Friday 17th June 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

17 June 2005

Presented by Sandy Burnett.

From 7.00am
Schmelzer: Polish Bagpipes
Members of the Danish Violin Band

Glinka trans. Alexandr Gourilyov: Variations on the terzetto from A Life for the Tsar
Victor Ryabchikov (piano)

Tchaikovsky trans. Stravinsky: Variation of the Lilac Fairy and Entracte from The Sleeping Beauty
Gidon Kremer (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)

Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre Act III
Dresden Staatskapelle
Donald Runnicles (conductor)

Bach: French suite for keyboard No 6, BWV817 in E
Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano)

From 8.30pm
Mussorgsky: Polonaise from Boris Godunov
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

Handel: Extract from Acis and Galatea
Acis ...... Paul Agnew (tenor)
Coridon ...... Joseph Cornwell (tenor)
Galatea ...... Sophie Daneman (soprano)
Polyphemus ...... Alan Ewing (bass)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (director)

Handel arr. Mozart: Closing scenes from Acis and Galatea
Acis ...... Jamie MacDougall (tenor)
Galatea ...... Barbara Bonney (soprano)
The English Concert and Choir
Trevor Pinnock (director)

Joseph Jongen: Aria et Polonaise
Christian Lindberg (trombone)
Roland Pöntinen (piano)

Paderewski: Fantaisie Polonaise, Op 19, vers. for piano and orch
Ian Hobson (piano)
Sinfonia Varsovia
Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

17 June 2005

With Rob Cowan.

Chabrier: Gwendoline, Overture
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray (conductor)

Handel: Suite in B flat, HWV434
Robert Woolley (harpsichord))

Brahms: Quintet in Fm, Op 34
Rudolf Serkin (piano)
Budapest Quartet

Debussy: Nocturnes
Wayne State University Women's Glee Club
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray (conductor)

Handel: Suite in Em, HWV429
Andrey Gavrilov (piano)

Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

Vaughan Williams in the 1920s

As the 1920s drew to a close, Vaughan Williams was well on his way to his 60th birthday, and continued producing remarkable works. The lessons learnt from his earlier operatic compositions bore fruit in Sir John in Love, and he made significant progress with what was to be his only Piano Concerto.

The crowning glory of these years, though, was his epic Job, a Masque for Dancing. In the last instalment of this series, Donald Macleod concludes the story of this influential chapter in Vaughan Williams' life.

Well to the Woods No More, from Along the Field (words: AE Housman)
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Leo Philips (violin)

Sir John in Love
Anne ...... Wendy Eathorne
Falstaff ...... Raimund Herincx
Mrs Quickly ...... Helen Watts
Sir Hugh Evans ...... Rowland Jones
New Philharmonia Orchestra
John Alldis Choir
Meredith Davies (conductor)

Job, A Masque for Dancing; Satan's Dance of Triumph
London Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)

Piano Concerto in C
Howard Shelley (piano)
RPO
Vernon Handley (conductor)

Job, A Masque for Dancing, conclusion
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Rosenblatt Recital Song Prize

17 June 2005

As a week of fierce competition draws to a close, Iain Burnside and Humphrey Burton report on the remaining two recitalists in the song prize. Following the Jury's announcement of the five singers who have made it through to the final, Iain and Humphrey present their highlights from this week's winning performances.

The song prize final follows Saturday at 6.30pm.

14:30

Afternoon Performance

17 June 2005

The BBC SSO conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, continues its theme of Russian Symphonies with Prokofiev's Symphony No 5, Enrico Pace (piano). Plus Liszt's Piano Concerto No 2. Louise Fryer presents.

15:40

Making Tracks

17 June 2005

CBBC's Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson present the programme for younger listeners. With music from Andrew Lloyd-Webber's musical Cats, and the Thunder and Lightening Polka by Johann Strauss.

16:00

Jazz Legends

Herbie Hancock

Keyboard legend Herbie Hancock has crossed over Be Bop, funk and elements of classical music. He is arguably most famous for his dance floor hit Watermelon Man and, at the other end of the spectrum, his tribute to Mile Davis. During his recent tour of the UK, Herbie Hancock chatted to Julian Joseph.

17:00

In Tune

17 June 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

Spitalfields Festival Tippett Centenary

Part One

Christopher Cook introduces the Spitalfields Festival's celebration of the centenary of Michael Tippett, featuring a new work by Artem Vassiliev. [Continues at 8.55pm after Twenty Minutes]

Spitalfields Festival
Britten Sinfonia

Christopher Cook introduces a concert given as part of Spitalfields Festival's celebration of the centenary of Michael Tippett live from Christ Church, London. The concert also features a new work by Russian composer Artem Vassiliev partly based on a novel by John Galsworthy, in which the principal character's rigidity makes him unable to break social rules, leading to tragic consequences.

