SATURDAY 02 NOVEMBER 2024

SAT 00:30 Through the Night (m0024583)
Strauss, Mahler and Tchaikovsky from Bucharest

Romanian Radio National Orchestra and conductor Sascha Goetzel are joined by baritone Liviu Holender in Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen plus Strauss Don Juan and Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony. John Shea presents.

12:31 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Don Juan, Op 20
Romanian Radio National Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel (conductor)

12:49 AM
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Liviu Holender (baritone), Romanian Radio National Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel (conductor)

01:07 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op 64
Romanian Radio National Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel (conductor)

01:54 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Die Gottin im Putzzimmer
Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor)

02:00 AM
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
Piano Trio in G minor, Op 15
Gwendolyn Masin (violin), Benedict Klockner (cello), Vera Kooper (piano)

02:31 AM
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)
Missa brevis (... tempore belli)
Danish Radio Choir, Frederik Hedelin (organ), Stefan Parkman (director)

03:05 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Sonata no 3 in F minor, Op 5
Cristina Ortiz (piano)

03:44 AM
Jose Marin (c.1618-1699)
No piense Menguilla ya
Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Rolf Lislevand (baroque guitar), Pedro Estevan (percussion), Arianna Savall (harp)

03:50 AM
Vaino Raitio (1891-1945)
Joutsenet , Op 15 (1919)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu (conductor)

03:59 AM
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Sonata in E minor, K81, arranged for recorder and harpsichord
Bolette Roed (recorder), Joanna Boslak-Gorniok (harpsichord)

04:07 AM
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
Egyptischer March Op 335
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Roman Zeilinger (conductor)

04:11 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Joseph Eichendorff (author)
Wehmut (no 9) & Im Walde (no 11) from Liederkreis, Op 39
Olle Persson (baritone), Stefan Bojsten (piano)

04:16 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849), Marc-Andre Hamelin (arranger)
Étude no 1 from 3 nouvelles études
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)

04:20 AM
Nicolaos Mantzaros (1795-1872)
Sinfonia di genere Orientale in A minor
National Symphony Orchestra of Greek Radio, Andreas Pylarinos (conductor)

04:31 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Overture in the Italian Style, D590
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marcello Viotti (conductor)

04:39 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Tzigane
Razvan Stoica (violin), Andrea Stoica (piano)

04:49 AM
Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006)
Three Nonsense Madrigals (1988-1989)
King's Singers

04:57 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Trio Sonata in D minor, Op 1 no 12, 'La Folia' (1705)
Florilegium Collinda

05:07 AM
Paul Jeanjean (1874-1928)
Prelude and Scherzo for bassoon and piano
Balint Mohai (bassoon), Monika Michel (piano)

05:16 AM
Balthasar Fritsch (1570-1608)
Paduan and 2 Galliards (from Primitiae musicales, Frankfurt/Main 1606)
Hortus Musicus, Andres Mustonen (director)

05:24 AM
Walter Braunfels (1882-1954)
The Glass Mountain - suite from the opera Op 39b
BBC Concert Orchestra, Johannes Wildner (conductor)

05:49 AM
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784)
From 6 Duets for flutes - no 6 in G major, F59
Vladislav Brunner Sr. (flute), Juraj Brunner (flute)

06:01 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet in C major, K465, "Dissonance"
Casals Quartet, Jonathan Brown (viola), Vera Martinez-Mehner (violin), Abel Tomas (violin), Arnau Tomas (cello)


SAT 06:30 Breakfast (m0024fx7)
Start your weekend the Radio 3 way, with Saturday Breakfast

Join Emma Clarke to wake up the day with a selection of the finest classical music.

To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Breakfast."


SAT 09:00 Saturday Morning (m0024fx9)
World-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma and star pianist Kathryn Stott live in the studio

Hannah French plays the best classical music recordings. She's joined by world-famous American cellist Yo-yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott. They speak to Hannah about their long-term friendship and musical partnership, ahead of performing at the Barbican.

Ahead of Radio 3's Day of Dance on Friday 8th November, Hannah speaks to the legendary dancer and entertainer Wayne Sleep about his new memoirs Just Different. And we hear about the world of Wheelchair Dancing with presenter and former Basketball paralympian Ade Adepitan, and Helen Mason from the Propel Dance company.

You can now listen to Saturday Morning on most smart speakers. Just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Saturday Morning".


SAT 12:00 Earlier... with Jools Holland (m0024fxc)
Music and gardens

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 Domenico Scarlatti, Alissa Firsova and Gerald Finzi, with performances from Anne Queffélec, Pablo Casals and Vikingur Ólafsson. Jools's guest is the director of the Garden Museum in London, Christopher Woodward, who talks about the meaning of gardens, music at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in the 18th century, and his upcoming exhibition of lost gardens at the museum. He introduces garden-related music by Debussy, Prokofiev and Handel.


SAT 13:00 Music Matters (m0024fxf)
A View From The Organ Loft

3. Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim

Anna finds herself in Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway. This building is home to two organs, both of which we’ll hear in repertoire ranging from Buxtehude to Grieg. Anna explores the history of Trondheim and shares a concerto by Joseph Meck, enjoys the sounds of traditional Norwegian fiddle playing, and indulges in some choral music at the jazzier end of the spectrum.

Plus, a touching composition by Nidaros Cathedral’s Director of Music, Petra Bjørkhaug, who also speaks about the organ’s human qualities.

A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3


SAT 14:00 Record Review (m0024fxh)
Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2 in Building a Library with Jonathan Cross and Andrew McGregor

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

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Kate Kennedy shares her choice of the latest classical releases.

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Building a Library

Jonathan Cross selects his favourite version of Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16

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Record of the Week: Andrew's top pick.

To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Record Review."


SAT 16:00 Sound of Gaming (m001vv1p)
Mythologies

Not only are many games inspired by some of the world's great mythologies, they also set out to create rich mythological type narratives themselves. Elle Osili-Wood reflects this as the latest iteration of the Prince of Persia franchise reaches our screens. Her guests are the game's co-composers - the ground-breaking Iranian musician, Mentrix, and celebrated video game composer Gareth Coker.

To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Sound of Gaming."


SAT 17:00 This Classical Life (m0024fxl)
Jess Gillam with... Ksenija Sidorova

Jess's guest this week is the accordionist Ksenija Sidorova.

Ksenija hails originally from Latvia and is one of classical music's greatest champions and virtuosos of the accordion. She performs all over the world with some of the greatest orchestras and musicians, and she's also passionate about commissioning new music for her instrument and works closely with composers to expand the accordion's repertoire!

Jess and Ksenija talk about her life in music, how she first fell in love with the accordion and swap favourite tracks to listen to including music by Shostakovich and Vivaldi, a surprising Latvian connection with the music of Holst, music to drink coffee to by Otis Redding and Piazzolla and Kurt Weill at his most sentimental.


SAT 18:00 Opera on 3 (m0024fxn)
Wagner's Das Rheingold

Donald Macleod presents Das Rheingold, part 1 of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung, in a production from the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris.

Three Rhinemaidens are tasked with protecting some magic gold - it can be made into a ring which gives the owner power to rule the world - if they first renounce love. When the lustful dwarf Alberich is shunned by the Rhinemaidens, he decides to curse love and steal the gold, setting in motion a chain of events which culminates in the downfall of the gods. An all-star cast is led by Michael Volle as Wotan, the ruler of the gods, with Jamie Barton and Christiane Karg as his wife and sister-in-law Fricka and Freia. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.

Donald Macleod presents and is joined by music historian Dr Barbara Eichner.

Wagner: Das Rheingold - opera in 1 act

Wotan ..... Michael Volle (bass-baritone)
Loge, demigod of fire ..... Gerhard Siegel (tenor)
Fricka ..... Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano)
Freia ..... Christiane Karg (soprano)
Donner, god of thunder ..... Thomas Lehman (baritone)
Froh, god of spring ..... Issachah Savage (tenor)
Erda.....Wiebke Lehmkuhl (contralto)
Alberich ..... Samuel Youn (baritone)
Mime, Alberich's brother ..... Thomas Ebenstein (tenor)
Fasolt, a giant ..... Stephen Milling (bass-baritone)
Fafner, his brother ..... Mikhail Petrenko (bass)
Woglinde, Rhinemaiden .... Erika Baikoff (soprano)
Wellgunde, Rhinemaiden ..... Iris van Wijnen (mezzo-soprano)
Flosshilde, Rhinemaiden ..... Maria Barakova (mezzo-soprano)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor)


SAT 21:30 Music Planet (m0024fxq)
Ustatshakirt Ensemble

Kathryn Tickell presents the best new roots-based music from across the world and extracts from a concert by the Ustatshakirt Ensemble from Kyrgyzstan, recorded by the Aga Khan Music Programme at this year's Edinburgh Festival.

Kathryn talks to Aga Khan programme director Fairouz Nishanova who tells us the story of The Ustatshakirt Ensemble who are part of the Ustatshakirt Centre, which was founded by the Aga Khan Music Programme to train a new generation of Kyrgyz musicians and revive musical traditions that were stifled by the Soviet regime. In this concert the multi-instrumental players perform on traditional instruments such as the kyl kiyak (two-stringed fiddle), the temir komuz (jaw harp) and the sybyzgy (end-blown flute) and create a truly magical sound.


SAT 22:30 New Music Show (m0024fxs)
Nordic Music Days & Kraftwerk's Autobahn

Kate Molleson presents music by Britta Byström and Maja S.K.Ratkje from a concert given on Thursday by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at Glasgow's City Halls, part of the Nordic Music Days festival which celebrates music and sounds from Scotland and the Nordic region. Also tonight - lovemusic ensemble recorded live at Aberdeen Sound earlier this month, and Robert Worby reflects on the 50th anniversary of Kraftwerk's Autobahn album, part of Radio 3's Autobahn at 50 weekend.

To listen on most smart speakers just say “ask BBC Sounds to play New Music Show"

SUNDAY 03 NOVEMBER 2024

SUN 00:30 Through the Night (m0024fxv)
Wagner and Bruckner

Leopold Hager conducts Hungarian mezzo-soprano Dorottya Láng and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Wagner's sensual Wesendonck Lieder, before the orchestra performs Bruckner's 3rd Symphony. Penny Gore presents.

