Wednesday 20th April 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

20 April 2005

Presented by Penny Gore.

From 7.00am

Marin: Marais La Sonnerie de Sainte-Genevieve du Mont de Paris
Fabio Biondi (violin)
Jordi Savall (viol)
Pierre Hantai (harpsichord)

Liszt: Les cloches de Geneve
(Annees de Pelerinage, Bk 1: Suisse)
Jorge Bolet (piano)

Schumann: 5 Stucke im Volkston for cello (or violin) and piano, Op 102
Ernst Simon Glaser (cello)
Liv Glaser (Erard piano of 1853)

Berlioz: Christe, rex gloriae from Te Deum
LSO, LPO and other Choirs
European Community Youth Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

From 8.30am

Liszt: Sposalizio; Il penseroso; Canzonetta del salvator Rosa
(Annees de Pelerinage, Bk 2: Italie)
Georges Cziffra (piano)

Berg: 7 Early Songs
Anne Sofie von Otter
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

20 April 2005

With Jonathan Swain.

Schumann: Manfred, dramatic poem Op 115, Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor)

Musorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition
Byron Janis (piano)

Fux: Concentus musico-instrumentalis - Sinfonia II
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

Rakhmaninov: Concerto No 1 in F sharp m, Op 1
Byron Janis (piano)
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin (conductor)

Schumann: Manfred, dramatic poem, Op 115 - Part I
Laidman Browne (speaker)
Chamois hunter ......... David Enders
BBC Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)

Part Three

Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) 3/4. Switzerland: Donald Macleod looks at Stravinsky's time spent living in Morge, where he forged a new circle of collaborators. [Rpt of Wed 12.00pm]

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Discovering Mozart

20 April 2005

Discovering Mozart: Continuing the Mozart and Chopin series from the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh pianist Jonathan Gilad performs four Impromptus and the second Sonata by Chopin and Mozart's Sonata K330.

14:05

Afternoon Performance

BBC SSO

Today's Strauss tone poem was written when the composer was in his early twenties and was the first one to receive a public performance. Based on the verse play by the 19th-century German poet Nicholas Lenau, it presents the Don as a man obsessed with the need for new experiences in order to feel truly alive. Introduced by Martin Handley.

Strauss: Don Juan
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Berg: Violin Concerto
Matthew Trusler (violin)
Alexander Titov (conductor)

Nielsen Symphony: No 4, Inextinguishable
Osmo Vanska (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

20 April 2005

Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson present a Turkey Trot and Unsquare Dance and end with a Tango by Astor Piazzolla.

16:00

Choral Evensong

Live from Leeds Cathedral

Organ prelude: Priere (Langlais)
Introit: Lauda Sion Salvatorem (Correa de Arauxo)
Office Hymn: Ad cenam Agni provide (Tone VIII)
Psalm: 139 (Saunders)
Canticle: Colossians 1 vv12-20 (Duffy)
Anthem: Tantum ergo (Langlais)
Homily: The Bishop of Leeds
Magnificat quarti toni (Lassus)
Anthem: Alleluia, Amen (Leighton)
Regina Caeli (de Cristo)
Organ Voluntary: Toccata primi toni (Sark)

Director of Music: Benjamin Saunders
Assistant Director of Music: Christopher McElroy

17:00

In Tune

20 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

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Complete performance

Live from Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Ilan Volkov conducts Olivier Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony. Presented by Sandy Burnett.
Messiaen Turangalila Symphony

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot)
Howard Shelley (piano)
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

21:00

Nash Ensemble

Nash Ensemble

Violinist, Marianne Thorsen, viola player Lawrence Power and cellist Paul Watkins of the Nash Ensemble perform Beethoven's Trio for Strings Op 9, No 3 in Cm, in the church of St Giles, Cripplegate in London's Barbican. Written in Vienna in 1797-8.

21:30

Night Waves

20 April 2005

Philip Dodd and guests review Deborah Warner's star-studded production of Julius Caesar opening at the Barbican in London and starring Simon Russell Beale, Ralph Fiennes and Fiona Shaw. Also, an interview with leading African-American philosopher K Anthony Appiah about his new book, The Ethics of Identity.

