Radio 3 Listings for 24 – 30 April 2010 Page 1 of 10 SATURDAY 24 APRIL 2010 SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b00s4w8b) SCHUMANN Martin Handley presents Breakfast. Music from Scarlatti and Eichendorff-Liederkreis op.39 SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b00s1mf5) Sullivan, Poulenc and Purcell to start the day. Jonathan Swain presents rarities, archive and concert recordings Producer: Elizabeth Funning. from Europe's leading broadcasters SAT 09:00 CD Review (b00s4w8d) 01:01AM Building a Library: Schubert's Sonata in C (Grand Duo) SAT 15:00 World Routes (b00s4xhz) Donizetti Gaetano (1797-1848) Darbar Festival 2010 L'Elisir d'Amore With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano) (Adina) Kishani Jayasinghe Schubert: Sonata in C (Grand Duo); Sacred choral music from Episode 2 (soprano) (Gianetta) Stefano Secco (tenor) (Nemorino ) British cathedral choirs; Disc of the Week: Strauss: Alpine Ludovic Tezier (baritone) (Belcore) Paolo Gavaelli - (baritone) Symphony. Lopa Kothari and Jameela Siddiqi with more highlights from (Dulcamara), Royal Opera House Chorus, Royal Opera House the Darbar Festival of Indian classical music, held earlier this Orchestra, Mikko Franck (conductor) month at Kings Place in London. With a performance from SAT 12:15 Music Feature (b00s61z4) some of the leading exponents of the ancient dhrupad vocal 03:07AM When the Opera Comes to Town style, Ramakant and Umakant Gundecha, and music on the Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) saranghi from Murad Ali. 4 Ballades for piano (Op.10) It's often forgotten that opera during the nineteenth century in Paul Lewis (piano) Britain didn't always mean London. In fact, the provinces were This is the second of three programmes from this year's Darbar a vital part of the operatic circuit. In this programme, Susan Festival, which claims to be the biggest event of its kind in 03:29AM Rutherford uncovers some of the stories from the rich history Europe: artists from both North and South Indian musical Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) of provincial opera, when audiences from all classes flocked to traditions were presented in fourteen concerts over the Easter Symphony no. 5 (D.485) in B flat major hear whatever the visiting opera company was performing. weekend. A special feature of Darbar is that the concerts are Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein Perhaps the most tenacious presence on the provincial opera held across the day from morning until night, allowing for the (conductor) scene during the nineteenth century and beyond was the Carl different raags to be heard in their true time context. Lopa Rosa Company, which chuffed and puffed around the country Kothari and Jameela Siddiqi will be bringing their own 04:00AM on its own steam train. We discover their punishing schedule - expertise and insights to these programmes, as well as talking to Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767) typically a residency of a week with a different opera every the performers themselves. Sonata for recorder & basso continuo in D minor - from night before boarding the train again to the next theatre. Sarah Essercizii Musici Crouch, violinist in the Carl Rosa orchestra as it struggled to Camerata Köln survive during the 1950s, remembers life on the road, "going on SAT 16:00 Jazz Library (b00s4xj1) the knocker" - traipsing around towns looking for digs, and John Scofield 04:09AM performing Wagner operas with a pint sized orchestra. "We had Kalliwoda, Johann Wenzel [1801-1866] to play really quite strongly." Prior to his appearance at the 2010 Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Morceau de salon for oboe and piano (Op.228) guitarist John Scofield joins Alyn Shipton to choose key albums Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) Cedric Tiberghien (piano) In spite of resources which were limited by today's standards, from his extensive recorded catalogue. As well as his most the music itself was glorious - a repertoire based around Verdi, recent disc, Piety Street, he chooses discs with Medeski Martin 04:19AM Wagner, Puccini - including La Boheme, which like many other & Wood, Joe Lovano, Pat Metheny and Gary Burton. Papandopulo, Boris (1906-1991) works had its first UK performance outside London. Carmen Trio Sonata was so popular that special companies were established, which Scofield is one of the most famous jazz guitarists on the planet. Zagreb Guitar Trio toured for months at a time with only that piece. English As he tells Alyn Shipton in this programme, he was once more language performance was all the rage. The operatic popular in Europe than in the USA, but that all changed after 04:32AM establishment during the last decades of the nineteenth century his albums A-Go-Go and Bump, which put him firmly at the Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896) was desperate to create a national opera to rival the houses centre of the dance-based "jam-band" movement. So in this Ave Maria; Christus factus est; Locus iste (motets) which were springing up in Europe. Competitions were programme as well as sampling his work with jazz The Sokkelund Choir, Morten Schuldt Jensen (conductor) arranged to encourage British composers to come up with heavyweights such as Gary Burtion, Charlie Haden and Billy something which could compare with the great Italian and Higgins, we also hear him in full flight with members of Sex 04:46AM German works. In these years, in many ways, seeds were sown Mob, Deep Banana Blackout and Medeski, Martin & Wood. Andriessen, Hendrik (1892-1981) which would flower into ENO and the provincial touring opera Variations and fugue on a theme by Kuhnau companies of today. Martin Pickard, Head of Music at Opera Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, David Porcelijn North, gives the contemporary perspective. SAT 17:00 Jazz Record Requests (b00s4xr6) (conductor) Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. And we hear the tale of Maria Malibran - the most famous 05:01AM opera star of her day. (The stage-presence of Lady Gaga, the Litolff, Henry [Charles] (1818-1891) voice of an angel.) It was an enormous coup for the Manchester SAT 18:00 Opera on 3 (b00s4xr8) Scherzo - from the Concerto Symphonique No.4 (Op.102) Festival when she agreed to appear in 1836. The members of Live from the Met Arthur Ozolins (piano), Toronto Symphony, Mario Bernardi the festival committee must have been thrilled - until she died (conductor) in the city, leaving nobody to take charge of the arrangements. Puccini's Tosca

05:09AM With music by Bizet, Puccini, Verdi and Offenbach. Torture and suicide; murder and execution: despite the grisly Sandström, Sven-David (b. 1942) plot, Tosca has been one of the most popular of all operas ever En ny himmel och en ny jord [A new heaven and a new earth] Producer: Kerry Clark. since its 1900 premiere. Puccini's unerring dramatic instinct for a capella chorus makes for a compelling theatrical experience, and in the Chamber Choir AVE, Andraz Hauptman (conductor) character of Tosca, he created a role that has attracted many of SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00s4w8j) the great singing actresses of the last hundred years. Tonight's 05:17AM EBU concert: Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset Tosca, who gets to sing some unforgettable arias including Myslivecek, Josef (1737-1781) 'Vissi d'arte', is the celebrated American soprano, Patricia String Quintet no.2 in E flat major Lucie Skeaping presents highlights of a concert of French Racette. She heads a stellar international cast including German Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Werthen (conductor) Baroque music given by Les Talens Lyriques with the soprano tenor Jonas Kaufmann as Tosca's ill-fated lover, and the great Céline Scheen, directed by Christophe Rousset. Repertoire Welsh singer-actor, bass baritone Bryn Terfel in one of his 05:29AM includes music from Charpentier's Médée, and works by André signature roles: Scarpia, that seeming embodiment of cold Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868) Campra and Lully. The concert was recorded at the calculation and evil. William Tell - Overture Concertgebouw in Amsterdam at the end of 2009 by the Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Roman Zeilinger (conductor) European Broadcasting Union. Presented by Margaret Juntwait with guest commentator Ira Siff. The two intervals will contain the famous Met Quiz and 05:40AM live backstage interviews with members of the cast. Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) SAT 14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00s1l9g) Sonata for bassoon and piano in G (Op.168) Live from Wigmore Hall Tosca ..... Patricia Racette (soprano) Jens-Christoph Lemke (bassoon), Mårten Landström (piano) Cavaradossi ..... Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) German baritone Stephan Loges and pianist Gary Matthewman Scarpia ..... Bryn Terfel (bass) 05:53AM in a recital of German Lieder broadcast live from London's Angelotti ..... David Pittsinger (bass) Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787) Wigmore Hall and introduced by Katie Derham. Winner of the Sacristan ..... John del Carlo (bass) Symphony in C major, Op.10/4 1999 Wigmore Hall International Song Competition, Stephan Spoletta ..... Eduardo Valdes (tenor) La Stagione, Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor) Loges is equally at home on the opera stage and on the concert Sciarrone ..... Jeffrey Wells (bass) platform, and today brings insight and artistry to songs by Gaoler ..... Richard Bernstein (bass) 06:03AM Schubert, Brahms and Schumann. Shepherd Boy ..... Jonathan Makepeace (boy alto) Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 -1827) Fabio Luisi ..... Conductor String Quartet in C minor (Op.18 No.4) SCHUBERT Metropolitan Chorus and Orchestra. Pavel Haas Quartet Auf der Donau D.553 Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D.583 06:27AM Prometheus D.674 SAT 21:30 Between the Ears (b00s4xrx) Janácek, Leos (1854-1928) Im Abendrot D.799 The Glass Piano Pohádka [Fairy tale] for cello and piano [1910] Elizabeth Dolin (cello), Francine Kay (piano) BRAHMS Writer and poet Deborah Levy considers the true story of Minnelied Op.71 no.5 Princess Alexandra Amelie of Bavaria, 1826-1875 who at the 06:39AM Der Gang zum Liebchen Op.48 no.1 age of 23 was observed awkwardly walking sideways down the Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) O kühler Wald Op.72 no.3 corridors of her family palace. When questioned by her worried Suite for Orchestra No.3 in D (BWV.1068) Wie bist du, meine Königin Op.32 no.9 royal parents, she announced that she had swallowed a grand Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ivor Bolton (conductor). glass piano. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 24 – 30 April 2010 Page 2 of 10 The Princess is played by Emily Watson. Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906-1975) Cinderella's waltz from Zolushka [Cinderella] - suite no.1 Ballet Suite No. 1 (Op.107) The piece is structured between the Princess's dialogue as she Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazushi Ono (conductor) BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) walks through the palace and the conversations Levy has to find out what's wrong with her. Our key contributors are the 01:14AM 05:11AM psychoanalyst Susie Orbach, historian Erin Sullivan and Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953) Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Dr Fiona Lecky with music Concerto for cello and orchestra no. 1 (Op. 33) in A minor March - from 'The Love for Three Oranges' composed and arranged by Chris O'Shaughnessy. Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Luxembourg Philharmonic San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas Orchestra, Kazushi Ono (conductor), (conductor) This is a magical tale on the one hand and a partial history and analysis of mental delusions on the other. 01:36AM 05:13AM Bloch, Ernest (1880-1959) Huber, Hans (1852-1921) We follow the 23 year old Alexandra Amelie as she walks Gebet Cello Sonata No.4 in B flat major (Op.130) sideways around the doors and ornaments of the royal palace. Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) Esther Nyffenegger (cello), Desmond Wright (piano) She is wearing a white dress, certain colours and smells distress her. 01:40AM 05:39AM Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757) Delusions of being made from glass were quite popular in the Habanera Sinfonie in G major 16th century. The stories are extraordinary and include "The Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) András Keller (violin), Concerto Köln Lawyer Made From Glass", by Cervantes which tells of a man who believed his body was made from glass. He wears loose 01:43AM 05:42AM clothing, sleeps in straw, walks in the middle of the road to Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893) Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725) avoid injury from falling roof tiles, and is so scared of people Manfred Symphony (Op. 58) Sinfonia amore, pace e providenza approaching him when they give him food, he fixes a bucket to Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazushi Ono (conductor) Stavanger Symphony Orchestra; Fabio Biondi (conductor) the end of a pole so fruit can be deposited in it. 02:37AM 05:46AM For Levy, Alexandra Amelie is a sort of early cyborg, a Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Picchi, Giovanni (1571/2-1643) collision of flesh and technology. Woman and piano have Jesu, meine Freude (BWV.227) Ballo alla Polacca; Ballo Ongaro; Ballo ditto il Pichi merged, the piano being an instrument of communication. Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord) Ivars Taurins (conductor) 05:52AM SAT 22:00 Pre-Hear (b00s5xhq) 03:01AM Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788) The Four Sections Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) Klopstocks Morgengesang am Schöpfungsfeste (Wq.239) Octet for strings in E flat (Op.20) Barbara Schlick (soprano 1), Johanna Koslowsky (soprano 2), As Hear and Now spends a few weeks in so-called 'minimalist' Leonidas Kavakos, Per Kristian Skalstad, Frode Larsen & Tor Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Herman Max territory, a work by one of the fathers of the style, Steve Reich. Johan Böen (violins), Lars Anders Tomter & Catherine Bullock (conductor) His 1987 score, The Four Sections in one of his few stand-alone (violas), Öystein Sonstad & Ernst Simon Glaser (cellos) works for full orchestra, designed as a response to Michael 06:05AM Tilson Thomas's urgings for him to compose a concerto for 03:33AM Eckhard, Johann Gottfried (1735-1809) orchestra. The result is a fascinating take on showcasing the Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827] arr. Geert Bierling Sonata in F minor (Op.1 No.3) orchestral departments, individually and then together. The Marcia Funebre from Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 55 Arthur Schoonderwoerd Four Sections is performed here by the orchestra who gave the 'Eroica' UK premiere in 1988 - the London Symphony Orchestra Geert Bierling (organ) 06:26AM conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. [recorded in the Beusichem, Hervormde kerk, Holland on the Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957) Christian Gottlieb Friedrich Witte organ of 1858] Tapiola - symphonic poem, Op. 112 (1926) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor) SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b00s4xs1) 03:38AM Howard Skempton Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) 06:42AM Concerto for cello and orchestra in D major (H.7b.2) Morley, Thomas (c.1557-1602), arr. Timothy Kain Ivan Hewett talks to to British composer Howard Skempton and Alexandra Gutu (cello), Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra, Now is the month of Maying introduces a concert of his works including the world premiere Radu Zvoriszeanu (conductor) Guitar Trek of a new piece for viola and chamber ensemble. 04:03AM 06:43AM Howard Skempton: Only the Sound Remains for viola and Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) Raminsh, Imant (b. 1943) chamber ensemble (world premiere); Roundels of the Year for Overture from the Incidental music to König Stephan (Op.117) Ave Verum Corpus choir; Two Cello Interludes; The Voice of the Spirits for choir; Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor) Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn (conductor) Two Guitar Interludes; Rise Up, my Love for choir 04:11AM 06:49AM Charlie Usher: Slow Pan for piano and chamber ensemble Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741] Benoit, Peter (1834-1901) orchestrated by Lodewijk Violin Concerto in D (Op.3 No.9) (RV.230) Mortelmans Christopher Yates (viola); Ulrich Heinen (cello); James Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director) Tale in F major Woodrow (guitar); Malcolm Wilson (piano) Flemish Radio Orchestra, Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor) EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble 04:19AM Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Rosenmuller, Johann (c 1619-1684) 06:52AM James Weeks (conductor) De profundis - Psalm 129 (130) Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827] Johanna Koslowsky (soprano), David Cordier (countertenor), Rondino in E flat (WoO 25) for two oboes, two clarinets, two Recorded at the CBSO Centre, Birmingham, last February. Gerd Türk (tenor), Stephan Schreckenberger (bass), Carsten horns, two bassoons Lohff (organ), Cantus Köln, Konrad Junghänel (conductor/lute) The Festival Winds.

04:32AM SUNDAY 25 APRIL 2010 Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849) SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b00s4xyt) Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante (Op.22) Sunday - Martin Handley SUN 00:00 Jazz Library (b00knsyg) Ludmil Angelov (piano), Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Dave Liebman Orchestra, Milen Nachev (conductor) Martin Handley presents Breakfast. Start the day with choral music from Rebelo and Byrd, piano music from Chopin and Dave Liebman came to fame as the saxophonist in Miles 04:46AM and Haydn, and go through the sound barrier with Malcolm Davis's 1970s band, but he has had a formidable career since Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868) Arnold. the 1980s as a bandleader in his own right, often specialising on Una voce poco fa - from 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia' [arranged for the soprano instrument, but also returning to the his first love, trumpet and orchestra] the tenor. He joins Alyn Shipton in front of an audience at Jouko Harjanne (trumpet), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari SUN 10:00 Sunday Morning (b00s4xyw) Cheltenham Town Hall to select the highlights of his Rasilainen (conductor) Farewells recordings. 04:52AM There are many ways to say goodbye. In his last Sunday In this Jazz Library, Dave Liebman, who was the Cheltenham De Vocht, Lodewijk (1887-1977) morning programme, Iain Burnside contemplates some of those Jazz Festival's artist in residence in 2009, joins Alyn Shipton to Naar Hoger Licht (Towards a Higher Light), symphonic poem ways with the help of Beethoven, Wagner and Julie Andrews. look back over his extensive catalogue of recordings, including with cello solo (1933) free solo improvisations, reinterpretations of classical music, Luc Tooten (cello), Vlaams Radio Orkest [Flemish Radio tributes to John Coltrane and interpretations of standards. A Orchestra], Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor) SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b00s4xzb) virtuoso musician who is also a leader in the world of jazz Joanne Harris education, Liebman shows his mastery in a variety of settings 05:01AM from playing completely unaccompanied to working with a full- Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) Today Michael Berkeley welcomes the writer Joanne Harris, scale big band. Maria Theres. Hab' mir's gelobt, ihn lieb zu haben - Trio from whose best-selling novel 'Chocolat' (1999), set in the Gers area Act II, final scene of Der Rosenkavalier (Op.59) [1909-10] of France and based round food, was made into an Oscar- Adrianna Pieczonka (soprano), Tracey Dahl (soprano), Jean nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Leslie Caron. Born SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b00s4xw9) Stilwell (mezzo-soprano), Members of the Toronto Symphony in Barnsley, Yorkshire, to a French mother and an English Susan Sharpe presents rarities, archive and concert recordings Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) father, her early family life was filled with food (her from Europe's leading broadcasters grandparents ran a sweet shop) and folklore (her great- 05:06AM grandmother was a healer). Joanne Harris has gone on to 01:01AM Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953) publish many more best-selling novels, including 'Blackberry Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 24 – 30 April 2010 Page 3 of 10 Wine' (2000), 'Five Quarters of the Orange' (2001), 'Jigs and Organ Prelude: Plein Jeu (Magnificat in G) (Dandrieu) Panamanian by birth, a New Yorker by upbringing, and a Reels' (2004), 'Gentlemen and Players' (2005), 'The Lollipop Invitatory: Deus in adjutorium meum (Gastoldi) resident of Switzerland for more than 25 years, Billy Cobham Shoes' (2007), and most recently, ' blue-eyedboy' (2010), a Antiphons & Psalms: 110, 111, 112, 113, 117 (Plainsong) has pursued an ever-broadening, ever-deepening engagement psychological thriller played out through internet posts. She also Hymn: Iste confessor (Victoria) with the world not only as a master drummer and percussionist writes about her great love, French cooking, and has published a Antiphon: O Doctor optime (Plainsong) but as a composer, producer, educator, and clinician who gives cookbook entitled 'The French Kitchen' and a follow-up, 'The Canticle: Magnificat secundi toni (Victoria) service through music even as he constantly expands his French Market'. She plays bass guitar in a band first formed Motet: Beati quorum via (Stanford) personal creative expression.. He talks to Claire Martin about when Antiphon of Our Lady: Regina caeli (Howells) his current CD "Palindrome." she was 16. Organ Voluntary: Toccata (Marcel Lanquetuit) Also this week Jazz Line-Up presents UK Drummer Martin Her musical choices for 'Private Passions' begin with 'In the Celebrant: The Revd Fr. George Bowen Drew and his New Couriers especially recorded for this Hall of the Mountain King' from Grieg's incidental music to Director of Music: Patrick Russill programme . He is recognized as a UK legend having played 'Peer Gynt' which was the first LP she bought, and also reflects Organist: John McGreal. with, been requested by, and constantly in demand to play with her own love of myths and stories. There's also 'Vltava' from many of the world's great musicians. Martin has a wealth of Smetana's 'Ma Vlast' (My Country), which she played in the experience, natural ability, a fine technique and the skill to school orchestra, and which made her dream of distant places; SUN 17:00 Discovering Music (b00s4y0r) adapt and fit into many different kinds of