12:31 AM
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Overture to 'Tannhäuser'
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Hager (conductor)

12:36 AM
Richard Wagner (1813-1883), Mathilde Wesendonck (author)
Wesendonck Lieder
Dorottya Lang (mezzo soprano), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Hager (conductor)

01:06 AM
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony no 3 in D minor
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Hager (conductor)

02:00 AM
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Ave Maria
Tallinn Boys Choir, Lydia Rahula (conductor)

02:04 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Suite no 1 in C major, BWV1066
Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

02:31 AM
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
The Seasons, Op 67 - ballet in 1 act
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Kazuyoshi Akiyama (conductor)

03:08 AM
Paul Taffanel (1844-1908)
Wind Quintet in G minor
Andrea Kolle (flute), Silvia Zabarella (oboe), Fabio di Casola (clarinet), Maria Wildhaber (bassoon), Joan Bautista Bernat Sanchis (horn)

03:31 AM
Camilla de Rossi (fl.1707-1710)
Duol sofferto per Amore' (excerpt Sant'Alessio )
Martin Oro (counter tenor), Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci (director)

03:38 AM
Johan Svendsen (1840-1911)
Carnival in Paris, Op 9
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)

03:51 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Trio sonata in G minor Op 2 no 5
Musica Alta Ripa

04:01 AM
Ernst von Dohnanyi (1877-1960)
Symphonic Minutes Op 36
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Tamas Vasary (conductor)

04:16 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Rondo in C major, Op 73
Ludmil Angelov (piano)

04:25 AM
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)
Sicut cervus - motet for 4 voices
Chorus of Swiss Radio, Lugano, Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ), Alberto Rasi (viola da gamba), Diego Fasolis (conductor)

04:31 AM
Johannes Bernardus van Bree (1801-1857)
Le Bandit (Overture)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen (conductor)

04:38 AM
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Oboe Sonata in D major, Op 166
Roger Cole (oboe), Linda Lee Thomas (piano)

04:50 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Recorder Concerto in C major, TWV 51:C1
Giovanni Antonini (recorder), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (director)

05:06 AM
Gertrude van den Bergh (1793-1840)
Lied fur pianoforte
Frans van Ruth (piano)

05:11 AM
Gustav Holst (1874-1934), Claude Rippas (arranger)
St Paul's Suite, Op 29 no 2
Hexagon Ensemble

05:24 AM
Mathurin Forestier (fl.1500-1535)
Agnus Dei (Missa 'Baises moy')
Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel (conductor)

05:29 AM
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
Suite no 2 for orchestra (Op 34a)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)

05:57 AM
Cesar Franck (1822-1890)
Quintet in F minor M.7 for piano and strings
Silesian Quartet, Wojciech Switala (piano)


SUN 06:30 Breakfast (m0024dlp)
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

To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Breakfast."


SUN 09:00 Sunday Morning (m0024dlr)
Your perfect Sunday soundtrack

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh.

In today’s programme, Sarah’s choices include music inspired by literature with Eric Whitacre’s setting of a Rudyard Kipling poem, and Byron transformed for the stage by Robert Schumann. Plus, Tafelmusik rejoice in music by Handel.

There’s also music from Francesca Caccini - star of the 17th-century Medici court, and Dvorak’s famous New World Symphony is brought to life by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

Plus, George Gershwin is crazy about the Girl…

A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3


SUN 12:00 Private Passions (m0024dlt)
Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry has been a very familiar voice for more than 50 years, as the co-founder of Roxy Music and as a solo artist and songwriter.

When Roxy Music first appeared on Top of the Pops in 1972, millions of viewers suddenly saw something new: an extravagantly dressed band, featuring an early synthesizer, an oboe, and Bryan leading from an upright piano, wearing a sparkling black and green jacket. 'This one definitely arrived from Planet Mars', according to one critic. It was a performance which helped to propel Bryan to stardom, and a career which has produced two dozen studio albums, and numerous international hits, as well as explorations of jazz and the songs of Bob Dylan: his most recent release, Retrospective, includes a new version of Dylan’s 1965 song She Belongs to Me.

In conversation with Michael Berkeley, Bryan reflects on his early days in County Durham, the role of his art school education and his approach to song writing. His musical choices include works by Prokofiev, Elgar, Mahler and Charlie Parker.

Presenter Michael Berkeley
Producer Clare Walker


SUN 13:30 Music Map (m0024dlw)
A journey to Fauré's Dolly Suite

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is your travel guide, map in hand, on a musical journey through childhood and innocence, leading to the final destination of Faure's delightful Dolly Suite in the hands of the pianist sisters Katia and Marielle Labeque. Stopping points along the way include music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Gustav Holst, Claude Debussy and Cecile Chaminade plus plenty of surprises.


SUN 15:00 Choral Evensong (m002467s)
St Luke’s Church, Chelsea, London

From St Luke’s Church, Chelsea, London.

Introit: Afferentur regi (Bruckner)
Responses: David Trendell
Office hymn: Love divine (Airedale)
Psalms 147, 148, 149, 150 (Stanford, Stanford, Stanford, Stanford)
First Lesson: Baruch 5 vv1-9
Canticles: Stanford in C
Second Lesson: Mark 1 vv1-11
Anthem: Ecce sacerdos magnus (Bruckner)
Hymn: The day thou gavest (Joldwynds)
Voluntary: Symphony No 4 in E flat major (Scherzo) (Bruckner, arr. Rupert Jeffcoat and Jeremy Summerly)

Jeremy Summerly (Director of Music)
Rupert Jeffcoat (Organist)

Recorded 14 October.

To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Choral Evensong."


SUN 16:00 Jazz Record Requests (m0024dly)
Peggy Lee, Playtime, Bill Evans, Tatiana Eva-Marie

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you including music by Peggy Lee, Playtime, Bill Evans, Tatiana Eva-Marie and more. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk or use #jazzrecordrequests on social.

To listen on most smart speakers just say “ask BBC Sounds to play Jazz Record Requests”


SUN 17:00 The Early Music Show (m0024dm0)
York Early Music Festival Young Artists Competition

Hannah French presents highlights of the Young Artists Competition held at the York Early Music Festival in July, with performances from:

Hanse Pfeyfferey
Apollo’s Cabinet
Trio Altizans
Rubens Rosa Ensemble
Pseudonym
Friedrichs Nebelmeer Ensemble
Ayres Extemporae
Ensemble Bastion


SUN 18:00 Words and Music (m0024dm2)
Mountains

Grab your sensible shoes, lightweight layers and a flask of hot tea, for a trek up and down literary and musical mountains across the world. Siobhan Redmond and Tachia Newall are our readers.

We begin our hike In the Tatra Mountains, inspired by composer Vítězslav Novák’s own journeys in Eastern Europe, then try to find the way to Cold Mountain with mysterious Chinese poet Han Shan, traverse the light-struck plateau of the Cairngorms beside Nan Shepherd, and haiku master Basho chuckles at foggy rain hiding Mount Fuji.
We also take in Cape Town’s Table Mountain with Miriam Makeba, yodelling from Fritz Liechti and his family, bass-baritone Paul Robeson sings of England’s pleasant pastures and mountains green, and hear a Himalayan trekking song accompanied by the Pahari folk tale ‘A Monkey Objects to Criticism.’

We also explore the romance of craggy summits and stars with Keats, plus Annie Proulx’s tragic love story of Brokeback Mountain alongside the film’s soundtrack by Gustavo Santaolalla, Laurel and Hardy are pining for the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, Bjork’s Hyperballad arranged for string quartet hurls belongings off the top of a mountain, and Erica Jong’s poem ‘Climbing You’ details a sour relationship akin to a doomed expedition.

Faced with falling talus from above, Robert Macfarlane’s ‘Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination’ takes us to risky rambles up glaciers accompanied by Ferde Grofe’s Death Valley Suite, we also hear Edvard Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King alongside HP Lovecraft’s ‘Mountains of Madness’, and head to Middle-earth as hobbits Samwise and Frodo come face-to-face with the ominous Mount Doom.

Metaphorical mountains include Naomi Long Madgett’s powerful poem ‘Midway’ representing the racism she fought to overcome in the United States, heard alongside John Coltrane’s Alabama, widely believed to be a response to the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15th 1963. The nostalgic and unsettled quietude of Over the Hills and Far Away by Frederick Delius is interwoven with Elizabeth Bishop’s poem ‘The Mountain’, a reflection of the confusion and turmoil during the aging process as the world seems to change around you.

Producer: Nancy Bennie

READINGS:
Emily Dickinson – The Mountain Sat Upon the Plain
Han Shan – Cold Mountain translated by Gary Snyder
Nan Shepherd – The Living Mountain
Basho - The Narrow Road to Deep North and Other Travel Sketches translated by Nobuyuki Yuasa
Helen Mort - A Line Above the Sky: A story of mountains and motherhood
John Keats - Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art
Annie Proulx - Brokeback Mountain
Erica Jong – Climbing You
Robert Macfarlane - Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
HP Lovecraft – Mountains of Madness
JRR Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Alice Elizabeth Dracott – Simla Village Tales, or Folk Tales from the Himalayas
Naomi Long Madgett – Midway
Elizabeth Bishop – The Mountain
Emily Bronte – Loud Without the Wind was Roaring


SUN 19:15 Sunday Feature (m0024dm4)
Fauré and Me

Gabriel Fauré died in the early hours of 4th November, 1924. A century later, in December 2024, the concert pianist Kathryn Stott will step down from the concert platform after a long and distinguished career. Fauré has been the musical love of her life.

In “Fauré and Me”, Kathryn celebrates the music of Fauré, with a personal look at the composer. She first discovered Fauré at the Yehudi Menuhin School where, at the age of 10, she had a lesson with the eminent pedagogue and composer Nadia Boulanger - a student and friend of Fauré. Since then, Kathryn has championed his music throughout her career, and has recorded all of his many works for piano.

Kathryn travels to France to follow in Fauré’s footsteps. She visits his birthplace in Pamiers, Ariège, and plays an old harmonium in the little chapel in Foix where, as a small boy, his musical talents were discovered. In stark contrast, she climbs up to the organ loft of La Madeleine, to duet with chief organist François-Henri Houbart in the magnificent church which witnessed both the first performance of Fauré's Requiem, and his State Funeral. And she takes a seat in the Grand Amphitheatre of La Sorbonne, describing very movingly the splendid tribute concert put on in Fauré’s honour in 1922.

