Saturday 3rd March 2007

07:00

Breakfast

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

7.00am

Purcell: Suite in C
Davitt Moroney (Player virginals)

Bizet: Carmen (excerpts)
Tatiana Troyanos (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Georg Solti (conductor)

8.00am

Bach: Canons BWV1072-1078, 1086
Gottfried von der Goltz (violin)
Karl Kaiser (flute)
Ekkehard Weber (viola da gamba)
Michael Behringer (harpsichord)

Brahms: Gesange, Op 17
Delyth Wynne (harp)
Anthony Halstead, Christian Rutherford (horns)
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

09:00

CD Review

3 March 2007

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

9.30am Building a Library: Jeremy Sams compares the available recordings of the songs of Francis Poulenc.

10.15am Andrew listens to new releases of 20th and 21st century music by British composers.

10.45am Nicholas Anderson reviews new recordings of Bach's Mass in B minor, including CDs from Freider Bernius, SACDs from Helmut Rilling and a DVD from John Nelson.

11.45am Disc of the Week: Chaconnes by Bach, Bartok and Hartmann
Viviane Hagner (violin)

12:15

Music Matters

3 March 2007

Tom Service asks what the future holds for classical music and whether the genre needs to change. He looks at the Victorian predictions of William Sterndale Bennett which provide a fascinating account of the hopes and fears of the Victorian musical world.

He is also joined by John Williams and John Etheridge to talk about their unique collaboration combining two of the greatest names in classical and jazz guitar.

13:00

The Early Music Show

Children of the Revolution (1/2)

Lucie Skeaping looks at the music of the French Revolution and those who lived and worked in Paris through the years of terror at the end of the 18th century. Featured composers include Gretry, Gossec, Cherubini, Edelmann and Mehul.

14:00

Lunchtime Concert

Steven Osborne

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

Stephanie Hughes presents a recital by pianist Steven Osborne, recorded in the Wigmore Hall.

Debussy: Children's Corner
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

15:00

World Routes

World Conference on Music and Censorship in Istanbul

Lucy Duran is joined by Nigel Williamson to review the latest new releases. Simon Broughton reports from the recent World Conference on Music and Censorship in Istanbul.

16:00

Jazz Line-Up

Lola Perrin

Julian Joseph presents a selection of new jazz releases, previews the Aberdeen Jazz Festival, and talks to American pianist and composer Lola Perrin.

17:00

Jazz Record Requests

3 March 2007

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

18:00

Jazz File

3 March 2007

Grand Union Orchestra

Grand Union Orchestra: In conversation with founder and director Tony Haynes, Alyn Shipton explores the work of this innovative and cross-cultural group of musicians, now in its 25th year. Contributors include trumpeter Claude Deppa and sitar player Baluji Shrivastav.

18:30

Opera On 3

Verdi's Simon Boccanegra

Act One

Live from the New York Metropolitan Opera, Margaret Juntwait presents a performance of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra.

In this tale of political struggle set in 14th-century Genoa, the Doge's battles with his rivals tragically cost him both his wife and his daughter.

Simon ...... Thomas Hampson (baritone,)
Amelia ...... Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Fiesco ...... Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass)
Gabriele ...... Marcello Giordani (tenor)
Paolo ...... Vassily Gerello (bass)

Fabio Luisi conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera.

(Prologue)

19:00

Twenty Minutes

Beyond the Gilded Stage. 1/6: Origins

Daniel Snowman explores the social history of opera, revealing a tale of of patronage, money, audiences, architecture, and political and social change. He begins with an examination of opera's origins in the 17th and 18th centuries.

19:20

Opera On 3

Verdi's Simon Boccanegra

Act One

Live from the New York Metropolitan Opera, Margaret Juntwait presents a performance of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra.

In this tale of political struggle set in 14th-century Genoa, the Doge's battles with his rivals tragically cost him both his wife and his daughter.

Simon ...... Thomas Hampson (baritone,)
Amelia ...... Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Fiesco ...... Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass)
Gabriele ...... Marcello Giordani (tenor)
Paolo ...... Vassily Gerello (bass)

Fabio Luisi conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera.

