SATURDAY 20 APRIL 2024

SAT 00:30 Tearjerker (m001y2qf)
AURORA

Reconnect To Earth

AURORA has a playlist of music to draw you back down to earth and keep you connected with the planet. Featuring music from Björk, Erland Cooper and Debussy, as well as another listener's “Song That Saves Me.”


SAT 01:30 Essential Classics Mix (m001ydgr)
Essential Classics for Earth Day

Georgia Mann with an hour of classical tracks inspired by nature and birdsong, curated specially for Earth Day. Let yourself be at one with the sounds of the natural world, featuring music from Ravel to Caroline Shaw. MM


SAT 02:30 Through the Night (m001y2qh)
Loris Tjeknavorian, Sibelius and Elgar

Andrew Manze conducts the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra at the opening concert of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival in Germany. John Shea presents.

02:31 AM
Loris Tjeknavorian (b.1937)
Noah's Ark - Festival Overture for violin and orchestra
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian (violin), NDR Radio Philharmonic, Andrew Manze (conductor)

02:34 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian (violin), NDR Radio Philharmonic, Andrew Manze (conductor)

03:10 AM
Komitas (1869-1935)
Kranich (Armenian folk song)
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian (violin)

03:15 AM
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Symphony no 1 in A flat, Op 55
NDR Radio Philharmonic, Andrew Manze (conductor)

04:08 AM
Nino Rota (1911-1979)
Harp Concerto
Esther Peristerakis (harp), WDR Radio Orchestra, Rasmus Baumann (conductor)

04:31 AM
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Overture to Maskarade
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

04:36 AM
Gheorghi Arnaoudov (b.1957)
Brahms versus Wagner (Imaginarium super Mathilde Wesendonck), for piano quintet
Elena Dikova (piano), Teodora Hristova (violin), Yordan Dimitrov (violin), Demna Gigova (viola), Hristo Tanev (cello)

04:43 AM
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), William Walton (1902-1983)
Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (director)

04:50 AM
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Variations on a theme of Robert Schumann for piano in F sharp minor, Op 20
Angela Cheng (piano)

04:59 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Harpsichord Concerto No 4 in A major, BWV 1055
Andrea Buccarella (harpsichord), Kore Orchestra

05:13 AM
Charles Gounod (1818-1893), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Meditation sur le premier prelude de Bach (Ave Maria)
Kyung-Ok Park (cello), Myung-Ja Kwun (harp)

05:19 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
4 Letzte Lieder for voice and orchestra (AV.150)
Ragnhild Heiland Sorensen (soprano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Milan Horvat (conductor)

05:41 AM
Oskar Lindberg (1887-1955)
Piano Quartet (1928)
Marten Landstrom (piano), Uppsala Chamber Soloists


06:17 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto in F for violin, 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon & cello, RV569
Zefira Valova (violin), Anna Starr (oboe), Markus Muller (oboe), Anneke Scott (horn), Joseph Walters (horn), moni Fischaleck (bassoon), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)


SAT 06:30 Breakfast (m001y9q9)
Start your weekend the Radio 3 way, with Saturday Breakfast

Join Elizabeth Alker to wake up the day with a selection of the finest classical music.


SAT 09:00 Saturday Morning (m001y9qc)
Tom Service talks to opera star Danielle de Niese

Tom Service plays the best classical music for your weekend and meets soprano Danielle de Niese at home in Glyndebourne. This week, Tom asks professional whistler Molly Lewis, and linguist and bio-acoustician Julien Meyer: why do we whistle?


SAT 12:00 Earlier... with Jools Holland (m001y9qf)
Jools with some of his most-loved classical recordings

In a new show for Saturday lunchtimes, Jools shares his lifelong passion for classical music, and the beautiful connections with jazz and blues. With fascinating guests each week, who bring their own favourite music and occasionally perform live in Jools's studio.

Today, Jools's choices include music by Handel, Beethoven and Hélène de Montgeroult, with performances from James P. Johnson, the Busch Quartet and a young Charlie Parker. His guest is the singer Louise Marshall who performs with Jools at the piano and talks about growing up in a highly musical family with her brother the organist Wayne Marshall and sister the mezzo soprano Melanie Marshall. She introduces music she loves by John Stainer, Brahms and Tchaikovsky.


SAT 13:00 Music Matters (m001y9qk)
The Land Without Music?

Edinburgh International Festival 1947

Richard Morrison explores the strength of Britain on the international music scene, from the first Edinburgh International Festival in 1947 to now. He talks to the current director, Nicola Benedetti, about the Festival's dialogue with the world, and also to Gillian Moore, Stephen Maddock, Martyn Brabbins and Evelyn Glennie about the challenges for British music as an export in the face of Brexit and funding cuts.

Richard talks to some of the main players on the British music scene today, including Nicola Benedetti, Martyn Brabbins, Evelyn Glennie, Darren Henley, Gavin Higgins, Sam Lee, James MacMillan, Stephen Maddock, Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, Gillian Moore, Chi-chi Nwanoku, David Pickard and Judith Weir.


SAT 14:00 Record Review (m001y9qm)
Mahler's Kindertotenlieder with Iain Burnside and Andrew McGregor

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

1405
Marina Frolova-Walker picks some of the best new releases, including Britten from Simon Rattle and the LSO, and Chopin from young star pianist Yunchan Lim.

1500
Building a Library

Iain Burnside chooses his favourite recording of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder.

Gustav Mahler composed his song cycle Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) between 1901 and 1904 for voice and orchestra. The texts are poems by Friedrich Rückert, selected from the 428 poems he wrote in the 1830s as an outpouring of grief following the illness and death of two of his children from scarlet fever. Mahler's Late Romantic settings reflect the poems' mixture of feelings: anguish, fantasy resuscitation of the children, resignation, and ending in a mood of transcendence.

1545
Record of the Week: Andrew’s top pick


SAT 16:00 Sound of Cinema (m001y9qq)
'Interview with the Vampire' composer Elliot Goldenthal

Marking the 30th anniversary of Interview with the Vampire, Matthew Sweet is in conversation with its composer, Elliot Goldenthal. Elliot talks about hanging out at Aaron Copland’s house and playing piano duets with him, singing with Salma Hayek, studying with John Corigliano and creating unnerving sounds for Alien 3.


SAT 17:00 This Classical Life (m001y9qv)
Jess Gillam with... Gavin Higgins

Jess Gillam and composer Gavin Higgins share the tracks they love, with music by Schumann, Sibelius, Holst and Rebecca Dale plus perfect pop by Loreen and David Bowie. Gavin tells us about his brass band background and writing his Horn Concerto, plus Jess plays some music to ease you into Saturday evening, including new sounds from Anna Meredith and Manchester Collective.


SAT 18:00 Opera on 3 (m001y9qz)
Live from the Met: Puccini's La Rondine

Angel Blue and Jonathan Tetelman star in Puccini's La Rondine, 'The Swallow', live at the Metropolitan Opera in New York: a bittersweet love story, conducted by Speranza Scappucci.

Magda is the mistress of the wealthy Rambaldo, but believes that love has nothing to do with wealth. When her palm is read at a party, it's predicted that she will go south in pursuit of romance, like 'la rondine', the swallow. Soon afterwards she meets the idealistic Ruggero, and it looks like that prediction is correct.

Presented by Debra Lew Harder with commentator Ira Siff.

Puccini: La Rondine
Magda ..... Angel Blue (soprano)
Ruggero ..... Jonathan Tetelman (tenor)
Lisette ..... Emily Pogorelc (soprano)
Prunier ..... Bekhzod Davronov (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Speranza Scappucci (conductor)


SAT 21:30 Music Planet (m001y9r4)
Anoushka Shankar

Kathryn Tickell is joined by acclaimed sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar, whose new album Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn was released earlier this month. Together they share the music that has inspired, influenced and shaped them.


SAT 22:30 New Music Show (m001y9r8)
Hearing Places

Tom Service introduces some of the latest sounds in new music including the world premiere of Colin Riley's haunting Hearing Places - an exhortation to listen and to relate fully with the Welsh landscape, be it the clangour of the Port Talbot Steelworks or the delicate sounds of the valleys.

As the composer says: "In this suite of seven movements I am aiming for a new kind of symphonic experience. It involves immersive listening, and a way of sharing in the noticing of often inconsequential, yet hugely-beautiful sounds. The music aims to capture both the delicate fragility and massive power of our world, and to illustrate simply what we stand to lose in the environment crisis we are now in. It is my view that through the act of noticing our surroundings we can begin to value our world more. Natural elements are frequently referenced in the music (weather, times of day, natural phenomena and the seasons), as are the human imprints left in our world (machinery, vehicles, pattern-making, conversation). Hearing Places celebrates the rich audio and visual patterns found all around us, and I’ve spent the last year travelling to all corners of Wales collecting field recordings and video clips of interesting places that have captured my imagination. These small building blocks of pitch, rhythm, and pattern in turn then became the materials for the creation of the music itself. Sometimes I simply made a natural emotional response in terms of mood and feeling, and at other times took a more forensic approach....Sometimes a place may be recognizable, but very often it remains abstract and mysterious."