Kathryn invites pianist and broadcaster Keelan Carew to the studio, to play moments from Fauré’s Nocturne no 6, and discuss the unique qualities of his music. And there are contributions from the leading Fauré scholar Jean-Michel Nectoux, and Kathryn’s great friend and colleague, cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

Presenter: Kathryn Stott
Producer: Susan Kenyon

Music in order of appearance.
***Recorded specially for Sunday Feature

Fauré: Nocturne no. 6 in D flat
Kathryn Stott (piano)

Fauré: Dolly Suite: Berceuse
Kathryn Stott and Martin Roscoe (piano)

Fauré: Pavane
***Kathryn Stott, on the harmonium of La Chapelle Notre-Dame de Montgauzy, Foix

Fauré: Le papillon et la fleur (Op. 1, no 1)
Caroline Sampson (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Fauré: Dolly Suite: Le pas espagnol
Kathryn Stott and Oisun Pu (piano)

Fauré: Barcarolle no. 4 in A flat
Kathryn Stott (piano)

Fauré: Nocturne no. 6 in D flat
***Keelan Carew (piano)

Pauline Viardot: Des Nachts
***Kathryn Stott, on Pauline Viardot's 1898 Erard piano, owned and restored by Les Amis de Georges Bizet

Fauré: Romance Op. 28
Pierre Amoyal (violin), Pascal Rogé (piano)

Fauré: Après un rêve
***Kathryn Stott (1898 Erard, as above)

Fauré: Le Parfum Impérissable
Cyrille Dubois (tenor) and Tristan Raës (piano)

Fauré: Requiem: In Paradisum
***Kathryn Stott and chief organist François-Henri Houbart, on the Cavaillé-Coll Grand Organ of La Madeleine

Fauré: Impromptu no. 2
Kathryn Stott (piano) - BBC Archive recording

Fauré: Sicilienne
Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano),

Fauré: Piano Quintet no. 2 (2nd mvt)
Domus

Fauré: Diane, Séléné (L'horizon chimérique)
Charles Panzéra (baritone, and dedicatee), Magdeleine Panzéra-Baillot (piano)
They performed this song at the 1922 tribute concert at La Sorbonne, and later recorded it.

Fauré: Ballade for Piano and Orchestra
Kathryn Stott (piano), BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

Fauré: String Quartet (2nd mvt) - his last work.
Quatuor Ebène

Fauré: Requiem: In Paradisum
Nadia Boulanger (conductor), Maurice Duruflé (organ)

Fauré: Nocturne no. 6 in D flat
***Keelan Carew (piano)


SUN 20:00 Drama on 3 (m0024dm6)
Star

Compelling drama from Sarah Wooley about the making of the movie 'A Star Is Born', Judy Garland's 1950s comeback bid.

1952. Judy Garland, let go by MGM for her erratic behaviour, is determined to make a comeback. She and soon-to-be husband Sid Luft start their own production company and get the rights to remake classic 30s film 'A Star Is Born' as a musical. This time, they will be in control.

Who better to write the music than Judy's lifelong friend Harold Arlen, the composer of her biggest hit 'Over the Rainbow'? Arlen was responsible for some of the most famous songs in the world: 'It's Only a Paper Moon', 'Stormy Weather', 'That Old Black Magic' - he sound-tracked the first half of the twentieth century. He recruits Ira Gershwin to write the lyrics and everyone gets to work.

But Judy's demons are never far away, and everyone has underestimated the power of the Hollywood machine...

This is a story about love, friendship and struggle, set against the backdrop of McCarthy's America, where loyalty has become a complicated thing and compassion is in short supply.

Judy Garland....Lydia Wilson
Sid Luft....Carl Prekopp
Harold Arlen....Nigel Lindsay
Ira Gershwin....Allan Corduner
Jack Warner....David Hounslow
George Cukor....Samuel James
Warner's secretary....Andi Bickers
Taylor....Ian Dunnett Jnr
John Meyer....Nuhazet Diaz Cano

Writer....Sarah Wooley
Sound by Peter Ringrose, Keith Graham and Andy Garrett
Piano played by Peter Ringrose
Production co-ordination by Jenny Mendez
Directed by Abigail le Fleming


SUN 21:30 Compline (m0024dm8)
All Saints and All Souls

A reflective service of night prayer for All Saints and All Souls from the Church of St Anne and St Agnes, Gresham Street, London. With words and music for the end of the day, including works by Bouzignac, Mouton and Handl, sung by the Renaissance Singers.

Introit: In pace in idipsum (Bouzignac)
Preces (Plainsong)
Hymn: Before the ending of the day (plainsong)
Psalm 134 (Plainsong)
Reading: Revelation 7 vv9-12
Responsory: Into thy hands, O Lord (Plainsong)
Anthem: Salva nos, Domine (Mouton)
Canticle: Nunc dimittis (Plainsong)
Anthem: Pater noster (Handl)

David Allinson (Conductor)

To listen on most smart speakers just say “ask BBC Sounds to play Compline”.


SUN 22:00 Night Tracks (m001z5f7)
Bewitching sounds for after dark

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


SUN 23:30 Unclassified (m0024dmd)
Autobahn at 50 - Kraftwerk’s Classical Roots

Released on 1 November 1974, Autobahn was the album that marked the moment when Kraftwerk fully embraced electronic pop music and honed the futuristic, mechanized aesthetic that would become famous. The record was an international success in spite of some decidedly mixed early reviews; and its influence has been felt across a wide variety of genres in the half century since.

Herself a visitor of the band’s iconic Kling Klang studios in Düsseldorf, Elizabeth Alker considers Kraftwerk’s classical roots, placing the album in the context of Twentieth-Century German Classical Music (the musicians themselves have cited the expressionism of Schönberg and Stockhausen’s experiments with sound as key influences.) And, as can be heard in the iconic title track, which unfolds over twenty minutes, the band were borrowing from traditions of structuring music that harken back to older, classical forms, too (in the bringing back and development of themes). Elizabeth also plays contemporary tracks that share a musical kinship with Autobahn, and owe it too, perhaps, a debt of gratitude.

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

MONDAY 04 NOVEMBER 2024

MON 00:30 Through the Night (m0024dmg)
The Heavenly Life

Bach and Mahler from the Musikdorf Ernen Festival with Musikdorf Ernen Festival Orchestra, directed from the violin by Daniel Bard. Penny Gore presents.

12:31 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Ich habe genug, BWV 82, cantata
Thomas Oliemans (baritone), Daniel Bard (violin), Olivier Stankiewicz (oboe), Musikdorf Ernen Festival Orchestra, Daniel Bard (director)

12:53 AM
Guillaume Lekeu (1870-1894)
Adagio pour Quatuor d'Orchestre
Musikdorf Ernen Festival Orchestra, Daniel Bard (violin), Daniel Bard (director)

01:05 AM
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), arr. Erwin Stein
Symphony no 4 in G major
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Musikdorf Ernen Festival Orchestra, Daniel Bard (director)

02:02 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Fantasia, from Partita in C minor BWV.997
Axel Wolf (lute)

02:06 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Violin Sonata no 3 in C major, BWV.1005
Vilde Frang Bjaerke (violin)

02:31 AM
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
Missa Salisburgensis
Collegium Vocale 1704, Collegium 1704, Vaclav Luks (conductor)

03:13 AM
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
Suite for Two Pianos, Op 4b
Soos-Haag Piano Duo

03:44 AM
Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic, Kristjan Järvi (conductor)

03:52 AM
Janez Gregorc (1934-2012)
Sans respirer, sans soupir
Slovene Brass Quintet

03:58 AM
Thomas Demenga (b. 1954)
Summer Breeze
Andrea Kolle (flute), Maria Wildhaber (bassoon), Sarah Verrue (harp)

04:06 AM
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Le Cygne (The Swan) from 'Le Carnaval des Animaux'
Henry-David Varema (cello), Cornelia Lootsmann (harp)

04:09 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Cosi dunque tradisci - recitative and aria for bass voice and orchestra, K.432
Conal Coad (bass), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Dobbs Franks (conductor)

04:15 AM
Ferdo Livadic (1799-1878)
Notturno in F sharp minor
Vladimir Krpan (piano)

04:23 AM
Georg Muffat (1653-1704)
Sonata from Concerto No XI in E minor, 'Delirrium amoris'
L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, Michi Gaigg (director)

04:31 AM
Jean-Baptiste Quinault (1687-1745)
Overture and Dances - from the Comedy 'Le Nouveau Monde' (1723)
L'ensemble Arion

04:39 AM
Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (1665-1734)
Litaniae de Providentia Divina
Aldona Bartnik (soprano), Agnieszka Ryman (soprano), Matthew Venner (counter tenor), Maciej Gocman (tenor), Tomas Kral (bass), Jaromir Nosek (bass), Period Instruments Ensemble, Andrzej Kosendiak (director)

04:49 AM
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
3 pieces, Op 49
Mats Jansson (piano)

04:58 AM
Richard Wagner (1813-1883), arr. Engelbert Humperdinck
Good Friday Music (from "Parsifal")
Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (director)

05:08 AM
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Flute Sonata in G major, Wq.133/H.564 'Hamburger Sonata'
Wilbert Hazelzet (flute), Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

05:15 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Overture in C minor D.8 for strings
Korean Chamber Orchestra

05:25 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op 18
Baiba Skride (violin), Lauma Skride (piano)

05:54 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Der Sturm (The Storm) - madrigal for chorus and orchestra (H.24a.8)
Netherlands Radio Choir, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Antoni Ros-Marba (conductor)

06:04 AM
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Concert champetre for harpsichord and orchestra
Jory Vinikour (harpsichord), Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Minkowski (conductor)


MON 06:30 Breakfast (m0024dn5)
Wake up with classical music

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning 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 (m0024dn7)
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.

1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week


MON 13:00 Classical Live (m0024dn9)
The Van Kuijk Quartet live at Wigmore Hall and Fauré’s Requiem from Paris

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

The week begins with a live concert from London’s Wigmore Hall given by former BBC New Generation Artists the Van Kuijk Quartet, whose accolades include First, Best Beethoven and Best Haydn Prizes at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet competition. The programme features a selection of French mélodies in transcriptions and arrangements for string quartet. Plus we travel to the south west corner of Ireland for the first of our visits this week to the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, recorded in July this year. And to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Gabriel Fauré, the Radio France Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra perform his famous Requiem.

