart
WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b01qqt08)
King's College, London
From the Chapel of King's College, London.
Introit: Miserere mihi Domine (Byrd)
Responses: Byrd
Psalm 104 (Aldrich, Attwood)
First Lesson: Genesis 42 vv6-17
Canticles: First Service (Parsons)
Second Lesson: Galatians 4 vv21 - 5 v1
Anthem: Tristitia et anxietas (Byrd)
Hymn: Lord Jesus, think on me (Southwell)
Voluntary: Pavan and Galliard in C minor BK 29 (Byrd)
David Trendell (Director of Music)
Richard Hall & Christopher Woodward (Organ Scholars)
First broadcast 20 February 2013.
WED 16:30 New Generation Artists (m000sjmb)
Catriona Morison sings Brahms
New Generation Artists: violinist Johan Dalene and mezzo Catriona Morison in brand new recordings.
Nineteen-year-old Swedish violinist, Johan Dalene, teams up with former NGA, Christian Ihle Hadland in a new recital recording. And the Scots-born mezzo Catriona Morison joins Malcolm Martineau in a ravishing selection of Brahms songs on her long-awaited debut disc.
Brahms Dein blaues Auge, Op. 59 No. 8
Brahms Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op. 105 No. 2
Brahms Mädchenlied, Op. 107 No.5
Brahms Sapphische Ode, Op. 94 No. 4
Catriona Morison (mezzo soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Stenhammar Two Sentimental Romances, Op. 28
Johan Dalene (violin), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)
Brahms Alte Liebe, Op. 72 No.1
Brahms Junge Lieder I: Meine Liebe ist grün, Op. 63 No.5
Catriona Morison (mezzo soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
WED 17:00 In Tune (m000sjmd)
Francesca Dego, Maz O’Connor
Katie Derham talks to Francesca Dego about her new recording on Paganini's violin and to folk singer Maz O’Connor ahead of Festival of New from Snape.
WED 19:00 In Tune Mixtape (m000s8wh)
A 30-minute mix of delightful classical music
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.
WED 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (m000sjmg)
Schubert in Aldeburgh from the New Generation Artists
New Generation Artists play Schubert in Aldeburgh.
Members of Radio 3's prestigious young artists' programme delighted audiences as they explored together some of Schubert's best-loved works in the intimate surroundings of the Britten Studio in Snape, Suffolk in 2018.
Presented by Kate Molleson.
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D821
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D667 (Trout)
Schubert: Piano Trio in E flat, D929
Amatis Piano Trio
Eivind Ringstad (viola)
with Adam Wynter (double bass)
Recorded in the Britten Studio, Snape, at the Big Chamber Weekend October 2018.
WED 22:00 Free Thinking (m000sjmj)
Animals
Anna Tsing wrote The Mushroom at the End of the World. Her new online project is called Feral Atlas. Joanna Bourke has been lecturing on the human body and her latest book looks at loving animals. They join Matthew Sweet for a programme about man, animals and the natural world.
Loving Animals: On Bestiality, Zoophilia and Post-Human Love by Joanna Bourke is out now. Her lecture series Exploring the Body for Gresham College is available online https://www.gresham.ac.uk/series/exploring-the-body/
Anna Tsing's book The Mushroom at the End of the World is out now. You can find her online project at https://feralatlas.org/ It is made in conjunction with Stanford University curated and edited by Anna L. Tsing, Jennifer Deger, Alder Keleman Saxena and Feifei Zhou
You might be interested in the Octopus Verb episode with Ian McMillan https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000k3dl
The Essay Series on Radio 3 this week looks at Animals.
Matthew Sweet hosts a Free Thinking discussion Fungi: An Alien Encounter https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dr46
and looks at the ideas in Darwin's Descent of Man 1871 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000s31z
Other discussions about animals include Should We Keep Pets? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09hzj3y
Does My Pet Love Me? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0004dr9
Animals: Watching Us Watching Them Watching Each Other https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nqv0n
Producer: Luke Mulhall
WED 22:45 The Essay (m000sjml)
Becoming Animal
Episode 3
Five writers investigate the boundaries between animal and human.
