Tuesday 26th April 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

26 April 2005

Presented by Penny Gore

Music includes, from 7.00am

Froberger: Partita in F sharp m, FbWV 646
Siegbert Rampe (harpsichord)

Grieg: Suite, From Holberg's Time
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Iona Brown (director)

Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Choir of Winchester Cathedral
Waynflete Singers
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
David Hill (conductor)

From 8.30am

Glazunov: Five Novellettes, op 15, Orientale
Vertavo String Quartet

Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style
Leonid Gorokhov (cello)
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)

Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A, op 92
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado

10:00

CD Masters

26 April 2005

With Rob Cowan.

Glazunov: Concert Waltz, No 1 in D, Op 47
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

Mozart: Concerto in G, K453
Ralph Kirkpatrick (fortepiano)
Dumbarton Oaks Chamber Orchestra
Alexander Schneider (conductor)

Sor: Fantasia, Op 7, Largo non tanto
Julian Bream (guitar)

Glazunov: Scenes de ballet, Suite, Op 52
USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)

Bach: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV20
Wilke te Bummelstroete (alto)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Dietrich Henschel (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Glazunov: Concert Waltz No 2 in F, Op 51
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Ernest Ansermet (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)

Part Two

2/5. Presented by Donald Macleod. Boccherini is largely known today for just one work, his Minuet from the E major String Quintet. His contribution to the development of chamber music was remarkable, where he introduced various innovations and composed a total of 489 pieces.

String Quintet in E, op 11, no 5, G275
Isaac Stern and Cho-Liang Lin (violin)
Jaime Laredo (viola)
Yo-Yo Ma and Sharon Robinson (cello)

String Quintet, op 29, no 2,1st movement
Sigiswald Kuijken, Alda Stuurop (violin)
Anner Bylsma, Wieland Juijken (cellos)
Lucy van Dael (viola)

Cello Concerto in B flat, G482, (arr Grutzmacher)
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman (director)

[Rpt of Tue 12.00pm]

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Grieg and the Scandinavians

26 April 2005

The first of a series of concerts from the Cowdray Hall in Aberdeen celebrating Edvard Grieg's connections with the North East of Scotland and 100 years of Norway's independence. Christopher Cook presents artists from Scandinavia playing music by Greig and his Scandinavian contemporaries.

Grieg: Violin Sonata No.2 in G, Op.13
Svendsen: Romance in G
Sibelius: Romance Op.78 No.2
Sinding: Romance Op.30
Aulin: Humoresque from Four Watercolours

Henning Kraggerud (violin)
Helge Kjekshus (piano)

14:00

Afternoon Performance

BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC Singers

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales take up the Scandinavian theme with music by Sibelius and Rautavaara. And there's a contribution from the BBC Singers with
music by the Finnish composers Toivo Kuula and Aulis Sallinen.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night, opening to Act III
David Porcelijn (conductor)

Sibelius: Valse Triste and Cranes (from Kuolema)
Richard Hickox (conductor)
Kuula Karavaanikuoro
Jennifer Adams-Barbaro (soprano)
Robert Johnston (tenor)
BBC Singers

Sallinen: The Beaufort Scale
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto, no 2 in Gm
Cecilia Zilliacus (violin)
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Rautavaara: Symphony no 8, The Journey
Petri Sakari (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

26 April 2005

Radio 3's programme for younger listeners presented by CBBC's Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson. Including music about a train ride in Lancashire and Angellica's interview with an elephant.

16:00

Voices

German Romantic orchestral songs

Iain Burnside introduces a specially recorded recital of German Romantic orchestral songs by Richard Strauss, Mahler, Korngold, Reger and Liszt.

Elizabeth Atherton (soprano)
Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano)
Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Matthew Rose (bass)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

17:00

In Tune

26 April 2005

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and keeps us up to date with what's happening in the arts world. Email: in.tune@bbc.co.uk

19:30

Performance on 3

Manchester International Violin Competition

Complete performance

Tommy Pearson introduces the final of the Manchester International Violin Competition, recorded last weekend at the Bridgewater Hall. Vassily Sinaisky conducts the BBC Philharmonic.

