Thursday 10th March 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

10 March 2005

Presented by Sandy Burnett

Music includes, from 7.00am

Saint-Saens: Danse macabre
Gil Shaham (violin)
Jonathan Feldman (piano)

Molter: Trumpet concerto No 1 in D
H?kan Hardenberger (trumpet)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Elgar Howarth (conductor)

Korngold: Schauspiel Overture, Op 4
BBC Philharmonic
Matthias Bamert (conductor)

From 8.30am

Bridge: The Sea
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)

Telemann: Suite in G: 'Burlesque de Quixotte'
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Gottfried von der Goltz (director)

Schulhoff: Hot Music: 10 Syncopated Etudes
Kathryn Stott (piano)

10:00

CD Masters

10 March 2005

With Jonathan Swain.

Shostakovich: Sonata for viola and piano
Yuri Bashmet (viola)
Svyatoslav Richter (piano)

JS Bach: Cantata BWV 82 'Ich habe genud'
Hans Hotter (baritone)
Sidney Sutcliffe (oboe)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Anthony Bernard (conductor)

Shostakovich: Three violin duets
Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman (violins)
Samuel Sanders (piano)

Gounod: Danse antique, Variations de Cleopatre, Les Troyens (Faust)
Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

Bax: Quintet for oboe and strings
Leon Goossens (oboe)
International Quartet

Lortzing: Lebe wohl, mein flandrisch' Madchen (Act III Der Evangelimann)
Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)
Choir of the German Opera, Berlin
Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Berislav Klobucar (conductor)

Shostakovich: Piano trio No 1 Op 8
The Moscow Trio

12:00

Composer of the Week

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

4/5. Five First Nights. Cairo

The librettist with whom Verdi produced his later operas - Otello, Falstaff and a much revised Simon Boccanegra - was Arrigo Boito. Verdi much admired Boito, a composer in his own right, for his brilliant mind.

Their association had an unfortunate start as Boito insulted Verdi and the novelist Alessandro Manzoni at a banquet by reading out an ode he'd written about the decrepit old men who were ruining Italian art. It was 20 years before they became friends, but then they remained so until Verdi's death.

Innio delle nazioni (excerpt)
Jan Peerce (tenor)
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini (conductor)

Excerpt from Act 3 (Simon Boccanegra)
Reconciliation Scene
Nikolai Ghiaurov (bass baritone)
Piero Cappuccilli (baritone)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Excerpt from Act 2 (Otello)
Credo in un dio crudel....se inconscia, contro te, sposo, ho peccato
Cheryl Studer (soprano)
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Denyce Graves (mezzo soprano)
Chorus and Orchestra of Bastille Opera
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

Excerpt from Act 1 (Falstaff)
Bryn Terfel (baritone)
Anthony Mee (tenor)
Anatoli Kotscherga (bass)
Enrico Facini (tenor)
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Sir Michael Tippett Centenary

10 March 2005

Sir Michael Tippett Centenary.

Tenor James Gilchrist and guitarist Craig Ogden in a concert of music by Tippett and Goehr given at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. Presented by Chris de Souza.

Tippett: Songs for Achilles
Tippett: The Blue Guitar
Goehr: Arianna Abandonata

14:00

Afternoon Performance

BBC Philharmonic

Today's Afternoon Performance is a concert the BBC Philharmonic gave at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester last year. Edward Downes conducts Brahms' 1st Symphony, and John Tomlinson sings extracts from Wagner's operas.

Presented by Louise Fryer

Brahms: Symphony No 1 in Cm
Wagner: Tannhauser Overture
Wagner: Fliedermonolog (Die Meistersinger)
John Tomlinson (bass)
Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
(Die Walkure)
Wagner: Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music (Die Walkure)
John Tomlinson (bass)
Edward Downes (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

10 March 2005

Music for younger listeners with Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson. On the programme today a joke for a motorcycle and orchestra, music from Brazil and the Finale from Carnival of the animals.

16:00

Brian Kay's Light Programme

10 March 2005

Brian Kay takes a Piccolo Flight with Robert Farnon, a Morning Promenade and Evening Stroll courtesy of Ronald Hanmer.
There's also a Rendezvous with Wilhelm Aletter and the London Salon Ensemble, and to end the programme, the Lionel Monckton Melodies.

17:00

In Tune

10 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

Tippett and Beethoven

Part One

It was while listening to a performance of Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto that Tippett was so inspired by the poetic piano writing that he decided to compose his own concerto. It's performed tonight, live at the Barbican by the pianist Lang Lang, and followed by Beethoven's 5th Symphony.

Presented by Christopher Cook

Tippett: Suite in D (Birthday Suite for Prince Charles)
Tippett: Piano Concerto

[Continues at 8.40pm, after Twenty Minutes]

20:20

Twenty Minutes

10 March 2005

Tippett and Jung: David Clarke, author of several books on Sir Michael Tippett, considers the influence of psychologist Carl Jung on the composer's life and music.

20:40

Performance on 3

Tippett and Beethoven

Part Two

Christopher Cook presents the second half of tonight's concert, live from the Barbican. With pianist Lang Lang and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis performing Beethoven's Symphony No 5.

