Thursday 19th May 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

19 May 2005

Presented by Penny Gore.

Music includes from 7.00am

Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 violins, cello and orchestra, RV567, Op 3'7 in F, from L'Estro Armonico
Fabio Biondi, Enrico Casazza, Isabella Longo and Raffaello Negri (violin)
Maurizio Naddeo (cello)
Europa Galante

Stanford: Justorum animae from Three Motets Op 38
The Choir of St Paul's Cathedral
John Scott (conductor)

Albeniz: Torre Bermeja from 12 Characteristic Pieces
Catrin Finch (harpsicord)

Rossini: Overture, Le siege de Corinth
The Hanover Band
Roy Goodman (conductor)

Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsody No 1, Op 17
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)

Telemann (attrib Bach as BWV 824) Suite in A
Rosalyn Turek (piano)

Gustave Charpentier: Depuis le jour from Louise
Kathleen Battle (soprano)
Orchestra of the Bastille Opera
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

From 8.30am

Mozart: Piano Sonata in G, K283
Alicia de Larrocha (piano)

Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane Op 43, Act 1
Orchestre de Paris
Charles Dutoit (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

19 May 2005

With Jonathan Swain.

Purcell: My Heart is Inditing
Choir of King's College Cambridge, Leonhardt Consort
Sir David Willcocks (conductor)

Mozart: Sonata in C, K521
Martha Argerich and Alexandre Rabinovitch (piano duet)

Koechlin: La Loi de la Jungle, Op 175
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman (conductor)

Britten: Hymn to Saint Cecilia
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Sir David Willcocks (conductor)

Koechlin: Les Bandar-log, Op 176
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati (conductor)

Weber: Non paventar mia vita
Erna Berger (soprano)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Johannes Schuler (conductor)

Walton: Siesta
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)

Grieg: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Richard Farrell (piano)

Gibbons: Te Deum
Simon Preston (organ)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Sir David Willcocks (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884)

Part Four

4/5. Donald Macleod looks at how Smetana's life changed when he became deaf and we hear the autobiographical quartet From My Life, in which Smetana depicts the occurrence of this terrible tragedy along with happier times from his youth.

Song of Freedom
Paul Robeson (bass)
Alan Booth (piano)

The Song of the Sea
Czech Philharmonic Chorus
From My Life String quartet no 1 in Em
Cleveland Quartet
Donald Weilerstein and Peter Salaff (violins)
James Dunham (viola)
Paul Katz (cello)

Excerpts from Reves (Dreams)
William Howard (piano)

[Rpt of Thu 12.00pm]

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Celebrating Mozart

19 May 2005

Stephanie Hughes presents the Florestan Trio featuring pianist Susan Tomes, violinist Anthony Marwood and cellist Richard Lester performing Mozart's Piano Trio in B flat K502 from LSO St Lukes, London.

Following this they are joined by violist James Boyd for the Piano Quartet in G minor K478.

Mozart: Piano Trio in B flat, K502
Piano Quartet in Gm, K478

14:00

Afternoon Performance

Dvorak Symphonies

Continuing this week's Dvorak theme, this programme features his nationalistic Symphony No 8 alongside the Cello Concerto in Bm, one of only a handful of works composed during his four-year stint in America in the 1890s. Introduced by Warwick Thompson.

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Douglas Bostock (conductor)

Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Jian Wang (cello)
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Dvorak: Symphony No 8
Douglas Bostock (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

19 May 2005

CBBC's Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson present the programme for younger listeners, including music from Batman and a song from the Youth Music BBC Radio 3 Children's Choir of the Year competition.

16:00

Brian Kay's Light Programme

19 May 2005

A tribute to Leroy Anderson on the 30th anniversary of his death, with tracks by John Wilson and the BBC Concert Orchestra, and some old recordings by the Berlin Promenade Orchestra.

17:00

In Tune

19 May 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

Halle Orchestra

19 May 2005 Part One

Part 1.

Martin Handley introduces a concert from Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. The Halle Orchestra, under their artistic director Mark Elder, play two staples of the Scandinavian repertoire. They begin, though, with Wagner's declaration of love, Siegfried Idyll.

The Orchestra is then joined by the Lindsays for the premiere of a new work by Manchester-based composer, John Casken - Rest-ringing for String Quartet and
Orchestra.

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Casken: New Work; Rest-ringing for String Quartet and Orchestra
Sibelius: The Oceanides

Halle Orchestra
The Lindsats Quartet
Mark Elder (conductor)

[Continues at 8.35pm after Twenty Minutes]

20:15

Twenty Minutes

19 May 2005

During the concert interval, Martin Handley talks to Peter Cropper and Robin Ireland about life after the Lindsays. He finds out about new initiatives in music education
at the Royal Northern College of Music, and is joined by Nielsen expert David Fanning to explore aspects of the Danish composer's unique musical legacy.

