Tuesday 2nd January 2007

07:00

Morning on 3

2 January 2007

With Penny Gore.

Including at 7.00am
Saint-Saens: Le rouet d'Omphale
French National Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

Haydn: Piano Trio in G, H XV 25 (Gypsy Rondo)
Trio Fontenay

Albeniz: Triana (Iberia)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)

8.30am
Foulds: Three Gaelic Melodies (Music Pictures, Group 6)
Kathryn Stott (piano)

Boyce: Symphony No 1 in B flat
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (conductor)

Walton: Facade Suites (exc)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

2 January 2007

Jonathan Swain and Rob Cowan present a week of programmes to celebrate the New Year.

Including at 10.00am
Beethoven: Overture (The Creatures of Prometheus, Op 43)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Eugen Jochum (conductor)
DG 474 018 2 (5-CD set)

10.06am
Scarlatti: Sonatas: in F, L116; in B flat, L497; in C sharp m, L256; in G, L487
Nikolai Petrov (piano)
MELODIYA CD 10 00964

10.28am
Delibes: Air des clochettes (Lakme)
Anna Moffo (soprano)
Rome Opera Orchestra
Tullio Serafin (conductor)
RCA 82876 67905 2

10.38am
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 1 in D
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
Berlin Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 7614 (2-CD set)

11.00am
Mendelssohn: Fantasia in F sharp m, Op 28
Shura Cherkassky (piano)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4185 2

11.14am
Beethoven: Leonora Overture No 1
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini (conductor)
BIDDULPH WHL 008-9 (2-CD set)

11.24am
Enesco: Konzertstuck
Yuri Bashmet (viola)
Mikhail Muntian (piano)
RCA RD60112

11.36am
Monteverdi: Per monti e per valli (Ballo: Tirsi e Clori)
Soloists
Members of English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard (conductor)
PHILIPS 426 243 2 (8-CD set)

11.50am
Beethoven: Overture (The Ruins of Athens, Op 113)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
TELDEC 0630 13140 2

12:00

Composer of the Week

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Part One

Donald Macleod examines Vivaldi in his guise as priest and finds that though the composer may often have acted in a manner that was less than saintly, his sacred music leaves little cause for reproach.

Laudate Dominum, RV 606
King's Consort and Choir
Robert King (director)

Clarae Stellae, Scintillate, RV 625
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)

Concerto in F, RV 293 (Autumn)
Guiliano Carmignola (baroque violin)
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (harpsichord/director)

Gloria, RV 589
Deborah York, Patrizia Biccire (soprano)
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Akademia
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Andrew Manze, Richard Egarr

2 January 2007

Another chance to hear a recital given at the Wigmore Hall, London, by Andrew Manze (violin) and Richard Egarr (harpsichord).

Vivaldi: Sonata in Gm, RV 757 (Manchester)
Handel: Sonata in A, Op 1 No 3
Bach: Preludes and Fugues Nos 21, 24 (The Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Biber: Violin Sonata No 3

14:00

Afternoon Performance

BBC Philharmonic

Featuring the BBC Philharmonic, presented by Sarah Walker.

Maragopolus: Orient Express
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Berlioz: Harold in Italy
Philip Dukes (viola)
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts from the three suites)
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

16:00

Voices

Werner Gura and Christoph Berner

Iain Burnside introduces Werner Gura (tenor) and Christoph Berner (piano) in a recital of songs by Mozart, Schubert and Schumann.

17:00

At the Piano

Stephen Kovacevich

Petroc Trelawny examines the riches of the recorded piano repertoire in the company of a leading pianist.

2/5. Stephen Kovacevich, who came to England at the age of 18 to study with Dame Myra Hess, shares his enthusiasms for great pianists past and present.

18:30

New Generation Artists

2 January 2007

Verity Sharp presents more studio recordings by current members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artist scheme, bringing together the worlds of baroque music and jazz.

Handel: Sonata for flute and continuo, HWV367a
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Terence Charlston (harpsichord)
Charles Medlam (cello)

Telemann: Fantasy for solo flute
Sharon Bezaly (flute)

Bach: Sonata in A for flute and harpsichord, BWV1032 (compl. Charlston)
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Terence Charlston (harpsichord)
Charles Medlam (cello)

Jazz improvisations by Gwilym Simcock (piano)

19:30

BBC Proms 2006

Orchestre National de France

Another chance to hear a concert given by Orchestre National de France conducted by Kurt Masur as part of the BBC Proms 2006 season.

Henze: Five Messages for the Queen of Sheba
Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 in C (Leningrad)

21:30

Belief

Tom Shakespeare

Series in which Joan Bakewell talks to guests about their beliefs, influences that have shaped them and life's big questions. 7/10: Writer, performer and academic Tom Shakespeare.

22:00

BBC Proms 2006

Steve Reich

Another chance to hear the late-night concert from the BBC Proms 2006 season celebrating the seventieth birthday of Steve Reich, one of the founding fathers of American Minimalism.

