Saturday 15th April 2006

07:00

Morning on 3

15 April 2006

With Martin Handley.

From 7.00am

Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)

Haydn: Sonata in A
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

From 8.00am

Handel: Concerto grosso in C - Alexander's Feast
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Debussy: Nocturnes
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)

09:00

CD Review

Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Includes:

Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases and talks to soprano Carolyn Sampson. Anthony Burton recommends a version of Dvorak's Violin Concerto in Building a Library.

9.30am
Building a Library: Anthony Burton recommends a version of Dvorak's Violin Concerto from the currently available recordings.

10.15am
A round-up of some recently reissued recordings.

10.50am
Geoffrey Smith reviews chamber music by Mozart - including Piano Trios with Anne-Sophie Mutter, André Previn and Daniel Muller-Schott; Piano Quartets K478 and K493 played by the Fauré Quartet; and the Dissonance and Hoffmeister String Quartets from the Belcea Quartet.

11.20am
Andrew McGregor talks to soprano Carolyn Sampson about her recent whirlwind of recording activity, from Ex Cathedra and the King's Consort to solo Mozart and Bach Cantatas in Japan.

11.55am
The Listening Booth

12.25am
Disc of the Week
Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri (excerpts from two recent recordings)
The Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven (conductor)
Cantus Cölln
Konrad Junghänel (conductor)

13:00

The Early Music Show

15 April 2006

Lucie Skeaping presents an Easter programme with the BBC Singers, directed by Harry Christophers. Music includes Domenico Scarlatti's Stabat Mater.

14:00

Discovering Music

Sibelius's 'The Oceanides' and 'Pohjola's Daughter'

Stephen Johnson explores the varied moods and impressions conveyed by Sibelius in two of his greatest tone poems - The Oceanides and Pohjola's Daughter.

The Oceanides is a haunting seascape inspired by his first Atlantic crossing, while Pohjola's Daughter is a vivid fantasy inspired by one of the legends from the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala.

Performances are provided by the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Tecwin Evans..

15:00

World Routes

A Night Out in Bamako

Kora maestro Toumani Diabate leads his Symmetric Orchestra in a performance recorded at the Hogon Club in Mali's capital. The concert also features the great voice of Kasse Mady Diabate. Introduced by Lucy Duran.

16:00

Jazz Line-Up

15 April 2006

Helen Mayhew introduces an exclusive set recorded at the Floral Hall, Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, with Andy Panayi (saxophone/flute) John Pearce (piano) and Simon Woolf (bass).

17:00

Jazz Record Requests

15 April 2006

Request your favourite jazz cut by E mail: jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk. With Geoffrey Smith.

18:00

Jazz File

The Joy of Sax

Programme Two

Courtney Pine explores the history of an instrument created for the symphony orchestra, but which found its authentic voice in jazz.

2/3. With the Bebop revolution, the saxophone emerged as the most important front line instrument in jazz.

18:30

Opera On 3

Donizetti's Don Pasquale

Act One

Two of the world's top young singers - Anna Netrebko and Juan Diego Florez - join forces in Donizetti's opera. Netrebko makes her debut in the role of Norina. Presented from New York by Margaret Juntwait.

Norina ...... Anna Netrebko (soprano)
Ernesto ...... Juan Diego Flórez (tenor)
Don Pasquale ...... Simone Alaimo (bass)
Dr Malatesta ...... Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone)
Notary ...... Anthony Laciura (tenor)

Orchestra and Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera
Maurizio Benini (conductor)

19:15

Twenty Minutes

Applause

A big hand please for Richard Foster, as he looks into the power of applause. Why do we clap our hands to show our approval?

19:40

Opera On 3

Donizetti's Don Pasquale

Act Two

Live from the Met. Don Pasquale: The second act of Donizetti's Don Pasquale.

20:15

The Met Opera Quiz

15 April 2006

Thor Eckert puts listeners' questions to Bill Lutes, Terrence McNally and Stuart Hamilton.

