Friday 11th May 2007

07:00

Breakfast

Rob Cowan

Including at 7.00am:

Mozart: The Impresario Overture
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell (conductor)

Schubert: Du bist die Ruh, D776
Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: April; May (Seasons, Op 37b)
Peter Katin (piano)

8.30am

Elgar: Concerto for cello and orchestra
Ralph Kirshbaum (cello)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Mompou: El combat del Somni
Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano)
Gerald Moore (piano)

Brahms: Song of destiny for chorus and orchestra, Op 54
The Occidental College Concert Choir
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Bruno Walter (conductor)

10:00

Classical Collection

11 May 2007

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A minor (Book I No 20, The Well-Tempered Clavier)
Andras Schiff (piano)
DECCA 414 388 2 (2 CD set)

10.07am
Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue No 6 in B minor
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
DECCA 466 066 2 (2CD set)

10.14am
Morley: Now is the month of Maying
Bennett: Weep, O mine eyes
Weelkes: The nightingale, the organ of delight
The King's Singers
EMI CD EMX 2129

10.20am
Messiaen: Le Loriot (Catalogue d'Oiseaux, Book I)
Peter Hill (piano)
UNICORN KANCHANA DKPCD9062

10.30am
Stravinsky: Petrouchka (1947 version)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
TELARC CD 80587

11.07am
Vivaldi: Winter (The Four Seasons) arr. for trombone
Christian Lindberg (trombone)
New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
Okko Kamu (conductor)
BIS CD 348

11.17am
Delius: On hearing the first cuckoo in Spring
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 6628

11.25am
Nielsen: Symphony No 2
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)
DECCA 430 280 2

12:00

Composer of the Week

Dietrich Buxtehude (1636-1707)

Part Five

When Bach made his famous trip to Lubeck it was for a special occasion, one of the Abendmusiken which Buxtehude was responsible for promoting as composer, performer and impresario. Period performer Ton Koopman joins Donald Macleod to recreate the atmosphere of one of these famed musical occasions which included dazzling surround-sound effects from the cathedral's numerous balconies.

Wacht! Euch zum Strei gefasset macht, BuxWV Anh3 (Act I, Wacht! Euch zum Strei gefasset macht)
Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra
Ton Koopman (conductor/continuo)

Benedicam Dominum, BuxWV 113
Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra
Ton Koopman (conductor)

Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, BuxWV 199
Bine Bryndorf (organ)

Wacht! Euch zum Strei gefasset macht, BuxWV Anh3 (Act 3)
Caroline Stam, Orlanda Velez Isidro, Johannette Zomer (sopranos)
Robin Blaze (countertenor)
Andreas Karasiak (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra
Ton Koopman (conductor/continuo)

Toccata and Fugue in F, BuxWV 157
Ton Koopman (organ)

13:00

Afternoon on 3

Vienna Week

Presented by Ian Skelly.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Cardiff Coffee Concerts

4/4. The German-based Mandelring Quartet has long championed the music of Jewish exile Berthold Goldschmidt. The group ends this week of concerts recorded at National Museum Wales with the quartet which it commissioned from Goldschmidt, together with Brahms's ever-popular Clarinet Quintet.

Robert Plane (clarinet)
Mandelring Quartet

Goldschmidt: String Quartet No 4
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor

2.00pm Vienna Week

Concluding the week of recordings from Vienna and featuring composers associated with the city.

Webern: Passacaglia for orchestra
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Ingo Metzmacher (conductor)

Mozart: Piano Concerto No 18 in F
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Pierre Laurent Aimard (conductor/piano)

Haydn: Symphony No 89 in F
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

Beethoven: Piano Trio
Till Fellner (piano)
Elisabeth Batiashvili (violin)
Adrian Brendel (cello)

Messiaen: Couleurs de la Cite Celeste
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Pierre Boulez (conductor)

Boulez: Derive 1 for six instruments
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Peter Eotvos (conductor)

Boulez: Memoriale for flute and eight instruments
Sophie Cherrier (flute)
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Peter Eotvos (conductor)

Brahms: Symphony No 4 in E minor
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi (conductor)

17:00

In Tune

11 May 2007

Sean Rafferty talks to violinist Ruth Palmer about financing her own debut CD, and her forthcoming Wigmore Hall appearance.

Ruth performs Beethoven and Janacek with pianist Alexei Grynyuk, and mezzo-soprano Petra Lang is joined by pianist Charles Spencer in music by Richard Strauss.

19:00

Performance on 3

11 May 2007

9th Manchester International Cello Festival

Petroc Trelawny introduces a concert from the 9th Manchester International Cello Festival at the Bridgewater Hall featuring an international line-up of soloists.

BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Bridge: Oration
Colin Carr (cello)

Britten: Cello Symphony
Natalia Gutman (cello)

Walton: Cello Concerto
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

20:45

Composer of the Week

Dietrich Buxtehude (1636-1707)

Part Five

When Bach made his famous trip to Lubeck it was for a special occasion, one of the Abendmusiken which Buxtehude was responsible for promoting as composer, performer and impresario. Period performer Ton Koopman joins Donald Macleod to recreate the atmosphere of one of these famed musical occasions which included dazzling surround-sound effects from the cathedral's numerous balconies.

