Radio 3 Listings for 5 – 11 December 2020
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Radio 3 Listings for 5 – 11 December 2020 Page 1 of 11 SATURDAY 05 DECEMBER 2020 In the steppes of central Asia (V sredney Azii) - symphonic Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 & Four Pieces for Piano Op. 119 poem Joseph Moog (piano) SAT 01:00 Through the Night (m000q23l) Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor) Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Sinfonietta Riga with Beethoven's Seventh Symphony and Nicholas Milton (conductor) Dvorak's Serenade 05:08 AM Onyx ONYX4214 George Gershwin (1898-1937) https://onyxclassics.com/release/brahms-piano-concerto- A concert given in Latvia's capital conducted by oboist Alexei Lullaby for string quartet no-1-four-pieces-for-piano-op-119/ Ogrintchouk. John Shea presents. New Stenhammar String Quartet 9.30am Building a Library 01:01 AM 05:18 AM Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) Frank Bridge (1879-1941) Sarah Willis chooses her favourite recording of Richard Serenade in D minor, Op 44 Valse Russe (Miniatures set 3, no 1) Strauss's Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, AV132. Sinfonietta Riga, Alexei Ogrintchouk (conductor) Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William Tritt (piano) For Romantic Austro-German composers, the horn was an 01:23 AM instrument freighted with associations of forest, folklore and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 05:22 AM heroism. But no composer knew the horn and its possibilities Ah se in ciel', benigne stelle, K.538 (version for oboe and Frank Bridge (1879-1941) like Richard Strauss: throughout a career beginning in the late orchestra) Hornpipe (Miniatures, Set 3, no 2) 19th century and spanning eight decades, Strauss's orchestral Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe), Alexei Ogrintchouk (conductor), Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William and operatic scores are littered with hundreds of wonderful Sinfonietta Riga Tritt (piano) horn moments, exploiting every aspect of the instrument's range and character. In 1942, 60 years after he had written his first 01:30 AM 05:25 AM horn concerto (for his father Franz, Europe's foremost horn Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751) virtuoso), Strauss dedicated his second 'to the memory my Adagio, from 'Easter Oratorio, BWV.249' Concerto a 5 for 2 oboes and strings in C major Op 9 No 9 father'. It's a nostalgic work and, like the first concerto, Sinfonietta Riga, Alexei Ogrintchouk (conductor) Molly Marsh and Pedro Lopes e Castro (oboe), European Union fiendishly difficult to play. But it sums up Strauss's long and Baroque Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor) affectionate relationship with the horn: the heroic and rhapsodic 01:35 AM first movement, followed by a radiant, long-breathed Andante Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 05:36 AM which is capped by a rollicking finale. Symphony no 7 in A, Op 92 Anonymous Sinfonietta Riga, Alexei Ogrintchouk (conductor) Motet: In deliquio amoris 10.15am New Releases Claire Lefilliâtre (soprano), Currende, Erik van Nevel (director) 02:15 AM Handel's Tea Time Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 05:50 AM Dorothee Mields (soprano) Violin Sonata No 2 in A major Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Die Freitagsakademie Valdis Zarins (violin), Ieva Zarina (piano) Symphony no 96 in D major 'Miracle' (H.1.96) Deutsche HM 19439792732 Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor) 02:35 AM Farrenc & Saint-Saens: Quintets For Piano and Strings Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711-1772) 06:13 AM Ironwood Grand Motet 'Dominus regnavit' Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943) ABC Classics ABC4819887 Ann Monoyios (soprano), Matthew White (counter tenor), 6 Duets Op 11 for piano 4 hands http://www.abcmusic.com.au/discography/louise-farrenc-camill Colin Ainsworth (tenor), Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Zhang Zuo (piano duo), Louis Schwizgebel (piano duo) e-saint-sa%C3%ABns-romantic-dreams-quintets-piano-and- Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Ivars Taurins (conductor) strings-ironwood 06:39 AM 03:01 AM Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) Reich: Eight Lines, City Life and other works Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611/2-1675) Ballet music (L'amant anonyme) Steve Reich (sampler) Suite in D minor for gambas, 'Erster Fleiss' Tafelmusik Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor) Anne Parisot (flute) Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director) Delphine Roche (flute) 06:46 AM Andrea Nagy (clarinet) 03:16 AM Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704) Jörg Schweinbenz (piano) Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) Violin Sonata No 6 in C minor Holst-Sinfonietta Dardanus (suites) Daniel Sepec (violin), Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Lee Santana Klaus Simon (conductor/piano) Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor) (theorbo), Michael Behringer (organ) Naxos 8559682 