Wednesday 5th April 2006

07:00

Morning on 3

5 April 2006

Classic chamber music for horn, Mozart opera arias featuring extra instruments, and Russian concertos from the first half of the 20th Century. Presented by Penny Gore.

From 7.00am

Bach: Double Concerto in Dm, BWV 1043
Jaakko and Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
Tapiola Sinfonietta

Walton: Spitfire - Prelude and Fugue
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)

Beethoven: Horn Sonata in F, Op 17
Anthony Halstead (natural horn)
Robert Levin (fortepiano)

From 8.30am

Piazzolla: Concierto Para Quinteto
The New Tango Quintet

Mozart: Idomeneo - Non piů, tutto ascoltai; Non temer, amato, K490
Margaret Price (soprano)
Dennis Simons (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
James Lockhart (conductor)

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat, Op 107
Han-Na Chang (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Pappano (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

5 April 2006

Rob Cowan spotlights Schubert string quartets and recordings of composers as conductors.

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer - Overture
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Strauss (conductor)

Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola & harp
Philippe Bernold (flute)
Gérard Caussé (viola)
Isabelle Moretti (harp)

Beethoven: Symphony No 8 in F, Op 93
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Hans Pfitzner (conductor)

Palestrina: Peccantem me quotidie
Choir of Westminster Cathedral
James O'Donnell (master of music)

Soler: Fandango in Dm
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

Gliere: Ballet Suite No 1 (excerpt)
All-Union Radio Orchestra
Reinhold Gliere (conductor)

Schubert: String Quartet in Gm, D173
Alban Berg Quartet

12:00

Composer of the Week

Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli (1532/3-1585; 1555-1612)

Part Three

Donald Macleod introduces a selection of works written for the unique acoustic spaces of St Mark's Basilica in Venice.

Giovanni Gabrieli: Deus qui beatum Marcum
Gabrieli Consort and Players
Paul McCreesh (director)

Andrea Gabrieli: Laudate Dominum
Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Bernard Rose (director)

Giovanni Gabrieli: O Magnum Mysterium
Monteverdi Choir
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata pian'e forte; Canzon septimi toni; Canzon in echo duodecimi toni
His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts

Andrea Gabrieli: Kyrie a 5; Christe a 8; Kyrie a 12; Gloria a 16
Gabrieli Consort and Players
Paul McCreesh (director)

Giovanni Gabrieli: Intonazione quinto tono alla quarta bassa
Andrea Gabrieli: O Sacrum Convivium; Bendictus Dominus Deus Sabaoth
Giovanni Gabrieli: Omnes Gentes
Gabrieli Consort and Players
Paul McCreesh (director)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Britten Sinfonia

Programme Two

Sarah Mohr-Pietsch introduces a series of concerts from West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge, given by members of Britten Sinfonia. They feature a new work by a composer with an East Anglian connection, alongside pieces that have acted as a catalyst in its creation.

2/4. The featured composer is Jason Yarde.

Dowland, arr MacGregor: Forelorn Hope Fancy; Mr Dowland's Midnight; Can She Excuse My Wrongs
Egberto Gismonti: Forrobodo; Frevo
Jason Yarde: Who Know the Beauty (first performance)
Piazzola, arr MacGregor: Michelangelo 70; Milonga del Angel; Libertango

Joanna MacGregor (piano)
Jason Yarde (saxophone)
Britten Sinfonia

14:00

Afternoon Performance

Clarinet concertos - programme three

Continuing a series of clarinet concertos, presented by Louise Fryer.

3/5. Featuring the BBC Philharmonic.

Yoshimatsu: Prelude to the Celebration of Birds
Sachio Fukioka (conductor)

R Strauss Suite: Der Rosenkavalier
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, K622
Julian Bliss (clarinet)
Mahler: Symphony No 10 - Adagietto
Ravel: La Valse
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

16:00

Choral Evensong

From Jesus College, Cambridge

From Jesus College, Cambridge. The Passion of Our Lord according to St Mark, by Charles Wood.

Hymn: Sing, My Tongue, the Glorious Battle
First Gospel: The Passover Meal
Hymn: The Heavenly Word Proceeding Forth
Second Gospel: The Garden of Gethsemane
Hymn: Lord, When We Bow Before Thy Throne
Third Gospel: The Trial and Peter's Denial
Hymn: My God, I Love Thee
Fourth Gospel: Jesus Before Pilate
Hymn: Faithful Cross! Above All Other
Fifth Gospel: The Crucifixion
Hymn: Bend Thy Boughs, O Tree of Glory!

