Wednesday 25th May 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

25 May 2005

Presented by Penny Gore.

From 7.00am
JC Bach: Artaserse, overture
Hanover Band
Anthony Halstead (director)

Ravel: Chansons madecasses
Katarina Karneus (soprano)
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Truls Mork (cello)
Stephen Kovacevich (piano)

Glinka: Capriccio brillante (Jota aragonesa)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

From 8.30am
Pleyel: Symphony in C, Op 66
London Mozart Players
Matthias Bamert (conductor)

Britten: Lachrymae
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Iona Brown (conductor)

Handel: Concerto grosso in B flat, Op 6, No 7
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (director)

10:00

CD Masters

25 May 2005

With Jonathan Swain.

Klemperer: Das Ziel, Merry Waltz
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer (conductor)

Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah I
Taverner Consort
Andrew Parrott (director)

Bellini: Oboe Concerto in E flat
Roger Lord (oboe)
Academy of St Martin-in-the-fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)

Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah II
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Sir David Willcocks (conductor)

Bruckner: Symphony No 4 in E flat, 1953 ed.
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer (conductor)

Tallis: 8 4-voice psalm tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips (director)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

Berlioz the Dramatist

Berlioz found dramatic expression and inspiration in Beethoven's music. He was also stimulated by the prevailing artistic thirst for literature and art. As a child he had read the Classics on his father's knee, and retained a life-long love of Virgil's the Aeneid. He wasn't a linguist but could read and speak Italian and English, and it's clear from the frequent quotations in his writings that he was thoroughly acquainted with the French classics in poetry and prose.

During the 1820s he discovered Shakespeare and Goethe's Faust, which resulted some years later in one of his most brilliant scores, which he described as an opera without décor or costumes, La damnation de Faust. Donald Macleod is joined by the Berlioz expert David Cairns.

Excerpt from Cléopâtre
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

King Lear, Op 4
Scottish National Orchestra
Sir Alexander Gibson (conductor)

Excerpt from La damnation de Faust Part 3
Jules Bastin (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

Dance of the Sylphs from la damnation de Faust
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

Invocation to Nature from La damnation de Faust, Part 4
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Celebrating Mozart

25 May 2005

Petroc Trelawny presents the second of this week's concerts celebrating the great musical minds of Mozart and Stravinsky.

Violinist Matthew Trusler is joined by pianist Leon McCawley in Birmingham's Symphony Hall for a programme which includes Stravinsky's tour-de-force the Duo Concertant.
Mozart: Variations in Gm, K360
Stravinsky: Duo Concertante
Mozart: Sonata in E flat, K481

14:00

Afternoon Performance

25 May 2005

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales are joined by Robert Plane on the basset clarinet for one of the best loved of Mozart's works. Ailish Tynan is soloist in a selection of songs by Richard Strauss, and Grant Llewellyn conducts the orchestra in Brahms's 4th Symphony.

Presented by Sandy Burnett.

Strauss: Standchen; Allerseelen; Cacilie; Wiegenlied; Morgen
Ailish Tynan (mezzo-soprano)
Douglas Bostock (conductor)

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A
Robert Plane (basset clarinet)
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Brahms: Symphony No 4 in Em
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

25 May 2005

CBBC's Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson present the programme for younger listeners. Today we've a piece for violin and piano by Elgar and we play "guess the cartoon's story".

16:00

Choral Evensong

25 May 2005

Live from Westminster Abbey.

Sonata a 8 (Bertali)
Introit: Verily I Say unto You (Tallis)
Responses: Tomkins
Psalm: 110 (Schutz)
First Reading: Exodus 12 vv1-8, 21-27
Magnificat a 8 (Monteverdi)
Second Reading: Mark 14 vv12-25
Nunc Dimittis (Schutz)
Anthem: O quam suavis est (Philips)
Voluntary: Sonata decima settima a 4 in ecco (Castello)

Organist and Master of the Choristers: James O'Donnell
Sub-Organist: Robert Quinney
St Jamess Baroque
Leader: Pavlo Beznosiuk

17:00

In Tune

25 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

19:00

Opera On 3

1984

Act One

The Royal Opera House presents the World Premiere of Lorin Maazel's 1984, based on George Orwell's sinister portrayal of a future under the totalitarian regime of Big Brother. Simon Keenlyside and Nancy Gustafson create the roles of Winston and Julia, who dare to defy the system and risk everything in order to love each other. The production is directed by Robert Lepage, and conducted by the composer.

Presented by Stephanie Hughes.

