Thursday 31st May 2007

07:00

Breakfast

Rob Cowan

Including at 7.00am:

Rameau: Les Incas de Perou (Les Indes Galantes)
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen (conductor)

Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto
Leonard Pennario (piano)
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra
Carmen Dragon (conductor)

Tylman Susato: 7 Dances from the Dansereye
Early Music Consort of London
David Munrow (director)

8.30am

Handel: Father of Heaven (Judas Maccabaeus)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)

Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Op 42
The Lindsays

Buxton Orr: A John Gay Suite
Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
Clark Rundell (conductor)

10:00

Classical Collection

31 May 2007

With James Jolly.

10.00am
CPE Bach: Sonata in A minor (Wurttenburg)
Glenn Gould (piano)
SONY SMK 87753

10.13am
Merula: Hor ch'e tempo di morire
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Concerto Italiano
NAĎVE OP 30395

10.23am
Ives: Violin Sonata No 2
Janos Negyesy (violin)
Cornelius Cardew (piano)
THOROFON ATHK 136/7 (2 LPs)

10.40am
Justin Morgan: Death like an overflowing stream
His Majestie's Clerkes
Paul Hillier (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HCX 3957128

Copland: Simple Gifts
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff (conductor)
TELDEC 9031-77310-2

Ruggles: Exaltation
Leonard Raver (organ)
Gregg Smith Singers
Brass Ensemble
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
CBS 79225 (LP)

10.52am
Bach: Concerto in A minor, BWV 593
Daniel Chorzempa (organ)
PHILIPS 412 116-2

11.05am
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op 58
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur (conductor)
WARNER 0927-46751-2

12:00

Composer of the Week

Alexander Nikolaevich Scriabin (1871-1915)

Ecstasy and Mass

Donald Macleod introduces a performance from the Proms of Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy, explores the composer's obsessions with hair and cleanliness, and contrasts the Seventh and Ninth Piano Sonatas, nicknamed the White and Black Masses.

Etudes, Op 42 (Nos 4 and 5)
Vladimir Horovitz (piano)

Le poeme d'extase, Op 54
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

Sonata No 7, Op 64 (White Mass)
Roberto Szidon (piano)

Sonata No 9, Op 68 (Black Mass)
Gordon Fergus-Thomson (piano)

13:00

Afternoon on 3

San Francisco Symphony

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Edinburgh International Festival 2006

Another chance to hear a recital from last year's Edinburgh Festival. The Scottish Ensemble, directed by Jonathan Morton, is joined by mezzo-soprano Jane Irwin and tenor Andrew Kennedy in a programme of works by Benjamin Britten.

Britten: Les Illuminations, Op 18; Lachrymae, Op 48a; Phaedra, Op 93

2.00pm San Francisco Symphony

More recordings by the American orchestra.

Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

Chausson: Symphony in B flat, Op 20
San Francisco Symphony
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op 35
Joshua Bell (violin)
San Francisco Symphony
Roberto Abbado (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 in C minor (Little Russian)
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

17:00

In Tune

31 May 2007

Sean Rafferty is joined in the studio by violinist Pekka Kuusisto ahead of his appearance with the LPO. Plus gypsy band Taraf de Haidouks perform live.

19:00

Performance on 3

31 May 2007

Julia Fischer with BBC SO

Kate Bott introduces the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a programme of works including the world premiere of The Broken Symphony, a BBC commission from young Scottish composer Alasdair Nicolson, Brahms' Symphony No 3 and Beethoven's Violin Concerto.

Julia Fischer (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman (conductor)

Alasdair Nicolson: The Broken Symphony (Part 1: Endless Laments)
Brahms: Symphony No 3
Alasdair Nicolson: The Broken Symphony (Part 2: Ghost Dances)
Beethoven: Violin Concerto

20:45

Composer of the Week

Alexander Nikolaevich Scriabin (1871-1915)

Ecstasy and Mass

Donald Macleod introduces a performance from the Proms of Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy, explores the composer's obsessions with hair and cleanliness, and contrasts the Seventh and Ninth Piano Sonatas, nicknamed the White and Black Masses.

Etudes, Op 42 (Nos 4 and 5)
Vladimir Horovitz (piano)

Le poeme d'extase, Op 54
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

Sonata No 7, Op 64 (White Mass)
Roberto Szidon (piano)

Sonata No 9, Op 68 (Black Mass)
Gordon Fergus-Thomson (piano)

20:45

Composer of the Week

Alexander Nikolaevich Scriabin (1871-1915)

Ecstasy and Mass

Donald Macleod introduces a performance from the Proms of Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy, explores the composer's obsessions with hair and cleanliness, and contrasts the Seventh and Ninth Piano Sonatas, nicknamed the White and Black Masses.

