Thursday 15th September 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

15 September 2005

Sandy Burnett kicks off Webern Day, which features all of Webern's works in chronological order on the 60th anniversary of his death.

From 7.00am

Three Poems [1899-1903]
Dorothy Dorow (soprano)
Rudolf Jansen (piano)

Eight Early Songs [1901-4]
Christiane Oelze (soprano)
Eric Schneider (piano)

Im Sommerwind [1904]
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchetsra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)

From 8.30am

String Quartet [1905]
Emerson String Quartet

Five Songs (Dehmel) [1906-8]
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Aribert Reimann (piano)

Piano Quintet [1907]
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Ensemble Intercontemporain

10:00

CD Masters

15 September 2005

With Rob Cowan. Continuing Radio 3's exploration of the complete works of Webern.

Webern: Passacaglia, Op 1
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)

Schubert: Das Grab ist tief und stille, D377, 3rd version
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Andreas Staier (piano)
Erwin Ortner (conductor)

Webern: Entflieht auf leichen, Op 2
BBC Singers
Pierre Boulez (conductor)

Webern: 5 lieder, Op 3
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Aribert Reimann (piano)
Heather Harper (soprano)
Charles Rosen (piano)

Webern: 5 lieder on poems by Stefan George, Op 4
Christiane Oelze (soprano)
Eric Schneider (piano)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat, Op 73 Emperor
Walter Gieseking (piano)
Berlin Radio Orchestra
Artur Rother (conductor)

Webern: 4 Lieder on poems by Stefan George
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Aribert Reimann (piano)

Webern: 5 movements for String Quartet, Op 5
Juilliard String Quartet

Schubert: Entr'acte in Bm, Rosamunde D797
Webern: 6 Pieces for orchestra, Op 6
SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden
Michael Gielen (conductor)

Schubert: Die Nacht Wie schön bist du D983, No 4
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Erwin Ortner (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

CPE Bach (1714 - 88)

New Horizons

After nearly 30 years in Berlin, serving the court of Frederick the Great, Bach set out to start a new life in Hamburg. Presented by Donald Macleod.

CPE Bach: Sinfonia in G, Wq 183/4: 3rd Movt, Presto
Salzburg Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra
Yoon K Lee (conductor)

CPE Bach: Phyllis and Thirsis
Rosmarie Hofmann (soprano)
Nigel Rogers (tenor)
Hans-Martin Linde (flute)
Christophe Huntgeburth (flute)
Rolf Junghanns (harpsichord)
Phoebe Carrai (cello)

CPE Bach: Easter Cantata Anbetung dem Erbarmer
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Hilke Helling (alto)
Wilfried Jochens (tenor)
Gotthold Schwarz (bass)
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert
Hermann Max (conductor)

CPE Bach: 12 short pieces for flute and harpsichord, Wq 82: Nos 7-10
Nancy Hadden (flute)
Lucy Carolan (harpsichord)

CPE Bach: Sinfonia Wq 183, No 3 in F, Wq 183/3
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, led by Stefan Mai

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

The Birth of the Keyboard Sonata

Part 1. David Own Norris plays Haydn and JC Bach

Stephanie Hughes presents the third in a series of four recitals from Belfast that explore the development of the sonata from Scarlatti to Beethoven. Melvin Tan plays Haydn, Clementi and Beethoven.

Haydn: Sonata in F, N38, Hob XVI/23
Clementi: Sonata In B flat, Op 24, No 2
Beethoven: Sonata Op 53 in C, Waldstein

14:00

Afternoon Performance

Webern day

A special edition of the programme in which the BBC Radio 3 Webern day continues with works from his Opus 7 to 15, interspersed with orchestral pieces recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Webern: 5 orchestral pieces, Op 10
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Strauss II: Overture, Die Fledermaus
BBC NOW
Takua Yuasa (conductor)

Wagner: Overture, The flying Dutchman
BBC NOW
Takuo Yuasa (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

15 September 2005

CBBC's Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson present the programme for younger listeners. Includes a piece called Heigh Ho Holiday by Leroy Anderson, works by Webern and music from the movie Antz.

16:00

Brian Kay's Light Programme

15 September 2005

Brian Kay plays a selection of light classics.

17:00

In Tune

15 September 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

Performance on 3

Edinburgh International Festival 2005

Stephen Hough and Thomas Trotter

Donald Macleod introduces the second of four concerts given in the Usher Hall earlier this month. This programme explores four different incarnations of Variation Form with soloists Stephen Hough (piano) and Thomas Trotter (organ).

Liszt: Preludium and Fugue on Bach
Schoenberg: Variations, Op 31
Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op 43
Ravel: Bolero

Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Nott (conductor)

21:00

Webern Night

15 September 2005

Andrew McGregor is joined by a panel of guests for the climax of Radio 3's celebration of Webern's music.

The programme features works from 1924 up to his tragic death exactly 60 years ago today, when he was accidentally shot by a cook in the US military.

Webern was more or less unknown to the general public during his lifetime, but his reputation soared after his death, when his music became a model for composers of the immediate post-war generation. His legacy of 31 mature works subsequently had more influence than he could ever have imagined.

