07:00
Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Including at 7.00am:
Byrd: Fantasia in 6 parts, No 2
Fretwork
Bellini: Concerto for Oboe
Pierre Pierlot (oboe)
Jean-Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra
Jean Francois Paillard (conductor)
Schubert: Coronach
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
North German Figural Choir
Jorg Straube (conductor)
8.30am
Tchaikovsky: Polonaise (Cherevichki)
USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
Bruch: Romance in F for viola and orchestra
Janine Jansen (viola)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
Szymanowski: Litany to the Virgin Mary
Jadwiga Gadulanka (soprano)
National Polish Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Polish Radio Choir in Krakow
Antoni Wit (conductor)
10:00
25 June 2007
With Sarah Walker.
10.00am
Howells: Sir Richard's Toye; Arnold's Antic
John McCabe (piano)
HYPERION CDA55152
10.04am
Haydn: Symphony No 26 in D minor (Lamentatione)
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)
VIRGIN CLASSICS VC 7 90743 2
10.20am
Byrd: Mass for 4 voices
The Cardinall's Musick
Andrew Carwood (conductor)
ASV CDGAU206
10.44am
Arnold: Symphony No 5, Op 74
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Arnold (conductor)
EMI CDC 749513-2
11.18am
Schubert: Standchen (Zogernd leise), D920
Alfreda Hodgson (contralto)
Jennifer Partridge (piano)
Baccholian Singers of London
PEARL SHE CD 9549
11.29am
Brahms: Horn Trio, Op 40
The recording recommended in last Saturday's Building Library
12:00
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Part One
By the time he retired at the age of 37, Rossini had more than three dozen operas to his credit. Donald Macleod turns his attention to the composer's forgotten operatic masterpieces, but starts the programme with a more familiar work.
Largo al factotum (excerpt from Il barbiere di Siviglia: Act 1, scene 1)
Figaro ...... Sesto Bruscantini (bass)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vittorio Gui (conductor)
Il Signor Bruschino Sinfonia
English Chamber Orchestra
Ion Marin (conductor)
Deh tu m'assisti amore; Marianna! Voi signore!; Ferma...ascolta; Quant'e dolce a un'alma amante (Il Signor Bruschino, No 1)
Sofia ...... Kathleen Battle (soprano)
Marianna ...... Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
Florville ...... Frank Lopardo (tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra
Ion Marin (conductor)
Io danari vi daro; A noi. Su trasformiamoci; Nel teatro del gran mondo (Il Signor Bruschino, Nos 2 and 3)
Florville ...... Frank Lopardo (tenor)
Filiberto ...... Michele Pertusi (bass)
Gaudenzio ...... Samuel Ramey (bass)
English Chamber Orchestra
Ion Marin (conductor)
Per un figlio gia pentito (Il Signor Bruschino, No 4)
Florville ...... Frank Lopardo (tenor)
Bruschino ...... Claudio Desderi (baritone)
Gaudenzio ...... Samuel Ramey (bass)
English Chamber Orchestra
Ion Marin (conductor)
E un bel nodo che due cori; Ah che scoperta!; Ebben, ragion, dovere (Il Signor Bruschino, Nos 7 and 8)
Sofia ...... Kathleen Battle (soprano)
Marianna ...... Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
Florville ...... Frank Lopardo (tenor)
Bruschino ...... Claudio Desderi (baritone)
Gaudenzio ...... Samuel Ramey (bass)
Figlio Bruschino ...... Octavio Arevalo (tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra
Ion Marin (conductor)
13:00
Michael Tippett
Presented by Fiona Talkington.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Verity Sharp introduces a live recital from the Wigmore Hall, London, by young Macedonian pianist Simon Trpceski, who plays a programme of dance-inspired Romantic piano works.
