Tuesday 8th May 2007

07:00

Breakfast

Rob Cowan

Including at 7.00am:

Boyce: Symphony No 1 in B flat
I Solisti di Zagreb
Antonio Janigro (conductor)

Faure: Apres un reve
Katharine Gowers (violin)
Charles Owen (piano)

Pachelbel: Chaconne for organ No 6 in F minor
Helmut Walcha (organ)

8.30am

Telemann: Concerto in B flat for two flutes, two oboes and string continuo
Camerata Bern
Thomas Furi (conductor)

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Prelude to Act 3)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)

Gershwin: Variations on I Got Rhythm
Earl Wild (piano)
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler (conductor)

10:00

Classical Collection

8 May 2007

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Honegger: Pacific 231
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL MHK62352

10.08am
Biber: Battalia
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
TELDEC 4509979142

10.17am
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (End of Act 2)
Queen Elizabeth I ...... Rosalind Plowright (soprano)
Mary Stuart ...... Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Hannah ...... Angela Bostock (soprano)
Earl of Leicester ...... David Rendall (tenor)
Sir William Cecil ...... Alan Opie (baritone)
George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury ...... John Tomlinson (bass)
English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
CHANDOS 3017 (2 CD set)

10.31am
Gabrieli: Sonata pian' e forte
Philadelphia, Cleveland and Chicago Brass Ensembles
SONY CLASSICAL MHK 62353

10.36am
Beethoven: Symphony No 1
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
David Zinman (conductor)
ARTE NOVA 74321 63645 2

11.02am
Ives: The Unanswered Question
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
DG 429 220 2

11.09am
Schubert: Gute Nacht (Winterreise, D911 No 1)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Gerald Moore (piano)
EMI CMS 763559-2 (3 CD set)

Schubert: Der Lindenbaum (Winterreise, D911 No 5)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Jorg Demus (piano)
DG 447 421 2

Schubert: Wasserflut (Winterreise, D911 No 6)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
DG 463 501 2

11.26am
Faure: Piano Quartet No 2 in G minor
Domus
HYPERION CDA66166

12:00

Composer of the Week

Dietrich Buxtehude (1636-1707)

Part Two

Period performer and scholar Ton Koopman joins Donald Macleod to explore Buxtehude's dazzling talents as a keyboard player. Among the highlights is Buxtehude's longest instrumental work, an astonishing harpsichord piece that might well have influenced Bach's Goldberg Variations.

Canzonetta in A minor, BuxWV 225
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)

Praeambulum in A minor, BuxWV 158
Bine Bryndorf (organ of St Mary's Church, Helsingborg)

Prelude in G minor, BuxWV 149
Ton Koopman (organ)

Der Herr ist mit mir (Cantata, BuxWV 15)
Collegium Vocale
Orchestra Anima Eterna
The Royal Consort
Jos van Immerseel (conductor)

La Capricciosa, BuxWV 250
Ton Koopman (harpsichord)

13:00

Afternoon on 3

Vienna Week

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Cardiff Coffee Concerts

1/4. Series of chamber concerts recorded at National Museum Wales's distinctive Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre, built in 1932 and named after one of the museum's greatest benefactors.

Endellion Quartet

Haydn: String Quartet in E flat, Op 20, No 1
Beethoven: String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131

2.00pm Vienna Week

Riccardo Muti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in a pair of symphonies by the city's 18th century musical innovators Haydn and Mozart. Plus recordings by the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and pianist Lang Lang.

Haydn: Symphony No 39 in G minor
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

Mozart: Piano Sonata, K333
Lang Lang (piano)

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2
Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev (conductor)

Mozart: Symphony in G minor, K183
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

Smetana: Trio in G minor, Op 15
Till Fellner (piano)
Elisabeth Batiashvili (violin)
Adrian Brendel (cello)

Janacek: Sinfonietta
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Britten (completed by Colin Matthews): Double Concerto for violin, viola and orchestra
Alexander Barantschik (violin)
Geraldine Walther (viola)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

17:00

In Tune

8 May 2007

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.

19:00

Performance on 3

8 May 2007

Debussy, Poulenc and Ravel

Petroc Trelawny introduces a concert from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, as Mark Elder conducts the Halle in an all-French programme, including the world premiere of the last in Colin Matthews' series of dazzling and subtle Debussy orchestrations.

