Wednesday 6th December 2006

07:00

Morning on 3

6 December 2006

With Penny Gore.

Including at 7.00am
Lyadov: The Enchanted Lake
London Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)

Bach: Ricercare a 6 from Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Ensemble Sonnerie

8.30am
Bizet: L' Arlesienne Suite No 2
Ulster Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

Chopin: Fantasy in F minor, Op 49
Maurizio Pollini (piano)

Sibelius: The Oceanides, Op 73
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänska (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

6 December 2006

With Jonathan Swain.

10.00am
Delius: Mass of Life (Part I, opening chorus)
Heather Harper (soprano)
Helen Watts (contralto)
Robert Tear (tenor)
Benjamin Luxom (baritone)
London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Charles Groves (conductor)
EMI CMS 764218-2 (2-CD set)

10.07am
Ravel: 3 poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
Janet Baker (mezzo)
Melos Ensemble
Bernard Keeffe (director)
DECCA 425 948-2

10.20am
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in A flat, Op 110
Maurizio Pollini
DG 449 740-2 (2-CD set)

10.39am
Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes
Melos Ensemble
EMI CZS 572646-2 (2-CD set)

10.51am
Delius: Mass of Life (Part 2)
Heather Harper (soprano)
Helen Watts (contralto)
Robert Tear (tenor)
Benjamin Luxom (baritone)
London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Charles Groves (conductor)
EMI CMS 764218-2 (2-CD set)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Part Three

Donald Macleod is joined again by John Bridcut to discuss how Britten's relationships with adolescent boys influenced the music he wrote, including his absorbing version of Henry James's darkly mysterious short story The Turn of the Screw.

Albert Herring (Act II excerpts)
Yvette Bonner (Emmie)
Témimé Bowling (Cis)
Matthew Long (Harry)
Northern Sinfonia
Steuart Bedford (conductor)

Five Flower Songs, Op 47
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)

Billy Budd (Act 1 Scene 3)
Peter Glossop (Billy)
David Bowman (Donald)
Gregory Dempsey (Red Whiskers)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Britten (conductor)

Choral Dances (Gloriana)
Finzi Singers
Paul Spicer (director)

The Turn of the Screw (Scene 8, at night)
Julian Leang (Miles)
Ian Bostridge (Quint)
Vivian Tierney (Miss Jessel)
Caroline Wise (Flora)
Jane Henschel (Mrs Grose)
Joan Rodgers (Governess)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Haydn

Recital from Glasgow University

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces a series of recitals from Glasgow University Concert Hall.

Sonnerie: Monica Huggett and Emilia Benjamin (violins), Ania Ullmann (viola), Richard Lester (cello) and Matthew Halls (fortepiano).

Janos Bihari: Verbunkos
Traditional: Dance from Galanta (Ungarische Tanze)
Antal Gyorgy Csermak: Con Verbunk (Hat magyar tanc)
Jozsef Kossovits: Lassu Magyar (Hungarian Slow Dance)
Anon: Frissen
Haydn: Piano Trio in G, H XV 25
Janos Bihari: Magyar Tanc avagy Verbunkos
Mark Rozsavolgyi: Verbunk
Ferdinand Kauer: Allegro (12 uj magyar tanc)
Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op 54 No 2 (2nd mvt)
Hummel: Hungarian Dances, Op 23
Gabor Matray: Racoczi's Lament
Attr. Haydn: Two Zingarese (attr. Franz Josef Haydn)
Joseph Bengraf: Ballet Hongrois (Trois Divertissemens); Igen frissen (Presto)

14:00

Afternoon Performance

British Symphony Series: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Martin Handley introduces the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Creative Work: Fanfare for Cloud Gate
Alexander Rumpf (conductor)

Ravel: Pavane pour une enfant defunte
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
Donald Runnicles (conductor)

Param Vir: Cradled between Earth and Sky
Alexander Rumpf (conductor)

Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No 2
Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Andrew Davis (conductor)

Stravinsky: Symphony in 3 movements
Andrew Davis (conductor)

16:00

Choral Evensong

From Newcastle Cathedral

Live from Newcastle Cathedral.

Introit: We wait for thy loving kindness (McKie)
Responses: Rose
Office Hymn: Creator of the stars of night (Conditor alme)
Psalms: 76, 77 (Hurford, Stanford)
First Lesson: Isaiah 61
Canticles: Wood in D
Second Lesson: Mark 10, vv13-16
Anthems: Thou wilt keep him (SS Wesley)
Apolytikion of Our Holy Father Nicholas (Tavener)
Final Hymn: Our patron is St Nicholas (Thaxted)
Te Deum in B flat (Stanford)
Organ Voluntary: Fanfare (Whitlock)

Master of the music: Scott Farrell
Assistant organist: Michael Dutton

17:00

In Tune

6 December 2006

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.