WED 23:00 Night Tracks (m000mhmq)
The music garden
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
01
00:00:07 Terry Riley
A Rainbow in the Curved Air - Instrumental - [extract]
Performer: Terry Riley
Duration 00:06:31
02
00:07:15 Lankum
The Townie Polka
Ensemble: Lankum
Duration 00:06:31
03
00:13:55 Germaine Tailleferre
Valse Lente
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud
Duration 00:01:24
04
00:15:31 Richard Ayres
In the Alps: Act III, Scene Two "after the storm"
Performer: Barbara Hannigan
Ensemble: Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Duration 00:03:56
05
00:20:23 Noveller
Glacial Wave
Ensemble: Noveller
Duration 00:04:38
06
00:25:01 Francis Poulenc
Ave verum corpus, for Female Chorus, FP 154
Ensemble: The Sixteen
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Duration 00:02:14
07
00:27:19 Ali Farka Touré
Arsani
Performer: Ali Farka Touré
Duration 00:05:14
08
00:33:27 Claudia Sessa
Occhi io cissi
Music Arranger: Larry Goves
Ensemble: The House of Bedlam
Duration 00:03:33
09
00:37:10 Dan Deacon
Weeping Birch
Performer: Dan Deacon
Duration 00:03:56
10
00:41:48 Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Larghetto
Performer: Murray Perahia
Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Duration 00:09:23
11
00:51:55 Yannis Kyriakides
Fofi and Michalis for Music Box
Performer: Nada Kolundžija
Duration 00:01:30
12
00:53:26 Trish Clowes
Seven
Performer: Chris Montague
Performer: Calum Gourlay
Performer: James Maddren
Duration 00:06:22
13
01:00:10 Terry Riley
A Rainbow in the Curved Air - Instrumental - [extract]
Performer: Terry Riley
Duration 00:01:10
14
01:01:22 Stein Urheim
Mikrotonia
Performer: Stein Urheim
Duration 00:03:55
15
01:06:26 Johann Sebastian Bach
Dies sind die heiligen zehen Gebot BWV 678
Performer: James McVinnie
Duration 00:04:29
16
01:10:57 Kate Moore
House of Shards and Shadows
Performer: Lamorna Nightingale
Duration 00:11:16
17
01:23:19 Nina Simone
Stars (live at Montreux)
Performer: Nina Simone
Duration 00:06:41
THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2021
THU 00:30 Through the Night (m000sjmq)
Alexander Vedernikov with the Estonian National Symphony
An all-Scriabin programme with late Russian conductor Alexander Vedernikov. Presented by John Shea.
12:31 AM
Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915)
Rêverie, op. 24
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov (conductor)
12:36 AM
Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915)
Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op. 20
Konstantin Lifschitz (piano), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov (conductor)
01:04 AM
Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915)
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, op. 43 ('The Divine Poem')
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov (conductor)
01:52 AM
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)
Te Deum for solo voices, chorus and orchestra
Iwona Hossa (soprano), Anna Lubanska (mezzo soprano), Rafal Bartminski (tenor), Thomas Bauer (baritone), Krakow Philharmonic Chorus, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki (conductor)
02:31 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op 61
Nikolaj Znaider (violin), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
03:15 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
13 Pieces for piano, Op 76
Eero Heinonen (piano)
03:36 AM
Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
3 motets: Jubilate Deo; Io ti voria; Tristis est anima mea
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Paul van Nevel (conductor)
03:41 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Sonata for oboe and continuo (HWV.366) (Op.1 No.8) in C minor
Louise Pellerin (oboe), Dom Andre Laberge (organ)
03:48 AM
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op 20
Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble, Plamen Djurov (conductor)
03:58 AM
Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764)
Sonata for violin and continuo in D major, Op 8 no 2
Gottfried von der Goltz (violin), Lee Santana (theorbo), Torsten Johann (harpsichord)
04:09 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Heidebild from Stimmungsbilder (Op.9 No.5)
Ludmil Angelov (piano)
04:15 AM
Hubert Parry (1848-1918), Gordon Jacob (orchestrator)
I was glad (Psalm 122)
Vancouver Bach Choir, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bruce Pullan (conductor)
04:21 AM
Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)
Symphonia No 20 in E minor
Stockholm Antiqua
04:31 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV.1056
Angela Hewitt (piano), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
04:41 AM
Charles Gounod (1818-1893), Franz Liszt (arranger)
Waltz (Faust)
Petras Geniusas (piano)
04:51 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
3 Songs - Liebesbotschaft, Heidenroslein & Litanei auf das Fest
Bryn Terfel (bass baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
05:00 AM
Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944)
Flute Concertino, Op 107
Maria Filippova (flute), Ekaterina Mirzaeva (piano)
05:09 AM
Johannes Ockeghem
Credo from 'Missa Prolationum'
Ars Nova Copenhagen, Paul Hillier (conductor)
05:16 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Pyrmonter Kurwoche No.5 (TWV42:e4)
Albrecht Rau (violin), Heinrich Rau (viola), Clemens Malich (cello), Wolfgang Hochstein (harpsichord)
05:25 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Burya - symphonic fantasia after Shakespeare, Op 18
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
05:47 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Sonata for piano (K.457) in C minor
Denis Burshtein (piano)
06:11 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Lyric suite for orchestra from Lyric Pieces (Book 5)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)
THU 06:30 Breakfast (m000sjjf)
Thursday - Petroc's classical rise and shine
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
THU 09:00 Essential Classics (m000sjjh)
Ian Skelly
Essential Classics - the best in classical music, with Ian Skelly.