Colin Riley: Hearing Places
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Matthew Coorey (conductor)

SUNDAY 21 APRIL 2024

SUN 00:30 Through the Night (m001y9rd)
Mahler from Cologne

WDR Symphony Orchestra and conductor Cristian Măcelaru in Mahler's Symphony No. 2. John Shea presents.

12:31 AM
Alma Mahler (1879-1964), Clytus Gottwald (arranger)
Die stille Stadt, from 'Fünf Lieder'
WDR Chorus, Berlin Radio Chorus

12:34 AM
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection'
Hanna-Elisabeth Muller (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto), Berlin Radio Chorus, WDR Chorus, WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Cristian Macelaru (conductor)

02:00 AM
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Intermezzo for string quartet in E flat major (1886)
Ljubljana String Quartet

02:11 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Andante and Variations for 2 pianos, 2 cellos and horn, Op.46
Petra Gilming (piano), Danijel Detoni (piano), Branimir Pusticki (cello), Enrico Dindo (cello), Radovan Vlatkovic (horn)

02:31 AM
Rodion Shchedrin (b.1932)
Carmen - ballet suite after Bizet
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Milen Nachev (conductor)

03:11 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Piano Trio in G minor, Op 26
Esther Hoppe (violin), Christian Poltera (cello), Hiroko Sakagami (piano)

03:40 AM
Hans Eklund (1927-1999)
Tre dikter om havet (3 poems about the sea)
Swedish Radio Choir, Gustav Sjokvist (conductor)

03:45 AM
William Byrd (1543-1623)
The Bells for keyboard (MB.27.38)
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)

03:53 AM
Petronio Franceschini (1650-1680)
Sonata for 2 trumpets, strings & basso continuo in D major
Yordan Kojuharov (trumpet), Petar Ivanov (trumpet), Teodor Moussev (organ), Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Yordan Dafov (conductor)

04:01 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Angenehmster Zuckerstengel, Ausbund aller schönsten Engel, from 'Mario', TWV 21:6 (1709); Alle Tage Schöpsenbraten, ob er noch so delikat, from 'Der unglückliche Alcmeon' (1711)
Jan Kobow (tenor), United Continuo Ensemble

04:07 AM
David Popper (1843-1913)
Hungarian rhapsody, Op 68
Shauna Rolston (cello), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

04:15 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Scherzo No.3 in C sharp (Op.39)
Ronald Brautigam (piano)

04:23 AM
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Sinfonia for wind instruments in G minor
Bratislavska Komorna Harmonia

04:31 AM
Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762)
Concerto Grosso in G minor
Andrew Manze (violin), Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze (director)

04:39 AM
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Chaconne for piano, Op.32
Anders Kilstrom (piano)

04:49 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Ah! che troppo inequali Italian cantata HWV 230
Maria Keohane (soprano), European Baroque Orchestra, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor)

04:59 AM
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Introduction and rondo capriccioso (Op.28), arr. for violin & piano
Taik-Ju Lee (violin), Young-Lan Han (piano)

05:09 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Oboe Concerto in G minor
Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe), Camerata Koln

05:19 AM
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Two Pieces for String Octet, Op 11
Helena Winkelman (violin), Camerata Variabile Basel

05:30 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Haugtussa - song cycle
Solveig Kringelborn (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

05:57 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op 46 no 2
James Anagnoson (piano), Leslie Kinton (piano)

06:03 AM
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
In convertendo, grand motet
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Vocal Ensemble, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Instrumental Ensemble, Jorg-Andreas Botticher (conductor), Jorg-Andreas Botticher (harpsichord)


SUN 06:30 Breakfast (m001y97m)
Start your Sunday the Radio 3 way with Tom McKinney

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of Sunday morning. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk


SUN 09:00 Sunday Morning (m001y97p)
A refreshing classical Sunday mix

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning.

Today, Sarah shares vibrant music by Vivaldi written for a sightseeing Prince, Angela Hewitt brings playfulness to a Bach fugue, and Florence Price offers a spirited symphonic finale filled with adventure.

There’s also a charming pairing of guitar and harmonica from Japanese composer Takashi Yoshimatsu, Bertrand Chamayou finds the magic in a midsummer Mendelssohn transcription, and Anna Lapwood conducts her own celestial composition for choir.

Plus Elgar’s musical take on a mythical land of luxury…

A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3


SUN 12:00 Private Passions (m001y97t)
Sathnam Sanghera

Sathnam Sanghera is a best-selling writer and journalist. He grew up in Wolverhampton to Punjabi parents in a home where, in his words, “no one read books or owned them, let alone wrote them”. When he started school, he couldn’t speak English but he went to graduate from Cambridge University with a first-class degree in English Language and Literature.

He started out writing for newspapers, winning the Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2002. He now writes for The Times. In 2008 he published his memoir of his early life called The Boy With the Topknot.

More recently he has focused on our colonial history. In 2021 he published Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain, which was named a Book of the Year at the National Book Awards. Then came Empireworld: How British Imperialism has shaped the Globe, which quickly became a best-seller.
Sathnam's musical choices include Bach, John Coltrane, Debussy and Jasdeep Singh Degun.


SUN 13:30 Music Map (m001y97w)
A journey to Bach's Chaconne in D minor

One of the longest and hardest solo pieces ever written for the violin, the Chaconne is the fifth and final movement of J.S Bach's Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004.

In today's Music Map Sara Mohr-Pietsch plots the musical landscape around it, travelling down lamento bass lines, through shifts from minor to major and back again, and towards ever-increasing displays of solo virtuosity, through the sound worlds of Tarquinio Merula, Johannes Brahms, Lou Harrison, Jeff Buckley and Niccolo Paganini.

Producer: Ruth Thomson


SUN 15:00 Choral Evensong (m001y2lc)
Selwyn College, Cambridge

From the Chapel of Selwyn College, Cambridge.

Introit: Rise up, my love (Willan)
Responses: Radcliffe
Psalm 89 (Harris, Sarah MacDonald)
First Lesson: Genesis 3.8-21
Canticles: Evening Service in A flat (Sarah MacDonald)
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15.12-28
Anthem: Done is a battell on the dragon blak (Bryan Kelly)
Hymn: Alleluya! Alleluya! Hearts to heaven and voices raise (Lux eoi)
Voluntary: Easter Music (And he rose again on the third day) (Bryan Kelly)

Sarah MacDonald (Director of Music)
Adam Field (Percy Young Senior Organ Scholar)


SUN 16:00 Jazz Record Requests (m001y97y)
New discoveries and evergreen classics

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles including a centenary tribute to the California-based saxophonist and bandleader Teddy Edwards and a birthday celebration for British tenor player Alan Skidmore. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

DISC 1
Artist Kenny Burrell
Title Chitlins Con Carne
Composer Kenny Burrell
Album Midnight Blue
Label Blue Note
Number BST 84123 Track 1
Duration 5.30
Performers Stanley Turrentine, ts; Kenny Burrell, g; Major Holley, b; Bill English, d; Ray Baretto, cga. 8 Jan 1963

DISC 2
Artist Samara Joy
Title Linger Awhile
Composer Rose, Owens
Album Linger Awhile
Label Verve
Number B00036472-01 S 2 T 8
Duration 1.47
Performers Samara Joy, v; Pasquale Grasso, g; Ben Patterson, p; David Wong, b; Kenny Washington, d. 2022.

DISC 3
Artist Max Roach / Clifford Brown
Title Sunset Eyes
Composer Teddy Edwards
Album Gene Norman Presents Max Roach and Clifford Brown in Concert
Label Vogue
Number LDE 117 S 2 T 1
Duration 6.45
Performers Clifford Brown, t; Teddy Edwards, ts; Carl Perkins, p; George Bledsoe, b; Max Roach, b. 1954.

DISC 4
Artist Teddy Edwards
Title Blues in Teddy’s Flat
Composer Teddy Edwards
Album Central Avenue Sounds
Label Rhino
Number R2 75872 CD 3 Track 15
Duration 3.03
Performers Teddy Edwards, ts; Jimmy Rowles, p; Red Callender, b; Roy Porter, d. 4 Dec 1947.

DISC 5
Artist Milt Jackson
Title St Thomas
Composer Sonny Rollins
Album Live at Kosei Nenkin
Label Pablo
Number PACD 2620103-2 Track 4
Duration 7.58
Performers Milt Jackson, vib; Teddy Edwards, ts; Cedar Walton, elp; Ray Brown, b; Billy Higgins, d. March 1976 Tokyo.

DISC 6
Artist Howard McGhee / Teddy Edwards
Title Perhaps
Composer Charlie Parker
Album Together Again!
Label Fresh Sound
Number FSR CD 679 CD 2 Track 1
Duration 5.11
Performers Howard McGhee, t; Teddy Edwards, ts; Phineas Newborn Jr., p; Ray Brown, b; Ed Thigpen, d. May 1961.

