Friday 11th March 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

11 March 2005

Presented by Sandy Burnett.

Music includes, from 7.00am

Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra
Neville Marriner (conductor)

Britten: Hymn to the Virgin
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)

Rossini: Sonata 'a Quattro' no 3 in C
Ensemble Explorations

From 8.30am

Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, Op 24
Alexei Lubimov (piano)

Mozart: Divertimento in F, K138
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Petra Mullejans (director)

Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

11 March 2005

Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto
Evelyn Rothwell (oboe)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

Shostakovich: Four Waltzes for Flute, Clarinet and Piano
The Nash Ensemble
Philippa Davies (flute/piccolo)
Michael Collins (clarinet)
Ian Brown (piano)

Debussy: Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orleans
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Timothy Brown (director)

Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in B flat, Op 7 No 3
Sidney Sutcliffe (oboe)
The Virtuosi of England
Arthur Davison (conductor)

Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello and Piano
Daniil Shafran (cello)
Dimitri Shostakovich (piano)

CPE Bach: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in Dm WQ 22 H426
Eckart Haupt (flute)
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra
Hartmut Haenchen (conductor)

Schumann: Three Romances Op 94
Leon Goossens (oboe)
Gerald Moore (piano)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Five First Nights

By his death in 1901 Verdi had become a veritable legend in his own lifetime. Internationally acclaimed, feted wherever he went, his long career had by then spanned an incredible sixty years. He had amassed a fortune, due in part to the fact that he was a shrewd businessman but also because of the efforts of Casa Ricordi, the publishing house which has so tirelessly promoted his music over the years. With Donald Macleod.

Piangea cantando nellerma landa, Ave Maria, Act IV, Otello
Cheryl Studer (soprano)
Orchestra of Bastille Opera
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

Libera me, Messa da Requiem
Carol Vaness (soprano)
Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)

Je viens solliciter de la Reine.. o bien perdu
Act 2, Don Carlos
Roberto Alagna (tenor)
Karita Mattila (soprano)
Orchestra de Paris
Antonio Pappano (conductor)

Gloria allEgitto, ad - Iside, Vieni, o guerriero vindice, Aida, Act 2
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Vienna Philharmonic
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Sir Michael Tippett Centenary

11 March 2005

In the last of four concerts to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Sir Michael Tippett, the Lindsays play Tippett and Haydn at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.

Presented by Chris De Souza.

Haydn: Quartet in D Op 76 No 5
Tippett: Quartet No 5

14:00

Afternoon Performance

11 March 2005

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales round off this week of Afternoon Performance with a feast of English music, including Holst's Planets Suite with Colin Matthews' addition of Pluto.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Holst: The Hymn of Jesus
Gloucester Cathedral Choir
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Lesley Hatfield (director)

Holst: The Planets
Matthews: Pluto
BBC National Chorus of Wales
David Atherton (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

11 March 2005

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

16:00

Jazz Legends

11 March 2005

Julian Joseph in conversation with Brian Priestley, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Charlie Parker's death, on 12th March 1955.

17:00

In Tune

11 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

London Symphony Orchestra

Complete performance

Recorded at the Barbican Centre in London and presented by Christopher Cook.

Ten years after giving the premiere, the LSO and Colin Davis return to the Barbican to perform Tippett's final orchestral work, The Rose Lake, inspired by his 1990 visit to Senegal. This is coupled with music from much earlier in Tippett's career, his Sonata for 4 Horns, and the concert ends with Beethoven's Symphony no.4.

Tippett: Sonata for 4 Horns
Tippett: Rose Lake
Beethoven: Symphony No 4
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

21:05

BBC Singers

Choral music by Tchaikovsky

Bob Chilcott conducts the BBC Singers in a programme of rarely-heard choral music by Tchaikovsky, including an early part-song, a choral greeting to Anton Rubinstein, and movements from his All-Night Vigil.

Tchaikovsky: Choral music
BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)

21:30

Night Waves

11 March 2005

Woody Allen talks to Philip Dodd about Charlie Chaplin, the weather, and his latest film Melinda and Melinda.

22:15

Mixing It

11 March 2005

Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present a unique mix of musical styles and influences.

23:30

Jazz on 3

Brad Mehldau

Jez Nelson presents an exclusive concert performance from the phenomenal New York-based pianist Brad Mehldau, recorded at last year's London Jazz Festival.

Widely thought of as the most talented pianist of his generation, Meldau's classical sensibilities are complemented by the venue, the Wigmore Hall in London, home of classical chamber music. Famous for his trio work, this concert is a rare chance to hear Mehldau play solo, as he performs both contemporary and traditional compositions.

Jez will also be talking to the leading French bass player Henri Texier about his new album (V)ivre and his forthcoming UK tour.

01:00

Through the Night

11 March 2005

Part One

With John Shea.

1.00am
Dvorak: The Spectre's Bride (sung in Czech)
Anda-Louise Bogza (soprano)
Peter Straka (tenor)
Ivan Kusnjer (baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
(recorded at the Royal Albert Hall London on 8 August 2004)

2.20am
Eustache de Caurroy: Eight Fantasias on 16th-Century Hymns and Antiphons
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall (viol and director)

2.40am
Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers: Officium Defunctorum
Studio 600

3.10am
CPE Bach: Flute Concerto in A, Wq 168
Robert Aitken (flute)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

3.30am
Mozart: Symphony No 41 in C, 'Jupiter'
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)

4.10am
Bach: St Matthew Passion - Opening Chorus BWV 244:1
Hungarian Radio Choir
Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Tamas Vasary (conductor)

4.20am
Schubert: Seligkeit, D433
Elisabeth Soderstrom (soprano)
Martin Isepp (piano)

4.23am
Haydn: Sonata in D, Hob XVI 37
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

4.30am
Debussy: Premiere Rapsodie
Jozef Luptacik (clarinet)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava
Ludovic Rajter (conductor)

4.40am
Trad: Romanza
Stepan Rak (guitar)

4.45am
Bach: Keyboard Concerto in Fm, BWV1056
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

05:00

Through the Night

11 March 2005

Part Two

John Shea concludes this morning's programme.

5.00am
Nicolas de Grigny: Premier Livre d'Orgue - No 23 Veni Creator en Taille a 5; No 24 Fugue a 5; No 25 Duo; No 26 Recit de Cromorne; No 27 Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux
David Sanger (organ)

5.15am
Verdi: Cortigiani, vil Razza (Rigoletto)
Allan Monk (baritone)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

5.20am
John William Duarte: Trio for Three
Zagreb Guitar Trio

5.25am
Weber: Invitation to the Dance - Rondo Brillante in D flat, J260
Niklas Sivelov (piano)

5.35am
Igancy Feliks Dobrzynski: Overture - Monbar
Sinfonia Varsovia
Grzegorz Nowak (conductor)

5.45am
Nielsen: Solnedgang (Sunset) from Five Songs to Poems of Jacobsen, Op 4, No 1
Mattias Ermedahl (tenor)
Anders Kilstrom (piano)

5.50am
Carl Friedrich Abel: Symphony in A, Op 10 No 6
La Stagione Frankfurt
Michael Schneider (conductor)

6.00am
Charles-Louis Hanssens: String Quartet No 3 in Cm
Spiegel String Quartet

6.40am
Sibelius: Suite Champetre, Op 98b
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Hannu Koivula (conductor)

6.45am
Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D, Op 6, No 4
The English Concert
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze (violin/director)