Chopin: Polonaises, Op 26 Nos 1 and 2; 4 Mazurkas, Op 24; 3 Waltzes, Op 70; Mazurka in A minor, Op 17 No 4
Liszt: Soirees de Vienne (Waltz-caprices Nos 5 and 6)
2.00pm British Symphony Series: Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
This week's programmes feature the complete cycle of Tippet's four symphonies, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and including historic recordings conducted by the composer himself. This series is complemented with all five piano concertos by Beethoven, a composer with whose music Tippett had a deep and lifelong relationship.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 in C
Alfredo Perl (piano)
Ulster Orchestra
Stefan Sanderling (conductor)
Charles Wood: Blow blow thou winter wind; How sweet the moonlight sleeps; Full Fathom Five
BBC Singers
David Hill (conductor)
Holst: The Perfect Fool
Ulster Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Elizabeth Poole (soprano)
Penny Vickers (alto)
Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor)
Stuart MacIntyre (bass)
Iain Farrington (organ)
BBC Singers
David Hill (conductor)
Tippet: Symphony No 1
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Cleobury (conductor)
16:00
Bach's St Matthew Passion
Performances of the music featured in James Naughtie's Radio 4 series on how history has shaped classical music through the centuries.
16/30. Bach's St Matthew Passion
17:00
25 June 2007
Sean Rafferty talks to digital composer Klaus Obermeier, dancer Julia Mach and conductor Marin Alsop about their forthcoming performance of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.
Plus Sean interviews Colin Davis who will conduct the LSO in Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini at the Barbican.
19:00
25 June 2007
Philharmonia Orchestra at Snape
Martin Handley introduces two concerts from the Snape Maltings, directed by the composer and conductor Thomas Ades.
1/2. The programme centres around Ades's own suite from his opera Powder Her Face, which tells the story of the Duchess of Argyll, the Dirty Duchess, whose sexual exploits caused a scandal in Britain during her divorce proceedings. Surrounding it are grand orchestral waltzes and Respighi's sumptuous score, which celebrates the riotous colour and spectacle of the festivals of his adopted city.
Philharmonia Orchestra
Thomas Ades (conductor)
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No 1
Busoni: Gesang vom Reigen der Geister
Thomas Ades: Powder her Face Suite
Busoni: Tanzwalzer
Respighi: Feste Romane
20:45
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Part One
By the time he retired at the age of 37, Rossini had more than three dozen operas to his credit. Donald Macleod turns his attention to the composer's forgotten operatic masterpieces, but starts the programme with a more familiar work.
Largo al factotum (excerpt from Il barbiere di Siviglia: Act 1, scene 1)
Figaro ...... Sesto Bruscantini (bass)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vittorio Gui (conductor)
Il Signor Bruschino Sinfonia
English Chamber Orchestra
Ion Marin (conductor)
Deh tu m'assisti amore; Marianna! Voi signore!; Ferma...ascolta; Quant'e dolce a un'alma amante (Il Signor Bruschino, No 1)
Sofia ...... Kathleen Battle (soprano)
Marianna ...... Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
Florville ...... Frank Lopardo (tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra
Ion Marin (conductor)
Io danari vi daro; A noi. Su trasformiamoci; Nel teatro del gran mondo (Il Signor Bruschino, Nos 2 and 3)
Florville ...... Frank Lopardo (tenor)
Filiberto ...... Michele Pertusi (bass)
Gaudenzio ...... Samuel Ramey (bass)
English Chamber Orchestra
Ion Marin (conductor)
Per un figlio gia pentito (Il Signor Bruschino, No 4)
Florville ...... Frank Lopardo (tenor)
Bruschino ...... Claudio Desderi (baritone)
Gaudenzio ...... Samuel Ramey (bass)
English Chamber Orchestra
Ion Marin (conductor)
E un bel nodo che due cori; Ah che scoperta!; Ebben, ragion, dovere (Il Signor Bruschino, Nos 7 and 8)
Sofia ...... Kathleen Battle (soprano)
Marianna ...... Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
Florville ...... Frank Lopardo (tenor)
Bruschino ...... Claudio Desderi (baritone)
Gaudenzio ...... Samuel Ramey (bass)
Figlio Bruschino ...... Octavio Arevalo (tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra
Ion Marin (conductor)
21:45
Robert Tavernor
Kenan Malik talks to architect and academic Robert Tavernor, whose new book attempts to show the important part measurement plays in human experience.
