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Thursday 1st March 2007

March 2007
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morning | afternoon | evening

07:00

Breakfast

Rob Cowan

Including at 7.00am:

Korngold: Military March
Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra
Ingo Metzmacher (conductor)

D Scarlatti: Sonatas: Kk450; Kk544; Kk545
Andras Schiff (piano)

Beethoven: Contredanses
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Lorin Maazel (conductor)

8.30am

Delius: In a Summer Garden
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)

Chopin: Nocturne in B, Op 62 No 1
Claudio Arrau (piano)

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 6
Marlboro Festival Orchestra
Pablo Casals (conductor)

10:00

CD Masters

With Jonathan Swain

Including J Strauss II: Vienna Blood. Brahms: Piano Pieces. Diepenbrock: Elektra (excerpts). Ibert: Entr'acte. R Strauss: Was willst du, fremder Mensch? (Elektra).

10.00am
J Strauss II: Vienna Blood
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA 82876 71615 2

10.11am
Brahms: 2 Rhapsodies, Op 79
Mikhail Rudy (piano)
EMI CDC 7 54233 2

10.28am
Diepenbrock: Elektra (excerpts)
Hague Residentie Orchestra
Hans Vonk (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 8821

10.38am
Ibert: Entr'acte
Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute)
Lily Laskine (harp)
ERATO 2292 45837 2

10.43am
Brahms: Sonata in Fm, Op 5
Julius Katchen (piano)
PHILIPS 456 857-2

11.18am
R Strauss: Was willst du, fremder Mensch? (Elektra)
Inge Borkh (soprano)
Paul Schoeffler (baritone)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA GD 60874

11.41am
Brahms: 4 Pieces, Op 119
Emanuel Ax (piano)
SONY CLASSICAL SK 69 284

morning | afternoon | evening

12:00

Composer of the Week

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Forging the Ring

Donald Macleod follows Wagner's 25-year struggle with the creation of his epic Ring Cycle, and the dramatic changes in his philosophical outlook that transformed his view of the story. Featuring excerpts from Gotterdammerung, Tannhauser, Parsifal and Das Rheingold.

13:00

Afternoon on 3

1 March 2007

Presented by Fiona Talkington.

1.00pm

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

3/4. The Power and the Glory

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

Beethoven: Allegretto in B flat, WoO 39
Brahms: Quartet in A, Op 26

2.00pm

A Celebration of St David's Day with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Grace Williams: Ave Maris Stella
BBC Singers
John Poole (conductor)

Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Lesley Hatfield (conductor)

Grace Williams: Violin Concerto
Nick Whiting (violin)
Jason Lai (conductor)

Mathias: Invocation and Dance
Jac Van Steen (conductor)

Guto Puw: Oboe Concerto (BBC commission)
David Cowley (oboe)
Garry Walker (conductor)

Hoddinott: A contemplation upon flowers
Gail Pearson (soprano)
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Chopin: Piano Concerto No 1
Llyr Williams (piano)
Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor)

Grace Williams: Penillion
Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor)

17:00

In Tune

1 March 2007

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

morning | afternoon | evening

19:00

Performance on 3

1 March 2007

Susan Gritton with Halle Choir and Orchestra

Mark Elder conducts the Halle in Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka, which is based on a grotesque puppet show given at a St Petersburg Shrovetide carnival. The orchestra is joined by a young cast of soloists for a performance of Mozart's unfinished Mass in C minor (Great).

Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 version)
Mozart: Mass in Cm, K427 (Great)

Susan Gritton (soprano)
Tove Dahlberg (mezzo-soprano)
Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Henry Waddington (bass)
The Halle Choir
The Halle Orchestra
Mark Elder (conductor)

20:45

Composer of the Week

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Forging the Ring

Donald Macleod follows Wagner's 25-year struggle with the creation of his epic Ring Cycle, and the dramatic changes in his philosophical outlook that transformed his view of the story. Featuring excerpts from Gotterdammerung, Tannhauser, Parsifal and Das Rheingold.

21:45

Night Waves

Cervantes' Don Quixote

Landmarks: Philip Dodd and guests discuss one of the great books of world literature, Cervantes's Don Quixote.

22:30

Artist Focus

Maxim Vengerov

Petroc Trelawny features violinist Maxim Vengerov, who is joined by viola player Lawrence Power to begin the programme with part of Mozart's Sinfonia concertante in E flat, K364.

23:00

The Essay

What Are Friends For?

Justin Champion ponders the notion of friendship in the 21st century.

23:15

Late Junction

1 March 2007

Verity Sharp presents Appalachian bluegrass from guitarist Tony Rice, Debussy piano music performed by Mitsuko Uchida and Bosnian song from Ilijaz Delic and Mostar Sevda Reunion.

01:00

Through the Night

1 March 2007

1 March 2007

With John Shea.

1.00am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Piano Concerto No 23
Joanna MacGregor (piano)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Malki (conductor)

1.26am
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911): Symphony No 2
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Christian Eggen (conductor)

2.01am
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594): Missa in duplicibus minoribus II
Maîtrise de Garçons de Colmar
Ensemble Gilles Binchois
Ensemble Cantus Figuratus der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Dominique Vellard (director)

2.36am
Narvaez, Luys de (1500-1555): Los Seys libros del Delphin
Hopkinson Smith (vihuela)

2.53am
De Wert, Giaches (1535-1596): Giunto a la tomba
Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley (director)

2.59am
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943): Variations on a Theme of Corelli
Natalya Pasichnyk (piano)

3.16am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897), arr. Agnieszka Duczmal: Sextet in B flat
Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra
Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)

3.54am
Hammerschmidt, Andreas (1611/12-1675): Suite for gambas (Ester Fleiss)
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall (director)

4.04am
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961): 4 Folk Songs
Camerata Chamber Choir
Michael Bojesen (conductor)

4.15am
Dukas, Paul (1865-1935): Villanelle
Esa Tukia (horn)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michel Adelson (conductor)

4.23am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Trio No 4 (Essercizii Musici)
Camerata Köln

4.33am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp m, Op 66
Dubravka Tomsic (piano)

4.39am
Komorowski, Ignacy (1824-57): Kalina
Polish Radio Choir
Marek Kluza (director)

4.43am
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883): Pilgrims' Chorus (Tannhäuser)
David Drury (organ)

4.49am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Overture (Der Freischütz)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)

5.00am
Kyurkchiyski, Krassimir (b.1936): Prayer
Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra
Kamen Goleminov (conductor)

5.06am
Svendsen, Johann (1840-1911): Festival Polonaise
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Philippe Jordan (conductor)

5.15am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Wehmut; Im Walde (Liederkreis)
Olle Persson (baritone)
Stefan Bojsten (piano)

5.20am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Patria oppressa (Macbeth)
Hungarian Radio Chorus and Orchestra
Tamas Pal (conductor)

5.27am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt
Orchestre National de France
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

5.40am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Sonata in Gm, BWV 1001 (Presto)
Hilary Hahn (violin)

5.43am
Pachelbel, Johann (1653-1706): Magnificat
Cantus Cölln

5.49am
Crusell, Bernhard Henrik (1775-1838): Introduction et Air Suèdois
Anne-Marja Korimaa (clarinet)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska (conductor)

6.00am
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931): String Quartet No 1
Paizo Quartet

6.29am
Solnitz, Anton Wilhelm (c.1708-c.1752-3): Sinfonia in A, Op 3 No 4
Musica ad Rhenum

6.41am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Sonata in Am, K310
Gunilla Süssmann (piano)




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