Thursday 13th December 2007

07:00

Breakfast

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

From 7.00am

A Gabrieli: Ricercar a 4 del primo tuono
His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)

The 48 at 8: Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 13 in F sharp, BWV 858 (The Well-Tempered Clavier)
Friedrich Gulda (piano)

From 8.30am

Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for strings, Op 47
Berlin Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

Tobias Hume: Good Againe
Jordi Savall (viola da gamba)

Verdi: Ritorna vincitor! (Aida)
Maria Callas (soprano)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Nicola Rescigno (conductor)

10:00

Classical Collection

13 December 2007

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Brahms: Violin Sonata in A, Op 100
Josef Suk (violin)
Julius Katchen (piano)
DECCA 421 092-2

10.22am
Praetorius: Entrée (Terpsichore Nos 183 and 117)
Collegium Terpsichore
Fritz Neumeyer (conductor)
BOSTON SKYLINE BSD118

10.26am
Caroubel: Bransles de Villages (Terpsichore No 15)
New London Consort
Philip Pickett (director)
L'OISEAU-LYRE 414 633-2

10.30am
Praetorius: Suite of Voltes (Terpsichore Nos 243, 210, 211 and 201)
Early Music Consort of London
David Munrow (director)
EMI CDM 769024-2

10.33am
Janacek: In the Mists
Rudolf Kirkusny (piano)
DG 425 857-2

10.48am
Dvorak: Symphony No 5 in F, Op 76
London Symphony Orchestra
Witold Rowicki (conductor)
PHILIPS 446 530-2 (2 CD set)

11.26am
Scarlatti: Sonata in D, K443
Skip Sempe, Olivier Fortin (harpsichords)
PARADISO PA0003

11.31am
Handel: I give thee honour due...Or let the merry bells ring round (L'allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato, Part I)
Susan Gritton, Lorna Anderson, Claron McFadden (soprano)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Neal Davies (bass)
The Choir of the King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Anton Webern (1883-1945)

Part Four

The years between the Wars brought hardship to Webern and all of Austria, but the composer also discovered a new muse, the poet Hidegard Jone. Presented by Donald Macleod.

Five Pieces, Op 10
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)

Trio, Op 20
Ani Kavafian (violin)
Richard O'Neill (viola)
Fred Sherry (cello)

Three songs, Op 23
Christiane Oelze (soprano)
Eric Schneider (piano)

Das Augenlicht, Op 26
BBC Singers
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor)

Bach, arr. Webern: Fuga (Ricercata)
Munchener Kammerorchester
Christoph Poppen (conductor)

Cantata No 1, Op 29
Christine Oelze (soprano)
BBC Singers
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor)

13:00

Afternoon on 3

13 December 2007

Presented by Louise Fryer.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Wall2Wall, FiddleFest

A series of concerts recorded at the 2007 Fiddlefest, which takes place within the historic walls of Londonderry and showcases the violin in all its many guises including jazz, traditional and classical.

3/4. Recorded at the Guildhall in Derry, violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky and pianist Katya Apekisheva present Romantic repertoire for the violin. Grieg's dramatic Sonata No 3 is the last piece of chamber music he completed at his home, Troldhaugen, in 1887, and is coupled with one of Cesar Franck's most admired works.

Grieg: Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor
Franck: Violin Sonata in A

2.00pm Ulster Orchestra Summer Invitation Concerts

Mozart, Haydn and Neo-Classicism

Bill Campbell: Dig In (first performance; BBC Radio 3 commission)
Ulster Orchestra
David Hill (conductor)

Mozart: Violin Concerto No 2 in D, K211
Ruth Palmer (violin)
Ulster Orchestra
David Hill (conductor)

Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik for wind quintet, Op 24, No 2
Galliard Ensemble

Tchaikovsky: Variations on a rococo theme for cello and orchestra, Op 33
Johannes Moser (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)

Mozart: Serenade in B flat for 13 wind instruments, K361
Members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Haydn: Mass in the time of war (Paukenmesse)
Mary Nelson (soprano)
Sian Menna (mezzo-soprano)
Andrew Staples (tenor)
Edward Price (baritone)
Charles Wood Singers
Ulster Orchestra
David Hill (conductor)

17:00

In Tune

13 December 2007

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.

19:00

Performance on 3

The Romantic, the Revolutionary, and the Rebel

BBC SSO

A mini-series of concerts from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra featuring the music of Brahms, Bartok and Ligeti.

3/4. In a concert recorded at the City Halls, Glasgow, John Lill tackles Brahms' massive Second Piano Concerto, while a virtuoso conductor is also needed for Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, a compositional tour de force featuring contrasting lyrical and energetic movements.

Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat

John Lill (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom (conductor)

20:45

Composer of the Week

Anton Webern (1883-1945)

Part Four

The years between the Wars brought hardship to Webern and all of Austria, but the composer also discovered a new muse, the poet Hidegard Jone. Presented by Donald Macleod.

