Listen Up!
First broadcast from 20040926 to 20090529.
The Listen Up! Festival of Orchestras will showcase the talent, diversity and sheer vibrant energy of Britain's professional and amateur orchestras in a five-week extravaganza of broadcasts, concerts and educational events.
66 episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Description |
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| 2004 | 01 | 20041001 | The opening concert of the BBC Symphony Orchestra's 2004-2005 Barbican Season with Principal Guest Conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste. The superb American soprano Christine Brewer gives the UK premiere of Kaija Saariaho's erotically-charged songs of love. And she joins mezzo Petra Lang and the BBC Symphony Chorus for Mahler's monumental symphony of judgement and redemption, Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection". Kaija Saariaho: Quatre instants Christine Brewer (Soprano) Petra Lang (Mezzo-Soprano) BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). | ||
| 2004 | 02 | 20041001 | The opening concert of the BBC Symphony Orchestra's 2004-2005 Barbican Season with Principal Guest Conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste. Mahler: Symphony No 2 "Resurrection" BBC Symphony Orchestra Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). | ||
| 2004 | Bbc Philharmonic | 20041004 | Recorded last Friday at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Dvorak: The Water Goblin; Violin Concerto; Symphony No 7 James Ehnes (violin) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 2004 | London Symphony Orchestra | 20041008 | The LSO perform an exhilarating programme live from the Barbican in London. Pierre Boulez conducts his own serial work Livre pour Cordes, followed by Bartok's 3rd Piano Concerto performed by the French pianist Helene Grimaud. The 2nd half is Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, a once shocking ballet which still has the power to surprise. Live from the Barbican Hall, London. Presented by Penny Gore. Continues at 8.30pm, after Twenty Minutes. Boulez: Livre pour cordes Bartok: Piano Concerto no.3 Helene Grimaud (piano) Pierre Boulez (conductor). | ||
| 2004 | Royal Scottish National Orchestra | 20041014 | Alexander Lazarev conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra at the Caird Hall in Dundee, with music by Shostakovich and James MacMillan. They're joined by Swedish mezzo-soprano Katarina Karneus for songs by Mahler. Presented by Christopher Cook. Gareth Wood: Listen Up Fanfare James MacMillan: Confession of Isobel Gowdie Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Shostakovich: Symphony No 12, 'The Year 1917' Katarina Karneus (mezzo-soprano) Alexander Lazarev (conductor). | ||
| 2004 | 20041022 | Mozart: Don Giovanni - opera in 2 acts, K527 Overture The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Charles Mackerras (conductor) Concerto for clarinet and orchestra, K 622 in A Antony Pay (clarinet) Mozart: Bella mia fiamma... Resta, o cara - recitative and aria for soprano and orchestra, K528 Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano) La Clemenza di Tito - opera in 2 acts, K621 Act 2, No 23; Non, piu di fiori vaghe catene (Rondo) Beethoven: Scena and aria for soprano and orchestra, Op 65 Vorisek: Symphony, Op 24 in D. | |||
| 2004 | 20041105 | BBC Concert Orchestra Live from the Royal Festival Hall in London, Petroc Trelawny presents the closing gala concert in Radio 3's Listen Up! festival, given in partnership with the Association of British Orchestras and Making Music. Continues at 8.15pm, after Twenty Minutes. Stravinsky: Fireworks Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Joel C Link (violin) Handel (arr Baines/Mackerras): Music for the Royal Fireworks Barry Wordsworth (conductor). | |||
| 2004 | 20041105 | The closing gala concert continues. For this piece, a Radio 3 commission, the BBC Concert Orchestra are joined on stage by the Kensington Symphony Orchestra Errollyn Wallen: Spirit Symphony - Speed-dating for two orchestras (world premiere) Kensington Symphony Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra Russell Keable (conductor). | |||
| 2004 | 20041105 | Radio 3's Listen up festival draws to a close. Anne Dudley: London Flourishes (world premiere) Malcolm Arnold: Electra (world premiere of concert version) Elizabeth Maconchy: Proud Thames Elgar: Cockaigne (In London town) overture BBC Concert Orchestra Kensington Symphony Orchestra Joel C Link (violin) Barry Wordsworth (conductor). | |||
