07:00
27 November 2005
With Martin Handley.
From 7.00am
Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsody No 2, Op 19
Trondheim SO
Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)
Mendelssohn: Trio for piano and strings No 1, Op 49, in Dm
Isaac Stern (violin)
Leonard Rose (cello)
Eugene Istomin (piano)
From 8.00am
Wagner: The Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walkure Act 3
Berlin PO
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Dussek: Sonata for piano, Op 61, in F sharp m, Elégie harmonique sur la mort du Prince Louis Ferdinand
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
Monteverdi: Magnificat from Vespers
Soloists from:
The London Oratory Junior Choir
Monteverdi Choir
His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
09:00
27 November 2005
Rob Cowan introduces some surprises and treasures from his record collection. Regular features include The Innocent Ear, and Rob's recommendation for a Bargain Hunter CD. There's also a chance to hear Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, as recommended on CD Review.
Boyce: Symphony No 5 in B flat
Menuhin Festival Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin (conductor)
Peire Cardenal: Tormier et Palazi; Si col flacs molins torneja
Claudi Marti
Studio der Frühen Music
Rossini: String Sonata No 3
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini (conductor)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 13 in E flat, Op 27, No 1
Bruno Leonardo Gelber (piano)
Handel: No, di voi non vo' fidarmi
Sara Macliver (soprano)
Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra of the Antipodes
Anthony Walker (conductor)
Rautavaara: A Tale of Love (from Book of Visions)
National Orchestra of Belgium
Mikko Franck (conductor)
Haydn: Symphony No 94 in G, Surprise
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
Sokolov: Lord, Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant Depart in Peace
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Choir of the Orthodox Cathedral, Paris
Eugen Evetz (conductor)
Turina: Rapsodia sinfonica
Alicia de Larrocha (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
Kern: The Song is You
Lauritz Melchior (tenor)
MGM Studio Orchestra
George Stoll (conductor)
Fasch: Concerto for bassoon, two oboes and strings
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon (director)
12:00
Sally Potter
Michael Berkeley's guest is film director Sally Potter, whose eclectic music choices range from tangos by Pugliese and Piazzola to piano music by Bach, Beethoven and Henry Cowell.
Potter's movies include Orlando, starring Tilda Swinton; The Tango Lesson, in which she appears herself as a dancer; The Man Who Cried, with Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett and Johnny Depp; and most recently, Yes, starring Joan Allen.
13:00
27 November 2005
Last of the series of programmes dedicated to the music of Britain. Catherine Bott presents a programme of traditional Scottish music, performed live by Concerto Caledonia - including items from James Robertson's music book of 1800 as well as works by James Oswald and Alexander Reinagle.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits St Cecilia's Hall in Edinburgh, which houses the Russell Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments.
14:00
27 November 2005
Stephanie Hughes presents a concert given at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. Frank Peter Zimmerman, Heinrich Schiff and Christian Zacharias combine forces to perform two masterworks from the chamber repertoire, written at the end of Schubert's short life.
Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat, D898; Piano Trio in E flat, D929
Frank Peter Zimmerman (violin)
Heinrich Schiff (cello)
Christian Zacharias (piano)
15:30
Hymns and Odes
Christopher Cook examines the British fascination with St Cecilia and how, under the direction of our greatest poets and composers, she has become an honorary Englishwoman.
With extracts from:
Finzi: For St Cecilia
London Symphony Chorus
Richard Hickox Singers
London Symphony Orchestra
City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
Boyce: Ode to St Cecilia: No 15 recit and No 16 Cecilia's Decent
Michael George (baritone)
The Hanover Band/Graham Lea-Cox
Peter Phillips: Cantantibus Organis
Choir of Winchester Cathedral
The Parley of Instruments/ David Hill
Blow: The Glorious Day Is Come (St Cecilia Ode, 1691), Ah Heavn What Ist I Hear?