Five Pieces, Op 10
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)

Trio, Op 20
Ani Kavafian (violin)
Richard O'Neill (viola)
Fred Sherry (cello)

Three songs, Op 23
Christiane Oelze (soprano)
Eric Schneider (piano)

Das Augenlicht, Op 26
BBC Singers
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor)

Bach, arr. Webern: Fuga (Ricercata)
Munchener Kammerorchester
Christoph Poppen (conductor)

Cantata No 1, Op 29
Christine Oelze (soprano)
BBC Singers
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor)

21:45

Free Thinking 2007

'Are you a prisoner of yourself?'

Matthew Sweet introduces a debate recorded in front of an audience in Liverpool as part of BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking 07.

In an age when the political agenda is often pre-occupied with debates over civil liberties and the meaning of human rights, have we forgotten that the most powerful freedom we possess is in our heads? Why do so many people feel that the main obstacle to their personal freedom is, quite simply, their own outlook?

Psychoanalyst and writer Adam Philips and motivational speaker Jane Kenyon join the Rev Richard Coles, Chaplain to the Royal Academy of Music, to ask 'Are you a prisoner of yourself?'

22:30

Artist Focus

Harry Christophers

Petroc Trelawny presents The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers, who perform Tallis' Spem in alium.

23:00

The Essay

Greek and Latin Voices

A series about the literature which underpins Western civilisation.

4/4. Lapsed Classicist

Irish poet Michael Longley offers a touching personal account of his lifelong relationship with Homer. Texts read by Sian Thomas and John Rowe.

23:15

Late Junction

13 December 2007

Fiona Talkington introduces trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer in session especially for Late Junction, songs from Sweet Billy Pilgrim, and melodies by Geir Tveitt.

01:00

Through the Night

13 December 2007

13 December 2007

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Bartok, Bela (1881-1945): Music for strings, percussion and celesta
Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Graeme Jenkins (conductor)

1.35am
Bartok, Bela (1881-1945): Concerto No 2 in D minor for violin and orchestra
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Graeme Jenkins (conductor)

2.13am
Bartok, Bela (1881-1945): Concerto for Orchestra
Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Graeme Jenkins (conductor)

2.52am
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von (1644-1704): Missa Alleluja a 36
Gradus ad Parnassum
Concerto Palatino
Choral scholars from Wiener Hofburgkapelle
Konrad Junghänel (director)

3.28am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Trio in B flat for piano and strings, D898
Beaux Arts Trio

4.06am
Gautier d'Espinal (c.1215-1272): Touz esforciez avrai chanté souvent
Ensemble Lucidarium
Francis Biggi (citole)
Avery Gosfield (conductor/tabor)

4.12am
Schickhard, Johann Christian (c.1682-1760): Sonata in C for flute and harpsichord
Vladislav Brunner Jr (flute)
Herta Madarova (harpsichord)

4.22am
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921): Danse macabre, Op 40
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Kjell Seim (conductor)

4.30am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): 12 Variations on 'La Folia'
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

4.39am
Gesualdo, Carlo (c.1560-1613): 2 Motets (arr. Maxwell Davies for brass quintet)
The Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble

4.48am
Wassenaer; Unico Wilhelm van (1692-1766): Concerto No 2 in B flat (Sei Concerti Armonici)
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Jan Willem de Vriend (conductor)

5.00am
Reznicek, Emil Nikolaus von (1860-1945): Overture (Donna Diana)
Symphony Nova Scotia
Georg Tintner (conductor)

5.06am
Carniolus, Iacobus Gallus (1550-1591): 2 Motets from Opus Musicum
Ljubljanski madrigalisti
Matjaz Scek (director)

5.14am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Sonata in G for flute, violin and continuo, BWV 1038
Musica Petropolitana

5.22am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Fantasie in F minor, Op 49
Xaver Scharwenka (piano)

5.35am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Si, si, fellon, t'intendo; Fra Tempeste funeste a quest'alma (Rodelinda, regina de Longobardi, Act 2)
Matthew White (countertenor)
Arte dei Suonatori
Eduardo Lopez (conductor)

5.40am
Kutev, Filip (1903-1982): Rhapsody for orchestra
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Vladigerov (conductor)

5.53am
Hellendaal, Pieter (1721-1799): Concerto grosso in D for strings and continuo, Op 3, No 5
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

6.11am
Albéniz, Isaac (1860-1909): Rapsodia española
Angela Cheng (piano)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Hans Graf (conductor)

6.29am
Tippett, Michael (1905-1998): Five Spirituals from A Child of our Time (for chorus)
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

6.41am
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764): Orchestral Suite from Dardanus
European Union Baroque Orchestra
Roy Goodman (director)