Tuesday 8th January 2008

07:00

Breakfast

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Including from 7.00am

Grieg: Symphonic Dance, Op 64 No 3
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi (conductor)

Mozart: Ach ich fühl's, es ist verschwunden! (The Magic Flute)
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Zurich Opera Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

The 48 at 8:

Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 15 in G, BWV 884 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)
Gary Cooper (harpsichord)

From 8.30am

Mussorgsky, arr. Rimsky-Korsakov: Night on the Bare Mountain
Vienna Philharmonic
Valery Gergiev (conductor)

Delius: A Song of Summer
London Symphony Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor)

Handel: Scherza infida (Ariodante)
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
Le Concert d'Astrée
Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor)

10:00

Classical Collection

8 January 2008

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Adams: The Chairman Dances
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
EMI CD 555051-2

10.14am
Schumann: Carnaval
Artur Rubinstein (piano)
RCA RD85667

10.42am
Delius: Paris (Song of a great city)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham (conductor)
SONY SMK89430

11.05am
Byrd: The Tenth Pavan (Mr W Peter)
Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord)
OISEAU LYRE 430 487-2 (3 CDs)

11.10am
Byrd, arr. Grainger: The Carman's Whistle
Piers Lane (piano)
HYPERION CDA67279

11.15am
Byrd: My Lady Nevell's Ground
Davitt Moroney (harpsichord)
HYPERION CDA 66558

11.22am
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA 09026 61958-2

12:00

Composer of the Week

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Handel in London: 5 Musical Walks

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Handel in London: 5 Musical Walks: 2/5. Donald Macleod traces Handel's royal connections on this second walk through the composer's London.

2/5. Donald Macleod traces Handel's royal connections on this second walk through the composer's London.

Starting at Westminster Abbey to survey Handel's decorative tomb, he is then joined by Lewis Foreman for a stroll along Whitehall to the historic Banqueting House and Queen Mary's Steps on the River Thames, where the royal party of 1717 departed for the famous performance of the Water Music. The final stop is the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace, for which Handel composed a birthday ode for Queen Anne.

Zadok the Priest
Trevor Pinnock (organ)
Choir of Westminster Abbey
The English Concert
Simon Preston (conductor)

Utrecht Te Deum
The Choir of St Paul's Cathedral
The Parley of Instruments
John Scott (conductor)

Water Music Suite in D/G (excerpt)
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (director/harpsichord)

Eternal source of light divine (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne)
Robin Blaze (countertenor)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
The Academy of Ancient Music
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

13:00

Afternoon on 3

8 January 2008

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

1/4. These performances were recorded at the 2007 Bath Mozartfest and feature works from three different concerts.

Schumann: 3 Romanzen, Op 94
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Melvyn Tan (piano)

Strauss: Das Rosenband; Ruhe meine Seele; Wiegenlied, Op 41a; Einerlei; Waldseligkeit; Schlechtes Wetter; Zueignung
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)

Mozart: Piano Quartet in E flat, K493
Nash Ensemble

2.05pm British Symphony Series: Cyril Scott

Korngold: The Sea Hawk (Suite from the film score, Part 2)
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: 3 Songs from Shakespeare
BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)

Scott: Concerto No 1 in C for piano and orchestra
Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge
James Gilchrist (tenor)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)

Beethoven: Concerto in D for violin and orchestra, Op 61
Olivier Charlier (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Douglas Boyd (conductor)

Scott: Three Symphonic Dances, Op 22
BBC Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

17:00

In Tune

8 January 2008

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.

19:00

BBC Proms 2007

8 January 2008

Continuing the Christmas and New Year series of highlights of the 2007 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, Petroc Trelawny introduces the Boston Symphony Orchestra, who originally gave the first performance of Bartok's ground-breaking Concerto for Orchestra, and return with it to this year's Proms.

Elliott Carter: Three Illusions for Orchestra
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C minor

Boston Symphony Orchestra
James Levine (conductor)

20:45

Composer of the Week

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Handel in London: 5 Musical Walks

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Handel in London: 5 Musical Walks: 2/5. Donald Macleod traces Handel's royal connections on this second walk through the composer's London.

2/5. Donald Macleod traces Handel's royal connections on this second walk through the composer's London.

