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SATURDAY 22 APRIL 2017 5:45 AM Mala Punica Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) WEEKS: Mala punica; Walled Garden SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b08mdm4f) Piano Sonata in F major (K.280) Exaudi, Hortus Ensemble, James Weeks (conductor) Proms 2016: Bernard Haitink conducts Mahler's Symphony Sergei Terentjev (piano) WINTER AND WINTER 9102392 (CD) Jonathan Swain presents Mahler's Third Symphony performed by the London Symphony Orchestra with conductor Bernard Haitink 6:05 AM Kate Whitley: I am I say at the 2016 BBC Proms. Rosetti, Antonio [c.1750­1792] WHITLEY: I am I say; Viola Concerto; Five Piano Pieces; Three Horn Concerto in D minor, C.38 Violin and Piano Pieces; Duo for Violin and Viola 1:01 AM Radek Baborak (horn), Prague Chamber Orchestra, Antonin Sarah­Jane Lewis (soprano), Ashley Riches (bass), The Multi­ Mahler, Gustav (1860­1911) Hradil (conductor) Story Orchestra, Choirs from Kender, Lyndhurst and John Donne Symphony No.3 in D minor for alto, female chorus, boys' chorus Primary Schools, Peckham, Shiry Rashkovsky (viola), Rolf Hind and orchestra 6:26 AM (piano), Eloisa Fleur­Thorn (violin), Kate Whitley (piano), Asher Sarah Connolly (mezzo­soprano), Tiffin Boys' Choir, London Albéniz, Isaac (1860­1909) [arranger unknown] Zaccardelli (viola), Christopher Stark Symphony Chorus (women's voices), London Symphony Cuba, from Suite espanola No.1 (Op.47 No.8) NMC NMCD229 (CD) Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor) Tomaz Rajteric (guitar) Raindamage 2:46 AM 6:32 AM HANSSON, U: Þyo; Skin continuum Hindemith, Paul (1895­1963) Brahms, Johannes [1833­1897] SIGURDSSON: Raindamage; Antigravity Sonata for Harp (1939) Violin Sonata in G major, Op.78, arranged for viola VILMARSSON: noa::ems; [:n:] Rita Costanzi (harp) Maxim Rysanov (viola), Katya Apekisheva (piano). Nordic Affect DORIAN SONO LUMINUS SLE70008 (CD) 3:01 AM Brahms, Johannes (1833­1897) SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b08n1mqz) Howard Skempton: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Serenade No.1 in D major, Op.11 Saturday ­ Martin Handley SKEMPTON: Only the Sound Remains; The Rime of the Ancient Kitchener­Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Raffi Armenian Mariner Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, (conductor) Christopher Yates (viola), Roderick Williams (baritone), featuring listener requests. Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Martyn Brabbins 3:48 AM Email [email protected]. (conductor) Sjögren, Emil (1853­1918) NMC NMCD234 (CD) Two Lyrical Pieces Per Enoksson (violin), Péter Nagy (piano) SAT 09:00 Record Review (b08n1mr1) Finland: Choral Works Andrew McGregor with William Mival and Kate Molleson LINKOLA: Mieliteko 3:59 AM RAUTAVAARA: Canticum Mariae virginis; Cancion de nuestro Wikander, David (1884­1955) 9am tiempo ­ Song of Our Time; Orpheus singt Kung Liljekongvalje (King Lily of the Valley) SAARIAHO: Nuits, adieux Swedish Radio Choir, Stefan Sköld (conductor) STRAVINSKY: The Firebird (Suite, 1911); Petrushka; The Firebird (Suite, 1919); Les cinq doigts; No. 2 from Three Easy SIBELIUS: Rakastava, JS160c (text: Kanteletar); Finlandia Op. 26 4:03 AM Pieces; Valse pour les enfants; The Rite of Spring (Part I: The TALVITIE: Kuun kirje Lindberg, Oskar (1887­1955) Adoration of the Earth) Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Marcus Creed (conductor) Morgonen MOZART: Fugue in C Minor, K426 SWR MUSIC SWR19031CD (CD) Swedish Radio Choir (women's voices only), Eric Ericson Beecham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham Chamber Choir, Maria Wieslander (piano), Gustav Sjökvist (conductor), Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens 11.45am – Highlight from the BBC Music Magazine awards (conductor) (conductor), Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Oscar Fried (conductor), Igor Stravinsky (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, MOZART: Don Giovanni, K527 4:07 AM Leopold Stokowski (conductor), Soulima Stravinsky (piano) Dimitris Tiliakos (Don Giovanni), Vito Priante (Leporello), Aber, Giovanni (fl.1765­1783) PRISTINE CLASSICAL PASC496 (CD) Myrto Papatanasiu (Donna Anna), Kenneth Tarver (Don Ottavio), Quartetto II for recorder, violin, "salterio" and continuo Karina Gauvin (Donna Elvira), Guido Loconsolo (Masetto), Bolette Roed (recorder), Frederik From (violin), Hager Hanana Tchaikovsky: "1812" Overture & Capriccio Italien ­ Vinyl Christina Gansch (Zerlina), Mika Kares (Il Commendatore), (cello), Komalé Akakpo (dulcimer) Edition MusicAeterna, MusicAeterna Choir, Teodor Currentzis TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture Op. 49; Capriccio italien Op. (conductor) 4:15 AM 45 SONY 88985316032 (3CDs or 4LPs) Liszt, Franz (1811­1886) Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor) (Schubert) Ave Maria, D.839, transcribed for piano MERCURY 4789757 (2 Vinyl LPs) 11.50am – Disc of the Week Sylviane Deferne (piano) Shostakovich: Cello Concertos (The Russian Years) Reich: Clapping Music & other works SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Op. 4:22 AM REICH: Clapping Music; Music for Pieces of Wood; Sextet 107; Cello Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 126 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) Neil Percy, LSO Percussion Ensemble Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Four Minuets for orchestra, K.601 LSO LIVE LSO5073 (LP) Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor), USSR State Symphony Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor) Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor) Pieces of Africa WARNER CLASSICS LP0190295871932 (Vinyl – Limited 4:34 AM ADDY, O: Wawshishijay for vocals, Donno, Brekete, Pretia, Gidi edition for Record Store Day) Sorkocevic, Luka (1734­1789), arr. Frano Matušic & Aketse "Our Beginning" Symphony No.3 EL DIN: Escalay for tar & string quartet "Waterwheel" Also available on CD: Dubrovnik Guitar Trio HAKMOUN: Saade for voice, sintir, oud, bander & string quartet Shostakovich: Cello Concertos (The Russian Years) ("I'm Happy") SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Op. 4:41 AM MARAIRE: Mai Nozipo, for ngoma, hosho & string quartet 107; Cello Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 126 Handel, Georg Frideric (1685­1759) ("Mother Nozipo"); Kutambarara, for vocals, mbira, hosho, Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Caesar's aria: 'Va tacito e nascosto' (from 'Giulio Cesare in chorus & string quartet ("Spreading") Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor), USSR State Symphony Egitto', Act 1 Sc.9) SUSO: Tilliboyo for kora & string quartet ("Sunset") Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor) Graham Pushee (countertenor), Australian Brandenburg TAMUSUZA: Ekitundu Ekisooka for string quartet WARNER CLASSICS 9029589222 (CD) Orchestra, Paul Dyer (artistic director) VOLANS: String Quartet No. 1 ­ White Man Sleeps Kronos Quartet, with Hassan Hakmoun, Dumisani Maraire, 4:48 AM Foday Musa Suso, Hamza El Din SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b08n1mr5) Wegelius, Martin (1846­1906) NONESUCH 7559794495 (2 LPs) Music Therapy and Mental Health Rondo quasi Fantasia for Piano & Orchestra (1872) Margit Rahkonen (piano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Handel: Neun Deutsche Arien & Brockes­Passion Presented by Sara Mohr­Pietsch. Petri Sakari (conductor) HANDEL: Neun deutsche Arien, HWV202­210; Brockes Passion As Thomas Ades' opera The Exterminating Angel opens for its HWV 48 5:01 AM UK premiere at the Royal Opera House, Sara meets its director Ina Siedlaczek (soprano), Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Roussel, Albert (1869­1937) Tom Cairns. He reveals just how intense the rehearsal process has Katschner (lute and director) Le Jardin mouillé, Op.3, No.3 been for an opera with a uniquely starry ensemble cast, which AUDITE AUDITE97729 (CD) Ola Eliasson (baritone), Mats Jansson (piano) includes Anne Sofie von Otter, Christine Rice, John Tomlinson, Thomas Allen, Iestyn Davies and more. Cairns also explains why 9.30am ­ Building a Library 5:05 AM he finds endings so difficult. Ravel, Maurice (1875­1937) (arr. for winds Richard McIntyre) Composer: Gustav Mahler Ma Mère l'Oye ('Mother Goose Suite') Piece: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, ‘Resurrection’ As part of the BBC's Minds Matter season, Sara looks at some of Canberra Wind Soloists Reviewer: William Mival the latest research into music therapy for mental health, as therapists Kate Jones and Catherine Carr share their findings from 5:20 AM 10.30am – Pristine Audio research into children with selective mutism and on acute Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681­1767) Pristine Audio founder Andrew Rose describes the extraordinary psychiatric wards. Sara also talks to Grace Watts from the British Trio No.4 from Essercizii Musici, for transverse flute, work involved in restoring old recordings to and beyond their Association of Music Therapists, and visits a long­running harpsichord obligato and continuo former glory with examples from the 30s, 40s and 50s with artists community music project by the mental health charity SMART, Camerata Köln including Alfred Cortot, Arturo Toscanini and Serge meeting its current leader Sarah Wilson and founder Gary Koussevitzky. Ansdell, who reveals his findings from 10 years of research into 5:30 AM the project's impact on patients in recovery. Vivaldi, Antonio (1678­1741) 10.55am – New contemporary releases with Kate Molleson Magnificat in G minor, RV.610, for SSAT soloists, choir, 2 FELDMAN, M: Three Voices Musician and teacher Adam Ockelford explains his theory for oboes, strings & basso continuo Juliet Fraser how music works, based on his experience over 40 years working Choir of Latvian Radio, Riga Chamber Players, Sigvards Klava HAT HUT RECORDS hat[now]ART198 (CD) with children who are partially sighted and on the autism (conductor) spectrum, which is the subject of his new book, Comparing

