Afternoon On 3
First broadcast from 20070219 to 20090703.
Weekdays at 13:00
Showcasing BBC performing groups and New Generation Artists plus live concerts and operas from around the world - with a particular focus on the world's great orchestras.
- This is really a time slot (usually four hours) rather than a programme, encompassing as it does previous programmes such as "Lunchtime Concert" and "New Generation Artists".
- The first "episode" was on 20070219, when the Radio 3 schedule change, and saw the ending of many favourites.
- I'm probably only going to list the programmes which have a special event, or that I've recorded.
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AO3 | 20070219 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Including at 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert Live from the Wigmore Hall, London. James Ehnes (violin) Eduard Laurel (piano) Dvorak: Sonatina in G, Op 100 Bartok: Sonata for solo violin, Sz117 Sarasate: Introduction and Tarantella, Op 43 2.00pm 1/5. Amsterdam Concertgebouw Series showcasing one of the world's great concert halls and orchestras. Webern: Im Sommerwind Mahler: Ruckert-Lieder Beethoven: Symphony No 3 (Eroica) Christianne Stotijn (mezzo) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Bernard Haitink (conductor) Franck: Psyche and Eros (Psyche) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Ed Spanjaard (conductor) Gounod: String Quartet No 3 Rossetti Quartet Debussy: Jeux Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) Franck: Piano Quintet Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Rossetti Quartet Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 01 | 100 Years Of British Music | 20090622 | Presented by Penny Gore. Performances of British music from the 20th and 21st centuries, including the Elgar Symphonies. Plus Haydn String Quartets, introduced by violinist Peter Cropper. Vaughan Williams: Overture (The Wasps) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Grant Llewellyn (conductor) |
| AO3 | 01 | 2008 Lucerne Festivals | 20090316 | Louise Fryer presents highlights from the 2008 festivals in Switzerland - Easter, Summer and Piano. Debussy: Nocturnes |
| AO3 | 01 | 49th Parallel North | 20090223 | Penny Gore presents music performed in the cities and towns along the US/Canadian border, often known by its circle of latitude: 49th parallel north. Haydn: Symphony No 60 in C, H I 60 (Il distratto) |
| AO3 | 01 | A Trip Away | 20090608 | Presented by Penny Gore. Music inspired by foreign travel, including Dvorak's New World Symphony. Guest Peter Cropper discusses and introduces more Haydn string quartets. Vaughan Williams: Songs of travel Christopher Maltman (baritone) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) 2.30pm Haydn: String Quartet in B minor, Op 33, No 1 Quatuor Ebene Elliott Carter: Holiday Overture BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson (conductor) 3.00pm Haydn: String Quartet in E flat, Op 33, No 2 (The Joke) Navarra Quartet Deirdre Gribbin: Empire States Ulster Orchestra Celso Atunes (conductor) 3.30pm Dvorak: Symphony No 9 in E minor (From the New World) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Stefan Solyom (conductor) 4.35pm George Gershwin: An American in Paris Juanjo Mena (conductor). Penny Gore with music inspired by travel, including Dvorak's New World Symphony. |
| AO3 | 01 | Ancient Greece | 20090209 | Louise Fryer presents music inspired by ancient Greece, focusing on the stories of Theseus, Ariadne and the Minotaur and featuring one of the most famous musicians ever - Orpheus. Vaughan Williams: Orpheus with his lute |
| AO3 | 01 | Ancient Greece | 20090209 | Louise Fryer presents music inspired by ancient Greece, focusing on the stories of Theseus, Ariadne and the Minotaur and featuring one of the most famous musicians ever - Orpheus. Vaughan Williams: Orpheus with his lute |
| AO3 | 01 | Bbc National Orchestra Of Wales | 20090119 | Presented by Penny Gore. A programme in celebration of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales opening its new home, BBC Hoddinott Hall, at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, with highlights from the orchestra's work since 1983. With principal conductor Thierry Fischer taking the baton in Berlioz and Stravinsky. Plus music by the composer after whom the new hall is named, Alun Hoddinott, and from the orchestra's resident composer, Guto Puw, as well as American composer John Adams' favourite recording of one of his biggest works. Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture |
| AO3 | 01 | Bbc Symphony Orchestra And Chorus | 20090323 | Penny Gore presents a selection of music celebrating the eightieth birthday in 2009 of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Chorus. 2.05pm Mark-Anthony Turnage: Calmo |
| AO3 | 01 | Berlin Philharmonic | 20090330 | Penny Gore presents a series showcasing the world-renowned Berlin Philharmonic in an eclectic range of repertoire. Plus the RIAS Chamber Choir from Berlin performing Bach motets. Chavez: Symphony No 2 (Sinfonia India) |
| AO3 | 01 | Berlin Philharmonic | 20090330 | Penny Gore presents a series showcasing the world-renowned Berlin Philharmonic in an eclectic range of repertoire. Plus the RIAS Chamber Choir from Berlin performing Bach motets. Chavez: Symphony No 2 (Sinfonia India) |
| AO3 | 01 | Brahms, Brahms - | 20081215 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.00pm |
| AO3 | 01 | Concertgebouw Matinee | 20090629 | Presented by Penny Gore. Part of a series of matinee concerts from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, including more in a survey of Haydn String Quartets. Simon Rowland-Jones, former viola player with the Chilingirian Quartet, introduces the Op 64, considered one of the high water marks in Viennese Classical style. 2.00pm Schumann, arr Henk de Vlieger: Fugue on B-A-C-H, Op 60, No 6 Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Jaap van Zwenden (conductor) Bach: Cantata - Auf, schmetternde Tone der muntern Trompeten, BWV 207a Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Chorus Ton Koopman (director) 2.40pm Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op 67 Orchestra of Eighteenth Century Frans Bruggen (conductor) 3.10pm Haydn: String Quartet in B flat, Op 64, No 3 Ysaye Quartet Debussy, arr Caplet: Children's Corner Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) Bach, arr Maxwell Davies: Two Preludes and Fugues: in C Sharp minor and C sharp London Sinfonietta Bach: Cantata: Widerstehe, doch der sunde, BWV 54 Maarten Engeltjes (tenor) Concerto Amsterdam Klaas Stok (director). Penny Gore presents music by Schumann, Beethoven, Bach, Debussy and Haydn. |
| AO3 | 01 | Handel Operas | 20090108 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. Handel: Almira, Queen of Castille - Acts 1, 2. Presented by Jonathan Swain. A performance of Handel's opera Almira, Queen of Castille, to mark the 250th anniversary in 2009 of the composer's death. Handel: Almira, Queen of Castille - Acts 1 and 2 |
| AO3 | 01 | Ilan Volkov And The Bbc Scottish Symphony Orchestra | 20090309 | Jonathan Swain presents a series showcasing the hugely diverse repertoire of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under chief conductor Ilan Volkov. Haydn: Symphony No 44 (Trauer) 2.25pm |
| AO3 | 01 | Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle | 20090202 | Presented by Penny Gore. Part of a series marking the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth, featuring BBC recordings of all five of his orchestral symphonies. Mendelssohn: Symphony No 1 |
| AO3 | 01 | Messiaen In Context | 20081208 | Louise Fryer with music by composers Messiaen admired. Includes Grieg, Poulenc and Mozart. Louise Fryer presents music by composers Messiaen admired as well as pieces by his contemporaries. Plus two John Milton poems read by actor Robert Glenister: At a Vacation Exercise in the College and An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester. Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No 1 |
| AO3 | 01 | On The Road | 20081201 | Jonathan Swain presents the BBC Singers in Britten, Bruch and Shostakovich. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Featuring the BBC SO on tour in Cologne, Germany, and the BBC Singers in York performing new music by British composers. Britten: Sinfonia Da Requiem, Op 20 Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Sarah Chang (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Shostakovich: Symphony No 6 BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Rodney Bennett: Serenades Bingham: Waterlilies Philip Moore: Three Prayers of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Tavener: Svyati Guy Johnston (cello) BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Martin: Mass for double choir BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor). |
| AO3 | 01 | Salzburg And Vienna | 20081229 | Performances given at the 2008 Salzburg Festival and by the Vienna Philharmonic. Penny Gore presents performances given at the 2008 Salzburg Festival and by the Vienna Philharmonic. Grieg: Incidental Music to Peer Gynt (part 1 of 4) |
| AO3 | 01 | Shakesepeare And Mccabe | 20090420 | Penny Gore presents music celebrating the birthdays of Shakespeare and composer John McCabe. McCabe: Horn Concerto (rainforest iv) |
| AO3 | 01 | Sibelius And The Sibelius Academy | 20090126 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Featuring performances by graduates of the Sibelius Academy - the famous music university in the composer's native Finland - and works by Sibelius himself. Sibelius: Karelia Suite |
| AO3 | 01 | Telling The Tale | 20081222 | The 1956 recording of Tosca to mark Puccini's 150th birthday, plus Prokofiev's Cinderella. Presented by Louise Fryer. Including excerpts from the large-scale works of Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky, and to mark the 150th anniversary of Puccini's birth, the seminal 1956 recording of Tosca with Renata Tebaldi as the tragic heroine. 2.00pm |
| AO3 | 01 | The Viola | 20090216 | Penny Gore presents a series of programmes in which the 'Cinderella of the orchestra', the viola, takes centre stage, with a variety of concertos, sonatas and other works for the instrument. New Generation Artist Maxim Rysanov plays his own arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations, originally for cello, and BBC Philharmonic principal viola Steven Burnard performs Walton's viola concerto. Walton: Viola Concerto (revised version) |
| AO3 | 01 | Tod Handley: A Tribute | 20090112 | Louise Fryer presents a tribute to Vernon Handley, with works by Bax, Bliss and Brahms. Presented by Louise Fryer. Radio 3 pays tribute to Vernon 'Tod' Handley, who died in late 2008. A great friend of Arthur Bliss, a huge admirer of Arnold Bax, Handley recorded and broadcast music by British composers which most conductors ignored. Some of that comparatively unknown repertoire features in performances given by the BBC orchestras, with whom Handley had an enduring relationship. All performances conducted by Vernon Handley. Bax: Symphony No 3 in C |
| AO3 | 02 | 100 Years Of British Music | 20090623 | Presented by Penny Gore. Performances of British music from the 20th and 21st centuries, linked thematically with a Haydn String Quartet. Haydn's sombre meditation on Jesus' last words on the cross on Good Friday is followed by James MacMillan's Silence - his response to Jesus' anguished final question: 'Lord, why hast thou forsaken me?' Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 54, No 1 Endellion Quartet Judith Weir: Natural History Ailish Tynan (soprano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Haydn: The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross Chilingirian Quartet MacMillan: Symphony No 3 (Silence) BBC Philharmonic James MacMillan (conductor) Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op 31 Allan Clayton (tenor) Stephen Stirling (horn) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Paul Watkins (conductor). Penny Gore presents music by Weir, MacMillan and Britten. Plus a Haydn String Quartet. |
| AO3 | 02 | 2008 Lucerne Festivals | 20090317 | Louise Fryer presents a series showcasing the 2008 festivals in Switzerland - Easter, Summer and Piano. Schubert: Andante in B flat George Benjamin: Duet |
| AO3 | 02 | 49th Parallel North | 20090224 | Penny Gore presents music recorded in the cities and towns along the US/Canadian border, often known by its circle of latitude: 49th parallel north. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F, BWV 1046 |
| AO3 | 02 | A Trip Away | 20090609 | Presented by Penny Gore. Music inspired by foreign travel, as well as another Haydn string quartet. Elgar: Overture (In the South - Alassio) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Ibert: Escales BBC Symphony Orchestra Pascal Rophe (conductor) 3.30pm Edgar Bainton: The Golden River - A suite for orchestra Paul Daniel (conductor) Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op 33, No 3 (The Bird) Jerusalem Quartet 4.05pm Strauss: An Alpine Symphony Gunther Herbig (conductor). Penny Gore with music inspired by foreign travel from Elgar, Ibert, Bainton and Strauss. |
| AO3 | 02 | Ancient Greece | 20090210 | Louise Fryer presents music inspired by ancient Greek myth, with works centring on the story of Phaedra. While she is sometimes portrayed as one of the least savoury of many of the mythical characters, she was made deeply sympathetic in Pizzetti's opera Fedra, which was the hit of the season at La Scala, Milan, in 1915 and was revived in 2007-08 by the Montpellier Festival. Szymanowski: Penthesilea |
| AO3 | 02 | Ancient Greece | 20090210 | Louise Fryer presents music inspired by ancient Greek myth, with works centring on the story of Phaedra. While she is sometimes portrayed as one of the least savoury of many of the mythical characters, she was made deeply sympathetic in Pizzetti's opera Fedra, which was the hit of the season at La Scala, Milan, in 1915 and was revived in 2007-08 by the Montpellier Festival. Szymanowski: Penthesilea |
| AO3 | 02 | Bbc Symphony Orchestra And Chorus | 20090324 | Penny Gore presents highlights from concerts by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Chorus to celebrate their eightieth birthday in 2009. 2.05pm Joseph Marx: Herbstchor an Pan |
| AO3 | 02 | Brahms, Brahms - | 20081216 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.00pm |
| AO3 | 02 | Handel Operas 2009 | 20090115 | Presented by Louise Fryer. A performance of Handel's second surviving opera Rodrigo, to mark the 250th anniversary in 2009 of the composer's death. Handel: Rodrigo (opera in 3 acts) |
| AO3 | 02 | Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle | 20090203 | Presented by Penny Gore. Part of a series marking the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth, featuring BBC recordings of all five of his orchestral symphonies. Elgar: Froissart |
| AO3 | 02 | Messiaen In Context | 20081209 | Louise Fryer presents music by Chausson, Chopin, Dutilleux, Faure, Massenet and Jolivet. Louise Fryer presents music by composers Messiaen admired as well as pieces by his contemporaries. Plus actor Robert Glenister reading John Milton's L'Allegro. Chausson: Poeme for violin and orchestra, Op 25 |
| AO3 | 02 | Messiaen In Context, Messiaen In Context - | 20081209 | Louise Fryer presents music by composers Messiaen admired as well as pieces by his contemporaries. Plus actor Robert Glenister reading John Milton's L'Allegro. Chausson: Poeme for violin and orchestra, Op 25 |
| AO3 | 02 | On The Road | 20081202 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. BBC Singers in Gordon and Schittke, and BBC SO in Liadov. Presented by Jonathan Swain. The BBC Singers perform in the 2008 London Spitalfields Festival, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra is in Italy. Michael Zev Gordon: Red Sea Endymion BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Liadov: The Enchanted Lake Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2 Elisabeth Leonskaya (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) Schnittke: Penitential Psalms BBC Singers Robert Hollingworth (conductor). |
| AO3 | 02 | Salzburg And Vienna | 20081230 | Music from the 2008 Salzburg Festival and the Vienna Philharmonic. Music from the 2008 Salzburg Festival and the Vienna Philharmonic, including Grieg's Peer Gynt and Brahms's German Requiem. Presented by Penny Gore. Grieg: Incidental Music to Peer Gynt (part 2 of 4) |
| AO3 | 02 | Sibelius And The Sibelius Academy | 20090127 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Featuring performances by graduates of the Sibelius Academy - the famous music university in the composer's native Finland - and works by Sibelius himself. 2.05pm |
| AO3 | 02 | Telling The Tale | 20081223 | With Louise Fryer. Magnificats and carols from around the world in a BBC Singers concert. Presented by Louise Fryer. 2.00pm |
| AO3 | 02 | The Viola | 20090217 | Presented by Penny Gore. The 'Cinderella of the orchestra', the viola, takes centre stage this week, with a variety of concertos, sonatas and other works for the instrument. Berlioz: Harold in Italy |
| AO3 | 02 | Tod Handley: A Tribute | 20090113 | Louise Fryer presents a tribute to Vernon Handley, with music by Dvorak, Vaughan Williams. Presented by Louise Fryer. Afternoon on 3 pays tribute to the late conductor Vernon Handley, uncovering more gems from the BBC archives. All performances conducted by Vernon Handley. Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66 |
| AO3 | 03 | 100 Years Of British Music | 20090624 | Penny Gore presents 20th and 21st-cntury British music from BBC orchestras, plus another Haydn String Quartet. Birtwistle: Night's Black Bird BBC Philharmonic Ludovic Morlot (conductor) 2.35pm Haydn: String Quartet in F minor, Op 55, No 2 (The Razor) Chilingirian Quartet Elgar: Symphony No 2 in E flat, Op 63 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor). Penny Gore presents music by Birtwistle and Elgar. Plus Haydn's String Quartet (The Razor) |
| AO3 | 03 | 2008 Lucerne Festivals | 20090318 | Louise Fryer presents a series showcasing the 2008 festivals in Switzerland - Easter, Summer and Piano. Wagner: Overture (Tannhauser); Siegfried's Rhine Journey (Gotterdammerung); Lohengrin (Prelude to Act 3); Venusberg Bacchanale (Tannhauser) |
| AO3 | 03 | 49th Parallel North | 20090225 | Penny Gore presents music recorded in the cities and towns along the US/Canadian border, often known by its circle of latitude: 49th parallel north. Ives: Three places in New England (Orchestral set No 1, KV 30) |
| AO3 | 03 | A Trip Away | 20090610 | Presented by Penny Gore. Music inspired by foreign travel, including two of Mendelssohn's most well-known works - his Hebrides overture and Scottish Symphony, as well as a Haydn string quartet. Montague Phillips: A Hillside Melody BBC Concert Orchestra Gavin Sutherland (conductor) Mendelssohn: Overture (The Hebrides - Fingal's Cave) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christoph Konig (conductor) Montague Phillips: Empire March 3.00pm Haydn: String Quartet in B flat, Op 33, No 4 Lindsay Quartet Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A minor (Scottish) Penny Gore with music inspired by foreign travel, from Montague Phillips and Mendelssohn. |
| AO3 | 03 | Ancient Greece | 20090211 | Louise Fryer presents music inspired by ancient Greek myths, with a focus on stories of Pan and Syrinx, and Ariadne lamenting her abandonment by Theseus in music by Monteverdi and Haydn. Plus music based on the few fragments that survive from ancient Greece itself. Beethoven: Overture (The Creatures of Prometheus) |
| AO3 | 03 | Ancient Greece | 20090211 | Louise Fryer presents music inspired by ancient Greek myths, with a focus on stories of Pan and Syrinx, and Ariadne lamenting her abandonment by Theseus in music by Monteverdi and Haydn. Plus music based on the few fragments that survive from ancient Greece itself. Beethoven: Overture (The Creatures of Prometheus) |
| AO3 | 03 | Bbc National Orchestra Of Wales | 20090121 | Presented by Penny Gore. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales takes to the dance floor, in everything from Lully to Stravinsky. Michael Tippett conducts one of his own most famous works, Grant Llewellyn conducts music by the featured Welsh composer, William Mathias and the orchestra's principal guest conductor Jac van Steen marks his appointment with a blockbuster from Stravinsky. Tippett: Ritual Dances (The Midsummer Marriage) |
| AO3 | 03 | Bbc Symphony Orchestra And Chorus | 20090325 | Penny Gore presents highlights from concerts by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Chorus to celebrate their eightieth birthday in 2009. Sam Hayden: Substratum |
| AO3 | 03 | Brahms, Brahms - | 20081217 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.00pm |
| AO3 | 03 | Concertgebouw Matinee | 20090701 | FIRSTPresented by Penny Gore. Part of a series of matinee concerts from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, including more in a survey of Haydn String Quartets. Featuring Arvo Part's imagining Bach as a beekeeper and a performance by prize-winning young countertenor Maarten Engeltjes. 2.30pm Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op 64, No 1 Endellion Quartet Part: Wenn Bach bienen Gezuchet hatte Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Jurjen Hempel (conductor) 3.00pm Bach: Cantata: Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170 Maarten Engeltjes (countertenor) Concerto Amsterdam Klaas Stok (conductor) Haydn: String Quartet in F, Op 64, No 4 Chilingirian Quartet Ravel: Introduction and Allegro Lavinia Meijer (harp) Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra Marco Boni (conductor). Penny Gore presents a concert from the Concertgebouw. Music by Haydn, Ravel, Part and Bach |
| AO3 | 03 | Exile | 20090415 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. Performances by BBC orchestras of music with the theme of displacement, featuring composers who left their native countries. With music by Britten, who, unlike Rachmaninov and Martinu, left his home by choice, having objected to Britain's participation in the Second World War, and Milhaud, who was forced to flee Europe as the Nazis overran the continent. He never forgot his roots in rural southern France - as his suite for wind quintet La cheminee du roi Rene shows. But after the war he continued to live and teach in the USA for many years, enjoying travelling backwards between the two countries and cultures. Smetana: Vltava (Ma Vlast) |
| AO3 | 03 | Handel Operas 2009 | 20090122 | Presented by Penny Gore. As part of a complete cycle of Handel's operas, a performance of what is widely considered to be his first masterpiece: Agrippina, written at the age of just 24, and a work that creates a cynical picture of political wheeling and dealing in ancient Rome. Agrippina (Acts 1 and 2) Agrippina....Della Jones (soprano) |
| AO3 | 03 | Ilan Volkov And The Bbc Scottish Symphony Orchestra | 20090311 | Jonathan Swain presents a series showcasing the hugely diverse repertoire of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under chief conductor Ilan Volkov. Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune |
| AO3 | 03 | Mainly Mancunian | 20090304 | Ian Skelly presents the BBC Philharmonic performing Mozart, Beethoven and Wolf-Ferrari, plus the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in the darkness-to-light journey that is Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5. Mozart: Overture (La clemenza di Tito) |
| AO3 | 03 | Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle | 20090204 | Presented by Penny Gore. Part of a series marking the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth, featuring BBC recordings of all five of his orchestral symphonies. Weber: Overture (The Ruler of the Spirits) |
| AO3 | 03 | Messiaen In Context, Messiaen In Context - | 20081210 | Louise Fryer presents music by composers Messiaen admired as well as pieces by his contemporaries. Plus Robert Glenister reading John Milton's Il Penseroso. Prokofiev: Sinfonietta |
| AO3 | 03 | On The Road | 20081203 | The BBC Singers perform Harvey, Holst, Messiaen and Vir, and the BBC SO perform Mussorgsky Presented by Jonathan Swain. The BBC Singers perform 20th-century choral classics in the historic church of St Giles, Cripplegate, for the 2008 City of London Festival, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra performs in Italy. Jonathan Harvey: Marahi Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda - third set Sioned Williams (harp) BBC Singers James Morgan (conductor) Messiaen: Cinq Rechants Param Vir: From Emptiness to Trance BBC Singers James Morgan (conductor) Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor). |
| AO3 | 03 | Salzburg And Vienna | 20081231 | Performances given at the 2008 Salzburg Festival and by the Vienna Philharmonic. Penny Gore presents performances given at the 2008 Salzburg Festival and by the Vienna Philharmonic. Grieg: Incidental Music to Peer Gynt (part 3 of 4) |
| AO3 | 03 | Salzburg And Vienna | 20081231 | Performances given at the 2008 Salzburg Festival and by the Vienna Philharmonic. Penny Gore presents performances given at the 2008 Salzburg Festival and by the Vienna Philharmonic. Grieg: Incidental Music to Peer Gynt (part 3 of 4) |
| AO3 | 03 | Sibelius And The Sibelius Academy | 20090128 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Featuring performances by graduates of the Sibelius Academy - the famous music university in the composer's native Finland - and works by Sibelius himself. Mozart: Symphony No 36 in C (Linz), K425 |
| AO3 | 03 | Telling The Tale | 20081224 | With music from the BBC CO Fabulous Family Music Day and Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet. Presented by Louise Fryer. Including highlights of the Grand Finale Concert from the BBC Concert Orchestra's Fabulous Family Music Day, held in Watford. With Roderick Elms (organ) and the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Christopher Warren Green. Introduced by Kirsten O'Brien. Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite (The tale of Tsar Saltan), Op 57 |
| AO3 | 03 | The Viola | 20090218 | Presented by Penny Gore. The 'Cinderella of the orchestra', the viola, takes centre stage, with a variety of concertos, sonatas and other works for the instrument. Elgar: In the South |
| AO3 | 03 | Tod Handley: A Tribute | 20090114 | A tribute to Vernon Handley, with music by Walton, Bowen, Delius and Moeran. Presented by Louise Fryer. Afternoon on 3 continues its tribute to the late Vernon Handley, uncovering more gems from the BBC archives. All performances conducted by Vernon Handley. York Bowen: Concerto No 1 for piano and orchestra |
| AO3 | 03 | Tod Handley: A Tribute | 20090114 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Afternoon on 3 continues its tribute to the late Vernon Handley, uncovering more gems from the BBC archives. All performances conducted by Vernon Handley. Moeran: In the Mountain Country |
| AO3 | 04 | 100 Years Of British Music, Handel: Partenope (acts 1 And 2) | 20090625 | Handel Operas 2009 As part of Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas, Penny Gore presents Acts 1 and 2 of Partenope - considered one of the composer's most approachable works - a sophisticated comedy about the effects of the random nature of fate. Penny is joined by contralto Patricia Bardon to discuss the work. Handel: Partenope (Acts 1 and 2) Partenope....Christine Schafer (soprano) Prince Emilio of Cuma....Kurt Streit (tenor) Prince Arsace of Corinth....David Daniels (countertenor) Rosmira....Patricia Bardon (contralto) Ormonte....Florian Boesch (bass) Prince Armindo of Rhodes....Matthias Rexroth (countertenor) Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset (conductor) 4.20pm Haydn String Quartet in E, Op 54, No 3 Ysaye Quartet 100 Years of British Music: Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise |
| AO3 | 04 | Ancient Greece | 20090212 | Louise Fryer presents music inspired by ancient Greek myths. Britten: Narcissus (Metamorphoses after Ovid) |
| AO3 | 04 | Ancient Greece | 20090212 | Louise Fryer presents music inspired by ancient Greek myths. Britten: Narcissus (Metamorphoses after Ovid) |
| AO3 | 04 | Ancient Greece | 20090212 | Louise Fryer presents music inspired by ancient Greek myths. Britten: Narcissus (Metamorphoses after Ovid) |
| AO3 | 04 | Bbc National Orchestra Of Wales | 20090123 | Presented by Penny Gore. Penny Gore presents a performance of Respighi's showpiece, The Pines of Rome, an educational collaboration between the BBCNOW and the National Youth Orchestra of Wales. The featured Welsh composer is the woman celebrated by the National Orchestra of Wales's new Grace Williams Studio. Plus Elgar conducted by Richard Hickox and Tadaaki Otaka, who won the Elgar medal for his worldwide championing of the composer's music Respighi: Pines of Rome |
| AO3 | 04 | Brahms, Brahms - | 20081218 | Presented by Penny Gore. Including Brahms: Symphony No 3. Schumann: Manfred Overture. With Penny Gore. 2.00pm |
| AO3 | 04 | Mainly Mancunian, Acis And Galatea | 20090305 | Handel Operas 2009 Ian Skelly introduces the first English-language work by Handel, and talks to the conductor of this new recording, John Butt. They debate whether it is actually an opera. Part of Radio 3's complete Handel opera cycle. Handel: Acis and Galatea Galatea....Susan Hamilton (soprano) |
| AO3 | 04 | Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle | 20090205 | Presented by Penny Gore. Part of a series marking the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth, featuring BBC recordings of all five of his orchestral symphonies. Hummel: Concerto for trumpet and orchestra |
| AO3 | 04 | Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle | 20090205 | Presented by Penny Gore. Part of a series marking the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth, featuring BBC recordings of all five of his orchestral symphonies. Hummel: Concerto for trumpet and orchestra |
| AO3 | 04 | Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle | 20090205 | Presented by Penny Gore. Part of a series marking the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth, featuring BBC recordings of all five of his orchestral symphonies. Hummel: Concerto for trumpet and orchestra |
| AO3 | 04 | Messiaen In Context, Messiaen In Context - | 20081211 | Louise Fryer presents music by composers Messiaen admired as well as pieces by his contemporaries. Plus John Milton's poem Lycidas read by Robert Glenister. Gounod: Fantasy on the Russian National Hymn |
| AO3 | 04 | On The Road | 20081204 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. With choral music from the BBC Singers celebrating birthdays in 2008 for composers Christopher Brown (65) and Hugh Wood (75). Plus a concert by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiri Belohlavek given in Zaragoza, Spain. Brown: To Musick, Sing; Sunlight on a pale green ocean |
| AO3 | 04 | Salzburg And Vienna | 20090101 | A performance of Gounod's Faust given at Vienna State Opera in October 2008. Penny Gore presents a performance of Gounod's Faust given at Vienna State Opera in October 2008, with Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu leading the cast. Bertrand de Billy conducts. Gounod: Faust |
| AO3 | 04 | Sibelius And The Sibelius Academy | 20090130 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Featuring performances by graduates of the Sibelius Academy - the famous music university in the composer's native Finland - and works by Sibelius himself. Sibelius: Nocturne (Belshazzar's Feast) |
| AO3 | 04 | Sibelius And The Sibelius Academy | 20090130 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Featuring performances by graduates of the Sibelius Academy - the famous music university in the composer's native Finland - and works by Sibelius himself. Sibelius: Nocturne (Belshazzar's Feast) |
| AO3 | 04 | Telling The Tale | 20081225 | Including Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker and Christmas music by Leroy Anderson and Frank Bridge. Presented by Louise Fryer. Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival |
| AO3 | 04 | The Viola | 20090219 | Penny Gore presents a series of programmes in which the 'Cinderella of the orchestra', the viola, takes centre stage, with a variety of concertos, sonatas and other works for the instrument. Mozart: Trio in E flat for clarinet, viola and piano, K498 (Kegelstatt) |
| AO3 | 04 | Tod Handley: A Tribute | 20090115 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Afternoon on 3 continues its tribute to the late Vernon Handley, uncovering more gems from the BBC archives. Malcolm Arnold: Water Music, Op 82b |
| AO3 | 04 LAST | 49th Parallel North | 20090227 | Penny Gore presents music recorded in the cities and towns along the US/Canadian border, often known by its circle of latitude: 49th parallel north. Weill: Concerto for violin and winds |
| AO3 | 04 LAST | Concertgebouw Matinee, Handel: Poro, Re Dell'indie - Act 3 | 20090703 | Handel Operas 2009 Penny Gore presents the conclusion of Poro, re dell'Indie, as part of Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas. Queen Cleofide thinks Poro is dead, and is about to marry Alexander the Great. Poro appears at the wedding ceremony just in time to save the couple from making a big mistake, and in relief at his escape, Alexander doesn't kill anyone. But will Poro and Cleofide live happily ever after? Handel: Poro, re dell'Indie (Act 3) Poro....William Towers (countertenor) Cleofide....Jutta Bohnert (soprano) Erissena, Poro's sister....Franziska Gottwald (mezzo-soprano) Alessandro (the Great)....Thomas Piffka (tenor) Gandarte, Poro's general....Andrew Radley (countertenor) Timagene, Alexander's general....Torben Jurgens Akademie fur Alte Musik, Berlin Konrad Junghanel (conductor) Plus Concertgebouw Matinee Part of a series of matinee concerts from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, including more in a survey of Haydn String Quartets. 3.15pm Haydn: String Quartet in E flat, Op 64, No 6 Belcea Quartet Birtwistle: Bach Measures Schoenberg Ensemble 3.55pm Bach: Cantata, BWV 82 (Ich habe genug) Neal Davies (baritone) Freiburg Baroque orchestra 4.20pm Mozart: Symphony No 38 in D, K504 (Prague) Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Frans Bruggen (conductor). Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Handel's Poro - re dell'Indie. Plus Haydn, Birtwistle, Bach. |
| AO3 | 05 | Messiaen In Context, Messiaen In Context | 20081212 | Louise Fryer presents music by composers Messiaen admired as well as pieces by his contemporaries. Plus John Milton's poem On the Morning of Christ's Nativity, read by Robert Glenister. Francaix: Symphony in G |
| AO3 | 05 | On The Road | 20081205 | With Jonathan Swain. BBC Singers in Bach, Vaughan Williams, Purcell, Chilcott and Holst. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Two concerts given by the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra on tour. The BBC Singers perform in a Romanesque abbey near Strasbourg, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra is in San Sebastian in Spain's Basque region. Bach: Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229 |
| AO3 | 05 LAST | 100 Years Of British Music, Handel: Partenope (act 3) | 20090626 | Handel Operas 2009 Penny Gore presents the final act of Handel's Partenope. Handel: Partenope (Act 3) Partenope....Christine Schafer (soprano) Prince Emilio of Cuma....Kurt Streit (tenor) Prince Arsace of Corinth....David Daniels (countertenor) Rosmira....Patricia Bardon (contralto) Ormonte....Florian Boesch (bass) Prince Armindo of Rhodes....Matthias Rexroth (countertenor) Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset (conductor) 3.05pm Performances of 20th and 21st-century British music by BBC orchestras, plus another Haydn String Quartet. Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op 54, No 2 Chilingirian Quartet Maxwell Davies: Symphony No 5 BBC Philharmonic James MacMillan (conductor) 4.00pm Elgar/Payne: Symphony No 3 in C minor BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor). Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Handel's Partenope. Plus music by Maxwell Davies and Elgar. |
| AO3 | 05 LAST | Ancient Greece | 20090213 | Louise Fryer presents music inspired by ancient Greek myths, with a focus on Antigone. She comforts her blinded father Oedipus in incidental music by Radio 3's Composer of the Year Felix Mendelssohn, and Bacchus cheers up the lonely Ariadne with beer in the ballet by Roussel. Szymanowski, arr. Malcolm Hill: Agave |
| AO3 | 05 LAST | Brahms, Brahms - | 20081219 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.00pm |
| AO3 | 05 LAST | Mainly Mancunian | 20090306 | Ian Skelly presents music performed by the BBC Philharmonic and highlights from the Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass 2009. The Philharmonic play Mozart and Wolf-Ferrari, plus Tchaikovsky's harrowing final symphony. Mark Padmore sings Finzi and Alec Roth - with words by Vikram Seth - at the 2008 Lichfield Festival. Wolf-Ferrari: Prelude (I Quattro Rusteghi) |
| AO3 | 05 LAST | Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle | 20090206 | Presented by Penny Gore. Part of a series marking the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth, featuring BBC recordings of all five of his orchestral symphonies. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture |
| AO3 | 05 LAST | Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle | 20090206 | Presented by Penny Gore. Part of a series marking the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth, featuring BBC recordings of all five of his orchestral symphonies. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture |
| AO3 | 05 LAST | Norway And Sweden | 20081128 | Penny Gore presents the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra in Nielsen's 5th Symphony. Penny Gore presents a programme in a series celebrating the musical life of Norway and Sweden. Featuring the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra marking their city's reign as European Capital Culture with the great Symphony No 5 by Nielsen, and a staging at the Drottningholm opera festival in Sweden of Monteverdi's work telling the story of Ulysses's return to his homeland after 20 years of wandering. Nielsen: Symphony No 5 Stavanger Symphony Orchestra John Storgards (conductor) Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria Ulisse....Petteri Salomaa (tenor) Penelope....Ann Hallenberg (soprano) Telemaco....Anders J Dahlin (tenor) Minerva, Fortuna....Susanne Ryden (soprano) Melanto, Amore....Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo-soprano) Ericlea, Giunone....Miriam Treichl (soprano) Eumete, Giove....Niklas Bjorling Rygert (tenor) Eurimaco, Feacio primo....Fredrik Strid (tenor) Iro, Feacio secondo....Johan Christensson (tenor) Pisandro, l'Humana Fragilita....Martin Vanberg (tenor) Antinoo, Nettuno, Tempo....Lukas Jakobski (bass) Drottingholm Court Orchestra Mark Tatlow (conductor). |
| AO3 | 05 LAST | Salzburg And Vienna | 20090102 | Performances from the 2008 Salzburg Festival and by the Vienna Philharmonic. Penny Gore presents performances from the 2008 Salzburg Festival and by the Vienna Philharmonic. Grieg: Incidental Music to Peer Gynt (part 4 of 4) |
| AO3 | 05 LAST | The Viola | 20090220 | Presented by Penny Gore. The 'Cinderella of the orchestra', the viola, takes centre stage, with a variety of concertos, sonatas and other works for the instrument. Bruch: Romance for viola and orchestra, Op 85 |
| AO3 | 05 LAST | The Viola | 20090220 | Presented by Penny Gore. The 'Cinderella of the orchestra', the viola, takes centre stage, with a variety of concertos, sonatas and other works for the instrument. Bruch: Romance for viola and orchestra, Op 85 |
| AO3 | 05 LAST | Tod Handley: A Tribute | 20090116 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Afternoon on 3 concludes its tribute to the late Vernon Handley, uncovering more gems from the BBC archives. All performances conducted by Vernon Handley. Malcolm Arnold: Peterloo Overture, Op 97 |
| AO3 | 20070227 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 1/4. The Power and the Glory Series of concerts at St George's Bristol, featuring the Schubert Ensemble. Mahler: Quartet in Am Brahms: Quartet in Gm, Op 25 2.00pm BBC SO Far East Tour Last November the BBC Symphony Orchestra went on tour to the Far East. This week's programmes feature music they recorded in Kuala Lumpur, including the fruits of a successful collaboration with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1 Ilya Gringolts (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Raskatov: Five Minutes from the Life of WAM Members of Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Kevin Field (conductor) Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen (Suite) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Liadov: Kikimora Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Matthias Bamert (conductor) Zelenka: Overture a 7 Members of Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra Kevin Field (conductor) Smetana: Vltava (Ma vlast) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Stravinsky: Petrushka BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070228 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2/4. The Power and the Glory Series of concerts at St George's Bristol, featuring the Schubert Ensemble. Suk: Elegie, Op 23 Brahms: Piano Quintet in Fm, Op 34 2.00pm BBC SO Far East Tour Last November the BBC Symphony Orchestra went on tour to the Far East. This week's programmes feature music they recorded in Kuala Lumpur, including the fruits of a successful collaboration with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen Ilya Gringolts (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Shostakovich Symphony No 6 BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Poulenc: Sextet Members of Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra Kevin Field (conductor) Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Matthias Bamert (conductor) Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 1 Nikolai Lugansky (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Traditional Malaysian Folk Song arrangements BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Henry Wood: Fantasia on British Sea Songs BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070301 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 3/4. The Power and the Glory Series of concerts at St George's Bristol, featuring the Schubert Ensemble. Beethoven: Allegretto in B flat, WoO 39 Brahms: Quartet in A, Op 26 2.00pm A Celebration of St David's Day with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Grace Williams: Ave Maris Stella BBC Singers John Poole (conductor) Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus Lesley Hatfield (conductor) Grace Williams: Violin Concerto Nick Whiting (violin) Jason Lai (conductor) Mathias: Invocation and Dance Jac van Steen (conductor) Guto Puw: Oboe Concerto (BBC commission) David Cowley (oboe) Garry Walker (conductor) Hoddinott: A contemplation upon flowers Gail Pearson (soprano) Richard Hickox (conductor) Chopin: Piano Concerto No 1 Llyr Williams (piano) Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor) Grace Williams: Penillion Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070302 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 4/4. The Power and the Glory Series of concerts at St George's Bristol, featuring the Schubert Ensemble. Mendelssohn: Piano Quartet No 2 Brahms: Piano Quartet No 3 2.00pm Britten: Peter Grimes Peter Grimes....Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (tenor) Ellen Orford....Giselle Allen (soprano) Cpt Bulstrode....Christopher Purves (baritone) Auntie....Ann Howard (mezzo) Niece 1....Amy Freston (soprano) Niece 2....Claire Booth (soprano) Bob Boles....Alan Oke (tenor) Swallow....Richard Angas (bass) Mrs Sedley....Ethna Robinson (mezzo) Ned Keene....Roderick Williams (baritone) Hobson....Stephen Richardson (bass) Rev. Horace Adams....Nigel Robson (tenor) Opera North Chorus English Northern Philharmonia Richard Farnes (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070305 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Live from London's Wigmore Hall, Verity Sharp introduces a recital by tenor and Radio 3 New Generation Artist Andrew Kennedy with Chris Glynn (piano) of songs by Purcell (arr Tippett), Poulenc, Finzi, Strauss and Barber. 2.00pm The Lucerne Festival Performances from the three festivals held in the Swiss city last year. Dvorak: Intermezzo for string quartet and double bass Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra Frank Martin: Six Monologues (Jedermann) Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) Lucerne Festival Orchestra Claudio Abbado (conductor) August Klughardt: String Quintet in Gm, Op 62 Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra Prokofiev: Sonata in B flat, Op 84 Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Mahler: Symphony No 6 Lucerne Festival Orchestra Claudio Abbado (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070306 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 1/4. Wit and Wisdom Series of concerts exploring the chamber music of Joseph Haydn. Haydn: Trio in E flat, HobXV.10 Haydn: Trio in E flat, HobXV.30 Haydn: Trio in C, HobXV.27 Trio Ondine Martin Qvist Hansen (piano) Erik Heide (volin) Jonathan Slatto (cello) 2.00pm The Lucerne Festival Performances from the three festivals held in the Swiss city last year. Beethoven: Leonora Overture No 3 Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs Luba Orgonasova (soprano) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor) Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 2 Webern: Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen (a cappella version); Das Augenlicht; Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen (version with instruments) Lisa Castellani (mezzo) Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor) Bruckner: String Quintet Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra Berio: Calmo Lisa Castellani (mezzo) Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 7 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070307 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2/4. Wit and Wisdom Series of concerts exploring the chamber music of Joseph Haydn. Haydn: String Quartet in Fm, Op 20 No 5 Haydn: String Quartet in Gm, Op 74 No 3 Royal String Quartet Izabella Szalaj-Zimak (violin) Elwira Przybylowska (violin) Marek Czech (viola) Michal Pepol (cello) 2.00pm The Lucerne Festival Performances from the three festivals held in the Swiss city last year. Weber: Der Freischütz (overture) Mozart: Piano Concerto No 27 Maria-Joao Pires (piano) Chamber Orchestra of Europe Emmanuel Krivine (conductor) Byrd: Ne irascaris Domine Hilliard Ensemble Varèse: Arcana Bartok: Piano Concerto No 3 Hélène Grimaud (piano) SWR Symphony Orchestra Sylvain Cambreling (conductor) Tye: Mass for five voices Interspersed with Tallis: Salvator Mundi; O nata lux; O sacrum convivium Hilliard Ensemble Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Hélène Grimaud (piano) SWR Symphony Orchestra Sylvain Cambreling (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070308 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 3/4. Wit and Wisdom Series of concerts exploring the chamber music of Joseph Haydn. Haydn: Sonata in G, H XVI 40 Haydn: Sonata in D, H XVI 51 Haydn: Capriccio in G, H XVII 1 Haydn: Sonata in C, H XVI 50 Ronald Brautigam (piano) 2.00pm The Lucerne Festival Performances from the three festivals held in the Swiss city last year. Schubert: Symphony No 8 (Unfinished) French National Orchestra Kurt Masur (conductor) Schumann: Kinderszenen Lang Lang (piano) Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Detlef Roth (baritone) French National Orchestra Kurt Masur (conductor) Kurtag: In Nomine, all'ongherese Heinz Holliger: Surrogo (world première) Heinz Holliger (cor anglais) Ursula Holliger (harp) Chopin: Sonata in Bm, Op 58 Lang Lang (piano) Webern: Six Trakl Songs, Op 14 Silvia Nopper (soprano) Ensemble directed by Heinz Holliger Birtwistle: Crowd Ursula Holliger (harp) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 (Pathétique) French National Orchestra Kurt Masur (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070309 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 4/4. Wit and Wisdom Series of concerts exploring the chamber music of Joseph Haydn. Haydn: Canzonettas (set 1) Haydn: Sonata in B flat, HobXVI.41 Haydn: The Spirit's Song, HobXXVIa.41 Haydn: Die zu späte Ankunft der Mutter; Lob der Faulheit; Das Leben ist ein Traum (Lieder für das Clavier) Susan Bickley (mezzo) Iain Burnside (piano) 2.00pm The Lucerne Festival Performances from the three festivals held in the Swiss city last year. Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music Collegium Vocale, Ghent Orchestre des Champs-Elysées Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 Maurizio Pollini (piano) Lucerne Festival Orchestra Claudio Abbado (conductor) Brahms: Two songs, Op 91 Ingeborg Danz (mezzo) Antoine Tamestit (viola) Graham Johnson (piano) H K Gruber: Hidden Agenda (world première) BBC Symphony Orchestra H K Gruber (conductor) Rachmaninov: Fantaisie-tableaux, Op 5 Guher and Suher Pekinel (pianos) Bruckner: Symphony No 4 Lucerne Festival Orchestra Claudio Abbado (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070312 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Including: 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert Stephanie Hughes introduces a recital by Bernada Fink (mezzo) and Christian Koch (piano), live from the Wigmore Hall, London. Grieg: Die Weise; Morgentau; Abschied; Jagerlied; Das alte Lied; Wo sind sie hin (Sechs Lieder, Op 4) Brahms: Liebestreu, Op 3 No 1; Anklange, Op 7 No 3; Von ewiger Liebe, Op 43 No 1; Die Mainacht, Op 43 No 2; Dein blaues Auge, Op 59 No 8; Der Gang zum Liebchen, Op 48 No 1; Verzagen, Op 72 No 4 Grieg: Sechs Lieder, Op 48 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Sir Arnold Bax (1883-1953) Featuring the BBC Philharmonic's critically acclaimed recordings of all seven symphonies conducted by Vernon Handley. Bax: Spring Fire BBC Symphony Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor) Debussy: String Quartet in Gm Psophos Quartet Ireland: Piano Concerto Piers Lane (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht for string sextet Aronowitz Ensemble Bax: Symphony No 1 in E flat BBC Philharmonic Vernon Handley (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070313 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Including 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert In the first of a series of lunchtime concerts from Symphony Hall, Birmingham, young British violinist Jack Liebeck and Russian pianist Katya Apekisheva perform works by Bartok, Rachmaninov and Ravel. Rachmaninov: 2 morceaux de salon, Op 6 Bartok: Rhapsody No 2 for violin and piano Ravel: Sonata (1927) 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Sir Arnold Bax (1883-1953) Ravel: Ma mere l'oye BBC Philharmonic Harry Christophers (conductor) Bax: Symphony No 2 in Em BBC Philharmonic Vernon Handley (conductor) R Strauss: Capriccio (Prelude) Aronowitz Ensemble Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1945) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) R Strauss: 3 Lieder, Op 29 Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Julius Drake (piano) Bax: Symphony No 3 in C BBC Philharmonic Vernon Handley (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070314 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert The series of lunchtime concerts from Birmingham's Symphony Hall continues with a recital given by members of the Nash Ensemble. The focus is on music by three different composers who were all born within eight years of one another: this concert includes Bartok, Rachmaninov and Ravel. Bartók: Contrasts for violin, clarinet and piano, Sz 111 Rachmaninov: Trio Elegiac No 1 in G minor for piano and strings Ravel: Trio for piano and strings in Am 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Sir Arnold Bax (1883-1953) Cyril Scott: A Festival Overture Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus BBC Philharmonic Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Bax: Symphony No 4 in E flat BBC Philharmonic Vernon Handley (conductor) Frederick May: Sunlight and Shadow Ulster Orchestra Robert Houlihan (conductor) Cyril Scott: Violin Concerto Olivier Charlier (violin) BBC Philharmonic Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Britten: Phantasy for oboe and string trio Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) Psophos String Quartet Sibelius: Pelleas et Melisande (incidental music) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Tuomas Ollila (conductor) Bax: Symphony No 5 in C sharp m BBC Philharmonic Vernon Handley (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070315 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert Szymanowski Quartet 3/4. From Symphony Hall, Birmingham, the third in a series of concerts focusing on the chamber music of Bartok, Rachmaninoff and Ravel - three very individual composers who were all born within eight years of each other. Rachmaninov: String Quartet in G minor (unfinished) Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances, Nos 1-7 Ravel: String Quartet in F 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Sir Arnold Bax (1883-1953) Bax: Symphony No 6 in C BBC Philharmonic Vernon Handley (conductor) Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Royal String Quartet Simon Crawford Phillips (piano) Bridge: The Sea BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Quilter: 7 Elizabethan Lyrics, Op 12 Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Julius Drake (piano) Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives BBC Symphony Orchestra John Adams (conductor) Bax: Symphony No 7 in A flat BBC Philharmonic Vernon Handley (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070316 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert 4/4. In the final chamber music recital from Symphony Hall, Birmingham, pianist Piers Lane performs more music by this week's featured composers: Bartok, Rachmaninoff and Ravel. Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales Bartok: 8 Variations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op 20 Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op 22 2.00pm Devoted to listener requests as part of Red Nose Day. Radio 3 listeners can donate money to Comic Relief to help change lives at home and abroad. Make a pledge and choose a piece of music by calling 0800 033 033. | ||
