07:00
Rob Cowan
Including from 7.00am
Ravel: Jeux d'eau for piano
Angela Hewett (piano)
Rossini: Overture (The silken ladder)
Philharmonia
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
The 48 at 8:
Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 4 in C sharp minor (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)
Angela Hewett (piano)
From 8.30am
Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira No 5
Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
Mozart: Symphony No 25 in G minor
English Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Britten (conductor)
Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No 1
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
George Georgescu (conductor)
10:00
28 December 2007
With James Jolly.
10.00am
Bach: Trio Sonata from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Elaine Schaffer (flute)
Derek Simpson (cello)
Ronald Kinloch Anderson (harpsichord)
EMI 5744392 (2 CDs)
10.21am
Schoenberg: Friede auf Erden, Op 13
BBC Singers
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
SONY SMK 62019
10.31am
Creston: Symphony No 3 (Three Mysteries)
National Symphony Orchestra of the Ukraine
Theodor Kuchar (conductor)
NAXOS 8.559034
11.03am
Paine: Christmas Gift, Op 7
Denver Oldham (piano)
NEW WORLD 804242 (2 CDs)
11.06am
Copland: Appalachian Spring
St Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff (conductor)
TELDEC 3984-28169-2 (2 CDs)
11.42am
Richard Strauss: Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland
Soile Isokoski (soprano)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski (conductor)
ONDINE ODE 982-2
11.55am
Guilmant: Final alla Schumann sur un noël languedocien
Ian Tracey (organ)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)
CHANDOS CHSA 5048
12:00
Eric Coates (1886-1957)
Part Five
Donald Macleod salutes a composer with a unique ability to match a national mood with music.
5/5. Sound and Vision. Coates wishes he hadn't given up cigarettes, flirts with politics and royalty, and starts his film career at age 68. And to finish the week, a rare foray into chamber music and the composer's own favourite work.
Holborn; The Unknown Singer; The Green Land; Sweet Seventeen
BBC Concert Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)
The Dam Busters
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)
Impression of a Princess
BBC Concert Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)
High Flight
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Penny (conductor)
First Meeting
Michael Ponder (viola)
Eugene Asti (piano)
The Jester at the Wedding
Orchestra conducted by Coates
13:00
28 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.
8/8. Haydn's Frog Quartet earned its nickname from the rocking motif in the final movement, and it was the last movement of Beethoven's last completed quartet that caused such controversy at the premiere. After a reviewer described it as 'incomprehensible', Beethoven replaced the last movement (later published separately as the Grosse Fuge) with an altogether lighter and cheerier Allegro movement which, arguably, sits uncomfortably after the emotional weight of the Cavatina.
Haydn: Quartet in D, Op 50 No 6 (The Frog)
Beethoven: Quartet in B flat, Op 130
Prazak Quartet
2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007
Wagner: Siegfried (Act 1)
Siegfried ...... Stephen Gould (tenor)
Mime ...... Gerhard Siegel (tenor)
The Wanderer ...... Albert Dohmen (baritone)
Alberich ...... Andrew Shore (baritone)
Fafner ...... Hans-Peter König (bass)
Erda ...... Mihoko Fujimura (contralto)
Brünnhilde ...... Linda Watson (soprano)
Waldvogel ...... Robin Johannsen (soprano)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Christian Thielemann (conductor)
Buxtehude: Alles was ihr tut mit Worten oder mit Werken
Harmony of Voices
Altapunta Ensemble
Ole-Kristian Andersen (conductor)
Buxtehude: Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BuxWV 207
Byne Bryndorf (organ)
Vaughan Williams: Hodie
Susan Gritton (soprano)
Mark Wilde (tenor)
James Rutherford (baritone)
Berlin Radio Chorus
Berlin State and Cathedral Choir
German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin
Simon Halsey (conductor)
17:00
28 December 2007
Sean Rafferty introduces a series of programmes celebrating the life and career of Luciano Pavarotti who died in September.
5/5. The Universal Tenor
Sean examines the phenomenon of Pavarotti's stadium concerts, which began in 1990 with the first of the Three Tenors concerts in Rome, and went on to reach a global audience. At the same time, Pavarotti was recording his last big role, Otello, and making final stage appearances. Soprano Marilyn Horne talks about her experiences of singing with him.
Music includes:
Puccini: Nessun dorma (Turandot)
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentina
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Cilea E' la solita storia (L'arlesiana)
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Leone Magiera (piano)
De Curtis Torna a Surriento
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Philharmonia
Leone Magiera (conductor)
Verdi: Otello (excerpt)
Otello ...... Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Desdemona ...... Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
Jago ...... Leo Nucci (baritone)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti (conductor)
18:00
28 December 2007
Verity Sharp introduces recordings by members of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme.
Beethoven: Variations on Ein Madchen oder Weibchen
Danjulo Ishizaka (cello)
Jose Gallardo (piano)
Schumann: Liederkreis, Op 24
Allan Clayton (tenor)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Beethoven: Sonata in E flat, Op 31 No 3
Shai Wosner (piano)
19:00
28 December 2007
Continuing the Christmas and New Year series of highlights of the 2007 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, John Shea introduces the second Prom given by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano)
Lioba Braun (mezzo-soprano)
Michael Schade (tenor)
Michael Volle (bass)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)
Honegger: Symphony No 3 (Symphonie liturgique)
Beethoven: Symphony No 9 in D minor (Choral)
20:45
Eric Coates (1886-1957)
Part Five
Donald Macleod salutes a composer with a unique ability to match a national mood with music.
