Wednesday 29th November 2006

07:00

Morning on 3

29 November 2006

With Penny Gore.

Including at 7.00am
Dvorak: Legends in B flat minor, Op 59 No 10
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer (conductor)

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 6
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)

Elgar: Chanson du Matin
Nigel Kennedy (violin)
Peter Pettinger (piano)

8.30am
Mozart: Divertimento in F, K138
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman (director)

Monteverdi: Cruda Amarilli, che col nome ancore (Madrigals, Book 5)
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)

Beethoven: 32 Variations, WoO80
Cedric Tiberghien (piano)

10:00

CD Masters

29 November 2006

With Jonathan Swain.

10.00am
Krumpholz: Sonata for flute and harp
Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute)
Lily Laskine (harp)

10.15am Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)

11.01am
Trad. Japanese, arr. Akio Yahiro: Iwate Cow-herding song
Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute)
Lily Laskine (harp)

11.08am
Glass: Company
Ulster Orchestra
Takuo Yuasa (conductor)

11.18am
Pierné: Konzertstück, Op 39
Lily Laskine (harp)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Jean-Baptiste Mari (conductor)

11.35am
Fauré: Nocturne No 13
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

11.44am
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Henry Purcell (1659- 1695)

The King's Musick

Henry Purcell (1659-95).

3/5. The King's Musick

Donald Macleod discovers how Purcell's life and music was shaped by each of the three monarchs he served.

From those serene and rapturous joys
Andrew Tusa (tenor)
King's consort
Robert King (director)

The Staircase - overture
Chacony in G minor
Parley of Instruments
Peter Holman (director)

If Prayers and Tears
Susan Gritton (soprano)
Members of The King's Consort

Sound the trumpet, beat the drum
James Bowman (countertenor)
Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor)
Rufus Muller (tenor)
Michael George (bass)
King's Consort
Robert King (director)

Timon of Athens - overture
Parley of Instruments
Peter Holman (director)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Shostakovich in Context

Alexander Melnikov

John Toal introduces a recital recorded at the Guildhall in Londonderry to mark the centenary of Shostakovich's birth.

Alexander Melnikov (piano)

Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in E minor; Piano Sonata No 2
Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives

14:00

Afternoon Performance

Shostakovich in Context

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Stravinsky: Concerto in E flat (Dumbarton Oaks)
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 1
Noriko Ogawa
David Atherton (conductor)

Shostakovich: Symphony No 4
Kazushi Ono (conductor)

16:00

Choral Evensong

Live from Wells Cathedral

Live from Wells Cathedral.

Introit: Doctor bonus amicus Dei Andreas (Victoria)
Responses: Gabriel Jackson
Psalm: 48 (Matthews)
First Lesson: Isaiah 49 vv1-9a
Office Hymn: Dear Lord and Father of mankind (Repton)
Canticles: Vespers, Op 37 (Rachmaninov)
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 4 vv9-16
Anthem: De Sancto Andree Apostole (Tarik O'Regan) (First performance)
Final Hymn: Sing Alleluya forth ye saints on high (Martins)
Organ Voluntary: Te Deum (Naji Hakim)

Organist and Master of the Choristers: Matthew Owens.
Assistant Organist: David Bednall.

17:00

In Tune

29 November 2006

Petroc Trelawny's guests include the Endellion String Quartet ahead of their Wigmore Hall concert, pianola players Rex Lawson and Denis Hall perform live in the studio, and pianist Jonathan Biss talks about his forthcoming recital in Liverpool.

19:30

Performance on 3

Halle Orchestra

Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams, Beethoven.

A concert recorded at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall in October.

Martin Sturfalt (piano)
Halle Orchestra
Mark Elder (conductor)

Dvorak: The Noonday Witch
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 2
Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody No 1
Beethoven: Symphony No 2

21:10

Chamber Concert

Debussy's Sonata for flute, viola and harp

Recorded in St Magnus Cathedral as part of the St Magnus Festival in 2002.

Members of Sinfonia 21 perform Debussy's Sonata for flute, viola and harp.

Anthony Robb (flute)
Roger Chase (viola)
Patrizia Meier (harp)

21:30

Night Waves

Writers vs Scientists: who will tell us more about human nature in the

More highlights from the Free Thinking Festival of Ideas for the Future.

The subject for discussion is Writers vs Scientists: who will tell us more about human nature in the decades to come?

Contributors include Carl Djerassi, the celebrated scientist who pioneered the pill, and Booker Prize winning novelist A S Byatt.

22:15

Late Junction

29 November 2006

Fiona Talkington's late-night mix includes highlights from a concert given by Nik Bartsch's 'zen-funk' quintet Ronin at the London Jazz Festival.

Plus string sounds from Mali recorded in the 1960s.

