Friday 20th May 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

20 May 2005

Presented by Penny Gore.

from 7.00am
Chopin (a polonaise in Mozart sonata later): Polonaise No 1 in C sharp m, Op 26
Maurizio Pollini (piano)

Johann Strauss II: Mephistos Hollenrufe Waltz, Op 101
Vienna Philharmonic
Willi Boskovsky (conductor)

Leopold Mozart: Sinfonia for four horns and strings in G, Sinfonia da caccia
Orfeo Baroque Orchestra,
Michi Gaigg (director)

Wienawski: Legende, Op 17
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Itamar Golan (piano)

Bach: Suite for Orchestra No 3, BWV 1068, in D
Academie fur Alte Musik Berlin

from 8.30am

Verdi: Don Carlos, Ballet Music to Act III, La peregrina
BBC Philharmonic
Edward Downes (conductor)

Mozart: Piano Sonata in DK 284
Maria Jo?o Pires (piano)

Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Op 43, Act 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

20 May 2005

With Jonathan Swain.

Moeran: Sinfonietta
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)

Allegri: Miserere
Roy Goodman (treble)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Sir David Willcocks (conductor)

Debussy: Reflets dans l'eau
Friedrich Gulda (piano)

Koechlin: Le Buisson Ardent, Op 203 and 171
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Heinz Holliger (conductor)

Horsley: There Is a Green Hill Far Away
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Simon Preston (organ)
Sir David Willcocks (conductor)

Schubert: Quartet movement in Cm, D703 (listener request)
Amadeus Quartet

Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
English Chamber Orchestra
Sir David Willcocks (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884)

Part Five

Donald Macleod introduces some works that Smetana wrote towards the end of his life, along with possibly his most famous piece, Vltava from Ma Vlast.

The Three Riders
Czech Philharmonic Chorus

Czech Dances Book 2: Oats, The Bear, The Little Onion, Stamp Dance
Jan Novotny (piano)

Quartet No 2 in Dm
Talich Quartet

Vltava from Ma Vlast
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent (conductor)

[Rpt of Fri 12.00pm]

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Celebrating Mozart

20 May 2005

Presented by Stephanie Hughes from LSO St Luke's, London. In the final concert in this week's Celebrating Mozart, The Florestan Trio returns for another Mozart Piano Trio and violist James Boyd joins the Trio again for a Piano Quartet.

Mozart: Piano Trio in G, K564; Piano Quartet in E flat, K493

14:00

Afternoon Performance

Dvorak Symphonies

Warwick Thompson introduces a performance by the BBC Philharmonic of Dvorak's Symphony No 9 From the New World, written when the composer was in America and infused with the flavour of American folk music.

Weber: Overture Der Freischutz
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
Gianandrea Noseda (Conductor)

Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1
Anthony Marwood (violin)
Edward Downes (conductor)

Dvorak: Symphony No 9 New World
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

20 May 2005

CBBC's Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson's programme for younger listeners, with music from the Renaissance, the Inverclyde Schools Junior Choir and the end of the 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky.

16:00

Jazz Legends

20 May 2005

Julian Joseph continues his conversation with American saxophonist Branford Marsalis.

17:00

In Tune

20 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

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Part One

Jac van Steen conducts his first live concert with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales as its Principal Guest Conductor.

Stravinsky's visceral vision of pagan rites still sounds as fast, furious and dangerous as it must have done when it caused a riot at its premiere in 1913. Plus a favourite romantic concerto with rising star and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Janine Jansen. From the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, introduced by Sarah Walker.

Bartok: Two Pictures Sz46 Op 10
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Op 35, in D
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)
Janine Jansen (violin)

[Continues at 8.45pm after Twenty Minutes]

20:25

Twenty Minutes

20 May 2005

In a series of readings for Radio 3's Africa Season with the theme of street life, Janice Acquah reads Abidjan Blues by Veronique Tadjo.

Akissi finally returns to Cote d'Ivoire, but it's to bury her father. It feels like she's severing her last links with the city of her birth. Until, that is, she retraces her father's footsteps in the capital.

20:45

Performance on 3

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Part Two

Sarah Walker introduces the second part of tonight's concert, live from the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea.

21:30

Night Waves

20 May 2005

Paul Allen talks to Steven Johnson, author of the controversial book Everything Bad is Good for You. Can popular culture, as in TV, computer games and trashy movies, actually bring us any benefits?

22:15

Mixing It

20 May 2005

Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present a unique mix of musical styles and influences.

23:30

Jazz on 3

20 May 2005

Jez Nelson presents a live recording of tenor saxophonist Phil Bancroft. Hailing from the fertile Scottish jazz scene, Bancroft has brought together an international quartet featuring the fresh approach of Scandinavian drummer Thomas Str?nen, and the deft guitarist Mike Walker. Joined by Steve Watts on bass, they perform music from their latest album Headlong.

01:00

Through the Night

20 May 2005

Part One

With Louise Fryer.

1.00am
Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander, Opera in three acts
Recorded in 2004 at the Davies Hall, San Francisco
Jane Eaglen (soprano)
Jill Grove (mezzo)
Thomas Studebaker (tenor)
Eric Cutler (tenor)
Mark Delavan (bass baritone)
Stephen Milling (bass)
San Franciso Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

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

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 ...... Cleofide (soprano)
Capella Coloniensis
William Christie (conductor)

4.30am
Albertus Groneman: Concerto in G
Jed Wentz (flute)
Manfred Kraemer and 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, B 70
Else Krijgsman
Mariken Zandliver
David Kuijken
Carlos Moerdijk (piano)

05:00

Through the Night

20 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's Trail)
Susse Lilles?e (soprano)
Danish National Radio Choir
Per Salo (piano)
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, BWV1030
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)