Friday 11th January 2008

07:00

Breakfast

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Including from 7.00am

Walton: Crown Imperial
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)

Handel: As steals the morn (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)
Kate Royal (soprano)
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment
Harry Bicket (conductor)

The 48 at 8:

Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 18 in G sharp minor, BWV 887 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)
Daniel Chorzempa (fortepiano)

From 8.30am

Godowsky: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Die Fledermaus
Piers Lane (piano)

Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock, D965
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Sharon Kam (clarinet)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Wagner: Prelude (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)

10:00

Classical Collection

11 January 2008

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Satie: Embryons desséchés
Anne Queffélec (piano)
VIRGIN VC 7 90754-2

10.08am
Berg: Violin Concerto
Isaac Stern (violin)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
SONY SMK 64504

10.35am
Rameau: In convertendo
Sophie Daneman, Noémi Rime (sopranos)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Nicolas Rivenq (baritone)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (conductor)
ERATO 4509-96967-2

11.00am
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor
Clifford Curzon (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra
George Szell (conductor)
DECCA 466 376-2

11.52am
Gavin Bryars: Epilogue
Pascal Pongy (horn)
Charles Fullbrook, Gavin Bryars (percussion)
ECM 829 484-2

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: 5/5. Donald Macleod follows Handel's footsteps through London's historic theatreland.

5/5. Donald Macleod and writer Roderick Swanston follow Handel's footsteps through London's historic theatreland. They traverse the West End in search of the theatres in which Handel's operas were performed, from the former King's Theatre in Haymarket, to the former incarnation of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and a long-vanished third opera house at Lincoln's Inn Fields.

Cara Sposa (Rinaldo)
Rinaldo ...... David Daniels (countertenor)

Giulio Cesare (excerpt)
Cleopatre ...... Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Giulio Cesare ...... Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
Concerto Cologne
Rene Jacobs (conductor)

Serse (excerpt)
Serse ...... Carolyn Watkinson (mezzo-soprano)
Le Grand Ecurie et la Chambre de Roy
Jean-Claude Malgoire (conductor)

Deidamia (excerpt)
Nerea ...... Dominique Labelle (soprano)
Fenice ...... Furio Zanasi (baritone)
Licomede ...... Antonio Abete (bass)
Ulisse ...... Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano)
Deidama ...... Simone Kermes (soprano)
Choir and Orchestra of Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis (conductor)

13:00

Afternoon on 3

11 January 2008

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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

Barber: The monk and his cat; Sure on this shining night; Promiscuity; Solitary Hotel
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)

Schubert: String Quintet in C, D956
Nash Ensemble

2.05pm British Symphony Series: Cyril Scott

Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
BBC Philharmonic
Pascal Rophe (conductor)

Shostakovich: Sonata for viola and piano, Op 147
Lawrence Power (viola)
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)

Scott: Cello Concerto
Paul Watkins (cello)
BBC Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Bennett: Songs before sleep for baritone and piano
Jonathan Lemalu (baritone)
Michael Hampton (piano)

Mozart: Symphony No 40
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Ravel: Sheherazade (3 poems for mezzo-soprano and orchestra)
Felicity Lott (soprano)
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

Korngold: The Sea Hawk (Suite from the film score, Part 5)
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

17:00

In Tune

11 January 2008

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

19:00

Performance on 3

Emerson String Quartet

11 January 2008

Petroc Trelawny presents a series of concerts recorded at London's Wigmore Hall by one of the world's most distinguished quartets.

3/3. The Emerson Quartet perform a programme that includes a work specially composed for them by the leading Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.

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: 5/5. Donald Macleod follows Handel's footsteps through London's historic theatreland.

5/5. Donald Macleod and writer Roderick Swanston follow Handel's footsteps through London's historic theatreland. They traverse the West End in search of the theatres in which Handel's operas were performed, from the former King's Theatre in Haymarket, to the former incarnation of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and a long-vanished third opera house at Lincoln's Inn Fields.