5/5. Sound and Vision. Coates wishes he hadn't given up cigarettes, flirts with politics and royalty, and starts his film career at age 68. And to finish the week, a rare foray into chamber music and the composer's own favourite work.
Holborn; The Unknown Singer; The Green Land; Sweet Seventeen
BBC Concert Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)
The Dam Busters
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)
Impression of a Princess
BBC Concert Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)
High Flight
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Penny (conductor)
First Meeting
Michael Ponder (viola)
Eugene Asti (piano)
The Jester at the Wedding
Orchestra conducted by Coates
21:45
28 December 2007
Joan Bakewell talks with public figures, artists and thinkers about what they believe and why. 3/7: Peter Sanders, recognised as a leading photographer of the Islamic world.
22:15
Gubaidulina: The String Quartets
During the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Gubaidulina Weekend in January 2007, the Royal String Quartet performed all four of Gubaidulina's unique quartets at St Giles, Cripplegate, in London's Barbican Centre. Now aged 76, Sofia Gubaidulina lived through the Soviet era, maintaining her artistic integrity in astonishingly powerful music inspired by her profound Russian Orthodox faith.
1/4. Gubaidulina's Quartet No 2, written in 1987, is the shortest of the four works.
22:30
Django Reinhardt
The first European jazz musician to make a significant impact on the world stage, guitarist Django Reinhardt's effect was felt throughout jazz.
John Etheridge, leader of the Django tribute band Sweet Chorus, joins Alyn Shipton to select the finest recordings by the gipsy genius. From the Hot Club Quintet of France to Reinhardt's solo waltzes, and from his later electric guitar triumphs such as Nuages to his wartime big band discs, this covers all the essential Reinhardt recordings for any jazz collection.
23:30
Best of Live 2007
Jez Nelson selects music from the best live concerts recorded by Jazz on 3 in 2007.
Expect to hear music from the likes of saxophonist Bob Belden, former John Coltrane bassist Reggie Workman, bass clarinetist Bennie Maupin and rising alto saxophone star Rudresh Mahanthappa.
01:00
28 December 2007
28 December 2007
With John Shea.
1.00am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Nänie, Op 82
1.14am
Schicksalslied, Op 54
Oslo Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
1.30am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Symphony No 2 in D
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Andrew Manze (conductor)
2.11am
Spohr, Louis (1784-1859): Notturno in C for wind and Turkish band, Op 34
Octophoros
Paul Dombrecht (conductor)
2.43am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Ewig einsam; Wenn du einst die Gauen
Ben Heppner (tenor)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
2.56am
Duruflé, Maurice (1902-1986): Requiem, Op 9
BBC Singers
David Goode (organ)
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
3.38am
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961): The Warriors
Glen Riddle, Ben Martin, Denise Harvey (pianos)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon (conductor)
3.56am
Domenico da Piacenza (fl.1439-c.1450): La fia Guilmin
Philippe Gélinas (hurdy gurdy)
3.58am
Anonymous (16th century): Diferencias sobre las Vacas (instrumental)
Hespèrion XX
Jordi Savall (director)
4.00am
Schreker, Franz (1878-1934): Valse lente
Symphony Nova Scotia
Georg Tintner (conductor)
4.06am
Strauss, Johann II (1825-1899): Wienerblut, Op 354
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Borge Wagner (conductor)
4.16am
Groneman, Johannes Albertus (1710-1778): Flute Sonata in G
Jed Wentz (flute)
Balazs Mate (cello)
Marcelo Bussi (harpsichord)
4.30am
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759): Theme and Variations
Manja Smits (harp)
4.36am
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934): Wind Quintet in A flat, Op 14
Cinque Venti
4.51am
Franck, César (1822-1890): Piece heroique in B minor, M37
Ljerka Ocic (organ)
5.00am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897), orch. Martin Schmeling: Hungarian Dance No 1
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Stuart Challender (conductor)
5.03am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Hungarian Rhapsody No 2
Jeno Jando (piano)
5.14am
Trad. Hungarian: 17th Century Dances
Csaba Nagy (tarogato)
Peter Ella (harpsichord)
5.21am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Suite in B flat for 13 wind instruments, Op 4
Ottawa Winds
Michael Goodwin (conductor)
5.47am
Klami, Uuno (1900-1961): Serenade Joyeuse
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jussi Jalas (conductor)
5.53am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): String Quartet in E minor
Vertavo Quartet
6.18am
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Gratia sola Dei
Currende
Erik van Nevel (conductor)
6.25am
Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959): Frescoes of Piero della Francesca
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava
Robert Stankovsky (conductor)
6.47am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Norwegian Bridal March, Op 19 No 2
Edvard Grieg (piano roll)
6.51am
Madetoja, Leevi (1887-1947): Dance Vision, Op 11
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula (conductor)
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