Afternoon On 3
First broadcast from 20070219 to 20100319.
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 | Repeated | 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) Ed Spanjaard (conductor) Gounod: String Quartet No 3 Rossetti Quartet Debussy: Jeux Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) Franck: Piano Quintet Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice | |||
| 01 | Bbc Scottish Symphony Orchestra |  | |||
| 01 | Brahms Plus |  | |||
| 01 | Chopin |  | |||
| 01 | European Festivals |  | |||
| 01 | Focus On The Bbc Concert Orchestra |  | |||
| 01 | Musical Outsiders |  | |||
| 01 | Piano Concertos |  | |||
| 01 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |  | |||
| 02 | Bbc Scottish Symphony Orchestra |  | |||
| 02 | Brahms Plus |  | |||
| 02 | Chopin |  | |||
| 02 | European Festivals |  | |||
| 02 | Focus On The Bbc Concert Orchestra |  | |||
| 02 | Musical Outsiders |  | |||
| 02 | Piano Concertos |  | |||
| 02 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |  | |||
| 03 | Bbc Scottish Symphony Orchestra |  | |||
| 03 | Brahms Plus |  | |||
| 03 | Chopin |  | |||
| 03 | European Festivals |  | |||
| 03 | Focus On The Bbc Concert Orchestra |  | |||
| 03 | Musical Outsiders |  | |||
| 03 | Piano Concertos |  | |||
| 03 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |  | |||
| 04 | Brahms Plus |  | |||
| 04 | Chopin |  | |||
| 04 | European Festivals |  | |||
| 04 | Focus On The Bbc Concert Orchestra |  | |||
| 04 | Musical Outsiders |  | |||
| 04 | Piano Concertos |  | |||
| 05 | Bbc Scottish Symphony Orchestra |  | |||
| 05 | Brahms Plus |  | |||
| 05 | European Festivals |  | |||
| 05 | Focus On The Bbc Concert Orchestra |  | |||
| 05 | Musical Outsiders |  | |||
| 05 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |  | |||
| AO3 | 01 | 20th Century Greats |  | ||
| 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 | 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 | Baltic Sea Festival 2009 |  | ||
| AO3 | 01 | Bbc Concert Orchestra |  | ||
| 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 | Brahms, Brahms - | 20081215 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.00pm | |
| AO3 | 01 | Cleveland Orchestras |  | ||
| AO3 | 01 | Dance |  | ||
| 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 | Magical Mystery Tour |  | ||
| AO3 | 01 | Maida Vale 75th Anniversary |  | ||
| 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 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 | |
| AO3 | 01 | Richard Hickox Tribute |  | ||
| 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 | Salzburg And Vienna 2009 |  | ||
| 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 | Song And Dance | 20100315 | BBC Concert Orchestra Penny Gore shines the spotlight on the BBC Concert Orchestra this week, also featuring BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists: today mezzo-soprano Daniela Lehner in some evocative Spanish songs, and harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani playing a concerto by Czech composer Viktor Kalabis. Falla: Ritual Fire Dance (El Amor Brujo); 7 Canciones populares espagnolas (excerpts) Daniela Lehner (mezzo-soprano) Mahler: Blumine Viktor Kalabis: Harpsichord Concerto Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) 2.50pm Mahler, arr Britten: What the Wild Flowers Tell Me (from Symphony no. 3) Rodrigo: De los Alamos vengo, madre (Cuatro madrigals amatorios) Chueca y Valverde: Schottisch del Eliseo (La Gran via) Montsalvatge: Canto negro (Cinco canciones negras) Daniela Lehner (mezzo) 3.10pm Stravinsky: Firebird - suite (1919) Matthew Coorey (conductor) 3.35pm Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: Odysseus Susan Gritton (soprano) Mark Stone (baritone) London Oriana Choir David Drummond (conductor) 4.35pm York Bowen: Piano Concerto no 3 (Fantasia) in G minor, Op 23 Michael Dussek (piano) Vernon Handley (conductor). BBC CO in Stravinsky, Gibbs and Bowen. Plus mezzo Daniela Lehner performing Spanish songs. | |
| AO3 | 01 | Summer Festivals 2009 |  | ||
| 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 Cello |  | ||
| AO3 | 01 | The Consolation Of Philosophy |  | ||
| 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 | 20th Century Greats |  | ||
| 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 | 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 | Baltic Sea Festival 2009 |  | ||
| AO3 | 02 | Bbc Concert Orchestra |  | ||
| AO3 | 02 | Bbc National Orchestra Of Wales - Musical Firsts | 20100223 | Penny Gore presents a week of programmes reflecting on musical firsts featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. A quartet of works all influenced by the sea opens today's programme. "Sneaker Wave" was written for the 2004 Proms by Joby Talbot, who is also a distinguished writer of film and TV scores, as well as arranging for pop musicians from Ute Lemper to Tom Jones. Joby brings the full force of the orchestra crashing down to portray this massive wall of water, including, in this performance, the mighty Albert Hall organ. Welsh composer Grace Williams made her home on the coast, just outside Cardiff, overlooking the Bristol Channel. Her evocative Sea Sketches were premiered in 1947 at the BBC studios in Cardiff, and have become a familiar favourite of Welsh orchestral music ever since. Michael Berkeley first heard the haunting sound of whales singing as they "bubble net" as part of a Radio 4 programme "World on the Move". This unique song moved him to incorporate a recording in his recent commission for BBC NOW - "Gabriel's Lament". Today Penny also hears from the producer, Joe Stevens, about this remarkable underwater vocal talent. Julian Philips wrote his seascape for the orchestra a decade ago, and it was soon championed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Afternoon on 3 closes with a concert featuring the first broadcast of "Taliesin", the final work composed by Alun Hoddinott, who for over half a century was at the heart of Welsh musical life. Penny is joined by Swansea Festival director Huw Tregelles Williams, to hear about the new piece, the composer and this remarkable concert from the 2009 festival, featuring the orchestra's Associate Guest Conductor Francois-Xavier Roth. The French conductor is joined by his organist father Daniel, in the final work today, the ever-popular Organ Symphony by Saint-Saens. Joby Talbot: Sneaker Wave David Childs (euphonium) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Grace Williams: Sea Sketches Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) Michael Berkerley: Gabriel's Lament BBC National Chorus of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) 3pm Julian Philips: Strange seas for orchestra 3.30pm Berlioz: Le Carnaval Romain - Overture (Op.9) Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor) Alun Hoddinott: Taliesin 4.10pm Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune Saint-Saens: Symphony no. 3 in C minor "Organ symphony" (Op. 78) Daniel Roth (organ) BBC NOW in Talbot, Grace Williams, M Berkeley, Berlioz, Hoddinott, Debussy, Saint-Saens. | |
| AO3 | 02 | Berlin Wall 20th Anniversary |  | ||
| AO3 | 02 | Cleveland Orchestras |  | ||
| AO3 | 02 | Dance |  | ||
| 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 | Magical Mystery Tour |  | ||
| AO3 | 02 | Maida Vale 75th Anniversary |  | ||
| 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 Schnittke: Penitential Psalms Robert Hollingworth (conductor). | |
| AO3 | 02 | Richard Hickox Tribute |  | ||
| AO3 | 02 | Salzburg And Vienna 2009 |  | ||
| 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 | Song And Dance | 20100316 | BBC Concert Orchestra Radio 3 New Generation Artist Tai Murray joins the BBC Concert Orchestra in Sibelius's ravishing Violin Concerto. Continuing the Song and Dance theme, there are tracks from the orchestra's latest CD, Showtime Carousel, and a ballet by Richard Arnell. Plus a rare chance to hear the violin concerto by Lionel Sainsbury. Presented by Penny Gore. Sibelius: Finlandia; Violin Concerto Tai Murray (violin) Nielsen: Aladdin, Op 34 Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No 1 Arvid Engegard (conductor) 3.30pm Trad arr Farnon: A la Claire Fontaine Walton: Crown Imperial march Roderick Dunk (conductor) 3.50pm Lionel Sainsbury: Violin concerto, Op.14 Lorrain McAslan (violin) Barry Wordsworth (conductor) 4.30pm Richard Arnell: Punch and the Child, Op. 49 Martin Yates (conductor). Penny Gore presents the BBC CO in Sibelius, Nielsen, Grieg, Walton, Sainsbury and Arnell. | |
| AO3 | 02 | Summer Festivals 2009 |  | ||
| 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 Cello |  | ||
| AO3 | 02 | The Consolation Of Philosophy |  | ||
| 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 | 20th Century Greats |  | ||
| 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 | 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 Concert Orchestra |  | ||
| 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 | Cleveland Orchestras |  | ||
| AO3 | 03 | Dance |  | ||
| 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 | Magical Mystery Tour |  | ||
| AO3 | 03 | Maida Vale 75th Anniversary |  | ||
| 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 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor). | |
| AO3 | 03 | Richard Hickox Tribute |  | ||
| 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 2009 |  | ||
| 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 | Song And Dance | 20100317 | Live from BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Californian conductor Edwin Outwater makes a welcome return to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales to conduct Barber's Symphony no. 1 and John Adams's Dr Atomic Symphony, based on material from his opera of the same name about the testing of the first atomic bomb. Soloist Nicolas Hodges joins the orchestra in Unsuk Chin's Piano Concerto. Presented by Elin Manahan Thomas. Plus Penny Gore presents more from the versatile BBC Concert Orchestra. LIVE BBC National Orchestra of Wales Edwin Outwater (conductor) Barber: Symphony no. 1 Adams: Dr. Atomic Symphony 2.45pm Interval, including: Copland: Clarinet Concerto Robert Plane (clarinet) Eric Stern (conductor) 3.05pm Unsuk Chin: Piano Concerto (BBC NOW commission) Nicolas Hodges (piano) 3.35pm Farnon: Music from Captain Horatio Hornblower RN BBC Concert Orchestra John Wilson (conductor). BBC NOW/Edwin Outwater in music by Barber, Adams and Unsuk Chin. Plus the BBC CO in Farnon | |
