Wednesday 23rd November 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

23 November 2005

Penny Gore continues to feature music with an American flavour, exploring the work of the New York Philharmonic and smaller scale pieces by Aaron Copland.

Beethoven: Overture - Coriolan, Op 62
New York Philharmonic
Bruno Walter (conductor)

Copland: Two Pieces for violin and piano
Gil Shaham (violin)
André Previn (piano)

Monteverdi: Magnificat a 8
The King's Consort
Robert King (director)

Copland: Nonet
Members of St Luke's Chamber Ensemble

Liszt: Grosses Konzertsolo
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)

Brahms: Symphony No 3 in F, Op 90
New York Philharmonic
Bruno Walter (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

23 November 2005

Rob Cowan continues to feature Reger Chamber Music and recordings by Piero Coppola.

Bach: Concerto for four keyboards in Am, BWV 1065
Helene Pignari-Salles, Germaine Leroux, Nicole Rolet, Piero Coppola (piano)
Orchestra
Gustave Bret (conductor)

Coppola: Interlude Dramatique
Paris Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux (conductor)

Reger: Suite No 2, Op 131C
Zara Nelsova (cello)

Merula: Hor ch'è tempo di morire
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)

Franck: Psyché
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Piero Coppola (conductor)

Reger: Trio in Am, Op 77B
Members of the Mannheim String Quartet

Debussy: Le Martyre de Saint-Sebastien
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Piero Coppola (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)

1930s

A period of great industry and diversity for Arthur Honegger, who was steadily gaining an international reputation. But as the decade progressed, his music became affected by the events leading up to the war. Donald Macleod and Guy Barker carry on their reflections of Honegger's life and career.

Chanson du fol
Stephen Varcoe (tenor)
Graham Johnson (piano)

First symphony (third movement)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)

Si vous saviez (Les aventures du roi Pausole)
Susan Graham (mezzo soprano)
CBSO
Yves Abel (conductor)

Cris du Monde - Voix de la nuit
Berthe Monmart (soprano)
Jeannine Collard (contralto)
Michel Roux, Pierre Mollet
Les Petits Chanteurs de Versaille
Chorale Elisabeth Brasseur
Orchestre de la Societé de National de la Radiodiffusion Française
Georges Tzipine (conductor)

Sémiramis (excerpts)
Jeanne Loriod, Jacques Tchamkerten (ondes martenot)
RTL Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Hager (conductor)

Jeanne du Bucher, excerpt from Scene 4
John Aler (tenor)
Marthe Keller (speaker)
Radio France Chorus
Orchestre National de France
Seiji Ozawa (conductor)

La danse des Morts (excerpt)
Naoko Okada (soprano)
Brigitte Balleys (alto)
Gilles Cachemaille (baritone)
Gulbenkian Chorus
Gulbenkian Orchestra
Michel Corboz (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Grieg and the Scandinavians

23 November 2005

Continuing a series of concerts from Cowdray Hall in Aberdeen, celebrating Edvard Grieg's connections with the North East of Scotland and 100 years of Norway's independence. Christopher Cook presents a recital of songs by Grieg (Haugtussa, Op 67) and Sibelius - together with songs by Sjogren and Nystroem - sung by Finnish mezzo-soprano Monica Groop with Roger Vignoles on piano.

14:00

Afternoon Performance

BBC New Generation artists

Sandy Burnett continues to feature concerts highlighting BBC New Generation artists, past and present. With the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Rimsky Korsakov: Sadko
Mikhail Agrest (conductor)

Haydn: Trumpet concerto in E flat
Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Douglas Boyd (conductor)

Elgar: Sea Pictures for mezzo and orchestra
Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
Brahms: Symphony No 2
Yasuo Shinozaki (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

23 November 2005

CBBC's Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson present the programme for younger listeners. We transport you from the beautiful sunny Sahara desert to the foggy coast of the USA.

Jaromir Weinberger: Polka from Schwanda the Bagpiper
The New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp (conductor)

Rossini: Figaro's Entrance from Barber of Seville
Alan Opie
English National Opera Orchestra
Gabriele Bellini (conductor)

Trad Tunisian: Beautiful Sahara
Es Zouhour

Jean-Philippe Rameau: L'Egyptienne
George Malcolm (harpsichord)

Ingram Marshall: Fog Tropes
Brass of the Orchestra of St Luke's
John Adams (conductor)

Khachaturian: Sabre Dance
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Aram Khachaturian (conductor)

16:00

Choral Evensong

From Truro Cathedral

Live from Truro Cathedral.

Introit: View Me, Lord (Richard Lloyd)
Responses: Sanders
Office Hymn: Creator of the Earth and Sky (Deus Creator)
Psalms: 114, 115 (Tonus peregrinus, Atkins)
First Reading: Ezekiel 34 vv1-6
Canticles: Truro Service (David Briggs) First Broadcast
Second Reading: Revelation 21 vv9-21
Anthem: Hymn to St Cecilia (Britten)
Final Hymn: Angel voices, Ever Singing (Angel Voices)
Organ Voluntary: Adagio in E (Frank Bridge)

Robert Sharpe (director of music)
Christopher Gray (assistant director of music)

17:00

In Tune

23 November 2005

Sean Rafferty is joined by maestro Vladimir Ashkenazy and players from the European Union Youth Orchestra; pianist Roy Howat talks about his new edition of the Faure Piano Quintet which he is soon to perform with the Panocha Quartet; and pianist Helen Reid and cellist Sheida Davis play Rawsthorne and Bridge live in the studio as they prepare to mark the Rawsthorne centenary.

