07:00
Martin Handley
Including from 7.00am
Liszt: Sonetto 47 del Petrarca
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Spohr: Grand concert overture in F
Italian Swiss Orchestra
Howard Shelley (conductor)
From 8.00am
Pergolesi: Salve regina in F minor
Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (director)
Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite No 1
Orchestra of the City of Granada
Josep Pons (conductor)
From 9.00am
Part: Which was the son of... Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Paul Hillier (director)
Massenet: Meditation (Thais)
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Vag Papian (piano)
Virtuosi
10:00
16 March 2008
As St Patrick's Day approaches, Iain presents an Irish-themed programme, with works by Harty, Berlioz, Handel and Stanford, plus Irish musicians including Barry Douglas and John McCormack.
H Hughes: I will walk with my love
Ailish Tynan (soprano)
Iain Burnside (piano)
SIGNUM SIGCD106
Harty: On the shores of Lough Neagh (An Irish Syphony)
The Ulster Orchestra
Bryden Thomson (conductor)
Chandos CHAN8314
Field: Nocturne No 10 in E minor
John O'Conor (piano)
Telarc CD-80199
Campbell: Music from the Reed Bed (1st mvt)
Concorde Ensemble
Dermot Healy (speaker)
CMC CD 05
Stanford: Irish Symphony (3rd mvt)
Ulster Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
Chandos CHAN8545
WB Yeats: The Lake Isle of Innisfree
NSA CD13
Barber: Nuvoletta
Cheryl Studer (voice)
John Browning (piano)
DG 4358672
Trad: The lark in the clear air
Ann Murray (soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)
Helios CDH55210
Moeran: Cello Concerto (2nd mvt)
Rafael Wallfisch (cello)
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Norman del Mar (conductor)
Chandos CHAN8456
Trad: Believe me if all those endearing young charms
John McCormack (voice)
Edwin Schneider (piano)
EMI CDH7697882
Carolan's Concerto
Chieftains
Belfast Harp Orchestra
RCA 09026639172
Warlock: The Curlew
Adrian Thompson (tenor)
Philippa Davies (flute)
Christine Pendrill (cor anglais)
Duke Quartet
Collins Classics 15002
Sullivan: Finale (Symphony in E)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor)
CPO 9991712
De Dannan: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba in Gaway
Sugar Hill SH-CD 1130
12:00
Ian McKeever
Michael Berkeley's guest is artist Ian McKeever. Known for his luminous abstract paintings, his latest exhibition is currently to be seen at the Alan Cristea Gallery in London's Cork Street.
Ian discusses the relationships between music and painting and chooses pieces by John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter and Keith Jarrett as well as Messaien, Szymanowski and Richard Strauss.
13:00
Stabat Mater
2/2. Stabat Mater: Catherine Bott presents excerpts from settings of the Stabat mater dolorosa by Josquin Desprez, Pergolesi and Scarlatti.
14:00
16 March 2008
With a selection of Radio 3 listeners' requests.
16:00
16 March 2008
Live from St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, and sung by the Lay Clerks.
Introit: Pueri Hebraeorum (Palestrina)
Responses: Byrd
Office Hymn: The royal banners forward go (Vexilla Regis)
Psalm: 80 (Arnold)
First Lesson: Isaiah 5 vv1-7
Canticles: First Service (Sheppard)
Second Lesson: Matthew 21 vv33-46
Anthem: Tribulatio proxima est (Byrd)
Final Hymn: My song is love unknown (Love Unknown)
Organ Voluntary: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582 (Bach)
Assistant Organist: Roger Judd
Director of Music: Timothy Byram-Wigfield
17:00
Spohr's Nonet
Stephen Johnson takes a closer look at two nonets. Paul Allen is in Sheffield's Crucible Studio to explore Louis Spohr's popular Nonet with Ensemble 360, and Stephen delves into Bohuslav Martinu's 1959 Nonet, one of many works the composer wrote in the final year of his life.
18:30
16 March 2008
Aled Jones explores Iceland's strong choral tradition with the help of Icelandic composer Haflioi Hallgrimsson and self-confessed lover of all things Nordic music critic Hilary Finch.
Plus a pick of new choral releases including contemporary music for Passiontide from the group Commotio.
20:00
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
By Tennessee Williams.
An adaptation of Tennessee Williams's classic 1950s drama set in the plantations of the American Deep South.
Hypocrisy, greed and secret passions threaten to tear apart a dysfunctional family as they fight over a dying patriarch's millions.