| 2006 | 04 | Steve Reich 70th Birthday Concert | 20061002 | Sarah Walker launches the first full week of Radio 3's coverage of the Listen Up! Festival of Orchestras 2006. The festival reflects the strength, diversity and commitment of the whole UK orchestral community, amateur and professional alike. The week gets off to a flying start with one of London's leading professional orchestras, the LSO from the Barbican Hall in London, in a concert celebrating Steve Reich's 70th birthday. Alongside the music, there's the first episode of a specially commissioned 15-part story about the orchestra by award-winning author Alexander McCall Smith, and of Dermot Clinch's A-Z of the orchestra. Reich: Three Movements Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Reich: Desert Music London Symphony Orchestra Xian Zhang (conductor). | |
| 2006 | 05 | Amateur Orchestras Showcase | 20061003 | Listen Up! Sarah Walker introduces performances that reflect the UK's thriving amateur music-making scene. There's a chance to hear some of the UK's leading amateur orchestras, from Belfast, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Southampton and Sheffield, playing music by Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Delius and a new work by Martin Suckling. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, President of Making Music, talks about why amateur orchestras are so important, and Dermot Clinch continues his A-Z of the orchestra. | |
| 2006 | 06 | 20061004 | Sarah Walker introduces a concert from the Lighthouse in Poole by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. It begins with a lively fanfare by their Composer in the House followed by three 20th Century classics. Award-winning author Alexander McCall Smith reads the second part of his specially commissioned story, and Dermot Clinch continues with his A-Z of the orchestra. Stephen McNeff: Echoes & Reflections - Fanfare for Brass & Percussion Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand Shostakovich: Symphony No 5 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Francois-Frederic Guy (piano) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Includes a Twenty Minutes interval at 8.20pm. | ||
| 2006 | 07 | Steve Martland | 20061005 | A concert from Glasgow, featuring the music of Steve Martland and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. The programme includes Martland's best known and most energetic score, the symphonic poem Babi Yar, followed by a new piece consisting of an arrangement for string orchestra of the slow movement of his string quartet Patrol. The concert ends with a performance by the Steve Martland Band playing their unique mix of classical, rock, jazz and minimalist music. Plus Dermot Clinch continues his A-Z of the orchestra. Introduced by Sarah Walker. Steve Martland: Babi Yar; Plaint (World première) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Jurjen Hempel (conductor) Steve Martland Band Steve Martland (conductor). | |
| 2006 | 1A | 20060929 | Continuesat8.40pmafterTwentyMinutes | A concert that continues the 60th anniversary celebrations of the launch of Radio 3 (which began life as the Third Programme). It's also the opening live concert of the BBC Symphony Orchestra's new Barbican Season; and celebrates the Listen Up! Season - a month-long festival of British orchestras. Featuring the world premiere of a work written specially for the great American counter-tenor David Daniels by the British composer Jonathan Dove. The BBCSO's new Chief Conductor Jiri Belohlavek is at the helm. Presented by Sarah Walker. Dvorak: Suite in A Jonathan Dove: Hojoki BBC Symphony Orchestra David Daniels (counter tenor) Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) | |
| 2006 | 1B | 20060929 | The evening's Listen Up! concert at the Barbican continues with a Beethoven Symphony. Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in Eb - Eroica BBC Symphony Orchestra David Daniels (counter tenor) Jiri Belohlavek (conductor). | ||
| 2006 | 20061006 | A concert from Aberdeen by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, under their Music Director Stéphane Denève. It's an evening of music inspired by mighty rivers and turbulent seas. Cellist Han-na Chang makes her RSNO début with one of the most popular concertos of the repertoire. Alexander McCall Smith reads part three of his specially commissioned story about the orchestra, and Dermot Clinch continues his orchestral A-Z. Presented by Sarah Walker. Smetana: Vltava (Ma Vlast) Britten: Four Sea Interludes Knussen: The Way to Castle Yonder Dvorak: Cello Concerto Royal Scottish National Orchestra Stéphane Denève (conductor) Han-Na Chang (cello). | |||
| 2006 | F Is For The Future | 20061009 | Sarah Mohr-Pietsch presents a concert by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, recorded at the Barbican Hall in London. As part of the Barbican's marathon tribute to composer Steve Reich in his 70th year, the orchestra performs two of his high energy works with acclaimed Reich performers Synergy Vocals and Stefan Asbury. Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Steve Reich: You Are (Variations); Tehillim BBC Symphony Orchestra Synergy Vocals Stefan Asbury, Alexander Rumpf (conductor). | ||
