Monday 5th December 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

5 December 2005

With Penny Gore.

From 7.00am

Bach: Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971
Andras Schiff (piano)

Holst: Two Eastern Pictures
Holst Singers
Sioned Williams (harp)
Stephen Layton (conductor)

Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K191
Gwydion Brooke (bassoon)
RPO
Thomas Beecham (conductor)

From 8.30am

Locatelli: Concerto grosso in D, Op 1 No 5
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi (director)

Stravinsky: Piano Sonata
Peter Serkin (piano)

Bartok: Suite, The Miraculous Mandarin
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

5 December 2005

With Rob Cowan. Featuring Schubert Symphonies and recordings by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

Schubert: Symphony No 1 in D, D82
Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra
Günter Wand (conductor)

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Act III (excerpt)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Ludwig Suthaus (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor)

Delius orch. Fenby: Late Swallows
Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer, Act I (excerpt)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelík (conductor)

Schubert: Symphony No 2 in B flat D125
South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden & Freiburg
Hans Zender (conductor)

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Act III, excerpt
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
René Kollo (tenor)
Dresden Staatskapelle
Carlos Kleiber (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Orlande de Lassus (1532? - 1594)

Part One

Donald Macleod steps back in time to 16th-century mainland Europe, to explore the life and musical world of one of the most prolific and widely admired musicians of the age - Orlande de Lassus. His guide is the distinguished musicologist and conductor Jeremy Summerly.

Timor et tremor
Choir of New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom

Magnificat Super Aurora Lucis Rutilat
Pro Cantione Antiqua
Bruna Turner (director)

Missa BellAmfitritaltera
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly (conductor)

Three songs:
Lucescit jam o socii
Un jeune moine est sorti du couvent
Chi chilichi
Ensemble Clément Janequin
Dominique Visse (director)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Lisa Batiashvili and Milana Chernyavska

5 December 2005

Stephanie Hughes presents Georgian born violinist Lisa Batiashvili live from Wigmore Hall in London.

Still only in her late 20s, Lisa has had an exceptional career since winning the 1995 Sibelius Competition in her teens. She is joined by the Ukranian pianist Milana Chernyavska.

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 4 in Am, Op 23
Kurtág: Tre Pezzi Op 14e
Schumann: Violin Sonata No 2 in Dm, Op 121

14:00

Afternoon Performance

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Some rarely performed piano concertos are featured in this week's programmes, presented by Louise Fryer.

Scharwenka: Piano concerto No. 1
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
Michael Stern (conductor)

Shostakovich: Cello concerto No. 1
Ha-na Chang (cello)
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

16:00

Stage and Screen

Alan Menken

Edward Seckerson talks to the award winning film and musicals composer Alan Menken about some of his more recent collaborations, including scores for the hugely successful Disney animations of Pocahontas, Aladdin and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

17:00

In Tune

5 December 2005

Sean Rafferty presents live music from Andrew Kennedy accompanied by pianist Simon Crawford-Philips. Andrew is the English tenor who won the Rosenblatt Recital at this year's Cardiff Singer of the World competition and he sings Britten, Brahms and Handel.

Conductor Tugan Sokhiev comes in to talk about Mussorgsky's opera The Marriage, which he is about to conduct with the Philharmonia and, as Radio 3 gears up to celebrate the complete works of Bach, Sara Lee from Music in Prisons talks about a new Bach-related project which is about to take place in Brixton Prison.

19:30

Performance on 3

British Music Focus

Gothic Symphony

The first (and so far only) commercial recording of what the Guinness Book of Records reckoned was the "largest symphony" ever written. Made in 1989, it became the biggest-ever seller on the Marco Polo label. Presented by Andrew McGregor.

Havergal Brian: Gothic Symphony
Eva Jenisová (soprano)
Dagmar Pecková (alto),
Vladimir Dolezal (tenor)
Peter Mikulás (bass)
Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Slovak National Opera Chorus
Slovak Folk Ensemble Chorus, Bratislava City Choir
Lucnica Choir, Bratislava Children's Choir, Youth 'Echo' Choir
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

21:30

Night Waves

5 December 2005

Paul Allen and guests discuss the result of Britain's most prestigious art prize. Who has won the Turner Prize and what does the result say about the condition and future of contemporary British art?

22:15

Late Junction

5 December 2005

Verity Sharp plays the Blind Boys of Alabama's Atom Bomb, and Gothic Voices in music once heard in mediaeval Italy.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Mozart the Keyboard Player

Part Two

In 1784 Mozart was at the height of his powers. He was newly wed and happy, he composed a spectacular series of six Piano Concertos, and one of the greatest chamber works in the entire repertoire. Donald Macleod tells the story of this annus mirabilis.