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Notes: How we make sense of music. Artist Gerry Mulligan / Astor Piazzolla Monsieur Triquet ..... Tony Stevenson (tenor) Title Anos de Soledad Captain ..... David Crawford (bass) Plus, opera singers Renee Fleming and Angel Blue on the unique Composer Piazzolla Zaretski ..... Richard Bernstein (bass) voice of Ella Fitzgerald, in the week of centenary celebrations for Album Summit Offstage tenor ..... David Lowe (tenor) the American jazz singer. Label Ariola New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus Number 88.874­1 Track 3 New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Duration 4.07 Robin Ticciati (conductor). SAT 13:00 Saturday Classics (b08n1mr8) Performers: Astor Piazzolla, bandoneon; Gerry Mulligan ­ Rob Cowan's Gold Standard baritone; Angel "Pochi" Gatti – teclados; Tullio De Piscopo – drums; Giuseppe Prestipino – electric bass; Albert Baldan – SAT 22:00 Hear and Now (b08n1mwd) Rob Cowan with Schubert, Franck, Bach and Saint­Saëns from The 21st­Century Orchestra performers including Richard Egarr, Samson François and marimba; Gianni Zilioli – marimba; Fillipo Dacco ­ guitar; Bruno De Filippi ­ guitar; Umberto Miguel Ángel Benedetti – violin; Leonard Bernstein. Tom Service presents performances of 21st century orchestral Renato Riccio – viola; Ennio Miori –cello; Orquesta de Cuerdas, 1975 music from Northern Ireland and Scotland. David Brophy conducts the Ulster Orchestra in works by Deirdre Gribbin, Kevin SAT 15:00 Sound of Cinema (b08n1mrf) Artist Paul Gonsalves Volans and Ryan Molloy ­ the world premiere of a concerto Their Finest Hour composed for violinist Darragh Morgan, inspired by Molloy and Title Bluz For Liz Morgan's common heritage in Irish traditional music. There's a Matthew Sweet with a selection of film music reflecting wartime Composer Burrell UK premiere too, by Olga Neuwirth, with Matthias Pintscher propaganda in the cinema and the wartime spirit, inspired by Album Cleopatra Feelin’ Jazzy conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Tonight's Lone Scherfig's new film "Their Finest" with a score by Rachel Label Impulse Modern Muses features composer Terry Riley and the leader of Portman, released in cinemas this week. Number AS 41 Side 1 Track 3 the Kronos Quartet David Harrington reflecting on their long Duration 5.40 collaboration. Plus the first of three Proms Inspire commissions Performers Paul Gonsalves, ts; Dick Hyman, org; Hank Jones, p; and a birthday greeting to Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino, SAT 16:00 Jazz Record Requests (b08n1mrh) Kenny Burrell, g; George Duvivier, b; Roy Haynes, d. 1963 who turned 70 earlier this month. Alyn Shipton's selection includes requests for tracks by pianist Artist Al Jarreau and composer George Shearing on the day a blue plaque is Title Spain unveiled in London in his memory. Composer Corea, Jarreau, Maren SUNDAY 23 APRIL 2017 Album This Time Artist George Shearing Label Warner SUN 00:00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz (b036tsvt) Title Conception Number Track 6 Composer Shearing Three Rare Pianists Duration 6.31 Album From Battersea to Broadway Personnel: Al Jarreau, v; Larry Williams, kb; Abraham Laboriel, Label Proper b; Steve Gadd, d. 1980 Number Properbox 40 CD 4 Track 3 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, a personal journey taking in great Duration musicians and great music. 2.57 Artist Freddy Randall Performers George Shearing, p; Marjorie Hyams, vib; Chuck Title Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down Herbie Nichols, Richard Twardzik and Elmo Hope may not be Wayne, g; John Levy, b; Denzil Best, d. 27 July 1949. Composer Quicksell / Ludwin the best known of jazz pianists, but their rugged individuality and Album Great British Jazz: As Good as It Gets subtle wit have made them favourites with connoisseurs ­ and Artist Louis Armstrong Label Smith and Co with Geoffrey Smith, who surveys their achievement. Title Dardanella Number 1143 CD 1 Track 4 Composer Bernard / Black / Fisher Duration 2.47 01 Richard Twardzik (artist) Album Louis Armstrong Box Performers: Freddy Randall, t; rest tbc. A Crutch for the Crab Label Storyville Performer: Richard Twardzik Number 108 8609 CD 4 Trck 5 Artist Erskine Hawkins Duration 2.38 Title Tuxedo Junction 02 Richard Twardzik (artist) Performers: Ed Hall, cl; Billy Kyle, p; Dale Jones, b; Barrett Composer Dash / Hawkins / Johnson Albuquerque Social Swim Deems, d. 23 June 1956. Plus long notes at the end from Louis Album L’Histoire des Big Bands Performer: Richard Twardzik Armstrong, t; and Trummy Young, tb. Label Chante Du Monde Number 574 1481.90 CD 4 Track 11 03 Serge Chaloff (artist) Artist Harry Sweets Edison Duration 3.16 The Fable of Mable Title The Very Thought of You Performers: Erskine Hawkins, Dud Bascombe, Sam Lowe, Performer: Serge Chaloff Composer Noble / Chadwick / Gosling Marcellus Green, t; Edward Sims, Robert Rangem tb; William Album The Swinger Johnson, Jimmy Mitchelle, Julian Dash, Haywood Henry, reeds; 04 Chet Baker Quartet (artist) Label Verve Avery Parrish, p; William McLemore, g; Leomie Stanfield, b; Rondette Number 314 559 868­2 CD 1 Track 2 James Morrison, d. 18 July 1939. Performer: Chet Baker Quartet Duration 6.05 Performers Harry Edison, t; Jimmy Forrest, ts; Jimmy Jones, p; Artist George Shearing 05 Herbie Nichols (artist) Freddie Green, g; Joe Benjamin, b; Charlie Persip, d. Sep 1958 Title Send in the Clowns The Gig Composer Sondheim Performer: Herbie Nichols Artist Oxford Classic Jazz Album My Ship Title You’re the Cream in my Coffee’ Label Verve 06 Herbie Nichols (artist) Composer Brown / Da Sylva / Henderson Number 821664­2 Track 12 2300 Skiddoo Album Put t’Kettle On Lad Duration 4.32 Performer: Herbie Nichols Label OCJB Performers G Shearing, p, v. Number CD008 Track 13 07 Herbie Nichols (artist) Duration 3.23 Lady Sings the Blues Performers Mike Wills, cl; Nick Gill, p; Ian Joachim, tu; Andy SAT 17:00 Jazz Line­Up (b08n1mrk) Performer: Herbie Nichols Crisp, d. Oren Marshall 08 Herbie Nichols (artist) Artist Nat Gonella Julian Joseph with a performance from progressive tuba player Terpsichore Title Blue Turning Grey Over You Oren Marshall in a special collaboration with drummers from Performer: Herbie Nichols Composer Waller / Razaf Ghana, recorded at the London Jazz Festival. Marshall has Album British Traditional Jazz a Potted History collaborated with a diverse range of artists including vocalist 09 Elmo Hope (artist) Label Lake Bobby McFerrin, rock group Radiohead and experimental Mo is On Number LACD 3000 CD 1 Track 3 American composer Moondog. Performer: Elmo Hope Duration 3.15 Performers Nat Gonella, t, v; Pat Smuts, ts; Harold Hood, p; 10 Elmo Hope (artist) Jimmy Messini, g; Tiny Winters, b; Bob Dryden, d. 10 Jan 1936. SAT 18:00 Opera on 3 (b08n1mwb) Barfly Live from the Met Performer: Elmo Hope Artist Dick Hyman Title Wild Cat Blues Tonight's Live from the Met is Tchaikovsky's Pushkin­based 11 Harold Land (artist) Composer Fats Waller, Clarence Williams Eugene Onegin. When Tatiana is introduced to the sophisticated Mirror­Mind Rose Album Gulf Coast Blues friend of her sister's fiancée, Eugene Onegin, she falls instantly in Performer: Harold Land Label Stomp Off love with him. In her girlish naivety, she spends the night writing Number SOS 1141 Side A Track 4 him a passionate letter, only to be coldly rejected by him. Years 12 Elmo Hope (artist) Duration 4.18 later, the happily married Tatiana meets Onegin again. This time Minor Bertha Performers Dick Hyman, p. 1986 their love is mutual, leading to disastrous consequences. Anna Performer: Elmo Hope Netrebko sings Tatiana, with Peter Mattei as the fateful Onegin. Artist George Shearing / Mel Tormé Title Pick Yourself Up Presented by Mary Jo Heath and Ira Siff. SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b08n1p7v) Composer Fields, Kern Schumann, Dvorak and Mozart from the Orchestra della Svizzera Eugene Onegin ..... Peter Mattei (baritone) Album Complete Concord Recordings Italian Label Concord Tatiana ..... Anna Netrebko (soprano) Number CCD7 2144­2 CD 7 Track 12 Lenski ..... Alexey Dolgov (tenor) Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Dvorák's New World Olga ..... Elena Maximova (contralto) Duration 4.21 Symphony performed by the Swiss Italian Orchestra in Lugano. Prince Gremin ..... Stefan Kocan (bass) Performers Mel Tormé, v; George Shearing, p; John Leitham, b; Madame Larina ..... Elena Zaremba (mezzo­soprano) Donny Osborne, d. 1990. 1:01 AM Fippyevna ..... Larissa Diadkova (mezzo­soprano) Schumann, Robert (1810­1856)

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Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 129 5:28 AM Ravel: La Valse Daniel Müller­Schott (cello), Swiss Italian Orchestra, Markus Ravel, Maurice (1875­1937) arr. Maganini, Quinto Poschner (conductor) Pavane pour une infante defunte, arr. for oboe and piano Alessio Bax, piano Roger Cole (oboe), Linda Lee Thomas (piano) 1:25 AM Alessio Bax, described by The New Yorker as 'perhaps the most Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685­1750) 5:34 AM elegant of today's young pianists', places Scriabin's Piano Sonata Cello Suite No 3 in C major, BWV 1009, (Sarabande) Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) No. 3 at the heart of his lunchtime recital. He frames the Russian Daniel Müller­Schott (cello) Symphony No 25 in G minor, K 183 composer's dramatic vision of 'States of the Soul' with Schubert's Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Adam Fischer (Conductor) majestic Piano Sonata in A minor, D784, and Ravel's virtuoso 1:29 AM transcription for solo piano of La Valse. Dvořák, Antonín (1841­1904) 5:59 AM Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95, 'From the New World' Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839­1881) Swiss Italian Orchestra, Markus Poschner (conductor) The Seminarist, for voice and piano SUN 14:00 The Early Music Show (b08n1x31) Petteri Salomaa (baritone), Ilmo Ranta (piano) Roman Holiday 2:13 AM Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) 6:02 AM Hannah French presents a programme dedicated to the Swedish Overture from The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte), K 620 Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839­1881) composer Johan Helmich Roman. He was not only one of his Swiss Italian Orchestra, Markus Poschner (conductor) Gornimi tikho letela dusha nebesami (Softly the spirit flew) country's most celebrated Baroque composers and leader of the Petteri Salomaa (baritone), Ilmo Ranta (piano) Swedish opera through the Age of Liberty, but also something of 2:20 AM a traveller. Roman spent time in London, where he performed for MacDowell, Edward (1860­1908) 6:06 AM Handel and Geminiani, before setting off across Europe where he Suite for Large Orchestra in A minor, Op 42 Britten, Benjamin [1913 ­ 1975] met some of the leading musicians of his day, including Pepusch Eastman­Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson (conductor) 4 Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes', Op.33a and Johann Jacob Bach. BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor) 2:40 AM Piston, Walter (1894­1976) 6:23 AM SUN 15:00 Choral Evensong (b08mp5fz) Prelude and Allegro (for organ and orchestra) (1943) Haydn, Joseph (1732­1809) Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, Texas David Schrader (organ), Grant Park Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar Piano Sonata in F major, H.16.29 From the Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, Texas (conductor) Eduard Kunz (Piano) Introit: King of glory, King of peace (Harold Friedell) 2:51 AM AM 6:37 Responses: Bruce Neswick Griffes, Charles Tomlinson (1884­1920) Rimsky­Korsakov, Nikolai (1844­1908) Psalm 105 (Ritchie, Dettra, Fenstermaker) Three Tone Pictures, Op 5 The tale of Tsar Saltan ­ Suite, Op 57 First Lesson: Song of Solomon 3 David Allen Wehr (piano) Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Verbitsky Office Hymn: Lift your voice rejoicing, Mary (Fisk of (conductor). 3:01 AM Gloucester) Roussel, Albert (1869­1937) Canticles: Dallas Service (Howells) Second Lesson: Matthew 28 vv.16­20 Piano Trio in E flat major, Op 2 (1902) SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b08n1wzz) Anthems: I was glad (Leo Sowerby) Tale Olsson (violin), Johanna Sjunnesson (cello), Mats Jansson Sunday ­ Martin Handley (piano) Light's Glittering Morn (Horatio Parker) Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, Organ Voluntary: Toccata (Vincent Persichetti) 3:30 AM featuring listener requests. Scott Dettra, Director of Music Debussy, Claude [1862­1918] L. Graham Schultz, Assistant Organist. Prélude à l'après­midi d'un faune Email [email protected]. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor) SUN 16:00 The Choir (b08n1x33) 3:41 AM SUN 09:00 Sunday Morning (b08n1x01) Cornwall's Male Voices Scriabin, Alexander [1872­1915] Jonathan Swain Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op 20 Jonathan Swain plays yesterday's Building a Library selection of Sara Mohr­Pietsch talks to Rob Elliot, director of the Cornwall Alexei Volodin (piano), Sinfonia Varsovia, Robert Trevino International Male Choral Festival about the close knit world of (conductor) Mahler's Second Symphony ('The Resurrection') in full. He also presents music by Dowland, played by the young lutenist Thomas men only choirs, plus she is joined by members of the London Philharmonic Choir to discuss their recent choral discovery, 4:18 AM Dunford, as well as the neglected classic, Frank Martin's Petite Taneyev's John of Damascus. Handel, Georg Frideric [1685­1759] Symphonie Concertante. The programme also includes cellist Dall' ondoso periglio (recit); Aure, deh, per pieta (aria) ­ scena Natalie Clein's performance of Bloch's Schelomo with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ilan Volkov. from 'Giulio Cesare' SUN 17:00 The Listening Service (b08n1yl2) Delphine Galou (contralto), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko Brahms ­ Behind the Beard (director) SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b08n1x03) The most famous beard in classical music? Perhaps. And if so, AL Kennedy 4:26 AM what does Johannes Brahms's abundant facial hair have to do with Bizet, Georges (1838­75) It's not easy starting out to make a living as a writer, and A.L. his music? Tom Service looks at four contrasting compositions Habanera (L'amour est un oiseau rebelle) ­ from 'Carmen' for clues: the First Piano Concerto, the Second Sextet, the choral (arranged for trumpet and orchestra) Kennedy began with one of the most challenging jobs ever: as a puppeteer and clown, chasing children around a field in Fife with piece 'Gesang der Parzen' (Song of the Fates) and the A­major Jouko Harjanne (trumpet), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Intermezzo. Rasilainen (conductor) a loud horn. Thankfully it didn't take long before she left the day job behind and established her reputation as one of our most original voices, the author of 17 books ­ novels, short story 4:31 AM SUN 17:30 Words and Music (b08nyx94) collections, non­fiction ­ and talks and plays for stage, radio and Grieg, Edvard (1843­1907) Lost...and Found? 2 Elegiac Melodies for string orchestra, Op.34 television. She's also, on and off, a stand­up comedian ­ so that CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) early training as a clown wasn't wasted. Lost thoughts, lost paths, lost time, lost love, lost innocence. Harriet Walter and Don Warrington read poetry and prose on the In Private Passions she tells Michael Berkeley about growing up 4:40 AM idea of being lost, both physically and metaphysically. With texts in Dundee, and discovering that she could escape on the Vivaldi, Antonio (1678­1741) by Dante, Thoreau, Marquez, Stevie Smith and Emily Dickinson, overnight bus to Stratford and the theatre, which made everything Concerto da camera in C major, RV.88 and music by Beethoven, Bach, Debussy, Jerome Kern and in life more bearable, more alive. Glenn Gould is one of Camerata Köln Charles Ives. Kennedy's heroes, and we hear him playing Bach; but we also 4:48 AM hear Gould's speaking voice in a radio documentary about the 01 00:00 Franz Liszt Pahor, Karol (1896­1974) Canadian North. Other choices include the Venetian baroque Dante Symphony Oce náš hlapca jerneja (The Lord's Prayer of the Servant Jerney) composer Franceso Cavalli, and Josquin des Prez. We hear John Performer: Rotterdam Philharmonic, conductor James Conlon Chamber Choir AVE, Andraž Hauptman (Conductor) Adams too, with a yearning love aria, and a commemoration of Auschwitz composed by the New York Jewish composer Osvaldo 02 00:00 4:54 AM Golijov. There's Gaelic folk music to end, re­interpreted by a Dante Alighieri Tchaikovsky, Pitor Illyich (1840­1893) group of contemporary Scottish singers. So, a wonderfully Dance of the Jesters, from The Snow Maiden, Op 12 eclectic list of choices, and ­ we clear up the mystery of her name, 03 00:00 Beethoven Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic, Kristjan Järvi (conductor) and find out why Alison Louise Kennedy became "A.L. Piano Sonata in C sharp minor Op.27 No.2 Moonlight Kennedy". Performer: Steven Osborne 5:01 AM Produced by Elizabeth Burke Dvorák, Antonín (1841­1904) 04 00:00 A Loftus production for BBC Radio 3. Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66 William Blake BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor) 05 00:00 Dvorak 5:14 AM SUN 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b08mdcdx) Symphony No.9 From the New World 2nd mvt (Largo) Storace, Bernado (fl. 1664) Wigmore Hall Mondays: Alessio Bax Performer: Prague Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Ciaconna Mackerras United Continuo Ensemble From Wigmore Hall, London. Pianist Alessio Bax plays Schubert, Scriabin and Ravel. 06 00:00 5:20 AM Presented by Sara Mohr­Pietsch Georgia Douglas Johnson Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685­1750) Der Geist hilft unser Schwacheit, BWV 226 Schubert: Piano Sonata in A minor, D784 07 00:00 Billie Holiday Choir of Latvian Radio, Aivars Kalejas (organ), Sigvards Klava Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, Op. 23 Strange Fruit (conductor) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22– 28 April 2017 Page 4 of 11