0915 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 Musicians recommend their favourite recordings.
1100 Essential Five – this week we bring you five pieces of music inspired by mountains.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (m000sjjk)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Triumphant Elijah
Donald Macleod sees Mendelssohn working towards his last great choral work.
Felix Mendelssohn was one of the most gifted and versatile musicians the world has ever seen. As a child prodigy he was likened to Mozart and he grew to become one of the most famous and beloved composers in Europe, during the middle of the 19th century. His life was cut tragically short, at the age of 38, while he was at the very height of his powers. This week, Donald Macleod focuses on the final five years of Mendelssohn’s life, and follows the composer through his extremely hectic work schedule which undoubtedly contributed to his early demise.
1846 was the year of one of Mendelssohn’s greatest successes. His oratorio, Elijah, was premiered in Birmingham and sealed his reputation as Britain’s favourite composer. We also find him further pursuing his friendship with soprano, Jenny Lind.
Lied ohne Worte in D minor (Reiterlied)
Péter Nagy, piano
Rondo Brilliant in E flat, Op 29
Ronald Brautigam, piano
Die Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens, conductor
Lauda Sion, Op 73
Evelyn Brunner, soprano
Naoko Ihara, contralto
Alejandro Ramirez, tenor
Philippe Huttenlocher, bass-baritone
Gulbenkian Orchestra
Gulbenkian, Choir
Michel Corboz, conductor
Elijah, Op 70 (excerpt)
Rosemary Joshua, soprano
Jonty Ward, treble
Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Robert Murray, tenor
Simon Keenlyside, baritone
Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir
Gabrieli Young Singers’ Scheme
Gabrieli Consort and Players
Paul McCreesh, director
Produced by Luke Whitlock, for BBC Wales
THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (m000sjjm)
Chamber music from Glasgow's RSNO Centre (3/4)
Recorded at the RSNO centre in February 2020 in front of a live audience, Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill joined pianist Simon Lepper for a recital of French music, including songs by Debussy and Chausson. Wagner’s five Wesendonck Lieder are also included, settings of poetry by Mathilde Wesendonck, filled with emotional despair and moments of triumph. Wagner wrote to Mathilde that ‘I have not written anything better than these songs and very few of my works will be remembered besides them’. RSNO string principals joined for the final works in this concert, Belgian composer Joseph Jongen’s ‘Calm beside the silent quays’ and Chausson’s final completed work ‘Chanson Perpetuelle’ describing the suffering of an abandoned woman.
Debussy: Trois chansons de Bilitis
Chausson: Sérénade italienne
Chausson: Le Charme
Chausson: Le colibri
Chausson: Les papillons
Wagner: 5 Wesendonck Lieder
Chausson: Chanson perpetuelle - arranged for voice and piano quintet
Jongen: Calmes, aux quais déserts - arranged for voice and piano quintet
Karen Cargill – mezzo soprano
Simon Lepper - piano
Sharon Roffman – violin
Maya Iwabuchi – violin
Tom Dunn – viola
Aleksei Kiseliov – cello
Presenter - Kate Molleson
Producer - Laura Metcalfe
THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (m000sjjp)
A Week in New Zealand - Thursday
Opera Matinee: Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie, plus more from New Zealand's top orchestras - music by Debussy, Ethel Smyth and Salina Fisher. Presented by Georgia Mann.
Hippolyte et Aricie, Rameau's first opera, could equally well have been called Theseus and Phaedra. In this tangled tale from Ancient Greece, the lovers Hippolytus and Aricia struggle against the odds, the gods and Hippolytus's father King Theseus and predatory stepmother Phaedra. There's no happy ending for one couple... but will there be for the other? This stunning production was performed for an online audience at the Opéra Comique in Paris last November.
Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie (1757 version)
Hippolytus ….. Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor)
Aricia ….. Elsa Benoit (soprano)
Theseus, King of Athens, Hippolyte's father ….. Stéphane Degout (baritone)
Phaedra, Hippolytus's stepmother ….. Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo (mezzo-soprano)
Oenone, Phaedra's confidante ….. Séraphine Cotrez (mezzo-soprano)
Neptune, Pluto ….. Arnaud Richard (bass-baritone)
Diana ..... Eugénie Lefebvre (soprano)
Diana's Priestess, huntress, shepherdess, sailor ….. Léa Desandre (mezzo-soprano)
Tisiphone, a Fury ..... Edwin Fardini (baritone)
Other roles sung by Constantin Goubet, Arcas Martial Pauliat, Virgile Ancely, Guillaume Gutierrez, Victor Gkoritsas, Yves-Noël Genod, Iliana Belkhadra and Leena Zinsou Bode-Smith
Pygmalion Ensemble and Chorus
Conductor Raphaël Pichon
4.15pm
Ethel Smyth: Overture to 'The Boatswain's Mate'
Auckland Philharmonia
Conductor Tianyi Lu
Salina Fisher: Tupaia (world première)
New Zealand SO
Conductor Edo de Waart
4.30pm
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
New Zealand SO
Hamish McKeich
THU 17:00 In Tune (m000sjjr)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Natalya Romaniw and Lada Valešová
Katie Derham talks to pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet about his new album of Haydn Piano Sonatas, and to Natalya Romaniw and Lada Valešová ahead of Oxford Lieder's ‘Weekend of Song’.
THU 19:00 In Tune Mixtape (m000sjjt)
Classical music for your commute
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.
THU 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (m000rm4l)
Steven Isserlis and Shostakovich
Live from City Halls, Glasgow
Presented by Kate Molleson
Orchestral melodies to calm, intrigue and enliven – performed live from the stage of City Halls in Glasgow. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and guest solo cellist Steven Isserlis, bring to life music from the vibrant, elegant corners of Haydn and Mozart’s Symphonies; to the sharp-edged, code-rich virtuosity of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No 1; to the tender nostalgia of Ravel’s ever-popular Pavane.
Haydn: Symphony No 1
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1
8.15 Interval
8.35 Part 2
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Mozart: Symphony No 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Mark Wigglesworth (conductor)
Steven Isserlis (cello)
THU 22:00 Free Thinking (m000sjjw)
Foucault: The History of Sexuality, Volume 4
Shahidha Bari is joined by Lisa Downing, Stuart Elden, and Stephen Shapiro to look volume 4 of Foucault's History of Sexuality at, translated into English for the first time, which examines beliefs and practices among the early Christians in Medieval Europe. Although he had specified in his will that his works shouldn't be published after he died (in 1984), the rights holders of Foucault decided that these ideas could now be made public. So what do they tell us and how influential has his approach to sexuality been?
Lisa Downing, Professor of French Discourses of Sexuality at the University of Birmingham. She writes about gender and sexuality and she’s the author of The Cambridge Introduction to Michel Foucault and editor of After Foucault.
Stuart Elden's books include The Early Foucault, which will be published in June 2021. This continues the work in his earlier books Foucault’s Last Decade and Foucault: The Birth of Power. He is Professor of Political Theory and Geography at the University of Warwick.
And Stephen Shapiro, Professor of English and Comparative Literature also at the University of Warwick. He is co-author of how to Read Foucault's Discipline and Punish.
Producer: Luke Mulhall
You can find other episodes on philosophical themes in a Free Thinking playlist https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07x0twx
THU 22:45 The Essay (m000sjjy)
Becoming Animal
Episode 4
Five writers investigate the boundaries between animal and human.
THU 23:00 The Night Tracks Mix (m000mjt6)
Music for the evening
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.
