Wednesday 14th December 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

14 December 2005

Sandy Burnett continues a whistle stop tour of the music of Spanish America in the Golden Age; and his exploration of the music making of the Argentinian born pianist, Martha Argerich.

From 7.00am

Bach: Toccata for keyboard, BWV 911, in Cm
Martha Argerich (piano)

Respighi: Ancient airs and dances for lute - suite No 1 for orchestra
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz (1626?-1677 Peru): Achas y huelta del acha hacas (instrumental)
Ensemble Villancico

Chopin: Introduction and polonaise for cello and piano, Op 3, in C
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Martha Argerich (piano)
(Recorded at Hercules Hall, Munich, March 1980)

From 8.30am

Liszt: Sonata for piano, S178, in Bm
Martha Argerich (piano)

Juan Gutierrez de Padilla (1590 Spain-1664 Mexico) most talented: Credo from Missa Ego flos campi
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor)

Schumann: Concertstuck for 4 horns and orchestra, Op 86, in F
(Horn section of the BPO)
Berlin Philharmonic
Klaus Tennstedt (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

14 December 2005

Jonathan Swain continues to feature music from JS Bach's personal library and recordings by Sir Adrian Boult.

Vivaldi: Concerto in Dm, Op 3, No 11
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini (conductor)

Caldara: Magnificat in C
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert
Hermann Max (conductor)

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Prelude, Act I
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)

Albinoni: Sonata in Am, Op 6, No 6
Amandine Beyer (violin)
Jérémie Papasergio (bassoon)
Laurent Stewart (harpsichord)

Beethoven: Symphony No 6 in F, Op 68, Pastoral
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)

Handel: Armida Abbandonata
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
London Baroque
Charles Medlam (director/cello)

Marcello: Oboe Concerto in Dm
Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Members of Dresden Staatskapelle
Vittorio Negri (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Part Three

Tchaikovsky's state of mind with regard to his work could veer between ecstatic optimism and despairing doubt. These mood swings often, as Donald Macleod discovers, severely affected the composer's life and music.

It's Painful, It's Sweet, Op 6, No 3
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya (soprano)
Ljuba Orfenova (piano)

Marche Slave, Op 31
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert Von Karajan (conductor)

Suite No 3, Op 55 (excerpt)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi (conductor)

The Oprichnik, Act 2 (excerpt)
Prince Vjaz'minskij ...... Vladimir Ognovenko (baritone)
Andrej Morozov ...... Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor)
Basmanov ...... Alexandra Durseneva (alto)
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Lirico de Cagliari
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)

Allegro Brillante - Piano Concerto No 3, Op 75
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
The Philharmonia
Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Prague and Vienna

14 December 2005

Petroc Trelawny introduces another in the series of concerts from the Waterfront Hall in Belfast featuring pieces from two great musical cities - Prague and Vienna.

2/4. Young Czech pianist Lukas Vondracek plays music by Mozart, Novak and Smetana.

Mozart: Sonata in C, K330
Novak: Songs of a Winter Night
Smetana: The Dreams

14:00

Afternoon Performance

German Romantics

As a prelude to BBC Radio 3's Bach Week - a look at his legacy, featuring some of the greatest early romantic music to come out of Germany. Presented by Edward Seckerson, and featuring the BBC Philharmonic.

Liszt: Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Beethoven: Symphony No 1
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Liszt: Tasso
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Schumann: 4 Songs for double chorus
BBC Singers
Celso Antunes (conductor)

Liszt: Les Preludes
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

16:00

Choral Evensong

14 December 2005

From St George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa. With the Cathedral Choir, St George's Singers and Voices of Cape Town.

Responses: Barry Smith
Psalms 137, 138 (Wesley, Knight)
An African Freedom Song
First Reading: Isaiah 35:1-10
Office Hymn: Hark a Thrilling Voice (Merton)
Magnificat (African fauxbourdons arr. Chris Chivers)
Second Reading: Revelation 21:9-12,21-25; 22:1-2
Nunc Dimittis (Spiritual arr. John Harper)
Homily: Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Anthem: A Song of Hope (Peter Klatzow) first performance
Final Hymn: Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory (Battle Hymn)
Organ Voluntary: Toccata (Hank Temmingh)

Barry Smith, Lungile Jacobs (directors of music)
Grant Brasler (assistant organist)

17:00

In Tune

14 December 2005

Sean is joined by the pianist Clara Rodriguez who will play music with a South American flavour and the Brodsky Quartet play Falla, Alvarez and Samuel Barber's best known work, his Adagio from his string quartet.

Christmas is kicked off with a swing when jazz singer Claire Martin and Ian Shaw come in to perform in advance of their 'Cool Yule' Christmas concert at the Purcell Room next week.

19:30

Performance on 3

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

14 December 2005

Young Scot Garry Walker conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in two of their most popular recent commissions by Scottish composers - the lyrical Viola Concerto No 2 by Sally Beamish - performed by Lawrence Power - and the atmospheric classic by James MacMillan, inspired by the island of Iona.

