Tuesday 8th November 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

8 November 2005

With Sandy Burnett.

From 7.00am

Fauré: Impromptu No 2 in Fm, Op 31
Cécile Ousset (piano)

Howells, orch Christopher Palmer: Threnody for Cello and Orchestra
Moray Welsh (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)

William Jackson: Where the Bee Sucks
Invocation

Jolivet: Sonatine for flute and piano
Patrick Gallois (flute)
Lydia Wong (piano)

Rebel: Les Elemens
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski (director)

From 8.30am

Fauré: Violin Sonata No 2 in Em, Op 108
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
Paul Crossley (piano)

Haydn: The Creation Days 2 and 3
Gabriel ...... Sylvia McNair (soprano)
Uriel ...... Michael Schade (tenor)
Raphael ...... Gerald Finley (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Bartok: 3 Village scenes (Tri dedinske sceny), Sz 79, arr. for women's voices & chamber orch (orig. for voice & pf)
Sluk Slovakian Folk Ensemble Choir
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

8 November 2005

With Jonathan Swain.

Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia
London Symphony Chorus
George Malcolm (conductor)

Bach, arr Bream: Trio Sonata No 5 in C
Julian Bream (guitar)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)

Britten: Ceremony of Carols
Sioned Williams (harp)
Westminster Cathedral Choir
David Hill (director)

Krommer: Concertino for flute & oboe in C, Op 65
Peter-Lukas Graf (flute)
Heinz Holliger (oboe)
English Chamber Orchestra

Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Michael Hartnett (treble)
Jonathan Steele (alto)
Philip Todd (tenor)
Donald Francke (bass)
Purcell Singers
George Malcolm (organ)
Benjamin Britten (conductor)

Telemann : Partita in E flat
Michala Petri (descant recorder)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)

Britten: Festival Te Deum
Mary Seers (soprano)
Corydon Singers
Thomas Trotter (organ)
Matthew Best (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

William Alwyn (1905-1985)

Part Two

During the Second World War, Alwyn began composing for propaganda films and documentaries and was soon in demand for feature films. Donald Macleod introduces music from the soundtracks of some of his best-known films, plus a recording of Alwyn conducting his own harp concerto and his first venture into symphonic writing.

Punting Scene from The History of Mr Polly
Odd Man Out Suite (excerpts)
Symphony No 1 - final movement
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Lyra Angelica
Osian Ellis (harp)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
William Alwyn (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

New Generation Artists

Ailish Tynan

An all French programme includes a stunning group of songs performed by charismatic Irish soprano Ailish Tynan. Verity Sharp introduces more New Generation Artists.

Francaix: Sonatine
Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Jonathan Scott (piano)

Gounod: Cortčge nuptial (from Romeo and Juliet), arr Helen Vollam from the Balsom Ensemble
Balsom Ensemble

Duparc: Chansons Triste
Fauré: Les Roses d'Ispahan; Apres un reve; Notre Amour
Honegger: Deux chansons de Ariel
Chausson: Chanson d'amour; Le Colibri
Ailish Tynan (soprano)
Ashley Wass (piano)

Fauré: Cello Sonata
Christian Poltera (cello)
Cedric Tiberghien (piano)

14:00

Afternoon Performance

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Continuing the theme of Remembrance in the run up to Armistice Day, featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Presented by Sarah Walker.

Smetana: The Bartered Bride - Overture
David Porcelijn (conductor)

Verdi: Requiem
Janice Watson (soprano)
Catherine Wyn Rogers (alto)
Dennis O'Neill (tenor)
Alastair Miles (bass)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Cordydd
Richard Hickox (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

8 November 2005

CBBC's Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson present the programme for younger listeners. A storm, an alley cat, a bean bag and a battle all make an appearance in the show.

Rameau: Orage (storm) from Platee Suite
European Baroque Orchestra
Roy Goodman (conductor)

Mongolian Traditional: Long Song
Ganbaatar Khongorzul (vocal)

Beethoven: Rondo in C, WoO 48
Jeno Jando (piano)

Pisano/Wechter/Alpert: Bean Bag
Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass

John Maxwell Geddes: Alley Cat (mini concerto for Trombone and Orchestra)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Chris Austen (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (end)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

16:00

Voices

8 November 2005

Iain Burnside's guest is Nicholas Hytner, Director of the National Theatre. His kind of songs range from a madrigal by Gibbons to Rodgers and Hart's Bewitched, via Mozart and Leonard Cohen.

17:00

In Tune

8 November 2005

Cellist Alexander Ivashkin and pianist Mikhail Rudy talk about tomorrow night's Wigmore Hall concert, to raise funds for a young Croatian cellist to study in this country.

Legendary conductor Michael Tilson Thomas talks to Petroc Trelawny ahead of a series of Tchaikovsky concerts with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Amelia Freedman, Artistic Director of the Bath Mozartfest, gives In Tune a preview of what's on offer at this year's festival.

19:30

Performance on 3

The Cleveland Orchestra

8 November 2005

Geoffrey Smith investigates what it's like playing in one of America's top orchestras and what makes The Cleveland Orchestra in particular so special from the players' point of view. With contributions from Concert Master William Preucil and trombonist Richard Stout.

There is a great tradition stretching back to George Szell of enjoying rehearsals, something that the players and today's Music Director Franz Welser-Möst also share. Followed by performances recorded at Severance Hall in Cleveland.

Stravinsky: Concerto in E flat - Dumbarton Oaks
Beethoven: Symphony No 1
Debussy: Jeux
Dutilleux: Symphony No 2 (Le Double)
Ravel: Bolero
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst (conductor)

21:30

Night Waves

8 November 2005

Billy Wilder's film Double Indemnity has been described as a jewel, dipped in poison and glittering with malice. So how did a director, better known for laughs than thrills, become seduced by film noir? Isabel Hilton and guests try to throw some light onto the shadows.

