Thursday 30th November 2006

07:00

Morning on 3

30 November 2006

With Penny Gore.

Including at 7.00am
Bach: Concerto in Dm for two violins and string orchestra, BWV1043
Rachel Podger and Andrew Manze (violins)
Academy of Ancient Music

Nielsen: The Mother - incidental music
Lars Anders Tomter (viola)
Gro Sandvik (flute)
Turid Kniejski (harp)

Telemann: Concerto in D for four violins
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (director)

8.30am
Verdi: La forza del destino - overture
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

Sammartini: Concerto in F
Franz Bruggen (recorder)
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

Debussy: L'isle joyeuse
Zoltan Kocsis (piano)

10:00

CD Masters

30 November 2006

With Jonathan Swain.

10.00am
Rossini: Semiramide - overture
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

10.13am
Fauré: Impromptu, Op 86
Lily Laskine (harp)

10.23am
Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night - overture
Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Lazarev (conductor)

10.32am
Handel: Harp Concerto in B flat, Op 4 No 6
Lily Laskine
Toulouse Chamber Orchestra
Louis Auriacombe (conductor)

10.47am
Haydn: Piano Trio in G, H XV 25
Beaux Arts Trio

11.05am
Rimsky-Korsakov: Night on Mount Triglav (Mlada)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Igor Golovschin (conductor)

11.41am
Debussy: Danse sacree; Danse profane
Lily Laskine (harp)
Symphony Orchestra
Piero Coppola (conductor)

11.52am
Rimsky-Korsakov: Procession of the Nobles (Mlada)
London Symphony Orchestra
Albert Coates (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Henry Purcell (1659- 1695)

Music for the Masses

Donald Macleod explores the burgeoning worlds of music publishing and public concerts that were becoming established during Purcell's lifetime.

Fantasia a 4 in B flat
London Baroque

What hope for us remains?
Susan Gritton (soprano)
Michael George (bass)
Mark Caudle (bass viol)
David Miller (archlute)

Nymphs and Shepherds
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
Nicholas Robinson and Fiona Huggett (violins)
Trevor Jones (viola)
Nigel North (baroque guitar)
Richard Boothby (viola da gamba)
John Toll (harpsichord)

Once, twice, thrice; Under this stone
Pro Cantione Antiqua

Yorkshire Feast Song
James Bowman (countertenor)
Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor)
Charles Daniels (tenor)
Michael George (bass)
Robert Evans (bass)
King's Consort
Robert King (director)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Shostakovich in Context

Marianna Tarasova (mezzo), Peter Laul (piano).

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

Marianna Tarasova (mezzo)
Peter Laul (piano)

Shostakovich: Two Shakespeare songs; Two songs from Moscow Cheryomushki, Op 105; Six poems (Tsvetayeva); Two fables of Krylov, Op 4; Two poems (Lermontov); Spanish Songs

14:00

Afternoon Performance

Shostakovich in Context

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Vassily Sinaisky.

Shostakovich: The Young Guard (film music); Five days, five nights (suite from the film score); The Attack on Red Hill (The Unforgettable Year 1919). Martin Roscoe (piano)

Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2

16:00

Brian Kay's Light Programme

30 November 2006

Brian Kay plays a selection of light classics, including Aleksandr Glazunov's Concert Waltz No 1, Philip Lane's Suite of Cotswold Folkdances, and the overture from Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach.

17:00

In Tune

30 November 2006

Petroc Trelawny's guests include Radio 3 New Generation Artist flautist Sharon Bezaly. And keyboard specialist Maggie Cole plays live ahead of the Scarlatti Marathon.

19:30

Performance on 3

BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra & David Robertson

Martin Handley presents the first part of tonight's concert, live from the Barbican.

BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson (conductor)

Ivan Fedele: Scena (UK premiere)

19:55

Twenty Minutes

The Sicilian Connection

Many visitors have left their mark on Sicily, from the Carthaginians to the Normans and Aragonese. Among the lesser-known are the 18th-century British merchants and travellers.

Joe Farrell explores the unlikely but long-standing connections between Sicily and Britain.

20:15

Performance on 3

BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra & David Robertson

Martin Handley presents the second part of tonight's concert, live from the Barbican.

