07:00
Rob Cowan
Including from 7.00am
Nielsen: Pan and Syrinx
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)
Schubert: Quartetsatz, D703
Guarneri Quartet
Handel: Lascio ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)
Eileen Poulter (soprano)
Handel Festival Orchestra
Anthony Lewis (conductor)
From 8.30am
Mozart: Horn Concerto No 3 in E flat, K447
Ulrich Hübner (horn)
Anima Eterna
Jos van Immerseel (conductor)
Mendelssohn: 4 Lieder, Op 100
Sächsiches Vocalensemble
Matthais Jung (conductor)
Holst: Two Songs Without Words, Op 22
English Chamber Orchestra
Imogen Holst (conductor)
10:00
4 July 2007
With James Jolly.
10.00am
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 55394-2
10.18am
Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No 1, Op 17
Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn (conductor)
EMI 73356-2 (2 CDs)
10.48am
Britten: 4 Chansons francaises
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Northern Sinfonia
Steuart Bedford (conductor)
COLLINS CLASSICS 70372 (2 CDs)
11.01am
Tchaikovsky: Theme and Variations in F (6 Pieces, Op 19)
Terence Judd (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN10150
11.13am
Berg: Violin Concerto
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Levine (conductor)
DG 463 790-2 (4 CDs)
11.43am
Verdi: Libera me (Requiem)
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Swedish Radio Chorus
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
EMI CDC 556168-2 (2 CDs)
12:00
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Part Three
Donald Macleod introduces Bruckner's Te Deum, which the composer is said to have regarded as his greatest work, and the 7th Symphony, whose Adagio was Bruckner's monument to the man he always referred to as 'the Master', Richard Wagner.
Christus factus est, Gradual for 4 part choir.
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Te Deum (excerpts)
Jessye Norman (soprano)
Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano)
David Rendall (tenor)
Samuel Ramey (bass)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
Symphony No 7 in E (2nd mvt)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert Von Karajan (conductor)
13:00
East Meets West
Presented by Penny Gore.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Aldeburgh Festival
2/8. Reflecting this year's Venetian theme, the Belcea Quartet perform music by the Festival's inspiration, Benjamin Britten. Also included in the programme is Beethoven's middle period F major Quartet, written for Prince Razumovsky.
Beethoven: String Quartet in F, Op 59 No 1
Britten: String Quartet No 3
2.15pm East Meets West
3/5. An opera by the Italian composer Franco Alfano based on a classic of the Sanskrit theatre, Kalidasa's Sakuntala. There's a Chinese focus, featuring the newly crowned BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, Shen Yang, plus Bach performed in Japan and some 'Turkish' Mozart played on a piano complete with percussive effects!
Wolf: Der Feuerreiter (Mörike Lieder)
Shen Yang (bass-baritone)
Llyr Williams (piano)
Chen Yi: Chinese Fables
Caroline Stinson (cello)
George Gao (erhu)
Ben Reimer (percussion)
Bach: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C, BWV 1066
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)
Franco Alfano: The Legend of Sakuntala (Act 1)
Sakuntala ...... Francesca Patane (soprano)
The King ...... David Rendall (tenor)
Priyamvada ...... Elena Cassian (mezzo-soprano)
Anusuya ...... Anna Rita Taliento (soprano)
Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Gianluigi Gelmetti (conductor)
Mozart: Rondo alla turca (Sonata, K331)
Tom Beghin (fortepiano)
16:00
The French Revolution
Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series, which connects historical events and their effect on the course of classical music.
23/30. The French Revolution
Including music by Mehul, Gossec and others.
17:00
4 July 2007
Sean Rafferty is joined by Cheltenham Festival artistic director Martyn Brabbins and pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin for music and conversation ahead of the festival opening this week, and by Andrew Greenwood from the Buxton Festival. Plus music from baritone Jonathan Lemalu ahead of his performances at both festivals.
19:00
4 July 2007
Simon Bolivar National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
Petroc Trelawny introduces a concert recorded at the 2007 Lucerne Festival performed by the Simon Bolivar National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela. This orchestra is the flagship ensemble of Venezuela's system of music education, El Sistema, which makes musicians out of the nation's poorest youths.
It is conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, an alumni of the scheme who has been with the orchestra since he was 16. They perform Mahler's Fifth Symphony and are joined by mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena for his Ruckert Lieder.
20:45
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Part Three
Donald Macleod introduces Bruckner's Te Deum, which the composer is said to have regarded as his greatest work, and the 7th Symphony, whose Adagio was Bruckner's monument to the man he always referred to as 'the Master', Richard Wagner.
Christus factus est, Gradual for 4 part choir.
