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SATURDAY 03 DECEMBER 2016 5:28 AM This week, Richard Wigmore surveys recordings of Haydn's 99th Vivaldi, Antonio (1678­1741) Symphony. SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b083qyqq) Concerto for violin & orchestra (RV.293) (Op.8 No.3) in F major Schumann, Scriabin and Brahms from Sinfonia Varsovia in 'L'Autunno' 10.15am – Andrew plays new recordings of Shostakovich String Poland Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin), Australian Brandenburg Quartets Orchestra, Paul Dyer (director) SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartets Nos. 1­15 (complete) Catriona Young presents a concert from Sinfonia Varsovia with 5:39 AM Brodsky Quartet pianist Alexei Volodin in Scriabin's Piano Concerto in F sharp Alpaerts, Flor (1876­1954) TELDEC 2564608672 (6CD) minor, Op.20. Avondmuziek 1:01 AM I Solisti del Vento, Ivo Hadermann (conductor) SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartets Nos. 1­15 (complete) Schumann, Robert [1810­1856] 5:49 AM Brodsky Quartet Manfred Overture Op. 115 Ockeghem, Johannes (c.1410­1497) CHANDOS CHAN10917(6) (6CD) Sinfonia Varsovia, Robert Trevino (conductor) Salve Regina 1:14 AM The Hilliard Ensemble, Paul Hillier (bass/director) 10.30am – Simon Heighes on new recordings of JS Bach Scriabin, Alexander [1872­1915] 6:00 AM BACH, J S: French Suites Nos. 1­6, BWV812­817 Piano Concerto in F sharp minor Op.20 Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873­1943) Murray Perahia (piano) Alexei Volodin (piano), Sinfonia Varsovia, Robert Trevino Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor (Op.36) DG 4796565 (2CD) (conductor) Aldo Ciccolini (piano) 1:42 AM 6:19 AM BACH, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988 Scriabin, Alexander [1872­1915] Elgar, Edward [1857­1934] Angela Hewitt (piano) From 3 Pieces for piano (Op. 2): No. 1, Study in C sharp minor Cockaigne (In London Town) ­ overture Op. 40 HYPERION CDA68146 (CD) Alexei Volodin (piano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jac van Steen (conductor) 1:47 AM 6:35 AM BACH, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988 Brahms, Johannes [1833­1897] Verdi, Giuseppe (1813­1901) Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op.98 String Quartet in E minor DG 4795929 (CD) Sinfonia Varsovia, Robert Trevino (conductor) Vertavo Quartet. 2:26 AM BACH, J S: Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, BWV1001­1006 Brahms, Johannes [1833­1897] SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b084cpk4) Kyung Wha Chung (violin) Two Hungarian Dances ­ No.11 in D minor, No.5 in G minor Saturday ­ Martin Handley WARNER CLASSICS 9029594416 (2CD) Sinfonia Varsovia, Robert Trevino (conductor) Rachel Barton Pine: Testament 2:34 AM Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show BACH, J S: Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, BWV1001­1006 Suk, Josef (1874­1935) featuring listener requests and at 8.55am, "Power of Three" ­ the Rachel Barton Pine (violin) Mass in B flat major, 'Krecovicka' next instalment of a 70­part daily series of pioneering sounds AVIE AV2360 (2CD) Marie Matejkova (soprano), Ilona Satylova (alto), Jiri Vinklarek from the BBC Third Programme and Radio 3 archives. (tenor), Michael Mergl (bass), Miluska Kvechova (organ), Czech Bach ­ Secular Cantatas VII Radio Choir, Pilzen Radio Orchestra, Stanislaw Begunia Email [email protected]. BACH, J S: Cantata BWV212 'Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet' (conductor) (Peasant Cantata); Cantata BWV209 'Non sa che sia dolore' 3:01 AM SAT 09:00 Record Review (b084cpk6) (Italian Cantata); Cantata BWV203 'Amore traditore' Schumann, Robert (1810­1856) Building a Library: Haydn's Symphony No 99 in E flat Mojca Erdmann (soprano), Dominik Worner (bass), Kiyomi Suga Violin Concerto in D minor (Op.posthumous) (flute), Nobuaki Fukukawa (horn), Masaaki Suzuki (harpsichord), Harald Aadland (violin), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, John with Andrew McGregor Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor) Storgards (conductor) BIS BIS2191 (Hybrid SACD) 3:33 AM 9.00am Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770­1827) Nemanja Radulovic: Bach BACH, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 String Quartet in E minor 'Rasumovsky' (Op.59 No.2) BACH, J C: Concerto for Viola in C minor (reconstructed by H Jutta Bohnert (soprano), Rebecca Martin (alto), Markus Schafer Engegård Quartet Casadesus) (tenor), Thomas Laske (bass), Winds­Bacher Knabenchor. 4:08 AM BACH, J S: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043; Deutsche Kammer­Virtuosen Berlin, Karl Friedrich Beringer Saint­Saëns, Camille (1835­1921) Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565*; Partita for solo violin (cantatas 1­3), (cantatas 4­6) Danse macabre (Op.40) transcribed for 2 pianos by the composer No. 3 in E, BWV1006: Gavotte; Violin Concerto No. 1 in A SONY 88985331452 (2CD) Ouellet­Murray Duo: Claire Ouellet & Sandra Murray (pianos) minor, BWV1041; Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, 4:15 AM BWV1068*: Air ('Air on a G String'); Partita for solo violin No. 2 BACH, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 Nielsen, Carl (1865­1931) in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne* Mary Bevan (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy Serenata in vano for clarinet, horn, bassoon, cello and double bass Tijana Miloševic (violin), Nemanja Radulovic (violin, viola), (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass) ­ Cantatas 1, 3, 6); Joanne Lunn (FS.68) Double Sens, Les Trilles du Diable (soprano), Ciara Hendrick (mezzo), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Kari Krikku (clarinet), Jonathan Williams (horn), Per Hannisdahl (*arranged by Aleksandar Sedlar) Konstantin Wolff (bass) ­ Cantatas 2, 4, 5., Dunedin Consort, (bassoon), Øystein Sonstad (cello), Katrine Øigaard (double bass) DG 94795933 (CD) John Butt (conductor) LINN CKD499 (2 Hybrid SACDs) 4:23 AM Schubert: Death and the Maiden SCHUBERT: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 'Death and Vivaldi, Antonio [1678­1741] 11.45am Disc of the Week the Maiden’ Concerto for violin, strings and continuo (Op.8 No.12) (RV.178) This disc was such a highlight from our review of new chamber NÖRMIGER: Toden Tanz from ‘Tabulaturbuch auf dem Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director) music recordings last week with Stephen Johnson, Andrew instrumente’ 4:32 AM decided you really ought to hear much more from the Heath ANONYMOUS: Byzantine Chant on Psalm 140 Haydn, Joseph (1732­1809) Quartet’s Tchaikovsky. Divertimento in C major (Hob.IV No.1) (London Trio No.1) DOWLAND: Seven Teares for String Quartet GESUALDO: Madrigal Carol Wincenc (flute), Philip Setzer (violin), Carter Brey (cello) Tchaikovsky: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 KURTAG: The Answered Unanswered Question; Kafka 4:42 AM TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No. 1 in D major Op. 11; String Fragments Debussy, Claude (1862­1918) Quartet No. 3 in E flat minor Op. 30 Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), The Saint Paul Chamber L'Isle joyeuse Heath Quartet Orchestra Jane Coop (piano) HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907665 (CD) ALPHA ALPHA265 (CD) 4:48 AM Schubert, Franz (1797­1828) SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b084cpk8) Barbara Heller: Autumn Music Sehnsucht (D.123) (Longing) Busoni 150 HELLER, B: Patchwork – String Quartet No. 3; La Caleta – Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (fortepiano) String Quartet No. 2; Streichquartett (1958); Eins fur Zwei; 4:52 AM Tom Service visits Berlin to explore Busoni in his 150th