Thursday 8th December 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

8 December 2005

With Penny Gore.

From 7.00am

Debussy: Rapsodie for cor anglais
Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais)
Julius Drake (piano)

Waldteufel: The Skater's Waltz, Op 183
Philharmonia Hungarica
Antal Dorati (conductor)

Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes
Eduard Brunner (clarinet)
Oleg Maisenberg (piano)
Borodin Quartet

From 8.30am

Schubert: Quartettsatz in Cm, D703
Takacs Quartet

Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto in Am
Neil Black (oboe)
ECO
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

Mozart: Sonata in A, K331
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)

10:00

CD Masters

8 December 2005

Rob Cowan continues to feature Schubert Symphonies and recordings by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

Bizet: The Pearl Fishers (excerpt)
Giordano: Andrea Chénier (excerpt)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
RIAS Chamber Choir & Symphony Orchestra
Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)

Dittersdorf: Symphony in C - La prise de la Bastille
Concerto Köln

Chopin: Sonata No 3 in Bm, Op 58
Murray Perahia (piano)

Schubert: Symphony No 5 in B flat, D485
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

Schoeck: Lebendig begraben Op 40 (excerpt)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Rieger (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Orlande de Lassus (1532? - 1594)

Part Four

Donald Macleod and Jeremy Summerly discuss the blossoming Renaissance interest in the poetry of the classical authors, and how composers looked to them for works to set. But Lassus also looked to contemporary authors, and ultimately was to produce significant works drawn from sources ancient and modern.

Dulces exuviae - Didos Lament
Huelgas-Ensemble
Paul van Nevel (director)

Lagrime di San Pietro
Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb (soprano)
Mary Nichols, Cathy Cass (alto)
Joseph Cornwell, Andrew King (tenor)
Richard Wistreich (bass)
The Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley (director)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Bath Mozartfest 2005

Ian Bostridge and Graham Johnson

Ian Bostridge performs Schubert's song cycle Die Schone Müllerin, with pianist Graham Johnson.

Presented by Sarah Walker.

14:15

Afternoon Performance

BBC Philharmonic

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

Karlowicz: The White Dove
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Dvorák: Piano concerto
Rustem Hayroudinoff (piano)
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Karlowicz: Symphony
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

16:00

Brian Kay's Light Programme

8 December 2005

Waldteufel's Skater's Waltz starts the programme, plus featured artist John Rutter in some arrangements of traditional songs and one of his own Christmas carols.

Richard Hickox conducts the Northern Sinfonia in Roger Quilter's Suite Where the Rainbow Ends, and there are a couple of sleigh rides alongside some lively dance music from the 16th Century.

17:00

In Tune

8 December 2005

Early music band Joglaresa provide their take on an Italian Medieval Christmas live in the studio; the Contempo Quartet and pianist James Lisney perform Enescu, and choreographer Will Tuckett and composer Martin Ward will be talking about the Royal Opera House's new Christmas production of Pinocchio.

19:30

Performance on 3

British Music Focus

Vaughan Williams's The Wasps

Andrew McGregor introduces the complete incidental music for The Wasps, by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Composed originally for a 1909 production of Aristophanes' play at Cambridge University, this performance is the first broadcast of a new edition featuring a translation and adaptation by David Pountney.

Vaughan-Williams: Music to The Wasps of Aristophanes
Procleon/other voices ...... Henry Goodman
Priest ...... Richard Suart (chorus leader)
Chorus of Wasps
Halle Orchestra
Mark Elder (conductor)

21:45

Night Waves

8 December 2005

Isabel Hilton presents a Landmarks edition; a detailed celebration of a classic work of culture still influential today.

22:15

The Wire

Iona

By Rhiannon Tise.

Andrew is haunted by the memory of a woman he once loved. He hears her voice everywhere and is desperate to recapture that part of his life. His longing leads him on a bizarre search of the surreal to find the lost memories and discarded moments of their life together.