| AO3 | 03 | Summer Festivals 2009 |  | ||
| 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 Cello |  | ||
| AO3 | 03 | The Consolation Of Philosophy |  | ||
| 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 | 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 | Ancient Greece | 20090212 | Louise Fryer presents music inspired by ancient Greek myths. Britten: Narcissus (Metamorphoses after Ovid) | |
| AO3 | 04 | Bbc Concert Orchestra |  | ||
| 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 | Bbc National Orchestra Of Wales - Musical Firsts | 20100225 | Penny Gore presents a week of programmes reflecting on musical firsts featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Today Penny introduces a brand new recording of Arthur Sullivan's 'Ivanhoe' - arguably the most important British opera from the nineteenth century. Based on the novel by Sir Walter Scott, dedicated to Queen Victoria - and written at her suggestion - Ivanhoe opened at the Royal English Opera House in January 1891 and ran for 155 consecutive performances. Since when its popularity has been somewhat less extravagant. When the performing materials were destroyed by fire in 1964, its fate seemed sealed. Thanks largely to the indefatigable effort and boundless energy of the late Richard Hickox, a new recording has now been made of this legendary opera, a co-production between BBC Radio 3 and Chandos Records. With a young and starry cast of British opera talent, this tale of knights in shining armour, forbidden love and medieval merrymaking can finally be heard once again. Arthur Sullivan: Ivanhoe [rev. 1895] Toby Spence - Wilfred, Knight of Ivanhoe; Son of Cedric the Saxon (tenor) Janice Watson - The Lady Rowena; Ward of Cedric (soprano) Geraldine McGreevy - Rebecca; Daughter of Isaac of York (soprano) Peter Rose - Cedric the Saxon; Thane of Rotherwood (bass) Neal Davies - Richard Coeur-de-Lion; King of England disguised as the Black Knight (baritone) Leigh Melrose - Isaac; the Jew of York (baritone) Other roles sung by Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Matthew Brook, Stephen Gadd, James Rutherford, Andrew Staples and Peter Wedd BBC National Orchestra of Wales Adrian Partington Singers David Lloyd-Jones (conductor). BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a new recording of Arthur Sullivan's opera Ivanhoe. | |
| AO3 | 04 | Bbc Performing Groups |  | ||
| AO3 | 04 | Brahms, Brahms - | 20081218 | Presented by Penny Gore. Including Brahms: Symphony No 3. Schumann: Manfred Overture. With Penny Gore. 2.00pm | |
| AO3 | 04 | Chopin | 20100311 | This afternoon there's more from last year's 2009 Chopin and his Europe Festival; Emanuel Ax performs Chopin's Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante. Schumann was another composer who was very influenced by Chopin, and today there's a chance to hear his magnum opus, the Scenes from Goethe's Faust performed by Dietrich Henschel with the Berlin Academy for Early Music. Presented by Jonathan Swain. 2pm Chopin: Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante Op.22 Schubert: Impromptu D.935'3 Emanuel Ax (piano) 2.30pm Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust Dietrich Henschel; Faust, Dr. Marianus, Pater Seraphicus (bass) Marlis Petersen; Gretchen, Not, Una Poenitentium (soprano) Yorck Felix Speer; Mephistopheles, Böser Geist, Pater Profundus (bass) Ruth Ziesak; Sorge, Magna Peccatrix (soprano) Gerhild Romberger; Mangel, Mater Gloriosa, Mulier Samaritana (alto) Christian Elsner; Ariel, Pater Ecstaticus (tenor) Sofi Lorentzen; Martha, Schuld, Maria Aegyptiaca (alto) RIAS Chamber Chorus Berlin Academy for Early Music Hans-Christoph Rademann (director) 4.20pm Shostakovich: 24 Preludes Alexei Volodin (piano). Jonathan Swain presents music by Chopin, Schumann and Shostakovich. | |
| AO3 | 04 | Cleveland Orchestras |  | ||
| AO3 | 04 | Dance |  | ||
| AO3 | 04 | Handel: Giustino (acts 1 And 2) |  | ||
| 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 | Richard Hickox Tribute |  | ||
| 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 | Song And Dance | 20100318 | Live from Manchester, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in concert presents three concertos featuring members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme: vioinist Jennifer Pike in Prokofiev, trumpeter Giuliano Sommerhalder in a concerto by Weinberg, and Francesco Piemontesi in a Mozart Piano Concerto. Penny Gore rounds the afternoon off with more from the BBC Concert Orchestra, including music by Boccherini, Grieg, and a delightful rarely heard symphony by Edward German. LIVE BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor) Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 1 in D Jennifer Pike (violin) Weinberg: Trumpet Concerto in B flat, Op.94 Giuliano Sommerhalder (trumpet) 3.10pm Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 9 in E flat, K.449 Francesco Piemontesi (piano) 3.40pm Boccherini: Symphony no. 4 "La Casa del Diavolo" Grieg: Peer Gynt - suite no.2 BBC Concert Orchestra Eivind Aadland (conductor) 4.15pm Edward German: Symphony no. 2 in A minor "Norwich" John Wilson (conductor). BBC Philharmonic in Prokofiev, Weinberg, Mozart. Plus BBC CO in Boccherini, Grieg, German. | |
| AO3 | 04 | Summer Festivals 2009 |  | ||
| 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 | 05 | A Tribute To Edward Downes |  | ||
| AO3 | 05 | Dance | 20090306 |  | |
| 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 | Salzburg And Vienna 2009 |  | ||
| AO3 | 05 | Summer Festivals 2009 |  | ||
| 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 | Chopin | 20100312 | The final programme in this week's focus on Chopin includes more highlights from the 2009 Chopin and his Europe Festival from Warsaw. Andreas Staier performs a piano concerto by the composer who gave Chopin the idea of the Nocturne; John Field. Emanuel Ax performs a Chopin Nocturne, plus there are songs by Chopin and symphonies by Haydn and Mendelssohn. Presented by Jonathan Swain. 2pm Chopin: Nocturne in C sharp minor Op. 27'1, Waltz in A minor Op. 34'2 Emanuel Ax (piano) 2.10pm Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture Orchestre des Champs-Elysees Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) 2.20pm Mendelssohn: Symphony no.3 in A minor, 'Scottish' 3pm Chopin: Various Songs Iwona Sobotka (soprano) Artur Rucinski (baritone) Ewa Poblocka (piano) 3.35pm Rigel: Symphony no.4 in C minor Op. 12 Concerto Koln 3.50pm Field: Piano Concerto no.3 in E flat major Andreas Staier (piano) 4.25pm Haydn: Symphony no.103 in E flat major 'Drumroll' Jonathan Swain presents music by Chopin, Mendelssohn, Rigel, Field and Haydn. | |
| 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 | Song And Dance | 20100319 |
BBC Concert Orchestra - continuing the Song and Dance theme Doghouse, the BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association Jonny Greenwood's latest work, forms the centrepiece of today's concert, recorded last month at the BBC Maida Vale Studios and presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. It's set in relief against other musical styles this unique broadcasting orchestra has been associated with over the years: radio theme tunes, light music, and film music. Penny Gore rounds the week off with music by Elgar, Martinu and a set of fairy tales with accordion, conducted by the orchestra's laureate Barry Wordsworth. Plus the BBC Singers with some avant-garde songs from the 1500s. Farnon: Manhattan Playboy Parker: Seascape Badalamenti: Mysteries of Love (from Blue Velvet) Angela Morley: A Canadian in Mayfair Chaplin: Limelight Waxman: Rebecca Suite Jonny Greenwood: Doghouse (World Premiere, BBC Commission) Geoffrey Toye: The Haunted Ballroom Herrmann: Vertigo suite BBC Concert Orchestra Conducted by Jonny Greenwood and Robert Ziegler 3.15pm Radio 3's music feature at 12.15pm on Saturday 27 March, 'The Arch-Musician', uncovers the amazing life and music of sixteenth-century microtonal composer Nicola Vicentino. He wrote music using 31 notes per octave, he built special keyboard instruments to play it and trained choirs to sing it. This afternoon there's a sneak preview of some of Vicentino's music, specially recorded by members of the BBC Singers with conductor James Weeks. BBC Singers Conductor James Weeks 3.25pm Vaclav Trojan: Fairy Tales Owen Murray (accordion) Barry Wordsworth (conductor) 4.35pm Martinu: Symphony no. 2 4.30pm Elgar: Sea Pictures Roderick Williams (baritone) Martin Yates (conductor). Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents the BBC CO performing Jonny Greenwood's new work Doghouse. | |
| 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 | 06 | Summer Festivals 2009 |  | ||
| AO3 | 07 | Summer Festivals 2009 |  | ||
| AO3 | 08 | Summer Festivals 2009 |  | ||
| 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) Raskatov: Five Minutes from the Life of WAM Members of Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Kevin Field (conductor) Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen (Suite) Liadov: Kikimora Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Matthias Bamert (conductor) Zelenka: Overture a 7 Members of Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra Smetana: Vltava (Ma vlast) Stravinsky: Petrushka | |||
| 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 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) Traditional Malaysian Folk Song arrangements Henry Wood: Fantasia on British Sea Songs Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 | |||
| 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 Prokofiev: Sonata in B flat, Op 84 Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Mahler: Symphony No 6 | |||
| 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 Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche | |||
