Radio 3 Listings for 5 – 11 January 2008 Page 1 of 10

Radio 3 Listings for 5 – 11 January 2008 Page 1 of 10 SATURDAY 05 JANUARY 2008 Through the Night Rudolf Lustig; Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger; Mime - Paul Kuen; Donner - Toni Blankenheim; Froh - Josef Traxel; Freia - SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b008k2vb) With Susan Sharpe. Hertha Wilfert; Erda - Maria von Ilosvay; Fasolt - Ludwig With Susan Sharpe. Weber; Fafner - Josef Greindl; Woglinde - Jutta Vulpius; 5.00am Wellgunde - Elisabeth Schartel; Flo?hilde - Maria Graf 1.02am Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Feux Follets Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Joseph Keilberth Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): La Cenerentola Daniel Wayenberg (piano) (conductor) Don Ramiro ...... Francisco Araiza (tenor) Testament SBT21390 (2 CDs) Dandini ...... Domenico Trimarchi (bass) 5.04am Don Magnifico ...... Enzo Dara (baritone) Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Violin Concerto in F minor, RV CD Review BAL Catalogue Data Clorinda ...... Emilia Ravaglia (soprano) 297 (Winter) bal.wagner: Tisbe ...... Marilyn Schmiege (mezzo) Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin) bal.wagner.das.rheingold Angelina (Cenerentola) ...... Lucia Valentini Terrani (contralto) Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Alidoro ...... Alessandro Corbelli (bass) Paul Dyer (director) Choir of Westdeutschen Rundfunks SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b008lpr9) Capella Coloniensis 5.12am Film and Music Gabriele Ferro (conductor) Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): 7 Variations on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen for cello and piano, WoO 46 Film and Music 3.32am Zara Nelsova (cello) Cripriano de Rore (1516–1565): Mentre, lumi maggior Grant Johannesen (piano) Tom Service investigates the hidden world of film music. He 3.36am visits the Abbey Road Studios where scores have been recorded Cripriano de Rore (1516–1565): Non è, lasso martire 5.22am to such monumental movies as the Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Consort of Musicke Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759): Süßer Blumen the more recent Golden Compass. Anthony Rooley (director) Ambraflocken, HWV 204 Hélène Plouffe (violin) Plus composers Howard Shore and Mike Figgis explain their 3.40am Louise Pellerin (oboe) own philosophies of film composing, and a look at the modern Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943): Variations on a Theme of Dom André Laberge (organ) sound library technology which shapes the scores of today. Corelli for piano, Op 42 Natalya Pasichnyk (piano) 5.28am Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Awake, and with attention hear, SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b008lprb) 3.57am Z181 Baroque Dance Marais, Marin (1656-1728): La Paraza Stephen Varcoe (bass) Pierre Pitzl, Mary Jean Bolli (violas da gamba) David Miller (theorbo) As part of the BBC's current focus on Dance, baroque dance Luciano Contini (archiliuto) Peter Seymour (organ) specialist Philippa Waite looks at the styles and affects of Augusta Campagne (harpsichord) various dances, illustrating with music by composers such as 5.39am Lully, who was an excellent dancer himself, JS Bach, Handel, 3.59am Mortelmans, Lodewijk (1868-1952): Lyrisch gedicht voor klein Weiss, Rebel and Rameau. Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Symphony in B flat orkest for strings, Wq 182 No 2 Flemish Radio Orchestra Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players Bjarte Engeset (conductor) SAT 14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b008lprc) Geoffrey Lancaster (harpsichord) Stephanie Hughes presents a second chance to hear the Barbara Jane Gilbey (violin/director). 5.51am international piano trio, Trio Staier/Secec/Queyras recorded at Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Sonata in B flat for the Wigmore Hall, London. oboe and basso continuo SAT 03:59 Through the Night (b008kyb1) Camerata Köln Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor, Op 1 No 3 Through the Night Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 49. 6.04am With Susan Sharpe. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): String Quartet in B flat, K458 (The Hunt) SAT 15:00 World Routes (b008lprd) 3.59am Orford Quartet Presented by Lucy Duran and featuring a specially recorded Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Symphony in B flat studio session by the South Indian violin duo of Nandini and for strings, Wq 182 No 2 6.33am Lalitha Muthuswamy, and a round-up of recent world music Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players Satie, Erik (1866-1925): La belle excentrique releases with guests Reda El Mawy and Sue Steward. Geoffrey Lancaster (harpsichord) Pianoduo Kolacny Barbara Jane Gilbey (violin/director) 6.41am SAT 16:00 Jazz Line-Up (b008lprf) 4.09am Tinel, Edgar (1854-1912): Overture (Polyeucte) Claire Martin welcomes in the jazz New Year with journalists Gorczycki, Grzegorz Gerwazy (c.1665-1734): Qui habitat Flemish Radio Orchestra Keith Bruce and Tony Augard. Pianist Gwilym Simcock and Olga Pasiecznik (soprano) Lev Markiz (conductor). Scottish saxophonist Laura McDonald perform live. Piotr Lykowski (countertenor) Wojciech Parchem (tenor) Miroslaw Borzynski (bass) SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b008lpr7) SAT 17:30 Jazz Record Requests (b008lprg) Sine Nomine Chamber Choir Including from 7.00am Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Concerto Polacco Email [email protected]. Marek Toporowski (chamber organ/director) Rossini: Overture (The Barber of Seville) Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra 4.15am Gianluigi Gelmetti (conductor) SAT 18:30 Opera on 3 (b008lprh) Buchbinder, Rudolf (b. 1946): Paraphrase on J Strauss Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera Rudolf Buchbinder (piano) Carmina Burana: In Gedeonis aurea Studio for Early Music Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera 4.20am Thomas Binkley (director) Lehár, Franz (1870-1948): Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (Das A cautionary tale about the perils of mixing love and politics, Land des Lächelns) From 8.00am Verdi's opera is a masterpiece of musical variety. The story, Fritz Wunderlich (tenor) based on the assassination of the Swedish King Gustavus III, West Deutsches Rundfunkorchester Köln The 48 at 8: unfolds with gripping dramatic intensity, and Piero Faggioni's Franz Marszalek (conductor) production features a stellar international cast. Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 12 in F minor, BWV 881 (Well- 4.24am Tempered Clavier, Book 2) Including the Met Opera Quiz, hosted by mezzo-soprano Alice Arnold, Sir Malcolm Henry (1921-2006), arr. John Paynter Ton Koopman (harpsichord) Coote, and backstage interviews with some of the artists. Little Suite for brass band No 1 Edmonton Wind Ensemble Respighi: Fountains of Rome Presented from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York by Harry Pinchin (conductor) Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Margaret Juntwait. Louis Lane (conductor). 4.32am Amelia ...... Michèle Crider (soprano) Bull, John (c.1562-1628): In nomine Oscar ...... Ofelia Sala (soprano) Margreet Prinsen (organ) SAT 09:00 CD Review (b008lpr8) Ulrica ...... Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-soprano) Building a Library: Wagner: Das Rheingold Riccardo ...... Salvatore Licitra (tenor) 4.36am Renato ...... Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) Rosetti, Antonio (c.1750-1792): Grande Symphonie in D Andrew McGregor introduces Radio 3's weekly programme Silvano ...... Jeff Mattsey (baritone) Capella Coloniensis devoted to all that's new in the world of recorded music. Sam ...... Hao Jiang Tian (bass) Hans-Martin Linde (director) Tom ...... Andrew Gangestad (bass) Building a Library: Judge ...... Mark Schowalter (tenor) 4.52am Wagner: Das Rheingold Servant ...... Charles Anthony (tenor) Hüe, Georges (1858-1948): Phantasy Chorus and Orchestra of New York Metropolitan Opera Iveta Kundratova (flute) Reviewer - Hilary Finch Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Inna Aslamasova (piano). First choice: SAT 22:00 Between the Ears (b008lprj) SAT 05:00 Through the Night (b008k2vc) Wotan - Hans Hotter; Fricka - Georgine von Milinkovic; Loge - Dream Astronomy Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 5 – 11 January 2008 Page 2 of 10 In the early years of the 20th century, letters arrived at the 3.27am 5.48am Mount Wilson Observatory in California written by people Mozart: Piano Sonata in B flat, K570 Mendis: Flower Waltz (Victory of Love) from all over the world who wanted to tell the astronomers Vikingur Heidar Olafsson (piano) Lepaja Symphony Orchestra information about the universe that they had acquired without Imants Resnis (conductor) using the observatory's giant telescope. 3.47am Kraus: Symphony in C 5.54am The letters contained details of experiments, observations and Concerto Köln. Lopes-Graca: Three Portuguese Dances, Op 32 intuitions, and read like an alternative history of space. Portuguese Symphony Orchestra Wolfgang Rennert (conductor) With John Moraitis, Kerry Shale, Barbara Barnes and Jennifer SUN 04:00 Through the Night (b008lwyh) Lee Jellicorse, plus the music of Olivier Messiaen and Urmas Through the Night 6.01am Sisask. Bella: Solemn Overture in E flat With Susan Sharpe. Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava Róbert Stankovský (conductor) SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b008lprk) 4.00am Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007 Tormis: Kevadkillud (Spring Sketches) 6.08am Estonian Radio Choir Sibelius: Pensees Lyriques, Op 40 Episode 1 Toomas Kapten (conductor) Eero Heinonen (piano)