08 00:00 Benjamin Britten 35 00:01 (The Year 1905). Turn of the Screw (End of Act I) Zadie Smith Performer: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conductor Colin Davis 36 00:01 William Grant Still Symphony no.2 in G minor Song of a new race 4th mvt MONDAY 24 APRIL 2017 09 00:00 Performer: Fort Smith Symphony, conductor John Jeter Ian McEwen MON 00:30 Through the Night (b08n1yn1) 37 00:01 Haydn's The Creation at the Wratislavia Cantans International 10 00:00 Jerome Kern and Noel Coward Walt Whitman Festival in Poland We Were So Young 38 00:01 Michael Masser 11 00:00 Do you know where youre going to? (Theme from Mahogany) Haydn's Creation in the English version with the Gabrieli Players John Clare Performer: Diana Ross and Paul McCreesh. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

12 00:00 Johann Sebastian Bach 39 00:01 12:31 AM Partita No.2 for solo violin in D minor, BWV.1004: Sarabande Lewis Carroll Haydn, Joseph [1732­1809] [English text anonymous, revised in Performer: Viktoria Mullova, violin 2006 by Paul McCreesh] The Creation, H.21.2 13 00:00 SUN 18:45 Sunday Feature (b08n1yl6) Sophie Bevan (soprano ­ Gabriel, Eve), Robert Murray (tenor ­ Stevie Smith v. is for Tony Uriel), David Wilson­Johnson (baritone ­ Raphael, Adam), Ewa Pieronkiewicz (contralto), National Forum of Music Chorus, 14 00:00 Arvo Pärt To mark Tony Harrison's 80th birthday, Paul Farley presents a Agnieszka Franków­Żelazny (director), Gabrieli Players, Paul Fratres for Strings and Percussion profile of this unique poet, playwright and filmmaker ­ author of McCreesh (conductor) Performer: London Philharmonic, conductor Franz Welser­Most the controversial long poem v. and game­changing theatre productions of The Mysteries, The Oresteia and The Trackers of 2:15 AM 15 00:00 Oxyrhynchus, among many others. Haydn, Joseph (1732­1809) Gabriel Garcia Marquez Sonata in E minor, Hob.XVI.34 Andreas Staier (fortepiano) 16 00:00 Ives SUN 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b08n1yl8) Piano Sonata no.2 Conchord 4th mvt, Thoreau Orchestre National de France ­ Dvorak, Rachmaninov 2:31 AM Performer: Peter Lawson (piano) Svendsen, Johan (1840 ­1911) Ian Skelly presents a concert recorded at the newly opened Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op.15 17 00:00 Auditorium at the Maison de la Radio, Paris, in which the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (conductor) Thoreau Orchestre National de France is conducted by its music director designate, Emmanuel Krivine. And the acclaimed Russian pianist, 3:06 AM Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871­1927) 18 00:00 Claude Debussy Denis Matsuev joins them for Rachmaninov plus a couple of String Quartet No.4 in A minor, Op.25 Prelude La Cathedral engloutie encores. Oslo String Quartet Performer: Noriko Ogawa (piano) Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor, Op 30 Rachmaninov: Étude tableau, Op 39 No 2 ('The Sea and the 3:42 AM 19 00:00 Seagulls') Dvorák, Antonín (1841­1904) Silas Weir Mitchell Denis Matsuev: Jazz improvisation Slavonic Dance Op.72 No.2 James Anagnoson and Leslie Kinton (piano) 20 00:00 Francis Poulenc Dvořák: Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 Organ Concerto in G minor 1st mvt 3:48 AM Performer: Olivier Latry (organ), Philadelphia Orchestra, Denis Matsuev (piano) Stradella, Alessandro [1639­1682] conductor Christoph Eschenbach Orchestre National de France Fulmini quanto sa, for voice and accompaniment Emmanuel Krivine (conductor) Emma Kirkby (soprano), David Thomas (bass), Alan Wilson 21 00:00 rec. 12.01.2017. (harpsichord), Jakob Lindberg (lute), Anthony Rooley (lute) Adelaide Anne Procter 3:54 AM 22 00:00 Charles­Marie Widor SUN 21:00 Drama on 3 (b08n1ylb) Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714­1787) Symphony no.5 4th mvt (Allegro) Iphigenia in Crimea Ballet music: 'Dances of the Blessed Spirits' ­ from 'Orphée et Performer: Simon Preston (organ) Euridice' To mark Tony Harrison's 80th birthday, a world premiere of his Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (conductor) 23 00:00 Charles­Marie Widor new verse drama, after Euripides. Symphony no.5 5th mvt 4:01 AM Performer: Simon Preston (organ) Sebastapol, 1854, the Crimean War. A Classics­loving Lieutenant Bernat Vivancos [b.1973] persuades a company of British soldiers to stage an all­male Nigra sum 24 00:00 production of Iphigenia in Tauris. Starring Blake Ritson as Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava (conductor) George MacDonald Iphigenia and Robert Emms as Orestes. 4:10 AM Music performed by Peter Ringrose (trumpet), Detta Danford 25 00:00 Beethoven Foulds, John [1880­1939] (flute), Howard McGill (clarinet), Jon Banks (accordion) and Piano Sonata in D Op.28 Pastorale 2nd mvt Sicilian Aubade Matt Sharp (cello). Performer: Maurizio Pollini (piano) Cynthia Fleming (violin), BBC Concert Orchestra, Ronald Corp Music composed and directed by Jon Nicholls. (conductor) 26 00:00 Ivor Gurney Lieutenant/Iphigenia/Athena ...... Blake Ritson 4:16 AM Orestes ...... Robert Emms Scarlatti, Domenico [1685­1757] 27 00:00 Gurney Pylades ...... Richard Glaves Sonata in B minor, Kk. 87 Severn Meadows Sergeant/Thoas ...... John Dougall Eduard Kunz (piano) Performer: Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Clifford Benson (piano) Irish soldier/Cowherd/Chorus ...... Eugene O'Hare Soldier/Messenger/Chorus ...... Michael Colgan 4:21 AM 28 00:00 Soldier/Chorus of Greek Women ...... David Sterne Arnold, Malcolm (1921­2006), arr. John P. Paynter Elizabeth Barrett Browning Soldier/Chorus of Greek Women ...... Gavi Singh Chera Little Suite for Brass Band No.1, Op.80 Soldier/Chorus of Greek Women ...... John Bowler Edmonton Wind Ensemble, Harry Pinchin (conductor) 29 00:00 Claudio Monteverdi Soldier/Chorus of Greek Women ...... Finlay Robertson 4:31 AM LOrfeo (Act 2 excerpt) Composer ...... Jon Nicholls Schumann, Robert (1810­1856) Performer: Marina de Liso (mezzo­soprano), Ensemble La Director ...... Emma Harding Venexiana, Claudio Cavina Overture to Genoveva, Op.81 Orchestre Nationale de France, Heinz Wallberg (conductor) 30 00:00 SUN 22:30 Early Music Late (b08n1yld) Tennyson 4:41 AM Collegium Vocale 1704 Hamelin, Marc­André (1961­) Variations on a Theme by Paganini, for piano 31 00:00 Edward Elgar Simon Heighes presents highlights of a concert given by Marc­André Hamelin (piano) Enigma Variations ­ Nimrod Collegium and Collegium Vocale 1704 at Amsterdam's Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Concertgebouw. They perform Biber's mighty Missa 4:51 AM Andrew Litton Salisburgensis. Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562­1621) O Domine Jesu Christe 32 00:00 Biber: Missa Salisburgensis Emily Dickinson Collegium Vocale 1704 Netherlands Chamber Choir and instrumental ensemble of three Collegium 1704 sackbutts and tenor shawm, Paul van Nevel (conductor) 33 00:00 Felix Mendelssohn Vaclav Luks (conductor). 4:59 AM Midsummer Nights Dream ­ Scherzo Viotti, Giovanni Battista (1755­1824) Performer: Leipzig Gewandhaus, conductor Riccardo Chailly SUN 23:30 Recital (b08n1ylg) Duo concertante in B flat major Alexandar Avramov (Violin), Ivan Peev (Violin) 34 00:01 Barrios BBC Philharmonic Cueca 5:06 AM Performer: John Williams (guitar) BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Andrew Litton, play Berlioz' Overture: Roman Carnival and Shostakovich's Symphony No.11 Geminiani, Francesco (1687­1762) Concerto Grosso No.3 in B minor Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22– 28 April 2017 Page 5 of 11