| AO3 | 20070319 | Including: 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert Stephanie Hughes introduces a concert by international piano ensemble Trio Staier/Secec/Queyras, live from the Wigmore Hall, London. Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor, Op 1 No 3 Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 49 2.00pm Berlin Philharmonic The distinguished Berlin Philharmonic takes centre stage in Afternoon on 3 this week, with a roll call of equally stellar conductors, but the orchestra has a strong tradition of forming smaller performing groups and individual players will also be in the spotlight with concerto, chamber and solo performances. Haydn: Symphony No 91 in E flat Simon Rattle (conductor) Haydn: Sinfonia concertante in B flat for oboe, bassoon, violin, cello and orchestra, H I 105 Jonathan Kelly (oboe) Stefan Schweigert (bassoon) Toru Yasunaga (violin) Georg Faust (cello) Simon Rattle (conductor) Schubert: Octet in F, D803 Scharoun Ensemble Brahms: Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra in A minor, Op 102 Guy Braunstein (violin) Alban Gerhardt (cello) Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin Marek Janowski (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 92 in G (Oxford) Simon Rattle (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070321 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert 2/4. Fiona Talkington introduces another concert given by the Brodsky Quartet during their residency at LSO St Luke's, bringing together the lush sound world of Barber's Quartet, with its celebrated slow movement, and the melancholy, dance-inspired A minor Quartet by Schubert. Barber: Quartet in Bm, Op11 Schubert: Quartet in Am, D804 (Rosamunde) 2.00pm Berlin Philharmonic Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C, K314 Albrecht Mayer (oboe) Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg Trevor Pinnock (conductor) Brahms: String Quartet in Am, Op 51 No 2 Philharmonia Quartet, Berlin Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel Gertrud....Susan Bullock (soprano) Gretel....Michala Kaune (soprano) Hansel....Katarina Karnéus (mezzo) Witch....Jane Henschel (mezzo) Peter....Franz Grundheber (baritone) Sandman....Susanne Kreusch (soprano) Dew Fairy....Gisela Stille (soprano) German State Opera Children's Chorus, Berlin Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070322 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert 3/4. Series of concerts by the Brodsky Quartet given during their residency at LSO St Luke's, London. Schubert: Quartet movement in Cm, D703 Puccini: Crisantemi Janacek: Quartet No 2 (Intimate Letters) 2.00pm Berlin Philharmonic Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber Bernard Haitink (conductor) Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Neeme Jarvi (conductor) Shostakovich: Quartet No 7 in F sharp m, Op 108 Philharmonia Quartet, Berlin Gubaidulina: Offertorium, concerto for violin and orchestra Gidon Kremer (violin) Simon Rattle (conductor) Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D Bernard Haitink (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070323 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert 4/4. The last concert in a series given during the Brodsky Quartet's recent residency at LSO St Luke's, London. Purcell's hypnotic Chaconne is paired with Beethoven's searching, late masterpiece. Purcell: Chaconne Beethoven: Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131 2.00pm Berlin Philharmonic Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Op 28 Janine Jansen (violin) Neeme Jarvi (conductor) Berlioz: Suite from Romeo and Juliet Simon Rattle (conductor) Bach: Solo Partita for flute Holliger: Sonata (in)solit(air)e Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Brahms: A German Requiem, Op 45 Dorothea Roschmann (soprano) Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) Berlin Radio Chorus Simon Rattle (conductor) Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor Simon Rattle (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070326 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Introduced by Stephanie Hughes, live from London's Wigmore Hall. Former BBC New Generation Artists The Jerusalem Quartet bring together the radiant world of Haydn's Sunrise with the restless 12th Quartet of Shostakovich, a work haunted by a funeral march based on the composer's own initials. Haydn: Quartet in B flat, Op 76, No 4 (Sunrise) Shostakovich: Quartet No 12 in D flat (Op 133) 2.00pm New Generation Artists Featured all this week are recordings by current Radio 3 New Generation Artists. Haydn: Symphony No 85 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Garry Walker (conductor) Beethoven: Trio in B flat (Op 11) Trio Ondine Varese: Integrales BBC Symphony Orchestra Jacques van Steen (conductor) Crumb: Music for a Summer Evening Colin Currie, Sam Walton (percussion) Simon Crawford Philips, Philip Moore (pianos) Beethoven: Piano Sonata (Op 10) Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Elgar: Symphony No 2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070327 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert LSO ST Luke's 20th Century Pioneers 1/4. The Stravinsky, Debussy and Prokofiev lunchtime concert series at LSO St Luke's features the young French pianist Cedric Tiberghien, a member of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme. Stravinsky: Serenade in A Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives, Op 22 Debussy: Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir; La Cathedrale Engloutie; Les Collines d'Anacapri; Des pas sur la neige; Ce qu'a vu le Vent d'Ouest 2.00pm New Generation Artists Stravinsky: Symphony in 3 Movements BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) Judith Bingham: The darkness is no darkness BBC Symphony Chorus Stephen Jackson (conductor) SS Wesley: Thou wilt keep him Thomas Trotter (organ) BBC Symphony Chorus Stephen Jackson (conductor) Judith Bingham: The snows descend Fine Arts Brass Ensemble Stephen Jackson (conductor) Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Alina Ibragimova (violin) Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 12 in A minor Stephen Osborne (piano) BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Purcell: My heart is inditing BBC Singers St James's Baroque Stephen Layton (conductor) Britten: Hymn to Saint Cecilia BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Schumann: Quartet for Piano and Strings Ondine Trio Arnold: Concerto for Guitar and Small Orchestra BBC Ulster Orchestra Rumon Gamba (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070328 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert LSO St Luke's 20th Century Pioneers 2/4. This week's Stravinsky, Debussy and Prokofiev series at LSO St Luke's continues with the Nash Ensemble in a vibrant and varied programme, culminating in Stravinsky's theatrical folk tale, which marked a major turning point in Stravinsky's life: he regarded it as a 'final break with the Russian orchestral school'. Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes Debussy: Syrinx Stravinsky: Concertino for String Quartet Debussy: Sonate en trio for flute, viola and harp Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale (Suite for ensemble) 2.00pm New Generation Artists Beethoven: Cello Sonata No 1, Op 51 Christian Poltera (cello) Martin Helmchen (piano) Strauss: Freundliche Vision; Liebeshymnus; Winterweihe Andrew Kennedy (tenor) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Francois Xavier Roth (conductor) Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 19 Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor Cedric Tiberghien (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Alexander Rumpf (conductor) Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings Martin Frost (clarinet) Royal String Quartet Britten: 4 Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Part: Cantus in memorium Benjamin Britten BBC Concert Orchestra Robert Ziegler (conductor) Walton: Viola Concerto Lawrence Power (viola) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070329 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert LSO St Luke's 20th Century Pioneers 3/4. Continuing the series from LSO St Luke's celebrating those pioneers of the 20th Century - Stravinsky, Debussy and Prokofiev. Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Huw Watkins bring virtuosity to a programme framed by Stravinsky's fiendish rendition of the French national anthem and his poetic Duo Concertante. Stravinsky (arr.): La Marseillaise Debussy: Violin Sonata in Gm Stravinsky: Duo Concertant Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No 2 in D 2.00pm Janacek: The Excursions of Mr Broucek A complete performance of this extraordinary opera, based on a satirical novel by Svatopluk Cech and which follows a Prague drinker on his trips to the Moon and back through time to the 15th Century. Jan Vacik, Peter Straka (tenor) Maria Haan (soprano) Roman Janal (baritone) BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) 4.30pm New Generation Artists Weber: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings Martin Frost (clarinet) Royal String Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20070330 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert LSO ST Luke's 20th Century Pioneers 4/4. Cellist Alban Gerhardt and pianist Markus Becker conclude this Radio 3 series of lunchtime concerts with excerpts from Pulcinella, as arranged in Stravinsky's Suite Italienne, around which are placed two defining points of the cello repertoire, sonatas by Debussy and Prokofiev. Debussy: Cello Sonata in Dm Stravinsky: Suite Italienne, arr. from Pulcinella Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C, Op 119 2.00pm New Generation Artists Handel: Sonata for recorder and continuo in Dm Sharon Bezaly (flute) Terence Charlston (harpsichord) Charles Medlam (viola da gamba) Ligeti: Continuum; Hungarian Rock Jane Chapman (harpsichord) Gorecki: Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings Jane Chapman (harpsichord) BBC Concert Orchestra Robert Ziegler (conductor) Beethoven: String Quartet, Op 74 Royal String Quartet Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnol BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Dutilleux: Metaboles BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano Christian Poltera (cello) Martin Helmchen (piano) Gabrieli: Jubilate deo for 8 voices; Beata es for 6 voices; Regina coeli for 12 voices BBC Singers St James's Baroque Stephen Layton (conductor) Tippett: Symphony No 2 BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070402 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Including: 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Live from London's Wigmore Hall. Stephanie Hughes introduces a recital by the young Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz, recent winner of the prestigious Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. Debussy: 3 Estampes Liszt: 3 Concert Studies Chopin: 3 Mazurkas, Op 50; Polonaise-fantasy in A Flat, Op 61 2.00pm Afternoon on 3 features the acclaimed BBC Symphony Orchestra recording of Tristan und Isolde with John Treleaven and Christine Brewer, conducted by Donald Runnicles. It also focuses on Radio 3's New Generation Artists performing Mozart chamber music. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Act 1) Tristan....John Treleaven (tenor) Isolde....Christine Brewer (soprano) Brangane....Dagmar Peckova (soprano) Kurwenal....Boaz Daniel (baritone) King Mark....Peter Rose (bass) Melot....Jared Holt (tenor) A Shepherd....Eugene Ginty (tenor) A Steersman....Jonathan Lemalu (baritone) A young sailor....Mark Le Brocq (tenor) Apollo Voices Stephen Betteridge (chorusmaster) BBC Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles (conductor) Brahms: Symphony No 1 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Mozart: Piano Sonata in D Jonathan Biss (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20070403 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Including: 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert This week, Lunchtime Concerts all feature young performers on the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme. Here, violinist Alina Ibragimova is at The Sage, Gateshead, with her period instrument string quartet, Chiaroscuro. Mozart: Quartet for strings in Dm Haydn: Quartet for strings in Gm (Rider) 2.00pm Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Act 2) Tristan....John Treleaven (tenor) Isolde....Christine Brewer (soprano) Brangane....Dagmar Peckova (soprano) Kurwenal....Boaz Daniel (baritone) King Mark....Peter Rose (bass) Melot....Jared Holt (tenor) A Shepherd....Eugene Ginty (tenor) A Steersman....Jonathan Lemalu (baritone) A young sailor....Mark Le Brocq (tenor) Apollo Voices Stephen Betteridge (chorusmaster) BBC Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles (conductor) McCabe: Arthur Pendragon Ballet Suite No 1 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christopher Austin (conductor) Mozart: Trio K498 (Kegelstatt) Martin Frost (clarinet) Antoine Tamestit (viola) Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Cedric Tiberghien (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Baldur Bronnimann (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070404 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Radio 3 New Generation Artist oboist Alexei Ogrintchouk performs a programme of Baroque music at The Sage, Gateshead. He's joined by soprano Joanne Lunn, harpsichordist David McGuinness and cellist Sebastian Comberti in works by Bach, Telemann and CPE Bach. Telemann: Oboe Sonata in Gm Bach: Hochster, Hochster, mache deine Gute (Cantata No 51) CPE Bach: Oboe Sonata in Gm Bach: 2 Part Inventions (Nos 1, 4, 6, 14 and 8); Seufzer, Tranen, Kummer, Not (Cantata No 21); Weichet nur, betrube Schatten (Cantata No 202) 1.40pm Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) Joseph Breinl (piano) 2.00pm Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Act 3) Tristan....John Treleaven (tenor) Isolde....Christine Brewer (soprano) Brangane....Dagmar Peckova (soprano) Kurwenal....Boaz Daniel (baritone) King Mark....Peter Rose (bass) Melot....Jared Holt (tenor) A Shepherd....Eugene Ginty (tenor) A Steersman....Jonathan Lemalu (baritone) A young sailor....Mark Le Brocq (tenor) Apollo Voices Stephen Betteridge (chorusmaster) BBC Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles (conductor) Mozart: Piano Sonata in F Martin Helmchen (piano) Roussel: Sinfonietta, Op 52 BBC Symphony Orchestra Pierre-Andre Valade (conductor) Poulenc: Concerto for organ, string orchestra and timpani in Gm Kevin Bowyer (organ) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christoph Konig (conductor) Mozart: Quintet in Gm, K516 Antoine Tamestit (viola) Royal String Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20070405 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert In the penultimate New Generation Artist Showcase from The Sage, Gateshead, Dutch mezzo-soprano Christianne Stottijn performs with pianist Joseph Breinl. Their programme is a feast of German lieder by Schubert, Brahms, Pftizner and some of Mahler's songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Schubert: Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Du bist die Ruh; Der Zwerg Brahms: Nicht mehr zu Dir zu gehen, Op 32, No 2; Der Tod das ist die kuhle Nacht, Op 96, No 1; Auf dem Kirchhofe, Op 105, No 4 Mahler: Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Das Irdische Leben; Nicht Wiedersehen; Wo die schonen Trompeten blasen; Scheiden und Meiden) Pfitzner: Lockung, Op 7, No 4; Die stille Stadt, Op 29, No 4; Nachtwanderer, Op 7, No 2; Mein Herz ist wie die dunkle Nacht, Op 3, No 3; Stimme der Sehnsucht Op 19, No 1 2.00pm Wagner: Prelude and Good Friday Music (Parsifal) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Mozart: Quartet in B flat, K159 Psophos String Quartet Poulenc: Stabat Mater Alison Hagley (soprano) The Sixteen BBC Philharmonic Harry Christophers (conductor) Faure: Sonata for cello and piano No 1 in Dm Christian Poltera (cello) Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 in Em BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) Psophos String Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20070406 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Young pianist Eduard Kunz is the focus of the last of this week's New Generation Artist Showcases from The Sage in Gateshead. Bach/Ziloti: Prelude in Bm Bach: Partita No 1 in B flat Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit Liszt: Nocturne No 4 in E flat 2.00pm Music and words for Good Friday MacMillan: The World's Ransoming for cor anglais and orchestra James Horan (cor anglais) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christoph Konig (conductor) Bach: St John Passion (Part 1) Susan Gritton (soprano) Michael Chance (alto) Mark Padmore (tenor) Toby Spence (tenor) Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) RIAS Chamber Choir Daniel Reuss (director) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Simon Rattle (conductor) 3.00pm Horae Canonicae - Nones Tom Durham continues his reading of WH Auden's sequence of poems reflecting on Good Friday through the seven monastic offices of the day. The Archbishop of Canterbury introduces the poem in which Auden reaches the office for 3.00pm and Christ, the incarnate expression of peace and compassion, has been slaughtered. 'What shall we do till nightfall?' the poet inquires. Bach: St John Passion (Part 2) Susan Gritton (soprano) Michael Chance (alto) Mark Padmore (tenor) Toby Spence (tenor) Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) RIAS Chamber Choir Daniel Reuss (director) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Simon Rattle (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070409 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Stephanie Hughes introduces a recital of solo chamber music live from the Wigmore Hall, London. Bach: Suite for cello solo No 4 in E flat Kodaly: Sonata for cello solo, Op 8 Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) 2.00pm Making Tracks Live! Highlights from the BBC Concert Orchestra's recent Making Tracks tour, presented by Rani Khanijau, Adrian Dickson and conductor Robert Ziegler. Music includes Rossini's William Tell Overture, Malcolm Arnold's Flute Concerto, specially composed music for Dr Who, and audience singing led by Brenda Rattray and Quincy Jones's Soul Bossanova. 2.45pm Bavarian RSO This week features a selection of music performed by one of the word's leading radio orchestras and includes music each day recorded at their Musica Viva concert series of contemporary music. Mozart: Symphony No 39 in E flat Bavarian RSO Alexander Verdernikov (conductor) Jin-Ah Ahn: Jodong, for Orchestra Bavarian RSO Christoph Poppen (conductor) Shostakovich: The Bolt Ballet Suite, Op 27a Bavarian RSO Alexander Verdernikov (conductor) 4.00pm An organ recital from King's College, Cambridge performed by David Goode. Recorded as part of the College Chapel's Easter celebrations. Liszt: Variations on a theme of Bach Buxtehude: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland Franz Tunder: Jesus Christus unser Heiland Malcolm Williamson: Vision of Christ-Phoenix Widor: Choral from Symphony for organ No 10 Charles Tournemire: Choral-Improvisation sur le Victimae Paschali for organ trans. Durufle after an improvisation in 1930. | ||
| AO3 | 20070410 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 1/4. A series of lunchtime concerts given in Cambridge by members of the Britten Sinfonia and friends, each featuring (amongst other works) a new specially commissioned piece from a composer with an East of England association. Huw Watkins' new piece 'Dream' features in this concert. Stravinsky: Suite from the Soldier's Tale Huw Watkins: Dream (World Premiere) Michael Zev Gordon: Fragments from a Diary Bartok: Contrasts Alina Ibragimova (violin) Joy Farrall (clarinet) Huw Watkins (piano) 2.00pm Bavarian RSO Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (suite arr. anon in 1945 with composer's sanction) Bavarian RSO Mariss Jansons (conductor) Anders Eliasson: Symphony No 4 (premiere) Bavarian RSO Christoph Poppen (conductor) Shostakovich: 6 Romances on verses by British poets for bass and orchestra, Op 140 Christian Gerhaher (baritone) Bavarian RSO Thomas Sanderling (conductor) Bartok: Concerto for violin and orchestra No 1 Gidon Kremer (violin) Bavarian RSO Mariss Jansons (conductor) Shostakovich: Eight English and American Folksongs for Bass and Orchestra Peter Rose (bass) Bavarian RSO Thomas Sanderling (conductor) Brahms: 5 Songs for chorus, Op 104 Bavarian Radio Chorus Bavarian RSO Peter Dijkstra (conductor) Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in Em Bavarian RSO Thomas Sanderling (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070411 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 2/4. A series of lunchtime concerts given in Cambridge recently by members of the Britten Sinfonia and friends. The concert opens with a Bach Prelude and Fugue arranged by Peter Maxwell-Davies and includes an elegy for solo violin by Stravinsky and Manuel de Falla's 1926 concerto for harpsichord. Tansy Davies' piece Contraband is given its world premiere. Bach arr. Maxwell-Davies: Prelude and fugue in C sharp minor Tansy Davies: Contraband Stravinsky: Elegie for Viola or Violin Solo Bach arr. Maxwell-Davies: Prelude and Fugue in C sharp Manuel de Falla: Concerto in D for harpsichord and five instruments Jacqueline Shave (violin) Martin Outram (viola) Caroline Dearnley (cello) Sarah O'Flynn (flute) Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Joy Farrall (clarinet) Maggie Cole (harpsichord) Owen Gunnell (percussion) 2.00pm Bavarian RSO Verdi: Requiem Tamar Iveri (soprano) Yvonne Naef (alto) Piotr Beczala (tenor) Alexander Vinogradov (bass) Bavarian Radio Chorus Bavarian RSO Mariss Jansons (conductor) Strauss: Tod und Verklarung Bavarian RSO Riccardo Muti (conductor) Wilhelm Killmayer: Dithyramben for orchestra (premiere) Bavarian RSO Christoph Poppen (conductor) Sibelius: Symphony No 2 in D Bavarian RSO Mariss Jansons (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070412 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 3/4. A concert given recently in Cambridge focusing on vocal music, with tenor Charles Daniels performing songs by Purcell and a world premiere of a work by John Tavener. This is contrasted by Nicholas Daniels playing Bach's Sonata in Eb. Henry Purcell (realised for voice and piano by Britten): If music be the food of love; Pious Celinda goes to prayers; I'll sail upon the dog-star; Sweeter than roses Bach: Sonata for oboe in Eb John Tavener: Songs of the Sky Charles Daniels (tenor) Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Julius Drake (piano) 2.00pm Bavarian RSO Mozart: Symphony No 32 in G (Overture) Bavarian RSO Colin Davis (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 2 in D Bavarian RSO Mariss Jansons (conductor) Mozart: Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra in C Philippe Boucly (flute) Cristina Bianchi (harp) Bavarian RSO Colin Davis (conductor) Lisa Lim: The Compass, for didgeridoo, flutes and orchestra William Barton (didgeridoo) Carin Levine (flutes) Bavarian RSO Christoph Poppen (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 7 Bavarian RSO Mariss Jansons (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070413 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Britten Sinfonia at Lunch 4/4. Last in the series of Britten Sinfonia at Lunchtime concerts given recently in Cambridge features music composed by non-Americans while living in the US. All the works have folk influences, including Tarik O'Regan's new piece Rai, which is built upon the eponymous Algerian musical style. Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op 34 Stravinsky: 3 Songs from William Shakespeare Tarik O'Regan: Rai (world premiere) Luciano Berio: Folk Songs Anna Dennis (soprano) Huw Watkins (piano) Jacqueline Shave (violin) Martin Outram (viola) Caroline Dearnley (cello) Michael Cox (flute) Joy Farrell (clarinet) Lucy Wakeford (harp) Miranda Dale (violin) Adrian Bending and Jeremy Crones (percussion) 2.00pm A recording of Zeffirelli's lavish production of Verdi's Aida from the opening night of the latest season at La Scala in Milan. Verdi: Aida Aida....Violeta Urmana (soprano) Amneris....Ildiko Komlosi (mezzo-soprano) Amonasro....Carlo Guelfi (baritone) Radames....Roberto Alagna (tenor) Ramphis....Giorgio Giuseppini (bass) King of Egypt....Marco Spotti (bass) A Messenger....Antonello Ceron (tenor) Priestess....Sae Kyung Rim (soprano) La Scala Chorus La Scala Orchestra Riccardo Chailly (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070416 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Live from London's Wigmore Hall, Stephanie Hughes introduces a concert by the Juilliard String Quartet, who play Bartok's grittiest and Schubert's lyrically intense last quartets. Bartok: String Quartet No 3 Schubert: String Quartet in D minor (Death and the Maiden) 2.00pm This week, the focus is on the oldest symphony orchestra in America, the New York Philharmonic, with six recent concerts given under music director Lorin Maazel and previous post-holder Zubin Mehta. From the other side of the continent, there are archive performances from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Weber: Oberon Overture New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel (conductor) Mozart: Exsultate jubilate Mahler: Symphony No 4 Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano) New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel (conductor) Beethoven: String Quartet No 3 in D Orion String Quartet Ades: Life Story Susan Narucki (soprano) Joseph Kalichstein (piano) Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin New York Philharmonic Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) Mussorgsky orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition New York Philharmonic Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070417 | With Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Postcards from Paris 1/4. Another chance to hear a series of Lunchtime Concerts recorded during last year's City of London Festival celebrating the musical atmosphere of great capital cities. This week's concerts evoke the soundscape of Paris and today's concert was given at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street. Alina Ibragimova (violin) Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Ravel: Tzigane Debussy: Violin Sonata Milhaud: 3 Rag Caprices Debussy: Pagode (Estampes) Ravel: Violin Sonata 2.00pm Shostakovich: Piano Trio No 2 in E minor, Op 67 Jon Kimura Parker (piano) Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Lynn Harrell (cello) Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 Lynn Harrell (cello) New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel (conductor) Shostakovich: Symphony No 5 New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel (conductor) Doppler: Andante and Rondo for 2 flutes and piano, Op 25 Elizabeth Mann, Tara Helen O'Connor (flutes) Marc Neikrug (piano) Enescu: Octet Orion String Quartet Johannes String Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20070418 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Postcards from Paris 2/4. Another concert from last year's City of London Festival series celebrating the music of Paris, given at the church of St Dunstan-in-the-West. Gaele Le Roi (soprano) Catherine Cournot (piano) Hahn: Nocturne for voice and piano; Les etoiles for voice and piano (Rondels) Debussy: Clair de lune; Romance; Apparition; Pierrot Gounod: Boire a l'hombre Faure: Poeme d'un jour, Op 21 No 1; Rencontre (2 Songs, Op 83 No 1); Prison (3 Songs, Op 8 No 1); Au bord de l'eau (3 Songs, Op 7 No 1); Apres un reve (3 Songs, Op 23 No 2); Notre amour Caplet: Le vieux coffret Boulanger: Vous m'avez regarde avec toute votre ame; Les lilas avaient fleuri Ravel: Le cygne; Le martin-pecheur (Histoires naturelles) Satie: La diva de l'empire; Je te veux (Chansons de cafe-concert) 2.00pm Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op 61 Pinchas Zukerman (violin) New York Philharmonic Zubin Mehta (conductor) Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps New York Philharmonic Zubin Mehta (conductor) Mendelssohn: Concert Piece in F for clarinet and bassoon, Op 113 David Shifrin (clarinet) Chris Millard (bassoon) Jon Nakamatsu (piano) Brahms: Serenade No 2 New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel (conductor) Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 Emanuel Ax (piano) New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070419 | With Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Postcards from Paris 3/4. The church of St Olave, Hart Street, is the setting for the third concert in this 2006 City of London Festival series with a French flavour. Pianist Artur Pizzaro performs music by the composers of Les Six: Poulenc, Milhaud, Honegger, Auric, Durey and Tailleferre, and also by their idol Erik Satie. Honegger: Prelude, arioso and fughetta Milhaud: Sonata for piano No 1, Op 33 Auric: 3 Morceaux for piano (Lac-aux-dames) Satie: Croquis et agaceries d'un gros Bonhomme en bois for piano Tailleferre: 2 Pieces for piano Durey: Romance sans paroles (Album des six) Poulenc: 3 Pieces for piano Artur Pizzaro (piano) 2.00pm From The Met's recent revival of Eugene Onegin, conducted by Valery Gergiev, with Renee Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky taking the lead roles. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin Tatiana....Renee Fleming (soprano) Olga....Elena Zaremba (mezzo-soprano) Lensky....Ramon Vargas (tenor) Onegin....Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) Prince Gremin....Sergei Alexashkin (bass) Larina....Svetlana Volkova (soprano) Filipyevna....Larisa Shevchenko (soprano) Captain....Keith Miller (baritone) Zaretsky....Richard Bernstein (baritone) Triquet....Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor) Metropolitan Opera Chorus Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) Marcello: Concerto in C minor for oboe, strings and basso continuo Liang Wang (oboe) LP How (violin) Daniel Khalikov (violin) Meng Yang (cello) Marji Danilow (bass) Kathleen McIntosh (harpsichord). | ||
| AO3 | 20070420 | With Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Postcards from Paris 4/4. The last concert in this series of French music, recorded at last year's City of London Festival. Next week, Postcards from Vienna. Debussy: Syrinx Ravel: Piece en forme de Habanera Peter De Rose: Deep Purple Francaix: 5 Exotic Dances Ellington: Sultry Sunset/In a Sultry Mood Poulenc arr. Harle: Oboe Sonata Machaut: Improvisations on Qui n'aroit autre deport Corea arr. Harle: Children's Songs John Harle (saxophone) Steve Lodder (piano and keyboards) 2.00pm Korngold: Suite for 2 violins, cello and piano left hand, Op 23 Leon Fleisher (piano) Cho-Liang Lin (violin) Ariel Shmai (violin) Gary Hoffman (cello) Brahms: Serenade No 1 New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel (conductor) Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 Emanuel Ax (piano) New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel (conductor) Dvorak: String Sextet in A, Op 48 Todd Phillip (violin) Benny Kin (violin) Steven Tenenbom (viola) Kirsten Johnson (viola) Timothy Eddy (cello) Eric Kim (cello). | ||
| AO3 | 20070423 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Introduced by Stephanie Hughes, live from the Wigmore Hall, London. Christopher Maltman (baritone) Julius Drake (piano) Schubert: Rellstab settings from Schwanengesang Reynaldo Hahn: A Chloris Emil Paladilhe: Psyche Debussy: Aupres de cette grotte sombre; Crois mon conseil, chere Climene; Je tremble en voyant ton visage (Le promenoir des deux amants) Poulenc: La maitresse volage; L'offrande; La belle jeunesse (Chansons Gaillardes) 2.00pm British Symphonies: Humphrey Searle Composer Humphrey Searle died 25 years ago this May and the jazz-loving Englishman's teachers included Vaughan Williams's friend RO Morris and Schoenberg's pupil Anton Webern. Searle's five symphonies feature each day this week, plus pieces by his teachers and the music he loved, particularly Liszt whom he championed all his life. This week also sees the launch of the 2007 Proms and a conference devoted to the Proms' role in British musical life, so every programme features works premiered at the Proms. Searle: Overture to a Drama, Op 17 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Alun Francis (conductor) Berlioz: Waverley Overture BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Nicholas McGegan (conductor) Liszt: Festklange BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda Arr. RO Morris: Six English Folksongs (selection) BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Webern: 2 Pieces for cello and piano Claudio Bohorquez (cello) Martin Helmchen (piano) Searle: Symphony No 1 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Alun Francis (conductor) Bach orch. Andrew Davis: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No 2 Leonidas Kavakos (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade BBC Symph. | ||
| AO3 | 20070424 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Postcards from Vienna 1/4. Series of concerts from the 2006 City of London Festival celebrating one of the world's great musical capitals. Today's concert was given at the church of St Andrew by the Wardrobe. Stephan Loges (baritone) Eugene Asti (piano) Schubert: Auf der Donau; Fahrt zum Hades; Am Strome; Der Schiffer (4 Mayrhofer settings) Wolf: Der Musikant; Verschwiegene Liebe (Eichendorff); Fussreise; Heimweh; Auf einer Wanderung (Moerike) Strauss: Traum durch die Daemmerung; Die Nacht; Freundliche Vision; Ach weh mir unglueckhaftem Mann Schoenberg: Erwartung; Schenk mir deinen goldnen Kamm Korngold: Liebesbriefchen; Sommer; Sonett fuer Wien 2.00pm British Symphonies: Humphrey Searle Searle's Second Symphony features alongside two important Proms premieres. Henry Wood conducted the world premiere of Dvorak's The Water Goblin at a winter Saturday-night Prom in November 1896, and in the 1903 summer season he premiered Mahler's First Symphony. Wagner: Overture (Rienzi) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Dvorak: The Water Goblin BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Stefan Solyom (conductor) Webern: Langsamer Satz for string quartet Royal Quartet Liszt: Tasso (lamento e trionfo) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder Jane Dutton (mezzo) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Searle: Symphony No 2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Alun Francis (conductor) Schoenberg: 6 Pieces, Op 19 Llyr Williams (piano) Mahler: Symphony No 1 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070425 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Postcards from Vienna 2/4. A concert from last year's City of London Festival celebrating piano duets written in and inspired by the city of Vienna, given at the church of St Mary-le-Bow. Mozart: Andante with Variations Schubert: Trois Marche Militaires Brahms: Liebeslieder Walzer, Op 52 Ravel arr. Lucien Garban: La valse Strauss arr. Moore: Kunstlerleben Simon Crawford-Phillips and Philip Moore (piano) 2.00pm British Symphonies: Humphrey Searle Searle's widow Fiona joins Fiona Talkington in the studio for this afternoon's programme which features Searle's music alongside his inspirations. Plus music by Debussy and York Bowen premiered at the Proms. Liszt: Les Preludes BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Webern: Sonata movement for cello and piano; 3 Little pieces for cello and piano Claudio Bohorquez (cello) Martin Helmchen (piano) Bach orch. Webern: Ricercar BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Searle: Night Music, Op 2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Alun Francis (conductor) Lindberg: Chorale for Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) Berg: Violin Concerto Leonidas Kavakos (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) Debussy: Cello Sonata Claudio Bohorquez (cello) Martin Helmchen (piano) Searle: Symphony No 3 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Alun Francis (conductor) Liszt: La lugubre gondola Natalie Clein (cello) Paul Lewis (piano) York Bowen: Violin Concerto Lorraine McAslan (violin) BBC Concert Orchestra Vernon Handley (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070426 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Postcards from Vienna 3/4. Today's concert celebrating the music of the Austrian capital from the 2006 City of London Festival was given at the church of St Anne and St Agnes. Endellion String Quartet Schubert: Quartettsatz Wolf: Italian Serenade Webern: Five Movements, Op 5 Korngold: String Quartet No 2 2.00pm British Symphonies: Humphrey Searle A British-Hungarian afternoon featuring Searle's Fourth Symphony alongside works by two Hungarians he loved, Liszt and Bartok, and his British teachers and contemporaries. Plus pieces premiered at the Proms by Searle's teacher John Ireland and Elizabeth Maconchy, who was born 100 years ago this year. John Ireland: A London Overture BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra John Wilson (conductor) RL Pearsall: Lay a garland CH Parry: Music when soft voices Charles Stanford: When Mary through the garden went BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Liszt: Prometheus BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Bartok: Dance Suite Ulster Orchestra Christian Ganz (conductor) Searle: Symphony No 4 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Alun Francis (conductor) Vaughan Williams: Rest Gerald Finzi: All this night Holst: The Evening- Watch, Op 43 No 1 Sian Menna (mezzo-soprano) Robert Johnston (tenor) BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Gordon Jacob: Chaconne on a Theme of Vaughan Williams BBC Concert Orchestra Vernon Handley (conductor) Elizabeth Maconchy: The Land (Suite) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jason Lai (conductor) Liszt: A Faust Symphony BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070427 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Postcards from Vienna 4/4. The last concert in this series of Viennese chamber music from last year's City of London Festival, recorded at the church of St Andrew, Holborn. Ernst Kovacic (violin) David Owen Norris (piano) Brahms: Scherzo in C minor Robert Fuchs: Drei Amouretten fur Violine und Klavier Bruckner: Abendlied Goldmark: Ballade fur Violine und Klavier Korngold: Much Ado about Nothing Suite Schoenberg: Notturno Webern: Vier Stucke fur Geige und Klavier Kreisler: Kleiner Wiener Marsch; Zigeunercapriccio; Tambourin chinois; Caprice viennois Lehar: Piece in Homage to Kreisler 2.00pm British Symphonies: Humphrey Searle Featuring music that premiered at the Proms, including Searle's Fifth Symphony and an overture by Malcolm Arnold. Plus music by Searle's teacher Webern and his pupil Wolfgang Rihm. Arnold: Overture (Peterloo) BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba (conductor) Liszt: Heroide funebre BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Searle: Symphony No 5 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Alun Francis (conductor) Webern: Variations for piano, Op 27 Llyr Williams (piano) Herbert Howells: Take him, earth, for cherishing BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Sibelius: Tapiola BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Wolfgang Rihm: Ernster Gesang BBC Symphony Orchestra Bernhard Klee (conductor) Brahms: Symphony No 3 BBC Symphony Orchestra Bernhard Klee (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070430 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Introduced by Stephanie Hughes, live from London's Wigmore Hall. Dvorak: Terzetto in C for 2 violins and viola, Op 74 Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 Gaudier Ensemble 2.00pm Music from Eastern Europe is threaded through this afternoon's sequence. Gretchaninoff: Otche Nash (Lord's Prayer); Cherubic Hymn; Verouiou (Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op 29) Lynette Alcantara (mezzo-soprano) BBC Singers Dominic Wheeler (conductor) Eugen Kapp: Kalevipoeg (ballet suite) BBC Philharmonic Neeme Jarvi (conductor) Adams: Shaking and Trembling (Shaker Loops) BBC Concert Orchestra Robert Ziegler (conductor) Artur Kapp: Don Carlos BBC Philharmonic Neeme Jarvi (conductor) Villem Kapp: Symphony No 2 BBC Philharmonic Neeme Jarvi (conductor) Merilainen: Aikaviiva (Timeline: Concerto No 2 for Orchestra) BBC Symphony Orchestra John Storgards (conductor) Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 Heinrich Schiff (cello) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070501 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Postcards from St Petersburg 1/4. Celebrating another of the world's great musical capitals, another chance to hear the final four Radio 3 Lunchtime concerts in this series from last year's City of London Festival. Today's concert was given at St Michael's, Cornhill. Stravinsky: Concertino Shostakovich: String Quartet No 11, Op 122 Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No 1 in D, Op 11 Brodsky Quartet 2.00pm More Eastern sounds, from Russia, Poland and the Baltic states. Chesnokov: Hvalite Ghospoda (Praise the Lord); Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts, Op 24; Da ispravitsia molitva moya (Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op 42) Sian Menna (mezzo-soprano) BBC Singers Dominic Wheeler (conductor) Shostakovich: Ballet Suite No 1 Ulster Orchestra Christian Gansch (conductor) Granville Bantock: A Pageant of Human Life BBC Singers New London Children's Choir Ronald Corp (conductor) Lutoslawski: Little Suite Ulster Orchestra Tuomas Ollila (conductor) Haydn: Piano Sonata in F Eduard Kunz (piano) Tchaikovsky: Serenade for string orchestra in C, Op 48 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Lesley Hatfield Malcolm Williamson: Sonnet BBC Singers Ronald Corp (conductor) Malcolm Williamson: A young girl for a capella choir BBC Singers Ronald Corp (conductor) Smetana: Macbeth and the Witches Ashley Wass (piano) Ronald Corp: Dover Beach New London Children's Choir Ronald Corp (conductor) Dvorak: Symphony No 8 in G, Op 88 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Vasily Petrenko (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070502 