Thursday 1st July 2004

07:00

Morning on 3

1 July 2004

Presented by Sandy Burnett.

Music includes, from 7.00am

Satie: Sports et divertissements
Aldo Ciccolini (piano)

Martinu: Half-time
Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra
Petr Vronsky (conductor)

R Strauss: Heimliche Aufforderung; Morgen (Lieder) Op 27
Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone)
Justus Zeyen (piano)

From 8.30am

Beethoven: Sonata in E, Op 109
Freddy Kempf (piano)

Caldara: Medea in Corinto
Gerard Lesne (counter-tenor)
Il Seminario Musicale

10:00

CD Masters

1 July 2004

With Rob Cowan.

Borodin: Prince Igor - Overture
London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati (conductor)

Palestrina: Tota pulchra es, amica mea (The Song of Songs)
Pro Cantione Antiqua
Bruno Turner (director)

Lully: Divertissement
Guillemette Laurens (soprano)
Capriccio Stravagante
Skip Sempe (harpsichord)

Wolf: Trau' nicht der Liebe; Kopfchen, Kopfchen, nicht gewimmert; Bedeckt mich mit Blumen; In dem Schatten meiner Locken (The Spanish Song Book)
Rita Streich (soprano)
Erik Werba (piano)

Haydn: String Quartet in G major, Op 76 No 1
Wiener Konzerthaus Quartet

Nikolai: 'Nun eilt herbei' (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Act I)
Rita Streich (soprano)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kurt Gaebel (conductor)

Schumann (orch Mahler): Symphony No 4 in D minor, Op 120 (1851 version)
Bergen Symphony Orchestra
Aldo Ceccato (conductor)

Milhaud: 4 Chansons de Ronsard, Op 223
Rita Streich (soprano)
Erik Werba (piano)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Camille Saint-Saens (1835 - 1921)

4. All the World's a Stage

For any self-respecting composer in 19th Century France, success in the opera house was what really mattered. Camille Saint-Saens, as Donald Macleod reveals, was no exception, but this was the nut he found hardest to crack.

'Le Bonheur est chose legere' from Le Timbre d'Argent
Alma Gluck (soprano)
Efrem Zimbalist (violin)
Samuel Chotzinoff (piano)

La Princess jaune, Op.30 (excerpts)
Lena ...... Maria Costanza Nocentini (soprano)
Kornelis ...... Carlo Allemano (tenor)
Swiss Italian Orchestra
Francis Travis (conductor)

Henry VIII (excerpt)
Anne Boleyn ...... Lucile Vignon (mezzo-soprano)
Don Gomez ...... Alain Gabriel (tenor)
Henry VIII ...... Philipppe Rouillon (baritone)
Catherine of Aragon ...... Michelle Command (soprano)
Churs due Theatre des Arts de Rouen
Orchestre Lyrique Francais
Alain Guingal (conductor)

Samson et Dalila (excerpts)
Dalila ...... Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Carlo Rizzi (conductor)

Parysatis - 'Airs de Ballet'
London Philharmonic
Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Across the Divide/Shostakovich and Britten

1 July 2004

City of London Festival.

Introduced by Petroc Trelawny from St Lawrence Jewry. Song cycles by Britten and Shostakovich ending with Britten's 2nd Canticle.

Britten: Winter Words
Shostakovich: Spanish Songs, Op 100
Britten: Abraham and Isaac

John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Louise Winter (mezzo-soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)

14:00

Afternoon Performance

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

The orchestra take up this week's Czech theme with a Fantastic Scherzo by Suk, and Smetana's evocation of the river running through his homeland. Plus more water-inspired music by Takemitsu.

Presented by Tommy Pearson.

Smetana: Vltava (Ma Vlast)
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Takemitsu: I hear the water dreaming
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)

Suk: Fantastic Scherzo
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Brahms: Serenade No 1 in D major, Op 11
Christian Gansch (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

1 July 2004

With Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson. Today, music from Zimbabwe, love songs, a challenge for any pianist and music from Making Tracks Live, recorded in May at St David's Hall in Cardiff.

16:00

Brian Kay's Light Programme

1 July 2004

Light music classics, presented by Brian Kay.

17:00

In Tune

1 July 2004

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

19:30

Performance on 3

St Magnus Festival 2004

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Birthday Concert

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)

21:15

BBC Singers

Monteverdi

Monteverdi's ever-popular setting of words from Psalm 112.

Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus vir

BBC Singers
His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

21:30

Night Waves

1 July 2004

Landmarks: In the series devoted to celebrating the great landmarks of culture, Paul Allen and guests discuss William Golding's classic novel Lord of the Flies, published 50 years ago.

22:00

The Wire

My Arm

'At the age of ten, for want of anything more meaningful to do, I put my arm above my head and kept it there. Now thirty years on, I'm so full of meaning, it's killing me.'

This study of bloody-mindedness, modern art and how the things we do when we're ten stick with us for life is written and performed by Tim Crouch, and features Owen Crouch within a specially created soundscape by Chris Dorley-Brown.

23:00

Late Junction

1 July 2004

Selected recordings from the career of Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Egberto Gismonti, Norway's Jaga Jazzist and Paul Horn's legendary flute improvisations recorded inside the Taj Mahal in 1968 are amongst Fiona Talkington's choices.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)

5. A Prophet Without Honour

Donald Macleod looks at how Grainger anticipated many modern trends in Western music, but his old age brought frustration as his music and ideas became increasingly neglected.

Handel in the Strand
Martin Jones (piano)

The Lonely Desert-Man Sees the Tents of the Happy Tribes
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Della Jones (mezzo-soprano)
Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Penelope Thwaites (piano)

Free Music
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

Lincolnshire Posy
The Central Band of the RAF
Wing Commander Eric Banks (conductor)

Brigg Fair; The Gypsy's Wedding Day
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)

Suite: 'In a Nutshell'
CBSO
Simon Rattle (conductor)

01:00

Through the Night

1 July 2004

Part One

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
BBC Philharmonic, recorded in 2001

Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Jan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No 5, Op 103 in F major 'Egyptian'
Stephen Hough (piano)
Jan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 1 in G minor, Op 13 'Reves d'hiver'
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

2.20am
Kreisler: Ghasel; Praise of Islay; Ein altes Lied; The Old Refrain
Frederik Zetterstrom (baritone)
Anders Kilstrom (piano)

2.35am
Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango
Musica Camerata Montreal

2.45am
Karel Husa: Concerto for Wind Ensemble
Cincinnati Wind Symphony
Mallory Thompson (conductor)

3.05am
Edward MacDowell: Suite for large orchestra in A minor, Op 42
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
Howard Hanson (conductor)

3.25am
Rameau: Dardanus (orchestral suites)
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

4.05am
Cavalli: Sinfonia - La Calisto
Concerto Vocale
Rene Jacobs (conductor)

4.10am
Kaspar Forster: Vanitas vanitatum - dialogus de Divite et paupere Lazaro
La Capella Ducale
Musica Fiata Koln
Roland Wilson (conductor)

4.20am
Giustini: Sonata in F major, Op 1 No 3
Melvyn Tan (fortepiano)

4.30am
Vagn Holmboe: Domino anima mea, Op 59a
Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)

4.45am
Puccini: Un bel di vedremo (Madama Butterfly)
Grace Moore (soprano)
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Willem Mengelberg (conductor)

4.50am
Nicolai: Overture - The Merry Wives of Windsor
RTV Slovenian Symphony Orchestra
Marko Munih (conductor)

05:00

Through the Night

1 July 2004

Part Two

Susan Sharpe concludes this morning's programme.

5.00am
Wagner (arr Humperdinck): Good Friday Music (Parsifal)
Canadian Chamber Ensemble
Raffi Armenian (conductor)

5.10am
Philippus de Monte: O suavitas et dulcedo
BBC Singers
Peter Phillips (conductor)

5.15am
Marenzio: Se quel dolor che va innanzi al morire
Pascal Bertin (countertenor)
Ensemble Daedalus
Roberto Festa (director)

5.20am
Sweelinck: Allein zu dir Herr Jesu Christ
Leo van Doeselaar (organ)

5.35am
Vivaldi: Sonata for oboe, violin and continuo in C major, RV 779
Camerata Koln

5.50am
Pisendel: Sonata in C minor
Barbara Jane Gilbey (violin)
Sue-Ellen Paulsen (cello)
Geoffrey Lancaster (harpsichord)

6.05am
Mozart: Quartet in G major K387
Orford String Quartet

6.35am
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 16 in G major, Op 31 No 1
Richard Goode (piano)