Monday 29th January 2007

07:00

Morning on 3

29 January 2007

Presented by Sandy Burnett.

Including at 7.00am

Haydn: Piano Trio in F, HobXV.40
Beaux Arts Trio

Vivaldi: O qui coeli terraeque serenitas
Susan Gritton (soprano)
The King's Consort
Robert King (director)

Copland: El Salon Mexico
Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra
Enrique Batiz (conductor)

8.30am

Mozart: The Impresario (overture)
Vienna Concentus Musicus
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

Schubert: Impromptu in A flat, D899 No 4
Maria Joao Pires (piano)

Walton: Henry V (suite)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Carl Davis (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

29 January 2007

With Rob Cowan.

Featuring Violin Sonatas by Grieg and Faure and recordings by Alexander Kipnis.

10.00am
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Act I, excerpt)
Alexander Kipnis (bass)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Erich Orthmann (conductor)
PREISER 89019

10.05am
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel (overture)
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini (conductor)
RCA GD 60310

10.15am
Brahms: O wusst'ich doch den Weg zuruck, Op 63 No 8: Ein Sonett, Op 14 No 4; Sonntag, Op 47 No 3; Standchen, Op 106 No 1; Vergebliches Standchen, Op 84 No 4
Alexander Kipnis (bass)
Gerald Moore (piano)
PREISER 89204 (2 CDs)

10.28am
Simpson: Symphony No 1
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)
EMI 575 789 2

10.56am
Grieg: Sonata in F, Op 8
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Robert Levin (piano)
EMI 5738192 (3 CDs)

11.17am
Gounod: Symphony No 1
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
LONDON 430 231-2

11.45am
Wagner: Parsifal (Act III excerpt)
Alexander Kipnis (bass)
Fritz Wolff (tenor)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Siegfried Wagner (conductor)
PREISER 89166

12:00

Composer of the Week

Alban Berg (1885-1935)

Sound Secrets: A Tangled Web

Berg's richly expressive music left a hidden legacy. Concealed among the notes of his pieces were revelations about his private life, waiting to be discovered. Donald Macleod picks up the trail during the composer's troublesome teens.

Seele, wie bist du schöner (Soul, how much lovelier you are)
(From Five Orchestral Songs to Picture-Postcard Texts by Peter Altenberg)
Jessye Norman (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor)

Jugendlieder (Youthful songs, 1901-8) Nos 1, 2
Jessye Norman (soprano)
Ann Schein (piano)

Four Pieces for clarinet and piano, Op 5 (1913)
David Peck (clarinet)
Scott Holshouser (piano)

7 Early songs for voice and piano
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

From Wigmore Hall

Schubert songs

Live from the Wigmore Hall, presented by Stephanie Hughes.

Susan Gritton (soprano)
Ann Murray (mezzo)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Graham Johnson (piano)

Joseph Haydn: Der Greis
Johann Friedrich Reichardt: Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
Johann Friedrich Reichardt: Rastlose Liebe
Johann Friedrich Reichardt: Erlkönig
Antonio Salieri: Ich denke dein
Carl Zelter: Erster Verlust
Carl Zelter: Um Mitternacht
Carl Zelter: Rastlose Liebe
Vaclav Tomasek: Meeres Stille
Ludwig van Beethoven: Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel
Ludwig van Beethoven: Der Wachtelschlag
Franz Schubert: Der Wachtelschlag D. 742
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Abendempfindung, K523
Franz Schubert: Der Lindenbaum (Winterreise)
Franz Schubert: Des Tages Weihe, D763
Franz Schubert: Der Tanz, D826

14:00

Afternoon Performance

British Symphony Series: Robert Simpson

With John Shea.

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No 3
BBC Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons (conductor)

Bach: Singet dem Herr nein neues Lied
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

Mozart: Die Zauberflote (overture)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Bach: Jesu, meine Freude
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

Simpson: Symphony No 2
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)

16:00

Stage and Screen

Gone But Not Forgotten

Edward Seckerson revisits a clutch of old favourites which deserve revival but are actually in danger of Broadway oblivion.

Including A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, the quirky The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Lucy Simon's version of A Secret Garden and Cy Coleman/Comden and Green's railway musical On the Twentieth Century.