Michael Chance (countertenor)
Joseph Cornwell (tenor)
The Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman
Howells: Hymn to St Cecilia
The Choir of the Queens college, Oxford
David Went (organ)/ Matthew Owens
Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia, Scherzo section (2.40 4.37)
The Sixteen/ Harry Christophers
16:00
27 November 2005
More listeners' requests including Saint-Saëns great organ symphony; the bassoon concerto in B flat by Mozart's contemporary Antonio Rosetti; and Ravel's popular Introduction and Allegro.
17:45
27 November 2005
Norman Lebrecht chairs an interactive cultural forum. Call in on 08700 100444
18:30
27 November 2005
From the Chapel of St John's College in Cambridge. The director of music is David Hill, with organists Paul Provost and Léon Charles.
Advent Prose: Rorate coeli (William Byrd)
Processional Hymn: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Bidding Prayer
Carol: A Tender Shoot (Otto Goldschmidt)
The Message of Advent
Sentence & Collect
Antiphons: O Sapientia & O Adonia
First lesson: Isaiah 11.1-5
Carol: I Know a Flower (Francis Jackson)
Second lesson: 1 Thessalonians 5.1-11
Motet: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Edward Bairstow)
The Word of God
Sentence and Collect
Antiphons: O Radix Jesse & O Clavis David
Motet: The cry of Elisha after Elijah (Geraint Lewis)
Third lesson: Micah 4.1-4
Motet: Richte Mich Gott (Felix Mendelssohn Barthody)
Fourth lesson: Luke 4.14-21
Hymn: Come Thou Long-expected Jesus
The Prophetic Call
Sentence & Collect
Antiphons: O Oriens & O Rex Gentium
Carol: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (arr. David Willcocks)
Fifth lesson: alachi 3.1-7
Motet: The Clouded Heaven (Judith Bingham)
Sixth lesson: Matthew 3.1-11
Hymn: On Jordan's Bank the Baptists Cry
The Christ Bearer
Sentence & Collect
Antiphon: O Emmanuel
Carol: Telling God's story (Richard Wilberforce)
Seventh lesson: Luke 1.39-49
Motet: Ave Maria (Edward Elgar)
The Magnificat: Jackson in G
Eighth lesson: John 3:1-8
Sentence & Christmas Collect
Carol: There Is a Flower (John Rutter)
Hymn: Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending
College Prayer & Blessing
Organ Voluntary: Wachet auf (Johann Sebastian Bach)
20:00
Pericles
Shakespeare's romantic adventure full of tyrants, incest, murder, knights, teenagers, pirates, brothels, sublime poetry, young love, a great hero and the goddess Diana. A multicultural cast, world music and the poet Benjamin Zephaniah, give this timeless tale a contemporary twist.
Pericles ...... Tom Mannion
Gower ...... Benjamin Zephaniah
Antiochus/Cerimon ...... Raad Rawi
Marina/Antiochus' daughter ...... Helen Longworth
Helicanus ...... Sean Scanlan
Master ...... Dermot Crowley
Fisherman ...... Paul Dinnen
Simonides ...... Lorcan Cranitch
Thaisa ...... Katherine Igoe
Dionyza ...... Adjoa Andoh
Cleon ...... Peter Gevisser
Diana ...... Sian Phillips
Bawd/Lychorida ...... Ayesha Antoine
Philemon/Bolt ...... Nick Sayce
Lysimachus ...... Ifan Meredith
Leonine ...... Delroy Brown
Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.
21:40
Timbuktu, Centre of the World
Many in the West may think of Timbuktu as being located at the ends of Earth, but for Islam, it was the golden city of scholars, with rare books, glorious qu'rans and accomplished chronicles. It's a unique manuscript heritage of world importance that still exists today. Joan Baxter enters into the homes and libraries of the people who are bringing this rich history into the 21st Century.
22:25
27 November 2005
Andy Kershaw presents music from around the world. With Ontario-born blues troubadour Harrison Kennedy in his first session for Radio 3.
00:00
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
Childhood and Teens
Jazz trumpeter and composer Guy Barker shares one of his great passions, the music of Arthur Honegger, with Donald Macleod. They begin by discussing Honegger's childhood and student days.
