Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
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| 01 | 20110307 | This year the San Francisco Symphony celebrates its Centenary, and Afternoon on 3 features a week of concert performances from the Orchestra. Today's programme includes one of Mahler's most personal works, Das Lied von der Erde, performed by Stuart Skelton and Thomas Hampson, and conducted by the San Francisco Symphony's music director, Michael Tilson Thomas. Plus chamber music from the Jerusalem Quartet recorded at last year's San Francisco based Music@Menlo Festival. Presented by Katie Derham. 2pm Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture James Gaffigan (conductor) Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in E minor Sergei Khachatryan (violin) Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) 2.50pm Mozart: Symphony no.34 in C, K.338 3.15pm Dvorak: String Quartet no.12 'American Jupiter String Quartet 3.45pm Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Stuart Skelton (tenor) Thomas Hampson (baritone) 3.55pm Adams: Tomba Lontana Edo de Waart (conductor). The San Francisco Symphony in Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Dvorak and Mahler. |
| 01 | 20160201 | Ian Skelly begins a week of highlights from recent concerts given by the San Francisco Symphony recorded at their home, the Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. The Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, opens the week with a performance of Copland's Symhonic Ode. Today's programme also includes Kirill Gerstein performing Beethoven's 2nd Piano Concerto under Charles Dutoit, Sibelius and Stravinsky conducted by Osmo Vanska and Mendelssohn's 3rd Symphony conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado. Ton Koopman also gave a concert of music by JS Bach and his son Carl Philipp Emanuel. One work from this concert will be played each day, starting with JS Bach's 4th Orchestral Suite today. Ian Skelly (presenter) 2pm Aaron Copland Symphonic Ode Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) 2.20pm Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat, Op.19 Kirill Gerstein (piano) Charles Dutoit (conductor) 2.50pm Night Ride and Sunrise, Op.55 Osmo V䀀nska (conductor) 3.15pm J.S. Bach Orchestral Suite No.4 in D, BWV.1069 Ton Koopman (conductor) 3.40pm Symphonies of Wind Instruments 3.50pm Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 ('Scottish') Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor). Ian Skelly with music by Copland, Beethoven, Sibelius, Bach, Stravinsky and Mendelssohn. |
| 02 | 20110308 | Afternoon on 3 continues its celebration of the San Francisco Symphony in its Centenary year. Today's programme includes American music from Barber and Ives, plus Rautavaara's impressions of America in his Manhattan Trilogy. And former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Jonathan Biss is soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto no.22. Presented by Katie Derham. 2pm. Beethoven: Overture to King Stephen Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) Barber: Four Songs Op.13 Sasha Cooke (soprano) Wu Han (piano) 2.20pm Mozart: Piano Concerto no.22 in E flat, K.482 Jonathan Biss (piano) Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) Ives: Psalm 90 San Francisco Symphony chorus 3.05pm Brahms: Symphony no.2 in D Rautavaara: Manhattan Trilogy Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor) 4.15pm Respighi: The Fountains of Rome Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane Suite no.2 Prokofiev: Folk dance & dance with Mandolins (Romeo & Juliet) Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). The San Francisco Symphony in music by Beethoven, Mozart, Ives, Brahms and Respighi. |
| 02 | 20160202 | Ian Skelly presents highlights from the San Francisco Symphony, including Leila Josefowicz in Stravinsky's Violin Concerto and James Conlon conducting Tchaikovsky's Path退tique. Thomas Ades's Three Studies from Couperin are coupled by the Overture and Passacaille from Lully's Armide in a concert conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado, and Michael Tilson Thomas conducts an energetic new work by Steven Mackey, Eating Greens. Plus Ton Koopman conducting Peter Wyrick in CPE Bach's Cello Concerto in A. Ian Skelly (presenter) 2pm Jean-Baptiste Lully Overture and Passacaille, from 'Armide Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor) 2.10pm Thomas Ad耀s Les Amusemens (The Amusements) Les Tours de Passe-passe (The Sleight-of-Hand) L'me-en-peine (The Soul in Distress) 2.25pm Peter Wyrick (cello) Ton Koopman (conductor) 2.45pm Steven Mackey (* 1956) Eating Greens (1994) Part I: Religion, Food, Art Part II: Loose Ends Part III: Five Chords Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) 3.10pm Igor Stravinsky Violin Concerto in D Leila Josefowicz (violin) 3.40pm Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 ('Path退tique') James Conlon (conductor). The San Francisco Symphony in Lully, Ades, CPE Bach, Mackey, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky. |