Etudes, Op 42 (Nos 4 and 5)
Vladimir Horovitz (piano)

Le poeme d'extase, Op 54
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

Sonata No 7, Op 64 (White Mass)
Roberto Szidon (piano)

Sonata No 9, Op 68 (Black Mass)
Gordon Fergus-Thomson (piano)

21:45

Night Waves

King Lear

Matthew Sweet talks to American novelist Dave Eggers, and to Valentino Achak Deng, one of the many children brutally separated from their family in the vicious Sudanese civil war who became known as the Lost Boys and are the subject of Eggers's new book What is the What.

22:30

Artist Focus

Simon Keenlyside

With Catherine Bott.

A sequence of music with a featured artist leading the way.

Baritone Simon Keenlyside begins the programme with excerpts from a new recording of Donizetti's Dom Sebastien, Roi de Portugal.

23:00

The Essay

Nightwalks

Four writers fond of walking explore how this simple activity is dramatically transformed at night time.

4/4. Novelist Kate Pullinger has two routes home in her city: one is short and edgy, the other is longer but more relaxing. She explores the possibilities of both.

23:15

Late Junction

31 May 2007

Fiona Talkington introduces music by David Sylvian and Burnt Friedman, along with Chinese zither music and music from Chechnya.

01:00

Through the Night

31 May 2007

31 May 2007

Susan Sharpe introduces music, beginning with a concert given at the Royal Albert Hall, London, as part of the 2006 BBC Proms.

1.00am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Clarinet Concerto in A
1.29am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Symphony No 9 in E minor (New World)
Julian Bliss (basset clarinet)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

2.12am
Mertz, Johann Kaspar (1806-1856): Hungarian Fatherland Flowers
László Szendry-Karper (guitar)

2.20am
Norman, Ludvig (1831-1885): Such' die Blumen dir im Thal
Olle Persson (baritone)
Bengt-Ake Lundin (piano)

2.26am
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869): Harold en Italie
Milan Telecky (viola)
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

3.11am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): String Quartet No 2 in A minor, Op 13
Biava Quartet

3.42am
Forqueray, Antoine (c.1672-1745): Suite No 4 in G minor (La Marella)
Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)

3.59am
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963): Sept Chansons for choir
Jutland Chamber Choir
Mogens Dahl (conductor)

4.12am
Lipinski, Karol Józef (1790-1861): Rondo alla Polacca in E, Op 13
Albrecht Breuninger (violin)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Wojiech Rajski (conductor)

4.28am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Etude No 5 in B flat; Feux-follets
Janina Fialkowska (piano)

4.32am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Violin Concerto in E, RV 269 (Spring)
Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin)
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer (director)

4.41am
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): Introduction and theme and variations
László Horváth (clarinet)
The Hungarian Radio Orchestra
Géza Oberfrank (conductor)

4.53am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Variations on Deandl is harb auf mi' for String Trio
Leopold String Trio

5.00am
Quinault, Jean-Baptiste (1687-1745): Overture and Dances (Le Nouveau Monde)
L'Ensemble Arion

5.08am
Lutoslawski, Witold (1913-1994): Dance preludes for clarinet and piano
Joaquin Valdepenas (clarinet)
Patricia Parr (piano)

5.19am
Simeon, Gion Duno: Clera notg (Clear night)
Chor da concert grischun
Alvin Muoth (director)

5.21am
Vonmoos, Nuot: Cur chi vain la not (When night falls)
Müstair Church Choir
Beat Grond (director)

5.24am
Smetana, Bedrich (1824-1884): Sonata movement in E minor
Else Krijgsman, Mariken Zandliver, David Kuijken, Carlos Moerdijk (pianos)

5.35am
Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich (1732-1795): Sinfonia for strings and continuo in D minor
Das Kleine Konzert

5.44am
Mauchaut, Guillaume de (c.1300-1377): Ballade 32 (Ploures, dames, ploures vostre servant)
Oxford Camerata

5.53am
Lalo, Edouard (1823-1892): Symphonie Espagnole
Vadim Repin (violin)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken
Michael Stern (conductor)

6.26am
Janácek, Leos (1854-1928): Sumarovo dite
Peter Thomas (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

6.39am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Suite for Orchestra No 3 in D, BWV 1068
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)