1303
Live from Wigmore Hall, London, presented by Fiona Talkington

Francis Poulenc : C, Fêtes galantes and Les chemins de l’amour
Baptiste Trotignon: Francis
Gabriel Fauré: Mandoline and Après un rêve
Baptiste Trotignon: Gabriel
Eric Satie: Je te veux
Baptiste Trotignon: Erik
Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Baptiste Trotignon: Maurice
Claude Debussy: Petite Suite (excerpts)
Baptiste Trotignon: Claude

Van Kuijk Quartet:
Nicolas Van Kuijk - violin
Sylvain Favre-Bulle - violin
Emmanuel François - viola
Anthony Kondo - cello

1400
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Overture to The Wasps - Aristophanic suite
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 11 in D minor for two violins, cello and strings, RV 565
Camerata Øresund (Baroque ensemble)

Johannes Brahms
3 Intermezzi, Op. 117
Tim Horton (piano)

1500
Gabriel Fauré
Requiem, Op. 48
Radio France Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Mikko Franck (conductor)

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D major, Op. 76 No. 5
Sonoro Quartet

To listen on most smart speakers just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live".


MON 16:00 Composer of the Week (m0024dnc)
Ballroom Blockbusters

Waltz

Donald Macleod takes a whirl around the world through the music of ballroom dancing, as we count down to BBC Radio 3’s Day of Dance on Friday 8th November. With the help of Hilary French, author of Ballroom: A People’s History of Dancing, Donald waltzes across Viennese ballrooms, foxtrots through New York clubs, tries the tango in the arrabales of Buenos Aires, sambas on the streets of Salvador and finally cha-cha-chas his way to Havana.

Today, we begin in 18th-century Vienna, with the emergence of a very scandalous peasants’ dance: the waltz.

Minute Waltz
Frédéric Chopin, composer
Lang Lang, piano

The Blue Danube
Johann Strauss, composer
The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy

Roses from the South – Waltz Op. 388
Johann Strauss, composer
Hallé Orchestra, conducted by Bramwell Tovey

Swan Lake Waltz
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer
London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by André Previn

Waltz of the Flowers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle

The Second Waltz
Dmitri Shostakovich, composer
Johann Strauss Orchestra, conducted by Andre Rieu

Skaters Waltz
Émile Waldteufel, composer
National Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Douglas Gamley

Moon River (instrumental)
Henry Mancini, composer
Johann Strauss Orchestra, conducted by André Rieu

Planetarium
Justin Hurwitz, composer

Produced by Alice McKee for BBC Audio Wales & West

To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Composer of the Week."


MON 17:00 In Tune (m0024dng)
Music news and live classical music

Erland Cooper joins Sean Rafferty in the studio ahead of his concert 'Carve the Runes Then Be Content With Silence' at Saffron Hall. Plus, Dame Harriet Walter introduces her new book 'Shakespeare: She Speaks'.


MON 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m0024dnj)
Classical music for focus or relaxation

Sit back and relax to half an hour of classical music by composers such as Franz Schubert, Stephan Koncz, Ottorino Respighi, Claude Debussy, Sergey Rachmaninov and Florence Price.

Producer: Zara Siddiqi


MON 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (m0024dnl)
Symphonic Storytellers: Anna Sułkowska-Migoń conducts the Ulster Orchestra

Kathy Clugston introduces a colourful programme of Symphonic Storytellers from the Ulster Hall in Belfast. The Ulster Orchestra is conducted by Anna Sułkowska-Migoń - first prize winner at the La Maestra conducting competition in Paris in March 2022.

Its curtain-up with Lutosławski's Little Suite for Orchestra. It was originally written for chamber orchestra in 1950, in response to a commission from Radio Warsaw. It specialised in popular repertoire and the piece, based on folk melodies from the Rzeszów region of southern Poland, quickly gained interest. It was revised and extended for symphony orchestra the following year.

Shostakovich wrote his Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings in 1933, aged 27, as a graduation piece. He had intended to write a trumpet concerto for the Principal Trumpet of the Leningrad Philharmonic, but keen to showcase his own talents as a pianist, he added more and more piano, until it eventually took centre stage. It is full of humour, parody and musical quotes. The soloists in this performance are the internationally acclaimed concert pianist Barry Douglas and Niall Keatley, Principal Trumpet of the BBC Symphony Orchestra - both from Northern Ireland.

Staying with Russia, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherezade rounds off the concert in style. Inspired by the tales of The Arabian Nights, the composer described it as “a kaleidoscope of fairy-tale images” scattered through four movements. Here the solo violin represents Scheherezade himself, with the trombones and basses portraying the cruel Sultan.

During the interval Kathy speaks with Barry Douglas, incorporating a track from his album latest release.

Lutosławski: Little Suite for Orchestra
Shostakovich: Concerto No.1 for Piano, Trumpet and Strings
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

Ulster Orchestra
Anna Sułkowska-Migoń


MON 21:45 The Essay (m001gy4f)
From Biltong to Bobotie - Journeys in South African Cuisine

Black South African Cuisine

Writer and broadcaster Lindsay Johns explores the food of South Africa.

South African cuisine is as varied as South Africa itself, and in this set of Essays, Lindsay will delve into the foods of the Rainbow Nation for five personal and lyrical ruminations on what these foods evoke for him. Each Essay - covering one of South Africa's racial groups - offers distinct memories of different aspects of his many experiences in South Africa. We'll sample the different cuisines, and experience these nuanced and complex communities through Lindsay's eyes, ears, and taste buds.

For his first Essay, Lindsay invites listeners to join him as he samples the cuisine of South Africa’s Xhosa and Zulu township communities – smiley (a boiled sheep’s head in a drum), amangina (chicken, cow, pig, lamb and sheep’s feet served with hot sauce), and pap – a cornmeal porridge so popular it appears on the menu at South African branches of KFC. Lindsay says it does what it ought to do - "placate the belly and nourish the soul."

Producer: Giles Edwards


MON 22:00 Night Tracks (m0024dnq)
A meditative moonlight soundtrack

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


MON 23:30 'Round Midnight (m0024dnv)
Idris Ackamoor's 4/4

‘Round Midnight is presented by award-winning saxophonist Soweto Kinch. This weekday late-night show celebrates the thriving UK jazz scene and spotlights the best new music alongside incredible acts from past decades.

Idris Ackamoor is a saxophonist, composer and bandleader of long-running group The Pyramids. Also a talented tap dancer, Idris is selecting key pieces of music to move to, in a special themed edition of 4/4, ahead of Radio 3's Day of Dance this Friday - he even performs some tap for us along the way. He begins with a piece by the Art Ensemble of Chicago.

Plus, there's music from Robohands, Niwel Tsumbu, Caroline Davis and Playtime.

To listen on most smart speakers, just say: 'Ask BBC Sounds to play Round Midnight.'

TUESDAY 05 NOVEMBER 2024

TUE 00:30 Through the Night (m0024dnz)
Brahms's second piano concerto from Lausanne

French pianist Alexandre Kantorow is the soloist in Brahms's second piano concerto with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra conducted by his father, Jean-Jacques Kantorow. Penny Gore presents.

12:31 AM
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Symphony no 2 in A minor, Op 55
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Jean-Jacques Kantorow (conductor)

12:54 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Concerto no 2 in B flat major, Op 83
Alexandre Kantorow (piano), Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Jean-Jacques Kantorow (conductor)

01:44 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Intermezzo in A major, Op 118 no 2
Alexandre Kantorow (piano)

01:50 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca ('Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année: Italie, S.161)
Alexandre Kantorow (piano)

01:57 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
String Quartet in F major
Spirea Quartet

02:26 AM
Tumasch Dolf (1889-1963)
Me anc egn pintg mumaint (Just a little while)
Schams-Heinzenberg-Domleschg Vocal Ensemble, Luzius Hassler (director)

02:31 AM
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Suite from Platee (Junon jalouse) - comedie-lyrique in three acts (1745)
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (director)

02:56 AM
Anthony Payne (1936-2021)
Of land, sea and sky
BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)

03:25 AM
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Romance for bassoon and piano, Op 62
Maria Wildhaber (bassoon), Alexander Boeschoten (piano)

03:30 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet in D minor, Op 42
Pavel Haas Quartet

03:43 AM
Edouard Lalo (1823-1892)
2 Aubades for orchestra (1872)
CBC Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Swift (conductor)

03:53 AM
Brian Eno (b.1948), arr. Julia Wolfe
Music for Airports 1/2 (1978)
Bang on a Can All-Stars, Wayne du Maine (trumpet), Tommy Hoyt (trumpet), Julie Josephson (trombone), Christopher Washburne (trombone), Wu Man (lute), Katie Geissinger (alto), Phyllis Jo Kubey (alto), Alexandra Montano (alto)

04:05 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Suite no 2 in F major, HWV.427
Allan Rasmussen (harpsichord)

04:14 AM
Antoni Haczewski (C.18th/19th)
Symphony in D major
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrzej Straszynski (conductor)

04:23 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Impromptu in G flat, D.899
Schaghajegh Nosrati (piano)

04:31 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Twill soon be midnight (aria from 'Pique Dame')
Joanne Kolomyjec (soprano), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

04:36 AM
Oskar Merikanto (1868-1924)
Summer night waltz (Op 1) & Summer night idyll (Op 16 no 2)
Eero Heinonen (piano)

04:43 AM
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Sonata no 3 in C minor for flute, 2 violins, cello and continuo
Giovanni Antonini (flute), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (director)

04:52 AM
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)

05:08 AM
Richard Charlton (b.1955)
Dances for the Rainbow Serpent
Guitar Trek

05:19 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Serenade for winds in D minor, Op 44
Polish Radio Orchestra, Warsaw, Michal Klauza (conductor)

05:44 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Cello Sonata no 4 in C major, Op 102 no 1
Rafael Rosenfeld (cello), Marianna Shirinyan (piano)

05:59 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Gallimathias Musicum, K.32
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi (conductor)

06:15 AM
Nicolas Gombert (c.1495-c.1560)
Credo a 8
BBC Singers, Bo Holten (conductor)


TUE 06:30 Breakfast (m0024fzj)
Your classical alarm call

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning 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 (m0024fzl)
The very best of classical music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

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.

