Saturday 21st May 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

21 May 2005

Presented by Martin Handley.

From 7.00am
Krommer: Octet-Partita in B flat major, Op 78
Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op 43
Earl Wild (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Jascha Horenstein (conductor)

From 8.00am
Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D, AV144
Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Michael Gielen (conductor)

Mozart: Et incarnatus est, Mass in Cm, K427, 'Great'
Sylvia McNair (soprano)
Lisa Beznosiuk (flute)
Anthony Robson (oboe)
Alastair Mitchell (bassoon)
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

09:00

CD Review

21 May 2005

Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Sarah Walker recommends a version of Rachmaninov's complete Piano Preludes from the currently available recordings.

Gordon Stewart reviews recent releases of vocal music, including Matthias Goerne in Schubert's Schwanengesang, Susan Graham's French orchestral songs and Christine Brewer in the first volume of Hyperion's complete Strauss songs series.

And there's an interview with Lorin Maazel who talks about his wide-ranging conducting career on record, in Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Cleveland and New York.

Disc of the Week at 12.30pm:
Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in Em, K304
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Mark Steinberg (violin)

13:00

The Early Music Show

21 May 2005

In a special weekend of programmes, the three presenters of the Early Music Show take us on a whistle-stop tour of the alphabet according to Early Music. Today, the letters A-M.

14:00

Discovering Music

Haydn's Opus 33 Quartets

Another chance to hear the six string quartets that Joseph Haydn composed around 1781 - his Opus 31 which contains some of his most inspired and innovative music.

Stephen Johnson joins the members of the Wihan Quartet in front of an audience at the Jacqueline du Pre Hall in Oxford to revel in the delights of Haydn's musical wit and invention.

15:00

World Routes

21 May 2005

Lucy Duran meets leading Congolese musician Papa Wemba, who is now returning to the international stage following three months in a French prison on immigration-related charges, an experience which he says profoundly changed him.

Plus music in the studio from Indian slide-guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya.

16:00

Jazz Line-Up

21 May 2005

Julian Joseph presents a selection of new releases and previews whats on in the UK jazz scene.

17:00

Jazz Record Requests

21 May 2005

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

18:00

Jazz File

The Musical World of Keith Jarrett

Never Let Me Go - Part Four

Alyn Shipton concludes his series of coversations with pianist Keith Jarrett. In this final programme, Jarrett talks about the demands of maintaining a career in both jazz and classical music, and his continuing work with the long running Standards Trio, featuring bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette.

18:30

Opera On 3

Un Ballo in Maschera

Complete performance

Antonio Pappano, Music Director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducts this new production of Verdi's 'most operatic of operas', with the three principals making their debuts in these roles.

Marcelo Alvarez plays the governor Riccardo, with Thomas Hampson as his devoted political ally and friend Renato. These characters both love the same woman - Renato's wife Amelia, sung by Karita Mattila - and when Renato turns assassin out of jealousy, the fortune teller Ulrica's prophecy comes true and Riccardo is murdered at Un Ballo in Maschera - a masked ball.

Presented by Stephanie Hughes.

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Riccardo ...... Marcelo Alvarez (tenor)
Amelia ...... Karita Mattila (soprano)
Renato ...... Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Ulrica ...... Elisabetta Fiorillo (mezzo-soprano)
Oscar ...... Camilla Tilling (soprano)
Sam ...... Giovan Battista Parodi (bass)
Tom ...... Matthew Rose (bass)
Silvano ...... Jared Holt (baritone)
Judge ...... Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Amelia's servant ...... Neil Gillespie (tenor)
Royal Opera Chorus
Renato Balsadonna (chorus director)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Vasko Vassilev (concert master)
Antonio Pappano (conductor)

21:15

The Verb

21 May 2005

Ian McMillan talks to the acclaimed author Barry Hines, author of A Kestrel for a Knave (later filmed as Kes), about his four decade career as novelist, playwright and screen writer.

There's also be a chance to hear another instalment from the Verb's very own eartoonist, Peter Blegvad, and the award-winning travel writer Alexander Frater traces the evolution of travel writing over the past century.