DISC 7
Artist Bob Curnow’s LA Big Band
Title First Circle
Composer Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays
Album Music of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays
Label MAMA Foundation
Number MMF 1009 Track 3
Duration 8.51
Performers Bobby Shew, Wayne Bergeron, Buddy Childers, Don Rader, Ron Stout, t; Alex Iles, Andy Martin, Chuck Hughes, Rock Culver, Dana Hughes, tb; Bob Sheppard, Danny House, Tom Peterson, Jerry Pinter, Rob Lockhart, reeds; Bill Cunliff, p; Paul Viapiano, g; Tom Warrington, b; Steve Houghton, d. Bob Curnow, dir, cond. 1994

DISC 8

Artist Sarah Vaughan
Title If You Could See Me now
Composer Tadd Dameron
Album Gershwin Plus Live
Label One Media iP
Number [no number] Track 14
Duration 5.28
Performers Sarah Vaughan, v; plus uncredited trio, London, c. 1977.

DISC 9
Artist Alan Skidmore
Title Jack Knife
Composer John Surman
Album TCB
Label Philips
Number 6308 041 Side 1 Track 1
Duration 7.54
Performers Alan Skidmore, ts; Malcolm Griffiths, tb; John Taylor, p, elp; Chris Laurence, b; Tony Levin, d. 21 Oct 1970.


SUN 17:00 The Early Music Show (m001y980)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra at Schwetzingen

Hannah French presents a concert given by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra at last year's Schwetzingen Festival of music from 18th-century Mannheim.

The Mannheim orchestra was arguably the best in Europe in the late 1700s, and composers there helped to forge the symphonic form that we're so familiar with today. This concert, recorded last May, includes pieces by Ignaz Holzbauer, Christian Cannabich, Carl Joseph Toeschi and Christian Danner.


SUN 18:00 Words and Music (m001y982)
Byron

On April 19th 1824, the Romantic writer Lord Byron died aged 36 in Missolonghi in Greece. He was on his way to fight against Turkey but became seriously ill and died during a violent electrical storm on April 19th 1824. His dramatic narrative poems Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Manfred and The Corsair have inspired symphonies and ballets by composers including Verdi, Liszt, Robert Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, Hugo Wolf and Elgar. Although his death was two centuries ago his life and writing seem much more of our times - from his fame and infamy described as ‘mad, bad and dangerous to know’, his bisexuality, his life as a ‘celebrity’ mobbed by fans and renowned across Europe, his writing in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage on his horror at being shown the damage caused by Lord Elgin’s removal of the Parthenon marbles in Greece to his poem Darkness written after the volcano Mount Tambora erupted in Indonesia which reads like a premonition of the wild fires and famine caused by climate change today. To mark his life, today's Words and Music hears music inspired by Byron's writing and readings by Robert Glenister from poems, diaries, journals and his opening speech in the House of Lords on the plight of the Luddites.

Producer: Fiona McLean

01 00:01:00 Hector Berlioz
Harold en Italie (Serenade)
Ensemble: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner

02 00:01:34
Lord Byron
Lines to Mr Hodgson written on board the Lisbon Packet
Duration 00:01:11

03 00:06:38
Lord Byron
from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
Duration 00:01:38

04 00:07:56 Judith Weir
Piano Trio
Performer: William Howard
Performer: William Howard
Ensemble: The Schubert Ensemble
Ensemble: The Schubert Ensemble
Duration 00:04:57

05 00:12:50
Lord Byron
Stanzas for Music
Duration 00:00:39

06 00:13:22 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cosi fan tutte - Soave sia il vento
Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Singer: Christa Ludwig
Singer: Walter Berry
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Duration 00:03:04

07 00:16:26
Lord Byron
She Walks in Beauty
Duration 00:00:50

08 00:17:16 David Bowie
Golden Years
Performer: David Bowie
Duration 00:04:00

09 00:21:14
Lord Byron
from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage - The Elgin Marbles
Duration 00:00:36

10 00:21:49 Franz Liszt
Anne’s de Pelerinage Suesse Orage
Performer: Jenő Jandó
Duration 00:04:16

11 00:26:04
Lord Byron
from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage Canto 3
Duration 00:01:36

12 00:27:41 Joan Baez
So we’ll go no more a-roving
Performer: Joan Baez
Duration 00:01:42

13 00:29:23 Olivier Messiaen
Liturgie de Cristal
Performer: Olli Mustonen
Performer: Joshua Bell
Performer: Steven Isserlis
Performer: Michael Collins
Duration 00:02:37

14 00:31:37
Lord Byron
from Darkness
Duration 00:02:39

15 00:34:13 Virgil Thomson
Lord Byron Interlude
Ensemble: Monadnock Music
Director: James Belle
Duration 00:01:39

16 00:35:59
Lord Byron
Maiden speech to the House of Lords
Duration 00:02:05

17 00:38:03 Benjamin Milgrove
Song For the Luddites
Choir: The Army of Redressers
Choir: The Army of Redressers
Music Arranger: Angela Warren
Music Arranger: Angela Warren
Duration 00:01:29

18 00:39:32
Lord Byron
Alpine Journal
Duration 00:01:21

19 00:40:53 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in D Major
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Conductor: Neville Marriner
Duration 00:06:27

20 00:47:18
Lord Byron
Solitude from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
Duration 00:01:14

21 00:48:32 Edward Elgar
Deep in My Soul
Performer: Ian Farrington Piano Cambridge University Chamber Choir Christopher Robinson
Duration 00:04:03

22 00:52:38 Franz Liszt
Annes de Pelernage Eglogue
Performer: Lazar Berman
Duration 00:02:44

23 00:55:19
Lord Byron
On this Day I Complete my 36th Year
Duration 00:02:12


25 01:00:33
Lord Byron
from Childe Harold
Duration 00:01:11

26 01:01:44 Hugo Wolf
Sonne der Schlummerlosen
Singer: Angelika Kirchschlager
Performer: Helmut Deutsch
Duration 00:02:33

27 01:04:17
Lord Byron
from Don Juan
Duration 00:00:32

28 01:04:23 Gustav Mahler
Symphony no 5
Performer: Vienna Philharmonic
Duration 00:08:19


SUN 19:15 Sunday Feature (m001y984)
Sakamoto - Art Is Long, Life Is Short

Ryuichi Sakamoto, probably the most famous and successful Japanese musician ever, died in March 2023 aged 71. His reputation as a genius composer and musical innovator seems assured, although we are only just beginning to comprehend his oeuvre. What’s more, Sakamoto coexisted in the worlds of cinema, glitzy celebrity, cutting-edge technology and avant-garde art.

A year after his passing, broadcaster Nick Luscombe reflects on Sakamoto’s legacy, and asks what was so distinct and important about his prescient vision. In listening closely to the music, Luscombe learns that Sakamoto is not simply a uniquely independent artist, but also a figure that symbolises - and reacts against - postwar Japanese society.

With contributions from:
Haydn Bendall, record producer and engineer
Michael Bourdaghs, author and professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago
Alejandro Iñárritu, Academy Award-winning filmmaker
Noriko Manabe, professor of Music Theory at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Hideki Matsutake, programmer for Yellow Magic Orchestra and composer (translated by Ken Nishikawa)
Aileen Mioko Smith, environmental activist
David Toop, musician and author

The voice of Sakamoto is heard via BBC Archive interviews and from Nick Luscombe's archive.

Presented by Nick Luscombe
Produced by Mae-Li Evans
Exec Produced by Jack Howson
A Peanut & Crumb production for BBC Radio 3


SUN 20:00 Drama on 3 (m001y986)
Henry V

by William Shakespeare

A new production of Shakespeare's hugely popular history play.

As King Henry's ambitions lead him to invade France, he finds himself facing daunting challenges, battling to win not only the throne but the hearts and minds of his followers. Henry soon discovers, for all his fine words, that an imperfect world can call for imperfect actions.

The Chorus/Alice ..... Penelope Wilton
King Henry ..... Ben Lloyd-Hughes
Exeter ..... Nicholas Farrell
Fluellen/Bedford ..... Steffan Rhodri
Westmoreland/Governor of Harfleur .... Roger Ringrose
PIstol/Grey ..... Lloyd Hutchinson
Nym/Cambridge ..... Ben Crowe
Bardolph/Scroop .... Ewan Bailey
Hostess ..... Jessica Turner
The Boy ..... Billy Jenkins
King of France/Bishop of Ely ..... Steve Toussaint
The Dauphin/Williams ..... Luke Newberry
Katharine ..... Freya Mavor
The Constable/York ..... John Lightbody
Orleans/Bates/French soldier ..... Charlie Anson
Montjoy/Gloucester/Messenger ..... Ian Dunnett Jnr
Canterbury/Erpingham ..... MIchael Bertenshaw
Burgundy/Salisbury ..... Nicholas Murchie

Chorister, George B of The King’s School, Gloucester and Gloucester Cathedral Choir
Music composed by Jon Nicholls
Production Co-ordinator, Ben Hollands
Technical Producers, Peter Ringrose and Ali Craig
Director, Sally Avens


SUN 22:00 Night Tracks (m001y988)
Immerse yourself

Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.


