Saturday 23rd April 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

23 April 2005

Presented by Martin Handley.

From 7.00am

Poulenc: Suite Francaise
French National Orchestra
Charles Dutoit

Bach: Fantasia in G, BWV 572
Peter Hurford (organ)

From 8.00am

Rodrigo: Suite for Piano
Sara Marianovich

Faure: Violin Concerto in Dm, Op.14
Philippe Graffin; Ulster Orchestra
Thierry Fischer

09:00

CD Review

23 April 2005

Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases and talks to Charles Medlam, co-founder of chamber group London Baroque, about recording the trio sonata repertory.

Hilary Finch recommends a version of Sibelius' Four Legends from the currently available recordings.

John Milsom reviews some new recordings of Renaissance music, including motets by John Browne from the Tallis Scholars, Busnois from the Orlando Consort, and some newly rediscovered motets by Morales.

Disc of the Week:
Haydn: Symphony No 92 in G, Oxford
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Rene Jacob (conductor)

13:00

The Early Music Show

Queen Christina of Sweden

Queen Christina of Sweden was one of the most important patrons of the arts in the 17th century, and during her brief reign as Swedish sovereign she introduced her country to the riches of European culture.

Catherine Bott looks more closely at Christina's colourful and eventful life, and plays music that would have been heard by her and her entourage on their journey from Sweden to Italy.

14:00

Discovering Music

Elgar's Piano Concerto

In the late 1920s and early 30s, towards the end of his life, Edward Elgar assembled a number of pages of short sketches and fragments for a Piano Concerto.

Over the past few years, composer Robert Walker has worked on a realisation of those fragments of Elgar, expanding them into a 36-minute work for David Owen Norris to perform. Robert Walker and David Owen Norris examine the process of composing a romantic piano concerto out of the characteristic elements that Elgar left to posterity.

The BBC Concert Orchestra is conducted by David Lloyd Jones.

15:00

World Routes

23 April 2005

Lucy Duran reviews some of the latest world music releases with record producer Joe Boyd. Navid Akhtar attends a musical celebration for the Birthday of the Prophet. And Moshe Morad meets the young Argentinean tango singer, Cristobal Repetto.

16:00

Jazz Line-Up

23 April 2005

Helen Mayhew presents a selection of new releases and previews what's on in the UK jazz scene.

17:00

Jazz Record Requests

23 April 2005

Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Request your favourite jazz cut by email: jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.

17:30

Opera On 3

Wagner's Die Walkure

Act One

Live from the New York Met, Margaret Juntwait presents the Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Valery Gergiev, performing Act 1 of Wagner's Die Walkure. The cast is led by Placido Domingo and Katarina Dalayman.

The story concerns the relationship between brother and sister Siegmund and Sieglinde, who discover they are related after they've fallen in love. Their father, Wotan, the arrogant leader of the gods, is forced to disown them by his nagging wife Fricka, who's horrified by their relationship that breaks all laws.

But then comes the crucial turning-point of the whole Ring Cycle. Brunnhilde the Valkyrie of the title, who's another of Wotan's army of illegitimate children, is so moved by Siegmund's love for Sieglinde that she decides to defy her father and help the lovers .

Sieglinde .............. Katarina Dalayman (soprano)
Siegmund ............... Placido Domingo (tenor)
Brunnhilde .............. Olga Sergeeva (soprano)
Wotan .............. Mikhail Kit (baritone)
Fricka ............... Larissa Diadkova (mezzo-soprano)
Hunding, Sieglinde's husband ............... Stephen Milling (bass)
Helmwige ............. Claudia Waite (soprano)
Gerhilde ............ Rebecca Copley (soprano)
Ortlinde ............... Janet Hopkins (soprano)
Siegrune .............. Jane Bunnell (mezzo-soprano)
Waltraute ................ Victoria Livengood (mezzo-soprano)
Grimgerde ................ Jane Gilbert (soprano)
Rossweisse .............. Malin Fritz (mezzo-soprano)
Schwertleite ................ Ellen Rabiner (mezzo-soprano)

Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera
Valery Gergiev (conductor)

[Continues at 7.05pm, after The Met Opera Quiz]

18:35

The Met Opera Quiz

23 April 2005

Brian Zeger puts listeners' questions to Ben Cameron, Cori Ellison and Michelle Krisel.

19:05

Opera On 3

Wagner's Die Walkure

Act Two

Tonight's performance of Wagner's Die Walkure, continues with Act 2, live from the New York Met. [Continues at 9.15pm, after Opera News on the Air - Singers' Round Table]

20:40

Opera News on the Air

Singers Round Table

...Round Table: Placido Domingo, Rene Pape and Deborah Voigt share their vocal experiences with moderator Sarah Billinghurst.