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Postcards from St Petersburg 2/4. Another programme of music celebrating the city and culture of St Petersburg. This concert was given at St Lawrence Jewry during last year's City of London Festival. Arensky: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Shostakovich: Trio No 2, Op 67 2.00pm Featuring more music from Eastern Europe. Gretchaninoff: Svete tihiy (Gladsome light); Tebe odeyushchagosia (Thou who clothest thyself with light); Bog Gospod...Blagoobrazniy Iosif (The Lord is God...Noble Joseph, Strstnaya sedmitsa, Op 58) BBC Singers Dominic Wheeler (conductor) Arensky: Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, Op 35a BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor) Weber: Introduction, Theme and Variations Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet) Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Enescu: Concertstucke for viola and piano Lawrence Power (viola) Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) Bartok: Divertimento for string orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra Dmitry Sitkovetsky (conductor) Haydn: Cello Concerto in D Gautier Capucon (cello) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Copland: Appalachian Spring Ulster Orchestra Proinnsias O Duinn (conductor) Szymanowski: String Quartet No 2, Op 56 Royal String Quartet Rimsky-Korsakov: Sinfonietta on Russian Themes in A minor, Op 31 Ulster Orchestra Tuomas Ollila (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070503 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Postcards from St Petersburg 3/4. Today's concert celebrating one of the world's great musical capitals is a recital of Russian piano works given at St Botolph's, Aldgate, during last year's City of London Festival. Balakirev: Islamey Tchaikovsky: May; June (Seasons) Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition Freddy Kempf (piano) 2.00pm More music from Russia and Eastern Europe. Gretchaninoff: Se Zhenih griadet (Behold, the bridegroom comes); Chertog Tvoy (Thy bridal chamber, Strstnaya sedmitsa, Op 58) BBC Singers Dominic Wheeler (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture (Romeo and Juliet) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Berlioz: La Reine Mab ou La fee des songes (Romeo et Juliet) Alison Balsom (trumpet) Balsom Ensemble Kabalevsky: Symphony No 2, Op 19 BBC Philharmonic Neeme Jarvi (conductor) Bartok: Concerto for orchestra BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Dvorak: Trio for piano and strings No 4, Op 90 (Dumky) Ondine Trio Gilbert and Sullivan: Trial by Jury Plaintiff....Rebecca Evans (soprano) Defendant....James Gilchrist (tenor) Counsel for the Plaintiff....Matthew Brook (baritone) Usher....Neal Davies (bass-baritone) Learned Judge....Donald Maxwell (baritone) Foreman of the Jury....David Thaxton (baritone) Chamber Choir of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070504 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Postcards from St Petersburg 4/4. A selection of settings of the celebrated Russian poet Pushkin, recorded at the church of St Giles, Cripplegate, during the 2006 City of London Festival. Joan Rodgers (soprano) Christopher Glynn (piano) Glinka: Do not sing to me the songs of Georgia; I remember that wonderful moment; Confession; Adele; I am here, Inezil'ya Rimsky-Korsakov: On the hills of Georgia; Do not sing me the songs of Georgia; What comfort for you in my name?; My voice for you is both tender and languid; You and thou Medtner: The Waltz; The Rose; When Roses fade; The Muse Rubinstein: The Singer; Night Tchaikovsky: The Nightingale; Zemfira's song Mussorgsky: Night; The Magpie 2.00pm Songs, dances and cityscapes from Eastern Europe. Chesnokov: Ne otverzhi mene AdrIan Peacock (bass) BBC Singers Dominic Wheeler (conductor) Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto No 4 (Prague) Kathryn Stott (piano) BBC Philharmonic Neeme Jarvi (conductor) Haydn: Trio in G for keyboard and strings Ondine Trio Kodaly: Dances of Marosszek BBC Philharmonic Hugh Wolff (conductor) Bingham: Hidden City for chorus, harp and percussion Alison Martin (harp) Richard Benjafield (percussion) BBC Singers Andrew Carwood (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme Johannes Moser (cello) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jac van Steen (conductor) Janacek: Sonata in E flat minor Ashley Wass (piano) Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Dvorak: Song to the Moon (Rusalka Act I) Elena Semenova (soprano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Dvorak: Symphony No 5 BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070508 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Cardiff Coffee Concerts 1/4. Series of chamber concerts recorded at National Museum Wales's distinctive Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre, built in 1932 and named after one of the museum's greatest benefactors. Endellion Quartet Haydn: String Quartet in E flat, Op 20, No 1 Beethoven: String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131 2.00pm Vienna Week Riccardo Muti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in a pair of symphonies by the city's 18th century musical innovators Haydn and Mozart. Plus recordings by the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and pianist Lang Lang. Haydn: Symphony No 39 in G minor Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Riccardo Muti (conductor) Mozart: Piano Sonata, K333 Lang Lang (piano) Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2 Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Tugan Sokhiev (conductor) Mozart: Symphony in G minor, K183 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Riccardo Muti (conductor) Smetana: Trio in G minor, Op 15 Till Fellner (piano) Elisabeth Batiashvili (violin) Adrian Brendel (cello) Janacek: Sinfonietta Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Britten (completed by Colin Matthews): Double Concerto for violin, viola and orchestra Alexander Barantschik (violin) Geraldine Walther (viola) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070509 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Cardiff Coffee Concerts 2/4. Swiss cellist Christian Poltera performs the first of Bach's solo suites and a contrasting solo masterpiece from the 20th century that Britten wrote as a present for Russian virtuoso Mstislav Rostropovich. Bach: Cello Suite No 1 in G Dutilleux: 3 Strophes sur le nom de Sacher for cello solo Britten: Cello Suite No 3, Op 87 2.00pm Vienna Week: Featuring composers associated with the Austrian capital alongside 20th century works by Elgar, Hindemith and Shostakovich. Elgar: In the South San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Schubert: Quartet No 10 in E flat Bruckner Quartet Hindemith: Nobilissima visione Bavarian Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti (conductor) Mozart: Symphony in A Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg Trevor Pinnock (conductor) Beethoven: Piano Sonata in F (Appassionata) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 1 for 15 instruments NDR Symphony Orchestra Christoph von Dohnanyi (conductor) Shostakovich: String Quartet No 4 in D Bruckner Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20070511 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Cardiff Coffee Concerts 4/4. The German-based Mandelring Quartet has long championed the music of Jewish exile Berthold Goldschmidt. The group ends this week of concerts recorded at National Museum Wales with the quartet which it commissioned from Goldschmidt, together with Brahms's ever-popular Clarinet Quintet. Robert Plane (clarinet) Mandelring Quartet Goldschmidt: String Quartet No 4 Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor 2.00pm Vienna Week Concluding the week of recordings from Vienna and featuring composers associated with the city. Webern: Passacaglia for orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) Mozart: Piano Concerto No 18 in F Chamber Orchestra of Europe Pierre Laurent Aimard (conductor/piano) Haydn: Symphony No 89 in F Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Riccardo Muti (conductor) Beethoven: Piano Trio Till Fellner (piano) Elisabeth Batiashvili (violin) Adrian Brendel (cello) Messiaen: Couleurs de la Cite Celeste Ensemble Intercontemporain Pierre Boulez (conductor) Boulez: Derive 1 for six instruments Ensemble Intercontemporain Peter Eotvos (conductor) Boulez: Memoriale for flute and eight instruments Sophie Cherrier (flute) Ensemble Intercontemporain Peter Eotvos (conductor) Brahms: Symphony No 4 in E minor Vienna Symphony Orchestra Fabio Luisi (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070514 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Stephanie Hughes introduces a recital, live from London's Wigmore Hall, by German mezzo-soprano Petra Lang and pianist Charles Spencer. Schumann: Frauenliebe und-leben, Op 42 Strauss: Kling!; Wir beide wollen springen; Du, meines Herzens Kronelein, Op 21, No 2; Lob des Leidens, Op 15 No 3; Wiegenlied, Op 41 No 1; An die Nacht, Op 68 No 1; Befreit, Op 39 No 4; Freundliche Vision, Op 48 No 1; Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten, Op 19 No 3 2.00pm Dresden Staatskapelle Performances from one of the oldest orchestras in the world, the Dresden Staatskapelle, which was founded in 1548. Wagner: Lohengrin (Prelude to Act 1) Dresden Staatskapelle Colin Davis (conductor) Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor Nikolaj Znaider (violin) Dresden Staatskapelle Colin Davis (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 7 Dresden Staatskapelle Colin Davis (conductor) CPE Bach: Morgengesang am Schopfungsfeste, Wq 239 Kornerscher Sing-Verein, Dresden Dresdner Instrumental-Concert Peter Kopp (director) Shostakovich: Symphony No 4 Dresden Staatskapelle Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070515 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Another chance to hear German tenor Jonas Kaufmann accompanied by pianist Helmut Deutsch in a recital given at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, as part of last year's International Festival. Including a rare chance to hear one of Schubert's longest through-composed songs, his setting of Schiller's famous ballad Die Burgschaft. Schubert: Die Burgschaft Bartok: Four Slovakian folk songs Britten: Seven sonnets of Michelangelo Strauss: Four Songs, Op 27 2.00pm A performance of Monteverdi's great opera, The Coronation of Poppea, in a performance given last September at the Grand Theatre, Geneva. Monteverdi: The Coronation of Poppea Fortune/Drusilla....Martina Jankova (soprano) Virtue/Octavia....Marie-Claude Chappuis (soprano) Amore/Valet....Amel Brahim-Dhjelloul (soprano) Poppea....Maya Boog (soprano) Nero....Kobie van Rensburg (tenor) Otho....Christophe Dumaux (countertenor) Seneca....Carlo Leopore (bass) Nutrice....Julie Girardi (mezzo-soprano) Arnalta....Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor) Damigella....Valerie MacCarthy (soprano) Lucano....Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenor) Lictor....Luigi De Donato (bass) Grand Theatre Baroque Ensemble Attilio Cremonesi (director). | ||
| AO3 | 20070516 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert A recital recorded in the Queen's Hall at last year's Edinburgh International Festival. Flautist Emily Beynon is joined by pianist Andrew West for a programme that includes works by Prokofiev, Debussy and Poulenc, as well as Francois Borne's Carmen Fantasy which was originally written as a test piece for the Paris Conservatoire. Prokofiev: Five Melodies, Op 35 Debussy: Syrinx Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano Prokofiev: Flute Sonata Borne: Carmen Fantasy Poulenc: Queen of Hearts 2.00pm Dresden Staatskapelle More performances from one of the oldest orchestras in the world. Wagner: Prelude (Parsifal) Dresden Staatskapelle Paavo Jarvi (conductor) Liszt: Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat Yundi Li (piano) Dresden Staatskapelle Paavo Jarvi (conductor) Schumann: Symphony No 2 in C, Op 61 Dresden Staatskapelle Paavo Jarvi (conductor) Galuppi: Mass for St Mark's Basilica Kornerscher Sing-Verein, Dresden Dresdner Instrumental-Concert Peter Kopp (director) Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op 99 Vadim Repin (violin) Dresden Staatskapelle Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 33 in B flat Dresden Staatskapelle Christian Zacharias (director). | ||
| AO3 | 20070517 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert A song recital programme given by celebrated German soprano Angela Denoke with pianist Matthias Veit in the Queen's Hall at last year's Edinburgh International Festival. Zemlinsky: Die schlanke Wasserlilie; Liebe und Fruhling; Es war ein alter Konig; Herbsten; Harmonie des Abends Wolf: Auf einer Wanderung; Verborgenheit; Nachtzauber; Begegnung; Storchenbotschaft Strauss: Waldseligkeit, Op 49; Lob des Leidens, Op 15; Gefunden, Op 56; Das Rosenband, Op 36; Befreit, Op 39; Cacilie, Op 27 Schoenberg: Gigerlette; Der genugsame Liebhaber; Mahnung; Galathea (Brettl-Lieder) 2.00pm For Ascension Day, a performance of Liszt's epic oratorio Christus, given last September in St Peter's and St Paul's Church, Gorlitz. Liszt: Christus, Oratorio in three parts, for soloists, chorus, organ and orchestra Annette Dasch (soprano) Dagmar Peckova (mezzo-soprano) Hermine Haselbock (contralto) Sergej Larin (tenor) Roman Trekel (baritone) MDR Radio Chorus MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra Tomas Netopil (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070518 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Pianist and BBC New Generation Artist, Cedric Tiberghien, plays Schumann's Davidsbundlertanze and the ETA Hoffman-inspired Kreisleriana, in a recital recorded at the Queen's Hall in the 2006 Edinburgh International Festival. Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op 16; Davidsbundlertanze, Op 6 2.00pm Dresden Staatskapelle More recordings by one of the world's oldest orchestras. Mozart: Symphony No 32 in G Dresden Staatskapelle Christian Zacharias (conductor) Mozart: Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento Kornerscher Sing-Verein, Dresden Dresdner Instrumental-Concert Peter Kopp (director) Haydn: Symphony No 44 in E minor Dresden Staatskapelle Myung Whun Chung (conductor) Bruckner: Symphony No 4 in E flat Dresden Staatskapelle Myung Whun Chung (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070521 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Stephanie Hughes introduces clarinettist Sabine Meyer and pianist Fazil Say in a programme exploring the sonorous, sensuous and often jazzy sound world of French clarinet music, live from London's Wigmore Hall. Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata Saint-Saens: Clarinet Sonata in E flat, Op 167 Ravel: Sonatine Milhaud: Scaramouche Suite 2.00pm A week of programmes showcasing the BBC Orchestras in five of Mozart's greatest piano concertos and Radio 3 New Generation Artists in chamber music by Brahms. Plus two unfinished tenth symphonies: Schubert's heard through the ears of Luciano Berio, and Mahler's in Deryck Cooke's remarkable performing version. Strauss: Don Juan BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Alexander Titov (conductor) Mozart: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466 Martin Roscoe (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Alexander Titov (conductor) Berio (after Schubert): Rendering BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op 116 (excerpts) Ashley Wass (piano) Mahler compl. Cooke: Symphony No 10 BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070522 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Edinburgh International Festival 2006 1/2. In a recital given at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, in August 2006, Scottish pianist Steven Osborne contrasts Debussy's lyrical Preludes, Book 1, with the explosive Rachmaninov preludes. Debussy: Preludes, Book 1 Rachmaninov: Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 3 No 2; Preludes, Op 23 2.00pm Continuing this week's BBC Orchestra focus on Mozart's piano concertos, Radio 3 New Generation Artists in Brahms's chamber music featuring the clarinet and works by composers who loved the music of Mozart and Brahms. Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Mayuko Kamio (violin) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Bax: Tintagel BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra John Wilson (conductor) Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No 1 in F minor, Op 120 No 1 Martin Frost (clarinet) Niklas Sivelov (piano) Mozart: Piano Concerto No 21 in C, K467 Llyr Williams (piano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070523 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Edinburgh International Festival 2006 Another chance to hear a recital from last year's Edinburgh Festival given at the Queen's Hall, in which Trio Wanderer from France made its Edinburgh Festival debut. Tchaikovsky's trio was inspired by the death of the composer's close friend Nikolai Rubinstein and is subtitled In Memory of a Great Artist. Haydn: Piano Trio in C Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op 50 2.00pm Continuing this week's BBC Orchestra focus on Mozart's piano concertos and Radio 3 New Generation Artists in Brahms chamber music featuring the clarinet. Liszt: Prometheus BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Mozart: Piano Concerto No 22 in E flat, K482 Antti Siirala (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Susanna Malkki (conductor) Simon Bainbridge: Fantasia for Double Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra Susanna Malkki (conductor) Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet) Szymanowski Quartet Elgar: Cello Concerto Daniel Muller-Schott (cello) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Schumann: Symphony No 4 BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070524 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Edinburgh International Festival 2006 Another chance to hear part of a concert given at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, last August. The Arcanto Quartet, an ensemble made up of international string soloists Antje Weithaas, Daniel Sepec, Tabea Zimmermann and Jean-Guihen Queryras, play two classics of the quartet repertoire. Ravel: String Quartet in F Beethoven: String Quartet in F, Op 59 2.00pm Continuing this week's BBC Orchestra focus on Mozart's piano concertos, and Radio 3 New Generation Artists in Brahms chamber music featuring the clarinet. Stravinsky: Danses concertantes BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Clark Rundell (conductor) Elgar: Froissart Overture BBC Concert Orchestra Vernon Handley (conductor) Gordon Jacob: Variations on an Original Theme BBC Concert Orchestra Vernon Handley (conductor) Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op 114 Martin Frost (clarinet) Christian Poltera (cello) Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Mozart: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K491 Martin Helmchen (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Clark Rundell (conductor) Yuri Krasavin: Amadeus Rosemary Eliot (flute) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Alexander Titov (conductor) Stravinsky: Petrushka BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Alexander Titov (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070525 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Edinburgh International Festival 2006 2/2. Another chance to hear the second recital by pianist Steven Osborne contrasting preludes by Debussy and Rachmaninov given in August 2006 at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. Debussy: Preludes (Book 2) Rachmaninov: Preludes, Op 32 2.00pm Continuing this week's BBC Orchestra focus on Mozart's piano concertos, and Radio 3 New Generation Artists in Brahms chamber music featuring the clarinet. Dvorak: Symphonic Variations BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Mozart: Piano Concerto No 25 in C, K503 Richard Goode (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Delius: American Rhapsody (Appalachia) BBC Concert Orchestra Charles Hazlewood (conductor) Copland: Appalachian Spring BBC Concert Orchestra Charles Hazlewood (conductor) Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No 2 in E flat, Op 120 No 2 Martin Frost (clarinet) Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) Dvorak: Symphony No 9 in E minor (New World) BBC Concert Orchestra Charles Hazlewood (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070528 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Live from the Wigmore Hall in London, Stephanie Hughes introduces a recital by Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos and Italian pianist Enrico Pace, who play one of Beethoven's earliest and Shostakovich's last violin sonatas. Beethoven: Violin Sonata in E flat, Op 12 No 3 Shostakovich: Violin Sonata, Op 134 2.00pm San Francisco Symphony This week's featured orchestra is the San Francisco Symphony. Founded in the early 1900s, the SFS under its musical director, Michael Tilson Thomas, is now one of the world's leading orchestras and plays a defining role in American cultural life. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 in E minor, Op 73 (Emperor) Garrick Ohlsson (piano) San Francisco Symphony Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) Hartmann: Symphony No 6 San Francisco Symphony Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) William Kraft: Timpani Concerto No 2 (The Grand Encounter) David Herbert (timpani) San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 9 in D minor (Choral) Twyla Robinson (soprano) Gigi Mitchell-Velasco (mezzo-soprano) Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor) Raymond Aceto (bass) San Francisco Symphony Chorus San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070530 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Edinburgh International Festival 2006 Another chance to hear a recital of songs and lieder given at last year's Edinburgh Festival by baritone Simon Keenlyside with pianist Malcolm Martineau. Grainger: The Sprig of Thyme Bridge: Love Went a-riding Somervell: Birds in the high Hall Garden Warlock: Piggesnie Howells: The little boy lost Holst: Betelgeuse Britten: Songs and proverbs of William Blake Schubert: An die Leier; Stimme der liebe; Fischerlied; Fischerweise; Im Walde (Waldersnacht) Brahms: Feldeinsamkeit; Nachtwandler; Es schauen di Blumen; Standchen, Op 106 2.00pm San Francisco Symphony More recordings by the American orchestra. Busoni: Berceuse elegiaque, Op 42 San Francisco Symphony Roberto Abbado (conductor) Turnage: Three screaming popes for orchestra San Francisco Symphony Robert Spano (conductor) Respighi: Fountains of Rome; Pines of Rome San Francisco Symphony Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Berio: From Duets for Two Violins Members of San Francisco Symphony Members of San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) Pascal Dusapin: Extenso San Francisco Symphony Roberto Abbado (conductor) Debussy, orch Busser: Printemps (Symphonic Suite) San Francisco Symphony Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Britten: Spring Symphony, Op 44 Mary Dunleavy (soprano) Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) San Francisco Symphony Chorus San Francisco Symphony Robert Spano (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070531 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Edinburgh International Festival 2006 Another chance to hear a recital from last year's Edinburgh Festival. The Scottish Ensemble, directed by Jonathan Morton, is joined by mezzo-soprano Jane Irwin and tenor Andrew Kennedy in a programme of works by Benjamin Britten. Britten: Les Illuminations, Op 18; Lachrymae, Op 48a; Phaedra, Op 93 2.00pm San Francisco Symphony More recordings by the American orchestra. Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) Chausson: Symphony in B flat, Op 20 San Francisco Symphony Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op 35 Joshua Bell (violin) San Francisco Symphony Roberto Abbado (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 in C minor (Little Russian) San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) Stravinsky: Rite of Spring San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070601 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Edinburgh International Festival 2006 Another chance to hear a recital by young Croatian pianist Dejan Lazic given at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, in August 2006. Mozart: Fantasia in D minor, K397; Sonata in B flat, K333 Schumann: Waldscenen, Op 82 Chopin: 2 Nocturnes, Op 32; Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor, Op 31; Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Op 35 2.00pm San Francisco Symphony The final afternoon of recordings by the American orchestra. Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music, K477 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) Chopin: Variations on La ci darem la mano, Op 2 (for piano and orchestra) Shai Wosner (piano) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Peter Oundjian (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 40 in G minor San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Peter Oundjian (conductor) Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Simon Trpceski (piano) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Janacek: Glagolitic Mass Measha Brueggergosman (soprano) Jill Grove (mezzo-soprano) Sergei Larin (tenor) Tigran Martirossian (bass) John Walker (organ) San Francisco Symphony Chorus San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070604 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Stephanie Hughes introduces cellist Truls Mork with pianist Kathryn Stott, live from London's Wigmore Hall, in a programme that combines tenderness, fire and fantasy. Beethoven: Cello Sonata No 4 in C, Op 102 No 1 Schumann: Phantasiestucke, Op 73 Brahms: Cello Sonata No 2 in F, Op 99 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Granville Bantock This week, Afternoon on 3 focuses on Granville Bantock and his contemporaries, including his friend Sibelius, whose music he introduced to Britain. Plus choral music from the BBC Singers' recent appearance at the Ankara Festival. Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op 34 BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Granville Bantock: Choral Symphony (Atalanta in Calydon) BBC Singers Simon Joly (conductor) Peter Maxwell Davis: Orkney Wedding with Sunrise BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Britten: Flower Songs BBC Singers Andrew Carwood (conductor) Sibelius: Symphony No 3 in C BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Osmo Vanska (conductor) 4.00pm The Making of Music Performances of the music featured in James Naughtie's Radio 4 series on how history has shaped classical music through the centuries. 1/30. Origins Featuring chants and songs from medieval churches and monasteries, the building blocks from which classical music would be formed. Including music by Hildegarde of Bingen. | ||
| AO3 | 20070605 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert As part of Radio 3's Elgar season, a series of concerts featuring Elgar's chamber music recorded at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. 1/4. The Brodksy Quartet play contrasting works by Beethoven and Elgar. Beethoven: String Quartet No 16 in F, Op 135 Elgar: String Quartet in E minor, Op 83 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Granville Bantock Granville Bantock: Choral Symphony (The Vanity of Vanities) BBC Singers Simon Joly (conductor) Britten: Serenade, Op 31 Andrew Kennedy (tenor) David Flack (horn) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Stefan Solyom (conductor) Sibelius: Symphony No 2 in D BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Stefan Solyom (conductor) 4.00pm The Making of Music Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series chronicling the historical influences that affected the course of classical music. 2/30. Notre Dame Notre Dame was consecrated in 1163 when Paris was considered the centre of intellectual life in Europe. As it was being built, two men were writing the music that would fill it: Perotin and Leonin. | ||
| AO3 | 20070606 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert As part of Radio 3's Elgar season, a series of concerts featuring Elgar's chamber music recorded at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. 2/4. Pianist David-Owen Norris and soprano Amanda Pitt perform little known works by Elgar for voice and piano. Elgar: Concert Allegro (for solo piano); Love alone will stay; Queen Mary's Song; As I laye a-thynkynge Elgar, transcr. Owen-Norris: Four Piano Improvisations Elgar: O Soft was the Song; After; The Wind at Dawn 2.00pm Featuring the Ulster Orchestra. Stanford: Clarinet Concerto in A minor, Op 80 Carol McGonnell (clarinet) Ulster Orchestra Takuo Yuasa (conductor) Harty: An Irish Symphony Ulster Orchestra Takuo Yuasa (conductor) Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht (arr. for string orchestra) Ulster Orchestra Tuomas Ollila (conductor) 4.00pm The Making of Music Performances of the music featured in James Naughtie's Radio 4 series charting the relationship between a thousand years of history and the classical music that became its soundtrack. 3/30. Troubadours Across Europe in courts and great houses, the Troubadours wrote songs of love, jealousy and betrayal. | ||
| AO3 | 20070607 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert As part of Radio 3's Elgar season, a series of concerts featuring Elgar's chamber music recorded at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. 3/4. Violinist Benjamin Schmid is joined by pianist Dejan Lazic. Frank Bridge (completed by Paul Hindmarsh): Violin Sonata in E flat Debussy: Violin Sonata Elgar: Violin Sonata 2.00pm Britten's opera Owen Wingrave, which was originally written for television, recorded from a recent performance given at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House. Fiona Talkington's guest is the arranger David Matthews. Britten, arr. Matthews: Owen Wingrave Owen Wingrave....Jacques Imbrailo (baritone) Spencer Coyle....Steven Page (baritone) Lechmere....Thomas Walker (tenor) Miss Wingrave....Vivian Tierney (soprano) Mrs Coyle....Elizabeth Woollett (soprano) Kate....Allison Cook (mezzo-soprano) General Sir Philip Wingrave....Richard Berkeley Steele (tenor) Mrs Julian....Jennifer Rhys-Davies (soprano) City of London Sinfonia Rory Macdonald (conductor) 4.00pm The Making of Music Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series connecting historical events and their effect on the course of classical music. 4/30. Burgundy Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, funded some of the greatest composers of his time. Including music by Dufay and Binchois. | ||
| AO3 | 20070608 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Pianist Martin Roscoe joins the Sorrel Quartet for the final concert in this Elgar chamber series from Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. Frank Bridge: Three Idylls Elgar: In Smyrna; Piano Quintet, Op 84 2.00pm Britten: 4 Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Bartok: Piano Concerto No 3 Llyr Williams (piano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E minor BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) 4.00pm The Making of Music Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series connecting historical events and their effect on the course of classical music. 5/30. The Renaissance Including the Missa Hercules dux Ferrariae that Josquin Desprez wrote immortalising his patron, the Duke of Ferrara. | ||
| AO3 | 20070611 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Sarah Mohr-Pietsch introduces a recital by Sara Mingardo, one of the few true contraltos in the world, broadcast direct from London's Wigmore Hall. She joins distinguished harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini in a selection of little-known gems from the Italian Baroque, combining seductive lyricism with sparkling virtuosity. Tarquinio Merula: Hor che'e tempo di morire Giovanni Legrenzi: Costei ch'in mezzo al volto scritt'ha il mio cor Giovanni Salvatore: Allor che Tirsi udia Giacomo Carissimi: Deh, memoria, a che piu chiedi Handel: Keyboard Suite in E minor, HWV 438; Lungi da me pensier tiranno 2.00pm Manchester Cello Festival Featuring music recorded last month at the Manchester International Cello Festival, an event that takes place every three years at the Royal Northern College of Music. There will be cello concertos, both old an new, each day featuring a different soloist with the Manchester Camerata conducted by Douglas Boyd. Haydn: Cello Concerto in D Thomas Demenga (cello) Manchester Camerata Douglas Boyd (conductor) Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Robert Plane (clarinet) BBC NOW Takuo Yuasa (conductor) Schubert: Symphony No 9 in C (Great) BBC NOW Grant Llewellyn (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070612 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Fiona Talkington presents coverage of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Rosenblatt Recital Song Prize 2007. The first round includes singers from South Africa, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Canada and Norway. With expert commentary from Catherine Bott. 2.30pm Manchester Cello Festival More music recorded last month at the Manchester International Cello Festival. Rubbra: Soliloquy Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Manchester Camerata Douglas Boyd (conductor) Saint-Saens: Cypres et lauriers for organ and orchestra Ian Tracey (organ) BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba (conductor) Faure: Requiem Christopher Sladdin (treble) Giles Cachemaille (bass) BBC Singers Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Marin Alsop (conductor) Dubois: Fantasie triomphale for organ and orchestra Ian Tracey (organ) BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070613 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Fiona Talkington presents the second round of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Rosenblatt Recital Song Prize 2007. Catherine Bott gives her expert opinion on singers from the Netherlands, Germany, Estonia, Australia and China as they perform repertoire from Mozart and Schubert to Schoenberg and Samuel Barber. 2.30pm Manchester Cello Festival More music recorded at last month's Manchester International Cello Festival. Roberto Molinelli: Twin Legends (UK premiere) Enrico Dindo (cello) Manchester Camerata Douglas Boyd (conductor) Dallapiccola: Piccola musica notturna BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Rossini: William Tell Overture BBC Philharmonic Paul Watkins (conductor) Respighi: Rossiniana (Suite from Rossini's Les riens) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Dallapiccola: Tartiniana for violin and orchestra James Ehnes (violin) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Respighi: Burlesca BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070614 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Fiona Talkington and Catherine Bott introduce the third round of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Rosenblatt Recital Song Prize 2007. Featuring repertoire as diverse as Schubert and Sviridov, performed by singers from Russia, Ireland, Japan, USA and Sweden. 2.30pm Manchester Cello Festival More music recorded last month at the Manchester International Cello Festival. Edward Gregson: A Song for Chris (Concerto for cello and chamber orchestra) Li Wei (cello) Manchester Camerata Douglas Boyd (conductor) Grace Williams: Ave Maris Stella BBC Singers John Poole (conductor) Cyril Scott: Aubade BBC Philharmonic Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Stanford: Magnificat in B flat for Double Choir, Op 164 BBC Singers John Poole (conductor) Cyril Scott: 3 Symphonic Dances (rev. from Symphony No 2) BBC Philharmonic Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Finzi: Lo the Full Final Sacrifice Richard Pearce (organ) BBC Singers John Poole (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070615 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Elizabeth Watts, a soprano representing England, takes on singers from Finland, Brazil, Hungary and Korea in the final round of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Rosenblatt Recital Song Prize 2007. Presented by Fiona Talkington, with expert commentary from Catherine Bott. 2.30pm Manchester Cello Festival More music recorded at last month's Manchester International Cello Festival. Haydn: Cello Concerto in C Ivan Monighetti (cello) Manchester Camerata Douglas Boyd (conductor) Strauss: Alpine Symphony BBC Philharmonic Gunther Herbig (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070618 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Live from the Wigmore Hall in London, Verity Sharp introduces a concert by the exciting young ensemble the Belcea Quartet, who play late string quartets by Haydn and Dvorak. Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 77, No 1 Dvorak: String Quartet in A flat, Op 105 2.00pm French Festivals A selection of music from French festivals in Nantes, Montpellier and La Roque d'Antheron Bizet: Symphony in C Concerto Koln Dandrieu: Les Caracteres de la Guerre Le Concert Spirituel Herve Niquet (conductor) Dvorak: Serenade in E for strings, Op 22 Concerto Koln Albeniz: Iberia (Book 1) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Handel: Water Music Suite in D, HWV 349 Le Concert Spirituel Herve Niquet (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070619 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Vienna Old and New The Vienna Piano Trio journey through the musical history of Vienna from the late 18th century to the end of the 19th. 1/4. They begin with works by Haydn and Brahms. Haydn: Piano Trio in G Brahms: Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor, Op 60 Johannes Flieder (viola) Vienna Piano Trio 2.00pm French Festivals A selection of music from French festivals in Nantes, Saintes and La Roque d'Antheron. Borodin: In the steppes of central Asia Ural Philharmonic Orchestra Dmitri Liss (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 39 in E flat Orchestra of the Champs-Elysees Albeniz: Iberia (Book 2 for piano) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Mussorgsky, ed. Rimsky-Korsakov: A Night on the Bare Mountain Urals Philharmonic Orchestra Dmitri Liss (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence for string sextet, Op 70 Antoine Tamestit (viola) Xavier Phillips (cello) The Manfred String Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20070620 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Vienna Old and New The Vienna Piano Trio continue their journey through the musical history of Vienna from the late 18th century to the end of the 19th. 2/4. Including a ground-breaking work by Mozart and a Schoenberg string piece transcribed for piano trio by his pupil Edward Steuermann. Mozart: Piano Trio in G, K496 Schoenberg, arr. Steuermann: Verklarte Nacht 2.00pm French Festivals A selection of music from French festivals in La Roque d'Antheron and Montpellier. Ravel: La valse Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) Albeniz: Iberia (Book 3) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Lalo: Fiesque (Acts 1 and 2) Fiesque....Roberto Alagna (tenor) Leonore....Michelle Canniccioni (soprano) Julie....Beatrice Uria-Monzon (mezzo-soprano) Verrina....Franck Ferrari (bass) Hassan....Jean-Sebastien Bou (baritone) Latvian Radio Chorus Montpellier National Orchestra Alan Altinoglu (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070621 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Vienna Old and New The Vienna Piano Trio journey through the musical history of Vienna from the late 18th century to the end of the 19th. 3/4. One of the masterpieces of the piano trio genre by Beethoven is paired with an extraordinarily accomplished work by the 12-year old-Korngold. Beethoven: Piano Trio, Op 70, No 1 (Ghost) Korngold: Piano Trio, Op 1 2.00pm French Festivals A selection of music from French festivals in Nantes, La Roque d'Antheron and Montpellier. Ravel: Tzigane (arranged for violin and orchestra) Gordon Nikolitch (violin) Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Antoni Wit (conductor) Debussy: Preludes (Book 1) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Lalo: Fiesque (Act 3) Fiesque....Roberto Alagna (tenor) Leonore....Michelle Canniccioni (soprano) Julie....Beatrice Uria-Monzon (mezzo-soprano) Verrina....Franck Ferrari (bass) Hassan....Jean-Sebastien Bou (baritone) Latvian Radio Chorus Montpellier National Orchestra Alan Altinoglu (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070622 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Vienna Old and New The Vienna Piano Trio journey through the musical history of Vienna from the late 18th century to the end of the 19th. 4/4. Including a rare foray into chamber music by Mahler and one of Schubert's two mature trios. Mahler: Piano Quartet in one movement Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat, D898 Johannes Flieder (viola) The Vienna Piano Trio 2.00pm French Festivals A selection of music from French festivals in Nantes, Picardy Cathedrals, La Roque d'Antheron and Montpellier. Sibelius: Finlandia, Op 26 Ural Philharmonic Orchestra Dmitri Liss (conductor) Agostini: Ecce col nostre Duca; Qual e Maggior; Una si chiara luce dur; Tu che girando Luzzaschi: Aurora soave; Ricercar; Ch'io nont'ami, cor mio? Doulce Memoire Denis Raison Dadre (director) Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite, Op 46 Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Antoni Wit (conductor) Kapsberger: Sinfonia Agostini: Mentre l'argute Piccinini: Toccata Luzzaschi: Deh vieni ormai cor mio Anon: Sinfonia Antica Doulce Memoire Denis Raison Dadre (director) Albeniz: Iberia (Book 4) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Schubert: Symphony No 6 in C English Chamber Orchestra Roy Goodman (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070626 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert The first of this week's series of lunchtime concerts from this year's Bath Festival features soprano Emma Kirkby. Her recital entitled Orpheus in England, at Bath's Assembly Rooms with lutenist Jakob Lindberg, celebrates the genius of two of England's greatest composers of the 16th and 17th centuries, John Dowland and Henry Purcell. 2.30pm British Symphony Series: Michael Tippett (1905-1998) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat Michael Roll (piano) BBC Philharmonic Alexander Shelley (conductor) Walton: Variations on a Theme by Hindemith BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Tippett: Symphony No 2 BBC Symphony Orchestra Michael Tippett (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070628 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 1/2. A recital by pianist Joanna MacGregor, Artistic Director of the Bath Festival, who performs the first half of Messiaen's Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jesus (1-10). 2.30pm British Symphony Series: Michael Tippett (1905-1998) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Andrea Lucchesini (piano) BBC Philharmonic Edward Downes (conductor) Adams: The Wound Dresser Christopher Maltman (baritone) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra John Adams (conductor) Tippett: Symphony No 3 Faye Robinson (soprano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070629 | With Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2/2. The conclusion of pianist Joanna MacGregor's performance of Messiaen's piano cycle Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jesus (11-20). 2.30pm British Symphony Series: Michael Tippett (1905-1998) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat (Emperor) Barry Douglas (piano) BBC National Orchestra Wales Richard Hickox (conductor) RO Morris: 17 come Sunday; Brisk Young Sailor; The Lawyer (6 English folk song arrangements) BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Walton: Cello Concerto Guy Johnston (cello) BBC Philharmonic Robin Ticciati (conductor) Tippet: Symphony No 4 BBC Symphony Orchestra Michael Tippett (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070706 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Aldeburgh Festival 4/8. Pianist Louis Lortie gives us a rich and impressionistic voyage starting in Venice and ending in a mythical submerged Breton city. Salvatore Scaiarrino: Perduto in una citta d'acque Faure: 3 Barcarolles Bach: Concerto No 3 in D minor after Alessandro Marcello Liszt: La Lugubre Gondola; RW Venezia; Venezia (Venezia e Napoli) Chopin: Barcarolle, Op 60 Nono: Sofferte onde serene Debussy: Canope; La Cathedrale Engloutie; L'Isle joyeuse 2.30pm East Meets West 5/5. The theme concludes with arguably India's greatest Wagner conductor; Masaaki Suzuki's superb Japanese Bach Ensemble; a Debussy work influenced by Balinese gamelan; and a beautiful modern double concerto by the Korean-German composer Isang Yun. Wagner: Die Walkure (Act 1 excerpt) Sieglinde....Petra Maria Schnitzer (soprano) Siegmund....Peter Seiffert (tenor) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra Zubin Mehta (conductor) Isang Yun: Duetto concertante for oboe, cello and strings Christian Wetzel (oboe) Jae-Yoon Chung (cello) Korean Chamber Ensemble Debussy: Images (Book 2) Roberto Cominati (piano) Bach: Magnificat in D, BWV 243 Joanne Lunn, Christina Landshamer (soprano) Robin Blaze (countertenor) Gerd Turk (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) Bach Collegium Japan Masaaki Suzuki (director). | ||