20:35

Performance on 3

Halle Orchestra

Part Two

Part 2.

Martin Handley introduces the concluding part of this concert from Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. The Halle Orcherstra, under their artistic director Mark Elder, play Nielsen's Symphony No 4, The Inextinguishable.

Nielsen: Symphony No 4
Halle Orchestra
The Lindsats Quartet
Mark Elder (conductor)

21:30

Night Waves

19 May 2005

Isabel Hilton examines Notre Musique, the latest from French film maker Jean Luc Godard. Plus Jim Broadbent in a National Theatre adaptation of the MGM film Theatre of Blood.

22:15

Late Junction

19 May 2005

Arild Andersen's music for Elektra and Anne Dudley's Northern Lights are among Fiona Talkington's choices in tonight's late night mix.

00:00

Composer of the Week

George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

Part Five

5/5. Handel engaged in a lifelong avoidance of court appointments, yet he was closely involved with royalty throughout. Donald Macleod looks at a selection of the ceremonial commissions Handel fulfilled during his career.

Opener: Excerpt from Water Music
Suite in F, HWV 348, No 8, Hornpipe
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (conductor)

Utrecht Te Deum (extract)
Final section, from We Believe that Thou Shalt Come to End
Felicity Palmer (soprano)
Marjana Lipovsek (alto)
Philip Langridge (tenor)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Thomas Moser (tenor)
Ludwig Baumann (bass)
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

Zadok the Priest
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Thurston Dart (harpsichord)
John Langdon (organ)
English Chamber Orchestra
Sir David Willcocks (conductor)

Funeral Anthem, The Ways of Zion do Mourn (excerpt)
Alsfelder Vokalensemble
Barockorchester Bremen
Wolfgang Helbich (conductor)

Music for the Royal Fireworks
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington (conductor)

[Rpt of Fri 12.00pm]

01:00

Through the Night

19 May 2005

Part One

With Louise Fryer.

1.00am
Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander - opera in 3 acts
Jane Eaglen (soprano)
Jill Grove (mezzo)
Thomas Studebaker (tenor)
Eric Cutler (tenor)
Mark Delavan (bass baritone)
Stephen Milling (bass)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

3.25am
John Thomas: Grand Duet in E flat m
Myong-ja Kwan, Hyon-son La (harp)

3.40am
Georg Druschetsky: Sextet in E flat
Bratislava Chamber Harmony

4.00am
Josef Myslivecek (arr unknown): String Quintet No 2 in E flat
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Rudolf Werthen (conductor)

4.10am
Karl Doppler: Souvenir de Prague, Op 24
Matej Zupan, Karolina Santl-Zupan (flute)
Dijana Tanovic (piano)

4.25am
Johann Adolf Hasse: Son qual misera Colomba (Cleofide)
Emma Kirkby (soprano - Cleofide)
Capella Coloniensis
William Christie (conductor)

4.30am
Albertus Groneman: Concerto in G
Jed Wentz (flute)
Manfred Kraemer, Laura Johnson (violin)
Musica ad Rhenum

4.45am
Fritz Kreisler: Syncopation
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello)
William Tritt (piano)

4.47am
Smetana: Sonata movement in Em, B70
Else Krijgsman, Mariken Zandliver, David Kuijken, Carlos Moerdijk (piano)

05:00

Through the Night

19 May 2005

Part Two

Through the Night concludes with Louise Fryer.

5.00am
Schoeck: Sommernacht (Summer Night), pastoral intermezzo, Op 58
Camerata Bern (no conductor)

5.10am
Ravel (arr F Gillet): Piece en forme de Habanera
Roger Cole (oboe)
Linda Lee Thomas (piano)

5.15am
Janacek: Vlci stopa (The Wolf'sTrail)
Susse Lilles?e (soprano)
Per Salo (piano)
Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)

5.20am
Jan van Gilse: String Quartet
Ebony Quartet

5.30am
Delius (arr Fenby): Intermezzo (Fennimore and Gerda)
Symphony Nova Scotia
Georg Tintner (conductor)

5.35am
Debussy: Clair de lune
Jane Coop (piano)

5.40am
Verdi: Ella giammai mamo! (Don Carlos)
Martti Talvela (bass)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jussi Jalas (conductor)

5.50am
Rudolf Escher: Ciel air et vents
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Ed Spanjaard (conductor)

6.05am
Bach: Flute Sonata in Bm, BWV 1030
Bart Kuijken (flute)
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)

6.25am
Samuel Simon Weise: Two Songs
Ulrik Cold (bass)
Kristian Buhl-Mortensen (lute/guitar)

6.30am
Mozart: Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat, K417
Jacob Slagter (horn)
Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam
Lev Markiz (conductor)

6.40am
Liszt: Rhapsodie Espagnole, S254
Richard Raymond (piano)