Saturday 1st March 2008

07:00

Breakfast

Martin Handley

Including from 7.00am

Bach: Menuet 1, 2 and Gigue (Suite No 2 in D minor, BWV 1008)
Balazs Mate (cello)

Vaughan Williams: Elihu's Dance of Youth and Beauty; Pavane of the Sons of the Morning (Job)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)

From 8.00am

Azzaiolo: Chi passa per'sta strada
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
Silk Road

Smetana: Sarka (Ma vlast)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik (conductor)

09:00

CD Review

1 March 2008

Andrew McGregor introduces Radio 3's weekly programme devoted to all that's new in the world of recorded music.

Including:

9.30am Building a Library
Jeremy Summerly surveys the available recordings of Poulenc's Gloria, regarded as a post-war choral classic.

10.30am
Sir John Tusa picks out some highlights from the many recent discs of Czech music.

11.15am
Sir Simon Rattle talks about his recent work with the Berlin Philharmonic, including his recording of Mahler's 9th Symphony and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.

11.45am Disc of the Week
Robert White: Lamentations a 5
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (director)

12:15

Music Matters

1 March 2008

Tom Service investigates the links between music and health. He looks at reports on how music can change the lives of people with conditions ranging from schizophrenia to Alzheimer's. Saxophonist Barbara Thompson talks about her battle with Parkinson's disease. Plus news from the Royal Opera House and its workshops for autistic teenagers, and Prof Paul Robertson on the effects of music on the mind.

13:00

The Early Music Show

John Rich

Lucie Skeaping talks to Jeremy Barlow about the contribution to London's theatrical world of John Rich, one of the city's most celebrated impresarios and entertainers. His career highlights include the staging of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera at Lincoln's Inn Fields, and his work with Handel whose opera company he housed in Covent Garden.

14:00

Lunchtime Concert

1 March 2008

Ann Murray and Philip Langridge

Another chance to hear last Monday's lunchtime concert at the Wigmore Hall, London, a recital of songs and duets by the husband-and-wife team of mezzo-soprano Ann Murray and tenor Philip Langridge, with pianist Malcolm Martineau. The programme includes works by Barber, Bridge, Moeran and Britten.

The programme includes works by Barber (including 3 Songs, Op 10), Bridge, Moeran (Seven Poems of James Joyce) and Britten.

15:00

World Routes

Taraf de Haidouks

Lucy Duran introduces Taraf de Haidouks, acclaimed as the world's greatest gypsy band, in concert at Birmingham's Town Hall performing their own versions of gypsy-inspired classics by Bartok and Manuel de Falla.

16:00

Jazz Line-Up

Jack Massarik

With Claire Martin. Jack Massarik presents a round-up of gig news and his pick of the new releases.

17:00

Jazz Record Requests

1 March 2008

Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.

18:00

Opera On 3

Verdi's Otello

Live from the Met

Giuseppe Verdi's adaptation of Shakespeare's play is widely regarded as the composer's crowning operatic achievement.

South African tenor Johan Botha interprets the role of the tragic hero Otello, and Renee Fleming returns to one of her most celebrated roles as the doomed Desdemona. Semyon Bychkov conducts a production by Elijah Moshinsky.

Presented from New York by Margaret Juntwait.

Desdemona ...... Renee Fleming (soprano)
Otello ...... Johan Botha (tenor)
Iago ...... Carlo Guelfi (baritone)
Emilia ...... Wendy White (mezzo-soprano)
Cassio ...... Garrett Sorenson (tenor)
Roderigo ...... Ronald Naldi (tenor)
Montano ...... Charles Taylor (baritone)
Lodovico ...... Kristinn Sigmundsson (bass)
Herald ...... David Won (baritone)
Chorus and Orchestra of New York Metropolitan Opera
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

21:15

The Wire

Lullaby of Shadows

By Andrea Earl.

A psychological thriller about a mother who believes her husband is plotting to kill their newborn baby.

Jenny ...... Lyndsey Marshal
Matt ...... Joe Caffrey
Sylvia ...... Olwen May
Doctor ...... Stephen Tomlin

Directed by Pauline Harris.

22:00

Pre-Hear

Liza Lim and Karen Tanaka

Johannes Kalitzke conducts the BBC SO in two contrasting works for orchestra by Australian Liza Lim and Karen Tanaka from Japan. Tanaka: Guardian Angel. Lim: The Tree of Life.

