Thursday 28th April 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

28 April 2005

Presented by Penny Gore.

From 7.00am

Sir Alexander Mackenzie: Britannia, A Nautical Overture
English Northern Philharmonia
David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)

Couperin: Concert Royal, No 1
Barthold Kuijken (flute)
Jurg Schaeftlein (oboe)
Milan Turkovic (bassoon)
Sigiswald Kuijken, Wieland Kuijken (bass viol)
Robert Kohnen (harpsichord)

JS Schroter: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op 3, No 3 in C
Murray Perahia (piano)
English Chamber Orchestra

From 8.30am

Glazunov: Five Novellettes, Op 15, Valse
Vertavo String Quartet

Debussy: Suite bergamasque
Pascal Roge (piano)

Strauss: Dance Suite, AV107
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

28 April 2005

With Rob Cowan.

Glazunov: Solemn Overture, Op 73
Moscow Radio Large Symphony Orchestra
Nikolay Golovanov (conductor)

Bach: Italian Concerto in F, BWV971
Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichord)

Egk: Temptation of St Anthony
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Koeckert Quartet
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Werner Egk (conductor)

Glazunov: Romantic Intermezzo, Op 69
USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra
Odissey Dimitriedi (conductor)

Bach: French Overture in Am, BWV818
Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichord)

Glazunov: The Seasons, Op 67, Summer, Autumn
Orchestra
Alexander Glazunov (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)

Part Four

4/5. Donald Macleod explores the last years of Boccherini's life, which weren't to be an easy and gentle retirement.

Symphony No 26 in D, Op 42
London Festival Orchestra
Ross Pople (conductor)

Guitar Quintet No 4 in D, G448, Fandango
Pepe Romero
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

Piano Quintet, Op 57 in Em, G415, 1799
Quatuor Mosaiques
Patrick Cohen (piano)

[Rptd Thu 12.00am]

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Grieg and the Scandinavians

28 April 2005

In the third of this week's recitals from the Cowdray Hall in Aberdeen, Christopher Cook presents music by Grieg, Sibelius and Nielsen played by Swedish pianist Roland Pontinen.

Grieg: Ballade, Op 24

Sibelius: Forest Lake, Op 114, No 3
The Spruce Tree, Op 75, No 5
Song in the Forest, Op 114, No 4

Nielsen: Chaconne, Op 32

Grieg: From Lyric Pieces, Butterfly, Nocturne, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen.

14:00

Afternoon Performance

28 April 2005

Louise Fryer presents the Ulster Orchestra performing two popular French works. The Scandinavian theme continues with Grieg's Symphonic Dances, and Nielsen's Symphony No 1.

Faure: Pavane
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op 64
Janos Furst (conductor)

Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto, No 2 in Gm
Abdul Rahman el Bacha (piano)
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Nielsen: Symphony, No 1 in Gm
Janos Furst (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

28 April 2005

Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson present the programme for younger listeners. They visit paradise in the company of French composer Gabriel Faure and hear meditative music by American Philip Glass.

16:00

Brian Kay's Light Programme

28 April 2005

Another chance to hear Brian Kay in conversation with composer, arranger and conductor Robert Farnon, who died on Saturday.

This programme, which includes some of his best loved music, was recorded just before his 85th birthday in July 2002.

17:00

In Tune

28 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

A Nono Retrospective

Complete performance

Live electronics, dislocated soundworlds, and uncompromising modernity characterise the dynamic and hypnotic musical visions of Luigi Nono - one of 20th century music's greatest revolutionaries.

Verity Sharp guides us through a sixty-year retrospective of Nono's work, recorded last night at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Luigi Nono: Polifonica-Monodia-Ritmica
Canti per 13
"Ha venido"
Canciones a Guiomar
La fabbrica illuminata
...sofferte onde serene...
Con Luigi Dallapiccola
A Pierre. Dell'azzurro silenzio, inquietum

Claron McFadden (soprano)
Sarah Nicolls (piano)
Sebastian Bell (contrabass flute)
Andrew Webster (contrabass clarinet)
Sound Intermedia
London Sinfonietta
BBC Singers
Oliver Knussen (conductor)

21:30

Night Waves

28 April 2005

Iranian film maker Abbas Kiarostami talks to Susan Hitch about his life, career and most recent work which involves transforming one of the Victoria and Albert museum's galleries into a forest.

