Monday 14th March 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

14 March 2005

This week Sandy Burnett features the symphonies and concerti of Weber and recordings by Jordi Savall and his Hesperion group.

From 7.00am

Granados: Andaluza (Danzas espa?olas, Op 39)
Alicia da Larrocha (piano)

Khachaturian: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus: 2nd Suite No 2)
Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Lazarev (conductor)

Janacek Pohadka
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Ollie Mustonen (piano)

From 8.30am

Weber: Symphony No 1 in C, J50
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

Couperin: Sonade de la Francoise (Premier ordre - Les Nations)
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall (director)

Elgar In the South (Alassio)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

14 March 2005

With Rob Cowan.

Featuring Haydn Symphonies and recordings by the cellist Daniil Shafran.

Haydn: Symphony No 101 in D, Clock
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Ernest Ansermet (conductor)

Chopin: Ballade No 1 in Gm, Op 23
Krystian Zimerman (piano)

Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No 1, Op 49
Daniil Shafran (cello)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Kabalevsky (conductor)

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan - Act III
Swan-Princess: Galina Oleinichenko (soprano)
Babarikha: Yelena Verbitskaya (contralto)
Gvidon: Vladimir Ivanovsky (tenor)
Tsar Saltan: Ivan Petrov (bass)
Bolshoy Theatre Chorus and Orchestra
Vassily Nebolsin (conductor)

Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole
Daniil Shafran (cello)
Nina Musinyan (piano)

Haydn: Symphony No 44 in Em, Trauer
RIAS Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Muzio Clementi (1752 - 1832)

Part One

1/5. At the age of 15, Muzio Clementi was bought from his father in Rome by Peter Beckford and brought to England, which became his base for the rest of his long and busy life. Presented by Donald Macleod.

Sonatina: Opus 36, No 1
Daniel Blumenthal (piano)

Great National Symphony
Philharmonia Orchestra
Claudio Scimone (conductor)

Sonata in D, Opus 40 No 3
Pietro De Maria (piano)

[Rpt of Mon 12.00pm]

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Angela Hewitt

14 March 2005

Live from Wigmore Hall, Fiona Talkington presents Angela Hewitt's eagerly awaited recital of works by Bach and Ravel.

JS Bach: Capriccio in B flat, BWV 992, Capriccio on the Departure of His Most Beloved Brother
Aria Variata BWV 989.

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin.

14:00

Afternoon Performance

14 March 2005

Warwick Thompson introduces the first of five programmes this week focusing on Russian music, with the BBC SSO performing works including Prokofiev's Symphony No 7. Composed in 1952, it was the last work Prokofiev finished, and was composed specially for children's radio.

Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Marie-Elisabeth Lott (violin)
Olari Elts (conductor)

Prokofiev: Symphony No 7
Alexander Titov (conductor).

15:40

Making Tracks

14 March 2005

Music for younger listeners presented by CBBC's Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson, featuring the famous canon by Pachelbel and music from the Animation Antz.

16:00

Stage and Screen

The Ghostess with the Mostess

Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood and Deborah Kerr all have one thing in common: the voice of Marni Nixon, queen of Hollywood's dubbing singers.

Edward Seckerson hears how she secretly starred in the films of My Fair Lady, The King and I and West Side Story.

17:00

In Tune

14 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

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Complete performance

Petroc Trelawny introduces the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, playing James Dillon's Violin Concerto and Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex.

21:10

Chamber Concert

Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Recorded at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2001, The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra perform Heinichen's Concerto in F.

Described by the contemporary diarist Charles Burney as the 'Rameau of Germany', Heinichen is primarily remembered as a musical theorist. The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra revisit one of the many and varied works he wrote for the court of Dresden while serving as Kapellmeister.

21:30

Night Waves

14 March 2005

Novelist Cynthia Ozick talks to Paul Allen about her novel The Bear Boy, set in Depression era New York, about being a 'Jewish writer' and being on the shortlist for the 2005 Man Booker Prize.

22:15

Late Junction

14 March 2005

Fiona Talkington plays music by French bassist Henri Texier and English duo Hilary James and Simon Mayor, and celebrates Commonwealth Day with music from Malta and the Bahamas.

00:00

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)

01:00

Through the Night

14 March 2005

Part One

With John Shea.

Haydn: Trio in G, Gypsy Rondo, H15 25
Grieg Trio
Solve Sigerland (violin)
Ellen Margrete Flesjo (cello)
Vebjorn Anvik (piano)

1.15am
Dvorak: Trio No 3 in Fm, Op 65
(recorded in 2004)

1.55am
Janacek: On An Overgrown Path - Book 1
Rudolf Firkusny (piano)

2.20am
Bruckner: Symphony No 9 in Dm
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)

3.25am
Palestrina (arr Francesco Soriano): Missa Papae Marcelli
BBC Singers
Bo Holten (conductor)

3.50am
Telemann: Flute Sonata in G, from Essercizii Musici
Camerata Koln

4.00am
Weber: Overture - Der Freischutz
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)

4.10am
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.25 in G, Op 79
Edith Vogel (piano)

4.20am
Mozart: Arias and Trio from Cosi Fan Tutte
Amanda Thane (Fiordiligi)
Fiona James (Dorabella)
David Brennan (Don Alfonso)
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra/Carlo Rizzi (conductor)
Isobel Buchanan (Fiordiligi)
John Pringle (Guglielmo)
Queensland SO/Richard.Bonynge (conductor)

4.30am
Saint-Saens: Bassoon Sonata in G, Op 168
Jens-Christoph Lemke (bassoon)
M?rten Landstrom (piano)

4.40am
Harald Saeverud: Ballad of Revolt - from Tunes and Dances from Siljustol - Suite No 2, Op 22
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano).

04:45

Through the Night

14 March 2005

Part Two

John Shea concludes this morning's programme.

4.45am
Ludomar Rozycki: Symphonic Poem - Mona Lisa Gioconda, Op 31
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Wojciech Czepiel (conductor)

5.00am
Debussy: Nocturne in D flat (1892)
Zoltan Kocsis (piano)

5.05am
Sigismondo d'India: Interdette speranz'e van desio (Forbidden Dreams and Hopeless Love)
The Consort of Musicke

5.15am
Schubert: Nacht und Traume, D 827
Edith Wiens (soprano)
Rudolf Jansen (piano)

5.18am
Massenet: Meditation from Thais
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Ros-Marba (conductor)

5.20am
Marais: La Reveuse
Vittorio Ghielmi (viola da gamba)
Luca Pianca (lute)

5.30am
Chausson: Chanson Perpetuelle
Lena Hoel (soprano)
Bengt ?ke-Lundin (piano)
Yggdrasil String Quartet

5.35am
S?ren Terkelsen: Five Songs - from Astree Siunge-choer
Ulrik Cold (bass)
Kristian Buhl-Mortensen (lute/guitar)

5.50am
Sibelius: Oceanides, Op 73)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska (conductor)

5.55am
Jacques Brumel: Agnus Dei - Et ecce terrae motus
Huelgas Ensemble
Paul van Nevel (director)

6.05am
Brahms: Cello Sonata in Em, Op 38
Ellen Margrethe Flesjo (cello)
Havard Gimse (piano)

6.30am
Giustini: Sonata No 4, Op 1, No 4 in Em
Melvyn Tan (fortepiano)

6.40am
Liszt: Les Preludes - symphonic poem after Lamartine S 97
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Juozas Domarkas (conductor)