Wednesday 13th April 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

13 April 2005

Presented by Penny Gore.

From 7.00am

Cui: Prelude in E, Op 64, No 9
Margaret Fingerhut (piano)

Haydn: The Mermaids song; Pleasing Pain; Fidelity (Canzonettas, Bk 1)
Elly Ameling (soprano)
Jorg Demus (piano)

Alfven (arr Hogstedt): Festival Overture
Swedish Wind Ensemble

From 8.30am

Francaix: Cor Anglais Quartet
Marwood Ensemble

Haydn: Symphony No 103 in E flat, Drumroll
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Ives: Variations on America
Simon Preston (organ)

10:00

CD Masters

13 April 2005

Incl Wagner, arr. Grabel: Rienzi - overture. Corelli: Concerti grossi. Hindemith: Symphony in B flat. Franck: Symphony in D minor. Georg Schumann: 3 Motets, Op 5.

12:00

Composer of the Week

Isaac Albeniz (1860 - 1909)

Part Three

3/5. Donald Macleod explores the artistic and financial relationship between Albeniz and the eccentric English solicitor, poet and librettist, Francis Burdett Money-Coutts.

Pepita Jimenez (excerpts)
Susan Chilcott (Pepita)
Francesc Garriogosa (Luis)
Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lluire
Josep Pons (conductor)

Pepita Jimenez (excerpts)
Coro de voces blancas solistas,
Coro Cantores de Madrid
Orquestra Sinfonica
Pablo Sorozabal (conductor)

La Vega
Alicia de Larrocha (piano)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Celebrating Mozart: Mozart and Schumann at the piano

13 April 2005

In today's recording from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, the Gould Piano Trio contrast Mozart's penultimate piano trio with the second of the three that Schumann composed in the 1840s. Introduced by Petroc Trelawny.

Mozart: Piano Trio in E, K542
Schumann: Piano Trio No 2 in F

14:00

Afternoon Performance

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Petroc Trelawny introduces the BBC NOW who continue this week's French theme with music by Franck, Debussy and Berlioz.

Franck: Le Chasseur Maudit
Pierre Andre Valade (conductor)

Debussy: Jeux
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Berlioz: Harold in Italy
Steven Burnard (viola)
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Beethoven: Symphony No 4
Christian Gansch (conductor)

16:00

Choral Evensong

Live from Southwell Minster

Introit: Dum transisset Sabbatum
Responses: Clucas
Office Hymn: A brighter dawn is breaking (Nun lasst uns Gott)
Psalms: 69, 70 (Smart, Harrison)
First Reading: Exodus 12 vv1-14
Canticles: Bullock in D
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 11 vv17-34
Anthem: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (Stanford)
Te Deum in G (Sumsion)
Final Hymn: Alleluya! Alleluya! (Lux Eoi)
Voluntary: Choral improvisation sur le Victimae Paschali (Tournemire)

Rector Chori: Paul Hale
Assistant Organist: Simon Bell

17:00

In Tune

13 April 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

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Part One

Verity Sharp presents a concert live from the Lighthouse, Poole with Tasmin Little joining the BSO in a programme of music by Stravinsky and Buch.

Stravinsky: Petrushka
Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Tasmin Little (violin)
Marin Alsop (conductor)

[Continues at 8.35pm, after Twenty Minutes]

20:15

Twenty Minutes

13 April 2005

Demon Dog: Stella Gonet reads Burmese writer Nu Nu Yi's disquieting story, translated by Anna Allott. The children report a disturbing prescence in the bushes which leads to an unexpected discovery.

20:35

Performance on 3

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Part Two

Tonight's concert continues live from the Lighthouse, Poole with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra performing Debussy's Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune and Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No 2.

21:30

Night Waves

13 April 2005

Philip Dodd with another extended Undercurrents debate where politics, history, ideas and culture collide to reveal the real issues behind the week's news.