| AO3 | 20070709 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Sarah Walker introduces the last in the current season of lunchtime concerts from the Wigmore Hall, London. Christian Gerhaher (baritone) Gerold Huber (piano) Mahler: Die Einsame im Herbst; Wo die schonen Trompeten blasen; Nicht wiedersehen!; Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz; Das irdische Leben; Urlicht; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen 2.00pm The Ulster Orchestra performs Sir Hamilton Harty (1879-1941) Renowned as one of the finest conductors of the first half of the 20th century, Harty maintained links with his native Ireland and many of his works employ Irish subjects. The Ulster Orchestra perform his orchestral music throughout the week. Plus, music by the BBC Singers recorded at the 2007 City of London Festival. Harty: With the wild geese Ulster Orchestra Celso Antunes (conductor) Walton: Symphony No 1 BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner (conductor) Britten: French Folk Songs Ronan Collett (baritone) Ulster Orchestra David Angus (conductor) Cimarosa: Concerto in G for flute and oboe Sharon Bezaly (flute) Alexei Orgrintchouk (oboe) Ulster Orchestra David Angus (conductor) Vierne: Messe Solenelle in C sharp Iain Farrington (grand orgue) Stephen Disley (orgue du choeur) BBC Singers Andrew Carwood (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070710 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Aldeburgh Festival 5/8. Tenor Rob Murray with pianist Malcolm Martineau bring together music by Britten and Schumann, as well as a new set of songs by Emily Hall, composer of Sante, the 2006 Aldeburgh Festival's opera. 2.15pm The Ulster Orchestra performs Sir Hamilton Harty (1879-1941) More Harty recordings by the Irish orchestra, and more music by the BBC Singers recorded at the 2007 City of London Festival. Berlioz: Overture (Le Corsaire) BBC Philharmonic Robin Ticciati (conductor) Harty: Violin Concerto Ralph Holmes (violin) Ulster Orchestra Bryden Thomson (conductor) Bartok: Contrasts Janine Jansen (violin) Martin Frost (clarinet) Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) Marcel Dupre: Four motets Iain Farrington (grand orgue) Stephen Disley (orgue du choeur) BBC Singers Andrew Carwood (conductor) Sibelius: En Saga BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070711 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Aldeburgh Festival 6/8. Renowned organist, harpsichordist and conductor Masaaki Suzuki gives a performance of early organ works on the Thamar organ at Framlingham Church. Guilain: Suite de second ton Byrd: Fantasy in C (My Lady Nevells Booke) Purcell: Voluntary in D minor for double organ Bach: Variation on O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 767; An Wasserflussen Babylon, BWV 653; Prelude and fugue in C, BWV 547 2.00pm The Ulster Orchestra performs Sir Hamilton Harty (1879-1941) More Harty recordings by the Irish orchestra, and more music by the BBC Singers recorded at the 2007 City of London Festival. Sibelius: Nght-ride and sunrise, Op 55 BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson (conductor) Chopin: Nocturne No 1 in C minor Llyr Williams (piano) Harty: John Field Suite Ulster Orchestra Vernon Handley (conductor) Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No 1, Op 33 Daniel Muller-Schott (cello) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christoph Konig (conductor) Harty: Children of Lir Heather Harper (soprano) Ulster Orchestra Bryden Thomson (conductor) Irvine: Secret cinema for orchestra (accompanying film and live dance) Ulster Orchestra Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070712 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Aldeburgh Festival 7/8. Featuring songs by Dowland as well as music inspired by him and other composers of the period. Dowland: Flow my tears; Weep ye no more sad fountains; Lachrimae pavane; If my complaints could passion move Britten: Lachrimae Dowland: In darkness let me dwell Ades: Darknesse Visible Purcell: Music for a while Pelem Humphrey: Hymn to God the Father William Croft: Hymn on Divine Musik Purcell: Evening Hymn Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michaelangelo Toby Spence (tenor) James Boyd (viola) Bill Carter (lute) Thomas Ades (piano) 2.15pm The Ulster Orchestra performs Sir Hamilton Harty (1879-1941) More Harty recordings by the Irish orchestra, and more music by the BBC Singers recorded at the 2007 City of London Festival. Harty: Comedy Overture Ulster Orchestra Bryden Thomson (conductor) Roussel: Symphony No 3 BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Langlais: Festival Alleluia Stephenn Disley (grand orgue) BBC Singers Andrew Carwood (conductor) Langlais: Incantation pour un jour saint Iain Farrington (organ) Naji Hakim: Messe Solenelle Stephen Disley (grand orgue) Iain Farrington (orgue du choeur) BBC Singers Andrew Carwood (conductor) Harty: Ode to a Nightingale Heather Harper (soprano) Ulster Orchestra Bryden Thomson (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070713 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Aldeburgh Festival 8/8. The Aronowitz Ensemble perform music by Mahler and Mozart, and the European premiere of Nicholas Maw's Sextet for Strings. Mahler: Piano Quartet (excerpt) Nicholas Maw: Sextet for Strings Mozart: Piano Quartet in E flat, K493 2.10pm The Ulster Orchestra performs Sir Hamilton Harty (1879-1941) The final programme of Harty recordings by the Irish orchestra, and music by the BBC Singers recorded at the 2007 City of London Festival. Mozart: Overture (Cosi fan tutte) Ulster Orchestra David Angus (conductor) Mozart: Donne mie la fate a tanti (Cosi fan tutte) Ronan Collett (baritone) Ulster Orchestra David Angus (conductor) Mozart: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja; Ein Madchen oder Weibchen (The Magic Flute) Ronan Collett (baritone) Ulster Orchestra David Angus (conductor) Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66 BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Bartok: Concerto No 2 for violin and orchestra Ilya Gringolts (violin) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Harty: Irish Symphony Ulster Orchestra Takuo Yuasa (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070716 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert BBC Proms Chamber Music Live from London's Cadogan Hall, Christopher Cook presents mezzo-soprano Alice Coote, who revisits the poignant song cycle specially composed for her by Judith Weir, a series of fleeting conversations between humans and birds. This is set in the context of music by earlier generations of lyrical English song composers. Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) Including Judith Weir's The Voice of Desire, Britten's A Charm of Lullabies, plus songs by Quilter, Vaughan Williams, Gurney and Stanford. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra launch the 113th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, broadcast last Friday from London's Royal Albert Hall. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Paul Watkins (cello) Maria Haan (soprano) Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano) Paul Groves (tenor) Rene Pape (bass) Philharmonia Chorus BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Walton: Portsmouth Point Overture Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor Beethoven: Symphony No 9 in D minor (Choral) 4.00pm From Wigmore Hall, London Swedish soprano Miah Persson with pianist Mattias Bohm. Schuman: Widmung 1; Der Himmel hat eine Trane geweint; Volksliedchen; Schneeglockchen Clara Schumann: Er ist gekommen; Liebst du um Schonheit; Warum willst du andre fragen; Lorelei Sibelius: Den forsta kyssen; Var det en drom?; Varen flyktar hastigt; Sav, sav susa; Flickan kom ifan sin alsklings mote Strauss: Standchen; Ich schwebe; Schlagende Herzen; Morgen; Zueignung. | ||
| AO3 | 20070717 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Cheltenham Music Festival 2007 1/8. The Cheltenham Festival plays host to a series of concerts featuring Radio 3's current line-up of New Generation Artists, recorded in Cheltenham's Pittville Pump Room, beginning with the Psophos Quartet from France, with a little help from violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianists Cedric Tiberghien and Andrew West. Barber: String Quartet in B, Op 11 Elgar: Sonata in E minor for violin, Op 82 Ravel: Rhapsody for Violin (Tzigane) Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op 45 2.30pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear Richard E Grant introducing a Prom of classic film scores from the stage of the Royal Albert Hall, featuring John Wilson and the BBC Concert Orchestra. Presented by Rob Cowan. Philip Achille (harmonica) Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot) Maida Vale Singers BBC Concert Orchestra John Wilson (conductor) Walton: Battle in the Air (Battle of Britain) Lambert: Anna Karenina Suite Vaughan Williams: Prelude (The 49th Parallel) Adler, arr. Andrew Cottee: Genevieve Suite Maurice Jarre: Theme (Lawrence of Arabia) Easdale: The Red Shoes Suite Arnold: March (Bridge on the River Kwai) Ireland: March; Scorched Earth (The Overlanders) Richard Rodney Bennett: Love Theme From Yanks Eric Rogers, arr. Gavin Sutherland: Carry On Medley Patrick Doyle: Overture (Much Ado About Nothing) Stephen Warbeck: Shakespeare In Love Debbie Wiseman: Wilde Suite John Powell, Harry Gregson-Williams: Chicken Run Addison: A Bridge Too Far John Williams: Harry's Wondrous World (Harry Potter) Coates: The Dam Busters. | ||
| AO3 | 20070718 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Cheltenham Music Festival 2007 2/2. Another of the concerts given at the Pittville Pump Room as part of this year's Cheltenham Festival by Radio 3's New Generation Artists. Flautist Sharon Bezaly, baritone Ronan Collett and soprano Ailish Tynan join the Aronowitz Ensemble. Mozart: Flute Quartet No 3 in C, K285b Ravel: Chansons madecasses Dominick Argento: New work for baritone (world premiere) Copland: Quartet for Piano and Strings 2.10pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear John Eliot Gardiner's professional forces combine with the Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble, as well as dancers from both South Africa and France. Presented by Sarah Walker. Katharine Fuge, Julia Doyle (sopranos) Anders Dahlin, Marc Molomot, Nicholas Mulroy (tenors) Lawrence Wallington, Matthew Brook (basses) Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble Dance for All Rosemary Nalden (director) Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists Compagnie Roussat-Loubek John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) 4.10pm From Wigmore Hall, London Soprano Malin Christensson with pianist Roger Vignoles. Mozart: Vado, ma dove? K582; Als Luise die Briefe, K520; Oiseaux, si tous les ans, K307; Dans un bois solitaire, K308 Stenhammar: I Skogen Rangstrom: Flickan under nymanen Stenhammar: Flickan kom ifran sin alsklings mote, Op4b Rangstrom: Pan Wolf: Seven Songs from the Italienisches Liederbuch. | ||
| AO3 | 20070719 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Cheltenham Music Festival 2007 3/8. In a programme of music particularly apposite to the countryside in which this performance took place, Radio 3's New Generation Artists continue their series of concerts given in the Pittville Pump Room as part of this year's Cheltenham Festival. Tenor Andrew Kennedy joins the Aronowitz Ensemble. Gurney: Ludlow and Teme Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op 84 2.30pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear Antonio Pappano conduct the Santa Cecilia ensembles. Emma Bell (soprano) Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Colin Lee (tenor) Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) Swingle Singers Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome Antonio Pappano (conductor) Berio: Sinfonia Rossini: Stabat mater 4.15pm From Wigmore Hall, London Pianist Louis Lortie. Wagner, trans. Liszt: Overture (Tannhauser) Liszt, rev. Lortie: Grosses Konzertsolo; Concerto Pathetique. | ||
| AO3 | 20070720 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Cheltenham Music Festival 2007 4/8. Oboist Alexei Ogrintchouk finds himself surrounded, in the Pittville Pump Room, by an extravagant number of string players as he's joined by the Ebene and Psophos Quartets. Elgar: String Quartet in E minor, Op 83 Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F, K370 Finzi: Interlude, Op 21 Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat, Op 20 2.30pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear the BBC SO with Principal Guest Conductor David Robertson, in a programme of massive transatlantic sound worlds. Orli Shaham (piano) London Philharmonic Choir BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson (conductor) Sam Hayden: Substratum (BBC commission, world premiere) Bernstein: Symphony No 2 (The Age of Anxiety) Ives: Symphony No 4 4.00pm From the Wigmore Hall, London Soprano Elizabeth Atherton with pianist Iain Burnside. Haydn: Mermaid's Song; Lob der Faulheit; She never told her love Spohr: Gretchen Schubert: An den Mond, D259 Zelter: Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118 Herbert Howells: Alas, alack; The dunce; Full moon; Come sing and dance (Peacock Pie, Op 33) Frank Bridge: When you are old and grey, Golderhair; What Shall I your true love tell? | ||
| AO3 | 20070723 | 1.00pm BBC Proms Chamber Music Live from Cadogan Hall, London, presented by Sara-Mohr Pietsch. Canadian violinist James Ehnes precedes his Proms appearance later this week, playing a more intimate chamber recital with his regular duo partner. It includes an exciting new work, plus Elgar's profound Sonata. The latter was written towards the end of the First World War at Elgar's country retreat in Suffolk - music that is both valedictory and forward-looking. Mozart: Violin Sonata in E minor, K304 Aaron Jay Kernis: Two Movements, with Bells (BBC commission; world premiere) Elgar: Violin Sonata in E minor, Op 82 James Ehnes (violin) Edouard Laurel (piano) 2.00pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear last Wednesday's Proms concert celebrating the 80th birthday of Kurt Masur, which was a unique collaboration between the London Philharmonic and the National Orchestra of France - Masur is the principal conductor of both orchestras. The combined Anglo-French forces start their concert with Tchaikovsky's lyrically flowing Serenade for Strings and end it with Bruckner's magnificent Seventh Symphony - one of the masterworks of the Austro-German symphonic repertoire of which Masur is such a renowned interpreter. Presented by Christopher Cook. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings Bruckner: Symphony No 7 in E London Philharmonic Orchestra National Orchestra of France Kurt Masur (conductor) 4.00pm From Bath Festival 2006 Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps Pekka Kuusisto (violin) Natalie Clein (cello) Chen Halevi (clarinet) Charles Owen (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20070724 | 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert 5/8. Cheltenham Festival 2007 Gounod: Ou voulez-vous aller? Le soir; Le temps des roses Faure: Mandoline, Op 58, No 1; En Sourdine, Op 58, No 2; Green, Op 58, No 3; Clair de lune, Op 46, No 2 Saint-Saens: La coccinelle; Si vous n'avez rien a me dire; Danse macabre Chabrier: Lied; Tes yeux bleus; L'ile heureuse Barber: The Monk and His Cat, Op 29, No 8; Sure on This Shining Night, Op 13, No 3; Promiscuity, Op 29, No 7; Solitary Hotel, Op 41, No 4 Musto: Triolet; Litany Rorem: Early in the Morning; I am Rose; O you whom I often and silently come where you are; Youth, Day, Old Age and Night Porter: The Physician; The Tale of the Oyster; Night and Day Felicity Lott (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) 2.15pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear last Thursday's Proms concert when the BBC Philharmonic's chief guest conductor Vassily Sinaisky made a welcome return to the Proms with music from his native Russia and bordering Estonia. The three works pay homage to heroes. Arvo Part wrote his threnody for Benjamin Britten after discovering what he described as the 'unusual purity of his music'. Rachmaninov treats the famous theme from the 24th Caprice by Paganini to a glittering array of pianistic virtuosity and orchestral wizardry. And Glière's epic Third Symphony depicts the exploits of the 12th Century mythical hero Ilya Murometz. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Arvo Part: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Glière: Symphony No 3 (Ilya Murometz) Nelson Goerner (piano) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) 4.00pm From Bath Festival 2006 Schnittke: Sonata No 1 Brahms: Sonata No 3 in D minor Daniel Hope (violin) Sebastian Knauer (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20070725 | 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert 6/8. Cheltenham Festival 2007 Bach, arr. Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 Beethoven: Sonata No 28 in A, Op 101 Franck, arr. Bauer: Prelude, Fugue and Variation in B minor, Op 18 Rachmaninov: Selection of Five Preludes, Op 23 Prokofiev: Sonata No 7 in B flat, Op 83 Gershwin: Three Preludes Boris Giltburg (piano) 2.30pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear Thierry Fischer make his Proms debut as principal conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, with a programme spanning 150 years of French music. Henri Dutilleux: The Shadows of Time Ravel: Piano Concerto (Left Hand) Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Roger Muraro (piano) Choristers from Eton College Chapel Choir BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) 4.00pm From Wigmore Hall, London Chausson: Andante and Allegro for clarinet and piano Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and piano Ravel: Oiseaux tristes; Alborada del Gracioso (Miroirs) Debussy: Premiere rapsodie for clarinet and piano Martin Frost (clarinet) Roland Pontinen (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20070726 | 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert 7/8. Cheltenham Festival 2007 Haydn: Piano Trio in E flat Shostakovich: Seven Romances on Verses by Blok, Op 127 Schubert: Piano Trio No 2 in E flat, D929 Susan Gritton (mezzo-soprano) Florestan Trio 2.30pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear last Saturday's Proms concert of French favourites, featuring music by Debussy, Saint-Saens and Faure. Presented by Rob Cowan. Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine; Requiem Steven Isserlis (cello) William Dutton (treble) Russell Braun (baritone) National Youth Choir of Wales BBC National Chorus of Wales BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) 4.00pm From Bath Festival 2006 Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat, Op 18, No 6 Shostakovich: String Quartet No 8 in C minor, Op 110 Jerusalem String Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20070727 | 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert 8/8. Cheltenham Festival 2007 New members of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme, the Pavel Haas Quartet are quickly securing a reputation as one of the world's best young chamber groups. Featuring their recital in the Pittville Pump Room as part of this year's Cheltenham Festival. Pavel Haas Quartet Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546 Dvorak: String Quartet No 12 in F (American) Janacek: String Quartet No 2 (Intimate Letters) 2.10pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear last Sunday's Proms concert featuring a work by Austrlian composer Brett Dean. His witty 'sociological cantata' strikes a blow against reality TV, automated answering services, the dehumanisation of contemporary society and the warped language of corporate jargon. The work shares a social conscience with Beethoven's Symphony No 7, premiered in 1813 at a benefit concert for soldiers wounded in the Napoleonic Battle of Hanau. Presented by Christopher Cook. Gondwana Voices BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra David Robertson (conductor) Brett Dean: Vexations and Devotions (BBC co-commission with Perth Festival; European premiere) Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A 4.00pm From Bath Festival 2006 Carolin Widmann (violin) Simon Lepper (piano) Bach: Partita for solo violin No 2 in D minor Xenakis: Dikhthas for violin and piano Stravinsky arr. Stravinsky and Dushkin: Divertimento for violin and piano. | ||
| AO3 | 20070730 | 1.00pm BBC Proms Chamber Music Presented by Christopher Cook, live from Cadogan Hall, London. Conductor Stephen Layton and his vibrant young choir explore the creative interplay of words and music in a programme which focuses on settings of Shakespeare, Blake and Auden. Polyphony Stephen Layton (conductor) Vaughan Williams: O mistress mine; Willow, Willow; Come away Death (Shakespeare) Britten: Old French Chorale; The Shepherds Carol (Auden) Tavener: The Tyger; The Lamb (Blake) Bo Holten: Spring; Night (Blake) Jaakko Mantyjarvi: Come Away Death; Lullaby; Double, Double Toil and Trouble; Full Fathom Five (Shakespeare) Frank Martin: Full Fathom Five (Shakespeare) Vaughan Williams: Full Fathom Five; The Cloud Capped Towers; Over Hill, Over Dale 2.00pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear a Prom originally broadcast last week. The Bournemouth Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop perform a concert dominated by American music from the 1940s. James Ehnes (violin) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop (conductor) Beethoven: Leonore Overture No 3 Barber: Violin Concerto, Op 14 Copland: Symphony No 3 3.30pm From Wigmore Hall, London Presented by Penny Gore. Ligeti: Sonata for viola solo Antoine Tamestit (viola) Haydn: Quartet in G for strings, Op 54 No 1 Dvorak: Quartet No 10 in E flat, Op 51 Wihan Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20070731 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Hay Music Festival 2007 1/4. A series of concerts with a literary twist, given during the Guardian Hay Festival. Jonathan Lemalu (baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Schubert: Schwanengesang 2.00pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear Andrew Davis conduct the BBC SO in a trio of major British works which were given their world premieres at the Proms. Daniel Hope (violin) Philip Dukes (viola) Christian Poltera (cello) BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) Delius: A Song of Summer Tippett: Triple Concerto Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5 3.30pm From Wigmore Hall, London Grieg: Sonata, Op 45 Daniel Hope (violin) Sebastian Knauer (piano) Liszt: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 Beethoven: Sonata No 29 in B flat (Hammerklavier) Frederick Kempf (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20070801 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Hay Music Festival 2007 2/4. A series of concerts with a literary twist, recorded during the Guardian Hay Festival. In this recital, Wagner's song cycle of settings of poems by Mathilde von Wesendonck, Barber's Songs of James Joyce and Copland's ever-popular settings of traditional songs. Sara Fulgoni (mezzo-soprano) Drake (piano) Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder Barber: Four Songs, Op 13 Barber: Songs of James Joyce, Op 10 Copland: Long time ago; Simple gifts; At the river; Ching-a-ring chaw (Old American Songs) 2.00pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear the Halle conducted by Mark Elder bring together two of this year's themes: Shakespeare and Auden. Joan Rodgers (soprano) Halle Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor) Strauss: Macbeth Britten: Les Illuminations Nielsen: Symphony No 4 (The Inextinguishable) 3.45pm From Wigmore Hall, London Brahms: Sonata in E flat for viola and piano, Op 120 No 2 Antoine Tamestit (viola) Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Haydn: String Quartet in G minor (Rider) Borodin: String Quartet No 2 in D Prazak Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20070802 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Hay Music Festival 2007 3/4. A series of concerts with a literary twist given during the Guardian Hay Festival. Robin Tritschler (tenor) Julius Drake (piano) Mozart: Warnung, K433; An die Einsamkeit, K391; Die Verschweigung, K518; Ridente la calma, K152; Das Kinderspiel, K598 Beethoven: Adelaide, Op 46; Wonne der Wehmuth, Op 83 No 1; Mit einem gemalten Band, Op 83 No 3; Resignation; Der Kuss, Op 128 Milhaud: Chant Populaires Hebraiques Glinka: Hebrew song (A Farewell to Saint Petersburg) Balakirev: Hebrew Melody Mussorgsky: Hebrew Song Shostakovich: Jewish Folksongs, No 7 2.00pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear the grand finale of Brass Day at the Proms. David Pyatt, Michael Thompson, Martin Owen, Cormac O'Haodain (horns) Hakan Hardenberger, Jamie Prophet (trumpets) The Fanfare Trumpets of the Band of the Coldstream Guards Massed brass players from the RNCM, Birmingham Conservatoire, London and South East England Musicians from Uzbekistan BBC Philharmonic Charles Mackerras, Andre de Ridder, Peter Wiegold (conductors) 3.30pm From Wigmore Hall, London Debussy: Preludes (Book 1) Ravel: Sonatine for piano Pascal Roge (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20070803 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Hay Music Festival 2007 4/4. A series of concerts with a literary twist, recorded during the Guardian Hay Festival. Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) Iain Burnside (piano) Faure: Clair de lune, Op 46 No 2; Green; En Sourdine; Mandoline (5 Melodies, Op 58) Hahn: Offrande Poldowski: En sourdine Charles Bordes: Dansons la gigue Schubert: Lachen und Weinen, D777; Du bist die Ruh, D776. Schumann: O, Ihr Herren, Op 37 No 3; Volksliedchen, Op 51 No 2. Mahler: Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder!; Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (5 Ruckert Songs) Britten: Cabaret Songs 2.00pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear an all-French programme of vivid orchestral scene setting. Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) Orchestra and Choir of Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble Marc Minkowski (conductor) Faure: Shylock (excerpts) Berlioz: Les nuits d'ete Bizet: L'Arlesienne 3.30pm From Wigmore Hall, London Paul Watkins (cello) Huw Watkins (piano) Beethoven: 12 Variations on Ein Madchen oder Weibchen, Op 66 Goehr: Fantasie Brahms: Sonata No 1 in E minor. | ||
| AO3 | 20070806 | 1.00pm BBC Proms Chamber Music Presented by Penny Gore, live from the Cadogan Hall, London. At the heart of the Henschel Quartet's wide-ranging recital is the mature masterwork Sibelius wrote between his Third and Fourth Symphonies. Its subdued central movement of gentle, yet aching, nostalgia gave it the title of 'Intimate Voices'. Mendelssohn: Capriccio, Op 81, No 3 Sibelius: String Quartet, Op 56 (Voces Intimae) Janacek: String Quartet No 1 (The Kreutzer Sonata) 2.00pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear Esa-Pekka Salonen conduct the BBC SO in a programme with French connections. Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin Esa-Pekka Salonen: Piano Concerto (BBC co-commission) Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) Yefim Bronfman (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) 3.45pm From the Schumann bicentenary series in Belfast, 2006 Presented by Louise Fryer. Schumann: Quartet in E flat for piano and strings, Op 47; Quartet in E flat for piano and strings, Op 44 High Tinney (piano) Vanbrugh String Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20070807 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert A series of four concerts recorded at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival in Bantry. 1/4. Quartets by two masters of the genre, Haydn and Shostakovich, performed by the young Geneva-based Quatuor Terpsycordes and the Russian Kopelman Quartet, led by Mikhail Kopelman (formerly leader of the famous Borodin Quartet). Haydn: Quartet in E flat, Op 33, No 2 (Joke) Quatuor Terpsycordes Shostakovich: Quartet No 3 in F, Op 73 Kopelman Quartet 2.00pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear Ilan Volkov conduct the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Sibelius: Tapiola Britten: Piano Concerto Varese: Ecuatorial Debussy: La mer Steven Osborne (piano) Tenebrae BBC SSO Ilan Volkov (conductor) 3.45pm From the Schumann bicentenary series in Belfast, 2006. Schumann: Quartet in F, Op 42, No 2; Quartet in A minor, Op 41, No 1 Ysaye String Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20070808 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert A series of four concerts recorded at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival in Bantry. 2/4. West Cork violinist Isabelle Faust and pianist Alexander Melnikov perform Schubert, and the young Spanish ensemble the Cuarteto Casals are joined by Irish soprano Mary Hegarty for a 20th century classic by Berg. Schubert: Sonata in A for violin and piano Isabelle Faust (violin) Alexander Melnikov (piano) Berg: Lyric Suite Mary Hegarty (soprano) Cuarteto Casals 2.00pm BBC Proms 2007 Kurtag's first orchestral work prefaces one the greatest of all romantic symphonies, Mahler's valedictory Ninth. Gyorgy Kurtag: Stele Mahler: Symphony No 9 in D BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) 4.00pm From Wigmore Hall, London Bach: Partita No 1 in B flat, BWV 825 Beethoven: Sonata No 1 in F minor, Op 2, No 1 Cedric Tiberghien (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20070809 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert A series of four concerts given at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival in Bantry. 3/4. Featuring the violin and piano duo of Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov, plus a rare performance of a significant chamber work by Stanford, played by the festival's host ensemble. Faure: Violin Sonata No 2 in E minor, Op 108 Isabelle Faust (violin) Alexander Melnikov (piano) Stanford: String Quintet No 1 in F Hartmut Rohde (viola) Vanbrugh Quartet 2.00pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear Jac van Steen conduct the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Janine Jansen (violin) BBC NOW Jac van Steen (conductor) Debussy: Printemps Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 2 in G minor David Matthews: Symphony No 6 Ravel: La valse 3.45pm From the Schumann bicentenary series in Belfast, 2006. Schumann: Klavierstucke for piano, Op 32; Arabeske in C for piano, Op 18; Fantasy in C for piano, Op 17 Bernd Glemser (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20070813 | 1.00pm BBC Proms Chamber Music Presented by Penny Gore, live from the Cadogan Hall, London. Philip Langridge, one of the great tenors of our time, brings a very personal contribution to the centenary celebrations for composer Elizabeth Maconchy. His recital also includes Britten's moving settings of Hardy, and a Schumann cycle based on the poetry of Heine. Schumann: Liederkreis, Op 24 Maconchy: Four Shakespeare Songs Britten: Winter Words, Op 52 Philip Langridge (tenor) David Owen Norris (piano) 2.00pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear the annual Prom given by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, which includes works by Aaron Jay Kernis, Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Kernis: New Era Dance (London premiere) Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 1 in D flat Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 in C (Leningrad) Alexander Kobrin (piano) National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Mark Elder (conductor) 3.45pm From Wigmore Hall, London Presented by Louise Fryer. Mozart: Quartet in D, K499 (Hoffmeister) Ravel: Quartet in F Psophos String Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20070814 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert St Magnus Festival 1/4. Radio 3 New Generation Artist oboist Alexei Ogrintchouk and pianist Lidija Bizak perform a varied programme for a packed audience in Stromness Town Hall. Including the poignant Suite by Jewish composer Pavel Haas, written at the beginning of World War II five years before the composer died in Terezin concentration camp, and concluding with Britten's masterly Temporal Variations. Nielsen: Fantasiestucke Berg: Piano Sonata, Op 1 Haas: Suite, Op 17 Maxwell Davies: First Grace of Light Brahms: Klavierstucke, Op 119 Britten: Temporal Variations 2.15pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear oboist Alexei Ogrintchouk with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Daniele Gatti (conductor) Brahms: Variations on the St Anthony Chorale Elgar: Enigma Variations Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D; Der Rosenkavalier Suite 4.00pm From Wigmore Hall, London Shostakovich: Quartet No 7 in F sharp minor, Op 108 Mozart: Quintet in A for clarinet and strings, K581 Martin Frost (clarinet) Jerusalem Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20070815 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert St Magnus Festival 2/4. Pianist Steven Osborne teams up with German cellist Alban Gerhardt for a concert of well-established masterworks for cello and piano at Stromness Town Hall. Beethoven: Sonata in A, Op 69 Chopin: Sonata, Op 65 Ligeti: Sonata for solo cello Shostakovitch: Sonata, Op 40 2.30pm BBC Proms 2007 Symphonies by Beethoven and Schumann frame this repeat of a Prom by the BBC Philharmonic and its chief conductor Gianandrea Noseda. Renee Fleming (soprano) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 8 in F Berg: Seven Early Songs; An Leukon (arr. Christopher Gordon; UK premiere) Korngold: Ich soll ihn niemals, niemals mehr sehn (Die Kathrin); Ich ging zu ihm (Das Wunder der Heliane) Schumann: Symphony No 2 in C 4.15pm From Wigmore Hall, London Myaskovsky: String Quartet No 13 in A minor Kopelman String Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20070816 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert St Magnus Festival 3/4. Young Russian pianist Eduard Kunz, now in his second year on the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, brings a programme with a 20th century twist to the most northerly classical music festival in Britain, including an early tonal work by Cage and two rare solo piano works by Piazzola. Brahms: Sonata No 3 in F minor Cage: In the Landscape Prokofiev: Sonata No 3 Piazzola: Leija's Game; Flora's Game 2.15pm BBC Proms 2007 Two symphonic works by Britten and Mahler feature in this repeated Prom. BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem Mahler, compl. Cooke: Symphony No 10 4.00pm From Wigmore Hall, London Brahms: Trio No 1 in B for piano and strings Wanderer Trio. | ||
| AO3 | 20070817 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert St Magnus Festival 4/4. Singer Lisa Milne delights a late-night audience in Kirkwall's King St Halls with a set of songs by her long-standing hero, the blues and rock singer Janis Joplin, in collaboration with ensemble Concerto Caledonia. The Songs of Janis Joplin: A Woman Left Lonely; Half Moon; Summertime; Me and Bobby McGee; Ball and Chain; Cry Baby; Little Girl Blue; Get It While You Can; To Love Somebody 2.00pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear this Prom given by the BBC NOW. Lawrence Power (viola) BBC National Orchestra of Wales David Atherton (conductor) Guto Puw: '...onyt agoraf y drws...' ('...unless I open the door...') Walton: Viola Concerto Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances 3.30pm From Wigmore Hall, London Liszt: Ballade No 2 in B minor, S171; Mephisto Waltz No 1, S514 Nelson Goerner (piano) Mozart: String Quartet in C, K515 Ysaye String Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20070820 | 1.00pm BBC Proms Chamber Music Presented by Christopher Cook, live from the Cadogan Hall, London. Each year, principal players from the great orchestras of Europe come together to form the renowned Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Here some of them also take time out to make great chamber music. Mozart's delightfully high-spirited Quartet gives the lie to his oft-quoted dislike of the flute, while the lush and wistful colours of Brahms' Sextet unlock the warm romanticism just below the surface of this famously brusque and prickly personality. Mozart: Quartet in D for flute, violin, viola and cello, K285 Brahms: String Sextet No 2 in G, Op 36 Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra: Jacques Zoon (flute) Raphael Christ, Ilya Gringolts, Anton Barachovsky (violin) Wolfram Christ (viola) Iseut Chuat, Valentin Erben, Jens Peter Maintz (cello) 2.00pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear this Proms Saturday Matinee which features a lively programme of music from England and Norway. Elgar: Serenade for Strings Finzi: Clarinet Concerto Maconchy: Music for Strings Grieg: Holberg Suite Michael Collins (clarinet) Scottish Ensemble Jonathan Morton (conductor) 3.45pm From the Wigmore Hall, London Presented by Suzy Klein. Baritone Olaf Bar and pianist Melvyn Tan perform songs by Mozart, Haydn and Schoenberg. | ||
| AO3 | 20070822 | Presented by Suzy Klein. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert A recital from the 2007 Schwetzingen Festival by violinist Midori and pianist Charles Abramovic. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 2 in A, Op 12 No 2 Messiaen: Theme and Variations Schumann: Violin Sonata No 2 in D minor, Op 121 2.00pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear conductor Robert Spano's Proms debut. Marcus Roberts (piano) Marcus Roberts Trio BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Robert Spano (conductor) Stravinsky: Petrushka Bernstein: On the Town (Three dance episodes) Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue 3.15pm Britten Sinfonia Stravinsky: Octet Mozart: Fantasy for a Musical Clock, K608 Plus music by Hesketh, Gismonti, Piazzolla and Yarde. Joanna Macgregor (piano) Jason Yarde (saxophone) Britten Sinfonia. | ||
| AO3 | 20070823 | Presented by Suzy Klein. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert A recital by the Artemis Quartet given at the 2007 Schwetzingen Festival. Juliane Banse (soprano) Artemis Quartet Brahms: String Quartet No 1 in C minor, Op 51 No 1 Jorg Widmann: Versuch uber die Fuge (String Quartet No 5) 2.00pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear a concert dominated by music from the very end of Sibelius's composing career. Helena Juntonen (soprano) Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo-soprano) Petri Lehto Trinculo (tenor) Juha Hostikka Stephano (baritone) Ville Rusanen Caliban (baritone) Dominante Lahti Symphony Orchestra Osmo Vanska (conductor) Sibelius: The Tempest (complete incidental music); Songs with orchestra; Symphony No 7 in C 4.00pm From Wigmore Hall, London Soprano Veronique Gens and pianist Susan Manoff perform songs by Duparc and Hahn. | ||
| AO3 | 20070824 | Presented by Suzy Klein. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert A recital by pianist Arcadi Volodos given at the 2007 Schwetzingen Festival. Clementi: Sonata in F sharp minor, Op 25 No 5 Schumann: Waldszenen, Op 82 Liszt: La lugubre gondola, S200 No 2; Funerailles, S173 No 7 (Harmonies poetiques et religieuse) Brahms: Intermezzo in B flat; Capriccio in C sharp minor (Op 76 Nos 4 and 5) 2.00pm BBC Proms 2007 The orchestra of Grieg's home town and an illustrious pianist mark the centenary of the composer's death with a performance of his ever popular Piano Concerto. This is followed by Walton's dazzling symphony of the 1930s which he described as 'the climax of my youth'. Boris Berezovsky (piano) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew Litton (conductor) Grieg, orch. Halvorsen: Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor Walton: Symphony No 1 3.30pm Britten Sinfonia Gabrieli: 2 Canzons Britten: Phantasy for oboe and string trio, Op 2 Phibbs: The Village of birds for woodwind quintet and string trio Barber: Summer music for wind quintet, Op 31 Ligeti: 6 Bagatelles for wind quintet. Britten Sinfonia From the Wigmore Hall, London Soprano Veronique Gens and pianist Susan Manoff perform songs by Faure. | ||
| AO3 | 20070827 | 1.00pm BBC Proms Chamber Music Presented by Christopher Cook, live from the Cadogan Hall, London. Ensemble Sequentia perform secular European songs dating from one thousand years ago. Benjamin Bagby (voice/harp) Norbert Rodenkirchen (harp/flutes) Agnethe Christensen (voice) Eric Mentzel (voice) Lost Songs of a Rhineland Harper: Caute cane, cantor care; Magnus Cesar Otto; Rota modos arte; David Reges inclita proles (Songs of the Harp) Atli sendi ar til Gunnars (The Harper in the Snake Pit) Advertite, omnes populi; Puella turbata; Suavissima nunna; Veni, dilectissime (Desire and Seduction) 2.00pm From Wigmore Hall, London Oboist Alexei Ogrintchouk and pianist Lidija Bizjak perform works by Schumann, Britten, Mendelssohn, and Nielsen. 3.00pm BBC Proms 2007 Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Composer Rachel Portman and writer Owen Sheers create a 'dramatic musical piece for all ages' on the subject of climate change. It tells of the Water Diviner, failing in his task of following the water and telling its stories, and the lost children who might be able to put him back on track. Nonso Anozie (narrator) Helen Williams (soprano) Frances Bourne (mezzo-soprano) Robert Burt (tenor) Riccardo Simonetti (baritone) Paul Reeves (bass) Hertfordshire County Youth Choir Berkshire Youth Choir Bromley Youth Choirs Members of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain Chantage and Taplow Youth Choir BBC Concert Orchestra David Charles Abell (conductor) Denni Sayers (director) Portman/Sheers: The Water Diviner's Tale 4.00pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear Bernard Haitink conduct the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Bruckner's Symphony No 8. | ||
| AO3 | 20070831 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh Festival 2007 In this recital from the Queen's Hall, Finnish pianist and composer Olli Mustonen gives the UK premiere of the piano version of one of his own sonatas. Schumann: Sheherazade; Kleine Romanze; Erinnerung; Reiterstueck; Langsam und mit Ausdruck zu spielen; Winterszeit 1 and 2 (Album fur die Jugend, Op 68) Bach: 15 Three-Part Inventions, BWV 787-801 Schumann: Gesange der Fruhe, Op 133 Mustonen: Jehkin livana Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No 6, Op 82 2.30pm BBC Proms 2007 Another chance to hear two of the world's leading period instrument orchestras joining forces for a celebratory concert. Kate Royal (soprano) Ian Bostridge (tenor) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Rachel Podger (violin/director) Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Gottfried von der Goltz (violin/director) 4.00pm From Wigmore Hall, London The Michelangelo Quartet perform Shostakovich's String Quartet No 3 in F. | ||
| AO3 | 20070907 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Edinburgh International Festival 2007 In this concert from Greyfriars Kirk, Cantus Koln and their director, lutenist Konrad Junghanel, combine Bach's best-loved motet with two early cantatas. Bach: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12; Jesu meine Freude, BWV 227 (Motet); Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4 2.30pm BBC Proms 2007 Including the world premiere of Thea Musgrave's new work, specially written for this Prom's soloists. Thea Musgrave: Two's Company (BBC commission) Mahler: Symphony No 1 Evelyn Glennie (percussion) Nicholas Daniel (oboe) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) 4.00pm From Wigmore Hall, London Dvorak: Romance in F minor, Op 11 Grieg: Sonata No 2 in G, Op 13 Brahms: Sonata No 3 in D minor, Op 108 Janine Jansen (violin) Itamar Golan (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20070910 | Presented by John Shea. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Live from London's Wigmore Hall, Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces a concert by cellist Daniel Muller-Schott and pianist Angela Hewitt. All three works in their programme provide the opportunity for real dialogue between the instruments, from the very intimate to the richly expressive. Bach: Sonata No 2 in D, BWV 1028 Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A flat, Op 70 Beethoven: Cello Sonata in A, Op 69 2.00pm This week one of the world's greatest conductors, Valery Gergiev, conducts a selection of 19th and 20th century masterpieces with performers from all over the world. 1/5. Some of Tchaikovsky's best-loved ballet music, and the new production of Berlioz's opera Benvenuto Cellini which Gergiev conducted with the Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev (conductor) Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (Act 1) Benvenuto Cellini....Burkhard Fritz (tenor) Giacomo Balducci, Papal Treasurer....Brindley Sheratt (bass) Teresa, Balducci's daughter....Maija Kovalevska (soprano) Fieramosca, the Pope's sculptor....Laurent Naouri (baritone) Ascanio, Cellini's favourite Apprentice....Kate Aldrich (mezzo-soprano) Francesco and Bernardino, Cellini's other apprentices....Xavier Mas, Roberto Tagliavini (bass) Pompeo, swordsman....Adam Plachetka (bass-baritone) Innkeeper....Sung-Keun Park (tenor) Vienna State Opera Chorus Concert Association Vienna Philharmonic Valery Gergiev (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070911 | Presented by John Shea. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Secret Bach 1/4. Cellist Danjulo Ishizaka performs music by Bach, recorded at the mysterious Rosslyn Chapel near Edinburgh. Bach: Cello Suites Nos 4 and 5 2.00pm More works conducted by Valery Gergiev. 2/5. He conducts Tchaikovsky's underrated First Symphony, and reaches the denouement of Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 1 (Winter Daydreams) Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev (conductor) Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (Act 2) Benvenuto Cellini....Burkhard Fritz (tenor) Giacomo Balducci, Papal Treasurer....Brindley Sheratt (bass) Teresa, Balducci's daughter....Maija Kovalevska (soprano) Fieramosca, the Pope's sculptor....Laurent Naouri (baritone) Ascanio, Cellini's favourite Apprentice....Kate Aldrich (mezzo-soprano) Francesco and Bernardino, Cellini's other apprentices....Xavier Mas, Roberto Tagliavini (bass) Pompeo, swordsman....Adam Plachetka (bass-baritone) Innkeeper....Sung-Keun Park (tenor) Pope Clement VII....Mikhail Petrenko (bass) Vienna State Opera Chorus Concert Association Vienna Philharmonic Valery Gergiev (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070912 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Secret Bach 2/4. Recorded at Perth Concert Hall, pianist Olli Mustonen performs Bach's awesome set of keyboard variations. Bach: Goldberg Variations 2.00pm More works conducted by Valery Gergiev 3/5. He conducts his own Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra in the opening concert of this year's Baltic Sea festival in Stockholm, Sweden. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1 Sergey Khachatryan (violin) Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 5 Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070913 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Secret Bach 3/4. Baroque violinist Rachel Podger performs some of Bach's most elaborate solo violin works. Recorded earlier this year at Rosslyn Chapel near Edinburgh. Bach: Sonata in A minor; Partita in D minor 2.00pm More works conducted by Valery Gergiev. 4/5. He conducts a zany production of one of maddest operas ever written: the 20-year-old Shostakovich's tale of the Nose that got away, based on a tall tale by the great Russian short story writer Nikolai Gogol. Shostakovich: The Nose Kovalyov, the man whose nose escapes....Vladislav Sulimsky (baritone) Ivan Yakovlevich, the barber....Edem Umerov (bass) Praskovya Osipovna, the barber's wife....Tatiana Kravtsova (soprano) Police Inspector....Andrei Popov (tenor) Ivan, Kovalyov's servant....Mikhail Latyshev (tenor) The Nose....Sergei Semishkur (tenor) Orchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070914 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Secret Bach 4/4. A sequence of some of Bach's most inspired counterpoint framed by music for solo cello and a richly reflective cantata. Recorded earlier this year at Perth Concert Hall. Katharine Fuge (soprano) Alison McGillivray (cello) Concerto Caledonia Bach: Cello Suite No 1 in G; Contrapunctus II (The Art of Fugue); The Slave's Lament; Contrapunctus VII; Coral (Piazzola); Contrapunctus XI; Ich Habe Genug (Cantata) 2.00pm 5/5. This week's focus on pieces conducted by Valery Gergiev ends with a concert he conducted with the World Orchestra for Peace in Brussels. Wagner: Overture (Tannhauser) World Orchestra for Peace Valery Gergiev (conductor) Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet Suite World Orchestra for Peace Valery Gergiev (conductor) Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite World Orchestra for Peace Valery Gergiev (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070921 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert A recital by pianist Lilya Zilberstein from the 2007 Schwetzingen Festival. Brahms: Three Intermezzi, Op 117 Rachmaninov: 13 Preludes, Op 32 2.00pm Sibelius Cycle: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra The conclusion of this week's Sibelius symphony cycle. Sibelius: Symphony No 6 Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo (conductor) Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 61 Jennifer Smith (soprano) Lili Paasikivi (mezzo-soprano) Philomela Chorus Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Marc Minkoswki (conductor) Sibelius: Symphony No 7 Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20070926 | 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2/4. Chamber music featuring members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme. Philippe Hersant: Ephemeres Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Faure: Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor, Op 15 Aronowitz Ensemble 2.00pm ROH Young Artists Concert The annual showcase for the singers of the Royal Opera's Jette Parker Young Artists Programme, with the Orchestra of the ROH conducted by Stephen Barlow and Andrew Griffiths. Rossini: Overture (Il barbiere di Siviglia) Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Act 1, Quartet) Fiorilla....Kishani Jayasinghe (soprano) Narciso....Haoyin Xue (tenor) Geronio....Krzysztof Szumanski (bass-baritone) Selim....Robert Gleadow (bass-baritone) Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Act 3, Recitative and duet) Konstanze....Ana James (soprano) Belmont....Nikola Matisic (tenor) Massenet: Werther (Act 3, Air de lettres) Charlotte....Liora Grodnikaite (mezzo-soprano) Verdi: I due Foscari (Act 2, Scena, trio and quartet) Lucrezia....Marina Poplavskaya (soprano) Jacopo....Andrew Sritheran (tenor) Doge....Darren Jeffrey (bass) Loredano....Robert Gleadow (bass-baritone) Britten: Billy Budd (Act 2, excerpt) Billy....Jacques Imbrailo (baritone) Vere....Andrew Sritheran (tenor) Claggart....Robert Gleadow (bass-baritone) Mascagni: L'amico Fritz (Act 2, duet) Suzel....Kishani Jayasinghe (soprano) Fritz....Nikola Matisic (tenor) Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande (Act 4, scene 4) Melisande....Marina Poplavskaya (soprano) Pelleas....Jacques Imbrailo (baritone) Delibes: Lakme (Act 3, duo finale) Lakme....Ana James (soprano) Gerald....Haoyin Xue (tenor) Nilakantha....Krzysztof Szumanski (bass-baritone). | ||