22:15

Late Junction

20 April 2005

Fiona Talkington with Argentinian electronica from Juana Molina, tracks from the new album by English folk group Dr Faustus, and traditional Turkish music from guitarist Erkan Ogur.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Isaac Albeniz (1860 - 1909)

Part Four

4/5. Donald Macleod continues to sift true from false in the life and works of Isaac Albeniz, and explores the influence of traditional Spanish music on his compositions.

Prelude, Tango and Zortzico (Espagna, Feuillets d'Album)
Peter and Zoltan Katona (guitar)

Rumores de la Caleta (Recuerdos de viaje)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli ((piano)

Suite Espagnola
Alma Petchersky (piano)

Iberia Book 3
Riccardo Requiejo (piano)

[Rpt of Thu 12.00pm]

01:00

Through the Night

20 April 2005

Part One

With John Shea.

1.00am
Franck: Psyche
The Netherlands Radio Choir
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Jean Fournet (conductor)
(Recorded at Vredenburg Utrecht on 20 June 1987)

1.45am
Rameau: Dardanus (orchestral suites) Tragedie en Musique
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

2.25am
Chopin: Piano Sonata No 2, Op 35 in B flat m
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)

2.50am
Peteri: Vasks: Messa
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

3.20am
Britten: Piano Concerto, Op 13
Robert Leonardy (piano)
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (conductor)

3.50am
Verdi: Ave Maria, '4 Pezzi sacri'
Radio France Chorus
Donald Palumbo (conductor)

4.00am
Schmelzer: Lamento sopra la Morte Ferdinandi III
Les Elements Amsterdam

4.05am
Liszt: St Francois de Paule marchant sur les flots
Richard Raymond (piano)

4.15am
Giacches de Wert: Motet Peccavi super numerum
Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montreal
Christopher Jackson (director)

4.20am
Maurizio Cazzati: Alemana detta la Ghisilardi
Ensemble Daedalus
Roberto Festa (conductor)

4.23am
Sandor Szokolay: Sonatina
Janos Sebestyen (harpsichord)

4.25am
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Otto Klemperer (conductor)

4.35am
Haydn: Scottish and English Songs: The Ploughman; The Mermaid's Song; Piercing Eyes; The Shepherd's Wife; The White Cockade
Christina Hogman (soprano)
Niklas Sivelov (piano); Bernt Lysell (violin)
Mikael Sjogren (cello)

4.45am
Trad (collected by Bartok): Bagpipe tunes
Zoltan Juhasz (bagpipes)

4.50am
Petar Yanev: Rhythms in Re
Eolina Quartet
Petar Yanev (bagpipes).

05:00

Through the Night

20 April 2005

Part Two

John Shea concludes this morning's programme.

5.00am
Armas Jarnefelt: Music to 'The Promised Land'
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ilpo Mansnerus (conductor)

5.10am
Anon: Donemk (We Celebrate) Easter Melody
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano)
Chamber Orchestra
Raffi Armenian (conductor)

5.15am
Antonio de Cabezon: Fantasia
Anon: Corten espadas afiladas
Gines de Morata: Pues que no puedo olvidarte
Montserrat Figueras (soprano)
Lambert Climent (tenor)
Francesc Garrigosa (tenor)
Jordi Ricart (baritone)
Daniele Carnovich (bass)
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall (director)

5.25am
Pieter Hellendaal: Cello Sonata No 7, Op 5
Jaap ter Linden (cello)
Ton Koopman (harpsichord)
Ageet Zweistra (cello continuo)

5.35am
Schubert: Rondo in A, D438
Pinchas Zuckerman (violin/director)
The National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada

5.50am
Oscar Merikanto: Merella (At the Sea), Op 47, No 4
Arto Satukangas (piano)

5.55am
Sibelius: Pa verandan vid havet (On a Balcony by the Sea), Op 38, No 2
Helja Angervo (mezzo-soprano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ulf Soderblom (conductor)

6.00am
Erik Tulindberg: Violin Concerto
Jorma Rahkonen (violin)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Okko Kamu (conductor)

6.20am
Vaughan Williams: Prelude and Fugue in Cm
Ian Sadler (organ)

6.30am
Ernest Moeren: Phyllida and Corydon Choral Suite
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)