Wednesday 26th April 2006

07:00

Morning on 3

26 April 2006

With Penny Gore.

From 7.00am

Haydn: Piano Sonata in C sharp m, Hoboken XVI No 36
Emanuel Ax (piano)

Mozart: Oiseaux, si tous les ans; Dans un bois solitaire; Komm, liebe Zither
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Melvyn Tan (fortepiano)

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

From 8.30am

Scarlatti, Alessandro: Sento nel core
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)

Tippett: Divertimento on Sellinger's Round
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Poulenc: Sextet
Ensemble Wien-Berlin
James Levine (piano)

10:00

CD Masters

26 April 2006

With Jonathan Swain.

Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Clemens Krauss (conductor)

Hindemith: Bassoon Sonata
Masahito Tanaka (bassoon)
Seiko Sumi (piano)

Brahms: Symphony No 3, Op 90
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Clemens Krauss (conductor)

Alkan: Salut, cendre du pauvre!
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

Rainer: Bischof
Trasfigurazione, Op 42
Milan Turkovic (bassoon)

J Strauss II: Ach meine Herrn'n und Damen Klänge der Heimat, Die Fledermaus Act II
Orlofsky: Sieglinde Wagner (mezzo-soprano)
Adele ...... Wilma Lipp (soprano)
Rosalinde ...... Hilde Gueden (soprano)
Eisenstein ...... Julius Patzak (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Clemens Krauss (conductor)

Pauer, Jiri: Bassoon Concerto
Karel Bidlo (bassoon)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Ancerl (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)

Part Three

In this programme, Donald Macleod looks at how Hubert Parry, who was brought up and married into a very religious family, became opposed to organised religion. Plus, how Parry got on with his contemporary Charles Villiers Stanford.

Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
Choir of St Paul's Cathedral
Christopher Dearnly (organ)
John Scott (conductor)

Excerpt from The Soul's Ransom
Della Jones (mezzo soprano)
David Wilson Johnson (bass baritone)
The London Philharmonic Choir and orchestra
Matthias Bamert (conductor)

Violin Sonata in D
Erich Gruenberg violin and Roger Vignoles (piano)

Elegy for Brahms
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

City of London Festival 2005

Odes and Icons

Presented by Catherine Bott from Goldsmith's Hall. Pianist Peter Donohoe performs the music of two great Russian composers of the 20th Century, both of whom forged careers as composer-pianists and were forced into exile as a result of the Russian Revolution.

Rachmaninov: Prelude in C sharp m, Op 3, No 2
10 Preludes Op 23

Prokofiev: Sonata No 7 in B flat, Op 83

14:00

Afternoon Performance

BBC National Orchestra Of Wales

BBC National Orchestra Of Wales. British Symphony Series. Rubbra: As well as the symphony in this week's cycle, the music is from the Ballets Russes. Presented by Martin Handley.

BBC National Orchestra Of Wales
British Symphony Series. Rubbra

As well as the symphony in this week's cycle, the music is from the Ballets Russes, for whom Rubbra played the piano in rehearsals when they visited this country. Presented by Martin Handley.

Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Richard Hickox (conductor)

De Falla The Three Cornered Hat - Concert version
David Atherton (conductor)

Borodin: Polovstian Dances, from Prince Igor
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

Rubbra: Symphony No 3, Op 49
Richard Hickox (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

26 April 2006

Radio 3's programme for younger listeners presented by CBBC's Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson. Including music about a magical cat, music about the spinning wheel of fate and music from the film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Orff, Carl: O Fortuna from Carmina Burana
Munich Radio Orchestra and Chorus
Kurt Eichhorn (conductor)

Traditional Bulgarian: Pilentze Sings
Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares

Tylman Susato: Mon desir
Piffaro

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Mr Mistoffelees the Magical Cat, from Cats
Paul Nicolas (singer)
The Original London Cast and Orchestra

Ennio Morricone: Ecstasy of Gold, from The Good the Bad and The Ugly
Yo-Yo ma (cello)
Roma Sinfonietta
Ennio Morricone (conductor)

Albeniz: Castilla, from Suite Espanola, Op 47
National Orchestra of Spain
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)

16:00

Choral Evensong

From Gloucester Cathedral

Live from Gloucester Cathedral.

Introit: Exultate Deo (Palestrina)
Responses: Sanders
Psalm: 119vv145-176 (Cooper, Wesley, Miller, Hylton Stewart)
First Lesson: Deuteronomy 3 vv18-29
Canticles: Daniel Purcell in Em
Second Lesson: John 20 vv19-31
Anthem: Te Deum Laudamus (Elgar)
Final Hymn: Loves redeeming work is done (Savannah)
Organ Voluntary: Toccata (Guillou)

Andrew Nethsingha (director of music)
Robert Houssart (assistant director of music)

17:00

In Tune

26 April 2006

Sean is joined by soprano Janice Watson who takes on the title role in English National Opera's revival of Madam Butterfly.