Concertino: Barbara Jane Gilbey, Peter Edwards (violins) Sue­ MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b08n20j6) Nathan Vale (tenor) Ellen Paulsen (cello), Geoffrey Lancaster (harpsichord), Nicola LeFanu (1947­) Morgan Pearse (baritone) Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players David Soar (bass) British composer Nicola LeFanu talks to Donald Macleod about BBC National Chorus Of Wales 5:14 AM being inspired by the music of Alexander Goehr BBC National Orchestra of Wales Farkas, Ferenc [1905­2000] William Boughton (conductor). 5 Ancient Hungarian Dances for wind quintet Composer Nicola LeFanu has been at the heart of British Tae­Won Kim (flute), Hyong­Sup Kim (oboe), Pil­Kwan Sung contemporary music for several decades, and at the forefront of (oboe), Hyon­Kon Kim (clarinet), Sang­Won Yoon (bassoon) promoting the works of her fellow women composers. In 2017 MON 16:30 In Tune (b08n20jd) LeFanu turns seventy, and in conversation with Donald Macleod Tasmin Little, Moira Bennett, Ivana Gavric 5:24 AM she looks back at her distinguished career including commissions Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) arr. Danzi, Franz from many leading artists. LeFanu also chats about some of the Sean Rafferty's guests include violinist Tasmin Little with pianist (1763­1826) composers who have influenced her including her mother Piers Lane bringing their new CD to life in the studio. Moira Extracts from 'Die Zauberflöte', arranged for 2 cellos Elizabeth Maconchy, and also her husband David Lumsdaine. Bennett ­ first lady of the Arts ­ talks about her new book Duo Fouquet documenting her life working at Aldeburgh Festival and with the Nicola LeFanu was born into a creative environment. Her father London Symphony Orchestra. Pianist Ivana Gavrić performing 5:35 AM was the scholar and writer William LeFanu, and her mother the live with news of her latest disc. Rubbra, Edmund (1901­1986) composer Elizabeth Maconchy. LeFanu didn't set out to be a Trio in One Movement, Op.68 composer and initially was more interested in the theatre. One The Hertz Trio seminal moment came when she heard music by Alexander MON 18:30 Composer of the Week (b08n20j6) Goehr, The Deluge. LeFanu subsequently started to compose [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] 5:55 AM more works, whilst her musical language changed. From this Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873­1943) point onwards she received tuition from various composers, Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op.42 including Jeremy Dale Roberts and then Alexander Goehr. MON 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b08nb32s) Duncan Gifford (piano) LeFanu didn't remain long studying with one person for as she Handel's Chandos Anthems from Cannons puts it, she didn't want to be told the answers but instead find 6:16 AM these out for herself. Her first critical success was a work for solo As part of the 2017 London Handel Festival, Adrian Butterfield Durante, Francesco (1684­1755) oboe called Soliloquy, which was published whilst she was still conducts three of Handel's Chandos Anthems at the church on the Concerto for Strings No.1 in F minor studying at Oxford. From there LeFanu went on to the Royal Cannons Estate, once home to the financially incontinent James Concerto Köln. College of Music, and after this made her way in London as a Brydges, Duke of Chandos. freelance composer. Handel spent about a year in 1717­18 in residence at Cannons where the Duke spared no expense in commissioning some of the MON 06:30 Breakfast (b08n1ynw) A Penny for a Song (Seas are Wild Tonight) best Italian painters of the day to redecorate the church and Monday ­ Petroc Trelawny Tracey Chadwell, soprano Grinling Gibbons to carve the case on the organ. Alas, like many Pamela Lidiard, piano of his peers, the Duke was undone by the South Sea Bubble. Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, Presented by Verity Sharp featuring listener requests. But Stars Remaining Alison Smart, soprano Handel: Chandos Anthem No.6, 'As pants the hart,' HWV.251 Email [email protected]. Handel: Chandos Anthem No.3, 'Have mercy upon me,' Jeremy Dale Roberts: Winter Music HWV.248 Lontano MON 09:00 Essential Classics (b08n20j4) Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Interval music: Paolo Zanzu plays Handel's Keyboard Suite in E Monday ­ Sarah Walker with Jon Snow major, HWV 430. Nicola LeFanu: Soliloquy 9am Jinny Shaw, oboe Handel: Chandos Anthem No.5, 'I will magnify thee,' HWV.250a Sarah sets the tone and mood of the day's programme with a range of music to intrigue, surprise and entertain. The Same Day Dawns Grace Davidson (soprano) Jane Manning, soprano Charles Daniels (tenor) 9.30am Kathryn Lukas, flute Edward Grint (bass­baritone) Take part in today's musical challenge: listen to the clues and Ian Mitchell, clarinet London Handel Orchestra identify the mystery musical person. Adrian Levine, violin Adrian Butterfield (conductor) David Smith, cello 10am James Wood, percussion [concert recorded 19.04.2017]. Sarah's guest this week is the news journalist and presenter Jon Nicola LeFanu, conductor Snow. Having cut his teeth as Washington Correspondent and then Diplomatic Editor at ITN, Jon became an anchor on Channel Producer Luke Whitlock. MON 22:00 Music Matters (b08n1mr5) 4 News in 1989, a position he has held ever since. He is still [Repeat of broadcast at 12:15 on Saturday] active as a reporter and documentary­maker, and has covered major global events ranging from the release of Nelson Mandela MON 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b08n20j8) and the fall of the Berlin Wall, to the inauguration of Barack Wigmore Hall Mondays: Louis Lortie MON 22:45 The Essay (b08n20jj) Obama. As well as discussing his life's work, Jon shares his Late Style Live from Wigmore Hall, London, Louis Lortie combines the passion for classical music, choosing a selection of the works he's subtleties of Chopin's Preludes Op 28 with the exquisite canons of come to love, from his early years as a chorister at Winchester Writing as you get older: thoughts from Vicki Feaver inspired by George Benjamin. Cathedral, to the present day. Across the week we'll hear music a commission from the Scottish Poetry Library. What does it Presented by Sara Mohr­Pietsch by composers including Mahler, Howells, Max Richter and J.S. mean to be creatively active for long enough to have a late style? Do not tell me of the wisdom of old men, the elderly and near­ Bach. George Benjamin: Shadowlines (6 Canonic Preludes) mad King Lear says, but rather of their folly. Late Beethoven Chopin: 24 Preludes Op. 28 10.30am stared human extinction in the face and composed music of stark Music in Time: Romantic Louis Lortie piano. clarified beauty; late Rubens painted with a looser more sensuous Today Sarah's in the Romantic period exploring Chopin's brush stroke ­ was he remembering the flesh of his younger life or celebration of Polish folk music in his polonaises and mazurkas was his arthritis affecting his grip? Late style for writer might for piano, with a recording by Arthur Rubinstein. MON 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b08n20jb) include a maturation of style, a relaxing into the wisdom of age Monday ­ BBC National Orchestra of Wales and experience, but it might also mean struggling to hold onto 11am your gifts, and writing through illness and through grief. A week Sarah's Artist of the Week is the Catalan conductor and viola da Penny Gore presents a week of performances from the BBC of essays from three poets and two novelists. Producer: Tim Dee. gamba player, Jordi Savall. Savall has been one of the leading National Orchestra of Wales, including recent concerts and new lights of Early Music performance since the 1970s, unearthing studio recordings. Today features a concert the orchestra gave at lost repertoire as well as shedding new light on pieces from the the Aberystwyth Arts Centre with some staples of the romantic MON 23:00 Jazz Now (b08n20k8) European tradition. Working with his group Le Concert des repertoire: Strauss, Brahms ­ and Leonard Elschenbroich is Jasper Hoiby's Fellow Creatures Nations he's applied his invention to almost every corner of the soloist in Elgar's Cello Concerto. Plus a new recording of the core Baroque repertoire, producing landmark recordings of music Symphony No.1 by the Anglo­Dutch composer Bernard van Soweto Kinch with another visit to this year's Bristol from Italy, Spain, France, England and Germany. With Hespèrion Dieren, scored for soloists, chorus and orchestra, and based on the International Jazz Festival. He presents a set from bassist Jasper XX (latterly XXI) ­ founded with his late wife, soprano same source material as Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde. Hoiby's Fellow Creatures featuring reed player Mark Lockheart Montserrat Figueras ­ he's turned his attention to lesser­known and trumpeter Laura Jurd. music of the Baroque, Renaissance and Medieval periods, 2pm introducing listeners to early music from Spain in particular as Strauss: Die Fledermaus ­ Overture well the Near East and the Americas. As a viola da gamba player Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 he has also played an important role in the instrument's revival. Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op.98 TUESDAY 25 APRIL 2017 Sarah's selections from his vast discography include orchestral Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) music by Bach and Handel (Music for the Royal Fireworks), as BBC National Orchestra of Wales TUE 00:30 Through the Night (b08n22n5) well as Monteverdi madrigals, music for viol consort by William Christoph Koenig (conductor) Anzac Day Lawes, music from Ottoman­era Istanbul and Beethoven's Eroica Symphony. c.3.35pm Handel: Concerto grosso in G minor, Op.6 No.6 Jonathan Swain remembers Anzac Day with music by Jack Body, J.S. Bach BBC National Orchestra of Wales Sculthorpe and Gorecki and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestral Suite No.4 in D major Rachel Podger (director) Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich. Le Concert des Nations Jordi Savall (conductor). c.3.45pm 12:31 AM Dieren: Symphony No. 1, Op.6, (Chinese) Body, Jack (1944­2015) Rebecca Evans (soprano) Little Elegies Catherine Wyn­Rogers (mezzo­soprano) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Hamish McKeich Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22– 28 April 2017 Page 6 of 11

(conductor) 5:22 AM Symphony. Chopin, Frédéric (1810­1849) 12:46 AM Polonaise in C minor, Op.40 No.2 Lawes Sculthorpe, Peter (1929­2014) Aldo Ciccolini (piano) Consort Set in 5 Parts No.3 in C minor Memento Mori Hesperion XXI New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Hamish McKeich 5:28 AM Jordi Savall (director). (conductor) Respighi, Ottorino (1879­1936) Ancient Airs and Dances ­ Suite No.2 1:01 AM CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b08n22xs) Górecki, Henryk Mikolaj (1933­2010) Nicola LeFanu (1947­) Symphony No.3, Op.36, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs', for 5:47 AM soprano and orchestra Monteverdi, Claudio (1567­1643) Composer Nicola LeFanu talks to Donald Macleod about her time Sarah MacIver (soprano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Io son pur vezzosetta pastorella (from Libro VII de madrigali ­ in the Australian outback with composer David Lumsdaine Hamish McKeich (conductor) Venice 1619) Composer Nicola LeFanu has been at the heart of British Concerto Italiano 1:50 AM contemporary music for several decades, and at the forefront of Pekiel, Bartlomiej (?­c.1670) 5:50 AM promoting the works of her fellow women composers. In 2017 Missa Pulcherrima Monteverdi, Claudio (1567­1643) LeFanu turns seventy, and in conversation with Donald Macleod Camerata Silesia, Juliusz Gembalski (positive organ), Anna Augellin che la voce al canto spieghi (from Libro VII de she looks back at her distinguished career including commissions Szostak (conductor) madrigali ­ Venice 1619) from many leading artists. LeFanu also chats about some of the Concerto Italiano; Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord & director) composers who have influenced her including her mother 2:20 AM Elizabeth Maconchy, and also her husband David Lumsdaine. Schumann, Robert [1810­1856] 5:54 AM During the 1970s and 1980s Nicola LeFanu made a number of 7 Klavierstücke in Fughettenform, Op.126, for piano (excerpts) Castello, Dario (1590­1644) visits to Australia. With fellow composer David Lumsdaine, they Andreas Staier (period piano Erard 1838), Tobias Koch (period Sonate Decima a 3 spent a long period of 1976 in the Outback, living and working in piano Pleyel 1854) Concerto Italiano; Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord & director) a location accessible only by boat. It was here that LeFanu 2:31 AM 6:01 AM composed her opera 'Dawnpath'. Once back in the UK, LeFanu Weber, Carl Maria von (1786­1826) Mendelssohn, Felix [1809­1847] established the composition department at King's College Missa sancta No.1 in E flat major, J.224, 'Freischutzmesse' for Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op.90, 'Italian' London, but by 1979, the same year she married David soli, chorus & orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek (conductor). Lumsdaine, they both returned to Australia to the New South Norwegian Soloist Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Grete Wales Conservatory of Music as joint Composers­in­Residence. Pedersen Helgerød (conductor) In 1984 came another visit to Australia. It was here that working TUE 06:30 Breakfast (b08n22v4) for an entire month in the Outback, LeFanu was inspired to 3:04 AM Tuesday ­ Petroc Trelawny compose 'Moon Over the Western Ridge', written for the Rascher Brahms, Johannes (1833­1897) Saxophone Quartet. It was during this same period that LeFanu Quartet for piano and strings No.3 in C minor, Op.60, 'Werther' Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, also composed 'The Old Woman of Beare', this time not inspired Håvard Gimse (piano), Stig Nilsson (violin), Anders Nilsson featuring listener requests. by the Australian landscape, but instead depicting the wild (viola), Romain Garioud (cello) country of Ireland's west coast. Email [email protected]. 3:40 AM Preludio 2 Yuste, Miguel (1870­1947) Foundation Philharmonic Orchestra Estudio melodico,Op.33, for clarinet and piano TUE 09:00 Essential Classics (b08n22w2) David Snell, conductor Cristo Barrios (clarinet), Lila Gailing (piano) Tuesday ­ Sarah Walker with Jon Snow David Lumsdaine 3:48 AM 9am Blue upon Blue Popper, David (1843­1913) Sarah sets the tone and mood of the day's programme with a David Pereira, cello Hungarian rhapsody, Op.68 range of music to intrigue, surprise and entertain. Nicola LeFanu Shauna Rolston (cello), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Moon Over The Western Ridge Bernardi (conductor) 9.30am Take part in our daily musical challenge. Can you remember the Rascher Saxophone Quartet AM film or TV programme that featured this piece of classical music? 3:56 The Old Woman of Beare Khachaturian, Aram Ilyich [1903­1978] Jane Manning, soprano Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from the ballet 'Spartacus' (Act 10am Sarah's guest this week is the news journalist and presenter Jon Lontano 3) Odaline de la Martinez, conductor NRCU Symphony Orchestra, Vyacheslav Blinov (conductor) Snow. Having cut his teeth as Washington Correspondent and then Diplomatic Editor at ITN, Jon became an anchor on Channel Producer Luke Whitlock. 4:06 AM 4 News in 1989, a position he has held ever since. He is still Schubert, Franz [1797­1828] active as a reporter and documentary­maker, and has covered major global events ranging from the release of Nelson Mandela Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D.774 TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b08n22zj) and the fall of the Berlin Wall, to the inauguration of Barack Edith Wiens (soprano), Rudolf Jansen (piano) New Town Concerts Obama. As well as discussing his life's work, Jon shares his 4:10 AM passion for classical music, choosing a selection of the works he's The New Town Concerts were set up in 1965 to counteract the '49 Chopin, Frédéric (1810­1849) come to love, from his early years as a chorister at Winchester weeks of darkness' between annual Edinburgh International Ballade no.1 in G minor, Op.23 Cathedral, to the present day. Across the week we'll hear music Festivals. Kate Molleson presents the first of four concerts from Valerie Tryon (piano) by composers including Mahler, Howells, Max Richter and J.S. The Queen's Hall in Edinburgh. The Doric Quartet perform Bach. Haydn's first quartet in the Op 64 set which was dedicated to his 4:20 AM old friend Johann Tost who was formerly the lead second violin

