07:00
Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Including from 7.00am
Morales: Emendemus in Melius
Gabrieli Consort
Paul McCreesh (director)
Schubert: Rondo in A for violin and strings
Nigel Kennedy (violin)
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate (conductor)
The 48 at 8:
Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 19 in A (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Keith Jarrett (piano)
From 8.30am
Chopin: Scherzo in E, Op 54
Richard Goode (piano)
Mozart: Fugue in C minor for two pianos
Andras Schiff, Peter Serkin (pianos)
Adams: Tromba Lontana
Gareth Bimson, Martin Hurrell (trumpets)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Adams (conductor)
10:00
19 December 2007
With Sarah Walker.
10.00am
Boyce: Symphony No 8 in D minor
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (conductor)
ARCHIV 4196312
10.12am
Dunstable: Salve regina misericordiae
Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hillier (conductor)
EMI 7490022
10.23am
Somervell: Violin Concerto in G
Anthony Marwood (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 67420
10.57am
Stanford: Piano Trio No 3, Op 158 (Per aspera ad astra)
Gould Piano Trio
NAXOS 8.570416
11.19am
Brahms: Symphony No 3 in F, Op 90
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Marin Alsop (condutor)
NAXOS 8.557430
12:00
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Part Three
Donald Macleod takes a series of snapshots of a period that lay at the centre of Tchaikovsky's creative life, from 1876 to 1890.
3/5. 1877 had been a wretched year for Tchaikovsky. His marriage had gone hideously wrong in a matter of days and had left deep emotional scars. But the following year, things began to look up. He left his job at the Moscow Conservatoire, which had been a millstone around his neck, and correspondence now flourished between Tchaikovsky and his 'best friend', the wealthy widow Nadhezda von Meck. The fact that he was now solvent, owing to a monthly allowance from her, must have helped.
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom (excerpt, The Lord's Prayer)
St Petersburg Chamber Choir
Nikolai Korniev (conductor)
Maid of Orleans (excerpt from Act 1 conclusion)
Joan of Arc ...... Sofia Preobrazhenskaya (soprano)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Kirov
B Khaikin (conductor)
Violin Concerto in D
Gidon Kremer (violin)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
Amid the din of the ball; It was in the early spring, Op 38
Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
13:00
19 December 2007
Presented by Fiona Talkington.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Beethoven Plus
A run of concerts recorded at LSO St Luke's, featuring a complete series of Beethoven's string quartets coupled with masterpieces of the genre by Haydn and Bartok.
2/8. Former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Belcea Quartet present works by Beethoven and one of the 20th century masters of the chamber music genre, Béla Bartók.
Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor, Op 95 (Serioso)
Bartók: Quartet No 6 in D, Sz 114
2.00pm British Symphony Series
Composer David Matthews joins Fiona Talkington live in the studio to talk about his work and his musical enthusiasms: from Britten, who employed Matthews as his music assistant, to the late symphonic worlds of Sibelius and Mahler. Sibelius's Seventh Symphony was an influence on Matthews's Third, while David Matthews and his brother Colin both collaborated with Deryck Cooke on his 'performing version' of Mahler's final musical testament.
Sibelius: Symphony No 7
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Josep Caballe-Domenech (conductor)
David Matthews: Symphony No 3
BBC Philharmonic
En Shao (conductor)
Judith Bingham: Gleams of a remoter world
BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
David Matthews: String Trio No 1
Leopold String Trio
Mahler: Symphony No 10
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
17:00
19 December 2007
Sean Rafferty presents this special Christmas edition live from the Radio Theatre in BBC Broadcasting House, London.
Guests include the Choir of Westminster Abbey conducted by James O'Donnell.
19:00
19 December 2007
The Sixteen
Petroc Trelawny introduces a programme of Christmas choral music composed by two composers who were good friends and great admirers of each other's music: Benjamin Britten and Francis Poulenc. The concert, given at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, includes Poulenc's Little Prayers of St Francis of Assisi and Britten's Ceremony of Carols. Plus music by Maurice Durufle - four motets based on plainsong chants.
Sioned Williams (harp)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)
20:45
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Part Three
Donald Macleod takes a series of snapshots of a period that lay at the centre of Tchaikovsky's creative life, from 1876 to 1890.
3/5. 1877 had been a wretched year for Tchaikovsky. His marriage had gone hideously wrong in a matter of days and had left deep emotional scars. But the following year, things began to look up. He left his job at the Moscow Conservatoire, which had been a millstone around his neck, and correspondence now flourished between Tchaikovsky and his 'best friend', the wealthy widow Nadhezda von Meck. The fact that he was now solvent, owing to a monthly allowance from her, must have helped.
