07:00
9 April 2006
With Martin Handley.
From 7.00am
Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David
Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Stephen Darlington (director)
Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
Philharmonia Hungarica
Antal Dorati (conductor)
From 8.00am
Thomas: Overture - Mignon
Philharmonia Orchestra
Antonio de Almeida (conductor)
CPE Bach: Oboe Concerto in E flat, Wq 165
Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Camerata Bern
09:00
9 April 2006
Rob Cowan introduces some surprises and treasures from his record collection. Regular features include The Innocent Ear, and Rob's recommendation for a Bargain Hunter CD. There's also a chance to hear Vivaldi's Op 8 concertos, as recommended on CD Review. The programme includes:
Purcell: Minuet (Harpsichord Suites 1 & 8)
Schubert: Litanie
Alfred Cortot (piano)
Debussy: Recit et Air de Lia (from L'Enfant prodigue)
Victoria de Los Angeles (soprano)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Geroges Prętre (conductor)
Caroubel: Pavana da Sapaigne; Courante 1 & 2, Volte 1 & 2
Ulsamer Collegium
Bloch: Voice in the Wilderness
Janos Starker (cello)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Luigini: Ballet égyptien
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Anatalo Fistoulari (conductor)
Brahms: Schlafe in mir, Gott, ein reines Herz, Op 29, No 2
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Sir Philip Ledger (conductor)
Rossini: La calunnia e un vincerň (from Act 1 of The Barber of Seville)
Mark Reizen (bass)
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
Samuiil Samosud (conductor)
Sussmayr: Excerpts from Der Speigel von Arkadian
Consortium Classicum
Ravel: Une Barque sur l'océan
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa (conductor)
Telemann: Tönt in meinen Lobgesang (from Ino)
Gundula Janowitz (soprano)
Hamburg Telemann-Gesellschaft Chamber Orchestra
Wilfried Boettcher (conductor)
Adolphos Hailstork: Nocturne
Maria Jette (soprano)
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Wagner: Was duftet doch der Flieder (from Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg)
Friedrich Schorr (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra
Albert Coates (conductor)
Marais: Suite in C
Musica Pacifica
12:00
Joe Boyd
Michael Berkeley's guest is Joe Boyd, who produced and managed many of the greatest pop and folk bands of the Sixties, from Pink Floyd and Eric Clapton to Nick Drake, Fairport Convention and Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Joe has just written a book about his experiences, called White Bicycles: Making Music in the Sixties. His personal choices are predictably eclectic, from Dinu Lipatti to the Comedian Harmonists.
13:00
The Mannheim School 1/2
1/2. Andrew Manze focuses on the music of The Mannheim School. Founded early in the 18th Century by Joseph Stamitz, the Mannheim orchestra quickly became one of the most successful in Europe.
14:00
Mariza
Ahead of the Radio 3 World Music Awards, Stephanie Hughes introduces a concert from the Bridgewater Hall, given last year by a previous winner - Portuguese fado singer Mariza. She enchanted the sell-out crowd in Manchester with a selection of stunning fado songs, including music from her album Transparente. The singer also took time to talk with Stephanie about her life and her music.
15:30
Bartók
Bartók: Loyd Grossman pays a visit to the Bartók Memorial House in Budapest.
16:00
9 April 2006
Brian Kay introduces listeners' requests, including Elgar's popular Serenade, Schubert's Notturno for piano trio and Bryn Terfel in highlights from Verdi's Falstaff.
17:45
9 April 2006
Petroc Trelawny talks to Chinese-born director Chen Shi-Zheng about his new production of Monteverdi's Orfeo at English National Opera, and to John Mark Ainsley who sings the title role.
Plus, ahead of Radio 3's Samuel Beckett Evening, a look at some of the composers who have been inspired by the writer.
18:30
Messiaen's Cinq Rechants
Few pieces demand as much from a vocal ensemble as Messiaen's Cinq Rechants. Aled Jones is joined by conductor Jeffrey Skidmore to introduce a concert performance of the work given in Birmingham Cathedral by Ex Cathedra. There's also the chance to hear the 16th-century piece which inspired Messiaen's masterpiece - plus music from Gesualdo, Monteverdi and Guillaume Bouzignac.
Bouzignac: En flamma divini amoris
Gesualdo: Sparge la morte
Bouzignac: O mors, ero mors tua
Gesualdo: O vos omnes
Monteverdi, arr Coppini: O jesu mea vita
Bouzignac: In pace
Monteverdi, arr Coppini: Plagas tuas
Bouzignac: Ecce Aurora
LeJeune: Le Printans (excerpts)
Messiaen: Cinq Rechants
ExCathedra Consort
Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor)
20:00
Introduction
Introduction to a celebration of playwright Samuel Beckett, marking the centenary of his birth. Including newly recorded versions of three of his greatest works. Presented by Robbie Meredith.
20:08
Embers
Part of Radio 3's celebration of the centenary of playwright Samuel Beckett's birth.
Henry sits on the strand haunted by the sound of the sea. He conjures up voices, evocations, stories and sounds from his past as he tries to drown out the inescapable presence of the sea.
Henry ...... Michael Gambon
Ada ...... Sinead Cusack
Addie ...... Carly Baker
The Music Master ...... Alvaro Lucchesi
The Riding Master ...... Rupert Graves
Maebh Martin (piano)
Arranger Neil Martin.
Director Stephen Rea.
Producer Stephen Wright.