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007 4.03am 6.27am Margo Kôlar: Öö (The Night) Zelenski, arr. Maklakiewicz: The Bewitched Princess; At Leave- Sara Mohr Pietsch and Robert Worby introduce highlights from Kaia Urb (soprano) Taking the festival. Heiki Mätlik (guitar) Polish Radio Choir Marek Kluza (director) 1/5. The programme includes music from two Dutch 4.07am ensembles, and festival director Graham McKenzie talks about Schubert, orch. Webern: 6 German Dances, D820 6.34am the year's Dutch theme and the opening event of the festival, Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra Flury: Three pieces for violin and piano The Night of the Unexpected. Justin Brown (conductor) Sibylle Tschopp (violin) Isabel Tschopp (piano) Misato Mochizuki: Silent Circle 4.16am Mayke Nas: La Belle Chocolatière Kvech: Sonata for oboe 6.42am Nieuw Ensemble Maxim Orekhov (oboe) Alessandrescu: Symphonic sketch (Autumn Dawn) Ed Spanjaard (conductor) Alaxey Kurbatov (piano) Romanian National Radio Orchestra Constantin Bobescu (conductor) Brice Pauset: Vita Nova (sérénades) 4.21am Irvine Arditti (violin) Zoras: Lullaby for violin and piano 6.51am Nieuw Ensemble 4.23am Stanford: O Living Will Ed Spanjaard (conductor) Dragatakis: Lullaby for violin and piano BBC Singers Yorgos Demertzis (violin) Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Thomas Simaku: Insomnio Thanassis Apostopoulos (piano) James Wood: De telarum mechanicae (On the mechanics of 6.56am weaving) 4.27am Arnold, arr. John Wallace: Flourish for a Birthday, Op 44 Insomnio Enna: Overture (The Match Girl) Royal Academy of Music Brass Soloists. Ulrich Pöhl. Danish Radio Concert Orchestra Hannu Koivula (conductor) SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b008lpv8) 4.33am Including from 7.00am SUNDAY 06 JANUARY 2008 Roman: Suite (sonata) No 12 in E minor for clavichord Karin Jonsson-Hazell (harpsichord) Strauss: Roses from the South, Op 388 SUN 00:00 The Early Music Show (b008lpv5) New York Philharmonic Feast of Fools 4.40am Leonard Bernstein (conductor) Johann Strauss Jr: Spanischer Marsch, Op 433 Feast of Fools: Lucie Skeaping looks back to the Middle Ages ORF Symphony Orchestra Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor, RV356 and the period between Christmas and Epiphany, when the Peter Guth (conductor) Nigel Kennedy (violin) world was turned on its side, a time of parody and foolery. Berlin Philharmonic 4.46am Tamulionis: Domestic Psalms From 8.00am SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b008lpv6) Polifonija (Lithuanian State Chamber Choir) Susan Sharpe introduces a programme of music to mark the Sigitas Vaiciulionis (conductor) The 48 at 8: tenth anniversary of Through the Night, featuring music first heard on 6 January during the programme's first five years and 4.54am Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 13 in F sharp, BWV 882 (Well- from the many EBU contributors to the programme. Lisinski: 3 Mazurkas: in F; in E flat; in B flat Tempered Clavier, Book 2) Zagreb Woodwind Trio. Daniel Chorzempa (harpsichord) 1.00am Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op 37 Korngold: Der Schneemann Kristina Hammarström (soprano) SUN 05:00 Through the Night (b008lpv7) BBC Philharmonic Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Through the Night Mathias Bamert (conductor) Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) With Susan Sharpe. From 9.00am 1.25am Dvorák: Concerto in A minor for violin and orchestra, Op 53 5.00am Telemann: Trio sonata in D Vilde Frang Bjaerke (violin) Hubay: Preghiera Musica Antiqua Koln Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Ferenc Szecsódi (violin) Reinhard Goebel (conductor) Williams Eddins (conductor) István Kassai (piano) Poulenc: Concerto in G minor 1.57am 5.04am Simon Preston (organ) Ravel: Boléro Pezel: Tower Music from Leipzig Intrada 1, 2 and 3 Boston Symphony Orchestra Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra The Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble Seiji Ozawa (conductor). Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor) 5.09am 2.12am Arnic: Overture (Comic Opera) SUN 10:00 Sunday Morning (b008lpv9) Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op 10 Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra Dear Diary RTE Vanbrugh String Quartet Anton Nanut (conductor) Dear Diary: Iain leafs through diaries of great composers, in 2.39am 5.17am words and music, including Schumann's Davidsbundlertanze Poulenc: Petites voix (pour voix égales a capella) Morales: Andreas Christi famulus a 8 and Janacek's Diary of One Who Disappeared. Maîtrise de Radio France Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal Denis Dupays (director) Christopher Jackson (director) SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b008lpvb) 2.45am 5.24am Michael Berkeley talks to the controversial playwright Mark Stainov: Legend (symphonic poem after Yordon Yovkov) Schubert: String Quartet No 2 in C, D32 Ravenhill, whose musical choices have a strongly political slant Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra Orlando Quartet and reveal a passion for opera. Emil Karamanov (conductor) 5.43am They range from Offenbach's satirical comedy Orpheus in the 3.03am Benoit: Magnificat Underworld, to Beethoven's Fidelio, Verdi's Rigoletto, John Beethoven: Violin Sonata in F, Op 24 (Spring) Joris Verdin (organ) Adams's Nixon in China and Britten's Peter Grimes. Salvatore Accardo (violin) Jan Busschaert (five-string double bass) Michele Campanella (piano) Flemish Radio Choir (women's voices only) Vic Nees (conductor) SUN 13:00 The Early Music Show (b008lpvc) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 5 – 11 January 2008 Page 3 of 10 Lucie Skeaping presents a programme devoted to Euripedes' Sixth Reading: Revelation 21, vv22-27 MONDAY 07 JANUARY 2008 great tragedy of Medea, and the setting by the French composer Anthem: Friede auf Erden (Schoenberg) Charpentier. Charpentier was very much over-shadowed by his Prayers MON 00:00 The Early Music Show (b008jyxr) famous contemporary Lully, and it is really only in the last few Hymn: Hail to the Lord's anointed (Crüger) Das Partiturbuch decades that this opera has been rediscovered; the music is Organ Voluntary: Fugue on Wie schon leuchtet der considered some of Charpentier's most magnificent and Morgenstern (Reger) Lucie Skeaping introduces a programme which focuses on a colourful, and one can only imagine the spectacle the drama fascinating collection of 17th century German instrumental created through its use of stage machinery and fireworks in the Director of music: Ralph Allwood music known as Das Partiturbuch Ludwig. Assembled by Jacob 17th century! Organist: David Goode. Ludwig as a birthday present for his patron, Duke August of Gotha, the collection features composers from all over PLAYLIST: Germany, including Antonio Bertali, Johann Nicolai, Johann SUN 17:00 Discovering Music (b008lpvg) Schmelzer, Adam Drese, Samuel Capricornus and Nathanael All music Médée by Charpentier from this recording: John Adams: Chamber Symphony Schnittelbach.