01
00:00:54 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio KV 410, F-Dur
Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet
Duration 00:01:50
02
00:02:57 Memotone
Pyrrha
Ensemble: Memotone
Duration 00:03:40
03
00:06:38 Anna Clyne
DANCE: I. when you're broken up
Performer: Inbal Segev
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Marin Alsop
Duration 00:04:34
04
00:11:17 Tallapaka Annamacharya
Bhavayami Gopalam
Performer: U. Srinivas
Duration 00:04:17
05
00:15:37 Snowdrops
Ultraviolet
Ensemble: Snowdrops
Duration 00:03:59
06
00:19:38 William Byrd
Ave verum corpus
Choir: The Sixteen
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Duration 00:04:17
07
00:23:57 Oscar Peterson
Hymn to Freedom
Ensemble: The Oscar Peterson Trio
Duration 00:05:26
THU 23:30 Unclassified (m000sjk2)
Elizabeth Alker with music that defies classification.
FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2021
FRI 00:30 Through the Night (m000sjk4)
Mozart Piano Concertos
Leif Ove Andsnes performs Mozart's Piano Concertos No 21 and No 24 with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. John Shea presents.
12:31 AM
Kaija Saariaho (b.1952)
Vers toi qui es si loin
Malin Broman (violin), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Malin Broman (leader)
12:39 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Concerto no 21 in C, K467
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leif Ove Andsnes (leader)
01:07 AM
Thomas Ades (b.1971)
Three Studies from Couperin
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Malin Broman (leader)
01:22 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Concerto no 24 in C minor K491
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leif Ove Andsnes (leader)
01:53 AM
Valborg Aulin (1860-1928)
Quartet for strings in F major (1884)
Tale String Quartet
02:19 AM
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)
En bat med blommor (A boat with flowers), Op 44
Peter Mattei (baritone), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor)
02:31 AM
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
The Planets Suite, Op 32
BBC Philharmonic, Bach Choir, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
03:21 AM
Henry Eccles (c.1675-1745)
Sonata undecimo in G minor
Ilia Korol (violin), Jermaine Sprosse (harpsichord)
03:29 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance in F major for piano duet, Op 46 no 4
James Anagnoson (piano), Leslie Kinton (piano)
03:36 AM
Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729)
Concerto in G major for flute, bassoon, cello, double bass and harpsichord
Vladislav Brunner jr. (flute), Jozef Martinkovic (bassoon), Juraj Alexander (cello), Juraj Schoffer (double bass), Milos Starosta (harpsichord)
03:45 AM
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
"Mogst du, mein kind" (Daland's aria from Act II Die Fliegende Hollander)
Martti Talvela (bass), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jussi Jalas (conductor)
03:51 AM
Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Esa Tukia (horn), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Adelson (conductor)
03:58 AM
Per Norgard (b.1932)
Pastorale for String Trio
Trio Aristos
04:05 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Hear my prayer - hymn, arr. for soprano, chorus & orchestra
Jennifer Adams-Barbaro (soprano), BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
04:16 AM
Balthasar Fritsch (1570-1608)
Paduan and 2 Galliards (from Primitiae musicales, Frankfurt/Main 1606)
Hortus Musicus, Andres Mustonen (director)
04:25 AM
Traditional, Fritz Kreisler (arranger)
Farewell to Cucullain 'Londonderry Air' - an old Irish melody arr for piano trio
Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William Tritt (piano)
04:31 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sinfonia (except Cantata No 209, BWV 209, 'Non sa che sia dolore')
Alexis Kossenko (flute), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)
04:37 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Impromptu in G flat, D 899
Schaghajegh Nosrati (piano)
04:43 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Duet: Fra gli amplessi - from "Cosi fan tutte"
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano), Michael Schade (tenor), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor)
04:50 AM
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Lullaby for string quartet
New Stenhammar String Quartet
04:59 AM
Joseph Horovitz (b.1926)
Music Hall Suite
Slovene Brass Quintet, Anton Grcar (trumpet), Stanko Arnold (trumpet), Bostjan Lipovsek (horn), Stanko Vavh (trombone), Darko Rosker (tuba)
05:10 AM
Erkki Melartin (1875-1937), Jussi Jalas (arranger)
Marionetteja Suite (Op.1)
Jorma Rahkonen (violin), Karoly Garam (cello), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, George de Godzinsky (conductor)
05:28 AM
Benjamin Godard (1849-1895)
Berceuse de Jocelyn
Henry-David Varema (cello), Cornelia Lootsmann (harp)
05:34 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Preludes (excepts)
Fou Ts’ong (piano)
05:59 AM
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Come, ye sons of Art, away (Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary (1694), Z323)
Anna Mikolajczyk (soprano), Henning Voss (contralto), Robert Lawaty (counter tenor), Miroslaw Borczynski (bass), Sine Nomine Chamber Choir, Concerto Polacco Baroque Orchestra, Marek Toporowski (director)
06:22 AM
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757),Walter Gieseking (1895-1956)
Chaconne on a Theme by Scarlatti after Keyboard Sonata in D minor K 32
Joseph Moog (piano)
FRI 06:30 Breakfast (m000skkj)
Friday - Petroc's classical alarm call
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Friday poem and listener requests.
Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (m000skkl)
Ian Skelly
Essential Classics - the best in classical music, with Ian Skelly.
0915 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 Musicians recommend their favourite recordings.
1100 Essential Five – this week we bring you five pieces of music inspired by mountains.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (m000skkn)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
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Donald Macleod steers us through Mendelssohn’s final, tragic year.
Felix Mendelssohn was one of the most gifted and versatile musicians the world has ever seen. As a child prodigy he was likened to Mozart and he grew to become one of the most famous and beloved composers in Europe, during the middle of the 19th century. His life was cut tragically short, at the age of 38, while he was at the very height of his powers. This week, Donald Macleod focuses on the final five years of Mendelssohn’s life, and follows the composer through his extremely hectic work schedule which undoubtedly contributed to his early demise.
Mendelssohn’s frantic life was beginning to catch up with him, and seriously impact on his health. On his final trip to England, where he’d become a great celebrity, Queen Victoria noted that Mendelssohn’s enthusiasm for his compositional projects seemed to have diminished. After his return to Germany, a terrible blow came with the news that his beloved sister had died. The desolation of his final string quartet might be seen as a requiem for Fanny. Mendelssohn was never the same and, within a few months, would die himself.
Nachtlied, Op 71 No 6
Sandrine Piau, soprano
Susan Manhoff, piano
Jubilate, Op 69
Kammerchor Stuttgart
Frieder Bernius, conductor
Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 56 “Scottish” (Vivace non troppo & Adagio)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Walter Weller, conductor
String Quartet in F minor, Op 80
Quatuor Ebène
Produced by Luke Whitlock, for BBC Wales
FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (m000skkq)
Chamber music from Glasgow's RSNO Centre (4/4)
Kate Molleson presents highlights from the RSNO Chamber series recorded across 2020-21, featuring chamber music by Beethoven and French song by Reynaldo Hahn. We begin with Beethoven’s Variations in F Op 66, where his admiration for Mozart is clear, taking the theme from the opera The Magic Flute as inspiration. Beethoven’s own piano sonata No 30 in E major is a quite different, intimate work, however we hear more variations on a theme in the third movement. Between these two Beethoven works sits a selection of songs by the Venezuelan-born French composer, singer and conductor Reynaldo Hahn, who said ’For me, obsessed as I am with the fusion of literature and music, that is the quality that counts first and foremost.’
Beethoven: Variations in F major on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" Op.66
Reynaldo Hahn : A chloris
Reynaldo Hahn : Le rossignol de lilas
Reynaldo Hahn : L'Enamourée
Reynaldo Hahn : Infidelité
Reynaldo Hahn : Les fontaines
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.30 in E major Op.109
Aleksei Kiseliov – cello
Alasdair Beatson – piano
Karen Cargill – mezzo soprano
Simon Lepper –piano
Steven Osborne – piano
Presenter - Kate Molleson
Producer - Laura Metcalfe
FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (m000skks)
A Week in New Zealand - Friday
New Zealand SO: Schubert and Beethoven Symphonies plus Tchaikovsky and Gillian Whitehead. Presented by Georgia Mann.
Alongside popular favourites by Schubert and Tchaikovsky, the NZSO's concert with their new Principal Conductor in Residence, Christchurch-born Hamish McKeich, features the premiere of Gillian Whitehead's imaginative work marking the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook's first New Zealand landfall, at Turanga-nui (Gisbrone) in the northeast of the North Island. And the orchestra's Conductor Laureate Edo de Waart rounds off the week with possibly the most avant-garde symphony ever written: Beethoven's Choral Symphony.
