07:00
Rob Cowan
Including from 7.00am
Veracini: Sonata in D, Op 2 No 1
John Holloway (violin)
Jaap ter Linden (cello)
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
The 48 at 8:
Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 2 in C minor (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)
Edwin Fischer (piano)
Johann Strauss: Blue Danube Waltz
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlos Kleiber (conductor)
From 8.30am
Vivaldi: Concerto in E (Il Riposo, per il natale)
Il Giardino Harmonico
Chopin: Scherzo No 2 in B flat, Op 31
Stephen Hough (piano)
Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Op 60
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
10:00
26 December 2007
With James Jolly.
10.00am
Arnold: Commonwealth Christmas Overture
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Malcolm Arnold (conductor)
REFERENCE RECORDINGS RR-48
10.30am
Schütz: Weihnachtshistorie
Nigel Rogers (tenor)
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
David Thomas (bass)
Taverner Consort
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
VIRGIN 5613532
11.13am
Honegger: Une cantate de Noël
Václav Zítek (baritone)
Kuhn Children's Chorus
Czech Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra
Libor Pe?ek (conductor)
SUPRAPHON 33CO-1090
11.39am
L Mozart: Toy Symphony
Children's Ensemble of the Moscow Music School
Igor Markevich (conductor)
PHILIPS UCCP 3396
11.50am
Saint-Saens: Wedding Cake (Caprice-valse)
David Owen Norris (piano)
I Musici de Montréal
Yuri Turovsky (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9244
11.58am
Anon: Give good gifts one to another
Theatre of Voices
Paul Hillier (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 2907264
12:00
Eric Coates (1886-1957)
Part Three
Donald Macleod salutes a composer with a unique ability to match a national mood with music.
3/5. Eric Coates Goes to Town
As he moves into several addresses in and around London, thanks to his wife's hobby as an early property developer, Eric Coates falls in love with the city.
London (London Everyday)
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Adrian Leaper (conductor)
London Bridge March
Royal Artillery Band
Maj Geoffrey Kingston (conductor)
London Again Suite
London Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Saxo-Rhapsody
Jack Brymer (saxophone)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Charles Groves (conductor)
The Seven Seas
BBC Concert Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)
13:00
26 December 2007
Presented by Penny Gore.
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.
6/8. The Ysaye Quartet perform a Beethoven work which pays more than a passing tribute to Mozart. This is preceded by Bartók's Third Quartet. Despite being indecisive in his personal life, Bartók asserted his musical personality through his use of Hungarian folk tunes, which became one of the signature aspects of his music.
Bartók: Quartet No 1 in A minor, Sz 40
Beethoven: Quartet in A, Op 18 No 5
2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007
Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 2)
Siegmund ...... Endrik Wottrich (tenor)
Hunding ...... Kwangchul Youn (bass)
Wotan ...... Albert Dohmen (baritone)
Sieglinde ...... Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano)
Brünnhilde ...... Linda Watson (soprano)
Fricka ...... Michelle Breedt (mezzo-soprano)
Gerhilde ...... Sonja Mühlbeck (soprano)
Ortlinde ...... Anna Gabler (soprano)
Waltraute ...... Martina Dike (mezzo-soprano)
Schwertleite ...... Simone Schröder (contralto)
Helmwige ...... Edith Haller (soprano)
Siegrune ...... Wilke te Brummelstroete (mezzo-soprano)
Grimgerde ...... Anette Küttenbaum (mezzo-soprano)
Rossweisse ...... Alexandra Petersamer (mezzo-soprano)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Christian Thielemann (conductor)
Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (Cantatas 1-3)
Christine Schäfer (soprano)
Bernarda Fink (contralto)
Werner Güra (tenor)
Gerald Finley (bass)
Arnold Schoenberg Chorus
Concentus Musicus, Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
17:00
26 December 2007
Sean Rafferty introduces a series of programmes celebrating the life and career of Luciano Pavarotti who died in September.
3/5. Opera's Golden Tenor
In the 1970s, Pavarotti achieved wider fame in America, particularly at the Metropolitan Opera, where he received no fewer than 17 curtain calls for one performance. From there he was crowned Opera's Golden Tenor on the cover of Time magazine. Sean Rafferty examines his breakthrough in America and his continued success in Europe in conversation with Richard Bonynge.
Including scenes from:
Puccini: La boheme
Mimi ...... Mirella Freni (soprano)
Rodolfo ...... Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Puccini: Turandot
Princess Turandot ...... Joan Sutherland (soprano)
Calaf ...... Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Cio-cio-san ...... Mirella Freni (soprano)
B F Pinkerton ...... Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Puccini: Tosca
Tosca ...... Mirella Freni (soprano)
Cavaradossi ...... Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicola Rescigno (conductor)
18:00
26 December 2007
Verity Sharp presents recordings by some of the bright young talents currently on Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme.
Haydn: English Songs
Allan Clayton (tenor)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Widor: Sonata, Op 34
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Love Derwinger (piano)
Mozart: Variations in G on a Theme by Gluck, K455
Shai Wosner (piano)
Gwilym Simcock: A Typical Affair
Phil Donkin (double-bass)
Martin France (drums)
Ben Bryant (percussion)
19:00
26 December 2007
Continuing the Christmas and New Year series of highlights of the 2007 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces a concert featuring singing star Michael Ball performing some of the music theatre hits that have made him famous in London's West End and on Broadway. With special guests Alfie Boe, Laura Michelle Kelly and Izzy Johnston.
