Monday 10th March 2008

07:00

Breakfast

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Including at 7.00am

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D, Op 39
New Symphony Orchestra of London
Adrian Boult (conductor)

Handel: Nisi Dominus, HWV 238
Diana Montague (alto)
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Simon Birchall (bass)
Choir and Orchestra of Westminster Abbey
Simon Preston (conductor)

Wieniawski: Variations on an Original Theme, Op 15
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Ian Brown (piano)

8.30am
Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler (conductor)

Gluck: Che faro senza Euridice?
Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Carlo Rizzi (conductor)

Gershwin: I Got Rhythm (variations for two pianos)
Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow (pianos)

10:00

Classical Collection

10 March 2008

With James Jolly.

10.00am
Grainger: Jutish Medley (Husband and Wifey) (Danish Folk-Song Suite)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)

10.10am
Bach: Double Concerto in D minor, BWV 1060
Jurg Schaeftlein (oboe)
Alice Harnoncourt (violin)
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

10.25am
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op 20
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Hermann Scherchen (conductor)

10.47am
Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Act 1, Scene 2) (excerpt)
Rosina ...... Roberta Peters (soprano)
Figaro ...... Robert Merill (baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)

11.02am
Hovhaness: Symphony No 22 (City of Light)
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Alan Hovhaness (conductor)

11.33am
Barber: Give me my Robe (Antony and Cleopatra)
Leontyne Price (soprano)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Thomas Schippers (conductor)

11.43am
Debussy: Preludes, Book 2 (excerpts)
The Building a Library recommendation

12:00

Composer of the Week

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Part One

Donald Macleod explores Bernstein's life and work - as an inexhaustible conductor, educator, performer and personality.

1/5. Despite his prowess on the podium, Bernstein considered himself to be first and foremost a composer. The programme explores his early influences, from weekly visits to the local synagogue in Boston to his years as a student at Harvard University. A chance meeting with Aaron Copland led to Bernstein's entree into New York's elite cultural circles.

Shivaree
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Jorge Mester (conductor)

Hashkiveinu
Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor)
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ)
BBC Singers
Arnal Ital (conductor)

Seven Anniversaries
Leonard Bernstein (piano)

Symphony No 1 (Jeremiah)
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

I Hate Music!
Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano)
Leonard Bernstein (piano)

13:00

Afternoon on 3

10 March 2008

Presented by Ian Skelly.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

American pianist Jonathan Biss performs a programme of Beethoven, Schoenberg and Schubert, direct from the Wigmore Hall, London.

Jonathan Biss (piano)

Beethoven: Sonata, Op 90
Schoenberg: Six Little Pieces, Op 19
Schubert: Sonata in A, D 959

2.00pm Lucerne Festivals

A survey of all three Lucerne music festivals from 2007 - the Easter Festival, Summer Festival and Piano Festival - showcasing prominent musicians and conductors from around the world.

Sibelius: Symphony No 2 in D, Op 41
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)

Grieg: Ballade in G minor, Op 24 (variations on a Norwegian folk song from Valdres)
Juho Pohjonen (piano)

Saunders: Into the Blue
Laboratorium
Jean Deroyer (director)

Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op 35 No 1; Prelude and Fugue in B flat, Op 35 No 6
Juho Pohjonen (piano)

Beethoven: Symphony No 9 in D minor (Choral)
Melanie Diene (soprano)
Anna Larsson (mezzo-soprano)
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Reinhard Hagen (bass)
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

17:00

In Tune

10 March 2008

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

19:00

Performance on 3

10 March 2008

Discovering Dutileux Festival

Presented by Catherine Bott.

The first of two concerts, given last month at St David's Hall, Cardiff, celebrating the music of Henri Dutilleux.

The programme includes his cello concerto, Tout un monde lointain, evoking Baudelaire, while the more recent song-cycle, Correspondances, incorporates texts from poems and letters by Rilke, Solzhenitsyn and Van Gogh. Also including works by Ravel and Debussy, from whom he drew inspiration.

Gautier Capucon (cello)
Claron McFadden (soprano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)

Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Dutilleux: Tout un monde lointain; Correspondances
Debussy: La mer

20:45

Composer of the Week

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Part One

Donald Macleod explores Bernstein's life and work - as an inexhaustible conductor, educator, performer and personality.

1/5. Despite his prowess on the podium, Bernstein considered himself to be first and foremost a composer. The programme explores his early influences, from weekly visits to the local synagogue in Boston to his years as a student at Harvard University. A chance meeting with Aaron Copland led to Bernstein's entree into New York's elite cultural circles.

