Tuesday 26th June 2007

07:00

Breakfast

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Including at 7.00am:

Verdi: Sinfonia in C
Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Milan
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

Monteverdi: Volgendo il ciel (ballo)
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Dvorak: Romance in F
Gil Shaham (violin)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

8.30am

Mozart: Abendempfindung
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Tini Mathot (fortepiano)

Mendelssohn: The Hebrides, Op 26 (Fingal's Cave)
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Messiaen: Le baiser de l'enfant Jesus (Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus)
Yvonne Loriod (piano)

10:00

Classical Collection

26 June 2007

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F, K370
Fumiaki Fiyamoto (oboe)
Mannheim String Quartet
NOVALIS 150 006-2

10.15am
Debussy: Images
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch (conductor)
RCA 09026 61956-2

10.50am
Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op 15
Radu Lupu (piano)
DECCA 440 496-2

11.07am
W Schuman: American Festival Overture
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
DG 413 324-2

11.17am
Brahms: Liebeslieder Walzer, Op 52 Nos 1-3
Edith Mathis (soprano)
Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano)
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Karl Engel and Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano)
DG 423 133-2

11.22am
Brahms: Liebeslieder Walzer, Op 52 Nos 4-6
Marie-Blanche de Polignac (soprano)
Irene Kedroff (mezzo-soprano)
Hugues Cuenod (tenor)
Doda Conrad (baritone)
Dinu Lipatti and Nadia Boulanger (piano)
EMI CDH 566425-2

11.27am
Brahms: Liebeslieder Walzer, Op 52 Nos 9-12
Elsie Morison (soprano)
Marjorie Thomas (contralto)
Richard Lewis (tenor)
Donald Bell (baritone)
Vitya Vronsky and Victor Babin (piano)
EMI 575722-2 (5-CD set)

11.33am
Haydn: Symphony No 100 in G (Military)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham (conductor)
EMI CMS 764066-2 (2-CD set)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Part Two

When Rossini moved to Naples, the then capital of the operatic world, he met the prima donna who was to become Mrs Rossini, Isabella Colbran. He also met Beethoven in Vienna, who advised him to stick to comedy. Happily for posterity, this was advice he ignored. The programme includes excerpts from his tragic masterpiece Ermione, which Rossini liked to call his 'little William Tell'.

Ermione Sinfonia
Prague Philharmonic Chorus
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Claudio Scimone (conductor)

Ermione (Act 1, scene 6)
Ermione (Act 2, scenes 2-3 excerpts)
Ermione (Act 2, scenes 5-6)

Oreste ...... Chris Merritt (tenor)
Ermione ...... Cecilia Gasdia (soprano)
Pirro ...... Ernesto Palacio (tenor)
Cleone/Cefisa ...... Elisabetta Tandura (soprano)
Andromaca ...... Margarita Zimmermann (mezzo-soprano)
Pilade ...... William Matteuzzi (tenor)
Attalo ...... Mario Bolognesi (tenor)
Fenicio ...... Simone Alaimo (baritone)
Prague Philharmonic Chorus
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Claudio Scimone (conductor)

13:00

Afternoon on 3

Michael Tippett

Presented by Fiona Talkington.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

The first of this week's series of lunchtime concerts from this year's Bath Festival features soprano Emma Kirkby. Her recital entitled Orpheus in England, at Bath's Assembly Rooms with lutenist Jakob Lindberg, celebrates the genius of two of England's greatest composers of the 16th and 17th centuries, John Dowland and Henry Purcell.

2.30pm British Symphony Series: Michael Tippett (1905-1998)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat
Michael Roll (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Alexander Shelley (conductor)

Walton: Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Tippett: Symphony No 2
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tippett (conductor)

16:00

The Making of Music

Handel

Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series chronicling the historical influences that affected the course of classical music.

17/30. Handel

Under a German king, a German composer made English music great. He invented English oratorio, and wrote works such as The Messiah, which became one of the foundation stones of the English choral tradition.

17:00

In Tune

26 June 2007

Sean Rafferty is joined by pianist Eduard Kunz ahead of his appearances at the City of London Festival.

Plus John McCarthy, Ben Kaye and composer Adam Gorb discuss their project entitled 'Thoughts scribbled on a blank wall' ahead of its performance in London.

19:00

Performance on 3

26 June 2007

The Northern Sinfonia at Snape

Martin Handley introduces two concerts from the Snape Maltings, directed by the composer and conductor Thomas Ades.

2/2. The programme has an air of nostalgia as Stravinsky's affectionate pastiche of 18th century music sits comfortably alongside two homages to Francois Couperin, including Ades's own re-clothing of the French composer's keyboard music in startling new orchestral colours.

Claire Wild (soprano)
Christopher Lemmings (tenor)
Neal Davies (baritone)
Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Ades (conductor)

Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Dallapiccola: Commiato
Thomas Ades: Three Studies from Couperin
Stravinsky: Pulcinella

20:45

Composer of the Week

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Part Two

When Rossini moved to Naples, the then capital of the operatic world, he met the prima donna who was to become Mrs Rossini, Isabella Colbran. He also met Beethoven in Vienna, who advised him to stick to comedy. Happily for posterity, this was advice he ignored. The programme includes excerpts from his tragic masterpiece Ermione, which Rossini liked to call his 'little William Tell'.

