Wednesday 24th September 2008

07:00

Breakfast

24 September 2008

With Rob Cowan.

Featuring Mozart's Serenata notturna in D, K239, conducted by Benjamin Britten, Gounod's Faust ballet suite Plus Free Thought from 8.30am.

Including from 7.00am

Gottschalk: Danza, RO 66
Noel Lee (piano)

Mozart: Serenata notturna in D, K239
English Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Britten (conductor)

Vivaldi: Concerto in F, Rv 442 (Tutti gli instrumenti sordni)
Giovanni Antonini (recorder)
Il Giardino Armonico

From 8.30am

Gounod: Faust (ballet suite)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet (conductor)

Rossini: Nacqui all'affanno...Non piu mesta (La Cenerentola)
Teresa Berganza (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Gibson (conductor)

Poulenc: Concerto in D minor for 2 pianos and orchestra
Frank Braley, Eric le Sage (pianos)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Liege
Stephane Deneve (director).

10:00

Classical Collection

24 September 2008

With Sarah Walker.

Including:

10.00am
Falconiero: Battaglia de Barabasso Yerno de Satanas, 1650
Hesperion XXI
Jordi Savall (director)

10.05am
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
George Solti (conductor)

10.20am
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No 2 in E minor, Op 67
The Borodin Trio

10.51am
Wranitzky: Grand Characteristic Symphony for the Peace with the French Republic, Op 31
London Mozart Players
Matthias Bamert (conductor)

11.23am
Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem
Judith Howarth (soprano)
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Thomas Allen (baritone)
Matthew Souter (viola)
Corydon Singers
Corydon Orchestra
Matthew Best (conductor).

12:00

Composer of the Week

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Part Three

Singing in the Rain.

Donald Macleod explores Brahms's expressive First Violin Sonata - inspired by thoughts of his great lost love Clara Schumann in the rain - and his rarely-performed (and oft-maligned) First String Quartet.

String Quartet No 1 in C Minor, Op 51 (excerpt)
Alban Berg Quartet
EMI CDS 7548292
Disc 1, Tracks 1-2

Piano Quartet No 3 in C Minor, Op 60 (excerpt)
Emanuel Ax (piano)
Isaac Stern (violin)
Jaime Laredo (viola)
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
SONY CLASSICAL 2K45846
Disc 1, Track 6

Regenlied (Eight Songs, Op 59)
Olaf Baer (baritone)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
EMI CDC7497232
Track 28

Sonata No 1 for violin and piano, Op 78
Anne-Sofie Mutter (violin)
Alexis Weissenberg (piano)
EMI CDC7492992
Track 1-3.

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

24 September 2008

24 September 2008

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

James Ehnes (violin)

Bach: Partita No 3 in E for solo violin, BWV 1006; Partita No 2 in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004.

14:00

Afternoon on 3

24 September 2008

Presented by Penny Gore.

On Tour

The BBC Orchestras in performances from around the world.

Hoddinott: Welsh Dances Suite No 2, Op 64
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Bartok: Concerto No 3 for piano and orchestra, Sz 119
Lyr Williams (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

2.30pm
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

3.15pm
Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D, Op 73
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).

16:00

Choral Evensong

24 September 2008

Live from Blackburn Cathedral.

Introit: Laus Trinitati (James Davy)
Responses: Sumsion
Psalm: 119 vv1-32 (Goss, Warborough, Walker, Barnby)
First Lesson: 1 Maccabees 3 vv42-60
Canticles: St Paul's Service (Howells)
Second Lesson: Mark 15 vv33-41
Anthem: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Howells)
Hymn: All my hope on God is founded (Michael)
Organ Voluntary: Psalm Prelude - Set 2, No 1 (Howells)

Assistant Director of Music: James Davy
Director of Music: Richard Tanner.

17:00

In Tune

24 September 2008

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.

19:00

Performance on 3

24 September 2008

Complete performance

Petroc Trelawny presents a concert given by the venerable Dresden Staatskapelle last month at the Edinburgh Festival, featuring music by two past principal conductors, directed by the current incumbent, Fabio Luisi. Although famous for its performances of classic Teutonic repertoire, the orchestra also has a long history of performing new music and in this programme gives UK premiere of a piece by its composer-in-residence, Bernhard Lang.

Helene Grimaud (piano)
Dresden Staatskapelle
Fabio Luisi (conductor)

Weber: Overture (Oberon)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Bernhard Lang: Monadology II

Followed by a look into the BBC Archives for highlights from past Edinburgh Festivals, including, from 1982:

Granados: Valses poeticos
Julian Bream (guitar)q.