Evangelist ...... Simon Wall
Christ ...... James Birchall

The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
Daniel Hyde (director of chapel music)
Jonathan Vaughn (organ)

17:00

In Tune

5 April 2006

Sean Rafferty's first guests are Philip Pickett with narrator Edward de Souza, singers Julia Gooding, Michael George and Mark Rowlinson, and members of the New London Consort. They perform extracts from Purcell's Indian Queen ahead of their complete performance at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. Conductor Donald Runnicles and pianist Andreas Haefliger also drop in.

The nominees for this year's Royal Philharmonic Society awards will be announced by the RPS Chairman Graham Sheffield, who joins Sean down the line from the Barbican Hall.

19:30

Performance on 3

Schumann 150th anniversary

Concert Three

John Toal presents the last in a series of concerts from Belfast marking the 150th anniversary of Schumann's death, and featuring all four of his symphonies.

Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale; Violin Concerto; Symphony No 3 - Rhenish

Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
Ulster Orchestra
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

21:05

Recital

Pedro Valle plays Mozart

Pianist Pedro Valle plays Mozart's Sonata in F, K280.

21:30

Night Waves

5 April 2006

The military historian Richard Holmes' new book Dusty Warriors explores life in the modern army. He joins Philip Dodd and guests to discuss the changing role of the soldier.

22:15

Late Junction

5 April 2006

Mark Russell with music from electronic composers Ake Parmerud and Janek Schaefer, plus jazz pianist Brad Mehldau and Sudanese vocalist Muhamed El Amin. There's also Alvin Curran's work for solo piano, The Last Acts of Julian Beck, performed by Yvar Mikhashoff.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett

Part Four

Donald Macleod discovers the precocious beginnings of Sir Richard's career.

A Contemplation upon Flowers for chorus
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

Partita for orchestra
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

Noctuary (Variations on a theme of Scott Joplin) for piano
John McCabe (piano)

01:00

Through the Night

5 April 2006

5 April 2006

With Louise Fryer.

1.00am
Sir John Barbirolli conducts the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883): Prelude - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
1.11am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis
1.27am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): La Mer
1.50am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Symphony No 7 in A, Op 92
George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)

2.26am
Visée, Robert de (c.1655-c.1723/3): Suite No 12 in Em
Yasunori Imamura (theorbo)

2.44am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Sonata for solo violin No 1 in Gm, BWV 1001
Sigiswald Kuijken (violin)

3.00am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Eine Leichenphantasie, D7
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

3.20am
Gombert, Nicolas (c.1495-c.1560): Magnificat tertii toni e octavi toni a4
BBC Singers
Bo Holten (conductor)

3.34am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Piano Trio in C, Op 87
Trio Abegg

4.03am
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857): Overture in D
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

4.10am
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953): Paysage, Op 59, No 2; March from L'amour des trois Oranges
Roger Woodward (piano)

4.14am
Plaza, Julián (1928-2003): Danzarin (Homenaje a la danza del tango)
Daniel Binelli (bandonéon)
Linda Lee Thomas (piano)

4.29am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Flute Concerto in D, Op 10, No 3
Karl Kaiser (flute)
Camerata Köln

4.42am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Sound Fame (Dioclesian)
Paul Elliott (tenor)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

4.48am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Water Music, Suite in G, HWV 350
Collegium Aureum

5.00am
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594): Tu es Petrus
Silvia Piccollo, Emmanuela Galli (soprano)
Fabian Schofrin (alto)
Marco Beasley (tenor)
Daniele Carnovich (bass)
Chorus of Swiss Radio, Lugano
Diego Fasolis (conductor)

5.09am
Rubinstein, Anton (1829-1894): Melody in F, Op 3, No 1
Dennis Hennig (piano)

5.14am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Non piu, tutto ascoltai....Non temer amato bene, K490
Joan Carden (soprano)
The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
Richard Bonynge (conductor)

5.23am
Flury, Richard (1896-1967): Three pieces
Sibylle Tschopp (violin)
Isabel Tschopp (piano)

5.31am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): 3 Songs for chorus, Op 42
Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)

5.42am
Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887): Prince Igor Overture
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava
Oliver Dohnányi (conductor)

5.53am
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963): Banalités
Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano)
Love Derwinger (piano)

6.04am
Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918): The Hiisa Slaves Entice, Op 20, No 5
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula (conductor)

6.16am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Quartet for strings, Op 59, No 3, in C - Rasumovsky
Yggdrasil String Quartet

6.47am
Bach, Johann Christof Friedrich (1732-1795): Trio in C
Musica Petropolitana