Wednesday 28th February 2007

07:00

Breakfast

Rob Cowan

Including at 7.00am:

Waldteufel: Skaters' Waltz
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

CPE Bach: Symphony in C, Wq 182 No 3
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (director)

Rossini: Overture (The Italian Girl in Algiers)
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Fey (conductor)

8.30am

Schubert: Romanza (Rosamunde)
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Brahms: Scherzo, Op 4
Wilhelm Kempff (piano)

Bach, arr. Ormandy: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue, BWV 564
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

28 February 2007

With Jonathan Swain.

10.00am
Rossini: Overture (William Tell)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA GD 60387

10.13am
Brahms: 6 Waltzes, Op 39 Nos 1-6
Gyorgy Sebok (piano)
ERATO 4509-98476-2

10.22am
Respighi: Pini di Roma
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA 09026 61401 2

10.45am
Brahms: 6 Piano Pieces, Op 118
Radu Lupu (piano)
DECCA 417 599 2

11.09am
Bach: Orchestral Suite No 2
Claude Monteux (flute)
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux (conductor)
DECCA 475 7798 (7-CD set)

11.31am
Palestrina: Stabat mater
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
David Willcocks (director)
DECCA 421 147-2

11.43am
Malvezzi: Dal vago e bel sereno
Musica Reservata
Michael Morrow (director)
John Beckett (conductor)
DECCA 452 967 2 (2-CD set)

11.52am
Kabalevsky: Overture (Colas Breugnon)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA VICTOR 09026 61958 2

12:00

Composer of the Week

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

3/5: A Plaster Saint

With Donald Macleod. Wagner's magnetic personality attracted many champions for his music, but his supporters often found themselves used and betrayed. Featuring excerpts from Gotterdammerung, Lohengrin and Parsifal.

13:00

Afternoon on 3

28 February 2007

Presented by Fiona Talkington.

1.00pm

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

2/4. The Power and the Glory

Series of concerts at St George's Bristol, featuring the Schubert Ensemble.

Suk: Elegie, Op 23
Brahms: Piano Quintet in Fm, Op 34

2.00pm

BBC SO Far East Tour

Last November the BBC Symphony Orchestra went on tour to the Far East. This week's programmes feature music they recorded in Kuala Lumpur, including the fruits of a successful collaboration with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra.

Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Ilya Gringolts (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Shostakovich Symphony No 6
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Poulenc: Sextet
Members of Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra
Kevin Field (conductor)

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Matthias Bamert (conductor)

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 1
Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Traditional Malaysian Folk Song arrangements
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Henry Wood: Fantasia on British Sea Songs
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

17:00

In Tune

28 February 2007

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

19:00

Performance on 3

28 February 2007

Alina Ibragimova with BBC Scottish SO

With Petroc Trelawny.

Alina Ibragimova (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom (conductor)

Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1
Beethoven: Symphony No 7

20:45

Composer of the Week

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

3/5: A Plaster Saint

With Donald Macleod. Wagner's magnetic personality attracted many champions for his music, but his supporters often found themselves used and betrayed. Featuring excerpts from Gotterdammerung, Lohengrin and Parsifal.

21:45

Night Waves

Peter Whitehead

Matthew Sweet looks at the career of avant-garde film maker Peter Whitehead as a retrospective of his films opens at the National Film Theatre. Whitehead is known as a maverick of the 1960s and for his work with bands from the Libertines to the Rolling Stones.

Plus a look at a radical new adaptation of Ibsen's Peer Gynt from the National Theatre of Iceland.

22:30

Artist Focus

Maxim Vengerov

Petroc Trelawny features violinist Maxim Vengerov, who begins the programme with Saint-Saens's Introduction and Rondo capriccioso.

23:00

The Essay

What Are Friends For?

3/4. What Are Friends For? Justin Champion assesses the writings of Michel Montaigne and Francis Bacon and the importance of friendship in political life.

23:15

Late Junction

28 February 2007

Verity Sharp's selections include Malian guitarist Djelimady Tounkara, the duo of Kathryn Tickell and saxophonist Andy Sheppard, and the sound of rabbit pelts from electronic experimentalists Matmos.

01:00

Through the Night

28 February 2007

28 February 2007

With John Shea.

1.00am
Recitals on four very early organs from the Netherlands.

1.52am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), arr. Mahler: Death and the Maiden
Sofia Soloists
Plamen Djourov (conductor)

2.32am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): 28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Nicholas Angelich (piano)

2.56am
Vieuxtemps, Henri (1820-1881): Cello Concerto No 1
Barbara Miller (cello)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson (conductor)

3.27am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Mein Herze schwimmt in Blut
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Concerto Copenhagen
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)

3.50am
Stolcer-Slavenski, Josip (1896-1955): 4 Folk Tunes
Croatian RTV Symphony Orchestra
Mladen Tarbuk (conductor)

4.04am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): 12 Variations on a Russian Dance, WoO 71
Theo Bruins (piano)

4.18am
Buffardin, Pierre-Gabriel (c.1690-1768): Flute Concerto
Ernst-Burghard Hilse (flute)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Stephan Mai (director)

4.30am
Kodaly, Zoltan (1882-1967): 4 Madrigals for women's chorus
Jutland Chamber Choir
Mogens Dahl (director)

4.42am
Auber, Daniel-Francois-Esprit (1782-1871): Bolero (La Muette de Portici)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

4.50am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Martedi (Pyrmonter Kurwoche)
Albrecht Rau (violin)
Heinrich Rau (viola)
Clemens Malich (cello)
Wolfgang Hochstein (harpsichord)

5.00am
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759): Ballet music (Terpsichore)
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

5.11am
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Ad te levavi oculos meos
The King's Singers

5.18am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Sonata in Gm, H XVI 44
Petras Geniusas (piano)

5.29am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Rondo in A, D438
Pinchas Zuckerman (violin/director)
National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada

5.44am
Tartini, Giuseppe (1692-1770): Symphony in A
I Cameristi Italiani

5.53am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Quintet in E flat, K452
Anton Kuerti (piano)
James Mason (oboe)
James Campbell (clarinet)
James McKay (bassoon)
James Somerville (horn)

6.18am
Cavalli, Francesco (1602-1676): Salve Regina
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

6.26am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Suite No 3
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)

6.47am
Franck, César (1822-1890): Prelude, Fugue and Variation
Robert Silverman (piano)