21:15

Night Waves

24 September 2008

To coincide with its British premiere at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, London, Matthew Sweet and guests discuss former Czech president Vaclav Havel's new play Leaving, which explores themes of change and power in its story of a politician leaving office.

22:00

Composer of the Week

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Part Three

Singing in the Rain.

Donald Macleod explores Brahms's expressive First Violin Sonata - inspired by thoughts of his great lost love Clara Schumann in the rain - and his rarely-performed (and oft-maligned) First String Quartet.

String Quartet No 1 in C Minor, Op 51 (excerpt)
Alban Berg Quartet
EMI CDS 7548292
Disc 1, Tracks 1-2

Piano Quartet No 3 in C Minor, Op 60 (excerpt)
Emanuel Ax (piano)
Isaac Stern (violin)
Jaime Laredo (viola)
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
SONY CLASSICAL 2K45846
Disc 1, Track 6

Regenlied (Eight Songs, Op 59)
Olaf Baer (baritone)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
EMI CDC7497232
Track 28

Sonata No 1 for violin and piano, Op 78
Anne-Sofie Mutter (violin)
Alexis Weissenberg (piano)
EMI CDC7492992
Track 1-3.

23:00

The Essay

The Monumental Imperative

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

3/5. Looking at the great Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen and his statue of Christ and the Apostles.

23:15

Late Junction

24 September 2008

Fiona Talkington presents music from Japan and Madagascar, Frifot's take on Swedish traditional music and a work by Palestrina.

01:00

Through the Night

24 September 2008

24 September 2008

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Overture (La forza del destino)
1.09am
Berio, Luciano (1925-2003): Folk Songs
Jard van Nes (mezzo-soprano)

1.32am
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953): Symphony No 3 in C minor
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

2.09am
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975): 7 Dances of the Dolls, Op 91c - arr for wind quintet
Bulgarian Academic Wind Quintet

2.20am
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Dance of the Seven Veils (Salome)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Stuart Challender (conductor)

2.31am
Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924): All'Italia (Seven Elegies)
Valerie Tryon (piano)

2.39am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Concerto in D minor for 2 violins and string orchestra, BWV 1043
Lucy van Dael (violin)
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (violin/conductor)

2.56am
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787): Le cinesi (The Chinese Ladies)
Sivene ...... Isabelle Poulenard (soprano)
Tangia ...... Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto)
Lisinga ...... Gloria Banditelli (contralto)
Silango ...... Guy de Mey (tenor)
Orchester der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Rene Jacobs (conductor)

3.53am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Ick voer al over Rijn
Glen Wilson (harpsichord)

4.00am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Water Music Suite No 3 in G, HWV 350
Collegium Aureum

4.12am
Satie, Erik (1866-1925): Trois morceaux en forme de poire
Pianoduo Kolacny

4.30am
Ginastera, Alberto (1916-1983): Danza final (Estancia)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor).

4.33am
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959): Bachianas Brasileiras No 5
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano)
Bryan Epperson, Maurizio Baccante, Roman Borys, Simon Fryer, David Hetherington, Roberta Jansen, Paul Widner, Thomas Wiebe, Winona Zelenka (cello)

4.46am
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961): Hill-Song No 1
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

5.00am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Sonata in A minor, Wq 49 No 1
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

5.14am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Hektors Abschied, D312b
Christoph Pregardien (tenor)
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

5.19am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Introduction; Waltz (Eugene Onegin)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

5.28am
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911): Romance in G for violin and orchestra, Op 26
Julia Fischer (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)

5.36am
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931): Balladen om bjornen (Song of the Bear), Op 47
Mattias Ermedahl (tenor)
Anders Kilstrom (piano)

5.43am
Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921): Danse macabre
David Drury (organ)

5.53am
Nielsen: Symphony No 3 (Sinfonia Espansiva)
Janne Berglund (soprano)
Johannes Weisse (baritone)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Niklas Willen (conductor)

6.33am
Scacchi, Marco (1602-1662): Omnes gentes
Kai Wessel (alto)
Krzystof Szmyt (tenor)
Il Tempo
Agata Sapiecha (director)

6.37am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Mazurkas (No 4 in A minor; No 1 in G sharp minor; No 3 in C; No 2 in A flat)
Ashley Wass (piano)

6.47am
Smetana, Bedrich (1824-1884): Vltava (Ma Vlast)
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Quebec
Raffi Armenian (conductor).