Big Daddy ...... Joss Ackland
Big Mama ...... Gemma Jones
Margaret ...... Elizabeth McGovern
Brick ...... Marcus D'Amico
Mae ...... Alison Steadman
Gooper ...... Clive Carter
Rev Tooker ...... Roy Dotrice
Dr Baugh ...... Kenneth Jay
Lacey ...... Ben Onwukwe
With Polly Dartford, Christopher Earley, Zara Mandel, Tristan Pegg as the children.
Director: Andy Jordan.
22:00
Raymond Williams: Keywords
Two decades after his death and 50 years after his landmark work Culture and Society, friends, admirers and critics including Geoff Dyer, Terry Eagleton, David Hare and Lisa Jardine discuss the life and the somewhat controversial legacy of cultural historian Raymond Williams.
22:45
Say, What Shall We Dance?
In a sequence of music, poetry and prose on the theme of dance, Michael Maloney and Emily Raymond read works by Thomas Moore, Laurence Binyon, Rilke, Philip Larkin, Roger McGough and Goethe alongside music by Johann Strauss, Debussy, Louis Andriessen and Britten.
00:00
Music for the Annunciation
1./2. Catherine Bott presents two programmes for Passiontide, featuring music associated with the Feast of the Annunciation. With works by Parsons and Biber, plus the setting of the Seven Joys of Mary from the 14th-century Llibre Vermell, or Red-Velvet Book, of Montserrat, Catalonia.
01:00
16 March 2008
16 March 2008
With Jonathan Swain.
1.00am
Mellnas, Arne (1933-2002): Laude
Swedish Chamber Choir
Simon Phipps (director)
1.11am
Lidholm, Ingvar (b.1921): Fantasia sopra Laudi for cello
Claes Gunnarsson (cello)
1.17am
Gubajdulina, Sofia (b.1931): The Canticle of the Sun, by Francis of Assisi
Jonas Larsson (percussion)
Per Sjogren (percussion)
Claes Gunnarsson (cello)
Swedish Chamber Choir
Simon Phipps (director)
1.59am
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908): Scheherazade, Op 35
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
James Sedares (conductor)
2.47am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor, Op 15
John Lill (piano)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom (conductor)
3.38am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Suite No 2 in B minor for orchestra, BWV 1067
Ensemble 415
3.58am
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961): O Danny Boy
Edmonton Wind Ensemble
Harry Pinchin (conductor)
4.03am
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959): Introduction to Choros for guitar and orchestra
Timo Korhonen (guitar)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
4.16am
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (1710-1736): Concerto in B flat for violin, strings and continuo
Andrea Keller (violin)
Concerto Koln
4.30am
Chaminade, Cecile (1857-1944): Automne, Op 35 No 2
Valerie Tryon (piano)
4.37am
Lorenzo, Leonardo de (20th century): Capriccio brillante for 3 flutes, Op 31
Vladislav Brunner, Juraj Brunner, Milan Brunner (flutes)
4.47am
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787): Symphony in A, Op 10 No 6
La Stagione Frankfurt
Michael Schneider (conductor)
5.00am
Strauss, Johann Jr (1825-1899): Treasure Waltzes (Der Zigeunerbaron, Op 418)
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
Raffi Armenian (conductor)
5.08am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Te Deum in C, H XXIIIc 2
Netherlands Radio Choir and Chamber Orchestra
Antoni Ros-Marba (conductor)
5.18am
Messemaeckers, Henri Jr (1824-?): Grande Marche funebre pour le piano composee a la memoire de SAR Monseigneur Le Prince Alexandre de Pays-Bas
Arthur Schoondewoerd (fortepiano)
5.27am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Premiere rapsodie for clarinet and orchestra
Jozef Luptacik (clarinet)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava
Ludovit Rajter (conductor)
5.35am
Coulthard, Jean (1908-2000), orch. Michael Conway Baker: Four Irish Songs
Linda Maguire (mezzo-soprano)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)
5.45am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), orch. Schoenberg: Chorale Prelude, BWV 654
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Edo de Waart (conductor)
5.53am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Music for a while
Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
Markus Markl (harpsichord)
5.58am
Bloch, Ernest (1880-1959): Nigun
Moshe Hammer (violin)
Valerie Tryon (piano)
6.06am
Sullivan, Arthur (1842-1900): Symphony in E (Irish)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)
6.42am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Trumpet Concerto in E flat, H VIIe 1
Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Nicolae Moldoveanu (conductor)
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