Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20090208 | Warsaw Philharmonic/Antoni Wit in Szymanowski: Nocturne and Tarantella, Op 28. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | ||
| 20090228 | Haydn Trio Eisenstadt perform Haydn's Divertimento in E flat, H XIV 1. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | ||
| 20090328 | The Nash Ensemble perform Ralph Vaughan Williams' String Quartet No 2 in A minor. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | ||
| 20090502 | The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins perform works by David Sawer. Rolf Hind (piano) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) David Sawer: the greatest happiness principle for orchestra; The Melancholy of Departure for piano; From Morning to Midnight - suite for orchestra. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | ||
| 20090606 | The Moscow SO under Vasily Jelvakov perform Kabalevsky's Romeo and Juliet. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | ||
| 20090614 | Pianist Marcus Becker plays Bach and Pachelbel. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | ||
| 20090620 | The Retrospect Ensemble and Lawrence Cummings (harpsichord) perform music by Purcell and Handel. Handel: Keyboard Suite No 1 in A, HWV 426. Purcell: Sonata No 3 in A minor for two violins and continuo; Sonata No 9 in F for two violins and continuo, Z810 (Golden); Sonata No 6 in G minor for two violins and continuo, Z807 Handel: Keyboard Suite No 7 in G minor, HWV 432. The Retrospect Ensemble and Lawrence Cummings (harpsichord) perform Purcell and Handel. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | ||
| 20090711 | Featuring the Amadeus Quartet in Britten's Quartet for strings No 2. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | ||
| 20090919 | Radoslav Kapil (piano) performs Smetana's Macbeth and the Witches, and Reves. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | ||
| 20110702 | Steven Isserlis and friends perform music by Schumann at the 2011 Cheltenham Festival. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | ||
| 20130629 | Music for one and two pianos played by Stephen Hough and Ronan O'Hora. Stephen Hough plays the Sonatina Romantica of 1940 and the 1934 suite Holiday Diary, dedicated to Arthur Benjamin, Britten's piano teacher at the Royal College of Music. He is joined by Ronan O'Hora in a homage to Paderewski, the Mazurka Elegiaca for two pianos. Britten: Sonatina Romantica Stephen Hough, piano Britten: Mazurka Elegiaca, Op.23 No 2 Stephen Hough, Ronan O'Hora, pianos Britten: Holiday Diary, Op.5 Stephen Hough, piano. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | ||
| 20151122 | Classical music recital. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | ||
| 20171002 | 20171001 (R3) | Malcolm Arnold's Symphony No 2, played by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| 20171008 | Two works by Malcolm Arnold from opposite ends of his career - his early Concerto for Clarinet and Strings, Op.20 performed by Emma Johnson with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Ivor Bolton and his final symphony - No.9 - performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conducted by Andrew Penny. An early and a late work for orchestra by Malcolm Arnold. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | ||
| 20171015 | Arnold Bax's Symphony No 5, played by the RSNO conducted by David Lloyd-Jones. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | ||
| 20171119 | The RLPO, conducted by Vernon Handley, perform Vaughan Williams Symphony No 3 (Pastoral). An occasional music series on Radio 3 | ||
| 20180101 | A sequence of music by Gerald Finzi, ending with his Nocturne (New Year Music), Op 7. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | ||
| 20180305 | Max Bruch's Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, Op 88a. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | ||
| 20180512 | Jonathan Plowright plays Series 4 of Walter Rummel's Bach transcriptions for piano. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | ||
| A Japanese Journey | 20180401 | Nick Luscombe takes a sonic journey across Japan, through the sounds of everyday life. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Amaryllis Quartet | 20170618 | The Amaryllis Quartet perform Haydn and Beethoven at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Antonio Carlos Gomes | 20160612 | More music by the Brazilian composer featured in the Sunday Feature. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Arnold Bax | 20180218 | Bax's Violin Concerto, performed by Lydia Mordkovich, contrasted with a pair of tone poems An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Arthur Sullivan | 20150919 | Following HMS Pinafore, a chance to hear Sullivan's Cello Concerto, performed by Paul Watkins, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Mackerras followed by his Festival Te Deum of 1872 sung by Teresa Cahill and the London Choral Society with the BBC Concert Orchesta conducted by Ronald Corp. Non-operatic works by Arthur Sullivan: the Cello Concerto and the Festival Te Deum of 1872 An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Arthur Sullivan | 20161009 | Arthur Sullivan's Marmion Overture and incidental music to The Tempest. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Avishai Cohen | 20170312 | Influential bass player Avishai Cohen, with his pianist Omri Mor and drummer Itamar Doari, join the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Bastien Stil at the Barbican in London for a concert recorded last month of original music, traditional Ladino songs, and songs from the Middle East. Avishai Cohen: Overture 'Noam' Op1; Hayo Hayta; Song for my Brother Ladino Trad: Puncha Puncha Mordechai Ze'ira: Two Roses Thad Jones: A Child is Born Trad: Arab Medley; Morenika Avishai Cohen: Alon Basela; Seven Seas Avishai Cohen (bass) Omri Mor (piano) Itmar Doari (drums) BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Bastien Stil. Avishai Cohen Trio in concert with the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Bastien Stil. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Bach Symphonies | 20180211 | Symphonies by two of Bach's sons, CPE and the lesser known Johann Christian Friedrich. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Baroque From Bbc Now | 20161030 | Baroque violinist Rachel Podger leads the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in some of her favourite works from the mid-1600s and early 1700s. director Rachel Podger (violin) Handel: Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 6 No 6 Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041 Biber: Battalia Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in A, RV348 Bach: Air (Orchestral Suite No.3 in D, BWV1068). Rachel Podger directs the BBC NOW from the violin in Handel, Bach, Biber and Vivaldi. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Bbc National Orchestra Of Wales On Tour In North Wales | 20180114 | The BBC National Orchestra of Wales commence their Beethoven symphony cycle while on tour with principal guest conductor Xian Zhang in North Wales, plus the cellist Alexey Stadler is the soloist in Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations. Recorded in November 2017 at Bangor Univeristy's Prichard-Jones Hall Presented by Carys Williams Symphony No.4 in B-flat major, Op.60 Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme Op.33 (Fitzenhagen version) Alexey Stadler (cello) Xian Zhang (conductor). The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Xian Zhang on tour in North Wales. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Bbc National Orchestra Of Wales. Tadaaki Otaka | 20180421 | Celebrating Radio 3's forthcoming week-long exploration of the mysterious, counter-cultural and unexpected side of Japanese music and arts, Tadaaki Otaka conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in music by Takemitsu. Takemitsu: A String Around Autumn Takemitsu: Fantasma-cantos for clarinet and orchestra Richard Stoltzman (clarinet) Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) This year marks 30 years of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales' relationship with Conductor Laureate, Tadaaki Otaka. Winner of the Elgar society medal for his interpretations of that composer's works, Otaka's association with the orchestra also resulted in commissions for Takemitsu. Here we explore works by this elder of the Japanese compositional scene and a performance of his musical mentor, Claude Debussy. Japanese conductor Tadaaki Otaka leads the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Takemitsu. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Bbc Philharmonic | 20170108 | The BBC Philharmonic performs music by Stravinsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Bbc Philharmonic | 20170423 | Andrew Litton conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Berlioz and Shostakovich. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Bbc Philharmonic Plays Brahms | 20160403 | The BBC Philharmonic in Brahms's Tragic Overture and Violin Concerto with Mikhail Ovrutsky An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Bbc Philharmonic Somme Commemoration | 20161113 | On July 1 1916, around 650 Salford men, mostly in the Salford Pals battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers, died on the first day of one of Britain's most brutal battles. Recorded on July 1 this year at a special concert at Salford University to commemorate the 'Pals' and the start of the Battle of Somme, the world premiere of Steve Davismoon's 'God's Own, Caught in No Man's Land' was presented alongside music written by composers who fought in the First World War. Using special field recordings from places that the Salford Pals would have known well, (both at home in Salford, and from the places they went to be trained to fight), popular songs that they would have sung together and also texts by poet Winifred Letts, written in 1916, Steve Davismoon intended to create 'an aural bridge of remembrance between us in Salford today that extends back to those hundreds of Salford families whose world was shattered'. George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad BBC Philharmonic/Michael Seal Cecil Coles: Estaminet du Carrefour (Suite: Behind the Lines) Steve Davismoon: God's Own, Caught in No Man's Land Taylor Wilson - Mezzo-soprano Gordon Munro - Narrator Melodico Ensemble. The BBC Philharmonic commemorating the Salford Pals, who died at the Battle of the Somme. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Bbc Scottish So | 20170507 | Ligeti and Henze from the BBC Scottish SO, conducted by Matthias Pintscher. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Bbc Singers | 20160306 | The BBC Singers perform Bernard Hughes's A Medieval Bestiary and The Death of Balder. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Bbc Singers | 20161205 | Martyn Brabbins conducts the BBC Singers in Britten's work AMDG. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Bbc Singers - Jonathan Harvey | 20161120 | Music by Jonathan Harvey performed by Sound Intermedia and the BBC Singers. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Bbc Singers - Rachmaninov Vespers | 20170521 | A performance of Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil given last October in St Giles' Church, Cripplegate, by the BBC Singers under the Russian-American conductor Elena Sharkova. Written in 1915 and first performed in the same year, the majority of movements in the All-Night Vigil are based on chant. Despite having stopped attending church services, the work is the culmination of twenty years' interest Rachmaninov had shown towards Russian Orthodox liturgy. Elena Sharkova conducts the BBC Singers in Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Bbc Singers At Basca | 20170212 | The BBC Singers and conductor James Morgan give a concert at St. Giles' Cripplegate featuring music by composers from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) and its European counterparts. The pieces have been drawn competitively following a Europe-wide call for scores and showcase works from award-winning, multi-cultural and highly talented composers from the UK, Ireland, Bulgaria and Italy. James Morgan conducts the BBC Singers in music by composers from Basca. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Bbc Symphony Orchestra And Guildhall New Music Ensemble | 20151108 | The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs Debussy and Richard Ayres' witty portrait of an insomniac composer in the early hours! Plus the Guildhall New Music Ensemble plays music by Brett Dean and Knussen. Richard Ayres: No. 48 (night studio) - world premiere of BBC commission Ilan Volkov (conductor) Brett Dean: Polysomnography Oliver Knussen: Songs Without Voices, Op.26 Richard Baker (conductor) Debussy: The Martyrdom of St Sebastian - symphonic fragments Oliver Knussen (conductor) Oliver Knussen, the BBC Symphony Orchestra's former Artist in Association, conducts Debussy's ravishing score - and has his own exquisite octet performed by Guildhall students. Brett Dean is the BBC SO's current Artist in Association. British composer Richard Ayres uses pre-recorded voices and sounds with orchestra to take the listener into the mind of a composer. The BBC SO in Ayres and Debussy. Plus the Guildhall New Music Ensemble in Dean and Knussen An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Beethoven From Cheltenham | 20110604 | Haydn Trio Eisenstadt perform Beethoven's Archduke Trio at the Cheltenham Music Festival. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Benjamin Grosvenor | 20140831 | Benjamin Grosvenor first came to public attention when he won the keyboard final of BBC Young Musician at the age of just eleven. He was a BBC New Generation Artist from 2010-2012, since when his career has gone from strength to strength. At the age of 22 he's already a regular visitor to the Proms, and ahead of his Proms Chamber Music concert tomorrow lunchtime there's a chance to hear him in recordings made specially for Radio 3, of music by Chopin, Ravel and Scriabin. Chopin: Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op 44 Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit Scriabin: 10 Mazurkas, Op 3 Benjamin Grosvenor (piano). Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor performs music by Chopin, Ravel and Scriabin. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Boulez And Ravel | 20160918 | Two French tributes to a lost Vienna: Ravel's La Valse and Boulez's Le Marteau sans matre. Extracts from both pieces featured earlier this evening in 'The Listening Service', but this is a chance to hear them in full. Ravel: La Valse Martha Argerich, Sergio Tiempo (pianos) Boulez: Le Marteau sans matre Hilary Summers (contralto) Ensemble Intercontemporain Pierre Boulez. Two French tributes to a lost Vienna: Ravel's La valse and Boulez's Le marteau sans maitre An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Britten - String Quartet No 2 | 20160529 | The Amadeus Quartet performs Britten's String Quartet No 2. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Britten In The '50s | 20091107 | Recitals of music by Benjamin Britten. Britten: Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for oboe solo, Op 49 Sarah Francis (oboe) Britten: Canticle III - Still falls the rain for tenor, horn and piano, Op 55 Ian Bostridge (tenor) Timothy Brown (horn) Julius Drake (piano) Britten: Alpine Suite for recorder trio The Flautadors. Music by Britten: 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid; Canticle III; Alpine Suite. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Britten In Venice | 20160522 | The Amadeus Quartet performs Britten's String Quartet No 3 and the suite Death in Venice. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Bruch And Tchaikovsky | 20180121 | The BBC Philharmonic in concert recordings of Bruch's First Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony. Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Leila Josefowicz (violin) Conductor Andrew Litton Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 in E minor Conductor Vassily Sinaisky. The BBC Philharmonic in Bruch's First Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Chabrier For Piano | 20160220 | Angela Hewitt performs a selection of piano music by Emmanuel Chabrier. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Charles Villiers Stanford | 20180318 | Two works spanning Charles Villiers Stanford's composing career - his early Cello Concerto in D minor from 1880, performed by Alexander Baillie with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite, and his final Symphony, No 7 in D minor, Op 124 from 1911, performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Lloyd-Jones. Two works spanning Stanford's career - his early Cello Concerto and his final Symphony. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Chilcott: The Angry Planet | 20150621 | A new recording of Bob Chilcott's 2012 'Environmental Cantata'. Charles Bennett's specially-written words are set in the forest at night, and deal with the heart-breaking ecological impact of mankind's activities upon the natural world. Bob Chilcott's music brings together huge choral resources, with five choirs - professional and amateur: nearly 300 singers, and an age-range of performers from young to old. Emma Tring (soprano) BBC Singers The Bach Choir London Youth Choir Finchley Children's Music Group The Young Singers David Hill (conductor). A performance of Bob Chilcott's 2012 'environmental cantata' The Angry Planet. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| City Life | 20150112 | Steve Reich's City Life, built on sampled sounds and speech patterns from New York City. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Dies Natalis | 20091225 | Gerald Finzi's rapturous setting of Thomas Traherne's vision of new-born innocence is paired with Arthur Honneger's more earthy Une Cantate de Noel. Finzi: Dies Natalis, Op 8 John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Corydon Singers and Orchestra Matthew Best (conductor) Honegger: Une Cantate de Noel James Rutherford, (baritone) BBC National Chorus of Wales Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum Dean Close School Chamber Choir Robert Court (organ) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor). Vocal music for Christmas: Finzi's Dies Natalis and Honegger's Une Cantate de Noel. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| East Of Eden And Rebel Without A Cause | 20150920 | The complete scores for the films East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Edgard Var\u00e8se From The Bbc So's Total Immersion Day | 20180107 | Edgard Var耀se's Octandre, Density 21.5 and Hyperprism played by musicians from the Guildhall School; and the cityscape Am退riques from the BBC SO conducted by Sakari Oramo. Recorded on the 6th May 2017 at Milton Court, and the Barbican Hall, London as part of the BBC's Total Immersion Var耀se day. Presented by Andrew McGregor. Var耀se: Octandre (1923) Guildhall New Music Ensemble Geoffrey Paterson (conductor) Var耀se: Density 21.5 (1936) Antonia Berg (flute) Var耀se: Hyperprism (1923) Var耀se: Am退riques BBC Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo (conductor) The radical French composer Edgard Var耀se displayed in all his startling stripes. From the 'collision of masses' and the lion's roar in the soundworld of the chamber work Hyperprism, to Density 21.5 just for solo flute. To conclude, his celebrated Am退riques, the siren-infused New York cityscape written by Var耀se in the New World in 1918, and here performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo. Edgard Varese performed by musicians from the Guildhall and the BBC SO with Sakari Oramo. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Elgar Symphony No 3 | 20180520 | Elgar's Third Symphony in its completion by Anthony Payne. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Elgar's Falstaff | 20180922 | Elgar's Symphony Study: Falstaff, performed by BBC NOW and Jac van Steen An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Enescu Violin Sonata No 3 | 20160604 | Violinist Tai Murray and pianist Gilles Vonsattel perform Enescu's Violin Sonata No 3. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Felix Mendelssohn | 20140323 | Music by Mendelssohn including the Piano Concerto No 2, featuring soloist Stephen Hough. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Finzi: Dies Natalis | 20131215 | Dies Natalis by Gerald Finzi. Christopher Finzi conducts tenor Wilfred Brown and the ECO. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Friedrich Gernsheim | 20170206 | Oliver Triendl (piano) and the Gemeaux Quartet in Friedrich Gernsheim's Piano Quintet No 2 An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| From The New World | 20170226 | The BBC Philharmonic conducted by Yutaka Sado performs Dvorak's New World Symphony No 9. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Giles Swayne At 70 | 20160703 | Giles Swayne has long been a distinctive voice in the British choral scene and the BBC Singers have been singing his music for the last four decades. In a special studio recording the BBC Singers, along with conductor Andrew Griffiths, commemorate the composer's 70th birthday. Giles Swayne: Missa Tiburtina Giles Swayne: The Tiger Another of the composers that pushes the boundaries of choral music is Robert Saxton. His Five Motets, conducted by Nicholas Kok, round off this hour of the BBC Singers at their best. Robert Saxton: Five Motets. The BBC Singers mark the 70th birthday of composer Giles Swayne with a special recording. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Glass Night | 20170129 | Tom McKinney presents an all-night celebration of the music of Philip Glass, focusing on his epic early masterpiece Music In Twelve Parts, which lasts some three and a half hours. Philip Glass is recognised as one of the greatest of the so-called Minimalist composers who developed their radical new style of music in the bohemian atmosphere of the New York City downtown loft scene of the 1960s. Glass had studied classical composition but was looking for a new kind of musical language. He formed the Philip Glass Ensemble, an amplified group including several electric keyboards, wind instruments (saxophones, flutes), and soprano voices. The group played loud and rhythmic music that had the attack and excitement of rock music, very different from the refined sounds of the classical concert hall, and they tended to perform in unorthodox venues such as loft spaces. Glass's music for his ensemble culminated in Music in Twelve Parts (1971-1974), which began as a single piece with twelve instrumental parts but developed into a cycle of twelve substantial pieces. This broadcast will also include shorter works by Glass written for his ensemble from this period: Music with Changing Parts, Music in Similar Motion, Music in Contrary Motion and Music in Fifths. All in all, a blockbuster six hours of hypnotic minimalism. Tom McKinney presents an all-night celebration of the music of Philip Glass. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Glassworks | 20170304 | Philip Glass's Glassworks is performed by the Guildhall New Music Ensemble conducted by Richard Benjafield, in a recording from Milton Court, London, as part of the BBC Philip Glass at 80 Total Immersion weekend. Recorded at Milton Court on January 28th 2017 Philip Glass: Glassworks No.1: Opening No.2: Floe No.3: Island No.4: Rubric No.5. Facades No.6: Closing The Guildhall New Music Ensemble: Flutes: Antonia Berg, Simon Williams Soprano saxophones: Tammy Clark-Barrett, Thomas Gimson Tenor saxophones: Finlay McEwen, Max Ellenberger Horns: Ben Pollock, Oliver Johnson Viola: Ruth Kemna Cello: Akito Goto Piano: Jason Gong Synthesizer: Ben Smith Richard Benjafield (conductor) Glassworks, written in 1981, was one of the first pieces by the American composer to achieve cult status. Written in a new 'romantic' style that was a departure from Glass's more hard-edged minimalist sound world, it is scored for flute, soprano and tenor saxophones, piano, synthesizer, horns and strings. The Guildhall New Music Ensemble plays Philip Glass's Glassworks at Milton Court, London. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Goldberg Variations | 20091114 | Freddy Kempf (piano) performs Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV988. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Gould's Goldberg | 20160710 | The 1981 recording of Glenn Gould performing Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV988. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Haydn Arias | 20090207 | Bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff sings a selection of Italian arias from operas by Haydn. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Heino Eller | 20170506 | Music by Estonian composer Heino Eller. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Henry Hugo Pierson's Macbeth | 20170501 | 20170430 (R3) | A rare chance to hear Henry Hugo Pierson's symphonic poem Macbeth, Op 54. An occasional music series on Radio 3 |
| Henry V | 20151026 | A selection from William Walton's film music for Henry V. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Henryk Gorecki | 20151004 | Yesterday, the BBC Symphony Orchestra turned the spotlight on Henryk Gorecki in a day of concerts at the Barbican, London, in Total Immersion: Henryk Gorecki - Polish Pioneer. The day included this performance of his String Quartet no.2 (Quasi una fantasia) played by the Silesian String Quartet. Another concert from the day can be heard in Tuesday's Radio 3 In Concert. Gorecki's String Quartet No 2 (Quasi una fantasia) played by the Silesian String Quartet. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Hough Plays Rachmaninov And Bowen | 20160911 | Three virtuoso pianist composers in one programme. Stephen Hough - himself an accomplished composer - in a complete performance of the work discussed earlier this evening by Tom Service and Lucy Parham in 'The Listening Service', Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto. This is paired with the dramatic and virtuosic 5th Sonata by his younger contemporary, York Bowen. Bowen has often unfairly been dubbed 'the English Rachmaninov', but in this sonata, at least, the comparison does neither composer an injustice. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18 Stephen Hough, piano Dallas Symphony Orchestra conductor Andrew Litton York Bowen: Piano Sonata No 5 in F minor, Op 72 Stephen Hough, piano. Stephen Hough in Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2 and York Bowen: Piano Sonata No 5. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| International Women's Day: Speak Out | 20170308 | 'One child, one pen, one teacher, one book can change our world.' Radio 3 presents the world premiere of a work specially commissioned for International Women's Day, 'Speak Out'. Composer Kate Whitley sets the words of Malala Yousafzai from her 2013 United Nations speech about the right of every girl to education. We hear the piece performed by the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, and BBC Choir of the Year finalists Cor y Cwm, all conducted by Xian Zhang. Plus interviews with Kate Whitley and the performers. You can hear the full concert in Radio 3 in Concert tomorrow at 7.30pm. The world premiere of Kate Whitley's Speak Out, setting the words of Malala Yousafzai. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Jcf Bach | 20160125 | The New Bach Collegium Musicum of Leipzig performs JCF Bach's Symphony in B flat. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Jcf Bach | 20160314 | Burkhard Glaetzner conducts the New Bach Collegium Musicum in JCF Bach's Symphony in C. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| John Metcalf | 20170326 | A work composed by John Metcalf. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Kenneth Hesketh | 20170520 | Clare Hammond performs piano music by contemporary British composer Kenneth Hesketh. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Kurt Atterberg | 20160605 | Kurt Atterberg's Fourth and Sixth Symphonies conducted by Ari Rasilainen. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Laura Jurd And Dinosaur At Wigmore Hall In The Summer Of 2017 | 20180909 | New Generation Artists: Laura Jurd and Dinosaur at Wigmore Hall in the summer of 2017 London's Wigmore Hall's 'Lates' series played host to the devoted followers of the trumpeter, Laura Jurd, Radio 3's New Generation Jazz Artist at the time. Laura was joined at London's Wigmore Hall by her band, Dinosaur for some tracks from their Mercury Prize-nominated album Together as One,' and also some numbers they were working on at the time for the album, And Still we Wonder.' That latest album was released to great acclaim in May this year and Dinosaur are touring with it at the moment. Laur Jurd (trumpet) Elliot Galvin keyboard player, Conor Chaplin (bass and electric bass) Corrie Dick (percussion) New Generation Artists Laura Jurd and Dinosaur at Wigmore Hall in the summer of 2017 An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Liszt | 20110924 | Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in music by Liszt. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Liszt-wagner | 20130526 | Pianists Jorge Bolet and Daniel Barenboim play three of Liszt's transcriptions of Wagner, with music from the operas Tannh䀀user and Rienzi. Liszt: Overture to Wagner's Tannh䀀user, S442 Jorge Bolet, piano Liszt: Entry of the Guests on the Wartburg (Tannh䀀user), S445 No 1; Santo spirito cavaliere - Fantasy on themes from Rienzi, S439 Daniel Barenboim, piano. Pianists Jorge Bolet and Daniel Barenboim play three of Liszt's Wagner transcriptions. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| London Jazz Festival | 20161211 | Hear exciting experimental pianist and composer Francesco Tristano in collaboration with the BBC Concert Orchestra under the baton of its Principal Conductor Keith Lockhart. Causing as much of a stir in the club scene as in classical concert halls, Tristano works across the electronic and Baroque, dance music and the avant-garde and is a committed disregarder of limits and rigid practices in music. This concert, recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, opens with a virtuoso performance of Bach's Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 followed by Tristano's own solo study 'La franciscana', based on Balkan composite rhythm, which has become a cult classic in his repertoire and a crowd favourite - always requested in shows. The concert closes with the UK premiere of Tristano's own largely improvised 'free piano concert' Island Nation, which makes several references to electronic dance music, while being written in the symphonic idiom. Pianist and composer Francesco Tristano performs with the BBC Concert Orchestra. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Lyric Pieces | 20170116 | A selection of Grieg's Lyric Pieces performed by pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Mahan Esfahani | 20150913 | Former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Mahan Esfahani performs harpsichord music. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Mahler: Symphony No 1 | 20161023 | Thomas Sondergard conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Mahler's First Symphony. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Modigliani Quartet | 20151213 | The Modigliani Quartet performs Ravel's Quartet in F and Dohnanyi's Quartet No 3, Op 33. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Mozart | 20100410 | The Karol Szymanowski Quartet from Poland and the British viola-player Lawrence Power were members of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme from 2001 to 2003. In this recording from the archives, they join forces in a concert at LSO St Lukes in London to perform one of Mozart's greatest string quintets, the Quintet in D major, K593. The Karol Szymanowski Quartet and Lawrence Power (viola) in Mozart's Quintet in D, K593. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Music For Buchner | 20110220 | A musical epilogue to Radio 3's week-long focus on the nineteenth-century German playwright Georg Buchner. Alban BERG: 3 Fragments from 'Wozzeck' for soprano and orchestra Renee Fleming (soprano), New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine (conductor) Gottfried von EINEM: Dantons Tod - suite (excerpts) Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Cornelius Meister (conductor). A musical epilogue to Radio 3's focus on German playwright Georg Buchner. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Music On The Brink Of Destruction | 20170319 | Ian Skelly presents works performed during a recent concert that surveyed music written and performed in the Terezin and Warsaw ghettos - Music on the Brink of Destruction. Dovid Ayznshtat's Passover Cantata Chad Gadya, recently discovered in an old manuscript folder in Cape Town in 2012 by Dr. Stephen Muir, features alongside another newly unearthed work - Gideon Klein's melodrama, The Poplar Tree, uncovered in the archive of Prague's Jewish museum by Dr. David Fligg. The Clothworkers Consort of Leeds perform with pianist V?ra Müllerovက, violinist Benjamin Nabarro, Viola player Krzysztof Chorzelski and cellist Gemma Rosefield. Plus a UK Premiere, by the Leonore Piano Trio, of Soviet Holocaust music by the Mikhail Gnesin, and pianist Leo Nicholson accompanies Sam Carl, Emily Kyte and James Way in songs by composers from the Theresienstadt ghetto. Dovid Ayznshtat (arr/reconstructed by Stephen Muir): Cantata: Chad Gadya Benjamin Nabarro (violin) Krzysztof Chorzelski (viola) Gemma Rosefield (cello) Stephen