Wacht! Euch zum Strei gefasset macht, BuxWV Anh3 (Act I, Wacht! Euch zum Strei gefasset macht)
Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra
Ton Koopman (conductor/continuo)

Benedicam Dominum, BuxWV 113
Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra
Ton Koopman (conductor)

Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, BuxWV 199
Bine Bryndorf (organ)

Wacht! Euch zum Strei gefasset macht, BuxWV Anh3 (Act 3)
Caroline Stam, Orlanda Velez Isidro, Johannette Zomer (sopranos)
Robin Blaze (countertenor)
Andreas Karasiak (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra
Ton Koopman (conductor/continuo)

Toccata and Fugue in F, BuxWV 157
Ton Koopman (organ)

21:45

The Verb

11 May 2007

Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's showcase of new writing, literature and performance.

22:30

Jazz Library

Fats Waller

Alyn Shipton is joined by Martin Litton to select the best recordings made by pianist, bandleader and vocalist Fats Waller, noted for being the finest of Harlem's stride pianists and creating one of the largest collections of jazz recordings of the 1930s and 1940s with his band the Rhythm.

23:30

Jazz on 3

Ben Allison Quartet

Jez Nelson presents a set from the Ben Allison Quartet, recorded last Saturday at the 2007 Cheltenham Jazz Festival, and featuring Ron Horton on trumpet, Steve Cardenas on guitar and Gerald Cleaver on drums.

Cited as Bassist of the Year in the 2006 Downbeat Readers' Poll, bassist Allison is known for his groove-based and explorative compositions, often tinged with political sentiment.

01:00

Through the Night

11 May 2007

11 May 2007

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Arias by Verdi, Ponchielli, Giordano.
Anton Keremidchiev (baritone)
Bulgarian RSO
Zhan Angelov (conductor)

1.31am
Verdi, Giuseppi (1813-1901): 4 pezzi sacri
Oslo PO and Chorus
Nello Santi (conductor)

2.10am
Noskowski, Zygmunt (1846-1909): Symphony No 3
Polish RSO
Szymon Kawalla (conductor)

2.50am
Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich (1732-95): Trio in C
Musica Petropolitana

3.02am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Cantata 21
Antonella Balducci (soprano)
Frieder Lang (tenor)
Fulvio Bettini (baritone)
Chorus of Swiss-Italian Radio
Ensemble Vanitas
Diego Fasolis (conductor)

3.38am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Lyric Pieces Book 3
Christina Ortiz (piano)

3.52am
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934): St Paul's Suite
Seoul CO
Yong-Yun Kim (conductor)

4.06am
Stanford, Charles Villiers (1852-1924): O Living Will
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

4.10am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto in D
Nigel North (lute)
Ingrid Seifert, Richard Gwilt (violins)
Charles Medlam (cello)
William Hunt (violone)
John Toll (organ)

4.21am
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943): Prelude in Cm, Op 23 No 7
Jane Coop (piano)

4.24am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-93): Eugene Onegin (excs)
BBC PO
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

4.32am
Reutter, Johann Georg (1708-72): Ecce quomodo
Capella Nova Graz
Otto Kargl (conductor)

4.40am
Marais, Marin (1656-1728): Rondo
Pierre Pitzl, Mary Jean Bolli (violas da gamba)
Luciano Contini (archiluto)
Augusta Campagne (harpsichord)

4.44am
Litolff, Henry Charles (1818-91): Concerto No 4 (Scherzo)
Arthur Ozolins (piano)
Toronto SO
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

4.52am
Bree, Johannes Bernardus van (1801-57): Le Bandit Overture
Netherlands RSO
Jac van Steen (conductor)

5.00am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D
Per Flemstrom (flute)
Andrew Manze (violin)
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
Risor Festival Strings

5.21am
Tubin, Eduard (1905-1982): Ave Maria
Andres Paas (organ)
Estonian National Male Choir
Ants Soots (director)

5.26am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Va Pensiero chorus (Nabucco)
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra and Chorus
Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

5.31am
Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809): Trio in B flat for strings, Op 53 No 2
Leopold String Trio

5.39am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor for piano
Dubravka Tomsic (piano)

5.45am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Rêverie
Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello)
Heini Kärkkäinen (piano)

5.50am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Music to a Scene
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

5.57am
Bäck, Sven-Erik (1919-1994): Pojken och kärran (The boy with a cart)
Aslög Rosén (soprano)
Swedish Radio Choir
Eric Ericson (conductor)

6.01am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker)
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Marko Munih (conductor)

6.08am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Suite in G (Water Music)
Collegium Aureum

6.20am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Fantasy in C minor, K475
Theodor Leschetizky (piano)

6.32am
Méhul, Etienne-Nicolas (1763-1817): Symphony No 1 in Gm
Cappella Coloniensis
Bruno Weil (director)