21:30

Night Waves

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Architect Charles Jencks talks to Matthew Sweet about his new book Iconic Building, which explores the extent to which architecture must inspire loathing and dread to be regarded as truly iconic. Also, a review of the big screen version of Douglas Adams' classic, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

22:15

Late Junction

Yves Beaupre, Miles Davis, Trio Soledonna

Verity Sharp presents electroacoustic music from Canadian harpsichordist Yves Beaupre, extracts from Miles Davis Jack Johnson sessions, and Corsican polyphonic singing from Trio Soledonna.

00:00

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]

01:00

Through the Night

26 April 2005

Part One

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
A concert by Musica Antiqua Koln, featuring La Musica by Johann Friedrich Meister.
Meister: La Musica seconda in Dm, quarta in Em

1.25am
Buxtehude: Prelude in Gm
Leon Berben (harpsichord)

1.33am
Meister: La Musica quinta in C, sesta in Am, decima in Cm

2.07am
Reinken: Toccata in Gm
Leon Berben (harpsichord)

2.13am
Meister: La Musica undecima in D

2.22am
Liehmann: Mass No1 in Dm
Lenka Skornickova (soprano)
Olga Kodesova (alto)
Damiano Binetti (tenor)
Ilja Prokop (bass)
Radek Rejsek (organ)
Czech Radio Choir
Pilsen Radio Orchestra
Josef Hercl (conductor)

3.04am
Mozart: Grande Sestetto Concertante in E flat
Australia Ensemble

3.35am
Weber: Symphony No 1 in C, Op 19
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

4.00am
Chopin: Waltz for Piano in E flat, Op 18, Grand valse brillante
Witold Malcuzynski (piano)

4.05am
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op 20
Frank Peter Zimmerman (violin)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Guido Ajmone Marsan (conductor)

4.15am
Villa-Lobos: Etudes No 4 and 6 in G
Heiki Matlik (guitar)

4.21am
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance in A, Op 46, No 5
James Anagnoson and Leslie Kinton (pianos)

4.25am
Hoof: Overture - Willem de Zwijger
Belgian Radio and Television National Philharmonic Orchestra
Fernand Terby (conductor)

4.32am
Lipinski: Variations on a theme of Rossini's La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Miroslaw Lawrynowicz (violin)
Krystyna Makowska-Lawrynowicz (piano)

4.47am
Puccini: Un bel di vedremo, from Madama Butterfly (1904)
Grace Moore (soprano)
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Willem Mengelberg (conductor)

4.52am
Auber: Bolero from La Muette de Portici
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

05:00

Through the Night

26 April 2005

Part Two

Jonathan Swain concludes this morning's programme.

5.00am
Faure: Nocturne No 12 in Em, Op 107
Stephane Lemelin (piano)

5.05am
Massenet: Meditation from the opera Thais
Marie Berard (violin)
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

5.11am
Gibbons: What Is Our Life?
BBC Singers
Bo Holten (director)

5.16am
Catalani: Aria, Ebben?... Ne andro Lontana, from La Wally
Eva Urbanova (soprano)
Prague National Theatre Orchestra
Jan Stych (conductor)

5.20am
Sibelius: Sonatina No 1 in F sharp m, Op 67
Eero Heinonen (piano)

5.28am
Clemens non Papa: O Maria Vernans Rosa
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

5.33am
Brahms: Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Muhseligen, Op 74
Grex Vocalis
Carl Hogset (director)

5.39am
Kodaly: Adagio
Kalman Berkes (clarinet)
Zoltan Kocsis (piano)

5.47am
Schubert: Fantasia for Piano Duet, D 940 in Fm
Anna Klas
Bruno Lukk (pianos)

6.05am
Haydn: Symphony No 49 in Fm, Hob 1 49, 'La Passione'
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)

6.22am
Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op 43
Christina Ortiz (piano)

6.37am
Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op 37
Margreta Elkins (mezzo-soprano)
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Werner Andreas Albert (conductor)