The concert also includes Nigel Osborne's chamber work Zansa, previously performed in collaboration with the Rambert Dance company, and an early symphony by Hans Werner Henze.

Osborne: Zansa
Beamish: Viola Concerto No 2 (Seafarer)
MacMillan: I, A Meditation on Iona
Henze: Symphony No 1

Lawrence Power (viola)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Garry Walker (conductor)

21:05

BBC Singers

A German Christmas

A sumptuous motet and magnificat, celebrating the birth of Christ, by two leading composers of 17th-century Germany.

Michael Praetorius: Puer Natus in Bethlehem
Heinrich Schütz: Deutsches Magnificat, SWV 494

BBC Singers
His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

21:30

Night Waves

14 December 2005

Philip Dodd with another extended Undercurrents debate where politics, history, ideas and culture collide to reveal the real issues behind the week's news.

22:15

Late Junction

14 December 2005

Fiona Talkington plays diverse music from Finland, including accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen's fusion group KTU; a carol by Kostiainen, and a traditional kantele tune.

00:00

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)

01:00

Through the Night

14 December 2005

14 December 2005

With Louise Fryer.

From the archives of Bulgarian Radio, a recital from the Sofia Music Week's International Festival 1971 with Ruggiero Ricci (violin) and Lili Popova (piano)
1.01am
Paganini, Niccolo (1782-1840): Perpetuum mobile
1.06am
de Sarasate, Pablo (1844-1908): Romanza andaluza
1.11am
Brahms, Johannes (1833 -1897): Violin Sonata No 2 in Am
1.29am
Ysaye, Eugene (1858-1931): Violin Sonata in Dm (Ballade), Op 27/3
1.35am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Violin Sonata in Gm
1.47am
Bartok, Bela (1881-1945): Sonata for Solo Violin

2.07am
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): Les Illuminations, Op 18
Henriette Schellenberg (soprano)
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Simon Streatfield (conductor)

2.30am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Piano Trio No 2, Op 66, in Cm
Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Eckard Runge (cello)
Enrico Pace (piano)

2.59am
Lithander, Carl Ludwig (1773-1843): Sonata in C, Op 8, No 1, Sonate facile
Juhani Lagerspetz (piano)

3.11am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Sinfonia concertante in B flat
Erik Niord Larsen (oboe)
Per Hannisdal (bassoon)
Jon Elsrud Gjesme (violin)
Bjørn Solum (cello)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Frübeck de Burgos (conductor)

3.33am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Clarinet Concertino in E flat, Op 26
Kari Kriikku (clarinet)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

3.43am
Karlowicz, Mieczyslaw (1876-1909): Serenade in G, Op 2
Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra Amadeus
Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)

4.05am
Rangström, Ture (1884-1947): Violin Suite No 1 in modo antico
Tale Olsson (violin)
Mats Jansson (piano)

4.14am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Martedi - from Pyrmonter Kurwoche
Albrecht Rau (violin)
Heinrich Rau (viola)
Clemens Malich (cello)
Wolfgang Hochstein (harpsichord)

4.23am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Keyboard Concerto No 5 in Fm, BWV 1056
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Terje Toennesen (conductor)

4.33am
Khachaturian, Aram (1903-1978): Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
David Measham (conductor)

4.40am
Sandström, Jan (b. 1954): Surge Aquilo
Erik Westberg Vocal Ensemble

4.47am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Jardins sous la pluie
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

4.52am
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857): Kamarinskaya
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

5.00am
Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762): Concerto Grosso in A, Op 2, No 6
La Petite Bande

5.08am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Wer ist so würdig als du, Wq 222
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert
Herman Max (conductor)

5.13am
Gaubert, Philippe (1879-1941): Aquarelle No 1 Pour un clair matin
Trio Salome

5.20am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Mazurka in Cm, Op 56, No 3
Artur Rubinstein (piano)

5.25am
Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962): O, Sanctissima
Tobias Ringborg (violin)
John Ehde (cello)
Anders Kilström (piano)

5.30am
Gabrieli, Andrea (c.1510-1586): Aria della battaglia à 8
Theatrum Instrumentorum
Stefano Innocenti (conductor)

5.40am
Mini series
Zimmer, Hans (b.1957), arr Wasson: Extract from the film music to Gladiator
Slovenian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra
Helmut Imig (conductor)

5.47am
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936): The Pines of Rome
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

6.11am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Alto Rhapsody, Op 53
Mirjam Kalin (alto)
Male voices of Slovenicum Chamber Choir & Choir Consortium Classicum
Slovenian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra
Marko Munih (conductor)

6.24am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1759-1791): Serenade in D, KV 239, Serenata notturna
English Chamber Orchestra
Mitsuko Uchida (conductor)

6.36am
Fitelberg, Grzegorz (1879-1953): W glebi morza (From the Depths of the Sea), Op 26
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marcin Nalecz-Niesiolowski (conductor)