| 2006 | G Is For Gramophone | 20061010 | Sarah Mohr-Pietsch introduces a concert given by the Scottish Ensemble at the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh - it includes the world première of Sally Beamish's third viola concerto for Lawrence Power. Jonathan Morton, artistic director of the Scottish Ensemble, talks about the challenges of introducing new repertoire to the ensemble, and Dermot Clinch continues his A-Z of the orchestra. JS Bach: Ricercare, from A Musical Offering, BWV 1079 Hindemith: Five Pieces Sally Beamish: Under the Wing of the Rock (world première with Lawrence Power, viola) Hindemith: Trauermusik JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 6, BWV 1051 Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence Scottish Ensemble Lawrence Power (viola). | ||
| 2006 | H | 20061011 | Sarah Mohr-Pietsch introduces a concert given at the Brighton Dome by the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra under Barry Wordsworth. A hot summer night in New York's Central Park sets the scene for a concert of atmospheric music, which includes Ravel and Saint-Saens conjuring up images of traditional fairytale characters, and the BPO's Composer in Focus performs his own Piano Concertino, conceived from a series of nocturnal etudes. Members of the audience at Brighton Dome talk about what they want from orchestral concerts and Alexander McCall Smith continues his story, set in the Second World War, about an amateur orchestra. Ives: Central Park in the Dark Martin Butler: Piano Concertino Ravel: Mother Goose Suite Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals Martin Butler, John Alley, Catherine Edwards (piano) Brighton Philharmonic Barry Wordsworth (conductor). | ||
| 2006 | I Is For Instrument | 20061012 | Sarah Mohr-Pietsch introduces a concert given by the London Mozart Players at the Turner Sims Concert Hall in Southampton, including a new work by composer Michael Omer which has its origins in a collaboration between the composer, LMP musicians and students at Redbridge School. Players from the LMP visit the Millbrook estate in Southampton to introduce Mozart's music, and there is a report from New York on the London Symphony Orchestra's Musicians on Call scheme - where musicians visit the homes of those who are unable to reach a concert hall. Dermot Clinch continues his A-Z of the orchestra. Michael Omer: The Rages of the Ages (world première) Mozart: Piano Concerto, No 12, K414 Britten: Young Apollo Mozart: Symphony No 39, K543 London Mozart Players Alexander Shelley (conductor) Steven Osborne (piano). | ||
| 2006 | J Is For Jullien | 20061013 | Sarah Mohr-Pietsch introduces a concert given by the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, featuring a programme of British music - including a new Double Concerto for trumpet and trombone by Piers Hellawell. In addition, players from the Philharmonia reveal how they cope with nerves, and there is a feature on the Philharmonia's virtual orchestra at the South Bank. BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter Iyare talks about his experience of attending a classical concert and there's another episode of Alexander McCall Smith's story. Elgar: In the South (Alassio) Piers Hellawell: Cors de Chasse (London Premiere) Walton: Violin Concerto Elgar: Cockaigne Overture Philharmonia Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet) Jonas Bylund (trombone) Matthew Trusler (violin). | ||
| 2006 | K Is For Kazoo | 20061016 | Petroc Trelawny visits the Windsor Arts Centre for a concert by one of the UK's leading chamber orchestras, the English Chamber Orchestra. Plus students and musicians from the Milton Keynes City Orchestra find a musical use for the dreaded mobile phone ringtone; Alexander McCall Smith with another episode of his 15-part story about La's orchestra and Dermot Clinch continues his A-Z of the orchestra. Barber: Knoxville - Summer of 1915 Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23 in A, K488 Richard Rodney Bennett: Nocturnes Leonard Bernstein: Serenade for Violin Measha Brueggergosman (soprano) Stephanie Gonley (violin) Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) English Chamber Orchestra Roy Goodman (conductor). | ||