Pascal Roge (piano)
Rosemary Joshua (soprano)
Halle Choir and Orchestra
Mark Elder (conductor)

Debussy orch. Colin Matthews: Orchestral Preludes and Postlude
Poulenc: Aubade
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the left hand
Poulenc: Gloria

20:45

Composer of the Week

Dietrich Buxtehude (1636-1707)

Part Two

Period performer and scholar Ton Koopman joins Donald Macleod to explore Buxtehude's dazzling talents as a keyboard player. Among the highlights is Buxtehude's longest instrumental work, an astonishing harpsichord piece that might well have influenced Bach's Goldberg Variations.

Canzonetta in A minor, BuxWV 225
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)

Praeambulum in A minor, BuxWV 158
Bine Bryndorf (organ of St Mary's Church, Helsingborg)

Prelude in G minor, BuxWV 149
Ton Koopman (organ)

Der Herr ist mit mir (Cantata, BuxWV 15)
Collegium Vocale
Orchestra Anima Eterna
The Royal Consort
Jos van Immerseel (conductor)

La Capricciosa, BuxWV 250
Ton Koopman (harpsichord)

21:45

Night Waves

Hezbollah

With Isabel Hilton. As the Cannes film festival celebrates its sixtieth anniversary, the programme delves into the notable years of the competition, exploring forgotten actors, juries and directors and tracing the changing face of post-war European cinema.

Plus a first night review of the stage adaptation of the Booker-Prize winning novel Vernon God Little.

22:30

Artist Focus

Christian Lindberg

With Petroc Trelawny.

A sequence of music with a featured artist leading the way. Trombonist Christian Lindberg begins the programme with Frank Martin's Ballade for Trombone and Orchestra.

23:00

The Essay

Lingua Franca

Michael Rosen continues on the long and winding linguistic road through the roots of European language.

2/8. From Amish to Wood Frisian

The Germanic family of languages counts over 550 million native speakers, and includes English, Faroese, Afrikaans, Dutch and, of course, German.

23:15

Late Junction

8 May 2007

Fiona Talkington presents a Nunc dimittis by Elisabeth Lutyens, tracks from Polish pianist Leszek Mozdzer and Swedish bassist Lars Danielsson's new album, a look ahead to a tour by Estonian choir Vox Clamantis with singer and oud player Dhafer Youssef, and songs from Mali from Mamani Keita.

01:00

Through the Night

8 May 2007

8 May 2007

Susan Sharpe introduces music, beginning with a concert recorded at the Utrecht Early Music Festival.

1.00am
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725): Dixit Dominus a 5; Laudate pueri a 5; Laetatus sum a 4; Nisi Dominus a 4; Lauda Jerusalem a 4; Ave maris stella a 4; Magnificat a 5
Netherlands Chamber Chorus
Menno van Delft (organ)
Harry van der Kemp (director)

2.05am
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934): The Planets
Bach Choir
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

2.55am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Trio in B flat for piano and strings (Archduke)
Macquarie Trio

3.36am
Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno (1876-1948): Suite Concertino in F for bassoon, string orchestra and two horns
Christopher Millard (bassoon)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

3.56am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Concerto in D for transverse flute, strings and continuo
La Stagione Frankfurt

4.09am
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967): Sonatina for cello and piano
László Mezo (cello)
Lóránt Szucs (piano)

4.18am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Psalm 22, Op 78 No 3
Radio France Chorus
Donald Palumbo (conductor)

4.28am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): L'isle joyeuse
Philippe Cassard (piano)

4.34am
Buffardin, Pierre-Gabriel (c.1690-1768): Flute Concerto in E minor
Ernst-Burghard Hilse (flute)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Stephan Mai (director)

4.47am
Kisielewski, Stefan (1911-1991): Suite (Fun Fair)
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Michal Nesterowicz (conductor)

5.00am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Overture (La Forza del destino)
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Quebec
Raffi Armenian (conductor)

5.07am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Canata No 54 (Widerstehe doch der Sünde)
Jadwiga Rappé (alto)
Concerto Avenna
Andrzej Mysinski (conductor)

5.18am
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): Sonata for Strings No 1 in G
Sofia Soloists
Plamen Djourov (conductor)

5.32am
Lithander, Carl Ludwig (1773-1843): Piano Sonata in C (Sonate facile)
Juhani Lagerspetz (piano)

5.44am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): 4 songs (Im Grünen)
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

5.53am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Romeo and Juliet (fantasy overture, 1880 version)
Radio Symphonieorchester Wien
Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)

6.14am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Kinderszenen for piano, Op 15
Havard Gimse (piano)

6.34am
Meder, Johann Gabriel (1729-1800): Sinphonia No 4 (Six Sinphonie)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Halstead (conductor)

6.47am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): The Hebrides, Op 26
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Takuo Yuasa (conductor)