Saturday 24th February 2007

07:00

Breakfast

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

7.00am

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro (overture)
Philharmonia Orchestra
David Parry (conductor)

Weber: Clarinet Concertino in E flat, Op 26
Martin Frost (clarinet)
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Jean-Jacques Kantorow (conductor)

8.00am

Bach: Marche dich, mein Herz, rein (St Matthew Passion)
Thomas Quasthoff (baritone)
Dresden Staatskapelle
Sebastian Weigle (conductor)

Gershwin: Cuban Overture
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler (conductor)

09:00

CD Review

24 February 2007

Andrew McGregor presents the weekly survey of new releases and recommended recordings.

9.30am
Building a Library: William Mival compares the available recordings of Beethoven's Archduke Piano Trio.

10.30am
Piers Burton-Page reviews romantic orchestral music, including Brahms's Symphony No 3 from Marin Alsop and the LPO and a world premiere recording of some Nordic Folk Dances from Denmark.

11.15am
Producer Maria Vandamme talks about recording the State Opera of South Australia's highly acclaimed 2004 production of Wagner's Ring Cycle.

11.30am
Disc of the Week
Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1
Janine Jansen (violin)
Gewandhausorchester
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

12:15

Feature

The Wonder of Wunderlich

Tom Robinson tells the story of German singer Fritz Wunderlich, from his humble origins in Freiburg to his premature death at the age of 35 in 1966. Wunderlich was a natural lyric tenor, who excelled in opera, Lieder and lighter repertoire. His recording of Granada is still considered unsurpassed. Contributors include tenors John Mark Ainsley and Ian Partridge and pianist Iain Burnside.

13:00

The Early Music Show

The Munich Court:

The Munich Court: Catherine Bott presents a programme of music with connections to Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria. He was a talented bass viol player and surrounded himself with many musicians, both in his court and in exile. Music includes works by Forqueray, Pez and Rupert Ignaz Mayr.

14:00

Lunchtime Concert

24 February 2007

James Ehnes with Eduard Laurel

Presented by Stephanie Hughes.

James Ehnes (violin)
Eduard Laurel (piano)

Dvorak: Sonatina in G, Op 100
Bartok: Sonata for solo violin, Sz117
Sarasate: Introduction and Tarantella, Op 43

15:00

World Routes

24 February 2007

Ten years on from the release of the phenomenally successful Buena Vista Social Club album, four of the original band members - trumpeter Guajiro Mirabal, bass player Orlando Lopez, trombone player Jesus Ramos and guitarist Manual Galban - are joined by other star performers from Havana in this concert from Sadler's Wells in London. Introduced by Lucy Duran.

16:00

Jazz Line-Up

24 February 2007

Claire Martin presents a selection of new releases and a UK gig guide.

17:00

Jazz Record Requests

24 February 2007

Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.

18:00

Jazz File

24 February 2007

It Don't Mean a Thing

It Don't Mean a Thing (2/2). Russell Davies examines the history of gay jazz. He talks to some modern players whose honesty transcends their personal and musical lives.

18:30

Opera On 3

Monteverdi's L'Orfeo

400th Anniversary

Stephanie Hughes celebrates the 400th anniversary of this outstanding work, seen as the first true opera ever written, with a performance selected from five different recordings. Studio guests John Whenham and Robert Hollingworth join her to discuss Monteverdi's achievement, with additional comment from those who have performed Orfeo, including conductors Jane Glover and Philip Pickett, singer Catherine Bott and director David Freeman.

Prologue:

Chiaroscuro
Nigel Rogers (director)
La Musica ...... Emma Kirkby (soprano)

Act 1:

Le Concert des Nations
Collegium Vocale, Ghent
Jordi Savall (conductor)

La Musica ...... Montserrat Figueras (soprano)
Pastore ...... Carlos Mena (countertenor), Francesco Garrigosa (tenor), Ivan Garcia (tenor)
Orfeo ...... Furio Zanasi (baritone)
Euridice ...... Arianna Savall (soprano)

Act 2:

Concentus Musicus Wien
Capella antiqua Munchen
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

Orfeo ...... Lajos Kozma
Pastore ...... Gunther Theuring, Nigel Rogers, Kurt Equiluz
Messaggiera ...... Cathy Berberian

Act 3:

Le concert d'Astrée
Les Sacqueboutiers
Emmanuelle Haim (conductor)

Orfeo ...... Ian Bostridge
Speranza ...... Sonia Prina
Caronte ...... Mario Luperi

Act 4:

New London Consort
Philip Pickett (conductor)

Proserpina ...... Catherine Bott
Plutone ...... Michael George
Orfeo ...... John Mark Ainsley
Euridice ...... Julia Gooding

Act 5:

English Baroque Soloists
His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Orfeo ...... Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Eco ...... Mark Tucker
Apollo ...... Nigel Robson

21:15

Between The Ears

Steamboat Kurt

Ian McMillan searches for traces of the life of Kurt Schwitters, Dada artist and sound poet, who left Nazi Germany, was interned in the Isle of Man and spent his last years in Ambleside. He worked as a portrait painter but created some of his most radical work there - transforming a farm building into an environment called the Merzbarn, and writing an anti-Nazi satirical play, The Family Plot. Ian also hears his poetry, talks to those who knew him or know about him and stages a scratch performance of his play on a Windermere steamboat

21:45

Pre-Hear

Takemitsu, Harrison

Noriko Ogawa (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Garry Walker. Takemitsu: riverrun. Lou Harrison: Suite for Symphonic Strings.