00:00

Composer of the Week

George Gershwin (1898-1937)

Part Four

The first all-Gershwin concert was staged in 1932 at the Lewisohn Baseball Stadium, playing to a huge crowd.

Donald Macleod introduces the overture premiered at the event, written during a holiday in Cuba; Gershwin's Second Rhapsody, premiered by Gershwin himself; and George and Ira's biggest hit to date, a burlesque on post-War politics.

Of Thee I Sing (excerpt)
Throttlebottom ...... Jack Gilford
Wintergreen ...... Larry Kert
Diana ...... Paige O'Hara
Mary ...... Maureen McGovern
French Ambassador ...... Frank Dabdoub
New York Choral Artists
Orchestra of St Luke's
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

Second Rhapsody
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

George Gershwin's Songbook (excerpts)
Peter Donohoe (piano)

Cuban Overture
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn (conductor)

01:00

Through the Night

29 November 2006

29 November 2006

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
The soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf with pianist Ernest Lush in a 1949 BBC archive recording.
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903): Die ihr schwebet; In dem Schatten Meiner Locken;Wer tat deinem Fusslein weh? (Spanisches Liederbuch)
1.08am
Loewe, Carl (1796-1869): Frühling; Das Glockenspiel der Phantasie; Die Blume der Ergebung; O süsse Mutter; Abendstunde; Vogelgesang; Ihr Spaziergang; Die verliebte Schäferin
1.29am
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903): In der Frühe; Auf einer Wanderung, An dem schlaf; Lebe wohl, Nixe Binsefuss; Begegnung; Storchenbotschaft (Mörike Lieder)

1.48am
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911): Symphony No 4
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bruno Walter (conductor)

2.42am
Novak, Vitezslav (1870-1949): Piano Trio in D minor, Op 27 (quasi una ballata)
Suk Trio

2.59am
Penderecki, Krzysztof (b. 1933): Concerto Grosso for 3 Cellos and Orchestra
Ivan Monighetti, Adam Klocek, Kazimierz Koslacz
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit (conductor)

3.34am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Sonata in D, K576
Jonathan Biss (piano)

3.50am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 6 (Le Matin)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)

4.10am
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757): Sonata in E, Kk136
Ivetta Irkha (piano)

4.13am
Orban, Gyorgy (b. 1947): Cor mundum
Tallinn Music High School Chamber Choir
Evi Eespere (director)

4.20am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Romance in F minor, Op 11
Jela Spitkova (violin)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

4.32am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emmanuel (1714-1788): Sinfonia No 2 in B flat
Camerata Bern

4.43am
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924): Elegie
Shauna Rolston (cello)
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer (conductor)

4.51am
Wagenaar, Johan (1862-1941): Frühlingsgewalt

4.10am
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757): Sonata in E, Kk136
Ivetta Irkha (piano)

4.13am
Orban, Gyorgy (b. 1947): Cor mundum
Tallinn Music High School Chamber Choir
Evi Eespere (director)

4.20am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Romance in Fm, Op 11
Jela Spitkova (violin)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

4.32am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emmanuel (1714-1788): Sinfonia No 2 in B flat
Camerata Bern

4.43am
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924): Elegie
Shauna Rolston (cello)
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer (conductor)

4.51am
Wagenaar, Johan (1862-1941): Frühlingsgewalt

5.00am
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911): Romeo and Juliet
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
John Storgards (conductor)

5.14am
Reger, Max (1873-1916): Maria Wiegenlied (Schlichte Weisen)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Michael Raucheisen (piano)

5.16am
Gershwin, George (1898-1937): Lullaby
New Stenhammar String Quartet

5.26am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto da Camera in G minor, RV107
Camerata Köln

5.35am
Bach, Heinrich (1615-1692): Cantata - Ich danke dir, Gott
Musica Antiqua Köln
Rheinische Kantorei
Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

5.42am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Cello Suite in D, BWV1012 ? sarabande
David Geringas, Tatjana Vasiljeva, Boris Andrianov, Monika Leskovar (cellos)

5.46am
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid
Owen Dennis (oboe)

5.59am
Finzi, Gerald (1901-1956): White-flowering days
BBC Singers
Bo Holten (conductor)

6.04am
Berwald, Franz (1796-1868): Septet in B flat
Niklas Andersson (clarinet)
Henrik Blixt (bassoon)
Hans Larsson (horn)
Jannica Gustafsson (violin)
Hakan Olsson (viola)
Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello)
Maria Johansson (double bass)

6.27am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Ruy Blas - overture
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Hiroyuki Iwaki (conductor)

6.36am
Pez, Johann Christoph (1664-1716): Concerto Pastorella in F - Passacaglia and Aria
Carin van Heerden, Ales Rypan (recorders)
L'Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg (director)

6.44am
Alfven, Hugo (1872-1960): King Gustav II Adolf - suite
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Niklas Willen (conductor)