Monday 31st December 2007

07:00

Breakfast

Rob Cowan

Including from 7.00am

Handel: Utrecht Te Deum (excerpts)
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

Mozart: Overture (Die Zauberflote)
Wiener Haydn-Orchester
Istvan Kertesz (conductor)

The 48 at 8:

Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 7 in E flat, BWV 876 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)
Hans Pischner (harpsichord)

From 8.30am

Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op 60 (excerpts)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

Jerome Kern: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Louis Kaufman (violin)
Leonard 'Tiny' Berman (piano)

Ernest Tomlinson: Fantasia on Auld Lang Syne
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Gavin Sutherland (conductor)

10:00

Classical Collection

31 December 2007

With James Jolly.

10.00am
Mendelssohn: Trumpet Overture, Op 101
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 423 104-2

10.10am
Bridge: A Sea Idyll
Peter Jacobs (piano)
CONTINUUM CCD 1016

10.16am
Mendelssohn: Infelice, Op 94
Cecilia Bartoli (soprano)
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Orchestra La Scintilla
Adam Fischer (conductor)
DECCA 475 9077

10.30am
Britten: Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes)
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Eduard van Beinum (conductor)
DECCA 440 063-2

10.45am
Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness
Peter Maxwell Davies (piano)
COLLINS CLASSICS 14442

10.51am
Chausson: Poeme de l'amour de la mer, Op 19
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
CARLTON CLASSICS 15656 91742

11.20am
Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 in C minor (Organ)
Olivier Latry (organ)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
ONDINE ODE1094-5
As recommended on Saturday's Building a Library.

12:00

Composer of the Week

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Part One

This year marks the 150th birthday of Giacomo Puccini, whose operas have become repertory mainstays.

1/5. A Star is Born

Donald Macleod follows Puccini's path from small town church musician to fame and fortune on the operatic stage.

Nessun Dorma (Turandot)
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta (conductor)

Straniero ascolta... Figlio del Cielo (Turandot, Act 2)
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Franco Corelli (tenor)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor)

A te
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Julius Rudel (piano)

Missa di Gloria (Kyrie)
Jose Carreras (tenor)
Hermann Prey (baritone)
Ambrosian Singers
Philharmonia Orchestra
Claudio Scimone (conductor)

Crisantemi
Martfeld Quartett

Ansia eternal, crude!... Presto! in fila! (Manon Lescaut, Act 3)
Kiri te Kanawa (soprano)
Jose Carreras, Carlo Gaifa (tenors)
Natale de Carolis (baritone)
Giorgio Tadeo (bass)
Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

13:00

Afternoon on 3

31 December 2007

Presented by Louise Fryer.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

As part of the 2007 Music in the Round series, pianist Cedric Tiberghien performs a programme of Spanish-inspired music recorded at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Debussy: La soirée dans Granade (Estampes); La serenade interrompue (Preludes, Book 1); La puerta del vino (Preludes, Book 2)
Albéniz: Almeria; Triana (Iberia)
Falla: Fantasia Baetica

2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007

Wagner: Siegfried (Act 2)
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)

Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (Cantatas 4-6)
Marie Arnet (soprano)
Tim Mead (countertenor)
Nicholas Watts, Marcel Beekman (tenors)
Markus Werba (bass)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (director)

Part: Symphony No 3
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andres Mustonen (conductor)

17:00

At the Piano

Steven Osborne

In the company of leading pianists, Petroc Trelawny examines the riches of the recorded piano repertoire. 1/5. He talks to Steven Osborne about the pianists he most admires.

18:00

New Generation Artists

31 December 2007

Verity Sharp introduces recordings by members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme.

Scarlatti: Sonata in B minor, Kk87
Eduard Kunz (piano)

Mozart: String Quartet in C, K465 (Dissonance)
Ebene Quartet

Beethoven: Sonata in E, Op 109
Cedric Tiberghien (piano)

19:00

BBC Proms 2007

31 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 concert that explores the delights of 18th-century London.

Mark Padmore (tenor)
The English Concert
Laurence Cummings (conductor/harpsichord)

Boyce: Symphony No 5 in D
Arne: Under the greenwood tree; When icicles hang; Where the bee sucks (Three Shakespeare Songs)
Thomas Linley Jr: Ode on the Spirits of Shakespeare Overture
Handel: His Mighty Arm and Waft Her; Angels from Jephtha (Samson); Water Music (Suites G and D)

20:15

Composer of the Week

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Part One

This year marks the 150th birthday of Giacomo Puccini, whose operas have become repertory mainstays.

1/5. A Star is Born

Donald Macleod follows Puccini's path from small town church musician to fame and fortune on the operatic stage.

Nessun Dorma (Turandot)
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta (conductor)

Straniero ascolta... Figlio del Cielo (Turandot, Act 2)
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Franco Corelli (tenor)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor)

A te
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Julius Rudel (piano)

Missa di Gloria (Kyrie)
Jose Carreras (tenor)
Hermann Prey (baritone)
Ambrosian Singers
Philharmonia Orchestra
Claudio Scimone (conductor)

Crisantemi
Martfeld Quartett

Ansia eternal, crude!... Presto! in fila! (Manon Lescaut, Act 3)
Kiri te Kanawa (soprano)
Jose Carreras, Carlo Gaifa (tenors)
Natale de Carolis (baritone)
Giorgio Tadeo (bass)
Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

21:15

Belief

Baroness Warnock

Joan Bakewell talks with public figures, artists and thinkers about what they believe and why. 4/7: The philosopher Baroness Warnock.