Noriko Ogawa (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Garry Walker (conductor)

Takemitsu: riverrun
Lou Harrison: Suite for Symphonic Strings

22:30

Hear And Now

Ensemble 10-10

Tom Service presents a concert recorded at The Cornerstone in Liverpool last November, and talks to the composers.

Louis Andriessen: Zilver (1994)
Gary Carpenter: Die Flimmerkiste (1983)
Louis Andriessen: La Passione (2002)

Cristina Zavalloni (soprano)
Monica Germino (violin)
Ensemble 10/10
Clark Rundell (conductor)

00:00

The Early Music Show

Francesco Maria Veracini

Andrew Manze charts the life and career of the 18th-century Italian violinist and composer Francesco Maria Veracini. Performers include Bergen Barokk, John Holloway, Capriccio Stravagante and Musica Antiqua Köln

01:00

Through the Night

24 February 2007

24 February 2007

With John Shea.

1.00am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Cello Suite No 2
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): Cello Suite No 3
Peter Wispelwey (cello)

1.49am
Heiller, Anton (1923-1979): Tanz-Toccata
Wout van Andel (organ)

1.55am
Ligeti, Gyorgy (1923-2006): Six Bagatelles
Cinque Venti

2.07am
Butterworth, Arthur (b. 1923): Romanza
Martin Hackleman (horn)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

2.17am
Zeljenka, Ilja (b. 1932): Piano Concertino
Marian Lapsansky (piano)
Lvov Virtuosi
Volodymir Duda (artistic leader)

2.39am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Stabat Mater
Ana Pusar-Jeric (soprano)
Eva Novsak-Houska (alto)
Jurij Reja, Branko Robinsak (tenors)
Josip Lesaja (baritone)
Franjo Petrusanec, Juan Vasle (basses)
RTV Slovenia Chamber Choir and Symphony Orchestra
Marko Munih (conductor)

4.00am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): 5 Hungarian dances
Noel Lee, Christian Ivaldi (pianos)

4.12am
Anonymous (Hungary 17th century): Dance suite (Vietorisz Codex)
Kecskes Ensemble Budapest
Andras Kecskes (director)
Clemencic Consort
Rene Clemencic (director)

4.17am
Leonarda, Isabella (1620-1704): Sonata Prima a 4 (Opera Decima Sesta)
Maniera

4.27am
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Exurgat Deus
Currende
Concerto Palatino
Erik Van Nevel (conductor)

4.34am
Grigny, Nicolas de (1672-1703): Kyrie, Dialogue and Fugue
Ligita Sneibe (organ)

4.40am
Naumann, Johann Gottlieb (1741-1801): Symphonie a grand orchestre de l'opera Cora
Concerto Köln

4.53am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Rondo brillante in E flat, J252 (La gaite)
Niklas Sivelov (piano)

5.00am
Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835): Norma (overture)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Nello Santi (conductor)

5.06am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Trio in G, HobXVI.25 (Gypsy rondo)
Grieg Trio

5.21am
Platti, Giovanni Benedetto (1697-1763): Trio in Cm
Ensemble Zefiro

5.31am
Janequin, Clément (c.1485-1558): La Chasse
Ensemble Clément Janequin

5.36am
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757): Sonata (La Chasse)
Daniel Blumenthal (piano)

5.39am
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757): Sonata in Dm, Kk9 (Pastorale)
Mie Miki (accordion)

5.42am
Andriessen, Hendrick (1892-1981): Cello Concertino
Michael Müller (cello)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

5.53am
Moscheles, Ignaz (1794-1870): Prelude in E, Op 73
Tom Beghin (fortepiano)

5.55am
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): Ecco ridente in cielo (Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Mark Dubois (tenor)
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
Raffi Armenian (conductor)

6.00am
Rontgen, Julius (1855-1932): Sonata in F sharp minor, Op 20
Alexander Kerr (violin)
Sepp Grotenhuis (piano)

6.20am
Cavazzoni, Marco Antonio (da Bologna, c.1485-c.1569): Ricercata
Liuwe Tamminga (organ)

6.25am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Quintet in A, D667 (Trout)
John Harding (violin)
Ferdinand Erblich (viola)
Stefan Metz (cello)
Henk Guldemond (double bass)
Menahem Pressler (piano)