| 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) Kurtag: In Nomine, all'ongherese Heinz Holliger: Surrogo (world première) Heinz Holliger (cor anglais) Ursula Holliger (harp) Chopin: Sonata in Bm, Op 58 Webern: Six Trakl Songs, Op 14 Silvia Nopper (soprano) Ensemble directed by Heinz Holliger Birtwistle: Crowd Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 (Pathétique) | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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) 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 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 | |||
| 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 Vernon Handley (conductor) Frederick May: Sunlight and Shadow Ulster Orchestra Robert Houlihan (conductor) Cyril Scott: Violin Concerto Olivier Charlier (violin) 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 | |||
| 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 Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Quilter: 7 Elizabethan Lyrics, Op 12 Julius Drake (piano) Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives BBC Symphony Orchestra John Adams (conductor) Bax: Symphony No 7 in A flat | |||
| 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) 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) | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor | |||
| 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) Judith Bingham: The snows descend Fine Arts Brass Ensemble 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 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 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 | 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 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 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 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 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 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) | |||
| 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) | |||
| 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 Christoph Poppen (conductor) Shostakovich: The Bolt Ballet Suite, Op 27a 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) Christoph Poppen (conductor) Shostakovich: 6 Romances on verses by British poets for bass and orchestra, Op 140 Christian Gerhaher (baritone) Thomas Sanderling (conductor) Bartok: Concerto for violin and orchestra No 1 Gidon Kremer (violin) Shostakovich: Eight English and American Folksongs for Bass and Orchestra Peter Rose (bass) Brahms: 5 Songs for chorus, Op 104 Bavarian Radio Chorus Peter Dijkstra (conductor) Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in Em | |||
| 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 Riccardo Muti (conductor) Wilhelm Killmayer: Dithyramben for orchestra (premiere) Christoph Poppen (conductor) Sibelius: Symphony No 2 in D | |||
| 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) Colin Davis (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 2 in D Mariss Jansons (conductor) Mozart: Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra in C Philippe Boucly (flute) Cristina Bianchi (harp) Lisa Lim: The Compass, for didgeridoo, flutes and orchestra William Barton (didgeridoo) Carin Levine (flutes) Christoph Poppen (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 7 | |||
| 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) Beethoven: String Quartet No 3 in D Orion String Quartet Ades: Life Story Susan Narucki (soprano) Joseph Kalichstein (piano) Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) Mussorgsky orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition | |||
| 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 New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel (conductor) Shostakovich: Symphony No 5 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 | 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) Schumann: Symphony No 2 in C, Op 61 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) Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 33 in B flat 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 Myung Whun Chung (conductor) Bruckner: Symphony No 4 in E flat | |||
| 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) Berio (after Schubert): Rendering BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op 116 (excerpts) Ashley Wass (piano) Mahler compl. Cooke: Symphony No 10 | |||
| 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) 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 | |||
| 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 Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet) Szymanowski Quartet Elgar: Cello Concerto Daniel Muller-Schott (cello) Schumann: Symphony No 4 | |||
| 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 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) Yuri Krasavin: Amadeus Rosemary Eliot (flute) Alexander Titov (conductor) Stravinsky: Petrushka | |||
| 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) Delius: American Rhapsody (Appalachia) BBC Concert Orchestra Charles Hazlewood (conductor) Copland: Appalachian Spring 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) | |||
| 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 William Kraft: Timpani Concerto No 2 (The Grand Encounter) David Herbert (timpani) 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 | |||
| 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 Robert Spano (conductor) Respighi: Fountains of Rome; Pines of Rome 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 Debussy, orch Busser: Printemps (Symphonic Suite) Britten: Spring Symphony, Op 44 Mary Dunleavy (soprano) Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) San Francisco Symphony Chorus | |||
| 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 Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op 35 Joshua Bell (violin) Roberto Abbado (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 in C minor (Little Russian) Stravinsky: Rite of Spring | |||
| 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) Peter Oundjian (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 40 in G minor Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Simon Trpceski (piano) 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 | |||
| 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 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 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 Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht (arr. for string 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) Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E minor 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) 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 | |||
| 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 Paul Watkins (conductor) Respighi: Rossiniana (Suite from Rossini's Les riens) Dallapiccola: Tartiniana for violin and orchestra James Ehnes (violin) Respighi: Burlesca | |||
| 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 Cyril Scott: 3 Symphonic Dances (rev. from Symphony No 2) Finzi: Lo the Full Final Sacrifice Richard Pearce (organ) | |||
| 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 Albeniz: Iberia (Book 1) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Handel: Water Music Suite in D, HWV 349 | |||
| 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 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 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 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) David Angus (conductor) Cimarosa: Concerto in G for flute and oboe Sharon Bezaly (flute) Alexei Orgrintchouk (oboe) 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) Bryden Thomson (conductor) Irvine: Secret cinema for orchestra (accompanying film and live dance) 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) Harty: Ode to a Nightingale Heather Harper (soprano) | |||
| 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) Mozart: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja; Ein Madchen oder Weibchen (The Magic Flute) 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 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 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite | |||
| 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 Marc Minkoswki (conductor) Sibelius: Symphony No 7 | |||
| 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) Edward Gardner (conductor) Penderecki: Viola Concerto Antoine Tamestit (viola) Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini 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 | |||
| 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) 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 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) Gretel Dowdeswell (piano) Schubert: Trout Quintet Benjamin Griffiths (double bass) 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 HK Gruber (conductor) HK Gruber: Charivari 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 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) | |||
| 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 Mozart: Symphony in G (Lambach) Mozart: Concertone in C for 2 violins, K190 Mozart: Symphony No 29 in A 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 | |||
| 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) Mozart: Symphony No 36 in C, K425 (Linz) Schubert: Offertory in B flat, D963 (Intende Voci) Michael Schade (tenor) 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 Handel: Se pieta di me non credi (Giulio Cesare) Christine Schafer (soprano) Vivaldi: Concerto in D for lute, RV 93 Ivano Zanenghi (lute) Handel: Ombre pallide (Alcina) Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in A minor, RV 419 Francesco Galligioni (cello) Vivaldi: Cessata, O mai, cessata, RV 684 Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Schumann: 3 Fantasiestucke for clarinet and piano, Op 73 Jorg Widmann (clarinet) Helene Grimaud (piano). | |||