1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week


TUE 13:00 Classical Live (m0024fzn)
The Chiaroscuro Quartet at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe. Today, world-renowned string group the Chiaroscuro Quartet perform music by Beethoven, recorded in the intimate setting of Bantry House at this year’s West Cork Chamber Music Festival. There is also music by Stanford and Vivaldi from West Cork, and we hear Bach from a concert given by Le Concert des Nations in the Palace of Charles V, in the Alhambra, Granada. Plus the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra play Roxanna Panufnik’s imaginative reworkings of three songs by Alma Mahler and former BBC New Generation Artist Helen Charlston sings songs by Clara Schumann.

1303
Igor Stravinsky
Fireworks
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor)

Charles Villiers Stanford
Fantasy No. 2 for Clarinet and String Quartet
Matthew Hunt (clarinet)
Signum Quartet

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for strings in G minor, RV 157
Camerata Øresund (Baroque ensemble)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata in D major, K 311
Elisabeth Brauss (piano)

Alma Mahler/Roxanna Panufnik
Alma’s Songs without Words: 1. Hymne; 2. Ansturm; 3. Hymne an die Nacht
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot (conductor)

1400
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (director)

Clara Schumann
6 Songs, Op. 13
Helen Charlston (mezzo soprano)
Sholto Kynoch (piano)

Edward MacDowell
2 Fragments after the Song of Roland
BBC Philharmonic
John Wilson (conductor)

1500
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130
Chiaroscuro Quartet

To listen on most smart speakers just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live".


TUE 16:00 Composer of the Week (m0024fzq)
Ballroom Blockbusters

Foxtrot

Donald Macleod takes a whirl around the world through the music of ballroom dancing, as we count down to BBC Radio 3’s Day of Dance on Friday 8th November. With the help of Hilary French, author of Ballroom: A People’s History of Dancing, Donald waltzes across Viennese ballrooms, foxtrots through New York clubs, tries the tango in the arrabales of Buenos Aires, sambas on the streets of Salvador and finally cha-cha-cha’s his way to Havana.

Today, we venture into the seedy clubs of 1910s New York, as ballroom powercouple Vernon and Irene Castle go in search of the next dance phenomenon.

One For Daddy-O
Nat Adderley, composer
Cannonball Adderley, alto saxophone
Hank Jones, piano
Miles Davis, trumpet
Sam Jones, double bass
Art Blakey, drums

Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin, composer
Alexander Peskanov, piano

Pine Apple Rag
Scott Joplin, composer
Alexander Peskanov, piano

Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Irving Berlin, composer
Boston Pops Orchestra, conducted by Arthur Fiedler

Heartaches
Al Hoffman, composer
Sid Phillips & his Melodians with Al Bowlly

The Memphis Blues
WC Handy, composer
Louis Armstrong, trumpet & vocals
Ella Fitzgerald & Bing Crosby, vocals

Take The A Train
Duke Ellington, composer & piano

It Don’t Mean A Thing
Duke Ellington, composer & piano
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Ivie Anderson, vocal

Boo-Hoo
Jack Hylton, composer
Jack Hylton and his Orchestra

Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)
Jack Hylton, composer
Eartha Kitt, vocals

Produced by Alice McKee for BBC Audio Wales & West

To listen on most smart speakers just say “ask BBC Sounds to play Composer of the Week”


TUE 17:00 In Tune (m0024fzs)
Live classical music for your drive

Yevgeny Kutik joins Sean Rafferty in the studio ahead of his Bob Boas Salon Concerts. Plus, Rachel Nicholls and Stuart Pendred promote the Ambassador concert of the Oxford Opera Company.


TUE 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m0024fzv)
The perfect classical half hour

A 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including Debussy's atmospheric 'La Cathedrale Engloutie' evoking an ancient, sunken cathedral; Marianna Martines' baroque symphony; Pablo Casal's 'Song of the Birds' and finishing with choral composer Eleanor Daley's beautiful anthem.

Produced by Zerlina Vulliamy.


TUE 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (m0024fzx)
Nordic Music Days: Isabelle Faust and the RSNO

As part of Nordic Music Days festival held in Scotland for the first time in 136 years, one of the world's leading violinists Isabelle Faust joins the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Music Director Thomas Sondergard. The North Sea and an evening with birds are conjured in Rune Glerup’s work About Light and Lightness. Glerup says ‘my violin concerto would never have been written if I had not met Isabelle Faust’. After the interval, the extraordinary energy of Sibelius Symphony No 7 takes place alongside a performance of Hildur Jonsdottir's Tacet: Extrinsic, a work for silent performer. Plus music by Aileen Sweeney and Errollyn Wallen.
Presented by Ian Skelly and recorded in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

Lisa Robertson: Change is Coming
Errollyn Wallen: Northern Lights
Rune Glerup: About Light and Lightness
Bent Sorensen: Evening Land
Sibelius: Symphony No 7
Hildur Jónsdóttir Tacet: Extrinsic
Aileen Sweeney: Glisk

Isabelle Faust - violin
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Hildur Jónsdóttir - silent performer
Big Noise Govanhill
Thomas Sondergard - conductor

To listen on most smart speakers just say “ask BBC Sounds to play Radio 3 In Concert”

Presenter: Ian Skelly
Producer: Laura Metcalfe


TUE 21:45 The Essay (m001gyn4)
From Biltong to Bobotie - Journeys in South African Cuisine

White South African Food

Writer and broadcaster Lindsay Johns explores the food of South Africa.

South African cuisine is as varied as South Africa itself, and in this set of Essays, Lindsay will delve into the foods of the Rainbow Nation for five personal and lyrical ruminations on what these foods evoke for him. Each Essay - covering one of South Africa's racial groups - offers distinct memories of different aspects of his many experiences in South Africa. We'll sample the different cuisines, and experience these nuanced and complex communities through Lindsay's eyes, ears, and taste buds.

For this second Essay, we find Lindsay walking up Table Mountain in Cape Town, and munching on biltong, what he calls "the most regal and masculine of all amuse-bouches". We'll hear, too, about the importance of the braai, and about the central place of meat in white South African cuisine. But as Lindsay chews this all over, he mulls an important question: for many years this cuisine was seen as the ‘Oppressors’ food’ – so should he still be reluctant to eat it?

Producer: Giles Edwards


TUE 22:00 Night Tracks (m0024fzz)
Music for the darkling hour

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


TUE 23:30 'Round Midnight (m0024g01)
A BBC Introducing track from Slow Karma

‘Round Midnight is presented by award-winning saxophonist Soweto Kinch. This weekday late-night show celebrates the thriving UK jazz scene and spotlights the best new music alongside incredible acts from past decades.

Composer, saxophonist and bandleader Idris Ackamoor is back with his second dance-themed 4/4 selection, plus another snippet of tap dancing. Tonight he's gone for a track by Grachan Moncur III.

Plus, there's music from Wildflower, Yasmin Williams and Carmen Souza.

To listen on most smart speakers, just say: 'Ask BBC Sounds to play Round Midnight.'

WEDNESDAY 06 NOVEMBER 2024

WED 00:30 Through the Night (m0024g03)
Music for the Queen of Heaven

The Swedish Radio Choir and acclaimed British conductor Harry Bradford perform a concert with music by Renaissance and Baroque composers praising the Virgin Mary. Penny Gore presents.

12:31 AM
Anonymous
Salve Regina
Swedish Radio Choir, Harry Bradford (conductor)

12:34 AM
Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Ave virgo sanctissima
Swedish Radio Choir, Harry Bradford (conductor)

12:38 AM
Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Alma redemptoris mater (five part motet)
Swedish Radio Choir, Harry Bradford (conductor)

12:44 AM
Joan Cererols (1618-1676)
Regina Caeli
Swedish Radio Choir, Johan Hammarström (organ), Harry Bradford (conductor)

12:46 AM
Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672)
Deutsches Magnificat
Swedish Radio Choir, Johan Hammarström (organ), Harry Bradford (conductor)

12:53 AM
Michael Haydn (1737-1806)
Ave Regina Caelorum
Swedish Radio Choir, Harry Bradford (conductor)

01:02 AM
Peter Philips (1560-1628)
Gaude Maria Virgo
Swedish Radio Choir, Harry Bradford (conductor)

01:08 AM
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)
Stabat Mater
Swedish Radio Choir, Harry Bradford (conductor)

01:17 AM
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Maria, quid ploras ad momentum
Swedish Radio Choir, Johan Hammarström (organ), Harry Bradford (conductor)

01:21 AM
Caterina Assandra (c.1590-1655)
Salve Regina
Swedish Radio Choir, Johan Hammarström (organ), Harry Bradford (conductor)

01:25 AM
Robert Parsons (c.1535–1571/2)
Ave Maria
Swedish Radio Choir, Harry Bradford (conductor)

01:30 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quintet in C major, Op 29
Yggdrasil String Quartet

02:03 AM
Gunnar de Frumerie (1908-1987)
Hjärtats sånger (Songs of the Heart), Op 27
Claes-Hakan Ahnsjo (tenor), Thomas Schuback (piano)

02:17 AM
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Divertimento assai facile for guitar and fortepiano (J.207)
Jakob Lindberg (guitar), Niklas Sivelov (pianoforte)

02:31 AM
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Violin Concerto in B minor, Op 61
Nikolaj Znaider (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)

03:19 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Transcendental study no 11 in D flat major
Jeno Jando (piano)

03:29 AM
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Sonata for flute/recorder and keyboard in E flat major, BWV.1031
Imre Lachegyi (recorder), Zsuzsanna Nagy (harpsichord)

03:41 AM
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Adagio for Strings, Op 11
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Richard Dufallo (conductor)

03:52 AM
Leo Delibes (1836-1891)
Couplets de Nilacantha de l'acte II de l'opera "Lakme"
Nicola Ghiuselev (bass), Orchestre de l'Opera National de Sofia, Rouslan Raitchev (conductor)

03:56 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), arr. Franz Danzi
Duos from "Cosí fan Tutte"
Duo Fouquet

04:05 AM
Johannes Bernardus van Bree (1801-1857)
Concert Overture in B minor
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen (conductor)

04:16 AM
Monk of Salzburg (c.1340-c.1392)
In aller werlt mein liebster hort
Ensemble fur Fruhe Musik Augsburg

04:23 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Rondo capriccioso in E major/minor, Op 14
Sook-Hyun Cho (piano)

04:31 AM
Max Reger (1873-1916)
Nachtlied
Copenhagen Young Voices, Poul Emborg (director)

04:34 AM
Mel Bonis (1858-1937)
From Suite Orientale, Op 48 no 2: Prelude & Danse d'almées
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba (conductor)

04:42 AM
Benjamin Godard (1849-1895)
Berceuse de Jocelyn
Henry-David Varema (cello), Cornelia Lootsmann (harp)

04:48 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Symphony no 22 in E flat major (H.1.22) "The Philosopher"
Prima La Musica, Dirk Vermeulen (conductor)

05:04 AM
Anthon van der Horst (1899-1965)
La Nuit, Op 63 no 1
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Eric Ericson (conductor)

05:13 AM
Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Fratres
Tobias Feldmann (violin), Marianna Shirinyan (piano)

05:25 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Four Nocturnes: Op 27 no 1; Op 27 no 2; Op 37 no 1; Op 37 no 2
Dubravka Tomsic (piano)

05:48 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Concerto for Flute, Violin and Cello, TWV 53:A2
Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Jaroslaw Thiel (conductor)

06:09 AM
Granville Bantock (1868-1946)
Celtic symphony
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)


WED 06:30 Breakfast (m0024dr5)
Classical music to start the day

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning 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 (m0024dr7)
Celebrating classical greats

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

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.