Lotti, Antonio (1666­1740) 10.30am in his orchestra at Esterhazy. Bartok's second of six masterpieces Sonata in F major, 'Echo­Sonate', for 2 oboes, bassoon and Music in Time: Classical for the string quartet was conceived at the outbreak of World War continuo Today Sarah's in the Classical period exploring the controversial I and the inherent violent and desolate moods can only be a Ensemble Zefiro influence that Gluck had on French opera. The opening of his response to the war in Europe. opera Iphigénie en Aulide sparked fierce debate between his 4:31 AM supporters and those arguing for the superiority of the Neapolitan Doric Quartet Schubert, Franz (1797­1828) style. Overture in D major 'In the Italian Style', D.590 Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op.64 No.1 Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Paul McCreesh (Conductor) Double Take Bartok: String Quartet No.2 Sarah explores the nature of performance by highlighting the 4:39 AM differences in style between two interpretations of Domenico Alex Redington and Jonathan Stone (violins) Kodály, Zoltán (1882­1967) Scarlatti's Keyboard Sonata K.208 ­ by Pierre Hantaï and by Héléne Clément (viola) 4 Italian Madrigals for women's chorus: Chi vuol veder; Fior Yevgeny Sudbin. John Myerscough (cello). Scoloriti; Chi d'amor sente; Fuor de la bella caiba Jutland Chamber Choir, Mogens Dahl (director) 11am Sarah's Artist of the Week is the Catalan conductor and viola da TUE 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b08n238k) 4:51 AM gamba player, Jordi Savall. Savall has been one of the leading Tuesday ­ BBC National Orchestra of Wales Vivaldi, Antonio [1678­1741] lights of Early Music performance since the 1970s, unearthing Sonata a quattro in C major for 2 oboes, bassoon & continuo lost repertoire as well as shedding new light on pieces from the Penny Gore presents a week of performances from the BBC Ensemble Zefiro European tradition. Working with his group Le Concert des National Orchestra of Wales, including recent concerts and new Nations he's applied his invention to almost every corner of the studio recordings. Today's programme includes a concert the 5:03 AM core Baroque repertoire, producing landmark recordings of music orchestra gave in February at St. David's Hall featuring Niccolo Paganini (1782­1840) from Italy, Spain, France, England and Germany. With Hespèrion Stravinsky's 'Petrushka' and songs from Mahler's 'Des Knaben I Palpiti ­ introduction and Variations, Op.13, on Rossini's 'Di XX (latterly XXI) ­ founded with his late wife, soprano Wunderhorn' with baritone Roderick Williams. Plus the BBC tanti palpiti' Montserrat Figueras ­ he's turned his attention to lesser­known National Chorus of Wales sing Bruckner, Nicola Benedetti is Fedor Rudin (violin); Janelle Fung (piano) music of the Baroque, Renaissance and Medieval periods, soloist in Szymanowski's Violin Concerto No.2 and a new CD introducing listeners to early music from Spain in particular as recording of music from the BBC NOW's former Composer in 5:13 AM well the Near East and the Americas. As a viola da gamba player Residence, Mark Bowden. Rossini, Gioachino (1792­1868) he has also played an important role in the instrument's revival. Overture to 'L'Italiana in Algeri' (Italian Girl in Algiers) Sarah's selections from his vast discography include orchestral 2pm Capella Coloniensis, Gabriele Ferro (Conductor) music by Bach and Handel (Music for the Royal Fireworks), as Wagner: Overture and Venusberg Music ­ from Tannhauser well as Monteverdi madrigals, music for viol consort by William Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Des Antonius von Padua Lawes, music from Ottoman­era Istanbul and Beethoven's Eroica Fischpredigt; Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen; Lob des hohen Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22– 28 April 2017 Page 7 of 11

Verstandes; Revelge; Der Tamboursg'sell) writer might include a maturation of style, a relaxing into the Rossini, Gioachino (1792­1868) Stravinsky: Petrushka wisdom of age and experience, but it might also mean struggling Quartet No.1 in F major for flute, clarinet, bassoon and horn Roderick Williams (baritone) to hold onto your gifts, and writing through illness and through Canberra Wind Soloists BBC National Orchestra of Wales grief. A week of essays from three poets and two novelists. Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) Producer: Tim Dee. 3:28 AM Tallis, Thomas [c.1505­1585] c.3.25pm Loquebantur variis linguis for 7 voices Mark Bowden: Sudden Light TUE 23:00 Late Junction (b08n46f2) BBC Singers, Bo Holten (director) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Verity Sharp Grant Llewellyn (conductor) 3:33 AM More musical adventures with Verity as your guide. Tonight we Haydn, Joseph (1732­1809) c.3.45pm dip into the sound world of Haiti, with field recordings from Port­ Symphony No.22 (H.1.22) in E flat major, 'The Philosopher' Bruckner: Ave Maria; Christus factus est; Os justi; Locus iste au­Prince, including vodou drummers, raucous "rara" marching Prima La Musica, Dirk Vermeulen (conductor) BBC National Chorus of Wales bands and atmospheric city sounds. Plus 70s Haitian compas Adrian Partington (conductor) fusion from the Caribbean Sextet and a rara­inspired jam from 3:49 AM UK saxophonist Tom Challenger's Brass Mask project. Pierne, Gabriel (1863­1937) c.4pm Etude de concert for piano, Op.13 Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 2, Op.61 Elsewhere in the programme featured artists include Grimes, Paloma Kouider (piano) Nicola Benedetti (violin) Carol Grimes, Helen Grime, and grime music's Mr Carmack. And BBC National Orchestra of Wales there's also a celebration of the First Lady of Song, the Queen of 3:54 AM Thomas Sondergard (conductor). Jazz, Ella Fitzgerald herself, who was born 100 years ago today. Verdi, Giuseppe (1813­1901) Aria 'Di Provenza il mar' ­ from 'La Traviata' Produced by Jack Howson for Reduced Listening. Gaétan Laperrière (baritone), Orchestre Symphonique de Trois­ TUE 16:30 In Tune (b08n23p6) Rivières, Gilles Bellemare (conductor) Liam Byrne, Elina Garanca, Roderick Williams 3:58 AM Sean Rafferty's guests include viola da gamba player Liam Byrne WEDNESDAY 26 APRIL 2017 Muffat, Georg (1653­1704) whose repertoire spans the baroque to the electonic; opera star Toccata Octava in G (Apparatus musico­organisticus, 1690) Elīna Garanča joins live from The Met in New York, and baritone WED 00:30 Through the Night (b08n22n7) Marcel Verheggen (Organ) Roderick Williams performs live in the studio accompanied by Montreal International Musical Competition 2016 Roger Vignoles at the piano. 4:07 AM Wagner, Richard [1813­1883] Jonathan Swain presents some of the semi­final recitals from the Prelude to Act 1 ­ from 'Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg' TUE 18:30 Composer of the Week (b08n22xs) 2016 Montreal International Music Competition for Violin. BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek (conductor) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] 12:31 AM 4:17 AM Gabriel Fauré (1845­1924) Solnitz, Anton Wilhelm (c.1708­c.1752­3) TUE 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b08n23zh) Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op.13 Sinfonia in A major, Op.3 No.4, for strings and continuo London Symphony Orchestra ­ Debussy, Bartok, Bruckner Bomsori Kim (violin); Philip Chiu (piano) Musica ad Rhenum

François­Xavier Roth conducts the London Symphony Orchestra 12:55 AM 4:31 AM at the Barbican Hall in London in Debussy's Prélude à l'après­ Eugène Ysaÿe (1858­1931) Vivaldi, Antonio (1678­1741) midi d'un faune, Bartók's Viola Concerto (with soloist Antoine Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op.27 No.3 (Ballade) for violin solo Sinfonia in G major, RV.146, for string orchestra Tamestit) and Bruckner's Fourth Symphony. Bomsori Kim (violin) Sinfonia Varsovia, Andres Mustonen (conductor)

Introduced by Ian Skelly. 1:03 AM 4:37 AM Henryk Wieniawski Couperin, François (1668­1733) Debussy: Prélude à l'après­midi d'un faune Polonaise No. 1 in D major, Op.4, arr. for violin & piano Bruit de Guerre Bartók: Viola Concerto Bomsori Kim (violin); Philip Chiu (piano) Hungarian Brass Ensemble

8.05pm Interval 1:08 AM 4:42 AM Fryderyk Chopin arr.Nathan Milstein Dütsch, Otto (c.1823­1863) Bruckner: Symphony No 4 in E flat (Romantic) Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.1, arr. for violin and piano The Croatian Girl: Overture Ji Won Song (violin); Francis Perron (piano) Antoine Tamestit (viola) Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Hannu Koivula (conductor) London Symphony Orchestra 1:13 AM 4:54 AM François­Xavier Roth (conductor) Niccolo Paganini (1782­1840) Satie, Erik [1866­1925] 24 Caprices Op.1 for violin solo (No.11 in C major) Concert recorded on Sunday 23 April 2017 Poudre d'or ­ waltz for piano Ji Won Song (violin) Ashley Wass (piano) François­Xavier Roth returns to conduct the second set of AM concerts in his After Romanticism series, a carefully curated 1:17 5:00 AM exploration of this significant period in music history. In 2016/17 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770­1827) Handel, Georg Frideric (1685­1759) he focuses on the music of Debussy and Bartók, two composers Violin Sonata in C minor, Op.30 No.2 Aria "Cara sposa, amante cara" from 'Rinaldo' (Act 1 scene 7) who radicalized the musical language of their predecessors to Ji Won Song (violin); Francis Perron (piano) Graham Pushee (countertenor), Australian Brandenburg produce a brilliant and inventive style of their own. Orchestra, Paul Dyer (artistic director) 1:43 AM Debussy's Prélude à l'après­midi d'un faune is an evocative and Jean Papineau­Couture (1916­2000) 5:10 AM poetic opener that oozes the rich imagery of its source, a Violin Sonata in G (1st movement) Martinů, Bohuslav (1890­1959) symbolist poem by Stéphane Mallarmé. Bartók's Viola Concerto Petterli Iivonen (violin); Philip Chiu (piano) La revue de cuisine ­ suite from the ballet brings this oft­overlooked string instrument to centre­stage, The Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound AM showcasing the instrument and its capabilities in full, before the 1:47 programme concludes with a bedrock piece of the 19th century: Jean Sibelius (1865­1957) 5:25 AM Bruckner's Symphony No 4, the 'Romantic', filled to the brim 5 Danses champêtres, Op.106, for violin and piano Grieg, Edvard Hagerup (1843­1907) with evocative images of love, nature and a simpler time. Petterli Iivonen (violin); Philip Chiu (piano) Norwegian Dance (Allegro marcato) Op.35 No.1 Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Andrew Litton (conductor) 1:55 AM TUE 22:00 Free Thinking (b08n24f5) Sergey Prokofiev (1891­1953) 5:31 AM Smell: Michele Roberts, A history of dentistry. Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op.80 Traditional, arr. Darko Petrinjak Petterli Iivonen (violin); Philip Chiu (piano) 6 Renaissance Dances Michèle Roberts' latest novel evokes Victorian London. Matthew Zagreb Guitar Trio Sweet asks how it smelt and what do museums do to create past 2:25 AM smells. Plus a history of dentistry. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) 5:42 AM 'Batti, batti, bel Masetto': recit and aria from Act I of Don Johannes Brahms (1833­1897) The Walworth Beauty by Michèle Roberts is out now. Giovanni (K.527) Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, Op.83 The Smile Stealers: The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry by Rosemary Joshua (soprano), Freiburg Barockorchester, René Stephen Kovacevich (piano); Norwegian Radio Orchestra; Stefan Richard Barnett is out now. Jacobs (conductor) Solyom (conductor).