Schubert: Symphony No 8 in B minor (Unfinished)
2.20pm
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
with Andrew Joyce (cello)
2.45pm
Gillian Whitehead: Turanga-nui (world première)
2.55pm
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet – Fantasy Overture
New Zealand SO
Hamish McKeich
3.15pm
Beethoven: Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op 125
Madeleine Pierard (soprano)
Kristin Darragh (mezzo-soprano)
Simon O'Neill (tenor)
Anthony Schneider (bass)
Voices New Zealand
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Edo de Waart
FRI 16:30 The Listening Service (m000sht5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Sunday]
FRI 17:00 In Tune (m000skkv)
Ashley Riches and Joseph Middleton, Lionel Meunier
Katie Derham is joined for live music in the studio from baritone Ashley Riches and pianist Joseph Middleton plus Lionel Meunier talks about a new recording of Biber's Requiem.
FRI 19:00 In Tune Mixtape (m000skkx)
Thirty minutes of classical inspiration
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.
FRI 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b0b02vr4)
Jealousy and Revenge
The BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Juanjo Mena in music by Tchaikovsky and Ginastera. They are joined by Alban Gerhardt for Shostakovich's Second Cello Concerto.
Presented by Stuart Flinders
Tchaikovsky: The Voyevoda, Op 78
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 2
8:15
CD
Ginastera: Three Danzas Argentinas for piano
Barbara Nissman (piano)
8:35
Ginastera: Panambi (complete ballet)
Tchaikovsky's tale of a jealous husband seeking revenge but who ultimately meets a bloody end is rarely heard in concert, but the music is amongst his most thrilling, dramatic and spine-chilling. Ginastera's Op 1, his ballet Panambi, was begun while he was an 18-year-old student. Its scenario includes water sprites, a viper, an evil sorcerer and a beautiful heroine and takes place during a single night. The opulent sunrise which closes the piece demonstrates his confident and colourful handling of a large orchestra. The orchestra and Juanjo Mena are joined by Alban Gerhardt as soloist in Shostakovich's dark and intense Second Cello Concerto.
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
Manchester Chamber Choir (ladies' voices).
Recorded at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall and first broadcast in April 2018.
FRI 22:00 The Verb (m000skl0)
Language, Fashion and Textiles - Experiments in Living
This week, Ian and his guests examine writing about fashion and explore the language woven into fabric, with Kassia St Clair, Linda Grant, Amy Key and Lettie Precious.
Kassia St Clair is the author of 'The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History', a book that illustrates just how important textile technology has been to our human story, and shows us the ways langauge and fabric are intertwined. The poet Amy key is the author of two collections, Isn't Forever and Luxe. We commissioned Amy to write a brand new poem on the theme of clothing as part of our Experiments in Living series. Linda Grant is the author of 'The Thoughtful Dresser', a collection of essays that takes getting dressed seriously, and asks why fashion has been seen as merely frivolous for so long.
And we have the last in our series of Verb Dramas, 'Reflection', by Lettie Precious.
Presenter: Ian McMillan
Producer: Jessica Treen
FRI 22:45 The Essay (m000skl2)
Becoming Animal
Episode 5
Five writers investigate the boundaries between animal and human.
FRI 23:00 Late Junction (m000skl4)
Silvia Tarozzi and Tashi Wada in session
Verity Sharp plays musical matchmaker, inviting two artists who have never met to collaborate. This month the improvising violinist Silvia Tarozzi joins forces with the minimalist composer Tashi Wada to produce a remote collaboration at distance. Silvia Tarozzi is a composer and improviser based in Bologna whose latest album ‘Mi specchio e rifletto’ featured amongst our albums of the year for 2020. Tarozzi has a long history of collaboration. She has worked with Éliane Radigue, Pauline Oliveros and Cassandra Miller and over the last decade she has been drawing on the work of Milanese poet Alda Merini for inspiration. Tashi Wada is a Los Angeles-based composer and performer. His works explore harmonic overtones, resonance, and dissonance through precise tuning and gradual changes in pitch.
Elsewhere we immerse ourselves in the sounds of the Brazilian rainforest, get lost in the mesmeric percussion of the Nilotika Drum Ensemble and form an orderly queue for Glasgow odd-pop four-piece Buffet Lunch.