| AO3 | 20070928 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 4/4. Chamber music performed by members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme. Bach: Partita No 3 in A minor, BWV 827 Eduard Kunz (piano) Shostakovich: Piano Quintet Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Royal String Quartet 2.00pm New Generation Artists in concerto performances with BBC orchestras, plus the conclusion of the BBC Philharmonic's Schumann symphony cycle. Mozart: Oboe Concerto Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) Griffes: Poem for flute and orchestra Sharon Bezaly (flute) BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner (conductor) Penderecki: Viola Concerto Antoine Tamestit (viola) BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Eduard Kunz (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner (conductor) Schumann: Symphony No 4 in D minor BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071001 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Live from the Wigmore Hall, London, Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces a concert by the Royal String Quartet. Shostakovich: String Quartet No 8 in C minor, Op 110 Beethoven: String Quartet in F, Op 135 2.00pm As part of Radio 3's 40th anniversary season, Penny Gore introduces works that have been commissioned by Radio 3 for the BBC performing groups. Colin Matthews: Renewal BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 Alban Gerhardt (cello) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Stefan Solyom (conductor) Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Stefan Solyom (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071003 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Presteigne Festival 2007 In their second festival recital, the Psophos Quartet pair a new commission from Gabriel Jackson with landmark works from the previous two centuries. Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit Jackson: String Quartet No 3 (Llandramas Melodies) Beethoven: Quartet in F, Op 59 No 1 2.00pm As part of Radio 3's 40th anniversary season, Penny Gore introduces works that have been commissioned by Radio 3 for the BBC performing groups. James MacMillan: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor) Birtwistle: Nomos BBC Symphony Orchestra Paul Daniel (conductor) Django Bates: Priceless Iain Ballamy (saxophone) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Eric Stern (conductor) Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op 56a BBC Ulster Orchestra Proinnsias O Duinn (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 38 in D (Prague) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Stefan Solyom (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071004 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Presteigne Festival 2007 The Psophos Quartet make their third and final festival appearance with a concert from the beautiful village church of St Mary's, Leintwardine. Hyacinthe Jadin: Quartet in E flat, Op 2 No 1 Joseph Phibbs: Agea (world premiere) Schumann: Quartet in A minor, Op 41 No 1 2.00pm As part of Radio 3's 40th anniversary season, Penny Gore introduces works that have been commissioned by Radio 3 for the BBC performing groups. Judith Bingham: Salt in the Blood BBC Symphony Chorus Fine Arts Brass Stephen Jackson (conductor) David Sawer: The Greatest Happiness Principle BBC National Orchestra of Wales Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) David Matthews: Concerto in Azzurro Steven Isserlis (cello) BBC NOW Richard Hickox (conductor) Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition BBC NOW Walter Weller (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071005 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Presteigne Festival 2007 4/4. Featuring some of the fine musicians resident in Presteigne for the Festival. Schubert's Trout Quintet finds itself in the company of a vision of Australia by Peter Sculthorpe, and a new Presteigne Festival commission by David Matthews. Sculthorpe: Irkanda IV Kathryn Thomas (flute) Sara Trickey (violin) Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) Alice Neary (cello) Matthews: Adonis (Three Pieces for violin and piano, Op 105) Sara Trickey (violin) Gretel Dowdeswell (piano) Schubert: Trout Quintet Sara Trickey (violin) Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) Alice Neary (cello) Benjamin Griffiths (double bass) Gretel Dowdeswell (piano) 2.00pm As part of Radio 3's 40th anniversary season, Penny Gore introduces works that have been commissioned by Radio 3 for the BBC performing groups. Dallapiccola: Variations for orchestra BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) J Strauss: Perpetuum mobile BBC Philharmonic HK Gruber (conductor) HK Gruber: Charivari BBC Philharmonic HK Gruber (conductor) Stuart MacRae: Stirling Choruses BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Elgar/Payne: Symphony No 3 BBC SO Andrew Davis (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071008 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Verity Sharp introduces a recital live from London's Wigmore Hall by New Generation Artist baritone Ronan Collett with pianist Chris Glynn. They perform one of Schumann's key song cycles, together with French and English Romantic Songs. Schumann: Liederkreis, Op 24 Faure: L'Horizon Chimerique, Op 118 Warlock: Ha'nacker Mill; The night; My own country Butterworth: Songs from A Shropshire Lad 2.00pm Salzburg Festival All this week, Afternoon on 3 features highlights from the 2007 Salzburg Festival. Beethoven: Leonore Overture No 3, Op 72b West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Schoenberg: Variations, Op 31 West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Schumann: Trio No 1 in B flat, Op 63 Helene Grimaud (piano) Benjamin Schmid (violin) Clemens Hagen (cello) Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano) Camerata Salzburg/Ingo Metzmacher Schumann: Fantasy in C, Op 17 (3rd mvt) Lang Lang (piano) Granados: Los Requiebros (Goyescas) Lang Lang (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20071009 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 1/4. Chamber music performed by members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme. Henze: 3 Auden Songs Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Christopher Glynn (piano) Franck: Piano Quintet Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Psophos String Quartet 2.00pm Salzburg Festival Highlights from the 2007 Salzburg Festival. Mozart: Overture (Lucio Silla) Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg Fabio Biondi (conductor) Mozart: Galimathias Musicum, K32 Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg Fabio Biondi (conductor) Mozart: Symphony in G (Lambach) Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg Fabio Biondi (conductor) Mozart: Concertone in C for 2 violins, K190 Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg Fabio Biondi (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 29 in A Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg Fabio Biondi (conductor) Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No 2 in E flat, Op 120 Jorg Widmann (clarinet) Helene Grimaud (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20071010 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2/4. Chamber music featuring members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme. Ravel: Sonatine Martin Helmchen (piano) Pfitzner: Songs Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) Joseph Breinl (piano) Corelli: Violin Sonata in G minor, Op 5 No 5 Alina Ibragimova (violin) Claire Thirion (cello) Laurence Cummings (harpsichord) 2.00pm Salzburg Festival Highlights from the 2007 Salzburg Festival. Weber: Der Freischutz (Acts 1 and 2) Ottokar....Markus Butter (baritone) Cuno....Roland Bracht (bass) Agathe....Petra Maria Schnitzer (soprano) Aennchen....Aleksandra Kurzak (mezzo-soprano) Max....Peter Seiffert (tenor) Caspar....John Relyea (bass) Hermit....Gunther Groissbock (bass) Kilian....Alexander Kaimbacher (baritone) Vienna State Opera Chorus Concert Association Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Markus Stenz (conductor) Mozart: Piano Sonata in B flat, K333 Lang Lang (piano) Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody in D flat, S244 Lang Lang (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20071011 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 3/4. Chamber music performed by members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme. Brahms: Sonata, Op 78 Danjulo Ishizaka (cello) Jose Gallardo (piano) Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 111 Cedric Tiberghien (piano) 2.00pm Salzburg Festival Highlights from the 2007 Salzburg Festival. Weber: Der Freischutz (Act 3) Ottokar....Markus Butter (baritone) Cuno....Roland Bracht (bass) Agathe....Petra Maria Schnitzer (soprano) Aennchen....Aleksandra Kurzak (mezzo-soprano) Max....Peter Seiffert (tenor) Caspar....John Relyea (bass) Hermit....Gunther Groissbock (bass) Kilian....Alexander Kaimbacher (baritone) Vienna State Opera Chorus Concert Association Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Markus Stenz (conductor) Mozart: Overture (Cosi fan tutte) Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg Giovanni Antonini (conductor) Mozart: Andante in A for flute and orchestra, K315 Bernhard Krabatsch (flute) Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg Giovanni Antonini (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 36 in C, K425 (Linz) Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg Giovanni Antonini (conductor) Schubert: Offertory in B flat, D963 (Intende Voci) Michael Schade (tenor) Vienna State Opera Chorus Concert Association Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071012 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 4/4. Chamber music performed by members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme. Telemann: Sonata in F (Der Getreue Musikmeister) Sharon Bezaly (flute) Charles Medlam (viola da gamba) Terence Charlston (harpsichord) Gwilym Simcock: Point of Contact Gwilym Simcock (piano) Scottish Ensemble Chopin: Sonata No 3 in B minor, Op 58 Ingrid Fliter (piano) 2.00pm Salzburg Festival Highlights from the 2007 Salzburg Festival. Vivaldi: Concerto in C, RV 114 Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon (conductor) Vivaldi: Concerto in G, RV 146 Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon (conductor) Handel: Se pieta di me non credi (Giulio Cesare) Christine Schafer (soprano) Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon (conductor) Vivaldi: Concerto in D for lute, RV 93 Ivano Zanenghi (lute) Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon (conductor) Handel: Ombre pallide (Alcina) Christine Schafer (soprano) Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon (conductor) Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in A minor, RV 419 Francesco Galligioni (cello) Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon (conductor) Vivaldi: Cessata, O mai, cessata, RV 684 Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon (conductor) Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Christine Schafer (soprano) Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon (conductor) Schumann: 3 Fantasiestucke for clarinet and piano, Op 73 Jorg Widmann (clarinet) Helene Grimaud (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20071015 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Live from the Wigmore Hall, London, introduced by Verity Sharp. BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Sharon Bezaly joins with gamba player Charles Medlam and harpsichordist Terence Charlston in a programme of Bach and Handel, balanced with two small-scale solo works by contemporary Finnish composer Kalevi Aho. Bach: Sonata in E flat for flute and harpsichord, BWV 1031 Handel: Flute sonata in B minor, HWV 367b Bach: Sarabande (Partita in A minor, BWV 1013) Kalevi Aho: 2nd movement (Prestissimo) from Solo III, for solo flute Bach: Sonata in E for flute and basso continuo, BWV 1035; Polonaise, Menuet, Badinerie (Suite in B minor, BWV 1067) 2.00pm This week, Afternoon on 3's British Symphony Series focuses on two Welsh composers, William Mathias (1934-1992) and Alun Hoddinott (b.1929). Plus the new debut album of cabaret songs by Schoenberg, Bolcom and Satie by young Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman with the BBC SO. Mathias: Symphony No 1 BBC Welsh SO William Mathias (conductor) Bolcom: Cabaret Songs Measha Brueggergosman (soprano) BBC SO David Robertson (conductor) Alun Hoddinott: Symphony No 2 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071016 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 1/4. Series of recitals from this year's Schubertiade Festival in Austria, now in its 31st year. The festival is held each summer in the mountain village of Schwarzenberg and features well-known international artists. This concert was given at the Angelika Kauffmann Hall. Schubert: Duets and quartets, including Hymne an den Unendlichen, D232 Cronnan, D282 An die Sonne, D439 Antigone und Oedip, D542 Licht und Liebe, D352 Mignon und der Harfner, D887 No 1 Gebet, D815 Diana Damrau (soprano) Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano) Ian Bostridge (tenor) Christopher Maltman (baritone) Julius Drake (piano) 2.00pm Mathias: Anniversary Dances BBC National Orchestra of Wales Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Satie: Cabaret Songs Measha Brueggergosman (soprano) William Bolcom (piano) BBC SO David Robertson (conductor) Alun Hoddinott: Symphony No 3, Op 61 BBC NOW Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor) Mozart: Piano Concerto in D minor, K466 Howard Shelley (piano) BBC NOW Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor) Prokofiev: Sinfonietta BBC NOW Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071022 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Live from Wigmore Hall in London, Verity Sharp introduces a recital in which Radio 3 New Generation Artist cellist Danjulo Ishizaka is joined by pianist Markus Schirmer in two central works of the cello repertoire. Beethoven: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 5, No 2 Brahms: Cello Sonata in E, Op 38 2.00pm Summer Festivals The first week of highlights from Festivals held around Europe this summer, starting with a performance of Beethoven's 5th Symphony by musicians from all over the continent under the banner of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Plus Stravinsky from Finland's Avanti! Festival, Reger from the Lahti Organ Festival, Messiaen from the Gergiev Festival, Schubert's Quartetsatz from the Schubertiade, Dvorak from Verbrier Festival and the Latvian Radio Choir singing Ligeti at the Baltic Sea Festival. Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C minor Chamber Orchestra of Europe Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) Stravinsky: 3 Japanese Lyrics Rosemary Hardy (soprano) Avanti! Reger: Fantasia and Fugue on B-A-C-H David Goode (organ) Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F Dresden Staatskapelle Kai Vogler (conductor/violin) Schubert: String Quartet in C minor (Quartettsatz) Artemis Quartet Messiaen: L'Ascension Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) Ligeti: Lux aeterna Latvian Radio Chorus Sigvards Klava (conductor) Medtner: Violin Sonata No 1 in B minor Dmitri Makhtin (violin) Boris Berezovsky (piano) Dvorak: Carnival Overture UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra Zubin Mehta (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071024 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm European Summer Festivals 2/2. Highlights from the Bergen International Festival. Trad English: Foggy, foggy dew Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Grieg: Haugtussa Solveig Kringleborn (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Grieg: Four Hymns for Choir Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Paul Hillier (conductor) Saeverud: Kjempeviseslatten Danish National Symphony Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto Martin Frost (clarinet) Danish National Symphony Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in D, Op 94 Alina Pogostkina (violin) Sveinung Bjelland (piano) Ireland: Sea Fever; The bells of San Marie Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Mozart: Männer suchen stets zu naschen; Io ti lascio, oh cara, addio Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Schubert: Liebesbotschaft, D957, No 1; Heidenröslein, D257; Litanei auf das fest aller seelen, D343 Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Quilter: Come away death; O mistress mine; Blow, blow thy winter wind (Three Shakespeare Songs) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Ibert: Chanson du depart de Don Quichotte; Chanson à Dulcinée; Chanson du Duc; Chanson de la mort de Don Quichotte (Chansons de Don Quichotte) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Trad: Suo Gân, Danny Boy, Ar hyd y nos Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Nielsen: Symphony No 5 Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) Grieg: Fyremal, Op 33, No 12 Kerstin Avemo (soprano) Johan Ullen (piano) Grieg: Norwegian Dance No 1 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Havard Gimse (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20071026 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm European Summer Festivals This first week of highlights from the European Summer Festivals concludes with performances from Zurich to Iceland, Utrecht to Saint-Michel-en-Thierache, and Finland's Avanti! Festival to the Radovljica Festival in Slovenia. Plus from the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, Christoph von Dohnanyi's performance with the NDR Symphony Orchestra of Bruckner's monumental Fourth Symphony. Lindberg: Marea Avanti! Orchestra Tuomas Hannikainen (conductor) Sermisy: Vox in Ramu audita est (Motet a 4); Voulant amour soubs parler gratieux (chanson a 4, on a text by Francois I) Huelgas Ensemble Paul van Nevel (director) Brahms: Intermezzo No 4 in E; Rhapsody No 2, Op 79 Vovka Stefan Ashkenazy (piano) Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta NDR Symphony Orchestra Christoph von Dohnanyi (conductor) Mozart: Flute Quartet in C, K285b Emmaneul Pahud (flute) Guy Braunstein (violin) Ori Kam (viola) Olaf Maninger (cello) Holliger: Tonscherben Tonhalle Orchestra Heinz Holliger (conductor) Vivaldi: Tu dormi in tante pene (Tito manlio) Sonia Prina (soprano) Accademia bizantina Ottavio Dantone (conductor) Dvorak: String Quartet in E flat, Op 51 Vermeer Quartet Gallus: 6 works from Harmoniae Morales Singer Pur Haydn: String Quartet in D (The Fifths) Mosaiques Quartet Bruckner: Symphony No 4 in E flat (Romantic) NDR Symphony Orchestra Christoph von Dohnanyi (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071029 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Verity Sharp introduces a recital by the brilliant international soloists who make up the Aronowitz Ensemble, members of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme. Their programme pairs Faure's first piano quintet, the result of 15 years of reworking, with a late string quintet by Dvorak - which quotes a Native American theme the composer heard during a summer holiday spent with the Czech community in Spillville, Iowa. Faure: Piano Quintet in D minor, Op 89 Dvorak: Quintet in E flat, Op 9 2.00pm European Festivals The second week of highlights from festivals around Europe this summer begins with a trip from Estonia (with 18,000 young performers!) to Italy. Plus the first of three late Beethoven piano sonatas this week and Valery Gergiev tackles a Mahler Symphony for the first time. Mihkel Ludig: Dawn Combined Estonian Youth Choruses Kuno Areng (conductor) Gershwin: Bess, you is my woman now (Porgy and Bess) Porgy....Daniel Washington (baritone) Bess....Maureen Braithwaite (soprano) Ruggero Maghini Philharmonic Chorus Turin RAI National Symphony Orchestra Wayne Marshall (conductor) Dutilleux: L'arbre des songes Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Rotterdam Philharmonic Valery Gergiev (conductor) Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 30 in E Paul Lewis (piano) Gershwin: It ain't necessarily so (Porgy and Bess) Ronald Samm (tenor) Ruggero Maghini Philharmonic Chorus Turin RAI National Symphony Orchestra Wayne Marshall (conductor) Medtner: Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor Yuri Martynov (piano) New Russian State Symphony Orchestra Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 7 Rotterdam Philharmonic Valery Gergiev (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071030 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm European Festivals If you like Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, you'll love Le nozze di Dorina by Baldassare Galuppi, most famous son of the small Venetian island of Burano, well known for its brightly-painted houses. Galuppi's brightly-painted music paints this happy tale of the machinations in the Count and Countess' household as they try to marry off their orphaned chambermaid Dorina. Plus there are side-trips to festivals in Ireland and Romania. Ravel: La valse Oslo Philharmonic Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) Galuppi: Le nozze di Dorina Maria Grazia Schiavo (soprano) Giulio Mastrototaro (bass-baritone) Joseph Cornwell (tenor) Xenia Meijer (mezzo-soprano) Cecile de Boever (soprano) Matthias Vieweg (baritone) Hans Jörg Mammel (tenor) Kammerakademie Potsdam Sergio Azzolini (conductor) Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 Johnny Teyssier (clarinet) RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet Enescu: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D, Op 27 (Village Suite) Oslo Philharmonic Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071031 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm European Festivals From Spain to Latvia via central Europe, featuring along the way Irish performers playing Irish music, Flemish performers singing Flemish polyphony in Poland, and Finnish performers playing Finnish and Polish music in Germany. Plus the continuation of our Beethoven piano sonata and Medtner piano concerto series. Sibelius: Finlandia Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Leif Segerstam (conductor) Stanford: String Quintet No 1 in F Joachim Roewer (viola) RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet Jean-Féry Rebel: Les élémens Seville Baroque Orchestra Monica Huggett (conductor) Medtner: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Boris Berezovsky (piano) New Russian State Symphony Orchestra Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Amid the din of the ball Dawn Inessa Galante (soprano) Irina Dolzhenko (mezzo-soprano) Inna Davidova (piano) Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus arcticus (Concerto for birds and orchestra) Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Leif Segerstam (conductor) John Kinsella: Prelude and Toccata RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet Ockeghem: Mort, tu as navré, Miserere (Déploration sur la mort de Binchois) Graindelavoix Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No 1 Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Leif Segerstam (conductor) Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 31 in A flat Paul Lewis (piano) Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Seville Royal Symphony Orchestra Pedro Halffter (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071101 | Presented by Louise Fryer 1.00pm European Festivals With Janacek's opera From the House of the Dead from this summer's Aix-en-Provence Festival, directed by Patrice Chéreau and conducted by Pierre Boulez. Suk: Fantastic Scherzo Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Bertrand de Billy (conductor) Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A Martin Kasík (piano) Wihan Quartet Novák: In the Tatras Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Bertrand de Billy (conductor) Zelenka: Missa votiva in E minor (excerpt) Bénédicte Tauran, Stanislava Mihalcová (sopranos) Markéta Cukrová (contralto) Tomás Korínek (tenor) Tomás Král, Tobias Berndt (basses) Smetana: String Quartet No 2 in D minor Wihan Quartet Suk: Fairytale Suite (Raduz and Mahulena) Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Bertrand de Billy (conductor) Janacek: From the House of the Dead Goryanchikov....Olaf Bär (baritone) Alyeya....Eric Stoklossa (tenor) Filka Morozov....Stefan Margita (tenor) Skuratov....John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Shishkov....Gerd Grochowski (tenor) Prison Governor....Jirí Sulzenko (baritone) Big prisoner/Nikita....Peter Straka (tenor) Small prisoner....Vladimir Chmelo (baritone) Elderly prisoner....Heinz Zednik (tenor) Cook....Martin Barta (baritone) Priest....Vratislav Kríz (baritone) Chekunov....Jan Galla (bass) Drunken prisoner....Tomás Krejcirík (tenor) Shapkin....Peter Hoare (tenor) Prisoner/Kedril....Marian Pavlovic (tenor) Prisoner/Don Juan/The Brahmin....Ales Jenis (bass) Young prisoner....Olivier Dumait (tenor) Prostitute....Susannah Haberfeld (mezzo-soprano) Cherevin....Andreas Conrad (tenor) Arnold Schönberg Choir Erwin Ortner (director) Mahler Chamber Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071102 | European Festivals Louise Fryer presents Brahms and Sibelius from the Risor Festival, and visits Belgium and Luxembourg for a focus on 'war and peace' in music by Milhaud, Weill and Shostakovich. Sibelius: Skogsraet (The Wood Nymph) Jorgen Langhelle (narrator) Radovan Vladkovic (horn) Inger Besserudhagen (horn) Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) Risor Festival Strings Medtner: Piano Concerto No 3 in E minor, Op 60 Hamish Milne (piano) New Russian State Symphony Orchestra Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor) Milhaud: Cantate de la paix Flemish Radio Chorus Paul Hillier (director) Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 32 in E, Op 111 Paul Lewis (piano) Shostakovich: Symphony No 12 (The Year 1917) Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) Weill: Das Berliner Requiem Ivan Goossens (tenor) Jan Van der Crabben (baritone) Flemish Radio Chorus I Solisti del Vento Paul Hillier (director) Brahms: Horn Trio in E flat Radovan Vladkovic (horn) Julian Rachlin (violin) Simon Trpceski (piano) Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge (The Mount of Olives) Laura Aikin (soprano) Herbert Lippert (tenor) Florian Boesch (bass) Arnold Schoenberg Chorus Vienna Concentus Musicus Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071108 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Tchaikovsky and the Russians 3/4. Pianist Elisabeth Leonskaya plays Preludes by Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky's great Piano Sonata in this recital recorded at the Perth Concert Hall. Rachmaninov: Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 3, No 2; Prelude in G sharp minor, Op 32, No 12 Tchaikovsky: Sonata for Piano, Op 37 Elisabeth Leonskaya (piano) 2.00pm Smetana: Haakon Jarl, Op 16 BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Shostakovich: The Gadfly (excerpts) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Britten: Les Illuminations for voice and string orchestra, Op 18 Sally Matthews (soprano) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Enescu: 7 Chansons de Clement Marot for voice and piano, Op 15 Sally Matthews (soprano) Simon Lepper (piano) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 in F minor, Op 36 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Christian Gansch (conductor) Shostakovich: Symphony No 6 in B minor BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071109 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Tchaikovsky and the Russians 4/4. In this final concert of Russian music from the Perth Concert Hall, Paul Hillier conducts the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir in a selection from Rachmaninov's All Night Vigil and one of Tchaikovsky's best-loved partsongs. Rachmaninov: Come, let us worship; Praise the Lord, O my soul; Blessed is the Man; Gladdening Light; Nunc Dimittis; Ave Maria (All Night Vigil, Op 37) Tchaikovsky: The Legend Rachmaninov: Blessed art thou, Lord; Magnificat; Gloria in excelsis; Day of Salvation; Hymn to the Mother of God (All Night Vigil, Op 37) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Paul Hillier (conductor) 2.00pm Massenet: Suite No 3 (Scenes dramatiques) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Elgar: Sea pictures, Op 37 Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Vasks: 3 Poems by Czeslaw Milosz for countertenor, 2 tenors and baritone BBC Singers James Morgan (conductor) Tormis: Karelian destiny (Runic songs for chorus) BBC Singers James Morgan (conductor) Milhaud: Suite francaise, Op 248 (arr. for small orchestra) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Gershwin: Concerto in F for piano and orchestra Wayne Marshall (piano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Vikram Seth and Alec Roth: Songs in time of war Mark Padmore (tenor) Philippe Honoré (violin) Gareth Hulse (oboe) Alison Nicholls (harp) Morgan Szymanski (guitar). | ||
| AO3 | 20071112 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch live from London's Wigmore Hall. The Takacs Quartet, one of the world's leading string quartets, perform a programme of late works by Mozart and Dvorak. The second of his six quartets dedicated to Haydn, the D minor is Mozart's only mature string quartet written in a minor key, while in his 'American' quartet, Dvorak explores the various musical influences of his adopted home. Mozart: Quartet in D minor for strings, K421 Dvorak: Quartet No 12 in F for strings, Op 96 (American) 2.00pm This week the British Symphony Series concentrates on the works of Elgar and Walton, in performances by BBC orchestras. Britten: Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op 13 Steven Osborne (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Holst: The Planets, Op 32 Ladies of the RSNO Chorus Tim Dean (chorus director) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Elgar: Symphony No 1 in A flat BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071113 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Pieces recorded as part of the Oxford Chamber Music Festival in September 2007. 1/4. The theme of the festival was the number seven - its mystical qualities and musical associations. Here, Beethoven's magnificent Septet, which was recorded at Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre, is heard alongside a piece by the festival's composer-in-resident, Michael Berkeley, taken from a concert given at the Holywell Music Rooms. Berkeley: For the Savage Messiah Priya Mitchell (violin) Lars Anders Tomter (viola) Jan-Erik Gustaffson (cello) Zoran Markovic (double-bass) Christian Hadland (piano) Beethoven: Septet in E flat, Op 20 Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Vladimir Mendelssohn (viola) Jan-Erik Gustaffson (cello) Zoran Markovic (double-bass) Philippe Berrod (clarinet) Bram van Sambeek (bassoon) Olivier Darbellay (horn) 2.00pm John Blackwood McEwen: Grey Galloway for orchestra (Border Ballad No 2) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Rumon Gamba (conductor) Britten: A Charm of Lullabies Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) Walton: Symphony No 1 in B flat minor BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Rumon Gamba (conductor) Elgar: In The South Overture, Op 50 BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Walton: A Song for the Lord Mayor's table Emma Bell (soprano) Andrew West (piano) Elgar: Concerto in B minor for violin and orchestra, Op 61 Tasmin Little (violin) Ulster Orchestra Vernon Handley (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071114 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2007 2/4. The theme of the festival was the number seven - its mystical qualities and musical associations. Here there are three septets on offer: Ravel's masterful Introduction and Allegro, a version of Strauss' Metamorphosen and the sadly neglected Grand Septet by Franz Berwald. By way of contrast, the festival's composer-in-residence, Michael Berkeley, is featured by a piece for flute and harp. Ravel: Introduction and Allegro Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Atla Sponberg (violin) Vladimir Mendelssohn (viola) Peter Wispelwey (cello) Janne Thomsen (flute) Philippe Berrod (clarinet) Jana Bouskova (harp) Strauss: Metamorphosen (ver. for string septet) Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Priya Mitchell (violin) Vladimir Mendelssohn, Lars Anders Tomter (viola) Adrian Brendel (cello) Jan-Erik Gustaffson (cellos) Zoran Markovic (double-bass) Michael Berkeley: Last Breath Janne Thomsen (flute) Jana Bouskova (harp) Berwald: Grand Septet Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Vladimir Mendelssohn (violas) Peter Wispelwey (cello) Zoran Markovic (double-bass) Philippe Berrod (clarinet) Bram van Sambeek (bassoon) Olivier Darbellay (horn) 2.00pm Matthews: The Music of dawn BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba (conductor) Walton: Concerto for viola and orchestra Lawrence Power (viola) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Maxwell Davies: Roma, amor for orchestra BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Elgar: Symphony No 2 in E flat BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071115 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2007 3/4. Recorded at Holywell Music Rooms in Oxford, as part of the 2007 Oxford Chamber Music Festival. Including one of the true masterpieces of 20th century chamber music, Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. Plus the festival's composer-in-residence, Michael Berkeley, is featured here by a beautiful work for solo flute. Michael Berkeley: Inner Space Janne Thomsen (flute) Messiaen: Quartet for the end of time Laurent Korcia (violin) Adrian Brendel (cello) Philippe Berrod (clarinet) Christian Hadland (piano) 2.00pm Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-bleue (Opera in 3 acts) Ariane....Lori Phillips (soprano) La Nourrice....Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano) Barbe-Bleue....Peter Rose (bass) Selysette....Laura Vlasak Volen (mezzo-soprano) Ygraine....Ana James (soprano) Melisande....Daphne Touchais (soprano) Bellangere....Sarah-Jane Davies (soprano) BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra Leon Botstein (conductor) Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, Op 40 Ulster Orchestra Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Walton: Symphony No 2 BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071116 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2007 4/4. The programme begins with Kodaly's Serenade for 2 violins and viola, recorded at Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre. The Hungarian music continues with Bartok's fiery Violin Sonata No 1 and finally, Seven, Michael Berkeley's festival commisssion, is premiered. Kodaly: Serenade, Op 12 Laurent Korcia, Priya Mitchell (violin) Vladimir Mendelssohn (viola) Bartok: Sonata No 1 for violin and piano Laurent Korcia (violin) Christian Hadland (piano) Michael Berkeley: Seven Priya Mitchell (violin) Adrian Brendel (cello) Janne Thomsen (flute) Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Philippe Berrod (clarinet) Jana Bouskova (harp) Michael Berkeley (tam-tam) 2.00pm Bax: Tintagel BBC Philharmonic Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Rubbra: Concerto in A for viola and orchestra, Op 75 Lawrence Power (viola) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Elgar, orch. Gordon Jacob: Sonata, Op 28 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor) Tippett: Concerto for violin, viola, cello and orchestra Mihaela Martin (violin) Nobuko Imai (viola) Frans Helmerson (cello) BBC Philharmonic Garry Walker (conductor) Elgar, compl. Anthony Payne: Symphony No 3 in C minor BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071119 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Sarah Walker presents a recital live from London's Wigmore Hall. Written for and dedicated to Archduke Rudolph of Austria, the B flat Trio is the most famous and largest in scale of Beethoven's works in this form. The Beaux Arts Trio pair it with a work of much chronological debate, the composer's variations on a theme by Wenzell Müller. Beethoven: Variations on Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu, Op 121a; Trio in B flat, Op 97 (Archduke) 2.00pm This week Louise Fryer looks Beyond Brahms, placing his four great symphonies within the lineage of the Austro-German tradition, from the 'pure music' of Mozart and Beethoven, through the programmatic works of Liszt and Strauss to early Schoenberg. So impressed was Schoenberg by Brahms's innovation in harmony and expression that he penned a 1933 essay entitled Brahms the Progressive. Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas, Op 95 Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 68 NDR Symphony Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor) Mozart: Concerto in A for piano and string quartet Tzimon Barto (piano) Royal String Quartet Rameau: Allemande; Sarabande; Gavotte (Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin) Tzimon Barto (piano) Schnittke: Violin Concerto No 4 Vadim Repin (violin) NDR Symphony Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral) NDR Symphony Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071120 | Presented By Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert The Joachim Legacy 1/4. A recital recorded during the Belfast Festival at Queens, marking the centenary of the death of the great violinist and quartet leader Joseph Joachim, and featuring music by the composers with whom he was most closely associated. Mendelssohn: Quartet No 6, Op 80 Dvorak: Quartet No 14 in A flat, Op 105 Psophos Quartet 2.00pm Brahms: Concerto in A minor for violin, cello and orchestra, Op 102 Roland Greutter (violin) Christopher Franzius (cello) NDR Symphony Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor) Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D, Op 73 NDR Symphony Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor) Mozart, arr. Strauss: Idomeneo (excerpts) Idomeneo....Robert Gambill (tenor) Ismene....Camilla Nylund (soprano) Ilia....Britta Stallmeister (soprano) Arbace....Christoph Pohl (tenor) Idamante....Iris Vermillion (mezzo-soprano) High Priest....Jacques-Greg Belobo (tenor) Dresden State Opera Chorus Dresden Staatskapelle Fabio Luisi (conductor) Schnittke: (K)ein Sommernachtstraum (not after Shakespeare) NDR Symphony Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor) Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder Soile Isokoski (soprano) NDR Symphony Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071122 | Presented By Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert The Joachim Legacy 3/4. A recital recorded during the Belfast Festival at Queens, marking the centenary of the death of the great violinist and quartet leader Joseph Joachim, and featuring music by the composers with whom he was most closely associated. Benjamin Schmid (violin) Dejan Lazic (piano) Bach, arr. Schumann: Chaconne Joachim: Romance for violin and piano Schumann: Fantasy for violin and piano, Op 131 Beethoven: Sonata No 9 in A, Op 49 (Kreuzer) 2.15pm Brahms: Symphony No 3 in F, Op 90 NDR Symphony Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor) Villem Kapp: Pohjarannik (Northern Coast) Estonian National Men's Chorus Neeme Jarvi (conductor) Veljo Tormis: Kolm mul oli kaunist sona (Once I had three words of beauty) Maarika Jarvi (flute) Estonian National Men's Chorus Neeme Jarvi (conductor) Liszt: Eine Faust-Symphonie (Faust; Gretchen; Mephistopheles) Juhan Tralla (tenor) Estonian National Male Chorus Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Neeme Jarvi (conductor) Stravinsky: Divertimento for violin and piano Isabelle Faust (violin) Alexander Melnikov (piano) Heino Eller: Orus (In the Valley); Joel (On the River); Aasal (On the Meadow) Maarika Jarvi (flute) Estonian National Men's Chorus Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Kristjan Jarvi (conductor) Nielsen: Oriental March; Ispahan Market; Negro Dance (The Aladdin Suite, Op 34) Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Kristjan Jarvi (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071123 | Presented By Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert The Joachim Legacy 4/4. A recital recorded during the Belfast Festival at Queens, marking the centenary of the death of the great violinist and quartet leader Joseph Joachim, and featuring music by the composers with whom he was most closely associated. Jerusalem Quartet Beethoven: Quartet, Op 95 Brahms: Quartet, Op 51 No 2 2.00pm Schoenberg: Gurrelieder Stephen Gould (tenor) Christine Brewer (soprano) Doris Soffel (mezzo-soprano) Eike Wilm Schulte (baritone) Stephan Rügamer (tenor) Donald McIntyre (bass-baritone) Montreal Symphony Chorus Montreal Symphony Orchestra Kent Nagano (conductor) Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano No 1 in G Isabelle Faust (violin) Alexander Melnikov (piano) Brahms: Symphony No 4 in E minor, Op 98 NDR Symphony Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071128 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2/4. Continuing the week of lunchtime recitals from Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, Radio 3 New Generation Artist Gwilym Simcock presents a concert of jazz piano music, including some of his own compositions and improvisations. 2.00pm Featuring Scottish music, composers and performers. Judith Weir: Vertue Kim Porter (mezzo-soprano) Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor) BBC Singers Nicholas Kok (conductor) MacCunn: Jeanie Deans (excerpts) Jeanie....Janice Watson (soprano) Effie....Lisa Milne (soprano) Staunton....Jamie MacDougall (tenor) Deans....Peter Sidhom (baritone) Dumbiedykes....Stephen Gadd (baritone) Constable....Graeme Danby (bass) Scottish Opera Chorus BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Sally Beamish: Sangsters (Concerto for orchestra) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Nicholas McGegan (conductor) Thea Musgrave: Poems on the Underground (Set 3: A Medieval Summer) BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Judith Weir: Natural History Anu Komsi (soprano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Stefan Solyom (conductor) Wallace: The Passing of Beatrice (Symphonic Poem No 1) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Trad Scottish, arr. MacMillan: The Cruel Mother Stuart MacIntyre (baritone) BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) James MacMillan: Mairi BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) James MacMillan: The Quickening Hilliard Ensemble City of Birmingham Youth Chorus and Symphony Chorus BBC Philharmonic James MacMillan (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071129 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 3/4. From the recent New Generation Artists showcase series at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, the Ebène Quartet perform two works from the German Romantic repertoire. Brahms: Quartet in A minor, Op 51 No 1 Schubert: Quartet in D minor (Death and the Maiden) 2.15pm Featuring Scottish music, composers and performers. Tippett: Fantasia on a Theme of Handel Steven Osborne (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Hovhaness: A Rose Tree Blossoms Thea Musgrave: Poems on the Underground (Set 2) Stephen Sametz: I have had singing National Youth Choir of Scotland Christopher Bell (conductor) Poulenc: Gloria Susan Gritton (soprano) National Youth Choirs of Scotland and Great Britain Rodolfus Choir BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Eddie McGuire: Calgacus for Orchestra Robert Wallace (bagpipes) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Takuo Yuasa (conductor) Mackenzie: Overture (The Cricket on the Hearth) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Poulenc: 5 poemes de Ronsard Lord Berners: 3 English Songs Lisa Milne (soprano) Iain Burnside (piano) James MacMillan: O Bone Jesu BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Tallis: O Nata Lux BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) James MacMillan: A Child's Prayer Margaret Feaviour, Micaela Haslam (sopranos) BBC Singers Nicholas Kok (conductor) John McLeod: Fling for orchestra Highland Region Youth Orchestra BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Clark Rundell (conductor) Tippett: Piano Concerto Steven Osborne (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071130 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 4/4. The Aronowitz Ensemble perform two contrasting works at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Tchaikovsky's boldly Romantic sextet Souvenir de Florence and Alfred Schnittke's Piano Quintet of 1976. 2.00pm Featuring Scottish music, composers and performers. James MacMillan: The World's Ransoming James Horan (oboe) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christoph König (conductor) Mackenzie: Benedictus, Op 37 No 3 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) James MacMillan: Cello Concerto Raphael Wallfisch (cello) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Osmo Vanska (conductor) Wallace: Creation Symphony in C sharp minor BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Stuart MacRae: Violin Concerto Christian Tetzlaff (violin) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) James MacMillan: Laudi alle Vergine BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Robert Carver: Gaude flore virginali BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071203 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces a concert live from London's Wigmore Hall by the Arcanto Quartet. Bartok: String Quartet No 5 Brahms: String Quartet in C minor, Op 51, No 1 2.00pm The Ancients Recordings of works inspired by ancient, biblical and mythical figures in performances from some of Europe's leading orchestras and ensembles, beginning with a sequence inspired by the Greek myths. Leonardo Leo: Le Nozze de Iole ed Ercole Iole....Susanne Bernhard (soprano) Ercole....Kai Wessel (countertenor) Alceo and Teseo....Dominik Wörner (bass) Neue Hofkapelle Munich Christoph Hammer (director) Haydn: Arianna a Naxos Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano) Charles Spencer (piano) Liszt: Orpheus Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Vladiimir Fedoseyev (conductor) Stravinsky: Apollon musagete Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Dutoit (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071204 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Belcea Quartet and Friends 1/4. A recital recorded at Perth Concert Hall featuring the Belcea Quartet playing the chamber music of Franz Schubert. Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D703; Quartet in D minor, D810 (Death and the Maiden) 2.00pm The Ancients Recordings of works inspired by ancient, biblical and mythical figures in performances from some of Europe's leading orchestras and ensembles, featuring a complete performance of Handel's opera, Giulio Cesare in Egitto. Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto Giulio Cesare....Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Cleopatra....Rosemary Joshua (soprano) Cornelia....Sonia Prina (contralto) Sesto....Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) Tolomeo....Franco Fagioli (countertenor) Achilla....Mario Cassi (bass) Curio....Renaud Delaigue (bass) Mireno....Damien Guillon (tenor) Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset (director). | ||