22:00

Pre-Hear

La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura

A rare performance of Luigi Nonos piece for violin and 8-channel surround-sound, La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura performed by Mieko Kanno (violin) and FURT (electronics) at the Durham Electroacoustic Music Festival in March.

23:00

Hear And Now

21 May 2005

Electronic May. Cut and Splice:

Robert Worby introduces the first of three programmes featuring music from this year's festival of electronic music and digital sound art.

Jaap Blonk performs Kurt Schwitter's seminal surreal concrete poem Ur-sonata. That's followed by a discussion of the exhibition of avant-garde scores at the Jerwood Space reflecting the festival's theme, Dots and Lines.

And later, a concert by the Ulster Orchestra featuring the senior French electronic music composer Luc Ferrari, recorded at the recent Sonorities Festival in Belfast.

Ed Bennett: All of This Used to be Trees (World Premiere)
Luc Ferrari: En un tournament d'amour

01:00

Through the Night

21 May 2005

Part One

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
From the Proms. Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on 11th September 2004.
Dvorak: Carnival Overture
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No 1 in E flat, Op 11
David Pyatt (horn)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
Liszt: Piano Concerto No 2 in A
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

2.10am
Brahms: Three Ophelia Songs
Sarah Walker (mezzo soprano)

2.10am
Guy Fouquet: Solitude, suite for two cellos
Duo Fouquet

2.35am
Pierre de La Rue: Missa Sancto Job
Orlando Consort

3.10am
Shostakovich: String Quartet No 8 in Cm, Op 110
The Young Danish String Quartet

3.30am
Sibelius: Symphony No 6 in Dm, Op 104
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Bernhard Klee (conductor)

4.05am
John B Escosa: Three Dances, Gavotte, Minuet and Gigue
Julia Shaw and Nora Bumanis (harp)

4.10am
Schumann: Toccata in C, Op 7
Anton Kuerti (piano)

4.15am
Rossini: Overture, Il Barbiere di Siviglia
KBS Symphony Orchestra
Chi-Yong Chung (conductor)

4.25am
Puccini: Non la sospiri le nostra, Tosca
Ritva Auvinen (soprano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kari Tikka (conductor)

4.27am
Poulenc: Violin Sonata
Semmy Stahlhammer (violin)
Roland Pontinen (piano)

4.50am
Wolf-Ferrari: Two orchestral intermezzi from Il Gioielli della Madonna, Op 4
KBS Symphony Orchestra
Othmar Maga (conductor)

05:00

Through the Night

21 May 2005

Part Two

Through the Night concludes with Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Mascagni: Voi lo sapete, O Mamma, Cavalleria Rusticana
Ritva Autinen (soprano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kari Tikka (conductor)

5.00am
Leevi Madetoja: Elegia from Symphonic suite, Op 4
Arto Noras (cello)
Tapani Valsta (piano)

5.04am
Schutz: Ich bin eine rufende Stimme, SWV383; O lieber Herre Gott wecke uns auf, SWV381
Danish National Radio Chorus
Stefan Parkman (conductor)

5.15am
Sibelius: Valse Triste
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

5.20am
Balint Bakfark: Lute Fantasy No 1
Daniel Benko (lute)

5.25am
Josquin: Tu solus qui facis mirabilia; La deploration de Johan Okeghem
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Paul van Nevel (conductor)

5.35am
Fritz Kreisler: Nina
The Hertz Trio

5.40am
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: Zasmuconej, To a Sorrowful Girl, Op 1, No 1
Jadwiga Rappe (alto)
Ewa Poblocka (piano)

5.43am
Richard Strauss: Love Scene from Feuersnot, Op 50
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)

5.50am
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 7 in D, Op 10, No 3
Geza Anda (piano)

6.10am
Mozart: Ach ich fuhl es ist verschwunden (Die Zauberflote)
Irma Urrila (soprano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Okko Kamu (conductor)

6.15am
Tchaikovsky: Suite No 4 in G, Op 61, Mozartiana
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)

6.40am
Musorgsky: The Seminarist, song
Petteri Salomaa (baritone)
Ilmo Ranta (piano)

6.45am
Janacek: Sonata 1.x.1905 in E flat m, Z ulice, From the Street
Pedja Muzijevic (piano)