playing situations. He the beautiful slow movement of Schubert's Piano Trio in E flat, Milhaud and Poulenc has been playing for over 50 years, won many awards, and has which reminds her of her grandfather; an excerpt from Mahler's entries in various books and encyclopaedias all over the world. First Symphony, which she associates with her university days Charles Hazlewood is joined by the BBC Concert Orchestra to His current project "The New Couriers", pays tribute to the at Cambridge, falling in love and beginning to write; and explore works by two of the French artists who made up the music of Michael Brecker, Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, Victor Rachmaninov's Prelude in C sharp minor, which takes her back group of composers known as Les Six: Darius Milhaud and his Feldman, Jimmy Deuchar, and Clark Terry. to the early days of her married life. pantomime Le Boeuf sur le Toit and Francis Poulenc's Les Biches suite. M Berkeley The Wakeful Poet (Music from Chaucer) (pub OUP) MONDAY 26 APRIL 2010 Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet SUN 18:30 Choir and Organ (b00s4y0t) BBQ BBQ 003 T10 Weddings MON 01:00 Through the Night (b00s4y3g) 0m25s Susan Sharpe presents rarities, archive and concert recordings Aled Jones takes a look at the weird and wonderful world of from Europe's leading broadcasters Grieg music at weddings. Whether in church or at a civil ceremony in In the Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt) a Registry Office the wedding day can take unsual turns. And 01:01AM Berlin PO/Herbert Von Karajan once the paperwork is stamped festivities can take place Spohr, Louis [1784-1859] Grieg Peer Gynt DG 419 474-2 T4 wherever. How about the music then? Aled is joined by Nigel Sextet for 2 violins, 2 violas and 2 cellos (Op.140) in C major 2m06s Short director of music at 'The Four Weddings and a Funeral Copenhagen Classic Church', St Bart's; David Guest whose company provides a Smetana Vltava (from Ma Vlast) comprehensive musical package for the big day; and the 01:22AM Royal Liverpool PO/Libor Pesek broadcaster and former member of the Communards the Revd Jersild, Jorgen (1913-2004) Smetana Ma Vlast VIRGIN CLASSICS 561223-2 T2 Richard Coles, now Curate of St Paul's Church Knightsbridge, 3 Danish Romances for Choir 11m54s London. The Jutland Chamber Choir, Mogens Dahl (conductor)

Ennio Morricone 01:34AM Theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly SUN 20:00 Drama on 3 (b00fmdbx) Schumann, Robert [1810-1856] The Good, the Bad and the Ugly CAPITOL 866248-2 T1 The Pattern of Painful Adventures Quintet for piano and strings (Op.44) in E flat major 2m40s Sverre Larsen (piano) Copenhagen Classic By Stephen Wakelam Schubert 02:04AM Piano Trio in E flat, D929 (2nd movement, Andante con moto) Business is going well, but the playwright urgently needs a Grainger, Percy (1882-1961) The Beaux Arts Trio collaborator for his latest play. His daughter is getting married. Danish Folk-Music Suite Complete Trios PHILIPS 438 700-2 CD2 T2 His brother has a sick child and is in need of a job. It is 1607 Claire Clements (piano), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, 8m55s and Shakespeare's life is at a turning point. Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

Rachmaninov William Shakespeare ..... Antony Sher 02:24AM Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 3 No 2 Jack Robinson ..... Will Keen Børresen, Hakon (1876-1954) Emil Gilels (piano) John Marston ..... Stephen Critchlow Sextet for strings (Op. 5) in G major Emil Gilels BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92615 CD7 T12 George Wilkins ..... Chris Pavlo Copenhagen Classic 3m50s Susannah Shakespeare ..... Helen Longworth Richard Burbage ..... John Rowe 02:54AM Mahler William Ostler/ Robert Johnson ..... Robert Lonsdale Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767) Symphony No 1 in D (1st movement excerpt) Edmund Shakespeare ..... Joseph Kloska Conclusion for two flutes and strings in E minor Bavarian Radio SO/Rafael Kubelik Concerto Copenhagen, Monica Huggett (violin/director) Mahler Symphony No 1 in D DG 449 735-2 T1 Produced and Directed by Jeremy Mortimer (Rpt). 9m27s. 03:01AM Kunzen, Friedrich (1761-1817) SUN 21:30 The Lebrecht Interview (b00cx88k) Overture to the play 'Husitterne' (The Hussites) SUN 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00s4y03) Vladimir Ashkenazy Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Peter Marschik (conductor) London Handel Festival Singing Competition 2010 One of the world's best known musicians, Vladimir Ashkenazy, 03:08AM Lucie Skeaping presents highlights from the final of the 2010 in conversation with Norman Lebrecht. In a bright, humorous Arriaga, Juan Crisostomo (1806-1826) London Handel Festival Singing Competition, recorded at St and optimistic 45 minutes, Ashkenazy describes himself as one Erminia, scène lyrique-dramatique George's, Hanover Square in March. The competition is an of the luckiest people alive. He talks about his 'accidental' exile Rosamind Illing (soprano), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, annual event at the Festival, this year being the 9th competition, to the West. He describes his recruitment to and subsequent Heribert Esser (conductor) and attracts many applicants from the UK and overseas. During sacking by the KGB, and he considers how he now doesn't play the programme Lucie Skeaping finds out more about it by live because of arthritis and misshapen fingers. And he tells 03:23AM talking to the winner of the first competition, the British tenor Norman he still has one unfulfilled dream: to conduct opera. Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849) Andrew Kennedy, to Laurence Cummings and to one of the (Rpt) Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor (Op.21) adjudicators, the counter-tenor Michael Chance. Music in the Patrick Cohen (fortepiano), Capella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin programme includes part of each of the 6 finalists' Producer: Jeremy Evans. Linde (director) performance, with the London Handel Orchestra directed by the competition's founder and Music Director of the London 03:59AM Handel Festival, Laurence Cummings. SUN 22:15 Words and Music (b00s4y2s) Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) The Rebel Quartet for piano and strings in E flat (K.493) Paul Lewis (piano), Antje Weithaas (violin), Lars Anders SUN 14:00 Radio 3 Requests (b00s4y05) David Bamber and Gillian Bevan (readers) Tomter (viola), Patrick Demanga (cello) Durufle, Respighi, David Oistrakh Every Sunday evening Radio 3 brings you a sequence of music, 04:27AM Fiona Talkington delves into this week's selection of listeners' poetry and prose: this week's theme is the Rebel. Hellendaal, Pieter (1721-1799) requests. Today's line-up includes a piano concerto by one third Concerto grosso for strings and continuo in E flat major (Op.3 of Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Gregorian moods by Durufle From the Paris Commune to the American teenage rebellion of No.4) and Respighi, and classic archive performances by David the 1950s, from home life to public life, David Bamber and Combattimento Consort Amsterdam Oistrakh and Francoise Pollet. Gillian Bevan explore the defiance of personal rebellion and collective uprising in a series of readings, including work by 04:40AM WB Yeats, Philip Larkin, Maya Angelou, Germaine Greer and Franck, César (1822-1890) SUN 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00s1lxc) Brian Moore; and music by Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Arnold Bax, Chorale No.3 in A minor (M.40), from Trois Chorales pour Choral Vespers for the Feast of St Anselm Aaron Copland and Leonard Cohen. grande orgue Pierre Pincemaille (organ) CHORAL VESPERS For the Feast of St Anselm, live from the Church of the London SUN 23:30 Jazz Line-Up (b00s4y2v) 04:52AM Oratory. Billy Cobham, Martin Drew and his New Couriers Massenet, Jules (1842-1912) Manon Act 1: Manon and Des Grieux recit and duet 'Et je sais Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 24 – 30 April 2010 Page 4 of 10 votre nom'; 'Nous vivrons à Paris....Tous les deux' DECCA 455 247-2 Elisabeth Kulman, (con) Lyne Fortin (soprano), Richard Margison (tenor), Orchestre Adrian Eröd, (bass) Symphonique de Québec, Simon Streatfield (conductor) 10.34* Vienna Musikverein Chorus Sibelius 05:01AM Violin Concerto, Op.47 2.40 Grainger, Percy (1882-1961) Jascha Heifetz (violin) Brahms: Symphony No.4 Hill-Song No.2 RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon (conductor) Walter Hendl (conductor) Tugan Sokhiev (conductor) RCA 82876 66372-2 05:06AM Handel: Dixit Dominus Weyse, Christoff Ernst Friedrich (1774-1842) 11.00* Emma Bell & Bibiana Nwobilo (sops) Sonata No.1 in E major Schubert Elisabeth von Magnus (con) Folmer Jensen (piano) Grand Duo, D.812 Kenneth Tarver (ten) The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's Timothy Sharp (bar) 05:19AM CD Review. Arnold Schönberg Choir Jarzebski, Adam (1590-1649) Vienna Concentus Musicus Corona Aurea - concerto a 3 Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) Simon Standage (violin), Il Tempo (Agata Sapiecha (violin), MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00s4y7t) Marcin Zalewski (viol da gamba), Liliaana Stawarz (chamber Samuel Barber (1910-1981) 4.20 organ) Sibelius: Symphony No.1 Uncle Sidney New Zealand Symphony Orchestra 05:26AM Pietari Inkinen (conductor). Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713) He's seen as one of the great Apple Pie composers, the man Concerto grosso (Op.6 No.8) in G minor 'per la notte di Natale' who showed that American music was at last ready to be taken ('Christmas night') seriously. But in the year of Barber's centenary, is this a realistic MON 17:00 In Tune (b00s4y8h) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor) summary of a man whose work is still relatively unknown Presented by Petroc Trelawny. amongst the general public save for his mega-hit choral work 05:42AM 'Agnus Dei', itself a reworking of a movement from his first Petroc is joined by the exciting young Czech string quartet, the Reger, Max (1873-1916) string quartet? Pavel Haas quartet, who play Britten, Shostakovich and Dvorak Motet: 'Ach Herr, strafe mich nicht' (Op.110 No.2) in the studio ahead of their recital at London's Wigmore Hall Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor) This week Donald Macleod tells the story of the real Samuel this week. Barber, from his childhood experiences playing amongst the 05:59AM shipping tags at his grandfather's factory to his final years, when Also in the studio, Mexican guitarist Morgan Szymanski and his Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904) he was mortally scarred by the failure of what was supposed to group Machaca, which consist of some of the UK's finest young Overture 'Othello' (Op.93) (1891-2) be his crowning achievement in music. classical musicians, play music from their new album, 'Los BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor) Ambulantes', which they are launching at London's Southbank Along the way, he charts a number of relationships which were Centre this week. 06:15AM to make a defining impression on him, including rare interview Raff, Joachim (1822-1882) footage with the likes of composer Gian Carlo Menotti Main news headlines are at 5.00 and 6.00 La Fileuse (Op.157 No.2) (Barber's lifelong partner), Aaron Copland, and also the soprano E-mail: [email protected]. Dennis Hennig (piano) Leontyne Price who became one of his most trusted collaborators. 