Capital Voices
BBC Concert Orchestra
Callum McLeod (conductor)
John Miles/Queen, arr. Martin Williams: Overture
Frank Wildhorn/Leslie Bricusse: This Is the Moment
Jule Styne/Bob Merrill: Don't Rain on My Parade
Leslie Bricusse/Anthony Newley: The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd
Gilbert & Sullivan: Am I Alone; If You're Anxious for to Shine
Borodin/Robert Wright/George Forrest, orch. Richard Balcombe: Stranger in Paradise; And This Is My Beloved
Bizet: Au fond du temple saint (Les pecheurs de perles)
Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento
Stephen Schwartz: Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord
Lloyd Webber/Rice: Gethsemane (Jesus Christ Superstar)
Lloyd Webber/Don Black/Christopher Hampton: Sunset Boulevard Suite; As If We Never Said Goodbye; Sunset Boulevard
Benny Andersson/Bjorn Ulvaeus/Tim Rice: Anthem (Chess)
Lloyd Webber/Charles Hart/Richard Stilgoe: All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera)
Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine: Loving You (Passion)
Leonard Bernstein/Arthur Laurents: Something's Coming
Claude-Michel Schoenberg/Herbert Kretzmer: Empty Chairs (Les Miserables)
Queen: The Show Must Go On
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster, orch. Richard Balcombe: The Prayer (The Quest for Camelot)
Carly Simon: Let the Rivers Run
John Miles, orch. Balcombe: Music
20:45
Eric Coates (1886-1957)
Part Three
Donald Macleod salutes a composer with a unique ability to match a national mood with music.
3/5. Eric Coates Goes to Town
As he moves into several addresses in and around London, thanks to his wife's hobby as an early property developer, Eric Coates falls in love with the city.
London (London Everyday)
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Adrian Leaper (conductor)
London Bridge March
Royal Artillery Band
Maj Geoffrey Kingston (conductor)
London Again Suite
London Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Saxo-Rhapsody
Jack Brymer (saxophone)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Charles Groves (conductor)
The Seven Seas
BBC Concert Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)
21:45
The Very Rev June Osborne, Dean of Salisbury
Joan Bakewell talks with public figures, artists and thinkers about what they believe and why. 1/7. The Very Rev June Osborne, Dean of Salisbury.
22:15
26 December 2007
Continuing the Christmas and New Year series of highlights of the 2007 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, Petroc Trelawny introduces a performance by the Britten Sinfonia with actors Prunella Scales and Timothy West of readings from Shakespeare interleaved with music inspired by his plays.
Anna Dennis (mezzo-soprano)
Prunella Scales, Timothy West (speakers)
Britten Sinfonia
Alexander Shelley (conductor)
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture and Scherzo)
Korngold: Much Ado About Nothing Suite
Stravinsky: Three Songs from William Shakespeare
Bridge: There Is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook
Shostakovich: Hamlet Suite
23:45
26 December 2007
Verity Sharp presents a recording from the 2007 Oxford Contemporary Music Festival featuring a rare visit to the UK by Californian minimalist composer and pianist Harold Budd, alongside a shepherd's song from Armenia played on duduk by Djivan Gasparyan and other seasonal music from around the world.
01:00
26 December 2007
26 December 2007
With John Shea.
1.00am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): String Quartet in E minor, Op 59 No 2 (Rasumovsky)
1.36am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): String Quartet in B flat, Op 130
Juilliard Quartet
2.20am
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875): Symphony in C
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Othmar Maga (conductor)
2.56am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor, Op 25
Joan Berkhemer (violin)
Michel Samson (viola)
Nadia David (cello)
Rian de Waal (piano)
3.36am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47
Judy Kang (violin)
Orchestre Symphonique de Laval
Jean-François Rivest (conductor)
4.11
Liadov, Anatoly (1855-1914): The Enchanted Lake, Op 62
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitri Kitaenko (conductor)
4.19am
Dowland, John (1563-1626): Thou mighty God; When David's life; When the poore criple
Ars Nova
Bo Holten (director)
4.30am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): No 11 Harmonies du soir (12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante, S139)
Max Pauer (piano)
4.39am
Bruhns, Nicolaus (1665-1697): Wohl dem, der den Herren fürchtet
Greta de Reyghere, Jill Feldman (sopranos)
Max van Egmond (bass)
Ricercar Consort
4.47am
Dobrzynski, Ignacy Feliks (1807-1867): Overture (Monbar, czyli Flibustierowie)
Sinfonia Varsovia
Grzegorz Nowak (conductor)
5.00am
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179): O vis aeternitatis (Responsorium)
Sequentia
5.08am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Variations serieuses for piano, Op 54
Antonia Geiger-Eichorn (piano)
5.19am
Liebermann, Rolf (1910-1999): Suite on Six Swiss Folk Songs
Swiss Chamber Philharmonic
Patrice Ulrich (conductor)
5.31am
Anon. (12th century English): The milde lomb
Sequentia
5.42am
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): Overture (William Tell)
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Roman Zeilinger (conductor)
5.53am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): La valse for two pianos
Ouellet-Murray Duo
6.06am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): La mer
Orchestre National de France
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
6.35am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 99 in E flat
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Guido Ajmone Marsan (conductor)
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