Muir (cond) Anon (arr. Stephen Muir): Ani Ma'amin Dovid Beyglman (Isaiah Shpigl - lyrics) (arr. Stephen Muir): Nit kayn rozhinkes, nit kayn mandlen Dmitry Pokrass (Hirsh Glik - lyrics) (arr. Joseph Toltz): Zog nit keynmol az du keyst dem letstn veg V?ra Müllerovက (piano) Gideon Klein: String Trio Pavel Haas: Four Songs on Chinese Poetry, No. 4 (Probd?nက) Sam Carl (bass-baritone) Leo Nicholson (piano) Martin Roman: Karussell, Wir reiten auf h怀lzernen Pferden Emily Kyte (mezzo) Viktor Ullmann: Geistliche Lieder Op. 20 No. 1 - Um Mitternacht, im Schlafe schon James Way (tenor) Gideon Klein: Topol (The Poplar Tree) David Fligg (narrator) Hans Krကsa: Passacaglia and Fugue for string trio Mikhail Gnesin: To the Memory of Our Dead Children, Op. 63 Zikmund Schul: Two Chassidic Dances Op. 15 Gemma Rosefield (cello). Ian Skelly presents music written and performed in the Terezin and Warsaw ghettos. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Nachtmusique | 20151205 | Nachtmusique performs music by Mozart: Adagio in F, K580a; Serenade in B flat, K361. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| New England Tryptich | 20110917 | Clark Rundell conducts the BBC Philharmonic in three orchestral pieces by William Schuman. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Pathetique | 20160417 | BBC Philharmonic under Vassily Sinaisky in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 6, Op 74 (Pathetique) An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Philip Glass | 20180317 | Matt Haimovitz plays Philip Glass's 2010 Partita No 2 for Solo Cello. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Piano, Annie Fischer | 20121027 | Piano Season on the BBC: Annie Fischer was Peter Donohoe's choice in his survey of '50 Great Pianists' in this morning's Breakfast show. Now, a chance to hear Annie Fischer's legendary 1959 account of Mozart's Piano Concerto no 22 in E flat major K 482, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Annie Fischer's celebrated 1959 performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 22 in E flat. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Piano, Imogen Cooper | 20121021 | Piano Season on the BBC: Imogen Cooper's outstanding recording of the great Schubert B flat Sonata D 960. Imogen Cooper says of Schubert 'He has taken up a lot of my waking time for more than 30 years. In fact, you could say that his songs and his piano music have sometimes been close to an obsession for me'. For the BBC's piano season, Imogen Cooper's recording of Schubert's Sonata in B flat, D960 An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Piemontesi In Cheltenham | 20110709 | Pianist Francesco Piemontesi plays Brahms and Liszt at the Cheltenham Festival 2010. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Pierre Boulez | 20170129 | Members of Ensemble Intercontemporain in Boulez: Flute Sonatine and Le marteau sans maitre An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Puccini | 20161203 | Riccardo Chailly conducts the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in music by Puccini. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps | 20171210 | New Generation Artists Annelien Van Wauwe and the Amatis Piano Trio perform Messiaen. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Respighi's Pines Of Rome And Adagio Con Variazione | 20151101 | Performances of Respighi's Pines of Rome and Adagio con variazione. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Richard Rodney Bennett | 20161127 | Music by Richard Rodney Bennett performed at the Barbican's Total Immersion Day. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Richard Strauss For Violin | 20160228 | Thomas Albertus Irnberger performs two early works for violin composed by Richard Strauss. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Richard Wetz | 20170917 | Richard Wetz: Symphony no 2 in A, Op 47. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Salomon Jadassohn | 20160221 | Brandenburg State Orchestra of Frankfurt in music by Romantic composer Salomon Jadassohn. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Schoenberg's Society For Private Musical Performances | 20170101 | 20170102 (R3) | Music heard in Schoenberg's first season of subscription concerts, set up in November 1918 An occasional music series on Radio 3 |
| Schumann | 20150927 | Music by Schumann: Marchenbilder, Op 113, and Etudes en formes de variations, Op 13. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Schumann From Fanny And Alexander | 20150405 | A selection of music by Schumann used in Ingmar Bergman's film Fanny and Alexander. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Shakespeare, By Finzi | 20160424 | Shakespeare-inspired music by Gerald Finzi. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Shostakovich | 20150223 | The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Riccardo Chailly in Shostakovich's Jazz Suite No 2 An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Shostakovich From Wyastone Leys | 20110619 | The Kopelman Quartet play Shostakovich's String Quartet No 10, Op 118. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Sibelius | 20170528 | A sequence of music by Sibelius. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Sound Frontiers: 1946 | 20160924 | Recordings of some of the music first heard in the year the Third Programme was born - from Anton Webern to John Cage. Frank Martin (1890 - 1974) Petite symphonie concertante for harp, harpsichord, piano & double string orchestra Eva Guibentif - harp Christiane Jaccottet - harpsichord Ursula Ruttimann - piano Suisse Romande Orchestra Armin Jordan - conductor Anton Webern (1883 - 1945) Cantata No. 1, Op.29 Christiane Oelze - soprano BBC Singers Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Pierre Boulez - conductor Charles Ives (1874 - 1954) Two Contemplations: 1 - Central Park in the Dark 2 - The Unanswered Question New York Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Bernstein - conductor John Cage (1912 - 1992) Ophelia Margaret Leng Tan - piano. Music first heard in the year the Third Programme was born, from Webern to Cage. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Stephen Hough | 20170611 | Stephen Hough plays music by Franck and Liszt at the 2016 Edinburgh International Festival An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Steven Isserlis And Robert Levin | 20170604 | Another chance to hear a concert from the 2016 Edinburgh Festival. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Stokowski's Tristan | 20161003 | 20161002 (R3) | Philadelphia Orchestra in the Love Music from Acts 2 and 3 of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. An occasional music series on Radio 3 |
| Strauss's Macbeth | 20150518 | 20150517 (R3) | Richard Strauss's Macbeth played by the Dresden Staatskapelle conducted by Rudolf Kempe. An occasional music series on Radio 3 |
| Takacs Quartet | 20151227 | The Takacs Quartet in Janacek and Smetana at the 2014 Edinburgh International Festival. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Tchaikovsky String Quartet | 20110326 | The Borodin Quartet performs Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No 2 in F, Op 22. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Telemann Paris Quartets | 20090831 | Music for flute, violin, viola da gamba and continuo played by Musica ad Rhenum. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| The Music Of Edgard Var\u00e8se | 20171209 | The Music of Edgard Varese. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| The Other Max Bruch | 20180225 | The neglected second concerto by Max Bruch, and his rarely performed third symphony. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| The Other Side Of El Cid | 20160117 | The drama of El Cid realised in two colourful scores by Massenet and Rozsa. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Total Immersion: Leonard Bernstein | 20180204 | Music by Leonard Bernstein performed by musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, recorded at the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Total Immersion day at Milton Court Concert Hall at the Barbican Centre on 27th January. Presented by Andrew McGregor. Bernstein: Aria and Barcarolles Anne Reilly (soprano) James Newby (baritone) Michael Sikich & Krystal Tunnicliffe (pianos) Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata Charlotte Bartley (clarinet) Michael Sikich (piano) Bernstein: Prelude Fugue and Riffs Scott Stroman (conductor). Music by Leonard Bernstein with musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Vilde Frang, Milana Chernyavska | 20110507 | Vilde Frang performs the Violin Sonata by Strauss and Bartok's Solo Violin Sonata. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Weinberg From Wyastone Leys | 20110528 | Chamber music by one of the 20th century's forgotten musical stars, performed at the Wyastone Leys concert hall in the Monmouthshire countryside. Moisey (Mieczyslaw) Weinberg's Jewish heritage meant that his career was all but destroyed, first in Poland then in exile in the Soviet Union. Only now is his work re-emerging as a worthy counterpart to the music of Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Weinberg: Piano Quintet op.18 Kopelman Quartet, Elizaveta Kopelman (piano) repeat. The Kopelman Quartet and Elizaveta Kopelman (piano) in Weinberg's Piano Quintet, Op 18. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Wigmore Hall: Leon Mccawley | 20180311 | Another chance to hear last Monday's Lunchtime Concert of music by Haydn, Hans Gကl, Chopin and Beethoven from Wigmore Hall in London. Leon McCawley's world premi耀re recording of Hans Gကl's piano works championed the music of a composer who fled the Nazis to find refuge in Britain. Gကl's Three Preludes complement Haydn's dramatic C minor Sonata and the elegance of Chopin's Nocturnes. Haydn: Piano Sonata in C minor, HXVI:20 Hans Gကl: Three Preludes, Op 65 Chopin: 2 Nocturnes, Op 37 Beethoven: 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80 Leon McCawley, piano Recorded on 05 March 2018 at Wigmore Hall, London. Pianist Leon McCawley plays music by Haydn, Hans Gal, Chopin and Beethoven. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| William Alwyn | 20170924 | Orchestral music by William Alwyn, including his First Piano Concerto (1930) and Fourth Symphony (1959). The Magic Island - symphonic poem London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor William Alwyn Piano Concerto No 1 Peter Donohoe (piano) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conductor James Judd Symphony No 4 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conductor David Lloyd-Jones. Orchestral music by William Alwyn, including his First Piano Concerto and Fourth Symphony. An occasional music series on Radio 3 | |
| Witold Lutoslawski | 20170703 | 20170702 (R3) | The Amaryllis Quartet perform Lutoslawski's String Quartet. An occasional music series on Radio 3 |
| Zemlinsky | 20150608 | 20150607 (R3) | Thomas Dausgaard conducts the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Zemlinsky. An occasional music series on Radio 3 |
| Zukerman Chamber Players | 20151129 | The Zukerman Chamber Players perform music by Kodaly and Mendelssohn. An occasional music series on Radio 3 |