Wednesday 2nd March 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

2 March 2005

Presented by Penny Gore.

Music includes, from 7.00am

Gesualdo: O tenebroso giorno; Se tu fuggi, io non resto; T'amo, mia vita! (5th book of madrigals)
The Consort of Musick
Anthony Rooley

Richard Rodney Bennett: Film music - Murder on the Orient Express
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Marcus Dods

Francaix: Divertissement for bassoon and string quintet
Melos Ensemble

From 8.30am

Rimsky-Korsakov (arr Lindberg): Concerto in B flat
Christian Lindberg (trombone)
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Osmo Vanska

Bach: Partita No 2 in Dm: Chaconne
Oleg Kagan (violin)

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro - Act II, scenes 1-2
Soloists
Concerto Koln
Rene Jacobs

10:00

CD Masters

2 March 2005

With Jonathan Swain.

Tippett: Symphony No 4
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

Kodaly (arr Lakatos): Kallai kettos (Kallo Double Dance)
Roby Lakatos (violin) and his Ensemble

Kodaly: Missa Brevis
Maria Gyurkovics, Edit Gancs, Timoa Cser (soprano)
Magda Tiszay (contralto)
Endre Rosler (tenor)
Gyorgy Littassy (bass)
Budapest Choir
Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra
Zoltan Kodaly (conductor)

Brahms: Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn, Op 56b
Murray Perahia, Sir Georg Solti (piano)

Wagner: Das Rheingold - Close of Scene IV
Fricka ...... Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
Rhinemaidens ...... Oda Balsborg, Hetty Plumacher, Ira Malaniuk (soprano)
Loge ...... Set Svanholm (tenor)
Donner ...... Eberhard Wachter (baritone)
Wotan ...... George London (bass-baritone)
Fasolt ...... Walter Kreppel (bass)
Fafner ...... Kurt Bohme (bass)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000)

Part Three

"My success is quite a surprise to me; for the first half of my life I was known as the composer who was never performed. I had no luck until the great conductor Leopold Stokowski conducted one of my pieces and decided to champion my work."

The 1950s marked the high tide of Alan Hovhaness's success as a composer, in particular with works such as 'Mysterious Mountain', which was championed by Fritz Reiner.

Donald Macleod recounts the story of this period.

Upon Enchanted Ground, Op 90 no 1, for Flute, Cello, Giant Tam-Tam, and Harp
Yolanda Kondonassis (harp)
Frank Hendrickx (flute)
Herwig Coryn (cello)
Patrick de Smet (tam-tam)

Symphony no 2, 'Mysterious Mountain', Op 132
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)

Symphony no 15, 'Silver Pilgrimage' Op 199
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

[Rpt of Wed 12.00pm]

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Prague and Vienna

Lukas Vondracek

2/4. Petroc Trelawny introduces a series of concerts from Belfast's Waterfront Hall featuring music from those great European musical capitals, Prague and Vienna.

Today the young Czech pianist Lukas Vondracek plays music by Mozart, Novak and Smetana.

Mozart: Sonata in C, K330
Novak: Songs of a Winter Night
Smetana: The Dreams

14:00

Afternoon Performance

BBC Concert Orchestra

Martin Handley joins the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in London for a live edition of Afternoon Performance. New Generation Artists Colin Currie and Martin Frost perform, and the stage and screen continues with ballet music from Khachaturian and film music from John Williams.

Wagner: Die Meistersingers Overture

Rossini: Introduction, Theme and Variations
Martin Frost (clarinet)

Khachaturian: Gayane - excerpts

Malcolm Arnold (arr Lane): Sea Shanties

Thea Musgrave: Wood, Metal, Skin
Colin Currie (percussion)

John Williams: film music

Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

2 March 2005

Music for younger listeners presented by CBBC's Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson.

16:00

Choral Evensong

Live from Lichfield Cathedral

Introit: We Wait for Thy Loving Kindness, O God (McKie)
Responses: Paul Halley
Psalm: 15, 96 (Allbright, Ashfield)
First Reading: Ecclesiasticus 3 vv17-24
Canticles: Dorchester Service (Tarik O'Regan)
Second Reading: 1 Timothy 6 vv11b-16
Anthem: The Spirit of the Lord (Elgar)
Final Hymn: Thy Hand, O God, Has Guided (Thornbury)
Organ Voluntary: Fete (Langlais)

Organist and Master of the Choristers: Philip Scriven
Assistant Organist: Alexander Mason

17:00

In Tune

2 March 2005

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and keeps us up to date with what's happening in the arts world.

19:30

Opera On 3

La Traviata

Complete performance

The second of this week's broadcasts from Welsh National Opera's debut season at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.

Nuccia Focile and Peter Wedd star as the tragic lovers in this modern production of Verdi's timeless tale, conducted by Carlo Rizzi.