| AO3 | 20071205 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Belcea Quartet and Friends 2/4. The Belcea Quartet perform chamber music by Franz Schubert at Perth Concert Hall. Schubert: Trio in B flat for strings, D581 Laura Samuel (violin) Krzysztof Chorzelski (viola) Antoine Lederlin (cello) Schubert: Quartet in G, D887 The Belcea Quartet 2.00pm The Ancients Recordings of works inspired by ancient, biblical and mythical figures in performances by some of Europe's leading orchestras and ensembles, featuring a complete performance of Bruch's biblical oratorio Moses. Bruch: Moses Engel des Herren....Claudia Barainsky (soprano) Aaron....Thomas Studebaker (tenor) Moses....Eric Owens (bass) Netherlands Radio Chorus Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Claus Peter Flor (conductor) Bartok: The Wooden Prince Suite, Op 13 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071206 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Belcea Quartet and Friends 3/4. The Belcea Quartet are joined by cellist Natalie Clein for a performance of Schubert's Quintet in C, D956, given at Perth Concert Hall. 2.00pm The Ancients Recordings of works inspired by ancient, biblical and mythical figures in performances from some of Europe's leading orchestras and ensembles, featuring a complete performance of Handel's Theodora, his oratorio on the tale of the Christian martyr. Handel: Theodora Theodora....Geraldine McGreevy (soprano) Irene....Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) Dydimus....Stephen Wallace (countertenor) Septimius....Paul Agnew (tenor) Valens....Matthew Rose (bass) Orchestre et Choeur du Concert d'Astrée Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071207 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Belcea Quartet and Friends 4/4. Members of the Belcea Quartet are joined by pianists Steven Osborne and Ekaterina Apekisheva, cellist Nataile Clein and double-bass player Stacey Watton to perform chamber music by Schubert at Perth Concert Hall. Schubert: Sonata in A minor for arpeggione and piano, D821 Natalie Clein (cello) Ekaterina Apekisheva (piano) Schubert: Quintet in A for piano and strings, D667 (The Trout) Corina Belcea-Fisher (violin) Krzysztof Chorzelski (viola) Antoine Lederlin (cello) Stacey Watton (double-bass) Steven Osborne (piano) 2.00pm Stravinsky: Concerto for piano and wind instruments Peter Serkin (piano) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Herbert Blomsted (conductor) Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op 77 Boris Belkin (violin) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Dvorak: Symphony No 6 in D, Op 60 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Bartok: Piano Concerto No 2, Sz 95 Lang Lang (piano) Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) Schubert: Symphony No 8 in B minor (Unfinished) Chamber Orchestra of Europe Heinz Holliger (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071211 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Wall2Wall, FiddleFest A series of concerts recorded at the 2007 Fiddlefest, which takes place within the historic walls of Londonderry and showcases the violin in all its many guises including jazz, traditional and classical. 1/4. Raphael Oleg performs a programme of repertoire from the first half of the 20th century. Janacek: Sonata Webern: 4 Pieces for violin and piano, Op 7 Prokofiev: Sonata, Op 94 Raphael Oleg (violin) Emmanuel Strosser (piano) 2.00pm Ulster Orchestra Summer Invitation Concerts Mozart, Haydn and Neo-Classicism Haydn: Symphony No 75 in D Ulster Orchestra Paul Watkins (conductor) Mozart: Violin Concerto No 5 in A (Turkish) Jennifer Pike (violin) Ulster Orchestra Paul Watkins (conductor) Mozart: Trio in G for piano and strings, K564 Ondine Trio Frank Lyons: Unbreakable (first performance; BBC Radio 3 commission) Ulster Orchestra Paul Watkins (conductor) Hindemith: Five pieces for Orchestra Ulster Orchestra Paul Watkins (conductor) Prokofiev: Symphony No 1 (Classical) Ulster Orchestra Paul Watkins (conductor) Mozart: Ave verum corpus Richard Pearce (organ) BBC Singers BBC Concert Orchestra Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Haydn: Concerto in C for cello and orchestra Danjulo Ishizaka (cello) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Baldur Bronniman (conductor) Stravinsky: Pulcinella Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) Mark Tucker (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071213 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Wall2Wall, FiddleFest A series of concerts recorded at the 2007 Fiddlefest, which takes place within the historic walls of Londonderry and showcases the violin in all its many guises including jazz, traditional and classical. 3/4. Recorded at the Guildhall in Derry, violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky and pianist Katya Apekisheva present Romantic repertoire for the violin. Grieg's dramatic Sonata No 3 is the last piece of chamber music he completed at his home, Troldhaugen, in 1887, and is coupled with one of Cesar Franck's most admired works. Grieg: Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor Franck: Violin Sonata in A 2.00pm Ulster Orchestra Summer Invitation Concerts Mozart, Haydn and Neo-Classicism Bill Campbell: Dig In (first performance; BBC Radio 3 commission) Ulster Orchestra David Hill (conductor) Mozart: Violin Concerto No 2 in D, K211 Ruth Palmer (violin) Ulster Orchestra David Hill (conductor) Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik for wind quintet, Op 24, No 2 Galliard Ensemble Tchaikovsky: Variations on a rococo theme for cello and orchestra, Op 33 Johannes Moser (cello) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jac van Steen (conductor) Mozart: Serenade in B flat for 13 wind instruments, K361 Members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra Haydn: Mass in the time of war (Paukenmesse) Mary Nelson (soprano) Sian Menna (mezzo-soprano) Andrew Staples (tenor) Edward Price (baritone) Charles Wood Singers Ulster Orchestra David Hill (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071214 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Wall2Wall, FiddleFest A series of concerts recorded at the 2007 Fiddlefest, which takes place within the historic walls of Londonderry and showcases the violin in all its many guises including jazz, traditional and classical. 4/4. In the atmospheric candlelit surrounds of St Columb's Cathedral, David Grimal performs music for solo violin. Bach: Partita No 2 Bartok: Solo Sonata 2.00pm Ulster Orchestra Summer Invitation Concerts Mozart, Haydn and Neo-Classicism Bill Campbell, Greg Caffrey, Rachel Holstead and Frank Lyons: A four-part piece Ulster Orchestra Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) Mozart: Regina Coeli BBC Singers BBC Concert Orchestra Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Mozart: Violin Concerto No 4 in D, K218 Catherine Leonard (violin) Ulster Orchestra Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) Haydn: Trio in G for keyboard and strings (Gypsy rondo) Ondine Trio Mozart: Concerto in E flat for two pianos and orchestra, K365 Eduard Kunz, Cedric Tiberghien (pianos) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Otto Tausk (conductor) Stravinsky: Orpheus Ulster Orchestra Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) Mozart: Misericordias Domini Richard Pearce (organ) BBC Singers BBC Concert Orchestra Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 103 in E flat (Drum Roll) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071218 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Beethoven Plus A run of concerts recorded at LSO, St Luke's, featuring a complete series of Beethoven's string quartets coupled with masterpieces of the genre by Haydn and Bartok. 1/8. Celebrated Czech ensemble the Skampa Quartet launches the series with the first Opus by the 'father of the string quartet', Joseph Haydn, followed by Beethoven's Opus 132. Haydn: Quartet in B flat, Op 1 No 1 (The Hunt) Beethoven: Quartet in A minor, Op 132 2.00pm British Symphony Series Featuring Viennese music from the 19th and 20th centuries that had an impact on British composer David Matthews. Plus the first recording of a new Christmas choral work by John Joubert, who celebrated his eightieth birthday this year. Berg: Lulu Suite Laura Aikin (soprano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Richard Armstrong (conductor) David Matthews: In the Dark Time BBC Symphony Orchestra Jac van Steen (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 8 BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Webern: 5 Pieces BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) John Joubert: Five Songs of Incarnation, Op 163 Robert Johnston (tenor) BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 1 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) David Matthews: Symphony No 2 BBC Symphony Orchestra David Porcelijn (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071219 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Beethoven Plus A run of concerts recorded at LSO St Luke's, featuring a complete series of Beethoven's string quartets coupled with masterpieces of the genre by Haydn and Bartok. 2/8. Former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Belcea Quartet present works by Beethoven and one of the 20th century masters of the chamber music genre, BÃla BartÃk. Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor, Op 95 (Serioso) BartÃk: Quartet No 6 in D, Sz 114 2.00pm British Symphony Series Composer David Matthews joins Fiona Talkington live in the studio to talk about his work and his musical enthusiasms: from Britten, who employed Matthews as his music assistant, to the late symphonic worlds of Sibelius and Mahler. Sibelius's Seventh Symphony was an influence on Matthews's Third, while David Matthews and his brother Colin both collaborated with Deryck Cooke on his 'performing version' of Mahler's final musical testament. Sibelius: Symphony No 7 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Josep Caballe-Domenech (conductor) David Matthews: Symphony No 3 BBC Philharmonic En Shao (conductor) Judith Bingham: Gleams of a remoter world BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) David Matthews: String Trio No 1 Leopold String Trio Mahler: Symphony No 10 BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071220 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Beethoven Plus A run of concerts recorded at LSO St Luke's, featuring a complete series of Beethoven's string quartets coupled with masterpieces of the genre by Haydn and Bartok. 3/8. The Kuss Quartet perform two late quartets from Beethoven and Bartok. The deterioration in his hearing almost complete, Beethoven completed his Op 95 quartet at a time of great personal and professional struggle, while Bartok's Sixth Quartet was his last foray into the form. BartÃk: Quartet No 3 in C sharp minor, Sz 85 Beethoven: Quartet in F, Op 59 No 1 (Razumovsky) 2.00pm British Symphony Series Featuring some of the East European and American musical enthusiasms of composer David Matthews. Plus a concerto by Graham Whettam, the British composer who died in August this year, shortly before his eightieth birthday. Janacek: Taras Bulba BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Matthews: The Doorway of the Dawn BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Matthews: Te lucis ante terminum BBC Singers Bo Holten (conductor) BartÃk: Contrasts Sara Trickey (violin) Catriona Scott (clarinet) Gretel Dowdeswell (piano) Haydn: Symphony No 85 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Garry Walker (conductor) Barber: Dover Beach Ronan Collett (baritone) Psophos String Quartet Malcolm Hayes: Alleluia, nativitas BBC Singers James Morgan (conductor) Graham Whettam: Clarinet Concerto No 1 John Bradbury (clarinet) BBC Philharmonic Alexander Shelley (conductor) Stravinsky: Mass BBC Singers Endymion Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Matthews: Symphony No 4 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071221 | Presented by Fiona Talkington. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Beethoven Plus A run of concerts recorded at LSO St Luke's, featuring a complete series of Beethoven's string quartets coupled with masterpieces of the genre by Haydn and Bartok. 4/8. Nicknamed the Sunrise, Haydn's Fourth Quartet in his final set of six has a resounding optimism from the glorious opening theme to the dancing finale. The Royal String Quartet follow this lively opener with another great crowd pleaser, Beethoven's sonorous Op 74. Haydn: Quartet in B flat, Op 76 No 4 (Sunrise) Beethoven: Quartet in E flat, Op 74 (Harp) 2.00pm British Symphony Series David Matthews's Sixth Symphony was premiered at the 2007 BBC Proms and here's another chance to hear that performance alongside one of the inspirations behind Matthews's work, Vaughan Williams's Sixth. Plus brand new recordings of Christmas choral music by John Gardner, who celebrated his ninetieth birthday in 2007. Gardner: When Christ was born of Mary free BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 6 BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Matthews: Berceuse for Dresden Raphael Wallfisch (cello) BBC Philharmonic Garry Walker (conductor) Gardner: The Turning Year, Op 19 BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Tippett: Fantasia concertante on a Theme of Corelli BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) Matthews: Symphony No 6 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jac van Steen (conductor) Gardner: Sunny bank; There is no rose BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Prokofiev: Symphony No 5 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jac van Steen (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071224 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Stephanie Hughes introduces a concert given at the Wigmore Hall, London, by German ensemble Trio Jean Paul. Haydn: Piano Trio in E minor, H XV 12 Brahms: Piano Trio in B, Op 8 2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007 Over the Christmas season, Afternoon on 3 is broadcasting Wagner's entire Ring Cycle, recorded at the 2007 Bayreuth Festival. Wagner's Ring Cycle begins today with Das Rheingold, and continues with one act per day across two weeks into the New Year. Wagner: Das Rheingold (Der Ring des Nibelungen) Wotan....Albert Dohmen (baritone) Donner....Ralf Lukas (baritone) Froh....Clemens Bieber (tenor) Loge....Arnold Bezuyen (tenor) Fasolt....Kwangchul Youn (baritone) Fafner....Hans-Peter KÃnig (bass) Alberich....Andrew Shore (baritone) Mime....Gerhard Siegel (tenor) Fricka....Michelle Breedt (mezzo-soprano) Freia....Edith Haller (soprano) Erda....Mihoko Fujimura (contralto) Woglinde....Fionnuala McCarthy (soprano) Wellgunde....Ulrike Helzel (soprano) Flosshilde....Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo-soprano) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Christian Thielemann (conductor) Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61 Christine SchÃfer (soprano) Werner GÃra (tenor) Gerald Finlay (bass) Arnold Schoenberg Chorus Concentus Musicus, Vienna Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071225 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Beethoven Plus A run of concerts recorded at LSO St Luke's, featuring a complete series of Beethoven's string quartets coupled with masterpieces of the genre by Haydn and Bartok. 5/8. Former New Generation Artists the Szymanowski Quartet perform two quartets commissioned by the wealthy Prince Lobkowitz, an amateur musician who patronised both Haydn and Beethoven, plus an arrangement of BartÃk's Romanian Folk Dances made especially for the quartet by Ukrainian composer Miroslav Skoryk. Haydn: Quartet in F, Op 77 No 2 Beethoven: Quartet in G, Op 18 No 2 BartÃk, arr. Skoryk: Romanian Folk Dances 2.00pm Carols from King's Another chance to hear Stephen Cleobury directing the annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King's College, Cambridge. 3.40pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007 Wagner: Die WalkÃre (Act 1) Siegmund....Endrik Wottrich (tenor) Hunding....Kwangchul Youn (bass) Wotan....Albert Dohmen (baritone) Sieglinde....Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano) BrÃnnhilde....Linda Watson (soprano) Fricka....Michelle Breedt (mezzo-soprano) Gerhilde....Sonja MÃhlbeck (soprano) Ortlinde....Anna Gabler (soprano) Waltraute....Martina Dike (mezzo-soprano) Schwertleite....Simone SchrÃder (contralto) Helmwige....Edith Haller (soprano) Siegrune....Wilke te Brummelstroete (mezzo-soprano) Grimgerde....Anette KÃttenbaum (mezzo-soprano) Rossweisse....Alexandra Petersamer (mezzo-soprano) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Christian Thielemann (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071226 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Beethoven Plus A run of concerts recorded at LSO St Luke's, featuring a complete series of Beethoven's string quartets coupled with masterpieces of the genre by Haydn and Bartok. 6/8. The Ysaye Quartet perform a Beethoven work which pays more than a passing tribute to Mozart. This is preceded by BartÃk's Third Quartet. Despite being indecisive in his personal life, BartÃk asserted his musical personality through his use of Hungarian folk tunes, which became one of the signature aspects of his music. BartÃk: Quartet No 1 in A minor, Sz 40 Beethoven: Quartet in A, Op 18 No 5 2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007 Wagner: Die WalkÃre (Act 2) Siegmund....Endrik Wottrich (tenor) Hunding....Kwangchul Youn (bass) Wotan....Albert Dohmen (baritone) Sieglinde....Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano) BrÃnnhilde....Linda Watson (soprano) Fricka....Michelle Breedt (mezzo-soprano) Gerhilde....Sonja MÃhlbeck (soprano) Ortlinde....Anna Gabler (soprano) Waltraute....Martina Dike (mezzo-soprano) Schwertleite....Simone SchrÃder (contralto) Helmwige....Edith Haller (soprano) Siegrune....Wilke te Brummelstroete (mezzo-soprano) Grimgerde....Anette KÃttenbaum (mezzo-soprano) Rossweisse....Alexandra Petersamer (mezzo-soprano) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Christian Thielemann (conductor) Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (Cantatas 1-3) Christine SchÃfer (soprano) Bernarda Fink (contralto) Werner GÃra (tenor) Gerald Finley (bass) Arnold Schoenberg Chorus Concentus Musicus, Vienna Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20071228 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Beethoven Plus A run of concerts recorded at LSO St Luke's, featuring a complete series of Beethoven's string quartets coupled with masterpieces of the genre by Haydn and Bartok. 8/8. Haydn's Frog Quartet earned its nickname from the rocking motif in the final movement, and it was the last movement of Beethoven's last completed quartet that caused such controversy at the premiere. After a reviewer described it as 'incomprehensible', Beethoven replaced the last movement (later published separately as the Grosse Fuge) with an altogether lighter and cheerier Allegro movement which, arguably, sits uncomfortably after the emotional weight of the Cavatina. Haydn: Quartet in D, Op 50 No 6 (The Frog) Beethoven: Quartet in B flat, Op 130 Prazak Quartet 2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007 Wagner: Siegfried (Act 1) Siegfried....Stephen Gould (tenor) Mime....Gerhard Siegel (tenor) The Wanderer....Albert Dohmen (baritone) Alberich....Andrew Shore (baritone) Fafner....Hans-Peter KÃnig (bass) Erda....Mihoko Fujimura (contralto) BrÃnnhilde....Linda Watson (soprano) Waldvogel....Robin Johannsen (soprano) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Christian Thielemann (conductor) Buxtehude: Alles was ihr tut mit Worten oder mit Werken Harmony of Voices Altapunta Ensemble Ole-Kristian Andersen (conductor) Buxtehude: Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BuxWV 207 Byne Bryndorf (organ) Vaughan Williams: Hodie Susan Gritton (soprano) Mark Wilde (tenor) James Rutherford (baritone) Berlin Radio Chorus Berlin State and Cathedral Choir German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Simon Halsey (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080101 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007 Wagner: Siegfried (Act 3) Siegfried....Stephen Gould (tenor) Mime....Gerhard Siegel (tenor) The Wanderer....Albert Dohmen (baritone) Alberich....Andrew Shore (baritone) Fafner....Hans-Peter KÃnig (bass) Erda....Mihoko Fujimura (contralto) BrÃnnhilde....Linda Watson (soprano) Waldvogel....Robin Johannsen (soprano) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Christian Thielemann (conductor) Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers) Monika Mauch, Constanze Backes (sopranos) Markus Brutscher, Hans Jorg Mammel, Wilfried Jochens, Stephan Schreckenberger (tenors) Kai Wefer (bass) Ullrich BÃhme (organ) St Thomas' Choir Musica Fiata Georg Christoph Biller (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080102 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert As part of the 2007 Music in the Round series, baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Iain Burnside perform a programme of Spanish-inspired songs recorded at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Schumann: Der Hidalgo Wolf: Auf dem grÃnen Balkon; Dereinst, dereinst, Gedanke mein; Herz, verzage nicht geschwind (Spanisches Liederbuch) Montsalvatge: 5 Negro Songs Shostakovich: Spanish Songs, Op 100 Ravel: Don Quichotte a DulcinÃe 2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007 Wagner: GÃtterdÃmmerung (Prelude and Act 1) Siegfried....Stephen Gould (tenor) Gunther....Ralf Lukas (baritone) Hagen....Hans-Peter KÃnig (bass) Alberich....Andrew Shore (baritone) BrÃnnhilde....Linda Watson (soprano) Gutrune....Edith Haller (soprano) Waltraute....Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano) First Norn....Simone SchrÃder (alto) Second Norn....Martina Dike (mezzo-soprano) Third Norn....Edith Haller (soprano) Woglinde....Fionnuala McCarthy (soprano) Wellgunde....Ulrike Helzel (soprano) Flosshilde....Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo-soprano) Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra Christian Thielemann (conductor) Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23 in A, K488 Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Andres Mustonen (conductor) Grieg, arr. Geirr Tveitt: Ballade in G minor, Op 24 (in the form of variations on a Norwegian melody) Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Eivind Aadland (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080103 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert From The Crucible in Sheffield, Music in the Round's resident group Ensemble 360 perform two contrasting sextets. Mendelssohn: Sextet in D for violin, two violas, cello, double bass and piano, Op 110 Poulenc: Sextet for piano and winds 2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007 Wagner: GÃtterdÃmmerung (Act 2) Siegfried....Stephen Gould (tenor) Gunther....Ralf Lukas (baritone) Hagen....Hans-Peter KÃnig (bass) Alberich....Andrew Shore (baritone) BrÃnnhilde....Linda Watson (soprano) Gutrune....Edith Haller (soprano) Waltraute....Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano) First Norn....Simone SchrÃder (alto) Second Norn....Martina Dike (mezzo-soprano) Third Norn....Edith Haller (soprano) Woglinde....Fionnuala McCarthy (soprano) Wellgunde....Ulrike Helzel (soprano) Flosshilde....Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo-soprano) Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra Christian Thielemann (conductor) PÃrt: La Sindone Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Andres Mustonen (conductor) Schumann: Requiem fÃr Mignon, Op 98b Christiane Oelze, Anitra Jellema (sopranos) Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Ans van Dam (contraltos) Andreas Schmidt (baritone) Netherlands Radio Chorus Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Jaap van Zweden (conductor) Schumann: Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, Op 112 Rosa....Christiane Oelze (soprano) ElfenfÃrstin, Martha, MÃllerin....Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto) Max....Werner GÃra (tenor) MÃller....Hans de Vries (baritone) TotengrÃber....Andreas Schmidt (bass) Maja Roodveldt, Anitra Jellema (sopranos) Anjolet Rotteveel (contralto) Netherlands Radio Chorus Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Jaap van Zweden (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080108 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 1/4. These performances were recorded at the 2007 Bath Mozartfest and feature works from three different concerts. Schumann: 3 Romanzen, Op 94 Steven Isserlis (cello) Melvyn Tan (piano) Strauss: Das Rosenband; Ruhe meine Seele; Wiegenlied, Op 41a; Einerlei; Waldseligkeit; Schlechtes Wetter; Zueignung Felicity Lott (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) Mozart: Piano Quartet in E flat, K493 Nash Ensemble 2.05pm British Symphony Series: Cyril Scott Korngold: The Sea Hawk (Suite from the film score, Part 2) BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba (conductor) Vaughan Williams: 3 Songs from Shakespeare BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Scott: Concerto No 1 in C for piano and orchestra Howard Shelley (piano) BBC Philharmonic Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge James Gilchrist (tenor) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) Beethoven: Concerto in D for violin and orchestra, Op 61 Olivier Charlier (violin) BBC Philharmonic Douglas Boyd (conductor) Scott: Three Symphonic Dances, Op 22 BBC Philharmonic Martyn Brabbins (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080111 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 4/4. These performances were recorded at the 2007 Bath Mozartfest and feature works from different concerts. Barber: The monk and his cat; Sure on this shining night; Promiscuity; Solitary Hotel Felicity Lott (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) Schubert: String Quintet in C, D956 Nash Ensemble 2.05pm British Symphony Series: Cyril Scott Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune BBC Philharmonic Pascal Rophe (conductor) Shostakovich: Sonata for viola and piano, Op 147 Lawrence Power (viola) Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) Scott: Cello Concerto Paul Watkins (cello) BBC Philharmonic Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Bennett: Songs before sleep for baritone and piano Jonathan Lemalu (baritone) Michael Hampton (piano) Mozart: Symphony No 40 BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Ravel: Sheherazade (3 poems for mezzo-soprano and orchestra) Felicity Lott (soprano) BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Korngold: The Sea Hawk (Suite from the film score, Part 5) BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080114 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Verity Sharp introduces a concert by the award-winning Florestan Trio, who return to London's Wigmore Hall to perform works by Mozart and Shostakovich. Mozart: Trio in G, K496 Shostakovich: Trio in E minor Op 67 2.00pm Towards Judith Weir A week of programmes planned in collaboration with composer Judith Weir to complement the Telling the Tale weekend beginning on Friday at London's Barbican and on Radio 3. As well as tasters of Weir's own music, there are her favourite pieces of music that tell stories and works by composers she admires who were inspired by folk music. Judith Weir: Heroic Strokes of the Bow BBC Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Stravinsky: The Firebird BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Janacek: Piano Sonata Jonathan Biss (piano) Holst: St Paul's Suite BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christoph Konig (conductor) Bartok: String Quartet No 2 Ebene Quartet Roslavets: Symphony for Chamber Orchestra BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080115 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Celebrating the New Generation Series of recitals given at the Cowdray Hall in Aberdeen featuring members, both past and present, of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme. 1/4. Tenor Allan Clayton is joined by pianist James Baillieu for a programme of songs by Holst, Bridge and Judith Weir. Britten: Canticle 1 Bridge: Go Not Happy Day; Journey's End; A Dirge Weir: Scotch Minstrelsy Holst: Persephone; The Floral Bandit; The Dream City; Journey's End; Now in These Fairy Lands Britten: Sally in Our Alley; The Plough Boy; Oliver Cromwell 2.00pm Towards Judith Weir Works on the themes of storytelling and the inspiration of folk music. Humperdinck: Overture (Hansel and Gretel) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Haydn: Trio in G for keyboard and strings (Gypsy Rondo) Ondine Trio Rimsky-Korsakov: Skazka (Legend) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Ligeti: Continuum; Hungarian Rock Jane Chapman (harpsichord) Ravel: Mother Goose Suite BBC Philharmonic Pascal Rophe (conductor) Bartok: Suite for piano, Op 14 Simon Trpceski (piano) Rimsky-Korsakov: Sinfonietta on Russian Themes BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Janacek: String Quartet No 1 (Kreutzer Sonata) Karol Szymanowski Quartet Holst: The Planets Shinyukai Choir BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080116 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Celebrating the New Generation A series of recitals recorded at the Cowdray Hall in Aberdeen featuring members, both past and present, of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme. 2/4. The Aronowitz Ensemble perform works by Vaughan Williams, Britten and Bridge. Vaughan Williams: Fantasy Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello Britten: Lachrymae for viola and piano Bridge: Phantasie trio for piano and strings 2.00pm Towards Judith Weir Works on the themes of storytelling and the inspiration of folk music. Judith Weir: My Guardian Angel BBC Singers Dominic Wheeler (conductor) Rimsky-Korsakov: Overture to The Tsar's Bride BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Holst: I love my love BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Bartarr. Willner: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 56 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Lesley Hatfield (director) Ligeti: Romanian Concerto (Finale) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Mozart: 12 Variations on 'Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman', K265 Martin Helmchen (piano) Schoenberg: Verkl㤲e Nacht BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Holst: Four songs for voice and violin Sarah Leonard (soprano) Marcia Crayford (violin) Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2 Martin Roscoe (piano) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Jan㡿k: String Quartet No 2 (Intimate Letters) Belcea Quartet Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080118 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Celebrating the New Generation A series of recitals recorded at the Cowdray Hall in Aberdeen featuring members, both past and present, of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme. 4/4. Cellist Danjulo Ishizaka is joined by pianist Jose Gallardo for a programme of English music. Ireland: Cello Sonata in G minor Bax: Rhapsodic Ballade for solo cello Britten: Sonata in C for cello and piano, Op 65 2.00pm Towards Judith Weir A feast of stories and folk music ends this week's series leading up to the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Telling the Tale weekend, focusing on the music of Judith Weir. Judith Weir: Little Tree Richard Benjafield (marimba) BBC Singers Dominic Wheeler (conductor) Jan㡣k, arr. Talich: Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Grainger: There was a pig went out to dig for female voices BBC Singers Bo Holten (conductor) Holst: I sowed the seeds of love Ildiko Allen (soprano) Jacqueline Fox (mezzo-soprano) BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Elgar: Cello Concerto Jian Wang (cello) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Bart8 Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs Grace Francis (piano) Stravinsky: Petrushka BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) 4.00pm Folk Tales An edited broadcast of the concert curated by Judith Weir at LSO St Luke's in London. Delhi-born storyteller Vayu Naidu interweaves magical stories with folk music from around Britain, as a curtain-raiser to the Telling the Tale weekend. | ||
| AO3 | 20080325 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert The Beethoven Plus series of Lunchtime Concerts continues as the Czech Skampa Quarted perform the complete Beethoven quartets along with music by Haydn. Skampa Quartet Haydn: Quartet in D minor, Op 76 No 2 (Fifths) Beethoven: Quartet in E minor, Op 59 No 2 (Razumovsky) 2.00pm Rites of Spring Reflecting Radio 3's Rites of Spring season through springtime music and the ideas of death and rebirth, and featuring performances by the BBC Orchestras on tour. The programme includes spring-like contemporary music from the BBC Singers, and a concert given by the BBC Philharmonic last spring in Budapest. Mozart: Overture (Don Giovanni) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Bingham: Unpredictable but Providential BBC Singers David Hill (conductor) Beethoven: Violin Concerto Sergei Khachatryan (violin) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Bingham: Shepheardes Calendar BBC Singers David Hill (conductor) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 in A (Italian) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Holten: Cradle Song; Spring; A Divine Image (The Marriage of Heaven and Hell) BBC Singers Bo Holten (conductor) Schumann: Symphony No 1 (Spring) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Alexander Shelley (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080429 | Presented by Suzy Klein. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert In a series of concerts from The Sage, Gateshead, a trio of young musicians perform works by three of the so-called 'mighty five' composers who were so prominent in 19th century Russia. Violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky and pianist Katya Apekisheva play the little-known Violin Sonata by Cesar Cui, followed by a performance of Borodin's youthful Cello Sonata, performed by Alexander Chaushian and Katya Apekisheva. To end the recital, all three musicians join forces to play the Piano Trio by Rimsky-Korsakov. 2.20pm Russian and British Music With major works by the great Russian Romantic composers, focusing especially on Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky, as well as British pieces ranging from the familiar to the neglected. Arnold: Concerto for guitar and small orchestra, Op 67 Craig Ogden (guitar) Ulster Orchestra Rumon Gamba (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 in C minor, Op 17 (Little Russian) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Handel: Sonata in D minor for recorder and continuo, HWV 367a Sharon Bezaly (flute) Terence Charlston (harpsichord) Charles Medlam (viola da gamba) Bainton: Concerto fantasia for piano and orchestra Margaret Fingerhut (piano) BBC Philharmonic Paul Daniel (conductor) Rachmaninov: The Bells, Op 35 Dmitri Voropaev (tenor) BBC National Chorus of Wales London Symphony Chorus BBC National Orchestra of Wales Vasily Petrenko (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080620 | Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert A concert from 2007's Cheltenham Festival, with highly regarded current Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Pavel Haas Quartet performing a recital in the Pittville Pump Room, featuring music by Mozart, Dvorak and Janacek. Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor K546 Dvorak: String Quartet No 12 in F (American) Janacek: String Quartet No 2 (Intimate Letters) 2.10pm The Alps Concluding a week of music with an Alpine connection with the last two acts of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde in a performance given at La Scala, Milan earlier this year. During the interval British tenor Ian Storey talks to Penny about his role in the production. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Acts 2 and 3) Tristan....Ian Storey (tenor) King Mark....Matti Salminen (bass) Isolde....Waltraud Meier (soprano) Kurwenal, Tristan's servant....Gerd Grokowski (baritone) Melot, a courtier....Will Hartmann (tenor) Brangane, Isolde's maid....Michelle de Young (soprano) A shepherd....Ryland Davies (tenor) A steersman....Ernesto Panariello (baritone) A young sailor....Alfredo Nigro (tenor) La Scala Chorus and Orchestra Daniel Barenboim (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080625 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2/8. Series of highlights from concerts recorded at this year's Aldeburgh Festival. Featuring cellist Steven Isserlis and festival director Thomas Ades in works by Debussy, Janacek, Schumann, Kurtag, Ravel and Poulenc. Debussy: Sonata in D minor for cello and piano Janacek: Pohadka (Fairy Tales) for cello and piano (1912 version) Schumann: Violin Sonata No 3, arr for cello Kurtag: Four Pieces for solo cello: Hommage a John Cage; Pilinszky Janos: Gerard de Nerval; Arnyak (Shadows); Kroo Gyorgy In Memoriam Ravel: Deux melodies hebraiques Poulenc: Sonata for cello and piano 2.30pm China Focus Including: Qigang Chen: L'eloignement BBC Symphony Orchestra Muhai Tang (conductor) Poulenc, arr. Lennox Berkeley: Flute Sonata Sharon Bezaly (flute) BBC Philharmonic Baldur Bronnimann (conductor) Puccini: Preludio Sinfonico BBC National Orchestra of Wales Roberto Minczuk (conductor) 3.10pm Korngold: Violin Concerto Matthew Trusler (violin) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Roberto Minczuk (conductor) Busoni: Turandot Suite (Scs 1,2,7 and 8) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Roberto Minczuk (conductor) 3.55pm Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italienne BBC National Orchestra of Wales Roberto Minczuk (conductor) Bach: Sonata in G minor for flute (or violin/oboe) and keyboard, BWV 1020 (attrib JS Bach, now thought to be CPE Bach) Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) Robin Michael (cello) Gary Cooper (harpsichord) 4.20pm Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 Ingrid Fliter (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Benjamin Ellin (conductor) Part of Radio 3's Focus on China season. | ||
| AO3 | 20080701 | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Louise Fryer continues an exploration of some of the great music inspired by the seafaring and the satanic. Including a celebrated Berlioz work, a 'dramatic legend' inspired by Faust and what is likely to be the most personal of the many Faust settings that the 19th century spawned. Bennett: Sea Change for chorus BBC Symphony Chorus Stephen Jackson (conductor) 2.20pm Berlioz: La damnation de Faust Sarah Tynan (soprano) Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Marcel Reijans (tenor) Peter Rose (bass) Patrick Bolleire (bass-baritone) Bristol Choral Society BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) 4.30pm Liszt: Totentanz Ulster Orchestra Christian Gansch (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080702 | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Louise Fryer continues a series of programmes with a focus on works inspired by the sea and the satanic. Henry Wood: Fantasia on British Sea Songs BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Tchaikovsky: The Tempest BBC Symphony Orchestra Alexander Vedernikov (conductor) 2.50pm Judith Bingham: Salt in the Blood BBC Symphony Chorus Fine Arts Brass Stephen Jackson (conductor) Schnittke: Seid nuchtern und wachet (Faust cantata) Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano) Andrew Watts (countertenor) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) Justin Lavender (tenor) BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra Leonard Slatkin (conductor) 3.50pm Parry: The Chivalry of the Sea BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) Chausson: Poeme de l'amour et de la mer Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) BBC Philharmonic Andris Nelsons (conductor) Mussorgsky, orch. Shostakovich: Songs and Dances of Death Paul Whelan (baritone) Ulster Orchestra Adrian Leaper (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080704 | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Louise Fryer concludes an exploration of music inspired by the seafaring and the satanic, with a sequence that includes HK Gruber's 'pan-demonium' for baritone and orchestra Frankenstein!! Clifton Parker: Sink the Bismarck BBC Concert Orchestra Rumon Gamba (conductor) Joby Talbot: Sneaker Wave BBC National Orchestra of Wales Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Ravel: Une barque sur l'ocean BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) 2.45pm Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No 1 Ulster Orchestra Christian Gansch (conductor) Gruber: Frankenstein!! - a pan-demonium for baritone and orchestra BBC Philharmonic HK Gruber (conductor) Elgar: Sea Pictures Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Rumon Gamba (conductor) 3.50pm Edward German: Prelude (The Tempter) BBC Concert Orchestra John Wilson (conductor) Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080707 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 1/5. Part of a week of programmes marking the centenary of the birth of the great Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan. Including rare radio archive recordings of Karajan conducting 'his' orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, as well as the Vienna Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras, and the Philharmonia Orchestra. Plus recent concert performances by some of today's leading conductors - especially those associated with the Berlin Philharmonic and with the BBC orchestras. Strauss: Don Juan Philharmonia Orchestra Herbert von Karajan (conductor) 2.15pm Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 Maurizio Pollini (piano) Berlin Philharmonic Claudio Abbado (conductor) 2.45pm Berlioz: Te Deum Marius Brenciu (tenor) Iveta Apkalna (organ) Berlin Radio Chorus (chorus master - Simon Halsey) Bavarian Radio Chorus (chorus master - Robert Blank) Boys of the Berlin State and Cathedral Choir Berlin Radio Children's Chorus Berlin Girls' Chorus Berlin Sing-Akademie Girls' Chorus Berlin Philharmonic Claudio Abbado (conductor) 3.30pm Beethoven: Symphony No 9 Elisabeth Grummer (soprano) Marga Hoffgen (contralto) Ernst Haefliger (tenor) Gottlob Frick (bass) St Hedwig's Cathedral Chorus Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080708 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Series of programmes marking the centenary of the birth of the great Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan, with a focus on song and dance - or opera and ballet. 2/5. Including a complete performance from last year's Orange Festival in the south of France of Verdi's Il trovatore, starring Roberto Alagna. Von Karajan features in a radio archive recording of a Stravinsky ballet, alongside Simon Rattle conducting the Austrian maestro's old orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, in a dance from a Prokofiev opera. Prokofiev: March (The Love for Three Oranges) Berlin Philharmonic Simon Rattle (conductor) Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes Philharmonia Orchestra Herbert von Karajan (conductor) 2.25pm Verdi: Il trovatore Manrico....Roberto Alagna (tenor) Leonora....Susan Neves (soprano) Azucena....Mzia Nioradze (mezzo-soprano) Ines....Marie-Paule Dotti (soprano) Count of Luna....Seng-Hyoun Ko (baritone) Ferrando....Arutjun Kotchinian (bass) Ruiz....Sebastien Gueze (tenor) Old Gypsy....David Bizic (bass) Messenger....Jean-Francois Borras (tenor) Regional Opera Choruses French National Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080709 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Series of programmes marking the centenary of the birth of the great Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan. 3/5. A rare chance to hear von Karajan conducting music of his own time with Henze's Antifone from 1962, sandwiched between two tragic works - Berlioz's Requiem and Josef Suk's Asrael Symphony. Berlioz: Grande messe des morts (Requiem) Joseph Kaiser (tenor) Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus Berlin Philharmonic Donald Runnicles (conductor) 3.25pm Henze: Antifone Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan (conductor) 3.40pm Dvorak: Biblical Songs (excerpts) Peter Mikulas (bass) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) 3.50pm Suk: Asrael Symphony Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Jiri Belohlavek (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080710 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Series of programmes marking the centenary of the birth of the great Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan. 4/5. Featuring Karajan's live performance of Richard Strauss' Elektra, an opera he never recorded commercially. Plus performances by Mariss Jansons, one of today's leading conductors, who was given great support as a young man by Karajan. Wagner: Siegfried's Funeral March (Gotterdammerung) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor) 2.05pm Caplet: Tout est lumiere Atsuko Suzuki (soprano) Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor) 2.10pm Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 Daniel Barenboim (piano) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor) 3.00pm Strauss: Elektra Elektra....Astrid Varnay (mezzo-soprano) Klytemnestra....Martha Modl (soprano) Chrysothemis....Hildegard Hillebrecht (soprano) Orestes....Eberhard Waechter (baritone) Aegisthus....James King (tenor) Vienna State Opera Chorus Vienna Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080711 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Series of programmes marking the centenary of the birth of the great Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan. 5/5. In a performance recorded at a Bach Festival in Vienna in 1950, Karajan conducts movements from Bach's B minor Mass, with the great British contralto Kathleen Ferrier. Plus an all-Beethoven concert under Bernard Haitink and a Bruckner Symphony conducted by Daniel Barenboim. Beethoven: Egmont Overture 2.10pm Beethoven: Triple Concerto Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) Christian Poltera (cello) Lars Vogt (piano) 2.45pm Beethoven: Symphony No 5 Chamber Orchestra of Europe Bernard Haitink (conductor) 3.20pm Bach: Mass in B minor (excerpts) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) Grand Chorus of the 'Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wiener Symphoniker' Vienna Symphony Orchestra Herbert von Karajan (conductor) 3.30pm Bruckner: Symphony No 9 Berlin Staatskapelle Daniel Barenboim (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080714 | Folk Influences In the run-up to the BBC Proms Folk day next month, Penny Gore presents music with a highly nationalistic flavour, by composers inspired by folk songs from all over Europe. With the Ulster Orchestra performing music from Ireland, Norway and central Europe plus an eclectic mix of live and specially-recorded music inspired by traditional song, alongside BBC Singers' recordings of folk song arrangements. Grieg: Lyric suite (arr. for orchestra, Lyric pieces for piano - Book 5, Op 54) Ulster Orchestra Esa Heikkila (conductor) Vaino Raitio: Four Dances: Tango; Danse grotesque; Humoreski; Valssi Ulster Orchestra Tuomas Ollila (conductor) Harty: An Irish Symphony Ulster Orchestra Takuo Yuasa (conductor) 3.00pm Joan Trimble: Suite for strings Ulster Orchestra Takuo Yuasa (conductor) Gorecki: Wislo moja, Wislo szara Jetse Bremer Komt vrieden in het ronden BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Janacek: Lachian dances Ulster Orchestra Adrian Leaper (conductor) Kodaly: Variations on a Hungarian folk-song (The Peacock) Ulster Orchestra David Porcelijn (conductor) 4.15pm Bartok: Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz 100 (orch. from 15 Hungarian peasant songs for piano) Ulster Orchestra Takuo Yuasa (conductor) Archibald James Potter: Gaelic Fantasy No 1 for orchestra Ulster Orchestra Robert Houlihan (conductor) Stanford: Irish rhapsody No 1 in D minor, Op 78 Ulster Orchestra Vernon Handley (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080715 | Folk Influences In the run-up to the BBC Proms Folk day next month, Penny Gore presents music with a highly nationalistic flavour, by composers inspired by folk songs from all over Europe. Butterworth: The Banks of green willow - idyll for orchestra BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor) Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne (selection) Patricia Rozario (soprano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Bridge: Two Old English songs - vers. for string orchestra BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor) Tippett: Four Songs from the British Isles - arr. for chorus BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 3.00pm Smetana: Ma vlast (My country - Bohemia's Woods and Fields) BBC National Orchestra of Wales David Charles Abell (conductor) Dvorak: Symphony No 6 in D, Op 60 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jac van Steen (conductor) 4.00pm Liszt: Mesto (Heroide elegiaque - Hungarian national melodies, S242) Eduard Kunz (piano) Mansel Thomas: Suite of folksongs for chorus and orchestra BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales Adrian Partington (conductor) Vaughan Williams: 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus BBC National Orchestra of Wales Lesley Hatfield (director). | ||
