07:00
Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Including from 7.00am
Rameau: Dardanus Suite (excerpts)
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen (director)
Paganini: Introduction and Variations on Dal tuo stellato soglio (Rossini's Mose in Egitto)
Vadim Repin (violin)
Alexander Markovich (piano)
Dowland: Pavan lachrimae antiquae
Fretwork
From 8.30am
Brahms: Waltzes, Op 3: Nos 1, 2 ,5, 6, 10, 14 and 15
Dinu Lipatti, Nadia Boulanger (pianos)
Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Andras Schiff (piano)
JC Bach: Piano Concerto in D, Op 13 No 2
Hanover Band
Anthony Halstead (piano/director)
10:00
15 February 2008
With Sarah Walker.
10.00am
Svendsen: 2 Icelandic Melodies
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Petri Sakari (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9028
10.15am
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 2, Op 126
Heinrich Schiff (cello)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Maxim Shostakovich (conductor)
PHILIPS 412 526-2
10.52am
Bruckner: Helgoland
Chicago Symphony Choir and Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
DG 437 250-2
11.06am
Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Glenn Gould (piano)
SONY CLASSICAL SMK 64 126
12:00
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Final Responses
Despite lying unheard and unseen for over a decade, Hymnus Paradisi came to define Howells's achievements as an artist. Donald Macleod explores the tortuous gestation of the work and we also hear the composer's own thoughts on the inspiration behind it.
King David
Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hymnus Paradisi
Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)
Rpt of today 12.00pm
13:00
Focus on Berlin
Presented by Penny Gore.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
City of London Festival 2007
Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Aronowitz Ensemble perform signature chamber works by Faure and Schoenberg in this, the second of their two performances at the 2007 City of London Festival, given at St Giles Cripplegate.
Faure: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op 15 No 1
Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht
Aronowitz Ensemble
2.00pm Focus on Berlin
Concluding a celebration of the best of music-making in Berlin, with performances by the Berlin Philharmonic and chamber music highlights from orchestra members past and present.
Bach, orch. Webern: Ricercare a sei, BWV 1079 (Musical Offering)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
Berg: Violin Concerto (To the Memory of an Angel)
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Stephen Hough (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
Rameau: Suite from Hippolyte et Aricie
German Symphony Orchestra
Emanuelle Haim (conductor)
Mahler: Symphony No 1 in D (in four movements)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)
17:00
15 February 2008
Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world.
19:00
15 February 2008
Northern Sinfonia
Catherine Bott introduces a concert given at the Sage in Gateshead, with British conductor Robin Ticciati and the Northern Sinfonia performing works by Schubert, Shostakovich and one by Britten, specially written for the Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich.
Schubert: Overture (Rosamunde)
Britten: Cello Symphony
Schubert: Adagio (Symphony No 10)
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony
Guy Johnston (cello)
Northern Sinfonia
Robin Ticciati (conductor)
20:45
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Final Responses
Despite lying unheard and unseen for over a decade, Hymnus Paradisi came to define Howells's achievements as an artist. Donald Macleod explores the tortuous gestation of the work and we also hear the composer's own thoughts on the inspiration behind it.
King David
Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hymnus Paradisi
Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)
Rpt of today 12.00pm
21:45
Wole Soyinka
Another chance to hear an edition of the programme from last year's Hay Festival where Ian McMillan talked to poet, writer and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka. Ian McMillan talks to poet, writer and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and there's surprising and unpredictable performance from Ken Campbell and the School of Night poets.
22:30
King Oliver
Joe 'King' Oliver was the most celebrated cornettist to come out of New Orleans in the early days of jazz. Bandleader and pianist Keith Nichols joins Alyn Shipton to select the highlights of Oliver's recording career, which spanned 1923 to 1931.
His first discs featured the young Louis Armstrong, and he went on to be a pioneer of big bands as well as a specialist in muted blues playing.
23:30
2007 Vision Festival
Jez Nelson presents a double-bill of gigs from the 2007 Vision Festival in New York.
Guitarist Marc Ribot's group Spiritial Unity reimagines the music of saxophonist and free music pioneer Albert Ayler with a quartet featuring former Ayler bassist Henry Grimes, recently out of retirement.
Pianist Viyar Iyer's trio Fieldwork includes saxophonist Steve Lehman and drummer Tyshawn Sorey in a style that combines a tight but complex rhythmic concept with explorative modal improvisation.
01:00
15 February 2008
15 February 2008
With Jonathan Swain.
1.00am
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857): Ivan Susanin (Acts I and 2)
2.18am
Glinka: Ivan Susanin (Act 3)
3.20am
Glinka: Ivan Susanin (Act 4 and Epilogue)
Nicola Ghiuselev (bass)
Elena Stoyanova (soprano)
Hristina Angelakova (mezzo-soprano)
Rumen Doikov, Angel Petkov (tenors)
Nikolai Stoilov, Dimiter Stanchev (basses)
Bulgarian Television and Radio Mixed Choir
Mihail Milkov (conductor)
Bulgarian Television and Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ivan Marinov (conductor)
4.24am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897), arr. Squarcia: 3 Hungarian Dances
I Cameristi Italiani
4.33am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): 6 Variations in F, Op 34
Theo Bruins (piano)
4.47am
Parsons, Robert (c.1530-1570): Ave Maria for 5 voices
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
4.52am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Arabeske in C for piano, Op 18
Seung-Hee Kim (piano)
5.00am
Eller, Heino (1887-1970): 3 Pieces (Five Pieces for Strings)
Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vallo Jarvi (conductor)
5.12am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): 3 Songs for chorus, Op 42
Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)
5.22am
Bennett, Richard Rodney (b.1936): Aubade for orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)
5.35am
Bree, Johannes Bernardus van (1801-1857): Allegro in D minor for four string quartets (1845)
Viotta Ensemble
Viktor Liberman (conductor)
5.47am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Preludes: No 6 in B minor; No 7 in A; No 8 in F sharp minor; No 9 in E; No 10 in C sharp minor (24 Preludes), Op 28
Krzysztof Jablonski (piano)
5.53am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466
Harvard Gimse (piano)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Milan Horvat (conductor)
6.24am
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): Les Illuminations for voice and string orchestra, Op 18
Peter Pears (tenor)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)
6.47am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 27 in G
Hungarian Chamber Orchestra
Vilmos Tatrai (leader)
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