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Sunday 15th July 2007

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07:00

Breakfast

Martin Handley

Including from 7.00am

Chopin: Etude No 6 in E flat minor, Op 10
Maurizio Pollini (piano)

Delius: Brigg Fair
Hallé Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)

From 8.00am

Sarasate: Fantaisie de concert, Op 25
Gil Shaham (violin)
Rohan de Silva (piano)

Hummel: Variations, Op 115
London Mozart Players
Howard Shelley (conductor)

From 9.00am

Haydn: Sonata No 41 in A
Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)

Kodaly: Theatre Overture
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

10:00

Iain Burnside

15 July 2007

Iain presents a sequence of music based on a topical theme.

morning | afternoon | evening

12:00

Private Passions

Joanna David

Michael Berkeley's guest is actress Joanna David, who has appeared in many memorable TV costume dramas, notably in Sense and Sensibility, War and Peace, Rebecca and Pride and Prejudice.

She was a friend of Jacqueline du Pre, and her musical choices include a Haydn cello concerto and a Beethoven trio featuring du Pre, a Verdi opera conducted by Solti, and works by Bach, Schumann and Mendelssohn.

13:00

The Early Music Show

The Masque of Moments

Lucie Skeaping is joined by lutenist Elizabeth Kenny in programmes recorded at Blythburgh Church in Suffolk, as part of the 2007 Aldeburgh Festival.

2/2. Continuing Liz Kenny's concert of music taken from a dazzling array of 17th century masques, including songs and dances by Charles Coleman, John Coperario, Henry Lawes, William Lawes and Matthew Locke, as well as readings by Simon Robson.

Sophie Daneman (soprano)
William Purefoy (countertenor)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Elizabeth Kenny, Jacob Heringman, David Miller (lute)
Siobhàn Armstrong (harp)
Mark Levy, Joanna Devine, Alison McGillivray (viol)

14:00

Radio 3 Requests

15 July 2007

Chi-chi Nwanoku presents a selection of requests from listeners. With a guest request from Philippa Brownsword, Orchestra Manager of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

16:00

Choral Evensong

Temple Church

Live from the Temple Church, London.

Introit: I would find thee (George Thalben-Ball)
Responses: William Smith
Office Hymn: Come down, O Love divine (Down Ampney)
Psalm: 77 (Day)
First Lesson: Genesis 32 vv9-30
Canticles: Daniel Purcell in E minor
Second Lesson: Mark 7 vv1-23
Anthem: My beloved spake (Purcell)
Final Hymn: God is working his purpose out (Benson)
Organ Voluntary: Concerto in B flat, Op 10 No 3 (Stanley)

Director of Music: James Vivian
Associate Organist: Greg Morris
With the Temple Players

17:00

Discovering Music

Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit

Stephen Johnson and Radio 3 New Generation Artist pianist Cedric Tiberghien consider some of the ingredients that define the piano music of Maurice Ravel with particular emphasis on what is arguably the greatest French 'sonata' for the piano, his Gaspard de la Nuit.

morning | afternoon | evening

18:30

New Generation Artists

Ebene Quartet

Presented by Verity Sharp. BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme has profiled some of the most brilliant young musical talent in the world. In a series of programmes running through the Proms season, New Generation Artists past and present are featured in recordings made especially for the BBC.

Mozart: String Quartet in D minor, K421
Chick Corea: Spain
Ebene String Quartet

19:00

BBC Proms 2007 live

Prom 3 Part 1

Presented by Sarah Walker live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Andre Campra was a leading figure working at the French court in the early 18th century, and his Requiem is a quietly intense setting, a gentle precursor of the later settings by Faure and Durufle.

Katharine Fuge, Julia Doyle (sopranos)
Anders Dahlin, Marc Molomot, Nicholas Mulroy (tenors)
Lawrence Wallington, Matthew Brook (basses)
Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble
Dance for All
Rosemary Nalden (director)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Compagnie Roussat-Loubek
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Campra: Messe de Requiem

19:50

Twenty Minutes

Marie Salle

Catherine Bott charts the life of the revolutionary French dancer Marie Salle in the 300th anniversary year of her birth. Leading Salle experts Dr Sarah McCleave of Queen's University, Belfast, and Baroque dancer and choreographer Jane Gingell access the legacy of a figure who inspired composers including Handel and Rameau.

