Monday 24th April 2006

07:00

Morning on 3

24 April 2006

With Penny Gore. Music selections include a series of Mozart songs.

From 7.00am

Ravel: Introduction and allegro
Nash Ensemble

Mozart: Lied der Freiheit; Die Alte; Das Kinderspiel
Elly Ameling (soprano)
Dalton Baldwin (piano)

Chopin: Scherzo No 2 in B flat m, Op 31
Nelson Friere (piano)

From 8.30am

Copland: Quiet City
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)

Elgar: Where Corals Lie, Sea Pictures
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)

Bach: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C, BWV 1066
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman (director)

10:00

CD Masters

24 April 2006

With Jonathan Swain. Featuring highlights of the bassoon repertoire and recordings of Clemens Krauss.

Saint-Saens: Sonata in G, Op 168
Jean-Claude Montac (bassoon)
Anne Queffelec (piano)

J Strauss II: Annen Polka; Perpetuum mobile
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Clemens Krauss (conductor)

Mozart: Bassoon Concerto
Leonard Sharrow (bassoon)
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini (conductor)

Telemann: Quartet in Gm, TWV 43:g4
Kees Boeke (recorder)
Alice Harnoncourt (violin)
Anita Mitterer (viola)
Wouter Möller (cello)
Bob van Asperen (harpsichord)

R Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Clemens Krauss (conductor)

Duparc: Chanson triste; Extase; Le Manoir de Rosemonde
Leopold Simoneau (tenor)
Erik Werba (piano)

Boismortier: Sonata V for two bassoons
Frances Eustace and Andrew Watts (5 keyed bassoon)

J Strauss: The Dragonfly
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Clemens Krauss (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)

Part One

After Purcell died in 1695, music in this country was dominated by two Germans, first Handel and then Mendelssohn. Donald Macleod looks at the life and music of the man who it was felt began a renaissance of English music at the end of the 19th century, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry.

Jerusalem
Paul Robeson (bass)
Harriet Wingreen (piano)

Symphony No 3 in C
The London Philharmonic
Matthias Bamert (conductor)

Second movement Sonata No 1 in F for piano
Anthony Goldstone (piano)

Blest Pair of Sirens
London Symphony and Chorus
Richard Hickox (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Recital

Andrew Manze and Richard Egarr

From Wigmore Hall in London presented by Stephanie Hughes. Violinist Andrew Manze and harpsichordist Richard Egarr have won widespread praise for their exciting and imaginative performances of the Baroque repertoire which forms this programme.

Vivaldi: Manchester Violin Sonata No 3 in Gm, RV757
Handel: Violin Sonata in A, Op 1, No 3, HWV361
Bach: Prelude and Fugues Nos 21 in B flat and 24 in Bm, from The Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Biber: Violin Sonata No 3 in F, 1681

14:00

Afternoon Performance

British Symphony Series - Rubbra

BBC NOW. British Symphony Series. Rubbra: As a preface to the 20 month series of symphony cycles of British composers, featured here is work by composers admired by Edmund Rubbra. With Martin Handley.

BBC National Orchestra Of Wales
British Symphony Series. Rubbra

Afternoon Performance embarks upon an ambitious 20 month long journey through the symphony cycles of British composers. This week and next, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales begins this journey with its acclaimed recordings of the 11 symphonies of Edmund Rubbra. This symphony is preceded by music of composers whom Rubbra admired.

Presented by Martin Handley.

Stravinsky Four Norwegian Moods
Takuo Yuasa (conductor)

Bartok: Two Pictures
Jac van Steen (conductor)

Debussy: La Mer
Kazushni Ono (conductor)

Rubbra: Symphony No 1, Op 44
Richard Hickox (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

24 April 2006

Radio 3's programme for younger listeners presented by CBBC's Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson. This show visits outer space to show what Dogjam is. Features Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights.

George Gershwin: I Got Rhythm
Frank Braley (piano)

Bernard Herrmann: Outer Space
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Bateman (conductor)

John Adams: Dogjam, from John's Book of Alleged Dances
Kronos String Quartet + rhythm track

Martin Charnin/Charles Strouse: It's a Hard Knock Life, from Annie
Children of the Original Broadway Cast

Gue Yue: My First Flute
Gue Yue (sheng)
Dizi (bamboo flute)
Wang Zun Geng (Suona)
Ged Lynch (percussion)
Ben Murray (accordion)
Richard Evans (mandolin)

Prokofiev: Dance of the Knights, from Romeo and Juliet
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)

16:00

Stage and Screen

Richard Rodney Bennett

Edward Seckerson catches up with Richard Rodney Bennett in the midst of his 70th birthday celebrations and takes a look at some of his songs, performances and film scores.

17:00

In Tune

24 April 2006

The Aronowitz Ensemble perform live in the studio; Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli joins Sean in the run up to his recital as part of the 'Solo Spotlights' series of events at Wapping Power Station; Piano duo Piano 4 Hands (Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawaj) perform Debussy and Schubert.

19:30

Performance on 3

Celebrating Dame Janet Baker

Programme One

1/5. Celebrating Dame Janet Baker. Britten and English Music: Iain Burnside presents a week of programmes celebrating one of England's best loved musicians, the mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker.

Celebrating Dame Janet Baker
1/5. Britten and English Music

Iain Burnside presents a week of programmes celebrating one of England's best loved musicians, the mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker. In the first programme, he explores Baker's relationship with English music and the works of Benjamin Britten in particular. With contributions from Dame Janet Baker and some of the people she worked with.