Tippett: Little Music for Strings
Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Artem Vassiliev: Duo Concertante, world premiere, commissioned by Spitalfields Festival

20:15

Twenty Minutes

The Tournament

The Tournament, by John Clarke: Extract from the novel read by Jon Glover.

20:55

Performance on 3

Spitalfields Festival Tippett Centenary

Part Two

Christopher Cook presents the conclusion of a concert given as part of Spitalfields Festival's celebration of the centenary of Michael Tippett live from Christ Church, London.

Spitalfields Festival
Britten Sinfonia

Christopher Cook presents the conclusion of a concert given as part of Spitalfields Festival's celebration of the centenary of Michael Tippett live from Christ Church, London.

Purcell arr. Britten: Chacony
Tippett: Lament from Sellinger's Round
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings

Britten Sinfonia
Steven Bell (horn)
Maxim Rysanov (viola)
Kristina Blaumane (cello)
Mark Wilde (tenor)
Paul Watkins (conductor)

21:30

Night Waves

17 June 2005

Richard Ingrams discovers much in common with another angry old man of history, the poet William Cobbett, when he talks about his biography of the 18th century radical to Paul Allen.

22:15

Mixing It

17 June 2005

Presented by Mark Russell and Robert Sandall and featuring an interview with Ry Cooder about his latest recording project Chávez Ravine, which tells the story of a once vibrant Mexican-American neighbourhood in Los Angeles, lost to redevelopment in the 1950s.

23:30

Jazz on 3

17 June 2005

Session Double Bill: Meshell Ndegeocello Spirit Music Sextet/John Tchicai and Evan Parker duo

Jez Nelson presents two contrasting sessions of improvised music. American singer and bassist Meshell Ndegeocello is best known for her work in funk and hip hop but her most recent album has veered into instrumental jazz, collaborating with Jack Dejohnette and Kenny Garrett among others. Joining her in this line up of the Spirit Music Sextet are Chris Dave on drums and saxophonist Ron Blake.

Then, an extremely rare encounter between two towering figures of free jazz saxophone. Evan Parker is a pioneer of European free improvisation and renowned for his extension of saxophone technique, while John Tchicai was a key part of the new thing in sixties New York, appearing most famously on John Coltrane's classic album Ascension.

01:00

Through the Night

17 June 2005

17 June 2005

Through the Night with Louise Fryer.

1.00am
Handel: Tamerlano
Tamerlan ...... Derek Lee Ragin (counter-tenor)
Bajazet ...... Nigel Robson (tenor)
Asteria ...... Nancy Argenta (soprano)
Andronicus ...... Michael Chance (counter-tenor)
Leon ...... René Schirrer (bass)
Irene ...... Jane Findlay (mezzo)
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

4.05am
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in C, K420
Ilze Graubina (piano)

4.10am
Frank Bridge: Hornpipe (Miniatures)
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello)
William Tritt (piano)

4.15am
Liszt: Grandes Etudes de Paganini No 2
Matti Raekallio (piano)

4.20am
Verdi: 'Ah! piu non vedro...' (Don Carlos)
Raili Kostia (soprano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kari Tikka (conductor)

4.25am
Johann Strauss: Overture - Die Fledermaus
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

4.35am
Rachmaninov: Variations on a theme of Corelli for piano, Op 42
Natalya Pasichnyk (piano)

4.50am
Corelli: Trio Sonata in Dm, Op 1, No 11
London Baroque

5.00am
Johann Gottfried Eckhard: Andantino - Sonata in A, Op 1, No 4
Arthur Schoonderwoerd (fortepiano)

5.05am
Purcell: Pavane in Gm, Z752; Chacony in Gm, Z730
London Baroque

5.10am
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in Bm, Kk 87
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

5.15am
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Roger Cole (oboe)
Linda Lee Thomas (piano)

5.25am
Glinka: Largo (Trio in Dm)
Moscow Trio

5.30am
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Hungarian Radio Orchestra
Adam Medveczky (conductor)

5.40am
Grieg: Peer Gynt, Suite No 1
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Roman Zeilinger (conductor)

5.55am
Falla: Siete canciones populares espańolas
Jard van Nes (mezzo soprano)
Gérard van Blerk (piano)

6.05am
Debussy: Rondes de printemps (Images)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava
Ludovic Rajter (conductor)

6.15am
Mozart: Piano Sonata in B flat, K333
Jevgeny Rivkin (piano)

6.35am
CPE Bach: Flute Concerto in G, Wq 169
Tom Ottar Andreassen (flute)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Roy Goodman (conductor)