Tuesday 15th March 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

15 March 2005

Presented by Sandy Burnett.

Music includes, from 7.00am:

Weber: Concertino in E flat for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op 9
Sabine Meyer (clarinet)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)

Brahms: Scherzo in E flat m, Op 4
Krystian Zimmerman (piano)

Brade: Die Wolriechende Violen; Ein Schottisch Tanz
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall (director)

From 8.30am
Handel: Trio Sonata in F, Op 2 No 4
London Baroque

Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, Op 62
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)

Weber: Piano Concerto No 1 in C, Op 11
Peter Rosel (piano)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

15 March 2005

With Rob Cowan.

Debussy: Cello Sonata in Dm
Daniil Shafran (cello)
Anton Ginzburg (piano)

Haydn: Symphony No 91 in E flat
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Eugen Jochum (conductor)

Debussy: La damoiselle elue
Bidu Say?o (soprano)
Rosalind Nadell (contralto)
Pennsylvania University Women's Chorus
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)

Scarlatti: Sonatas in G K 454 and K 455; in Fm, K 466 and K 467
Christian Zacharias (piano)

Prokofiev: Symphony - Concerto in Em, Op 125
Daniil Shafran (cello)
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Muzio Clementi (1752 - 1832)

Part Two

2/5. Donald Macleod looks at the relationship between Muzio Clementi and three great composers of his time, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.

Sonata in B flat, Op 24, No 2
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)

Symphony in B flat, Op 18
London Mozart Players
Matthias Bamert (conductor)

Sonata Op 34, No 2
Christopher Szaja Sager

[Rpt of Tue 12.00pm]

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Across the Divide

Music by Britten and Shostakovich

Across the Divide: Andrew McGregor presents the first of four lunchtime concerts featuring works by Britten and Shostakovich, recorded at last year's City of London Festival. The Brodsky Quartet begin the series.

Britten: Quartet No 3
Shostakovich: Quartet No 12
Brodsky String Quartet.

14:00

Afternoon Performance

BBC NOW

In the second of this week's programmes focusing on Russian music, there's a chance to hear pianist Stephen Hough play Rachmaninov's second concerto with the BBC NOW and Richard Hickox. Presented by Warwick Thompson.

Kabalevsky: Overture: Colas Breugnon
Grant Llewellyn

Liadov: Baba Yaga; The Enchanted Lake; Kiki-mora
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2
Stephen Hough (piano)
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Borodin: Symphony No 2
Vassily Petrenko (conductor)

Stravinsky: Scherzo a la Russe
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

15 March 2005

Music for younger listeners with Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson featuring a well tempered piano and Angellica's interview with a typewriter.

16:00

Voices

Spotlight on Brigitte Fassbaender

Iain Burnside goes to the opera house in Innsbruck to talk to the Intendantin, the great German mezzo Brigitte Fassbaender who reminisces about her career on the recital platform and operatic stage.

Includes music by Kurt Weill, Wolf, Mahler and Schubert.

17:00

In Tune

15 March 2005

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

19:15

Performance on 3

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Part One

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall. The OAE continue their concert series, A Generous Spirit: Mendelssohn the Musician.

In a programme celebrating his triple role of composer, conductor and pianist, performing two of his lesser-known works alongside masterpieces by his idols Bach and Mozart. Presented by Louise Fryer.

Mendelssohn: Sinfonia No 10 in Bm
Bach: Keyboard Concerto in Dm, BWV 1052

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Robert Levin (director/fortepiano)
Richard Lester (director)

[Continues at 8.10pm, after Twenty Minutes]

19:50

Twenty Minutes

David Mamet

Richard Schickel interviews David Mamet, who discusses his Pulitzer-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross and his brand new Faustus, both of which are soon to be broadcast on Radio 3.

20:10

Performance on 3

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Part Two

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Continuing the concert live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall. The OAE perform Mozart's Symphony No 38 in D (Prague) and Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No 2 in Dm.

21:15

Recital

Ian Brown plays Mark-Anthony Turnage

Ian Brown plays Mark-Anthony Turnage's True Life Stories, five exquisite miniature portraits of the composer's friends and family for solo piano.

21:30

Night Waves

15 March 2005

Isabel Hilton and guests discuss some of the 300 new entries in the new edition of the Oxford Companion to Philosophy, edited by Ted Honderich and originally published a decade ago.