Cara Sposa (Rinaldo)
Rinaldo ...... David Daniels (countertenor)

Giulio Cesare (excerpt)
Cleopatre ...... Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Giulio Cesare ...... Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
Concerto Cologne
Rene Jacobs (conductor)

Serse (excerpt)
Serse ...... Carolyn Watkinson (mezzo-soprano)
Le Grand Ecurie et la Chambre de Roy
Jean-Claude Malgoire (conductor)

Deidamia (excerpt)
Nerea ...... Dominique Labelle (soprano)
Fenice ...... Furio Zanasi (baritone)
Licomede ...... Antonio Abete (bass)
Ulisse ...... Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano)
Deidama ...... Simone Kermes (soprano)
Choir and Orchestra of Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis (conductor)

21:45

The Verb

11 January 2008

Ian McMillan talks to poet and critic Tom Paulin about the secret life of poems, and American novelist John Marks introduces a brand new short story written especially for The Verb.

22:30

Jazz Library

Anthony Braxton

Alyn Shipton and his guest, critic Brian Morton, explore the wide-ranging output of contemporary jazz musician Anthony Braxton. From tuba ensembles, to graphic scores and 'ghost trance music', they examine many aspects of the work of this fascinating instrumentalist and composer.

23:30

Jazz on 3

Mujician

Jez Nelson presents a gig by the improvising quartet Mujician, comprising reeds player Paul Dunmall, pianist Keith Tippett, bassist Paul Rogers and drummer Tony Levin. The group are distinguished by their unique approach to wholly-improvised performance in which the music is not discussed or rehearsed in advance.

01:00

Through the Night

11 January 2008

11 January 2008

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Sibelius: Andante Festivo
Helsinki Grand Radio Concert Orchestra
Jean Sibelius (conductor)

1.08am
Sibelius: Symphony No 5 in E flat
1.38am
Sibelius: Symphony No 6 in D minor
2.07am
Sibelius: Symphony No 7 in C
Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

2.28am
Bach: Magnificat in D, BWV 243
Antonella Balducci (soprano)
Ulrike Clausen (alto)
Frieder Lang (tenor)
Fulvio Bettini (baritone)
Chorus of Swiss-Italian Radio and Ensemble Vanitas, Lugano
Diego Fasolis (conductor)

2.55am
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata, Op 120 No 2
Hans Christian Braein (clarinet)
Havard Gimse (piano)

3.16am
Thomson: Quartet for strings No 2
Mayuki Fukuhara, Eriko Sato (violins)
Masako Yanagita (viola)
Michael Finckel (cello)

3.39am
Kelemen: Variations for piano
Ivo Pogorelic (piano)

3.50am
Dautrecourt: Concert a deux violes No 44 (Tombeau des regrets)
Susie Napper, Margaret Little (viols)

4.00am
Vivaldi: Nulla in mundo pax sincera for soprano and orchestra
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze (director)

4.08am
Bizet: Roma (3rd mvt)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava
Oliver Dohnanyi (conductor)

4.15am
Fasch: Lute Concerto in D minor
Konrad Junghanel (lute)
Music Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (director)

4.30am
Koutev: Dragana and the Nightingale
Sofia Chamber Choir
Vassil Arnaudov (conductor)

4.33am
Stainov: A dragon (Fairy Tale)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vassil Stefanov (conductor)

4.41am
Leonarda: Sonata Prima a 4 (Opera Decima Sesta)
Maniera

4.52am
Stravinsky: 4 Studies for piano, Op 7
Nikita Magaloff (piano)

5.00am
Kaski: Prelude
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Okko Kamu (conductor)

5.04am
Haydn: Der Sturm, H.24a.8
Netherlands Radio Choir and Chamber Orchestra
Antoni Ros-Marba (conductor)

5.15am
Ravel, orch. Zygel: Lullaby on the name of Faure
Ronald Patterson (violin)
Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Murry Sidlin (conductor)

5.19am
Fesch: Concerto in G minor for 2 flutes and orchestra, Op 5 No 2
Musica ad Rhenum

5.28am
Beethoven: Presto (Trio in E flat for violin, cello and piano)
Beaux Arts Trio

5.35am
Zulawski: Suite in the Old Style
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Miroslaw Blaszczyk (conductor)

5.46am
Vladigerov: Elegie d'automne (3 pieces pour piano)
Ludmil Angelov (piano)

5.53am
Sibelius: Autumn Evening, Op 38 No 1
Soile Isokoski (soprano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

5.58am
Dohnanyi: Konzertstück in D for cello and orchestra
Dmitri Ferschtmann (cello)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Bernhard Klee (conductor)

6.21am
Schubert: String Quartet No 6 in D, D74
Quartetto Bernini

6.44am
Chopin: Grande Polonaise brillante precedee d'un andante spianato
Lana Genc (piano)