Sunday 27th January 2008

07:00

Breakfast

Martin Handley

Including from 7.00am

Ravel: Jeux d'eaux
Tzimon Barto (piano)

Bach: Concerto in A for oboe d'amore
Jurg Schaeftlein (oboe d'amore)
Vienna Concentus Musicus
Nicholas Harnoncourt (director)

From 8.00am

Paganini: Introduction and Variations on Dal tuo stellato soglio from Rossini's Mose in Egitto
Vadim Repin (violin)
Alexander Markovich (piano)

Haydn: Symphony in G minor, H I 83
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

From 9.00am

Schumann: Adagio and allegro for horn
Barry Tuckwell (horn)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

Albeniz: Preludio-Leyenda (Asturias)
Andres Segovia (guitar)

10:00

Iain Burnside

27 January 2008

For Holocaust Memorial Day, Iain and musicologist Erik Levi look at some of the music the Nazis banned, some they appropriated to their cause and some that emerged in opposition to the fascist regime.

Including:

Strauss: Das Bachlein
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
LSO
George Szell (conductor)

Randy Newman: In Germany Before the War
Randy Newman (voice, piano)

Zemlinsky: Psalm 13
Koln Philharmonic
Choir of the State Music Hall of Dusseldorf
James Conlon (conductor)

Anon: Terazin-Lied
Christian Gerhaher (bass-baritone)
Gerold Huber (piano)

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Joanna MacGregor (piano)
Madeleine Mitchell (violin)
Christopher van Kampen (cello)
David Campbell (clarinet)

Mozart: Requiem Aeternam (Introitus) (Requiem)
Bavarian RSO and Chorus
Colin Davis (conductor)

Mozart: Requiem Aeternam (Introitus) (Requiem)
Berlin Philharmonic
Bruno Kittel Choir
Bruno Kittel (conductor)

Eisler: Deutsche Sinfonie (Praeludium)
Hendrikje Wangemann (soprano)
Annette Markert (alto)
Matthias Gorne (baritone)
Peter Lika (bass)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Ernst Senff Choir, Berlin
Lothar Zagrosek (conductor)

Martinu: Memorial for Lidice
Czech Philharmonic
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Ilse Weber: Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo)
Bengt Forsberg (piano)
Bebe Risenfors (strings/accordion)

Schubert: Winterreise (Der Wegwieser)
Peter Anders (baritone)
Michael Raucheisen (piano)

Ohki: Boundless Desert with Skulls (Symphony No 5)
New Japan Philharmonic
Takuo Yuasa (conductor)

Tom Lehrer: Song Long Mom

Martland: Babi Yar (Epilogue)
Residentie Orkest of Den Haag
Elgar Howarth (conductor)

Shostakovich: Piano Trio No 2
Beaux Arts Trio

Flanders and Swann: Twenty Tons of TNT

12:00

Private Passions

Bryan Appleyard

Michael Berkeley meets Bryan Appleyard, feature writer, commentator, reviewer and columnist for several newspapers and magazines, including The Sunday Times and The New Statesman. He is also a writer on cultural and social issues; one of his recent books is entitled How to Live Forever or Die Trying. His musical passions range from sacred music by Tallis and Bach to Bob Dylan, but his particular love is the classical string quartet.

13:00

The Early Music Show

Le Concert d'Astree

To lead into The Early Music Show's Versailles and Paris month, Lucie Skeaping presents a recital by Le Concert d'Astree under Emmanuelle Haim. Given in October 2007 at the Galerie des Batailles, Versailles as part of the Louis XV weekend, it includes works by Leclair, Rameau and Dauvergne.

14:00

Radio 3 Requests

27 January 2008

Chi-chi Nwanoku plays listeners' requests, including Haydn's Creation and Murray Perahia in Beethoven's Piano Sonata No 28 in A, Op 101, and there's a guest appearance by Sir Simon Rattle, a passionate advocate for the music of Robert Schumann.

16:00

Choral Evensong

27 January 2008

Live from St Paul's Cathedral.

Introit: Magnus Sanctus Paulus (Palestrina)
Responses: Spicer
Psalm: 119 vv41-56 (West, Jones)
First Reading: Ecclesiasticus 39 vv1-10
Canticles: Purcell in G minor
Second Reading: Colossians 1 v24 - 2 v7
Anthem: Rejoice in the Lamb (Britten)
Hymn: We sing the glorious conquest (Ellacombe)
Organ Voluntary: Tanz Toccata (Heiller)

Director of music: Andrew Carwood
Organist: Huw Williams

17:00

Discovering Music

Elgar: A Truly English Composer?

Charles Hazlewood is joined by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales to explore three English works for string ensemble: Edward Elgar's Introduction and Allegro, Gustav Holst's Saint Paul's Suite and Elgar's Serenade for Strings, focusing on what makes Elgar's music seem so quintessentially English.

18:30

The Choir

The Singing Revolution

Latvian conductor Kaspars Putnins tells Aled Jones how music played a vital role during the overthrow of Communism in the Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, with specially recorded music from the BBC Singers.

20:00

Drama on 3

All the Colours of Love

By Pat McCabe.