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Te Deum (excerpts)
Jessye Norman (soprano)
Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano)
David Rendall (tenor)
Samuel Ramey (bass)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
Symphony No 7 in E (2nd mvt)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert Von Karajan (conductor)
21:45
Mary Roach
Philip Dodd talks to American writer Mary Roach who has tried to meet the professionals dedicated to exploring the mystery of the human soul, scientists, engineers and mediums among them.
Also, paparazzi intrusion or photojournalist genius? Philip assesses a new exhibition which charts 80 years of Fleet Street photography.
22:30
Angela Gheorghiu
With Petroc Trelawny. A sequence of music with a featured performer leading the way. Angela Gheorghiu sings a selection of earlier music, including arias by Handel and Mozart.
23:00
States of Mind
Four British cultural figures explore how their first impressions of America developed through intellectual, physical and cultural discoveries.
3/4. As someone with dual English and American nationality, writer Will Self examines how attitudes to America have changed since 9/11 and explores the dangers inherent in knee-jerk liberal anti-Americanism.
23:15
4 July 2007
Fiona Talkington presents a laid-back, eclectic mix of music from across the globe.
With more recordings by Mari Boine and Kimmo Pohjonen, tracks from John Surman's album The Spaces In Between and music by Bach.
01:00
4 July 2007
4 July 2007
With John Shea.
1.00am
Recordings of Dutch organs.
Rinck, Johann Christian Heinrich (1770-1846): Befiehl du deine Wege
Kees van Eersel (Luitjen Jacobus ad Jacob van Dam organ of Grote Kerk, Tholen)
1.13am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Two Allegros in G
Rob Nederlof (Johannes Josephus Vollebregt organ of St Genoveva kerk, Breugel)
1.18am
Rinck, Johann Christian Heinrich (1770-1846): Nine Variations and Finale
Willem Poot (Pieter Flaes organ of Hervormde Kerk, Uitgeest)
1.37am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): L'Heure Espagnole
Goran Eliasson (tenor)
Marianne Eklof (mezzo-soprano)
Trong Halstein Moe (baritone)
Carl Unander-Scharin (tenor)
Lars Avidson (bass)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Dimitriev (conductor)
2.29am
Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906-1975): Trio No 2 in E minor for piano and strings
Arve Tellefsen (violin)
Truls Mork (cello)
Havard Gimse (piano)
2.58am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Magnificat in D
Antonella Balducci (soprano)
Ulrike Clausen (alto)
Frieder Lang (tenor)
Fulvio Bettini (baritone)
Chorus of Swiss-Italian Radio and Ensemble Vanitas, Lugano
Diego Fasolis (conductor)
3.28am
Bridge, Frank (1879-1941): Hornpipe No 2 in G minor
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello)
William Tritt (piano)
3.25am
Trad (collected by Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)): Bagpipe tunes
Zoltán Juhasz (bagpipes)
3.31am
Bridge, Frank (1879-1941): The Sea
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
3.53am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Water Music
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer (conductor)
4.04am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 73 in D (La Chasse)
Romanian National Chamber Orchestra
Horia Andreescu (conductor)
4.25am
Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880): Les Larmes de Jacqueline
Hee-Song Song (cello)
Myung-Seon Kye (piano)
4.33am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): O Padre Nostro
Chamber Choir AVE
Andraz Hauptman (conductor)
4.40am
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904): Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)
4.53am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 45
Ivo Pogorelich (piano)
5.00am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Sonata in G minor for violin and piano
Peter Oundjian (violin)
William Tritt (piano)
5.13am
Myslivecek, Josef (1737-1781): String Quintet No 2 in E flat
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Rudolf Werthen (conductor)
5.25am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Piano Concerto No 21 in C
Kalle Randalu (piano)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Peeter Lilje (conductor)
5.53am
Morris, Reginald Owen (1886-1948): 5 English folk songs
BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
6.04am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Overture (Lo Speziale)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Antoni Ros-Marbŕ (conductor)
6.11am
Délibes, Leo (1836-1891): Bell Song (Lakmé)
Tracy Dahl (soprano)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)
6.19am
Rung, Henrik (1807-1871): Kimer, I klokker (Chime, you bells)
Fionian Chamber Choir
Alice Granum (director)
6.21am
Groneman, Johannes Albertus (1710-1778): Flute Sonata in G
Jed Wentz (flute)
Balazs Mate (cello)
Marcelo Bussi (harpsichord)
6.36am
Marais, Marin (1656-1725): Monsr Lully
La Simphonie du Marais
Hugo Reyne (director)
6.46am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Hungarian dances for piano duet
Noël Lee, Christian Ivaldi (pianos)
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