Produced by Alannah Chance and Gabriel Francis
A Reduced Listening Production for BBC Radio 3
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 MON (m000sjc2)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 TUE (m000shr8)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 WED (m000sjm7)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 THU (m000sjjp)
Afternoon Concert
14:00 FRI (m000skks)
Breakfast
07:00 SAT (m000shxv)
Breakfast
07:00 SUN (m000shss)
Breakfast
06:30 MON (m000sjbt)
Breakfast
06:30 TUE (m000shqp)
Breakfast
06:30 WED (m000sjlz)
Breakfast
06:30 THU (m000sjjf)
Breakfast
06:30 FRI (m000skkj)
Choral Evensong
15:00 SUN (m0002zvr)
Choral Evensong
15:30 WED (b01qqt08)
Classical Fix
00:00 MON (m000m6fd)
Composer of the Week
12:00 MON (m000sjby)
Composer of the Week
12:00 TUE (m000shqy)
Composer of the Week
12:00 WED (m000sjm3)
Composer of the Week
12:00 THU (m000sjjk)
Composer of the Week
12:00 FRI (m000skkn)
Downtime Symphony
06:00 SAT (m000shxs)
Drama on 3
19:30 SUN (m000shtf)
Early Music Now
16:30 MON (m000sjc4)
Essential Classics
09:00 MON (m000sjbw)
Essential Classics
09:00 TUE (m000shqt)
Essential Classics
09:00 WED (m000sjm1)
Essential Classics
09:00 THU (m000sjjh)
Essential Classics
09:00 FRI (m000skkl)
Free Thinking
22:00 TUE (m000shrq)
Free Thinking
22:00 WED (m000sjmj)
Free Thinking
22:00 THU (m000sjjw)
Freeness
00:00 SUN (m000shyb)
In Tune Mixtape
19:00 MON (m000sjc8)
In Tune Mixtape
19:00 TUE (m000shrj)
In Tune Mixtape
19:00 WED (m000s8wh)
In Tune Mixtape
19:00 THU (m000sjjt)
In Tune Mixtape
19:00 FRI (m000skkx)
In Tune
17:00 MON (m000sjc6)
In Tune
17:00 TUE (m000shrd)
In Tune
17:00 WED (m000sjmd)
In Tune
17:00 THU (m000sjjr)
In Tune
17:00 FRI (m000skkv)
Inside Music
13:00 SAT (m000pw0f)
Jazz Record Requests
16:00 SUN (m000sht3)
Journeys with My Violin
23:00 SUN (m000shtp)
Late Junction
23:00 FRI (m000skl4)
Music Matters
11:45 SAT (m000shxz)
Music Matters
22:00 MON (m000shxz)
Music Planet
16:00 SAT (m000shy5)
New Generation Artists
16:30 WED (m000sjmb)
New Music Show
22:15 SAT (m000shy8)
Night Tracks
23:00 MON (m000mkp7)
Night Tracks
23:00 TUE (m000mlgm)
Night Tracks
23:00 WED (m000mhmq)
Opera on 3: Wagner's Ring Cycle
17:00 SAT (m0001sgf)
Private Passions
12:00 SUN (m000shsx)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 SUN (b06pxdz7)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 MON (b0414z91)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 TUE (m000shr4)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 WED (m000sjm5)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 THU (m000sjjm)
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
13:00 FRI (m000skkq)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 MON (m000sjcb)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 TUE (b096vdq9)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 WED (m000sjmg)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 THU (m000rm4l)
Radio 3 in Concert
19:30 FRI (b0b02vr4)
Record Review Extra
21:05 SUN (m000shtk)
Record Review
09:00 SAT (m000shxx)
Sound of Cinema
15:00 SAT (m000shy3)
Sunday Feature
18:45 SUN (m000sht9)
Sunday Morning
09:00 SUN (m000shsv)
Tearjerker with Jorja Smith
05:00 SAT (m000sbbz)
The Early Music Show
14:00 SUN (m000sht1)
The Essay
22:45 MON (m000sjcd)
The Essay
22:45 TUE (m000shrv)
The Essay
22:45 WED (m000sjml)
The Essay
22:45 THU (m000sjjy)
The Essay
22:45 FRI (m000skl2)
The Listening Service
17:00 SUN (m000sht5)
The Listening Service
16:30 FRI (m000sht5)
The Night Tracks Mix
23:00 THU (m000mjt6)
The Verb
22:00 FRI (m000skl0)
This Classical Life
12:30 SAT (m000dpfp)
Through the Night
01:00 SAT (m000sbbx)
Through the Night
01:00 SUN (m000shyd)
Through the Night
00:30 MON (m000shtt)
Through the Night
00:30 TUE (m000sjcj)
Through the Night
00:30 WED (m000shs1)
Through the Night
00:30 THU (m000sjmq)
Through the Night
00:30 FRI (m000sjk4)
Unclassified
23:30 THU (m000sjk2)
Words and Music
17:30 SUN (m000sht7)