Thursday 25th September 2008

07:00

Breakfast

25 September 2008

With Rob Cowan.

Featuring Telemann's Overture homage to Hamburg's Alster, Magdalena Kozena performing Mozart and Rudolf Firkusny playing Smetana. Plus Free Thought from 8.30am.

From 7.00am

Smetana: Furiant; Concert Etude
Rudolf Firkusny (piano)

Telemann: Overture in F, TWV XLIV F11 (excerpts)
Collegium Instrumentale Brugense
Patrick Peire (director)

Lalo: Overture (Le roi d'Ys)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray (conductor)

From 8.30am

Mozart: Ch'io mi scordi di te?...Non temer, amato bene (Idomeneo, K505)
Magdalena Kozena (soprano)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Simon Rattle (conductor)

Sarasate: Introduccion y Tarantela
Eduardo Hernandez Asiain (violin)
Jesus Galdea (piano)

Handel: Organ Concerto No 8 in A, Op 7
Daniel Chorzempa (organ)
Concerto Amsterdam
Jaap Schroder (director)

10:00

Classical Collection

25 September 2008

With Sarah Walker.

Including:

10.00am
Biber: Battalie in D
Il Giardino Armonico

10.11am
John Pickard: Channel Firing
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

10.38am
Butterworth: Bredon Hill
Bryn Terfel (baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)

10.43am
Ernest Farrar: The Roadside, Op 10, No 3
Stephen Varcoe (tenor)
Clifford Benson (piano)

10.45am
Denis Browne: Diaphenia
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Roger Vignoles (piano)

10.48am
Butterworth: Banks of Green Willow
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Norman Del Mar (conductor)

10.55am
Ireland: Sonata No 2 in A minor for violin and piano
Albert Sammons (violin)
John Ireland (piano)

11.24am
Haydn: Missa in tempore belli, H XXII9 (Paukenmesse)
Ann Monoyios (soprano)
Monica Groop (alto)
Jorg Hering (tenor)
Harry van der Kamp (bass)
Tolzer Knabenchor
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil (conductor)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

The Joachim Affair

Donald Macleod explores the story of one of Brahms' most noble actions - his support for his friend Joachim's wife in their tumultuous divorce case. With complete performances of solo sonatas for violin and cello, as well as a rare love song for alto, viola and piano, sung by Kathleen Ferrier.

Gestille Sehnsucht, for alto voice, viola and piano, Op 91, No 1
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Max Gilbert (viola)
DECCA 4212992
Track 5

Cello Sonata No 2 in F, Op 88
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Stephen Hough (piano)
HYPERION CDA67529
Tracks 8-11

Sonata No 3 in D minor for violin and piano, Op 108
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Lars Vogt (piano)
EMI CDC5575252
Tracks 7-10.

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

25 September 2008

25 September 2008

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

Shostakovich: Violin Sonata, Op 134
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 7, Op 30 No 2

Ruth Palmer (violin)
Alexei Grynyuk (piano)

14:00

Afternoon on 3

25 September 2008

Presented by Penny Gore.

On Tour

The BBC Orchestras in performances from around the world.

Including:

Kabelac: Symphony No 7
BBC Symphiony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Beethoven: Concerto No 1 in C for piano and orchestra, Op 15
Elisabeth Leonskaya (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Shostakovich: Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 54
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

4.25pm
Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A, Op 92
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

17:00

In Tune

25 September 2008

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

19:00

Performance on 3

25 September 2008

Complete performance

Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

A concert given at the Edinburgh Festival, featuring the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in a work by Stravinsky paying tribute to Tchaikovsky, which cast the former in a new light at its premiere in the 1920s. The other pieces in the programme likewise reveal unfamiliar aspects of two of today's leading British composers.

Scriabin, arr. Knussen: Scriabin Settings
Janacek, arr. David Matthews: On the Overgrown Path (Book I) - Edinburgh Festival commission, world premiere
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss

Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Oliver Knussen (conductor)

Followed by a look into the BBC Archives for highlights from past Edinburgh Festivals, including, from 1980:

Mozart: String Quartet in D minor, K421
Amadeus Quartet

21:15

Night Waves

25 September 2008

A century after the mass-produced Ford Model T, dubbed 'Tin Lizzie', revolutionised car production, Philip Dodd looks at the economic and cultural legacy of Fordism.