Producer: Fiona McLean. 2:31 AM Zelenka, Jan Dismas (1679­1745) WED 06:30 Breakfast (b08n22v6) Te Deum in D major, ZWV.146, for chorus and orchestra Wednesday ­ Petroc Trelawny TUE 22:45 The Essay (b08n243w) Martina Janková (Soprano), Isabel Jantschek (Soprano), Wiebke Late Style Lehmkuhl (Contralto), Krystian Adam Krzeszowiak (Tenor), Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, Felix Rumpf (Bass), Dresden Chamber Choir (Choir), Wroclaw featuring listener requests. The novelist Paul Bailey discusses writing in his ninth decade. Baroque Orchestra, Václav Luks (Conductor) What does it mean to be creatively active for long enough to have Email [email protected]. a late style? Do not tell me of the wisdom of old men, the elderly 3:00 AM and near­mad King Lear says, but rather of their folly. Late Madetoja, Leevi (1887­1947) Beethoven stared human extinction in the face and composed The Ostrobothnians, Suite for Orchestra, Op.52 WED 09:00 Essential Classics (b08n22w4) music of stark clarified beauty; late Rubens painted with a looser Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jorma Panula (conductor) Wednesday ­ Sarah Walker with Jon Snow more sensuous brush stroke ­ was he remembering the flesh of his younger life or was his arthritis affecting his grip? Late style for 3:16 AM

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9am mvt) Genevan Psalter: Estans assis aux rives aquatiques Sarah sets the tone and mood of the day's programme with a BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Sweelinck: Estans assis aux rives aquatiques range of music to intrigue, surprise and entertain. Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Byrd: Mass for Four Voices ­ Kyrie, Gloria Weelkes: Thule, the Period of Cosmography; The Andalusian 9.30am Nicola LeFanu: Lament Merchant Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of Bridget Cary, viola Byrd: Mass for Four Voices ­ Credo music played backwards.? Kate Romano, bass clarinet Tomkins: When David Heard Jinny Shaw, cor anglais Tallis: Why fum'th in fight; If ye love me 10am Neil Heyde, cello Byrd: Mass for Four Voices ­ Sanctus; Ave verum corpus; Mass Sarah's guest this week is the news journalist and presenter Jon for Four Voices ­ Agnus Dei Snow. Having cut his teeth as Washington Correspondent and Producer Luke Whitlock. Gibbons: O clap your hands together then Diplomatic Editor at ITN, Jon became an anchor on Channel 4 News in 1989, a position he has held ever since. He is still INTERVAL active as a reporter and documentary­maker, and has covered WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b08n22zl) major global events ranging from the release of Nelson Mandela New Town Concerts Ritual, Lima (1631): Hanac pachap cussicuinin and the fall of the Berlin Wall, to the inauguration of Barack Victoria: Super flumina Babylonis a 8 The New Town Concerts were set up in 1965 to counteract the '49 Obama. As well as discussing his life's work, Jon shares his Padilla: Missa Ego flos campi ­ Kyrie, Gloria weeks of darkness' between annual Edinburgh International passion for classical music, choosing a selection of the works he's 14th­century Spanish: Polorum regina Festivals. Today's recital is by multi­award winning pianist Jean­ come to love, from his early years as a chorister at Winchester Fernandes: Xicochi conetzintle Efflam Bavouzet and is presented by Kate Molleson. Ravel's suite Cathedral, to the present day. Across the week we'll hear music Symbolico Catholico Indiano (1598): Capac eterno Dios for piano, Miroirs depicts a vast seascape with five by composers including Mahler, Howells, Max Richter and J.S. Padilla: Missa Ego flos campi ­ Credo impressionistic pictures centred around 'A Ship on the sea'. It is Bach. Pascual: ¡Oy es día de placer y de cantar! preceded by one of Beethoven's late great and difficult to play Padilla: Missa Ego flos campi ­ Sanctus 10.30am sonatas by the composer's own admission. The concert ends with Lobo: Versa est in luctum Music in Time: Baroque Debussy's luminous little masterpiece evoking a meditteranean Padilla: Missa Ego flos campi: Agnus Dei Sarah's exploring the musical borrowing that occurred in the seascape seen in Watteau's 'Lembarquement de Cythere.' Hernández: Sancta Maria, e! Baroque period, taking as an example J.S. Bach's use of music by Zéspedes: Convidando esta la noche Jean­Efflam Bavouzet, piano Vivaldi for his keyboard concertos. Anon: Dulce, Jesús mío Beethoven: Piano Sonata in A, Op.101 In a strange land: Ex Cathedra conducted by Jeffrey Skidmore, 11am Ravel: Miroirs perform 16th and 17th century music from the Old and New Sarah's Artist of the Week is the Catalan conductor and viola da Debussy: L'Isle joyeuse. gamba player, Jordi Savall. Savall has been one of the leading Worlds, live from Cadogan Hall. Repertoire includes Byrd's lights of Early Music performance since the 1970s, unearthing stunning Mass for Four Voices, alongside evocative Latin American music. lost repertoire as well as shedding new light on pieces from the WED 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b08n238m) European tradition. Working with his group Le Concert des Wednesday ­ BBC National Orchestra of Wales Nations he's applied his invention to almost every corner of the WED core Baroque repertoire, producing landmark recordings of music Penny Gore presents a week of performances from the BBC 22:00 Free Thinking (b08n24f7) from Italy, Spain, France, England and Germany. With Hespèrion National Orchestra of Wales, including recent concerts and new What now for enviromentalism? With Paul Kingsnorth, James XX (latterly XXI) ­ founded with his late wife, soprano CD recordings. Today features an all­French concert the orchestra Thornton and Martin Goodman Montserrat Figueras ­ he's turned his attention to lesser­known gave last year at Venue Cymru, Llandudno, with soloist Adam Paul Kingsnorth, former deputy­editor of The Ecologist, co­ music of the Baroque, Renaissance and Medieval periods, Walker. Plus more from the orchestra's new CD of works by founder of the Dark Mountain Project and author of novels introducing listeners to early music from Spain in particular as composer Bernard van Dieren. including The Wake and Beast, talks about his changing attitude well the Near East and the Americas. As a viola da gamba player to the environmental movement. Environmental lawyer James he has also played an important role in the instrument's revival. 2pm Thornton and writer Martin Goodman recount their travels from Sarah's selections from his vast discography include orchestral Bizet: Carmen ­ suite, arr. Beecham Poland to Ghana, Alaska to China, to see how citizens are using music by Bach and Handel (Music for the Royal Fireworks), as Poulenc: Flute Sonata, arr. L. Berkeley for flute & orchestra public interest law to protect their planet. Plus, cultural critic well as Monteverdi madrigals, music for viol consort by William Faure: Pavane Op.50 Maria Delgado considers the lost poems of that Chilean lover of Lawes, music from Ottoman­era Istanbul and Beethoven's Eroica Ravel: Ma Mere l'Oye ­ ballet nature, Pablo Neruda. Symphony. Adam Walker (flute) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Client Earth by James Thornton and Martin Goodman is Monteverdi Thomas Sondergard (conductor) published on the 11th of May. Selection from the Eighth Book of Madrigals, 'Madrigals of War and Love' c.3.10pm Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist by Paul La Capella Reial de Catalunya Dieren: Elegy for cello and orchestra Kingsnorth is out now. Jordi Savall (director). Raphael Wallfisch (cello) The World­Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry selected BBC National Orchestra of Wales and introduced by Paul Kingsnorth is out now. William Boughton (conductor). WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b08n22xv) Then Come Back: The Lost Neruda Poems, by Pablo Neruda is Nicola LeFanu (1947­) published on Thursday 27 April 2017. WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b08n2489) Neruda a film by Pablo Larraín starring Gael García Bernal as a Nicola LeFanu chats with Donald Macleod about her research Winchester Cathedral policeman searching for the Chilean politician Pablo Neruda and publication on the neglect of women composers played by Luis Gnecco is out in cinemas across the UK now. Live from Winchester Cathedral Composer Nicola LeFanu has been at the heart of British Producer: Craig Templeton Smith. contemporary music for several decades, and at the forefront of Introit: Surgens Jesus (Phillips) promoting the works of her fellow women composers. In 2017 Responses: Smith LeFanu turns seventy, and in conversation with Donald Macleod Psalm 119 vv.145­176 (Ouseley, Smart, Parratt, Buck) WED 22:45 The Essay (b08n243y) she looks back at her distinguished career including commissions First Lesson: Hosea 5 v.15­ 6 v.6 Late Style from many leading artists. LeFanu also chats about some of the Canticles: Stanford in C composers who have influenced her including her mother Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15 vv.1­11 Writing age: thoughts on keeping going by Diana Hendry Elizabeth Maconchy, and also her husband David Lumsdaine. Anthem: How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? inspired by a commission from the Scottish Poetry Library. What (Joseph Twist) does it mean to be creatively active for long enough to have a late By the mid­1980s Nicola LeFanu was busy working on another Hymn: Christ the Lord is risen again! (Würtemburg) style? Do not tell me of the wisdom of old men, the elderly and opera, this time a commission from BBC Radio 3. 'The Story of Organ Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in G BWV 541 (Bach) near­mad King Lear says, but rather of their folly. Late Mary O'Neill' is a work specifically for the radio and is about the Beethoven stared human extinction in the face and composed fortunes of an Irishwoman who emigrates to South America. As Organist and Director of Music: Andrew Lumsden music of stark clarified beauty; late Rubens painted with a looser LeFanu's career in the UK went from strength to strength, she Assistant Director of Music: George Castle. more sensuous brush stroke ­ was he remembering the flesh of his researched and published an article called 'Master Musician: An younger life or was his arthritis affecting his grip? Late style for Impregnable Taboo'. This article provided details and statistics writer might include a maturation of style, a relaxing into the WED demonstrating that the work of women composers were being 16:30 In Tune (b08n23ph) wisdom of age and experience, but it might also mean struggling neglected at that time. Her research received a lot of attention, Budapest Cafe Orchestra, Robert Hollingworth to hold onto your gifts, and writing through illness and through and in 1987 LeFanu also became a founding member of Women grief. A week of essays from three poets and two novelists. Sean Rafferty's guests include conductor Robert Hollingworth as in Music. One year later, LeFanu composed her 'Lament', to mark Producer: Tim Dee. two significant anniversaries: firstly it was the year when Nelson I Fagiolini prepare to release their new disc celebrating Mandela turned seventy, but was still in prison; secondly, 1988 Monteverdi. 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He has since In a strange land: Ex Cathedra conducted by Jeffrey Skidmore, collaborated with artists across genres, including Midlake, The Story of Mary O'Neill (excerpt, Scene 2) perform 16th and 17th century music from the Old and New Hercules and Love Affair, Sinead O'Connor, Kylie Minogue, and Mary ..... Sarah Leonard (soprano) Worlds, live from Cadogan Hall the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. From Friday 28 April he BBC Singers curates a four­day festival of new experimental music in Hull, to John Poole, conductor Presented by Sara Mohr­Pietsch celebrate the city's Nordic and international connections. With a Elizabeth Maconchy: Symphony for Double String Orchestra (1st Orchésographie de Thoinot Arbeau: Belle qui tiens ma vie line­up including Gus Gus, Susanne Sundfør, and Lindstrøm, Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22– 28 April 2017 Page 9 of 11