| 03 | 20110309 | Afternoon on 3 continues to celebrate the San Francisco Symphony in its Centenary season. Today's programme includes former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Ingrid Fliter as soloist in Chopin's 2nd Piano Concerto, and the orchestra is joined by mezzo-soprano Nancy Maultsby and the San Franciso Symphony Chorus for Prokofiev's Cantata Alexander Nevsky. Presented by Katie Derham. 2pm Mussorgsky: Excerpts from Khovanshchina James Gaffigan (conductor) Bolcom: Amor, Blue, Song of Black Max Sasha Cooke (soprano) Wu Han (piano) 2.25pm Gluck: Suite from Orphee et Eurydice Bernard Labadie (conductor) Chopin: Piano Concerto no.2 in F minor Ingrid Fliter (piano) Roberto Abbado (conductor) 3.15pm Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky - Cantata, Op.78 Nancy Maultsby (mezzo) San Francisco Symphony Chorus Ragnar Bohlin (conductor) 3.55pm Prokofiev: The Fight (Romeo & Juliet) Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). The San Francisco Symphony in Mussorgsky, Bolcom, Gluck, Chopin and Prokofiev. |
| 03 | 20160203 | Ian Skelly continues a week of Afternoon on 3 showcasing highlights of recent concerts given by the San Francisco Symphony. Today, the renowned Finnish conductor Osmo Vanska conducts the orchestra in Sibelius's 6th Symphony, and the German violinist Christian Tetzlaff joins the orchestra with its Music Director, Michael Tilson Thomas, in Bartok's 2nd Violin Concerto. Ian Skelly (presenter) 2pm Lemmink䀀inen's Return, from 'Lemmink䀀inen Suite, Op.22 Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) 2.10pm B退la Bart k Violin Concerto No.2, BB.117 Christian Tetzlaff (violin) 2.50pm Symphony No.6 Osmo V䀀nska (conductor). The San Francisco Symphony performs music by Sibelius and Bartok. |
| 04 | 20110311 | This afternoon concludes a week of concerts by the San Francisco Symphony in its Centenary year. Today's programme includes Bach and Shostakovich conducted by the Orchestra's music director Michael Tilson Thomas, and Rachmaninov's 1st Piano Concerto perfomed by Kirill Gerstein under conductor Gustavo Dudamel. Plus more from last year's Music@Menlo Festival: Gershwin's An American in Paris. Presented by Katie Derham. 2pm Gershwin: An American in Paris Wu Han & Ken Noda (pianos) Bizet: Symphony in C major Bernard Labadie (conductor) 3.10 Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor Kirill Gerstein (piano) Gustavo Dudamel (conductor) Bach: Orchestral Suite no.2 in B minor, BWV.1067 Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) 4pm Shostakovich: Symphony no.5 in D minor Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). The San Francisco Symphony performs music by Bizet, Rachmaninov, Bach and Shostakovich. |
| 04 | 20160205 | Ian Skelly presents concludes a week of recent recordings by the San Francisco Symphony with music that includes Shostakovich's Concerto in C minor for piano trumpet and string orchestra, with the virtuosic French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Ton Koopman conducting Bach's cantata, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!, with soprano Carolyn Sampson, and Britten's suite from The Prince of the Pagodas. The young pianist Daniil Trifonov finishes the week with Rachmaninov's ever-popular Variations on a Theme by Paganini. 2pm Beethoven Leonore Overture No.3 in C, Op.72b Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) 2.15pm Concerto in C minor Op.35 for piano, trumpet and string orchestra Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) James Conlon (conductor) 2.40pm JS Bach Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!, cantata, BWV.51 Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Mark Inouye (trumpet) Ton Koopman (conductor) 3pm Traditional Lelambatan Tabuh Pat Jagul Gamelan Sekar Jaya 3.15pm Benjamin Britten (Arr Donald Mitchell & Mervyn Cooke) Suite from 'The Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57 4pm Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43 Daniil Trifonov (piano) Osmo V䀀nska (conductor). Ian Skelly presents music by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Bach, Britten and Rachmaninov. |