07:00
2 April 2005
Presented by Martin Handley.
Music includes, from 7.00am
Oskar Nedbal: The Fortress and Tin Army from `Andersen? ? Ballet tale in nine scenes
Dvorak Chamber Orchestra
Miroslav Homolka (conductor)
Thomas Chilcott: Orpheus with His Lute
Catherine Bott (soprano)
The Parley of Instrument
Peter Holman (director)
Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op 15
Martha Argerich (piano)
From 8.00am
Vivaldi: Concerto for Four violins, cello and strings, Op 3, No 10 from L?Estro Armonico RV 580
Fabio Biondi, Isabella Longo, Enrico Casazza and Raffaello Negri (violins)
Maurizio Naddeo (cello)
Europa Galante
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's lustige Streiche, Op 28
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
09:00
2 April 2005
With Andrew McGregor who plays some of this month?s newest releases.
Patrick O?Connor recommends a version of Gounod?s Faust from the currently available recordings.
Philip Lane reviews new releases of British music, including Britten's Serenade and Les Illuminations from Toby Spence and the Scottish Ensemble, Frank Bridge Quartets from the Maggini Quartet, and Rawsthorne Symphonies from David Lloyd Jones and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
Andrew McGregor talks to Errollyn Wallen about her double life as a composer and performer often at the outer edges of classical music, and explores recent discs on the Avie Label, and with the Brodsky quartet.
Disc of the Week:
Beethoven: String Quartet in F, Op 135
Takacs Quartet
13:00
2 April 2005
Beggars, Ballads and a Brouhaha!
Lucie Skeaping looks at the inspiration, background and impact of John Gay's celebrated Beggar's Opera which first performed in London in 1728 as a reaction to the excesses and pretensions of fashionable Italian opera.
Far from the exulted realms of the ancient heroes and the classical gods, the opera celebrates the worst of 18th century London street life, featuring beggars, cut-throats, thieves and prostitutes singing the popular ballads of the day.
14:00
Schumann Symphony in Dm (1841)
Charles Hazlewood sheds new light on Robert Schumann's Symphony No 4 by exploring the original version of the work, composed in 1841.
In the process, Charles questions the often quoted statement that Schumann could not orchestrate and explores the innovative way in which the composer shaped the work into a single span of invention. The performances are provided by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Douglas Boyd.
15:00
2 April 2005
Jameela Siddiqi introduces highlights from a tribute concert for one of India?s greatest musicians Vilayat Khan, who died last year.
There are performances from some of India?s finest classical performers today, including santoor player Shivkumar Sharma, flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia, singer Kishori Amonkar and Vilayat?s son, sitarist Shujaat Husain Khan.
16:00
2 April 2005
Jazz Line Up celebrates five years on air with a concert recorded at the BBC Studios in Broadcasting House Glasgow.
Claire Martin is joined by fellow presenters Helen Mayhew, Stacey Kent and Julian Joseph, with guests guitarist Jim Mullen, saxophonist Tim Garland, trumpeter Guy Barker, saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski and pianist Mark Lattimer.
17:00
2 April 2005
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Request your favourite jazz cut by email: jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
18:00
The Joy of Sax
2 April 2005
Courtney Pine continues to explore the history of one of the most recently invented instruments in Western music, which was created for the symphony orchestra but found its authentic voice in jazz.
With the Bebop revolution, the saxophone emerged as the most important front line instrument in jazz.
18:30
Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier
Act One
Live from the Met.
The Chorus and Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera perform Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier.
Some of Richard Strauss? most glorious music is to be found in this romantic comedy set in 18th century Vienna, a tale of passion, farce and tangled emotions between the aristocratic Marschallin, her youthful lover Octavian, `The Knight of the Rose?, and the beautiful young Sophie, the unfortunate fiancee of the Marschallin?s boorish cousin, Baron Ochs.
Marschallin ...... Angela Denoke (soprano)
Octavian ......... Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano)
Sophie ........... Laura Aikin (soprano)
Baron Ochs ............ Peter Rose (bass)
Faninal ............... H?kan Hageg?rd (baritone)
Marianne .......... Claudia Waite (soprano)
Annina ........... Wendy White (mezzo-soprano)
Valzacchi ........... Greg Fedderly (tenor)
Italian Singer ............ Matthew Polenzani (tenor)
Police Commissar ............. Paul Plishka (bass)
Innkeeper ............ Tony Stevenson (tenor)
Notary ........... James Courtney (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
[Continues at 8.15pm, after Opera News on the Air]
19:40
Der Rosenkavalier
Father Owen Lee explores the effect the Marschallin has on the other characters in Der Rosenkavalier.