| 2006 | L Is For Lollypop | 20061017 | A concert to mark the 21st anniversary season of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, with a concert featuring the tenor, Ian Bostridge, performing arias by Handel. Petroc Trelawny delves into the orchestra's past with live studio guest, Helen Wallace, who has just published a book charting the orchestra's history, and he talks to musicians about how period performance has come in from the fringe and become an integral part of concert life. Handel: Overture, Messiah; Concerto Grosso, Op 6, No 5 in D; Where'er you walk from Semele; Waft her angels from Jephtha; Concerto Grosso No 7 in C, Alexander's Feast; Overture from Ariodante; Scherza Infida from Ariodante; Sinfonia to Act III from Ariodante; Dopo Notte from Ariodante Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Harry Bicket (conductor) Ian Bostridge (tenor). | ||
| 2006 | M Is For Maestro | 20061018 | Petroc Trelawny hosts a concert featuring some of the UK's finest contemporary composers. BBC Concert Orchestra players talk about how they can switch from opera to musical and baroque to minimalism at the drop of a hat; there's news of MusicLab, where students from schools in Watford take part in a concert as presenters, singers and composers; and Alexander McCall Smith continues to read from his story 'La's orchestra saves the world'. Andrew Poppy: 32 Frames for Orchestra Gavin Bryars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet Howard Skempton: Lento Graham Fitkin: Huoah Sir John Tavener: Tears of the Angels Michael Nyman: L'orgie parisienne Mary Carewe (soprano) Cynthia Fleming (violin) BBC Concert Orchestra Charles Hazlewood (conductor). | ||
| 2006 | N Is For Nightingale | 20061019 | A concert of contemporary classics given at Glasgow City Halls by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and featuring the orchestra's Principal Clarinet, Maximiliano Martín. There is a report from Scotland on the Musicians on Call scheme where musicians visit the homes and workplaces of those who are unable to reach a concert hall, and Dermot Clinch continues his A-Z of the orchestra. Schumann, arr Adorno: Kinderjahr - Six Pieces, Op 68 Judith Weir: Heroic strokes of the bow Carl Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto Henri Dutilleux: Mystère de l'instant Maximiliano Martín (clarinet) Scottish Chamber Orchestra André de Ridder (conductor). | ||
| 2006 | O Is For Orchestration | 20061020 | Petroc Trelawny presents a concert of works by Peter Maxwell Davies recorded at the Sage Gateshead. The composer introduces his own music and Petroc Trelawny is joined in the studio by the choreographer and founder of Random Dance, Wayne McGregor, to talk about Amu at Durham, a Creative Partnership between Random Dance, composer Sir John Tavener and heart imaging specialists Dr Philip Kilner and Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan from the Royal Brompton Hospital, London. Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian pipes) Northern Sinfonia Garry Walker (conductor) Maxwell Davies: Military March; Mishkenot; The Two Fiddlers - dances; Kettletoft Inn (world premiere); Crossing Kings Reach; A Mirror of Whitening Light. | ||
| 2006 | P Is For Pompeii | 20061023 | BCMG/Oliver Knussen. Knussen: Trumpets. Webern: Symphony, Op 21. Bedford: Or Voit Tout En Aventure. Matthews:...through the glass. Webern: Five pieces, Op 10. Knussen: Requiem. | ||
| 2006 | R Is For Rite | 20061025 | Sarah Walker introduces a concert from Belfast with the Ulster Orchestra. Percussionist Colin Currie joins the Ulster Orchestra to perform the world premiere of Goliath by Northern Irish composer Deirdre Gribbin, as part of the Belfast Festival at Queen's. The programme also includes works by Irish composers of an earlier generation. Harty: A Comedy Overture Stanford: Irish Rhapsody Deirdre Gribbin: Goliath Pierre-Andre Valade (conductor) Moeran: Sinfonietta Rumon Gamba (conductor) Colin Currie (percussion) Ulster Orchestra. | ||
| 2006 | S Is For Sarrusophone (and Other Extraordinary Instruments) | 20061026 | Sarah Walker hosts a concert recorded at Snape Maltings concert hall in Suffolk, as part of this year's Snape Proms. Nicholas Daniel gives a performance of Michael Zev Gordon's new oboe concerto The Fabric of Dreams, and another soloist - violinist Alina Ibragimova - plays Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending. There's a look at Creative Partnerships in Northumberland, with composer Nittin Sawhney, local school children and Creative Partnerships staff - who talk about a recent project that led to their Anthem for Northumberland. Plus another episode from Alexander McCall Smith's story 'La's orchestra saves the world'. Ravel: Mother Goose Suite Sibelius: Scene with Cranes Michael Zev Gordon: Oboe Concerto - The fabric of dreams Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Mozart: Symphony No 41 Jupiter Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Alina Ibragimova (violin) Britten Sinfonia Paul Watkins (conductor). | ||