20:45
Beckett and His Actors
Famously reticent about explaining the meaning of his plays, Beckett found other ways to inspire actors, and was one of the most unusual and particular directors of his time. Stephen Rea, who himself worked with Beckett, takes a close-up look at the mind of the playwright.
Beckett's most celebrated interpreters, including Billie Whitelaw and Sir Peter Hall, share their memories of working with one of the greatest figures in 20th Century theatre.
21:25
Krapp's Last Tape
Part of Radio 3's celebration of the centenary of playwright Samuel Beckett's birth.
On his 69th birthday, Krapp sits down to record a tape as he has done every year.
Krapp ...... Corin Redgrave
Directors Polly Thomas and Carrie Rooney.
21:55
Not I
Beckett's short monologue for a woman's voice, performed by Juliet Stephenson.
22:15
9 April 2006
Making their first visit to the UK, the incredible Angolan/Congolese group Konono No 1 record their first session for the programme. The group were winners in this year's Radio 3 Planet Awards.
00:00
Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli (1532/3-1585; 1555-1612)
Part One
For the whole of the second half of the 16th Century, the name of Gabrieli dominated the musical life of Venice. Andrea and nephew Giovanni Gabrieli presided over public music-making at a time when the city was beginning to emerge as one of the most important centres of musical life in Europe. Donald Macleod focuses on the madrigals produced by Andrea, written primarily for the countless feast days held in the city every year.
Andrea Gabrieli: Ricercard del Duodecimo tono
Wallace Collection
Asia Felice hor ben posso chiarmarmi; Amami, vita mia, ch'io t'amo anchora; Felice d'Adria; Sassi, palae, sabbion del Adrian lio; Chi'nde dara la bose al solfizar
I Fagiolini
La Battaglia
The King's Consort
Robert King (director)
01:00
9 April 2006
9 April 2006
With Louise Fryer.
1.00am
From the BBC Proms 2005
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Messa de Requiem
Barbara Frittoli (soprano)
Daniela Barcellona (mezzo)
Giuseppe Filianoti (tenor)
Feruccio Furlanetto (bass)
BBC Symphony Chorus
CBSO Chorus
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
2.21am
Bruch, Max (1838-1920): Violin Concerto No 2 in Dm
James Ehnes (violin)
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Mario Bernardi (conductor)
2.47am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Sextet for piano and strings in D, Op 110
Wu Han (piano)
Philip Setzer (violin)
Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Cynthia Phelps (viola)
Carter Brey (cello)
Michael Wais (bass)
3.10am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Wie bist du, meine Königin, Op 32, No 9
Urszula Kryger (mezzo-soprano)
Katarzyna Jankowska (piano)
3.15am
Vermeulen, Matthijs (1888-1967): Symphony No 1 - Symphonia carminum
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Roelof van Driesten (conductor)
3.41am
Meulemans, Herman (1893-1965): Five Piano Pieces - Als de beke zingt
Steven Kolacny (piano)
4.00am
Goldmark, Károly (1830-1915): Im Frühling - overture, Op 36
Hungarian Radio Orchestra
Antal Jancsovics (conductor)
4.15am
Elsner, Jósef (1769-1854): Polonaise in Dm
Urszula Bartkiewicz (harpsichord)
4.19am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Die Götter Griechenlands, D677b; Sehnsucht, D636; Hoffnung, D637
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
4.31am
Gabrieli, Andrea (1532/3-1585): Qui la dira, canzona avec diminutions; Qui la dira, canzona ŕ 4
Theatrum Instrumentorum
Stefano Innocenti (organ)
4.37am
Förster, Kaspar Jr (1616-1673): Sonata - La Sidon
Il Tempo Baroque Ensemble
4.44am
Gotovac, Jakov (1895-1982): Ode to the Homeland
Ruza Pospis-Baldani (mezzo soprano)
Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Niksa Bareza (conductor)
4.51am
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857): Variations on a theme of Mozart in E flat
Ilkka Paananen (piano)
5.00am
Delius, Frederick (1862-1934): Irmelin - prelude
Symphony Nova Scotia
Georg Tintner (conductor)
5.05am
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934): Man Born to Toil, H168
BBC Singers
Richard Pearce (organ)
Justin Doyle (conductor)
5.09am
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976) : Choral dances from Gloriana
BBC Singers
Stephen Layton (conductor)
5.19am
Gershwin, George (1898-1937), transc. Percy Grainger: The Man I Love; Love Walked In
Dennis Hennig (piano)
5.26am
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961): Hill-Song No 2
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon (conductor)
5.31am
Jersild, Jorgen (b 1913): 3 Danish Romances for Choir
The Jutland Chamber Choir
Mogens Dahl (conductor)
5.43am
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787): Trio in F for 2 flutes and continuo
Karl Kaiser, Michael Schneider (flute)
Rainer Zipperling (cello)
5.53am
Le Febure, Johannes (?-1609/12): Motets - Venit Michael archangelus; Isti sunt viri sancti
Currende
Herman Stinders (organ)
Erik van Nevel (conductor)
5.59am
Maasalo, Armas Toivo Valdemar (1885-1960): Sursum corda - fantasy for organ
Erkki Tuppurainen (organ)
6.06am
Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno (1876-1948): Suite Concertino in F for bassoon, string orchestra and two horns, Op 16
Christopher Millard (bassoon)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)
6.26am
Ginastera, Alberto (1916-1983): Piano Sonata No 1, Op 22
Tiina Karakorpi (piano)
6.43am
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908): Capriccio Espagnol, Op 34
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Frübeck de Burgos (conductor)
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