Andrew ...... Tony Kearney
Iona ...... Tracy Wiles
Martin ...... Alan Westaway
Margot ...... Carolyn Pickles
Kathleen ...... Jayne McKenna
James ...... Nick Sayce
Phil, council man ...... Crawford Logan
Nikki ...... Isabelle Joss

23:00

Late Junction

8 December 2005

Verity Sharp plays music of ecstasy from desert Dhoad gypsies of Rajasthan, and Naji Hakim's Le tombeau de Messiaen in Blackburn Cathedral.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Mozart the Keyboard Player

Part Five

The tragic decline of Mozart's last years is well documented, but despite circumstances that would have crushed most lesser mortals, works of sublime beauty continued to flow from his pen. Donald Macleod enjoys some of Mozart's exquisite keyboard works of this final period.

Der Frühling, K597 (excerpt)
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Piano Trio No 5 in E, K542
Beaux Arts Trio
Menahem Pressler; Isidor Cohen; Bernard Greenhouse

Sehnsucht nach dem Frühling, K596
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat, K595
Alfred Brendel (piano)
ASMF
Neville Marriner (conductor)

01:00

Through the Night

8 December 2005

8 December 2005

With Louise Fryer.

1.00am
Orchestra Music from Polish Radio
Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (1860-1941), arr Jerzy Maksymiuk: Nocturne in B flat (Serie de moceaux), Op 16, No 4
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)
1.06am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Concerto for violin and string orchestra in Dm
Piotr Plawner (violin)
Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)
1.27am
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904), arranged by Agnieszka Duczmal: Quartet for strings No 12, Op 96, in F - American
Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)
1.52am
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937): 6 Piesni kurpiowskie (6 Kurpian songs) for chorus
Polish Radio Choir
Wlodzimierz Siedlik (conductor)

2.09am
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908): (The tale of) Tsar Saltan - suite, Op 57
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Verbitsky (conductor)

2.32am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Piano Quintet in Fm, Op 34
Aleksandra Juozapenaite-Eesma (piano)
MK Ciurlionis String

3.13am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Symphony No 4 in Dm, Op 120
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Tamás Vásáry (conductor)

3.44am
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934): Pomp and Circumstance - Military March in D, Op 39, No 1
David Drury (organ)

3.51am
Masi, Lorenzo (d.1372/1373): Madrigale - Come insul fronte fu preso Narciso
Florentia, Ghererdello de (1320/1325-1362/1364): Ballata - De poni amor a me
Ensemble Micrologus

4.04am
Groneman, Albertus (1710-1778): Flute Sonata in D
Jed Wentz, Marion Moonen (flute)

4.19am
Handel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759): Concerto a due cori No1, HWV 332, in B flat
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman (director/harpsichord)

4.32am
Bree, Johannes Bernardus van (1801-1857): Concert Overture in Bm
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)

4.43am
Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848): Edgar's aria from Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 3
Denes Gulyas (tenor)
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
János Ferencsik (conductor)

4.51am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): 3 Pieces from Slĺtter, Op 72
Haavard Gimse (piano)

5.00am
Benoit, Peter (1834-1901): Overture to Charlotte Corday
Flemish Radio Orchestra
Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor)

5.10am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): O! Kak mnye tyazhelo! - from Eugene Onegin, Act 3, Scene 2, Closing Scene
Tatjana ...... Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
Eugene ...... Georg Ots (baritone)
USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra
V Delman (conductor)

5.24am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Polonaise in A flat, Op 53, Eroica
Artur Rubinstein (piano)

5.32am
Bacewicz, Grazyna (1909-1969): Partita for orchestra
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra
Marek Pijarowski (conductor)

5.46am
Berg, Gottfrid (1889-1970): Sĺ jag mĺlar, Donna Bianca (Thus I Paint, Donna Bianca)
Swedish Radio Choir
Eric Ericson (conductor)

5.48am
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976) : Sinfonia da Requiem, Op 20
Radio Symphonieorchester Wien
Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)

6.10am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Wind Serenade in Cm, K388
Toronto Chamber Winds

6.35am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 8 in G - Le Soir
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Rolf Gupta (conductor)