Monday 26th December 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

26 December 2005

Penny Gore looks at music inspired by or resulting from revolution and war, and at some of the great pianist-composers.

From 7.00am

Scarlatti: Sonata in Fm, Kk 481; Sonata in A, Kk 39
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

Dvorák: Romance in Fm, Op 11
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
LPO
Daniel Barenboim

Beethoven: Wellington's Victory
LSO
Antal Dorati

From 8.30am

Mozart: Fantasy in Cm, K475
Alicia de Larrocha (piano)

Vaughan Williams: Cantata - The Sons of Light
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Chorus
David Lloyd-Jones

Tchaikovsky: Overture - 1812
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado

10:00

CD Masters

26 December 2005

With Rob Cowan and Jonathan Swain.

Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Hans Knappertsbusch (conductor)

Haydn: Sonata in D
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

Sibelius: Tapiola, Op 112
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

Johann Schelle: Ach, mein herzliebes Jesulein
Mechthild Bach, Johanna Koslowsky (soprano)
Carsten Lohff (organ)
Konrad Junghänel (director)

Johann Kuhnau: Gott, sei mir gnädig nach deiner Güte
Johanna Koslowsky (soprano)
Andreas Scholl (alto)
Gerd Türk (tenor)
Cantus Cölln
Konrad Junghänel (director)

Schubert: Adagio for piano, violin & cello in E flat (Notturno), D897
Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
Rudolf Kowckert (violin)
Josef Merz (cello)

Kalinnikov: Symphony No 1 in Gm
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Kiril Kondrashin (conductor)

Chopin: Scherzo No 4 in E, Op 54
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)

In the Company of Giants

Donald Macleod examines the fluctuating reputation of Hummel, a composer who was once ranked alongside Beethoven.

Hallelujah
Emmy Destinn (soprano)

Piano Quintet, Op 87, Finale (Allegro agitato)
The Schubert Ensemble of London

Sonata No 5 in F sharp m, Op 81
Stephen Hough (piano)

Trumpet Concerto
John Wallace (trumpet)
The Philharmonia Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green (director)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Andreas Staier

26 December 2005

Universally considered to be a master of the fortepiano, German musician Andreas Staier gives an all-Mozart recital. From Wigmore Hall in London, presented by Fiona Talkington.

Sonata E flat, K282
Variations G, K455, on Gluck's Arietta 'Unser dummer Pöbel meint'
Fantasia and Piano Sonata in Cm, K475/457

14:00

Afternoon Performance

75th anniversary of the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Marking the 75th anniversary of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, a week of concerts focusing on some of the greatest conductors to have worked with the orchestra. Presented by John Shea.

Elgar: Enigma Variations
Arturo Toscanini (conductor)

Holst: The Planets (excerpts)
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)

Mahler Symphony No 1, Titan
Rudolf Kempe (conductor)

16:00

Stage and Screen

Legends - Judy Garland

Edward Seckerson presents a holiday tribute to the great Hollywood star, including songs from Girl Crazy, The Harvey Girls, Easter Parade and Meet Me in St Louis. Plus highlights from Judy Garland's Carnegie Hall concert in 1961.

17:00

Made in Britain

26 December 2005

Martin Handley presents a series spotlighting some of the unexplored music composed in Britain in the 20th Century.

1/10. 1934-1939, After the Death of Elgar

Following the passing of Elgar, Delius and Holst, the young guns of the 1920s, became the new leading musical creators.