Herbstmusik; Arriba!; Zwiegesprache; Minutentrios; Lalai – Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) anniversary year with the writer Antony Beaumont. He also Schlaflied zum Wachwerden? Overture from Die Zauberflöte (K.620) discusses the anniversary Busoni exhibition at the Verdi Quartett, Susanne Stoodt (violin), Katharina Deserno Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw Kunstbibliothek with its co­curators, Thomas Ertelt and Michael (cello), Gesa Lücker (piano) (conductor) Lailach. Plus American baritone, Thomas Hampson, talks about WERGO WER51232 (CD) 5:01 AM playing the title role in Busoni's operatic dream, Doktor Faustus, and the pianist and scholar, Svetlana Belsky discusses Busoni's Grieg, Edvard (1843­1907) Sing Willow: Shakespeare Songs arrangements of Bach. Tom also finds out about Busoni's Symphonic Dance No.4 (Andante) CHILCOTT: Music to Hear aesthetic concepts from American Busoni scholar Erinn Knyt. Norwegian Radio Orchestra; Goran W. Nilson (conductor) DELP: Come away, come away, Death 5:12 AM JARMAN, P: Hark, Hark, the Lark Mercure, Pierre (1927­1966) JOHNSON, R: Full fathom five 20th Century pioneer Pantomime for wind and percussion LEIGHTON: Canon (No. 1 from 6 Elizabethan Lyrics) At the turn of the 20th Century, the name of Ferruccio Busoni Edmonton Wind Ensemble, Harry Pinchin (conductor) MACMILLAN: Sonnet was on the lips of music­lovers across Europe. Concert­goers 5:18 AM RUTTER: It was a lover and his lass; When daisies pied would have known his performances ­ either at the piano or from Handel, Georg Frideric (1685­1759) VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Over hill, over dale; The cloud­capp'd the conductor’s podium. Pianists flocked to his masterclasses, and "Al lampo Dell'armi" ­ Giulio Cesare's aria from Act II of the towers; The Willow Song (No. 2 from Elizabethen Songs); Dirge other composers set their compass for Berlin, the city Busoni opera 'Giulio Cesare in Egitto' (Act II Scene 8) for Fidele made his home. But 150 years after Busoni’s birth, contemporary Matthew White (counter­tenor), Arte dei Suonatori, Eduardo WILLCOCKS, D: Shakespeare Songs (5) concert goers barely know who he is. Lopez (conductor) Les Sirenes, Andrew Nunn 5:22 AM ALBION RECORDS ALBCD030 (CD) To uncover the art and philosophy of this indispensable figure of Wagner, Richard (1813­1883), arr. unknown world culture in the 1900s, Tom Service visits the German capital with conductor and musicologist Antony Beaumont, who wrote a Pilgrims Chorus from 'Tannhäuser' (arr. for organ) 9.30am Building a Library biography of Busoni, and made a completion of his magnum David Drury (William Hill and Son organ of Sydney town Hall, Building a Library: a weekly look at a piece of music, a opus, the opera Doktor Faust. Australia) comparison of the available recordings, and a recommendation.

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Having made the role of Faust his own, US baritone Thomas Title Violets for your Furs DISC 12 Hampson unpacks the sound world of Busoni’s opera, while Composer Dennis, Adair Artist Kenny Graham Beaumont describes the melting pot neighbourhoods the Album Coltrane Title I’ll Get By composer was drawn to, and the way in which he collected the Label Prestige Composer Ahlert best of what he found in his favourite haunts. Number CDJZO 001 Track 2 Album Too Hot Duration 6.15 Label Castle Bach devotee Performers: John Coltrane, ts; Red Garland, p; Paul Chambers, b; Number CMETD 992 CD 3 Track 16 Busoni’s father introduced him to the music of J S Bach. Erinn Albert Heath, d. May 1957 Duration 2.18 Knyt of University of Massachusettes Amherst outlines how Performers: Jo Hunter (tp), Jackie Armstrong, Laddie Busby, Busoni’s boyhood compositions featured fugues and inventions DISC 4 George Chisholm (tb), Kenny Graham (ts), Don Honeywell (bs), imitating the Baroque master, and the lasting imprint they left on Artist Barb Jungr and John McDaniel Dick Katz (vln), Eddie Thompson (p,org), Sammy Stokes (b), his compositional vocabulary. Title Things We Said Today Frank Holder (cga). Composer Lennon/ McCartney Working to an ideal of no composition ever being quite finished, Album Come Together SAT 17:00 Recital (b086kzjd) Busoni would happily alter notes in other composers’ works – Label Krystalin Puccini something he was criticised for in his lifetime, along with piano Number 04 Track 2 playing that some rejected as too cold or objective. But Knyt Duration 3.39 Riccardo Chailly conducts orchestral music by Puccini. argues that Busoni’s astounding technique and cerebral approach Performers: Barb Jungr, v; John McDaniel, p, v. 2016 foreshadowed the piano style of the later 20th century. Capriccio Sinfonico (1882) DISC 5 Crisantemi Free music Artist Bobby Wellins Le Villi : Prelude; La Tregenda (Act 2) Dr Thomas Ertelt of the State Institute of Music Research in Title Time Gentlemen Please Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, and Dr Michael Lailach of the Berlin State Museum’s Composer Wellins conducted by Riccardo Chailly. Arts Library introduce images of Busoni with some of the pupils Album Time Gentlemen Please who looked to him for fresh inspiration after the horrors of WW1. Label Trio SAT 17:30 Opera on 3 (b084cpkl) Number Track 1 Live from the Met, Puccini's Manon Lescaut And they offer an insight into the composer’s concept of a new Duration 5.31 ‘free’ music – which included a third­tone scale to be played on a Performers: Bobby Wellins, ts; John Critchenson, p; Andrew Live from the Met in New York, Puccini's first operatic triumph, specially commissioned reed organ. Cleyndert, b; Mark Taylor, d. 2010. Manon Lescaut, with Anna Netrebko in the title role as the Busoni never composed for the instrument, but Dr Ertelt has irresistible courtesan and ultimately doomed heroine, and reproduced the sound of the third­tone scale, which provided DISC 6 Marcelo Alvarez as her obsessive lover Des Grieux. Marco inspiration in the world of electronic music. Artist Bobby Wellins Amiliato conducts the orchestra and chorus, in this production by Title Angel Eyes Richard Eyre. Undiscovered masterpiece Composer Dennis / Brent Pianist Peter Donohoe explains why some conductors are so Album Birds of Brzil Manon Lescaut.....Anna Netrebko (Soprano) reluctant to take on Busoni’s monumental concerto – a piece he Label Hep Lescaut.....Christopher Maltman (Baritone) hails as “one of the world’s great undiscovered masterpieces” ­ Number 2097 Track 4 Des Grieux.....Marcelo Alvarez (Tenor) and the joy of playing ‘sublime’ passages he describes as among Duration 4.43 Geronte.....Brindley Sherratt (Bass) the greatest in the concerto repertoire. Performers: Bobby Wellins (tenor saxophone), Pete Jacobsen Edmondo.....Zach Borichevsky (Tenor) (piano, Rhodes piano), Ken Baldock (bass), Spike Wells (drums), Innkeeper.....Philip Cokorinos (Bass) And Svetlana Belsky of the University of Chicago discusses the Kenny Wheeler (trumpet, flugelhorn), Chris Karan (percussion), Musician.....Avery Amereau (mezzo­soprano) love and reverence with which Busoni approached his many Delmé String Quartet, Tony Coe (orchestration) 1989. Dancing Master.....Scott Scully (Tenor) piano transcriptions of J S Bach’s compositions. Sergeant of the Royal Archers.....David Crawford (Bass) DISC 7 New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus SAT 13:00 Saturday Classics (b084cpkb) Artist New Departures Jazz and Poetry Septet New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Rob's Gold Standard Title Afro Charlie Marco Armiliato (Conductor). Composer Tracey Rob Cowan's selection this week includes Arturo Benedetti Album Blues for the Hitchhiking Dead SAT 21:00 Jazz Line­Up (b084cpkj) Michelangeli playing Liszt, Vaclav Neumann conducting Label Gearbox Shez Raja at the 2016 London