SUN 23:30 Unclassified (m001y98b)
This Is The Kit's Listening Chair

Ahead of her appearance at the forthcoming instalment of Unclassified Live at London’s Southbank Centre, Kate Stables - the creative force behind This Is The Kit - takes her place in the Unclassified Listening Chair to talk about a piece of music that has the power to transport her to another place.

As a musical project, This Is The Kit inhabits a very special space in today’s musical world, and has earned the love and respect of some big name artists, many of whom have become occasional collaborators as well as long-standing devotees.

Elsewhere in the programme, the latest ambient and electronic releases selected by Elizabeth Alker.

Produced by Geoff Bird
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3

MONDAY 22 APRIL 2024

MON 00:30 Through the Night (m001y98d)
Pinchas Zukerman plays Beethoven's Violin Concerto

Pietari Inkinen conducts the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in music by Sibelius, Beethoven & Dvořák at Congress Hall, Saarbrücken. Presented by John Shea.

12:31 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Finlandia, Op.26
German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen (conductor)

12:40 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Violin Concerto in D, Op.61
Pinchas Zukerman (violin), German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen (conductor)

01:22 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Symphony No.8 in G, Op.88
German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen (conductor)

01:59 AM
Guillaume de Machaut (c.1300-1377)
La Messe de Nostre Dame
Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly (conductor)

02:31 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cello Suite no 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Cameron Crozman (cello)

02:50 AM
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Symphonic metamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

03:12 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Quartet in G minor, K478
Trio Ondine, Antoine Tamestit (viola)

03:36 AM
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Trumpet Suite
Blagoj Angelovski (trumpet), Velin Iliev (organ)

03:44 AM
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
William Tell Overture
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Roman Zeilinger (conductor)

03:55 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Aure, deh, per pieta (Giulio Cesare)
Delphine Galou (contralto), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)

04:03 AM
Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950)
Sonatina for left hand
Maria Fotino (piano)

04:13 AM
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745)
1st movement (Allegro) from Sinfonia a 8 Concertanti in A minor (ZWV.189)
European Union Baroque Orchestra, Roy Goodman (director)


04:31 AM
Andrea Gabrieli (1532-1585)
Sento un rumor (madrigal à 8)
Chorus of Swiss-Italian Radio, Theatrum Instrumentorum, Stefano Innocenti (conductor)

04:35 AM
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Intermezzo for string quartet in E flat major (1886)
Ljubljana String Quartet

04:46 AM
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Fantasia in G minor (g1) - fuga contraria, from Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
Leo van Doeselaar (organ)

04:57 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Harold Perry (arranger)
Divertimento in B flat, Hob.II:46
Matvey Demin (flute), Martin Frutiger (oboe), Fabio di Casola (clarinet), Matthias Racz (bassoon), Mischa Greull (horn)

05:07 AM
Unico Wilhelm Van Wassenaer (1692-1766)
Concerto No.5 in F minor (from Sei Concerti Armonici 1740)
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend (conductor)

05:18 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No.12 in C sharp minor
Rian de Waal (piano)


05:47 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Overture (Suite) in D major TWV.55:D18
Musica Florea, Marek Stryncl (conductor)

06:09 AM
Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
Cello Sonata No 2 in G minor, Op 117
Andreas Brantelid (cello), Bengt Forsberg (piano)


MON 06:30 Breakfast (m001y9tz)
Your classical commute

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk


MON 09:30 Essential Classics (m001y9v1)
The ideal morning mix of classical music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week


MON 13:00 Classical Live (m001y9v5)
Alexandre Tharaud live at Wigmore Hall and chamber and orchestral music from Edinburgh and Glasgow

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles, and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

This afternoon music includes Mendelssohn from the Elias Quartet recorded at the recent Edinburgh New Town Concert Series and Debussy's evocative seascape, La Mer, recorded by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Glasgow. Today's programme begins with a live recital from London's Wigmore Hall featuring the celebrated French virtuoso pianist Alexandre Tharaud and a programme that brings together music by three of his compatriots, culminating in his own transcription of Ravel's gigantic waltz-fantasy La Valse.

Live from Wigmore Hall, London, introduced by Martin Handley

Francois Couperin
Les Barricades mystérieuses
Les Calotines
Les Roseaux
Le Dodo
La Logivière
Les Ombre errantes
Passacaille in B minor from 8th ordre

Eric Satie
Gymnopodie No. 1
Avant dreneieres pensees
Gnossienne Nos. 1,3,5
Je te veux

Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante defunte
La Valse (transc. Tharaud)

Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

***

Thomas Erskine
Overture in C Op. 1 No. 2 (i. Allegro)
Concerto Caledonia
David McGuinness (director)

Modest Mussorgsky
Night On A Bare Mountain
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles (conductor)

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Sonata for Cello and Double Bass (Continuo) in F
Johannes Rostanamo (cello)
Rick Stotijn (double bass)

Claude Debussy
La Mer - Three Symphonic Sketches
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

From the Edinburgh New Town Chamber Series:

Felix Mendelssohn
String Quartet in A Minor Op. 13
Elias Quartet


Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde (i. "Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde")
Thomas Mohr (tenor)
Polish National Radio Orchestra, Katowice
Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)


MON 16:00 Composer of the Week (m0013s38)
Marianna Martines (1744-1812)

Protégé

Donald Macleod explores the relationship between Martines and the poet Metastasio, who encouraged her talents and introduced her into Vienna's musical life.

Marianna Martines lived and worked in Vienna alongside some of classical music’s greatest names. She was tutored by Haydn, played piano duets with Mozart, corresponded with Padre Martini and Farinelli, and was frequently invited to perform for the Imperial Court. For nearly 40 years, she was mentored by Metastasio, Europe’s most celebrated opera librettist. Martines became a significant personality in Viennese cultural circles, with her works regularly performed in the city and commissions and honours coming her way from across Europe. All this week, Donald Macleod is joined by Dr Jeremy Llewellyn to lift the veil on this long-neglected yet prolific and highly celebrated composer and discover the unique perspective her story provides on cultural life in Vienna during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

From the moment Marianna Martines was born, she enjoyed a privileged position in Vienna. Her father was a high-ranking official to the Papal Nuncio in the city and, upon his arrival in Vienna, was invited with his family to live with the famed opera librettist, Pietro Metastasio. The writer quickly spotted the musical talents of young Marianna and decided to take her under his wing.

Dixit Dominus (excerpt)
Salzburger Hofmusik
Wolfgang Brunner, director

Keyboard Concerto in E
Nicoleta Paraschivescu, harpsichord
La Floridiana

Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 1 in D
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor

Marianna Martines
Sonata in E for harpsichord
Barbara Harbach, harpsichord

Produced by Luke Whitlock, for BBC Wales


MON 17:00 In Tune (m001y9v7)
Wind down from work with classical music

Sean Rafferty meets French tenor Cyrille Dubois to talk about his new album. Plus, live music from father and son Alastair and George Ross performing harpsichord and cello sonatas.


MON 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m001y9v9)
Power through with classical music

Take timeout with this 30 minute soundscape of Spring from Vivaldi's Four Seasons, John Rutter's Suite Antique arranged for guitar, Germaine Tailleferre's Pastorale for flute and piano, Errollyn Wallen's Photography for strings, the Intermezzo from Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana, a Mozart wind serenade and Lesley Garrett singing Vilia from Lehar's The Merry Widow.

Producer: Ian Wallington


MON 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (m001y9vc)
Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Weinberg's Cello Concerto

Superstar cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason joins the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra to perform a haunting, unfairly neglected concerto by one of Shostakovich’s best friends - Mieczysław Weinberg. You'll also hear one of the greatest of British symphonies - Elgar’s First, which, when it was premiered in Manchester in 1908, the audience jumped to its feet and cheered.

Recorded at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on 4th April
Presented by Penny Gore.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade for orchestra
Mieczysław Weinberg: Cello Concerto in C minor, Op.43
Edward Elgar: Symphony No.1

Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze (conductor)


MON 21:45 The Essay (m0018276)
Journeys to the Grave

Lauren Elkin on Oscar Wilde

Five writers go on five reflective, restorative and often playful journeys in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes.

Today Lauren Elkin finds Oscar Wilde in Pere Lachaise, Paris - where the outsider in life overshadows in death the greats of French literature who jostle for space in the famous cemetery.

Producer: Ciaran Bermingham


MON 22:00 Night Tracks (m001y9vf)
Soundtrack for night

Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.


MON 23:30 'Round Midnight (m001y9vh)
Jacqui Dankworth picks her 4/4

Radio 3’s new late night jazz show 'Round Midnight continues. Broadcasting Monday to Friday, it is presented by saxophonist and composer Soweto Kinch. Focusing on the UK scene, it spotlights the best new music and heritage acts.

On Monday to Thursday, British vocalist Jacqui Dankworth will be Soweto’s guest - selecting a treasure each night from her personal record collection. Her first choice is by fellow singer Al Jarreau.

TUESDAY 23 APRIL 2024

TUE 00:30 Through the Night (m001y9vk)
Mahler, Ravel and Brahms from Cologne

Trio Con Brio Copenhagen joined by viola player Nicholas Swensen in works by Mahler, Ravel and Brahms. John Shea presents.