| 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 Berwald: Grand Septet Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Vladimir Mendelssohn (violas) 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 Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Elgar: Symphony No 2 in E flat 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 | |||
| 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) 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) Schnittke: Violin Concerto No 4 Vadim Repin (violin) Beethoven: Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral) | |||
| 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 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) Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder Soile Isokoski (soprano) | |||
| 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) Liszt: Eine Faust-Symphonie (Faust; Gretchen; Mephistopheles) Juhan Tralla (tenor) Estonian National Male Chorus Estonian National Symphony Orchestra 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) Kristjan Jarvi (conductor) Nielsen: Oriental March; Ispahan Market; Negro Dance (The Aladdin Suite, Op 34) | |||
| 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) Nicholas McGegan (conductor) Thea Musgrave: Poems on the Underground (Set 3: A Medieval Summer) Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Judith Weir: Natural History Anu Komsi (soprano) Stefan Solyom (conductor) Wallace: The Passing of Beatrice (Symphonic Poem No 1) Trad Scottish, arr. MacMillan: The Cruel Mother Stuart MacIntyre (baritone) James MacMillan: Mairi 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 Eddie McGuire: Calgacus for Orchestra Robert Wallace (bagpipes) Takuo Yuasa (conductor) Mackenzie: Overture (The Cricket on the Hearth) 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 James MacMillan: A Child's Prayer Margaret Feaviour, Micaela Haslam (sopranos) Nicholas Kok (conductor) John McLeod: Fling for orchestra Highland Region Youth Orchestra Clark Rundell (conductor) Tippett: Piano Concerto | |||
| 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 Martyn Brabbins (conductor) James MacMillan: Cello Concerto Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Osmo Vanska (conductor) Wallace: Creation Symphony in C sharp minor Stuart MacRae: Violin Concerto Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Ilan Volkov (conductor) James MacMillan: Laudi alle Vergine BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Robert Carver: Gaude flore virginali | |||
| 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) Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Dvorak: Symphony No 6 in D, Op 60 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) Mozart: Trio in G for piano and strings, K564 Ondine Trio Frank Lyons: Unbreakable (first performance; BBC Radio 3 commission) Hindemith: Five pieces for Orchestra Prokofiev: Symphony No 1 (Classical) 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) 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 | |||
| 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) 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 Mozart: Misericordias Domini Richard Pearce (organ) 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 Ilan Volkov (conductor) John Joubert: Five Songs of Incarnation, Op 163 Robert Johnston (tenor) BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 1 David Matthews: Symphony No 2 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 Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) David Matthews: String Trio No 1 Leopold String Trio Mahler: Symphony No 10 | |||
| 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 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 James Morgan (conductor) Graham Whettam: Clarinet Concerto No 1 John Bradbury (clarinet) BBC Philharmonic Alexander Shelley (conductor) Stravinsky: Mass Endymion Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Matthews: Symphony No 4 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) Garry Walker (conductor) Gardner: The Turning Year, Op 19 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 Prokofiev: Symphony No 5 | |||
| 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 | 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) Busoni: Turandot Suite (Scs 1,2,7 and 8) 3.55pm Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italienne 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 | 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 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 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 | 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 3.30pm Beethoven: Symphony No 9 Elisabeth Grummer (soprano) Marga Hoffgen (contralto) Ernst Haefliger (tenor) Gottlob Frick (bass) St Hedwig's Cathedral Chorus | |||
| 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 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 | |||
| 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 2.10pm Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 Daniel Barenboim (piano) 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 | 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 Tuomas Ollila (conductor) Harty: An Irish Symphony Takuo Yuasa (conductor) 3.00pm Joan Trimble: Suite for strings Gorecki: Wislo moja, Wislo szara Jetse Bremer Komt vrieden in het ronden BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Janacek: Lachian dances Adrian Leaper (conductor) Kodaly: Variations on a Hungarian folk-song (The Peacock) David Porcelijn (conductor) 4.15pm Bartok: Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz 100 (orch. from 15 Hungarian peasant songs for piano) Archibald James Potter: Gaelic Fantasy No 1 for orchestra Robert Houlihan (conductor) Stanford: Irish rhapsody No 1 in D minor, Op 78 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) Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Bridge: Two Old English songs - vers. for string orchestra 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) David Charles Abell (conductor) Dvorak: Symphony No 6 in D, Op 60 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 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 Michal Dworzynski (conductor) 3.00pm Alexander MacKenzie: Scottish Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op 55 Steven Osborne (piano) 3.30pm Sibelius: Kullervo Paivi Nisula (soprano) Raimo Laukka (baritone) Helsinki University Male Voice Choir 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) David Robertson (conductor) Zygmunt Noskowksi: The Steppes - symphonic poem, Op 66 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 Rossen Milanov (conductor) Vitezslav Novak: Slovak Suite, Op 32 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) Vitezslav Novak: In the Tatra Mountains - symphonic poem, Op 26 | |||
| 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 | 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 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 | 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 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 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 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 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) 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 Shostakovich: Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 54 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) 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) 4.10pm Dvorak: Symphony No 8 in G, Op 88 Liszt: Mazeppa | |||
| 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) Alan Gilbert (conductor) 2.55pm Stravinsky: Symphony in three movements Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F, BWV 1047 Shostakovich: Concerto No 1 in E flat for cello and orchestra, Op 107 Clemens Hagen (cello) Franz Welser-Most (conductor) 4.05pm Dvorak: Symphony No 6 in D, Op 60 | |||
| 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 Ivan Fischer (conductor) Dvorak: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 53 Hilary Hahn (violin) 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 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) Kurt Masur (conductor) 2.55pm Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat, Op 55 (Eroica) | |||
| 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 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) Robert Spano (conductor) 2.45pm Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op 77 Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) Franz Welser-Most (conductor) Golijov: Last Round Copland: Symphonic Ode 4.00pm Shostakovich: Symphony No 5 in D minor, Op 47 | |||
| 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 Juanjo Mena (conductor) Debussy: Images Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice 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 Schmitt: Par le tempete, Op 40 No 2 Messiaen: Visions de l'amen for two pianos GrauSchumacher Piano Duo Schmitt: A Contre-Voix Six choruses for mixed voices, Op 104 Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht (arr. for string 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) Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Cowie: Lyre-bird motet for a capella choir Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor, Op 61 Philippe Graffin (violin) Thierry Fischer (conductor) Ravel: Ma mere l'oye - ballet | |||
| 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 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) | |||
| 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 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 3 in C, Op 26 Yefim Bronfman (piano) 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) 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) 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) 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. 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) 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) Le Sueur: Excerpts from La caverne Rodolphe Kreutzer: Excerpts from La mort d'Abel Ferdinando Paer: Ah! quel bonheur de pressentir sa gloire! 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) 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) Celso Antunues (conductor) Ferguson: Partita, Op 5a Harty: A Comedy Overture Vernon Handley (conductor) Stanford: Concert Piece for organ and orchestra, Op 181 Dame Gillian Weir (organ) Ferguson: The Twa Corbies; A Lyke Wake Dirge James Rutherford (baritone) David Brophy (conductor) Ferguson: Four Diversions on Ulster Airs Harty: Orientale from 3 Pieces Christopher Blake (oboe) Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No 4 in A minor (The Fisherman of Lough Neagh and What He Saw) | |||
