Thursday 7th December 2006

07:00

Morning on 3

7 December 2006

With Penny Gore.

Including at 7.00am
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)

Schubert: String Trio in B flat, D471
L'Archibudelli

Handel: Concerto a due cori in F, HWV 333
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

8.30am
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in F sharp m, Op 78
Stephen Kovacevich

Bach: Toccata and Fugue in F, BWV 540
Kimberly Marshall (organ)

Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Richard Hosford
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

With Jonathan Swain

With Jonathan Swain.

10.00am
Delius, ed. Beecham: Appalachia
Daniel Washington (baritone)
Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
DECCA 443 171-2

10.39am
Janacek: Mladi
Melos Ensemble
EMI CDM 565304-2

10.57am
Rautavaara: Cantus Articus
Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
Max Pommer (conductor)
ONEDINE ODE 747-2

11.15am
Beethoven: Septet in E flat, Op 20
Melos Ensemble
EMI 350864-2 (2-CD set)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Part Four

Donald Macleod is joined by Mervyn Cooke, the author of the book Britten and the Far East. After the premiere of The Turn of the Screw in 1954, Britten felt that he had reached the end of a musical trajectory and that other paths beckoned. Two years later, a visit to Bali provided the stimulus in the form of the island's gamelan music.

Antiphon, Op 56b
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
Christopher Robinson (conductor)

The Prince of the Pagodas (excerpts)
London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen (conductor)

Noye's Fludde (excerpts)
The voice of God ...... Richard Pasco
Noye ...... Donald Maxwell
Sem ...... Alexander Gallifant
Ham ...... Timothy Lamb
Jaffett ...... Nicholas Berry
Mrs Sem ...... Catriona Johnson
Mrs Jaffett ...... Joanna Brown
Animals and Birds ...... Schools from Salisbury and Chester
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Missa Brevis in D, Op 63
Choir of Westminster Cathedral
James O'Donnell (organ)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts)
Starveling ...... Neal Davies
Flute ...... Ian Bostridge
Snug ...... Stephen Richardson
Bottom ...... Robert Lloyd
Theseus ...... Brian Bannatyne Scott
Fairies ...... David Newman, Claudia Conway, Sara Rey and Matthew Long
Puck ...... Carl Ferguson
Oberon ...... Brian Asawa
Tytania ...... Sylvia McNair
New London Children's Choir
Colin Davies (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Haydn

Recital from Glasgow University

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces a recital from St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh.

Catherine Bott (soprano)
David Owen Norris (piano)

Original Canzonettas, Book 2, H XXVIa 31-36
Piano Sonata in D, H XVI 37
Arianna a Naxos - cantata

14:00

Afternoon Performance

British Symphony Series: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Martin Handley introduces the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Jamie Sansbury (treble)
National Youth Choir of Scotland
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Britten: Simple Symphony
Paul Watkins (conductor)

Rubbra: Viola Concerto
Scott Dickinson (viola)
Edward Gardner (conductor)

Si-hyun Yi: Invisible Dance
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Stanley Bate: Symphony No 3
Edward Gardner (conductor)

16:00

Brian Kay's Light Programme

7 December 2006

Brian Kay plays a selection of light classics, including pieces by Adam Carse, Robert Farnon, Roger Roger and Archibald Joyce.

17:00

In Tune

7 December 2006

Sean Rafferty talks to directors and singers from the King's Head Theatre, Islington ahead of a new adaptation of Peter Pan, tenor Maxim Mironov and pianist Roger Vignoles ahead of their Rosenblatt recital at St John's Smith Square, London, and artistic director Diana Burrell gives a taster of the Spitlafields Winter Festival

19:30

Performance on 3

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

With Truls Mork (cello)

Verity Sharp presents a concert recorded at the Lighthouse, Poole.

Truls Mork (cello)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: Hamlet
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1
Beethoven: Symphony No 7

21:10

Chamber Concert

Sinfonia 21

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

Members of Sinfonia 21 perform Toru Takemitsu's Between Earth and Sea III.