06:19AM MON 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00s4y8k) Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) An even more complex relationship which he battled with Mahler Symphony Cycle Macbeth (Op.23) throughout his career was that with his country. Despite BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) becoming that emblem of national pride, Barber never felt Episode 4 comfortable as a cultural ambassador for America. Even when 06:39AM he joined the army it was very much on his own terms, in fact Halle Mahler Cycle: Vierne, Louis (1877-1937) he displayed impressive negotiating skills in carving himself the Berceuse (sur les paroles classiques) perfect niche as a composing combatant, able to call upon all Presented by Catherine Bott Leon van den Brand (organ). Played on the 1894 Franciscus manner of military performing resources. Cornelius Smits II organ of St Jacobuskerk, Zeeland Markus Stenz conducts Mahler's early symphonic movement But Donald Macleod begins Barber's story closer to home, in Blumine and the Fourth Symphony with Carolyn Sampson as 06:44AM West Chester Pennsylvania, where the composer forged perhaps soprano soloist. She also features in the world premiere of a Traditional (Swiss) [arr. Corsin Tuor] the most influential musical relationship in his life. His singing work by Detlev Glanert which reworks one of Schubert's Tutta nanna tgu [Lullaby] uncle, Sydney Homer, was to be a constant inspiration, always longest songs. at hand to encourage his nephew as he became one of the first 06:47AM ever students at the Curtis Institute. Barber even followed him MAHLER: Blumine Scherrer, Carli (b.19??) arranged Corsin Tuor into an early singing career, as we hear in some of the few SCHUBERT: orch. Detlev Glanert Einsamkeit, D620 World Zuola roda, zuola [Turn spinning wheel, turn] commercial recordings he made. Premiere MAHLER: Symphony No.4 Brassband Bürgermusik Luzern, Corsin Tuor (director) Halle Orchestra MON 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00s4y7w) Markus Stenz (conductor) 06:51AM Werner Gura Barnes, Milton (1931-2001) Followed by: Three Folk Dances Tenor Werner Güra is well-known for his work in opera, oratorio and as a recitalist, and has developed a reputation for Beethoven: String Quartet, op 30 no 2 06:56AM excelling in the Viennese classics. So today will be a treat as he Alina Ibragimova (violin) Kroll, William (1901-1980) gives an all-Schubert recital with pianist Christoph Berner. Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Banjo and Fiddle WIGMORE HALL LIVE WHL 0036 tr 10-13 Programme includes: Moshe Hammer (violin), Valerie Tryon (piano). SCHUBERT MON 21:15 Night Waves (b00s4y8y) Der Wanderer an den Mond Javier de Frutos/Dinah Birch MON 07:00 Breakfast (b00s4y7n) Im Frühling Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Start the day with a refreshing Auf der Bruck Matthew Sweet presents the arts and ideas programme, with choice of music. Willkommen und Abschied interviews and roundtable debates about the key cultural issues Der Wanderer of the week. Wanderers Nachtlied MON 10:00 Classical Collection (b00s4y7q) Das Zügenglöcklein Matthew talks to award-winning Venezuelan choreographer Monday - Sarah Walker Der Winterabend. Javier de Frutos about his involvement in a new production of Macbeth which opens at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre this Classical Collection with Sarah Walker. Classic recordings and week. How has his unique approach to movement influenced great performances with the spirit of 1920s Paris conjured up MON 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00s4y7y) this production that draws on the primitive, violent climate of by George Gershwin, a parlour piece from the 1890s by Vienna 11th Century Scotland? Brahms, and Sibelius's Violin Concerto featuring Jascha Heifetz. Episode 1 And as the General Election campaign continues Matthew Sweet's guests Dinah Birch and Anthony Howard discuss how 10.00 Music and performances from Vienna feature strongly in this the electoral process has been represented by writers of fiction Gershwin week's programmes. By contrast there is also a cycle of the from George Eliot in Middlemarch to the embittered Anthony An American in Paris Sibelius symphonies recorded in concerts given by the New Trollope whose own attempts to enter parliament as an MP London Symphony Orchestra Zealand Symphony Orchestra under their young Finnish Music fuelled his grim descriptions of electioneering. Andre Previn (conductor) Director Pietari Inkinen. EMI CDC 747161-2 Haydn: Symphony No.104 (London) MON 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00s4y7t) 10.18* [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Brahms 2.20 Intermezzi, Op.117 Zeisl: The Ninety-Second Psalm ('Requiem Ebraico') Julius Katchen (piano) Ildiko Raimondi, (sop) MON 23:00 The Essay (b00mrxqb) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 24 – 30 April 2010 Page 5 of 10 The Scientist and the Romantic 04:25AM Hugh Bean (solo violin) Suk, Josef (1874-1935) New Philharmonia Orchestra The Greenhouse and the Field Elegie (Op.23) Adrian Boult (conductor) Suk Trio HMV 572162-2 Nature writer Richard Mabey reflects on his lifelong relationship with science and the natural world. 04:31AM 10.38* Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741) A Group of 3 songs by Ilse Weber, an intern of the He talks about his very first laboratory - his father's greenhouse, Sonata for oboe, violin and continuo in C major (RV.779) Theresienstadt concentration camp. a magician's chamber, where as a nine-year-old he would Camerata Köln conduct his own experiments with chemicals bought with his I. Weber pocket money. His childhood adventures there led him on a 04:45AM Ade Kamerad!; path which was to inform the rest of his life exploring the Mielczewski, Marcin (1590-1651) Und der Regen rinnt; natural environment. Deus in nomine tuo - Psalmkonzert for bass, 2 violins, cello and Wiegala continuo Christian Gerhaher (baritone) Concerto Polacco Gerold Huber (piano) MON 23:15 Jazz on 3 (b00s4y9j) Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) Django Bates' Beloved Bird Trio 04:50AM Bengt Forsberg (piano) Wassenaer, Unico Wilhelm van (1692-1766) Bebe Risenfors (double bass/guitar) Jez Nelson presents a concert by pianist Django Bates and his Concerto No.6 in E flat major DG 477 6546 new trio Beloved Bird, in which they perform new Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend interpretations of music by Bates' hero, the pioneering (conductor) 10.46* saxophonist Charlie Parker. Bates has said, 'having heard Joplin Charlie Parker's music from my birth onwards, I knew it was 05:01AM Solace good in the way that I knew that food was good. It was Spohr, Louis (1784-1859) William Bolcom (piano) nutrition: a life force'. Parker classics such as Now's The Time Fantasy, Theme and Variations a theme of Danzi in B minor OMEGA OCD3001 and Moose the Mooche will be re-arranged and de-constructed (Op.81) resulting in various levels of recognizability. László Horvath (clarinet), New Budapest String Quartet 10.52* Weber orch. Berlioz Beloved Bird features Petter Eldh on bass and Peter Bruun on 05:09AM Invitation to the Dance drums. Best known for playing keyboards, this is the first time Duruflé, Maurice (1902-1986) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Bates has toured with an acoustic piano trio in many years, and Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens (Op.10) Fritz Reiner (conductor) he acknowledges that two classic American piano trios provided Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir, Evi Eespere RCA 09026 61250-2 particular inspiration: the Bill Evans Trio and The Bad Plus. For (director) the latter, the admiration is certainly mutual, and this 11.02* programme also features an extensive interview with Bates by 05:17AM Milhaud Bad Plus pianist Ethan Iverson. Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924) Le Boeuf sur le Toit Nocturne No.1 in E flat minor (Op.33 No.1) Orchestre de Paris Now residing in Copenhagen, where he's Professor of Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Leonard Bernstein (conductor) Rhythmic Music at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory, Django EMI 345808-2 Bates first came into the public eye as a member of seminal 05:26AM 1980s big band Loose Tubes. Since then he has led his own Corigliano, John (b. 1938) 11.22* large ensemble Delightful Precipice, found an outlet for his Elegy for orchestra [1965] Mozart more experimental compositions with his small group Human CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581 Chain and won numerous awards including being voted Best Pascal Moragues (clarinet) UK Jazz Composer three times by The Wire. 05:35AM Prazak Quartet Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741) PRAGA PRD/DSD 250 200. Presenter: Jez Nelson Trio Sonata No.12 in D minor, RV.63 'La Folia' Producer: Joby Waldman & Peggy Sutton. Il Giardino Armonico TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00s4ydf) 05:45AM Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) TUESDAY 27 APRIL 2010 Flute Sonata in A major for transverse flute (BWV.1032) Barber and Menotti Bart Kuijken (flute), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) TUE 01:00 Through the Night (b00s4ycs) Donald Macleod charts Barber's relationship with the composer Susan Sharpe presents rarities, archive and concert recordings 06:00AM and librettist Gian Carlo Menotti, including Menotti's own from Europe's leading broadcasters Dukas, Paul (1865-1935) recorded thoughts on his first impressions of the American La Peri - poeme danse composer when they met at music college. 01:01AM Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands, Jean Fournet Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893) (conductor) Symphony no 6 in B minor (Op. 74) 'Pathétique TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00s4yj1) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Antál Doráti (conductor) 06:22AM Harmonie at Bristol Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849) 01:47AM Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante (Op.22) Episode 1 Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich (1732-1795) Janina Fialkowska (piano), Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Ino - solo cantata for soprano and orchestra Orchestra, Raffi Armenian (conductor) From St. George's Bristol, a recital given by Robert Levin with Barbara Schlick (soprano), Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max Soloists of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment exploring (conductor) 06:37AM Beethoven's chamber music for wind and strings. Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907) 02:17AM Holberg Suite for string orchestra (Op.40) Robert Levin (fortepiano) Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (conductor). Soloists of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Piano Quintet in F minor (Op.34) Anthony Pay (clarinet) Aleksandra Juozapenaite-Eesma (piano), M.K. Ciurlionis String Tom Dunn (viola) Quartet TUE 07:00 Breakfast (b00s4ycv) Richard Lester (cello) Tuesday - Rob Cowan 03:01AM Mozart Trio in E flat for clarinet, viola and piano (Kegelstadt), Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915) (poem by Scriabin) Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Music from Palestrina to K498 Symphony no.1 (Op.26) in E major (1900) Richard Strauss and at eight o'clock a survey of what you're Larissa Diadkova (mezzo-soprano), Endrik Wottrich (tenor), buying when we cherry pick some goodies from the specialist Beethoven Duo in E flat for viola and cello (Eyeglass), WoO.32 Choeur de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, classical chart. Riccardo Muti (conductor) Beethoven Trio in B flat for clarinet, cello and piano, Opus 11.

