07:00
Rob Cowan
From 7.00am
Johann Strauss Jr: Where the Lemons Bloom
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler (conductor)
Paganini, arr. Auer: Caprice, Op 1, No 24
Ivry Gitlis (violin)
Tasso Janopoulo (piano)
Frantisek Xaver Brixi: Symphony in D
Czech Chamber Philharmonic
Vojtech Spurny (conductor)
From 8.30am
Bach: Toccata in G, BWV 916
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
Leo Weiner: Hungarian Folk Dance Suite (Presto)
Danubia Symphony Orchestra
Domonkos Heja (conductor)
Debussy: Cortege et Air de dance (L'enfant prodigue)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham (conductor)
10:00
16 May 2007
With Sarah Walker.
10.00am
Faure: Impromptu No 5
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
RCA GD 60463
10.04am
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (opening of Act I)
Marschallin ...... Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Octavian ...... Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI 556 242 2 (3 CDs)
10.21am
Grainger: Ramble on Love (Rosenkavalier)
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
HYPERION CDA 66884
10.29am
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op 35
Vadim Repin (violin)
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
PHILIPS 473 343 2
11.06am
Trad: Green Forest; Black Beaver; In the House
Pokrovsky Ensemble
ELECTRA NONESUCH 7559 79335 2
11.11am
Schoenberg: 5 pieces for orchestra, Op 16
South West German Radio Orchestra
Michael Gielen (conductor)
WERGO WER 60185-50
11.30am
Haydn: Piano trio in G minor
Beaux Arts Trio
PHILIPS 432 062 2 (3 CDs)
11.44am
Sibelius: Night-ride and Sunrise
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchesta
Eugen Jochum (conductor)
DG 449 718 2
12:00
Leos Janacek (1854 - 1928) <!-- 13228 -->
Looking East
Like many patriotic Czechs of his time, Janacek had a great enthusiasm for exploring his Slavonic birthright and developed a sincere admiration for all things Russian. Donald Macleod asks John Tyrrell about the composer's most eastward-looking music.
Prelude (The House of the Dead)
London Sinfonietta
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Hospodine
Petr Sovadina (organ)
Ludmila Solarova (harp)
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Pinkas (conductor)
Prophecy and Death of Taras Bulba (Taras Bulba)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
String Quartet No 1 (Kreutzer Sonata)
Alban Berg Quartet
Glagolitic Mass (excerpt)
Eva Urbanova (soprano)
Marta Benackova (mezzo-soprano)
Vladimir Bogachov (tenor)
Richard Novak (bass)
Thomas Trotter (organ)
Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Chailly (conductor)
13:00
Dresden Staatskapelle
Presented by Fiona Talkington.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
A recital recorded in the Queen's Hall at last year's Edinburgh International Festival. Flautist Emily Beynon is joined by pianist Andrew West for a programme that includes works by Prokofiev, Debussy and Poulenc, as well as Francois Borne's Carmen Fantasy which was originally written as a test piece for the Paris Conservatoire.
Prokofiev: Five Melodies, Op 35
Debussy: Syrinx
Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano
Prokofiev: Flute Sonata
Borne: Carmen Fantasy
Poulenc: Queen of Hearts
2.00pm Dresden Staatskapelle
More performances from one of the oldest orchestras in the world.
Wagner: Prelude (Parsifal)
Dresden Staatskapelle
Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
Liszt: Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat
Yundi Li (piano)
Dresden Staatskapelle
Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
Schumann: Symphony No 2 in C, Op 61
Dresden Staatskapelle
Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
Galuppi: Mass for St Mark's Basilica
Kornerscher Sing-Verein, Dresden
Dresdner Instrumental-Concert
Peter Kopp (director)
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op 99
Vadim Repin (violin)
Dresden Staatskapelle
Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)
Mozart: Symphony No 33 in B flat
Dresden Staatskapelle
Christian Zacharias (director)
17:00
16 May 2007
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.
19:00
16 May 2007
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Petroc Trelawny presents young British conductor Edward Gardner, now music director of English National Opera, conducting an all-English programme spanning 70 years of music, from Walton's magnificent First Symphony to Julian Anderson's acclaimed single-movement Symphony.
The programmes starts with Colin Matthews' orchestral arrangement of Britten's A Charm of Lullabies and Britten's late dramatic cantata Phaedra. They offer contrasting opportunities for leading mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly.
Britten, orch. Colin Matthews: A Charm of Lullabies
Britten: Phaedra
Julian Anderson: Symphony
Walton: Symphony No 1
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)
20:45
Leos Janacek (1854 - 1928) <!-- 13228 -->
Looking East
Like many patriotic Czechs of his time, Janacek had a great enthusiasm for exploring his Slavonic birthright and developed a sincere admiration for all things Russian. Donald Macleod asks John Tyrrell about the composer's most eastward-looking music.