Jazz Festival Milhaud and George Szell in Mozart. Number 1518 LP 2 Side D Track 2 Duration 1.43 Julian Joseph presents a performance by fusion bassist Shez Raja SAT 15:00 Sound of Cinema (b084cpkd) Performers: Bobby Wellins, ts; John Mumford, tb; Stan Tracey, and his Collective recorded at the 2016 EFG London Jazz First Peoples p; Jeff Clyne, b; Laurie Morgan, d. 1962. Festival. Shez trained on the violin from the age of 9 but switched to the bass when he was 13, which allowed him to explore his Matthew Sweet explores music for films reflecting the depictions DISC 8 love of jazz and hi­energy grooves, and has toured with Elephant of indigenous peoples in the week that has seen the launch of Artist Tom Lehrer Talk, Loka and platinum­selling hip­hop artist MC Lyte. More Disney's "Moana". In particular he focuses on Native Americans Title Vatican Rag recently he has collaborated with trumpeter Randy Brecker and on the screen. Drawing on music from Peter Pan to the present, Composer Lehrer guitarist Mike Stern on his album Gurutopia. Matthew looks at how stereo­typical portrayals have gradually Album That Was The Year That Was given way to more rounded representations. The programme Label Reprise SAT 22:00 Hear and Now (b084cpkn) includes music from the films of John Wayne; "A Man Called Number RS 6179 Track 3 Florian Hecker's Inspection ­ Maida Vale Project Horse"; "Dances With Wolves" and "The Revenant". The Classic Duration 1.58 Score of the Week is Max Steiner's music for "The Searchers". Performers: Tom Lehrer, p, v. 1965 Presented by Robert Worby, live from the BBC's Maida Vale studios. SAT 16:00 Jazz Record Requests (b084cpkg) DISC 9 Alyn Shipton presents your requests in all styles of jazz, from trad Artist Julie London As part of Radio 3's 70th season, the German composer and artist to contemporary, both vocal and instrumental Title Cry Me A River Florian Hecker creates a major new electroacoustic work inspired Composer Hamilton by the pioneering spirit of the Third Programme. "Inspection ­ Make your request by emailing [email protected]. Album n/a Maida Vale Project" uses computer generated sound, a synthetic Label Liberty voice, and sound processed through a legendary piece of vintage DISC 1 Number 55006 Side A equipment, the EMS Vocoder 5000, used by the original BBC Artist Woody Herman Duration 2.51 Radiophonic Workshop at Maida Vale in the 1970s. In Title Lemon Drop Performers Julie London, v; Barney Kessell, g; Ray Leatherwood, partnership with BBC Research and Development, Hecker's new Composer Wallington b. 1955. multi­channel surround sound piece will be presented in 360 Album Woody Herman Story degree binaural sound via the Radio 3 website, in the BBC's first Label Proper DISC 10 ever live binaural broadcast. Number Properbox 15 CD 4 Track 8 Artist Pat Metheny Duration 2.53 Title The First Circle Alongside the new work, Florian Hecker curates a programme of Performers Ernie Royal, Stan Fishelson, Bernie Glow, Red Composer Metheny / Mays music by other composers, exploring the analysis and Rodney, Shorty Rogers, t; Earl Swope, Bill Harris, Ollie Wilson, Album Selected Recordings transformation of sound. Bob Swift, tb; Woody Herman, Sam Marowitz, Al Cohn, Zoot Label ECM :rarum Sims, Stan Getz, Serge Chaloff, reeds; Lou levy, p; Chubby Number 014163­2 Track 8 Jackson, b; Don Lamond, d, Terry Gibbs, vib. 29 Dec 1948 Duration 9.13 SUNDAY 04 DECEMBER 2016 Performers: Pat Metheny, g; Lyle Mays, kb; Steve Rodby, b; DISC 2 Pedro Aznar, v, g, perc; Paul Wertico, d. Feb 1984. SUN 00:00 Morton Feldman Live from the Tate (b084cpt0) Artist Cannonball Adderley A special all­night performance of a Modernist masterpiece, the Title The Sticks DISC 11 String Quartet No.2 by Morton Feldman. This work takes nearly Composer Adderley Artist Oscar Peterson 6 hours to perform, and the FLUX Quartet from New York are Album In Japan Title Hymn To Freedom one of the few groups to have tackled this marathon. They will Label Cap;itol Composer Hamilton / Peterson perform the piece live in concert at the Tate Modern Tanks in Number CDP 7 93560 2 Track 5 Album The Lost Tapes 2 London. Duration 4.03 Label MPS Feldman was a good friend of the artist Robert Rauschenberg Performers: Cannonball Adderley, alto, Nat Adderley, cornet, Joe Number 0210325 MSW CD 8 Track 5 who is the subject of a new exhibition at Tate Modern. Presenter Zawinul, piano, Victor Gaskin, bass, Roy McCurdy, drums. 26 Duration 7.38 Tom McKinney discusses their friendship with curator Achim Aug 1966. Performers Oscar Peterson, p; Ray Brown, b; Ed Thigpen, d. Borchardt­Hume, before the quartet begins. 1965. Feldman is considered one of the most significant composers of DISC 3 the later 20th century. He was associated with the experimental Artist John Coltrane New York school that also included John Cage. Later in his life

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Responses: Bernard Rose Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Florence, Zubin Psalms 87, 96 (Stanford, Atkins) Mehta (conductor) SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b084crd1) First Lesson: Zechariah 8 vv.20­23 Sunday ­ Martin Handley Office Hymn: Jesus calls us o'er the tumult (Merton) 12 00:20 Jules Massenet Canticles: Watson in E Meditation from Thais Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show Second Lesson: John 1 vv.35­42 Performer: Nicola Benedetti (violin), London Symphony featuring listener requests and at 8.55am, "Power of Three" ­ the Anthem: They that go down to the sea in ships (Sumsion) Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor) next instalment of a 70­part daily series of pioneering sounds Final Hymn: Hark what a sound (Highwood) from the BBC Third Programme and Radio 3 archives. Organ Voluntary: Fantasy on 'Veni Emmanuel' (Leighton) 13 00:26 Frederick Delius North Country sketches: Winter landscape Email [email protected]. David Price ­ Organist and Master of the Choristers Performer: Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor) Oliver Hancock ­ Sub­Organist. SUN 09:00 Sunday Morning (b084crd4) 14 00:27 Jonathan Swain SUN 16:00 The Choir (b084cs3y) Emily Bronte Choir of the Year 2016, Gorecki's Totus Tuus In addition to playing this week's Building A Library choice 15 00:28 Frederick Delius performance of Haydn's Symphony No. 99, Jonathan Swain Sara Mohr­Pietsch with Radio 3's weekly celebration of singing North Country sketches: The March of Spring explores composers who were late bloomers, and whose major together. Today there's highlights from the category finals of Performer: Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor) works date from their later years. He plays music by Scriabin, Choir of the Year, the UK­wide biennial competition for amateur Bruckner, Rameau and Franck. He also plays a piece that was choirs of any size from 8 to 100, a chance to meet an amateur 16 00:30 Frederick Delius once popular but is less frequently performed today, Busoni's choir in our regular spot, "Meet My Choir", a sprinking of choral North Country sketches: Winter landscape "Carmen Fantasy". The week's young artist is violinist Esther surprises and Sara's choral classic is Gorecki's profoundly moving Performer: Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor) Yoo, and there's French impressionist music from Hüe and Totus Tuus. Roussel. 