Monday 11th July 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

11 July 2005

With Penny Gore. This week featuring Saint-Saens' piano concertos and recordings by the Nash Ensemble, who celebrate their 40th anniversary this year.

From 7.00am

Handel: Vadoro, pupille (Giulio Cesare)
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Brandenburg Consort
Roy Goodman (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: Waltz, Swan Lake
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur (conductor)

Debussy: Sonate en trio for flute, viola and harp
Nash Ensemble

From 8.30am

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)

Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No 1 in D, Op 17
Philippe Entremont (piano)
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Michel Plasson (conductor)

Vivaldi: Magnificat, RV610
Suzette Leblanc and Daniele Forget (soprano)
Richard Cunningham (countertenor)
Henry Ingram (tenor)
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir
Jean Lamon (director)

10:00

CD Masters

11 July 2005

With Jonathan Swain. Featuring Scriabin Symphonies and recordings by Nicolai Gedda.

Adam: Le postillon de Lonjumeau Act I, Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Choir Swedish Radio Orchestra
Stig Rybrant (conductor)

Stenhammar: 2 Sentimental Romances, Op 28
Arve Tellefsen (violin)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stig Westerberg (conductor)

Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp m, Op 20
Solomon (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Issay Dobrowen (conductor)

Lehar: Das Land des Lächelns, Act I, excerpt
Lisa ...... Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Prince Sou-Chong ...... Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Servant ...... André Mattoni (speaker)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Ackermann (conductor)

Haydn: Symphony No 99 in E flat
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Josef Krips (conductor)

Auber: La muette de portici, Act IV, Du pauvre seul ami fidčle

Flotow: Martha, Act III, Ach, so fromm, ach, so traut

Ponchielli: La Gioconda Act II, Cielo e mar!

Tchaikovsky: Yevgeny Onegin Act II, Kuda, kuda, kuda vy udalilis?
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Alceo Galliera (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Cole Porter (1891 - 1964)

Part One

The American composer-lyricist Cole Porter changed the face of popular songwriting for good with some of the 20th century's most witty and sophisticated songs. Donald Macleod begins his exploration of Porter's glamorous life and sparkling music with songs from his early years and his only foray into serious music with the ballet Within the Quota.

Let's Do It
Jane Wyman and Cary Grant

I'm a Gigolo
Cole Porter

I've a Shooting Box in Scotland, from See America First
Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby

Within the Quota
London Sinfonietta
John McGlinn (conductor)

Let's Do It; Let's Misbehave, from Paris
Irene Bordoni
Irving Aaaronson's Commanders

What Is this Thing Called Love? from Wake Up and Dream
George Metaxa

You've Got that Thing; You Don't Know Paree; The Tale of the Oyster; I'm Unlucky at Gambling; You Do Something to Me, from Fifty Million Frenchmen
Howard McGillin, Susan Powell, Jason Graae, Kay McClelland, Kim Criswell
Orchestra New England
James Sinclair (music director)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Ilya Gringolts

11 July 2005

Russian violinist Ilya Gringolts performs Bach's Partitas for solo violin from the Wigmore Hall, London.

14:00

Afternoon Performance

11 July 2005

John Shea presents the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performing some of the great violin concertos.

Ruders: Fairytale
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: Suite, The Sleeping Beauty
Stefan Solyom (conductor)

Elgar: Sea Pictures
Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
Yasuo Shinozaki (conductor)

Brahms: Violin Concerto
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

11 July 2005

Radio 3's programme for younger listeners presented by CBBC's Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson.

Includes the tale of Squirrel Nutkin, narrated by Imelda Staunton, with music by Stephen McNeff, words by Beatrix Potter and adapted by Adrian Mitchell. This was commissioned by the BBC and is performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Clark Rundell.

16:00

Stage and Screen

Oscar Hammerstein (b. July 12th 1895)

Hopeless sentimentalist or the greatest Broadway lyricist of them all? Edward Seckerson presents an anniversary celebration of the life of Oscar Hammerstein, including songs from Rose Marie, Desert Song, Show Boat, Roberta, Oklahoma!, Allegro and Carousel.

17:00

In Tune

11 July 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

BBC Proms 2005

Preview Night

Stephanie Hughes and Christopher Cook look forward to the new season, which begins this Friday, with Director of the Proms Nicholas Kenyon.