Britten: A Boy was Born (opening)
Holst Singers
Stephen Layton (conductor)

Bliss: March from Things to Come
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Berkeley: Night Covers Up the Rigid Land, Op 14/2
Philip Langridge (tenor)
Steuart Bedford (conductor)

Britten: Scherzo - from King Arthur
BBC Philharmonic
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Bridge: String Quartet No 4
Maggini Quartet

Mayerl: Sweet William
Susan Tomes (piano)

Howells: King's Herald (from Pageantry)
Britannia Band
Howard Snell (conductor)

Lambert: Madrigal con ritornelli (Summer's Last Will and Testament)
Leeds Festival Chorus
Orchestra of Opera North
David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)

Rawsthorne: Piano Concerto No 1
Geoffrey Tozer (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Matthias Bamert (conductor)

Walton: Set Me As a Seal
Polyphony Choir
Stephen Layton (conductor)

18:30

New Generation Artists

The Royal String Quartet with Christian Poltera

Verity Sharp presents a special Christmas series highlighting the inspiring studio recordings made by Radio 3's New Generation Artists. Featuring a performance by one of the finest emerging string quartets from Poland, in collaboration with Swiss cellist Christian Poltera.

Schubert: Quintet in C, D956
Royal String Quartet
Christian Poltera (cello)

19:30

Performance on 3

Sondheim at 75

Gala concert

Julia McKenzie hosts a star-studded gala concert in celebration of Stephen Sondheim's 75th birthday, recorded at Hackney Empire.

The first part of the evening includes some of Sondheim's best-known songs on the subject of relationships, from Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along and Into the Woods, with many of his greatest hits - including Anyone Can Whistle, There Won't Be Trumpets, In Buddy's Eyes, Losing My Mind, Not When I'm Around and Send in the Clowns.

In Part Two, there's a concert performance of Company, the Tony Award-winning musical from 1970, about a 30-something single guy who is indifferent to love and commitment, despite being surrounded by five married couples.

Robert ...... Julian Ovenden
Joanne ...... Kim Criswell
Larry ...... Nicholas Pound
Amy ...... Melanie Marshall
Paul ...... Christopher Dee
Susan ...... Sarah Ryan
Peter ...... Mark Meadows
Jenny ...... Kimberley Akester
David ...... Michael Robinson
Sarah ...... Sharon Eckman
Harry ...... Michael Cantwell
Marta ...... Alison Jiear
Kathy ...... Samantha Shaw
April ...... Emma Kershaw

Maida Vale Singers
Christopher Dee (director)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Martin Yates (conductor)

21:50

Belief

Tariq Ramadan

Series in which Joan Bakewell talks to guests about their beliefs, the influences that have shaped them and their ideas about life's big questions. Her guest is Tariq Ramadan, a controversial Muslim academic and champion of the reform of Islam.

22:20

BBC Proms 2005 Highlights

26 December 2005

Continuing the special Christmas series of highlights from the summer Proms. A recently discovered setting of The Skye Boat Song was among the choral works by Tippett which rounded off this year's Proms tribute for the composer's centenary. Interspersed between the Tippett vocal works, the harp features prominently in two recent chamber pieces.

Presented by Louise Fryer, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall.

Tippett: Dance, Clarion Air
David Horne: Splintered Instruments
Tippett: Four Songs from the British Isles, England - Early One Morning; Ireland - Lilliburlero; Scotland - Poortith Cauld; Wales - Gwenllian
Tippett: Over the Sea to Skye (London premiere)
Elliott Carter: Mosaic
Tippett, arr Meirion Bowen: The Tempest suite

Mark Padmore (tenor)
David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
Nash Ensemble
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

00:00

Composer of the Week

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Part Two

Tchaikovsky, when judging the music of his peers, could dish out some pretty acidic comments, yet he himself dreaded reading reviews of his own works. Donald Macleod looks at the composer as both the critic and the criticised.

At the Window, In the Shadow, Op 60, No 10
Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)

The Fearful Moment, Op 28, No 6
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Oleg Boshniakovich (piano)

Meditation for Violin and Orchestra, Op 42, No 1
Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violin)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)

Theme and Variations, Op 19, No 6
Viktoria Postnikova (piano)

Piano Trio in Am, Op 50 (excerpt)
Borodin Trio

01:00

Through the Night

26 December 2005

26 December 2005

With John Shea.