'North Atlantic Flux' will feature surprise collaborations and Yulianna Avdeeva (piano) European tradition. Working with his group Le Concert des sound art across multiple venues. Nations he's applied his invention to almost every corner of the 4:52 AM core Baroque repertoire, producing landmark recordings of music Elsewhere in the programme, expect to hear musical Kodály, Zoltán (1882­1967) from Italy, Spain, France, England and Germany. With Hespèrion experimentations around artificial language from György Ligeti, 4 Madrigals for women's chorus: Chi vuol veder; Fior Scoloriti; XX (latterly XXI) ­ founded with his late wife, soprano and around the oldest known dated printed book in the world Chi d'amor sente; Fuor de la bella caiba Montserrat Figueras ­ he's turned his attention to lesser­known from Anna Eriksson. Jutland Chamber Choir, Mogens Dahl (director) music of the Baroque, Renaissance and Medieval periods, introducing listeners to early music from Spain in particular as Produced by Jack Howson for Reduced Listening. 5:03 AM well the Near East and the Americas. As a viola da gamba player Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681­1767) he has also played an important role in the instrument's revival. Flute Sonata in G major ­ from Essercizii Musici Sarah's selections from his vast discography include orchestral Camerata Köln music by Bach and Handel (Music for the Royal Fireworks), as THURSDAY 27 APRIL 2017 well as Monteverdi madrigals, music for viol consort by William 5:10 AM Lawes, music from Ottoman­era Istanbul and Beethoven's Eroica THU 00:30 Through the Night (b08n22n9) Ibert, Jacques (1890­1962) Symphony. Proms 2015: Prokofiev, Rachmaninov and Qigang Chen Trois Pièces brèves Bulgarian Academic Wind Quintet Beethoven Symphony No.3 in E flat major 'Eroica' Jonathan Swain presents a performance from the 2015 BBC 5:18 AM Le Concert des Nations Proms with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales playing Reger, Max (1873­1916) Jordi Savall (conductor). Prokofiev, Rachmaninov and a London premiere by Qigang Präludium in D minor, Op.65 No.6 Chen. Cor Ardesch (organ) THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b08n22xz) 12:31 AM 5:26 AM Nicola LeFanu (1947­) Prokofiev, Sergei [1891­1953] Tobias, Rudolf (1873­1918) Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op.25, (Classical) Absol ­ motet Composer Nicola LeFanu talks to Donald Macleod about writing BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Xian Zhang (conductor) EEsti Projekt Chamber Choir three operas in close succession

12:46 AM 5:34 AM Composer Nicola LeFanu has been at the heart of British Chen, Qigang [b.1951] Brahms, Johannes (1833­1897) contemporary music for several decades, and at the forefront of Iris Dévoilée Trio for piano and strings No.3 in C minor, Op.101 promoting the works of her fellow women composers. In 2017 Meng Meng (soprano), Anu Komsi (soprano), Piia Komsi Zoltán Kocsis (piano), Tamas Major (violin), Peter Szabo (cello) LeFanu turns seventy, and in conversation with Donald Macleod (soprano), Jia Li (pipa), Jing Chang (zheng), Nan Wang (erhu), she looks back at her distinguished career including commissions BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Xian Zhang (conductor) 5:52 AM from many leading artists. LeFanu also chats about some of the Debussy, Claude (1862­1918) composers who have influenced her including her mother 1:29 AM Estampes Elizabeth Maconchy, and also her husband David Lumsdaine. Rachmaninov, Sergei [1873­1943] Lars­David Nilsson (piano) Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op.27 Nicola LeFanu has worked with many celebrated artists during BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Xian Zhang (conductor) 6:07 AM her career. One was the saxophonist John­Edward Kelly, for Vanhal, Johann Baptist (1739­1813) whom she composed a single­movement concerto. Kelly also 2:24 AM Concerto for 2 bassoons recorded LeFanu's work 'Ervallagh', which was composed in 1993 Satie, Erik (1866­1925) Kim Walker & Sarah Warner Vik (bassoons), Trondheim and is a musical portrait looking out to sea and the Aran Islands Poudre d'or ­ waltz for piano Symphony Orchestra, Arvid Engegaard (conductor). from the west coast of Ireland. The 1990s was a hugely busy Ashley Wass (piano) period for Nicola LeFanu, composing three operas in quick succession including, for one project, working with two hundred 2:31 AM THU 06:30 Breakfast (b08n22v8) children. It was from her opera 'Blood Wedding' that came the Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871­1927) Thursday ­ Petroc Trelawny inspiration for composing her work for countertenor and String Quartet No.3 in F major, Op.18 ensemble, 'Canción de la luna', setting words by Lorca. Then in Yggdrasil String Quartet Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, 1994 came a major change for LeFanu, when she moved away featuring listener requests. from London to become Professor of Music at the University of 3:03 AM York. Teaching has always been important for LeFanu, and her Email [email protected]. Schumann, Robert [1810­1856] pupils have included Paul Mealor, Grainne Mulvey, Luis Tinoco Etudes en formes de variations, Op.13 and Said Harrison. Zhang Zuo (piano) THU 09:00 Essential Classics (b08n22w6) A Travelling Spirit (Riddle 7: Swan) 3:33 AM Thursday ­ Sarah Walker with Jon Snow Lesley­Jane Rogers, soprano Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685­1750) John Turner, recorder 6 Chorales from the Schemelli Collection: Gott, wie gross ist 9am deine Güte (BWV.462); Dich bet' ich an, mein höchster Gott Sarah sets the tone and mood of the day's programme with a Ervallagh (BWV.449); Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen (BWV.452); O liebe range of music to intrigue, surprise and entertain. John­Edward Kelly, saxophone Seele, zieh' die Sinnen (BWV.494); Vergiss mein nicht, mein allerliester Gott (BWV.505); Ich halte treulich still und liebe 9.30am Canción de la luna meinen Gott (BWV.466) Take part in today's musical challenge and identify the classical Nicholas Clapton, countertenor Bernarda Fink (mezzo­soprano), Marco Fink (bass­baritone), work that has influenced a piece of The Goldberg Ensemble Domen Marincic (gamba), Dalibor Miklavcic (organ) pop music. Malcolm Layfield, conductor