Elgar: Sabbath Morning at Sea from Sea Pictures
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
LSO
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)

Britten: Canticle II Abraham and Isaac
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Peter Pears (tenor)
Graham Johnson (piano)

Selection of songs by Peter Warlock and Herbert Howells
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Martin Isepp (piano)

Purcell: Dido's lament from Dido and Aeneas
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
English Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Lewis (conductor)

Britten: Lucretia!...Last Night Tarquinius Ravished Me, from The Rape of Lucretia
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
John Shirley-Quirk
English Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Britten (conductor)

Selection of songs by Ivor Gurney and Gerald Finzi
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Martin Isepp (piano)

Walton: Slowly it All Comes Back, from Troilus and Cressida
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Lawrence Foster (conductor)

Selection of songs by Vaughan-Williams, Benjamin Britten, Roger Quilter
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Gerald Moore (piano)

Elgar: The Angel's Farewell, from The Dream of Gerontius
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Hallé Choir and Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)

Britten: Phaedra
Janet Baker (conductor)
English Chamber Orchestra
Steuart Bedford (conductor)

21:30

Night Waves

24 April 2006

David Edmonds and John Eidinow talk to Paul Allen about Rousseau's Dog - their follow up to their surprise hit about a famous philosophical spat, Wittgenstein's Poker. However, this time instead of Karl Popper and Ludwig Wittgenstein, it is David Hume and Jean-Jaques Rousseau squaring up to each other.

22:15

Late Junction

24 April 2006

Fiona Talkington includes music by three very different guitarists tonight: to mark his 65th birthday today, classical virtuoso John Williams plays Bach; Fred Frith plays electric guitar, and Richard Thompson sings as he plays.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

Early Career

2/5. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)The Young Artist: Donald Macleod looks at the composer's early professional experiences.

The Young Artist

Following the success of his one act student opera Aleko, and his graduation from the Moscow Conservatory in 1892 Sergei Rachmaninov embarked upon a professional career as a composer. Initially, he was forced to take on teaching jobs and write some money-spinning piano works to make ends meet, but gradually he was offered more performances of his music.

In 1897, though, the premiere of his first symphony brought him the biggest shock of his career. It was a complete disaster and the critics savaged it. The experience devastated Rachmaninov, who was then unable to compose anything for the next two years. With Donald Macleod.

The Chorus of Spirits
Russian State Symphonic Cappella

Nye poy krasáavitsa, pri mnye Do Not Sing to Me Fair Maiden, Op 4, No 4
Alexandre Naoumenko (tenor)
Howard Shelley (piano)

Cello Sonata - second movement
Moray Welsh (cello)
Martin Roscoe (piano)

Spring
Tigram Martyrosyan (bass)
Russian State Symphonic Capella
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Valery Polyansky (conductor)

Second Symphony - slow movement
Philharmonia Orchestra
Kurt Sanderling (conductor)

Were you Hiccupping, Natasha?
Sergei Leiferkus (bass)
Howard Shelley (piano)

01:00

Through the Night

24 April 2006

24 April 2006

With John Shea.

1.00am
The Esbjerg Ensemble
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Trio for piano and strings, Op 97 in B flat, Archduke
Esbjerg Ensemble: Marianna Shirinyan (piano)
Christian Altenburger (violin)
Marko Ylönen (cello)

1.45am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Piano Quartet No 1 in Gm, Op 25
Esbjerg Ensemble: David Grimal (violin)
Asdis Valdimarsdóttir (viola)
Mick Stirling (cello)
Juhani Lagerspetz (piano)

2.26am
Loeillet, Jean Baptiste, 'Loeillet de Gant' (1688-1720): Sonata in G
Vladimír Jasko (trumpet)
Imrich Szabó (organ)

2.35am
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904): Stabat Mater, Op 58
Melanie Diener (soprano)
Dagmar Pecková (mezzo soprano)
Jaroslav Brezina (tenor)
Peter Mikulá (bass)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
Jiri Behlolávek (conductor)

4.00am
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883): Rienzi Overture
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Simone Young (conductor)

4.15am
Hensel-Mendelssohn, Fanny (1805-1847): Allegro moderato, Op 8, No 1
Mendelssohn, Fanny (1805-1847): Lied, Lenau: Larghetto; Wanderlied: Presto, Op 8
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

4.26am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Where'er You Walk, Semele
Matthew White (counter-tenor)
Arte dei Suonatori
Eduardo Lopez (conductor)

4.31am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872): String Quartet No 1 in Dm, 1837-1840
Camerata Quartet

4.52am
Bersa, Blagoje (1873-1934): Idyll, Op 25b
Croatian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mladen Tarbuk (conductor)

5.00am
Contant, (Joseph Pierre) Alexis (1858-1918): Les Deux Âmes Overture
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer (conductor)

5.09am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Sonatine
Aldo Ciccolini (piano)

5.22am
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): Flower Songs
Camerata Chamber Choir
Michael Bojesen (conductor)

5.33am
Kutev, Filip (1903-1982): Pastoral
Lidia Oshavkova (flute)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Dimitar Manolov (conductor)

5.44am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Sonata in G, K283
Marie Rřrbech (piano)

6.05am
Suk, Josef (1874-1935): Un Poco Triste, Op 17, No 3
Uro Prevorek (violin)
Marjan Vodopivec (piano)

6.10am
Verhulst, Johannes (1816-1891): Lied van bloemen, Op 26, No 2
Nico van der Meel (tenor)
Leo van Doeselaar (fortepiano)

6.14am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Du bist wie eine Blume, Op 25, No 24
Jean Stilwell (mezzo soprano)
Robert Kortgaard (piano)

6.16am
De Vocht, Lodewijk (1887-1977): In Exile
Flemish Radio Orchestra
Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor)

6.29am
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup (1843-1907): Piano Concerto in Am, Op 16
Marián Lapansk? (piano)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava
Ondrej Lénard (conductor)