Tuesday 15th November 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

15 November 2005

Penny Gore continues to mark Sir Charles Mackerras' 80th birthday, featuring:

From 7.00am

Handel: Concerto grosso in B flat, Op 3, No 2
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon (violin/director)

Ravel: Violin Sonata
Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Péter Nagy (piano)

Prokofiev: The Meeting of the Volga and the Don, Op 130
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

From 8.30am

Berlioz: Marche funèbre from Symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Op 15
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)

Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock, D965
Elly Ameling (soprano)
Hans Deinzer (clarinet)
Jörg Demus (piano)

Haydn: Symphony No 31 in D - Hornsignal
St Luke's Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

15 November 2005

Jonathan Swain continues to feature Poulenc piano works and recordings by Galina Vishnevskaya.

Poulenc: Aubade
Francis Poulenc (piano)
Walther Straram Concerts Orchestra
Walther Straram (conductor)

Bach: Partita No 3 in E, BWV 1006
Sandor Végh (violin)

J Alain: Le Jardin suspendu; Litanies
Marie-Claire Alain (organ)

Prokofiev: War and Peace - Scene 4
Hélène ...... Irina Arkhipova (mezzo soprano)
Natasha ...... Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
Count Rostov ...... Nikolai Shchelgolkov (bass)
Anatole ...... Alexei Maslennikov (tenor)
Sonya ...... Valentina Klepatskaya (soprano)
Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre
Alexander Melik-Pashayev (conductor)

Poulenc: Thème varié
Jacques Février (piano)

Krommer: Oboe Concerto in F, Op 52
Heinz Holliger (oboe)
English Chamber Orchestra
Peter-Lukas Graf (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: Tatiana's Letter Scene (Eugene Onegin)
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre
Boris Khaikin (conductor)

Poulenc: Sonata for Piano Duet
Pascal Rogé, Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Lover and Loner

Brahms' celebrated love affair with Clara Schumann was just the first of a string of failed relationships with women. Donald Macleod examines why he never succeeded in his search for true love.

Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann, Op 9 (extract)
Daniel Barenboim (piano)

Piano Quartet No 3 in Cm, Op 60, 1st Movt
Artur Rubinstein (piano)
Guarneri Quartet

2 Motets, Op 29
Danish National Radio Choir

Rinaldo (extract)
Steve Davislim (tenor)
Dresden Philharmonic Choir
Ernst-Senff Choir, Berlin
Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Michel Plasson (conductor)

Sextet No 2, Op 36, Scherzo
Kocian Quartet
Members of the Smetana Quartet (Milan Skampa, Antonin Kohout)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Cutting Edge Haydn

Programme One

First in a series of concerts featuring the work of Haydn. Mary Ann Kennedy introduces the soloists of the Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, recorded in St Andrew's in the Square in Glasgow.

Haydn: Baryton trio in Bm; Duo for two barytons in G; Baryton trio in D (for the birthday of Prince Esterhazy)
Christophe Coin (baryton)
Max Engel (baryton/cello)
Pierre Franck (viola)

14:00

Afternoon Performance

Touring Japan

Continuing a series of excerpts from concerts recorded by the BBC Singers on their tour of Japan earlier this year, and the BBC Philharmonic's tour of the country in 2004. Plus orchestral music with links to Japan through composers and performers. Presented by Graeme Kay.

Yoshimatsu: Atom Hearts Club Suite No 2 for strings
Sachio Fujioka (conductor)

Tallis: Missa Puer Natus est nobis: Gloria
Jackson: Ave maria
Tallis: Missa Puer Natus est nobis: Sanctus and benedictus
Birtwistle: O bone Jesu
Tallis: Missa Puer natus est nobis: Agnus Dei
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

Dvorák: Symphony No 9 - New World
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

15 November 2005

CBBC's Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson present the programme for younger listeners. We take off with the Dam Busters' March and hear a musical impression of a Nightingale.

Coates: Dam Busters' March
Eric Coates and His Orchestra

Hungarian Trad: Transdanubian Fast Csardas
Muzsikas

Alabiev: The Nightingale (extract)
Natalie Dessay (soprano)

Waldteufel, arr Haggart: Skaters' Waltz in Swingtime
Irving Fazola (clarinet)
The Bob Crosby Orchestra

Bach: Prelude from Cello Suite in G, BWV 1007
Misha Maisky (cello)

Michael Daugherty: Rhinestone Kickstep
Paul Crossley (piano)
London Sinfonietta
Markus Stenz (conductor)

16:00

Voices

Rainer Trost

Iain Burnside presents an all Schubert recital, given by German tenor Rainer Trost, including Der Zwerg, Geheimnis, Nachtstück and Einsamkeit. With Ulrich Eisenlohr on piano.

17:00

In Tune

15 November 2005

Three up and coming young pianists, Ashley Wass, George-Emmanuel Lazaridis and Mei Yi Foo perform live in the studio.

Opera heartthrob, baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Swedish soprano Nina Stemme drop in to talk about their appearance in the Royal Opera House's return production of Verdi's Un ballo in maschera and the Leopold String Trio also perform live in the studio.