| 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 David Brophy (conductor) Arthur Duff: Echoes of Georgian Dublin Stanford: Piano Concerto No 2 Finghin Collins (piano) Philip Martin: Variations on Commend me to the Ploughman Philip Martin (piano) Christian Gansch (conductor) Stanford: Stabat Mater Giselle Allen (soprano) Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano) Allan Clayton (tenor) Robert MacDonald (bass) Charles Wood Summer School Choir David Hill (conductor) John Larchet: By the Waters of Moyle 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 Mackenzie: Scottish Concerto David Owen Norris (piano) Wallace: The Passing of Beatrice Nicholas Briathwaite (conductor) MacMillan: Mairi BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) MacMillan: The Confessions of Isobel Gowdie | |||
| 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) Hoddinott: Symphony No 7 (Organ) Thomas Totter (organ) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) Hoddinott: Welsh Dance Suite No 1 John Metcalf: Three Mobiles Gerald McChrystal (saxophone) Grant Llewellyn (conductor) William Mathias: Symphony No 2 (Summer Music) William Mathias (conductor) William Mathias: Sante Fe Suite William Mathias: Celtic Dances 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) 3.50pm Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op 56 (1st mvt) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra Kirill Kondrashin (conductor) 4.10pm Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op 77 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 4.10pm Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op 35 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 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) 4.40pm Ingvar Lidholm:... a riveder le stelle Hannah Holgersson (soprano) | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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, 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 | Proms 2009: Prom 1 (repeat) | 20090720 | Louise Fryer presents another chance to hear the opening concert from the 2009 Proms. Stravinsky: Fireworks Chabrier: Ode a la musique Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 3 in E flat Poulenc: Concerto for 2 pianos Elgar: In the South (Alassio) Brahms: Alto Rhapsody Bruckner: Psalm 150 Ailish Tynan (soprano) Alice Coote (mezzo) Stephen Hough (piano) (Tchaikovsky) Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos) (Poulenc) BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) 4.00pm Highlights from concerts recorded at LSO St Lukes. Purcell, real. Tippett: Music for a while Tippett: Boyhood's end Finzi: Oh fair to see, Op 13 Britten: Winter words, Op 52 James Gilchrist (tenor) Anna Tilbrook (piano). The opening concert of the 2009 Proms. | ||
| AO3 | Proms 2009: Prom 2 (repeat) | 20090721 | BBC Proms 2009 Louise Fryer presents another chance to hear Haydn's Creation recorded at the BBC Proms. Paul McCreesh conducts a huge ensemble in a recreation of the giant performances that Haydn himself directed in the last decade of his life. Haydn: The Creation (sung in English, with text edited by Paul McCreesh) Gabriel....Rosemary Joshua (soprano) Uriel....Mark Padmore (tenor) Raphael....Neal Davies (bass) Adam....Peter Harvey (bass) Eve....Sophie Bevan (soprano) Chetham's Chamber Choir Members of the Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir Gabrieli Consort Gabrieli Players Paul McCreesh (conductor) 4.30pm Highlights from LSO St Luke's. Alwyn: Fantasy-waltzes Bax: Dream in exile Ashley Wass (piano). Haydn's Creation from the BBC Proms. Gabrieli Consort and Players under Paul McCreesh. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 9 - Mahler: Symphony No 9 | 20090722 | BBC Proms 2009 Louise Fryer presents Bernard Haitink conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mahler's 9th Symphony, recorded at the BBC Proms. In 2009, Haitink celebrates both his 80th birthday and the 50th anniversary of his UK debut. Bernard Haitink conducts the LSO in a performance of Mahler's 9th Symphony. | ||
| AO3 | Proms 2009: Prom 8 (repeat) | 20090724 | BBC Proms 2009 Louise Fryer presents another chance to hear a Proms celebrating the 800th anniversary of the University of Cambridge. The concert features a convocation of college choirs, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and alumni including conductor Andrew Davis and soloists Simon Keenlyside and Thomas Trotter. As professor of music, Stanford taught Vaughan Williams, who wrote his Wasps overture for a university staging of Aristophanes's comedy. Vaughan Williams later set verses by former university orator George Herbert in his Five Mystical Songs. Judith Weir and Jonathan Harvey, who this year celebrates his seventieth birthday, also studied at Cambridge. Ryan Wigglesworth, a Cambridge lecturer and fellow of Corpus Christi College, has crafted a new work especially for this concert. The performance ends with a glorious symphonic work for full orchestra and organ by Camille Saint-Saens, who was honoured with a doctorate by the university in 1893. Arr David Willcocks: National Anthem Vaughan Williams: OVerture (The Wasps) Ryan Wigglesworth: The Genesis of Secrecy (BBC commission; world premiere) Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs Stanford: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A Jonathan Harvey: Come, Holy Ghost Judith Weir: Ascending into Heaven Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 (Organ) Thomas Trotter (organ) Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Choirs of Clare, Gonville and Caius, King's and St John's Colleges, Cambridge BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) Andrew Nesthinga (conductor) Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 4.15pm Highlights from LSO St Luke's Bridge: Piano Sonata Ashley Wass (piano). Including Vaughan Williams: The Wasps; Five Mystical Songs. Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 9/craig Ogden | 20090727 | Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2009 Vassily Sinaisky conducts the BBC Philharmonic in some lesser-known works of the the English repertoire. EJ Moeran's Symphony, introduced to the Proms in 1938 by Henry Wood, was written partly in Norfolk and partly in County Kerry, and seems to evoke the landscapes, seashores and folk idioms of both locations. Finzi's neo-Classical Grand Fantasia caps an unaccompanied and clearly Bach-inspired piano solo with a jaunty Toccata. This is followed by a performance of Elgar's Second Symphony, which was partly written on the Cornish coast at Tintagel. Leon McCawley (piano) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Moeran: Symphony in G Finzi: Grand Fantasia and Toccata Elgar: Symphony No 2 in E flat 4.15pm Highlights from a recital given by Craig Ogden at the 2008 Cheltenham Festival. Craig Ogden (guitar) Bach: Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E flat, BWV998 Tippett: The Blue Guitar Piazzolla: La Muerte del Angel - tango. Presented by Penny Gore. A Prom with the BBC Philharmonic in lesser-known English works. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 10/pierre-laurent Aimard, Tabea Zimmermann | 20090728 | Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2009 Another chance to hear a Prom tracing the musical cross-fertilisation between East and West, and France and Spain with a leading French orchestra conducted by Jun Markl. Takemitsu's Ceremonial showcases the Japanese sho, a bamboo-piped mouth organ, which also features in Hosokawa's recent Cloud and Light, inspired by an image of the Buddha. Bizet never visited Spain but even Spaniards, such as Sarasate, adored his Carmen. Ravel, by contrast, imbibed a love of Spain from his Basque mother, though the gypsy in his Tzigane is probably Hungarian. Akiko Suwanai (violin) Mayumi Miyata (sho) Orchestre National de Lyon Jun Markl (conductor) Takemitsu: Ceremonial: An Autumn Ode Debussy, orch Caplet: Pagodes (Estampes) Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole Takemitsu: Green Sarasate: 'Carmen' Fantasy Ravel: Tzigane Hosokawa: Cloud and Light Debussy: La mer 4.15pm Highlights from the 2008 Aldeburgh Festival, including: Schumann: Marchenbilder for viola and piano, Op 113 Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Tabea Zimmermann (viola). Another chance to hear a Prom which traces East/West musical cross-fertilisation. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 15 | 20090729 | Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2009 A Prom featuring Smetana's rustic Bohemian comedy The Bartered Bride, set at a Slavic fair, and Bartok's Dance Suite, which incorporates folk themes from Hungary, Romania and as far afield as Africa. These works are followed by Martinu's Concerto for two pianos, composed just after his First Symphony in 1943, and which betrays some of the tensions of two years earlier when he, like Bartok, was forced to flee to America. The piece ultimately finds release in an outpouring of the composer's characteristically effervescent vitality. Smetana: Overture (The Bartered Bride) Bartok: Dance Suite Martinu: Concerto for two pianos Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 version) Jaroslava Pechocova, Vaclav Macha (pianos) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor). A Prom featuring music by Smetana, Bartok, Martinu and Stravinsky. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 12/calefax Ensemble At Cheltenham | 20090730 | Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2009 A Prom by the BBC Philharmonic celebrating the music of three great British composers who died in 1934 - Edward Elgar, Frederick Delius and Gustav Holst. Elgar's overture Cockaigne is a lively and colourful musical portrait of Edwardian London, with snapshots of cockneys, courting couples, church bells and a brass band playing in the park. Delius captures the sense of peace of the high Norwegian mountains, while Holst explores the peace (and war) of worlds much further afield in The Planets, with its mystical ending. Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town) Delius: The Song of the High Hills Holst: The Planets Rebecca Evans (soprano) Toby Spence (tenor) BBC Singers BBC Philharmonic Charles Mackerras (conductor) 4.15pm Highlights from a concert given by virtuoso Dutch wind ensemble Calefax at the 2008 Cheltenham Festival. Including: Anon., arr. Boekhoorn: Libre Vermell Boccherini, arr. Berix: Fandango (String Quintet No 77) Ravel, arr. Hekkema: Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs). Presented by Penny Gore. A Prom celebrating the music of Elgar, Delius and Holst. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 14/steven Isserlis And Thomas Ades | 20090731 | Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2009 The first Proms performance of Holst's Choral Symphony, setting words by Keats, complemented by Delius's English Rhapsody, inspired by an old Lincolnshire folksong. The concert ends with Elgar's ever-popular Enigma Variations, the work whose musical pictures of the composer and his friends (14 humans and one dog) finally brought him the recognition he deserved when it was premiered in 1899. Susan Gritton (soprano) BBC Symphony Chorus BBC National Chorus of Wales BBC National Orchestra of Wales David Atherton (conductor) Holst: Choral Symphony Delius: Brigg Fair Elgar: Enigma Variations 4.30pm Highlights from a concert given by Steven Isserlis and Thomas Ades at the 2008 Aldeburgh Festival. Including: Steven Isserlis (cello) Thomas Ades (piano) Schumann: Violin Sonata No 3 in A minor. Presented by Penny Gore. A Prom featuring Holst's Choral Symphony, plus Delius and Elgar. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 16/andris Nelsons, Stephen Hough | 20090803 | Presented by Louise Fryer. BBC Proms 2009 Another chance to hear the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's new music director Andris Nelsons making his debut. The programme celebrates John Casken's birthday with his evocative Orion over Farne, transporting us to the night sky. Plus Stephen Hough continuing his exploration of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concertos with the neglected No 2, and Stravinsky's first commission for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, The Firebird. Stephen Hough (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons (conductor) John Casken: Orion over Farne Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 2 in G Stravinsky: The Firebird 4.15pm Piano Music Schubert: Sonata for piano in C minor, D958 Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Gwilym Simcock: Fun and games Gwilym Simcock (piano). Another chance to hear Andris Nelsons' Proms debut. With Casken, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 18/bamberg Symphony Orchestra | 20090804 | Presented by Louise Fryer. BBC Proms 2009 Another chance to hear the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra's return to the Proms under its British-born principal conductor Jonathan Nott. The programme features Jorg Widmann's Con brio, inspired by Beethoven, Mozart's Third Violin Concerto, featuring young German soloist Arabella Steinbacher making her Proms debut, and Bruckner's Third Symphony, which was dedicated to Wagner. Arabella Steinbacher (violin) Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Nott (conductor) Jorg Widmann: Con brio (UK premiere) Mozart: Violin Concerto No 3 in G, K216 Bruckner: Symphony No 3 in D minor 4.15pm Piano Music Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Corelli Freddy Kempf (piano) Recorded at the 2009 Mananan Festival Liszt: Les jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este (Annees de pelerinage - 3me Annee) Philippe Cassard (piano). Another chance to hear the Bamberg SO performing music by Widmann, Bruckner and Mozart. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 19/berlioz, Mendelssohn | 20090805 | Presented by Louise Fryer. BBC Proms 2009 Another chance to hear a Prom featuring Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini overture and la mort de Cleopatre, followed by Mendelssohn's triumphant Hymn of Praise. Wildly popular with Victorian audiences, it's not often heard today, and the Halle under music director Mark Elder, revive the work as part of 2009's Mendelssohn celebrations. Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) Sally Matthews (soprano) Sarah Castle (mezzo-soprano) Steve Davislim (tenor) Halle Choir Halle Youth Choir Halle Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor) Berlioz: Overture (Benvenuto Cellini); La mort de Cleopatre Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 in B flat (Lobgesang). Another chance to hear the Halle in a Prom featuring works by Berlioz and Mendelssohn. | ||
| AO3 | Proms 2009: Prom 20 (repeat) | 20090806 | Presented by Louise Fryer. BBC Proms 2009 Another chance to hear a Prom in which the Scottish Chamber Orchestra continue their Stravinsky ballet series with the complete choral version of the neo-Classical Pulcinella, and the bicentenary survey of Mendelssohn's symphonies with the Reformation. Young French-Canadian maestro Yannick Nezet-Seguin makes his Proms debut, as does prize-winning American pianist Nicholas Angelich in Schumann's popular Concerto in A minor. Nicholas Angelich (piano) Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) Andrew Staples (tenor) Brindley Sherratt (bass) Scottish Chamber Orchestra Yannick Nezet-Segun (conductor) Stravinsky: Pulcinella Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5 in D (Reformation) 4.15pm Piano Music: Beethoven: Piano Sonata in E flat, Op 31, No 3 Shai Wosner (piano). Proms 2009: Stravinsky: Pulcinella. Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5. Schumann: Piano Concerto. | ||
| AO3 | Proms 2009: Prom 24 (repeat) | 20090807 | Presented by Louise Fryer. BBC Proms 2009 Another chance to hear a Prom including a new work, From Trumpet, by young Paris-based British composer Ben Foskett, followed by Beethoven's Fourth Symphony. In Berlioz's spectacular Te Deum, conductor Susanna Mälkki marshalls massed choirs, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the mighty Royal Albert Hall organ. Simon Preston (organ) Jörg Schneider (tenor) Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral Trinity Boys Choir BBC Symphony Chorus The Bach Choir Crouch End Festival Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Susanna Malkki (conductor) Ben Foskett: From Trumpet (BBC commission) Beethoven: Symphony No 4 in B flat Berlioz: Te Deum 4.15pm Piano Music Haydn: Sonata for piano in F, H XVI 23 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Mozart: Piano Sonata in C minor, K457 Cedric Tiberghien (piano). A Prom featuring Ben Foskett: From Trumpet; Beethoven: Symphony No 4 and Berlioz: Te Deum. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 25/bbcnow - Thierry Fischer | 20090810 | Presented by Louise Fryer. BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear Thierry Fischer conducting the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Sillages - a new triple concerto for flute, oboe and clarinet by Michael Jarrell. The Albert Hall stage is crowded with the massive forces needed for Berlioz's Symphonie funebre et triomphale; the Prom then finishes with Beethoven's Symphony No 3, which was originally dedicated to Napoleon. Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Francois Lelux (oboe) Paul Meyer (clarinet) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Berlioz: Overture: Les francs-juges Michael Jarrell: Sillages (BBC co-commission) Berlioz: Symphonie funebre et triomphale Beethoven: Symphony No 3 (Eroica) 4.30pm A selection of chamber music from the 2008 Edinburgh Festival, including: Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op 54, No 2 Ysaye String Quartet. Another chance to hear a Prom with the BBCNOW in Berlioz, Michael Jarrell and Beethoven. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 26/bbcnow - Fischer | 20090811 | Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear Felix Mendelssohn's First Symphony, written when he was only 15, and his lyrical Violin Concerto in a performance given at the Royal Albert Hall. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales under principal conductor Thierry Fischer also perform music by distinguished Swiss composer Heinz Holliger - (S)irato is an anguished lament for Holliger's Hungarian teacher Sandor Veress, to whom the piece is dedicated. The Prom concludes with Prokofiev's ballet score for Romeo and Juliet - selected by the conductor - which reveals all the intimacy, tragedy and tenderness of Shakespeare's drama. Isabelle Faust (violin) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 1 in C minor; Violin Concerto in E minor Heinz Holliger: (S)irato Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) 4.30pm Chamber music from the 2009 Edinburgh Festival, including: Brahms: Sonata in E flat for clarinet or viola and piano, Op 120, No 2 Paul Meyer (clarinet) Eric Le Sage (piano). BBCNOW in Mendelssohn: Symphony No 1; Violin Concerto. Plus Holliger and Prokofiev. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 30/bbc So - Knussen | 20090812 | Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear a Prom conducted by Oliver Knussen, the BBC SO's new artist-in-association. It features Respighi's dawn-to-dusk tour of Rome's most famous fountains, Helen Grime's dramatic evocation of the atmosphere before a storm and Stravinsky's 1936 ballet Jeu de cartes - a musical poker game in three 'deals'. The concert concludes with Balakirev's 'oriental fantasy' inspired by the Caucasus, where Casella propelled an Already virtuosic keyboard piece into even more exotic extremes, and Knussen's own thrilling Horn Concerto. Martin Owen (horn) BBC Symphony Orchestra Oliver Knussen (conductor) Respighi: Fountains of Rome Helen Grime: Virga Stravinsky: Jeu de Cartes Oliver Knussen: Horn Concerto Balakirev, orch Casella: Islamey. BBC SO/Knussen in Respighi, Helen Grime, Stravinsky, Knussen and Balakirev (orch Casella). | ||
