07:00

Morning on 3

8 March 2005

Presented by Sandy Burnett.

Music includes, from 7.00am

Vivaldi: Griselda: Sinfonia
Brandenburg Consort
Roy Goodman (conductor)

Maxwell Davies: Veni Creator Spiritus
Choir of Westminster Cathedral
Martin Baker (conductor)

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

From 8.30am

Beethoven: Sonata No 23 in F, Op 57 'Appassionata'
Jonathan Biss (piano)

Muffat: Sonata No 2 in G
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Consort

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

8 March 2005

With Jonathan Swain.

Cimarosa (arr Benjamin)
Oboe Concerto in Cm
Evelyn Rothwell (oboe)
Halle Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)

Haydn: Missa Brevis
Judith Nelson and Emma Kirkby (sopranos)
Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Academy of Ancient Music
Simon Preston (conductor)

Shostakovich: Two pieces for String Octet
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov (conductor)

Byrd: Rownde Scottishe Tune (Divisions on the Hunt Sup)
Traditional
Scotch Cap
Rachel Podger (baroque violin)
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp/director)
The Harp Consort

Bizet: Suite: The Fair Maid of Perth
Terence MacDonagh (oboe)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor)

JS Bach: Concerto in Dm for Oboe and Violin, BWV1060
Leon Goossens (oboe)
Bath Festival Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin (violin/director)

Shostakovich: Sonata for violin and piano, Op 134
David Oistrakh (violin)
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Part Two

Donald Macleod looks at Verdi's relationship with the opera singer Giuseppina Strepponi - one of his most loyal supporters. Despite the difficulties her tarnished reputation caused the couple, their relationship endured for half a century. Verdi relied on her steady emotional support, advice over singers and her ability to deal with all his professional matters - including tactfully negotiating disputes with colleagues and friends.

Oh belle, a questa misera, Act 2, I Lombardi
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Roberto Alagna (tenor)
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Surta è la notte. Ernani! Ernani, involami, Ernani, Act 1
Leontyne Price (soprano)
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Thomas Schippers (conductor)

Ben io tinvenni. Anchiio dischiuso un giorno, Nabucco Act 2
Ghena Dimitrova (soprano)
Orchestra of Deutschen Oper Berlin
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)

La traviata, Act 1
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
John Pritchard (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Sir Michael Tippett Centenary

Music by Purcell and Tippett

Sir Michael Tippett Centenary.

Chris de Souza presents the first of four concerts given at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow as part of the Tippett Centenary celebrations.

Soprano Catherine Bott sings music by Tippett and Purcell, accompanied by David Owen Norris. He also plays one of Tippett's piano sonatas.

Purcell arr. Tippett: If Music Be the Food of Love, The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation
Tippett: Piano Sonata No.1
Tippett: The Heart's Assurance

14:00

Afternoon Performance

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

A concert given by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the City Hall, Perth, in January last year. They're joined by Hagai Shaham for Hubay's virtuosic Concerto Dramatique.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Hubay: Violin Concerto No 1 in Am 'Concerto Dramatique'
Hagai Shaham (violin)
Dvorak: Symphony No 7 in Dm
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

8 March 2005

Music for younger listeners with Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson. The programme looks at music by Vivaldi, a trip to the moon and creepy sounds from the Pink Panther.

16:00

Voices

Toby Spence

The acclaimed young British tenor Toby Spence in a recital recorded for the show. He sings songs by Poulenc and Mahler alongside Britten's Holy Sonnets of John Donne, written in 1945 after the composer returned from giving recitals with
Yehudi Menuhin in the recently liberated German concentration camps.

Presented by Iain Burnside.

Mahler: Der Schildwache Nachtlied; Der Tamboursg'sell (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
Poulenc: Tel Jour, Telle Nuit
Britten: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op 35
Toby Spence (tenor)
Iain Burnside (piano)

17:00

In Tune

8 March 2005

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

19:30

Performance on 3

Halle Orchestra

Music by Tippett and Beethoven

Tonight's concert comes from Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, given by the Halle Orchestra, and continues this week featuring music of Sir Michael Tippett.

The concert juxtaposes Tippett's pictorial Ritual Dances and lyrical Triple Concerto with two overtures by a composer whose influence played a large part throughout Tippett's creative life, Beethoven.

Presented by Christopher Cook.