| 2006 | T Is For Tuning Up | 20061027 | Sarah Walker concludes this fourth week of the Listen Up! festival with a concert given by the BBC Philharmonic at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall. Vassily Sinaisky conducts a programme of variations, beginning with Brahms on the St Anthony Chorale. Walton's Variations on a Theme of Hindemith are followed by Rachmaninoff's familiar Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, and the concert ends with Elgar's much-loved Enigma Variations. Also, an insight into the BBC Philharmonic's extensive Education and Community programme with a look behind the scenes at their work with a local youth orchestra and the chance to be a fly on the wall for Musicians on Call; there's another episode from Alexander McCall Smith's story "La's orchestra saves the world" and Dermot Clinch continues his A-Z of the orchestra. Brahms: Variations on the St Antony Chorale Walton: Variations on a Theme of Hindemith Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Elgar: Enigma Variations BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| 2006 | U Is For Unplayable | 20061030 | Petroc Trelawny presents a concert recorded in the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine Talbot: Trumpet Concerto Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Alison Balsom (trumpet) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Joann Faletta (conductor). | ||
| 2006 | 20061101 | Petroc Trelawny presents a concert recorded in the Wigmore Hall. Academy of Ancient Music Richard Egarr (organ, harpsichord, director). Handel: Organ Concerto in G minor Telemann: Concerto a 7 in F Handel: Organ Concerto in B flat; Organ Concerto in F Telemann: Concerto a 7 in A Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 4. | |||
| 2006 | Z Is For ? | 20061103 | Petroc Trelawny presents a concert recorded in the Djanogly Recital Hall, Nottingham. Colin Currie (percussion) Sinfonia ViVA Benedict Holland (conductor) Mozart: Divertimento in D, K136 Duddell: Snowblind Maric: Lifetimes Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings. | ||
| 20040926 | Radio 3 continues its Listen Up series with a concert from the Westmorland Hall in Kendal. The Northern Sinfonia under their music director Thomas Zehetmair perform a programme of Baroque and Classical music, beginning with Jean-Fery Rebel's simfonie Les Elemens. The orchestra are then joined by soloist Stephen Varcoe for a performance of Bach's Cantata No 82 Ich habe genug. The final piece in the programme is Mozart's exuberant Sinfonia Concertante, for which Thomas Zehetmair dons his violin-playing hat, alongside the viola-player Ruth Killius. Presented by Martin Handley. | ||||
| The Ulster Orchestra | 20040927 | under Principal Conductor Thierry Fischer performs two works inspired by Irish mythology - Wagner's powerful resolution of the love story of Tristan and the Irish princess Isolde, and Hamilton Harty's romantic retelling of the legend of 'The Children of Lir'. In between comes the Violin Concerto by Sibelius, a composer who drew much inspiration from the mythology of his own country, Finland. Presented by John Toal. Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from 'Tristan und Isolde' Sibelius: Violin Concerto Harty: The Children of Lir Franzita Whelan (soprano) Ilya Gringolts (violin). | |||
| Bbc Scottish Symphony Orchestra | 20040928 | Ilan Volkov conducts a performance Gyorgy Kurtag's double concerto for piano, cello and two chamber ensembles. Ilan Volkov (conductor) Nicholas Hodges (piano) Rudi de Groote (cello) Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) National Youth Choir of Scotland Gyorgy Kurtag: Double concerto for piano, cello and two chamber ensembles, Op 27-2. | |||
| London Symphony Orchestra | 20040929 | The London Symphony Orchestra's centenary season continues with another world premiere written for the orchestra, this time by Richard Bissill. Maxim Vengerov is soloist in Beethoven's mighty Violin Concerto, and the orchestra star in Dvorak's energetic 6th Symphony. Live from the Barbican Hall, London. Presented by Louise Fryer. Sir Colin Davis (conductor) Andrew Marriner (clarinet) Rod Franks (trumpet) David Pyatt (horn) Maxim Vengerov (violin) Richard Bissill: LSO Centenary Concertante (for Clarinet, Horn and Trumpet). World premiere. Beethoven: Violin Concerto. | |||
| London Symphony Orchestra | 20040929 | Tonight's live performance from the Barbican Hall concludes with Dvorak's Symphony No 6. | |||
| Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | 20040930 | Following last season's highly-acclaimed interpretations of the four Brahms symphonies, Marin Alsop launches her third season as Principal Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra with two of the composer's most resounding works, including his most personal and intimate statement of faith and beliefs - the Deutsches Requiem. Brahms: Triumphlied Brahms: Deutsches Requiem Bournemouth Symphony Chorus Marin Alsop (conductor) Susan Gritton (soprano) Sebastian Noack (baritone). | |||