21:15

Opera On 3

Wagner's Die Walkure

Act Three

Tonight's Opera on 3 concludes with Act 3 of Wagner's Die Walkure, live from the New York Met.

22:40

Pre-Hear

The Juice Vocal Trio

The Juice Vocal Trio perform music by young British composers, recorded as part of the British Music Information Centre's 2004 Cutting Edge concert series.

23:00

Hear And Now

Inventions Day. Part 2

Alwynne Pritchard presents the second of two programmes recorded at the recent Inventions Day at London's South Bank Centre. The London Sinfonietta performs works by young British composers, mixed with three pieces by one of the UK's leading middle-generation figures.

Simon Holt: Brief Candles, The Coroner's Report and Eco-pavan.
Mark van de Wiel (clarinet)
Rolf Hind (piano)
Anssi Karttunen (cello)
David Porcelijn (conductor)

Plus, a performance from last year's Inventions Day of Symphonia by Brian Herrington, commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society, performed by the London Sinfonietta conducted by Martyn Brabbins.

01:00

Through the Night

23 April 2005

Part One

1.00am
From the 2004 Proms.
Violinist Sarah Chang joins the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras, in a concert of music by Dvorak recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on 8 September 2004
Scherzo Capriccioso, Op 66
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op 53 in Am
Symphony No 9 in Em, Op 95, From the New World

2.28am
Schumann: Symphonic Etudes
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)

3.01am
Goleminov: String Quartet No 3 on an Old Bulgarian Theme
Avramov String Quartet

3.23am
Elgar: The Music Makers, Op 69
Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin

4.01am
Purcell: Chacony a 4 for Strings in Gm, Z730
Simon Standage (violin)
Ensemble Il Tempo

4.06am
Schroter: Oh Mutter, guten Rat mir leiht' (Niklaus), Es war ein Ritter
Niklaus .......... Markus Schafer (tenor)
Dortchen ............ Ulrike Staude (soprano)
Dortchen's father .............. Ekkehard Abele (bass)
Michael Freimuth (guitar)
Gerald Hambitzer (fortepiano)
Hermann Max (conductor)

4.13am
Mozart: Overture, The Abduction from the Seraglio
Norwegian Radio Orchestra/Milan Horvat

4.19am
Mendelssohn: Andante for Organ in F
Graham Barber (organ)

4.23am
Telemann: Trio No 2 from Essercizii Musici, for viola da gamba, harpsichord obligato and continuo
Camerata Koln

4.33am
Chopin: Scherzo No 2 in B flat m, Op 31
Valerie Tryon (piano)

4.43am
Rimsky-Korsakov,transcr Rachmaninov: Flight of the Bumble-Bee
Valerie Tryon (piano)

4.45am
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Three Wonders from The Tale of Tsar Saltan suite, Op 57
BBC Philharmonic/Vassily Sinaisky

4.53am
JS Bach: 3 Chorales from the Schemelli collection
Marco Fink (bass baritone)
Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano)
Dalibor Miklavcic (organ)

05:00

Through the Night

23 April 2005

Part Two

Jonathan Swain concludes this morning's programme.

5.00am
Gabrieli: Diminution on Orlando Lassus's 'Susanne un jour'
Anne-Catherine Bucher (organ)

5.04am
Lassus: Bonjour, et puis Quelles Nouvelles? (Hello, What's the News?)
Phoenix Chamber Choir
Ramona Luengen (conductor)

5.06am
Pisendel: Sonata in Cm for 2 Oboes
Michael Niesemann, Alison Gangler (oboe)
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

5.11am
Haydn: Sonata for Piano, H XVI 33 in D
Bart van Oort (fortepiano)

5.25am
Fodor: Symphony No 2 in G, Op 13
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Halstead (conductor)

5.50am
Pezel: German Dance Suite
Canadian Brass

5.58am
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No 15 in C
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

6.02am
Svendsen: Carnival in Paris, Op 9
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)

6.15am
D'Indy: La querelle d'amour from Trois Chansons populaires francaises, Op 82
Judith Harris (mezzo)
Stephen Charlesworth (baritone)
BBC Singers
Ronald Corp (conductor)

6.17am
D'Indy: 2 Chants from Six Chants Populaires Francais, Op 100
BBC Singers
Ronald Corp (conductor)

6.22am
Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in Dm, Op 87, No 24
Francois-Frederic Guy (piano)

6.34am
Verdi: Perfidi!... Pieta, rispetto, amore from Macbeth, Act 4
Allan Monk (baritone)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

6.39am
Strauss: Macbeth, Op 23
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)