19:30

Performance on 3

Artur Pizarro

Part One

Artur Pizarro continues his major series live from St John's, Smith Square in London, in which he performs the complete works for piano solo by Debussy and Ravel. The focus is on music composed between 1908 and 1911. Presented by Sarah Walker.

Ravel: Miroirs; Noctuelles; Oiseaux tristes; Une barque sur l'ocean; Alborada del gracioso; La vallée des cloches
Debussy: Images Book 1; Reflets dans l'eau; Hommage à Rameau; Mouvement
Debussy: Images Book 2; Cloches à travers les feuilles; Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut; Poissons d'or
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Ondine; Le gibet; Scarbo

20:20

Twenty Minutes

'Nana' by Margaret Busby.

Part of a series of readings for Radio 3's Africa Season, where 'myth' is the theme.

Nana

By Margaret Busby.

Nana is a title that means Chief. When a British woman enjoying a holiday in Ghana is ritually ambushed, she has to confront some age-old traditions that come of being born into a royal family.

Read by Glenna Foster-Jones.

Produced by Pam Fraser Solomon.

20:40

Performance on 3

Artur Pizarro

Part Two

The second half of Artur Pizarro's live concert of Ravel and Debussy piano solos, from St John's, Smith Square, London.

21:30

Night Waves

23 November 2005

Phillip Dodd uncovers the hidden personal history of an important figure from our culture in a special Night Waves extended interview.

22:15

Late Junction

23 November 2005

Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Members of the Irish band Altan join Yasukatsu Oshima for a new take on traditional Okinawan songs. The Kronos Quartet plays Kevin Volans' String Quartet No 6, music by clarinettist Georg Reiss and traditional Greek bagpipes from Thrace.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

The Price of Success

Brahms was never one to make allowances for other people, in his life or his music. Donald Macleod explores how this often difficult man won over his audiences to become the most respected composer of his era.

Wiegenlied
Thomas Allen (baritone)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Schicksalslied
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Robert Shaw (conductor)

Liebeslieder Walzer, Op 52 (selection)
Edith Mathis (soprano)
Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto)
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Karl Engel (piano)
Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano)

Variations on a theme of Haydn, Op 56a
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

01:00

Through the Night

23 November 2005

23 November 2005

With Susan Sharpe.

Christopher Herrick plays Guilmant on the Van den Heuvel organ at the Nieuwe Kerk, Katwijk aan Zee on 05 April 1986
1.01am
Guilmant, Alexandre (1837-1911): Organ Sonata No 3, Op 56, in Cm
1.15am
Morceau de concert, Op 24
1.32am
Organ Sonata No 4, Op 61, in Dm

1.50am
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921): Symphony No 3, Op 78, in Cm - Organ symphony
Mario Penzar (organ)
Zagreb Philharmonic
Patrick Fourniller (conductor)

2.25am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Missa sancta No 2 in G, Op 76, Jubelmesse
Henriette Schellenberg (soprano)
Laverne G'Froerer (mezzo-soprano)
Keith Boldt (tenor)
George Roberts (baritone)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Jon Washburn (conductor)

2.51am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), arr. Grieg: Sonata in F, K533/494
Julie Adam, Daniel Herscovitch (piano)

3.10am
Spohr, Louis (1784-1859): Violin Concerto in Bm, Op 88
Igor Ozim, Primoz Novsak (violin)
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Samo Hubad (conductor)

3.37am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Francesca da Rimini, Op 32
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Québec
Raffi Armenian (conductor)

4.00am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Après une lecture de Dante
Richard Raymond (piano)

4.19am
Landini, Francesco (1325-2/9/1397): 2 Ballatas - Abbonda di virtù & Ochi dolenti mie
Ensemble Micrologus

4.27am
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713): Trio Sonata in Dm, Op 1, No 11
London Baroque

4.33am
Sorkocevic, Antun (1775-1841): Adagio
Zagreb Woodwind Trio

4.38am
Madetoja, Leevi (1887-1947): Kullervo, Op 15
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Leif Segerstam (conductor)

4.53am
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934): Ave Maria
Chamber Choir AVE
Andraz Hauptman (conductor)

5.00am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Overture (The Wasps)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

5.10am
Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962): Liebesleid No 2
Young-Zun Kim (violin)
Joon-Cha Kim (piano)

5.13am
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904): Slavonic Rhapsody in Gm, Op 45, No 2
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona (conductor)

5.28am
Mini Series
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Hungarian Rhapsody No 13 in Am
Ernst von Dohnányi (piano)

5.38am
Dohnányi, Ernõ (1877-1960): Konzertstück in D, Op 12
Dmitri Ferschtmann (cello)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Bernhard Klee (conductor)

6.00am
Hellendaal, Pieter (1721-1799): Concerto Grosso in Dm, Op 3, No 2
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

6.11am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): 4 Songs - Schäfers Klagelied, D121; Meeres Stille, D216; Heidenröslein, D257; Jägers Abendlied, D368
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

6.22am
Franck, César (1822-1890): Le Chasseur Maudit, M44
Orchestre National de France
Neeme Järvi (conductor)

6.39am
Koehne, Graeme (b. 1956): Capriccio
Clemens Leske (piano)
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Janos Furst (conductor)