| AO3 | 20080716 | Folk Influences In the run-up to the BBC Proms Folk day, Penny Gore presents music by composers inspired by folk songs from Finland, Poland and Hungary. Veljo Tormis: Piispa ja pakana BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Bartok: Concerto for orchestra BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Lutoslawski: Little Suite BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Michal Dworzynski (conductor) 3.00pm Alexander MacKenzie: Scottish Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op 55 Steven Osborne (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) 3.30pm Sibelius: Kullervo Paivi Nisula (soprano) Raimo Laukka (baritone) Helsinki University Male Voice Choir BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Osma Vanska (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080717 | Folk Influences In the run-up to the BBC Proms Folk day next month, Penny Gore presents music with a highly nationalistic flavour, by composers inspired by folk songs from all over Europe. Wladyslaw Zelenski: Overture (In the Tatras, Op 27) BBC Symphony Orchestra Michal Dworzynki (conductor) Bartok: Concerto for two pianos and orchestra Rolk Hind, Paavali Jumpaanen (pianos) John Chimes (timpani) David Hockings (percussion) BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson (conductor) Zygmunt Noskowksi: The Steppes - symphonic poem, Op 66 BBC Symphony Orchestra Michal Dworzynki (conductor) 3.00pm Vaughan Williams: 5 English Folk Songs, arr. for chorus BBC Singers David Hill (conductor) Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No 2 in D, Op 11 BBC Symphony Orchestra Rossen Milanov (conductor) Vitezslav Novak: Slovak Suite, Op 32 BBC Symphony Orchestra Jakub Hrusa (conductor) 4.00pm Grieg: 4 Psalms for baritone and mixed voices, Op 74 Thorbjorn Gulbrandsoy (bass) BBC Symphony Chorus Stephen Jackson (conductor) Stanislaw Moniuszko: Concert Overture (Bajka - The Fairy Tale) BBC Symphony Orchestra Michal Dworzynki (conductor) Vitezslav Novak: In the Tatra Mountains - symphonic poem, Op 26 BBC Symphony Orchestra Jakub Hrusa (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080718 | Folk Influences In the run-up to the BBC Proms Folk day next month, Penny Gore presents music with a highly nationalistic flavour, by composers inspired by by Czech, Russian, English and Australian traditional song. Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, Op 72 No 10 BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba (conductor) Rimsky-Korsakov: Sinfonietta in A minor on Russian themes, Op 31 BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) 3.00pm Cyril Scott: Early one morning - poem for piano and orchestra Howard Shelley (piano) BBC Philharmonic Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 103 in E flat, H I 103 (Drum Roll) BBC Philharmonic Simon Wright (conductor) Stephen Leek: Island Songs BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Grainger: Green Bushes BBC Philharmonic Richard Hickox (conductor) 4.10pm Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 in C minor, Op 17 (Little Russian) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Nos 1,2 and 8, Op 46 BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080721 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor opening the 114th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. The concert launches Proms celebrations of the centenaries of Elliott Carter and Olivier Messiaen and features a rich line-up of soloists. Christine Brewer (soprano) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Wayne Marshall (organ) Royal College of Music Brass BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Strauss: Festliches Praludium Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C, K314 Strauss: Four Last Songs Messiaen: La Nativite du Seigneur (Dieu parmi nous) Beethoven: Rondo in B flat for piano and orchestra Elliott Carter: Catenaires for solo piano (UK premiere) Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy 4.00pm Chamber Music The first in a series of chamber music performances, featured throughout the Proms season, with Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Ebene Quartet in a recital given last year at the Wigmore Hall, London. Haydn: Quartet, Op 76 No 1 Ravel: Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20080722 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.20pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear Saturday's Prom in which violinist Nigel Kennedy made a return to the Proms - after an absence of 21 years - joining the BBC Concert Orchestra and Paul Daniel for Elgar's Violin Concerto. Introduced by Sean Rafferty, the programme begins with The Garden of Fand, one of Bax's so-called 'Celtic twilight' works, and a magical evocation of the sea surrounding Fan's island. Afterwards Andrew Kennedy is soloist in Finzi's setting of Wordsworth's poem about the loss of childhood innocence. Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Nigel Kennedy (violin) BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Concert Orchestra Paul Daniel (conductor) Bax: The Garden of Fand Finzi: Intimations of Immortality Elgar: Violin Concerto 4.20pm Chamber Music Britten: Cello Sonata, Op 65 Peter Wispelwey (cello) Dejan Lazic (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20080723 | Presented by Tom Service. 2.10pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear Monday's orchestral Prom with Parisian musicians playing French blockbusters from the last two centuries, also featuring the Royal Albert Hall's famous organ. They contribute to the celebrations of Olivier Messiaen's centenary with two works with a religious inspiration: one for solo organ and one for a large array of wind and percussion. And they join forces to end the concert with Saint-Saens's famous Organ Symphony. Olivier Latry (organ) Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) Messiaen: L'ascension, for solo organ; Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 (Organ) 4.10pm Chamber Music Wolf: 6 songs (Morike lieder for voice and piano) Christianne Stotijn (soprano) Joseph Breinl (piano) Haydn: Quartet, Op 20 No 1 Endellion Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20080724 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.30pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear Tuesday's Prom, with conductor Roger Norrington and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra performing key works by three much-loved composers. The concert begins with Rossini's overture to his opera William Tell, with its brooding prelude for cellos and famous galloping ending, and is followed by Haydn's early C major Cello Concerto, long-thought lost until it turned up in the 1960s. The soloist is young French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, who makes his BBC Proms debut. The programme ends with Elgar's Symphony No 1 in A flat, described at the time of its debut by Hans Richter as 'the greatest symphony of modern times'. Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR) Roger Norrington (conductor) Rossini: William Tell Overture Haydn: Cello Concerto No 1 in C Elgar: Symphony No 1 in A flat 4.30pm Chamber Music Britten: Cello Suite No 3 Christian Poltera (cello). | ||
| AO3 | 20080725 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.15pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear a Proms concert recreating a programme first heard at the Royal Albert Hall in 1958, with works by two great German composers. The BBC Symphony Orchestra is joined by its chief conductor Jiri Belohlavek, who was raised in the European traditions of performing Mendelssohn and Brahms. Lars Vogt (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Mendelssohn: Overture (Ruy Blas); Symphony No 4 in A (Italian) Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat; Symphony No 2 in D 4.40pm Chamber Music Bach: Cello Suite No 1 Christian Poltera (cello). | ||
| AO3 | 20080728 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear Thursday's Prom, with the BBC Philharmonic and its Conductor Laureate in a programme that includes the first public performance of Arnold Bax's In memoriam Patrick Pearse. Written in memory of one of the leaders of the Irish Easter Rising of 1916, it was only recently found to have been orchestrated. The orchestra is then joined by Yevgeny Sudbin who makes his BBC Proms debut in Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 1, and the concert concludes with Vaughan Williams's challenging Symphony No 4. Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Bax: In memoriam Patrick Pearse Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 4 in F minor 3.35pm Chamber Music Messiaen: Vingt Regards Nos 1-10 Joanna MacGregor (piano) Shostakovich: String quartet No 7 Kopelman Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20080729 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear Friday's Prom, with a programme that concentrates on colour, both orchestral and visual, and includes the first Proms premiere of 2008, by Simon Holt, recently appointed 'Composer in Association' with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. There is also Debussy's Nocturnes, his impressionist response to paintings by Whistler, portraying sky, sea and dazzling festivities, as well as Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, with orchestrations by Ravel. Cantamus Girls' Choir BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Debussy: Nocturnes Simon Holt: Troubled Light (BBC commission - world premiere) Mussorgsky, orch. Ravel: Pitcures at an Exhibition 3.35pm Chamber Music Messiaen: Vingts Regards Nos 11-20 Joanna MacGregor (piano) Faure: Melodies, Op 58 Joan Rodgers (soprano) Christopher Glynn (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20080730 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear Saturday's Prom prom in which bass John Tomlinson joins the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra in scenes from Boris Godunov, while composer Thomas Ades conducts his recent work which explores the idea of 'the ship of the world'. Also on the bill is Prokofiev's fiery first Piano Concerto with soloist Louis Lortie as well as two of the most popular Russian works in the orchestra repertoire. Anna Dennis (mezzo-soprano) John Tomlinson (bass) Louis Lortie (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Thomas Ades (conductor) Mussorgsky, rev. Shebalin: A Night on the Bare Mountain Mussorgsky: Coronation Scene; Boris's Monologue; Death Scene (Boris Godunov) Ades: Tevot Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 1 Borodin: Polovtsian Dances 4.00pm Chamber Music Brahms: Piano Quartet, Op 60 Vienna Piano Trio Johannes Flieder (viola). | ||
| AO3 | 20080731 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear Sunday's Prom, celebrating the centenary of the birth of Olivier Messiaen, one of the most inspirational, colourful and influential composers of the 20th century. La transfiguration is a fervent expression of his passionately held Roman Catholic faith, illuminating the moment when Christ was enveloped in light and revealed to his disciples as the Son of God. Messiaen: La transfiguration de notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ Gerard Bouwhuis (piano) Adam Walker (flute) Julian Bliss (clarinet) Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello) Colin Currie (xylophone) Adrian Spillett (marimba) Richard Benjafield (vibraphone) Philharmonia Voices BBC Symphony Chorus BBC National Chorus of Wales BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) 3.45pm Chamber Music Dowland: Selection of lute songs Emma Kirkby (soprano) Jakob Lindberg (lute) Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat Vienna Piano Trio | ||
| AO3 | 20080801 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear Monday's Prom, a celebration of the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's Symphony No 5 - premiered in 1808 in Vienna - and Elliott Carter's centenary. David Robertson and the BBC Symphony Orchestra begin with the string orchestra version of the Grosse Fuge from Beethoven's late String Quartet. Beethoven: Grosse Fuge Elliott Carter: Oboe Concerto Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C minor 3.25pm Chamber Music Haydn: Piano Trio Vienna Piano Trio Korngold: Piano Trio Vienna Piano Trio Purcell: Selection of songs and lute pieces Emma Kirkby (soprano) Jakob Linberg (lute) Nicholas Daniel (oboe) BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson (conductor). | ||
| AO3 | 20080804 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear the Halle Orchestra's Prom with their current music director Mark Elder in Vaughan Williams's 8th Symphony, dedicated to the orchestra's then music director John Barbirolli, who premiered the work with the orchestra in 1956. This is followed by George Butterworth's orchestral rhapsody, which is heard alongside some of AE Housman's poems which inspired it. The concert concludes with Bruch's ever-popular concerto, featuring violinist Janine Janson, and Richard Strauss' orchestral portrait of impudent trickster Till Eulenspiegel. Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 8 in D minor Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Janine Jansen (violin) Rupert Evans (speaker) Tom McKay (speaker) Halle Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor) 3.50pm Chamber Music Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht Vienna Piano Trio Berio: Folk songs Britten Sinfonia. | ||
| AO3 | 20080805 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear Friday's Prom, celebrating Liverpool's relationship with young Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko, in its year as Europan capital of culture. Petrenko teams up with two other young Liverpool-born artists: composer Kenneth Hesketh, who has written a new work for this Prom, and pianist Paul Lewis, who joins the orchestra for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4. Paul Lewis (piano) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Kenneth Hesketh: Graven Image (BBC/RLPO co-commission: world premiere) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances 3.45pm Chamber Music Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew themes Britten Sinfonia Stravinsky: 3 Songs Anna Dennis (soprano) Britten Sinfonia Schubert: selection of songs Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) Joseph Breinl (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20080806 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear Sunday's Prom featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with their Chief Conductor-designate Donald Runnicles in their first concert of the new season. Beethoven's First Symphony is followed by Mahler's symphony-with-voices Das Lied von der Erde, featuring South African tenor Johan Botha and former Kathleen Ferrier Award-winner Karen Cargill. Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) Johan Botha (tenor) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 1 in C Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde 3.50pm Chamber Music Mozart: Trio in G, K496 Vienna Piano Trio Mahler: Piano Quartet Movement Johannes Flieder (piano) Vienna Piano Trio Falla: Harpsichord Concerto Britten Sinfonia. | ||
| AO3 | 20080807 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear Monday's Prom in which the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and its young associate guest conductor Stefan Solyom celebrate the 150th anniversary of Ethel Smyth's birth. Her unusually scored Concerto for Horn and Violin is dedicated to the founder of the Proms, Henry Wood, and alongside it are Wood's own arrangements of Bach and Rachmaninov, a composer whose work he championed. The concert closes with Rachmaninov's romantic Second Symphony. Richard Watkins (horn) Tasmin Little (violin) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Stefan Solyom (conductor) Bach, orch. Henry Wood: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 Smyth: Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra Rachmaninov, orch. Henry Wood: Prelude in C sharp minor Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 in E minor 4.05pm Chamber Music The Britten Sinfonia play works by composers from Bach to Peter Maxwell Davies, as well as Bach arranged by Maxwell Davies. | ||
| AO3 | 20080808 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear Tuesday's Prom in which young violinist Julia Fischer joins the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and its chief conductor for a programme inspired by rustic dances. Brahms's Violin Concerto ends with a peasant dance, while the third movement of Dvorak's Sixth is a 'furiant' with cross-rhythms. This is preceded by Johan Wagenaar's overture to Cyrano de Bergerac. Julia Fischer (violin) Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Yakov Kreizberg (conductor) Wagenaar: Overture (Cyrano de Bergerac) Dvorak: Symphony No 6 in D Brahms: Violin Concerto in D 3.55pm Chamber Music Stravinsky: Soldier's Tale Suite Bartok: Contrasts Britten Sinfonia Stravinsky: 3 Pieces for string quartet Kopelman Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20080811 | Presented by Ian Skelly. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear last Wednesday night's prom. British composer George Benjamin conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in his first orchestral work Ringed by the Flat Horizon, which was dedicated to his teacher Olivier Messiaen. The concert opens with Messiaen's four meditations on religious themes, L'ascension, and returns to France at its close with popular works by Ravel. German violinist Carolin Widmann makes her Proms debut with Stravinsky's neo-Classical violin concerto. Introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Carolin Widmann (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra George Benjamin (conductor) Messiaen: L'ascension Stravinsky: Violin Concerto George Benjamin: Ringed by the Flat Horizon Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte Ravel: Bolero 3.55pm Chamber Music Couperin: Pieces de clavecin Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin (excerpts) Alexandre Tharaud (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20080812 | Presented by Ian Skelly. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear last Thursday's Prom, with the Ulster Orchestra under its principal conductor Kenneth Montgomery exploring contrasting nationalities in a colourful programme of Irish and Czech music. Works by Irish born composers Ferguson and Stanford are followed by Smetana's Ma vlast and Dvorak's Eighth Symphony. Young Irish pianist Finghin Collins makes his Proms debut in Stanford's Second Piano Concerto. Introduced by Alex Wilson. Finghin Collins (piano) Ulster Orchestra Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) Ferguson: Overture for an Occasion Stanford: Piano Concerto No 2 Smetana: Vltava (Ma vlast) Dvorak: Symphony No 8 in G 3.55pm Chamber Music MacMillan: Memento for String Quartet Callino Quartet Brahms: Quintet in F minor for piano and strings, Op 34 Barry Douglas (piano) Callino Quartet. | ||
| AO3 | 20080813 | Presented by Ian Skelly. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear Leonard Slatkin conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a repeat of last Friday's Prom, which features three diverse composers. Chen Yi's Olympic Fire was commissioned to celebrate the opening of the Beijing Olympics, and to look forward to the London Olympics in four years. Winner of the 2001 Van Cliburn Competition Olga Kern plays one of the best-loved works by fellow-Russian Sergei Rachmaninov. The Prom finishes with two major pieces by Ralph Vaughan Williams: a work for strings commissioned for the New York World's Fair just before the Second World War and a searing symphony apparently inspired by the horrors that conflict brought. Introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Olga Kern (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Chen Yi: Olympic Fire (BBC commission; world premiere) Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 6 in E minor 3.45pm Chamber Music Bach: Preludes and Fugues Schoenberg: Pieces Alfredo Pearl (piano) Plus highlights from Hesperion XXI and Jordi Savall at the 2006 Wyastone Leys Festival. | ||
| AO3 | 20080814 | Presented by Ian Skelly. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear last Saturday's Prom, featuring a jazz-infused programme given at the Royal Albert Hall, London, with works by Gershwin, Stravinsky and Bernstein, plus new compositions by Radio 3 New Generation Artist Gwilym Simcock and Jason Yarde. Michael Collins (clarinet) Gwilym Simcock (piano) Phil Donkin (bass) Martin France (drums) Jason Yarde (saxophone) BBC Concert Orchestra Charles Hazlewood (conductor) Gershwin: Strike Up the Band Gershwin, arr. Jason Yarde: My man's gone now (Porgy and Bess) (BBC commission; world premiere) Jason Yarde: Rhythm and Other Fascinations (BBC commission; world premiere) Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs Gwilym Simcock: Progressions for piano and orchestra (BBC commission; world premiere) Gershwin: An American in Paris 3.40pm Chamber Music Bach: Partita No 1 Martin Helmchen (piano) Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 Jacques Loussier Trio Bach: English Suite No 2 Martin Helmchen (piano). | ||
| AO3 | 20080815 | Presented by Ian Skelly. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Rob Cowan. Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with the first half of the Prom inspired by the sun and nature - Sibelius's Night Ride and Sunrise is followed by two world premieres: Michael Berkeley's Slow Dawn on the rising of the sun and Stuart McRae's Gaudete, a 'life narrative' based on the epilogue from a collection of poems by Ted Hughes and sung by Susanna Andersson. A perennial favourite by Elgar concludes the programme. Susanna Andersson (soprano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner (conductor) Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise Michael Berkeley: Slow Dawn (world premiere of new version) Stuart MacRae: Gaudete (BBC commission; world premiere) Elgar: Enigma Variations 3.40pm Janacek: Diary of One Who Disappeared Toby Spence (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) Highlights from Hesperion XXI and Jordi Savall at the 2006 Wyastone Leys Festival. Bach: Fugue No 5 Jacques Loussier Trio. | ||
| AO3 | 20080818 | Presented by John Shea. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear Gianandrea Noseda celebrate Puccini's 150th anniversary by conducting the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers and an international cast in this concert performance of his one-act opera Il Tabarro. Rachmaninov's powerful First Symphony - only recently recognised for the masterpiece it is following its disastrous premiere - completes the programme. Introduced by Suzy Klein. Barbara Frittoli (Giorgetta) Miro Dvorsky (Luigi) Lado Ataneli (Michele) Jane Henschel (La Frugola) Barry Banks (Il Tinca) Alastair Miles (Il Talpa) Allan Clayton (A song-vendor) Katherine Broderick (Young lover) Edgaras Montvidas (Young lover) BBC Singers BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Rachmaninov: Symphony No 1 Puccini: Il tabarro (concert performance - sung in Italian) 4.00pm Chamber Music Highlights from concerts performed at the Sage, Gateshead, featuring Radio 3 new Generation Artists. Mozart: Quartet, K421 Chiaroscuro Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit Eduard Kunz (piano) | ||
| AO3 | 20080819 | Presented by John Shea. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear last week's Prom featuring Vassily Sinaisky and the BBC Philharmonic in Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, the tale of a Princess who seduces the Sultan with her never-ending fund of stories. The great Russian conductor's enthusiasm for all things English is also displayed with performances of Elgar and Vaughan Williams. Introduced by Rob Cowan. Ashley Wass (piano) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Elgar: In the South (Alassio) Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade 3.55pm Chamber Music A selection of lieder by Schubert, Brahms, Mahler and Pfitzner performed by mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn and pianist Joseph Breinl. | ||
| AO3 | 20080820 | Presented by John Shea. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear a Prom in which charismatic young conductor Gustavo Dudamel directs former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Martin Frost and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in a new clarinet concerto by Anders Hillborg, as well as Berlioz's ecstatic and hallucinatory Symphonie fantastique. Martin Frost (clarinet) Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Gustavo Dudamel (conductor) Ravel: La Valse Anders Hillborg: Clarinet Concerto (Peacock Tales) (UK premiere) Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique 4.00pm Chamber Music Faure: Barcarolles (selection) Debussy: Preludes (selection) Louis Lortie (piano) Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit Psophos Quartet | ||
| AO3 | 20080821 | Presented by John Shea. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear Proms favourites Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra return to the Royal Albert Hall in the first of two concerts. The orchestra brings young Israeli and Arab musicians together every summer to work and perform Vienese classics by Haydn, Schoenberg and Brahms. Introduced by Martin Handley. Ramon Ortega Quero (oboe) Mor Biron (bassoon) Guy Braunstein (violin) Hassan Moataz El Molla (cello) West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Haydn: Sinfonia concertante in B flat for oboe, bassoon, violin and cello Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra, Op 31 Brahms: Symphony No 4 3.45pm Chamber Music A selection of songs by Pfitzner, Schoenberg and Mahler performed by baritone Simon Keenlyside and pianist Malcolm Martineau. Haydn: Quartet, Op 74 No 3 Chiaroscuro | ||
| AO3 | 20080822 | Presented by John Shea. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear last Friday's Prom, featuring the music of Leos Janacek, a recent departure for Pierre Boulez, who galvanises his large orchestra forces with extra brass in the glorious Sinfonietta. They are joined by some 260 voices and organ for the thrilling Glagolitic Mass, while by way of a total contrast. Plus a rare opportunity to hear the Capriccio for piano and chamber ensemble. Introduced by Donald McLeod. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet (soprano) Anna Stephany (mezzo-soprano) Simon O'Neill (tenor) Peter Fried (bass) Simon Preston (organ) BBC Symphony Chorus London Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor) Janacek: Sinfonietta; Capriccio; Glagolitic Mass (original version - reconstr. Paul Wingfield) 3.40pm Chamber Music Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) Joanne Lunn (soprano) David McGuinness (harpsichord) Sebastian Comberti (cello) Telemann: Sonata in G minor for oboe and continuo Bach: Hochster, Hochster, mache deine Gute (Cantata No 51) CPE Bach: Sonata in G minor for oboe and continuo Bach: 15 Inventions for keyboard (Nos 1, 4, 6, 8 and 14); Bach: Part 1; Seufzer, Tranen, Kummer, Not (Cantata No 21); Sich uben im Lieben (Cantata No 202) Plus a selection of Schubert songs performed by baritone Simon Keenlyside and pianist Malcolm Martineau. | ||
| AO3 | 20080825 | Presented by Penny Gore 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear last Sunday evening's Prom featuring Vaughan Williams's Flos Campi with a solo viola accompanied by orchestra and wordless chorus, prefaced by highly charged words from the Song of Solomon. It is a score that may have been a concealed declaration of love for Ursula Wood, who was to become the composer's second wife. Well known for his advocacy of British music, Richard Hickox also directs Nigel Osborne's Flute Concerto in celebration of the composer's sixtieth birthday and with a Radio 3 New Generation Artist as soloist. Completing the programme are a Mozart Symphony and Beethoven's Mass in C. Introduced by Louise Fryer. Sharon Bezaly (flute) Lawrence Power (viola) Rebecca Evans (soprano) Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) Thomas Walker (tenor) Matthew Rose (bass) BBC Singers City of London Sinfonia Richard Hickox (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 34 in C, K338 Vaughan Williams: Flos campi Nigel Osborne: Flute Concerto Beethoven: Mass in C 4.05pm Chamber Music Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 21 in C, Op 53 (Waldstein) Barry Douglas (piano) Brahms: Two Rhapsodies for piano, Op 79 Barry Douglas (piano) | ||
| AO3 | 20080826 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.15pm BBC Proms 2008 A Prom with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Chief Conductor Ilan Volkov in the second premiere of the season by centenary composer Elliott Carter - a miniature piano concerto performed by Nicolas Hodges. With Alban Gerhardt as soloist in the challenging Symphony-Concerto by Prokofiev, originally written for the great Russian cellist Rostropovich. The concert ends with Beethoven's idyllic yet dramatic 'Pastoral' Symphony. Introduced by Martin Handley Nicolas Hodges (piano) Alban Gerhardt (cello) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Elliott Carter: Soundings Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto Beethoven: Symphony No 6 (Pastoral) 4.00pm Chamber Music Tavener: Songs of the sky Charles Daniels (tenor) Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Julius Drake (piano) A selection of songs by Bridge, Hughes, Orr, Howells, Ireland and Barber. Ailish Tynan (soprano) Barry Douglas (piano) | ||
| AO3 | 20080827 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.15pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear an electro-acoustic Prom with works by some of the biggest names in electronic music. Featuring Jonathan Harvey's Mortuos plango, vivos voco, which merges the sound of the great bell of Winchester Cathedral with the voice of a boy treble, as well as his new commision Speakings, which plays on the musical content of speech and his His Tombeau de Messiaen. The French composer himself is represented by the Concert a quatre, a work completed after his death by his widow Yvonne Loriod, while Edgar Varese - one of the great early pioneers of electronic music - is represented by his tape piece Poeme electronique, and his work for orchestra and tape Deserts. Introduced by Andrew McGregor Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Emily Beynon (flute) Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) Danjulo Ishizaka (cello) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Jonathan Harvey: Tombeau de Messiaen Messiaen: Concert a quatre Jonathan Harvey: Mortuos plango, vivos voco; Speakings Varese: Poeme electronique; Deserts | ||
| AO3 | 20080828 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.20pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear a Prom with Jiri Belohlavek conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music from his Czech homeland. With Dvorak's 16 Slavonic Dances, which began life as piano duets before his publisher persuaded him to orchestrate them - to huge success. Plus Janacek's rarely-heard, semi autobiographical opera Osud (Fate), about the writing of an opera telling the story of the composer Zivny and his lover Mila, both the object of his obsessive love and the subject of his work. Starring tenor Stefan Margita and soprano Amanda Roocroft. Introduced by Donald Macleod. Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, Op 46 Janacek: Osud Zivny....Stefan Margita Mila....Amanda Roocroft Mila's Mother....Rosalind Plowright Dr Suda/Hrazda....Ales Briscein Konecny....Owen Gilhooly Ms Stuhla....Ailish Tynan Ms Pacovska/Fanca/Souckova....Martina Bauerova Doubek as a child....George Longworth BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) 4.30pm Chamber Music Schumann: 3 Romances, Op 94 Chen Halevi (clarinet) Noam Greenberg (piano) | ||
| AO3 | 20080829 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.30pm BBC Prom 2008 Another chance to hear Cologne's Gurzenich Orchestra, under Markus Stenz, making its Proms debut in a re-creation of the 1904 concert which introduced Mahler's 5th Symphony to the world. Schubert's songs from the 1904 concert are heard in new orchestrations and Stockhausen's Punkte is included to mark what would have been his 80th birthday. The Prom ends with Beethoven's Leonore Overture. Introduced by Andrew McGregor. Mahler: Symphony, No 5 Stockhausen: Punkte Schubert, orch. David Matthews: Standchen, D921; Schubert, orch. Manfred Trojahn: Bei dir allein, D866, No 2; Schubert, orch. Colin Matthews: Nacht und Traume, D827; Schubert, orch. Detlev Glanert: Das Lied im Grunen, D917 Beethoven: Leonore Overture No 3 Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano) Apollo Voices Gurzenich Orchestra Markus Stenz (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20080901 | Presented by Penny Gore 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear the young star players of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain conducted by the youngest man ever to be appointed Musical Director of the Royal Opera, Antonio Pappano. There is an American theme to their programme, launched by Frenchman Edgard Varese's hymn to the New World where he went to live, followed by the more reluctant US resident Rachmaninov's last numbered piano concerto, written mainly in New York. The concert ends with Aaron Copland's all-American Third Symphony, featuring his famous Fanfare for the Common Man. Varese: Ameriques Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 4 Copland: Symphony No 3 Boris Berezovsky (piano) National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Antonio Pappano (conductor) 3.55pm Chamber Music Elgar: Piano Quintet Sorrel Quartet Martin Roscoe (piano) | ||
| AO3 | 20080902 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.30pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra returning for its second Prom of the season, this time under conductor Daniele Gatti, in an all-Russian programme showing his flair for colour and emotional intensity. Prokofiev's ballet score Romeo and Juliet tells the story of Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers with some of his most popular music, while Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony moves from darkness to light, ending with a triumphal march. Introduced by Martin Handley. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Daniele Gatti (conductor) 4.20pm Chamber Music Elgar: String Quartet in E minor, Op 83 Brodsky Quartet | ||
| AO3 | 20080903 | Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear a Prom marking 50 years since the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams, in a programme with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Davis. The magical soundworld of the Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis for string orchestra is followed by the narrative ballet Job and Serenade to Music, with words by Shakespeare and, according to tradition, featuring 16 leading British singers. The programme ends with Vaughan Williams' last symphony - the Ninth - which was completed when he was 85. Introduced by Rob Cowan. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Job - A Masque for Dancing; Serenade to Music; Symphony No 9 Sarah Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton, Sophie Bevan, Rachel Nicholls (soprano) Allison Cook, Louise Poole, Julia Riley, Catherine Hopper (mezzo-soprano) Ed Lyon, Joshua Ellicott, Peter Wedd, Nicholas Sharratt (tenor) Mark Stone, Darren Jeffery, George von Bergen, Tim Mirfin (bass) BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20080904 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.15pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear Susanna Malkki conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra in five works including the UK premiere of Peter Eotvos' violin concerto Seven, written to commemorate the seven astronauts who lost their lives in the Columbia space shuttle tragedy in 2003. The programme also includes Debussy's Prelude a L'apres-midi d'un faune, Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending and two works by Vaughan Williams' teacher Ravel - the song cycle Scheherezade, featuring mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly, and the second suite from the ballet Daphnis et Chloe. Introduced by Christopher Cook. Debussy: Prelude a L'apres-midi d'un faune Peter Eotvos: Seven (violin concerto - UK premiere) Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Ravel: Sheherazade; Daphnis and Chloe Suite No 2 Akiko Suwanai (violin) Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra Susanna Malkki (conductor) 4.15pm Chamber Music Huw Watkins: Partita Alina Ibragimova (violin) Britten: Winter Words, Op 52 Robert Murray (tenor) Malcolm Martineau (piano) | ||
| AO3 | 20080905 | Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear Saturday's Prom, featuring an orchestra from Norway, a pianist from Russia playing Rachmaninov's grandest piano concerto and a Finnish conductor bringing two pieces from his homeland. Introduced by Fiona Talkington. Magnus Lindberg: Seht die Sonne (UK premiere) Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 Sibelius: Symphony No 1 Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20080908 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear one of the best known choral works in the repertory performed at this year's Proms. Verdi's Requiem is every bit as popular as his famous operas and Verdi himself conducted the British premiere at the Royal Albert Hall in 1875 to a tumultuous reception. Here, over 220 voices of the massed choirs of the BBC Symphony Chorus and Crouch End Festival Chorus, an international line-up of soloists and Jiri Belohlavek conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform what the composer called one of his greatest achievements. Introduced by Suzy Klein. Verdi: Requiem Violeta Urmana (soprano) Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) Joseph Calleja (tenor) Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (bass) BBC Symphony Chorus Crouch End Festival Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) 3.35pm Chamber Music Music inspired by Italy, by composers from Bach to Nono. Louis Lortie (piano) Beethoven: String Quartet in F, Op 135 Brodsky Quartet | ||
| AO3 | 20080909 | Presented by Louise Fryer 2.30pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear last Thursday's Prom, which for the first part features a nautical theme, as the BBC National Orchestra of Wales performs music by Welsh composer Grace Williams. A pupil of Vaughan Williams and a friend of Britten, her Sea Sketches catch the different moods of the Bristol Channel, as seen from her hometown of Barry. Former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Christine Rice sings Elgar's ever-popular Sea Pictures, which is followed by Tchaikovsky's turbulent final symphony. Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) Grace Williams: Sea Sketches Elgar: Sea Pictures Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6, (Pathetique) 4.20pm Chamber Music Mozart: Piano Quartet in E flat, K493 Muir Quartet Jean-Phillipe Collard (piano) Mozart: a selection of songs Robin Tritschler (tenor) Julius Drake (piano) | ||
| AO3 | 20080910 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 2.15pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear a Prom in which the London Philharmonic Orchestra and its chief conductor Vladimir Jurowski mark the centenary of Rimsky-Korsakov's death with his rarely-heard opera Kashchey the Immortal. This is paired with The Firebird by Stravinsky, who was one of Rimsky-Korsakov's pupils. Introduced by Tom Service. Rimsky-Korsakov: Kashchey the Immortal Stravinsky: The Firebird Vyacheslav Voynarovsky (Kashchey) Tatiana Monogarova (Princess) Pavel Baransky (Ivan Korolevich) Elena Manistina (Kashcheyevna) Mikhail Petrenko (Storm Knight) BBC Singers London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) 4.20pm Chamber Music Songs by Beethoven and Russian composers Robin Tritschler (tenor) Julius Drake (piano) | ||
| AO3 | 20080911 | Presented by Louise Fryer 2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear a Prom in which celebrated French conductor Stephane Deneve conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in a programme dominated by the theme of the sea. The erotic Bacchus et Ariane Suite No 2 by mariner-turned-composer Albert Roussel opens the concert, which ends with Debussy's famous symphonic sketches, La mer. In between, there is a performance of Rainbow by Thea Musgrave, who celebrates her 80th birthday this year. The piece charts a musical journey from an approaching storm, through the appearance of a rainbow to a sunny chorale of thanksgiving. And to complete the Proms cycle of Rachmaninov concertos, award-winning pianist Stephen Hough plays the most popular concerto of them all. Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane - Suite No 2 Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Thea Musgrave: Rainbow Debussy: La mer Stephen Hough (piano) Royal Scottish National Orchestra Stephane Deneve (conductor) 4.00pm Chamber Music Beethoven: String Quartet in F, Op 59, No 1 (Rasumovsky) Psophos Quartet | ||
| AO3 | 20080912 | Presented by Louise Fryer. BBC Proms 2008 Another chance to hear a Prom in which the natural world and beyond is explored by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under conductor Martyn Brabbins. With Vaughan Williams' Sinfonia Antartica in which off-stage female voices conjure the vast uninhabited wastes of the South Pole. Notions of clouds, nebulae and dust galaxies built from rhythmic atoms inspire Xenakis' challenging work Pleiades, which reflects on his experience in the Second World War and is performed by two ensembles of young percussion virtuosi. The concert concludes with Holst's The Planets, again featuring more ethereal off-stage women's voices in the final movement, Neptune. Introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia antartica (Symphony No 7) Xenakis: Pleiades Holst: The Planets Elizabeth Watts (soprano) 4-Mality O Duo Holst Singers (women's voices) BBC Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20080915 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Towards Messiaen: Church and Organ Music 1/5. Part of 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: 2.00pm Guilmant: Marche-fantaisie sur deux chants d'eglise, Op 44 Ian Tracey (organ) BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba (conductor) Machaut: Messe de nostre dame Diabolus in Musica Ensemble 2.30pm Messiaen: Les offrandes oubliees Charpentier: Te Deum a 4, H147 BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Charpentier: Litanies de la Vierge a six voix et deux dessus de violes Claire Debono, Ana Quintans (dessus) Amaya Rodriguez (bas-dessus) Andrew Tortise (haute-contre) Marc Mauillon (basse-taille) Jonathan Sells (bass) Kaori Uemura, Emmanuel Balsa, Anne-Marie Lasla (basse de viole) Les Arts Florissants William Christie (harpsichord/director) 3.30pm Widor: Symphony No 3 for organ and orchestra, Op 69 Ian Tracey (organ) BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) 4.15pm Faure: Requiem, Op 48 Alex Eager (treble) Gilles Cachemaille (baritone) BBC National Chorus of Wales BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20080916 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Towards Messiaen: Church and Organ music 2/5. Part of 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: 2.00pm Rameau: Quam dilecta Stephanie Revidat, Hanna Bayodi (soprano) Mathias Vidal (countertenor) Marc Mauillon (tenor) Stephan MacLeod (bass) Le Concert Spirituel Herve Niquet (director) Vierne: Pieces de fantaisie (excerpts) Bjorn Gafvert (organ) 2.30pm Berlioz: Grande messe de morts (Requiem), Op 5 Joseph Kaiser (tenor) Swiss Chamber Chorus Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Marek Janowski (conductor) 4.00pm Messiaen: Messe de la pentecote Naji Hakim (organ) Rameau: In convertendo Stephanie Revidat, Hanna Bayodi (soprano) Mathias Vidal (countertenor) Marc Mauillon (tenor) Stephan MacLeod (bass) Le Concert Spirituel Herve Niquet (director) | ||
| AO3 | 20080917 | Towards Messiaen: Church and Organ music Presented by Louise Fryer. 3/5. Continuing of 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: 2.00pm Poulenc: Concerto for organ, strings and timpani Ian Tracey (organ) BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) 2.20pm Messiaen: Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) 3.20pm Messiaen: L'ascension Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20080918 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Towards Messiaen: Church and Organ Music 4/5. Part of 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: Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys (The King of Ys - opera in three acts) Margared....Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano) Rozenn....Inva Mula (soprano) Mylio....Charles Castronovo (tenor) Karnac....Franck Ferrari (baritone) Saint Corentin....Eric Martin-Bonnet (bass-baritone) Jahel....Andre Heyboer (bass) King of Ys....Paul Gay (basse chantante) Capitole Chorus Orchestre national du Capitole Yves Abel (conductor) 4.00pm Messiaen: 20 Regards sur l'enfant Jesus (excerpts) Martin Helmchen (piano) 4.20pm Dupre: Symphony in G minor for organ and orchestra, Op 25 Jeremy Filsell (organ) BBC Concert Orchestra Barry Wordsworth (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20080919 | 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) | ||
| AO3 | 20080922 | Presented by Penny Gore. On Tour The BBC Orchestras and BBC Singers travel the world with recordings from China, Spain and the Czech Republic. Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) 2.40pm Sibelius: Concerto in D minor for violin and orchestra, Op 47 Nicola Benedetti (violin) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christoph Konig (conductor) Britten: 5 Flower songs for chorus, Op 47 BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Judith Bingham: The Hired Hand BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 3.50pm Liszt: Faust Symphony BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20080924 | 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) | ||
| AO3 | 20080925 | 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) | ||
