Tuesday 29th June 2004

07:00

Morning on 3

29 June 2004

Sandy Burnett presents music by Scarlatti, Ibert, Barber, Beethoven and Handel.

Music includes, from 7.00am

Scarlatti: Sonatas in E, Kk 531; in A, Kk 322
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

Ibert: Escales
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch (conductor)

Barber: Despite and Still, Op 41
Eric Cutler (tenor)
Bradley Moore (piano)

From 8.30am

Beethoven: Sonata in C minor, Op 13 'Pathetique'
Leon McCawley (piano)

Handel: La Lucrezia
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano)
Harry Bicket (harpsichord)
Stephen Stubbs (lute)
Phoebe Carrai (cello)
Margriet Tindemans (viola da gamba)

10:00

CD Masters

29 June 2004

With Rob Cowan.

Strauss: 'Wenn froh des Lenzes Ruf erschallt' (G'schichten aus dem Wiener Wald)
Rita Streich (soprano)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kurt Gaebel (conductor)

Schumann: Symphony No 2 in C, Op 61
NDR Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)

Mozart: Das Veilchen, K476; Oiseaux, si tous les ans, K307; Dans un bois solitaire, K308; Ridente la calma, K152
Rita Streich (soprano)
Erik Werba (piano)

Bartok: Rhapsody No 1
Joseph Szigeti (violin)
Bela Bartok (piano)

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Wind Ensemble
Charles Mackerras (conductor)

Offenbach: 'Les Oiseaux dans la charmille' (Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Act 2)
Rita Streich (soprano)
RIAS Chamber Choir
RIAS Symphony Orchestra, Berlin
Richard Kraus (conductor)

Sibelius: Nightride and Sunrise, Op 55
London Symphony Orchestra
Anthony Collins (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Camille Saint-Saens (1835 - 1921)

2. Soirees Musicales

In 19th century Paris, the Soiree Musicale, or musical evening, was a fixture of the social calendar. Any self-respecting host or hostess, even if they had only a passing interest in music, would regularly throw such events. In today's programme, Donald Macleod explores this salon world - one which the gifted and gregarious Saint-Saens inhabited with ease.

Romance in F major, Op 36
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Pascal Devoyon (piano)

La Cloche
Anne-Marie Rodde (soprano)
Noel Lee (piano)

Le Chant de ceux qui s'en vont sur la mer
Francois Le Roux (baritone)
Graham Johnson (piano)

Tarantelle for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra, Op 6
Susan Milan (flute)
James Campbell (clarinet)
London Philharmonic
Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

Guitare
Francois Le Roux (baritone)
Graham Johnson (piano)

Une flute invisible
Anne-Marie Rodde (soprano)
Noel Lee (piano)
Andras Adorjan (flute)

Grasselette et Maigrelette
Francois Le Roux (baritone)
Graham Johnson (piano)

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No 3 in B minor, Op 61
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Orchestre de Paris
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Across the Divide/Shostakovich and Britten

29 June 2004

City of London Festival.

1/4. Andrew McGregor introduces the first of four lunchtime concerts from a collection of London's Wren churches featuring works by Britten and Shostakovich. Each concert will also feature a specially commissioned poem by Jo Shapcott in which she gives her personal response to the music and the wider themes of conflict and resolution. Today's concert comes from St Margaret Pattens Eastcheap.

Britten: Quartet No 3
Shostakovich: Quartet No 12

Brodsky String Quartet

14:00

Afternoon Performance

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

With Tommy Pearson. The orchestra continue Afternoon Performance's Czech focus with a performance of Dvorak's mighty Stabat Mater, with a top line-up of soloists, recorded at the 2002 Proms season.

Mozart: Adagio in E for violin and orchestra, K261
Krysia Osostowicz (violin)
Joseph Swensen (conductor)

Dvorak: Stabat Mater
Janice Watson (soprano)
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto)
Paul Charles Clarke (tenor)
John Tomlinson (bass)

BBC National Chorus of Wales
London Symphony Chorus
Richard Hickox (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

29 June 2004

Music for younger listeners presented by CBBC's Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson. Today, music from Ireland, a stomp from America, a dance from ancient Egypt and a brand new concerto for double bass.

16:00

Voices

Mark Padmore Spotlight

Ian Burnside talks to tenor Mark Padmore, well known for his work in early music and for his remarkable performances of the Evangelist in Bach's Passions, about recordings which have influenced or delighted him. They include Finzi sung by Wilfred Brown, Gerorges Thill singing Gounod, as well as Tom Waits' Filipino Box Spring Hog.

17:00

In Tune

29 June 2004

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, news and reviews from the arts world.

19:30

Performance on 3

St Magnus Festival 2004

Complete performance

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Birthday Concert

The Master of the Queen's Music and founder of the St Magnus Festival celebrates his 70th birthday in style as he conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and local musicians from the Orkney Island of Sanday.

Presented by Linda Ormiston.