Sean talks to James Holmes, the conductor of Kurt Weill's operetta Arms and the Cow, which Opera North are touring around the North of England.

Sean's final guest is violinist Philippe Graffin, whose recording of the original manuscript version of Elgar's Violin Concerto has recently been released.

19:30

Performance on 3

Celebrating Dame Janet Baker

German Lieder Plus

German Lieder Plus

Iain Burnside explores Janet Baker's contribution to German Lieder. With contributions from Dame Janet Baker and some of the people she worked with.

Brahms: Nachtigall; Von ewiger Liebe
Janet Baker (mezzo soprano)
Martin Isepp (piano)

Selection of Arie Amorose (arr Simon Preston)
Janet Baker (mezzo soprano)
Academy of St Martin in the fields,
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)

Schubert Lied der Delphine from Lacrimas D857; Wiegenlied D867
Janet Baker (mezzo soprano)
Gerald Moore (piano)

Schubert Gondelfahrer D808; Die Götter Griechenlands D677
Janet Baker (mezzo soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)

Massenet: Werther, extract from Act 3
Janet Baker (mezzo soprano)
Orchestra of English National Opera
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

Liszt: Freudvoll und Leidvoll S280; Die drei Zigeuner S320
Janet Baker (mezzo soprano)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Brahms: Rhapsody for Contralto, Male Chorus and Orchestra Op 53
Janet Baker (mezzo soprano)
John Alldis Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)

Schumann: Frauenliebe und leben, Op 42
Janet Baker (mezzo soprano)
Daniel Barenboim (piano)

21:30

Night Waves

26 April 2006

Philip Dodd with another edition of the arts and ideas programme.

22:15

Late Junction

26 April 2006

Fiona Talkington plays tracks from young folk band Kerfuffle's new album; and songs from Brazilian Tropicalista Tom Ze's new opera, Estudando o Pagode.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

A Spiritual Homeland

When Sergei Rachmaninov found himself facing the events of the October Revolution in Russia in 1917 and the disintegration of the Old Russia he had grown up with, he felt unable to remake himself and chose emigration. Once abroad, out of necessity he began to carve out an exhausting life touring as a concert pianist.

Études tableaux, No 8 Op 33 and No 5 Op 39
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)

The Isle of the Dead, Op 29
St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Mariss Jansons (conductor)

Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op 42
Hélène Grimaud (piano)

01:00

Through the Night

26 April 2006

26 April 2006

With John Shea.

1.00am
Iveta Apkalna at Riga Cathedral
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Toccata and Fugue in Dm, BWV 565; O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde gross, BWV 622; Fantasia and Fugue in Am, BWV 561; Passacaglia in Cm, BWV 582

1.42am
Muthel, Johann Gottfried (1728-1788): Fantasia in F

1.48am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Prelude and Fugue on the name Bach, S260
Iveta Apkalna (organ)

2.04am
Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915): Symphony No 3 in C, Le Divin Poème, Op 43
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Milen Nachev (conductor)

2.52am
Marteau, Henri (1874-1934): Quartet No 3 in C
Yggdrasil String Quartet

3.31am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Sonata for piano, H.XVI.33 in D
Bart van Oort (fortepiano)

3.46am
Harrison, Lou (1917-2003): Harp Suite
David Tanenbaum (guitar)
William Winant, Scott Evans and Joel Davel (percussion)

4.07am
Sorkocevic, Luka (1734-1789): Sonata in A
Vladimir Krpan (piano)

4.17am
Farkas, Ferenc (1905-2000): Five Ancient Hungarian Dances
Tae-Won Kim (flute)
Hyong-Sup Kim, Pil-Kwan Sung (oboe)
Hyon-Kon Kim (clarinet)
Sang-Won Yoon (bassoon)

4.27am
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936): Brazilian Impressions
The West Australia Symphony Orchestra
Jorge Mester (conductor)

4.48am
Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959): Clarinet Sonatina
Valentin Uriupin (clarinet)
Yelena Komissarova (piano)

5.00am
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725): Cor mio, deh non languire, Dear Heart, I Prithee Do Not Waste Away
The Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley (director)

5.05am
Martucci, Giuseppe (1856-1909): Notturno, Op 70, No 1
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Nello Santi (conductor)

5.18am
Tallis, Thomas (c.1505-1585): Suscipe, quaeso Domine
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

5.32am
Mendelssohn, Fanny (1805-1847): Songs without Words, Op 6
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

5.43am
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Paisible domaine
The King's Singers

5.46am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Rosamunde Ballet Music, D.797
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Heinz Holliger (conductor)

5.53am
Tormis, Veljo (b 1930): Jaanilaulud, St John's Day Songs
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

6.11am
Sauguet, Henri (1901-1989): La Nuit
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Daniel Swift (conductor)

6.23am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Piano Sonata in F, K533
Anja German (piano)

6.47am
Halvorsen, Johan (1864-1935): Norwegian Rhapsody No 1
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)