Tuesday 23rd September 2008

07:00

Breakfast

23 September 2008

With Rob Cowan.

Featuring music for four hands, with Gouvy's Aubade for piano duet and Soler's Concerto No 6 for harpsichord duet. Plus Mozart, Wagner and Free Thought from 8.30am.

Including from 7.00am

Palestrina: Lucis creator optime
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Timothy Brown (director)

Gouvy: Aubade, Op 77 No 2
Yaara Tal, Andreas Groethuysen (piano duet)

Mozart: Symphony In G (Neue Lambacher)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (director)

From 8.30am

Soler: Concerto No 6 in D
Ton Koopman, Tini Mathot (harpsichord duet)

Wagner: Overture (Der fliegende Hollander)
Dresden State Orchestra
Silvio Varviso (conductor)

Martinu: Little Suite (Comedy on the Bridge)
Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra
Frantisek Jilek (conductor).

10:00

Classical Collection

23 September 2008

With Sarah Walker.

Including:

10.00am
Handel: Rinaldo (March and Battle)
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge (conductor)

10.04am
Handel: Utrecht Te Deum; Jubilate
St Paul's Cathedral Choir
The Parley of Instruments
John Scott (conductor)

10.43am
Debussy: Sonata for cello and piano
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Benjamin Britten (piano)

10.56am
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op 66a
Berlin Philharmonic
Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor)

11.18am
Chopin: Three Waltzes played by Ignacy Paderewski, Jorge Bolet and Shura Cherkassky

11.26am
Britten: Concerto for violin and orchestra, Op 15
Loraine McAslan (violin)
English Chamber Orchestra
Steuart Bedford (conductor).

12:00

Composer of the Week

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Werther's Woes...and First Maturity

Donald Macleod explores Brahms's renewed creativity after his six-year hiatus following the suicide attempt of his mentor Robert Schumann. The attention of Brahms's much-beloved Hamburg Ladies' Choir played a part in his rejuvenation and the programme includes a rare work written for them, which is accompanied by harp and horns.

Es tont ein voller Harfenklang, for female voices, horns and harp, Op 17 No 1
Anthony Halstead, Christian Rutherford (horn)
Delyth Wynne (harp)
Members of the Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
PHILIPS 4311522
Track 19

Sextet in B flat for strings, Op 18
Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet
PHILIPS 4202562
Tracks 1-4

Horn Trio, Op 40 (excerpts)
Aubrey Brain (horn)
Adolf Busch (violin)
Rudolf Serkin (piano)
TESTAMENT SBT1001
Tracks 3-4.

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

23 September 2008

23 September 2008

Penny Gore presents a performance from LSO St Luke's in London.

Janine Jansen (violin)
Kathryn Stott (piano)

Poulenc: Violin Sonata
Franck: Violin Sonata in A
Ravel: Tzigane - rapsodie de concert.

14:00

Afternoon on 3

23 September 2008

Presented by Penny Gore.

On Tour

The BBC Orchestras in performances from around the world.

Including:

Britten: Sinfonia da requiem, Op 20
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Suk: Asrael Symphony
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

3.25pm
Stravinsky: Petrushka
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

4.00pm
Mozart: Concerto No 5 in A for violin and orchestra, K219
Hilary Hahn (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor).

17:00

In Tune

23 September 2008

Live from Manchester, Sean Rafferty is joined by the BBC Philharmonic and its chief conductor Giandrea Noseda. The music includes Smetana's Overture The Two Widows, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37 and Mozart's Rondo in A minor, K511, performed by Martin Roscoe.

19:00

Performance on 3

23 September 2008

Complete performance

Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

The second of two concerts given last month at the Edinburgh International Festival by the Budapest Festival Orchestra under founder and conductor Ivan Fischer. The programme includes folk-influenced music from middle-Europe as well as a Dvorak Symphony.

Dutch National Youth Choir
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer (conductor)

Dvorak, arr. Gatay: Four Moravian duets
Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances; Seven Pieces for choir and chamber orchestra; Three Village Scenes
Dvorak: Symphony No 7

Followed by a look into the BBC Archives for highlights from past Edinburgh Festivals, including, from 1968:

Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor Op 1, No 3
Isaac Stern (violin)
Leonard Rose (cello)
Eugene Istomin (piano).

21:15

Night Waves

23 September 2008

Bidisha talks to American writer Marilynne Robinson about her new book Home, which sees the return of the character of Jack, who first appeared in her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Gilead.

22:00

Composer of the Week

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Werther's Woes...and First Maturity

Donald Macleod explores Brahms's renewed creativity after his six-year hiatus following the suicide attempt of his mentor Robert Schumann. The attention of Brahms's much-beloved Hamburg Ladies' Choir played a part in his rejuvenation and the programme includes a rare work written for them, which is accompanied by harp and horns.

