40 Years Of Radio 3 - Archive Recordings [Performance On 3]

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20071003

As part of Radio 3's 40th birthday celebrations, Petroc Trelawny presents another chance to hear the Purcell anniversary concert from 1995's Fairest Isle festival featuring vocal and orchestral music by Purcell and Britten at Westminster Abbey and premieres from Jonathan Dove and Michael Tippett.

James Bowman (countertenor)

Catherine Bott (soprano)

David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)

Robin Leggate (tenor)

Martin Baker (organ)

Westminster Abbey Choir

New London Consort

Martin Neary (conductor)

BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

Andrew Davis (conductor)

Dove: Fairest Isle Fanfare

Purcell: Incidental Music from Abdelazer (The Moor's Revenge)

Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David

Byrd: O Lord, Make thy Servant Elizabeth

Purcell: Hear My Prayer, O Lord; If Music Be The Food of Love; Fairest Isle (King Arthur); Hosanna to the Highest; Hark the Ech'ing Air (The Fairy Queen); My Heart is Inditing

Handel: Zadok the Priest

Purcell: Jehova, Quam Multi Sunt Hostes (arr. Elgar for Chorus and Orchestra)

Tippett: The Tempest (excerpt)

Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Purcell: Now That the Sun Hath Veiled His Light.

The Purcell anniversary concert from 1995's Fairest Isle festival, in Westminster Abbey.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

20071010

40 years of Radio 3 are celebrated with the second of six recordings from the archives. Stephen Plaistow joins Catherine Bott to introduce a Royal Festival Hall recital given by the great Russian pianist Emil Gilels in 1984, the year before his death.

Scriabin: Sonata No 3 in F sharp minor; 5 Preludes

Prokofiev: Sonata No 3 in A minor (From old notebooks)

Beethoven: Sonata No 29 in B flat (Hammerklavier).

Archive recital, given by the Russian pianist Emil Gilels in 1984, a year before his death

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

20071017

Third of six recordings from the archive looking back over 40 years of Radio 3.

Live broadcasts in 1991 of Mozart's music from around Europe to mark the bicentenary of his death included this performance from Westminster Cathedral of the Vespers 'as it may have been celebrated in Salzburg in Mozart's time'.

Mozart: Vesperae de Dominica in C, K321; Misericordias Domini, K222; Litaniae Lauretanae, K109

Chant from Salzburg Cathedral Archives

Gillian Fisher (soprano)

Robert Harre-Jones (countertenor)

Andrew King (tenor)

Michael George (bass)

Westminster Cathedral Choir

Hanover Band

James O'Donnell (director).

Archive recording of Mozart's Vespers, performed at Westminster Cathedral in 1991.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

20071024

Petroc Trelawny presents the fourth of six programmes celebrating 40 years of Radio 3.

In 1984, four years after his appointment as the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's Principal Conductor, Simon Rattle brought the CBSO to the Proms and stunned the audience and critics with this concert which is still remembered as one of the highlights of his extraordinary two decades with the orchestra.

Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat

Nielsen: Symphony No 4 (The Inextinguishable); Pan and Syrinx

Yo Yo Ma (cello)

Simon Rattle (conductor).

Simon Rattle and the CBSO's 1984 Proms performance, including Tippet and Shostakovich.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

20071030

Tom Service introduces the fifth of six concerts celebrating 40 years of Radio 3.

Recorded in December 1972, star of song, stage and screen Eartha Kitt thrilled a capacity audience at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. The legendary chanteuse was joined by the Nash Ensemble for songs by Kurt Weill, and then pianist-composer Richard Rodney Bennett accompanied her in a sequence of his own arrangements of American classics from the 20s and 30s.

The programme also included Nash Ensemble party pieces by Stravinsky and Martinu.

Stravinsky Suite: The Soldier's Tale

Weill: Overture; Mack the Knife; Barbara Song (The Threepenny Opera); Bilbao Song; Matrosen Tango; Surabaya Jonny; Hard Nut (Happy End)

Martinu: La revue de cuisine

Cole Porter: Anything goes; My heart belongs to Daddy

Gershwin: My man's gone now

Cole Porter: Love for sale

Harold Arlen: I wonder what became of me

Rodgers and Hart: Ten cents a dance

Cole Porter: Let's misbehave

Eartha Kitt (voice)

Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)

Marcus Dods (conductor).