1.00am
The 2004 Brezice Festival
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
La Flûte de Pan; La Terasse des audiences du clair de lune
1.08am
Roussel, Albert (1869-1937): 2 Poèmes de Ronsard, Op 26
1.16am
Gaubert, Philippe (1879-1941): 3 Aquarelles
1.34am
Roussel, Albert (1869-1937): Joueurs de flute
1.45am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): L'enfant prodigue; Sonata for cello and piano in Dm
2.02am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Chansons madécasses
2.15am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Feux d'artifice (Preludes, Book II)
2.20am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): La flûte enchantée (Shéhérazade)
Les Musiciens de Monsieur Croche
Caroline Mutel (soprano)
Alexis Kossenko (flute)
Atsushi Sakai (cello)
Rémy Cardinale (piano)

2.24am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): A London Symphony (Symphony No 2)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

3.10am
Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990): Chichester Psalms
Radio France Chorus
Yves Castagnet (organ)
Vladislav Chernuchenko (conductor)

3.31am
Franck, César (1822-1890): Piece pour grand orgue in A; Elevation in A; Offertoire in G sharp m; Offertoire in E flat; Pastorale in E; Offertoire in Fm
Joris Verdin (organ)

3.50am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Quartet for strings in Cm, D103
Tilev String Quartet
Gueorgui Tilev, Vladimir Lazov (violin)
Svetoslav Marinov (viola)
Yontcho Bayrov (cello)

4.00am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Sonata for piano in Fm, Op 2, No 1
Alexander Slobodyanik (piano)

4.16am
Cesti, Pietro Antonio (1623-1669): Intorno all'idol mio (Orontea)
Helga Müller Molinari (mezzo soprano)
Concerto Vocale
René Jacobs (director)

4.23am
Froberger, Johann Jacob (1616-1667): Suite for keyboard No 12 in C
Richard Egarr (harpsichord)

4.32am
Allegri, Lorenzo (1567-1648): Ballo detto le Ninfe di Senna
Tragicomedia
Milos Valent, Peter Spissky, Dagma Valentova (violin)
Hille Perle (viola da gamba)
Alexander Weimann (harpsichord)
Stephen Stubbs (chitaronne)

4.36am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No 4 in D, K19
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä (conductor)

4.50am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Concerto a 6 in Em
Il Gardellino
Masanobu Tokura (alto)
Jan De Winne (traverso)
Ryo Terakado, Blai Justo, Mika Akiha (baroque violin)
René Schiffer (baroque cello)
Frank Coppieters (violone)
Robert Kohnen (harpsichord)

5.00am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759), arr by Walsh: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Guitar Trek

5.03am
Traditional, arr Howard Cable: Pat-a-pan; Fum-fum-fum
Toronto Children's Chorus
Judy Loman (harp)
Members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Jean Ashworth Bartle (conductor)

5.06am
Meulemans, Arthur (1894-1966): Evasions
Flemish Radio Orchestra
Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor)

5.19am
Verhulst, Johannes (1816-1891): Brandneteltje (Little Stinging Nettle); Ons Poesje (Our Pussycat); Nieuwe Klompjes (New Clogs)
Annegeer Stumphius (soprano)
Leo van Doeselaar (fortepiano)

5.25am
Eespere, René (b. 1953): Festina lente; Ritus
Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir
Evi Eespere (director)

5.41am
Bujarski, Zbigniew (b.1933): Lumen
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra of Katowice
Jerzy Katlewicz (conductor)

6.03am
Canteloube, Joseph (1879-1957): Bailèro
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Kamirski (conductor)

6.08am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Sinfonia (Giovanna D'Arco)
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

6.16am
Bree, Johannes Bernardus van (1801-1857): Allegro for 4 string quartets in Dm
Viotta Ensemble
Viktor Liberman (conductor)

6.28am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Piano Concerto No 2 in Fm, Op 21
Pivka Marián (piano)
Kosice State Philharmony
Oliver Dohnányi (conductor)