17 00:32 SUN 17:00 The Listening Service (b084cs40) Charlotte Bronte SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b084crd7) The Semitone Chris Hadfield 18 00:34 Tom Service considers the semitone. Music's most fundamental Margaret Hamilton Noel­Paton Chris Hadfield has described going into space as 'strapping building block, it can mean sorrow when it falls, triumph when it yourself on top of what is essentially a large bomb'. He is one of rises, but also provoke fear (in the theme from Jaws). It can 19 00:36 Ralph Vaughan Williams the world's most respected astronauts, and his career has included become a glittering decoration when repeated as a trill. Tom talks The Lark Ascending Space Shuttle flights and helping to build the Mir Space Station, to mezzo­soprano Sarah Connolly about the tragic falling Performer: Lyn Fletcher (violin), Halle, Mark Elger (conductor) as well as serving as Director of NASA's operations in Russia and semitones of Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas, and also to as Commander of the International Space Station during his final musicologist Sarha Moore about the varied significances of the 20 00:41 five­month mission. If that wasn't enough he's also a bestselling semitone in musical traditions of the Middle East and India, and Ondjaki author and an accomplished musician ­ indeed he plays in an all­ its special effect in the riffs of Heavy Metal rock music. astronaut band. His cover of David Bowie's Space Oddity ­ which In the Sound of Music, Julie Andrews sang "Tee ­ a drink with 21 00:43 Gubaidulina he recorded while orbiting the earth on the Space Station at over jam and bread ­ that will bring us back to Doh" ­ but what makes The deceitful face of hope and of despair 17,000 miles an hour ­ has had more than 33 million Internet hits. that "tee" note pull us so inexorably back (by a semitone) to "doh" Performer: Sharon Bezaly (flute), Gothenburg Symphony ­ the tonic? Tom calls the semitone "the piquant spice that drives Orchestra, Mario Venzago (conductor) the change from one key to another" ­ powerful effects from a Chris talks to Michael Berkeley about his route to the stars, about little interval. 22 00:46 overcoming fear and extreme danger ­ and the difficulties of Waltz in C Sharp Minor op.64 no.2 playing a guitar in zero gravity. SUN 17:30 Words and Music (b084cs42) He chooses music by Strauss, Rossini and Hans Zimmer, which Women Walking Alone 23 00:47 he associates with particular space missions. He talks about his Georges Sand admiration for William Herschel, the eighteenth­century Musings on women walking alone ­ the impropriety of such in astronomer and composer. And an astronaut's Private Passions earlier centuries and rebels who strode out unchaperoned, those 24 00:48 Chaminade would not be complete without music from Holst's Planets Suite. walking alone in life, the female 'flaneuse' and women Cortege adventurers. Nina Sosanya and Natalie Simpson read texts by Performer: Peter Jacobs (piano) Producer: Jane Greenwood Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, George Sand, Virginia Woolf, A Loftus production for BBC Radio 3. Ondjaki, and Robyn Davidson. With music by Fanny 25 00:52 Mendelssohn, Debussy, Chopin, Cecile Chaminade, and Augusta Virginia Woolf SUN 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b083qrcv) Holmes, among others. Wigmore Hall Mondays: Ilker Arcayurek and Simon Lepper 26 00:54 01 00:00 Gustav Mahler ‘Minute’ Waltz in D flat major, Op.64 no.1 From Wigmore Hall, London. Lieder eines fahrenden gesellen no.2 Ging heut Morgen übers Introduced by Sara Mohr­Pietsch Feld (I Went This Morning over the Field) 27 00:56 Performer: Ann Murray (mezzo­soprano), Royal Philharmonic Nora Naranjo­Morse Radio 3 New Generation Artist and finalist in the 2015 Cardiff Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) Singer of the World competition, Ilker Arcayürek (tenor) makes 28 00:56 Bernstein his Wigmore Hall debut. He is joined by pianist Simon Lepper to 02 00:01 Times Square (On the town) perform songs by Schubert to texts by Johann Wolfgang von Brothers Grimm Performer: Studio orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (conductor) Goethe and Schumann's song cycle Dichterliebe, Op. 48, which draws on 16 poems from Heinrich Heine's collection Lyrisches 03 00:02 Bedrich Smetana 29 00:58 Aaron Copland Intermezzo. Schumann arranged them into story of love which is From Bohemias Woods and Fields (Ma Vlast) Quiet City briefly enjoyed and then irrevocably lost. Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek Performer: New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (conductor) (conductor) Franz Schubert (1797­1828) Ganymed, D544 04 00:03 Sergei Prokofiev 30 01:00 Schäfers Klagelied, D121 Peter & the Wolf wolf theme Lauren Elkin Auf dem See, D543 Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado Der Musensohn, D764 (conductor) 31 01:04 Cage Am Flusse, D766 In a landscape Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt, D478 05 00:04 Performer: Giancarlo Simonacci (piano) Carol Ann Durry Robert Schumann (1810­1856) 32 01:05 Dichterliebe Op. 48 06 00:06 Claude Debussy Elizabeth Austen Pelleas et Melisande opening Ilker Arcayürek, tenor Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado 33 01:07 Cage Simon Lepper, piano. (conductor) In a landscape Performer: Giancarlo Simonacci (piano) SUN 14:00 The Early Music Show (b084cs3w) 07 00:08 Fanny Mendelssohn 34 01:08 Utrecht Festival 2016 ­ Capriccio Stravagante and Vox Luminis March (Das Jahr) Performer: Ulrich Urban (piano) Robyn Davidson Lucie Skeaping presents highlights of a concert of Venetian 35 01:09 music given at the Utrecht Festival by the Belgian vocal ensemble 08 00:12 Earth Cry Vox Luminis and the Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Jane Austen Orchestra, directed by Skip Sempé. The concert includes pieces 36 01:11 by Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Gabrieli, Gasparo Zanetti, 09 00:13 Clementi Clarissa Pinkola Estés Johannes Ciconia, Giorgio Mainerio, Andrea Gabrieli and Orazio Sonatina in C major, Op.36 no.3: Spiritoso Vecchi. Performer: Martin Souter (Broadwood fortepiano) 37 01:11 Louise Farrenc

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Overture no.2 Op.24 in E flat major MONDAY 05 DECEMBER 2016 Concerto (Divertissement) for bassoon and 11 String Instruments Performer: NDR Radio Philharmonic, Johannes Goritzki (1968) (conductor) MON 00:07 Recital (b084czpx) Laurent Lefèvre (bassoon), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, BBC Singers Marc Kissóczy (conductor) SUN 18:45 Sunday Feature (b084cs44) 4:59 AM Langston Hughes at the Third The BBC Singers, conducted by Martyn Brabbins perform Brahms, Johannes (1833­1897) Benjamin Britten's 7 Settings of Gerald Manley Hopkins Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Muhseligen (Op.74) In 1964 ­ a presidential election year in the United States ­ the "A.M.D.G". Hover State Chamber Chorus of Armenia (Choir), Sona Third Programme broadcast an epic series about African­ Hovhannisyan (conductor) American life called 'The Negro in America'. In a coup for the MON 00:30 Through the Night (b084czq0) 5:10 AM BBC, it was co­produced by the great poet of the 1920s Harlem Complete Mozart Piano Concertos ­ Programme 1 Mendelssohn, Fanny (1805­1847) Renaissance, Langston Hughes. His series brought to the Allegro moderato for piano (Song without words) (Op.8 No.1) airwaves a range of sounds and voices of the Civil Rights Catriona Young presents the first programme in a series featuring (1840) struggle, of jazz music and black literature: sounds and voices Mozart's complete piano concertos from Russian Radio, with Sylviane Deferne (piano) that had rarely been heard in Britain. 'The Negro in America' is pianist Mikhail Voskresensky. 5:16 AM also the tale of an unlikely relationship. 12:31 AM Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681­1767) Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) Suite for strings and continuo (TWV.55:Es3) in E flat major 'La 'The BBC,' Hughes said, 'I love it!'