Winston ...... Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Julia ...... Nancy Gustafson (soprano)
O'Brien ...... Richard Margison (tenor)
Syme ...... Lawrence Brownlee (tenor)
Parsons ...... Jeremy White (bass)
Gym Instructress/Drunken Woman ...... Diana Damrau (soprano)
Charrington ...... Graeme Danby (bass)
Prole Woman ...... Mary Lloyd Davies (soprano)
Cafe Singer ...... Johnnie Fiori
Pub Quartet ...... The Demon Barbers

Royal Opera Chorus
Renato Balsadonna (Chorus Director)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Peter Manning (Concert Master)
Lorin Maazel (conductor)

[Continues at 9.00pm after Opera Box]

20:55

Opera Box

25 May 2005

Stephanie Hughes discusses the production with critic and author D J Taylor. Librettists J D McClatchy and Thomas Meehan discuss the challenges of adapting the book for the stage.

21:20

Opera On 3

1984

Act Two

1984. Act II: Stephanie Hughes presents the concluding part of Lorin Maazel's 1984, based on George Orwell's classic novel, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

22:15

Late Junction

25 May 2005

Shaheera Asante plays American bottleneck blues from Blind Willie McTell, Malian blues from Boubacar Traore, and a Lachrimae from 16th century Englishman John Dowland.

00:00

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]

01:00

Through the Night

25 May 2005

Part One

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Jean Langlais: Incantation pour un jour saint
Marcel Dupre: Cortege et litanie, Op 19
Durufle: Prelude sur l'introit de l'Epiphanie
Leon Boellmann: Versets sur sur L'Adoro te
Jeanne Demessieux: Two Choral preludes from 12 Choral preludes on Gregorian themes, Op 8; Te Deum, Op 11
Gillian Weir in Aarhus

1.35am
Gorecki: The Four Seasons (Rok i bieda); The Birds Gossip, Op 33 (Ptasie plotki)
Alla Polacca Choir/Sabina Wlodarska

1.35am
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Symphony No 5, Op 76
Polish Radio National SO Katowice/Gabriel Chmura

2.25am
Bartok: String Quartet No 3
Glinka Quartet

2.40am
Robert Hacomplaynt: Salve Regina
BBC Singers/Stephen Cleobury

2.50am
Richard Strauss: Funf Klavierstucke, Op 3
Ludmil Angelov (piano)

03:00

Through the Night

25 May 2005

Part Two

Jonathan Swain continues the programme.

3.20am
Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No 2 in Dm, Op 22
Mariusz Patyra (violin)
Polish Radio Orchestra/Wojciech Rajski

3.45am
Mozart: Divertimento in B flat, K186
Bratislavska Komorna Harmonia

3.55am
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso, Miroirs
Bengt-?ke Lundin (piano)

4.05am
Chabrier: Espa?a
Toronto SO/Andrew Davis

4.10am
Shchedrin arr. D Tziganov: Humoresque
Vesko Eschkenazy (violin)
Ludmil Angelov (piano)

4.15am
Szymanowski: Two Mazurkas, Op 62
Jerzy Godiszewski (piano)

4.20am
Claude le Jeune: Cigne ie suis de candeur; A sa chut il se va dejeter
Christina Pluhar (lute)
Ensemble Vocal Sagittarius/Michel Laplenie

4.25am
Prokofiev arr. Prokofiev and D Oistrakh: Violin Sonata No 2 in D, Op 94
Vesko Eschkenazy (violin)
Ludmil Angelov (piano)

4.50am
Moniuszko: Overture, The Chief Commander's Mistress
Polish Radio National SO in Katowice/Bogdan Oledzki

05:00

Through the Night

25 May 2005

Part Three

Through the Night concludes with Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Chopin: Introduction and Rondo in E flat, Op 16
Dang Thai Son (piano)

5.10am
Sibelius: Kellosavel Kallion kirkossa (The Bells of Berhall Church), Op 65b
Finnish Radio Chamber Choir
Eric-Olof Soderstrom (conductor)

5.10am
Uros Krek: Inventiones Ferales
Igor Ozim (violin)
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Samo Hubad (conductor)

5.30am
Richard Strauss: Ewig einsam/Wenn du einst die Gauen, Guntram Op 25
Ben Heppner (tenor)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)

5.40am
Pavel Mihelcic: Nocturne for violin and guitar
Tomaz Lorenz (violin)
Jerko Novek (guitar)

5.50am
Kodaly: Adagio
Morten Carlsen (viola)
Sergej Osadchuk (piano)

6.00am
Liszt: Liebestraum
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello)
William Tritt (piano)

6.05am
Eino Linnala: Pensee Triste, Op 1, No 4; Meri (The Sea)
Eero Heinonen (piano)

6.10am
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Bette Cosar (soprano)
Delia Wallis (mezzo-soprano)
Edd Wright (tenor)
Gary Dahl (bass)
Alexander Skwortsow (violin)
Vancouver Bach Choir
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Bruce Pullan (conductor)

6.25am
Faure: Nocturne in F sharp m, Op 104
Stephane Lemelin (piano)

6.30am
Suk: Raduz and Mahulena, Op 16, A Fairy Tale Suite
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Smetacek (conductor)