Wednesday 27th February 2008

07:00

Breakfast

Rob Cowan

Including from 7.00am

Chopin: Rondo in C, Op 73
Danielle Laval, Teresa Llacuna (pianos)

Glazunov: Prelude and Fugue in D minor (The Fridays, Book 1 No 1)
Shostakovich Quartet

Mozart: Concerto No 3 in E flat, K447
Miroslav Stefek (horn)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Ancerl (conductor)

From 8.30am

Mondonville: Sonata No 4 in C (Pieces de clavecin en sonates)
Lars Fryden (violin)
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)

Sibelius: En Saga, Op 9
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)

Mendelssohn: Andante with Variations in D
Marie-Claire Alain (organ)

10:00

Classical Collection

27 February 2008

Wth Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Alwyn: Sonata alla toccata (1947)
Peter Donohoe (piano)
NAXOS 8.55790

10.12am
Brahms: Symphony No 2
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Joseph Keilberth (conductor)
TELDEC 844070

10.54am
Poulenc: 4 Motets pour un temps de penitance
Choir of Westminster Cathedral
James O'Donnell (director)
HYPERION CDA 66664

11.11am
Finzi: Eclogue for piano and strings
Peter Donohoe (piano)
Northern Sinfonia
Howard Griffiths (conductor)
NAXOS 8.555766

11.23am
Oliver/William: What you want me to do
King Oliver and band
BLUEBIRD ND 90410

11.27am
Kodaly: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song (The Peacock)
London Symphony Orchestra
Istvan Kertesz (conductor)
BELART 4610122

11.54am
Trad. Scottish, arr. Haydn: Roslin Castle; The White Cockade
Mhairi Lawson (soprano)
Rachel Podger (violin)
Oleg Kogan (cello)
Olga Tverskaya (fortepiano)
OPUS OPS 30121

12:00

Composer of the Week

William Alwyn (1905-1985)

Part Three

Alwyn was a man of diverse and passionate enthusiasms: he wrote poetry and enjoyed painting, both as an artist himself and as a collector. Donald Macleod introduces a work inspired by one of his favourite pre-Raphaelite artists and plays the 1972 recording of Alwyn conducting his fiercely dramatic third symphony.

Libera Me (Svengali)
Susan Bullock (soprano)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Crepuscule
Ieuan Jones (harp)

Autumn Legend
Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais)
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Symphony No 3
London Philharmonic Orchestra
William Alwyn (conductor)

13:00

Afternoon on 3

27 February 2008

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Continuing a week of concerts given at St George's Hall in Liverpool last autumn to mark the city's 800th anniversary, featuring young artists performing British and American repertoire that reflects Liverpool's long-standing reputation as the gateway to the New World.

MacDowell: To a Wild Rose
Ashley Wass (piano)

MacDowell: Five Songs, Op 47
Simon Bailey (bass-baritone)
Claire Dunham (piano)

Clarke: Midsummer Moon
Jack Liebeck (violin)
Ashley Wass (piano)

Thomson: Family Portraits
Onyx Brass Quintet

Rawsthorne: Sonatina for flute, oboe and piano
InTriplicate

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge
Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Alasdair Beatson (piano)
Doric Quartet

Copland: Corral Nocturne; Hoe-Down (Rodeo)
Onyx Brass Quintet

2.10pm British Symphony Series: Peter Maxwell Davies Symphony Cycle

Bantock: Omar Khayyam, Part 3
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)

Maxwell Davies: Symphony No 8 (Antarctic)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor)

Barber: Sonata for cello and piano, Op 6
Li-Wei (cello)
Gretel Dowdeswell (piano)

Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for string orchestra, Op 10
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Elizabeth Layton (conductor)

17:00

In Tune

27 February 2008

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

19:00

Performance on 3

27 February 2008

BBC Philharmonic

Introduced by Petroc Trelawny.

James MacMillan, the BBC Philharmonic's Composer/Conductor, conducts the world premiere of three interludes from his new opera The Sacrifice, a work based on a medieval Welsh tale and focusing on issues of love and conflict.

The programme also includes a work by Messiaen celebrating the Resurrection and evoking the landscapes of the Alps, and Kancheli's Fifth Symphony, written 30 years ago. It features a child-like theme on the harpsichord, representing youthful optimism, which is graphically overpowered by orchestral forces.

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
James MacMillan (conductor)

Messiaen: Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
MacMillan: Three Interludes (The Sacrifice) (world premiere)
Kancheli: Symphony No 5

20:45

Composer of the Week

William Alwyn (1905-1985)

Part Three

Alwyn was a man of diverse and passionate enthusiasms: he wrote poetry and enjoyed painting, both as an artist himself and as a collector. Donald Macleod introduces a work inspired by one of his favourite pre-Raphaelite artists and plays the 1972 recording of Alwyn conducting his fiercely dramatic third symphony.