22:15

Late Junction

15 March 2005

Fiona Talkington introduces tracks from Ry Cooder's breakthrough album Chicken Skin Music, and also features the Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian band, Matmos, and Billy Cobham's collision of drums and electronics A Funky Kind of Thing.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Five First Nights

The librettist with whom Verdi worked for more than 20 years was Francesco Maria Piave. Together, they were responsible for some of Verdi's biggest hits and also some of his more memorable flops.

Verdi regarded Piave as a good friend, but that didn't stop him from accusing him of being long winded, criticising him and - in the case of Macbeth - sending it straight round to another writer and translator, Andrea Maffei, for further work. To Verdi's credit, he helped to support Piave's family after the librettist suffered a stroke and paid for his funeral nine years later.

Stornello
Margaret Price (soprano)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Rigoletto, excerpt from Act 2
Mio padre, Dio Mia Gilda, Si vendetta, tremenda vendetta
Renato Bruson (baritone)
Andrea Rost (soprano)
Ernesto Gavazzi (tenor)
Silvestro Sammaritano, Antonio de Gobbi (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

Vegliammo invan due notti, Ella è morta! Act IV, Macbeth
Shirley Verrett (soprano)
Piero Cappuccilli (baritone)
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Overture to la forza del destino
Orchestra of La Scala
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

01:00

Through the Night

15 March 2005

Part One

With John Shea.

1.00am
Alessandro Scarlatti - Lamentazioni per la Settimana Santa del Cavalier
Cristina Miatello (soprano)
Gian Paolo Fagotto (tenor)
Ensemble Aurora
Recorded in Eremo di Ronzano Bologna in September 1992

2.55am
Grieg: Lyric Pieces - Evening in the Mountains, Op 68, No 4; At Your Feet, Op 68, No 3;
Summer Evening Op 71, No 2; Gone Op 71, No 6; Remembrances Op 71, No 6
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

3.10am
Nicolas Chedeville: Sonata for Two Flutes, Op 8, L'Allemande
Vladislav Brunner Sr and Juraj Brunner (flutes)

3.25am
Ludomir Rozycki: Anheli - Symphonic Poem, Op 22
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Janusz Przybylski (conductor)

3.45am
Lipinski: Violin Concerto No 4 in A, Op 32
Albrecht Breuninger (violin)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Wojciech Rajski (conductor)

4.05am
Adam Jarzebski: Sentinella
Simon Standage (violin)
Il Tempo

Bach: Suite No 2 in Bm, BWV 1067
Ensemble 415

4.30am
Verdi: Ah, la paterna mano (Macbeth)
Myhailo Didyk (tenor)
NCRU Symphony Orchestra
Viacheslav Blinov (conductor)

4.30am
Petko Stainov: Horsemen - ballad
Kaval Men's Choir
Mihail Angelov (conductor)

4.40am
Haydn: Symphony No 4 in D, Hob 1 4
Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra
Ludovic Bacs (conductor)

4.55am
Brahms (orch Martin Schmeling): Hungarian Dance No 1
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Stuart Challender (conductor)

05:00

Through the Night

15 March 2005

Part Two

John Shea concludes this morning's programme.

5.00am
Chopin: Nocturne in G, Op 37 No 2
Teresa Carre?o (piano)

5.05am
Ferenc Farkas: Harpsichord Concerto
Aniko Horvath (harpsichord)
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Adam Medveczky (conductor)

5.25am
Cyrillus Kreek: Taaveti laul (David's psalm); Onnis on inimene
Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir
Evi Eespere (director)

5.30am
Benjamin Godard: Berceuse de Jocelyn
David Varema (cello)
Cornelia Lootsman (harp)

5.35am
Ravel: Un Grand Sommeil Noir; Reves
Olle Persson (baritone)
Bengt-?ke Lundin (piano)

5.40am
Frank Martin: Five Ariel Songs
Myra Kroese (contralto)
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Tonu Kaljuste (conductor)

5.50am
Blagoje Bersa: Idyll, Op 25b
Croatian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mladen Tarbuk (conductor)

6.00am
Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Three Tone Pictures, Op 5
David Allen Wehr (piano)

6.10am
Ravel: Piano Trio in Am
Grieg Trio

6.35am
Kapsberger: Seconda Arpeggiata
Hugh Sandilands (chitarrone) - from Ensemble Daedalus

6.40am
Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
Elisabetta Tiso, Monica Piccinini and Lia Serafini (sopranos)
Carlos Mena (countertenor)
Lambert Climent
Lluis Vilamajo and Francesc Garrigosa (tenors)
Furio Zanasi (baritone)
Antonio Abete and Daniele Carnovich (bass)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya