Friday 30th December 2005

07:00

Morning on 3

30 December 2005

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

Tchaikovsky: Five dances from The Nutcracker
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy

Barber: Night Flight
LSO
David Measham (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Thomas Allen (bass)
Charles Tunnell (cello)
Corydon Singers
ECO
Matthew Best (conductor)

Prokofiev: Sonata No 7
Maurizio Pollini (piano)

Rossini: Overture, La Cenerentola
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado

Tippett: The Heart's Assurance
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Iain Burnside (piano)

10:00

CD Masters

30 December 2005

With Rob Cowan and Jonathan Swain.

Harrison arr Krtika: Here Comes the Sun
Wihan Quartet

Gershwin arr Wild: Variations on Someone to Watch Over Me
Earl Wild (piano)

Bizet: Carmen, end Act IV
Carmen ...... Pia Tassinari (soprano)
Don José ...... Franco Corelli (tenor)
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of RAI Turin
Arturo Basile (conductor)

Schubert arr Bream: Duo in A, String Quartet No 9 in Gm D 173
Julian Bream & John Williams (guitar)

11.00am
Caplet: Septet for 3 voices & strings
Marise Cottavoz (soprano)
Natalie Wetchor (soprano)
Marguerite Pifteau (mezzo-soprano)
Calvet Quartet
Louis Aubert (director)

11.15am
Rubbra: Symphony No 7 in C Op 88
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)

11.52am
Reger: Ninna-Nanna della Vergine, The Virgin's Lullaby, Op 76 No 52
Claudia Muzio (soprano)
Unknown orchestra
L Molajoli (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)

Swan Song

As Hummel doggedly held fast to the artistic ideals of his teachers, Haydn and Mozart, he was left behind by a musical world that was plunging headlong into the romantic era. With Donald Macleod.

I saw thee weep (arr Hummel)
Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone)
Thomas Plam (piano)

Hummel: Variations, Op 115
Howard Shelley (piano & conductor)
London Mozart Players

Hummel: Quod in orbe
Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno
Orchestra of the Vienna Academy
Martin Haselböck (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Celebrating Mozart

30 December 2005

Phil George presents the last of this week's concerts dedicated to Mozart's chamber music, given by the Vienna Piano Trio at Cardiff University.

Mozart: Sonata for violin and piano in E flat, K481
Mozart: Sonata in F for violin and cello, K46e
Mozart: Piano trio in G, K564

14:00

Afternoon Performance

BBC Symphony Orchestra 75th Anniversary

John Shea presents the conclusion of this week's special focus on the recordings made over the last 75 years by the BBC SO since they were founded in 1930, featuring some of the greatest conductors to have worked with the orchestra.

Elgar Overture: Cockaigne
Sir Edward Elgar (conductor)

Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini: Overture; Act 1 Scene 3 Ah! Mourir, chčre belle
Cellini ...... Nicolai Gedda
Fieramosca ...... Robert Massard
Teresa ...... Christiane Eda-Pierre
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

Elgar/Payne: Symphony No 3
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

R Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

16:00

Jazz Legends

Oscar Peterson

To close the year, Julian Joseph salutes one of the all time great masters of the jazz piano, Oscar Peterson, who visited the UK this summer to celebrate his 80th Birthday.

17:00

Made in Britain

Our friends from the North

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

5/10. Our friends from the North

Presented by Martin Handley. The first week of the series ends with a selection of music from the pens of a collection of significant northerners, many of whom studied in Manchester and some who are now our among our leading musical knights.

Peter Maxwell Davis: O Magnum Mysterium
Choir of Cirencester School/ composer

Howarth: Mosaic
Eikanger-Bjorsvik Band/ composer

Arthur Butterworth: Symphony No 1(1st movt)
Munich Symphony Orchestra/ Douglas Bostock

Harrison Birtwistle: White and Light
Mary Wiegold (voice)
Composers Ensemble/ Dominic Muldowney

Rawsthorne: Violin Concerto No 2
Rebecca Hirsch (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/ Lionel Friend

Ellis: Elegiac Variations, Op 66
John Turner (recorder)
Tom Dunn (viola)
Jonathan Price (cello)

Thomas Pitfield: Studies On an English Dance
John McCabe (piano)

McCabe: Cloudcatcher Fells
Britannia Building Society Band/ Howard Snell

Wilby: Sonnet - If God Survives Us
Choir of Lincoln College, Oxford
Tom Lydon (conductor)

18:30

New Generation Artists

30 December 2005

Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme features some of the hottest new talent in the classical musical world. Listeners have the chance to find out exactly what the critics have been raving about when Verity Sharp presents a special Christmas series featuring the inspiring studio recordings made by the group of brilliant young musicians.

Sensational young oboeist Alexei Ogrintchouk joins forces with another Radio 3 New Generation Artist in this programme, plus performances from hot young soloist Alison Balsom and a talented Polish string quartet.

De Falla: Seven Popular Songs
Bacewicz: String Quartet No 4
Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Alasdair Beatson (piano)
Royal String Quartet

Carmen: Fantasie Franz Waxman, arr Alexander Markovich
Kalliwoda: Morceau de Salon
Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe)
Cedric Tiberghien (piano)
Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Alasdair Beatson (piano)

19:30

Opera On 3

Tobias Picker's An American Tragedy

From the Met, New York

The world premiere broadcast of American composer Tobias Picker's fourth opera, portraying the dark side of the American dream where an ordinary man's desire for wealth and status overwhelms his moral sense.

The story is based on the controversial 1925 novel by Theodore Dreiser, which drew its inspiration from the real-life trial and execution of Chester Gillette for the murder of his pregnant girlfriend in 1906.

Presented from New York by Margaret Juntwait.

Clyde Griffiths ...... Nathan Gunn (baritone)
Roberta Alden, Clyde's fiancée ...... Patricia Racette (soprano)
Sondra Finchley ...... Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano)
Elvira Griffiths, Clyde's mother ...... Dolora Zajick (mezzo-soprano)
Samuel Griffiths, Clyde's uncle ...... Kim Begley (tenor)
Elizabeth Griffiths, Samuel's wife ...... Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
Gilbert Griffiths, Clyde's cousin ...... William Burden (tenor)
Bella Griffiths, Clyde's cousin ...... Jennifer Aylmer (soprano)
Orville Mason, District Attorney ...... Richard Bernstein (bass)
Hortense ...... Anna Christy (soprano)
Grace Marr ...... Clare Gormley (soprano)
Reverend McMillan ...... Mark Schowalter (tenor)

Orchestra and Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera
James Conlon (conductor)

22:30

Belief

Tom Shakespeare

Series in which Joan Bakewell talks to guests about their beliefs and their ideas about life's big questions. This edition features writer, performer and academic Tom Shakespeare.

23:00

Jazz on 3

30 December 2005

Jez Nelson selects the best of the live concerts recorded for Jazz on 3 this year, with music from the likes of Ken Vandermark, Jazz Britannia, Acoustic Ladyland, Ganelin Trio and Hermeto Pascoal.

01:00

Through the Night

30 December 2005

30 December 2005

With John Shea.

1.00am
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908): The Noblewoman Vera Sheloga
Boyarďnya Vera Sheloga (The Noblewoman Vera Sheloga)
Vera ...... Stefka Estatieva (soprano)
Nadezhda ...... Alexandrina Milcheva (mezzo)
Vlasevna ...... Stefka Mineva (mezzo)
Boyar Sheloga ...... Petar Bakardjiev (bass)
Tsar Tomakov ...... Dimiter Stanchev (bass)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stoyan Angelov (conductor)

1.52am
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953)
Piano Sonata No 6 in A, Op 82, War Sonata 1
Dang Thai Son (piano)

2.17am
Couperin, François (1668-1733): Bruit de Guerre
Hungarian Brass Ensemble

2.21am
Janequin, Clément (c.1485-1558): Escoutez tous gentilz
The King's Singers
David Hurley & Robin Tyson (countertenor)
Paul Phoenix (tenor)
Philip Lawson & Gabriel Crouch (baritone)
Stephen Connolly (bass)

2.29am
Tournemire, Charles (1870-1939): Choral Improvisation sur le 'Victimae paschali'
Tong-Soon Kwak (organ)

2.38am
Franck, César (1822-1890): Symphony in Dm, M 48
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

3.16am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Die Götter Griechenlands, D677b; Sehnsucht, D636, Op 39; Am Fluße, D160; Trost in Tränen, D120; Sehnsucht, D123; Die Liebe, D210
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

3.35am
Bruch, Max (1838-1920): Violin Concerto No 1 in Gm, Op 26
Ion Voicu (violin)
Romanian National Radio Orchestra
Emanuel Elenescu (conductor)

3.59am
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757): Sonata in Dm, Kk 64
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

4.01am
Sorkochevich, Luka (1734-1789): Sinfonie in D
Salzburger Hofmusik
Wolfgang Brunner (director)

4.08am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Sonata, HWV 357 in B flat
Louise Pellerin (oboe)
Dom André Laberge (organ)

4.13am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Flute Sonata in A, BWV 1032
Barthold Kuijken (flute)
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)

4.28am
Vartabed, Gomidas (Komitas Vardapet) (1869-1935): Der, Voghormya, Hymn of Supplication
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano)

4.31am
Schreker, Franz (1878-1934): Symphonic Interlude, Der Schatzgräber
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

4.46am
Lemmens, Jaak Nikolaas (1823-1881): Marche triomphale in D
Stanislas Deriemaeker (organ)

4.51am
La Rue, Pierre de (ca.1460-1518): O salutaris hostia
Willaert, Adrian (1490-1562)
Pater Noster
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Paul van Nevel (conductor)

5.00am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): The Magic Flute Overture, K620
Bergen PO/Michael Christie

5.07am
Samuel-Rousseau, Marcel (1882-1955): Variations Pastorales sur un vieux Noël
Erica Goodman (harp)
The Amadeus Ensemble
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Barry Schifman (violin)
Douglas Perry (viola)
Jack Mendelsson (cello)

5.16am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Symbolum Nicenum: Credo, Mass BWV 232
Johannes Happel (bass)
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor
Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble/Detlef Bratschke

5.28am
Ahrens, Joseph (1904-1997): Lobe den Herren
Christopher Herrick (organ)

5.36am
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963) orch. Sir Lennox Berkeley
Flute Sonata
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Enrique Garcia-Asensio

5.50am
Weill, Kurt (1900-1950): Lost in the Stars; Saga of Jenny
Jean Stilwell (mezzo soprano)
Robert Kortgaard (piano)
Marie Bérard (violin)
Joseph Macerollo (accordion)
Andy Morris (percussion)
Peter Tiefenbach (conductor)

5.58am
Hubay, Jenö (1858-1937): Der Zephir, Op 30, No 5
Ferenc Szecsódi (violin)
István Kassai (piano)

6.02am
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908): Boyarďnya Vera Sheloga Overture
Bulgarian National Radio SO/ Stoyan Angelov

6.10am
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924): O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/ Vladimir Kamirski

6.13am
Contant, (Joseph Pierre) Alexis (1858-1918)
Trio No 1 for violin, cello and piano
The Hertz Trio: Yaela Hertz (violin)
Talmon Hertz (cello)
Dale Bartlett (piano)

6.32am
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): Choral Dances (Gloriana)
BBC Singers/ Stephen Layton

6.41am
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883): Siegfried-Idyll