Thursday 9th September 2004

07:00

Morning on 3

9 September 2004

Presented by Penny Gore.

Music includes, from 7.00am

Debussy (orch Ducasse): Music for King Lear
City of Birmingham SO
Simon Rattle (conductor)

Dvorak: Nocturne, Op 40 in B vers vln & pf, B48 [orig Intermezzo of Str 5tet, Op 77]
Anthony Marwood (violin)
Susan Tomes (piano)

Joseph Martin Krauss: Sinfonia da chiesa in D
Concerto Koln

Elgar: Serenade for string orchestra, Op 20 in Em
The Bournemouth Sinfonietta
George Hurst (conductor)

Wolf: Verborgenheit [Morike]
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)

From 8.30am

Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in F (1838)
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Alexander Markovich (piano)

Georg Bohm: Choralpartita Ach wie nichtig, ach wie fluchtig'
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)

Schumann: Symphony No 2 in C, Op 61
Dresden Staatskapelle
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

9 September 2004

With Jonathan Swain.

Sibelius: Rakastava, Op 14
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor)

Roussel: Symphony No 3, Op 42
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

Haydn: Arianna a Naxos, Hob XXVIb 2
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
John Constable (piano)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 in Cm, Op 37
Myra Hess (piano)
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini (conductor)

Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Op 43 Suite No 2
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Peter Maxwell Davies (b. 1934)

4. Orkney stories

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies talks to Donald Macleod about the life, history and culture of the Orkney community.

Lullaby for Lucy
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)

The Martyrdom of St Magnus (extract: the miracle)
Music Theatre Wales
Scottish Chamber Opera Ensemble
Michael Rafferty (conductor)

The Beltane Fire (extract: Scene V)
BBC Philharmonic
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor)

Black Pentecost 1979 - extract of final section
Della Jones (mezzo-soprano)
David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
BBC Philharmonic
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor)

A spell for Green Corn - The Macdonald Dances
James Clark (violin)Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

West Cork Chamber Music Festival

9 September 2004

Another programme from Ireland's premier chamber music festival, presented by Sean Rafferty.

Shostakovich: String Quartet No 4
St Petersburg Quartet

Weber: Clarinet Quintet Op 34
Romain Guyot (clarinet)
RTE Vanburgh Quartet

14:00

BBC Proms 2004

Prom 56 repeat

Another chance to hear the RPO's Proms performance of Beethoven's powerfully heroic Third Symphony. The concert opens with Hindemith's virtuosic Concert Music which is followed by the lush orchestrations of the songs Wagner wrote whilst sketching the ideas for Tristan und Isolde, and the poignant Liebestod from that opera.

Presented by Graeme Kay.

Hindemith: Concert Music for Brass and Strings
Wagner (orch Mottl): Wesendonck-Lieder *
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from "Tristan und Isolde" *
Beethoven: Symphony No 3 (Eroica)

Deborah Voigt (soprano) *
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniele Gatti (conductor)

16:00

Brian Kay's Light Programme

9 September 2004

Brian Kay plays light classics. Featuring Charles Williams conducting the Queen's Hall Light Orchestra, plus music by Robert Farnon, Brian Douglas and Irving Berlin.

17:00

In Tune

9 September 2004

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and arts news. At 6.45pm, Christopher Cook presents the pieces by the prize winners of the BBC Proms/Guardian Young Composers Concert 2004.

19:30

BBC Proms 2004

Prom 72

To mark this year's Anglo-French celebration of the Entente Cordiale, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie present a concert marking the 300th anniversary of the death of Marc-Antoine Charpentier with a programme of sumptuous choral music. Perhaps better known for his operas, Charpentier also wrote a huge amount of grand and intimate sacred works for his aristocratic patron, the devout Madamoiselle de Guise.

Presented by Lucie Skeaping.

Continues after Twenty Minutes.

Programme notes, composer and artist profiles and "now playing" information for each main evening Prom are available on LiveText via Dab radio and Freeview.

Charpentier: Requiem (Messe pour les trepasses, H2+12+311) *;Messe pour plusieurs instruments au lieu des orgues, H513; Te Deum, H.146 +

Orlanda Velez Isidro (soprano) *+
Olga Pitarch (soprano) *+
Paul Agnew (tenor) *+
Jeffrey Thompson (tenor) *
Topi Lehtipuu (tenor) *+
Marc Mauillon (tenor) *
Jo?o Fernandes (bass) *+
Bertrand Bontoux (bass) *

Choir and Orchestra of Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (conductor)

20:30

Twenty Minutes

The Princess and the Carpenter

By Michelene Wandor.

Charpentier, who wrote all the music in this evening's concert, also wrote the first sonata to be composed in France, commissioned by the Marie, the Duchess of Guise, a cousin of Loius XIV. This play imagines the encounter between the composer and the duchess in which she asks for a piece of music which will shock the court. In a flirtatious tussle, hinting of intrigue, she plans an act of cultural revenge.