Ermione Sinfonia
Prague Philharmonic Chorus
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Claudio Scimone (conductor)

Ermione (Act 1, scene 6)
Ermione (Act 2, scenes 2-3 excerpts)
Ermione (Act 2, scenes 5-6)

Oreste ...... Chris Merritt (tenor)
Ermione ...... Cecilia Gasdia (soprano)
Pirro ...... Ernesto Palacio (tenor)
Cleone/Cefisa ...... Elisabetta Tandura (soprano)
Andromaca ...... Margarita Zimmermann (mezzo-soprano)
Pilade ...... William Matteuzzi (tenor)
Attalo ...... Mario Bolognesi (tenor)
Fenicio ...... Simone Alaimo (baritone)
Prague Philharmonic Chorus
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Claudio Scimone (conductor)

21:45

Night Waves

Dannie Abse

Gabriel Gbadamosi talks to veteran poet Dannie Abse about his new book The Presence.

This memoir of his wife Joan, who died tragically in a car accident in 2005, evolved from a diary Abse kept to record his grief and paints a portrait of the couple's marriage of more than 50 years.

22:30

Artist Focus

Emmanuel Pahud

With Martin Handley. A sequence of music with a featured performer leading the way. Flautist Emmanuel Pahud performs Debussy's First Arabesque.

23:00

The Essay

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.

2/4. Revolution

Prof Julian Jackson of Queen Mary, University of London, continues his exploration of the impact of the conflict and the Paris Commune on day-to-day French life and the way thinkers and artists responded to it.

23:15

Late Junction

26 June 2007

Fiona Talkington introduces music recorded at the 2007 Bath Festival by Norwegian Trio In The Country and singer Hanne Hukkelberg.

Plus John Cage's Imaginary Landscapes, piano music by Janacek and Moravian songs about trees by Zuzana Lapcikova.

01:00

Through the Night

26 June 2007

26 June 2007

With John Shea.

1.00am
A concert recorded in Lisbon.
Veracini, Francesco Maria (1690-1768): Sonata Prima in F (Sonata for violin, flute and continuo)1.12am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Sonata in E for flute and continuo
1.23am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Sonata No 6 in G minor (Il Pastor Fido)
1.32am
Baptista, Francisco Xavier (d.1797): Sonata in G
1.40am
Seixas, Carlos (1704-1742): Sonata in C minor
1.46am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Sonata in G minor for treble instrument and continuo
Mariana Nina (recorder)
José Carlos Araújo (harpsichord)

1.54am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Fantasie in C minor
Lorenzo Ghielmi (fortepiano)

1.59am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Oratorio St Paul
Annegeer Stumphius (soprano)
Catherine Patriasz (alto)
Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor)
Ivor Spaulding (bass)
Netherlands Radio Choir
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)

4.00am
Kuhnau, Johan (1660-1722): Der Streit zwischen David und Goliath
Luc Beausejour (organ)

4.14am
Foerster, Kaspar (1616-1673): Viri Israelite
La Capella Ducale
Roland Wilson (director)

4.30am
Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich (1865-1936): Elegie in D flat
Mindaugas Gecevicius (horn)
Ala Bendoraitiene (piano)

4.39am
Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906-1975): Elegy for violin and piano
Valdis Zarins (violin)
Ieva Zarina (piano)

4.42am
Rózycki, Ludomir (1884-1953): Mona Lisa Gioconda
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Wojciech Czepiel (conductor)

4.53am
Ovalle, Jayme (1894-1955): Azulao
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano)
James Parker (piano)
Bryan Epperson, Maurizio Baccante, Roman Borys, Simon Fryer, David Hetherington, Roberta Jansen, Paul Widner, Thomas Wiebe, Winona Zelenka (cellos)

4.55am
Stanford, Charles Villiers (1852-1924): The Blue Bird (8 Partsongs)
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

5.00am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Overture (Die schöne Melusine)
The Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Takuo Yuasa (conductor)

5.11am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Polonaise (Eugene Onegin)
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer (conductor)

5.16am
Kocsár, Miklós (b.1933): Scale, tear!
Hungarian Radio Choir
Pčter Erdei (conductor)

5.22am
Klami, Uuno (1900-1961): A Folk Song
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Erik Cronvall (conductor)

5.26am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): 12 Variations on La Folia
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

5.35am
Bodinus, Sebastian (c.1700-1760): Trio in G
Hildebrand'sche Hoboďsten Compagnie

5.44am
Schütz, Heinrich (1585-1672): Wohl denen, die ohne Wandel leben
Rheinische Kantorei
Musica Alta Ripa
Hermann Max (conductor)

5.49am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), arr. Kempff, Wilhelm (1895-1991): Siciliano
Valerie Tryon (piano)

5.53am
Suk, Josef (1874-1935): Elegy, Op 23
Trio Lorenz

6.01am
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): A Charm of Lullabies for mezzo-soprano and piano
Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)

6.13am
Franck, César (1822-1890): Prélude, fugue et variation in B minor for organ
Pierre Pincemaille (organ)

6.22am
Bach, Johann Ernst (1722-1777): Ode on 77th Psalm Das Vertrauen der Christen auf Gott
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert
Hermann Max (conductor)

6.39am
Koehne, Graeme (b.1956): Capriccio
Clemens Leske (piano)
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Janos Furst (conductor)