Les Arts Florissants John Adams's Chamber Symphony PLAYLIST: William Christie Lorraine Hunt, Médée Charles Hazlewood is joined by Excellent Device to explore Antonio Bertali - Sonata a 3 in G major for 2 violins & bassoon Mark Padmore, Jason Adams's Chamber Symphony, also pausing to examine in closer Ensemble Echo du Danube Bernard Delatré, Créon detail one of the works which inspired it, Schoenberg's Directed by Christian Zincke Monique Zanetti, Créuse Chamber Symphony. NAXOS 8.557679 Jean-Marc Salzmann, Oronté Track 8 Noémi Rime, Nerine Isabelle Desrochers, Cléone SUN 18:30 Choir and Organ (b008lpvh) Antonio Bertali - Ciaconna for solo violin in C major François Bazola, Arcas Aled Jones enlists the help of two American authors who have Martin Jopp (violin) Erato 4509 96558 2 written self-help guides on how to be an effective member of a NAXOS 8.557679 3 CDs choir. Track 2

Act 1 sc i: Médée & Nerine Plus a look back and forward at the wide-ranging use of choral Johann Heinrich Schmelzer - Sonata Variata in D minor ‘Pour flatter mes ennuis’ ( To assuage my troubles, if only I music in computer games, films, television and advertising. Ensemble Echo du Danube could believe you) Aled meets some of those soundtrack composers who have NAXOS 8.557679 ‘Qu'il le cherche, mais qu'il me craigne’ (Let him seek but let made effective use of choral music. Track 6 him fear me) CD 1 tracks 9 & 10 Nathanael Schnittelbach - Ciaconna in A major for solo violin SUN 20:00 Drama on 3 (b008lpvj) Ensemble Echo du Danube Act 1 sc iii: Jason & Arcas - Jason confesses love for Créuse The Picture Man, by David Eldridge NAXOS 8.557679 ‘Que je serois heureux, si j'étais moins aimé’ (How happy I Track 11 should be if I were loved less) The Picture Man ‘Que me peut demander la Gloire’ ( What can honour ask of Adam Drese - Sonata a 2 in A minor me) By David Eldridge Ensemble Echo du Danube CD 1 tracks 12 & 13 NAXOS 8.557679 Neil decides he has been pushed too far by the uncaring and Track 10 Act 1 sc v: Oronte, Jason, Créon often callous behaviour he sees around him. But when he begins ‘Seigneur, la Thessalie attaquant vos Estats’ ( Sire with Thessaly to intervene in incidents by taking pictures on his mobile phone, Adam Drese - Sonata a 3 in A minor attacking your domain) it has disastrous consequences. Ensemble Echo du Danube CD 1 track 15 NAXOS 8.557679 Introduced by the writer, David Eldridge. Track 7 Act 2 sc ii: Médée ‘Princesse, c'est sur vous que mon espoir se fonde’ ( Princess, Neil ...... Martin Freeman Johann Michael Nicolai - Sonata a 2 in C major 'tis upon you my hopes are founded) Janine ...... Heather Craney Ensemble Echo du Danube CD 2 track 3 Hussein ...... Emil Marwa NAXOS 8.557679 George ...... Peter Marinker Track 4 Act 2 sc v: Jason & Créuse - Love scene Man on Tube ...... Jake Harders ‘Qu' ay-je à résoudre encore?’ ( What must I yet resolve?) Polish Prostitute ...... Ania Sowinkski Samuel Capricornus - Ciaconna in D major ‘Quand son amour seroit extreme’ ( Even though his love were Freddie ...... Bailey Pepper Ensemble Echo du Danube to be extreme) Teenage Boy ...... Joseph Tremain NAXOS 8.557679 CD 2 tracks 6 & 7 Track 9. With Anna Bengo, Laura Molyneux, Alex Lanipekun and Ben Act 3 sc iv: Médée lamenting her fate. Prepares poison…. Crowe. Chorus of demons MON 01:00 Through the Night (b008lqwb) ‘Croiras-tu mon malheur’ ( Can you believe in my misfortunes) Directed by Sally Avens. With Susan Sharpe. to end of ‘Je vois le don fatal’ ( I see the fatal gift demanded by my rival) 1.00am CD 2 tracks 17-20 SUN 21:05 Gubaidulina: The String Quartets (b008lpvk) Stravinsky: Anthem (The Dove Descending Breaks the Air) Episode 4 Swedish Radio Chorus Act 4 sc ix: Créon's mad scene Anders Eby (conductor) ‘Noires Divinitez’ ( Black divinites, what do you want of me) During the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Gubaidulina Weekend CD 3 track 12 in January 2007, the Royal String Quartet performed all four of 1.04am Gubaidulina's unique quartets at St Giles, Cripplegate, in Rangström: Sorgen och stjärnen (The Sorrow and the Star) Act 5 sc iv: Air Funestre to end of opera London's Barbican Centre. Now aged 76, Sofia Gubaidulina Helena Lidén Moore (soprano) CD 3 tracks 17-22 lived through the Soviet era, maintaining her artistic integrity in Bengt Eklund (piano) astonishingly powerful music inspired by her profound Russian Orthodox faith. 1.08am SUN 14:00 Radio 3 Requests (b008lpvd) Schubert, arr. Clytus Gottwald: Nacht und Träume, D827 Chi-chi Nwanoku welcomes in the New Year with another 4/4. In Quartet No 3, written in 1987, it's only halfway through Swedish Radio Chorus selection of music you've asked to hear. the 15 minute work that the players discover their bows! Anders Eby (conductor)

