Thursday 25th August 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

25 August 2005

With Penny Gore.

From 7.00am

Schumann: Abegg Variations, Op 1
Imogen Cooper (piano)

Handel-Halvorsen: Passacaglia
Kennedy (violin)
Lynn Harrell (cello)

Horovitz: Sonatina
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
Gwenneth Pryor (piano)

From 8.30am

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G, BWV1048
English Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Britten (conductor)

Brahms: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in Am, Op 114
Michael Collins (clarinet)
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Stephen Hough (piano)

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No 4 in Dm, Liszt's own orchestration of the Hungarian Rhapsody in C sharp minor, S 244, No 2
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

25 August 2005

With Jonathan Swain.

Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op 67, No 5 and Op 62, No 6
Samson François (piano)

Berlioz: La damnation de Faust Op 24, Part II, conclusion
Faust ...... Richard Verreau (tenor)
Méphistophélès ...... Michel Roux (baritone)
Elisabeth Brasseur Choir
Lamoureux Orchestra
Igor Markevitch (conductor)

Bach: Partita No 3 in E BWV 1006
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)

Ravel: Concerto for the left hand
Samson François (piano)
Paris Conservatoire Concerts Society Orchestra
André Cluytens (conductor)

Berlioz: La damnation de Faust Op 24, Part IV (conclusion)
Faust ...... Giuseppe Sabbatini (tenor)
Méphistophélès ...... Michele Pertusi (bass)
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

Debussy: Pour le piano
Samson François (piano)

La damnation de Faust Op 24, Part IV, extract
Faust ...... José de Trévi (tenor)
Méphistophélès ...... Charles Panzéra (baritone)
Choir of St Gervais
Pasdeloup Orchestra
Piero Coppola (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Constant Lambert (1905-1951) and Alan Rawsthorne (1905-1971)

Part Four

Constant Lambert and Alan Rawsthorne had a lot in common, not least that they both married the same woman. The amazing Isabel Nicholas was one of the great muses of the 20th century. Donald Macleod looks at how she, and other significant women, affected the composers' lives.

Constant Lambert: Elegiac Blues
Richard Rodney Bennett

Constant Lambert: Eight Poems by Li-Po
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Alan Rawsthorne: Concertante for Violin and Piano
Nadia Myerscough (violin)
Yoshiko Endo (piano)

Constant Lambert: Horoscope (excerpt)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

Alan Rawsthorne: Quintet for Piano and Winds
The Fibonacci Sequence

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Edinburgh International Festival 2005

25 August 2005

Sandy Burnett introduces a recital recorded on Tuesday at the Queen's Hall.

Janacek: String Quartet

Dvorák: String Quartet in A flat, Op 105
Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A, Op 81

Igor Ardasev (piano)

14:30

BBC Proms 2005

Prom 38 Part One

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, presented by Fiona Talkington.

The bicentenary of one of the world's most famous storytellers, Hans Christian Andersen, is celebrated with a specially commissioned work based on his tale of sacrifice, unconditional love and watery death, The Little Mermaid. The Danish connections continue with Grieg's popular concerto (which he composed just outside Copenhagen) and Carl Nielsen's life-affirming fifth symphony.

Bent Sørensen: The Little Mermaid (world premiere)
Grieg: Piano Concerto in Am
Nielsen: 5th symphony

Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano)
Gert Henning-Jensen (tenor)
Lars Vogt (piano)
Danish National Girls Choir/DR
Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

16:30

Brian Kay's Light Programme

25 August 2005

Including music by Len Stevens, Trevor Duncan, Sidney Torch and Charles Williams, and artist of the month John Wilson conducting Eric Coates' For your Delight.

17:00

In Tune

25 August 2005

Petroc Trelawny 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

Prom 55 Part One

From the Royal Albert Hall, presented by Martin Handley.

The last work Alban Berg ever completed, and dedicated 'To the memory of an angel', is performed by the dazzling Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos. The programme also features an intriguing new work by young British composer Morgan Hayes, and the Beethoven Symphony famously described as the apotheosis of the dance.

Hayes: Strip - BBC commission
Berg: Violin Concerto
Beethoven:Symphony No 7 in A

Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Swensen (conductor)

20:15

Twenty Minutes

The Violin

The Violin: Novelist Christopher Hope narrates his new short story about Fred, a Parisian janitor whose life is suddenly transformed by the exotic Yuliah, a Russian violinist.

20:35

BBC Proms 2005

Prom 55 Part Two

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Martin Handley presents the BBC SO conducted by Joseph Swensen performing Beethoven's Symphony No 7 in A.

21:30

Feature

The Strange and Violent Case of Mr Biswas

Journeying through Glasgow of the 1920s and 30s, writer and academic, Sukhdev Sandhu goes on a personal quest to find the truth about a series of murders which have apparently been written out of Scottish history. Once described as the second city of empire and a place made fat on imperial trade Glasgow was home to a sizeable ethnic population but, as the race riots of 1919 demonstrated, there was an underlying tension which led to some startling and disturbing events. Recorded on location at key sites in Glasgow.