| AO3 | Prom 28/bbc Philharmonic, Karen Geoghegan | 20090813 | Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2009: A Prom featuring Stravinsky's Scenes de ballet, continuing the Proms survey of the composer's complete ballets, plus Mozart's Bassoon Concerto, featuring Karen Geoghegan, and Mahler's powerful Sixth Symphony. Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Stravinsky: Scenes de ballet Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K191 Mahler: Symphony No 6 in A minor 4.30pm A recital given by Gabriela Montero at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival. Including: Chopin: Ballade No 4 in F minor for piano, Op 52 Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No 1, S514 Gabriela Montero (piano). BBC Philharmonic. Stravinsky: Scenes de ballet. Mozart: Bassoon Concerto. Plus Mahler. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 29/bbc Philharmonic - Gianandrea Noseda | 20090814 | Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear a Prom in which the BBC Philharmonic under its Italian-born chief conductor Gianandrea Noseda pay tribute to his native land. Featuring the symphony Mendelssohn composed while holidaying in Rome, music by Rossini, Peter Maxwell Davies' serenade Roma amor and Respighi's celebration of the capital's famous pines. Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 in A (Italian) Rossini: Mura felice (La donna del lago); Rossini: Nacqui all'affanno e al pianto...Non piu mesta (La Cenerentola) Peter Maxwell Davies: Roma amor Respighi: Pines of Rome 4.30pm Music from a recital given by Keith Lewis and Melvyn Tan at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival, including: Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op 98 Hahn: Quand je fus pris au pavillon; L'air; Les etoiles Keith Lewis (tenor) Melvyn Tan (piano). BBC Philharmonic Italian tribute: featuring Mendelssohn, Rossini, Maxwell Davies, Respighi | ||
| AO3 | Prom 31 | 20090817 | Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain's annual Proms visit with their new principal conductor, Vasily Petrenko. Stephen Hough plays Tchaikovsky's most famous Piano Concerto, the First, before the young players of the NYO perform multi-coloured orchestral showpieces by Lutoslawski and Respighi. National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra Respighi: Roman Festivals Stephen Hough (piano) 4.00pm BBC Orchestras Arnell: Harlequin in April, Op 63 BBC Concert Orchestra Martin Yates (conductor) Elgar: Song Cycle, Op 59 Susan Gritton (soprano) Martyn Brabbins (conductor). NYO in Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 (with Stephen Hough), plus Lutoslawski, Respighi. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 33 | 20090818 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear the grand finale of the Piano Day at the Proms. A plethora of pianists join forces for some of the most striking multiple-keyboard music in the repertoire by Antheil, Adams and Bartok, ending with Stravinsky's visceral portrayal of Russian peasant wedding celebrations. Tatiana Monogarova (soprano) Elena Manistina (mezzo-soprano) Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor) Kostas Smoriginas (bass) John Constable, Alissa Firsova, Rolf Hind, Tom Poster, Ashley Wass and Llyr Williams (pianos) Philip Moore and Simon Crawford-Phillips (pianos) Colin Currie and Sam Walton (percussion) BBC Singers Synergy Vocals London Sinfonietta Edward Gardner (conductor) Antheil: Ballet mecanique John Adams: Grand Pianola Music Bartok: Sonata for two pianos and percussion Stravinsky: Les noces (sung in Russian) 4.00pm BBC Orchestras Delius: Hiawatha - tone poem BBC Concert Orchestra David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) Judith Bingham: Ghost Towns of the American West David Hill (conductor). Jonathan Swain with the finale of Proms 2009 Piano Day: Antheil, Adams, Bartok, Stravinsky | ||
| AO3 | Prom 32 | 20090819 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear a Prom from the 2009 season's Piano Day with the Britten Sinfonia joined by three piano duos to play Faure's Dolly suite, followed by Mozart's playful and intimate Double Concerto. Plus Saint-Saens' zoological suite contrasted with Lutoslawski's virtuosic reworking of Paganini's famous Caprice, as well as a new work for two pianos by Anna Meredith. Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos) Philip Moore, Simon Crawford-Phillips (pianos) Lidija and Sanja Bizjak (pianos) Britten Sinfonia Ludovic Morlot (conductor) Faure, orch Rabaud: Dolly (suite) Mozart: Concerto in E flat for two pianos, K365 Anna Meredith: Left Light (BBC commission) Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini for two pianos Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals. Britten Sinfonia and three piano duos in Faure, Mozart, Meredith, Lutoslawski, Saint-Saens | ||
| AO3 | Prom 34 | 20090820 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear a Prom in which the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under its new principal conductor Kirill Karabits perform ballet music by Stravinsky and Khachaturian. Talented Lithuanian-born violinist Julian Rachlin joins them in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Khachaturian: Spartacus (excerpts) Khachaturian: Hopak (Gayane) Julian Rachlin (violin) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Kirill Karabits (conductor). A Prom with the Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits in Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky and Khachaturian | ||
| AO3 | Prom 36 | 20090821 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear a Prom in which The Sixteen perform some of Handel's greatest choral works. The Royal Albert Hall has been transformed into Westminster Abbey for a concert which features the four anthems that Handel wrote for George II's coronation in 1727, including the famous Zadok The Priest. Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Alastair Ross (organ) The Sixteen Harry Christophers (conductor) Handel: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon); Coronation anthem: Let thy hand be strengthened; Semele (excerpts); Coronation anthem: My heart is inditing; Coronation anthem: The King shall rejoice; Motet: Salve Regina; Organ Concerto in F, Op 4, No 4 (original version); Coronation anthem: Zadok the Priest 4.00pm BBC Orchestras David Matthews: Symphony No 3 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jac Van Steen (conductor) Elgar: The Sun Goeth Down Susan Gritton (soprano) BBC Concert Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Harry Christophers and The Sixteen in Handel choral hits, including Coronation Anthems. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 39/greenwood, Stravinsky, Birtwistle | 20090824 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. BBC Proms 2009: A Prom featuring a work composed by Jonny Greenwood, a member of the rock bank Radiohead and the BBC composer-in-residence. Popcorn Superhet Receiver is a gritty work scored for strings, which was inspired by the medium of radio. It is followed by the central act of Harrison Birtwistle's complex opera The Mask of Orpheus, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra in celebration of the composer's 75th birthday, which is then contrasted with the classically-poised Stravinsky ballet Apollo. Jonny Greenwood: Popcorn Superhet Receiver Stravinsky: Apollo Birtwistle: The Arches (The Mask of Orpheus) Orpheus (the man)....Alan Oke (tenor) Orpheus (myth/puppet)....Thomas Walker (tenor) Euridice (the woman)....Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) Euridice (the myth)/Persephone....Anna Stephany (mezzo-soprano) Hecate....Claron McFadden (soprano) Charon/Caller/Hades....Andrew Slater (bass-baritone) Fury 1/Woman 1....Rachel Nicolls (soprano) Fury 2/Woman 2....Anna Dennis (soprano) Fury 3/Woman 3....Louise Poole (mezzo-soprano) Judge 1....Christopher Gillett (tenor) Judge 2....Hakan Vramsmo (baritone) Judge 3....Tim Mirfin (bass) BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Ryan Wigglesworth (2nd conductor) Tim Hopkins (director) 4.30pm Radio 3 New Generation Artists Music from soprano Elizabeth Watts, including: Debussy: Ariettes oubliees for voice and piano Elizabeth Watts (soprano) Gary Matthewman (piano). The BBC Symphony Orchestra in works by Jonny Greenwood, Stravinsky and Birtwistle. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 40/stravinsky, Beethoven | 20090825 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. BBC Proms 2009: A Prom featuring Stravinsky's Orpheus, as part of a series of the composer's ballets, followed by the annual performance of Beethoven's Choral Symphony, with by Ilan Volkov in his last Proms appearance as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's chief conductor. Rebecca Evans (soprano) Caitlin Hulcup (mezzo-soprano) Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor) James Rutherford (bass) City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Stravinsky: Orpheus Beethoven: Symphony No 9 (Choral) 4.30pm Performances by Radio 3 New Generation Artists: Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Op 42 Pavel Haas Quartet. A Prom featuring Stravinsky's ballet Orpheus and Beethoven's Choral Symphony. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 38/ravel, Unsuk Chin, Stravinsky | 20090826 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. BBC Proms 2009: A Prom featuring Ravel's La valse, a work begun as a homage to the Viennese waltz but which was twisted by the composer's wartime experiences into a darker vision of a society whirling to disaster. It is followed by Stravinsky's seminal, riot-inducing ballet The Rite of Spring, and Unsuk Chin's new Cello Concerto, which was written specially for Alban Gerhardt, an early member of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme. Alban Gerhardt (cello) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Ravel: La valse Unsuk Chin: Cello Concerto (BBC commission) Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring. BBC Proms 2009: Ravel: La valse. Stravinsky: Rite of Spring. Unsuk Chin: Cello Concerto. