Thursday 15th December 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

15 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

Schumann: Phantasiestucke, Op 73
Mischa Maisky (cello)
Martha Argerich (piano)

Juan de Araujo (1648-1712): Los coflades de la estleya
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor)

Neilsen: Helios - overture, Op 17
Gothenberg SO
Neeme Jaarvi (conductor)

Ibert: Trois pièces brèves
Bergen Wind Quintet

Prokofiev: Concerto for piano and orchestra No 1, Op 10, in D flat
Martha Argerich (piano)
Montreal SO
Charles Dutoit (conductor)

From 8.30am

Haydn: Trio for keyboard and strings in G - Gypsy rondo
Martha Argerich (piano)
Renaud Capuçon (violin)
Gautier Capuçon (cello)

Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini - symphonic fantasia after Dante, Op 32
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov (conductor)

Francisco Lopez Capillas: Magnificat and chant
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

15 December 2005

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

Heinrich Bach: Sonata I in C
The Parley of Instruments
Ich danke dir, Gott; Sonata II in F
Maria Zedelius (soprano)
Ulla Groenewold (contralto)
David Cordier (alto)
Paul Elliott (tenor)
Michael Schopper (bass)
Rheinische Kantorei
Musica Antiqua Köln
Reinhardt Goebel (director/violin)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 3 in D, Op 29, Polish
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)

Locatelli: Concerto grosso in Fm, Op 1, No 8
Balthasar Neumann Ensemble
Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor)

Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op 43
Julius Katchen (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)

Kerll: Missa superba - Kyrie, Gloria, Credo
Balthasar Neumann Choir & Ensemble
Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Part Four

Donald Macleod examines the composer's complicated relationship with his native Russia - a land he professed to adore, though he endeavoured to spend a great deal of time abroad.

Spirit My Heart Away
Olga Borodina (mezzo soprano)
Larissa Gergieva (piano)

Scherzo à la Russe, Op 1, No 1
Viktoria Postnikova (piano)

Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op 33
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)

Symphony No 2 in Cm, Op 17 (excerpt)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)

Dumka, Op 58
Xiang-Dong Kong (piano)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Prague and Vienna

15 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.

3/4. Tenor James Gilchrist and pianist Julius Drake perform two of the 19th Century's most successful song cycles.

Beethoven: An Die Ferne Geliebte
Schumann: Dichterliebe

14:00

Afternoon Performance

BBC Philharmonic

Featuring the BBC Philharmonic, live from the Studio 7 Concert Hall in Manchester. Presented by Edward Seckerson.

Rimsky-Korsakov: Sinfonietta on Russian themes
Glazunov: Violin Concerto
Tasmin Little (violin)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Elgar: Enigma Variations

Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

16:00

Brian Kay's Light Programme

15 December 2005

Brian Kay plays a selection of light classics.

17:00

In Tune

15 December 2005

Vocal ensemble I Fagiolini perform works by Monteverdi and Grandi live on the programme.

Sean is joined by conductor Donald Runnicles, and Andrew Carwood, director of the Cardinall's Musick, talks to Sean ahead of their Christmas Festival concert at London's St John's, Smith Square tomorrow.

19:30

Performance on 3

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Part One

Live from Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Louise Fryer introduces the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Danish conductor Thomas Dausgaard.

The orchestra treats us to Brahms' Variations on a theme of Haydn, plus Nielsen's lyrical 3rd Symphony, and the orchestra is joined by eminent soloist Gil Shaham for music by Sibelius - his Violin Concerto.

Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn
Sibelius: Violin Concerto

Gil Shaham (violin)
Rachel Nicholls (soprano)
Jeremy Huw-Williams (baritone)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

20:25

Twenty Minutes

My Childhood on Funen

My Childhood on Funen: David Fanning introduces extracts from Nielsen's memoire of his boyhood on the Danish island of Funen.

20:45

Performance on 3

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Part Two

The live concert from Symphony Hall in Birmingham continues and spotlights Nielsen's Symphony No 3, Sinfonia Espansiva.