Violetta ..... Nuccia Focile
Alfredo ...... Peter Wedd
Giorgio Germont ...... Jonathan Summers
Baron Douphol ...... Eddie Wade
Flora ...... Amanda Baldwin
Marquis of Obigny ...... Gareth Rhys-Davies
Doctor Grenvil ...... David Soar
Gaston ...... Philip Lloyd Holtam
Annina ...... Sian Meinir
Giuseppe ...... Michael Clifton-Thompson
A Peasant ...... John King
Flora's Servant ...... George Newton-Fitzgerald

Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera
Carlo Rizzi (conductor)

22:00

Night Waves

2 March 2005

Historian Roy Foster talks to Philip Dodd about Conquering England: Ireland in Victorian London - a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery exploring the Irish presence in London during the Victorian period, following the Union between Great Britain and Ireland in 1801.

22:30

Late Junction

2 March 2005

Verity Sharp's selections include songs by Nick Drake and Tom Waits, taarab music from Zanzibar, a rare xylophone recording made in Uganda, and Steve Reich's Tokyo/Vermont Counterpoint for MIDI marimba.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)

4. Patrons and Slaves

"Performers are slaves", Ravel once told pianist and patron Paul Wittgenstein after a disagreement over the Piano Concerto for the Left Hand. Donald Macleod traces Ravel's sometimes troubled relationships with those who commissioned him.

Aoua! Chansons Madecasses
Sarah Walker (soprano)
The Nash Ensemble

Daphnis et Chloe, Interlude and Part 2
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Simon Rattle (conductor)

La Valse
Berliner Phiharmoniker
Pierre Boulez (conductor)

Piano concerto for the Left Hand
Pascal Roge (piano)
Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
Charles Dutoit (conductor)

[Rpt of Thu 12.00pm]

01:00

Through the Night

2 March 2005

Part One

With Louise Fryer.

1.00am
The first of two programmes revisiting the Historic Organs of the Netherlands

Schildt: Ach Gottvom Himmel sieh' darein
Pieter Dirksen (organ)

Weckmann: KommHeiliger Geist Herre Gott
Bernard Winsemius (organ)

Georg Muffat: Passacaglia in Gm
Geert Bierling (organ)

Bohm: PreludeFugue & Postludium in Gm
Bas de Vroome (organ)

Bach: Prelude & Fugue in Cm, BWV 546
Leo van Daeslaar (organ)

Sicco Albert Hempenius: Variations on 'Wien Neerlandsch Bloed'
Gert Oost (organ)

1.50am
Palestrina: Lamentationen zum Karsamstag
Maitrise de Garcons de Colmar
Ensemble Giles Binchois
Ensemble Cantus Figuratus der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Dominique Vellard (director)

2.15am
Luys de Narvaez: Los Seys libros del Delphin de musica
Hopkinson Smith (vihuela)

3.20am
Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A arranged for wind ensemble
Octophorus
Paul Dombrecht (conductor)

3.55am
Shostakovich: Polka - from The Age of Gold, Op 22
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer (conductor)

4.00am
Chopin: Polonaise in A flat, Op 53 'Eroica'
Artur Rubinstein (piano)

4.05am
Dowland: Prelude; Mrs Winter's Jump
Elena Cicinskaite (lute)

4.10am
Purcell: Song and chorus 'Sound Fame' from Act IV of 'Dioclesian', Z627
Paul Elliott (tenor)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Crispian Steele-Perkins, David Staff (trumpet)
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

4.15am
JCF Bach: Trio in C
Musica Petropolitana

4.25am
Haydn: Sinfonia concertante in B flat, Hob 1 105
Erik Niord Larsen (oboe)
Per Hannisdal (bassoon)
Jon Elsrud Gjesme (violin)
Bj?rn Solum (cello)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Frubeck de Burgos (conductor)

04:50

Through the Night

2 March 2005

Part Two

Lousie Fryer concludes this morning's programme.

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

5.00am
Sibelius: Sonatina No 1 in F sharp m, Op 67
Eero Heinonen (piano)

5.05am
Glazunov: Concert waltz No 2 in F, Op 51
CBC Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Kazuyoshi Akiyama (conductor)

5.15am
Mozart: Abendempfindung, K523
Elly Ameling (soprano)
Jorg Demus (piano)

5.20am
Cripriano de Rore: Fera gentil
The Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley (director)

5.25am
Anon: Piece
Margaret Tindermans (fiddle)

5.25am
Vaughan Williams: Romance
Steven Dann (viola)
Bruce Vogt (piano)

5.35am
Hans Gal: First Movement from Serenade for string orchestra, Op 46
Symphony Nova Scotia
Georg Tintner (conductor)

5.40am
John Tavener: Funeral Ikos
Norwegian Soloists' Choir
Grete Helgerod (conductor)

5.45am
Schubert: Impromptu No 4 in A flat, D899
Sook-Hyun Cho (piano)

5.50am
Hendrik Andriessen: Miroir de Peine - song-cycle
Irma Kolassi (soprano)
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Eduard Van Beinum (conductor)

6.05am
Brahms: Four songs for women's voices, two horns and harp, Op 17
Danish National Radio Choir
Leif Lind, Per McClelland Jacobsen (horn)
Catriona Yeats (harp)
Stefan Parkman (conductor)

6.20am
Barber: Violin Concerto, Op 14
Dene Olding (violin)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Hiroyuki Iwaki (conductor)

6.45am
Arthur Sullivan: In memoriam - overture in C
BBC Philharmonic
Richard Hickox (conductor)