| Bbc National Orchestra Of Wales | 20041003 | Mahler's titanic First Symphony is brought to life in the BBC National Orchestra of Wales' first concert of the Listen Up! Season, given on Friday at St David's Hall in Cardiff and presented by Sarah Walker. Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 1 in D. | |||
| London Philharmonic Orchestra | 20041005 | Christopher Cook introduces a concert recorded earlier this week at London's Royal Festival Hall by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under their Principal Conductor Kurt Masur. Anne-Sophie Mutter and Lynn Harrell are soloists in Brahms's mighty Double Concerto and there's also a chance to hear Dvorak's New World Symphony and Mendelssohn's dramatic Ruy Blas overture. Mendelssohn: Overture - Ruy Blas Brahms: Double Concerto Dvorak: Symphony No 9 Kurt Masur (conductor) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Lynn Harrell (cello). | |||
| Verdi - Sacred And Profane | 20041006 | The Halle Orchestra maintains strong links with the wider community in Manchester and the North of England through its choral concerts. In this all-Verdi concert, Mark Elder and the orchestra are joined by the Halle Choir and the Leeds Festival Chorus to savour the intense emotions, the energy and passion that runs through the composer's dramatic and sacred music. Introduced by Petroc Trelawny. Verdi: Overture - Luisa Miller Ballet Music from Macbeth Ave Maria (Otello) Overture - La forza del destino Madre, pietosa Vergine (La forza del destino) Stabat Mater Prelude to Act 1from La Traviata Prelude to Act 1 from Aida Te Deum Nuccia Focile (soprano) Halle Choir Leeds Festival Chorus Halle Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor). | |||
| 20041007 | Live from the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, the Hallé Orchestra and Music Director Mark Elder are joined by mezzo-soprano Alice Coote for Elgar's haunting evocations of the sea, Wagner's stormy overture and Rachmaninov's ever-popular Second Symphony. Continues at 8.30pm, after Twenty Minutes. Wagner: Overture 'Rienzi' Elgar: Sea Pictures Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) Hallé Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor). | ||||
| Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra | 20041010 | The opening concert in the orchestra's 80th Anniversary Season (and their first broadcast on Radio 3) is conducted by Barry Wordsworth, only the 3rd Principal Conductor in the orchestra's history. Recorded at the Brighton Dome. Janacek: Sinfonietta Smetana: 3 Dances from The Bartered Bride Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Op 72 Nos 1, 2 & 7 Dvorak: Cello Concerto Johannes Moser (cello) London Brass Barry Wordsworth (conductor). | |||
| Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 20041011 | Distinguished violinist Tasmin Little joined the orchestra's Associate Guest Conductor Mattias Bamert for this opening concert in the RPO's London Season, recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Presented by Louise Fryer. Sibelius: Finlandia Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Holst: The Planets Ladies of the Philharmonia Chorus Tasmin Little (violin) Matthias Bamert (conductor). | |||
| 20041015 | Warwick Thompson presents a concert from the Corn Exchange in Cambridge, home town of the Britten Sinfonia, reflecting the orchestra's creative association with the pianist Angela Hewitt. During the concert, Warwick also looks at the important role that the orchestra plays in the life of people in the East of England. Bach: Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in E, BWV 1053 Haydn: Symphony No 49 in Fm (La Passione) Bach: Concerto for keyboard and orchestra in G, BWV 1058 Mozart: Piano Concerto No 15 in B flat, K450 Angela Hewitt (piano/director) Britten Sinfonia. | ||||
| 20041017 | As part of Radio 3's Listen Up! Festival of Orchestras, Chris de Souza presents a concert of Mozart and Mendelssohn from Manchester Camerata. Mendelssohn: Overture Hebrides Mozart: Piano Concerto No 20 in Dm Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 Scottish Manchester Camerata Melvyn Tan (piano) Douglas Boyd (conductor). | ||||
| City Of London Sinfonia | 20041018 | Warwick Thompson introduces a concert given last week as part of the Canterbury Festival, launching Encore, a new initiative from the Royal Philharmonic Society and BBC Radio 3, which sets out to re-discover significant orchestral works by living British composers which have had too little public exposure. Nigel Osborne: Zansa Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in Gm Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat 'Eroica' Chloe Hanslip (violin) Richard Hickox (conductor). | |||