Libera Me (Svengali)
Susan Bullock (soprano)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Crepuscule
Ieuan Jones (harp)

Autumn Legend
Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais)
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Symphony No 3
London Philharmonic Orchestra
William Alwyn (conductor)

21:45

Night Waves

Hanif Kureishi

Kenan Malik talks to Hanif Kureishi about Something to Tell You, his new novel in which a psychologist looks back on his youth in 1970s London suburbia, a background similar to Kureishi's own.

Plus one of Germany's leading and most innovative theatre directors Thomas Ostermeier, whose radical updating of Henrick Isben's Hedda Gabbler is about to open in Britain.

22:30

Artist Focus

Peter Donohoe

Petroc Trelawny introduces performances by the pianist Peter Donohoe, who plays music by composers including Chopin.

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.

3/4. Simon Sebag Montefiore reflects on possibly the greatest of all historical romances - that between Catherine the Great and Prince Potemkin in 18th century St Petersburg.

23:15

Late Junction

27 February 2008

Verity Sharp presents Italian Renaissance music from the album Venezia Stravagantissima, Canadian folk from The Bills and the art of the Change Ringing Handbell Group.

01:00

Through the Night

27 February 2008

27 February 2008

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Roost, Jan van der (b.1956): Limelight Fanfare
1.05am
Koetsier, Jan (1911-2006): Brass Symphony, Op 80
1.19am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949), arr. Reger (1873-1916): Solemn Entry of the Knights of St John, for organ and brass
1.27am
Dediu, Dan (b.1967): Fanfare for the Recent Man, Op 122
1.39am
Parker, Jim (b.1934): A Londoner in New York Suite
1.50am
Khachaturian, Aram Il'yich (1903-1978): Sabre Dance (Spartacus)
Romanian Brass Ensemble
Adrian Petrescu (conductor)

1.53am
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899): Symphony in B flat, Op 20
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Michel Plasson (conductor)

2.29am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Piano Quintet in F minor, Op 34
Havard Gimse (piano)
Vertavo Quartet

3.14am
Kodaly, Zoltan (1882-1967): Missa brevis (...in tempore belli)
Aniko Kopjar, Alice Komaroni, Eva Nagy, Agnes Tumpekne Kuti, Timea Tillai, Janos Szerekovan, Joszef Moldvay, Pecsi Kamarakorus (soloists)
Istvan Ella (organ)
Aurel Tillai (conductor)

3.49am
Buffardin, Pierre-Gabriel (c.1690-1768): Concerto a 5 in E minor for flute and strings
Ernst-Burghard Hilse (flute)
Musica Antiqua Koln

4.01am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Introduction and Waltz (Eugene Onegin)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

4.09am
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953): Cinderella Fantasy Suite
Aglika Genova, Liuben Dimitrov (pianos)

4.22am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Solitudini amate, Aure, Fonti, ombre gradite (Alessandro)
Roxana ...... Sophie Boulin (soprano)
La Petite Bande
Sigswald Kuijken (director)

4.29am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Fugue in D minor
Wim Diepenhorst (organ)

4.32am
Franck, Cesar (1822-1890): Le chasseur maudit
Orchestre National de France
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

4.49am
Durante, Francesco (1684-1755): Harpsichord Concerto in B flat
Gerald Hambitzer (harpsichord)
Concerto Koln

5.00am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Overture (Die Zauberflote)
Stavanger SO
Fabio Biondi (conductor)

5.06am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Jagers Abendlied, D368
Christoph Pregardien (tenor)
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

5.09am
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934): Nimrod (Enigma Variations)
Romanian Brass Ensemble
Adrian Petrescu (conductor)

5.13am
Haydn, (Franz) Joseph (1732-1809): String Trio in B flat, Op 53 No 2
Leopold Trio

5.21am
Mendelssohn, Felix Batholdy (1809-1847): Im Grunen; Die Nachtigall; Ruhetal; Jagdlied (Im Grunen, Op 59)
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

5.30am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Sonata for violin and basso continuo in F (Essercizii Musici)
Camerata Koln

5.41am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872), orch. Noskowski: Polonaise in E flat
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Katlewicz (conductor)

5.48am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Muhseligen, Op 74 (Part 1)
Grex Vocalis
Carl Hogset (director)

5.53am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Concerto No 4 in G, Op 58
Nelson Goerne (piano)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

6.28am
Schenck, Johann (1660-c.1712): Sonata in D, Op 9, No 1 (L'echo du Danube)
Berliner Konzert

6.42am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225
Norwegian Soloist Choir
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Grete Pedersen (conductor)