Wednesday 30th January 2008

07:00

Breakfast

Rob Cowan

Including from 7.00am

Handel: Love in her eyes sits playing (Acis and Galatea)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (director)

Wagner, arr. Caine: Overture (Tannhauser)
Uri Caine Ensemble

Chopin: Scherzo in E, Op 54
Shura Cherkassky (piano)

From 8.30am

Strauss: Freundliche Vision, Op 48 No 1
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Hermann Reutter (piano)

Buxtehude: Air with Two Variations in A minor, BuxVW 249
Glen Wilson (harpsichord)

Mozart: Symphony No 30 in D, K202
Dresden Staatskapelle
Otmar Suitner (conductor)

10:00

Classical Collection

30 January 2008

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Alkan: Study for the right hand, Op 76 No 2
Ronald Smith (piano)
EMI 7696302

10.24am
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Paul Sacher (conductor)
DG 423 696-2

10.47am
Bach: Cantata No 54 (Widerstehe doche der Sunde)
Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
Orchestre du Collegium Vocale
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901644

10.59am
Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No 5 in F, Op 103
Stephen Hough (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 67331/2 (2 CDs)

11.28am
Kodaly: Duo, Op 7
Renaud Capucon (violin)
Gautier Capucon (cello)
VIRGIN 5455762

11.55am
Casella: Ragtime
MDG 645 1404-2

12:00

Composer of the Week

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Part Three

Donald Macleod focuses on a single work, Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, and talks to pianist and music scholar Charles Rosen, who tells the story behind the piece.

33 Variations on a Waltz by A Diabelli, Op 120
Charles Rosen (piano)

13:00

Afternoon on 3

30 January 2008

Presented by Louise Fryer.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Mahler and Vienna in Song

3/5. Dutch mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn and pianist Julius Drake continue a series of recitals given at LSO St Luke's, London.

Brahms: Bei Dir sind meine Gedanken; In stiller Nacht; O komme holde Sommernacht; Da unten im Tale; Nicht mehr zu Dir zu gehen; Der Tod das ist die kühle Nacht; Uber die Heide; Auf dem Kirchhofe

Mahler: Rheinlegendchen; Wo die schonen Trompeten bläsen; Das irdische Leben; Nicht Wiedersehen!; Scheiden und Meiden; Urlicht (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

2.00pm Max and Mozart

Continuing a survey of the symphonies of Peter Maxwell Davies, plus chamber music, concertos and symphonies by Mozart and other composers.

Mozart: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466
Shai Wosner (piano)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir
BBC Singers
Howard Williams (conductor)

Peter Maxwell Davies: Symphony No 3
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Downes (conductor)

Mozart: Quintet in A for clarinet and strings, K581
Belcea Quartet
Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet)

Beethoven: Symphony No 1 in C, Op 21
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor)

17:00

In Tune

30 January 2008

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

19:00

Performance on 3

30 January 2008

London Symphony Orchestra

With Petroc Trelawny.

In the third of this week's Mahler concerts from the Barbican Hall, Valery Gergiev marries the gentle lyricism of the composer's quietest symphony, which culminates in a child's radiant view of heaven, with the brooding power of Sibelius' Violin Concerto.

Laura Claycomb (soprano)
Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)

Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor
Mahler: Symphony No 4 in G

20:45

Composer of the Week

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Part Three

Donald Macleod focuses on a single work, Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, and talks to pianist and music scholar Charles Rosen, who tells the story behind the piece.

33 Variations on a Waltz by A Diabelli, Op 120
Charles Rosen (piano)

21:45

Night Waves

Martin Amis and JG Ballard

Philip Dodd meets two of the most important voices in contemporary British writing: Martin Amis and JG Ballard, who are both publishing new works of non-fiction. Philip talks to Amis about his collection The Second Plane which brings together his controversial and outspoken essays on 9/11 and the geopolitics of the War on Terror. JG Ballard discusses his new exploration of his own life and times - starting in pre-war Shanghai, where he was born.

22:30

Artist Focus

Stephen Hough

With Petroc Trelawny. Featuring pianist, composer and writer Stephen Hough's recording of Beethoven's Sonata in A minor, Op 23, with violinist Robert Mann.

23:00

The Essay

Conflict and Culture

Conflict and Culture: The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1 was a source of huge distress and hardship, but was also a powerful catalyst for artistic and cultural development.

3/4. From Humiliation to Regeneration

Prof Julian Jackson of Queen Mary, University of London, continues his exploration of the impact of the conflict and the Paris Commune on day-to-day French life and the way thinkers and artists responded to it.

23:15

Late Junction

30 January 2008

Verity Sharp presents music from Henryk Gorecki's 3rd Symphony, a kiloliky whistle ensemble from Madagascar and the duo of Stephane Grappelli and Martial Solal.

01:00

Through the Night

30 January 2008

30 January 2008

With John Shea.

1.00am
Guilmant, Alexandre (1837-1911): Symphony No 1 in D minor for organ and orchestra, Op 24
Simon Preston (organ)
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)

1.24am
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963): Concerto for organ, strings and timpani
Michael Dudman (organ)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Dommett (conductor)

1.46am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Winterreise, D911
Thomas Guthrie (baritone)
David Owen Norris (piano)

2.55am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Eine Alpensinfonie, Op 64
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Antoni Wit (conductor)

3.46am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E flat, BWV 998
Konrad Junghanel (lute)

3.59am
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903): Italian Serenade
Ljubljana String Quartet

4.08am
Cambini, Giuseppe Maria (1746-1825): Trio for flute, oboe and bassoon, Op 45 No 1
Vladislav Brunner (flute)
Jozef Hanusovsky (oboe)
Jozef Martinkovic (bassoon)

4.21am
Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924): Elegie for cello and orchestra, Op 24
Shauna Rolston (cello)
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer (conductor)

4.29am
Infante, Manuel (1883-1958): Three Andalusian Dances
Aglika Genova, Liuben Dimitrov (pianos)

4.44am
Sorkocevic, Luka (1734-1789): Symphony No 4 in F
Zagreb Soloists
Visnja Mazuran (harpsichord)

4.51am
Dubois, Pierre Max (1930-1995): Quartet for flutes
Valentinas Kazlauskas, Lina Baublyte, Albertas Stupakas, Giedrius Gelgoras (flutes)

5.00am
Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990): Overture (Candide)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

5.05am
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961): Ramble on the Last Love Duet in Richard Strauss's Opera Der Rosenkavalier
Dennis Hennig (piano)

5.13am
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787): Sonata in A for cello and continuo
La Stagione Frankfurt
Rainer Zipperling (cello)
Harald Hoeren (harpsichord)

5.21am
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Pelli meae consumptis carnibus
King's Singers

5.30am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): La valse
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

5.43am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto in C for recorder, strings and continuo, RV 444
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini (recorder/director)

5.53am
Cesti, Pietro Antonio (1623-1669): Orontea (Act 1, Scs 5-6)
Orontea ...... Helga Muller Molinari (mezzo-soprano)
Gelone ...... Gastone Sarti (baritone)
Concerto Vocale
Rene Jacobs (conductor)

5.59am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Rondo in C, Op 51 No 1
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

6.05am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Divertimento in D, K205
Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra
Janos Rolla (concert master)

6.24am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor, Op 23
Andre Laplante (piano)
Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec
Yoav Talmi (conductor)