Wednesday 30th March 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

30 March 2005

Presented by Sandy Burnett.

From 7.00am

Beethoven: Sextet in E flat, Op 81b
Andrew Clark and Roger Montgomery (natural horns)
Andrea Morris (violin)
Ensemble Galant

Tippett: Songs for Ariel
Peter Pears
Benjamin Britten

From 8.30am

Mozart: Concerto in C, K503
Richard Goode (piano)
NDR Radio PO
Bruno Weil (conductor)

Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette, Op 17: Finale
Soloists
New England Conservatory Chorus
Boston SO
Charles Munch (conductor)

Stravinsky: Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad CD annum
Stuttgart CO
Dennis Russell Davies (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

30 March 2005

With Rob Cowan.

Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, Op 46
Gottfried Hornik (narrator)
Men of the Vienna State Opera Chorus
VPO
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Scarlatti: Sonata in B minor, K87; Sonata in C, K460
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

Lebrun: Oboe Concerto No 1 in Dm
Albrecht Mayer (oboe)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Korngold: Die tote Stadt - Gluck, das Mir verlieb
Richard Tauber (tenor)
Lotte Lehmann (soprano)
Orchestra
George Szell (conductor)

Berg: Violin Concerto
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gianluigi Gelmetti (conductor)

Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Die prunkende Schleife
Richard Tauber (tenor)
Elisabeth Rethberg (soprano)
Orchestra

Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra, Op 31
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

CPE Bach: Rondo in C minor Wq 59: 4
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

Kreisler: Liebeslied
Richard Tauber (tenor)
Odeon-Kunstler-Orchester

Porter: In the Still of the Night
Richard Tauber (tenor)
Orchestra

12:00

Composer of the Week

Ernest Chausson (1855 - 1899)

3/5. Belgium

Donald Macleod recounts how, under the auspices of the Belgian writer and art critic Octave Maus and performers such as the violinist Eugene Ysaye, Ernest Chausson was able to find a new and more appreciative audience for his music in Belgium than he experienced in his native country, France.

Excerpt from Sicilienne, Concert in D
Joshua Bell (violin)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Takacs Quartet

Concert in D, Op 21 for piano, violin and string quartet, Op 21
Joshua Bell (violin)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Takacs Quartet

La Caravane, Op 14
Chris Pedro Trakas (baritone)
Graham Johnson (piano)

[Rpt of Wed 12.00pm]

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

L'Invitation au Voyage

30 March 2005

Fiona Talkington presents a recital of well-known French songs performed by soprano Sally Matthews and pianist Simon Lepper, recorded at last year's City of London Festival.

Faure: Apres un reve, Op 7 No 1
Mandoline, Op 58, No 1
En sourdine, Op 58, No 2
Nell, Op 18, No 1
Automne, Op 18, No 3

Poulenc: Airs chantes

Duparc: L'invitation au Voyage; Soupir; Chanson Triste

Ravel: Cinq melodies populaires grecques

Poulenc: Fiancailles pour rire

14:00

Afternoon Performance

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform music by Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich in a concert recorded at Swansea's Brangwyn Hall last year. Presented by Sarah Walker

Dutilleux: Metaboles
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le toit
David Porcelijn (conductor)

Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Wind
Lucille Chung (piano)

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 1 in D flat
Lucille Chung (piano)

Shostakovich: Symphony No 6 in Bm
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

16:00

Choral Evensong

30 March 2005

Live from the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island, Northumberland, with the Pilgrim Consort.

Introit Hymn: The Day Draws on with Golden Light, Solemnis haec festivitas
Responses: Tomkins
Psalms: 147, 148, Plainsong
First Reading: Exodus 12 vv 1-11
Office Hymn: The Lamb's High Banquet We Await, Mode viii
Magnificat sexti toni a 4, Palestrina
Second Reading: Luke 24 vv 13-35
Nunc Dimittis, Tye
Anthems: The Breaking of Bread, Martin Bussey
O sacrum convivium, Tallis
Ego sum panis vivus, Esquivel
Final Hymn: At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing, Salzburg
Organ Voluntary: Chorale Prelude 'Nun danket alle Gott', BWV 657, JS Bach

Conductors: Marcus Farnsworth, Jamie Hawkey
Organist: Martin Bussey.

17:00

In Tune

30 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

The Emerson String Quartet

Complete performance

The first in a series of two concerts from London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, featuring the Emerson String Quartet performing works by Mendelssohn. Presented by Piers Burton Page.