. But behind this affection for Piano Concerto No.13 in C K.415 (387b) Lyra' an institution lies a close friendship between the American poet Mikhail Voskresensky (piano), Pavel Slobodkin Centre Chamber B'Rock, Jurgen Gross (concert master) and his British co­producer, Geoffrey Bridson. The media Orchestra, Moscow, Leonid Nikolaev (conductor) 5:36 AM historian Professor David Hendy has spent many years studying 12:58 AM Reincken, Johan Adamszoon (1643(?)­1722) the original series and how the two men came to make it together. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) Holländische Nachtigahl Now, he pieces together, for the first time, the story of 'Langston Piano Concerto No.19 in F major K.459 Pieter Dirksen (organ) on Albert Kiespenning Organ c1615 at Hughes at the Third'. Mikhail Voskresensky (piano), Pavel Slobodkin Centre Chamber Wijk bij Duurstede, Grote Kerk, St Jan Baptistkerk Orchestra, Moscow, Leonid Nikolaev (conductor) 5:41 AM David travelled to New York to record interviews with jazz 1:25 AM Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840­1893) pianist Randy Weston, family friend MaryLouise Patterson, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) Andante Cantabile from the string quartet (Op.11), arranged by cultural historian Professor Michele Hilmes, and curator Steven Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488 the composer Fullwood from the Schomburg Center. Mikhail Voskresensky (piano), Pavel Slobodkin Centre Chamber Shauna Rolston (cello), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Orchestra, Moscow, Leonid Nikolaev (conductor) Bernardi (conductor) The programme includes highlights from the original series: 1:51 AM 5:48 AM Remarkable on­location recordings of riots in Birmingham, Poulenc, Francis (1899­1963) Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich [1804­1857] Alabama in 1963; Les Biches ­ suite (1939­1940) from the ballet Trio pathetique for clarinet, bassoon and piano in D minor writers James Baldwin and LeRoi Jones (later known as Amiri Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (Conductor) (arranged for oboe, cello and piano by Alexei Ogrinchouk) Baraka); jazz musicians Cannonball Adderley and Cecil Taylor 2:11 AM Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe), Ekaterina Apekisheva (piano), Boris Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770­1827) Andrianov (cello) Much has changed in America since 1964, but it is surprising how Trio for violin, cello and piano (Op.11) in B flat major 6:03 AM much of the discourse from the original series remains relevant Trio Ondine Purcell, Henry [1659­1695] today. 2:31 AM Chacony a 4 for strings (Z.730) in G minor Psophos Quartet Producer Matt Thompson Spohr, Louis (1784­1859) 6:11 AM A Rockethouse Production for BBC Radio 3. Nonet for wind quintet, string trio and double bass in F major (Op.31) Diepenbrock, Alphons [1862­1921] arr. Reeser, Eduard (1908­) Budapest Chamber Ensemble, András Mihaly (conductor) Lydische Nacht (1913) SUN 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b084cs46) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Hans Vonk (conductor). EBU ­ Haydn, Tchaikovsky and Mozart 3:00 AM Dohnányi, Ernõ (1877­1960) MON 06:30 Breakfast (b084czq9) Ian Skelly presents highlights from concerts in Esterházy and Bad Suite im alten Stil for piano (Op.24) Monday ­ Clemency Burton­Hill Kissingen with performances of string quartets by Haydn and Ilona Prunyi (piano) Mozart and Tchaikovsky's mighty B flat minor Piano Concerto 3:16 AM Kodaly, Zoltan (1882­1967) Clemency Burton­Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 17 No 5 Galantai tancok (Dances of Galanta) Kodály String Quartet Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Edo de Waart (conductor) Email [email protected]. recorded in the Haydn Hall, Castle Esterházy 3:33 AM Hasse, Johann Adolfe (1699­1783) MON Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op 23 Overture to the opera Arminio (1745) (for 2 oboes, 2 horns, 09:00 Essential Classics (b084czqw) Daniil Trifonov (piano) strings & continuo) Monday ­ Sarah Walker with Vivienne Parry Bamberg Symphony Ekkehard Hering & Wolfgang Kube (oboes), Andrew Joy & David Afkham (conductor) Rainier Jurkiewicz (horns), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, 9am recorded in the Regentenbau, Bad Kissingen Stephan Mai (director) My favourite... lute music. Sarah shares a selection of her 3:39 AM favourite pieces written for the lute, with works by Vivaldi, Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C, K. 465 ('Dissonance') Forestier, Mathurin (fl. c.1500­1535) Dowland and Bach played by such celebrated lutenists as Jakob Kodály String Quartet Agnus Dei from Missa 'Baises moy' for 5 voices Lindberg, Christopher Wilson, Nigel North and Paul O'Dette. recorded in the Haydn Hall, Castle Esterházy. Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel (Conductor) 3:44 AM 9.30am SUN 21:00 Drama on 3 (b084cs48) Weber, Carl Maria von (1786­1826) Take part in today's musical challenge: which location is being Autumn Journal Andante and Rondo Ungarese in C minor (Op.35) depicted in this piece of music? Juhani Tapaninen (bassoon), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Colin Morgan reads Louis MacNeice's poetic testament of life in Jukka­Pekka Saraste (conductor) 10am 1938, written against the turbulent backdrop of the Munich 3:55 AM Sarah's guest is the science writer and broadcaster Vivienne Agreement, the fall of Barcelona and Britain's preparations for an Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770­1827) Parry. A scientist by training, Vivienne is best known for having inevitable war. Introduced by poet Colette Bryce and interwoven Rondino in E flat (WoO 25) for two oboes, two clarinets, two presented the BBC television series Tomorrow's World, and for with archive news reports from the era. horns, two bassoons her Radio 4 programmes which include Just So Science, about the The Festival Winds science behind the animals of the Just So stories, and the multi Part of Radio 3's 70th season, marking the anniversary of the 4:02 AM award winning series Am I Normal? Vivienne writes for creation of the Third Programme, Radio 3's predecessor in 1946, Stoyanov, Vesselin (1902­1969) newspapers including The Times and The Guardian, and is where MacNeice worked as a producer and writer. Rhapsody (1956) science editor of Good Housekeeping magazine. Her book, The Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vassil Stefanov Truth About Hormones, was nominated for the Aventis Science Produced by Emma Harding. (conductor) Prize. Throughout the week Vivienne talks to Sarah about her 4:12 AM passion for communicating science, and shares her favourite SUN 23:07 Early Music Late (b084cs4b) Ravel, Maurice (1875­1937) arr. Maganini, Quinto pieces of classical music. Mahan Esfahani Pavane pour une infante defunte arr. for oboe and piano Roger Cole (oboe), Linda Lee Thomas (piano) 10.30am Elin Manahan Thomas presents a concert of music by the Bach 4:18 AM Power of Three ­ the next episode in a 70­part daily series of Family & Frantisek Xaver Dusek performed by the virtuoso Bach, Johann Michael (1648­1694) pioneering sounds from the BBC Third Programme and Radio 3 harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani Auf laßt uns den Herren loben ('Come let us praise the Lord') ­ archives presented by David Hendy. aria for contralto, violin, 3 viola da gambas & basso continuo JS Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 874 Ulla Groenewold (contralto), Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Followed by Music in Time Goebel (conductor) CPE Bach: Keyboard Sonata in G minor, Wq. 65/17 4:24 AM Music in Time: Baroque Kunzen, Friedrich (1761­1817) Sarah places Music in Time as she looks at the way music moved JC Bach: Keyboard Sonata in C minor, op. 5/6 Overture to the singspiel 'Vinhoesten' (Der Fest der Winzer) away from modal harmony towards a fully­fledged diatonic Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Peter Marschik (conductor) system during the Baroque period, showing how the minuet from Handel's Music for Royal Fireworks is a fine example of this. Frantisek Xaver Dusek: Keyboard Sonata in B flat 4:31 AM Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791)

