Wednesday 20th December 2006

07:00

Morning on 3

20 December 2006

Presented by Sandy Burnett.

Including at 7.00am
Khachaturian: Waltz (Masqerade)
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi (conductor)

Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise brillante, Op 3
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Martha Argerich (piano)

Praetorius: In dulci jubilo
Taverner Consort, Choir and Players

8.30am
Machaut: Dame, je sui cilz/Fins cuers doulz
Gothic Voices
Christopher Page (director)

Prokofiev: Troika (Lieutenant Kijé)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Schubert: Sonatina in D, D384
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
Robert Veyron-Lacroix (piano)

10:00

CD Masters

20 December 2006

With Jonathan Swain.

10.00am
Bowen: Preludes, Op 102 Nos 1, 2, 15, 16, 10
York Bowen (piano)
LYRITA RCS 17 (LP)

10.10am
Haydn: Symphony No 44 (Trauer)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Hermann Scherchen (conductor)
DG 471 256-2

10.35am
Beethoven: String Quartet in Am, Op 132
Budapest Quartet
UNITED ARCHIVES UAR 001.8

11.20am
Granados: Canciones Amatorias
Montserrat Caballé (soprano)
Chamber Orchestra
Rafael Ferrer (conductor)
RCA 82876 511882

11.42am
Liszt: Hunnenschlacht
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Hermann Scherchen (conductor)
WESTMINSTER 471 237-2

12:00

Composer of the Week

Handel in London: 5 Musical Walks

Part Three

Donald Macleod and Lewis Foreman explore some fascinating sites along The Strand where Handel conducted his musical business, from visits to publishers to private performances in an enthusiast's attic and a local tavern. The final stop is the museum of the Foundling Hospital, London's first home for abandoned children and Handel's favourite charity.

Virtue, truth and innocence (Esther)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)

Concerto grosso in Gm, Op 6 No 6
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)

Sonata in A, Op 1 No 3
Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin)
Richard Tunnicliffe (cello)
Paul Nicholson (harpsichord)

Anthem for the Foundling Hospital (excerpt)
Judith Nelson and Emma Kirkby (sopranos)
Shirley Minto (contralto)
James Bowman (countertenor)
Martyn Hill (tenor)
David Thomas (bass)
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Academy of Ancient Music
Simon Preston (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

BBC New Generation Artists in Manchester

Andrew Kennedy

Verity Sharp introduces a series recorded at the Bridgewater Hall.

Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Huw Watkins (piano)

Mozart: Sonata in F, K376
Beethoven: Sonata in G, Op 30 No 3
Prokofiev: Sonata in D, Op 94b
Schumann: Quartet in Am, Op 41 No 1

14:00

Afternoon Performance

Bridge Cycle - Part 2

Petroc Trelawny presents the BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales.

Bridge: Blow out, you bugles
Philip Langridge (tenor)
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Bridge: Oration (Concerto Elegiaco)
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Lesley Hatfield (conductor)

Bridge: Rebus
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Bridge: Todessehnsucht
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 3 (Pastoral)
Camilla Roberts (soprano)
James Judd (conductor)

Bridge: Lament
Richard Hickox (conductor)

16:00

Choral Evensong

Live from Southwell Minster

Live from Southwell Minster.

Introit: Kindle a light (Michael Fleming) (first broadcast)
Responses: Clucas
Office Hymn: Hark! a herald voice is calling (Merton)
Psalm: 104 (Hale, Turle, Boyce)
First Lesson: Isaiah 39
Antiphon: O Clavis David (Chilcott) (first broadcast)
Canticles in F minor for double choir (Alan Gray)
Second Lesson: Matthew 17 vv14-21
Anthem: Vox dicentis: Clama (Naylor)
Final Hymn: Wake, O wake with tidings thrilling (Wachet auf)
Organ Voluntary: Overture to St Paul (Mendelssohn)
Rector Chori: Paul Hale
Assistant Organist: Simon Bell

17:00

In Tune

20 December 2006

Sean Rafferty's guests include rising star pianist Marco Fatichenti, Tallis Scholars Director Peter Phillips, and the young jazz talent of Tomorrow's Warriors.

19:30

Performance on 3

Christmas Choral Classics with Aled Jones

Praetorius, Britten, Honegger, Finzi

Christmas Choral Classics with Aled Jones.

Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo
Gabrieli Consort and Players
Paul McCreesh (conductor)

Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
Rachel Masters (harp)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

Honegger: Cantata de Noel
Gilles Cachemaille (baritone)
Susana Oliveira Teixeira (soprano)
Gulbenkian Orchestra and Choir
Michel Corboz (conductor)

Finzi: In Terra Pax

21:30

Night Waves

20 December 2006

The Chinese migration to the fast-growing cities of Beijing and Shanghai continues unabated. But what of the actual buildings created there? Philip Dodd and guests explore the dramatic new architecture that is changing the Chinese landscape forever, and the social and cultural price that is being paid.

22:15

Late Junction

20 December 2006

Verity Sharp presents the usual late night mix and takes a look back at some of her favourite releases of 2006.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Part Four

In the summer of 1907, tragedy struck when Mahler's daughter Maria died. Soon afterwards, Mahler discovered that he had a heart defect which would ultimately kill him. Donald Macleod introduces his setting of a series of poems on the death of children, written some years before the loss of his own child, and one of the biggest symphonic works ever conceived.

Kindertotenlieder
Janet Baker (mezzo)
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor)

Symphony No 8 (first movement)
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Singverein
Vienna Boys' Choir
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti (conductor)

01:00

Through the Night

20 December 2006

20 December 2006

With John Shea.

1.00am
Iryna Kalynovska in Kiev
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV 552
1.16am
Albinoni, Tomaso (1671-1751): Adagio in Gm
1.25am
Widor, Charles-Marie (1844-1937): Symphony No 5
Iryna Kalynovska (organ)

2.02am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Symphony No 5
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Tamas Vasary (conductor)

2.29am
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937): String Quartet No 2
Karol Szymanowski Quartet

2.46am
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896): Mass No 3 in Fm (Great)
Luba Orgonasova (soprano)
Nathalie Stutzmann (alto)
Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor)
Kurt Moll (bass)
Netherlands Radio Choir
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

3.48am
Novak, Vitezslav (1870-1949): Trio in Dm, Op 27 (quasi una ballata)
Suk Trio

4.05am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Silent Woods
Shauna Rolston (cello)
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer (conductor)

4.11am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Sonata in F, HWV 363a
Louise Pellerin (oboe)
Dom André Laberge (organ)

4.19am
Hasse, Johann Adolf (1699-1783): Son qual misera Colomba (Cleofide)
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Capella Coloniensis
William Christie (conductor)

4.25am
Striggio, Alessandro (c.1540-1592): Ecce beatam lucem
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

4.34am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Scherzo No 4 in E
Dubravka Tomsic (piano)

4.45am
Parac, Ivo (1890-1954): Andante amoroso
Zagreb Quartet

4.52am
Mussorgsky, Modest (1839-1881), orch. Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai (1844-1908): Dance of the Persian Slaves (Khovanshchina)
Slovenian RTV Symphony Orchestra
Samo Hubad (conductor)

5.00am
Rosenmüller, Johann (c.1619-1684): Beatus vir qui timet Dominum
Johanna Koslowsky (soprano)
David Cordier (countertenor)
Wilfried Jochens (tenor)
Stephan Schreckenberger (bass)
Carsten Lohff (organ)
Cantus Colln
Konrad Junghänel (director)

5.13am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Passacaglia and Fugue in Cm, BWV 582
Sergei Terentjev (piano)

5.29am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Trio in E flat, Op 1 No 1 (presto)
Beaux Arts Trio

5.35am
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924): Intermezzo (Manon Lescaut)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)

5.42am
Norman, Ludvig (1831-1885): 2 Charakterstücke, Op 1
Bengt-Ake Lundin (piano)

5.52am
Strauss, Johann II (1825-1899): Rosen aus dem Süden
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Roman Zeilinger (conductor)

6.01am
Mozart, Wolfgang-Amadeus (1756-1791): Rondo in D, K485
Jean Müller (piano)

6.08am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 - sinfonia
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Kjetil Haugsand (conductor)

6.14am
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931), arr. Dyrst: Christmas at Home
Fionian Chamber Choir
Alice Granum (director)

6.18am
Massenet, Jules (1842-1912): Devant la Madone
RAI National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

6.23am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) arr. Duczmal: Cello Concerto
Karolina Jaroszewska
Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra
Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)

6.47am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Concerto fragment in E flat, K370b
James Sommerville (horn)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)