20:10

BBC Proms 2007 live

Prom 3 Part 2

The second half of tonight's Prom promises to be as exuberant as the first is austere, as Rameau's operas contain some of the most spirited dance-music of the 18th century and this performance includes choreography by the Paris based Compagnie Roussat-Lubek.

Katharine Fuge, Julia Doyle (sopranos)
Anders Dahlin, Marc Molomot, Nicholas Mulroy (tenors)
Lawrence Wallington, Matthew Brook (basses)
Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble
Dance for All
Rosemary Nalden (director)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Compagnie Roussat-Loubek
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Rameau: Excerpts from Zais, Dardanus, Les fêtes d'Hébé, Les Boréades, Platée, Hippolyte et Aricie, Castor et Poullux and Nais

21:40

Drama on 3

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

By Tom Stoppard.

As part of BBC Radio's celebration of the playwright's 70th birthday, Andrew Lincoln and Danny Webb star in Stoppard's adaptation of his celebrated play.

Two minor characters from Hamlet are suddenly thrown centre stage amid the plottings and intrigue of Elsinore.

Rosencrantz ...... Danny Webb
Guildenstern ...... Andrew Lincoln
Player ...... Desmond Barrit
Polonius ...... John Rowe
Ophelia ...... Abigail Hollick
Gertrude ...... Liza Sadovy
Claudius ...... Simon Treves
Hamlet ...... John Dougall
Ambassador ...... Jot Davies
Horatio ...... Anthony Glennon

With original music composed and realised by Nicolai Abrahamsen.
Director Peter Kavanagh.

23:30

Chamber Concert

Percy Whitlock

Organist John Scott performs works by Whitlock, including his 5 short pieces for organ and Fantasie choral No 1 in D flat.

00:00

The Early Music Show

The Mystery Plays of Elche

Catherine Bott visits the town of Elche, in south eastern Spain, to take in the spectacle of its Mystery Play. This long-standing piece of religious theatre written in a combination of Latin and the local Valencian dialect occurs every year on the feast of the Assumption of Mary.

01:00

Through the Night

15 July 2007

15 July 2007

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
A concert recorded in January 2007 in Copenhagen.
Williamson, Malcolm (1931-2003): Symphony for Voices
1.18am
Boyd, Anne (b.1946): As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams
1.30am
Body, Jack (b.1944): Five Lullabies
1.43am
Gudmundsen-Homgreen, Pelle (b.1932): Four Madrigals from the Natural World
Linnéa Lomholt (contralto)
Ars Nova Vocal Group
Paul Hillier (conductor)

2.00am
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911): Symphony No 7
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

3.16am
Lindblad, Adolf Fredrik (1801-1878): String Quartet No 3 in C
Yggdrasil String Quartet

3.53am
Rózycki, Ludomir (1884-1953): Anheli, Op 22
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Janusz Przybylski (conductor)

4.14am
Mozetich, Marjan (b.1948): Postcards from the Sky
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

4.27am
Norman, Ludvig (1831-1885): 2 Charakterstücke for piano
Bengt-Ake Lundin (piano)

4.37am
Piazzolla, Ástor Pantaleón (1921-1992): Adios Noniño (tango)
Musica Camerata Montréal

4.47am
Förster, Kaspar (1616-1673): Confitebor tibi Domine
Olga Pasiecznik (soprano)
Kai Wessel (alto)
Krzysztof Szmyt (tenor)
Dirk Snellings (bass)
Ensemble Il Tempo

5.00am
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967): 4 Madrigals for women's chorus
Jutland Chamber Choir
Mogens Dahl (director)

5.11am
Rautavaara, Einojuhani (b.1928): Anadyomene for orchestra
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Leif Segerstam (conductor)

5.22am
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971): Octet for wind instruments
Canadian Chamber Ensemble
Raffi Armenian (conductor)

5.38am
Ruzdjak, Marko (b.1946): April is the Cruellest Month
Zagreb Guitar Trio

5.45am
Tobias, Rudolf (1873-1918): Absol
EEsti Projekt Chamber Choir

5.53am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Rhapsodie Espagnole
Aglika Genova, Liuben Dimitrov (piano)

6.07am
Rathaus, Karol (1895-1954): Nokturne, Op 44
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra
Joel Suben (conductor)

6.19am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Sextet for strings No 2 in G
Oslo Chamber Soloists




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