07:00
Rob Cowan
Including from 7.00am
Carmina Burana (Medieval songs from the Benediktbeuren manuscript c.1230): Tempus est jocundum; Tempus adest floridum
Anne Azema (soprano)
John Fleagle (tenor)
Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen (director)
Ravel: Une barque sur l'ocean (Miroirs)
German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michael Gielen (conductor)
The 48 at 8:
Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 10 in E minor, BWV 879 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)
Friedrich Gulda (piano)
From 8.30am
Beethoven: 12 Variations in A on the Russian Dance from Paul Wranitzky's Ballet Das Waldmadchen
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Vivaldi: Concerto in D minor, RV 393
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi (director)
Glinka: Sinfonia (A Life for the Tsar)
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Igor Markevitch (conductor)
10:00
3 January 2008
With James Jolly.
10.00am
Dvorak: Silent Woods, Op 68 No 5
Jacqueline du Pre (cello)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
DISKY CLASSICS DC 703452
10.08am
Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen (conclusion to Act 1)
Vixen ...... Lucia Popp (soprano)
Dog ...... Libuse Marova (contralto)
Rooster ...... Gertrude Jahn (soprano)
Crested Fowl ...... Ivana Mixova (soprano)
Gamekeeper's Wife ...... Eva Zikmundova (contralto)
Gamekeeper ...... Dalibor Jedlicka (bass)
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
DECCA 417 139-2 (2 CD set)
10.17am
Couperin: 14eme ordre (Troisieme pieces de clavecin)
Olivier Baumont, Davitt Moroney (harpsichords)
ERATO MUSIFRANCE 4509 92859-2 (2 CD set)
10.39am
Mozart: Divertimento in D, K334
Gaudier Ensemble
HYPERION CDA67386
11.24am
Messiaen: La chouette hulotte (Catalogue d'oiseaux)
Yvonne Loriod (piano)
ERATO ECD 71590 (2 CD set)
11.33am
Roussel: Symphony No 4, Op 53
Lamoureux Concerts Society Orchestra
Charles Munch (conductor)
ERATO 2292 45687-2
12:00
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Part Four
This year marks the 150th birthday of Giacomo Puccini, whose operas have become repertory mainstays.
4/5. The Belasco Connection
With Donald Macleod. The two operas Puccini composed to plays by the American dramatist David Belasco showed him to be making real advances in orchestral techniques and the handling of characters. While these developments were largely ignored in the first of them, Madama Butterfly, the premiere of La fanciulla del West was a different story altogether.
Un bel di vedremo (Madama Butterfly, Act 2)
Mirella Freni (soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Viene le sera...Vogliatemi bene (Madama Butterfly, Act 1)
Mirella Freni (soprano)
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Datele voi qualche soccorso...Addio fiorito asil (Madama Butterfly, Act 2)
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Robert Kerns (baritone)
Elke Schary, Christa Ludwig (mezzo-sopranos)
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
La fanciulla del West (Act 1 excerpt)
Mara Zampieri (soprano)
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
La fanciulla del West (Act 3 excerpt)
Juan Pons (baritone)
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
13:00
3 January 2008
Presented by Louise Fryer.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
From The Crucible in Sheffield, Music in the Round's resident group Ensemble 360 perform two contrasting sextets.
Mendelssohn: Sextet in D for violin, two violas, cello, double bass and piano, Op 110
Poulenc: Sextet for piano and winds
2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (Act 2)
Siegfried ...... Stephen Gould (tenor)
Gunther ...... Ralf Lukas (baritone)
Hagen ...... Hans-Peter König (bass)
Alberich ...... Andrew Shore (baritone)
Brünnhilde ...... Linda Watson (soprano)
Gutrune ...... Edith Haller (soprano)
Waltraute ...... Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano)
First Norn ...... Simone Schröder (alto)
Second Norn ...... Martina Dike (mezzo-soprano)
Third Norn ...... Edith Haller (soprano)
Woglinde ...... Fionnuala McCarthy (soprano)
Wellgunde ...... Ulrike Helzel (soprano)
Flosshilde ...... Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo-soprano)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Christian Thielemann (conductor)
Pärt: La Sindone
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andres Mustonen (conductor)
Schumann: Requiem für Mignon, Op 98b
Christiane Oelze, Anitra Jellema (sopranos)
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Ans van Dam (contraltos)
Andreas Schmidt (baritone)
Netherlands Radio Chorus
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden (conductor)
Schumann: Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, Op 112
Rosa ...... Christiane Oelze (soprano)
Elfenfürstin, Martha, Müllerin ...... Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto)
Max ...... Werner Güra (tenor)
Müller ...... Hans de Vries (baritone)
Totengräber ...... Andreas Schmidt (bass)
Maja Roodveldt, Anitra Jellema (sopranos)
Anjolet Rotteveel (contralto)
Netherlands Radio Chorus
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden (conductor)
17:00
Kathryn Stott
Petroc Trelawny examines the riches of the recorded piano repertoire.
4/5. Kathryn Stott shares her enthusiasms for a wide range of pianists, including Daniel Barenboim playing Beethoven and Marta Argerich playing Prokofiev.
18:00
3 January 2008
Verity Sharp introduces more performances by members of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme.
Schoenberg: Suite, Op 25
Shai Wosner (piano)
Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, D810 (Death and the Maiden)
Ebene Quartet
19:00
3 January 2008
Continuing the Christmas and New Year series of highlights of the 2007 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, Michael Tilson Thomas directs his acclaimed West Coast orchestra in symphonies from America and Russia, and Deborah Voigt takes on the role of Strauss's vengeful, sexually depraved Salome.
