Thursday 29th June 2006

07:00

Morning on 3

29 June 2006

Presented by Penny Gore.

From 7.00am

Strauss: Serenade in E flat, Op 7
London Winds
Michael Collins (clarinet/director)

Sibelius: Finlandia, Op 26, No 7
CBSO
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Handel: Va tacito (Giulio Cesare, Act I)
Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
Akademie fur alte Musik Berlin

From 8.30am

Offenbach: Overture - La Belle Helene
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

Rachmaninov: Suite No 2 for two pianos, Op 17
Martha Argerich, Alexandre Rabinovitch (piano)

Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

29 June 2006

Rob Cowan highlights Wagner orchestral music and recordings by tenor Peter Schreier.

10.00am
Wagner: Siegfried - Forest Murmurs
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Willem Mengelberg (conductor)
PEARL GEMM CD 9474

10.09am
A Scarlatti: Su le sponde del Tebro
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Virtuosi Saxoniae
Ludwig Güttler (director/trumpet)
BERLIN CLASSICS BC 1077-2

10.25am
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Glenn Gould (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SMK 52650

10.50am
Schumann: Liederkreis, Op 39
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
TELDEC 2292-46154-2 (3 CDs)

11.17am
Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey
London Symphony Orchestra
Albert Coates (conductor)
KOCH HISTORIC 3-7704-2 (2 CDs)

11.26am
Copland: Dance Symphony
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati (conductor)
DECCA 475 761-5 (6CDs)

11.44am
Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Siegfried's Funeral March
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Yevgeny Mravinsky (conductor)
ERATO 2292 45762 2

12:00

Composer of the Week

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Part Four

Poulenc was a successful pianist who partnered several singers during his performing career. His longest serving collaborator was French baritone Pierre Bernac, but the roll call of artists he worked with includes several other notable singers.

Le Lac (8 Polish Songs)
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Dalton Baldwin (piano)

Tel jour, telle nuit
Francois le Roux (baritone)
Pascal Rogé (piano)

Les mamelles de Tirésias
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Jean Paul Fouchécourt (tenor)
Tokyo Opera singers
Saito Kinen Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa (conductor)

Excerpt from Act 2, Les dialogues des Carmelites
Catherine Dubosc (soprano)
Jean Luc Viala (tenor)
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Kent Nagano (conductor)

Excerpt from La voix humaine
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Armin Jordan (conductor)

Pablo Picasso (Le travail du peintre)
Pierre Bernac (baritone)
Francis Poulenc (piano)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Aldeburgh Festival 2006

The Royal String Quartet

Five former Radio 3 New Generation Artists join forces for a concert recorded at Blythburgh Church in Suffolk. The Royal String Quartet is joined by French viola player Antoine Tamestit. Presented by Stephanie Hughes.

Haydn: Quartet, Op 74, No 3
John Woolrich: The Death of King Renaud
Mozart: Quintet, K515

14:00

Afternoon Performance

On Tour

The week's theme is concerts recorded on tour abroad, highlighting the ambassadorial role of the BBC performing groups. Presented by Louise Fryer.

4/5. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

R Strauss: Don Juan, Op 20

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1, Op 107, in E flat
Han-Na Chang (cello)

Debussy: Printemps

Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1945 version)
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

15:40

Making Tracks

29 June 2006

CBBC's Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson present the programme for younger listeners. Including cowboy music by Jerome Moross, and Boogie piano music by Oscar Peterson.

Johann Strauss II: Sturmischen Lieb und Tanz, Polka Schnell, Op 393
CSSR State Philharmonic
Alfred Walter (conductor)

Omar Faruk Tekbilek: Hijaz Raks
Omar Faruk Tekbilek

Offenbach: Song of Cupid (from Orpheus in the Underworld)
Patricia Petibon (soprano)
Chamber Orchestra of Grenoble
Marc Minkowski (conductor)

Oscar Peterson: Oscar's Boogie
Oscar Peterson Trio

Albeniz: Tango Espana
Pepe Romero, Celin Romero (guitar)

Jerome Moross: The Big Country
The Czech Symphony Orchestra
William Motzing (conductor)

16:00

Brian Kay's Light Programme

29 June 2006

Brian pays affectionate tribute to the much-loved war time radio programme Music While You Work, and remembers Leroy Anderson on the anniversary of his birth.

17:00

In Tune

29 June 2006

Petroc Trelawny's guests include Baroque music specialists Trevor Pinnock and Jonathan Manson and superstar of the violin world, Sarah Chang.

There's also a chance to hear about two festivals taking place in Scotland - the Mendelssohn on Mull festival and the East Neuk festival in Fife.