Including motets by Bruckner, a flamboyant rendition of Lou 1.12am Harrison's piano concerto, and an excerpt from Mozart's Don SUN 21:30 Sunday Feature (b008lpvl) Nilsson: Ayíasma for flute and mixed chorus Giovanni requested by baritone Christopher Maltman. Bosphorus Battles Maria Aström (flute) Swedish Radio Chorus Since the siege of Troy, the Turkish Straits between the Anders Eby (conductor) SUN 16:00 Choral Evensong (b008lpvf) Dardanelles and the Northern end of the Bosphorus have been Live from the Chapel of Eton College with the Rodolfus Choir. of vital strategic importance. The water has been both a source 1.17am of prosperity and the cause of political battles for Istanbul. Unander-Scharin: From Things to Sound Introit: Epiphany Responsory (Richard Lloyd) Swedish Radio Chorus Bidding Prayer Tom de Waal takes a journey up the Bosphorus and talks to Anders Eby (conductor) Hymn: O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness (Was writers Orhan Pamuk and Elif Shafak, Professors Gun Kut and lebet) Edhem Eldem, and Captains Rajiv Kumar and Mete Kocar to 1.38am First Reading: Isaiah 60, vv1-9 present a portrait of Istanbul as seen from its seaway. Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E minor Antiphon: Reges Tharsis et insulae (Plainsong) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Second Reading: Matthew 2, vv1-11 Daniele Gatti (conductor) Anthem: Stella quam viderant Magi (Palestrina) SUN 22:15 Words and Music (b008lpvm) Third Reading: The Offering (Jeremy Taylor) Book of Hours 2.31am Hymn: Brightest and best (Liebster Immanuel) Geijer: Sonata in F minor for Piano (four hands) Fourth Reading: The Magi (WB Yeats) Amanda Root and Rory Kinnear take an imaginative journey Stefan Bojsten (piano) Anthem: Lux aurumque (Eric Whitacre) around the clock over the course of twenty four hours with Anders Kilström (piano) Fifth Reading: From Helena (Evelyn Waugh) poems by John Clare, Byron, Louis MacNeice and Carol Ann Anthem: Lord, when the wise men came from far (Philip Duffy and music by Samuel Barber, Schoenberg, Debussy, 2.52am Moore) Ravel and Elvis Costello. Dohnányi: Piano Quintet No 2 in E flat minor, Op 26 Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 5 – 11 January 2008 Page 4 of 10 Erno Szegedi (piano) A Scarlatti: Fuga del Primo Tono (D minor) Debussy: Hommage à Samuel Pickwick Esq PPMPC (Preludes, Tatrai Quartet Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord) Book 2) Krystian Zimerman (piano) 3.17am 5.40am DG 435 773 (2 CDs) Korngold: Violin Concerto in D, Op 35 Rossi: Toccata No 7 in D minor (Toccate e correnti) Chantal Juillet (violin) Ton Koopman (harpsichord) Debussy: Ondine (Preludes, Book 2) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Ivan Moravec (piano) Franz-Paul Decker (conductor) 5.44am HANSSLER CD 98.399 Alfvèn: Suite for Orchestra (King Gustav II Adolf) 3.44am Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra 11.31am Henderson: Gloria Niklas Willén (conductor) Wagner: Das Rheingold (excerpt) Robert Venables, Robert Devito (trumpets) The Building a Library recommendation. Linda Broncesky (horn) 6.00am Ian Cowie (trombone) Pez: Overture in D minor Marc Bonang (tuba) Hildebrand'sche Hoboïsten Compagnie MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b008lqwg) Graham Hargrove, Nicolas Coulter (percussion) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Elmer Iseler Singers 6.10am Lydia Adams (conductor) Josquin des Pres: Plaine de dueil Episode 1 Lassus: Timor et tremor; Exaudi Deus 3.50am Ensemble Daedalus George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Muffat: Passacaglia in G minor Roberto Festa (director) Geert Bierling (organ). Handel in London: 5 Musical Walks 6.20am Frumerie: Pastoral Suite, Op 13b 1/5. Donald Macleod embarks on his first walk through MON 04:00 Through the Night (b008lzgr) Kathleen Rudolph (flute) Handel's London, featuring the composer's home of 36 years Through the Night CBC Vancouver Orchestra and its immediate environs. He begins with a guided tour of the Mario Bernardi (conductor) Handel House Museum on Brook Street, then visits St George's With Susan Sharpe. Hanover Square, the church in which Handel worshipped, 6.34am played the organ and rented a pew. The final stop is Carlisle 4.00am Zemlinsky: Trio, Op 3 Street in Soho and the 18th century offices of Private Eye Bree: Concert Overture in B minor Trio Luwigana. magazine, where art director Tony Rushton talks about his Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra passion for former resident JC Smith, Handel's friend and Jac van Steen (conductor) amanuensis. MON 07:00 Breakfast (b008lqwd) 4.12am Including from 7.00am Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah) Lortzing: Heiterkeit und Fröhlichkeit (Der Wildschütz, Act 3) The English Concert Choir Brett Polegato (baritone) Bruckner: Locus iste The English Concert Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Polyphony Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord/director) Richard Bradshaw (conductor) Stephen Layton (conductor) Verdi prati; Mi Lusinga; Sta nell'Ircana (Alcina) 4.17am Vivaldi: Violin concerto in E, RV 264 Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) Wilms: Rondo (Polonaise in D) Anton Steck (violin) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Arthur Schoonderwoerd (fortepiano) Modo Antiquo Charles Mackerras (conductor) Federico Maria Sardelli (director) 4.24am Honour and arms scorn such a foe (Samson) Telemann: Concerto in D minor for two chalumeaux and strings The 48 at 8: Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Eric Hoeprich, Lisa Klewitt (chalumeaux) Scottish Chamber Orchestra Musica Antiqua Köln Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 14 in F sharp minor, BWV 883 Charles Mackerras (conductor) Reinhard Goebel (director) (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2) Angela Hewitt (piano) Fugue in B flat 4.32am Jennifer Bate (organ) Aufschnaiter: Ouverture; Entrée; Menuett; Gavotta; Menuett From 8.30am (Serenade No 3 in G minor) The Triumph of Time and Truth (Act 2 excerpt) L'Orfeo Barockorchester Ibert: Chamber Concerto Gillian Fisher (soprano) Michi Gaigg (director) Claude Delangle (alto saxophone) Charles Brett (countertenor) Singapore Symphony Orchestra Stephen Varcoe (bass) 4.41am Lan Shui (conductor) London Handel Choir and Orchestra Schumann: 3 Carols of Death Denys Darlow (conductor). BBC Singers Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C sharp minor Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Lang Lang (piano) MON 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b008lr26) 4.52am Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten Presented by Penny Gore. Geminiani: Concerto Grosso No 3 in B minor Stuttgart State Orchestra Concertino Dennis Russell Davies (conductor). 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players. Live from the Wigmore Hall in London, Verity Sharp MON 10:00 Classical Collection (b008lqwf) introduces a concert by the Kopelman Quartet. MON 05:00 Through the Night (b008lqwc) With Sarah Walker. Through the Night Shostakovich: Quartet No 1 in C, Op 49 10.00am Beethoven: String Quartet in A minor, Op 132 With Susan Sharpe. Strauss: Don Juan, Op 20 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 2.00pm British Symphony Series: Cyril Scott 5.00am Clemens Krauss (conductor) Kabalevsky: Overture (Colas Breugnon) TESTAMENT SBT 1185 Afternoon on 3 features the symphonies of Cyril Scott, whose Edmonton Symphony Orchestra work was first championed at the turn of the 20th century by Uri Mayer (conductor) 10.17am Hans Richter and Henry Wood. Alongside his symphonic works Nielsen: Wind Quintet and two of his large-scale concerti, all performed by the BBC 5.05am Melos Ensemble Philharmonic, are works by Scott's contemporaries. Bartok: Andante in A for violin and piano EMI 65304 Tamas Major (violin) Scott: A Festival Overture Gyorgy Oravecz (piano) 10.42am Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus Elgar: Variations on an original theme, Op 36 (Enigma) BBC Philharmonic 5.10am Philharmonia Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Dvorak: Furiant, No 7; Bacchanalia, No 10 (Poeticke nalady, John Barbirolli (conductor) Op 85) EMI CDM 566322-2 Shostakovitch: Violin Concerto No 1 Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Sarah Chang (violin) Robert Stankovsky (conductor) 11.14am BBC Symphony Orchestra Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin (Preludes, Book 1) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) 5.18am Pascal Rogé (piano) Haydn: Sonata in G for piano ONYX 4004 Strauss: 6 Lieder, Op 67 Niklas Sivelov (piano) Ailish Tynan (soprano) Debussy: La danse de Puck (Preludes, Book 1) Llyr Williams (piano) 5.29am Walter Gieseking (piano) CPE Bach: Heilig, Heilig EMI 565855-2 (2 CDs) Scott: Symphony No 1 Netherlands Chamber Choir BBC Philharmonic Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Debussy: General Lavine – excentric (Preludes, Book 2) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Ton Koopman (conductor) Zoltan Kocsis (piano) PHILIPS 456 568-2 (2 CDs) Korngold: The Sea Hawk (Suite from the film score, Part 1) 5.36am BBC Philharmonic Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 5 – 11 January 2008 Page 5 of 10 Rumon Gamba (conductor) 3.29am Mozart: Ach ich fühl's, es ist verschwunden! (The Magic Flute) Ravel: Miroirs Barbara Bonney (soprano) Beethoven: Symphony No 7 Pedja Muzijevic (piano) Zurich Opera Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) Paul Daniel (conductor). 3.59am Vivaldi: Concerto in F, RV 442 The 48 at 8: Michael Schneider (recorder) MON 17:00 In Tune (b008lr27) Camerata Köln Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 15 in G, BWV 884 (The Well- Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the Tempered Clavier, Book 2) arts world. 4.07am Gary Cooper (harpsichord) Górecki: Totus tuus Jutland Chamber Choir From 8.30am MON 19:00 BBC Proms 2007 (repeats) (b008njkq) Mogens Dahl (director) Continuing the Christmas and New Year series of highlights of Mussorgsky, arr. Rimsky-Korsakov: Night on the Bare the 2007 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, Petroc Trelawny 4.17am Mountain introduces a second Proms performance of the season from Franck: Piece en la majeur pour grand orgue Vienna Philharmonic Daniel Barenboim and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Joris Verdin (organ) Valery Gergiev (conductor)

Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta 4.28am Delius: A Song of Summer Kodály: Dances from Galanta Hellendaal: Sonata No 8 in G for cello and continuo, Op 5 London Symphony Orchestra Ligeti: Atmospheres Jaap ter Linden (cello) John Barbirolli (conductor) Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No 1. Ton Koopman (harpsichord) Ageet Zweistra (cello continuo) Handel: Scherza infida (Ariodante) Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) MON 20:45 Composer of the Week (b008lqwg) 4.38am Le Concert d'Astrée [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Kodály: 4 Madrigals for women's chorus Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor). Jutland Chamber Choir Mogens Dahl (director) MON 21:45 Night Waves (b008lr29) TUE 10:00 Classical Collection (b008lr5y) Matthew Sweet takes a tour behind the scenes at the Natural 4.49am With Sarah Walker. History Museum where the eminent curator, palaeontologist and Johann Strauss II: Wienerblut, Op 354 writer Richard Fortey has worked for almost his whole career. Danish Radio Concert Orchestra 10.00am He explains how museum culture has been revolutionised in Borge Wagner (conductor). Adams: The Chairman Dances recent decades. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra EMI CD 555051-2 Plus, as Liverpool begins its year as European Capital of TUE 05:00 Through the Night (b008lr5w) Culture, Night Waves draws on the successes and failures of Through the Night 10.14am previous holders of the title to assess whether expectations Schumann: Carnaval within the city can be met. With Susan Sharpe. Artur Rubinstein (piano) RCA RD85667 5.00am MON 22:30 Artist Focus (b008lr2b) Auber: Overture (Le cheval de bronze) 10.42am With Petroc Trelawny. Harpsichordist and conductor William Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Delius: Paris (Song of a great city) Christie is the featured artist and the programme includes music Stefan Robl (conductor) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for solo harpsichord by Rameau. Thomas Beecham (conductor) 5.08am SONY SMK89430 Dvorák: Slavonic Dance, Op 46 No 2 MON 23:00 The Essay (b008lr8z) James Anagnoson, Leslie Kinton (piano) 11.05am Greek and Latin Voices (Thucydides) Byrd: The Tenth Pavan (Mr W Peter) 5.14am Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord) Episode 1 Rota: Eight and a Half OISEAU LYRE 430 487-2 (3 CDs) Hungarian Brass Ensemble Greek and Latin Voices 11.10am 5.19am Byrd, arr. Grainger: The Carman's Whistle Series exploring the work of Thucydides. Bach: Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Cantata No 54) Piers Lane (piano) Jadwiga Rappé (alto) HYPERION CDA67279 1/4. Chris Pelling introduces the work of the historian Concerto Avenna Thucydides, whose brilliant account of the disastrous war Andrzej Mysinski (conductor) 11.15am between Athens and Sparta is as relevant today as it was in the Byrd: My Lady Nevell's Ground 5th Century BC. 5.30am Davitt Moroney (harpsichord) Telemann: Sonata in F minor (Der Getreue Music-Meister) HYPERION CDA 66558 Camerata Köln MON 23:15 Awards for World Music A to Z (b008lr2c) 11.22am Awards for World Music A to Z 5.40am Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition Noskowski: Ballet music from A Hut out of the Village Chicago Symphony Orchestra Lucy Duran introduces the first of a monthly series of profiles National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Fritz Reiner (conductor) of the nominees in the 2008 BBC Radio 3 Awards. Miroslaw Jacek Blaszczyk (conductor) RCA 09026 61958-2.

Including Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective (Belize), 5.53am Anoushka Shankar (India), Bajofondo (Argentina), Balkan Beat Streulens: Ave Maria for tenor and female voices TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b008lr5z) Box (USA-Israel), Bassekou Kouyate (Mali), Bole 2 Harlem La Gioia George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (Ethiopia-USA), and Faiz Ali Faiz (Pakistan). 5.59am Episode 2 Rachmaninov: Vocalise, Op 34 No 14 Desmond Hoebig (cello) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) TUESDAY 08 JANUARY 2008 Andrew Tunis (piano) Handel in London: 5 Musical Walks TUE 01:00 Through the Night (b008lr5v) 6.06am With Susan Sharpe. Haydn: Symphony No 49 in F minor (La Passione) 2/5. Donald Macleod traces Handel's royal connections on this Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra second walk through the composer's London. 1.00am Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor) Mozart: Concerto in B flat for bassoon and orchestra, K191 Starting at Westminster Abbey to survey Handel's decorative Audun Halvorsen (bassoon) 6.23am tomb, he is then joined by Lewis Foreman for a stroll along Norwegian Radio Orchestra Grieg: Lyric Pieces Whitehall to the historic Banqueting House and Queen Mary's Andrew Manze (conductor) Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Steps on the River Thames, where the royal party of 1717 departed for the famous performance of the Water Music. The 1.20am 6.41am final stop is the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace, for which Bach: Violin Sonata No 3 in C, BWV 1005 Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No 2 Handel composed a birthday ode for Queen Anne. Vilde Frang Bjaerke (violin) CBC Vancouver Orchestra Mario Bernardi (conductor). Zadok the Priest 1.44am Trevor Pinnock (organ) Shostakovich: Symphony No 11 in G minor Choir of Westminster Abbey BBC Symphony Orchestra TUE 07:00 Breakfast (b008lr5x) The English Concert Jukka Pekka Saraste (conductor) Including from 7.00am Simon Preston (conductor)

2.49am Grieg: Symphonic Dance, Op 64 No 3 Utrecht Te Deum Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 Estonian National Symphony Orchestra The Choir of St Paul's Cathedral Algirdas Budrys (clarinet) Paavo Järvi (conductor) The Parley of Instruments Vilnius Quartet John Scott (conductor) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 5 – 11 January 2008 Page 6 of 10 Water Music Suite in D/G (excerpt) Greek and Latin Voices 5.08am The English Concert Förster: Dulcis amor Jesu Trevor Pinnock (director/harpsichord) Series exploring the work of Thucydides. Olga Pasiecznik, Marta Boberska (soprano) Il Tempo Baroque Ensemble Eternal source of light divine (Ode for the Birthday of Queen 2/4. Eugenia Kiesling, Professor of Military History at the Anne) United States Military Academy at Westpoint, explores how 5.16am Robin Blaze (countertenor) and why Thucydides's work on the Peloponnesian War, written Ravel: Tzigane Choir of King's College, Cambridge in the 5th century BC, is used to interpret contemporary Moshe Hammer (violin) The Academy of Ancient Music warfare. Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Stephen Cleobury (conductor). Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)

TUE 23:15 Late Junction (b008lrdj) 5.26am TUE 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b008lr72) Fiona Talkington presents a concert given by Trio Medieval and Abel: Symphony, Op 10 No 2 Presented by Penny Gore. drummer Birger Mistereggen at Trinity College Cambridge. La Stagione Frankfurt Plus dobro player Jerry Douglas, Bobby McFerrin sings the Michael Schneider (conductor) 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Beatles, chamber music by Ravel and the voice of Tom Waits. 5.37am 1/4. These performances were recorded at the 2007 Bath Schumann: Novelette in F, Op 21 No 1 Mozartfest and feature works from three different concerts. Alfred Grünfeld (piano) WEDNESDAY 09 JANUARY 2008 Schumann: 3 Romanzen, Op 94 5.43am Steven Isserlis (cello) WED 01:00 Through the Night (b008lrgp) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 10 in B minor for string orchestra Melvyn Tan (piano) With Susan Sharpe. Risör Festival Strings