19:30

Performance on 3

Sir Charles Mackerras at 80

Der Rosenkavalier

Continuing a series of concerts to celebrate the landmark birthday of a conductor dubbed 'the musician's musician'. This programme starts with one of Sir Charles' favourite tone poems and ends with his own selection from an opera which has become one of his specialities - Der Rosenkavalier. In conversation with Donald Macleod, he recalls the first time he conducted the opera, in East Berlin just after the Wall had been erected, and with very little rehearsal.

Recorded at the Barbican Concert Hall.

Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op 30; Symphonic fantasy from Die Frau ohne Schatten; arr Mackerras - Suite - Der Rosenkavalier

Marschallin ...... Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Sophie ...... Rebecca Evans (soprano)
Oktavian ...... Randi Stene (mezzo)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)

22:00

Night Waves

15 November 2005

How did the music of America's rural working class become the music of choice for the Republican Party? Susan Hitch uncovers the politics of country music.

Plus, Simon Armitage on his dark comedy about Yorkshire village life - Jerusalem.

22:30

Late Junction

15 November 2005

Fiona Talkington has more highlights from the London Jazz Festival including the Tord Gustavsen Trio. Plus a look at Nils Petter Molvær's new album ER; classic Kraftwerk from 1974 and Frederic Rzewski playing his North American Ballads.

00:00

Composer of the Week

William Alwyn (1905-1985)

Part Three

Alwyn was a man of diverse and passionate enthusiasms - he wrote poetry and enjoyed painting, both as an artist himself and as a collector. Donald Macleod introduces a work inspired by one of his favourite pre-Raphaelite artists, and plays the 1972 recording of Alwyn conducting his fiercely dramatic 3rd symphony.

Libera Me, from Svengali
Susan Bullock (soprano)
BBC Philharmonic
Ramon Gamba (conductor)

Crepuscule
Ieuan Jones (harp)

Autumn Legend
Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais)
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Symphony No 3
London Philharmonic Orchestra
William Alwyn (conductor)

01:00

Through the Night

15 November 2005

15 November 2005

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Ramin Bahrami plays Bach's Goldberg Variations
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Ramin Bahrami (piano)

1.49am
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896): Symphony No 7 in E
Dresden Staatskapelle
Bernard Haitink (conductor)

2.57am
Marteau, Henri (1874-1934): Quartet No 3 in C
Yggdrasil String Quartet
Frederik Paulsson, Per Öman (violin)
Robert Westlund (viola)
Per Nyström (cello)

3.36am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): 24 Preludes, Op 28, (extracts)
Krzysztof Jablonski (piano)

3.47am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Exsultate, jubilate, K165
Ragnhild Heiland Sørensen (soprano)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Takuo Yuasa (conductor)

4.02am
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787): Sonata in A, for cello and continuo
Rainer Zipperling (cello)
Harald Hoeren (harpsichord)

4.11am
Morley, Thomas (c.1557-1602): Now Is the Month of Maying
BBC Singers
Bo Holten (director)

4.13am
Fodor, Carolus Antonius (1768-1846): Sonata in F, Op 2, No 1
Arthur Schoonderwoerd (fortepiano)

4.31am
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875): L'Arlésienne Suites Nos 1 & 2 (extracts)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)

4.53am
Castro, Jan de (c.1540-c.1600), text: Pierre de Ronsard: Je suis tellement langoureus
Ensemble Daedalus
Roberto Festa (director)

5.00am
Vermeulen, Matthijs (1888-1967), text Francois Porché: La veille
Jard van Nes (mezzo soprano)
Utrecht Symphony Orchestra
Otto Ketting (conductor)

5.11am
Gesualdo, Carlo (c.1560-1613): O vos omnes a5
BBC Singers
Bo Holten (conductor)

5.14am
Nardelli, Mario (1927-1993): Three pieces for guitar
Mario Nardelli (guitar)

5.24am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): 7 Variationen über Kind willst du ruhig schlafen, WoO 75
Theo Bruins (piano)

5.35am
Rore, Cipriano de (c1515-1565): Da le belle contrade d'oriente
The Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley (director)

5.40am
Andriessen, Louis (b. 1939): Le voile du bonheur (The Veil of Happiness)
Vera Beths (vocals/violin)
Reinbert de Leeuw (piano)

5.47am
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883): Sachs monologue (The Master Singers of Nuremberg)
Tomislav Neralic (bass)
Zagreb Philharmonic
Miro Belamaric (conductor)

5.53am
Järnefelt, Armas (1869-1958): Korsholma
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ulf Söderblom (conductor)

6.10am
Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906-1975): Quartet for strings No 5, Op 92, in B flat
Atrium Quartet
Alexei Naoumenko, Anton Ilyunin (violin)
Dmitri Oussov (viola)
Anna Gorelova (cello)

6.41am
Bella, Jan Levoslav (1843-1936): Fate and the Ideal
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava
Oliver Dohnányi (conductor)