Mendelssohn
Quartet No 1 in E flat, Op 12
Quartet No 2 in A minor, Op 13
Quartet No 3 in D, Op 44, No 1

21:30

Night Waves

Undercurrents

Phillip Dodd is joined by AS Byatt, Julian Baggini and others to discuss whether science today has become too powerful, and the extent to which we should as mindful of 'science fiction' as well as 'science fact'.

22:15

Late Junction

30 March 2005

Featuring Pat White performing I'm Leaving Tipperary, plus pieces by John Martyn, Meredith Monk and Beethoven performed by Anne Gastinel and Francois-Frederic Guy. With Verity Sharp.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Elgar (1857 - 1934)

4/5. At the Centre of Public Life

Elgar was a private man, most at home in the Worcestershire countryside, but his music thrust him to the forefront of public life. Presented by Donald Macleod.

Elgar: Five Intermezzos: No 3
Athena Ensemble

Elgar: Caractacus, Scene IV Soldiers Chorus and Caractacus? Lament
Peter Glossop (baritone)
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)

Elgar: Coronation Ode
Teresa Cahill (soprano)
Anne Collins (contralto)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
Gwynne Howell (bass)
Scottish National Orchestra Chorus
Scottish National Orchestra
Sir Alexander Gibson (conductor)

Elgar: The Sanguine Fan, Extract
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bryden Thomson (conductor).

[Rpt of Thu 12.00pm]

01:00

Through the Night

30 March 2005

Part One

With John Shea.

1.00am
Wesley: Andante in G
Hubert Parry: Fantasia and Fugue in G
Sydney Nicholson: Impromptu No 2 in D
Gore Ouseley: Sonata No 1 in C minor
Ian Hare (organ)

1.35am
Marjan Mozetich: El Dorado
Erica Goodman (harp)
Amadeus Ensemble

1.50am
Bach: Chaconne from the Partita No 2 in Dm, BWV 1004
Tomaz Rajteric (guitar)

2.05am
Shostakovich: Five Preludes and Fugues, Op 87
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)

2.40am
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 3 in D major, Polish
Montecarlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Murry Sidlin (conductor)

3.25am
Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op 43
Cinque Venti

3.50am
Chopin: Variations in E on a German National Air
Ludmil Angelov (piano)

4.00am
Mendelssohn: Overture - The Hebrides
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

4.10am
Giovanni Gabrieli: Deus in nomine tuo
Hungarian Radio Choir
Ferenc Sapszon (conductor)

4.15am
Vivaldi: Concerto in C, RV 114
The King's Consort
Robert King (director)

4.20am
Alessandro Piccinini: Toccata/Chiaccona
Stephen Stubbs (chitaronne)

4.25am
Gilles Binchois: Dueill angoisseux
Ferrara Ensemble
Crawford Young (director)

4.30am
Mozart: Symphony No 33 in B flat, K319
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor)

4.50am
Delibes: Bell Song, Lakme
Tracy Dahl (soprano)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

05:00

Through the Night

30 March 2005

Part Two

John Shea concludes this morning's programme.

5.00am
Goldmark: Night on the Lake with Moonlight, Op 52, No 5
Ilona Prunyi (piano)

Lassus: Christe, Dei soboles and Accipe daque mihi; Timor et tremor and Exaudi Deus
Ensemble Daedalus
Roberto Festa (director)

5.10am
Fini Henriques: Air for String Orchestra
The Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Borge Wagner (conductor)

5.15am
Duparc: L'invitation au voyage
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
Gerald Moore (piano)

5.20am
Dufay: Balsamus et munda cera
Orlando Consort

5.25am
Johan Roman: Suite No 11 in Fm, IB 235
Karin Jonsson-Hazell (harpsichord)

5.35am
Bach: Motet - Der Geist hilft unser Schwacheit, BWV 226
Choir of Latvian Radio
Aivars Kalejas (organ)
Sigvards Klava (conductor)

5.45am
Albinoni: Concerto for Two Oboes, Op 9/9
European Union Baroque Orchestra
Roy Goodman (director)

5.55am
Brahms: Intermezzi in E flat m, Op 118, No 6; B flat, Op 76, No 4; E flat m, Op 118, No 6; B flat, Op 76, No 4
Wilhelm Kempff (piano)

6.00am
Faure: Piano Trio in Dm, Op 120
Grumiaux Trio

6.25am
Schumann: Songs from Myrten, Op 25
Olle Persson (baritone)
Stefan Bojsten (piano)

6.35am
Jesus Guridi: Ten Basque Melodies
Ulster Orchestra
Max Bragado Darman (conductor)