Tuesday 26th December 2006

07:00

Morning on 3

26 December 2006

Presented by Sandy Burnett.

Including at 7.00am
Suppe: Overture (Pique Dame)
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)

Ravel: Sonatine
Cecile Ousset (piano)

Smetana: From Bohemia's Woods and Fields (Ma vlast)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik (conductor)

8.30am
Bach: Violin Concerto in Am, BWV 1041
Andrew Manze (violin)
Academy of Ancient Music

Beethoven/Liszt: Scherzo (Symphony No 3)
Cyprien Katsaris (piano)

Handel: Solitudini amate (Alessandro)
Sophie Boulin (soprano)
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

26 December 2006

Jonathan Swain introduces a 2006 retrospective of great Mozart recordings.

10.00am
Piano Concerto No 19
Clara Haskil (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)
DG 477 5808 (2 CDs)

10.31am
Overture (Die Zauberflote)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Talich (conductor)
MULTISONIC 31 0151-2

10.39am
Die Zauberflote (Act 2, excerpt)
Pamina ...... Irmgard Seefried (soprano)
Queen of the Night ...... Wilma Lipp (soprano)
Sarastro ...... Ludwig Weber (bass)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI 7243 5 67071 2 (2 CDs)

10.54am
Sonata in E flat, K380
Szymon Goldberg (violin)
Lili Kraus (piano)
MUSIC & ARTS CD-665 (3 CDs)

11.16am
Piano Concerto No 22 (Andante)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Edwin Fischer (piano/director)
EMI CDH 5 66085 2

11.29am
String Quartet in E flat, K4
Hagen Quartet
DG 471 024-2 (3 CDs)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Mozart's Vienna Contemporaries

Part Two

In 1784, Mozart begins a thematic catalogue to keep track of his compositions, which this year include six keyboard concertos. A year later, Leopold Mozart arrives for an extended visit, listens to his son perform in public and observes the predominance of Italian opera at the Burg-Theater. Wolfgang writes several insertion pieces for other operas which are played there.

Paisiello: Overture (Il Re Teodoro in Venezia)
Swiss Italian Orchestra
Enrique Mazzola (conductor)

Salieri: Amor, Pietoso Amore (Il Ricco d'un giorno)
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Adam Fischer (conductor)

Sarti: Come un agnello (Fra I due litiganti il terzo gode)
Roberto Scaltriti (baritone)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (conductor)

Mozart (attrib.): Eight Variations in A on Come un agnello from Sarti's I due Litiganti, K460
Walter Klien (piano)

Righini: Per pieta, deh, ricercate (L'incontro inaspettato)
Patrice Michaels (soprano)
Classical Arts Orchestra
Stephen Alltop (conductor)

Salieri: Overture (La grotta di Trofonio)
Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michael Dittrich (conductor)

Salieri: La ra la, che filosofo buffon! (La grotta di Trofonio)
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Adam Fischer (conductor)

Mozart: Two insertion ensembles for Francesco Bianchi's La vilannella rapita
Dite almeno in che mancai, K479
Julie Kaufmann (soprano)
Hans-Peter Blochwitz (tenor)
Anton Scharinger and René Pape (basses)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Jorg-Peter Weigle (conductor)

Mandina amabile, questo donaro, K480
Eva Lind (soprano)
Hans-Peter Blochwitz (tenor)
Anton Scharinger (bass)
Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Jorg-Peter Weigle (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

ECHO rising stars 2006

Programme 1

Fiona Talkington presents a series of concerts recorded in LSO St Luke's, featuring ECHO rising stars, 2006 - outstanding young musicians selected by concert hall directors in Europe and America.

Efe Baltacigil (cello)
Anna Polonsky (piano)

Bach: Sonata in G, BWV 1027
Adnan Ahmet-Saygun: Cello Sonata
Franck: Sonata in A

14:00

Making Tracks

Christmas Show

CBBC's Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson present a feast of Christmas music recorded in Cardiff and Glasgow.

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform excerpts from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker and Vivaldi's Four Seasons as well as Johann Strauss II's Thunder and Lightning Polka, Rimsky-Korsakov's Dance of the Tumblers and music from Dr Who.

Also featured is a recording of Hely-Hutchinson's Carol Symphony with Takuo Yuasa conducting the Ulster Orchestra.

16:00

Voices

Extremes

Iain Burnside introduces a selection of songs involving extremes of vocal range, technique, virtuosity and incompetence.

Including a 3,400-year-old Hurrian hymn and songs by Peter Maxwell Davies, Jules Massenet and Napalm Death.

17:00

Bach at Christmas

Programme 2

John Eliot Gardiner introduces his own recordings of Bach's choral music for Christmas with the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists.