Piano Concerto No 14 in E flat, K449
Malcolm Bilson (fortepiano)
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)

Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat, K452
Murray Perahia (piano)
Neil Black (oboe)
Thea King (clarinet)
Anthony Halstead (horn)
Graham Sheen (bassoon)

Piano Concerto No 15 in B flat, K450 (finale)
Robert Levin (fortepiano)
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (conductor)

01:00

Through the Night

5 December 2005

5 December 2005

With Louise Fryer.

1.00am
Con Tempo Quartet
Janácek, Leo (1854-1928): String Quartet No 2, Listy duverne, Intimate Letters

1.26am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): String Quartet in C, Op 76, No 3, Emperor

1.48am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Quartet for strings in F, Op 135
Con Tempo Quartet

2.13am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Symphony No 4 in Cm, Tragic, D417
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Hans Zender (conductor)

2.47am
Klint, Fredrik Wilhelm (1811-1894): Piano Sonata in Dm
Anders Wadenberg (piano)

3.06am
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911): Kindertotenlieder
Alice Coote (mezzo soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)

3.31am
Thuille, Ludwig (1861-1907): Sextet for piano and wind quintet in B flat, Op 6
Jae-Eun Ku (piano)
Tae-Won Kim (flute)
Hyong-Sup Kim (oboe)
Hyon-Kon Kim (clarinet)
Sang-Won Yoon (bassoon)
Kawng-Ku Lee (horn)

4.01am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Overture from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 10
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
George Pehlivanian (conductor)

4.14am
Byrd, William (c.1543-1623): Echo Galliard, MB 114
Aapo Häkkinen (harpsichord)

4.16am
Dowland, John (1563-1626): If My Complaints Could Passions Move
Marianne Beate Lielland (mezzo-soprano)
Sergej Osadchuk (piano)

4.18am
The Lady Cliftons spirit for lute, P 45
Nigel North (lute)

4.20am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Orchestral excerpts from the Married Beau
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Monica Huggett (guest conductor)

4.33am
Jackson, Francis (b.1917): Archbishop's Fanfare for Organ
James Lancelot (organ)

4.34am
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934): The Spirit of the Lord Is Upon Me, from The Apostles, Op 49
Vancouver Bach Choir
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Bruce Pullan (conductor)

4.41am
Novello, Ivor (1893-1951): We'll Gather Lilacs, from 'Perchance to Dream'
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Kamirski (conductor)

4.46am
Coward, Noël (1899-1973): I'll Follow My Secret Heart, from Conversation Piece
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Kamirski (conductor)

4.51am
Turina, Joaquín (1882-1949): Rapsodia sinfonica for piano and string orchestra, Op 66
Angela Cheng (piano)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Hans Graf (conductor)

5.00am
Durante, Francesco (1684-1755): Concerto No 5 in A
Concerto Köln

5.08am
Manfredini, Francesco (1684-1762): Symphony No 10 in Em
Slovak Chamber Orchestra
Bohdan Warchal (leader)

5.17am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Der Sturm, The Storm, chorus for SATB choir and orchestra, H.24a.8
Netherlands Radio Choir and Chamber Orchestra
Antoni Ros-Marba (conductor)

5.27am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No 29 in A, K201
Amsterdam Bach Soloists

5.50am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Psalm 116, 40
Bert Matter (organ)

5.58am
Toccata C3, 20
Stef Tuinstra (organ)

6.00am
Wert, Giacches de (1535-1596)
Motet Ascendente Jesu in naviculam, 6 Part
Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal
Christopher Jackson (director)

6.06am
Kilar, Wojciech (b 1932): Little Overture, 1955
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stanislav Macura (conductor)

6.13am
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924): Impromptu No 2 in Fm, Op 31, 1883
Stefan Lindgren (piano)

6.18am
Andriessen, Hendrick (1892-1981): Concertino for cello and orchestra
Michael Müller (cello)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

6.29am
Norman, Ludvig (1831-1885): 2 Songs: Själens frid, Peace of Mind, Op 37, No 2; Kärlek, Love, Op 37, No 5
2 Songs: Mĺnestrĺlar, Moonbeams, Op 49, No 2; Ahasverus, Ahasuerus, Op 55, No 7
Olle Persson (baritone)
Bengt-Ĺke Lundin (piano)

6.39am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Piano Concerto No 2 in A, S125
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)