1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week


WED 13:00 Classical Live (m0024dr9)
Gabriela Montero in Sweden and Mozart from the West Cork Chamber Music Festival

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

Today, sensational Venezuelan pianist-composer Gabriela Montero performs her own ‘Latin’ Concerto with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra at a concert given last August in Stockholm. We return to the West Cork Chamber Music Festival for Mozart from the Signum Quartet, and begin in the Palace of Charles V in the Alhambra, Granada, where Jordi Savall directs his ensemble Le Concert des Nations in music by Vivaldi.

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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in B minor for Four Violins, Op. 3 No. 10
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (director)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in G major K.387
Signum Quartet

Sergei Rachmaninov
Vocalise
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne
Cristian Măcelaru (conductor)

1400
Gabriela Montero
Piano Concerto No. 1, 'Latin Concerto'
Gabriela Montero (piano)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marta Gardolińska (conductor)

Gabriela Montero
Improvisation on the Swedish drinking song ‘Helan går’
Gabriela Montero (piano)

To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live."


WED 15:00 Choral Evensong (m0024drc)
Clare College, Cambridge

Live from the Chapel of Clare College, Cambridge.

Introit: Justorum animae (Stanford)
Responses: Lucy Walker
Psalms 32, 33, 34 (Jones, Randall, Pratt)
First Lesson: Proverbs 3 vv27-35
Canticles: Clare Service (Graham Ross) (world premiere)
Second Lesson: Matthew 18 vv21-35
Anthem: How are the mighty fallen (Ramsey)
Hymn: O God, our help in ages past (St Anne)
Voluntary: Elegy (Ireland)

Graham Ross (Director of Music)
Daniel Blaze (Sir William McKie Senior Organ Scholar)
Evie Perfect (Junior Organ Scholar)

To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Choral Evensong."


WED 16:00 Composer of the Week (m0024drf)
Ballroom Blockbusters

Tango

Donald Macleod takes a whirl around the world through the music of ballroom dancing, as we count down to BBC Radio 3’s Day of Dance on Friday 8th November. With the help of Hilary French, author of Ballroom: A People’s History of Dancing, Donald waltzes across Viennese ballrooms, foxtrots through New York clubs, tries the tango in the arrabales of Buenos Aires, sambas on the streets of Salvador and finally cha-cha-chas his way to Havana.

Today, we travel to the arrabales of rural Argentina, a cultural melting pot where African rhythms are combined with Spanish melodies and Italian harmonies, and the tango is born.

Por Una Cabeza
Carlos Gardel, composer & vocals

Mi Noche Triste
Carlos Gardel, composer & vocals

Volver
Carlos Gardel, composer & vocals

Adios Muchachos
Carlos Gardel, composer & vocals

Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)
Richard Adler & Jerry Ross, composers
Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra

The Golden Tango
Victor Silvester, composer
Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra

Hear My Song Violetta
Rudolf Luckesch, composer
Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra

Malena
Conjunto Berretin, composers & performers

Tango to Evora Bandoneon
Conjunto Berretin, composers & performers

Tango
Goran Bregovic, composer
Athens Symphony Orchestra

Prologue-Tango Apasionada
Astor Piazzolla, composer
Astor Piazzolla and his orchestra

Libertango
Astor Piazzolla, composer
Alison Balsom, trumpet
Göteborg Symfoniker, conducted by Edward Gardner

Oblivion
Astor Piazzolla, composer
Eduardo Hubert, piano
Martha Argerich, piano

Balada para un Loco
Astor Piazzolla, composer
Astor Piazzolla and his Orchestra
Roberto Goyenche, vocals

Produced by Alice McKee for BBC Audio Wales & West

To listen on most smart speakers, just say: “Ask BBC Sounds to play Composer of the Week."


WED 17:00 In Tune (m0024drh)
Classical artists live in the studio

The Zoffany Ensemble joins Sean Rafferty in the studio, ahead of their concert at Conway Hall. Plus, Aleksandra Kurzak promotes her new album 'Falcon' with Aparte.


WED 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m0024drk)
30 minutes of classical inspiration

Sit back and relax to half an hour of classical music by composers such as Gabriel Faure, J.S Bach, Cecile Chaminade, Ola Gjeilo, Jean Cras and Maurice Ravel.

Producer: Zara Siddiqi


WED 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (m0024drm)
Nordic Music Days: Lawrence Power and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

As part of Nordic Music Days festival held in Scotland for the first time in 136 years, the internationally acclaimed violist Lawrence Power joins the SCO and Principal Guest conductor Andrew Manze for Anders Hillborg’s astounding Viola Concerto. Jay Capperauld sketches six crime scenes in his darkly inspired work, while Madeleine Isaksson’s Flow traces rivers in northern Sweden. To close, James MacMillan’s second symphony, dedicated to fellow Ayrshireman Andrew O’Hagan.

Jay Capperauld: Death in a Nutshell
Anders Hillborg: Viola Concerto (Scottish Premiere)
Madeleine Isaksson: Flows (Tornio) (Scottish Premiere)
James MacMillan: Symphony No 2

Lawrence Power – viola
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Manze - conductor

To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Radio 3 In Concert."

Presenter - Stephen Broad
Producer - Laura Metcalfe


WED 21:45 The Essay (m001gyyj)
From Biltong to Bobotie - Journeys in South African Cuisine

Coloured South African Food

Writer and broadcaster Lindsay Johns explores the food of South Africa.

South African cuisine is as varied as South Africa itself, and in this set of Essays, Lindsay will delve into the foods of the Rainbow Nation for five personal and lyrical ruminations on what these foods evoke for him. Each Essay - covering one of South Africa's racial groups - offers distinct memories of different aspects of his many experiences in South Africa. We'll sample the different cuisines, and experience these nuanced and complex communities through Lindsay's eyes, ears, and taste buds.

For his third Essay, Lindsay will describe the cuisine he knows, and loves, the best: Cape Coloured cuisine. We'll learn about snoek (barracuda), pickled fish, mince and cabbage stew and the Gatsby steak sandwich. It is, he says, the quintessential poor man’s fusion cuisine - and the most under-rated and overlooked food in the whole country.

Producer: Giles Edwards


WED 22:00 Night Tracks (m0024drp)
Immersive music for late night listening

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


WED 23:30 'Round Midnight (m0024drr)
Sounds from Sélène Saint-Aimé

'Round Midnight is presented by award-winning saxophonist Soweto Kinch. This weekday late-night show champions the thriving UK jazz scene and spotlights the best new music alongside incredible acts from past decades.

Idris Ackamoor is spending the week picking gems from his record collection in 4/4 - in a special edition celebrating movement, ahead of Radio 3's Day of Dance this Friday. The saxophonist, bandleader and tap dancer's third selection, is by Odell Brown & The Organ-izers.

Plus, there's music from Eriska, Mammal Hands and Marla Kether.

To listen on most smart speakers just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Round Midnight".

THURSDAY 07 NOVEMBER 2024

THU 00:30 Through the Night (m0024drt)
Benjamin Appl and James Baillieu in Madrid

A recital from German baritone Benjamin Appl with pianist James Baillieu featuring lieder by Schubert, Brahms, Wolf and others. Penny Gore presents.

12:31 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Seligkeit, D.433

12:32 AM
Max Reger (1873-1916)
Des Kindes Gebet, from 'Schlichte Weisen, Op 76 Volume II'

12:34 AM
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Er ist's, from 'Mörike-Lieder Volume I'

12:36 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Wiegenlied. Zar bewegt, from '5 Lieder, Op 49'

12:38 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Der Einsame, D.800

12:42 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Mondnacht, WoO.21

12:45 AM
Franz Schreker (1878-1934)
Waldeinsamkeit

12:48 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Mein Mädel hat einen Rosenmund, from '49 Deutsche Volkslieder'

12:50 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Allerseelen, from 'Letzte Blätter, Op 10 no 8'

12:54 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Nachtstück, D.672

01:00 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Drang in die Ferne, D.770

01:03 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Der Wanderer an den Mond, D.870

01:05 AM
Adolf Strauss (1902-1944)
Ich weiss bestimmt, ich werd Dich wiedersehn

01:09 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Das Heimweh, D.456

01:11 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Der Wanderer, D.489

01:16 AM
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Heimweh, from 'Mörike Lieder, IHW 22, Volume III'

01:20 AM
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Gesang Weylas, from 'Mörike Lieder, IHW 22, Volume IV'

01:22 AM
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen, from 'Rückert-Lieder'

01:29 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Atys, D.585

01:33 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Feldeinsamkeit, Op 86 no 2

01:37 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Six Songs, Op 48

01:52 AM
Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Youkali

Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano)

01:55 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), transc. Franz Liszt
7 Schubert Song transcriptions from S.560, S.561 & S.565
Naum Grubert (piano)

02:22 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
2 Hungarian Dances - no 11 in D minor, no 5 in G minor
Sinfonia Varsovia, Robert Trevino (conductor)

02:31 AM
Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611/2-1675)
Suite in D minor for gambas, 'Erster Fleiss'
Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director)