17:00

In Tune

29 January 2007

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

19:30

Performance on 3

John Ogdon 70th Anniversary

Concert One

Sarah Walker presents a series commemorating the 70th anniversary of the birth of one of the great pianists of the twentieth century.

The programme includes contributions and memories from his widow Brenda Lucas and friends and colleagues, including Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor)

Busoni: Elegies

Dutilleux: Sonata

Chopin: Studies

21:30

Night Waves

Rachel Seiffert's Afterwards

Philip Dodd explores Afterwards, the new novel by Rachel Seiffert, author of the Booker-nominated The Dark Room. Her latest work explores the consequences of two killings in two apparently unrelated places.

22:15

Late Junction

29 January 2007

Robert Sandall explores the music of the American musician and producer Jim O'Rourke. The programme also features pieces by Joanna Newsom, Sonic Youth, Loose Fur and Fennesz.

00:00

Composer of the Week

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Part Two

Donald Macleod continues his exploration of Beethoven's meteoric career as a virtuoso pianist-composer and discusses his life-long admiration for the work of Goethe.

Aus Goethes Faust (Mephistos Flohlied), Op 75 No 3; Neue Liebe, neues Leben, Op 75 No 2
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Jorg Demus (piano)

Sonata in E flat, Op 12 No 3 (first movement)
Martha Argerich (piano)
Gidon Kremer (violin)

Piano Concerto No 1
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kurt Sanderling (conductor)

01:00

Through the Night

29 January 2007

29 January 2007

With John Shea.

1.00am
The 2002 Stenungsung Chamber Music Festival
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Piano Trio in E flat, K498 (Kegelstadt)
1.20am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Clarinet Sonata in Fm, Op 120
1.41am
Hillborg, Anders (b.1954): Clarinet Concerto
1.50am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Märchenerzählungen
2.06am
Bruch, Max (1838-1920): 8 Pieces, Op 83 (excerpts)
Steven Osborne (piano)
Martin Frost (clarinet)
Daniel Raiskin (viola)

2.25am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Symphony No 7
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor)

3.06am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Piano Concerto No 2
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta (conductor)

3.36am
Pettersson, (Gustav) Allan (1911-1980): Two Elegies; Romanza
Isabelle van Keulen (violin)
Enrico Pace (piano)

3.42am
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937): String Quartet No 1
Silesian Quartet

4.00am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Prelude and Fugue in Cm
Ian Sadler (organ)

4.09am
Finzi, Gerald (1901-1956): White-flowering Days
Weelkes, Thomas (1576-1623): When David Heard
BBC Singers
Bo Holten (conductor)

4.18am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Toccata in A; The Plaint
Pedro Memelsdorff (recorder)
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

4.31am
Jardanyi, Pal (1920-1966): Fantasy and Variations on a Hungarian Folksong
Wind Quintet of the Hungarian Radio Orchestra

4.45am
Ligeti, Gyorgy (1923-2006): Three Nonsense Madrigals
The King's Singers

4.53am
Willaert, Adrian (c.1490-1562): A la fontaine du prez
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet

5.00am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Intermezzo in A, Op 118 No 2
Jane Coop (piano)

5.06am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Flute Quartet in A, K298
Dae-Won Kim (flute)
Yong-Woo Chun (violin)
Myung-Hee Cho (viola)
Jink-Yung Chee (cello)

5.19am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Symphony in E flat, Wq179
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

5.32am
Corrette, Gaspard (1670/71-c.1730): Mass on the 8th tone
Nicholas Danby (organ)

5.41am
Rodney Bennett, Richard (b. 1936): Aubade
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

5.53am
Bach, Johann Christoph (1642-1703): Fürchte dich nicht
Cantus Cölln

5.58am
Tournier, Marcel (1879-1951): Images, Op 35
Erica Goodman (harp)
Members of the Amadeus Ensemble

6.09am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 103 (Drum Roll)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta (conductor)

6.38am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Prelude and Fugue in Em, Op 35 No 1
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

6.47am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Fischerweise
Edith Wiens (soprano)
Rudolf Jansen (piano)

6.51am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Violin Concerto in D, RV230
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi (director)