Strauss: Das Rosenband; Ruhe meine Seele; Wiegenlied, Op 1.00am 5.53am 41a; Einerlei; Waldseligkeit; Schlechtes Wetter; Zueignung Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in A Rachmaninov: Caprice bohémien, Op 12 Felicity Lott (soprano) Mincho Minchev (violin) Queensland Symphony Orchestra Graham Johnson (piano) Studio Concertante Instrumental Ensemble Vladimir Verbitsky (conductor) Vasil Kazandjiev (conductor) Mozart: Piano Quartet in E flat, K493 6.13am Nash Ensemble 1.15am Haydn: Trio in G for keyboard and strings (Gypsy rondo) Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G Kungsbacka Trio 2.05pm British Symphony Series: Cyril Scott Stefan Popov (cello) Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble 6.29am Korngold: The Sea Hawk (Suite from the film score, Part 2) Emil Tabakov (conductor) Salmenhaara: Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra BBC Philharmonic Päivyt Rajamäki, Maarit Rajamäki (violins) Rumon Gamba (conductor) 1.27am Finnish RSO Ebner: Trio in B flat Juhani Lamminmäki (conductor) Vaughan Williams: 3 Songs from Shakespeare Zagreb Woodwind Trio BBC Singers 6.47am Bob Chilcott (conductor) 1.34am Strauss: An einsamer Quelle (Stimmungsbilder) Debussy: Suite Bergamasque Ludmil Angelov (piano) Scott: Concerto No 1 in C for piano and orchestra Roger Woodward (piano) Howard Shelley (piano) 6.52am BBC Philharmonic 1.54am Mozart: Rondo in B flat for violin and orchestra, K269 Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Bruckner: Symphony No 3 in D minor Benjamin Schmid (violin) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra The Danish Radio Concert Orchestra Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor) Adam Fischer (conductor). James Gilchrist (tenor) BBC National Orchestra of Wales 2.53am Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) Handel: Incidental music to 'The Alchemist' WED 07:00 Breakfast (b008lrgr) CBC Vancouver Orchestra Including from 7.00am Beethoven: Concerto in D for violin and orchestra, Op 61 Monica Huggett (conductor) Olivier Charlier (violin) Balakirev: In the Steppes of Central Asia BBC Philharmonic 3.10am Kirov Orchestra Douglas Boyd (conductor) Shearing: Music to Hear (Five Shakespeare Songs) Valery Gergiev (conductor) Peter Berring (piano) Scott: Three Symphonic Dances, Op 22 David Brown (double bass) Handel: Fronda leggiera e mobile BBC Philharmonic Vancouver Chamber Choir Gillian Fisher (soprano) Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Jon Washburn (director) James Bowman (countertenor) King's Consort 3.24am Robert King (director) TUE 17:00 In Tune (b008lr73) Tchaikovsky: The Tempest Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the BBC Philharmonic The 48 at 8: arts world. Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 16 in G minor, BWV 885 (The 3.46am Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2) TUE 19:00 BBC Proms 2007 (repeats) (b008njmf) Charlton: Dances of the Rainbow Serpent Samuel Feinberg (piano) Another chance to hear the Boston Symphony Orchestra Guitar Trek conducted by James Levine perform works by Elliot Carter, From 8.30am Bartok and Brahms. 3.56am Madetoja: Dance Vision (Night Revels) Mendelssohn: Symphony for Strings No 12 in G minor Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Hanover Band TUE 20:45 Composer of the Week (b008lr5z) Jorma Panula (conductor) Roy Goodman (director) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] 4.05am Falla: Psyché Bach: Suite No 3 in C for solo cello, BWV 1009 Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) TUE 21:45 Night Waves (b008lr8d) Guy Fouquet (cello) Jean-Claude Gerard (flute) Philip Dodd talks to literary scholar and writer George Steiner Anne Challan (harp) about his new work, which imagines all the books that Steiner 4.30am Gerard Jarry (violin) hoped to write, but never did. Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor, Op 120 Serge Collot (viola) Grumiaux Trio Michel Tournus (cello) And Philip and guests discuss whether now is the time to embark on a project to write the complete history of humanity, 4.52am Mozart: Horn Concerto No 3 in E flat, K447 from the first homo sapiens to the world of the internet. Papandopulo: By the grave of the Beauty, Op 39 Timothy Brown (horn) Slovenian Chamber Choir Academy of St Martin in the Fields Vladimir Kranjcevic (conductor). Iona Brown (conductor). TUE 22:30 Artist Focus (b008lr8f) With Petroc Trelawny. WED 05:00 Through the Night (b008lrgq) WED 10:00 Classical Collection (b008lrgs) Harpsichordist and conductor William Christie is the featured Through the Night With Sarah Walker. artist and the programme includes a pioneering recording by Christie's group Les Arts Florissants of music by Charpentier. With Susan Sharpe. 10.00am Ravel: Ma mère l'oye 5.00am Boston Symphony Orchestra TUE 23:00 The Essay (b008przr) Fougstedt: Concert Overture Bernard Haitink (conductor) Greek and Latin Voices (Thucydides) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra PHILIPS 454 452-2 Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) Episode 2 10.30am Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 5 – 11 January 2008 Page 7 of 10 Couperin: 27th Ordre (Book 4 of the Pièces de Clavecin) BBC Philharmonic THU 01:00 Through the Night (b008lsqw) Angela Hewitt (piano) Paul Daniel (conductor) With Susan Sharpe. HYPERION SACDA67480 Scott: Symphony No 3 (The Muses) 1.00am 10.45am BBC Philharmonic Bach: Partita No 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 Roussel: Jouers de flute Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Viktor Pikajzen (violin) Peter-Lukas Graf (flute) Michio Kobayashi (piano) Shostakovich: Preludes, Op 34 (Nos 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 1.33am CLAVES CD 50-704 24 arr. for viola and piano) Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op 80 Lawrence Power (viola) Viktor Pikajzen (violin) 10.56am Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) Evgenia Sejdelj (piano) Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie (excerpts) Phèdre ...... Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) Korngold: The Sea Hawk (Suite from the film score, Part 3) 2.00am Hippolyte ...... Mark Padmore (tenor) BBC Philharmonic Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 Une bergère ...... Patricia Petitbon (soprano) Rumon Gamba (conductor) Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra Les Arts Florissants Yuri Ahronovich (conductor) William Christie (conductor) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor ERATO 0630-15517-2 Olivier Charlier (violin) 2.34am BBC Philharmonic Paganini, trans. Liszt: Etude No 2 in E flat 11.15am Paul Daniel (conductor) Arthur Friedheim (piano) Berlioz: Harold in Italy William Primrose (viola) Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 2.40am Boston Symphony Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Liszt: Transcendental Study No 11 in D flat (Harmonies du Serge Koussevitky (conductor) Paul Daniel (conductor). soir) DUTTON CDEA5013. Jenö Jandó (piano)

WED 17:00 In Tune (b008lsbd) 2.51am WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b008lrgt) Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427 (Great) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) arts world. Olivia Robinson (soprano) Elizabeth Poole (mezzo-soprano) Episode 3 Christopher Bowen (tenor) WED 19:00 Performance on 3 (b008lsbf) Stuart MacIntyre (baritone) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Emerson String Quartet BBC Singers BBC Concert Orchestra Handel in London: 5 Musical Walks Episode 1 Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

3/5. Donald Macleod and his guest Lewis Foreman explore Emerson String Quartet 3.42am some fascinating sites along The Strand where Handel Poulenc: Sextet for piano and winds undertook his musical business, from visits to publishers to Petroc Trelawny presents a series of three concerts recorded at Zoltán Kocsis (piano) private musical performances in an enthusiast's attic and a local London's Wigmore Hall by one of the world's most Anita Szabó (flute) tavern. The final stop is the museum of the Foundling Hospital, distinguished string quartets. Each concert is based around the Béla Horváth (oboe) London's first home for abandoned children and Handel's three Beethoven 'Rasumovsky' Quartets and also includes music Zsolt Szatmári (clarinet) favourite charity. by Bach and a recent work by a composer closely associated György Salamon (bass clarinet) with the group. Pál Bokor (bassoon) Virtue, truth and innocence (Esther) Tamás Zempléni (horn) The Sixteen 1/3. A quartet from the 1980s by leading German composer Harry Christophers (director) Wolfgang Rihm. 3.59am Daniel: Dohl mot son plan e prim and Lo fera voler quel cor Concerto grosso in G minor, Op 6 No 6 m'intra (chansons) Concentus Musicus Wien WED 20:45 Composer of the Week (b008lrgt) Sequentia Köln Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] 4.09am Sonata in A, Op 1 No 3 Berlioz: Le Carnaval Romain Overture Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) WED 21:45 Night Waves (b008lscb) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Richard Tunnicliffe (cello) Kenan Malik is joined by film critic Nigel Floyd and Middle Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) Paul Nicholson (harpsichord) East expert Fred Halliday to discuss Charlie Wilson's War, the new film starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts about secret 4.18am Anthem for the Foundling Hospital (excerpt) American funding of the Afghan mujahideen fighting the Svendsen: Carnival in Paris Overture (Episode for orchestra) Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby (sopranos) Russians in the 1980s – and the consequences since. Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Shirley Minto (contralto) Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor) James Bowman (countertenor) Novelist and screenwriter William Boyd talks about guest Martyn Hill (tenor) editing the hundredth edition of the innovative literary 4.31am David Thomas (bass) magazine Granta. Satie: Parade (Ballet réaliste) The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Steven and Stijn Kolacny (pianos) The Academy of Ancient Music Also, as the 60th anniversary of Gandhi's death approaches, Simon Preston (conductor). Kenan debates the usefulness of non-violence with his studio 4.44am guests, while the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek explains Saint-Saëns: Les titans, Op 71 No 2 why he thinks that violence extends beyond the infliction of Lamentabile Consort WED 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b008lsbc) physical damage. Presented by Penny Gore. 4.51am Telemann: Trio No 6 (Essercizii Musici) 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert WED 22:30 Artist Focus (b008lsj2) Camerata Köln. With Petroc Trelawny. Harpsichordist and conductor William 2/4. Recorded at the 2007 Bath Mozartfest, there are works Christie is the featured artist and the programme includes an from four different concerts, given at the Assembly Rooms and excerpt from Handel's oratorio Theodora. THU 05:00 Through the Night (b008lsqx) the Guildhall in Bath. Through the Night