22:15

Late Junction

13 April 2005

Fiona Talkington with keyboard music by Handel and Gibbons, tracks from the new album by Greek singer Savina Yannatou, and a 1966 recording of bottleneck guitarist Fred McDowell with singers from his local church in Mississippi.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)

Part Four

4/5. When the first public opera house opened in Venice in 1637 the demand for musical entertainment soared. In spite of his regular job as Director of Music at St Mark's, Monteverdi found time to write several new stage works which were hugely successful.

Donald Macleod introduces the first - the story of Ulysses and his return home after the Trojan War.

Monteverdi: Come dolce oggi lauretta spira (from Proserpina rapita)
Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, Poppy Holden (sopranos)
Jakob Lindberg, Anthony Rooley (chitarrone)

Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria - extracts
Penelope ...... Bernarda Fink
Telemachus (Ulysses' son) ...... Christina Hogman
Ulysses ...... Christoph Pregardien
Eumaeus (shepherd to Ulysses) ...... Martyn Hill
Irus (parasite to the suitors) ...... Guy de Mey
Antinous ...... David Thomas
Pisander ...... Dominique Visse
Anfinomus (suitors to Penelope) ...... Mark Tucker
Melanthius (Maidservant to Penelope) ...... Faridah Subrata
Concerto Vocale
Rene Jacobs (director)

[Rptd Thu 12.00am]

01:00

Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes this morning's programme

Part One

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Organ recital by Martin Baker
William Croft: Voluntary No 12 in D
Eggerton Webbe: Prelude and fugue in A, Op 1
Samuel Wesley: Andante in F
Mendelssohn: Allegro for organ in Dm
Martin Baker (organ of St Marys Church Northampshire)
Vierne: Symphony No 3 in F sharp m, Op 28
Martin Baker (organ of Westminster Abbey)

1.55am
Bruckner: Symphony No 4 in E flat, Romantic
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Eugen Jochum (conductor)

3.05am
Schoenberg: Folksongs, Op 49
Carmina Chamber Choir
Peter Hanke (conductor)

3.20am
Liszt: Funerailles, S173
Francois-Frederic Guy (piano)

3.30am
Schumann: String Quartet in A, Op 41, No 3
Faust Quartet

4.00am
Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek: Overture - Donna Diana
Symphony Nova Scotia
Georg Tintner (conductor)

4.05am
Schubert: Scherzo No 1 in B flat, D593
Halina Radvilaite (piano)

4.10am
Handel: Bramo di trionfar (Alcina)
Graham Pushee (countertenor)
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer (artistic director)

4.20am
Telemann: Violin Sonata in F, (Essercizii Musici)
Camerata Koln

4.30am
Marais: Rondo
Pierre Pitzl, Mary Jean Bolli (violas da gamba)
Luciano Contini (archiliuto)
Augusta Campagne (harpsichord)

4.35am
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat, HVIIe 1
Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Nicolae Moldoveanu (conductor)

4.50am
Verdi: Eri tu (Un Ballo in Maschera)
Gaetan Laperriere (baritone)
Orchestre Symphonique de Trois Rivieres
Gilles Bellemare (conductor)

05:00

Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes this morning's programme

Part Two

5.00am
Chopin: Berceuse in D flat, Op 57
Llyr Williams (piano)

5.05am
Josquin: Absolve quaesumus Domine/Requiem aeternam
Huelgas Ensemble
Paul Van Nevel (conductor)

5.10am
Rachmaninov (arr Lucien Cailliet): Prelude in Gm, Op 23, No 5
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Commissiona (conductor)

5.15am
Bach: Fugue in Gm, BWV 1000
Konrad Junghanel (lute)

5.20am
Alphons Diepenbrock: Ecoutez la chanson bien douce
Roberta Alexander (soprano)
Rudolf Jansen (piano)

5.25am
Brahms: Fest- und Gedenkspruche, Op 109
Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)

5.35am
Bartok: Dance Suite
Jan Michiels (piano)

5.50am
Szymanowski: String Quartet No 1 in C, Op 37
Silesian Quartet

6.10am
Julius Rontgen: Sonata in F sharp m, Op 20
Alexander Kerr (violin)
Sepp Grotenhuis (piano)

6.30am
Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No 5 in F, Egyptian
Stephen Hough (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Jan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)