What surprised his contemporaries was the music's intensity and concision. The effect, as Schoenberg put it, is "as if a novel were to be contained within a single sigh. The music is delicate, pregnant with suggestion, illusive and nervous". Its emotional intensity has amazed listeners ever since.

Symphony, Op 21, 1928
Berlin PO
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

Concerto, Op 24, 1934
Dresden Staatskapelle
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)

Variations for piano, Op 27, 1936
Llyr Williams

Variations, Op 30, 1940
Vienna PO
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

00:00

Composer of the Week

English Mystics

Part Five

"If you do not overcome this need to understand, it will undermine your quest. It will replace the darkness which you have pierced to reach God with clear images of something which, however good, however beautiful, however godlike, is not God."

Taking his cue from the anonymous author of The Cloud of Unknowing, Donald Macleod concludes this series of programmes by considering the influence of some foreign mystical ideas on English music.

Dering, Richard: Ave Virgo gloriosa
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter (director)

Holst, Gustav: Savitri, Op 25
Felicity Palmer ...... Savitri (mezzo)
Philip Langridge ...... Satyavan (tenor)
Stephen Varcoe ...... Death (bass)
The Richard Hickox Singers
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Harvey, Jonathan: The Angels
Joyful Company of Singers
Peter Broadbent (conductor)

Tavener, John: Eternity's Sunrise
Patricia Rozario (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music
Paul Goodwin (director)

01:00

Through the Night

15 September 2005

15 September 2005

With Sue Sharpe.

1.00am
From the Waldstein Auditorium, Nantes, in 2005
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837): Trumpet Concerto in E flat
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F, Op 50
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Concertino for horn in Em, Op 45
Salieri, Antonio (1750-1825): Excerpts from La Follia di Spagna
David Guerrier (trumpet/horn)
Isabelle Faust (violin)
Sinfonia Varsovia
Peter Csaba (conductor)

1.57am
Anonymous (11-12th century Italy): Benedictus, canticle, Benevento, ms.33, XI st.
Ensemble Dialogos
Katarina Livljanic (director)

2.08am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Suite in Gm, BWV 995
Konrad Junghänel (lute)

2.33am
Auletta, Domenico (1723-1753): Concerto for Harpsichord in C
Enrico Baiano (harpsichord)
Cappella della Pietà de'Turchini
Antonio Florio (conductor)

2.52am
Copland, Aaron (1900-1990): Billy the Kid
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

3.30am
Kletzki, Paul (aka Pavel Klecki) (1900-1973): Symphony No 2 in Gm
René Koch (baritone)
Berne Symphony Orchestra
Dimitri Kitajenko (conductor)

4.13am
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896): Ave Maria
Tallinn Boys Choir
Lydia Rahula (conductor)

4.17am
Poulenc, François (1899-1963): Les Chemins de l'amour
Asta Kriksciunaite (soprano)
Audrone Kisieliute (piano)

4.21am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Wie nahte mir der Schlummer...Leise, leise, Der Freischütz, Act II
Charlotte Margiono (soprano)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)

4.30am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Serenade in G, K525, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Romanian National Radio Orchestra
Iosif Conta (conductor)

4.47am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872): Gypsy Dance from the idyll, Jawnuta, The Gypsies
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Salwarowski (conductor)

4.51am
Badings, Henk (1907-1987): Canamus, amici, canamus; Finnigan's Wake
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Uwe Gronostay (conductor)

5.00am
Humperdinck, Engelbert (1854-1921): Dream Pantomime, Hansel and Gretel
Symphony Nova Scotia
Georg Tintner (conductor)

5.09am
Rossi, Salomone (c.1570-1630): Rimanti in pace for 5 voices, from 'Il primo libro della madrigali', 1600, prima parte
Katelijne van Laethem (soprano)
Pascal Bertin (alto)
Eitan Sorek and Josep Benet (tenor)
Josep Cabre (baritone)
Ensemble Daedalus
Roberto Festa (conductor)

5.16am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Sonata for recorder and basso continuo in Dm, Essercizii Musici
Camerata Köln
Michael Schneider (recorder)
Rainer Zipperling (cello)
Sabine Bauer (harpsichord)

5.25am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Rejoice Greatly, O daughter of Zion (The Messiah)
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Kamariski (conductor)

5.30am
Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918): Sinfonia for orchestra, Op 36, Jupiter
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula (conductor)

5.36am
Enescu, George (1881-1955): String Quartet in G, Op 22, No 2
Voces Quartet
Bujor Prelipcean and Anton Diaconu (violin)
Constantin Stanciu (viola)
Dan Prelipcean (cello)

6.03am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) transcribed by Liszt: Standchen, Serenade, Hark Hark, the Lark
Simon Trpceski (piano)

6.09am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Scherzo No 2 in B flat m, Op 31
Alexander Slobodyanik (piano)

6.20am
Lipinski, Karol Józef (1790-1861): Violin Concerto No 4 in A, Op 32
Albrecht Breuninger (violin)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Wojciech Rajski (conductor)

6.36am
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921): Le carnaval des animaux
The Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound
James Campbell (director)