| 20041019 | Petroc Trelawny is at the Palace Theatre in Mansfield for a concert of music given by the locally based Sinfonia ViVA, conducted by Nicholas Kok. The East Midlands can boast a proud and diverse artistic heritage - Byron lived here as did DH Lawrence, and similarly it has wide tradition of music making. Between concert items Petroc explores how Sinfonia ViVa and others meet the needs of region. Mozart: Symphony No 33 Beethoven: Piano Concetro No 2 Bach: Suite No 3 Haydn: Symphony No 95 Sinfonia ViVA Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) Nicholas Kok (conductor). | ||||
| Bbc National Orchestra And Chorus Of Wales | 20041024 | Listen Up! visits the Swansea Festival for a performance of Brahms's poetic Violin Concerto, played by Janine Jansen, and Beethoven's confident but serene Mass in C. Recorded last Wednesday at the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea and introduced by Sarah Walker. Brahms: Violin Concerto * Beethoven: Mass in C Janine Jansen (violin) * Rebecca Evans (soprano) Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) Mark Padmore (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (bass) BBC National Chorus of Wales BBC National Orchestra of Wales * Richard Hickox (conductor) *. | |||
| 20041025 | Sir Charles Mackerras conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in works by Haydn and Mozart in a concert given at the Usher Hall. Presented by Christopher Cook. Haydn: Symphony No 104 'London' Mozart: Mass in Cm Rosemary Joshua (soprano) Sarah Fox (soprano) Mark Le Brocq (tenor) Andrew Foster-Williams (bass baritone) SCO Chorus Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor). | ||||
| 20041026 | Tommy Pearson presents a concert recorded at St John's Smith Square last week. The London Mozart Players are joined by former BBC Young Musician of the Year, the celebrated cellist Natalie Clein, playing Tchaikovsky's scintillating Rococo Variations and Andante Cantabile in a programme which also includes Mozart's dramatic overture and Schubert's majestic Symphony. Mozart: Overture: The Magic Flute Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations in A Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile London Mozart Players Andrew Parrot (conductor) Natalie Clein (cello) Continues at 8.35pm, after Twenty Minutes. | ||||
| 20041027 | A celebration of the many ways in which the CBSO serve the wide-ranging Midlands community not least with a concert of Romantic favourites from the city's Symphony Hall. Wagner: Tannhauser Overture Strauss: Four Last Songs Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Victoria Nava (sporano) Sir Edward Downes (conductor). | ||||
| Bbc Symphony Orchestra | 20041028 | Live from the Barbican. The BBC SO bring their South American Tour programme to London, with the light-hearted overture to Nielsen's comic opera, Sibelius's broodingly intense Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky's deeply personal fourth symphony, which takes us on an epic journey of the soul. Continues at 8.35pm, after Twenty Minutes. Nielsen: Maskarade Overture Sibelius: Violin Concerto Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). | |||
| 20041029 | John Lubbock conducts the Orchestra of St John's, Smith Square in a continuation of Radio 3's Listen Up series. Haydn's ebullient Symphony No. 30 kicks off the programme, then the orchestra are joined by Michael Collins for performances of two English Clarinet Concertos - by Finzi and Arnold. The concert ends with Schubert's magnificent Symphony No.5. Presented by Louise Fryer. Continues at 8.40pm, after Twenty Minutes. Haydn: Symphony No 30 Finzi: Clarinet Concerto Michael Collins (Clarinet) Orchestra of St John's John Lubbock (conductor). | ||||
| The Orchestra Of St John's | 20041029 | , Smith Square/John Lubbock conclude tonight's concert with Arnold's Clarinet Concerto No 1 (Michael Collins, soloist) and Schubert's Symphony No 5. | |||
| 20041031 | Radio 3 continues its Listen Up! series with a concert from the 2008 European Capital of Culture, Liverpool. Under the baton of their music director Gerard Schwarz, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra perform a programme from the Philharmonic Hall which begins with Delius' nature-inspired works On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring and Summer Night on the River and ends with Beethoven's electrifying and ever-popular Eroica Symphony. In between these two works, Cellist Ralph Kirshbaum joins the orchestra for Walton's finely crafted Cello Concerto. Gareth Wood: Fanfare (premiere) Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring; Summer Night on the River Walton: Cello Concerto Beethoven: Symphony No 3 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Ralph Kirschbaum (cello) Gerard Schwarz (conductor). | ||||