12:31 AM
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Piano Quartet in A minor
Trio con Brio Copenhagen, Nicholas Swensen (viola)

12:43 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Piano Trio in A minor
Trio con Brio Copenhagen

01:10 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Quartet No. 2 in A, op. 26
Trio con Brio Copenhagen, Nicholas Swensen (viola)

02:01 AM
Alma Mahler (1879-1964), Rainer Maria Rilke (lyricist)
Bei dir ist es traut
Franziska Heinzen (soprano), Benjamin Mead (piano)

02:03 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No 1 in C, Op 21
Venezuela Symphony Orchestra, Eduardo Chibas (conductor)

02:31 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
24 Preludes, Op 28
David Kadouch (piano)

03:07 AM
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz.116
Swiss National Youth Orchestra, Kai Bumann (conductor)

03:45 AM
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Sonata No.6 for 2 violins and continuo in G minor (Z.807)
Il Tempo Ensemble

03:52 AM
Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682)
Quando mai vi Stancherete
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Alan Wilson (harpsichord)

04:00 AM
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
Spanischer Marsch Op 433
ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra, Peter Guth (conductor)

04:06 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Friedrich Schiller (author)
Die Gotter Griechenlands D.677b
Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (pianoforte)

04:11 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Friedrich Schiller (author)
Hektors Abschied D.312b
Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (pianoforte)

04:16 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Air from Suite for orchestra no.3 in D major (BWV.1068)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares (conductor)

04:21 AM
Joan Baptista Pla i Agusti (1720-1773)
Sonata in D major, for flute, violin and basso continuo
La Guirlande

04:31 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
3 Characteristic Pieces: Troika (November from The Seasons, op.37); Chant sans paroles (op.2 no.3); Humoresque (op.10 no.2)
Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble, Vassil Kazandjiev (conductor)

04:41 AM
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Litanies à la Vierge Noire version for women's voices and organ (1936)
La Gioia, Diane Verdoodt (soprano), Ilse Schelfhout (soprano), Kristien Vercammen (soprano), Bernadette De Wilde (soprano), Lieve Mertens (mezzo soprano), Els Van Attenhoven (mezzo soprano), Peter Thomas (organ)

04:51 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Sonata for piano 4 hands in D major, K 381
Vilma Rindzeviciute (piano), Irina Venckus (piano)

05:01 AM
Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)
Symphonia No 20 in E minor
Stockholm Antiqua

05:09 AM
Jean Baptiste Loeillet (1688-1720)
Sonata in G major
Vladimir Jasko (trumpet), Imrich Szabo (organ)

05:19 AM
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Salieri's Aria from Mozart and Salieri - opera in 1 act, Op 48
Robert Holl (bass), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)

05:27 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Serenade for strings in E major, Op.22
Camerata Bern, Antje Weithaas (director)

05:56 AM
Erik Satie (1866-1925)
La Belle Excentrique
Pianoduo Kolacny (piano duo)

06:04 AM
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Missa sancta no 2 in G major (J.251), Op 76 'Jubelmesse'
Henriette Schellenberg (soprano), Laverne G'Froerer (mezzo soprano), Keith Boldt (tenor), George Roberts (baritone), Vancouver Chamber Choir, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Jon Washburn (conductor)


TUE 06:30 Breakfast (m001y96z)
Classical rise and shine

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk


TUE 09:30 Essential Classics (m001y971)
Refresh your morning with classical music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week


TUE 13:00 Classical Live (m001y975)
The Nash Ensemble from Edinburgh and home grown orchestral music from Glasgow

Linton Stephens introduces live recordings from the recent Edinburgh New Town Concert Series of Debussy and Ravel from the Nash Ensemble alongside clarinettist Robert Plane with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in the Clarinet Concerto by Glasgow born Iain Hamilton.


Frederic Chopin
Polonaise-Fantasia Op. 61
Paul Lewis (piano)

Johann Joachim Quantz
Trio Sonata in G minor QV2:34
Collegium Marianum

Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde (ii.“Der Einsame im Herbst”)
Thomas E Bauer (baritone)
Polish National Radio Orchestra, Katowice
Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)

From the Edinburgh New Town Concert Series
Maurice Ravel
Piano Trio
Nash Ensemble

Iain Hamilton
Clarinet Concerto
Robert Plane (clarinet)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

From the Edinburgh New Town Concert Series
Claude Debussy
Cello Sonata
Nash Ensemble


TUE 16:00 Composer of the Week (m0013slh)
Marianna Martines (1744-1812)

Tutored by Greats

Donald Macleod explores the building where Martines lived alongside Metastasio and Haydn.

Marianna Martines lived and worked in Vienna among some of classical music’s greatest names. She was tutored by Haydn, played piano duets with Mozart, corresponded with Padre Martini and Farinelli, and was frequently invited to perform for the Imperial Court. For nearly 40 years, she was mentored by Metastasio, Europe’s most celebrated opera librettist. Martines became a significant personality in Viennese cultural circles with her works regularly performed in the city, and commissions and honours coming her way from across Europe. All this week, Donald Macleod is joined by Dr Jeremy Llewellyn to lift the veil on this long neglected yet prolific and highly celebrated composer and discover the unique perspective her story provides on cultural life in Vienna during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

The Martines family lived on the third floor of the Altes Michaelerhaus, alongside the famous poet Metastasio. The writer arranged for a young man who was living in the attic of the same building to give her music lessons. Neither of them could have known then that her teacher, Joseph Haydn, would eventually become the most famous composer in Europe. There was a stream of visitors to the house to see Metastasio, including another prominent music, Antonio Salieri, who was soon taking lessons in declamation from the poet. It is probable that Salieri and Martines were tutored by Metastasio together. The Mozarts also visited the Altes Michaelerhaus, and it has been suggested that one of Wolfgang Mozart’s early sacred works, is based on music by Marianna Martines.

Sonata in A for harpsichord
Nicoleta Paraschivescu, harpsichord

WA Mozart
Missa solemnis in C minor, K139
Barbara Bonney soprano
Jadwiga Rappé, alto
Josef Protschka, tenor
Håkan Hagegård, bass
Arnold Schönberg Choir
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, director

Marianna Martines
Bernice, ah che fai
Núria Rial, soprano
La Floridiana
Nicoleta Paraschivescu, director


Produced by Luke Whitlock, for BBC Wales


TUE 17:00 In Tune (m001y977)
Classical artists live in session

Sean Rafferty meets author Kate Atkinson, who performs with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican later this week in a programme including Kate reading from her own works, sharing the music that has inspired her. Plus, there is live music in the studio.


TUE 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m001y979)
Your daily classical soundtrack

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.


TUE 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (m001y97c)
The National Youth Orchestra and The National Youth Brass Band

When music is used as a catalyst for change, it brings visceral optimism and the National Youth Orchestra and the National Youth Brass Band embody this energy in a concert that celebrates the power of music to spark hope and inspire commitment to new beginnings.

Brilliant young musicians from across the UK join forces for Gavin Higgins’ Concerto Grosso: the sounds of a full symphony orchestra collide with the sounds of a brass band and they send sparks flying!

The young musicians then embrace the grandeur of a brass fanfare by Dani Howard (current Resident Artist with the National Youth Orchestra) before performing Prokofiev’s extraordinary Symphony No 5. ‘I conceived of it as glorifying the grandeur of the human spirit,’ wrote Prokofiev about this symphony which was premiered in January 1945.

Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall, London on 14th April
Presented by Linton Stephens

Gavin Higgins: Concerto grosso for brass band & orchestra*

c. 20:15
Interval

c. 20:30
Dani Howard: Fanfare
Prokofiev: Symphony No 5 in B flat

The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain
*Tess Jackson (conductor)
Jessica Cottis (conductor)


TUE 21:45 The Essay (m001827w)
Journeys to the Grave

Paul Muldoon on WB Yeats

Five writers go on five reflective, restorative and often playful journeys in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes.

Today Paul Muldoon recalls numerous pilgrimages to the rugged west coast of Ireland, where the remains of WB Yeats may or may not be buried, as per his poetical final request.

Producer: Ciaran Bermingham


TUE 22:00 Night Tracks (m001y97f)
Music for the evening

Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.


TUE 23:30 'Round Midnight (m001y97h)
London’s South American sounds with the New Regency Orchestra

Radio 3’s new late night jazz show 'Round Midnight continues. Broadcasting Monday to Friday, it is presented by saxophonist and composer Soweto Kinch. Focusing on the UK scene, it spotlights the best new music and heritage acts.

On Monday to Thursday, British vocalist Jacqui Dankworth will be Soweto’s guest - selecting a treasure each night from her personal record collection. Her second choice is by vocal great Shirley Horn.

WEDNESDAY 24 APRIL 2024

WED 00:30 Through the Night (m001y97k)
The Seasons

The WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, present a programme inspired by nature, ranging from exciting new interpretations of Vivaldi's legendary Four Seasons to Piazzolla's moving tango sounds from his ‘Four Seasons of Buenos Aires’. A thrilling ‘Flamenco’ for cello and symphony orchestra is also performed for the first time. John Shea presents.