21:30

Night Waves

10 March 2005

China Mieville discovers why we are obsessed with aliens, extraterrestrial and manufactured, when he has a close encounter with leading cultural commentator Bryan Appleyard.

22:15

Late Junction

10 March 2005

Verity Sharp introduces music by saxophonist Iain Ballamy, electronics duo Autechre, blues guitarist Blind Willie Johnson and the mandolin playing of U Srinivas from his classic album of South Indian music, Rama Sreerama.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000)

Part Five

5/5. Around 1971 Alan Hovhaness entered the final period of his compositional life, with a diverse range of compositions which articulate a deep concern for environmental issues, and a desire for spiritual enlightenment.

Donald Macleod concludes his series on this idiosyncratic American composer with a look at some of these late works.

And God Created Great Whales, Op 229 No 1
Philharmonia Orchestra
David Amos (conductor)

Symphony No 22 City of Light, Op 236
Ulster Orchestra
Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Op 282
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Michael York (narrator)
Diane Schnidt (accordion)
Gerard Schwarz (conductor)

A Rose Tree Blossoms
The Choirs and Orchestra of St John's Cathedral, Denver
Donald Pearson (conductor)

[Rpt of Fri 12.00pm]

01:00

Through the Night

10 March 2005

Part One

With John Shea.

1.00am
From the 2004 Proms:
Dvorak: Czech Suite, Op 39

1.20am
Schumann: Symphony No 2 in C
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Joseph Swenson (conductor)
(recorded at the Royal Albert Hall London on 27 July 2004)

2.00am
Nino Rito: Trio for Clarinet Cello and Piano
Embla

2.15am
Szymanowski: Metopes, Op 29
Jerzy Godziszewski (piano)

2.30am
Mendelssohn: Scherzo - from Trio No 1 in Dm, Op 49
Moscow Trio

2.35am
Nicolai: Mass in D
Irena Baar (soprano)
Mirjam Kalin (alto)
Branko Robinsak (tenor)
Marko Fink (bass)
Slovenian Radio and Television Chamber Choir and Symphony Orchestra
Marko Munih (conductor)

3.05am
Bach: French Suite No 6 in E, BWV 817
Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano)

3.25am
Biber: Scordatura Sonata
Tafelmusik Baroque Soloists

3.40am
Joseph Martin Kraus: Symphony in Cm, Symphonie Funebre
Concerto Koln

4.00am
Mozart: Piano Sonata in F, K332
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)

4.15am
Lassus: Magnificat Aurora lucis rutilat
BBC Singers
Peter Phillips (conductor)

4.20am
Telemann: Trio No 7 from Essercizii Musici
Camerata Koln
Michael Schneider (recorder)
Rainer Zipperling (viola da Gamba)
Ghislaine Wauters (viola da Gamba)
Yasunori Imamura (theorbo)
Sabine Bauer (organ)

4.30am
Handel: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon), HWV 67
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer (conductor)

4.33am
Luka Sorkocevic (arr Frano Matuic): Symphony No 3 in D
Dubrovnik Guitar Trio

4.40am
Chopin: Scherzo No 4 in E, Op 54
Simon Trpceski (piano)

4.50am
Musorgsky (orch Rimsky-Korsakov): Dance of the Persian Slaves (Khovanshchina)
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Samo Hubad (conductor)

05:00

Through the Night

10 March 2005

Part Two

John Shea concludes this morning's programme.

5.00am
Henry Litolff: Scherzo - from Concerto Symphonique No 4, Op 102
Arthur Ozolins (piano)
Toronto Symphony
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

5.05am
Haydn: Hungarian National March, HVIII4; Prince of Wales March, HVIII3
Bratislava Chamber Harmony
Justus Pavlik (director)

5.10am
Mozart: Vedrai, Carino (Don Giovanni)
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Kamirski (conductor)

5.15am
Wilhelm Stenhammar: Fantasia in Bm, Op 11 No 3
Wilhelm Stenhammar (piano)

5.20am
Moniuszko: Piesn Wieczorna
Urszula Kryger (mezzo-soprano)
Katarzyna Jankowska (piano)

5.25am
Pal Jardanyi: Fantasy and Variations on a Hungarian Folksong
Wind quintet of the Hungarian Radio Orchestra

5.40am
Bartok: 10 Easy Pieces, Sz 39
Andor Foldes (piano)

5.55am
Moniuszko: Overture to Verbum Nobile
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Salwarowski (conductor)

6.00am
Piotr Moss: Wiosenno (In a Spring Mood)
Polish Radio Choir
Wlodzimierz Siedlik (conductor)

6.10am
Alexis Contant: L'Aurore - Symphonic Poem
Orchestre Metropolitaine
Gilles Auger (conductor)

6.20am
Vivaldi: Concerto VIII in Am, RV 522
Paul Wright/Sayuri Yamagata (violin)
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer (conductor)

6.35am
Dohnanyi: Variations on a Nursery Song, Op 25
Arthur Ozolins (piano)
Toronto Symphony
Mario Bernardi (conductor)