| London Chamber Orchestra | 20041103 | John Shea introduces a concert live from St John's, Smith Square in London given by the London Chamber Orchestra. Britain's oldest chamber orchestra, it was founded in 1921, and now divides its time between concerts, international tours, the recording studio and education and outreach work. There's a chance to hear the fruits of one of their education projects tonight, as twenty young violinists, aged 5-10, perform a piece by Peter Maxwell Davies, accompanied by the LCO. Continues at 8.35pm, after Twenty Minutes. Maxwell Davies: Stramash Mozart: Overture: Cosi fan tutte, K588 Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in Am Christopher Warren-Green (conductor) Antje Weithaas (violin) Paul Watkins (cello). | |||
| 20061024 | Sarah Walker introduces a concert given at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. James Gilchrist (tenor) Manchester Camerata Douglas Boyd (conductor) Bartok: Divertimento Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Beethoven: String Quartet, Op 131. | ||||
| 20061031 | Petroc Trelawny presents a concert recorded at Ipswich Corn Exchange. Kathryn Stott (piano) City of London Sinfonia Douglas Boyd (conductor) Elgar: Introduction and Allegro Mozart: Piano Concerto No 27 Britten: Sinfonietta Beethoven: Symphony No 8. | ||||
| LAST-1 | 20041104 | On the penultimate night of the Listen Up! season, two final orchestral masterpieces take centre stage: Tippett's Rose Lake pictures a serene Senegalese lake from dawn to dusk, and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was already a cultural beacon within a generation of its 1824 premiere. Live from St David's Hall, Cardiff, introduced by Sarah Walker. Continues at 8.20pm, after Twenty Minutes. Tippett: The Rose Lake BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor). | |||
| TM | 01 OF 6 | Now | 20040928 | In the first of six weekly programmes, Petroc Trelawny looks at the kaleidoscope of British orchestral music-making on and off the platform. This week he encounters Scotland's orchestral musicians in halls, prisons, schools and some less instutitonal environments. | |
| TM | 02 | A Fully Orchestrated Guide To The Orchestra | 20040929 | Steve Punt dons evening wear and slips in among the second violins to present an intimate and unexpurgated exploration of the history of the symphony orchestra. | |
| TM | Midlands And The North | 20041007 | Petroc Trelawny celebrates some of imaginative ways in which orchestras - amateur and professional - serve their local communities in the Midlands and the North of ENGLAND, from work in a local Centre for the Deaf to an impromptu opera from The Nag's Head. | ||
| TM | Poems On The Brink | 20041008 | Recorded at the Barbican in front of an audience shortly before this evening's concert, this reading is the first programme by Radio 3's Poet in Residence, Mario Petrucci. In a selection of new poems about endangered instruments written for the Listen Up! festival, and poems from Chernobyl linked with tonight's performance of Stravinsky's Rite Of Spring, music, nature and people are all on the brink. | ||
| AP | 20090529 | By Glen Neath. The true story of Italian radio enthusiasts who intercept transmissions from early Russian space missions and listen in as the earliest men and women in space call in vain for help. It is 1964 and the Americans are losing the space race. The Soviets are way ahead and the Americans have failed utterly in gaining any intelligence on their rivals' space programme. So it seems fairly outrageous when two young Italian brothers turn up at NASA claiming to have successfully recorded almost every Russian space mission over the previous seven years. NASA has to take notice when they realise that the brothers have also intercepted American missions and have tapes of classified transmissions by John Glenn, the first American in space. As it happens they have been sending these recordings to NASA since the outset, but no one has believed them. No one except Carla Pettigrew, an audio analyst who is now trying to persuade Major Will Spencer, NASA's technical director, that he should believe what they have to say. Featuring some of the actual recordings made by the Judica-Cordiglia brothers, including the sound of a woman dying in space as her craft burns up on re-entry. Achille....Giacomo Valdameri Gian....Simeon Perlin Maria Teresa....Silvia Mercuriali Will....Nathan Osgood Eugene....Dominic Hawksley Carla....Serena Bobowski Mike....Francesco Calabretta Other parts played by members of the company. Directed by Boz Temple-Morris A Holy Mountain production for BBC Radio 4. True story of radio enthusiasts who intercept messages from early Russian space missions. |