(Act 1)

20:20

The Met Opera Quiz

Met Opera Quiz

Opera buffs pit their wits against teasers sent in by listeners.

20:50

Opera On 3

Verdi's Simon Boccanegra

Acts Two & Three

Live from the New York Metropolitan Opera, Margaret Juntwait presents a performance of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra.

In this tale of political struggle set in 14th-century Genoa, the Doge's battles with his rivals tragically cost him both his wife and his daughter.

Simon ...... Thomas Hampson (baritone,)
Amelia ...... Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Fiesco ...... Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass)
Gabriele ...... Marcello Giordani (tenor)
Paolo ...... Vassily Gerello (bass)

Fabio Luisi conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera.

(Acts 2 and 3)

22:00

Pre-Hear

Dutch composers

Thierry Fischer conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in two works by leading Dutch composers. Otto Ketting: Monumentum (1983). Louis Andriessen: Workers' Union (1975).

22:30

Hear And Now

Psappha and the BBC Philharmonic

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents the first of two programmes featuring new music from Manchester based groups Psappha and the BBC Philharmonic.

Simon Parkin: Three Piece for Mixed Sextet
Psappha

Simon Mawhinney: Starbog
Psappha

Mark-Anthony Turnage: When I Woke
Paul Keohone (baritone)
BBC Philharmonic
Clark Rundell (conductor)

Richard Norris: Diapsalmata
Psappha

Piers Hellawell: Truth or Consequences
Psappha

00:00

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.

01:00

Through the Night

3 March 2007

3 March 2007

With John Shea.

1.00am
A chamber recital from Danish Radio recorded in December last year
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Sonata in A, Op 30 No 1
1.26am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Sonata in Am, Op 105
1.44am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Sonata in Dm, Op 108; Scherzo in Cm (FAE Sonata)
Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Enrico Pace (piano)

2.13am
Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915): Symphony No 1
Larissa Diadkova (mezzo)
Endrik Wottrich (tenor)
Choeur de Radio France
Orchestre National de France
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

3.04am
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924): Le Papillon et la fleur, Op 1 No 1; En Sourdine, Op 58 No 2
Paula Hoffman (mezzo)
Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)

3.10am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Concerto in Dm, BWV1052
Kare Nordstoga (harpsichord)
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin

3.31am
Ambrosius, Hermann (1907-1983): Suite
Zagreb Guitar Trio

3.38am
Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich (1837-1910): Tamara
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Dohnanyi (conductor)

4.00am
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643): Vespro della Beata Vergine
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Hespèrion XXI
Jordi Savall (conductor)

4.19am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Sonata in Gm, HWV390a
Musica Alta Ripa

4.30am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Piano Concerto in G
Pascal Rogé (piano)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Lazarev (conductor)

4.53am
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764): 3 pieces from Les Indes Galantes; Le Rappel des Oiseaux
Stephen Preston (flute)
Robert Woolley (harpsichord)

5.00am
Nicolai, Otto (1810-1849): The Merry Wives of Windsor (overture)
Slovenian RTV Symphony Orchestra
Marko Munih (conductor)

5.09am
Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848): Sinfonia in Gm for wind instruments
Bratislavska Komorna Harmonia

5.16am
Anon (16th century): Suite
Hortus Musicus
Andrew Mustonen (director)

5.23am
Madetoja, Leevi (1887-1947): The Ostrobothnians
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula (conductor)

5.40am
Shearing, George (b. 1919): Music to Hear (Five Shakespeare Songs)
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Jon Washburn (director)

5.53am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Sonata in Em, BWV1023
Andrew Manze (violin)
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
Oyvind Gimse (cello)

6.06am
Dukas, Paul (1865-1935): La Peri
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Jean Fournet (conductor)

6.28am
Trad. Hungarian: 17th-century dances
Csaba Nagy (tarogato)
Peter Ella (harpsichord)

6.35am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Symphony No 3
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Olaf Henzold (conductor)