22:15

Late Junction

8 November 2005

Verity Sharp features the Californian one-man acoustic outfit Six Organs of Admittance; Bjork's film score to 'Drawing Restraint 9'; and classic Congolese rumba from the 1960s.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Part Three

Donald Macleod continues his exploration of the various roles Vivaldi stepped into - by looking at the composer as teacher. In this persona, Vivaldi is best known for his long association with the Pieta, the girls' orphanage where the talents of the pupils scaled astonishing peaks of accomplishment.

Sonata in C (Salmoe) for oboe, violin, organ and chalumeau, RV 779
Paul Goodwin (oboe)
John Holloway (baroque violin)
Colin Lawson (chalumeau)
John Toll (organ)

Concerto in G for 2 mandolins, strings and harpsichord, RV 532
Ugo Orlandi, Dorina Frati (mandolin)
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone (conductor)

Sposa son disprezzata (excerpt from Tamerlano/Bajazet)
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo)
György Fischer (piano)

Sinfonia for Strings in G, RV 149
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze (conductor)

Dresden Sonata in Dm, RV 15
Fabio Biondi (violin)
Maurizio Naddeo (cello)
Rinaldo

01:00

Through the Night

8 November 2005

8 November 2005

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Concerto Copenhagen (2/3)
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Harpsichord Concerto No 4 in A, BWV 1055
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Violin Concerto in Am; Concerto for two Alto Recorders in B flat
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Concerto No 6 for Harpsichord and 2 Recorders in F, BWV 1057
Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen (violin)
Marit Ernst Bock, Bolette Roed (alto recorder)
Concerto Copenhagen
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord/director)

1.47am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Variations on a theme by Bach - Weinen, klagen, zorgen, sagen, S673, (originally for piano S180)
Christopher Herrick (organ)

2.04am
Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927): Folket I Nifelhem (The People of Nifelhem, 1912)
Margaretha Ljunggren (soprano)
Swedish Radio Choir
Michael Engström (piano)
Gustav Sjökvist (conductor)

2.19am
Norman, Ludvig (1831-1885): String Quartet in C, Op 42, (1871)
Bernt Lysell, Per Sandklef (violin)
Thomas Sundkvist (viola)
Mats Rondin (cello)

2.50am
Lie, Sigurd (1871-1904): Symphony in Am
Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
Terje Boye Hansen (conductor)

3.24am
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von (1644-1704), with anonymous Introit and propria: Missa Alleluja a36
Gradus ad Parnassum
Concerto Palatino
Choral scholars from Wiener Hofburgkapelle
Konrad Junghänel (director)

4.00am
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643): Canzona quinta ŕ 3, due Canti e Basso for 2 violins, curtal, organ and chitarrone - from Canzoni da Sonare (Venice 1634)
Musica Fiata, Köln
Roland Wilson (director)

4.03am
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643): Canzon quinta ŕ 4, Canto, Alto, Tenor Bass for cornet, 3 sackbutts and organ - from Canzoni da Sonare (Venice 1634)
Musica Fiata, Köln
Roland Wilson (director)

4.07am
Jeune, Claude le (1528-1600): O Seigneur, j'espars jour et nuit (Paris, 1606)
Ensemble Vocal Sagittarius
Michel Laplénie (conductor)

4.11am
Jeune, Claude le (1528-1600): Cigne ie suis de candour; A sa chut' il se va dejetér (Paris, 1603)
Ensemble Vocal Sagittarius
Christina Pluhar (lute)
Michel Laplénie (conductor)

4.16am
Picchi, Giovanni (1571/2-1643): Ballo alla Polacca; Ballon Ongaro; Ballo ditto il Pichi (from Intavolatura di balli d'arpicordo novamente corrette, & ristampe. Venice 1621)
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)

4.23am
Gletle, Johann Melchior (1626-1683): Eia gaude cor meum, for alto, five instruments and basso continuo; Gaudeamus omnes XVII - for alto, five instruments and basso continuo
Martin Oro (counter-tenor)
Musica Fiorita
Daniela Dolci (director)

4.33am
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924): Preludium, Op 103, No 5, (1911)
Stefan Lindgren (piano)

4.36am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), orchestrated by Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951): Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV 552, (St Anne, orchestrated 1928)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Edo de Waart (conductor)

4.53am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Hoffnung, D637, Op 78, No 2; Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, D583, Op 24, No 1
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

5.00am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): 7 Variations on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen for cello and piano, WoO 46
Zara Nelsova (cello)
Grant Johannesen (piano)

5.09am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Piano Sonata in C, K545
Young-Lan Han (piano)

5.20am
Falla, Manuel de (1876-1946): Spanish Dance
Eolina Quartet

5.24am
Albéniz, Isaac (1860-1909): Tango - from Espana, Op 165
Shura Cherkassky (piano)

5.27am
Duparc, Henri (1848-1933): Elégie - for voice and piano (1874)
Catherine Robbin (mezzo-soprano)
Stephen Ralls (piano)

5.30am
Duparc, Henri (1848-1933): Le Manoir de Rosamonde (Rosamonde's Manor) - for voice and piano (1879/1882); La Vague et la cloche (The Wave and the Bell) - for voice and piano (1871)
Gerald Finley (baritone)
Stephen Ralls (piano)

5.39am
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924): Pelleas et Melisande - suite, Op 80
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

5.56am
Gorczycki, Grzegorz Gerwazy (c.1665-1734): In te Domine speravi
Olga Pasiecznik (soprano)