Recorded in December 1972, Eartha Kitt joins the Nash Ensemble for songs by Kurt Weill.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Episodes

Episode	First Broadcast	Comments
01	20071003	As part of Radio 3's 40th birthday celebrations, Petroc Trelawny presents another chance to hear the Purcell anniversary concert from 1995's Fairest Isle festival featuring vocal and orchestral music by Purcell and Britten at Westminster Abbey and premieres from Jonathan Dove and Michael Tippett. James Bowman (countertenor) Catherine Bott (soprano) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) Robin Leggate (tenor) Martin Baker (organ) Westminster Abbey Choir New London Consort Martin Neary (conductor) BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) Dove: Fairest Isle Fanfare Purcell: Incidental Music from Abdelazer (The Moor's Revenge) Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David Byrd: O Lord, Make thy Servant Elizabeth Purcell: Hear My Prayer, O Lord; If Music Be The Food of Love; Fairest Isle (King Arthur); Hosanna to the Highest; Hark the Ech'ing Air (The Fairy Queen); My Heart is Inditing Handel: Zadok the Priest Purcell: Jehova, Quam Multi Sunt Hostes (arr. Elgar for Chorus and Orchestra) Tippett: The Tempest (excerpt) Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Purcell: Now That the Sun Hath Veiled His Light. The Purcell anniversary concert from 1995's Fairest Isle festival, in Westminster Abbey. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
02	20071010	40 years of Radio 3 are celebrated with the second of six recordings from the archives. Stephen Plaistow joins Catherine Bott to introduce a Royal Festival Hall recital given by the great Russian pianist Emil Gilels in 1984, the year before his death. Scriabin: Sonata No 3 in F sharp minor; 5 Preludes Prokofiev: Sonata No 3 in A minor (From old notebooks) Beethoven: Sonata No 29 in B flat (Hammerklavier). Archive recital, given by the Russian pianist Emil Gilels in 1984, a year before his death Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
03	20071017	Third of six recordings from the archive looking back over 40 years of Radio 3. Live broadcasts in 1991 of Mozart's music from around Europe to mark the bicentenary of his death included this performance from Westminster Cathedral of the Vespers 'as it may have been celebrated in Salzburg in Mozart's time'. Mozart: Vesperae de Dominica in C, K321; Misericordias Domini, K222; Litaniae Lauretanae, K109 Chant from Salzburg Cathedral Archives Gillian Fisher (soprano) Robert Harre-Jones (countertenor) Andrew King (tenor) Michael George (bass) Westminster Cathedral Choir Hanover Band James O'Donnell (director). Archive recording of Mozart's Vespers, performed at Westminster Cathedral in 1991. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
04	20071024	Petroc Trelawny presents the fourth of six programmes celebrating 40 years of Radio 3. In 1984, four years after his appointment as the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's Principal Conductor, Simon Rattle brought the CBSO to the Proms and stunned the audience and critics with this concert which is still remembered as one of the highlights of his extraordinary two decades with the orchestra. Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat Nielsen: Symphony No 4 (The Inextinguishable); Pan and Syrinx Yo Yo Ma (cello) Simon Rattle (conductor). Simon Rattle and the CBSO's 1984 Proms performance, including Tippet and Shostakovich. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
05	20071030	Tom Service introduces the fifth of six concerts celebrating 40 years of Radio 3. Recorded in December 1972, star of song, stage and screen Eartha Kitt thrilled a capacity audience at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. The legendary chanteuse was joined by the Nash Ensemble for songs by Kurt Weill, and then pianist-composer Richard Rodney Bennett accompanied her in a sequence of his own arrangements of American classics from the 20s and 30s. The programme also included Nash Ensemble party pieces by Stravinsky and Martinu. Stravinsky Suite: The Soldier's Tale Weill: Overture; Mack the Knife; Barbara Song (The Threepenny Opera); Bilbao Song; Matrosen Tango; Surabaya Jonny; Hard Nut (Happy End) Martinu: La revue de cuisine Cole Porter: Anything goes; My heart belongs to Daddy Gershwin: My man's gone now Cole Porter: Love for sale Harold Arlen: I wonder what became of me Rodgers and Hart: Ten cents a dance Cole Porter: Let's misbehave Eartha Kitt (voice) Richard Rodney Bennett (piano) Marcus Dods (conductor). Recorded in December 1972, Eartha Kitt joins the Nash Ensemble for songs by Kurt Weill. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.