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

21:30

Night Waves

Landmarks

Landmarks: Philip Dodd with another in the monthly series celebrating one of the great landmarks of culture.

22:00

The Wire

Soft Message

Soft Message: Drunken goths and other Radio 3 listeners are interviewed on their mobile phones.

22:30

Late Junction

7 December 2006

With Fiona Talkington. The programme includes English seasonal music from John Kirkpatrick, Will Todd and Waterson and Carthy, while Tippett's 5 spirituals from A Child of our Time are interspersed with American prison songs.

Plus a look back at some of the memorable sounds of 2006.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Henry Purcell (1659- 1695)

Music for the Theatre

Alongside his official duties at court and for Westminster Cathedral, Purcell enjoyed huge success as a freelance composer for the stage.

Ah! How happy are we
Timothy Penrose (countertenor)
James Griffett (tenor)
Jaroslav Tuma (harpsichord)
Petr Hejny (viola da gamba)

Man is for the woman made
Judith Nelson (soprano)
Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord)

Dioclesian - suite
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon (director)

The Fairy Queen (excerpts)
Lorna Anderson and Gillian Fisher (sopranos)
Michael Chance (alto)
Ian Partridge, Simon Berridge and Philip Daggett (tenors)
Michael George (bass)
The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra
Harry Christophers (director)

Fairest isle
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
Nigel North (archlute)

01:00

Through the Night

7 December 2006

7 December 2006

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform Elgar, Haydn and Dvorak
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934): Froissart Overture

1.15am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Cello Concerto No 2
Gautier Capucon (soloist)

1.40am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Symphony No 8
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

2.17am
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924): Dolly Suite
Erzsebet Tusa and Istvan Lantos (pianos)

2.31am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Quartet in B flat, K458 (The Hunt)
Orford String Quartet

3.00am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Magnificat in D, BWV 243
Antonella Balducci (soprano)
Ulrike Clausen (alto)
Frieder Lang (tenor)
Fulvio Bettini (baritone)
Chorus of Swiss-Italian Radio and Ensemble Vanitas, Lugano
Diego Fasolis (conductor)

3.27am
Dittersdorf, Carl von (1739-1799): Symphony No 3
La Stagione Frankfurt
Michael Schneider (director)

3.45am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): 25 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by GF Handel
Simon Trpceski (piano)

4.11am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Dall'ondoso periglio; Aure, deh, per pieta (Giulio Cesare in Egitto)
Graham Pushee (countertenor)
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer (director)

4.19am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Fantasia in Gm
Leo van Doeselaar (1643 Van Hagerbeer organ at the Pieterskerk in Leiden)

4.30am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Allegretto in Cm, D915
Halina Radvilaite (piano)

4.36am
Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887): Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Stuart Challender (conductor)

4.47am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Divertimento in D, K136
Slovak Chamber Orchestra
Bohdan Warchal (director)

5.00am
Marcello, Alessandro (1669-1747): Concerto in Dm
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet)
Colm Carey (organ)

5.09am
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Ad te levavi oculos meos
The King's Singers

5.15am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

5.25am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Ballade in Gm, Op 23
Valerie Tryon (piano)

5.35am
Bach, Johann Christian (1735-1782): Quintet in F, Op 11 No 3
Les Adieux

5.45am
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857): Valse-fantasie in Bm
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Robl (conductor)

5.53am
Bartok, Bela (1881-1945): Romanian Folk Dances, Sz68
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
James Clark (conductor)

6.00am
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): Quartet No 6
Vojtech Samec (flute)
Jozef Luptacik (clarinet)
Frantisek Machats (bassoon)
Josef Illes (horn)

6.11am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): String Symphony No 10
Risor Festival Strings

6.22am
Kuhlau, Friedrich (1786-1832) : Sonata in A, Op 52 No 3
Folmer Jensen (piano)

6.40am
Schumann, Clara (1819-1896): Abendfeier in Venedig, Vorwarts; Gondoliera
BBC Singers
Jason Lai (conductor)

6.46am
Maldere, Pieter van (1729-1768): Sinfonia in F
Academy of Ancient Music
Filip Bral (conductor)