12:31 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Introduction from Die Jahreszeiten oratorio Hob XXI:3
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Patrick Lange (conductor)

12:35 AM
Florence Price (1887-1953), William Grant Still (arranger)
Silk Hat and Walking Cane, from 'Dances in the Canebrakes'
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Patrick Lange (conductor)

12:39 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Wolf Kerschek (arranger)
Summer from The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315
Niklas Liepe (violin), WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Patrick Lange (conductor)

12:47 AM
Grace Williams (1906-1977)
Calm Sea in Summer, from 'Sea Sketches'
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Patrick Lange (conductor)

12:53 AM
Edward German (1862-1936)
Summer (Harvest Dance), from 'The Seasons Suite'
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Patrick Lange (conductor)

01:01 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Wolf Kerschek (arranger)
Winter from The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 4 in F minor, RV 297
Niklas Liepe (violin), WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Patrick Lange (conductor)

01:09 AM
Tristan Schulze (1964)
Flamenco
Piotr Skweres (cello), WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Patrick Lange (conductor)

01:14 AM
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), Andy Miles (arranger)
Primavera Porteña (arr. clarinet and orchestra)
Andy Miles (clarinet), WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne, Patrick Lange (conductor)

01:20 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
The Seasons Op.37b for piano
Juhani Lagerspetz (piano)

02:02 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Symphony no 4 Op 90 in A major 'Italian'
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ruben Silva (conductor)

02:31 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
String Quartet in F major
Biava Quartet

03:01 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
15 Variations and a fugue on a theme from Prometheus in E flat major, Op 35
Boris Berman (piano)

03:27 AM
Arvo Part (1935-)
Magnificat
Jauna Muzika, Vaclovas Augustinas (conductor)

03:33 AM
Jean-Baptiste Cardon (1760-1803)
Sonata IV for harp Op.7 No.4
Branka Janjanin-Magdalenic (harp)

03:46 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto in A major (RV 335), 'The Cuckoo'
Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (director)


04:06 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Sonata for recorder and continuo in C major, HWV.365 Op 1 no 7
Peter Hannan (recorder), Christel Thielmann (viola da gamba), Colin Tilney (harpsichord)

04:18 AM
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
Sonatina for clarinet & piano (1956)
Valentin Uriupin (clarinet), Yelena Komissarova (piano)

04:31 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Manfred Overture Op 115
Sinfonia Varsovia, Robert Trevino (conductor)

04:44 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV.230
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Ivars Taurins (conductor)

04:50 AM
Nikita Koshkin (b.1956)
The Fall of Birds
Goran Listes (guitar)

05:00 AM
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Kol Nidrei, Op 47
Shauna Rolston (cello), Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor)

05:11 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Overture from 'Fierrabras' (D.796)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Hans Zender (conductor)

05:21 AM
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Etude in D flat, Op 52, No 6 (Etude en forme de valse)
Stefan Lindgren (piano)

05:28 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Symphony no 22 in E flat major, 'The Philosopher' (H.1.22)
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Minkowski (conductor)

05:49 AM
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
Flute Concerto
Sharon Bezaly (flute), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Jose Maria Florencio (conductor)

06:09 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op 42
Duncan Gifford (piano)


WED 06:30 Breakfast (m001y9cc)
Start the day with classical music

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk


WED 09:30 Essential Classics (m001y9cf)
Classical soundtrack for your morning

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week


WED 13:00 Classical Live (m001y9ck)
Beethoven's 7th Symphony from Glasgow and the Nash Ensemble in Edinburgh

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe, including more from the recent Edinburgh New Town Concert Series with the Nash Ensemble, today they perform music by Beethoven. And we stay in Scotland for more Beethoven, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Jörg Widmann present Beethoven's much loved 7th Symphony.


From the Edinburgh New Town Chamber Series:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Clarinet Trio in Bb Op. 11
Nash Ensemble

Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde (iv. “Von der Schoenheit”)
Thomas E Bauer (baritone)
Polish National Radio Orchestra, Katowice
Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Jörg Widmann (conductor)

Johann Martin Blockwitz
Suite imaginaire in E minor for solo flute
Collegium Marianum


WED 15:00 Choral Evensong (m001y9cm)
Magdalen College, Oxford

Live from the Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford.

Introit: O Hearken (Roxanna Panufnik)
Responses: Matthew Martin
Psalm 119: 1-32 (Tom Dixon, Marlow, Garrett, Hylton Stewart)
Office hymn: The saint who first found grace to pen (Tallis’s Canon)
First Lesson: Genesis 2: 4b-9
Canticles: Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense (Howells)
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15: 35-49
Anthem: Eternal Father (Stanford)
Hymn: The Lord my pasture shall prepare (Surrey)
Voluntary: Rhapsody No. 2 (Howells)

Mark Williams (Informator Choristarum)
Alexander Pott (Assistant Organist)
Edward Byrne and Henry Morris (Organ Scholars)


WED 16:00 Composer of the Week (m0013sns)
Marianna Martines (1744-1812)

Triumphs in Italy

Donald Macleod looks at a significant collaboration that extended Martines’s fame abroad.

Marianna Martines lived and worked in Vienna alongside some of classical music’s greatest names. She was tutored by Haydn, played piano duets with Mozart, corresponded with Padre Martini and Farinelli, and was frequently invited to perform for the Imperial Court. For nearly 40 years, she was mentored by Metastasio, Europe’s most celebrated opera librettist. Martines became a significant personality in Viennese cultural circles with her works regularly performed in the city, and commissions and honours coming her way from across Europe. All this week, Donald Macleod is joined by Dr Jeremy Llewellyn to lift the veil on this long neglected yet prolific and highly celebrated composer and discover the unique perspective her story provides on cultural life in Vienna during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Saverio Matteo, a poet based in Naples, wrote to his colleague, Metastasio asking for assistance. Could he help persuade the eminent composer, Johann Hasse to set one of his Italian psalms to music? In reply, Metastasio suggested his friend forget about Hasse, and collaborate instead with his protégé, Marianna Martines. This led to Martines composing a number of works which became popular in Naples and Vienna. Metastasio also wrote to Padre Martini suggesting he propose her for membership of the

Sonata in G for harpsichord (Allegro brillante)
Nicoleta Paraschivescu, harpsichord

Come le limpide onde (excerpt)
Aleksandra Zamojska, soprano
Eva Schossleitner, mezzo-soprano
Virgil Hartinger, tenor
Heidelore Schauer, salterio
Salzburger Hofmusik
Wolfgang Brunner, director

Keyboard Concerto in A
Melani Mestre, piano & conductor
Iberian Philharmonic Orchestra

Dixit Dominus (excerpt)
Marianna Herzig, soprano
Nele Gramss, mezzo-soprano
Christian Havel, tenor
Roland Faust, bass
Salzburger Hofmusik
Wolfgang Brunner, director

Produced by Luke Whitlock, for BBC Wales


WED 17:00 In Tune (m001y9cp)
Music news and live classical music

Sean Rafferty talks to the conductor and violinist Andrew Manze.


WED 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m000spnp)
The eclectic classical mix

Half an hour of back-to-back classical music, including well-loved small-scale works by Mozart and Joplin, new music by Charlotte Bray and a rousing opera chorus from Puccini's Tosca.

Produced by Sofie Vilcins.

01 00:00:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Trio in E flat major, K 498 'Kegelstatt' (1st mvt)
Performer: Martin Frost
Performer: Antoine Tamestit
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes
Duration 00:05:43

02 00:05:44 Rachel Portman
Harriet's Portrait (Emma)
Orchestra: Orchestra
Conductor: David Snell
Duration 00:01:10

03 00:06:48 Frédéric Chopin
Mazurka in D major, Op 33 No 2
Performer: Arthur Rubinstein
Duration 00:02:49

04 00:09:37 Giacomo Puccini
Tre sbirri... Te Deum (Tosca)
Singer: Bryn Terfel
Singer: Balcarras Crafoord
Choir: Radiokören
Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Paul Daniel
Duration 00:04:17

05 00:13:53 Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag
Performer: Joshua Rifkin
Duration 00:03:15

06 00:17:10 Jean Sibelius
Symphony no.1 in E minor Op.39 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sakari Oramo
Duration 00:05:05

07 00:22:11 Charlotte Bray
Agnus Dei (a reflection on Byrd's Agnus Dei from the Mass for 5 voices)
Choir: ORA
Conductor: Suzi Digby
Duration 00:04:30

08 00:26:44 Edward Elgar
Salut d'amour, Op 12
Performer: Charlie Siem
Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra
Conductor: Paul Goodwin
Duration 00:02:55




WED 21:45 The Essay (m001828n)
Journeys to the Grave

Diana Souhami on Radclyffe Hall

Five writers go on five reflective, restorative and often playful journeys in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes.

Today, Diana Souhami steps into the tomb of Radclyffe Hall in London’s Highgate Cemetery, where The Well of Loneliness author resides with her lover, her lover’s husband and their dog Tulip – an aptly unconventional set-up in death as in life.

