Tuesday 26th February 2008

07:00

Breakfast

Rob Cowan

Including from 7.00am

Scarlatti: Sinfonia No 8
Paolo Capirci (flute)
La Magnifica Comunita
Enrico Csazza (director)

Mozart: Symphony in C, K162
Vienna Consentus Musicus
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

Clementi: Batti, batti (after Mozart's Don Giovanni)
Mario Tipo (piano)

Smetana: Vysehrad (Ma vlast)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Zdenek Macal (conductor)

Puccini: Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolino (Madama Butterfly, Act 1)
Cio-Cio San ...... Renata Scotto (soprano)
BF Pinkerton ...... Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra

Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain
Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

10:00

Classical Collection

26 February 2008

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Villa Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras No 5
Anna Moffo (soprano)
American Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
RCA GD 87831

10.14am
Beethoven: Bagatelles, Op 119 Nos 4-10
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
DG 457 492 2 (2 CDs)

10.25am
Bach: Aria (Ich bin vergnugt mit meinem Glucke) (1st mvt)
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
Paul Goodwin (oboe)
Sonnerie
Monica Huggett (director)
VIRGIN VC VBD 561 644 2 (2 CDs)

10.31am
Donizetti: Una furtiva lagrima (L'Elisir d'amore)
Jose Carreras (tenor)
PHILIPS 434 745 2

10.36am
Handel: Va tacito e nascosto (Giulio Cesare)
Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
Christian-Friedrich Dallmann (horn)
Akademie fur alte Musik Berlin
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901685

10.44am
Corigliano: Chaconne (The Red Violin)
Joshua Bell (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SK 63010

11.03am
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op 78
Rosalind Elias (mezzo-soprano)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA GD 60176

11.46am
Shostakovich: String Quartet No 1 in C, Op 49
Talich Quartet
PRAGA PR 254042

12:00

Composer of the Week

William Alwyn (1905-1985)

Part Two

During the Second World War Alwyn, began composing for propaganda films and documentaries and was soon in demand for feature films. Donald Macleod introduces music from the soundtracks of some of his best-known films, plus a recording of the composer conducting his own harp concerto and his first venture into symphonic writing.

Punting Scene (The History of Mr Polly); Odd Man Out Suite (excerpts); Symphony No 1 (final mvt)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Lyra Angelica
Osian Ellis (harp)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
William Alwyn (conductor)

13:00

Afternoon on 3

26 February 2008

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Beginning a week of performances from a series of concerts given at St George's Hall in Liverpool last autumn to mark the city's 800th anniversary. These concerts feature young artists performing British and American repertoire, reflecting Liverpool's long-standing reputation as the gateway to the New World.

Korngold: Fanfare No 1
Onyx Brass Quintet

Goossens: Pastorale et harlequinade
InTriplicate

Ives: The Innate
Alasdair Beatson (piano)
Doric Quartet

Finzi: Let us garlands bring
Simon Bailey (bass-baritone)
Claire Dunham (piano)

Thomson: The plough that broke the plain
Onyx Brass Quintet

Piston: Suite for oboe and piano
Sally Richardson (oboe)
Claire Dunham (piano)

Howells: Violin Sonata No 3 in E minor, Op 38
Jack Liebeck (violin)
Ashley Wass (piano)

Ives: Halloween
Alasdair Beatson (piano)
Josephine Large (bass drum)
Doric Quartet

2.00pm British Symphony Series: Peter Maxwell Davies Symphony Cycle

Granville Bantock: Omar Khayyam, Part 2
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)

Peter Maxwell Davies: Symphony No 7
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor)

Beethoven: Sonata in D for cello and piano, Op 102 No 2
Li-Wei (cello)
Gretel Dowdeswell (piano)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 in C, Op 15
Cedric Tiberghien (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Baldur Bronnimann (conductor)

17:00

In Tune

26 February 2008

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

19:00

Performance on 3

26 February 2008

Nash Ensemble

Petroc Trelawny introduces a concert given by the Nash Ensemble at the Wigmore Hall, London. Schubert's melodious Octet is set beside a similar work by Louis Spohr and complemented by a Beethoven sextet.

