Friday 9th December 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

9 December 2005

With Penny Gore.

From 7.00am

Ravel: Sheherazade - ouverture de feerie
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)

Handel: Oboe Concerto No 1 in B flat, HWV 301
Leon Goossens (oboe)
Bath Festival Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin (director)

Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Bastille Opera Orchestra
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

From 8.30am

Saint-Saëns: Bassoon Sonata in G, Op 168
Ursula Leveaux (bassoon)
Ian Brown (piano)

Mozart: Violin Concerto in A, K219
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
LSO
Colin Davis (conductor)

Glazunov: Oriental Rhapsody, Op 29
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

9 December 2005

Rob Cowan concludes his feature on Schubert Symphonies and recordings by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

Verdi: I vespri siciliani - Winter (Ballet music)
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra
Antonio de Almeida (conductor)

Milhaud: Lamentation (Poèmes juifs)
Fortner: Lied von Weidenbaum
Reutter: Meine dunklen Hände
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Hermann Reutter (piano)

Schubert: Symphony No 6 in C, D589
Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
Günter Wand (conductor)

Busoni: Doktor Faust - Prologue II (excerpt)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
William Cochran (tenor)
Bavarian Radio Chorus & Symphony Orchestra
Ferdinand Leitner (conductor)

Blacher: Violin Concerto, Op 29
Kolja Blacher (violin)
Frankfurt Philharmonic Orchestra
Nikos Athinäos (conductor)

Pfitzner: Hussens Kerker
Fortner: Abbitte
Reutter: Johann Kepler
Blacher: Aprèslude, Op 57, Nos 1 & 2
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Hermann Reutter (piano)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Orlande de Lassus (1532? - 1594)

Part Five

Donald Macleod concludes his series of conversations with Jeremy Summerly about the music of Lassus by trying to piece together the kind of character Lassus actually was, and the nature of the legacy he left.

Motet for Trinity - Alleluia, laus et Gloria
Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Richard Marlow (director)

Infelix ego
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly (conductor)

Ich weiss mir ein meidlein hübsch und fein
Lautten Compagney

Lamentations of Jeremiah (for Good Friday)
Ensemble Européen de la Chapelle Royale
Philippe Herreweghe (director)

Agnus Dei; Communio (Lux Aeterna) - from Requiem (Missa pro defunctis)
Hilliard Ensemble

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Bath Mozartfest 2005

The Nash Ensemble

Bath Mozartfest 2005: Sarah Walker continues the concert series from this year's Bath Mozartfest. The Nash ensemble perform works by Mendelssohn and Mozart.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Duo for violin and viola in B flat, K424
Brahms, Johannes: Sextet for strings no. 1 in B flat, Op18

Presented by Sarah Walker.

14:00

Afternoon Performance

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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

Napravnik: Fantasia on Russian Themes for piano and orchestra
Evgeny Soifertis (piano)
Alexander Titov (conductor)

Adams: Shaker Loops
Jurjen Hempel (conductor)

Blumenfeld: Allegro de Concert For piano and orchestra, Op 7
Evgeny Soifertis (piano)
Alexander Titov (conductor)

Bernstein: Serenade for violin and orchestra
Anne-Akiko Meyers (violin)
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Napravnik: Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op 27
Evgeny Soifertis (piano)
Alexander Titov (conductor)

16:00

Jazz Legends

Barry Harris

Julian Joseph in conversation with pianist Barry Harris, whose style has been compared to other great luminaries such as Bud Powell, and iconic pianist Thelonious Monk. Julian plots Harris' career with the help of his extensive record catalogue.

17:00

In Tune

9 December 2005

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and keeps us up to date with what's happening in the arts world. Email: in.tune@bbc.co.uk

19:30

Performance on 3

British Music Focus

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Andrew McGregor presents a concert given by the CBSO in Symphony Hall, Birmingham, of English orchestral music. Pianist Peter Donohoe performs a rarely heard piece for piano and orchestra by John Foulds and the concert ends with the last of Ralph Vaughan Williams' symphonies.

Elgar: Overture - Cockaigne
Foulds: Dynamic Tryptych
Bridge: There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook
Vaughan-Williams: Symphony No 9

Peter Donohoe (piano)
CBSO
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

21:30

Night Waves

9 December 2005

Matthew Sweet visits the Swan theatre in Stratford for the opening night of the RSC's major new touring play, The Canterbury Tales. Mike Poulton has adapted Chaucer's classic stories.