Majella Cullagh (soprano)
Patricia Bardon (mezzo)
Colin Lee (tenor)
Alastair Miles (bass)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson (conductor)

Rossini: Stabat mater

21:30

Night Waves

Uncle Tom's Cabin

As a new annotated edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published, Philip Dodd and guests reassess the 1852 epic. Stowe's exploration of the brutality of slavery became the best-selling novel of the nineteenth century and made a powerful contribution to the abolitionist cause.

22:15

Late Junction

30 November 2006

Fiona Talkington features more highlights from the London Jazz Festival, plus an unlilkely collaboration between Yehudi Menuhin and Ravi Shankar.

00:00

Composer of the Week

George Gershwin (1898-1937)

Part Five

Donald Macleod introduces what was to be Gershwin's final concert work, his first and only opera, and some of the most memorable songs from the final years of his life.

Variations on I Got Rhythm
Fazil Say (piano)
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur (conductor)

Porgy and Bess (Act 2, excerpt)
Porgy ...... Willard White
Bess ...... Cynthia Haymon
Clara ...... Harolyn Blackwell
Sportin' Life ...... Damon Evans
Jake ....... Bruce Hubbard
Serena ....... Cynthia Clarey
Maria ...... Mariette Simpson
Mingo ...... Barrington Coleman
Lily ...... Maureen Briathwaite
Annie ...... Paula Ingram
Frazier ...... William Johnson
Scipio ...... Linda Thompson
Mr Archdale ...... Ted Maynard
Glyndebourne Chorus
London Philharmonic
Simon Rattle (conductor)

Walking the dog
Let?s call the whole thing off
Gregory Hines
Patti Austin
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
John Mauceri (conductor)

A foggy day
Nice work if you can get it
Love is here to stay
Ella Fitzgerald

01:00

Through the Night

30 November 2006

30 November 2006

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Concerto No 3 in Cm, Op 37
Radu Lupu (piano)

1.37am
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971): The Firebird Suite
London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn (conductor)

1.59am
Rosenmüller, Johann (c.1619-1684): Sonata quarta à 3
Ensemble La Fenice
Jean Tubéry (director)

2.05am
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von (1644-1704): Missa Alleluja
Gradus ad Parnassum
Concerto Palatino
Konrad Junghänel (director)

2.42am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Keyboard Suite No 6 in Gm, HWV 439
Jautrite Putnina (piano)

2.58am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): String Quartet in F, Op 59 No 1 (Rasumovsky)
Tankstream Quartet

3.39am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No 39 in E flat
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
André Previn (conductor)

4.07am
Dancla, Charles (1817-1907): Variations on a Theme by Bellini, Op 3
Valdis Zarin (violin)
Ieva Zarina (piano)

4.12am
Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835): Concerto in E flat
Geoffrey Payne (trumpet)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Michael Halasz (conductor)

4.20am
Andriessen, Hendrik (1892-1981): Qui habitat
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Uwe Gronostay (director)

4.29am
Ruynemann, Daniël (1886-1963): Sonatine
Ronald Brautigam (piano)

4.33am
Strauss, Richard (1864 - 1949): Variations on Deandl is harb auf mi'
Leopold String Trio

4.39am
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): Sonata No 1 in G for string orchestra
Romanian National Chamber Orchestra
Ludovic Bacs (conductor)

4.53am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto in Dm for strings and basso continuo, RV 128
Arte dei Suonatori
Eduardo Lopez (conductor)

5.00am
Weyse, Christoph Ernst Friedrich (1774-1842): Symphony No 6 in Cm
The Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Adam Fischer (conductor)

5.27am
Enescu, George (1881-1955): Romanian Rhapsody in D, Op 11 No 2
Romanian National Radio Orchestra
André Cluytens (conductor)

5.38am
Perlea, Ionel (1900-1970): Lullaby
Remus Manoleanu (piano)

5.43am
Vieru, Anatol (1926-1998): Suite in the Olden Style
Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra
Ludovit Bacs (conductor)

5.57am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): French Suite No 2 in Cm for keyboard, BWV 813
Cristian Niculescu (piano)

6.11am
Constantinescu, Paul (1909-1963): Free Variations on Byzantium Theme
Catalin Ilea (cello)
Romanian National Radio Orchestra
Carol Litvin (conductor)

6.23am
Enescu, George (1881-1955): Sonata Torso
Clara Cernat (violin)
Thierry Huillet (piano)

6.38am
Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 49 in Fm (La Passione)
Bucharest Virtuosi
Horia Andreescu (conductor)