20:15
Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier
Act Two
Tonight's Opera on 3 continues live from the Met with Act 2 of Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier. [Continues at 9.50pm, after the Met Opera Quiz]
21:15
The Met Opera Quiz
Thor Eckert puts listeners' questions to Carolyn Abbate, Karen Stone and Willie Anthony Waters.
21:50
Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier
Act Three
Continuing tonight's Opera on 3 live from the New York Metropolitan Opera, Act 3 of Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier.
23:00
2 April 2005
Ivan Hewett presents highlights from last year?s Donaueschingen Music Days, and talks to the featured composers.
Andreas Dohmen: Lautung
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
SWR Symphony Orchestra
Roland Kluttig (conductor)
Alwynne Pritchard: Decoy
Ensemble Recherche
Pier-Luigi Billone: MANI. De Leonardis
Christian Dierstein (percussion)
Rebecca Saunders: Miniata
Teodoro Anzellotti (accordion)
Nicolas Hodges (piano)
SWR Symphony Orchestra
Hans Zender (conductor)
And the winning work from last year?s International Rostrum of Composers:
Helena Tulve: Sula
Tommy Mansikka-Aho (didgeridoo)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Toomas Vavilov (conductor)
01:00
2 April 2005
Part One
With Louise Fryer.
1.00am
Proms 2004
Britten: Violin Concerto
Ravel: Tzigane
Dvorak: Symphony No 6 in D
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
(Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall London on 3 August)
2.25am
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Eva Andor (mezzo-soprano)
Sandor Solyom-Nagy (baritone)
Adam Fellegi (piano)
2.55am
Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op 64, No 5, `Lark?
Tilev String Quartet
3.15am
Handel: Concerto Grosso in A, Op 6, No 11
Barbara Jane Gilbey (violin),
Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players
3.30am
Bach: Chorale-preludes - Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BWV 658; Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
Bine Katrine Bryndorf (organ)
3.40am
Francesco Corteccia: Musica della commedia
Weser-Renaissance Bremen
Manfred Cordes (conductor)
4.00am
Tartini: Violin Sonata in Gm, Op 1, No 10 `Didone abbandonata?
Dejan Bravnicar (violin)
Mojca Pucelj (piano)
4.10am
Paul Juon: Humoreske, Satyrs and Nymphs - Op 18, No 7
Desmond Wright (piano)
4.14am
Harald Saeverud: Ninnarella Lullaby - Tunes and dances from Siljustol, Suite No 1, Op 21
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
4.16am
Schumann: Wehmut; Im Walde (Liederkreis)
Schumann (arr Stefan Bojsten): Hor' ich das Liedchen klingen (Dichterliebe)
Olle Persson (baritone)
Dan Almgren (violin)
Torleif Theden (cello)
Stefan Bojsten (piano)
4.25am
Amando Ivancic: Symphony in G
The Zagreb Soloists
Visnja Mazuran (harpsichord)
4.30am
Zemlinsky: Heilige Nacht, Op 2, No 2
Jean Stilwell (mezzo soprano)
Robert Kortgaard (piano)
4.35am
Martinu: Polkas and Etudes, Book III
Antonin Kubalek (piano)
04:45
2 April 2005
Part Two
Louise Fryer concludes this morning's programme.
4.45am
Leo Fall: O Rose von Stambul (Die Rose von Stambul)
Benjamin Butterfield (tenor)
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Richard Bradshaw (conductor)
4.50am
Blagoje Bersa: Capriccio-Scherzo, Op 25c
Croatian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mladen Tarbuk (conductor)
5.00am
Vatroslav Lisinski: Grand Overture No 7
Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Ilmar Lapinjs (conductor)
5.10am
Pieter van Maldere: Sinfonia in F
The Academy of Ancient Music
Filip Bral (conductor)
5.25am
Jacobus Vaet: Postquam consumati essent dies
Huelgas Ensemble
Paul Van Nevel (conductor)
5.30am
Corelli: Concerto Grosso in Gm, Op 6, No 8 `Christmas Concerto?
The English Concert
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze (violin/director)
5.45am
Delius (arr Thomas Beecham): The Walk to the Paradise Garden
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
6.00am
Bach: English Suite No 3 in Gm, BWV 808
Melvyn Tan (harpsichord)
6.20am
Judith Bingham: Lace Making
Cantamus Choir
Pamela Cooke (director)
6.25am
Tchaikovsky: Overture - Romeo and Juliet
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Nello Santi (conductor)
6.45am
Gounod: Ah leve toi soleil (Romeo et Juliette)
Richard Margison (tenor)
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Richard Bradshaw (conductor)
6.50am
Antonio Bazzini: Dance of the Elves, Op 25
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
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