3:45 AM 10am Sadie Harrison: ...ballare una passacaglia di ombre... Fougstedt, Nils­Eric (1910­1961) Sarah's guest this week is the news journalist and presenter Jon Peter Sheppard Skærved, violin Concert Overture (1941) Snow. Having cut his teeth as Washington Correspondent and Nicola LeFanu: Catena, for eleven solo strings Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka­Pekka Saraste then Diplomatic Editor at ITN, Jon became an anchor on Channel The Goldberg Ensemble (conductor) 4 News in 1989, a position he has held ever since. He is still active as a reporter and documentary­maker, and has covered Malcolm Layfield, conductor 3:53 AM major global events ranging from the release of Nelson Mandela Producer Luke Whitlock. Franceschini, Petronio (1650­1680) and the fall of the Berlin Wall, to the inauguration of Barack Sonata in D major for 2 trumpets, strings and continuo Obama. As well as discussing his life's work, Jon shares his passion for classical music, choosing a selection of the works he's Yordan Kojuharov & Petar Ivanov (trumpets), Teodor Moussev THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b08n22zp) (organ), Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Yordan Dafov (conductor) come to love, from his early years as a chorister at Winchester Cathedral, to the present day. Across the week we'll hear music New Town Concerts by composers including Mahler, Howells, Max Richter and J.S. 4:02 AM The New Town Concerts were set up in 1965 to counteract the '49 Bach. Grandjany, Marcel (1891­1975) weeks of darkness' between annual Edinburgh International Rhapsodie pour la harpe, Op.10 (1921) Festivals. Rita Costanzi (harp) 10.30am Music in Time: Renaissance Presented by Kate Molleson. The Pavel Haas Quartet perform Schubert's G major quartet which extended the boundaries of the AM Today Sarah's exploring the work of French composer Jean 4:11 genre and was the his final quartet alongside Arvo Part's short Enescu, George (1881­1955) Mouton. Today his reputation is not on a par with his contemporary Josquin des Prez, but he was highly regarded by his work Fratres inspired by plainchant which he re­ for various Concert Piece for viola and piano instrument combinations. Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Monique Savary (piano) peers and royal patrons. Among them was Anne of Brittany, Queen Consort of France, whose death Mouton marked with the Schubert: String Quartet in G major, Op 161 motet Quis dabit oculis. 4:21 AM Arvo Pärt: Fratres Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770­1827) Double Take Egmont Overture Pavel Haas Quartet. Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (conductor) Sarah explores the nature of performance by highlighting the differences between two interpretations of the aria "Un bel dì 4:31 AM vedremo" from Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly ­ by sopranos THU 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b08n238p) Strauss (ii), Johann (1825­1899) Maria Callas and Victoria de los Angeles. Thursday Opera Matinee ­ Iolanta Wienerblut (waltz), Op.354 Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Borge Wagner (Conductor) 11am Penny Gore presents this week's Opera Matinee ­ Tchaikovsky's Sarah's Artist of the Week is the Catalan conductor and viola da one­act opera 'Iolanta', premiered in 1892, in a performance from 4:41 AM gamba player, Jordi Savall. Savall has been one of the leading the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow. The opera concerns Chopin, Fryderyk [1810­1849] lights of Early Music performance since the 1970s, unearthing the blind Princess Iolanta, who doesn't know that she's blind or a 4 Mazurkas, Op.33 lost repertoire as well as shedding new light on pieces from the princess. Her betrothed, Duke Robert, is in love with someone Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22– 28 April 2017 Page 10 of 11 else and wants to break off the engagement. Things might work in illness and through grief. A week of essays from three poets and Eva Wedin (mezzo­soprano soloist), Swedish Radio Choir, his favour, as his friend Count Vaudemont falls instantly in love two novelists. Producer: Tim Dee. Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gustaf Sjökvist (conductor) with Iolanta the first time he sees her. Plus more from this week's featured orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and 4:13 AM music from a new CD of music by Mark Bowden. THU 23:00 Exposure (b08n8tdj) Liszt, Franz [1811­1886] Hull UK City of Culture La Lugubre gondola, S.200 Tchaikovsky: Iolanta Yulianna Avdeeva (piano) René, King of Provence ..... Pyotr Mignunov (bass) Verity Sharp hosts another gig showcasing experimental music up Robert, Duke of Burgundy ..... Dmitry Vargin (baritone) and down the UK, with sets from three collaborative duos: sound 4:21 AM Count Vaudémont ..... Victor Antipenko (tenor) artist and improviser Jez riley French with the artist Pheobe riley Bellini, Vincenzo (1801­1835), arr. unknown Ibn­Hakia ..... Elchin Azizov (baritone) Law; singer and composer Jayne Dent with saxophonist Martin Oboe Concerto in E flat (arranged for trumpet) Alméric ..... Yaroslav Abaimov (tenor) Berger; and hang percussion with live electronics from the duo of Geoffrey Payne (trumpet), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand ..... Nikolai Kazansky (bass) Tariq Emam and Brett Gordon. Recorded at Fruit, Hull. Michael Halasz (conductor) Iolanta ..... Anastasia Moskvina (soprano) Marta ..... Svetlana Shilova (contralto) 4:31 AM Brigitta ..... Margarita Ivanova (soprano) Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685­1750) Laura ..... Alexandra Kadurina (mezzo­soprano) FRIDAY 28 APRIL 2017 Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F, BWV.1047 State Chorus of Moscow Region Philharmonic Ars Barocca Russian National Orchestra FRI 00:00 Late Junction (b08n8vy3) Mikhail Pletnev (conductor) The Late Junction Mixtape with Billy Jenkins 4:42 AM Chopin, Fryderyk (1810­1849) c.3.50pm Two Nocturnes Op.32 Bowden: Lyra, for cello and orchestra Southeast­London blues singer and guitarist Billy Jenkins curates Kevin Kenner (piano) Oliver Coates (cello) a thirty­minute mix, taking listeners on a surprising journey BBC National Orchestra of Wales through adventurous music. 4:52 AM Grant Llewellyn (conductor). Järnefelt, Armas (1869­1958) A bluesman, original improviser, and self­styled musical The Sound of Home subversive, Jenkins's music is inspired by the southeast­London Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ilpo Mansnerus (conductor) THU 16:30 In Tune (b08n23pp) suburbs where he lives. The comedian Stewart Lee has said of Thursday ­ Sean Rafferty Billy, "there is a kind of genius on our doorstep, don't let him die 5:03 AM in poverty". In 2016 his 'True Love Collection' was listed by the Bax, Arnold [1883­1953] Sean Rafferty's guests include sarod player Soumik Datta. BBC as one of the '50 Greatest Ever Jazz Albums'. Mater ora filium, for double choir BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor) The Late Junction Mixtape is a chance for guests to explore the THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b08n22xz) full diversity of their record collection, digging out obscure gems 5:13 AM [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] and much­loved rarities. Recent compilers for the programme Morawetz, Oskar (1917­2007) have included Genesis P­Orridge, Roots Manuva, Grimes, Clarinet sonata Tyondai Braxton, and Stewart Lee himself. Joaquín Valdepeñas (clarinet), Patricia Parr (piano) THU 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b08n23zm) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra ­ Britten, Elgar Produced by Jack Howson for Reduced Listening. 5:23 AM Schickhard, Johann Christian (c.1682­c.1760) Live from City Halls, Glasgow Sonata in C major for flute and harpsichord FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b08n22nc) Vladislav Brunner jr. (flute), Herta Madarova (harpsichord) Presented by Jamie MacDougall Christoph König conducts Solistees Europeens, Luxembourg 5:33 AM John Wilson and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Jonathan Swain presents a concert from Luxembourg of Grieg, Haydn, Joseph [1732­1809] Elgar's reconstructed Third Symphony and are joined by Ian Elgar and Brahms with Solistes Européens conducted by Symphony No.96 in D major H.1.96 (Miracle) Bostridge for Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings. Christoph König, and violinist Renaud Capuçon. Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings 12:31 AM Grieg , Edvard [1843­1907] 5:56 AM 7.55 Interval In autumn ­ Overture, Op.11 Debussy, Claude (1862­1918) Solistes Européens, Christoph König (conductor) Suite Bergamasque (1890) 8.15 Roger Woodward (piano) Elgar/Payne: Symphony No 3 12:42 AM Elgar, Edward [1857­1934] AM Ian Bostridge (tenor) 6:14 Violin Concerto in B minor Op.61 Dvorák, Antonín (1841­1904) John Wilson (conductor) Renaud Capuçon (violin), Solistes Européens, Christoph König BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Scherzo Capriccioso, Op.66 (conductor) Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Québec, Raffi Armenian (conductor). Anthony Payne elaborated Elgar's Third Symphony from the 1:25 AM composer's extensive sketches ­ and the result is an intriguing Brahms, Johannes [1833­1897] mixture of pure Elgar, and Payne's thoughtful elaborations. This Symphony No.3 in F major, Op.90 FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b08n22vb) evening the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and their Solistes Européens, Christoph König (conductor) Associate Guest Conductor John Wilson, perform the work as the Friday ­ Petroc Trelawny climax of their explorations of Elgar's symphonies throughout 1:59 AM Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, their current City Halls concert season. Schumann, Robert (1810­1856) featuring listener requests. It is preceded by Benjamin Britten's portmanteau song cycle, Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op.44 gathering texts from Tennyson, Keats and Blake. His Serenade Ingrid Fliter (piano); Ebène Quartet Email [email protected]. was written during teh Second World War for soloists Peter Pears and Dennis Brain. This evening those roles are recreated by horn 2:31 AM player Christopher Parkes and tenor Ian Bostridge. Aulin, Tor ((1866 ­ 1914)) FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b08n22w8) Violin Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.14 Friday ­ Sarah Walker with Jon Snow Stig Nilsson (Violin), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Michel THU 22:00 Free Thinking (b08n24f9) Plasson (Conductor) 9am Civil Wars: Susan Buck­Morss, Louisa Egbunike, Wellcome Sarah sets the tone and mood of the day's programme with a Book Prize 3:04 AM range of music to intrigue, surprise and entertain. Sasnauskas, Ceslovas (1867­1916) Anne McElvoy talks revolutions with professor of political Requiem (1912­15) 9.30am philosophy Susan Buck­Morss, Biafra with New Generation Inesa Linaburgyte (mezzo­soprano); Algirdas Janutas (tenor), Take part in today's musical challenge. Two pieces of music are Thinker Louisa Egbunike ­ organiser of the Igbo Conference at Vladimiras Prudnikovas (bass); Kaunas State Choir, Lithuanian played together: can you identify them? SOAS ­ and meets the author who has won this year's Wellcome National Symphony Orchestra, Petras Bingelis (conductor) Book Prize announced earlier this week. 10am 3:38 AM Sarah's guest this week is the news journalist and presenter Jon Producer: Karl Bos. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) Snow. Having cut his teeth as Washington Correspondent and 12 Variations in B flat major, K.500 then Diplomatic Editor at ITN, Jon became an anchor on Channel Simon Crawford­Phillips (piano) 4 News in 1989, a position he has held ever since. He is still THU 22:45 The Essay (b08n2440) active as a reporter and documentary­maker, and has covered Late Style 3:48 AM major global events ranging from the release of Nelson Mandela Writing back the years: thoughts on poetry after retirement by Telemann, Georg Philipp [1681­1767] and the fall of the Berlin Wall, to the inauguration of Barack Douglas Dunn inspired by a commission from the Scottish Poetry Quadro in G minor Obama. As well as discussing his life's work, Jon shares his Library. What does it mean to be creatively active for long Bolette Roed (recorder), Arte dei Suonatori (ensemble) passion for classical music, choosing a selection of the works he's enough to have a late style? Do not tell me of the wisdom of old come to love, from his early years as a chorister at Winchester 3:57 AM men, the elderly and near­mad King Lear says, but rather of their Cathedral, to the present day. Across the week we'll hear music Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840­1893) folly. Late Beethoven stared human extinction in the face and by composers including Mahler, Howells, Max Richter and J.S. Pezzo capriccioso ­ morceau de concert, arr. for cello and piano composed music of stark clarified beauty; late Rubens painted Bach. Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello), Katya Apekisheva (piano) with a looser more sensuous brush stroke ­ was he remembering 10.30am the flesh of his younger life or was his arthritis affecting his grip? 4:04 AM Late style for writer might include a maturation of style, a Music in Time: Modern Norman, Ludvig (1831­1885) Today Sarah showcases Szymanowski's First Violin Concerto, a relaxing into the wisdom of age and experience, but it might also Rosa rorans bonitatem (Op.45) (1876) mean struggling to hold onto your gifts, and writing through piece celebrated for rejecting the previous century's traditions of Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22– 28 April 2017 Page 11 of 11 tonality and dramatic tension in favour of a style that draws on FRI 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b08n238r) essays from three poets and two novelists. Producer: Tim Dee. raw, expressionistic intensity. Friday ­ The BBC National Orchestra of Wales live from BBC Hoddinott Hall 11am FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b08n46f8) Sarah's Artist of the Week is the Catalan conductor and viola da Nicola Heywood Thomas presents the BBC National Orchestra of Lopa Kothari ­ Ramon Goose and Modou Toure in session gamba player, Jordi Savall. Savall has been one of the leading Wales, live from Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff. Alexandre Bloch lights of Early Music performance since the 1970s, unearthing conducts a programme of Stravinsky and Rachmaninov, and the Lopa Kothari introduces a live session with Ramon Goose and lost repertoire as well as shedding new light on pieces from the orchestra is joined by BBC New Generation Artist Anneline van Modou Touré, who've joined forces to create The West African European tradition. Working with his group Le Concert des Wauwe for Hindemith's Clarinet Concerto. Then it's back to Blues Project. Goose brings his blues guitar along, while Touré, a Nations he's applied his invention to almost every corner of the London with Penny Gore, and more from a new CD recording of musician with singing in his Senegalese genes going back core Baroque repertoire, producing landmark recordings of music works by Bernard van Dieren. generations, explores the soul of West Africa, all with a common from Italy, Spain, France, England and Germany. With Hespèrion goal: bringing back blues to its origins. Also in the programme, XX (latterly XXI) ­ founded with his late wife, soprano 2pm our BBC Introducing artist, as well as new releases from across Montserrat Figueras ­ he's turned his attention to lesser­known LIVE from Hoddinott Hall the globe. music of the Baroque, Renaissance and Medieval periods, Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas introducing listeners to early music from Spain in particular as well the Near East and the Americas. As a viola da gamba player Stravinsky: Danses concertantes he has also played an important role in the instrument's revival. Hindemith: Clarinet Concerto in A major Sarah's selections from his vast discography include orchestral Rachmaninov: Symphony no.3 in A minor music by Bach and Handel (Music for the Royal Fireworks), as Anneline van Wauwe (clarinet) well as Monteverdi madrigals, music for viol consort by William BBC National Orchestra of Wales Lawes, music from Ottoman­era Istanbul and Beethoven's Eroica Alexandre Bloch (conductor) Symphony. c.4.05pm back to the studio with Penny Gore Traditional Dieren: Introit ­ Les propos des Buveurs (after Rabelais) A selection of pieces from the Near East, including 'Samai BBC National Orchestra of Wales maqam Bayati' William Boughton (conductor). Moslem Rahal (ney) Waed Bouhassoun (oud) Hesperion XXI FRI 16:30 In Tune (b08n23px) Jordi Savall (vielle/director). Orchestra Baobab, Vilde Frang Sean Rafferty's guests include Orchestra Baobab and violinist FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b08n22y1) Vilde Frang. Nicola LeFanu (1947­)

British composer Nicola LeFanu talks to Donald Macleod about FRI 18:30 Composer of the Week (b08n22y1) her recent and future compositional projects [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]

Composer Nicola LeFanu has been at the heart of British contemporary music for several decades, and at the forefront of FRI 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b08n23zp) promoting the works of her fellow women composers. In 2017 BBC Philharmonic ­ Vaughan Williams, Sofia Gubaidulina LeFanu turns seventy, and in conversation with Donald Macleod she looks back at her distinguished career including commissions The BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Vassily Sinaisky, in music from many leading artists. LeFanu also chats about some of the by Vaughan Williams. They are joined by violinst Vadim composers who have influenced her including her mother Gluzman for Sofia Gubaidulina's 'Offertorium'. Elizabeth Maconchy, and also her husband David Lumsdaine. From the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester In 1996 Nicola LaFanu composed her String Quartet No 2. It was Presented by Tom Redmond commissioned for the following year's London International String Quartet Competition and was dedicated to the memory of Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis her mother, the composer Elizabeth Maconchy, and of her father, Sofia Gubaidulina: Offertorium the scholar and writer William LeFanu. In this programme, 8.15 Music Interval Nicola LeFanu discusses with Donald her recent and future composition projects. She looks back at her career, chats about 8.35 how she writes music, and also the sort of music she enjoys Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 3 (A Pastoral Symphony) performing at home, often with her son Peter, to whom she dedicated her work 'Amores'. Vadim Gluzman (violin) Robin Tritschler (tenor) The nightingale has flown out of the pretty cage (from 'Mira Clas BBC Philharmonic Tenebras') Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Sally Bradshaw, mezzo­soprano Bridget Carey, viola Vassily Sinaisky, a Russian conductor with a real affinity for Jinny Shaw, oboe d'amore English music returns to the BBC Philharmonic in a programme Lucy Wakeford, harp which opens with Vaughan Williams's timeless Tallis Fantasia, his working for three groups of strings of a sixteenth­century String Quartet No 2 psalm tune by Thomas Tallis. Vadim Gluzman joins them for Goldberg Ensemble Sofia Gubaidulina's 'Offertorium'; which also takes spiritual The Bourne inspiration from music from an earlier era, here Bach's 'Musical Elizabeth Atherton, soprano Offering', providing the basis for spellbinding music of sacred Lucy Wakeford, harp drama and sacrifice. Vaughan Williams described his Pastoral Symphony, a personal response to the First World War, as 'war­ Gillian Whitehead: The Berries (from 'Awa Herea') time music' rather than 'lambkins frisking', a lonely bugler, horn Tracey Chadwell, soprano and a wordless voice help conjure the bleakness of the battle­ Pamela Lidiard, piano fields.

Nicola LeFanu: Amores Richard Watkins, horn FRI 22:00 The Verb (b08n24fc) Goldberg Ensemble The Joys of Fakery Malcolm Layfield, conductor. French literary sensation Delphine de Vigan on her new novel 'Based on a True Story' and poet Ira Lightman on the art of the FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b08n22zr) fake. New Town Concerts

The New Town Concerts were set up in 1965 to counteract the '49 FRI 22:45 The Essay (b08n2442) weeks of darkness' between annual Edinburgh International Late Style Festivals. Kate Molleson presents a recital by the Sitkovetsky Piano Trio, Thoughts on writing fiction as you get older from the novelist performing the Andalucian composer Joaquin Turina's second Penelope Lively. What does it mean to be creatively active for piano trio and Schubert's expansive first piano trio of which long enough to have a late style? Do not tell me of the wisdom of Robert Schumann said 'One glance and the troubles of our human old men, the elderly and near­mad King Lear says, but rather of existence disappear and all the world is fresh and bright again'. their folly. Late Beethoven stared human extinction in the face and composed music of stark clarified beauty; late Rubens Sitkovetsky Piano Trio painted with a looser more sensuous brush stroke ­ was he Turina: Piano Trio No. 2 remembering the flesh of his younger life or was his arthritis Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat, Op.99. affecting his grip? Late style for writer might include a maturation of style, a relaxing into the wisdom of age and experience, but it might also mean struggling to hold onto your gifts, and writing through illness and through grief. A week of

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