He argues that ever since early peoples used handspans and foot lengths to judge distance and height, civilisations have assessed themselves in relation to the world around them.
22:30
Emmanuel Pahud
With Martin Handley. A sequence of music with a featured performer leading the way. Flautist Emmanuel Pahud plays Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No 5 with the Berlin Baroque Soloists.
23:00
Conflict and Culture
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1 was a source of huge distress and hardship, but was also a powerful catalyst for artistic and cultural development. Some artists fled north, like the painters Monet and Pissarro, others such as Zola and Maupassant took the war as the touchstone for some of their greatest writing.
1/4. Defeat
Prof Julian Jackson of Queen Mary, University of London, explores the impact of the conflict and the Paris Commune on day-to-day French life and the way artists responded to it.
23:15
Africando
With music from Senegalese salsa band Africando, recorded at their concert given at the Coronet Theatre as part of the London African Music Festival.
01:00
25 June 2007
25 June 2007
With John Shea.
1.00am
A concert recorded in Oslo.
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): String Quartet No 2 in F; String Quartet No 1 in G minor
Ensemble Fragaria Vesca
1.57am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Prometheus (excerpts)
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Hannu Koivula (conductor)
2.14am
Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943): Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor
Nelson Goerner (piano)
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Matthias Aesbacher (conductor)
2.55am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Symphony No 5
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gabriel Chmura (conductor)
3.41am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Befreit
Mark Pedrotti (baritone)
Stephen Ralls (piano)
3.47am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Brandenburg Concerto No 3
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer (conductor)
4.00am
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764): Symphonies and Dances
Bratislava Wind Quintet
4.17am
Anon (15th century Italy): A Florence la joyose cite
Ensemble Claude-Gervaise
Gilles Plante (director)
4.20am
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961): Rustic Dance
Symphony Nova Scotia
Georg Tintner (conductor)
4.24am
Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno (1876-1948): Two orchestral intermezzi
KBS Symphony Orchestra
Othmar Maga (conductor)
4.33am
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959): Song of the Black Swan
Henry-David Varema (cello)
Heiki Mätlik (guitar)
4.36am
Gibbons, Orlando (1583-1625): The Silver Swan
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
The Rose Consort of Viols
4.37am
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921): Le cygne (Le carnaval des animaux)
Henry-David Varema (cello)
Cornelia Lootsmann (harp)
4.40am
Janácek, Leos (1854-1928): Sumarovo dite
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
4.54am
Rota, Nino (1911-1979): Eight and a Half
Hungarian Brass Ensemble
5.00am
Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 60 in C (Il distratto)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrej Boreyko (conductor)
5.26am
Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915): Počme in F sharp, Op 32 No 1
Alexander Scriabin (piano)
5.30am
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899): Poeme de l'amour et de la mer
Maria Oran (soprano)
Residentie Orchestra, The Hague
Hans Vonk (conductor)
5.57am
Lubeck, Vincent (c.1654-1740): Prelude in C
Jan Kleinbussink (organ)
6.04am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Troldtog (Lyric Pieces, Book 5)
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer (conductor)
6.08am
Panufnik, Andrzej (1914-1991): Concerto festivo for orchestra
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gabriel Chmura (conductor)
6.21am
Wieniawski, Henryk (1835-1880): Légende for violin and piano
Slawomir Tomasik (violin)
Izabela Tomasik (piano)
6.30am
Duruflé, Maurice (1902-1986): Quatre motets sur des thčmes grégoriens
Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir
Evi Eespere (director)
6.38am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Concerto in D for two horns and orchestra
Jozef Illés, Ján Budzák (horns)
Chamber Association of Slovakian Radio
Vlastimil Horák (conductor)
6.51am
Fritsch, Balthasar: Paduan and two Galliards
Hortus Musicus
Andrew Mustonen (conductor)
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