Producer: Ciaran Bermingham


WED 22:00 Night Tracks (m001y9cv)
Adventures in sound

Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.


WED 23:30 'Round Midnight (m001y9cx)
A tune from Charlie Wood

Radio 3’s new late night jazz show 'Round Midnight continues. Broadcasting Monday to Friday, it is presented by saxophonist and composer Soweto Kinch. Focusing on the UK scene, it spotlights the best new music and heritage acts.

On Monday to Thursday, British vocalist Jacqui Dankworth will be Soweto’s guest - selecting a treasure each night from her personal record collection. Her third choice is by keys player Charlie Wood.

THURSDAY 25 APRIL 2024

THU 00:30 Through the Night (m001y9cz)
Easter Concert

Wagner opera excerpts with Gun-Brit Barkmin, RAI National Symphony Orchestra and Fabio Luisi. Presented by John Shea.

12:31 AM
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Prelude to Act I of 'Lohengrin'
RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi (conductor)

12:40 AM
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Overture to 'Tannhäuser'
RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi (conductor)

12:55 AM
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Prelude and Liebestod, from 'Tristan und Isolde'
Gun-Brit Barkmin (soprano), RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi (conductor)

01:12 AM
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Good Friday Music, from 'Parsifal'
RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi (conductor)

01:23 AM
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Brünnhilde's Immolation, from 'Götterdämmerung' (Twilight of the Gods)
Gun-Brit Barkmin (soprano), RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi (conductor)

01:41 AM
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Sonata in D major Wq 137 for viola da gamba and continuo
Friederike Heumann (viola da gamba), Dirk Borner (harpsichord)

01:59 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
String Quartet no 2 in A minor, Op 13
Calidore String Quartet


03:03 AM
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795)
Pygmalion, cantata for bass and orchestra W 18/5, B 50
Harry van der Kamp (bass), Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max (conductor)

03:36 AM
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Histoire du Tango
Jadwiga Kotnowska (flute), Leszek Potasinski (guitar), Grzegorz Frankowski (double bass)

03:52 AM
Marian Sawa (1937-2005)
Dance Pictures
Jan Bokszczanin (organ)

03:59 AM
Arvo Part (1935-)
Magnificat for chorus
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tonu Kaljuste (conductor)

04:06 AM
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
Sonata for harp
Godelieve Schrama (harp)

04:16 AM
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Sonata for violin and piano
Fanny Clamagirand (violin), Nicolas Bringuier (piano)

04:24 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Norwegian Dance, Op 35, No 1 (Allegro marcato)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)

04:31 AM
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Overture to Candide
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Richard Dufallo (conductor)

04:36 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Concerto in D major for transverse flute, strings and continuo
Karl Kaiser (flute), La Stagione Frankfurt

04:48 AM
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Danse macabre, Op 40
Ouellet-Murray Duo (duo)

04:56 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Kyrie eleison in G minor for double choir and orchestra (RV.587)
Choir of Latvian Radio, Riga Chamber Players, Sigvards Klava (conductor)

05:06 AM
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Night on a Bare Mountain
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)

05:19 AM
Juan de Navas (1650-1719)
Ay, divino amor
Olga Pitarch (soprano), Accentus Austria, Thomas Wimmer (director)

05:25 AM
Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Notturno for wind and Turkish band in C major, Op 34
Octophoros, Paul Dombrecht (conductor)

05:57 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
String Quartet no 14 in A flat major, Op 105
Stamic Quartet


THU 06:30 Breakfast (m001y9fg)
Morning classical

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk


THU 09:30 Essential Classics (m001y9fj)
Classical coffee break

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week


THU 13:00 Classical Live (m001y9fn)
Cellist Abel Selaocoe and the BBC Scottish plus the Nash and Stravinsky from Edinburgh

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe. Today highlights from a distinctive concert featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and South African cellist Abel Selaocoe in music with an African inspiration. The programme also includes recently recorded chamber music from the Nash Ensemble given as part of the recent Edinburgh New Town Concert Series.

Abel Selaocoe
Ibuyile I’Africa/Africa Is Back
Abel Selaocoe (cello and vocals)

Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde (iii. “Von der Jugend”)
Thomas Mohr (tenor)
Polish National Radio Orchestra, Katowice
Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)


Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner
Concertus III in Bb Op. 4 No. 3
Collegium Marianum
Jana Semeradova (director)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo a Capriccio “Rage Over A Lost Penny” (orch, E. Schulhoff)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Anja Bihlmaier (conductor)

From the Edinburgh New Town Concert Series:
Igor Stravinsky
A Soldier’s Tale for clarinet, violin and piano
Nash Ensemble

Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde (v. “Der Trunkene im Fruhling”)
Thomas Mohr (tenor)
Polish National Radio Orchestra, Katowice
Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)


Abel Selaocoe
Four Spirits
Abel Selaocoe (cello/vocals)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Taavi Oramo (conductor)

Max Richter
On The Nature Of Daylight
12 Ensemble
Eloisa-Fleur Thom (violin)

Mikhail Glinka
Valse-fantasie in B minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Vasilly Sinaisky (conductor)


THU 16:00 Composer of the Week (m0013t4x)
Marianna Martines (1744-1812)

A Visitor from England

Donald Macleod follows English music historian Charles Burney to Vienna and his encounter with Martines.

Marianna Martines lived and worked in Vienna alongside some of classical music’s greatest names. She was tutored by Haydn, played piano duets with Mozart, corresponded with Padre Martini and Farinelli, and was frequently invited to perform for the Imperial Court. For nearly 40 years, she was mentored by Metastasio, Europe’s most celebrated opera librettist. Martines became a significant personality in Viennese cultural circles with her works regularly performed in the city, and commissions and honours coming her way from across Europe. All this week, Donald Macleod is joined by Dr Jeremy Llewellyn to lift the veil on this long neglected yet prolific and highly celebrated composer and discover the unique perspective her story provides on cultural life in Vienna during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Perhaps one of the reasons Martines never left Vienna was that, as her fame grew, she found that the world was coming to her. One important visitor was the English writer on music, Charles Burney. Burney had already heard reports of Metastasio’s protégé Marianna Martines, but, on meeting her, he was enchanted by her musical prowess as a composer and performer.

Keyboard Concerto in G
La Floridiana
Nicoleta Paraschievescu, harpsichord and director

Il primo amore
Nuria Rial, soprano
La Floridiana
Nicoleta Paraschivescu, director

Sonata in G for harpsichord (Allegro assai)
Nicoleta Paraschivescu, harpsichord

La Tempesta
Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano
La Floridiana
Nicoleta Paraschivescu, director

Produced by Luke Whitlock, for BBC Wales


THU 17:00 In Tune (m001y9fq)
Live classical music for your drive

With Sean Rafferty. Pianist and composer Jeff Beal joins Sean in the studio for a live session.


THU 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m001y9fs)
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.


THU 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (m001z05s)
Sir Andrew Davis's 2022 Prom with the BBC Philharmonic

Following the death earlier this week of conductor Sir Andrew Davis, Radio 3 revisits his last appearance at the BBC Proms.

Davis was one of the great exponents of the music of Michael Tippett, and in July 2022 he conducted the BBC Philharmonic in a Prom that paired Tippett's extraordinary Fourth Symphony with Vaughan Williams's own Fourth Symphony.

Introduced by Andrew McGregor.

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 4 in F minor

Interval - reflecting on Sir Andrew Davis's musical legacy, we're joined by mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers, former director of the BBC Symphony Orchestra Paul Hughes, and former violinist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra Daniel Meyer.

Michael Tippett: Symphony No 4

British music: it isn't always what you think. Written as Europe lurched towards the war, Vaughan Williams's volcanic Fourth Symphony is a mighty cry of protest and rage, expressed in music that burns itself into the soul. A generation later, in the Cold War, Michael Tippett began his final symphony with the most primal of sounds - a human breath. This isn't so much a symphony as a whole life, in all its rapture, its chaos and its teeming, tumultuous beauty.

BBC Philharmonic
Andrew Davis (conductor)


THU 21:45 The Essay (m00182c5)
Journeys to the Grave

Anita Sethi on Anne Brontë

Five writers go on five reflective, restorative and often playful journeys in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes.

Today, Anita Sethi journeys to the grave of her heroine Anne Brontë, overlooking the sea she so loved, and considers why she was buried high on a hill in Scarborough, away from her better known sisters. Her grave has over the years been neglected and ravaged by the elements, but more recently - like her reputation - restored.

Producer: Ciaran Bermingham


THU 22:00 Night Tracks (m001y9fx)
Music for night owls

Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.


THU 23:30 'Round Midnight (m001y9fz)
New music from Ezra Collective

Radio 3’s new late night jazz show 'Round Midnight continues. Broadcasting Monday to Friday, it is presented by saxophonist and composer Soweto Kinch. Focusing on the UK scene, it spotlights the best new music and heritage acts.