02:46 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Symphony no 1 in G minor, 'Winter Daydreams'
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Buribayev (conductor)

03:28 AM
Bernhard Molique (1802-1869), transc. Giulio Regondi, arr. Joseph Petric and Erica Goodman
6 Songs without words
Joseph Petric (accordion), Erica Goodman (harp)

03:41 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Sonata in G minor (H.16.44)
Petras Geniusas (piano)

03:52 AM
Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682)
Ardo, sospiro e piango
Emma Kirkby (soprano), David Thomas (bass), Jakob Lindberg (lute), Anthony Rooley (lute and director)

03:59 AM
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
Pastorale d'été
Argovia Philharmonic, Rune Bergmann (conductor)

04:08 AM
Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935), George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Passacaglia after Handel
Byungchan Lee (violin), Cameron Crozman (cello)

04:15 AM
Johann Michael Bach (1648-1694)
Halt was du hast
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier (director)

04:22 AM
Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
Introduction to Act III & Dances of the Highlanders from 'Halka'
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)

04:31 AM
Ilmari Hannikainen (1892-1955)
Ensi Lumi (First Snow)
Risto Kyro (piano)

04:36 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
The Four Seasons - Winter
Davide Monti (violin), Il Tempio Armonico

04:44 AM
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Clarinet Concertino in E flat major, Op 26
Kari Kriikku (clarinet), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)

04:54 AM
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
'Vivan los que rien' - Salud's aria from Act I scene 1 of "La Vida Breve"
Manon Feubel (soprano), Orchestre Symphonique de Laval, Jacques Lacombe (conductor)

05:00 AM
Nino Rota (1911-1979)
Otto e mezzo (Eight and a Half)
Hungarian Brass Ensemble

05:05 AM
Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012), arr. David Lindup
Murder on the Orient Express - music from the film
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba (conductor)

05:17 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet no 2 in G major, Op 18 no 2
Amar Quartet

05:43 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata in B flat major, K.333
Gabor Farkas (piano)

06:02 AM
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35
Chantal Juillet (violin), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Franz-Paul Decker (conductor)


THU 06:30 Breakfast (m0024dys)
Classical sunrise

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning 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 (m0024dyv)
Your perfect classical playlist

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.

1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week


THU 13:00 Classical Live (m0024dyx)
Mendelssohn and Haydn at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival

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

Today we’re back in Bantry for more from the West Cork Chamber Music Festival with the Nightingale Quartet playing Mendelssohn and the Chiaroscuro Quartet performing Haydn. There’s more from the Palace of Charles V in the Alhambra, Granada as harpsichordist Luca Guglielmi joins Le Concert des Nations for a concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach. And we visit Verbier in Switzerland for music from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, with Vasily Petrenko conducting the Verbier Festival Orchestra.

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Liam Taylor-West
Making Space
BBC Concert Orchestra
Anna-Maria Helsing (conductor)

Felix Mendelssohn
String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
Nightingale Quartet

Luise Adolpha le Beau
Violin Sonata in C minor
Elena Urioste (violin)
Tom Poster (piano)

1400
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Luca Guglielmi (harpsichord)
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (director)

Linda Catlin Smith
Adagietto
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Paterson (conductor)

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C major Op. 33 No. 3, ‘Bird’
Chiaroscuro Quartet

1500
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker (Act 2)
Verbier Festival Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 4 violins in E minor, Op. 3 No. 4 RV550
Camerata Øresund (Baroque ensemble)

To listen on most smart speakers just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live".


THU 16:00 Composer of the Week (m0024dyz)
Ballroom Blockbusters

Samba

Donald Macleod takes a whirl around the world through the music of ballroom dancing, as we count down to BBC Radio 3’s Day of Dance on Friday 8th November. With the help of Hilary French, author of Ballroom: A People’s History of Dancing, Donald waltzes across Viennese ballrooms, foxtrots through New York clubs, tries the tango in the arrabales of Buenos Aires, sambas on the streets of Salvador and finally cha-cha-chas his way to Havana.

Today we take to the streets of post-slavery Brazil and the backyards of baianas, where the first ever samba circles are forming.

Afro Soca
South London Samba

Pelo Telefone
Donga, composer
Martinho Da Vila, performer

Um a Zero
Benedito Lacerda, composer & performer
Pixinguinha, performer

Carinhoso
Pixinguinha, composer & performer
Elizeth Cardoso, vocals

Vem pro Samba, Mulata
Heitor dos Prazeres, composer & performer

Sonho Meu
Dona Ivone Lara, composer & performer
Djavan, additional vocals

Cinco Bailes da História do Rio
Dona Ivone Lara, composer & performer

Coisinha do Pai
Beth Carvalho, composer & performer

Canto de Ossanha
Vinicius de Moraes & Baden Powell, composers
Elza Soares, performer

Tiro Ao Alvaro
Elis Regina, composer & performer

Preciso Me Encontrar
Cartola, composer & performer

Foi Um Rio Que Passou
Paulinho Da Viola, composer & performer

Samba e Amor
Chico Buarque, composer & performer

Capoeira Mata Um
The Fontanas

Levanta Povo!
Samba Que Elas Querem

Produced by Alice McKee for BBC Audio Wales & West

To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Composer of the Week."


THU 17:00 In Tune (m0024dz1)
Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.


THU 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m001mmfx)
Switch up your listening with classical music

Radio 3's weeknight mix of classical music, specially curated to usher in your evening. Tonight, John Dowland sleeps, Franz Liszt dreams of love, and things get electric with Steve Reich and Pat Metheny. Plus music by Sibelius, Bach and Parry.

Producer: David Fay


THU 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (m0024dz5)
Mozart, Britten and Schumann

In the middle of the 20th century composers Benjamin Britten and Witold Lutosławski were kindred creative spirits. Each crafted ravishing songs for the tenor voice of Peter Pears. In tonight's concert a great singer of our times, Mark Padmore, steps into his shoes to perform two song-cycles at the heart of a typically imaginative programme from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's chief conductor Ryan Wigglesworth. Mozart opens the evening in a blaze of sunlight, and Schumann’s most personal symphony brings it to a close: strong emotions, spoken with love.

Live from City Halls, Glasgow

Presented by Kate Molleson

Mozart: Symphony No 34
Britten: Nocturne
Lutoslawski: Paroles Tissées (Woven Words)
Schumann: Symphony No 2

Mark Padmore (tenor)
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Radio 3 in Concert."


THU 21:45 The Essay (m001gz2b)
From Biltong to Bobotie - Journeys in South African Cuisine

South African Indian Food

Writer and broadcaster Lindsay Johns explores the food of South Africa.

South African cuisine is as varied as South Africa itself, and in this set of Essays, Lindsay will delve into the foods of the Rainbow Nation for five personal and lyrical ruminations on what these foods evoke for him. Each Essay - covering one of South Africa's racial groups - offers distinct memories of different aspects of his many experiences in South Africa. We'll sample the different cuisines, and experience these nuanced and complex communities through Lindsay's eyes, ears, and taste buds.

In today's Essay, Lindsay introduces Bunny chow, a dish made from a hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with curry, which was created in Durban, and is today the most famous dish of Durban’s Indian community – one of the largest in the world outside India itself. Born at a time when Indian restaurateurs were prevented by law from serving food to black workers - the dish was served surreptitiously so that passing police forces would see only a loaf of bread - today it is a national staple.

Producer: Giles Edwards.


THU 22:00 Night Tracks (m0024dz7)
Dissolve into a nocturnal soundworld

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


THU 23:30 'Round Midnight (m0024dz9)
New Kokoroko

‘Round Midnight is presented by award-winning saxophonist Soweto Kinch. This weekday late-night show celebrates the thriving UK jazz scene and spotlights the best new music alongside incredible acts from past decades.

Idris Ackamoor, leader of The Pyramids, has been pulling out gems from his record collection all this week in a special 4/4 celebrating jazz dance - ahead of Radio 3's Day of Dance this Friday. His final choice is by jazz's favourite Saturnian, Sun Ra.

The Pyramids' latest album, Afro Futuristic Dreams, is out now.

Plus, there's music from BBC Introducing artists Gan Gemi, as well as Tania Maria and Sofie Birch.

To listen on most smart speakers just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Round Midnight".

FRIDAY 08 NOVEMBER 2024

FRI 00:30 Through the Night (m0024dzc)
American Sounds

Alison Balsom plays Wynton Marsalis's Trumpet Concerto, alongside music by Samuel Barber and Aaron Copland's Third Symphony. Cristian Măcelaru conducts the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Penny Gore presents.

12:31 AM
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Essay for Orchestra no 1, Op 12
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cristian Măcelaru (conductor)

12:40 AM
Wynton Marsalis (b.1961)
Trumpet Concerto
Alison Balsom (trumpet), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cristian Măcelaru (conductor)

01:14 AM
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Symphony no 3
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cristian Măcelaru (conductor)

01:57 AM
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
In the Beginning
Katarina Bohm (mezzo soprano), Swedish Radio Choir, Tonu Kaljuste (conductor)

02:15 AM
Ned Rorem (1923-2022)
Cries and whispers for trumpet and piano
Alison Balsom (trumpet), Alasdair Beatson (piano)

02:22 AM
Artie Matthews (1888-1959)
Pastime Rags (1913-20): Slow Drags no 2
Donna Coleman (piano)

02:27 AM
George Gershwin (1898-1937), Earl Wild (1915-2010)
Embraceable You
Francesco Piemontesi (piano)

02:31 AM
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
Clarinet Quartet in E flat major
Martin Frost (clarinet), Tobias Ringborg (violin), Ingegerd Kierkegaard (viola), John Ehde (cello)

02:58 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Dixit Dominus for SSATB soloists and double choir and orchestra in D major
Choir of Latvian Radio, Riga Chamber Players, Sigvards Klava (conductor)

03:29 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Ferruccio Busoni
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV.565
Valerie Tryon (piano)

03:37 AM
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Overture to 'Les Vêpres siciliennes'
WDR Radio Orchestra, Rasmus Baumann (conductor)

03:47 AM
Paul Juon (1872-1940)
Fairy Tale for cello and piano in A minor, Op 8
Esther Nyffenegger (cello), Desmond Wright (piano)

03:52 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
3 Songs: 'Liebesbotschaft', 'Heidenroslein' and 'Litanei auf das Fest'
Bryn Terfel (bass baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