Prelude (The House of the Dead)
London Sinfonietta
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Hospodine
Petr Sovadina (organ)
Ludmila Solarova (harp)
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Pinkas (conductor)
Prophecy and Death of Taras Bulba (Taras Bulba)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
String Quartet No 1 (Kreutzer Sonata)
Alban Berg Quartet
Glagolitic Mass (excerpt)
Eva Urbanova (soprano)
Marta Benackova (mezzo-soprano)
Vladimir Bogachov (tenor)
Richard Novak (bass)
Thomas Trotter (organ)
Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Chailly (conductor)
21:45
16 May 2007
Matthew Sweet talks to Ian Jack, who is about to step down as editor of Granta, one of Britain's leading literary magazines, after more than a decade in the job. How does he assess the changing face of fiction and non-fiction both in the UK and abroad during his time in charge?
Matthew and guests also discuss a new exhibition of the work of artist Euan Uglow.
22:30
Vadim Repin
With Petroc Trelawny. A sequence of music with a featured artist leading the way. Violinist Vadim Repin begins the programme with Prokofiev's Five Melodies.
23:00
Lingua Franca
Michael Rosen continues to explore the roots of Europe's languages.
7/8. Frontiers of the Tongue
What happens when two very different language families rub up against each other? Is it a case of oil and water, or do they merge happily into a new hybrid linguistic brew? Luxembourg, Brussels and Strasbourg all have different stories to tell.
23:15
16 May 2007
Verity Sharp's selections include music from the Southern Appalachians, an Argentinian tango from Juan Carlos Caceres and a Chopin Nocturne by theremin pioneer Clara Rockmore.
01:00
16 May 2007
16 May 2007
With Jonathan Swain.
1.00am
A concert recorded at The Chapel of the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway last August.
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Octet, D803
Vilde Frang Baerke, Elisabeth Dingstad (violin)
Bendik Foss (viola)
Audun Sandvik (cello)
Hakon Thelin (double bass)
Andreas Sundén (clarinet)
Audun Halorsen (bassoon)
Jukka Harjo (horn)
2.03am
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Au feu, au feu, venez-moi secourir
The King's Singers
2.06am
Anon (15th century North Italian): Istampita parlamento
Les Ménéstrels
2.10am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Estampes
Roger Woodward (piano)
2.25am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 67 in F
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Frübeck de Burgos (conductor)
2.51am
Korngold, Erich (1897-1957): Violin Concerto in D, Op 35
Chantal Juillet (violin)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Franz-Paul Decker (conductor)
3.19am
Lehár, Franz (1870-1948): Nem szeret igy teged mas
Magda Kalmar (soprano)
Denes Gulyas (tenor)
Hungarian Radio Orchestra
András Sebestyen (conductor)
3.23am
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971): Concerto in D for string orchestra (Basle concerto)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Oleg Caetani (conductor)
3.36am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Suite in B flat, Op 4
I Solisti del Vento
Etienne Siebens (conductor)
4.00am
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857): Overture (Ruslan and Lyudmila)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)
4.05am
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837): Piano Trio in F, Op 22
Tobias Ringborg (violin)
John Ehde (cello)
Stefan Lindgren (piano)
4.19am
Roussel, Albert (1869-1937): Coeur en péril, Op 50, No 1
Ola Eliasson (baritone)
Mats Jansson (piano)
4.22am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Beau soir
Roger Cole (oboe)
Linda Lee Thomas (piano)
4.24am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto in D for violin and orchestra
Giuliano Carmignola (violin)
Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca
4.31am
Wilbye, John (1574-1638): Weepe, mine eyes for 5 voices
BBC Singers
Bo Holten (conductor)
4.34am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Unter der Linden grüne
Pavao Masic (organ)
4.40am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Norfolk Rhapsody No 1 in E minor
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Heinze (conductor)
4.52am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Sonata No 9 in F for 2 violins and continuo (Golden)
Simon Standage (violin)
Agata Sapiecha (violin/artistic director)
Lilianna Stawarz (harpsichord)
Marcin Zalewski (viol da gamba)
5.00am
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911): Norwegian artists' carnival, Op 14
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Ari Rasilainen (conductor)
5.07am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Fetes Galantes (Set 2)
Paula Hoffman (mezzo-soprano)
Lars-David Nilsson (piano)
5.15am
Vierne, Louis (1870-1937): Clair de lune
Stanislas Deriemaeker (organ)
5.26am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Ivars Taurins (conductor)
5.32am
Mihelcic, Pavel (b.1937): Nocturne for violin and guitar
Tomaz Lorenz (violin)
Jerko Novek (guitar)
5.38am
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904): V prirode, Op 91
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
5.53am
Hellendaal, Pieter (1721-1799): Sonata for cello and continuo, Op 5, No 5
Jaap ter Linden (cello)
Ton Koopman (harpsichord)
Ageet Zweistra (cello continuo)
6.06am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Symphony No 5 in C minor
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Simone Young (conductor)
6.40am
Collizi/Kauchlitz, Johann Andrea (c.1742-1808): Sonatina I in G, Op 8
Peter van Dijk (organ)
6.43am
Szokolay, Sándor (b.1931): Sonatina for harpsichord
János Sebestyen (harpsichord)
6.47am
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893): Voyevoda, Op 78
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Tamás Vásáry (conductor)
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