19:30

Performance on 3

Beethoven's Piano Sonatas

Concert Three

Andrew McGregor introduces a series inaugurating a complete cycle of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas, performed in London's Wigmore Hall by Paul Lewis.

Sonata in Cm, Op 13 (Pathetique)
Sonata in A flat, Op 26
Sonata in Em, Op 90
Sonata in A, Op 101

21:00

BBC SSO

29 June 2006

The BBC SSO is joined by Clio Gould on violin for Piers Hellawell's Quadruple Elegy, conducted by Martyn Brabbins.

21:30

Night Waves

The Cave of the Yellow Dog

Mongolian film director Byambasuren Davaa has come up with a tale of a stray dog which disturbs the life of a nomad family. Isabel Hilton reviews The Cave of the Yellow Dog.

22:15

Late Junction

29 June 2006

Verity Sharp presents a varied mix of music from around the world.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

Part Five

With no desire to stay in a country for which his unwavering loyalty apparently counted for nothing, Bartók finally turned his back on Hungary for good, to make a new life for himself and his wife in America. Donald Macleod looks at this poignant, final episode in the life of one of the 20th Century's greatest composers.

Seven pieces from Mikrokosmos for 2 pianos (No 2)
Béla Bartók (piano)
Ditta Pasztory-Bartok (piano)

Contrasts (1st mvt: Verbunkos)
Béla Bartók (piano)
Benny Goodman (clarinet)
Jozsef Sigeti (violin)

String Quartet No 6 (3rd mvt)
Takacs Quartet

Concerto for Orchestra
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra
Antal Dorati (conductor)

01:00

Through the Night

29 June 2006

29 June 2006

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
17th George Enescu International Festival, 2005
Enescu, George (1881-1955): Concert Overture in A, sur des thčmes dans le caractčre populaire Roumain, Op 32
1.10am
Franck, Cčsar (1822-1890): Symphony in Dm, Op 48
1.47am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): La Mer, three symphonic sketches
2.13am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Bolero
3.28am
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875): Les Toreadors, from Carmen
Orchestre National de France
Kurt Masur (conductor)

2.31am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): 3 Lieder - Die Forelle, Op 32; Nacht und Träume, Op 43, No 2; Der Musensohn, Op 92, No 1
Barbara Hendricks (soprano)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

2.40am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Quartet for strings in D, Op 44, No 1
Tankstream Quartet

3.07am
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943): Concerto for piano and orchestra No 3 in Dm, Op 30
Nelson Goerner (piano)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Matthias Aesbacher (conductor)

3.48am
Gershwin, George (1898-1937): An American in Paris
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Jorge Mester (conductor)

4.07am
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787): From Paris e Helena, ballet music - Allegro con spirito; Chaconne - Moderato con grazia; Gavotte
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
Ludovít Rajter (conductor)

4.20am
Diepenbrock, Alphons (1862-1921): Claire de Lune
Roberta Alexander (soprano)
Rudolf Jansen (piano)

4.23am
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921): Etude in D flat, Op 52, No 6
Stefan Lindgren (piano)

4.31am
Groneman, Albertus (1710-1778): Flute Sonata in D
Jed Wentz, Marion Moonen (flute)

4.45am
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594): Tu es Petrus - motet for 6 voices
Silvia Piccollo, Emmanuela Galli (soprano)
Fabian Schofrin (alto)
Marco Beasley (tenor)
Daniele Carnovich (bass)
Chorus of Swiss Radio, Lugano
Theatrum Instrumentorum
Diego Fasolis (conductor)

4.51am
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725): Concerto Grosso No 1 in Fm
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

5.00am
Foerster, Kaspar (1616-1673): Viri Israelite
La Capella, Musica Fiata
Roland Wilson (director)

5.16am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Trio No 1 for recorder, oboe & basso continuo (from Essercizii Musici)
Camerata Köln

5.28am
Anon (arranged by Geoff Richards): Bailčro
Phoenix Chamber Choir
Ramona Luengen (conductor)

5.31am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Lyric suite, Op 54
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)

5.50am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872): Gypsy Dance from the idyll Jawnuta
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Salwarowski (conductor)

5.54am
Rangström, Ture (1884-1947): Violin Suite 2
Tale Olsson (violin)
Mats Jansson (piano)

6.06am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Sonata No 23 in Fm, Op 57 - Appassionata
Maurizio Pollini (piano)

6.29am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): St Matthew Passion - Opening Chorus, BWV 244'1
Hungarian Radio Choir
Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Tamás Vásáry (conductor)

6.38am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Timon of Athens
Lynne Dawson, Gillian Fisher (soprano)
Rogers Covey-Crump, Paul Elliott (tenor)
Michael George, Stephen Varcoe (bass)
Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)