Beethoven: Overture, Leonore No 1
Tippett: Ritual Dances (Midsummer Marriage)
Tippett: Triple Concerto
Beethoven: Leonore No 3

Mark Elder (conductor)
Halle soloists
Halle Choir.

21:15

Recital

Verbier Festival 2004

Verbier Festival 2004: Clarinettist Michael Collins is joined by pianist Leif Ove Ansdnes in a performance given last summer at Europe's premier chamber music festival of Berg's 4 Pieces, Op 5.

21:30

Night Waves

8 March 2005

Presented by Susan Hitch. Jacqueline Rose talks about the history of Zionism. Plus a look at the impact of martial arts on the dance world.

22:15

Late Junction

8 March 2005

Verity Sharp with music from Laurie Lewis with her Bluegrass Pals and Uzbek lutenist and singer Sevara Nazarkhan. Margaret Leng Tan plays music for prepared piano by John Cage.

00:00

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]

01:00

Through the Night

8 March 2005

Part One

With John Shea.

1.00am
Zelenka: Lamentationes Jeremi? prophet?, ZWV 53
Guy de Mey (tenor)
Kurt Widmer (bass)
Instrumental soloists of Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Rene Jacobs (counter-tenor/director)

2.10am
Telemann: Suite in C from Essercizii Musici
Sabine Bauer (harpsichord)

2.30am
Schubert: Symphony No 2 in B flat
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marcello Viotti (conductor)

2.55am
Veselin Stoyanov: Violin Concerto in Fm
Valentin Stefanov (violin)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jordan Dafov (conductor)

3.20am
Joseph Martin Kraus: Sonata No 2 in E flat
Melvyn Tan (fortepiano)

3.40am
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra
Ingo Metzmacher (conductor)

4.00am
Brahms: 4 Gesange, Op 32
Ruud van der Meer (baritone)
Rudolf Jansen (piano)

4.10am
Sweelinck: Toccatas in Dm and G
Leo van Doeselaar (Van Hagerbeer organ)

4.14am
Vivaldi: Concerto in C for 2 guitars
Maya Le Roux-Obradovic, Zoran Krajisnik (guitars)
Sinfonietta Belgrade
Aleksandar Vujic (conductor)

4.30am
Verdi: Overture - 'La Forza del Destino'
KBS Symphony Orchestra
Chi-Yong Chung (male) (conductor)

4.35am
Leoncavallo: 'Zaza Piccola Zingara' (Zaza )
Allan Monk (baritone)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

4.40am
Tchaikovsky: Yeletzky's Aria (Pique Dame)
Allan Monk (baritone)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

4.45am
Sibelius: Music to a Scene
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

4.50am
Ruth Watson Henderson: Magnificat
Kimberley Briggs (soprano)
The Elmer Iseler Singers
Matthew Larkin (organ)
Lydia Adams (conductor)

05:00

Through the Night

8 March 2005

Part Two

John Shea concludes this morning's programme.

5.00am
Monteverdi: Magnificat - from Vespro della Beata Vergine
Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montreal
Christopher Jackson (conductor)

5.15am
Penderecki: Concerto Grosso
Ivan Monighetti, Adam Klocek, Kazimierz Koslacz (cellos)
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit (conductor)

5.50am
Bach: Trio Sonata (adapted from Trio Sonata No 3 in Dm, BWV 527)
Tafelmusik Baroque Soloists

6.05am
Handel: Kunft'ger Zeiten eitler Kummer, HWV 202; Su?er Blumen Ambraflocken, HWV 204; Meine Seele hort im Sehen, HWV 207 (Deutsche Arien)
Helene Plouffe (violin)
Louise Pellerin (oboe)
Dom Andre Laberge (organ)

6.20am
Aleksander Kunileid: Sind Surmani (Until I Die)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
T?nu Kaljuste (director)

6.25am
Liszt: Etude d' Execution transcendante No 11 in D flat - Harmonies du Soir, S139
Max Pauer (piano)

6.35am
Paganini: Perpetuum Mobile, Op 11 No 2
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Nello Santi (conductor)

6.40am
Henk Badings: Canamus Amici Canamus; Finnegan's Wake
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Uwe Gronostay (conductor)

6.50am
Geminiani: Concerto grosso in Dm, Op 7 No 2
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)