22:00

Composer of the Week

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

The Joachim Affair

Donald Macleod explores the story of one of Brahms' most noble actions - his support for his friend Joachim's wife in their tumultuous divorce case. With complete performances of solo sonatas for violin and cello, as well as a rare love song for alto, viola and piano, sung by Kathleen Ferrier.

Gestille Sehnsucht, for alto voice, viola and piano, Op 91, No 1
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Max Gilbert (viola)
DECCA 4212992
Track 5

Cello Sonata No 2 in F, Op 88
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Stephen Hough (piano)
HYPERION CDA67529
Tracks 8-11

Sonata No 3 in D minor for violin and piano, Op 108
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Lars Vogt (piano)
EMI CDC5575252
Tracks 7-10.

23:00

The Essay

The Monumental Imperative

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

4/5. Looking at one of the great banes of the sculptor's life - the monument that is designed and planned, but never commissioned.

23:15

Late Junction

25 September 2008

Fiona Talkington presents songs from the new album by Jono McCleery, Romanian diva Gabi Lunca and the sounds of a 1940s concertina band from Johannesburg.

01:00

Through the Night

25 September 2008

25 September 2008

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): Overture (Semiramide)
1.14am
Rodrigo, Joaquin (1901-1999): Concierto de Aranjuez
Roland Broux (guitar)

1.37am
Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924): Turandot Suite, Op 41
1.54am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Capriccio Italien, Op 45
Orchestre National de Belgique
Roberto Minczuk (conductor)

2.10am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Trio No 9, Op 97 (Archduke)
Beaux Arts Trio

2.52am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Symphony No 2 in D
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Pedro Halffter (conductor)

3.33am
Arriaga, Juan Crisostomo (1806-1826): Erminia
Rosamund Illing (soprano)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Heribert Esser (conductor)

3.47am
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): Sonata No 5 in E flat for strings
Camerata Bern

4.02am
Durufle, Maurice (1902-1986): Quatre motets sur des themes gregoriens, Op 10
Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir
Evi Eespere (director)

4.11am
Castello, Dario (first half of 17th century): Sonata IV - for 2 violins and continuo
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini (director)

4.19am
Dukas, Paul (1865-1935): The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Orchestre National de France
Charles Dutoit (conductor)

4.31am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Piano Sonata in E minor, H XVI 34
Ingrid Fliter (piano)

4.42am
Pederson, Mogens (c.1583-1623): Fader vor udi himmerig; Jeg vil mig Herren love; Nu bede vi den Helligland
Ars Nova
Bo Holten (director)

4.50am
Strauss, Johann II (1825-1899): The Beautiful Blue Danube, Op 314
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

5.00am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Overture in the Italian Style, D590
Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marcello Viotti (conductor)

5.08am
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): 5 Flower Songs
Camerata Chamber Choir
Michael Bojesen (conductor)

5.18am
Bartok, Bela (1881-1945): 8 Improvisations on Hungarian peasant songs, Sz 74
Grace Francis (piano)

5.31am
Kodaly, Zoltan (1882-1967): Viennese Clock and Entrance of the Emperor and his Courtiers (Hary Janos)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)

5.36am
Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887): Notturno (String Quartet No 2 in D)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Dohnanyi (conductor)

5.45am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Petite Suite
Royal Academy of Music Brass Soloists

5.53am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Mass in G, BWV 236
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)

6.17am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Cello Sonata in A, Op 69
Jong-Young Lee (cello)
Keum-Bong Kim (piano)

6.42am
Gabrieli, Giovanni (c.1553-1612): Sonata Pian'e forte, for brass
Brass section of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Kjetil Haugsand (conductor)

6.47am
Meder, Johann Gabriel (1729-1800): Sinfonia No 4, Op 1
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Halstead (conductor).