22:15

Late Junction

28 April 2005

The ten baritone sax players of Japan's Tokyo Chutei Iki, alongside Icelandic electronic troubadour Mugison, and Dutch composer Tom Dissevelt. With Verity Sharp.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)

5/5. America

Disenchanted with life in Europe, in 1939 Igor Stravinsky moved to America where he remained until his death in 1971. Donald Macleod details the final chapters of Stravinsky's life.

Requiem Canticles
Susan Bickley (contralto)
David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone)
Stephen Richardson (bass)
New London Chamber Choir
Oliver Knussen (conductor)

Symphony in Three Movements
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Ernest Ansermet (conductor)

The Rake's Progress
Regina Sarfaty (mezzo soprano)
Alexander Young (tenor)
John Reardon (baritone)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)

[Rpt of Fri 12.00pm]

01:00

Through the Night

28 April 2005

Part One

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava plays Dvorak, Saint-Saens and Tchaikovsky
Dvorak: Othello Concert Overture, Op 93
Robert Stankovsk? (conductor)

1.18am
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto, No 1 in Am, Op 33
Jozef Podhradsk? (cello)
Oliver Dohnanyi (conductor)

1.38am
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op 32
Robert Stankovsk? (conductor)

2.05am
Cherubini: Messa Solenne
Luba Orgonasova and Sara Allegretta (soprano)
Sara Fulgoni (mezzo-soprano)
Herbert Lippert and Luca Dordolo (tenor)
Tomas Tomasson (bass)
Radio France Chorus
Orchestre National de Radio France
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

3.29am
Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 76, No 1
Vertavo Quartet

3.49am
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op 56a
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Simone Young (conductor)

4.09am
Chopin: Prelude in C sharp m, Op 45
Krzysztof Jablonski (piano)

4.13am
Bizet: Tra la la! Quand la flamme de l'amour - from La jolie fille de Perth
Nicola Ghiuselev (bass)
Orchestre de l'Opera National de Sofia
Rouslan Raitchev (conductor)

4.18am
Fitelberg: Three Mazurkas for Orchestra
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Joel Suben (conductor)

4.31am
Lisinski: Two Mazurkas in E flat
Vladimir Krpan (piano)

4.35am
Mozart: Divertimento in D, K136
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Pinchas Zuckerman (conductor)

4.49am
Falla: Vivan los que rien', from La Vida Breve
Manon Feubel (soprano)
Orchestre Symphonique de Laval
Jacques Lacombe (conductor)

4.55am
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance in Gm, Op 46, No 8
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Ari Rasilanen (conductor)

05:00

Through the Night

28 April 2005

Part Two

Jonathan Swain concludes this morning's programme.

5.00am
Benjamin: Overture to an Italian Comedy
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Post (conductor)

5.06am
Faure: Pavane, Op 50
Gianluca Littera (harmonica)
I Cameristi Italiani

5.12am
Wiren: Marcia from Serenade for Strings, Op 11
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

5.18am
Rangstrom: Violin Suite 2, 1921-2
Tale Olsson (violin)
Mats Jansson (piano)

5.29am
Svendsen: Norwegian Artists' Carnival, Op 14
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

5.37am
Aufschnaiter: Menuett, Gavotta and Menuett from Serenade No 3 in G minor
L'Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg (director)

5.40am
Gabrieli: Magnificat
Danish National Radio Chorus
Copenhagen Cornetts and Sackbutts
Lars Baunkilde (violone)
Soren Christian Vestergaard (organ)
Bo Holten (conductor)

5.47am
Debussy: L'Isle joyeuse
Jane Coop (piano)

5.54am
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

6.15am
Haydn: Keyboard Sonata in G, HobXVI/39
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

6.29am
Mendelssohn: String Quartet, No 2, Op13, in Am
Biava Quartet