Frantisek Xaver Dusek: Andante, from 'Keyboard Sonata in G Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro ­ opera in 4 acts K.492 11am minor' Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Adám Fischer (Conductor) Sarah's artist of the week is the Swiss flautist Aurèle Nicolet. Nicolet, who died earlier this year, was considered one of the 4:36 AM world's greatest flute players of the late twentieth century. Several Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord). Françaix, Jean (1912­1997) composers, including Takemitsu and Ligeti, wrote music

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Mozart Katie Derham presents a week of performances by the BBC In five essays, the acclaimed author asks whether his point of Sinfonia Concertante, K.297b Concert Orchestra. Today's programme includes a concert they view has changed over the years. Referring to historical Aurèle Nicolet (flute) gave on tour as part of the Romanian International Festival of characters and scenes from his own life, he first cites John Heinz Holliger (oboe) Radio Orchestras. Plus music from a concert given as Maynard Keynes and Francis Picabia. Then, what is the role of Hermann Baumann (horn) Chelmsford's Civic Theatre under conductor Jessica Cottiss. memory in all this? Klaus Thunemann (bassoon) Academy of St Martin in the Fields 2pm Producer Duncan Minshull. Neville Marriner (conductor). Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture Guy Barker: Concerto in One Act for violin and orchestra MON 23:00 Jazz Now (b084cztc) MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b084czqy) Copland: Rodeo London Jazz Festival ­ Charlie Haden's Liberation Music George Frideric Handel (1685­1759), Volant Fingers Charles Mutter (violin), BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Barry Orchestra Wordsworth This week Donald Macleod focuses on Handel the organist. Soweto Kinch presents the fifth Jazz Now concert from the 2016 Today, Handel impresses the Duke of Saxe­Weissenfels, dazzles c.2.50pm EFG London Jazz Festival, with Carla Bley directing Charlie his Roman audiences and invents the organ concerto. Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra 1 Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra at Cadogan Hall. As apposite Malcolm Arnold: Flute Concerto No 1 in today's world as it was when Haden and Bley launched the "A fine and delicate touch, a Volant finger and a ready delivery of Peter Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise Orchestra in 1969, inspired by life­affirming songs from the passages the most difficult, are the praise of inferior artists. They Ileana Ruhemann (flute), Robert Jordan (bagpipes), BBC Concert Spanish Civil War, and fired in protest against the war in were not noticed in Handel, whose excellencies were of a far Orchestra, conductor Barry Wordsworth Vietnam, this is music that celebrates the human spirit and the superior kind, and his amazing command of the instrument, the dignity of the individual. Crossing the boundaries of jazz into a fullness of his harmony, the grandeur and dignity of his style, the c.3.50pm new world music, a new folk music, Rolling Stone hailed Bley's copiousness of his imagination, and the fertility of his invention Rossini Overture William Tell arrangements as 'miracles of dynamics, rising and falling in were qualities that absorbed every inferior attainment." So wrote BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Jessica Cottiss. volume and velocity'. The band includes soloists such as Handel's biographer John Hawkins, attempting to capture in trombonist Curtis Fowlkes, saxophonists Tony Malaby and Chris words the effect made on him by the almost ineffably brilliant MON 16:30 In Tune (b084czrw) Cheek, and trumpeter Michael Rodriguez. organ­playing of his subject. Things could have turned out very Monday ­ Sean Rafferty differently. Handel's father, court surgeon to Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe­Weissenfels, had wanted his son to pursue a career Sean Rafferty's guests include composer George Fenton ahead of TUESDAY 06 DECEMBER 2016 in the law, but fate intervened when the Duke overheard young a concert featuring his music, including the soundtrack to the Georg Frideric playing the organ after service one Sunday and screen adaptation of Alan Bennett's The Lady in the Van. TUE 00:30 Through the Night (b084d7hl) strongly encouraged Georg senior to allow his son to have a Proms 2015: Andrew Litton conducts the Bergen Philharmonic musical training. Within a few years, Handel left to seek his 5.30pm Power of Three ­ another chance to hear the next Orchestra fortune in Italy, where a contemporary account has a snapshot of instalment in a 70­part daily series of pioneering sounds from the him playing the organ in Rome, "to the astonishment of BBC Third Programme and Radio 3 archives presented by David Catriona Young presents Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto everyone". At this point in his life, the organ was an instrument Hendy. featuring soloist Alina Ibragimova and Stravinsky's The Rite of Handel improvised on rather than ­ with a handful of exceptions ­ Spring from the 2015 BBC Proms. composed for, and it's not until the mid 1730s that he produced Radio 3's 70th season, celebrating seven decades of pioneering 12:31 AM the first of his organ concertos, for performance between the acts music and culture since the founding of the Third Programme. Matre, Ørjan (b.1979) of a revival of his oratorio Esther. preSage for orchestra MON 18:30 Composer of the Week (b084czqy) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a; [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] 12:44 AM (Sonata ­ 'Taci, qual suono ascolto') Mendelssohn, Felix (1809­1847) Le Concert d'Astrée MON 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b084czsb) Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 Emmanuelle Haïm, organ and direction Ulster Orchestra ­ Prokofiev, Bruch and Tchaikovsky Alina Ibragimova (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) Fugue in G, HWV 606 Recorded on December 2nd at Ulster Hall, Belfast 1:11 AM Ton Koopman, organ of St James', Great Packington Ysaÿe, Eugène (1858­1931) The Ulster Orchestra play Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.27 no.3 (Ballade) for violin solo Concerto Grosso in D, Op 3 No 6 (HWV 317) Alina Ibragimova (violin) Les Musiciens du Louvre Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Marc Minkowski, conductor 1:19 AM Stravinsky, Igor (1882­1971) : Interval, presenter John Toal will be speaking to soloist Deborah, HWV 51 (Act 2, 'In the battle, fame pursuing') 8.15 The Rite of Spring James Bowman, countertenor (Barak) Sergey Khachatryan. Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) Paul Nicholson, chamber organ 1:53 AM The King's Consort 8.35: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.3 in D, 'Polish' Prokofiev, Sergey (1891­1953) Robert King, conductor God of evil and pagan dance (Allegro sostenuto) ­ no.2 from Sergey Khachatryan, violin Scythian suite from "Ala i Lolly", Op.20 Esther, HWV 50b (Act 1 scene 1, extract) Ulster Orchestra Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) Rebecca Outram, soprano (Israelite woman) Rafael Payare, conductor 1:57 AM Rosemary Joshua, soprano (Esther) Mendelssohn, Felix (1809­1847) Handel Orchestra and Chorus They call D major the 'golden' key, the 'key of glory'. Fitting then String Quartet No.2 in A minor (Op.13) Laurence Cummings, conductor for a fiftieth anniversary season, two giants in D major, beginning Johnston Quartet with Beethoven's monumental Violin Concerto, performed by one 2:31 AM Organ Concerto in B flat, Op 4 No 2 (HWV 290) of the great modern interpreters of the piece, Armenian violinist Mussorgsky, Modest [1839­1881] Ottavio Dantone, organ and direction Sergey Khachatryan. Pictures from an exhibition for piano Accademia Bizantina And then, to top it all, Tchaikovsky's five­movement Third Fazil Say (piano) Symphony is his only symphony written in the major key and is 3:04 AM Esther, HWV 50b (Act 2 scene 4, extract) brim­full with exuberant optimism ­ a terrific showcase for the Borodin, Alexander (1833­1887) Handel Orchestra and Chorus composer's famed gift for great tunes. Symphony No. 3 in A minor (unfinished) ed. Glazunov Laurence Cummings, conductor Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor) During the interval, presenter John Toal will be speaking to 3:22 AM Producer: Chris Barstow. soloist Sergey Khachatryan. Sandström, Sven­David (b. 1942) April och Tystnad (April and Silence) MON 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b084czr4) MON 21:55 Three Score and Ten (b084czsj) The Jutland Chamber Choir, Mogens Dahl (director) Wigmore Hall Mondays: Boris Giltburg Jean 'Binta' Breeze 3:29 AM Rosenmüller, Johann [Giovanni] (c.1619­1684) Live from Wigmore Hall, London. Ian McMillan continues with Jean Binta Breeze who reads two Sonata quarta à 3 ­ from 'Sonate' poems recorded by the Verb in 2004, 'The Month of March' and Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubéry (cornet & conductor) Boris Giltburg plays piano music by Bach, Schumann and 'The Fifth Figure'. 3:36 AM Brahms. Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714­1788) Three Score and Ten features archive recordings from the last Sonata in E minor (Wq.59,1) Presented by Clemency Burton­Hill seven decades of the Third Programme and Radio 3, with 70 Andreas Staier (pianoforte after Anton Walter, Wien 1791, made remarkable poets reading their own poems. Amongst them T.S. by Monika May, Marburg 1986) Eliot, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, WH Auden, Seamus Heaney Bach, arr. Busoni: Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565 3:45 AM and Carol Ann Duffy. Plus ten brand new poems by Schumann: Papillons Op. 2 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) contemporary poets commissioned specially for the series and Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major Op. 1 Aria 'Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo' (K.584) broadcast on The Verb. Allan Monk (Guglielmo, baritone), Calgary Philharmonic Boris Giltburg, piano Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) With his vital blend of virtuosity and musical gravitas, Boris Producer: Sharon Sephton; Research by Caitlin Crawford.

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3:51 AM passion for communicating science, and shares her favourite TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b084dc02) Dvorák, Antonín (1841­1904) pieces of classical music. Brahms at the Citadel, Episode 1 Romance (Op.11) in F minor vers. for violin and piano Mincho Minchew (violin), Violinia Stoyanova (piano) 10.30am Kate Molleson presents Brahms chamber music from Aberdeen, 4:02 AM Power of Three ­ the penultimate episode in a 70­part daily series with violist and former R3 NGA Lise Berthaud, mezzo soprano Goldmark, Károly (1830­1915) of pioneering sounds from the BBC Third Programme and Radio Laura Margaret Smith and pianist Xenia Maliarevitch. Brahms Scherzo for orchestra in E minor (Op.19) 3 archives presented by David Hendy. early songs sit beside his Viola Sonata in E flat major, one of his Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Adam Medveczky (conductor) very last chamber works. 4:09 AM Followed by Music in Time Gershwin, George (1898­1937) Bach: Cello Suite no 1 in G major BWV 1007 3 Preludes (1926) ­ No.1 in B flat; No.2 in C sharp minor; No.3 in Music in Time: Renaissance Brahms: Two Songs, Op. 91 E flat Sarah places Music in Time, charting the evolution of virtuosic Brahms Viola Sonata in E flat major Op. 120 Bengt­Åke Lundin (piano) keyboard technique with a piece by John Bull from the 4:15 AM Fitzwilliam Virginal book. Lise Berthaud ­ viola Haydn, Joseph (1732­1809) Xenia Maliarevitch ­ piano Concerto in E flat major H.7e.1 for trumpet and orchestra 11am Laura Margaret Smith ­ mezzo. Gábor Boldoczki (trumpet), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarah's artist of the week is the Swiss flautist Aurèle Nicolet. Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor) Nicolet, who died earlier this year, was considered one of the TUE 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b084dc4q) 4:31 AM world's greatest flute players of the late twentieth century. Several BBC Concert Orchestra, Episode 2 Anonymous (14th century) composers, including Takemitsu and Ligeti, wrote music Bassa danza (from Faenza Codex) especially for him, while Nicolet's pupils include Emmanuel Katie Derham presents a week of performances given by the BBC Millenarium, Christophe Deslignes (organetto/director) Pahud, Michael Faust and Thierry Fischer. Nicolet was principal Concert Orchestra. Today's programme ­ part of Afternoon on 3's 4:37 AM flautist in the Berlin Philharmonic during the 1950s, but enjoyed British Music Season ­ includes a concert they gave at the Anonymous (17th century) a highly successful career as a soloist as well. Throughout the Malcolm Arnold Festival in Northampton. Plus Jennifer Pike Yo me soy la morenica (I am the dark girl) week Sarah explores his vast recording legacy, featuring Nicolet joins the orchestra for a performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Olga Pitarch (soprano), Accentus Austria, Thomas Wimmer as soloist in concertos by Mozart, CPE Bach, Couperin and Concerto, given at Snape Maltings in October. (director) Moscheles, and as a chamber musician in Debussy's Sonata for 4:40 AM flute, viola and harp. 2pm Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685­1750) Malcolm Arnold: Tam O'Shanter Fugue from Sonata No.3 in C for solo violin (BWV.1005) Couperin William Walton: Funeral March from Hamlet Sigiswald Kuijken (violin) Nouveau Concert No. 8 in G major ("Dans le goût théatral") Arnold Guitar Concerto Aurèle Nicolet (flute) 4:51 AM Christiane Nicolet (flute) Grieg, Edvard (1843­1907) c.2.40pm Heinz Holliger (oboe) Ases Dod (Death of Ase) from 'Peer Gynt ­ incidental music, Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue Marie­Lise Schüpbach (oboe) Op.23' Arnold: Serenade Thomas Brandis (violin) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) Arnold: Symphony No 6 Chiara Banchini (violin) 4:56 AM Craig Ogden (guitar) Josef Ulsamer (viola da gamba) Chopin, Frédéric (1810­1849) BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor John Gibbons Manfred Sax (bassoon) Preludes No.11 in B major; No.12 in G sharp minor; No.13 in F Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord). sharp major; No.14 in E flat minor; No.15 in D flat major ­ from c.3.20pm 24 Preludes (Op.28) William Alwyn: Odd Man Out Suite TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b084dbss) Krzysztof Jablonski (piano) Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto George Frideric Handel (1685­1759), Alexander's Feast 5:07 AM Jennifer Pike (violin) Tamulionis, Jonas (b.1949) BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor John Gibbons. This week Donald Macleod focuses on Handel the organist. Domestic Psalms Today, as London audiences lose interest in Italian opera, oratorio Polifonija (Lithuanian State Chamber Choir), Sigitas Vaiciulionis TUE 16:30 In Tune (b084dclf) ­ with tailor­made organ concerti ­ is where it's at. (conductor) Clare Salaman, Omer Weir Wellber 5:15 AM Handel ­ not just a great composer but an astute businessman too Klami, Uuno (1900­1961) Suzy Klein's guests include Clare Salaman who brings in her ­ got into oratorio at precisely the right time. Since the late 1720s, tromba marina for some live performance. Plus conductor Omer Symphonie enfantine (Op.17) (1928) the London public's appetite for opera in Italian had been on a Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pertti Pekkanen (conductor) Weir Wellber talks to us from Birmingham ahead of his concert downward trajectory. Then in 1733, a rival company ­ the Opera with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. 