https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.55968 03:53 AM 2 Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) SAT 07:00 Breakfast (m000q38z) Allegro moderato (Song without words), Op 8 No 1 (1840) Saturday - Martin Handley Schubert: The Symphonies Sylviane Deferne (piano) Chamber Orchestra of Europe Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) 03:59 AM ica classics ICAC 5160 (4 CDs) Dora Pejacevic (1885-1923), Rainer Maria Rilke (lyricist) https://icaclassics.com/releases/schubert-the-symphonies Mädchengestalten, Op 42 SAT 09:00 Record Review (m000q391) Franziska Heinzen (soprano), Benjamin Mead (piano) Richard Strauss's Second Horn Concerto in Building a Library 10.45am New Releases – Jeremy Sams on new Christmas with Sarah Willis and Andrew McGregor releases 04:09 AM Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) 9.00am So you don't have to, Jeremy Sams has been listening to this Norma Overture year's crop of Christmas albums and recommends some Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Nello Santi (conductor) In Motion: Schubert, Hindson, Boccherini, Corrales, Farr stocking fillers for friends and family. Amalia Hall (violin) 04:16 AM United Strings of Europe Variations on 'Santa Claus Is Coming to Town' (After F. Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) Julian Azkou (director) Chopin's Etudes) Italian Serenade Franck Fontcouberte (conductor) Joanne Polk (piano) Ljubljanski Godalni Quartet BIS BIS2529 (Hybrid SACD) Steinway & Sons Steinway30167 (download only) https://bis.se/in-motion-united-strings-of-europe-1 https://www.steinway.com/music-and-artists/label/variations-on- 04:24 AM santa-claus-is-coming-to-town-joanne-polk Paul Dukas (1865-1935) Hymns of Love: Puccini, Gounod, Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Villanelle for horn and orchestra Ponchielli etc. Advent Live, Vol. 2 Esa Tukia (horn), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Dmytro Popov (tenor) Choir of St John's College, Cambridge Adelson (conductor) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Andrew Nethsingha (conductor) Mikhail Simonyan (conductor) Signum SIGCD661 04:31 AM Orchid Classics ORC100148 https://signumrecords.com/christmas/ George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) https://www.orchidclassics.com/releases/orc100148-dmytro- Aria: Cara sposa, amante cara from Rinaldo (Act 1 Scene 7) popov/ Alpha & O: Music for Advent & Christmas Graham Pushee (counter tenor), Australian Brandenburg The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Orchestra, Paul Dyer (artistic director) William Walton: Piano Quartet, Violin Sonata & Toccata Edward Wickham (conductor) Matthew Jones (violin) Resonus Classics RES10268 04:41 AM Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) https://www.resonusclassics.com/alpha-o-music-for-advent-chri Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Tim Lowe (cello) stmas-st-catharines-cambridge-wickham- 9 Variations on a minuet by Duport, K573 Annabel Thwaite (piano) res10268?filter_name=advent Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) Naxos 8573892 https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.57389 Be All Merry 04:54 AM 2 The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849), Zoltan Kocsis (transcriber) Irish Chamber Orchestra Nocturne in E flat (Op.55 No.2) arr. for flute, cor anglais and Arvo Pärt · Julia Wolfe · Caroline Shaw · Anon-Italy Desmond Earley (conductor) harp Ars Nova Copenhagen Signum SIGCD643 Bela Horvath (cor anglais), Anita Szabo (flute), Julia Szlvasy Paul Hillier (director) https://signumrecords.com/product/be-all-merry/SIGCD643/ (harp) Naxos 8574281 https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.57428 Xmas – Contemporary 05:01 AM 1 Dietrich Henschel (baritone) Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) Simone Rubino (percussion) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 5 – 11 December 2020 Page 2 of 11 ensemble unitedberlin Maxine Kwok is a violinist in the London Symphony Orchestra Solo Guitar Experiments Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) who adores the lush sounds of Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss Farao B108106 and Erich Korngold, so she’s finding it hard to adjust to having Italian guitarist Francesca Naibo talks about her debut solo to play music on a smaller scale under the current album Namatoulee. Francesca’s music is a unique and colourful Alpha and Omega: Gustav Holst Christmas Music circumstances. This is a chance for her to play some of that sonic experience that explores the instrument’s acoustic and Godwine Choir music, alongside a piece of Gershwin that feeds her urge to tap- electric possibilities from roaring drones to microscopic John Wright (organ) dance, a Chopin nocturne that she found was easier on the vibrations. Plus, music from Ariana Tikao, a leading figure in Alex Davan Wetton, Edward Hughes (conductors) violin than the piano, and a flute concerto that made her want to the taonga pūoro (Māori musical instruments) revival, and a EM Records EMRCD062 give that instrument a try. thrilling call and response between pianist Liam Noble and https://www.em-records.com/discs/emr-cd062-details.html