21:30

Night Waves

15 December 2005

Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson is directing King Kong. Can the 1933 classic be remade, or is the project a poisoned chalice? Paul Allen investigates.

22:15

Late Junction

15 December 2005

Fiona Talkington announces her album of the year, and looks forward to Radio 3's Bach Christmas, with music from Hugues de Courson, Uri Caine and Tanja Orning.

00:00

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

01:00

Through the Night

15 December 2005

15 December 2005

With Louise Fryer.

The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Manfred Honeck, recorded at the Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, on 31 August 2005
1.01am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Alborado del gracioso
1.09am
Piazzolla, Astor (1921-1992): Bandoneon Concerto
Libertango
With Richard Galliano (bandoneon)
1.34am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Boléro

1.51am
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764), compiled Marc Minkowski: L'Apothéose de la Danse
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski (conductor)

2.29am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): String Quartet in Fm, Op 95
Tilev String Quartet

2.51am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Piano Concerto No 26 in D, K537, Coronation
Dubravka Tomsic-Srebotnjak (piano)
Slovenian Philharmonic
Milan Horvat (conductor)

3.23am
Bijster, Jacob (1902-1958): Variations on Stort tranen uyt
Gert Oost (organ)

3.32am
de Lange, Daniël (1841-1918): Requiem (1868)
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Uwe Gronostay (conductor)

4.05am
Eckhard, Johann Gottfried (1735-1809): Andantino - from Sonata in A, Op 1, No 4
Arthur Schoonderwoerd (fortepiano)

4.09am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Serenade in G, K525, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Romanian National Radio Orchestra
Iosif Conta (conductor)

4.26am
Kotowicz (18th century): Cos ucznilo - Planctus de Passione
Concerto Polacco

4.29am
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713): Trumpet Sonata in D
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
The King's Consort
Robert King (director)

4.34am
Förster, Kaspar Jr (1616-1673): Dialogus a 5 Quid faciam misera?
Olga Pasiecznik, Marta Boberska (soprano)
Dirk Snellings (bass)
Il Tempo Baroque Ensemble
Wim Maseele (theorbo)
Anna Sliwa (viola)
Lilianna Stawarz (chamber organ)
Marcin Zalewski (bass viol)
Agata Sapiecha (violin/director)

4.42am
Dobrzynski, Ignacy Feliks (1807-1867), arr Wilkomirski: Andante & Rondo alla Pollacca
Henryk Blazej (flute)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ryszard Dudek (conductor)

4.54am
Kabalevsky, Dmitri (1904-1987): Overture - Colas Breugnon
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer (conductor)

5.00am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Trio in G - Gypsy rondo
Grieg Trio

5.14am
Andriessen, Jurriaan (1925-1996): Sonnet No 43
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Uwe Gronostay (conductor)

5.21am
Rózycki, Ludomir (1884-1953): Nocturne in F sharp m
Piotr Plawner (violin)
Bruno Canino (piano)

5.26am
Popper, David (1843-1913): Gavotte No 2, Op 23
Janos Starker (cello)
Alain Planes (piano)

5.31am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872), orch Zygmunt Noskowski: Polonaise in E flat
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Katlewicz (conductor)

5.37am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) after Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Soirées de Vienne No 4 in D flat
Ernst von Dohnányi (piano)

5.44am
Strauss, Johann II (1825-1899): Kunstler-Quadrille, Op 201
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

5.49am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Sonata in C
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

6.01am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Symphony No 3 in F, Op 90
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Tamás Vásáry (conductor)

6.38am
Grzincic, Miroslav, arr Lazar: Sveta noc, le ena zvezda gori (Holy Night, Only One Star Shines)
Slovenian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra
Marko Munih (conductor)

6.42am
Berggreen AP (1801-80), arr Lyngbye: Velkommen igen Guds engle små (Welcome Again, Little Angels of God)
Fionian Chamber Choir
Alice Granum (director)

6.48am
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937): Veni Creator
Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano)
Choeur de Radio France
Francois Polgar (choirmaster)
Orchestre National de France
Hans Graf (direction)