Beethoven: Sextet in E flat, Op 81b
Spohr: Octet in E, Op 32
Schubert: Octet in F, D803

20:45

Composer of the Week

William Alwyn (1905-1985)

Part Two

During the Second World War Alwyn, began composing for propaganda films and documentaries and was soon in demand for feature films. Donald Macleod introduces music from the soundtracks of some of his best-known films, plus a recording of the composer conducting his own harp concerto and his first venture into symphonic writing.

Punting Scene (The History of Mr Polly); Odd Man Out Suite (excerpts); Symphony No 1 (final mvt)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Lyra Angelica
Osian Ellis (harp)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
William Alwyn (conductor)

21:45

Night Waves

Joseph Stiglitz

Rana Mitter talks to Joseph Stiglitz, winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics and an influential chief economist at the World Bank until January 2000. Stiglitz's controversial new book, The True Cost of the War in Iraq, argues that far from being good for the economy, the conflict has done significant damage to both the US and global economies.

And sound recordist and sonic installation artist Chris Watson talks about his new project in Newcastle, Whispering in the Leaves, which aims to convey to listeners the surroundings of the tropical rainforest.

22:30

Artist Focus

Peter Donohoe

With Petroc Trelawny. The featured artist is the pianist Peter Donohoe, who performs works including a piano concerto by Kevin Volans.

23:00

The Essay

To Russia with Love

In the week leading up to the Russian presidential election, four writers, each intimately connected with Russia, examine some of the passions that led them to embark upon a life-long relationship with the nation.

2/4. Journalist Vanora Bennett delights in sharing compartments with complete strangers as she explores the idiosyncrasies of travelling by train in Russia.

23:15

Late Junction

26 February 2008

Verity Sharp previews the upcoming AV festival in Northumberland with prepared piano music by John Cage and she introduces more tracks from pop singer-turned-composer Scott Walker.

01:00

Through the Night

26 February 2008

26 February 2008

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Mass in G minor, BWV 235
1.27am
Zelenka, Jan Dismas (1679-1745): Missa dei filii, ZWV 20
Ars Nova Vocal Group
Concerto Copenhagen
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor)

2.05am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 56 (Scottish)
Polish Radio Orchestra
Wojciech Rajski (conductor)

2.43am
Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943): Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor, Op 30
Nelson Goerner (piano)
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Matthias Aesbacher (conductor)

3.24am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): String Quartet in F, Op 59 No 1 (Rasumovsky)
Tankstream Quartet

4.05am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Last Spring, Op 33 No 2
Camerata Bern
Thomas Furi (leader/concertmaster)

4.12am
Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880): The Doll's Song (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Tracy Dahl (soprano)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

4.18am
Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959): Four Madrigals (1959)
Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)

4.28am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Quartet in G for two violins, viola and continuo, Op 5 No 4
Musica Antiqua Koln

4.40am
Benoit, Peter (1834-1901): Regina coeli
Joris Verdin (organ)
Jan Busschaert (double bass)
Flemish Radio Choir (women's voices only)
Vic Nees (conductor)

4.45am
Bach: Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor, BWV 1058
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

5.00am
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975): Festive Overture, Op 96
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Uri Mayer (conductor)

5.06am
Compiled by Alfonso X (el Sabio) (1221-1284): Rosa das rosas (Cantigas de Santa Maria)
Concanentes

5.13am
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787): Symphony in D, Op 10 No 5
La Stagione Frankfurt
Michael Schneider (conductor)

5.23am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): 12 Variations on Ah! Vous dirai-je, maman, K265
Yur-Eum Woodwind Quintet

5.35am
Bach, Carl Philip Emanuel (1714-1788): Sonata in G minor, Wq 70 No 6
Wim Diepenhorst (organ)

5.49am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): The heavens are telling (The Creation, H XXI 2)
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Roy Thomson Hall Orchestra
Elmer Iseler (conductor)

5.53am
Arnold, Sir Malcolm Henry (b. 1921), arr. Paynter: Little Suite No 1 for brass band, Op 80
Edmonton Wind Ensemble
Harry Pinchin (conductor)

6.01am
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757), arr. Kain: Sonata in F, K518
Guitar Trek

6.06am
Glick, Srul Irving (1934-2002): Divertimento for string orchestra
13 Strings of Ottawa
Brian Law (conductor)

6.25am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37
Christian Zacharias (piano)
Academie Beethoven
Jean Caeyers (conductor)