Deborah Voigt (soprano)
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
Ives: Symphony No 3 (The Camp Meeting)
Strauss: Salome (Final Scene)
Shostakovich: Symphony No 5 in D minor
20:45
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Part Four
This year marks the 150th birthday of Giacomo Puccini, whose operas have become repertory mainstays.
4/5. The Belasco Connection
With Donald Macleod. The two operas Puccini composed to plays by the American dramatist David Belasco showed him to be making real advances in orchestral techniques and the handling of characters. While these developments were largely ignored in the first of them, Madama Butterfly, the premiere of La fanciulla del West was a different story altogether.
Un bel di vedremo (Madama Butterfly, Act 2)
Mirella Freni (soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Viene le sera...Vogliatemi bene (Madama Butterfly, Act 1)
Mirella Freni (soprano)
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Datele voi qualche soccorso...Addio fiorito asil (Madama Butterfly, Act 2)
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Robert Kerns (baritone)
Elke Schary, Christa Ludwig (mezzo-sopranos)
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
La fanciulla del West (Act 1 excerpt)
Mara Zampieri (soprano)
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
La fanciulla del West (Act 3 excerpt)
Juan Pons (baritone)
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
21:45
Lord Rees
Joan Bakewell talks with public figures, artists and thinkers about what they believe and why. 6/7. Lord Rees.
22:15
3 January 2008
Continuing the Christmas and New Year series of highlights of the 2007 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, Richard Hickox conducts his choir and period instrument forces in Schubert's sixth and last Mass, prefaced by Hummel's florid offertory setting.
Hummel: Alma Virgo
Schubert: Mass in E flat, D950
Susan Gritton (soprano)
Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano)
Mark Padmore, James Gilchrist (tenors)
Matthew Rose (bass)
Collegium Musicum 90
Richard Hickox (conductor)
23:25
3 January 2008
Verity Sharp presents music by Debussy exquisitely played on guitars by the Assad Brothers, dreamy post-rock from Chicago courtesy of The Sea and Cake and John Luther Adams's epic drone-based piece for two pianos Dark Waves.
01:00
3 January 2008
3 January 2008
With Susan Sharpe.
1.00am
Gilson, Paul (1865-1942): La captive
1.24am
Andante and Scherzo for cello and orchestra
1.34am
La mer
Timora Rosler (cello)
Brassband Buizingen
Flemish Radio Choir and Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
2.10am
Bridge, Frank (1879-1941): The Sea
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
2.32am
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): Five Flower Songs
Camerata Chamber Choir
Michael Bojesen (conductor)
2.43am
Spohr, Louis (1784-1859): Duo for violin and viola, Op 13
Vilmos Sabadi (violin)
Gyorgy Konrad (viola)
2.57am
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764): Dardanus (orchestral suites) - tragédie en Musique (1739)
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon (conductor)
3.35am
Sorkocevic, Antun (1775-1841): Sonata in C for piano duet
Ljubomir Gasparovic, Emin Armano (piano)
3.51am
Reger, Max (1873-1916): Four Tone Poems after Arnold Bocklin, Op 128
Philippe Koch (violin)
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Olaf Henzold (conductor)
4.20am
Hellendaal, Pieter (1721-1799): Concerto grosso in G minor for strings and continuo, Op 3 No 1
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
4.31am
Nibelle, Henri (1883-1967): Carillon Orléannais
Tong-Soon Kwak (organ)
4.36am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-97): Organ Variations over an Allegretto in F, K54
Reitze Smits (organ)
4.42am
Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918): South Ostrobothnian Dances Nos 1-5, Op 17
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kari Tikka (conductor)
4.51am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), orch. Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951): Chorale Prelude, BWV 654
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Edo de Waart (conductor)
5.00am
Massenet, Jules (1842-1912): Prelude to Act 1 (Manon)
Orchestre Symphonique de Québec
Simon Streatfield (conductor)
5.04am
Canteloube, Joseph (1879-1957): Brezairola (Songs of the Auvergne)
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Kamirski (conductor)
5.08am
Gershwin, George (1898-1937): Lullaby (for string quartet)
New Stenhammar String Quartet
5.17am
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787): Symphony in C
La Stagione, Frankfurt
Michael Schneider (conductor)
5.27am
Françaix, Jean (1912-1997): Serenade for small orchestra
Canadian Chamber Ensemble
Raffi Armenian (conductor)
5.37am
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921): Sérénade d'hiver (Henri Cazalis)
Lamentabile Consort
5.43am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Marche Slave, Op 31
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Marko Munih (conductor)
5.53am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Overture (Nabucco)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Alun Francis (conductor)
6.02am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-91): Piano Concerto No 14 in E flat, K449
Maria Joao Pires (piano)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)
6.24am
Panufnik, Andrzej (1914-1991): Concerto festivo for orchestra (Pomposo; Lirico; Giocoso)
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gabriel Chmura (conductor)
6.37am
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757): Sonata in A, Kk208
6.41am
Sonata for keyboard in E, Kk46
Ilze Graubina (piano)
6.45am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Sea Songs
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
David Measham (conductor)
6.49am
Devienne, François (1759-1803): Trio No 2 in C
Valentinas Gelgotas (flute)
Vitalija Raskeviciute (viola)
Gediminas Derus (cello)
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