Bach/Moscheles: 3 Preludes from The Well-Tempered Clavier WED 23:00 The Essay (b008przs) With Susan Sharpe. Steven Isserlis (cello) Greek and Latin Voices (Thucydides) Melvyn Tan (piano) 5.00am Episode 3 Rimsky-Korsakov: The Three Wonders from The tale of Tsar Mozart: An Chloe; Das Veilchen; Abendempfindung an Laura; Saltan, Op 57 Als Luise die Briefe Greek and Latin Voices BBC Philharmonic Felicity Lott (soprano) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Graham Johnson (piano) Series exploring the work of Thucydides. 5.07am Mendelssohn: String Quintet No 2 in E flat, Op 87 3/4. Paul Cartledge examines what kind of historian Thucydides Schubert: Symphony No 5 in B flat Nash Ensemble was and how we should read him, or any historian, today. Budapest Symphony Orchestra Tamás Vásáry (conductor) Mendelssohn: Variations concertantes in D, Op 17 Steven Isserlis (cello) WED 23:15 Late Junction (b008lsj4) 5.34am Melvyn Tan (piano) Fiona Talkington presents music from bass player Edgar Meyer, Wagner, arr. Mottl: Fünf Lieder von Mathilde von Wesendonk Food's new album Molecular Gastronomy, Yves Lambert's Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano) Bach: Vor Deinem Thron Bebert Orchestra and more from Trio Medieval and Birger Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Emerson Quartet Mistereggen in concert. Kurt Masur (conductor)

2.05pm British Symphony Series: Cyril Scott 5.53am Trad arr. Takemitsu: Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) from Uta Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus Overture THURSDAY 10 JANUARY 2008 BBC Singers Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 5 – 11 January 2008 Page 8 of 10 Stephen Cleobury (conductor) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) London's Wigmore Hall by one of the world's most distinguished quartets. 5.57am Handel in London: 5 Musical Walks Janácek: Suite for Orchestra, Op 3 2/3. The Emerson Quartet perform a programme that includes a Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra 4/5. Donald Macleod and guest Lewis Foreman follow the trail work specially composed for them by the Chinese-American Ondrej Lenard (conductor) of Handel's time working at Cannons for the wealthy Duke of composer Bright Sheng. Chandos, near Edgware in North London. They visit the 6.12am Baroque church of St Lawrence Whitchurch, for which Handel Dohnányi: Suite im alten Stil for piano, Op 24 wrote a number of works, and the former site of the Duke's THU 20:45 Composer of the Week (b008lsr0) Ilona Prunyi (piano) huge mansion, now the North London Collegiate School. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]

6.27am Blessed be God (Chandos Anthem No 11) Arutiunian: Concerto for trumpet and orchestra Ensemble William Byrd THU 21:45 Night Waves (b008lsr4) Stanslaw Dziewor (trumpet) L'Academie Sainte Cecile In a special programme recorded in front of an audience at the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice Graham O'Reilly (director) Free Thinking Festival in Liverpool, a panel including Gabriel Chmura (conductor) playwright Alan Bleasdale and veteran producer Michael Organ Concerto in B flat, Op 7 No 3 Wearing re-examine one of British television's most celebrated 6.43am Paul Nicholson (organ) dramas, Boys from the Blackstuff. Hellendaal: Sonata Prima in G, Op 5 The Brandenburg Consort Jaap ter Linden (cello) Roy Goodman (director/harpsichord) First shown in 1982, it was a remarkable hit, with catchphrases Ton Koopman (harpsichord) and characters that caught the mood of the nation at a time of Ageet Zweistra (cello continuo) Tis done; Heart, the seat of soft delight; Galatea, dry thy tears high unemployment and social unrest. It also changed forever (Acis and Galatea) the careers of writer Alan Bleasdale and producer Michael 6.52am Sophie Daneman (soprano) Wearing, as well as establishing actors Bernard Hill, Julie Alpaerts: Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils Les Arts Florissants Walters and Michael Angelis in the public mind. Vlaams Radio Orkest William Christie (director) Bjarte Engeset (conductor). With Paul Allen. As pants the hart for cooling streams (Chandos Anthem No 6) Lynne Dawson (soprano) THU 07:00 Breakfast (b008lsqy) Ian Partridge (tenor) THU 22:30 Artist Focus (b008lsr5) Including from 7.00am Michael George (bass) With Petroc Trelawny. Harpsichordist and conductor William The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra Christie is the featured artist and the programme includes an Debussy: La Plus que lente Harry Christophers (conductor). excerpt from Mozart's opera Die Zauberflote. Zoltan Kocsis (piano)

Buxtehude: Cantate Domino THU 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b008lsr1) THU 23:00 The Essay (b008lsr6) Emma Kirkby, Suzie Leblanc (sopranos) Presented by Penny Gore. Greek and Latin Voices (Thucydides) Peter Harvey (bass) The Purcell Quartet 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Episode 4

The 48 at 8: 3/4. These performances were recorded at the 2007 Bath Greek and Latin Voices Mozartfest and feature works from four different concerts. Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 17 in A flat, BWV 886 (The Well- Series exploring the work of Thucydides. Tempered Clavier, Book 2) Poulenc: Hotel; Montparnasse; 3 poemes de Louise Lalanne; A Andre Vieru (piano) sa guitare; Voyage a Paris; Les chemins de l'amour 4/4. Chris Pelling offers a timely analysis of why Thucydides's Felicity Lott (soprano) depiction of power politics in ancient Greece should be read From 8.30am Graham Johnson (piano) today.

Ravel: Bolero Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No 2 in D, Op 58 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Steven Isserlis (cello) THU 23:15 Late Junction (b008lsr7) Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Melvyn Tan (piano) Fiona Talkington presents Trio Medieval and traditional drummer Birger Mistereggen, Uri Caine's take on Verdi and a Weill: Speak Low Mozart: Quartet in C minor, K465 (Dissonance) look ahead to the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow. Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Emerson Quartet Eugene Asti (piano) 2.15pm British Symphony Series: Cyril Scott Mozart: Serenade in D, K239 (Serenata Notturna) FRIDAY 11 JANUARY 2008 Concert des Nations Scott: Symphony No 4 Jordi Savall (director). BBC Philharmonic FRI 01:00 Through the Night (b008lwrw) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) With Susan Sharpe.

THU 10:00 Classical Collection (b008lsqz) Mozart: Duo for violin and viola, K423 1.00am With Sarah Walker. Alina Ibragimova (violin) Mozart: Piano Concerto in A, K488 Antoine Tamestit (viola) Joanna MacGregor (piano) 10.00am Stavanger Symphony Orchestra Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 Korngold: The Sea Hawk (Suite from the film score, Part 4) Susanna Mälkki (conductor) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Karel Ancerl (conductor) Rumon Gamba (conductor) 1.26am DG 463 666-2 Svendsen: Symphony No 2 in B flat, Op 15 Poulenc: Chansons gaillardes for voice and piano Stavanger Symphony Orchestra 10.50am Jonathan Lemalu (baritone) Christian Eggen (conductor) Morley: Hard by a crystal fountain Michael Hampton (piano) The Consort of Musicke 2.01am Anthony Rooley (conductor) Walton: Cello Concerto Palestrina: Missa in duplicibus minoribus II OISEAU LYRE 436 862-2 Paul Watkins (cello) Maîtrise de Garçons de Colmar BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ensemble Giles Binchois 10.54am Tuomas Ollila (conductor) Ensemble Cantus Figuratus der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Weelkes: As Vesta was from Latmos Hill descending Dominique Vellard (director) Oxford Camerata Scriabin: Sonata No 9 in F for piano, Op 68 (Black Mass) Jeremy Summerly (conductor) Alexander Melnikov (piano) 2.36am NAXOS 8.553088 Narvaez: Los Seys libros del Delphin de musica Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 (Italian) Hopkinson Smith (vihuela) 10.57am BBC Philharmonic Tomkins: The fauns and satyrs tripping Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). 2.53am I Fagiolini de Wert: Giunto a la tomba (Il settimo libro de madrigali a Robert Hollingworth (conductor) cinque voci) CHANDOS CHAN 0682 THU 17:00 In Tune (b008lsr2) The Consort of Musicke Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the Anthony Rooley (director) 11.04am arts world. Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica) 2.59am The Philharmonia Orchestra Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op 42 Herbert von Karajan (conductor) THU 19:00 Performance on 3 (b008lsr3) Natalya Pasichnyk (piano) EMI CMS 763310-2 (3 CDs). Emerson String Quartet 3.16am Episode 2 Brahms, arr. Agnieszka Duczmal: Sextet in B flat, Op 18 THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b008lsr0) Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Emerson String Quartet Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)