22:15

Late Junction

25 August 2005

Fiona Talkington presents piano music by Ludovico Einaudi, a listener's selection from Your 3, more live music from the EBU Folk Festival in Gdansk, and a meditation for Deep Night by Amelia Cuni and Werner Durand.

00:00

Composer of the Week

The German Organists (1560 - 1750)

Towards Bach

Donald Macleod reaches the final stage in his ramble through two centuries of German organist/composers, including the greatest of them all, JS Bach.

Bruhns: Praeludium in Em
Piet Kee (organ)

Bruhns: Mein Herz ist bereit
Max Van Egmand (bass)
Ricercar Consort

Lübeck: Praeludium und Fuge in Gm
Helmut Walcha (organ)

Böhm: Suite in Eb; Praeludium in Gm
Gustav Leonhardt (clavichord/harpsichord)

JS Bach: Prelude & Fugue in B flat m
Andras Schiff (piano)

01:00

Through the Night

25 August 2005

25 August 2005

With Jonathan Swain.

1.01am
Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906-1975): Violin Concerto No 1

1.38am
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953): Symphony No 5, Op 100
Vania Milanova (violin)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Milen Nachev (conductor)

2.20am
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971): Three pieces for Clarinet Solo
Martins Circenis (clarinet)

2.24am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): An dem Baum Daphne, epilogue to Daphne for 9-part chorus, AV 137
Danish National Radio Choir
Copenhagen Boy's Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)

2.39am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Fantasie in C, Op 17
Teresa Carreño (1853-1917)

3.09am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Aida, Act IV, Scene 1
Amneris ...... Elena Nikolay (mezzo soprano)
Radames ...... Dimitar Ouzounov (tenor)
Ramfis ...... Boris Christoff (bass)
Spectacle de l'Opera National de Sofia
Assen Naidenov (conductor)

3.32am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Overture, Scherzo and Wedding March, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 61
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michael Schønwandt (conductor)

3.56am
Szokolay, Sándor (b 1931): Gregorian Variations
The Hungarian People's Army Brass Band
László Marosi (conductor)

4.00am
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937): Songs of the Infatuated Muezzin, Op 42
Dorota Radomska (soprano)
Polish National Philharmonic Orchestra
Jan Krenz (conductor)

4.12am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Impromptu in F sharp, Op 36
Krzysztof Jablonski (piano)

4.18am
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787): Trio in F for 2 flutes and continuo
Karl Kaiser and Michael Schneider (flutes)
Rainer Zipperling (cello)

4.28am
Popov, Todor (1921-2000) lyrics: Ivan Peichev: An Autumn Song
Sofia Chamber Choir
Vassil Arnaudov (conductor)

4.33am
Suk, Josef (1874-1935): A Tale of a Winter's Evening, Op 9
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rudolf Vasata (conductor)

4.50am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Prelude and Fugue in Cm
Ian Sadler (organ)

5.00am
Bo Holten (b 1948): A Time for Everything
Micaela Haslam and Amanda Morrison (soprano solo)
Sian Menna and Kim Porter (mezzo-soprano solo)
BBC Singers
Bo Holten (conductor)

5.09am
Duparc, Henri (1848-1933) text: Jean Lahor: Sérénade florentine - for voice and piano
Gerald Finley (baritone)
Stephen Ralls (piano)

5.12am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893): The Tempest - symphonic fantasia after Shakespeare, Op 18
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

5.34am
Förster, Kaspar Jr (1616-1673): Congregantes Philistei, Dialogi Davidis cum Philisteo
Marta Boberska (soprano)
Kai Wessel (alto)
Krzystof Szmyt (tenor)
Dirk Snellings (bass)
Il Tempo Baroque Ensemble
Agata Sapiecha and Maria Dudzik (violin)
Lilianna Stawarz (chamber organ)
Marcin Zalewski (bass viol)
Wim Maseele (theorbo)
Anna Sliwa (viola)
Agata Sapiecha (director)

5.48am
Froberger, Johann Jacob (1616-1667): Toccata VI 'alla levatione' (1649)
Nikiforos Klironomos (Organ of Neresheim Abbey, Swabia - largest organ built by Johann Holzhay (1741-1809), and inaugurated on New Year's Day 1798)

5.54am
Allegri, Gregorio (1582-1652): Miserere mei Deus, Psalm 51, for 9 voices
Camerata Silesia
Anna Szostak (conductor)

6.08am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Ricercar a 3 from the Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Lorenzo Ghielmi (fortepiano - after Gottfried Silbermann - 1749)

6.15am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Quartet for piano and strings in E flat, K493
Paul Lewis (piano)
Antje Weithaas (violin)
Lars Anders Tomter (viola)
Patrick Demanga (cello)

6.43am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Op 46
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)