Es tont ein voller Harfenklang, for female voices, horns and harp, Op 17 No 1
Anthony Halstead, Christian Rutherford (horn)
Delyth Wynne (harp)
Members of the Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
PHILIPS 4311522
Track 19

Sextet in B flat for strings, Op 18
Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet
PHILIPS 4202562
Tracks 1-4

Horn Trio, Op 40 (excerpts)
Aubrey Brain (horn)
Adolf Busch (violin)
Rudolf Serkin (piano)
TESTAMENT SBT1001
Tracks 3-4.

23:00

The Essay

The Monumental Imperative

Sculptor Alexander Stoddart examines the art and craftsmanship behind great monuments.

2/5. Alexander looks at the work dearest to his heart - the Wallace Monument in Stirling.

23:15

Late Junction

23 September 2008

Fiona Talkington introduces the fractured vocals of Lau Nau, Flamenco icon Camaron de la Isla, an evening raga from the Gundecha Brothers and part of Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil.

01:00

Through the Night

23 September 2008

23 September 2008

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Suite (Dioclesian); Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei - Psalm 3; O Sing unto the Lord - Psalm 96; Suite (Abdelazar)
1.40am
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (excerpts)
1.48am
Purcell: My beloved spake; Blow up the trumpet - Psalm 81; Canon a 7: God is gone up - Psalm 47
2.19am
Purcell: The Soldier's Song (The Knight of Malta)
Ars Nova Vocal Group
Concerto Copenhagen
Andrew Lawrence-King (director)

2.24am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Der Rosenkavalier Grand Suite
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Quebec
Franz-Paul Decker (conductor)

2.47am
Franck, Cesar (1822-1890): Violin Sonata in A
Janine Jansen (violin)
Kathryn Stott (piano)

3.15am
Francaix, Jean (1912-1997): Concerto (Divertissement)
Laurent Lefevre (bassoon)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Marc Kissoczy (conductor)

3.38am
Escher, Rudolf (1912-1980): Arcana Suite
Ronald Brautigam (piano)

4.00am
Massenet, Jules (1842-1912): Et je sais votre nom; Nous vivrons a Paris...Tous les deux (Manon - Act 1)
Lyne Fortin (soprano)
Richard Margison (tenor)
Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec
Simon Streatfield (conductor)

4.08am
Anon (16th century): Diferencias sobre las vacas
Guerrero, Pedro (c.1520-?): Di, perra mora
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall (director)

4.13am
Capricornus, Samuel (1628-1665): Sonata a 3
Musica Aeterna Bratislava
Peter Zajicek (director)

4.19am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Keyboard Sonata in C sharp minor, H XVI 36
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

4.33am
Rontgen, Julius (1855-1932): Symphony in C sharp minor
Roberta Alexander (soprano)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)

4.52am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Suite in F
Concerto Copenhagen
Andrew Lawrence-King (director).

5.00am
Francaix, Jean (1912-1997): Serenade for small orchestra
Canadian Chamber Ensemble
Raffi Armenian (conductor)

5.09am
Satie, Erik (1866-1925): Poudre d'or
Ashley Wass (piano)

5.15am
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857): Valse-fantasie in B minor
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Robl (conductor)

5.23am
Tavener, John (b.1944): The Tyger
The Lamb
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)

5.31am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Violin Concerto in A
Mincho Minchev (violin)
Studio Concertante Instrumental Ensemble
Vasil Kazandjiev (conductor)

5.45am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Chaconne (The Voice of the Turtle)
Concerto Copenhagen
Andrew Lawrence-King (director)

5.48am
Purcell: A New Ground in E minor, Z682 (Musick's Hand-Maid)
Concerto Copenhagen
Andrew Lawrence-King (director)

5.51am
Purcell: Come ye sons of art, Z323
Ars Nova Vocal Group
Concerto Copenhagen
Andrew Lawrence-King (director)

5.53am
Noskowski, Zygmunt (1846-1909): Overture (Sir Zolzikiewicz)
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Zygmunt Rychert (conductor)

6.00am
Medins, Janis (1890-1966): Daina No 6 in D sharp
Vilma Cirule (piano)

6.04am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Sonata No 3 in C minor for violin and piano, Op 45
Julian Rachlin (violin)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

6.28am
Greef, Arthur de (1862-1940): Piano Concerto No 2 in B
Artur Pizarro (piano)
Flemish Radio Orchestra
Yannick Nezet-Seguin (conductor)

6.51am
Gabrieli, Giovanni (1553/6-1612): Dulcis Jesu
His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor).