Friday 19th September 2008

07:00

Breakfast

19 September 2008

With Rob Cowan.

Featuring music by Beethoven, Schubert and Bach. With Free Thought after 8.30am.

From 7.00am

Beethoven: Overture (Egmont)
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux (conductor)

Mendelssohn: Andante with Variations in D
Marie-Claire Alain (organ)

Schubert: Piano Sonata No 13 in A, D664 (1st mvt)
Solomon (piano)

From 8.30am

Szymanowski: Dryades et Pan (Mythes, Op 30)
Kaja Danczowska (violin)
Krystian Zimerman (piano)

Bach: English Suite No 5 in E minor, BWV 810
Murray Perahia (piano)

Bruhns: Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt
Jan Kobow (tenor)
Gli Angeli Geneve
Stephan Macleod (conductor).

10:00

Classical Collection

19 September 2008

With Sarah Walker.

Including:

10.00am
Bach: O Jesus Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118b
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (director)
ARCHIV 429 782 2

10.10am
Gibbons: Fantasy in C
Glenn Gould (piano)
SONY CLASSICAL SMK 52589

10.14am
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Roger Norrington (conductor)
HANSSLER 93 103

11.12am
Liszt: Grand Concert-Fantasy on Spanish Themes
Leslie Howard (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67145

10.31am
Britten: Phantasy, Op 2
Francois Leleux (oboe)
Guillaume Sutre (violin)
Miguel da Silva (viola)
Marc Coppey (cello)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMN 911556

11.45am
Sarasate: Concert Fantasy on themes from Carmen, Op 25
Gil Shaham (violin)
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 457 583 2.

12:00

Composer of the Week

Lord Berners (1883-1950)

Part Five

Donald Macleod explores colourful life and music of English eccentric Lord Berners.

5/5. Berners the Socialite

Berners spent his life mixing with some of the most conspicuous names in the artistic world, having fruitful collaborations with personalities including Diaghilev, George Balanchine, Gertrude Stein, Sacheverell Sitwell and Constant Lambert.

Donald Macleod introduces Berners' fifth ballet, which was to be his final association with Frederick Ashton and Cecil Beaton, and the suite from his very last work - the score for the 1947 film of Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby.

Come on, Algernon
Mary Carewe (soprano)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)
CHANDOS
CHAN 104590 - Tr 16

Les sirenes
RTE Sinfonietta
David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)
MARCO POLO 8.223780 - Trs 1-10

Nicholas Nickleby Suite
BBC Concert Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)
CHANDOS
CHAN10459 - T18

The Sailor's Return (The Triumph of Neptune)
Robert Grooters (baritone)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Thomas Beecham (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SMK46683.

13:00

Lunchtime Concert

Schwetzingen Festival 2008

19 September 2008

Louise Fryer presents more highlights from the 2008 Schwetzingen Festival in Germany.

8/8. Including:

Brahms: Violin Sonata No 2 in A, Op 100
Bartok: Violin Sonata No 1, Sz 75

Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Lars Vogt (piano).

14:00

Afternoon on 3

19 September 2008

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Towards Messiaen: Church and Organ music

5/5. Concluding a series of programmes marking this December's centenary of the birth of Olivier Messiaen. Placing his work in the context of significant themes running through French music history, the programme focuses on church and organ music.

Including:

Debussy: Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien
Mireille Delunsch (soprano)
Iris Vermillion, Brigitte Balleys (mezzo-soprano)
Swiss Chamber Chorus
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Marek Janowski (conductor)

3.00pm
Messiaen: Trois petites liturgies de la presence divine
Fredrik Burstedt (violin)
Christine Ott (ondes martenot)
Martin Virin (celesta)
Martin Sturfalt (piano)
String Orchestra of the Royal College of Music, Stockholm
Women's Voices of the Katarina Chamber Chorus
Fable Percussion Quartet:
Pontus Langendorf, Tomas Lindberg, Mikael Nilsson, Ulf Stromqvist
Hans Vainikainen (director)

Nicolas Bernier: Cum invocarem
Sarah Szlakmann (soprano)
Cyril Auvity (countertenor)
Stephan van Dyck (tenor)
Sydney Pierro (baritone)
The English Concert
Harry Bicket (director)
Pages et Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque, Versailles
Olivier Schneebeli (director)

4.15pm
Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 in C minor (Organ Symphony)
Adrian Partington (organ)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn (conductor).

17:00

In Tune

19 September 2008

Presented by Sean Rafferty. The Coull quartet chat to Sean about their forthcoming re-creation of a concert originally performed as part of the London Tavern Chamber Concert series in 1838.

Plus live music from Bhangra Latina, the brainchild of tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and pianist Alex Wilson, combining Bhangra and Latin music with dance.

19:00

Performance on 3

Live at 7

Part One

Live from St David's Hall, Cardiff, Petroc Trelawny presents the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under chief conductor Thierry Fischer in a programme of classical favourites. They perform a youthful evocation of fireworks by Stravinsky and are joined by virtuoso flautist Emmanuel Pahud for Ibert's Flute Concerto.

Stravinsky: Scherzo Fantastique
Ibert: Flute Concerto

Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor).

19:35

Twenty Minutes

19 September 2008

Petroc Trelawny and guests discuss the recent portrayal of conductors in BBC TV's Maestro series.

19:55

Performance on 3

Live at 7

Part Two

Petroc Trelawny presents the conclusion of a concert from St David's Hall, Cardiff, with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer performing two key German Romantic works.

Mendelssohn: Overture (The Hebrides)
Beethoven: Symphony No 5

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor).

21:15

The Verb

19 September 2008

Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of performance and new writing.

Alan Brownjohn and Peter Wilkinson discuss why Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard has been translated into Latin by so many people, including a Lord Chief Justice, a cricketer and the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Plus the programme's language spy Toby Litt reporting back on strange words and phrases he has overheard in the past week, novelist Niven Govinden with a new short story as well as a look back at the work of writer and actor Ken Campbell.

22:00

Composer of the Week

Lord Berners (1883-1950)

Part Five

Donald Macleod explores colourful life and music of English eccentric Lord Berners.

5/5. Berners the Socialite

Berners spent his life mixing with some of the most conspicuous names in the artistic world, having fruitful collaborations with personalities including Diaghilev, George Balanchine, Gertrude Stein, Sacheverell Sitwell and Constant Lambert.

Donald Macleod introduces Berners' fifth ballet, which was to be his final association with Frederick Ashton and Cecil Beaton, and the suite from his very last work - the score for the 1947 film of Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby.

Come on, Algernon
Mary Carewe (soprano)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)
CHANDOS
CHAN 104590 - Tr 16

Les sirenes
RTE Sinfonietta
David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)
MARCO POLO 8.223780 - Trs 1-10

Nicholas Nickleby Suite
BBC Concert Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)
CHANDOS
CHAN10459 - T18

The Sailor's Return (The Triumph of Neptune)
Robert Grooters (baritone)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Thomas Beecham (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SMK46683.

23:00

The Essay

On Excess

Series asking what part various aspects of excess play in our lives.

5/5. The Rule of Not Too Much

Leading psychotherapist Adam Phillips discusses excessive religious belief and what makes us think a belief is extreme. Is it excessive to kill for one's most profoundly-held beliefs?

23:15

Words & Music

19 September 2008

Mary Ann Kennedy presents new CDs and classic world music recordings, with folk, blues gospel and more, plus occasional recordings contributed by listeners.

Including music from last month's Valley of the Moon camp, a gathering in the California Redwoods of leading folk and traditional musicians, including Bruce Molsky, Martin Hayes and Natalie Haas. Plus music from southern Morocco by Oudaden, one of the country's most traditional and popular groups, but so far rarely heard outside the country.

01:00

Through the Night

19 September 2008

19 September 2008

With John Shea.

1.01am
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup (1843-1907): Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Op 46
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)

1.26am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 11
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)

1.57am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Sonata in D, Op 53
Alfred Brendel (piano)

2.35am
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725): Stabat Mater
Valeri Popova (soprano)
Penka Dilova (mezzo-soprano)
Tolbuhin Children's Chorus
Bulgarian National Radio Sinfonietta
Dragomir Nenov (conductor)

3.16am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op 64
Mariinsky Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)

4.01am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto da Camera in C, RV 87
Camerata Koln:
Michael Schneider (recorder)
Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe)
Michael McCraw (bassoon)
Mary Utiger, Hajo Bass (violin)
Rainer Zipperling (cello)
Harald Hoeren (harpsichord)

4.10am
Raffaelli, Josip (1767-1843): Introduction and theme in A with variations
Vladimir Krpan (piano)

4.19am
de Wert, Giaches (1535-1596): Qual musico gentil (L'ottavo libro de madrigali a cinque voci)
Evelyn Tubb (soprano)
Mary Nichols (alto)
Andrew King, Rufus Muller (tenor)
Richard Wistreich (bass)
The Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley (director)

4.30am
Jarnefelt, Armas (1869-1958): The Sound of Home
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ilpo Mansnerus (conductor)

4.41am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Trio No 2 (Essercizii Musici)
Camerata Koln:
Rainer Zipperling (solo viola da gamba)
Ghislaine Wauters (continuo viola da gamba)
Harald Hoeren (harpsichord)

4.52am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Scherzo No 3 in C sharp minor for piano, Op 39
Simon Trpceski (piano).

5.00am
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787): Symphony in D, Op 10, No 5
La Stagione Frankfurt
Michael Schneider (conductor)

5.09am
Handel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759): Alceste: Gentle Morpheus, son of night
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze (director)

5.18am
Schumann, Clara (1819-1896): Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann in F sharp minor, Op 20
Angela Cheng (piano)

5.28am
Svendsen, Johann (1840-1911): Festival Polonaise - for orchestra, Op 12
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Philippe Jordan (conductor)

5.37am
Bach, Johann Michael (1648-1694): Liebster Jesu, hor mein Flehen
Maria Zedelius (soprano)
David Cordier (alto)
Paul Elliott, Hein Meens (tenor)
Michael Schopper (bass)
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel (director)

5.45am
Humperdinck, Engelbert (1854-1921): Hansel and Gretel Overture
Symphony Nova Scotia
Georg Tintner (conductor)

5.53am
Bizet, Georges (1838-75): Habanera - L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen)
Jouko Harjanne (trumpet)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

5.58am
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959): Guitar Prelude No 3 in A minor
Norbert Kraft (guitar)

6.06am
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936): Antiche Arie e Danze - Suite No 3
Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Igor Kuljeric (conductor)

6.25am
Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847): Sonata in C minor
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

6.40am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Concerto in A for flute and strings, Wq 168
Robert Aitken (flute)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)