Saturday 5th January 2008

07:00

Breakfast

Martin Handley

Including from 7.00am

Rossini: Overture (The Barber of Seville)
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gianluigi Gelmetti (conductor)

Carmina Burana: In Gedeonis aurea
Studio for Early Music
Thomas Binkley (director)

From 8.00am

The 48 at 8:

Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 12 in F minor, BWV 881 (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)
Ton Koopman (harpsichord)

Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Louis Lane (conductor)

09:00

CD Review

5 January 2008

Andrew McGregor introduces Radio 3's weekly programme devoted to all that's new in the world of recorded music.

Including:

9.30am
Building a Library: Kicking off a series over five consecutive weeks scrutinising Wagner's epic Ring cycle on CD and on DVD, Hilary Finch compares available recordings of Das Rheingold.

10.30am
Richard Morrison talks to Andrew about the series of reissues and new recordings issued by the LPO to celebrate its 75th birthday.

11.15am
French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras talks about his newly released cycle of the Bach Suites and looks back on recordings of Britten, Dvorak and Haydn.

11.45am
Disc of the Week: Albeniz orch Guerrero: Iberia (excs)
Galicia Symphony Orhestra
Jose Ramon Encinar (conductor)

12:15

Music Matters

Film and Music

Tom Service investigates the hidden world of film music. He visits the Abbey Road Studios where scores have been recorded to such monumental movies as the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the more recent Golden Compass.

Plus composers Howard Shore and Mike Figgis explain their own philosophies of film composing, and a look at the modern sound library technology which shapes the scores of today.

13:00

The Early Music Show

Baroque Dance

Baroque dance specialist Philippa Waite guest presents this edition, looking at the different styles of various dances. She illustrates with music by composers such as Lully, who was an excellent dancer himself, Bach, Handel, Weiss, Rebel and Rameau.

14:00

Lunchtime Concert

5 January 2008

Trio Staier/Secec/Queyras

Stephanie Hughes presents a second chance to hear the international piano trio, Trio Staier/Secec/Queyras recorded at the Wigmore Hall, London.

Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor, Op 1 No 3
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 49

15:00

World Routes

5 January 2008

Presented by Lucy Duran and featuring a specially recorded studio session by the South Indian violin duo of Nandini and Lalitha Muthuswamy, and a round-up of recent world music releases with guests Reda El Mawy and Sue Steward.

16:00

Jazz Line-Up

5 January 2008

Claire Martin welcomes in the jazz New Year with journalists Keith Bruce and Tony Augard. Pianist Gwilym Simcock and Scottish saxophonist Laura McDonald perform live.

17:30

Jazz Record Requests

5 January 2008

Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.

18:30

Opera On 3

Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera

Live from the Met

A cautionary tale about the perils of mixing love and politics, Verdi's opera is a masterpiece of musical variety. The story, based on the assassination of the Swedish King Gustavus III, unfolds with gripping dramatic intensity, and Piero Faggioni's production features a stellar international cast.

Including the Met Opera Quiz, hosted by mezzo-soprano Alice Coote, and backstage interviews with some of the artists.

Presented from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York by Margaret Juntwait.

Amelia ...... Michčle Crider (soprano)
Oscar ...... Ofelia Sala (soprano)
Ulrica ...... Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-soprano)
Riccardo ...... Salvatore Licitra (tenor)
Renato ...... Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Silvano ...... Jeff Mattsey (baritone)
Sam ...... Hao Jiang Tian (bass)
Tom ...... Andrew Gangestad (bass)
Judge ...... Mark Schowalter (tenor)
Servant ...... Charles Anthony (tenor)
Chorus and Orchestra of New York Metropolitan Opera
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

22:00

Between The Ears

Dream Astronomy

In the early years of the 20th century, letters arrived at the Mount Wilson Observatory in California written by people from all over the world who wanted to tell the astronomers information about the universe that they had acquired without using the observatory's giant telescope.

The letters contained details of experiments, observations and intuitions, and read like an alternative history of space.

With John Moraitis, Kerry Shale, Barbara Barnes and Jennifer Lee Jellicorse, plus the music of Olivier Messiaen and Urmas Sisask.

22:30

Hear And Now

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007

Sara Mohr Pietsch and Robert Worby introduce highlights from the festival.

1/5. The programme includes music from two Dutch ensembles, and festival director Graham McKenzie talks about the year's Dutch theme and the opening event of the festival, The Night of the Unexpected.