Guests are:

Young Korean soprano Hyunah Yu, who has just released her EMI debut disc.

Conductor Roberto Abbado, who is conducting the Chamber Orchestra of Europe at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann and bass Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, who are featuring in the Royal Opera House production of Carmen under the baton of Antonio Pappano.

19:30

Performance on 3

Benjamin Britten - In Memoriam

Complete performance

Petroc Trelawny presents a concert from Wigmore Hall's Britten Weekend.

Lisa Milne (soprano)
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo)
Philip Langridge (tenor)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Graham Johnson (piano)

Britten:
On this island
Songs and Proverbs of William Blake
Who are these Children?
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne
A charm of lullabies

21:30

Night Waves

Is Liverpool an English City?

More highlights from Radio 3's Free Thinking festival, including the debate: Is Liverpool an English City?

22:15

Late Junction

6 December 2006

Fiona Talkington introduces a Latino-inspired mix, with music from Argentinian bandoneon player Dino Saluzzi. Cello octet Conjunto Iberico play Philip Glass and Anga Diaz pays homage to John Coltrane. The programme ends with a musical snowstorm, Gil Evans's La Nevada.

00:00

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)

01:00

Through the Night

6 December 2006

6 December 2006

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Bine Bryndorf at Gullestrup Church, Jutland
Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637-1707): Prelude in D, BuxWV139; Prelude in Dm, BuxWV140

1.13am
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992): Les corps glorieux (excerpts)

1.20am
Couperin, François (1668-1733): Messe des couvents (excerpt)

1.23am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'

1.30am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) : Andante in F, K616

1.36am
Holmboe, Vagn (1909-1996): Contrastic
Bine Bryndorf (organ)

1.55am
Constantinescu, Paul (1909-1963): Free Variations on a Byzantine Theme
Catalin Ilea (cello)
Romanian National Radio Orchestra
Carol Litvin (conductor)

2.07am
La Rue, Pierre de (c.1460-1518): Missa Sancto Job
Orlando Consort

2.42am
Fasch, Johann Friedrich (1688-1758): Overture à due chori in B flat
Cappella Coloniensis
Hans-Martin Linde (conductor)

3.07am
Bartok, Bela (1881-1945): The Wooden Prince
Orchestre National de France
Hans Graf (conductor)

4.01am
Gilse, Jan van (1881-1944): Trio for flute, violin and viola
Viotta Ensemble

4.15am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Trio No 3 for violin, oboe and continuo (Essercizii Musici)
Camerata Köln

4.26am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto da camera in F, RV99
Camerata Köln

4.34am
Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924) : All' Italia (Seven Elegies)
Valerie Tryon (piano)

4.42am
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857): Ivan Susanin - overture
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

4.52am
Henderson, Ruth Watson (b. 1932): Magnificat
Kimberley Briggs (soprano)
Elmer Iseler Singers
Matthew Larkin (organ)
Lydia Adams (conductor)

5.00am
Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich (1865-1936): Rêverie
Mindaugas Gecevicius (horn)
Ala Bendoraitiene (piano)

5.12am
Diepenbrock, Alphons (1862-1921): Mandoline
Roberta Alexander (soprano)
Rudolf Jansen (piano)

Diepenbrock: Berceuse
Jard van Nes (mezzo)
Daniel Esser (cello)
Rudolf Jansen (piano)

Diepenbrock: Maanlicht
Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Rudolf Jansen (piano)

Diepenbrock: Recueillement
Robert Holl (baritone)
Rudolf Jansen (piano)

5.28am
Fritz, Gaspard (1716-1783): Sonata, Op 2 No 4
Sibylle Tschopp (violin)
Isabel Tschopp (piano)

5.41am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Il Pastor Fido - ballet music
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

5.52am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Pavane in Gm, Z752; Chaconne in Gm, Z730
London Baroque

6.00am
Giliardi, Arnolfo (15th century): Le souvenir
Morton, Robert (c.1430-c.1475): Le souvenir de vous
Ferrara Ensemble

6.06am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto in G, RV 151 (Alla rustica)
I Cameristi Italiani

6.10am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): String Quartet in F
Vertavo Quartet

6.27am
Norman, Ludvig (1831-1885): Tonbilder im Zusammenhange, Op 6
Tobias Ringborg (violin)
Anders Kilstrom (piano)

6.45am
Sisask, Urmas (b. 1960): Laudate Dominum; Oremus; Deo gratias (Gloria Patri)
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)