22:30

Hear And Now

Improvisation in Modern Classical Music

Alwynne Pritchard explores the world of improvisation and its role in contemporary classical music, in a discussion with composer Richard Barrett and writer John L Walters. The programme includes a recorded studio session by Elliott Sharp and Christian Marclay.

Sharp/Marclay: Improvisation
Elliott Sharp (guitar, soprano saxophone, electronics)
Christian Marclay (turntables, electronics)

Barrett: Adrift
Sarah Nicolls (piano)
Richard Barrett (electronics)

Tchaikovsky, arr. Oswald: Violin Concerto
Jon Rose (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Bailey, arr. Burn: Three
Rhodri Davies (harp)
Angharad Davies (violin)
Nikos Veliotis (cello)

00:00

The Early Music Show

Versailles and Paris Month: The Development of the Parisian Chanson

Catherine Bott continues the exploration of the early music of Versailles and Paris with a look at the rise of the Parisian chanson, a form of 15th-century French song made hugely popular through composers such as Claudin de Sermisy and Clement Janequin.

01:00

Through the Night

1 March 2008

1 March 2008

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Piano Quartet No 2 in A, Op 26
Julian Rachlin (violin)
Maxim Rysanov (viola)
Torleif Theden (cello)
Itamar Golan (piano)

1.50am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Piano Quintet No 2 in A, Op 81
Janine Jansen, Anders Nilsson (violins)
Julian Rachlin (viola)
Torleif Theden (cello)
Itamar Golan (piano)

2.30am
Smetana, Bedrich (1824-1884): Overture (The Bartered Bride)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

2.37am
Luolajan-Mikkola, Vilho (b. 1911): Haatanhu (Wedding Folkdance)
Sauli Tiilikainen (baritone)
Markus Lehtinen (piano)

2.41am
Matusic, Frano (b. 1961): 2 Croatian Folksongs
Dubrovnik Guitar Trio

2.47am
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931): Violin Concerto, Op 33
Silvia Marcovici (violin)
Orchestre National de France
Osmo Vanska (conductor)

3.25am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Piano Sonata in D, H XVI 37
Paul Lewis (piano)

3.34am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 129
Daniel Muller-Schott (cello)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Gurer Aykal (conductor)

3.59am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)
Bengt-Ake Lundin (piano)

4.06am
Lipatti, Dinu (1917-1950): Aubade
Nicolae Maxim (flute)
Radu Chisu (oboe)
Valeriu Barbuceanu (clarinet)
Mihai Tanasila (bassoon)

4.27am
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757): Sonata in E, Kk 380 (Andante comodo)
Ivetta Irkha (piano)

4.32am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): 3 chansons de Charles d'Orleans
BBC Singers

4.39am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Scherzo No 3 in C sharp minor, Op 39
Simon Trpceski (piano)

4.47am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Concerto in D for two horns
Jozef Illes, Jan Budzak (horns)
Chamber Association of Slovakian Radio
Vlastimil Horak (conductor)

5.00am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Rhapsody in G minor, Op 79 No 2 (1879)
Robert Silverman (piano)

5.07am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Slavonic Dances, Op 46: No 8 in G minor; No 3 in A flat
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Arvid Engegard (conductor)

5.15am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Sinfonia in D for two violins and continuo, H585
Les Adieux

5.25am
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875): L'Arlesienne Suite No 1
Slovenia Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Marko Munih (conductor)

5.43am
Paganini, Niccolo (1782-1840): Duetto amoroso for violin and guitar
Tomaz Lorenz (violin)
Jerko Novak (guitar)

5.53am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Voluntary No 1 in C
Dom Andre Laberge (organ)

5.56am
Handel: Theme and Variations
Manja Smits (harp)

6.02am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Overture (Hamlet, Op 67)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

6.20am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Concerto in A minor for four keyboards, BWV 1065
Ton Koopman, Tini Mathot, Patrizia Marisaldi, Elina Mustonen (harpsichords)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman (director)

6.30am
Byrd, William (c.1543-1623), arr. Howarth: The Earle of Oxford's March, MB 28 No 93
Tallinn Brass
Tarmo Leinatamm (conductor)

6.34am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 92 in G (Oxford)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Heinz Wallberg (conductor)