Including:

7.35pm
This year's Proms Preview Night competition

Contact information for entries
Text number: 83111 [standard national rates]
Email address: promson3@bbc.co.uk
Radio 3 information line: 08700 100 300 [national rates]

Please email your Proms memories/anecdotes or send to:
Proms Preview Night
Room 3009, Broadcasting House
London, W1A 1AA

7.45pm
Chausson: Les Papillons
Satie: La Diva de l'Empire
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)

7.50pm
Stephanie Hughes visits Cadogan Hall, the new venue for Proms Chamber Music

8.00pm
Rob Cowan presents an Innocent Ear selection on the Proms theme of the Sea

8.30pm
Writer and broadcaster Dan Zerdin shares Proms memories and anecdotes (see below)

9.00pm
Rob Cowan presents an Innocent Ear selection on the Proms theme of Fairy Tales

9.20pm
Composer Fraser Trainer talks about his new violin concerto written for Viktoria Mullova

9.30pm
Nicholas Kenyon chooses the best of listeners' memories of the Proms

9.40pm
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite (excerpts)
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)

22:00

Night Waves

11 July 2005

To mark the centenary of the Nobel prize winning writer Elias Canetti, Mathew Sweet takes a look at Party in the Blitz - his memoirs of living in England during the war. Despite the experience, Elias Canetti, best known for Auto da Fe - went on to spend much of his working life in Britain whilst writing in his birth language, German.

22:30

Late Junction

11 July 2005

Verity Sharp's selections include Senegalese group Orchestra Baobab, American troubador Jim White and a recording of Počme électronique, by Edgard Varčse.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936)

In Perfect Unison

Without the influence of his pupil, later his wife, Respighi might well have come off the rails. Donald Macleod evaluates the impact of Elsa Respighi on her husband's music.

3 Preludes on Gregorian Melodies No 1
Sergei Babayan (piano)

Church Windows: The Matins of St Claire; St Michael the Archangel
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jesús López-Cobos (conductor)

La Sera
Faridah Subrata (mezzo-soprano)
Czecho-Slovak Radio SO
Adriano (conductor)

Ballad of the Gnomes
The Philharmonia
Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

Poema Autunnale
Pierre Amoyal (violin)
Orchestre National de France
Charles Dutoit (conductor)

01:00

Through the Night

11 July 2005

11 July 2005

With Susan Sharp.

1.00am
From the Bĺstad Chamber Music Festival 2004
Rebecca Clarke: Prelude, allegro and pastorale for clarinet and viola, 1941
Staffan Mĺrtensson (clarinet)
Henrik Frendin (viola)
Peteris Vasks: Touches, 1982
Helén Jahren (oboe)
Dvorák: Quartet for strings No 13 in G, Op 106
Janácek Quartet: Milos Vacek (violin)
Viteslav Zavadilík (violin)
Ladislav Kyselák (viola)
Bretislav Vybiral (cello)

2.00am
Beethoven: Mass, Op 123 in D, Missa solemnis
Rosamund Illing (soprano)
Elizabeth Dunning (mezzo-soprano)
Christopher Doig (tenor)
Rodney McCann (bass)
Sydney Philharmonic Choir
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

3.10am
Visée: Suite No 12 in Em
Yasunori Imamura (theorbo)

3.30 Hellendaal: Cello Sonata No 7, Op 5
Jaap ter Linden (cello)
Ton Koopman (harpsichord)
Ageet Zweistra (cello continuo)

3.40am
Schubert: Symphony No 8 in Bm, D759, unfinished
Romanian National Chamber Orchestra
Horia Andreescu (conductor)

4.05am
Elgar arr. Passmore: Salut d'Amour
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello)
William Tritt (piano)

4.10am
Thalberg: Air Anglais Varie, Home Sweet Home
Dennis Hennig (piano)

4.15am
Verdi: Pater noster
Radio France Chorus
Donald Palumbo (conductor)

4.25am
Förster: Sonata a 7
Musica Fiata
Roland Wilson (director)

4.35am
Haydn: Piano Trio in G, H15.25, Gypsy Rondo
Grieg Trio

4.50am
Verdi: Overture: The Sicilian Vespers
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Quebec
Raffi Armenian (conductor)

5.00am
Bach: Cantata: Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV54
Jadwiga Rappé (alto)
Concerto Avenna
Andrzej Mysinski (conductor)

5.10am
Brahms: Intermezzo in A, Op 118, No 2
Jane Coop (piano)

5.15am
Haydn: Symphony No 22 in E flat, The Philosopher
Amsterdam Bach Soloists

5.30am
Escher: Le vrai visage de la paix
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Ed Spanjaard (conductor)

5.45am
Mozart arr. Danzi: Duos from Cosí fan Tutte
Duo Fouquet
Elizabeth Dolin and Guy Fouquet (cello)

5.55am
Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in Gm, Op 26
Roland Orlik (violin)
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Marek Pijarowski (conductor)

6.25am
Handel: Beloved solitude
Sophie Boulin (soprano)
La Petite Bande
Sigswald Kuijken (director)

6.30am
Fauré: Dolly Suite for piano duet, Op 56
Erzsébet Tusa and Istvan Lantos (piano)

6.45am
Poulenc orch. L. Berkeley: Flute Sonata
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Enrique Garcia-Asensio (conductor)