Episode 4 Petroc Trelawny presents a series of concerts recorded at 3.54am Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 5 – 11 January 2008 Page 9 of 10 Hammerschmidt: Suite in G minor/major for gambas FRI 07:00 Breakfast (b008lwry) Serse (excerpt) Hesperion XX Including from 7.00am Serse ...... Carolyn Watkinson (mezzo-soprano) Jordi Savall (director) Le Grand Ecurie et la Chambre de Roy Walton: Crown Imperial Jean-Claude Malgoire (conductor) 4.04am London Philharmonic Orchestra Grainger: 4 Folk Songs Adrian Boult (conductor) Deidamia (excerpt) Camerata Chamber Choir Nerea ...... Dominique Labelle (soprano) Michael Bojesen (conductor) Handel: As steals the morn (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Fenice ...... Furio Zanasi (baritone) Moderato) Licomede ...... Antonio Abete (bass) 4.15am Kate Royal (soprano) Ulisse ...... Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano) Dukas: Villanelle for horn and orchestra Ian Bostridge (tenor) Deidama ...... Simone Kermes (soprano) Esa Tukia (horn) Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment Choir and Orchestra of Il Complesso Barocco Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Harry Bicket (conductor) Alan Curtis (conductor). Michel Adelson (conductor) The 48 at 8: 4.23am FRI 13:00 Afternoon Concert (b008lws1) Telemann: Trio No 4 (Essercizii Musici) Bach: Prelude and Fugue No 18 in G sharp minor, BWV 887 Presented by Penny Gore. Camerata Köln (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2) Daniel Chorzempa (fortepiano) 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 4.33am Chopin: Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor for piano, Op From 8.30am 4/4. These performances were recorded at the 2007 Bath 66 Mozartfest and feature works from different concerts. Dubravka Tomsic (piano) Godowsky: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Die Fledermaus Piers Lane (piano) Barber: The monk and his cat; Sure on this shining night; 4.39am Promiscuity; Solitary Hotel Komorowski, arr. Tadeusz Maklakiewicz: Kalina (The Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock, D965 Felicity Lott (soprano) Cranberry Tree) Barbara Bonney (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) Polish Radio Choir Sharon Kam (clarinet) Marek Kluza (director) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Schubert: String Quintet in C, D956 Nash Ensemble 4.43am Wagner: Prelude (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) Wagner, arr. unknown: Pilgrims Chorus (Tannhäuser) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra 2.05pm British Symphony Series: Cyril Scott David Drury (organ) Mariss Jansons (conductor). Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune 4.49am BBC Philharmonic Weber: Overture (Der Freischütz) FRI 10:00 Classical Collection (b008lwrz) Pascal Rophe (conductor) Netherlands Radio Philharmonic With Sarah Walker. Kenneth Montgomery (conductor). Shostakovich: Sonata for viola and piano, Op 147 10.00am Lawrence Power (viola) Satie: Embryons desseches Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) FRI 05:00 Through the Night (b008lwrx) Anne Queffelec (piano) Through the Night VIRGIN VC 7 90754-2 Scott: Cello Concerto Paul Watkins (cello) With Susan Sharpe. 10.08am BBC Philharmonic Berg: Violin Concerto Martyn Brabbins (conductor) 5.00am Isaac Stern (violin) Kyurkchiyski: Prayer (Two works after paintings of Vladimir New York Philharmonic Orchestra Bennett: Songs before sleep for baritone and piano Dimitrov) Leonard Bernstein (conductor) Jonathan Lemalu (baritone) Bulgarian NRSO SONY SMK 64504 Michael Hampton (piano) Orchestra of Bulgarian National Radio Kamen Goleminov (conductor) 10.35am Mozart: Symphony No 40 Rameau: In convertendo BBC Philharmonic 5.06am Sophie Daneman, Noemi Rime (sopranos) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Svendsen: Festival Polonaise, Op 12 Paul Agnew (tenor) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Nicolas Rivenq (baritone) Ravel: Sheherazade (3 poems for mezzo-soprano and orchestra) Philippe Jordan (conductor) Les Arts Florissants Felicity Lott (soprano) William Christie (conductor) BBC Philharmonic 5.15am ERATO 4509-96967-2 Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Schumann: Wehmut; Im Walde (Liederkreis) Olle Persson (baritone) 11.00am Korngold: The Sea Hawk (Suite from the film score, Part 5) Stefan Bojsten (piano) Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor BBC Philharmonic Clifford Curzon (piano) Rumon Gamba (conductor). 5.20am London Symphony Orchestra Verdi: Macbeth (exceprt Act 4) George Szell (conductor) Hungarian Radio Chorus and Orchestra DECCA 466 376-2 FRI 17:00 In Tune (b008lws2) Tamás Pal (conductor) Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the 11.52am arts world. 5.27am Gavin Bryars: Epilogue Mendelssohn: Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt Overture Pascal Pongy (horn) Orchestre National de France Charles Fullbrook, Gavin Bryars (percussion) FRI 19:00 Performance on 3 (b008lws3) Riccardo Muti (conductor) ECM 829 484-2. Emerson String Quartet

5.40am Episode 3 Bach: Presto (Sonata No 1 in G minor for violin solo, BWV FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b008lws0) 1001) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Emerson String Quartet Hilary Hahn (violin) Episode 5 Petroc Trelawny presents a series of concerts recorded at 5.43am London's Wigmore Hall by one of the world's most Pachelbel: Magnificat George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) distinguished quartets. Cantus Cölln Konrad Junghänel (director) Handel in London: 5 Musical Walks 3/3. The Emerson Quartet perform a programme that includes a work specially composed for them by the leading Finnish 5.49am 5/5. Donald Macleod and writer Roderick Swanston follow composer Kaija Saariaho. Crusell: Introduction et Air Suèdois Handel's footsteps through London's historic theatreland. They Anne-Marja Korimaa (clarinet) traverse the West End in search of the theatres in which Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Handel's operas were performed, from the former King's FRI 20:45 Composer of the Week (b008lws0) Osmo Vänskä (conductor) Theatre in Haymarket, to the former incarnation of the Royal [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Opera House, Covent Garden, and a long-vanished third opera 6.00am house at Lincoln's Inn Fields. Nielsen: Quartet No 1 in G minor, Op 13 FRI 21:45 The Verb (b008lws4) Paizo Quartet (Denmark) Cara Sposa (Rinaldo) Ian McMillan talks to poet and critic Tom Paulin about the Rinaldo ...... David Daniels (countertenor) secret life of poems, and American novelist John Marks 6.29am introduces a brand new short story written especially for The Solnitz: Sinfonia in A, Op 3 No 4 Giulio Cesare (excerpt) Verb. Musica ad Rhenum Cleopatre ...... Barbara Schlick (soprano) Giulio Cesare ...... Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano) 6.41am Concerto Cologne FRI 22:30 Jazz Library (b008lws5) Mozart: Piano Sonata in A minor, K310 Rene Jacobs (conductor) Anthony Braxton Gunilla Süssmann (piano). Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 5 – 11 January 2008 Page 10 of 10 Anthony Braxton

Alyn Shipton and his guest, critic Brian Morton, explore the wide-ranging output of contemporary jazz musician Anthony Braxton. From tuba ensembles, to graphic scores and 'ghost trance music', they examine many aspects of the work of this fascinating instrumentalist and composer.

FRI 23:30 Jazz on 3 (b008lws6) Mujician

Mujician

Jez Nelson presents a gig by the improvising quartet Mujician, comprising reeds player Paul Dunmall, pianist Keith Tippett, bassist Paul Rogers and drummer Tony Levin. The group are distinguished by their unique approach to wholly-improvised performance in which the music is not discussed or rehearsed in advance.

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