Starting at Westminster Abbey to survey Handel's decorative tomb, he is then joined by Lewis Foreman for a stroll along Whitehall to the historic Banqueting House and Queen Mary's Steps on the River Thames, where the royal party of 1717 departed for the famous performance of the Water Music. The final stop is the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace, for which Handel composed a birthday ode for Queen Anne.

Zadok the Priest
Trevor Pinnock (organ)
Choir of Westminster Abbey
The English Concert
Simon Preston (conductor)

Utrecht Te Deum
The Choir of St Paul's Cathedral
The Parley of Instruments
John Scott (conductor)

Water Music Suite in D/G (excerpt)
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (director/harpsichord)

Eternal source of light divine (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne)
Robin Blaze (countertenor)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
The Academy of Ancient Music
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

21:45

Night Waves

George Steiner

Philip Dodd talks to literary scholar and writer George Steiner about his new work, which imagines all the books that Steiner hoped to write, but never did.

And Philip and guests discuss whether now is the time to embark on a project to write the complete history of humanity, from the first homo sapiens to the world of the internet.

22:30

Artist Focus

William Christie

With Petroc Trelawny.

Harpsichordist and conductor William Christie is the featured artist and the programme includes a pioneering recording by Christie's group Les Arts Florissants of music by Charpentier.

23:00

The Essay

Greek and Latin Voices

Series exploring the work of Thucydides.

2/4. Eugenia Kiesling, Professor of Military History at the United States Military Academy at Westpoint, explores how and why Thucydides's work on the Peloponnesian War, written in the 5th century BC, is used to interpret contemporary warfare.

23:15

Late Junction

8 January 2008

Fiona Talkington presents a concert given by Trio Medieval and drummer Birger Mistereggen at Trinity College Cambridge. Plus dobro player Jerry Douglas, Bobby McFerrin sings the Beatles, chamber music by Ravel and the voice of Tom Waits.

01:00

Through the Night

8 January 2008

8 January 2008

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in A
Mincho Minchev (violin)
Studio Concertante Instrumental Ensemble
Vasil Kazandjiev (conductor)

1.15am
Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G
Stefan Popov (cello)
Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble
Emil Tabakov (conductor)

1.27am
Ebner: Trio in B flat
Zagreb Woodwind Trio

1.34am
Debussy: Suite Bergamasque
Roger Woodward (piano)

1.54am
Bruckner: Symphony No 3 in D minor
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)

2.53am
Handel: Incidental music to 'The Alchemist'
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Monica Huggett (conductor)

3.10am
Shearing: Music to Hear (Five Shakespeare Songs)
Peter Berring (piano)
David Brown (double bass)
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Jon Washburn (director)

3.24am
Tchaikovsky: The Tempest
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

3.46am
Charlton: Dances of the Rainbow Serpent
Guitar Trek

3.56am
Madetoja: Dance Vision (Night Revels)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula (conductor)

4.05am
Bach: Suite No 3 in C for solo cello, BWV 1009
Guy Fouquet (cello)

4.30am
Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor, Op 120
Grumiaux Trio

4.52am
Papandopulo: By the grave of the Beauty, Op 39
Slovenian Chamber Choir
Vladimir Kranjcevic (conductor)

5.00am
Fougstedt: Concert Overture
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

5.08am
Förster: Dulcis amor Jesu
Olga Pasiecznik, Marta Boberska (soprano)
Il Tempo Baroque Ensemble

5.16am
Ravel: Tzigane
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)

5.26am
Abel: Symphony, Op 10 No 2
La Stagione Frankfurt
Michael Schneider (conductor)

5.37am
Schumann: Novelette in F, Op 21 No 1
Alfred Grünfeld (piano)

5.43am
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 10 in B minor for string orchestra
Risör Festival Strings

5.53am
Rachmaninov: Caprice bohémien, Op 12
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Verbitsky (conductor)

6.13am
Haydn: Trio in G for keyboard and strings (Gypsy rondo)
Kungsbacka Trio

6.29am
Salmenhaara: Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra
Päivyt Rajamäki, Maarit Rajamäki (violins)
Finnish RSO
Juhani Lamminmäki (conductor)

6.47am
Strauss: An einsamer Quelle (Stimmungsbilder)
Ludmil Angelov (piano)

6.52am
Mozart: Rondo in B flat for violin and orchestra, K269
Benjamin Schmid (violin)
The Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Adam Fischer (conductor)