04:02 AM
Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764)
Concerto for violin in E flat major, Op 7 no 6 "Il Pianto d'Arianna"
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director)

04:16 AM
Walter Gieseking (1895-1956)
Chaconne on a Theme by Scarlatti after Keyboard Sonata in D minor K.32
Joseph Moog (piano)

04:24 AM
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
An Imaginary journey to the Faroes
Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic, Kristjan Jarvi (conductor)

04:31 AM
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)
Cuba (Suite espanola no 1, Op 47 no 8)
Tomaz Rajteric (guitar)

04:37 AM
Juan Crisostomo Arriaga (1806-1826)
Los Esclavos Felices - overture
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor)

04:44 AM
Nicola Matteis Jr. (c.1675-1737)
Passaggio rotto and Fantasia, from 'Ayres for the Violin, Part II'
Eva Saladin (violin)

04:50 AM
Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), orch. Jon Washburn
Messe Basse
Henriette Schellenberg (soprano), Vancouver Chamber Choir, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Jon Washburn (conductor)

05:00 AM
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784)
Three Polonaises (from 12 Polonaises F.12 for keyboard)
Dirk Borner (harpsichord)

05:09 AM
Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950)
Concertino in the Classical Style, Op 3, for piano and chamber orchestra
Horia Mihail (piano), Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra, Horia Andreescu (conductor)

05:26 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Preludes (excerpts books 1 & 2)
Francesco Piemontesi (piano)

05:47 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet in D major, Op 64 no 5 (Hob.III.63) "Lark"
Bartok String Quartet

06:04 AM
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Concerto for flute and strings in G major, Wq.169
Robert Aitken (flute), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)


FRI 06:30 Breakfast (m0024dy4)
Day of Dance

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show, with Darcey Bussell joining him in the studio to kickstart Radio3's Day of Dance.

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


FRI 09:30 Essential Classics (m0024dy6)
Day of Dance

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. For today's special Day of Dance programme, she's joined by choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh.

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.

1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week


FRI 13:00 Classical Live (m0024dy8)
Day of Dance

Tom McKinney showcases specially recorded performances of dance-related music from great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

Part of Radio 3's Day of Dance, today's programme includes a special live concert from the Arnolfini in Bristol featuring current BBC New Generation Artists the Kleio Quartet and pianist Julius Asal, who performs music from Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet. We’ll also hear orchestral dances from Ravel and Rachmaninov, and music from Amilcare Ponchielli’s opera La Gioconda – the famous Dance of the Hours.

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Maurice Ravel
La Valse
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Felix Ardanaz (conductor)

Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Sauvages
Ryan Corbett (accordion)

Amilcare Ponchielli
Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

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Live from the Arnolfini in Bristol - a concert featuring current BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Kleio Quartet and pianist Julius Asal. Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Erwin Schulhoff
5 Pieces for String Quartet
Kleio Quartet

Benjamin Britten
3 Divertimenti
Kleio Quartet

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 76 No. 4, “Sunrise” (3rd mvt, Minuet)
Kleio Quartet

Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet (exceprts, piano version)
Julius Asal (piano)

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Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances, op. 45
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Stanislav Kochanovsky (conductor)

Andre Danican Philidor the elder
Bourrée D’Avignonez
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (director)

To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live."


FRI 16:00 Composer of the Week (m0024dyb)
Ballroom Blockbusters

Cha-cha-cha

Donald Macleod takes a whirl around the world through the music of ballroom dancing, in celebration of BBC Radio 3’s Day of Dance on Friday 8th November. With the help of Hilary French, author of Ballroom: A People’s History of Dancing, Donald waltzes across Viennese ballrooms, foxtrots through New York clubs, tries the tango in the arrabales of Buenos Aires, sambas on the streets of Salvador and finally cha-cha-cha’s his way to Havana.

In today's final instalment, Donald takes to the clubs of Cuba to learn how the danzón-mambo evolved into the most recognisable rhythm in ballroom dance: two, three, cha-cha-chà.

Mambo No 5
Perez Prado, composer & performer

La Cucaracha
Perez Prado, composer & performer

Mambo No 8
Perez Prado, composer & performer

La Enganadora
Enrique Jorrin, composer
Enrique Jorrin Y Su Orquesta

Silver Star
Enrique Jorrin, composer
Enrique Jorrin Y Su Orquesta

Rico Vacilon
Enrique Jorrin, composer
Enrique Jorrin Y Su Orquesta

La Blusa Azul
Enrique Jorrin, composer
Enrique Jorrin Y Su Orquesta

The Peanut Vendor
Perez Prado, composer & performer

Besame Mucho
Consuelo Velázquez, composer
Los Panchos

Pata Pata
Miriam Makeba, composer & performer

Sway
Luis Demetrio & Pablo Beltrán Ruiz, composers
Perez Prado, performer
Rosmary Clooney, vocals

Oye Como Va
Tito Puente, composer & performer

Sabor a Mi
Eydie Gorme, composer
Trio Los Panchos

Doble Quince
Mobey Lola Irizarry, composer & performer

La Palma
Lulada Club

Lulada Llego
Lulada Club

Produced by Alice McKee for BBC Audio Wales & West

To listen on most smart speakers just say “ask BBC Sounds to play Composer of the Week”


FRI 17:00 In Tune (m0024dyd)
Ease into your evening with classical music

Sean Rafferty celebrates the Day of Dance on Radio 3 with live flamenco music and dancing in the studio from City Academy artists ahead of their Ascendance showcase at Sadler's Wells, plus an interview with dancer and choreographer Akram Khan.


FRI 19:00 Classical Mixtape (m0024dyg)
Day of Dance

"I could have danced all night" sings Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, and whirls you into half an hour of back to back classical music celebrating Radio 3's Day of Dance. Tap your feet to music by Madeleine Dring, J.S. Bach and Leonard Bernstein, stamp your feet to the Dufay Collective's Medieval English stomp, sway to the rhythms of Anthony Holborne and Johannes Brahms, and practise your rumba with the help of a seductive Milonga from Astor Piazzolla.

Producer: Helen Garrison


FRI 19:30 Friday Night is Music Night (m0024dyj)
Night of Dance with Craig Revel Horwood

The BBC Concert Orchestra is joined by conductor Daniel Parkinson to celebrate all things dance. Katie Derham and Craig Revel Horwood reunite after their appearance on Strictly Come Dancing, to introduce showstoppers and toe-tappers from around the world. Making her debut with the orchestra is Madeleine Morgan, recent recipient of the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year, who will be singing some of her favourite musical numbers. So get on your dancing shoes, and hit the floor!

Presented by Katie Derham and Craig Revel Horwood in Alexandra Palace, recorded on the 6th of November.

Rodney Bennett, arr Sutherland: Orient Express Waltz
Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (Summer)
Prokofiev: Cinderella Suite No 1, Op 107 (selection)
Gershwin: I Got Rhythm
Rodgers: Do I Hear a Waltz?
Márquez: Danzón No 2
Gershwin, arr Riddle: Promenade, ‘Walking the Dog’ (Shall We Dance)
Quincy Jones, arr. Malloy: Soul Bossa Nova
Johnson, arr Hall/Malloy: Charleston
Chaminade: Callirhoë Suite, Op 37 (Pas du voile)
Hamlisch: Music and the Mirror (from A Chorus Line)
Various, arr Docker: Let’s face the Music and Dance: Memories of Fred Astaire

Madeleine Morgan
BBC Concert Orchestra
Daniel Parkinson (conductor)


FRI 21:45 The Essay (m001gz1f)
From Biltong to Bobotie - Journeys in South African Cuisine

Cape Malay South African Cuisine

Writer and broadcaster Lindsay Johns completes his exploration of South African food, as he discusses the national dish, and what it says about the Rainbow Nation.

South African cuisine is as varied as South Africa itself, and in this set of Essays, Lindsay has delved into its different cuisines for five personal and lyrical ruminations on what these foods evoke for him. Each Essay - covering one of South Africa's racial groups - offers distinct memories of different aspects of his many experiences in South Africa. We'll sample the different cuisines, and experience these nuanced and complex communities through Lindsay's eyes, ears, and taste buds.

In today's final Essay, Lindsay strolls through the picture postcard community of Bo-Kaap in Cape Town, on his way to eat a personal favourite - tomato bredie. His lunch companion, meanwhile, orders bobotie - a meal which originated in the country's Cape Malay community but has now become the national dish. And as he reflects on the series, Lindsay wonders what this development says about finding a balance between acknowledging South Africa's troubling past and making a future together.

Producer: Giles Edwards


FRI 22:00 Late Junction (m0024dyl)
Dancing with Boss Morris

Radio 3’s Day of Dance keeps things moving to the very end, as Verity Sharp puts her best foot forward for a Late Junction Morris dancing session in Stroud. There, amongst the clank of sticks and the jingle of ankle bells, we hear from Boss Morris, a female folk collective who seek to transform the tradition of Morris dancing for the modern era. We hear how they navigate the thorny history of folk dance traditions, explore what it might mean to be ‘English’, and look to bring the form to wider, more inclusive audiences.

Elsewhere in the show, Verity brings the Day of Dance to a euphoric close with a mix of adventurous tracks from across the globe. You are invited to swoon to a languid foot-stomping accordion number from Ireland’s County Sligo and slow dance to the artisanal battente guitar melodies of a peasant collective from Puglia. Plus, we step into the club for some rugged electronic experiments from Berlin-based Debmaster (featuring fiery rap from Uganda’s MC Yallah) and dance the night away with a rapturous, polyrhythmic cascade of drum beats and samples from Chicago’s finest footwork master, RP Boo.

Produced by Cat Gough
A Reduced Listening Production for BBC Radio 3

To listen on most smart speakers, just say: “Ask BBC Sounds to play Late Junction.”


FRI 23:30 'Round Midnight (m0024dyn)
Jazz Dance with Gary Nurse

'Round Midnight is presented by award-winning saxophonist Soweto Kinch. This weekday late-night show celebrates the thriving UK jazz scene and spotlights the best new music alongside incredible acts from past decades.

Fridays on 'Round Midnight sound a little different, and to celebrate BBC Radio 3's Day of Dance - Soweto invites dancer, choreographer and broadcaster Gary Nurse, to pick some classics of the late 80s UK jazz dance scene, and paint a picture of his time with respected collective IDJ. Expect selections from Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Dave Pike and Working Week.