Dazu ist erscheinen der Sohn Gotes, BWV 40
Robin Tyson (alto)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)

Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 121
Katharine Fuge (soprano)
Robin Tyson (alto)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)

Selig ist der Mann, BWV 57
Joanne Lunn (soprano)
Peter Harvey (bass)

Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend (Christmas Oratorio, Part 2)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Evangelist)
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo)
Hans-Peter Blochwitz (tenor)
Olaf Bar (bass)

18:30

New Generation Artists

26 December 2006

Verity Sharp presents recordings featuring Radio 3's New Generation Artists.

The programme includes:

Faure: String Quartet in Em, Op 121
Ebene Quartet
(Lake District Summer Music)

Liszt: Rapsodie Espagnole
Martin Helmchen (piano)

Glinka: Trio Pathetique
Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe)
Boris Andrianov (cello)
Katya Apekisheva (piano)

19:30

Opera On 3

Bizet's Carmen

Act One

Andrew McGregor presents a performance of Francesca Zambello's new Royal Opera production of Bizet's Carmen.

Carmen ...... Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano)
Don Jose ...... Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Escamillo ...... Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (bass-baritone)
Micaela ...... Norah Amsellem (soprano)
Lieutenant Zuniga ...... Matthew Rose (bass)
Corporal Morales ...... Jacques Imbrailo (baritone)
Frasquita ...... Elena Xanthoudakis (soprano)
Mercedes ...... Viktoria Vizin (mezzo)
Smugglers ...... Jean Sebastien Bou (baritone), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor)
Royal Opera Chorus
Renato Balsadonna (chorus director)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Peter Manning (concert master)
Antonio Pappano (conductor)

22:45

Belief

Charles Jencks

Series in which Joan Bakewell talks to guests about their beliefs, the influences that have shaped them and their ideas about life's big questions.

This edition features designer and architectural commentator Charles Jencks.

23:15

BBC Proms 2006

Schiff plays Mozart

Two pieces by internationally feted pianist Andras Schiff given as part of a Mozart recital during the BBC Proms 2006 season. Rondo in A minor, K511; Sonata in A, K331.

00:00

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)

01:00

Through the Night

26 December 2006

26 December 2006

With John Shea.

1.00am
Grieg and Sibelius Anniversary
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): 2 Elegiac Melodies, Op 34
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)
1.10am
Piano Concerto in Am
Lars Vogt (piano)
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)
1.41am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Symphony No 4
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

2.16am
Spohr, Louis (1784-1859): Nonet in F, Op 31
Budapest Chamber Ensemble
Andras Mihaly (conductor)

2.46am
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Missa Osculetur me
Royal Academy of Music Chamber Choir
Patrick Russill (conductor)

3.10am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Sonata in A, D574
Janine Jansen (violin)
Kathryn Stott (piano)

3.32am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Sonata in A for two flutes, two clarinets, two french horns and bassoon
Bratislavska Komorna Harmonia

3.53am
Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 49 (La Passione)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)

4.09am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Sonata in Em, Op 90
Xaver Scharwenka (piano)

4.22am
Gorecki, Henryk Mikolaj (b. 1933): Totus tuus
Jutland Chamber Choir
Mogens Dahl (director)

4.32am
Jacob, Gordon (1895-1984): 5 Pieces for harmonica and strings
Gianluca Littera
I Cameristi Italiani

4.46am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Saro qual vento, che nell incendio spira (Alessandro)
René Jacobs (countertenor)
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (director)

4.50am
Franck, Cesar (1822-1890): Prelude, Fugue and Variation in Bm, Op 18
Pierre Pincemaille (organ)

5.00am
Quinault, Jean-Baptiste (1687-1745): Le Nouveau Monde Overture
L'Ensemble Arion

5.08am
Tallis, Thomas (c.1505-1585): Suscipe, quaeso Domine
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

5.17am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

5.32am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) : Horn Concerto No 2
James Sommerville
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

5.46am
Couperin, Francois (1668-1733): La françoise
Ricercar Consort
Henri Ledroit (conductor)

5.53am
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869): Overture (Beatrice and Benedict)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Neville Marriner (conductor)

6.02am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Sonata in Fm, Op 120 No 1
Martin Frost (clarinet)
Thomas Larcher (piano)

6.23am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Ombre pallide (Alcina)
Elisabeth Scholl (soprano)
Orchestra Barocca Modo Antiquo
Federico Maria Sardelli (conductor)

6.29am
Lithander, Carl Ludwig (1773-1843): Piano Sonata in C, Op 8 No 1 (Sonate facile)
Juhani Lagerspetz (piano)

6.41am
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz (1644-1704): Sonata in Cm
Salzburger Hofmusik
Wolfgang Brunner (director)

6.53am
Khachaturian, Aram (1903-1978): Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
David Measham (conductor)