When Redmond is left by his wife and child, he resolves to get them back - whatever the cost. A dark tale of isolation and violence by the author of The Butcher Boy.

Redmond ...... Dermot Crowley
Ned Strange ...... TP McKenna
Catherine ...... Karen Ardiff
Imogen ...... Sarah Dillon
Announcer ...... Mark Lambert
Piper Alpha ...... Kieran Lagan
Shop Assistant ...... Stella McCusker
Neighbour ...... Aine McCartney
Michael ...... Johnny Brennan

Fiddle music arranged and performed by Cathal Hayden.

Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan.

21:30

Sunday Feature

Malory: A Tale of Two Texts

Prof David Wallace traces the histories of the two remaining versions of Le Morte Darthur, Thomas Malory's great work of Arthurian literature. He considers what they reveal about the times in which they were made and the times in which they were read.

With readings by Andrew Motion.

22:15

Words & Music

Lost in the City of Waters

Jeremy Irons and Anna Massey explore the splendour and decadence of Venice through the poetry and prose of Longfellow, Browning, Thomas Mann and Marcel Proust. With music by Gounod, Vivaldi, Hahn and Gabrieli.

00:00

The Early Music Show

George Herbert's The Pulley

Catherine Bott plays music to illustrate the themes included in George Herbert's short but meditative poem The Pulley.

01:00

Through the Night

27 January 2008

27 January 2008

With John Shea.

1.00am
Stoia, Achim (1910-1973): The Modal Liturgy
Father Ionel Roata (vocals)
Moldova Philharmonic Chorus
Iasi
Doru Morariu (director)

1.40am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Sinfonia domestica, Op 53
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra of Katowice
Jerzy Salwarowski (conductor)

2.23am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): String Quartet in F, Op 59 No 1 (Rasumovsky)
Quatuor Mosaiques

3.02am
Neefe, Christian G. (1748-1798): Keyboard Concerto in G
Christine Schornsheim (fortepiano)
Michael Niesemann (oboe)
Neue Dusseldorfer Hofsmusik

3.24am
Bridge, Frank (1879-1941): Valse Russe (Miniatures, No 3)
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello)
William Tritt (piano)

3.29am
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934): Enigma Variations, Op 36
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Previn (conductor)

4.00am
Noskowski, Zygmunt (1846-1909): Overture (Sir Zolzikiewicz)
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Zygmunt Rychert (conductor)

4.07am
Blow, John (1649-1708): Tell me no more
4.10am
Traditional: O Waly, Waly
Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
Markus Markl (harpsichord)

4.14am
Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762): Concerto grosso in D minor, Op 7 No 2
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)

4.24am
Dandrieu, Jean-Francois (1682-1738): La Gemissante
4.26am
Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de (1689-1755): La puce
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)

4.28am
Matthews, Colin (b.1946): To Compose Without the Least Knowledge of Music
London Winds
Michael Collins (clarinet/director)

4.32am
Bruhns, Nicolaus (1665-1697): Cantata (Paratum cor meum)
Guy de Mey, Ian Honeyman (tenors)
Max van Egmond (bass)
Ricercar Consort

4.46am
Gabrieli, Andrea (1532/3-1585): Ricercar del VI tono
Theatrum Instrumentorum
Stefano Innocenti (conductor)

4.49am
Gabrieli, Giovanni (1553/6-1612)
Sonata a 8, S118
His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts

4.53am
Bruynel, Ton (1934-1998): Serene (1979)
Harry Starreveld (flute, electronics and bird-call)

5.00am
Gounod, Charles (1818-1893): Overture to Mireille
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Dohnanyi (conductor)

5.07am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Jardins sous la pluie
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

5.12am
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931): Pan and Syrinx
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michael Schonwandt (conductor)

5.20am
Pilkington, Francis (c.1565-1638): Rest, Sweet Nymphs
Cantamus Choir (UK)
Pamela Cooke (director)

5.24am
Jongen, Joseph (1873-1953): Allegro appassionato
Grumiaux Trio

5.32am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Sarabande, BWV 827 (Partita No 3 in A minor)
Csaba Wagner (trombone)

5.37am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Caesar's aria (Va tacito e nascosto)
Graham Pushee (countertenor)
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer (director)

5.44am
Handel: Cleopatra's aria (Piangero la sorte mia)
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze (director)

5.50am
La Barre, Michel de (c.1675-1743/4): Suite No 1 in C minor
La Simphonie du Marais
Hugo Reyne (director)

6.00am
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz (1664-1704): Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes: Sonata XII a otto
Collegium Aureum
Georg Ratzinger (conductor)

6.06am
Alfven, Hugo (1872-1960): En bat med blommer (A boat with flowers)
Peter Mattei (baritone)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor)

6.16am
Fibich, Zdenek (1850-1900): Poem for violin and piano
Jela Spitkova (violin)
Tatiana Franova (piano)

6.19am
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975): Concerto in C minor
Evgeny Kissin (piano)
Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)

6.42am
Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921): Variations on a Theme by Beethoven
Dale Bartlett, Jean Marchand (pianos)