20:40

Opera On 3

Donizetti's Don Pasquale

Act Three

Live from the Met. Don Pasquale: The third act of Donizetti's Don Pasquale.

21:35

The Verb

Samuel Beckett commissions

The last in the series of special Samuel Beckett commissions. Presented by Ian McMillan.

22:20

Pre-Hear

Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire

A Cheltenham Festival performance of Arnold Schoenberg's classic of Expressionist angst, Pierrot Lunaire. With Claire Booth (soprano) and the Festival Players, conducted by Martyn Brabbins.

23:00

Hear And Now

Crash Ensemble

In a concert from the 2005 Cutting Edge series, the Crash Ensemble from Dublin perform a series of UK premieres, as well as music by Tom Johnson and Philip Glass. Plus, the Kronos Quartet plays Glass' Music for Company (String Quartet 2), which was written for a stage adaptation of Beckett's novella, Company.

Donnacha Dennehy: Streetwalker (UKP)
Kevin Volans: 1000 Bars (UKP)
Roger Doyle: Passade No 6 (UKP)
Tom Johnson: Naryana's Cows
Andrew Hamilton: I Like Things (UKP)
John Godfrey: Aria 51 (UKP)
Philip Glass: Music in Similar Motion

01:00

Through the Night

15 April 2006

15 April 2006

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Music for Easter Sunday
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu, Wq 240
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Stephen Varcoe (bass)
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert
Hermann Max (director)

2.14am
Peeters, Flor (1903-1986): Concerto for Organ and Orchestra, Op 52
Peter Pieters (organ)
Flemish Radio Orchestra
Yoel Levi (conductor)

2.58am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Violin Sonata No 1 in F, Op 8
Igor Oistrakh (violin)
Igor Chernishov (piano)

3.16am
Dvorák, Antonin (1841-1904): Symphony No 8 in G
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gabriel Chmura (conductor)

3.54am
Bach, Johann Michael (1648-1694): Halt, was du hast
Cantus Cölln
Konrad Junghänel (director)

4.00am
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz (1664-1704): Sonata I a otto; Sonata XII a otto (1676)
Collegium Aureum

4.10am
Bartolomeo da Bologna (fl c1405-27): Que pena major from the Manuscript of Modena
Mala Punica

4.20am
Facoli, Marco (16th century): Pass'e mezzo Moderno
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)

4.28am
Arne, Thomas (1710-1778): Let Not Rage thy Bosom Firing, from Artaxerxes
Emma Bell (soprano)
The English Concert
Andrew Manze (director)

4.34am
Maasalo, Armas Toivo Valdemar (1885-1960): Notturno pastorale
Erkki Tuppurainen (organ)

4.40am
Noskowski, Zygmunt (1846-1909): Excerpts of Ballet music from A Hut out of the Village - Gypsy Dance and Kolomyika
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Miroslaw Jacek Blaszczyk (conductor)

4.53am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Rondo capriccioso, Op 14
Jane Coop (piano)

5.00am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D, BWV 1050
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

5.21am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Präludium und Fuge über den namen B-A-C-H
Gerrie Meijers (organ)

5.35am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Sonata quasi una fantasia for piano, Op 27, No 2, in C sharp m - Moonlight
Rudolf Serkin (piano)

5.52am
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971): Tres Sacrae cantiones
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

6.00am
Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906-1975): Second Waltz from the Second Jazz suite
Eolina Quartet

6.05am
Byström, Thomas (1772-1839): Air russe varies
Juhani Lagerspetz (piano)

6.17am
Melartin, Erkki (1875-1937): Intermezzo - from Symphony No 5
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jussi Jalas (conductor)
Pastorale for orchestra (1909)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ilpo Mansnerus (conductor)

6.28am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Un grand sommeil noir; Rêves; Ronsard à son âme
Olle Persson (baritone)
Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)

6.36am
Barber, Samuel (1910-1981): Concerto for violin and orchestra, Op 14
Dene Olding (violin)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Hiroyuki Iwaki (conductor)