03:52AM TUE 10:00 Classical Collection (b00s4ycy) Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759) Tuesday - Sarah Walker TUE 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00s4yj3) Aria and Variations - from the Keyboard Suite No.3 in D minor Vienna Jan Jongepier on the 1740 Johann Michaell Schwarzburg organ Classical Collection with Sarah Walker. Classic recordings and of Waalse Kerk, Leeuwarden, Netherlands great performances including Vaughan Williams' The Lark Episode 2 Ascending, Mozart's Clarinet Quintet and Weber's Invitation to 04:04AM the Dance. Your ticket to performances from around Europe and the Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), orch. Schoenberg, Arnold world. Continuing a week of concerts featuring music and (1874-1951) 10.00* performers from Vienna - and Sibelius recorded in New Prelude and Fugue in E flat (BWV.552), [St Anne] Saint-Saens Zealand. Today's programe includes chamber music by Brahms, (orchestrated 1928) Symphony No.2 in A minor, Op.55 one of Vienna's most distinguished performing groups in music Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart (conductor) Orchestre National de l'ORTF by Handel, and Sibelius's final and most concentrated tone- Jean Martinon (conductor) poem. 04:21AM EMI CZS 585186-2 Szokolay, Sándor (b. 1931) Haydn: Symphony No. 78 in C Minor Sonatina for harpsichord 10.23* Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra János Sebestyen (harpsichord) Vaughan Williams Jordi Savall (conductor) The Lark Ascending Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 24 – 30 April 2010 Page 6 of 10 2.25 And following the death of Fred Halliday, Denis MacShane, 05:01AM Brahms: String Quartet in A Minor Op.51 No.2 Lord Desai and Mai Yamani discuss his importance in the field Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869) Jerusalem Quartet of International Relations. Overture to Les Troyens a Carthage Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava; Ondrej 2.55 Lenard (conductor) Handel: Dettingen Te Deum TUE 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00s4ydf) Elisabeth von Magnus (mezzo) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] 05:06AM Kenneth Tarver (ten) Gabrieli, Andrea (1532/3-1585) Timothy Sharp (bar) Aria della battaglia à 8 Arnold Schönberg Choir TUE 23:00 The Essay (b00mrxwh) Theatrum Instrumentorum, Stefano Innocenti (conductor) Vienna Concentus Musicus The Scientist and the Romantic Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) 05:17AM The Lens and the Lichen White, Edward R. (c.19th) 3.55 Jolly Soldier (An American Independence Song taken from the Sibelius: Tapiola Nature writer Richard Mabey reflects on his lifelong Social Harp (1855) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra relationship with science and the natural world. Southern Traditional Singers, Hugh McGraw (leader) Pietari Inkinen (conductor) He explores how a lens can enhance and at times distort our 05:19AM 4.15 view of nature. He discusses how the late 18th-century Claude Wiggins, Thomas (1849-1908) (aka. Blind Tom) Sibelius: Symphony No.2 glass influenced the Picturesque movement in art and the Battle of Manassas (1861) [aka. "First Bull Run" - opening New Zealand Symphony Orchestra excitement of looking at lichens through a microscope. battle of American Civil War] Pietari Inkinen (conductor). John Davis (piano) As our understanding of science has developed, Richard also points out how our understanding of the way we 'view' nature 05:27AM TUE 17:00 In Tune (b00s4yj5) has changed - whether it's a new way of looking at the canopy Grainger, Percy (1882-1961) Three outstanding young musicians - violinist Carolin of the rainforest or the first photo taken from space which The Warriors (music to an imaginary ballet) for orchestra and 3 Widmann, violist Amihai Grosz and cellist Richard Harwood shows us planet earth. pianos will be performing Mozart and Beethoven today. And American Glen Riddle, Ben Martin, Denise Harvey (pianos), Melbourne virtuoso pianist and composer Frederic Rzewski, appearing at Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon (conductor) King's Place, London on the 29th of April in a concert TUE 23:15 Late Junction (b00s4ylc) celebrating American experimentalism. Alongside works by Fiona Talkington's choices include new albums from jazz trio 05:46AM Rzewski, pieces by the composers John Cage, Morton Feldman Food and sister duo CocoRosie, music from Korea and Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) and Christian Wolff. Paraguay, tuba acrobatics from Sasha Koushk-Jalali and gospel Partita No 1 in B flat major (BWV 825) songs from Washington Phillips. Anton Dikov (piano) Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Main news headlines are at 5.00 and 6.00 06:05AM E-mail: [email protected]. Widéen, Ivar (1871-1951) WEDNESDAY 28 APRIL 2010 I Husaby (In Husaby) [1989-1900] Gudrun Bruna (soprano), Swedish Radio Choir, Olov Olofsson TUE 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00s4ykq) WED 01:00 Through the Night (b00s4ys6) (piano), Eric Ericson (conductor) The Belcea Quartet Susan Sharpe presents rarities, archive and concert recordings from Europe's leading broadcasters 06:10AM Belcea Quartet Reger, Max (1873-1916) 01:01AM Intermezzo in E flat minor (Op.45 No.3) Presented by Catherine Bott Kraus, Joseph Martin (1756-1792) Intermezzo in G minor (Op.45 No.5) Quatre Intermèdes et Divertissements for Molière's comedy Max Reger (piano) [recorded on 8th December 1905] The Belcea Quartet, recorded live at Wigmore Hall, plays the 'Amphitryon' (VB.27) (Paris-Stockholm, 1785-87) first of the three Quartets commissioned from Beethoven by the 06:18AM Russian nobleman, Count Razumovsky. That is paired with Chantal Santon (soprano - La Nuit), Georg Poplutz (tenor - Delius, Frederick (1862-1934) Schubert's haunting late quartet, 'Death and the Maiden.' Hérault), Bonn Chamber Chorus, L'Arte del mondo, Werner Intermezzo [from 'Fennimore and Gerda'] arr. Fenby SCHUBERT Quartettsatz in C minor D703 Ehrhardt (conductor) Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor) BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Op. 59 No. 1 'Razumovsky' SCHUBERT String Quartet in D minor D810 'Death and the 02:24AM 06:24AM Maiden' Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Berwald, Franz (1796-1868) Sonata for violin and keyboard (K.454) in B flat major Piano Trio No.1 in E flat [1849] And from 20.30, brilliant young violinist, Alina Ibragimova and Johannes Leertouwer (violin), Derk Pik (piano) Terés Löf (piano), Roger Olsson (violin), Hanna Thorell (cello) pianist, Cedric Tiberghien play Beethoven violin sonatas. BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata in A op 12/2 02:47AM 06:43AM BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata in F op 24 'Spring'. Dobrzynski, Ignacy Feliks (1807-1867) Wassenaer, Count Unico Van (1692-1766) Overture from the opera Monbar, czyli Flibustierowie (Op.30) Concerto armonico for 4 violins, viola and continuo No.5 in B [1838] flat major TUE 21:15 Night Waves (b00s4yks) Sinfonia Varsovia, Grzegorz Nowak (conductor) Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze (director/violin) Elections and the Visual Arts, David Greig, Climate Change, Fred Halliday 03:01AM 06:54AM Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) Anon 15/16th century Milan Rana Mitter finds out what happens when elections meet the Coriolan Overture La Stangetta - for a trio of recorders visual arts. New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Mark Taddei (conductor) 06:56AM William Hogarth's An Election Entertainment is the first in a 03:10AM Anon 15/16th century Milan series of four paintings, and later prints, inspired by the Anonymous Calata - for recorder, lute, tenor viol & tambourine notorious Oxfordshire contest in the General Election of 1754. Psalm: De profundis ad te Dominum The Oxfordshire seats had been held, uncontested, by the 03:13AM 06:57AM Tories, since 1710. In 1752 the Whigs, who already held a large Mont, Henry du (1610-1684) Tromboncino, Bartolomeo (c1470-after 1535) majority in Parliament, decided to contest the Oxfordshire seats Motet: O Salutaris Hostia Non peccando altri ch'el core - for recorder and lute and this heralded a two-year campaign characterised by unprecedented levels of bribery and corruption. Studio 600 - Aldona Szechak and Dorota Kozinska (directors) Ensemble Claude-Gervaise, Gilles Plante (director).

The cultural historian Judith Hawley talks to Rana about why 03:18AM this painting has been such an inspiration to artists seeking to Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) arr Józef Koffler WED 07:00 Breakfast (b00s4ys8) represent the electoral process. Goldberg variations (BWV.988) Wednesday - Rob Cowan Amadeus Polish Radio Orchestra, Agnieska Duczmal Playwright David Greig won plaudits earlier this year for his (conductor) Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Music from Finland by Sibelius sequel to Macbeth and now he's taken on Peter Pan. He'll be and Rautavaara, Masonic Funeral Music by Mozart, and a talking to Rana about moving the setting to Victorian Edinburgh 04:36AM Fantastic Scherzo by Schubert together with other surprises to break it away from the Edwardian world of Kensington Fischer, Johann Caspar Ferdinand (c.1670-1746) from Rob's rucksack. Gardens. Greig says he sees Peter Pan as a dangerous figure and 4 Preludes & Fugues from 'Ariadne Musica neo-organoedum imagined how the story would look today - like a feral boy Schlackenwerth' (1702/Vienna 1713) leading a pack of youths. Bob van Asperen (harpsichord) WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b00s4ysb) Thursday - Sarah Walker Rana will be exploring how the controversy around climate 04:43AM change is currently stirring debate among historians. Mark Ipavec, Benjamin (1839-1908) Classical Collection with Sarah Walker. Classic recordings and Levene has edited a new book provocatively entitled History at Lahko Noc great performances with a trio of works written under the the End of the World. He challenges historians, like Penelope Ana Pusar Jeric (soprano), Natasa Valant (piano) shadow of Napoleon including an aria for a castrato by Capelli, Corfield, to include climate change in their accounts of the and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture conducted by Antonio industrial revolution and other world events and proposes that it 04:47AM Pappano. should now be the primary lens through which we view history. Wagenaar, Johan (1862-1941) So does this really mark a shift in our view of history or is just a Frithjof's Meerfahrt' - Concert piece for orchestra (Op.5) 10.00 passing fashion? Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen Chopin (conductor) Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52 Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 24 – 30 April 2010 Page 7 of 10 Krystian Zimerman (piano) Sibelius: Symphony No.4 WED 23:00 The Essay (b00mrxzx) DG 423 090-2 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra The Scientist and the Romantic Pietari Inkinen (conductor) 10.12* The Stinkhorn and the Perfumier de Lalande 3.25 Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roi Sibelius: Symphony No.5 Nature writer Richard Mabey reflects on his lifelong Musica Florea New Zealand Symphony Orchestra relationship with science and the natural world. Marek Stryncl (director) Pietari Inkinen (conductor). MBF1108 He ponders why we are all so good at remembering scents, despite their having little relevance for our survival. He tries to 10.28* WED 16:00 Choral Evensong (b00s4yww) unpick how, as Marcel Proust famously wrote, fragrance and Faure St John's College, Cambridge flavour 'bear unflinchingly, in the tiny and almost impalpable Pavane drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection'. Academy of St Martin in the Fields Recorded in April 2010 at the the Chapel of St. John's College, Neville Marriner (conductor) Cambridge. PHILIPS 446 084-2 WED 23:15 Late Junction (b00s4yyc) Introit: My beloved spake (Hadley) Fiona Talkington presents music by Israeli singer Yasmin Levy, 10.35* Responses: Shephard guitarist Jack Rose and electronic artist Sylvain Chaveau, a Schumann Psalms: 136, 137, 138 (Lloyd, Ley) tribute to Robert Moog by Funky Porcini, and tango from Symphony No.2 First Lesson: Deuteronomy 10 vv12-22 Bucharest. Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich Canticles (Jonathan Harvey) David Zinman (conductor) Second Lesson: Ephesians 5 vv1-14 ARTE NOVA 82876 57743-2 Anthem: My soul, there is a country (Parry) Hymn: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (St Fulbert) THURSDAY 29 APRIL 2010 11.15* Organ Voluntary: Rhapsody No. 3 in C sharp minor (Howells) Capelli THU 01:00 Through the Night (b00s4znw) "Ciel nemico, avverse stelle" (I fratelli riconosciuti) Director of Music: Andrew Nethsingha Susan Sharpe presents rarities, archive and concert recordings Phillipe Jaroussky (countertenor) Senior Organ Student: Timothy Ravalde. from Europe's leading broadcasters Le Concert d'Astree Emmanuelle Haim (director) 01:01AM VIRGIN CLASSICS 395242-2 WED 17:00 In Tune (b00s4ywy) Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Symphony No.38 (K.504) in D major "Prague" 11.20* Faure Petroc is joined in the studio by husband and wife pianists 01:31AM Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op.117 Pascal and Ami Roge, who play some of the music featured on Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Paul Tortelier (cello) their recent "Wedding Cake" album. Pascal discusses his Basta vincesti (recit) and "Ah, non lasciami" (aria) (K.486a) Jean Hubeau (piano) upcoming recital at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. WARNER APEX 2564 69510-4 01:37AM Main news headlines are at 5.00 and 6.00 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) 11.39* E-mail: [email protected]. Misera, dove son! (scena) and "Ah! non son'io che parlo" (aria) Tchaikovsky (K.369) 1812 Overture, Op.49 State Police Music Band WED 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00s4yxs) 01:44AM Orchestra & Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa The Belcea Quartet Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Cecilia Antonio Pappano (conductor) EMI 370065-2. Symphony No.41 (K.551) in C major, "Jupiter" Episode 2 02:18AM WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00s4yss) Presented by Catherine Bott Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Batti, batti, bel Masetto recit and aria from Act I of Don The Belcea Quartet play early Haydn and Shostakovich's late Giovanni (K.527) Performer Collaborations Fourteenth Quartet. And they are joined by cellist Valentin Erben in Schubert's sublime String Quintet in C. Rosemary Joshua (soprano), Freiburg Barockorchester, René Few composers commanded as much respect and affection HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op. 20 No. 2 Jacobs (conductor) amongst the great perfomers of his age as Samuel Barber. SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 14 in F# Op. 142 Today, the musical results of their collaborations as Donald SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C D956 02:22AM Macleod takes us from an intimidating encounter with Francis Janácek, Leos (1854-1928) Poulenc to the mountain retreat of Arturo Toscanini. And from 20.40: Sonata for violin and piano (JW 7/7) Alina Ibragimova and Cedric Tiberghien play Beethoven's Erik Heide (violin), Martin Qvist Hansen (piano) Violin Sonata in G, op 96. WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00s4ywr) 02:39AM Harmonie at Bristol Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893) WED 21:15 Night Waves (b00s4yxv) The Sleeping beauty suite (Op.66a) Episode 2 Andrew O'Hagan, Aida, World War Two The Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor) From St. George's Bristol a concert given by Soloists of the Matthew Sweet talks to the writer Andrew O'Hagan whose Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment latest novel takes as its subject a fictionalised life of Maf the 03:01AM Lisa Beznosiuk (flute) dog who belonged to Marilyn Monroe and was given to her by Elgar, Edward [1857 - 1934] Matthew Truscott (violin) Frank Sinatra. Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 Tom Dunn (viola) Nikolaj Znaider (violin), Bergen philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Tunnicliffe (cello) Susan Hitch reviews the new production of Aida at the Royal Andrew Litton (conductor) Opera House. David McVicar returns to Covent Garden to Beethoven Serenade for flute, violin and viola, opus 25 direct a new production designed by Jean-Marc Puissant, 03:49AM Moritz Junge and Jennifer Tipton. Conducting Aida for the first Saar, Mart (1882-1963) Schubert Movement for String Trio in B flat, D.471 time at Covent Garden is charismatic Italian Nicola Luisotti, the Kõver Kuuseke [A little crooked fir-tree] (1931) MD of the San Francisco Opera. Italian soprana Micaela Carosi Tallinn Chamber Choir, Kuno Areng (conductor) Mozart Flute Quartet in C, K171 (285b). sings Aida with Argentine tenor Marcelo Alvarez as Radames. 03:52AM Matthew also invites historians Laurence Rees and Hans Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00s4ywt) Kundnani to discuss why the British still sprinkle World War II Keyboard Concerto No.7 in G minor (BWV.1058) Vienna metaphors into everyday speech. In the last ten days Nick Clegg Angela Hewitt (piano), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra was likened to Churchill, and accused of a Nazi slur, the Blitz Episode 3 spirit was invoked over the flight ban and historian Dan Snow 04:07AM aped Dunkirk with a flit across the channel to help stranded Trad arr. Sommerro, Henning (b.1952) Specially recorded music from around the world. Continuing travellers. Meanwhile online parodies of the film Downfall Akk, mon min vei til Kana'an [Alas I wonder about my way to this week's themes of Austrian music and performances - and continue apace on line, including Hitler's furious reaction to the Canaan] Sibelius from New Zealand. One of Germany's leading period- news of Oasis splitting up. Night Waves asks why the British Norwegian Soloists' Choir (with unnamed soprano soloist), instrument ensembles performs a Haydn Symphony, Canadian still love to mention the war and reach so easily for its stock of Grete Pedersen Helgerød (conductor) baritone Gerald Finley sings Schumann and Sibelius's darkest metaphors and archetypes to make jokes and to explain symphony is contrasted with one of his most optimistic. contemporary events. Is this a powerful way of keeping alive 04:10AM important ideas about Britain's worth or a transmuting of the Kunzen, Friedrich (1761-1817) Haydn: Symphony No.91 in E Flat complexity and moral shades of true history into a series of glib Symphony in G minor Freiburg Baroque Orchestra references? Concerto Copenhagen; Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor) Petra Müllejans (director) Plus another instalment in the Night Waves series on elections 04:27AM 2.25 through the ages as seen by their portrayals in art. Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (1829-1869) Schumann: Songs to Poems by Heinrich Heine Ricordati (op.26/1) (c.1856) Gerald Finley (baritone) Michael Lewin (piano) Julius Drake (piano) WED 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00s4yss) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] 04:30AM Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 24 – 30 April 2010 Page 8 of 10 Billings, William (1746-1800) Alexander Mogilevsky (piano) Your ticket to performances from around the world. This David's Lamentation [from Samuel 18:33] Lucy Hall & Alissa Margulis (violins) week's Opera Matinee is a recent performance of Bellini's final His Majestie's Clerkes, Paul Hillier (conductor) Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (viola) opera I Puritani (The Puritans), set in England during the civil Mark Drobinsky (cello) war. The cast is headed by leading Spanish tenor Jose Bros and 04:32AM Enrico Fagone (double bass) soprano Desiree Rancatore. Weelkes, Thomas (1576-1623) EMI 518333-2 After the opera Paul Lewis plays Schubert piano music. When David heard (O my son Absalom) - for 6 voices BBC Singers, Bo Holten (director) 10.15* Bellini: I Puritani A Group of 3 orchestral dances celebrating the age of the steam 04:37AM train. Elvira ...... Desiree Rancatore, soprano Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Arturo...... Jose Bros, tenor Porgi amor qual que ristoro - from Le Nozze di Figaro (K.492) Lumbye Riccardo ...... Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Kobenhavns Jernbane Damp Galop Lord Gualtier Walton...... Alexandru Moisiuc, bass Kent Nagano (conductor) [Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop] Sir Giorgio...... Christoff Fischesser, bass SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Sir Bruno Robertson...... Benedikt Kobel, tenor 04:42AM Jiri Starek (conductor) Queen Henrietta Maria...... Roxana Constaninescu, soprano Haczewski, Antoni (C.18th/19th) HANSSLER CD 93.187 Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra Symphony in D major Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrzej Straszynski E. Strauss (conductor) Bahn frei!, Op.45 Followed by a selection of Schubert Impromptus played by Paul Vienna Philharmonic Lewis (piano). 04:51AM Willi Boskovsky (conductor) Strauss, Johann II (1825-1899) DECCA 425 426-2 Overture to Die Fledermaus - operetta THU 17:00 In Tune (b00s4zrv) BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) J. Strauss II Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Vergnugungszug, Op.281 With a selection of music and guests from the music world 05:01AM Budapest Festival Orchestra including the Joyful Company of Singers. Voted in the top five Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741) Ivan Fischer (conductor) amateur choirs by the Times newspaper, the choir perform in Concerto for violin and orchestra in F minor (RV.297) (Op.8 HARMONIA MUNDI HMP 3903016 the studio, giving listeners a preview of their Samuel Barber and No.4), '[L']Inverno' (Winter) William Schuman concert at the Southbank Centre in London. Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin), Australian Brandenburg 10.24* Peter Broadbent, the choir's director, talks to Petroc about their Orchestra, Paul Dyer (director) Dvorak plans for the future and actor Gabriel Woolf will also read some Symphony No. 7 in D minor Op. 70 poetry extracts to accompany the choir. 05:09AM London Philharmonic Orchestra Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) American tenor Matthew Polenzani also performs in the studio. Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt - overture (Op.27) EMI CZS 568628-2 Accompanied by Julius Drake, they perform highlights from Orchestre National de France, Riccardo Muti (conductor) their upcoming Wigmore Hall concert. Recipient of the Beverly 11.07* Sills Artist award for young American singers in 2008, 05:22AM Bach Polenzani has since had starring roles in opera productions Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus XIV throughout America. 3 Songs - 1. Liebesbotschaft ("Rauschendes Bächlein") Glenn Gould (piano) (Schwanengesang) (D. 957 No.1); 2. Heidenröslein (D.257 SONY 52595 Main news headlines are at 5.00 and 6.00 Op.3 No.3); 3. Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen ("Ruh'n in E-mail: [email protected]. Frieden alle Seelen") (D. 343) 11.20* Bryn Terfel (bass baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano) Gibbons Second Evening Service: Magnificat THU 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00s4zrx) 05:32AM Choir of Winchester Cathedral Lyadov, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849) David Hill (director of music) Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor (Op.31) Stephen Farr (organ) Part 1 Alex Slobodyanik (piano) HYPERION CDH55228 Presented by Catherine Bott live from City Halls, Glasgow. 05:42AM 11.26* Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) Glazunov BBC Scottish SO play Rachmaninov's lush Second Symphony, Symphony No.99 (H.1.99) in E flat major From the Middle Ages, Op.79 Stravinsky neo-classical violin concerto and the Eight Russian BBC National Orchestra of Wales, James Clark (conductor) Royal Scottish National Orchestra Folk Songs by the heroically indolent Lyadov. Neeme Jarvi (conductor) 06:10AM CHANDOS CHAN7049. Lyadov: Eight Russian Folk Songs Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas (1875-1911) Stravinsky: Violin Concerto De Profundis (cantata) Rachmaninov: Symphony no 2 Kaunas State Choir, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00s4zrn) Petras Bingelis (conductor) Samuel Barber (1910-1981) BBC SSO Boris Brovtsyn (violin) 06:19AM America Michal Dworzynski (conductor). Cassado, Gaspar (1897-1966) Requiebros for cello and piano He may have been one of America's greatest cultural exports, Il-Hwan Bai (cello), Dai-Hyun Kim (piano) but Barber was never quite the model patriot. Donald Macleod THU 19:45 Twenty Minutes (b00s502r) charts the composer's ambivalent relationship with his country, Monsieur Rose 06:25AM including a spell in the army which was always very much on Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) the musician's terms. In Monsieur Rose by Irène Némirovsky a well heeled Parisian is Trio in A minor (Op.114) forced to flee and leave his old life behind as chaos and panic Ellen Margrethe Flesjo (cello), Hans Christian Braein (clarinet), gather pace at the onset of the second world war. Monsieur Havard Gimse (piano) THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00s4zrq) Rose is selected from Irène Némirovsky's collection Dimanche Harmonie at Bristol and Other Stories which is the first collection of her short 06:50AM stories to appear in English. Alkan, Charles-Valentin (1813-1888) Episode 3 Le Festin d'Esope (Op.39 no.12 in E minor, from '12 studies' Irène Némirovsky is best known for her celebrated novel, Suite Op.39) From St. George's Bristol a recital featuring Beethoven's Septet Française which was first published, posthumously, in French in Johan Ullén (piano). for wind and strings played on period instruments by Soloists of 2004. She was born in Kiev in 1903, the daughter of a the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment successful Jewish banker. In 1918 her family fled the Russian Revolution for France where she became an established THU 07:00 Breakfast (b00s4zny) Mozart Duo for violin and viola, K423 novelist. When the Germans occupied France during WWII she Bernstein conducting Bernstein, music from the Wild West and Kati Debretzeni (violin) was prevented from publishing her work. She died in Auschwitz selections from Girl Crazy are all included in this morning's Jan Schlapp (viola) in 1942. Breakfast. Presented by Rob Cowan. Beethoven Septet Opus 20 in E flat for clarinet, horn, bassoon, Read by David Horovitch violin, viola, cello and double bass Translated by Bridget Patterson. THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b00s4zrl) Kati Debretzeni (violin) Abridged and produced by Elizabeth Allard. Thursday - Sarah Walker Jan Schlapp (viola) Robin Michael (cello) Classical Collection with Sarah Walker. Classic recordings and Chi-chi Nwanoku (double bass) THU 20:05 Performance on 3 (b00s502t) great performances with works celebrating the Steam Age, and Jane Booth (clarinet) Lyadov, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov classic recordings of Bach's Art of Fugue from Glenn Gould, Ursula Leveaux (bassoon) Dvorak's Seventh Symphony conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini, Roger Montgomery (horn). Part 2 and Glazunov's From the Middle Ages suite conducted by Neeme Jarvi. Presented by Catherine Bott live from City Halls, Glasgow. THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00s4zrs) 10.00 Thursday Opera Matinee BBC Scottish SO play Rachmaninov's lush Second Symphony, Glinka Stravinsky neo-classical violin concerto and the Eight Russian Grand Sextet I Puritani Folk Songs by the heroically indolent Lyadov. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 24 – 30 April 2010 Page 9 of 10 Lyadov: Eight Russian Folk Songs 02:20AM Asbury (conductor) Stravinsky: Violin Concerto Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) Rachmaninov: Symphony no 2 Symphony No.3 in A minor (Op.56), 'Scottish' 06:37AM Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen (conductor) Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) BBC SSO Suite for orchestra no.3 in D major (BWV.1068) Boris Brovtsyn (violin) 03:01AM Erik Niord Larsen, Roar Broström (oboe), Ole Edvard Michal Dworzynski (conductor). Shostakovich, Dmitry [1906-1975] Antonsen, Lasse Rossing, Jens Petter Antonsen (trumpet), Rolf Quintet for piano and strings (Op.57) in G minor Cato Raade (timpani), Risör Festival Strings, Andrew Manze Aronowitz Ensemble (conductor). THU 21:15 Night Waves (b00s502w) Per Wastberg, Modern Masters, The Candidate, Heiner 03:33AM Goebbels Tchaikovsky, Peter Illych (1840-1893) FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b00s50cz) Autumn Song (October) from 'The Seasons' Friday - Rob Cowan On Night Waves - the Chair of the Nobel Prize for Literature Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William has written his own novel. Anne McElvoy talks to Per Westberg Tritt (piano) Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Start the day with a refreshing about the natural world, South African Politics and the most choice of music. famous prize in the world. 03:38AM Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Christopher Frayling reviews BBC1's Modern Masters, a new Symphony No.40 in G minor (K.550) FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b00s50d2) series about Modern Art with bright young thing Alastair Sooke National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, Friday - Sarah Walker presenting. Will Alastair's take on Matisse, Warhol and Picasso Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (conductor) impress the ex-rector of the Royal College of Art? Classical Collection with Sarah Walker. Classic recordings and 04:07AM great performances. The ethereal spirituality of Wagner's Rounding off Night Waves' election art series Don Guttenplan Gratton, Hector [1900-1970] arr. Passmore, David prelude to Lohengrin and a song on the subject of Courtly Love talks about the 1972 film The Candidate. Robert Redford stars Quatrieme danse canadienne arranged for piano trio summon up the Medieval age, and there are classic recordings as a political outsider who breaks into the race for the US Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William of Ethel Smyth's overture to the Wreckers & Schumann's Piano Senate and suffers the pressure and compromises of Tritt (piano) Quintet in E flat, Op.44. approaching power. 04:11AM 10.00* Anne also interviews German composer Heiner Goebbels Blow, John (1649-1708) Brahms whose latest work dedicates Four Tableaux to four key 20th The Graces' Dance; Gavott; Sarabande for the Graces - from Tragic Overture, Op.81 century literary texts by TS Eliot, Maurice Blanchot, Franz Venus and Adonis Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Kafka and Samuel Beckett. The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley (director) Herbert von Karajan (conductor) EMI 512038-2 04:19AM THU 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00s4zrn) Handel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759) 10.14* [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Dica il falso, dica il vero -- from Alessandro Act 2 Scene 8 Mozart Emma Kirkby (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Hm! Hm! Hm! (Die Zauberflote, Act I Quintet) Manze (director) Papageno: Anton Scharinger (baritone) THU 23:00 The Essay (b00mry3n) Tamino: Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor) The Scientist and the Romantic 04:24AM Three Ladies: Anna-Maria Panzarella (soprano) Doris Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826) Lamprecht (mezzo-soprano) Delphine Haidan (alto) Les Arts The Songbird and the Sol-Fa Overture - from 'Der Freischütz' Florissants William Christie (director) Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) ERATO 0630 12705-2 Nature writer Richard Mabey reflects on his lifelong relationship with science and the natural world. 04:35AM 10.20* Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Schumann He presents his own thoughts on why birds sing and recounts Prelude and Fugue in D minor from Book II of 'Das Piano Quintet in E flat, Op.44 how writers through the ages have had wildly different Wohltemperierte Klavier' Martha Argerich (piano), interpretations on the meaning of birdsong. Including discussion Lana Genc (piano) Dora Schwarzenberg & Lucy Hall (violins), Nobuko Imai on areas such as 13th-century ideas that it represented free will (viola), Mischa Maisky (cello) and individualism to musical computer analyses of birdsong 04:39AM EMI CDS 5554842 which reveal the complex chords in a bird's voicebox. Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Concerto for violin, harpsichord and orchestra in C minor 10.50* (BWV.1060) Wagner THU 23:15 Late Junction (b00s503g) Andrew Manze (violin/director), Richard Egarr (harpsichord), Lohengrin: Prelude, Act I Fiona Talkington's selection includes music from guitarist Jason Risör Festival Strings Vienna Philharmonic Steele, Joni Mitchell, Kronos Quartet with singer Alim Georg Solti (conductor) Qasimov, electronic project Sonnamble and a re-issued 04:53AM DECCA 440 606-2 recording from The Three City Four. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] Overture to the Magic Flute 11.00* Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi (conductor) Chastelain de Couci (fl.1180-1200) also known as Gui IV de Couci FRIDAY 30 APRIL 2010 05:01AM Li nouviauz tanz Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b00s50cx) Coriolan Overture in C minor (Op.62) (1807) HYPERION CDH55292 Susan Sharpe presents rarities, archive and concert recordings Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck from Europe's leading broadcasters (conductor) 11.06* Smyth 01:01AM 05:09AM The Wreckers: Overture Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) Desprez, Josquin (1440-1521) Scottish National Orchestra 7 Variations on a Theme of The Magic Flute by Mozart Qui habitat in adjutorio Altissimi, for 24 voices Alexander Gibson (conductor) BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) EMI CDM 769206-2 01:10AM Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) 05:17AM 11.20* 12 Variations on a Theme of The Magic Flute by Mozart Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) Lalo Sonata for piano (H.16.34) in E minor Symphonie espagnole, Op.21 Miklós Perényi (cello), Deszö Ranki (piano) Ingrid Fliter (piano) Itzhak Perlman (violin) Orchestre de Paris 01:20AM 05:28AM Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) Gilse, Jan van (1881-1944) DG 429 977-2. Song without Words (Op. 109) Trio (1927) for flute, violin and viola Miklós Perényi (cello), Zoltán Kocsis (piano) Viotta Ensemble FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b00s50d4) 01:25AM 05:42AM Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Veracini, Francesco Maria (1690-1768) Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) Sonata in E minor Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (Hob.VIIe:1) Himself Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, 01:44AM Nicolae Moldoveanu (conductor) When Barber got the call from the New York Met asking him Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759) to provide the first opera in its new theatre Barber realised it Sonata in E (Op. 1) no 15 05:59AM was potentially the defining moment of his career. Sadly it Thomas, John (1826-1913) turned out to be one of the great disasters of operatic history. Eszter Perényi (violin), Gyula Kiss (piano) Grand Duet for two harps in E flat minor Donald Macleod assesses the effect all of this had on the Myong-ja Kwan, Hyon-son La (harps) composer, and charts his final years troubled by alcoholism and 01:53AM creative blocks. Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) 06:14AM Trio in E flat (Op. 40) Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Ferenc Tarjáni (horn), Gabor Takács-Nagy (violin), Deszö Piano Concerto No.2 in A major (S. 125) FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00s50d6) Ranki (piano) Sveinung Bjelland (piano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Stefan Harmonie at Bristol Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 24 – 30 April 2010 Page 10 of 10 Episode 4 Mykola Hobdych (conductor) ECM 476 3316 Tr. 8 From St. George's Bristol a recital of music by Mozart and Beethoven for wind instruments, given by Soloists of the And from 20.40: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien play Anthony Robson (oboe) Beethoven's Violin Sonata in A minor, op 23. Cherry Forbes (oboe) Antony Pay (clarinet) Katherine Spencer (clarinet) FRI 21:15 The Verb (b00s50dg) Andrew Watts (bassoon) Peter Porter Obituary, Jacob Polley, Polar Bear, City Poems Phil Turbett (bassoon) Andrew Clark (horn) Peter Porter obituary. Martin Lawrence (horn) Poets Alan Brownjohn and Eva Salzman discuss the life and work of the poet Peter Porter who died last week, asking how Mozart Serenade (K.388) in C minor for wind octet (K.384a) his Australian roots and personal tragedy impacted on a body of Beethoven Octet for wind (Op.103) in E flat major. work which earnt him nearly every major poetry award - from the Forward Prize to the Queen's Medal.

FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b00s50d8) Jacob Polley Vienna A brand new commission for the award winning writer and poet Jacob Polley - part myth, part fable and part historical re- Episode 4 imagining, The Bugle explores an encounter between a beggar, a boy and the man in the moon. Specially recorded music from around the world. After a Haydn symphony recorded in the Eisenstadt castle where the composer Polar Bear once worked the programme interleaves Sibelius symphonies Performance poet Polar Bear's new work explores a new form from New Zealand with string quartets played by the Jerusalem for the spoken word in "Return", a spoken film script set in his Quartet (former Radio 3 New Generation Artists). home town of Birmingham and reveals what inspired him to explore the link between cinema and poetry. Haydn: Symphony No.77 in B flat Major Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra City Poems on smartphones Jordi Savall (conductor) The Guardian's former new technology correspondent, and poet, Victor Keegan discusses City Poems, a down loadable A- 2.20 Z of London, which puts poems in the geographical locations Sibelius: Symphony No.3 which inspired them, a 21st century exploration of the nature of New Zealand Symphony Orchestra poetry and place. Pietari Inkinen (conductor)

2.55 FRI 22:00 Composer of the Week (b00s50d4) Haydn: String Quartet in F Minor Op.20 No.5 [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Jerusalem Quartet

Sibelius: Symphony No.6 FRI 23:00 The Essay (b00mryc2) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra The Scientist and the Romantic Pietari Inkinen (conductor) The Map and the Word 4.15 Haydn: String Quartet in G Major Op. 77 No.1 Nature writer Richard Mabey reflects on his lifelong Jerusalem Quartet relationship with science and the natural world.

4.35 He considers how maps are not just a tool from getting from A Sibelius: Symphony No.7 to B; for him, they are a kind of 'cryptogram'. A mapworm all New Zealand Symphony Orchestra his life, Richard considers every little nuance on the page as a Pietari Inkinen (conductor). clue to a new landscape. They are 'paper dreams'.

FRI 17:00 In Tune (b00s50db) FRI 23:15 World on 3 (b00s50fs) Liberation, the Jersey International Music Festival runs from Lopa Kothari the 7th to the 9th of May and features world-class musicians including pianist Wu Qian, violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky and Lopa Kothari is joined in the studio by the Malian singer- cellist Leonard Elschenbroich who make up the Sitkovetsky songwriter Rokia Traore who's currently touring the UK. Her Trio. Petroc Trelawny also talks to one of the founders and musical influences reflect her unbringing as a diplomat's directors of the festival James Mews. daughter: as a child she lived all over the world. She's worked The superb UK-based Bridge Quartet (strings), tenor Charles with artists as diverse as the Kronos Quartet and Ali Farka Daniels and virtuoso pianist Michael Dussek celebrate English Toure, and in 2003 won a Radio 3 Award for World Music. music in a concert at St John's Smith Square, London on the 1st of May. As part of the English Music Festival Gala they will be Rokia was born in Mali as a member of the Bambara ethnic performing works by Purcell, Britten, Vaughan Williams and group. Her hometown of Kolokani is in the northwestern part of Bridge. Mali's Koulikoro region. While the Bamana have a tradition of griot performing at Presented by Petroc Trelawny. weddings, members of the nobility such as Rokia are Main news headlines are at 5.00 and 6.00 discouraged from performing as musicians. Rokia attended E-mail: [email protected]. lycée in Mali while her father was stationed in Brussels and started performing publicly as a university student in Bamako. Unusually for a female musician in Africa, Rokia plays acoustic FRI 19:00 Performance on 3 (b00s50dd) guitar as well as sings, and she uses vocal harmonies in her CBSO/Nelsons arrangements which are rare in Malian music. In 1997, she linked with Mali musician Ali Farka Touré which raised her Presented by Catherine Bott. profile. She won an Radio France Internationale prize as "African Discovery" of 1997, an honour previously won by The CBSO and their Music Director Andris Nelsons present a Mali's Habib Koité in 1993. As well as guitar she plays ngoni pair of works from the 1930s. Shostakovich withdrew his epic (lute) and balafon (a wooden xylophone). Fourth Symphony before its first performance fearing the Her first album Mouneïssa (Label Bleu), released in late 1997 reaction of Stalin's regime and it remained unperformed for a in Mali and September 1, 1998 in Europe. It sold over 40,000 quarter of a century. It follows Bartok's expressive Second copies in Europe. Violin Concerto performed by former BBC New Generation On July 11, 2000, her second album Wanita was released. Artist Ilya Gringolts. Traoré wrote and arranged the entire album. The album was widely acclaimed with The New York Times nominating it as Bartok: Violin Concerto No 2 one of its critics' albums of the year. Shostakovich: Symphony no 4 Her 2003 album Bowmboï has two tracks recorded with the Kronos Quartet but still sung in the Bamana language. Ilya Gringolts (violin) On May 6, 2008, her latest album, "Tchamantché", was City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra released. Andris Nelsons (conductor) Rokia was the winner of the Best Artist category in the inaugural Songlines Music Awards (2009) - announced May 1, Plus: 2009 - the new 'world music' awards organised by the UK-based magazine, Songlines. Silvestrov: Creed from Liturgical Chants Kiev Chamber Choir Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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