Shivaree
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Jorge Mester (conductor)

Hashkiveinu
Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor)
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ)
BBC Singers
Arnal Ital (conductor)

Seven Anniversaries
Leonard Bernstein (piano)

Symphony No 1 (Jeremiah)
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

I Hate Music!
Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano)
Leonard Bernstein (piano)

21:45

Night Waves

10 March 2008

Philip Dodd tours the controversial new Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport and talks to architect Mike Davies, in charge of the project for the 19 years since its inception.

And Philip meets Norman Rosenthal, who is stepping down as Exhibitions Secretary at the Royal Academy in London after more than 30 years.

22:30

Artist Focus

Thomas Zehetmair

Catherine Bott profiles violinist and leader of his own string quartet, Thomas Zehetmair, in a programme that includes Beethoven's Romance in F and music by Elliott Carter.

23:00

The Essay

Greek and Latin Voices

Series about the literature which underpins Western civilisation.

1/4. Maria Wyke, professor of Latin at UCL, examines the work of the independent-minded Roman historian Tacitus, focusing on Annals, his most famous surviving work.

23:15

World on 3

Pauline Scanlon and Eilis Kennedy

With sounds from around the world, and a studio session with Irish singers Pauline Scanlon and Eilis Kennedy.

01:00

Through the Night

10 March 2008

10 March 2008

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Sonata in D, Op 10 No 3
Ingrid Fliter (piano)

1.23am
Maxwell Davies, Peter (b.1934): A Sad Paven for These Distracted Tymes for string quartet
Pavel Haas Quartet

1.31am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Bagatelles for two violins, cello and harmonium, Op 47
Aronowitz Ensemble

1.49am
Liehmann, Antonin (1808-1878): Mass No 1 in D minor for soloists, chorus, organ and orchestra
Lenka Skornickova (soprano)
Olga Kodesova (alto)
Damiano Binetti (tenor)
Ilja Prokop (bass)
Radek Rejsek (organ)
Czech Radio Choir
Pilsen Radio Orchestra
Josef Hercl (conductor)

2.31am
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883): Prelude to Act 3; Dance of the Apprentices; Prelude to Act 1 (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (conductor)

2.52am
Widor, Charles Marie (1844-1937): Suite for flute and piano, Op 34
Katherine Rudolph (flute)
Rena Sharon (piano)

3.10am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Partita diverse sopra il Corale, BWV 767 (O Gott, du frommer Gott)
Theo Teunissen (organ)

3.26am
Gorecki, Henryk Mikolaj (b.1933): Miserere, Op 44
Danish National Radio Choir
Jesper Grove Jorgensen (conductor)

4.00am
Marais, Marin (1656-1728): La sonnerie de Sainte-Genevieve du Mont de Paris for violin, bass viol and continuo
Ricercar Consort
Henri Ledroit (conductor)

4.09am
Byrd, William (c.1543-1623): The Bells for keyboard, MB XXVII 38
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)

4.17am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto in D, RV 208
Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin)
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer (director)

4.32am
Mussorgsky, Modest (1839-1881), orch. Rimsky-Korsakov/Labinsky/Serge Liapunov: Songs and Dances of Death
Kolos Kovacs (bass)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

4.51am
Kogoj, Marij (1892-1956): Two pieces (Nos 3 and 4) (Piano Collection)
Bojan Gorisek (piano)

5.00am
Fasch, Johann Friedrich (1688-1758): Sonata in D minor
Amsterdam Bach Soloists
Wim ten Have (conductor)

5.09am
Lubeck, Vincent (c.1654-1740): Prelude in C
Jan Kleinbussink (Holtgrave organ, Bergwerk, Deventer)

5.16am
Obrecht, Jacob (1450-1505): J'ai pris amours a ma devise
5.22am
Buus, Jacques (c.1500-1565): Ricercare
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet

5.29am
Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Miser, chi speme in cose mortal pone
5.32am
Porta, Costanzo (1528/9-1601): Sub tuum praesidium
Banchieri Singers
Denes Szabo (conductor)

5.35am
Kraus, Joseph Martin (1756-1792): String Quartet No 4 in D
Lysell String Quartet

5.50am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor, Op 31
Valerie Tryon (piano)

6.00am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Mass in C, K257 (Credo)
Elizabeth Poole (soprano)
Sian Menna (mezzo-soprano)
Christopher Bowen (tenor)
Stuart MacIntyre (baritone)
BBC Singers
BBC Concert Orchestra
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

6.26am
Mozart, transcr. Reinecke (1824-1910): Piano Concerto No 26, K537 (Larghetto)
6.33am
Reinecke, Carl (1824-1910): Flute Concerto in D minor, Op 283
Matej Zupan (flute)
Slovenian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
David de Villiers (conductor)

6.54am
Fesch, Willem de (1687-1757): Joseph's aria Tremble Shudder at the Guilt (Joseph)
Joseph ...... Claron McFadden (soprano)
Musica ad Rhenum
Jed Wentz (conductor)