22:15

Mixing It

9 December 2005

Mark Russell and Robert Sandall head to LA and talk to electronic musician Ken Gibson (aka Eight Frozen Modules); percussionist Amy Knoles - of the California EAR Unit; and guitarist and producer Ry Cooder about his project Chávez Ravine.

They also explore some of the city's alternative music history with arranger Van Dyke Parks and Frank Zappa collaborator Don Preston.

23:30

Jazz on 3

9 December 2005

Jez Nelson presents the transatlantic jazz combo Big Air, from the London Jazz Festival. Steve Buckley, Chris Batchelor, Myra Melford, Jim Black and Oren Marshall play their own original compositions, combining acoustic and electronic elements.

01:00

Through the Night

9 December 2005

9 December 2005

With Louise Fryer.

1.00am
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and André Previn
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
1.13am
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay (1844-1908): Scheherazade - symphonic suite after 1001 Nights, Op 35
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
André Previn (conductor)

2.01am
Luengen, Ramona (b. 1960): O Lacrimosa (1993)
Phoenix Chamber Choir
Ramona Luengen (conductor)

2.14am
Karg-Elert, Sigfrid (1877-1933): Passacaglia and Fugue on the name B-A-C-H, Op 150
Charles de Wolff (Strumphler organ in the Grote or Eusebiuskerk, Arnhem)

2.36am
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951): Three Piano Pieces, Op 11
Glenn Gould (piano)

2.52am
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976) : Concerto for violin and orchestra, Op 15
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

3.26am
Raichev, Alexander (1922-2003): Symphony No 6 Liturgical (in one movement)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Milen Nachev (conductor)

3.57am
Klova, Algirdas (b. 1958): Diaries
Polifonija (Lithuanian State Chamber Choir)
Sigitas Vaiciulionis (conductor)

4.00am
Peri, Jacopo (1581-1633): Uccidimi, dolore!
Montserrat Figueras (soprano)
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall (director/discant gamba)

4.11am
Kapsberger, Giovanni Girolamo (c.1580-1651): Toccata I and Corrente VII - from Libro primo d'intavolatura di lauto (Rome 1611)
Hopkinson Smith (lute)

4.17am
Allegri, Lorenzo (1567-1648): Primo Ballo della notte d'amore (instrumental) & Sinfonica (Spirto del ciel) - from Il primo libro delle musiche (Venice 1618)
Tragicomedia

4.27am
Froberger, Johann Jakob (1616-1667): Fantasia sopra ut re mi fa sol la
Peter van Dijk (organ of Guastalla Cathedral)

4.34am
Giustini, Lodovico (1685-1743): Sonata for piano in E, Op 1, No 11
Melvyn Tan (fortepiano)

4.45am
Lisinski, Vatroslav (1819-1854): Porin's aria - from the opera Porin
Viktor Busljeta (tenor)
Croatian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra and Choir
Niksa Bareza (conductor)

4.50am
Rózycki, Ludomir (1884-1953): Stanczyk - Symphoni Scherzo, Op 1
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Janusz Przbylski (conductor)

5.00am
Janácek, Leos (1854-1928): Sumarovo dite (The Fiddler's Child) - ballad for orchestra
Peter Thomas (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

5.12am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Second movement from Flute Quartet in C, K285b
The Galeazzi Ensemble

5.22am
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787): Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Act 2 of Orfeo ed Euridice
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Lovro von Matacic (conductor)

5.31am
Benoit, Peter (1834-1901): Panis Angelicus
Karen Lemaire (soprano)
The Flemish Radio Choir (women's voices only)
Joris Verdin (harmonium Victor Mustel 1891)
Vic Nees (conductor)

5.36am
Benoit, Peter (1834-1901): Regina Coeli
The Flemish Radio Choir (women's voices only)
Joris Verdin (organ Aristide Cavaillé-Coll 1880)
Jan Busschaert (5 string double bass)
Vic Nees (conductor)

5.40am
Honegger, Arthur (1892-1955): Pastorale d'été
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Jan Koetsier (conductor)

5.49am
Gounod, Charles (1818-1893): Faust's Aria - Salut, demeure chaste et pure
Peter Dvorsky (tenor)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

5.54am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): On Wings of Song, Op 34, No 2, arr anon for clarinet and piano
Hyun-Gon Kim (clarinet)
Chi-Ho Cho (piano)

5.57am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Eine Leichenphantasie, D7
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

6.17am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): String Trio in Cm, Op 9, No 3
Sostines Trio

6.47am
Klami, Uuno (1900-1961): Suomenliina Festival Overture
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)