Maxwell Davies: Six Sanday Tunes
Sanday Fiddle Club

Maxwell Davies: A Reel of Seven Fishermen

Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23 in A, K488
Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)

Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise
Iain MacDonald (bagpipes)

20:40

BBC Singers

Spitalfields Festival 2001

Motets by two key figures of the early Baroque - Giovanni Gabrieli and his pupil Heinrich Schutz - together with two contemporary reworkings of the music of the period.

Heinrich Schutz: Herr, unser Herrscher
Henry Purcell arr. Sandstrom: Hear my prayer, O Lord
Bo Holten: In nomine
Giovanni Gabrieli: In ecclesiis
Heinrich Schutz: Danket dem Herrn

BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts

21:30

Night Waves

29 June 2004

Another edition of the arts and ideas magazine.

22:15

Late Junction

29 June 2004

Fiona Talkington's focus on Iran includes the sound of pre-revolutionary vocal legend Googoosh and also exclusive field recordings made recently by Radio 3 in various parts of the country. Plus an outing for Terry Riley's A rainbow in curved air.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)

3. The Democratic Racist

Grainger said he had 'the democratic heart of an Australian', Donald Macleod looks at how Grainger's views on racial purity coloured all his relationships.

Hubby and Wifey
Della Jones (mezzo-soprano)
Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Penelope Thwaites (piano)

Jutish Medley
Penelope Thwaites (piano)

To a Nordic Princess
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Colonial song
Della Jones (mezzo-soprano)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Penelope Thwaites (piano)

Marching song of Democracy
RNCM Wind Orchestra
Clark Rundell (conductor)

The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart
RNCM Wind Orchestra
Timothy Reynish (conductor)

01:00

Through the Night

29 June 2004

Part One

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Utrecht Early Music Festival 2003
Hille Perl and Friederike Heumann perform gamba and lyra viol music by Thomas Ford, John Jenkins, Gottfried Finger and Ferrabosco, recorded at the Lutherse Kerk, Utrecht on 5 September 2004

1.55am
Arthur Sullivan: Symphony in E major 'Irish'
BBC Philharmonic
Richard Hickox (conductor)

2.30am
Felix Nowowiejski: Missa pro pace, Op 49 No 3
Polish Radio Choir
Andrzej Bialko (organ)
Wlodzimierz Siedlik (conductor)

3.10am
Wilhelm Stenhammar: String Quartet No 2 in C minor, Op 14
Yggdrasil String Quartet

3.40am
Wagner: Morgendammerung; Siegfried's Rheinfahrt; Siegfried's Tod und Trauermarsch; Finale from Gotterdammerung
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Frubeck de Burgos (conductor)

4.10am
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op 35 No 1
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

4.20am
C P E Bach: Klopstocks Morgengesang am Schopfungsfeste, Wq 239
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Johanna Koslowsky (soprano)
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert
Herman Max (conductor)

4.30am
Anthoni Van Noordt: Fantasia 1 in D minor
Leo van Doeselaar (organ)

4.35am
Ture Rangstom: Partita for Violin and Orchestra
Bernt Lysell (violin)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Niklas Willen (conductor)

4.50am
Giovanni Felice Sances: Cantada sopra il passacaglia Usurpator tiranno
Accordone

05:00

Through the Night

29 June 2004

Part Two

Susan Sharpe concludes the programme.

5.00am
Sibelius: Hostkvall (Autumn Evening) Op 38 No 1
Soile Isokoski (soprano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

5.05am
Martinu: Variations on a Slovak Theme
Peter Jarusek (cello)
Daniela Varinska (piano)

5.15am
Roussel: Bacchus et Arianne - Suite No 2
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)

5.35am
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No 3 in A minor, Op 28 from old notebooks
Emil Gilels (piano)

5.45am
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Three Wonders from The tale of Tsar Saltan - suite
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

5.55am
Brahms: Geistliches Lied Op 30
BBC Singers
Stephen Betteridge (piano)
Bob Chilcott (conductor)

6.00am
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, Hob VIIe 1
Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Nicolae Moldoveanu (conductor)

6.15am
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: Csazem gdy dlugo ma pol sennie marze (Sometimes. When long I dream half asleep)
Urszula Kryger (mezzo-soprano)
Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska (piano)

6.20am
Johann Pisendel: Sonata in C minor
Michael Niesemann, Alison Gangler (oboes)
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

6.25am
Purcell: See, see, even Night herself is here; Hark How all things (The Fairy Queen)
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Monica Huggett (conductor)

6.35am
Anon (arr Pedro Memelsdorff, Andreas Staier): Court Masques under Charles I and II
Pedro Memelsdorff (recorder)
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

6.40am
Giles Farnaby: The King's hunt - variations MB 24 49
John Bull: King's hunt MB 19 125
Pierre Hantai (harpsichord)

6.50am
Frederik Pacius: Overture - King Charles' Hunt
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)