On Monday to Thursday, British vocalist Jacqui Dankworth will be Soweto’s guest - selecting a treasure each night from her personal record collection. Her fourth and final choice is by Norma Winstone, John Taylor and Tony Coe, titled Somewhere Called Home.

FRIDAY 26 APRIL 2024

FRI 00:30 Through the Night (m001y9g1)
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at the 2022 BBC Proms

Pianist Simone Dinnerstein joins the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and conductor Andrew Gourlay in Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. John Shea presents

12:31 AM
Danny Elfman (1953-)
Wunderkammer
National Youth Orchestra, Andrew Gourlay (conductor)

12:54 AM
George Gershwin (1898-1937), Ferde Grofe (arranger)
Rhapsody in Blue
Simone Dinnerstein (piano), National Youth Orchestra, Andrew Gourlay (conductor)

01:12 AM
George Gershwin (1898-1937), Trish Clowes (arranger)
The Man I Love, from 'Strike up the Band'
Simone Dinnerstein (piano), National Youth Orchestra, Sophie Stevenson (conductor)

01:19 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet)
National Youth Orchestra, Andrew Gourlay (conductor)

02:14 AM
Johann Georg Pisendel (1687-1755)
Sonata in C minor for violin & basso continuo
Barbara Jane Gilby (violin), Sue-Ellen Paulsen (cello), Geoffrey Lancaster (harpsichord)

02:31 AM
Leos Janacek (1854-1928)
Glagolitic mass
Andrea Dankova (soprano), Jana Sykorova (alto), Tomas Juhas (tenor), Jozef Benci (bass), Ales Barta (organ), Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tomas Netopil (conductor)

03:10 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op 18
Baiba Skride (violin), Lauma Skride (piano)

03:38 AM
Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
Introduction to Act III & Dances of the Highlanders from 'Halka'
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)

03:46 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Ballade no 2 in F major, Op 38
Anastasia Vorotnaya (piano)

03:54 AM
Janez Gregorc (1934-2012)
Sans respirer, sans soupir
Slovene Brass Quintet

04:00 AM
John Field (1782-1837)
Rondo for piano and strings (H.18A) in A flat major
Eckart Selheim (pianoforte), Collegium Aureum, Franzjosef Maier (director)

04:08 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
5 Gedichte der Konigin Maria Stuart (5 Poems of Queen Mary Stuart), Op 135
Catherine Robbin (mezzo soprano), Michael McMahon (piano)

04:17 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Unknown (arranger)
Solveig's Song from 'Peer Gynt', Op.23 arr. for oboe and piano
Wan-Soo Mok (oboe), Hyun-Soo Cho (piano)

04:21 AM
Nils-Eric Fougstedt (1910-1961)
Concert Overture (1941)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

04:31 AM
Antonio Lotti (1667-1740)
Sonata for 2 oboes, bassoon and continuo in F major, 'Echo sonata'
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord), Ensemble Zefiro

04:40 AM
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
Sonatina super Carmen (Sonatina No.6) for piano 'Kammerfantasie'
Matti Raekallio (piano)


04:59 AM
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Pan og Syrinx (Pan and Syrinx) Op 49 FS.87
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt (conductor)

05:07 AM
Carlo Ambrogio Lonati (c.1645-c.1712)
Sonata Quinta
Eva Saladin (violin), Daniel Rosin (cello), Johannes Keller (harpsichord)


05:24 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet in G major, Op 18 no 2
Kroger Quartet

05:49 AM
Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697)
Muss nicht der Mensch auf dieser Erden in steten Streite sein (cantata)
Greta de Reyghere (soprano), Jill Feldman (soprano), James Bowman (counter tenor), Guy de Mey (tenor), Ian Honeyman (tenor), Max van Egmond (bass), Ricercar Consort

06:03 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
4 Impromptus, D.899, Op.90
Francesco Piemontesi (piano)


FRI 06:30 Breakfast (m001y9d1)
Ease into the day with classical music

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with the Friday poem and music that captures the mood of the morning.

Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk


FRI 09:30 Essential Classics (m001y9d3)
Relax into the day with classical

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week


FRI 13:00 Classical Live (m001y9d7)
Purcell, Schubert and Beamish from Edinburgh and the Farewell from Mahler's Song of the Earth

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.
Linton rounds up his week of exclusive recordings from Scotland with recent performances from the Elias Quartet recorded at the Edinburgh New Town Concert Series. Also in today's programme the powerful final movement from Mahler's great 'Song of the Earth' - the Abschied or Farewell - recorded in Warsaw.

Nadia Boulanger
Allegro (1905)
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Mikko Franck (conductor)

Franz Schubert
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D.965 ("The Shepherd On The Rock")
Ailish Tynan (soprano)
Jean Johnson (clarinet)
Steven Osborne (piano)

From the Edinburgh New Town Concert Series:
Henry Purcell
Fantasia No 4 in G minor a4 Z. 735
Fantasia No 3 in F a4 Z. 737
Franz Schubert
Quartettsatz in C minor D. 703
Elias Quartet


From the Edinburgh New Town Concert Series:
Sally Beamish
String Quartet No. 3 ‘Reed Stanzas’
Elias Quartet

Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde (vi. “Der Abschied”)
Thomas E Bauer (baritone)
Polish National Radio Orchestra, Kotowice
Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)


FRI 16:00 Composer of the Week (m0013t7j)
Marianna Martines (1744-1812)

Death of Metastasio

Donald Macleod looks at Martines’s final years when she became fully independent.

Marianna Martines lived and worked in Vienna alongside some of classical music’s greatest names. She was tutored by Haydn, played piano duets with Mozart, corresponded with Padre Martini and Farinelli, and was frequently invited to perform for the Imperial Court. For nearly 40 years, she was mentored by Metastasio, Europe’s most celebrated opera librettist. Martines became a significant personality in Viennese cultural circles with her works regularly performed in the city, and commissions and honours coming her way from across Europe. All this week, Donald Macleod is joined by Dr Jeremy Llewellyn to lift the veil on this long neglected yet prolific and highly celebrated composer and discover the unique perspective her story provides on cultural life in Vienna during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

When her longstanding mentor, Metastasio, died he left Marianna Martines a generous financial bequest, along with his musical instruments and scores. Marianna and her siblings were now able to move to a more spacious and prestigious apartment in Vienna where she regularly hosted one of the most popular and important music gatherings in the city. She also established her own singing academy.


Il nido degli amori
Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano
La Floridiana
Nicoleta Paraschivescu, director

WA Mozart
Sonata for two pianos in D, K448 (Allegro con spirito)
Martha Argerich, piano
Sergey Babayan, piano

Marianna Martines
Orgoglioso fiumciello
Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano
La Floridiana
Nicoleta Paraschivescu, director

Produced by Luke Whitlock, for BBC Wales


FRI 17:00 In Tune (m001y9d9)
Classical artists live in the studio

Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.


FRI 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m001y9dc)
Classical music for your journey

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.




FRI 21:45 The Essay (m00182cy)
Journeys to the Grave

Paterson Joseph on Ignatius Sancho

Five writers go on five reflective, restorative and often playful journeys in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes.

Concluding the series, Paterson Joseph retraces the footsteps of pioneering writer, composer and abolitionist Ignatius Sancho through Westminster to a lost grave beneath the still-pulsing streets.

Producer: Ciaran Bermingham


FRI 22:00 Late Junction (m001y9dh)
Keiji Haino’s mixtape

Jennifer Lucy Allan shares a special mixtape by genre-defying artist Keiji Haino, plus heavy music from Diamanda Galas and an homage to the Amazon rainforest by Amaro Freitas.

Born in Chiba, Japan, in 1952, Keiji Haino has spent his life experimenting with the sound of guitar and voice, becoming a musical (and style) icon for the international underground and avant-garde scenes. Over his long career, which began in the ‘70s, he created several rock and psychedelic-garage outlets and collaborated with artists such as Faust, Peter Brötzmann, Bill Laswell, Merzbow and John Zorn, all the while building an impressive record collection which spans early electro-acoustic music to punk. Haino-san has pulled out some of his favourites for Late Junction, including music from a Vietnamese string quartet and a psychedelic track offering a remedy for when “you are feeling blue”.

Elsewhere in the show, moments from a ‘60s Stockhausen composition for voice, the latest sounds courtesy of East Anglian composer-improviser Laura Cannell, and Glassy computer music by Montreal's Camp, aka David Turgeon. Plus a special extract from experimental vocalist, movement artist and composer Elaine Mitchener's These Cost the Earth, a new performance work that reflects upon the textile waste crisis, examining the environmental and human cost of discarding clothes to landfill recorded live at Assembly Festival, which took place at Somerset House, London, at the end of March.

Produced by Silvia Malnati
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3


FRI 23:30 'Round Midnight (m001y9dk)
Femi Koleoso in conversation

Radio 3’s new late night jazz show 'Round Midnight continues. Broadcasting Monday to Friday, it is presented by saxophonist and composer Soweto Kinch. Focusing on the UK scene, it spotlights the best new music and heritage acts.

Femi Koleoso, drummer and bandleader of Mercury Prize winning UK jazz group Ezra Collective, joins Soweto in conversation.