Misato Mochizuki: Silent Circle
Mayke Nas: La Belle Chocolatičre
Nieuw Ensemble
Ed Spanjaard (conductor)

Brice Pauset: Vita Nova (sérénades)
Irvine Arditti (violin)
Nieuw Ensemble
Ed Spanjaard (conductor)

Thomas Simaku: Insomnio
James Wood: De telarum mechanicae (On the mechanics of weaving)
Insomnio
Ulrich Pöhl

00:00

The Early Music Show

Feast of Fools

Feast of Fools: Lucie Skeaping looks back to the Middle Ages and the period between Christmas and Epiphany, when the world was turned on its side, a time of parody and foolery.

01:00

Through the Night

5 January 2008

5 January 2008

Susan Sharpe introduces a programme of music to mark the tenth anniversary of Through the Night, featuring music first heard on 6 January during the programme's first five years and from the many EBU contributors to the programme.

1.00am
Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op 37
Kristina Hammarström (soprano)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)

1.25am
Dvorák: Concerto in A minor for violin and orchestra, Op 53
Vilde Frang Bjaerke (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Williams Eddins (conductor)

1.57am
Ravel: Boléro
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)

2.12am
Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op 10
RTE Vanbrugh String Quartet

2.39am
Poulenc: Petites voix (pour voix égales a capella)
Maîtrise de Radio France
Denis Dupays (director)

2.45am
Stainov: Legend (symphonic poem after Yordon Yovkov)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Emil Karamanov (conductor)

3.03am
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in F, Op 24 (Spring)
Salvatore Accardo (violin)
Michele Campanella (piano)

3.27am
Mozart: Piano Sonata in B flat, K570
Vikingur Heidar Olafsson (piano)

3.47am
Kraus: Symphony in C
Concerto Köln

4.00am
Tormis: Kevadkillud (Spring Sketches)
Estonian Radio Choir
Toomas Kapten (conductor)

4.03am
Margo Kôlar: Öö (The Night)
Kaia Urb (soprano)
Heiki Mätlik (guitar)

4.07am
Schubert, orch. Webern: 6 German Dances, D820
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Justin Brown (conductor)

4.16am
Kvech: Sonata for oboe
Maxim Orekhov (oboe)
Alaxey Kurbatov (piano)

4.21am
Zoras: Lullaby for violin and piano
4.23am
Dragatakis: Lullaby for violin and piano
Yorgos Demertzis (violin)
Thanassis Apostopoulos (piano)

4.27am
Enna: Overture (The Match Girl)
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Hannu Koivula (conductor)

4.33am
Roman: Suite (sonata) No 12 in E minor for clavichord
Karin Jonsson-Hazell (harpsichord)

4.40am
Johann Strauss Jr: Spanischer Marsch, Op 433
ORF Symphony Orchestra
Peter Guth (conductor)

4.46am
Tamulionis: Domestic Psalms
Polifonija (Lithuanian State Chamber Choir)
Sigitas Vaiciulionis (conductor)

4.54am
Lisinski: 3 Mazurkas: in F; in E flat; in B flat
Zagreb Woodwind Trio

5.00am
Hubay: Preghiera
Ferenc Szecsódi (violin)
István Kassai (piano)

5.04am
Pezel: Tower Music from Leipzig Intrada 1, 2 and 3
The Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble

5.09am
Arnic: Overture (Comic Opera)
Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Anton Nanut (conductor)

5.17am
Morales: Andreas Christi famulus a 8
Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal
Christopher Jackson (director)

5.24am
Schubert: String Quartet No 2 in C, D32
Orlando Quartet

5.43am
Benoit: Magnificat
Joris Verdin (organ)
Jan Busschaert (five-string double bass)
Flemish Radio Choir (women's voices only)
Vic Nees (conductor)

5.48am
Mendis: Flower Waltz (Victory of Love)
Lepaja Symphony Orchestra
Imants Resnis (conductor)

5.54am
Lopes-Graca: Three Portuguese Dances, Op 32
Portuguese Symphony Orchestra
Wolfgang Rennert (conductor)

6.01am
Bella: Solemn Overture in E flat
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava
Róbert Stankovsk? (conductor)

6.08am
Sibelius: Pensees Lyriques, Op 40
Eero Heinonen (piano)

6.27am
Zelenski, arr. Maklakiewicz: The Bewitched Princess; At Leave-Taking
Polish Radio Choir
Marek Kluza (director)

6.34am
Flury: Three pieces for violin and piano
Sibylle Tschopp (violin)
Isabel Tschopp (piano)

6.42am
Alessandrescu: Symphonic sketch (Autumn Dawn)
Romanian National Radio Orchestra
Constantin Bobescu (conductor)

6.51am
Stanford: O Living Will
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

6.56am
Arnold, arr. John Wallace: Flourish for a Birthday, Op 44
Royal Academy of Music Brass Soloists