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom (excerpt, The Lord's Prayer)
St Petersburg Chamber Choir
Nikolai Korniev (conductor)
Maid of Orleans (excerpt from Act 1 conclusion)
Joan of Arc ...... Sofia Preobrazhenskaya (soprano)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Kirov
B Khaikin (conductor)
Violin Concerto in D
Gidon Kremer (violin)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
Amid the din of the ball; It was in the early spring, Op 38
Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
21:45
'I'm Not There'
Isabel Hilton and guests assess the new film I'm Not There, which uses seven actors to embody different aspects of the life of singer Bob Dylan. The Night Waves week-long examination of the artistic legacy of influential cultural figures who died in 2007 continues.
22:30
Marin Alsop
With Petroc Trelawny. Marin Alsop became principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in 2002, and this programme features their recording of Bartok's Dance Suite.
23:00
Greek and Latin Voices
Series exploring the work of Horace.
3/4. Horace was once much taught in British schools, should he be again? Martha Kearney discusses Latin in the newsroom.
23:15
19 December 2007
Fiona Talkington presents a story from Lee Hazelwood with Icelandic band Amiina and an unusual take on a Russian fairy tale from Gultskra Artikler, and Kouame Sereba plays the dodo, an African mouth-harp used in story-telling.
01:00
19 December 2007
19 December 2007
With John Shea.
1.00am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C, BWV 564
David Sanger (organ)
1.17am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Pastorella in F, BWV 590
Hans van Nieuwkoop (organ)
1.29am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Prelude and Fugue No 29 in D, BWV 874 (The Well-Tempered Clavier)
Kamiel D'Hooghe (organ)
1.36am
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911): Das Lied von der Erde
Randi Stene (mezzo-soprano)
Gwyn Hughes Jones (tenor)
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland (conductor)
2.38am
Alkan, Charles-Valentin (1813-1888): Piano Concerto (12 Studies, Op 39 Nos 8-10)
Stefan Lindgren (piano)
3.29am
Crusell, Bernard Henrik (1775-1838): Sinfonia concertante for clarinet, bassoon, horn and orchestra in B flat, Op 3
Reijo Koskinen (clarinet)
Pekka Katajamaki (bassoon)
Esa Tukia (horn)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
3.58am
Papandopulo, Boris (1906-1991): Nad grobom ljepote djevojke, Op 39
Slovenian Chamber Choir
Vladimir Kranjcevic (conductor)
4.05am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Luonnotar, Op 70
Soile Isokoski (soprano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
4.14am
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): Sonata for strings No 5 in E flat
Camerata Bern
4.29am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Variations in E minor for flute and piano, D802
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Bruno Robilliard (piano)
4.44am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Rhapsody in G minor, Op 79 No 2
Robert Silverman (piano)
4.51am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Sinfonia (L'isola disabitata)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Rolf Gupta (conductor)
5.00am
Schütz, Heinrich (1585-1672): Freuet euch des Herren for three voices, two violins and continuo, SWV 367
La Capella Ducale
Musica Fiata
Roland Wilson (director)
5.06am
Sammartini, Giuseppe (1695-1750): Sinfonia in F
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi (violin/director)
5.14am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Brunnquell aller Guter, BWV 445; Kommt, Seelen, dieser Tag, BWV 479
Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
Markus Markl (harpsichord)
5.19am
Field, John (1782-1837): Rondo in A flat for piano and strings
Eckart Selheim (fortepiano)
Collegium Aureum
Franzjosef Maier (director)
5.27am
Coulthard, Jean (1908-2000), orch. Michael Conway Baker: Four Irish Songs
Linda Maguire (mezzo-soprano)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)
5.36am
Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974): Suite for clarinet, violin and piano, Op 157b
James Campbell (clarinet)
Moshe Hammer (violin)
André Laplante (piano)
5.46am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No 4 in D
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska (conductor)
5.59am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): String Quartet No 2 in C, D32
Orlando Quartet
6.19am
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924): Dolly, Op 56 (for piano duet)
Erzsébet Tusa, Istvan Lantos (pianos)
6.33am
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883): Siegfried Idyll for small orchestra
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Arvid Engegard (conductor)
6.53am
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713): Sonate da chiesa in B flat, Op 1 No 5
London Baroque
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