Marie ...... Miriam Margolyes
Charpentier ...... Sam Dastor

Directed by Julian May.

20:50

BBC Proms 2004

Prom 72

Introduced by Lucie Skeaping, live from the Royal Albert Hall. Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of Les Arts Florissants/William Christie conclude tonight's Prom featuring music by Charpentier.

21:45

Weekday Feature

The Art of Laziness

Is indolence the enemy or ally of creativity? Who gets labelled lazy and why? Is idleness the refuge of the supine or is passive resistance possible? The poet and critic Patrick McGuinness traces the cultural history of idleness from the leisured Romans to the agitated indolence of the situationists in 60's Paris. With contributions from Andrew Motion, Mary Beard , Valentine Cunningham and David Dabydeen.

22:30

Late Junction

9 September 2004

Verity Sharp's selections include male voice choral music from Georgia, piano music by Henry Cowell, latin jazz from Eddie Palmieri and his Orchestra, and Arvo Part's Pilgrim Song.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Erich Korngold (1897 - 1957)

5. Return to Vienna

The later years of Erich Korngold's life were overshadowed by the time he had spent in Hollywood as one of the most successful film composers of the period. When Nazi occupation was over and it was safe to return home to Vienna the world he had known eleven years earlier had disappeared forever. The family house had been requisitioned for refugees and was in a state of disrepair. The Opera House which had put on so many performances of his music had been burned out. Many of their friends and relatives had either emigrated or been killed in the Holocaust. Korngold planned a comeback but he discovered that his music was now regarded as being out of step and old fashioned.

With Donald Macleod.

Prayer, Op 32
Stephen Gould (tenor)
Ladies of the Mozart Choir Linz
Bruckner Orchestra Linz
Caspar Richter (conductor)

Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35
Ulrike-Anima Mathe (violin)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)

Symphony in F sharp (1st movement)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Franz Welzer-Most (conductor)

Mond so gehst du wieder auf (Abschiedslieder)
Linda Finnie (contralto)
BBC Philharmonic
Edward Downes (conductor)

01:00

Through the Night

9 September 2004

Part One

With Susan Sharpe.

01: 00 AMBulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Raichev: Symphony No.2 'The New Prometheus'
Vasil Stefanov (conductor) [recorded in 1977]
Alexander Raichev: Symphony No.6 'Liturgical'
Milen Nachev (conductor) [recorded in 1995]

02: 15 AMVivaldi: Cantata - Gloria in D major (RV.588)
Olga Gracelj (soprano)
Eva Novsak Homska (mezzo-soprano)
Andrej Jare (organ)
Choir Consortium Musicum
Orchestra of Slovenian Philharmonic
Marko Munih (conductor)

02: 45 AMTelemann: Overture in F major
Collegium Aureum
Franzjosef Maier (concert master)

02: 55 AMAntonio Soler: Fandango in D minor (R.146)
Scott Ross (harpsichord)

03: 05 AMMendelssohn: Piano Trio No.1 in D minor (Op.49)
The Tori Trio

03: 40 AMMozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor (K.491)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn (piano/conductor)

04: 10 AMBach: Motet - Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf (BWV.226)
Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)]

04: 20 AMRudolf Buchbinder: Paraphrase on J. Strauss
Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)

04: 25 AMDavid Popper: Fantasie uber kleinrussische Lieder (Op.43)
Janos Starker (cello)
Alain Planes (piano)

04: 40 AMSchubert (arr. Ralf Gothoni): Der Muller und der Bach (Die schone Mullerin (D.795)
Ralf Gothoni (piano)

04: 45 AMMarjan Mozetich: Postcards from the Sky
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

05:00

Through the Night

9 September 2004

Part Two

Susan Sharpe concludes this morning's programme.

5.00am
Mozart: Overture - La Clemenza di Tito, K621
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Sebastian Weigle (conductor)

5.05am
Ole Buck: Two Faery Songs - O shed no tear; Ah! Woe is me!
Danish National Radio Choir
Kaare Hansen (conductor)

5.10am
Grieg (arr Unknown): Aase's Death (Peer Gynt suite No 1)
Finnish Harp Quartet

5.15am
Liszt: Prometheus - symphonic poem, S99
The Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Volodymyr Sirenko (conductor)

5.30am
Falla: Spanish Dance
Eolina Quartet

5.35am
Lutoslawski: Dance preludes
Joaquin Valdepe?as (clarinet)
Patricia Parr (piano)

5.45am
Ester Magi: Murdunud aer (The broken oar)
Estonian National Male Choir
Ants Soots (director)

5.50am
Leopold Hoffmann: Flute Concerto in D
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Bienne Symphony Orchestra
Marc Tardue (conductor)

6.10am
Francaix: 11 Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Members of Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Hannu Koivula (conductor)

6.25am
Joseph Touchemoulin: Sinfonia in C major
Neue Dusseldorfer Hofsmusik

6.45am
CPE Bach: Flute Sonata in C, Wq 73
Konrad Hunteler (flute)
Ton Koopman (harpsichord)