| AO3 | 20080926 | Presented by Penny Gore. On Tour BBC Orchestras in performances from around the world. Including: Arriaga: Overture (Los esclavos felices) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 74 (Pathetique) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) 2.50pm Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Nicola Benedetti (violin) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christoph Konig (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 84 in E flat, H I 84 BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini for piano and orchestra, Op 43 Jean Yves Thibaudet (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) 4.10pm Dvorak: Symphony No 8 in G, Op 88 BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Liszt: Mazeppa BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20080929 | Presented by John Shea. The Cleveland Orchestra A series of programmes exclusively devoted to concert recordings by one of America's great orchestras. Bach: Suite No 1 in C for orchestra, BWV 1066 Cleveland Orchestra Nicholas McGegan (conductor) Mozart: Concerto in A for clarinet and orchestra, K622 Franklin Cohen (clarinet) Cleveland Orchestra Alan Gilbert (conductor) 2.55pm Stravinsky: Symphony in three movements Cleveland Orchestra Alan Gilbert (conductor) Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F, BWV 1047 Cleveland Orchestra Nicholas McGegan (conductor) Shostakovich: Concerto No 1 in E flat for cello and orchestra, Op 107 Clemens Hagen (cello) Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Most (conductor) 4.05pm Dvorak: Symphony No 6 in D, Op 60 Cleveland Orchestra Alan Gilbert (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20080930 | Presented by John Shea. The Cleveland Orchestra A series of programmes exclusively devoted to concert recordings by one of America's great orchestras. Wagner: Overture (Tannhauser) Cleveland Orchestra Robert Spano (conductor) Dohnanyi: Symphonic Minutes, Op 36 Cleveland Orchestra Ivan Fischer (conductor) Dvorak: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 53 Hilary Hahn (violin) Cleveland Orchestra Ivan Fischer (conductor) 2.45pm Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust Faust....Thomas Hampson (baritone) Gretchen....Juliane Banse (soprano) Mephistopheles....Alan Held (baritone) Ariel....John Tessier (tenor) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Children's Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Most (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20081001 | Presented by John Shea. The Cleveland Orchestra A series of programmes exclusively devoted to concert recordings by one of America's great orchestras. Schumann: Symphony No 4 in D minor, Op 120 Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnanyi (conductor) Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26 Sergei Khachatryan (violin) Cleveland Orchestra Kurt Masur (conductor) 2.55pm Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat, Op 55 (Eroica) Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnanyi (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20081002 | Presented by John Shea. The Cleveland Orchestra A series of programmes exclusively devoted to concert recordings by one of America's great orchestras. Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole Cleveland Orchestra Robert Spano (conductor) 2.15pm Dvorak: Rusalka - lyric fairy tale in three acts, Op 114 Rusalka....Camilla Nylund (soprano) Prince....Piotr Beczala (tenor) Foreign Princess....Emily Magee (soprano) Vodnik, a water gnome....Alan Held (bass-baritone) Jexibaba, a witch....Birgit Remmert (contralto) Gamekeeper....Daniel Schmutzhard (baritone) Turnspit....Eva Liebau (soprano) First Wood Nymph....Anna Prohaska (soprano) Second Wood Nymph....Stephanie Atanasov (soprano) Third Wood Nymph....Hanna Esther Minutillo (contralto) Vienna State Opera Chorus Concert Association Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Most (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20081003 | Presented by John Shea. The Cleveland Orchestra A series of programmes exclusively devoted to concert recordings by one of America's great orchestras. Copland: Our Town - music for the film Cleveland Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) Peter Lieberson: Neruda songs for voice and orchestra Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) Cleveland Orchestra Robert Spano (conductor) 2.45pm Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op 77 Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Most (conductor) Golijov: Last Round Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Most (conductor) Copland: Symphonic Ode Cleveland Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) 4.00pm Shostakovich: Symphony No 5 in D minor, Op 47 Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Most (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20081006 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.00pm Towards Messiaen: Hearing Pictures 1/5: Afternoon on 3 continues its occasional series celebrating 100 years since the birth of Messiaen, which focuses on his music in the context of significant themes in French music history and this week examines one of France's most important contributions to Western classical music - Impressionism. Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune BBC Philharmonic Alexander Shelley (conductor) Milhaud: Suite Provencale BBC Philharmonic Juanjo Mena (conductor) Debussy: Images BBC Philharmonic Juanjo Mena (conductor) Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Messiaen: Turangalila-symphonie Cynthia Miller (ondes martenot) Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Sydney Symphony Simone Young (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20081007 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.00pm Towards Messiaen: Hearing Pictures 2/5: Afternoon on 3 continues its occasional series celebrating 100 years since the birth of Messiaen, which focuses on his music in the context of significant themes in French music history and this week examines one of France's most important contributions to Western classical music - Impressionism. Messiaen relished the notion of painting pictures in music and, in particular, had a fasincation for portraying bird song and nature, continuing a tradition that goes back to Renaissance times and the French chansons. Caplet: Inscriptions champetres Poulenc: Laudes de Saint Antoine de Padoue BBC Singers James Morgan (conductor) Poulenc: Sinfonietta Ulster Orchestra Howard Shelley (conductor) Faure, orch. Rabaud: Dolly Suite Ulster Orchestra Howard Shelley (conductor) Schmitt: Par le tempete, Op 40 No 2 BBC Singers James Morgan (conductor) Messiaen: Visions de l'amen for two pianos GrauSchumacher Piano Duo Schmitt: A Contre-Voix Six choruses for mixed voices, Op 104 BBC Singers James Morgan (conductor) Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht (arr. for string orchestra) Ulster Orchestra Tuomas Ollila (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20081008 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.00pm Towards Messiaen: Hearing Pictures 3/5: Afternoon on 3 continues its occasional series celebrating 100 years since the birth of Messiaen, which focuses on his music in the context of significant themes in French music history and this week examines one of France's most important contributions to Western classical music - Impressionism. Today's programme features early French vocal music and a work written towards the end of Messiaen's life that portrays a vision of life after death includes his beloved birdsong imagery. Messiaen: Eclairs sur l'Au-Dela for orchestra BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Highlights from a concert by the Clement Janequin Ensemble directed by Dominique Visse given last year in Boston, including music by Clement Janequin who died 450 years ago. | ||
| AO3 | 20081009 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.00pm Hearing Pictures: Towards Messiaen 4/5: Afternoon on 3 continues its occasional series celebrating 100 years since the birth of Messiaen, which focuses on his music in the context of significant themes in French music history and this week examines one of France's most important contributions to Western classical music - Impressionism. The selection of music moves outside France, with the first part of a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh (concluded tomorrow). Nature, mysticism, birdsong and impressionism feature in this recording from Cagliari in Sardinia. Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, Acts 1 and 2 Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich, ruler of Kitezh....Vsevolodovic Kazakov (bass) Princeling Vsevolod Yuryevich, his son....Vitaly Panfilov (tenor) Frevoniya....Tatiana Monogarova (soprano) Grishka Kuterma....Mikhail Gubsky (tenor) Fyodor Poyarok....Gevorg Hakobyan (baritone) Teatro Lirico Chorus and Orchestra Alexander Vedernikov (conductor) Rameau: Les Indes galantes BBC National Orchestra of Wales Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor) Daniel-Lesur: 2 Chansons de bord BBC Singers James Morgan (conductor) Janequin: Reveillez vous, cueurs endormis (Le chant des oiseaux) BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Cowie: Lyre-bird motet for a capella choir BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor, Op 61 Philippe Graffin (violin) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Ravel: Ma mere l'oye - ballet BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20081010 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.00pm Hearing Pictures: Towards Messiaen 5/5: Afternoon on 3's occasional series celebrating 100 years since the birth of Messiaen, which this week examines one of France's most important contributions to Western classical music - Impressionism - concludes with the second part of a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh. Rimsky-Korsakov, like Messiaen, enjoyed experimenting with scales and the opera has often been described as the Russian Parsifal, with its religious mysticism and forest music reminiscent of Wagner's Siegfried. Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, Acts 3 and 4 Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich, ruler of Kitezh....Vsevolodovic Kazakov (bass) Princeling Vsevolod Yuryevich, his son....Vitaly Panfilov (tenor) Frevoniya....Tatiana Monogarova (soprano) Grishka Kuterma....Mikhail Gubsky (tenor) Fyodor Poyarok....Gevorg Hakobyan (baritone) Teatro Lirico Chorus and Orchestra Alexander Vedernikov (conductor) Messiaen: Le merle noir for flute and piano Timothy Hutchins (flute) Janet Creaser Hutchins (piano) Debussy: Syrinx for flute solo Denis Bluteau (flute) Ravel: Une barque sur l'ocean BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) More highlights from a concert by the Clement Janequin Ensemble directed by Dominique Visse given last year in Boston, including music by Clement Janequin who died 450 years ago. Stravinsky: Firebird Suite BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Michal Dworzynski (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20081013 | Summer Festivals 2008 1/10. Highlights from the rich variety of music festivals that took place over the summer in Europe and North America. Presented by Louise Fryer. 2.00pm Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Les Violons du Roy Bernard Labadie (conductor) From Domaine Forget International Festival, Canada Arvo Part: Salve regina Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Chorus Paul Hiller (director) From St John's Church, Tallinn, Estonia Glazunov: Interludium in modo antico, No 3; Valse, No 4; All' ungharese, No 5 (Novelettes, Op 15) St Petersburg String Quartet: Alla Aranovskaya (violin) Alla Krolevich (violin) Boris Vayner (viola) Leonid Shukayev (cello) From Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Germany 3.05pm Schoenberg: Gurrelieder Valdemar....Stig Fogh Andersen (tenor) Tove....Eva Johansson (soprano) Waldtaube....Randi Stene (mezzo-soprano) Peasant....Carsten Stabell (bass) Klaus Narr....Andreas Conrad (tenor) Narrator....Dietrich Henschel Estonian National Male Chorus Collegium Musicum Chorus Norwegian Army Band, Bergen Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew Litton (conductor) From Bergen Festival, Norway | ||
| AO3 | 20081014 | Summer Festivals 2008 2/10. Highlights from the rich variety of music festivals that took place over the summer in Europe and North America. Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Schubert: String Quartet in C minor, D703 (Quartettsatz) Cuarteto Casals: Vera Martinez Mehner (violin) Abel Tomas Realp (violin) Jonathan Brown (viola) Arnau Tomas Realp (cello) From the Schubertiade, Austria. Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47 Hrachya Avanesian (violin) Gulbenkian Orchestra Joana Carneiro (conductor) Euroradio Youth Concert, Portugal. Fazil Say: Summertime-Fantasy, improvisation on Summertime by Gershwin; Alla turca, improvisation on Mozart's Turkish March; Rhapsody in Blue Fazil Say (piano) From the Musica Mundi Festival, Belgium. 2.05pm Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A, Op 92 Orchestre National de France Kurt Masur (conductor) From the Paris Beethoven Cycle. 2.45pm Handel: Clori, Tirsi et Fileno, HWV 96 Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) Yetzabel Arias Fernandez (soprano) Romina Basso (contralto) Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord) La Risonanza Fabio Bonizzoni (conductor) From Saint-Michel en Thierache Early and Baroque Music Festival, France. 4.00pm Stravinsky: Petrushka (1911 version) Mariinsky Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) From Mikkeli Music Festival, Finland. Haydn: String Quartet in G, H III 41 (Russian) Cuarteto Casals: Vera Martinez Mehner (violin) Abel Tomas Realp (violin) Jonathan Brown (viola) Arnau Tomas Realp (cello) From the Schubertiade, Austria. | ||
| AO3 | 20081015 | Summer Festivals 2008 3/10. Highlights from the rich variety of music festivals that took place over the summer in Europe and North America. Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Strauss: Serenade in G; Festmarsch in D, Op 136; Arabian Dance in D minor; Little Song of Love in G RIX Piano Quartet From the 2008 Cesis Arts Festival, Latvia. Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto in D, H VIIb 2 Steven Isserlis (cello) Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra Jaap van Zweden (conductor) From the Robeco Summer Series, Amsterdam. 2.00pm Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Act 1) Hans Sachs....Franz Hawlata (bass-baritone) Walther von Stolzing....Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor) Sixtus Beckenmesser....Michael Volle (bass) Eva....Michaela Kaune (soprano) Veit Pogner....Artur Korn (bass) Kunz Vogelgesang....Charles Reid (tenor) Konrad Nachtigall....Rainer Zaun (bass) Fritz Kothner....Markus Eiche (bass) Balthasar Zorn....Edward Randall (tenor) Ulrich Eisslinger....Hans-Jurgen Lazar (tenor) Augustin Moser....Stefan Heibach (tenor) Hermann Ortel....Martin Snell (bass) Hans Schwarz....Andreas Macco (bass) Hans Foltz....Diogenes Randes (bass) David....Norbert Ernst (tenor) Magdalene....Carola Guber (soprano) A Nightwatchman....Friedemann Rohlig (bass) Bayreuth Festival Chorus Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Sebastian Weigle (conductor) From Bayreuth Festival. 3.30pm Anna Bon: Sonata No 4 in D for flute and harpsichord CPE Bach: Trio in D for flute, viola and fortepiano, Wq 94 From the Mozart Festival, Augsburg, Germany. | ||
| AO3 | 20081016 | Summer Festivals 2008 4/10. Highlights from music festivals in Europe and North America. Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Schubert: Die Burgschaft, D435 Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Helmut Deutsch (piano) From the Schubertiade, Austria. Antonin Dvorak: Piano Quartet in E flat, Op 87 Rachel Lee, Lidia Baich (violins) Ulrich Eichenauer (viola) Peter Bruns (cello) Igor Ardasev (piano) From the Moritzburg Festival, Germany. 2.00pm Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Act 2) Cast including: Hans Sachs....Franz Hawlata (bass-baritone) Sixtus Beckenmesser....Michael Volle (bass) Veit Pogner....Artur Korn (bass) Kunz Vogelgesang....Charles Reid (tenor) Konrad Nachtigall....Rainer Zaun (bass) Fritz Kothner....Markus Eiche (bass) Balthasar Zorn....Edward Randall (tenor) Ulrich Eisslinger....Hans-Jurgen Lazar (tenor) Augustin Moser....Stefan Heibach (tenor) Hermann Ortel....Martin Snell (bass) Hans Schwarz....Andreas Macco (bass) Hans Foltz....Diogenes Randes (bass) Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra Sebastian Weigle (conductor) From Bayreuth Festival. 3.00pm Bach: Suite for Orchestra, BWV 1067 Marie-Andree Benny (flute) Les Violons du Roy Bernard Labadie (conductor) From the Domaine Forget International Festival, Canada. Mozart: Twelve Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je Maman, K265 Fazil Say (piano) From the Musica Mundi Festival, Belgium. 3.50pm Busoni: Piano Concerto in C, Op 39 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Men of the Swiss Chamber Chorus Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich Marek Janowski (conductor) From the Zurich Festival, Switzerland. | ||
| AO3 | 20081017 | Summer Festivals 2008 5/10. Highlights from the rich variety of music festivals that took place over the summer in Europe and North America. Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm Haydn: Symphony No 101 in D (The Clock) Orfeo Orchestra Gyorgy Vashegyi (conductor) From the Fertoszentmiklos Festival, Hungary. Mozart: String Quintet No 6 in E flat, K614 Badke Quartet: Heather Badke (violin) Emma Parker (violin) Matthew Jones (viola) Jonathan Byers (cello) Vladimir Mendelssohn (viola) From the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Ireland. 2.00pm Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Act 3) Hans Sachs....Franz Hawlata (bass-baritone) Walther von Stolzing....Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor) Sixtus Beckenmesser....Michael Volle (bass) Eva....Michaela Kaune (soprano) Veit Pogner....Artur Korn (bass) Kunz Vogelgesang....Charles Reid (tenor) Konrad Nachtigall....Rainer Zaun (bass) Fritz Kothner....Markus Eiche (bass) Balthasar Zorn....Edward Randall (tenor) Ulrich Eisslinger....Hans-Jurgen Lazar (tenor) Augustin Moser....Stefan Heibach (tenor) Hermann Ortel....Martin Snell (bass) Hans Schwarz....Andreas Macco (bass) Hans Foltz....Diogenes Randes (bass) David....Norbert Ernst (tenor) Magdalene....Carola Guber (soprano) A Nightwatchman....Friedemann Rohlig (bass) Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra Sebastian Weigle (conductor) From Bayreuth Festival. 4.05pm Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 14 in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2 (Moonlight) Aldo Ciccolini (piano) From the Radio France and Montpellier Festival. Grieg: Four Hymns, Op 74 Norwegian Soloists' Choir Grete Pedersen (conductor) From the Stavanger International Chamber Music Festival, Norway. | ||
| AO3 | 20081020 | Summer Festivals 2008 6/10. Ian Skelly presents highlights from the rich variety of music festivals that took place over the summer in Europe and North America. Beethoven: Trio for piano and strings Trio Wanderer From Hitzacker Summer Music Days, Germany. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op 28 Aspen Festival Orchestra David Zinman (conductor) Lieberson: Neruda Songs Kelley O'Connor (mezzo-soprano) Aspen Chamber Symphony Orchestra David Zinman (conductor) Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 3 in C, Op 26 Yefim Bronfman (piano) Aspen Chamber Symphony Orchestra David Zinman (conductor) From the Aspen Music Festival, USA. Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No 1, Op 35 Agata Szymczewska (violin) Sinfonia Varsovia Krzysztof Penderecki (conductor) Schumann: Symphony No 3 in E flat, Op 97 Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Daniel Harding (conductor) From the Baltic Sea Festival, Sweden. | ||
| AO3 | 20081021 | Summer Festivals 2008 7/10. Ian Skelly presents highlights from the rich variety of music festivals that took place in Europe and North America in summer 2008. Janacek: String Quartet No 2 (Intimate Letters) Bennewitz String Quartet From the Reggio Emilia String Quartet Competition, Italy Smetana: Dreams Jitka Cechova (piano) From the Smetana Litomysl Festival, Czech Republic 1.55pm Gluck: Orphee et Eurydice Orphee....Stefano Ferrari (tenor) Eurydice....Maria Riccarda Wesseling (mezzo-soprano) Amour....Magali Leger (soprano) Les Elements Chorus Le Cercle de l'Harmonie Jeremie Rhorer (conductor) From the International Baroque Opera Festival, Beaune, France 3.40pm Mozart: Piano Concerto in D, K537 Chamber Orchestra of Europe Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano/director) From the Styriate Festival, Austria Schubert: Winterreise (Parts 1-4) Matjaz Robavs (baritone) Edoardo Torbianelli (piano) From the Radovljica Festival, Slovenia Strauss: Metamorphosen Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) From the Wartburg Eisenach Festival, Germany | ||
| AO3 | 20081022 | Summer Festivals 2008 8/10. Ian Skelly presents highlights from the rich variety of music festivals that took place over the summer in Europe and North America. Mozart: Vesperae de Dominica, K321 Concentus Musicus, Vienna Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) 1.35pm Rimsky Korsakov: Sheherazade, Op 35 Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 in F minor Latvian National Symphony Orchestra Olari Elts (conductor) From the Styriate Festival, Austria. 3.10pm Dvorak: Cello Concerto Mischa Maisky (cello) Latvian National Symphony Orchestra Olari Elts (conductor) From the Baltic Sea Festival, Sweden. | ||
| AO3 | 20081023 | Summer Festivals 2008 9/10. Ian Skelly presents highlights from the rich variety of music festivals that took place over the summer in Europe and North America. Haydn: Symphony No 1 H I 1; Symphony No 104 H I 104 (London) Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Hugo Wolff (conductor) From International Haydn Days, Eisenstadt, Austria. 1.45pm Sveinn Luovik Bjornsson: Missa brevis Sigurdur Halldorsson (cello) Thora Margret Sveinsdottir (viola) Hljomeyki chamber choir Magnus Ragnarsson (conductor) Corelli: Concerto grosso, Op 6 No 4 Skalholt Bach Consort Peter Spissky (leader/soloist) From the Skalholt Summer Festival, Iceland. 2.05pm Telemann: Concerto in E minor, TWV 52 e1 Alexis Kossenko (flute) Bolette Roed (recorder) Arte dei Sounatori From the Cieszyn Early Music Festival, Poland. 2.20pm Pergolesi: Salustia Salustia....Maria Ercolano (soprano) Alessandro....Jose Maria Lo Monaco (mezzo-soprano) Marziano....Marina De Liso (mezzo-soprano) Giulia....Raffaella Milanesi (soprano) Claudio....Cyril Auvity (tenor) Albina....Valentina Varriale (soprano) La Cappella della Pieta de' Turchini Antonio Florio (conductor) From the Radio France and Montpellier Festival, France. | ||
| AO3 | 20081024 | Summer Festivals 2008 10/10. Ian Skelly presents highlights from the rich variety of music festivals that took place over the summer in Europe and North America. Haydn: Trio Derek Han (piano) Jorja Fleezanis (violin) Laurence Lesser (cello) Schumann: Phantasiestucke, Op 73 Anthony McGill (clarinet) Wu Han (piano) Stravinsky: Three pieces for string quartet Escher String Quartet From Music at Menlo, USA. 1.40pm Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op 57 Vitaly Samoshko (piano) Talich Quartet From the Echternach International Festival, Luxemburg. 2.20pm Rachmaninov: The Bells, Op 35 Tatiana Pavlovskaya (soprano) Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor) Sergei Leiferkus (bass) Schleswig-Holstein Festival Chorus Moscow Conservatory Chamber Chorus Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra Mikail Pletnev (conductor) From the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Germany. 3.00pm Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15 Lars Vogt (piano) Staatskapelle Dresden Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) From the Dresden Music Festival, Germany. 3.50pm Bruckner: Symphony No 7 in E Berlin Staatskapelle Daniel Barenboim (conductor) From the Granada International Music Festival, Spain. | ||
| AO3 | 20081027 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 2.00pm Towards Messiaen: The Stage 1/5. Afternoon on 3 continues its occasional series celebrating 100 years since the birth of Messiaen, focusing on his music in the context of significant themes in French music history. This week features French opera and ballet performances, including a whistlestop tour through the last four hundred years of music. Lully: Persee (excerpts) Stephanie d'Oustrac (mezzo-soprano) Le Concert Spirituel Alice Pierot (director) Offenbach: Tyrolienne (La Belle Helene) Michael Schade (tenor) Wiener Virtuosen Berlioz: (Overture) Les Francs-juges BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) 2.25pm Charpentier: Medee (excerpts) Stephanie d'Oustrac (mezzo-soprano) Le Concert Spirituel Alice Pierot (director) Adolphe Adam: Giselle (excerpts from Act 2) BBC Concert Orchestra Barry Wordsworth (conductor) 3.10pm Bizet: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Carmen) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon National Orchestra Michael Schonwandt (conductor) Massenet: Manon (excerpts) Nathalie Dessay (soprano) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon National Orchestra Michael Schonwandt (conductor) Chabrier: Fete polonaise (Le Roi malgre lui) Ulster Orchestra Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor) 3.40pm Francois Colin de Blamont: Egine (Les fetes de Thetis) Egine....La Seine Stephanie Pochon (soprano) Thetis....Caroline Mutel (soprano) Sisyphe....Arnaud Marzorati (baritone) Jupiter/Mercure....Jean-Sebastien Bou (baritone) Les Nouveaux Caracteres Sebastien d'Herin (director/harpsichord) 4.30pm Debussy: Jeux Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20081028 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 2.00pm Towards Messiaen: The Stage 2/5. Continuing a series celebrating 100 years since the birth of Messiaen, with a focus on his music in context of French opera and ballet. As part of a full repeat this week of a celebrated 2008 Prom by Netherlands Opera, the programme features the first act of Messiaen's only opera, an epic vision of the life of St Francis of Assisi. 2.00pm Rameau: Zoroastre (excerpt) Veronique Gens (soprano) Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset (director) Delibes: Coppelia (excerpts) BBC Concert Orchestra Barry Wordsworth (conductor) Messager: Les deux pigeons (excerpt from Act 1) BBC Concert Orchestra Barry Wordsworth (conductor) 2.45pm Dukas: La Peri BBC Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Ravel: La valse BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jac van Steen (conductor) 3.20pm Milhaud: La creation du monde Ulster Orchestra Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor) 3.40pm Messiaen: Saint Francois d'Assise (Act 1) Saint Francis....Rodney Gilfry (baritone) Angel....Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano) Leper....Hubert Delamboye (tenor) Brother Masseo....Charles Workman (baritone) Brother Leo....Henk Neven (baritone) Brother Elias....Donald Kaasch (tenor) Brother Bernard....Armand Arapian (baritone) Brother Sylvester....Jan Willem Baljet (baritone) Brother Rufus....Andre Morsch (baritone) Chorus of the Netherlands Opera The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20081029 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 2.00pm Towards Messiaen: The Stage 3/5. Continuing a series celebrating 100 years since the birth of Messiaen, with a focus on his music in context of French opera and ballet. As part of a repeat of a celebrated 2008 Prom by Netherlands Opera, the programme features the second act of Messiaen's only opera, which culminates in the famous scene of his sermon to the birds, whose songs are depicted by a large orchestra. Messiaen: Saint Francois d'Assise (Act 2) Saint Francis....Rodney Gilfry (baritone) Angel....Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano) Leper....Hubert Delamboye (tenor) Brother Masseo....Charles Workman (baritone) Brother Leo....Henk Neven (baritone) Brother Elias....Donald Kaasch (tenor) Brother Bernard....Armand Arapian (baritone) Brother Sylvester....Jan Willem Baljet (baritone) Brother Rufus....Andre Morsch (baritone) Chorus of the Netherlands Opera The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20081030 | Towards Messiaen: The Stage 4/5. Series focusing on Messiaen's music in the context of French opera and ballet. Gluck: J'ai perdu mon Eurydice Michael Schade (tenor) Wiener Virtuosen Gluck: Dance of the Furies; Dance of the Blessed Spirits Concerto Koln Louis Langree (director) 2.15pm Francois-Andre Danican Philidor: Transports, tourments jaloux... (Ernelinde) Monsigny: Il m'eut ete si doux de t'embrasser (Le deserteur) Gossec: Suite (Sabinus) Pierre-Yves Pruvot (baritone) Les Agremens Guy van Waas (director) 2.40pm Niccolo Piccinni: Qui, moi, le flatter? Ah que je fus bien inspiree' (Didone) Antonio Sacchini: Je ne vous quitte point; Ballet final (Oedipe a Colone) Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) Cappella della Pieta de' Turchini Antonio Florio (director) 3.00pm Johann Christoph Vogel: Overture (Demophon) Concerto Koln Louis Langree (director) Le Sueur: Excerpts from La caverne Rodolphe Kreutzer: Excerpts from La mort d'Abel Ferdinando Paer: Ah! quel bonheur de pressentir sa gloire! Pierre-Yves Pruvot (baritone) Les Agremens Guy van Waas (director) 3.30pm Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture BBC NOW Thierry Fischer (conductor) 3.40pm Messiaen: Saint Francois d'Assise (Act 3) Saint Francis....Rodney Gilfry (baritone) Angel....Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano) Leper....Hubert Delamboye (tenor) Brother Masseo....Charles Workman (baritone) Brother Leo....Henk Neven (baritone) Brother Elias....Donald Kaasch (tenor) Brother Bernard....Armand Arapian (baritone) Brother Sylvester....Jan Willem Baljet (baritone) Brother Rufus....Andre Morsch (baritone) Chorus of Netherlands Opera Hague Philharmonic Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20081031 | Presented by Louise Fryer. 2.00pm Towards Messiaen: The Stage 5/5. Concluding a series celebrating 100 years since the birth of Messiaen, with a focus on his music in context of French opera and ballet. With a selection of odd couples across the centuries, including Romeo and Juliet, Bacchus and the abandoned Ariadne, as well as Rameau's complete opera celebrating brotherly the love of Castor and Pollux. Rameau: Overture (Hippolyte et Aricie) Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset (director) Gounod: Va, je t'ai pardonne...Nuit d'hymenee (Romeo et Juliette) Nathalie Dessay (soprano) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon National Orchestra Michael Schonwandt (conductor) 2.15pm Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane Suite No 2 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Walter Weller (conductor) 2.35pm Rameau: Castor et Pollux Castor....Finnur Bjarnasson (countertenor) Pollux....Henk Neven (baritone) Phoebe, a Spartan princess....Veronique Gens (soprano) Telaira, daughter of the Sun....Anna Maria Panzarella (soprano) First Athlete/Mercury/First Spartan....Anders J Dahlin (countertenor) High Priest of Jupiter....Thomas Oliemans (tenor) A Follower of Hebe/A Blessed Spirit/Cleone, Phoebe's confidante....Judith van Wanroij (soprano) Jupiter....Nicolas Teste (bass) Netherlands Opera Chorus (prepared by Martin Wright) Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20081103 | Presented by Penny Gore. Ulster Orchestra: The Five Nations A week of programmes exploring a range of works from the British Isles, with an eclectic mix of live and specially recorded music. Fronted by the Ulster Orchestra, this selection focuses on music from Northern Ireland and begins with a Radio 3 Commission. Gardner: An Sash Potter: Overture to a Kitchen Comedy Ulster Orchestra Celso Antunes (conductor) Ferguson: Piano Concerto, Op 12 Hugh Tinney (piano) Ulster Orchestra Celso Antunues (conductor) Ferguson: Partita, Op 5a Ulster Orchestra Celso Antunes (conductor) Harty: A Comedy Overture Ulster Orchestra Vernon Handley (conductor) Stanford: Concert Piece for organ and orchestra, Op 181 Ulster Orchestra Dame Gillian Weir (organ) Vernon Handley (conductor) Ferguson: The Twa Corbies; A Lyke Wake Dirge James Rutherford (baritone) Ulster Orchestra David Brophy (conductor) Ferguson: Four Diversions on Ulster Airs Ulster Orchestra Celso Antunes (conductor) Harty: Orientale from 3 Pieces Christopher Blake (oboe) Ulster Orchestra Celso Antunes (conductor) Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No 4 in A minor (The Fisherman of Lough Neagh and What He Saw) Ulster Orchestra Celso Antunes (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20081104 | Presented by Penny Gore. Ulster Orchestra: The Five Nations Penny Gore introduces a programme of music by composers from the Republic of Ireland, with the Ulster Orchestra and other performers in an eclectic mix of live and specially recorded works. 2.00pm Marion Ingoldsby: The Herron by the Weir (BBC Radio 3 commission) Stanford: Seamus O'Brien Overture Ulster Orchestra Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) Stanford: Songs of the Sea James Rutherford (baritone) Ulster Youth Choir Ulster Orchestra David Brophy (conductor) Arthur Duff: Echoes of Georgian Dublin Ulster Orchestra Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) Stanford: Piano Concerto No 2 Finghin Collins (piano) Ulster Orchestra Philip Martin: Variations on Commend me to the Ploughman Philip Martin (piano) Ulster Orchestra Christian Gansch (conductor) Stanford: Stabat Mater Giselle Allen (soprano) Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano) Allan Clayton (tenor) Robert MacDonald (bass) Charles Wood Summer School Choir Ulster Orchestra David Hill (conductor) John Larchet: By the Waters of Moyle Ulster Orchestra Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) Field: Nocturne No 5 in B flat, H 37 Grace Francis (piano) | ||
| AO3 | 20081105 | Presented by Penny Gore. Ulster Orchestra: The Five Nations A programme of music by composers from Scotland, with the Ulster Orchestra and BBC Singers in an eclectic mix of live and specially recorded works. 2.00pm McGuire: Clyde Built (BBC Radio 3 commission) Ulster Orchestra Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor) MacCunn: Ship o' the Fiend Ulster Orchestra Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor) Mackenzie: Scottish Concerto David Owen Norris (piano) Ulster Orchestra Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor) Wallace: The Passing of Beatrice Ulster Orchestra Nicholas Briathwaite (conductor) MacMillan: Mairi BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) MacMillan: The Confessions of Isobel Gowdie Ulster Orchestra Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20081106 | Presented by Penny Gore. Ulster Orchestra: The Five Nations A programme of music by composers from Wales, with an eclectic mix of live and specially recorded works performed by the Ulster Orchestra among others. 2.00pm Mark Bowden: Tirlun (BBC Radio 3 commission) Grace Williams: Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes; Penillion Ulster Orchestra David Hill (conductor) John Metcalf: Mapping Wales Catrin Finch (harp) Ulster Orchestra David Hill (conductor) Hoddinott: Symphony No 7 (Organ) Thomas Totter (organ) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) Hoddinott: Welsh Dance Suite No 1 Ulster Orchestra David Hill (conductor) John Metcalf: Three Mobiles Gerald McChrystal (saxophone) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Grant Llewellyn (conductor) William Mathias: Symphony No 2 (Summer Music) BBC National Orchestra of Wales William Mathias (conductor) William Mathias: Sante Fe Suite Catrin Finch (harp) William Mathias: Celtic Dances Ulster Orchestra David Brophy (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20081113 | Presented by John Shea. David Oistrakh 4/5. Part of a series of programmes to mark the centenary of the birth of the great Russian violinist and conductor, including performances from present-day violinists. 2.00pm Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47 David Oistrakh (violin) USSR Radio Large Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozdestvensky (conductor) Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances Cleveland Orchestra James Gaffigan (conductor) 3.10pm John Adams: Violin Concerto Leila Josefowicz (violin) Cleveland Orchestra James Gaffigan (conductor) 3.50pm Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op 56 (1st mvt) David Oistrakh (violin) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra Kirill Kondrashin (conductor) 4.10pm Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op 77 David Oistrakh (violin) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Bernard Haitink (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20081114 | Presented by Louise Fryer. David Oistrakh Part of a series of programmes to mark the centenary of the birth of the great Russian violinist and conductor, including performances from present-day violinists. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1 David Oistrakh (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor) Bach: Concerto in D minor for two violins and orchestra, BWV 1043 David Oistrakh, Igor Oistrakh (violins) Residentie Orchestra Willem van Otterloo (conductor) 2.55pm Gubaidulina: Offertorium for violin and orchestra Gidon Kremer (violin) Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) Sibelius: Symphony No 2 in D, Op 43 Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) 4.10pm Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op 35 David Oistrakh (violin) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Serge Baudo (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | 20081117 | Presented by Penny Gore. Towards Messiaen: Exoticism Radio 3's Messiaen centenary celebrations continue with a programme featuring music looking to far-away places, from the deserts of Africa to the strange sounds of the far East. Bizet: Carmen Suite No 1 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Josep Cabelle-Domenech (conductor) Felicien-Cesar David: Le desert, for tenor, narrator, chorus and orchestra Mario Joao Alves (tenor) Diogo Doria (narrator) Sao Carlos National Theatre Chorus Portuguese Symphony Orchestra Nader Abbassi (conductor) Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques Garrick Ohlsson (piano) MDR Symphony Orchestra Jun Markl (conductor) Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe - Suites Nos 1 and 2 Quebec Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Yoav Talmi (conductor) Messiaen: Poemes pour Mi arr. for soprano and orchestra Yvonne Naef (mezzo-soprano) SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden and Freiburg Sylvain Cambreling (conductor) Debussy: Nocturnes for orchestra Women of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Richard Hickox (conductor) | ||
| AO3 | Norway And Sweden, Episode 1 | 20081124 | Penny Gore presents music centring on Norway and Sweden. With Sibelius and Geirr Tveitt. Norway and Sweden In an important cultural year for the two Scandinavian nations, Penny Gore presents works focusing on the musical life of Norway and Sweden, featuring ensembles from the southern Norwegian city of Stavanger, one of the two European Capitals of Culture in 2008, as well as orchestras from both Norway and Sweden, which had a significant presence at this year's BBC Proms. There is also a centenary celebration of Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt. 2.00pm Schubert: Scherzo (Octet) Stavanger International Chamber Music Festival Ensemble 2.05pm Strauss: Alpine Symphony Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Gustavo Dudamel (conductor) 3.00pm Grieg: Selection of songs Miah Persson (soprano) Matti Hirvonen (piano) Geirr Tveitt: Piano Concerto No 1 Havard Gimse (piano) Stavanger Symphony Orchestra Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor) Mozart: Selection of songs Miah Persson (soprano) Matti Hirvonen (piano) 3.40pm Sibelius: Kullervo Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo-soprano) Jorma Hynninen (baritone) Oslo Philharmonic Chorus Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) | |
| AO3 | Norway And Sweden, Episode 2 | 20081125 | Penny Gore introduces the Swedish Radio SO in Berlioz and Bruckner's 9th Symphony. Norway and Sweden Penny Gore presents a celebration of the musical life of Norway and Sweden, in a programme that includes Daniel Harding conducting his Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Berlioz - with noted Swedish mezzo-soprano Malena Ernman - and the premiere of a new four-movement version of Bruckner's Ninth Symphony. Plus 90th birthday celebrations for Sweden's greatest choral conductor, Eric Ericsson, and more from the Stavanger International Chamber Music Festival, in Norway's European Capital of Culture. 2.00pm Schubert: Adagio (Octet) Stavanger International Chamber Music Festival Ensemble David Wikander: Spring Evening Eric Ericson Chamber Choir Swedish Radio Chorus Peter Dijkstra (conductor) 2.15pm Berlioz: La mort de Cleopatre Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano) Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Daniel Harding (conductor) 2.35pm Lasse Thoresen: Piano Trio No 2 (The descent of Luminous Waters) Grieg Trio Three songs from Venezuela Schola Juvenil Chorus Alberto Grau, Luimar Arismendi (directors) 3.10pm Bruckner: Symphony No 9 (including performing version of the Finale by Samale-Phillips-Cohrs-Mazzuca) Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Daniel Harding (conductor) 4.40pm Ingvar Lidholm:... a riveder le stelle Hannah Holgersson (soprano) Eric Ericson Chamber Choir Swedish Radio Chorus Peter Dijkstra (conductor) | |
| AO3 | Norway And Sweden, Episode 3 | 20081126 | Penny Gore with music by Schubert, Berwald, Schumann, Saeverud and Shostakovich. Norway and Sweden Penny Gore presents another programme celebrating the musical life of Norway and Sweden, with performances by the Oslo Philharmonic, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and soprano Malin Bystrom. Plus the first recital for over 250 years of the music composed for the coronation of King Adolph Frederik of Sweden in 1751, by the 'father of Swedish Baroque Music', Johan Helmich Roman. 2.00pm Schubert: Minuet (Octet) Stavanger International Chamber Music Festival Ensemble Johan Helmich Roman: 1751 Coronation Music Gustaf Sjokvist Chamber Choir Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble Nils-Erik Sparf (director/baroque violin) 2.25pm Berwald: Sinfonie singuliere Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) Schumann: Selection of songs Malin Bystrom (soprano) Magnus Svensson (piano) 3.05pm Harald Saeverud: Symphony No 6 (Sinfonia dolorosa) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Mikhail Jurowski (conductor) 3.20pm Shostakovich: The Execution of Stepan Razin Maxim Mikhailov (bass) Oslo Philharmonic Chorus Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Mikhail Jurowski (conductor) | |
| AO3 | Norway And Sweden, Episode 4 | 20081127 | Penny Gore presents music including Gustavo Dudamel with the Gothenburg SO in Beethoven. Norway and Sweden Penny Gore presents a celebration of the musical life of Norway and Sweden, with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven, and young Swedish soprano Elin Rombo singing music from France and her native land. Plus veteran Russian conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky with the Oslo Philharmonic in a revival of a notable Norwegian orchestral work from 1916, alongside the biggest symphony written by a man the orchestra have made their speciality - Tchaikovsky. 2.00pm Schubert: Finale (Octet) Stavanger International Chamber Music Festival Ensemble Svendsen: Romeo and Juliet Stavanger Symphony Orchestra John Storgards (conductor) 2.20pm Beethoven: Symphony No 8 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Gustavo Dudamel (conductor) 2.55pm Hjalmar Borgstrom: The Thought Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor) Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: Selection of songs Elin Rombo (soprano) Magnus Svensson (piano) 3.55pm Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor) | |
| AO3 | 20081226 | The LSO under Valery Gergiev in a complete performance of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty. Presented by Louise Fryer. A complete performance of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty given as part of the 2008 BBC Proms season. Introduced by Christopher Cook. Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op 66 | ||
| AO3 | Bohemian Rhapsody, 05/01/2009 | 20090105 | Jonathan Swain with Czech music, including Smetana, Dvorak, Bartok, Widman and Bruckner. Jonathan Swain presents Czech music from the BBC orchestras. Smetana: Overture (The Bartered Bride) | |
| AO3 | Bohemian Rhapsody, 06/01/2009 | 20090106 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. Czech music, including Smetana, Suk, Zemlinsky and Dvorak. Jonathan Swain presents Czech music from the BBC Orchestras. Smetana: Richard III | |
| AO3 | Bohemian Rhapsody, 07/01/2009 | 20090107 | Jonathan Swain presents Hummel: Concerto for trumpet and orchestra, plus a work by Mahler. Jonathan Swain presents Bohemian music from the BBC orchestras. Hummel: Concerto for trumpet and orchestra | |
| AO3 | Bohemian Rhapsody, 09/01/2009 | 20090109 | With Jonathan Swain. Handel: Almira, Queen of Castille - Act 3, plus Smetana and Janacek. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Handel: Almira, Queen of Castille - Act 3 Almira....Ann Monoyios (soprano) | |
| AO3 | Handel Operas, 15/01/2009 | 20090115 | A performance of Handel's Rodrigo. Plus Tod Handley: A Tribute. Arnold: Water Music. Presented by Louise Fryer. A performance of Handel's second surviving opera Rodrigo, to mark the 250th anniversary in 2009 of the composer's death. Handel: Rodrigo (opera in 3 acts) | |
| AO3 | Radamisto - Acts 1 And 2 | 20090312 | Handel Operas 2009 Jonathan Swain presents the first opera Handel wrote for the new Royal Academy of Music - not a music college like the present-day Academy, but an opera company financed by the upper classes out of their own pockets. Handel was appointed 'Master of the Orchester with a Sallary' and relished the chance to work with the top Italian singers the Academy engaged - including, for the first time in Radamisto, the famous castrato Senesino in the title role. Handel: Radamisto (Acts 1 and 2) Radamisto, Prince of Thrace....Ralf Popken (countertenor) | |
| AO3 | Radamisto - Act 3/classic Relief | 20090313 | Handel Operas 2009 Jonathan Swain presents the first opera Handel wrote for the new Royal Academy of Music - not a music college like the present-day Academy, but an opera company financed by the upper classes out of their own pockets. Handel was appointed 'Master of the Orchester with a Sallary' and relished the chance to work with the top Italian singers the Academy engaged - including, for the first time in Radamisto, the famous castrato Senesino in the title role. Handel: Radamisto (Act 3) Radamisto, Prince of Thrace....Ralf Popken (countertenor) | |
| AO3 | 2008 Lucerne Festivals, Handel: Muzio Scevola | 20090319 | Handel Operas 2009 In conversation with Handel expert Donald Burrows, Louise Fryer explores the competition in 1721 between arch-rivals Handel and Bononcini over who was the best opera composer in London. Along with cellist Filippo Amadei, they were commissioned to each write an act for Muzio Schevola to a libretto set in Ancient Rome. Filippo Amadei: Cantata: Il Pensiero | |
| AO3 | Handel: Tolomeo, Acts 1 And 2 | 20090611 | Handel Opera Cycle Continuing Radio 3's complete Handel opera cycle, Penny Gore presents Acts 1 and 2 of Tolomeo, a tale of marital and fraternal loyalty, deposition, deception and disguise. Special guest countertenor Jonathan Peter Kenny, noted for his Handel roles including Tolomeo, joins Penny in the studio. Handel: Tolomeo (Acts 1 and 2) Tolomeo, banished ruler of Egypt....Axel Kohler (countertenor) Seleuce, wife of Tolomeo....Linda Perillo (soprano) Araspe, King of Cyprus....Brian Bannatyne-Scott (bass) Elisa, sister of Araspe....Romelia Lichtenstein (mezzo-soprano) Alessandro, younger brother of Tolomeo....Jennifer Lane (mezzo-soprano) Handel Festival Orchestra, Halle Howard Arman (conductor) 4.25pm Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 33, No 5 Ysaye Quartet. Penny Gore presents Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's opera Tolomeo. | |
| AO3 | Handel: Poro, Re Dell'indie - Acts 1 And 2 | 20090702 |
Handel Operas 2009 Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas continues with a performance of Poro, re dell'Indie. As Alexander the Great forges his way into India defeating all in his path, Poro - his latest victim - considers taking his own life for the first of several times in the opera. He is only saved by his love for Queen Cleofide, and thus ensues a tale of deception, lust, jealousy and great intrigue. Presented by Penny Gore, in conversation with Graham Cummings, who oversaw the edition for this performance. Handel: Poro, re dell'Indie (Acts 1 and 2) Poro....William Towers (countertenor) Cleofide....Jutta Bohnert (soprano) Erissena, Poro's sister....Franziska Gottwald (mezzo-soprano) Alessandro (the Great)....Thomas Piffka (tenor) Gandarte, Poro's general....Andrew Radley (countertenor) Timagene, Alexander's general....Torben Jurgens Akademie fur Alte Musik, Berlin Konrad Junghanel (conductor). Radio 3's cycle of Handel operas continues with a performance of Poro, re dell'Indie. |
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