Sonatine for Two violins (1st movement)
Dong Suk Kang, Jean-Philippe Audoli (violin)
Clarinet Sonatine (3rd movement)
Michel Arrignon (clarinet)
Pascal Devoyon (piano)
String Quartet No 1 (first movement)
Quatuor Ludwig
Excerpts from Le dit des jeux du monde - Le Soleil et la Fleur; Les hommes et le Terre; l'homme et la mer; Epilogue
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Arturo Tamayo (conductor)
Sept Pièces Breves
Annette Middelbeek (piano)
Pastorale d'Été
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Michel Plasson (conductor)
Fourth Symphony - Finale
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Automne, from six poems of Apollinaire
Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
Jérôme Ducros (piano)
01:00
27 November 2005
27 November 2005
With Susan Sharpe.
1.00am
Slovenian Radio and Television Chamber Chorus sing Jacobus Handl (1550-1591)
In Adventu Domini nostri Jesu Christi; Jerusalem gaude gaudio mango; De Nativitate, Circumcisione et Epiphania Domini; A dominica septuagesimae per quadragesimam de poenitentia; De Passione Domini nostri Jesu Christi; Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem; Ecce quomodo moritur Justus; De Resurrectione et Ascensione Domini nostri Jesu Christi; De Sancta Trinitate et de Corpore Christi; In Dedicatione templi et a dominica tertia post Pentecosten usque ad Adventum Domini
Rebecca Reese (cornett)
Francesco Cera (positive organ)
Slovenian Radio and Television Chamber Chorus
Tonkünstler Ensemble Wien
Günther Theuring (director)
1.54am
Mouton, Charles (1626-1710): Pièces de Lute in Cm
Konrad Junghänel (lute)
2.23am
Franck, César (1822-1890): 11 miniatures
Robert Silverman (piano)
2.38am
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951): Pelleas und Melisande, Op 5
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Edo de Waart (conductor)
3.21am
Reger, Max (1873-1916): Ach Herr, strafe mich nicht, Op 110, No 2
Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)
3.38am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Keyboard Sonata in Cm
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
3.56am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Julius Caesar Overture
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer (conductor)
3.59am
Wassenaer; Unico Wilhelm van (1692-1766): Concerto No 2 in B flat (Sei Concerti Armonici)
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Jan Willem de Vriend (conductor)
4.11am
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725): Toccata in A
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)
4.20am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), text Friedrich Schiller: Der Pilgrim, D794, Op 37, No 1
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
4.25am
Lithander, Carl Ludwig (1773-1843): Divertimento No 1
Mikael Helasvuo (flute)
Tuija Hakkila (fortepiano)
4.34am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Prometheus Overture and ballet music, Op 43
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Hannu Koivula (conductor)
4.51am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), arr Andrew Manze: Toccata and Fugue in Dm, BWV 565
Andrew Manze (violin)
5.00am
Byrd, William (c.1543-1623): O Lord, How Vain
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
The Rose Consort of Viols
5.06am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Aase's Death (Peer Gynt), Op 46
Finnish Harp Quartet
5.10am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Andante Cantabile from the string quartet, Op 11
Shauna Rolston (cello)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)
5.17am
Gesualdo, Carlo (c.1560-1613): Tribulationem et dolorem inveni
BBC Singers
Bo Holten (conductor)
5.21am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Dove Sono (Le Nozze di Figaro)
Charlotte Margiono (soprano)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)
5.27am
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903): Italian Serenade
Ljubljana String Quartet
Monika Skalar, Karel Zuzek (violin)
Franc Avsenek (viola)
Stane Demsar (cello)
5.36am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Calm Sea and a Prosperous Voyage Overture, Op 27
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)
5.48am
Linnala, Eino (1920-1972): The Sea; Valsette, Op 6, No 1
Eero Heinonen (piano)
5.55am
Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich (1865-1936): Lyric poem in D flat, Op 12
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Verbitsky (conductor)
6.06am
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992): Theme and Variations
Peter Oundjian (violin)
William Tritt (piano)
6.15am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Five Choral Songs, Op 104
Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)
6.29am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): String Quartet in F
New Helsinki Quartet
Jan Söderblom, Petri Aarmio (violin)
Ilari Angervo (viola)
Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello)
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