Colin Currie (percussion)
Richard Benjafield (percussion)
Antoine Bedewi (percussion)
Joby Burgess (percussion)
Andrew Cottee (percussion/organ)
Owen Gunnell (percussion)
David Jackson (percussion)
Adrian Spillett (percussion)
Rowland Sutherland (piccolo)
Sam Walton (percussion)
Synergy Vocals

Clapping Music; Nagoya Marimbas; Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ; Drumming

00:00

Composer of the Week

Mozart's Vienna Contemporaries

Part Three

In 1786 Mozart is unwell for a time. His third child is born and dies. Wolfgang's work with Da Ponte on Figaro will bear fruit the following year and result in a further commission for Prague. But operas by other composers, especially a Spaniard and an Italian, will be even more successful.

Salieri: Prima la Musica e poi le Parole - Overture and Scene 1
Robert Holl (bass-baritone)
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Royal Concergebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

Dittersdorf: Doktor und Apotheker - Act 1 (excerpts)
Hans von Welz (bass)
Richard van Vrooman (tenor)
Alois Perl (tenor)
Camerata Academia Salzburg
Uli Weder (conductor)

Martin y Soler: Vo' dall' infami viscere (Una cosa rara)
Inaki Fresan (baritone)
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (conductor)

Martin y Soler: Dolce mi parve un di (Una Cosa rara)
Montserrat Figueras (soprano)
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (conductor)

Martin y Soler: Dammi la cara mano (Uno cosa rara)
Soloists
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (conductor)

Mozart: Ten Variations on Unser dummer Pöbel meint from Gluck's Die Pilger von Mecca, K455
Ingred Haebler (piano)

Martin y Soler: Sereno raggio (L'arbore di Diana)
Patrice Michaels (soprano)
Classical Arts Orchestra
Stephen Alltop (conductor)

Gazzaniga: Death of the Commendatore (Don Giovanni Tenorio)
Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass)
Douglas Johnson (tenor)
Elzbieta Szyytka (soprano)
Johann Tilli (bass)
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Bruno Weil (conductor)

01:00

Through the Night

2 January 2007

2 January 2007

With John Shea.

1.00am

La Venexiana perform Monteverdi at Quirinale Palace

Monteverdi: Sinfonia (Tempro la Cetra); E pur io torno (L'Incoronazione di Poppea); Sinfonia (Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria); Lamento d'Arianna; Sinfonia a cinque del Signore Monteverdi; Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
Clorinda ...... Emanuela Galli (soprano)
Ottone ...... Claudio Cavina (contralto)
Tancredi ...... Vincenzo Di Donato (tenor)
Testo ...... Giovanni Caccamo (tenor)
La Venexiana
Claudio Cavina (conductor)

1.53am
Bacewicz: Symphony No 3
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jan Krenz (conductor)

2.25am
Boildieu: Harp Concerto in C
Xavier de Maistre (harp)

2.47am
Stenhammar: 4 Stockholm Poems, Op 38
Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (baritone)
Stefan Nilsson (piano)

2.58am
Aulin: String Quartet in F
Tale String Quartet

3.25am
Andriessen: Miroir de Peine
Roberta Alexander (soprano)
The Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
David Porcelijn (conductor)

3.39am
Mozart: Symphony No 38 in D (Prague)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

4.07am
Suk: Elegie, Op 33
Suk Trio

4.13am
Satie: Jack-in-the-box pantomime
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

4.19am
JM Bach: Liebster Jesu, hor mein Flehen
Maria Zedelius (soprano)
David Cordier (alto)
Paul Elliott and Hein Meens (tenors)
Michael Schopper (bass)
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (director)

4.27am
Corelli: Sonata da Chiesa in Em, Op 1 No 2
London Baroque

4.32am
Paganini: Perpetuum Mobile, Op 11 No 2
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Nello Santi (conductor)

4.41am
Handel: Dica il falso, dica il vero (Alessandro)
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze (conductor)

4.47am
Dvorak: Scherzo Capriccio, Op 66
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

5.00am
Berwald: Septet in B flat
Kristian Moller (clarinet)
Frederik Ekdahl (bassoon)
Ayman Al Fakir (horn)
Roger Olsson (violin)
Linn Lowengren-Elkvull (viola)
Hanna Thorell (cello)
Mattias Karlsson (double-bass)

5.21am
Brahms: Minnelied; Und gehst du uber den Kirchhof, Op 44
Madchenchor Hannover
Gudrun Schrofel (conductor)

5.28am
Saint-Saens: Allegro appassionato in C sharp m, Op 70
Stefan Lindgren (piano)

5.35am
Rozycki: Symphonic Poem, Mona Lisa Gioconda, Op 31
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Wojciech Czepiel (conductor)

5.46am
Kaski: Prelude
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Okko Kamu

5.50am
Liszt: Sonetto 123 di Petrarca, S158 No 3
Janina Fialkowska (piano)

5.58am
Marenzio: Solo e pensoso
Ensemble Daedalus
Roberto Festa (director)

6.03am
Vivaldi: Sonata a quattro in C for two oboes, bassoon and continuo
Ensemble Zefiro

6.15am
Morales: Andreas Christi famulus
Studio de musique ancienne de Montreal
Christopher Jackson (conductor)

6.22am
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Op 45
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrej Boreyko (conductor)

6.37am
Chopin: Nocturne in F, Op 15 No 1
Tanel Joamets (piano)

6.43am
Strauss: Horn Concerto No 1 in E flat, Op 11
Bostjan Lipovsek (horn)
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
David De Villiers (conductor)