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 43/falla, Andriessen, Ravel | 20090827 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. BBC Proms 2009: A Prom in which Esa-Pekka Salonen makes his first appearance at the Royal Albert Hall as the Philharmonia's new principal Conductor. It features Falla's El amor brujo, a fiery flamenco vision of a midnight exorcism, the Labeque sisters giving the UK premiere of radical Dutch composer Louis Andriessen's new concerto, plus Ravel's magical fairy-tale evocations of Mother Goose and the relentless crescendo of his Bolero. Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos) Philharmonia Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) Falla: El amor brujo Louis Andriessen: The Hague Hacking Ravel: Mother Goose; Bolero 4.00pm Performances by Radio 3 New Generation Artists, including: Franck: Violin Sonata in A Jennifer Pike (violin) Tom Blach (piano) Milhaud: Sonatina for flute and piano, Op 76 Sharon Bezaly (flute) Love Derwinger (piano) Beethoven: 12 Variations on Ein Madchen oder Weibchen for cello and piano, Op 66 Danjulo Ishizaka (cello) Jose Gallardo (piano). Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Philharmonia in music by Falla, Andriessen and Ravel. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 44/prokofiev, Bartok, Dvorak | 20090828 | Presented by Jonathan Swain. BBC Proms 2009: A Prom in which Hungary's leading orchestra makes a welcome return to the Royal Albert Hall, under principal conductor Ivan Fischer. With Prokofiev's klezmer-tinged Overture on Hebrew Themes, Bartók's expansive Second Violin Concerto, with the dynamic Leonidas Kavakos, and Dvorak's most darkly dramatic and passionate symphony - the Seventh. Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Budapest Festival Orchestra Ivan Fischer (conductor) Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes Bartok: Violin Concerto No 2 Dvorak: Symphony No 7 in D minor 4.15pm Performances by Radio 3 New Generation Artists, including: Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op 114 Claudio Bohorquez (cello) Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet) Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) Haydn: Piano Sonata in E minor, H XVI 34 Ingrid Fliter (piano). Ivan Fischer conducts his Budapest Festival Orchestra in Prokofiev, Bartok and Dvorak. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 46/glanert, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich | 20090901 | Presented by Ian Skelly. BBC Proms 2009 A Prom featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra performing a new piece by Detlev Glanert, which offers a foretaste of his opera The Wooden Ship. Denis Matsuev, winner of the 1998 Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition makes his Proms debut in Rachmaninov's variations of Paganini's famous Caprice. The programme concludes with celebrated Shostakovich interpreter Semyon Bychkov conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's Symphony No 11. Written in 1957, the work ostensibly commemorates the failed anti-Tsarist uprising of 1905, but under the surface it rages at the Soviet authorities. Denis Matsuev (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Detlev Glanert: Shoreless River Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Shostakovich: Symphony No 11 (The Year 1905) 4.30pm Mozart: Variations on Unser dummer Pobel meint, K455 Eduard Kunz (piano). BBC Proms 2009: BBC Symphony Orchestra in Detlev Glanert, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 49/mendelssohn, Berg | 20090902 | Presented by Ian Skelly. BBC Proms 2009 A Prom in which members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra perform Mendelssohn's Octet and Berg's musical monument to friendship. Among the Arab and Israeli musicians playing side-by-side in the ensemble are Daniel Barenboim's violinist son Michael and his pianist protégé Karim Said, a relative of the orchestra's co-founder, the late Edward Said. Michael Barenboim (violin) Karim Said (piano) Members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Mendelssohn: Octet Berg: Chamber Concerto. Members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Mendelssohn: Octet. Berg: Chamber Concerto. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 48/liszt, Wagner, Berlioz | 20090903 | Presented by Ian Skelly. BBC Proms 2009: The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, bringing together young Arab and Israeli musicians in what conductor Daniel Barenboim calls 'an orchestra against ignorance', celebrates its tenth birthday with a two-day Proms residency. The ensemble was founded in Weimar, taking its name from a poetry collection by Goethe, and this concert revisits those roots with music by Liszt, Wagner and Berlioz. West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Liszt: Les Preludes Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde) Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique 4.30pm Barber: Cello Sonata, Op 6 Claudio Bohorquez (cello) Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano). West-Eastern Divan Orchestra performs Liszt's Les Preludes, plus Wagner and Berlioz. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 51/haydn, Szymanowski, Brahms | 20090904 | Presented by Ian Skelly. BBC Proms 2009: A Prom in which Osmo Vanska conducts Haydn's 'Clock' Symphony as part of a bicentenary celebration of the 'father' of the form. It is followed by Szymanowski's serene Stabat mater, partly inspired by the tragic death of his teenage niece, and Brahms' Hungarian-accented Violin Concerto, featuring American virtuoso Joshua Bell. Helena Juntunen (soprano) Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano) Scott Hendricks (baritone) Joshua Bell (violin) BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Osmo Vanska (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 101 in D (Clock) Szymanowski: Stabat mater Brahms: Violin Concerto in D 4.30pm Strauss: Das Rosenband; Liebeshymnus; Morgen; Ich wollt' ein Strausslein binden; Muttertandelei Elizabeth Watts (soprano) Gary Matthewman (piano). The BBC Symphony Orchestra under Osmo Vanska perform Haydn, Szymanowski and Brahms. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 52/schnittke, Shostakovich | 20090907 | Presented by Louise Fryer. BBC Proms 2009: A Prom featuring the LSO and its Russian conductor Valery Gergiev performing Shostakovich's wartime symphony No 8. It is paired with an early work by Schnittke, written in response to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Introduced by Suzy Klein. Elena Zhidkova (mezzo-soprano) London Symphony Chorus London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) Schnittke: Nagasaki Shostakovich: Symphony No 8 in C minor 4.00pm Purcell and his forebears Purcell: Suite from Dioclesian Ars Nova Copenhagen Concerto Copenhagen Andrew Lawrence-King (conductor) Tallis: Why Fum'th in Fight Byrd: Vigilate Stile Antico Purcell: O sing unto the Lord, Psalm 96 Tallis: Come Holy Ghost Byrd: Spiritus Domini; Confirma hoc Deus; Factus est repente LSO/Valery Gergiev in Schnittke: Nagasaki. Shostakovich: Symphony No 8 in C minor. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 54/michael Nyman | 20090909 | Presented by Louise Fryer. BBC Proms 2009. Michael Nyman makes his Proms debut performing well known works from The Draughtman's Contract to The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. His band also gives the world premiere of The Musicologist Scores, specially commissioned by the BBC. Introduced by Fiona Talkington. Anu Komsi (soprano) Michael Nyman Band Michael Nyman (director/piano) Michael Nyman: The Draughtsman's Contract (selection) The Musicologist Scores (BBC commission) Blume; Psalm (Six Celan Songs) Memorial (The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover). Michael Nyman performs his well-known works. Anu Komsi (soprano), Michael Nyman Band. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 55/adams, Mozart, Strauss | 20090910 | Presented by Louise Fryer. BBC Proms 2009. The BBC SSO under chief conductor designate Donald Runnicles performs Richard Strauss' gargantuan orchestral canvas inspired by family life in the Strauss household. BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Shai Wosner joins the orchestra in Mozart's stormy D minor concerto, and the Prom opens with John Adams' witty tribute to the Russian polymath, Nicolas Slonimsky. Shai Wosner (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles (conductor) John Adams: Slonimsky's Earbox Mozart: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466 Strauss: Symphonia domestica 4.30pm Purcell and his forebears. Byrd: Infelix ego Stile Antico. BBC SSO/Donald Runnicles performs Adams, Mozart and Strauss. | ||
| AO3 | Prom 57: Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky | 20090911 | Presented by Louise Fryer. BBC Proms 2009: The BBC Symphony Orchestra concludes the Proms survey of Stravinsky's ballets with the dazzling Agon. Stephen Hough completes his Proms marathon of Tchaikovsky's piano concertos with the curiously neglected Concert Fantasia, and cellist Steven Isserlis returns to the Rococo Variations. The concert ends with more Tchaikovsky - his dramatic tale of forbidden love and eternal punishment. Introduced by Penny Gore. Stephen Hough (piano) Steven Isserlis (cello) BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson (conductor) Stravinsky: Agon Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasia in G, Op 56; Variations on a Rococo Theme; Francesca da Rimini 4.30pm Purcell and his forebears. Purcell: Blow up the trumpet; God is gone up; Blow up the trumpet in Sion; My heart is inditing Ars Nova Copenhagen Concerto Copenhagen Andrew Lawrence-King (conductor). BBC SO/David Robertson performs Stravinsky's Agon and Tchaikovsky's Concerto Fantasia. |
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