21:45

BBC Proms 2007

31 December 2007

Continuing the Christmas and New Year series of highlights of the 2007 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, Petroc Trelawny introduces the Last Night of the 113th Proms season, with conductor Jiri Belohlavek as master of ceremonies.

Anna Netrebko (soprano)
Joshua Bell (violin)
Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Dvorak: Overture (Othello)
Rachmaninov, arr. Joshua Bell: Vocalise
Ravel: Tzigane
Thomas Ades: The Storm (The Tempest)
Elgar: The Spirit of England (The Fourth of August)
Bellini: Ah! se una volta...Ah! no credea...Ah! non giunge (La sonnambula)
Fucik: Entrance of the Gladiators
Lehar: Meine Lippen sie kussen so heiss (Giuditta)
Ponce, arr. Heifetz: Estrellita
Strauss: Morgen
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D (Land of Hope and Glory)
Henry Wood: Fantasia on British Sea-Songs (with additional numbers arr. Bob Chilcott)
Parry, orch. Elgar: Jerusalem
Henry Wood: The National Anthem
Auld Lang Syne

00:00

World Routes

Yasmin Levy

Radio 3 welcomes in the New Year with a concert by rising Ladino star Yasmin Levy, given in December at the Beit Avichai club in Jerusalem.

Moshe Morad introduces a set that includes material from Levy's critically acclaimed album Mano Suave.

01:00

Through the Night

31 December 2007

31 December 2007

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225
1.15am
Partita for keyboard No 5 in G, BWV 829
1.28am
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230
1.35am
Concerto in the Italian Style in F, BWV 971
1.48am
Trio Sonata
Glenn Gould (piano)
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir
Baroque Orchestra and Soloists
Ivars Taurins (conductor)

2.02am
Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847): Trio in D minor, Op 11
Trio Orlando

2.27am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64
Olivier Charlier (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Paul Watkins (conductor)

2.55am
Lopes-Graça, Fernando (1906-1994): Canções heróicas, Op 44
Ricercare Chorus
Rodrigo Gomes (piano)
Pedro Teixeira (conductor)

3.19am
Marqués y García, Pedro Miguel (1843-1925): Symphony No 4 in E
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

3.55am
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759): Aria with Variations, HWV 430
Marian Pivka (piano)

4.00am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Sinfonia in F (Il Tamerlano, RV 703)
Orchestra Barocca Modo Antiquo
Federico Maria Sardelli (conductor)

4.03am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Sei mia fiamma, e sei mio bene (Orlando, RV 728)
Elisabeth Scholl (soprano)
Luca Dordolo (tenor)

4.04am
Io ti getto, eimo ed usbergo - Ho cento vanni al tergo (Orlando, RV 728)
Lucia Sciannimanico (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra Barocca Modo Antiquo
Federico Maria Sardelli (conductor)

4.07am
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725): Toccata in F
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)

4.14am
Fesch, Willem de (1687-1757): Concerto in B flat, Op 10 No 2
Manfred Kraemer, Laura Johnson (violins)
Musica ad Rhenum

4.23am
Part, Arvo (1935-): Nunc dimittis
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Paul Hillier (conductor)

4.30am
Anon: Salterello
Ensemble Micrologus

4.36am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Six Épigraphes antiques
Wyneke Jordans, Leo Van Doeselaar (pianos)

4.52am
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857): Kamarinskaya
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)

5.00am
Brumby, Colin (b. 1933): Paen
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Patrick Thomas (conductor)

5.06am
Mathias, William (1934-1992): A May magnificat for double chorus and optional chime bars, Op 79 No 2
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

5.15am
Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915): Sonata No 4 in F sharp minor, Op 30
Sergei Terentjev (piano)

5.23am
Lavallée, Calixa (1842-1891): The Ellinger Polka, Op 8
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello)
William Tritt (piano)

5.26am
Prevorsek, Uros (1915-1996): Spanski Ples
Dejan Bravnicar (violin)
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Samo Hubad (conductor)

5.30am
Jez, Jakob (b.1928): Ode for General Maister
5.33am
Svetla mu puskica
Cantemus Mixed Choir
Sebastijan Vrhovnik (conductor)

5.38am
Klami, Uuno (1900-1961): A Folk Song (1930)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Erik Cronvall (conductor)

5.42am
Kuhlau, Friedrich (1786-1832): Introduction et Variations sur la Romance de l'Opera Euryanthe
Duo Nanashi

5.55am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872): Mountain Dances
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Szymon Kawalla (conductor)

6.00am
Crusell, Bernhard Henrik (1775-1838): The Little Slave Girl (concert suite)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska (conductor)

6.19am
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971), transcr. Stravinsky: Three movements from Petrushka
Alex Slobodyanik (piano)

6.36am
Glick, Srul Irving (1934-2002): Sonata for oboe and piano
Senia Trubashnik (oboe)
Valerie Tryon (piano)

6.54am
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869): Overture (Les Troyens a Carthage)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)