5:31 AM of the Nobility ­ set itself up in direct competition to Handel, Ravel, Maurice (1875­1937) making the Italian­opera pound even harder to earn. Handel's Power of Three ­ another chance to hear the next Shéhérazade ­ 3 poems (1903): 1. La flûte enchantée; 2. 5.30pm return to oratorio began with what might have been a one­off instalment in a 70­part daily series of pioneering sounds from the L'indifférent; 3. Asie revival of a fifteen­year­old work, Esther, to mark his 47th Catherine Robbin (mezzo­soprano), Nora Shulman (flute), André BBC Third Programme and Radio 3 archives presented by David birthday. But when, a couple of months later, a 'pirate' Hendy. Laplante (piano) performance of the same piece was put on without his permission, 5:48 AM Handel recaptured the initiative by quickly mounting a new, Radio 3's 70th season, celebrating seven decades of pioneering Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770­1827) substantially revised version. It was a great success, which he music and culture since the founding of the Third Programme. Piano Sonata No.30 in E major (Op.109) followed up first with Acis and Galatea ­ an English revision of Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) his Italian oratorio Aci, Galatea e Polifemo ­ and then with a new TUE 18:30 Composer of the Week (b084dbss) 6:06 AM oratorio, Deborah. From this accidental sequence of events, the [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Reicha, Antoine (1770­1836) English oratorio tradition was born ­ along with the organ Clarinet Quintet in B flat major (Op.89) concerto, which Handel introduced to beef up the evening's TUE 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b084dcr6) Jože Kotar (clarinet), Slovenian Philharmonic String Quartet. entertainment to match the experience of an evening at the opera. Choir of the Year 2016 In Alexander's Feast, or The Power of Musick, the concerti ­ for TUE 06:30 Breakfast (b084dbd4) organ and harp ­ are actually integrated into the narrative. After months of competition, just six of the UK's best amateur Tuesday ­ Clemency Burton­Hill choirs remain as Choir of the Year 2016 reaches its thrilling Cecilia, volgi un sguardo, HWV 89 (No 8, 'Tra amplessi finale. The stakes are high, the tension is building as they take to Clemency Burton­Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast innocenti', extract) the stage at Cardiff's Wales Millennium Centre, each determined show, featuring listener requests. Jennifer Smith, soprano to win over a judging panel that includes The Sixteen's Harry John Elwes, tenor Christophers and Only Men Aloud's Tim Rhys Evans. Sara Mohr­ Email [email protected]. The English Concert Pietsch is joined by the conductor, composer and singer Ben Trevor Pinnock, conductor Parry for expert commentary on all the action; at the end of the TUE 09:00 Essential Classics (b084dbpw) evening only one choir can scoop up the title "Choir of the Year". Tuesday ­ Sarah Walker with Vivienne Parry Concerto Grosso in C, HWV 318 (Alexander's Feast) Collegium Musicum 90 Simon Standage, conductor 9am Presented by Sara Mohr­Pietsch My favourite... lute music. Sarah shares a selection of her Harp Concerto in B flat, Op 4 No 6 (HWV 294) favourite pieces written for the lute, with works by Vivaldi, Choirs taking part: Dowland and Bach played by such celebrated lutenists as Jakob Frances Kelly, harp Brandenburg Consort Lindberg, Christopher Wilson, Nigel North and Paul O'Dette. Musical Originals Training Choir Roy Goodman, conductor Imogen Nicholls, director 9.30am Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Musick, HWV 75 (Pt 2, No Take part in today's musical challenge: listen to the clues and The Rainbow Connection Singers 25: 'Thus, long ago, 'ere heaving Bellows learned to blow') identify a mystery musical place. Paul Mellors, director Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor Stockholm Bach Choir 10am Côr y Cwm Concentus Musicus Wien Sarah's guest is the science writer and broadcaster Vivienne Elin Llywellyn­Williams, director Parry. A scientist by training, Vivienne is best known for having Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor presented the BBC television series Tomorrow's World, and for Voices of Hope Organ Concerto in G minor, Op 4 No 1 (HWV 289) her Radio 4 programmes which include Just So Science, about the Simon Fidler, director science behind the animals of the Just So stories, and the multi Ton Koopman, organ and direction Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra award winning series Am I Normal? Vivienne writes for The White Rosettes newspapers including The Times and The Guardian, and is Sally McLean, director science editor of Good Housekeeping magazine. Her book, The Producer: Chris Barstow. Truth About Hormones, was nominated for the Aventis Science John's Boys Prize. Throughout the week Vivienne talks to Sarah about her Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 3 – 9 December 2016 Page 7 of 11

Aled Phillips, director Cello Sonata No.2 in F (Op.99) Bajazet's final aria "Figlia mia, non pianger no!"from Claudio Bohorquez (cello), Marcus Groh (piano) "Tamerlano", Act 3 Further coverage of the Choir of the Year Grand Final on BBC 2:17 AM Nigel Robson (Tenor), English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot FOUR, Friday 9th December at 19.30. Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770­1827) Gardiner (Conductor) Piano Sonata in E minor (Op.90) 5:59 AM TUE 21:55 Three Score and Ten (b084dctn) Xaver Scharwenka (piano) Moscheles, Ignaz [1794­1870] Gwyneth Lewis 2:31 AM Hommage a Handel Op.92 for 2 pianos Roussel, Albert (1869­1937) Andreas Staier (period piano Erard 1838), Tobias Koch (period Ian McMillan with Former National Poet of Wales, Gwyneth Symphony No. 3 (Op.42) in G minor piano Pleyel 1854) Lewis, who reads two of her poems recorded at the Hay Festival Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Hans Vonk (conductor) 6:13 AM in 2004 by Radio 3's The Verb. 2:55 AM Lipatti, Dinu (1917­1950) Ravel, Maurice (1875­1937) Concertino for piano and chamber orchestra (Op.3), 'en style Three Score and Ten features archive recordings from the last Shéhérazade ­ 3 poems for voice and orchestra (1903) ancien' seven decades of the Third Programme and Radio 3, with 70 Victoria de los Angeles (mezzo­soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Horia Mihail (piano), Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra, Horia remarkable poets reading their own poems. Amongst them T.S. Orchestra, Pierre Monteux Andreescu (conductor). Eliot, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, WH Auden, Seamus Heaney 3:10 AM and Carol Ann Duffy. Plus ten brand new poems by Debussy, Claude (1862­1918), arr. for orchestra by Koechlin, WED 06:30 Breakfast (b084dbdd) contemporary poets commissioned specially for the series and Charles (1867­1950) Wednesday ­ Clemency Burton­Hill broadcast on The Verb. Khamma ­ Légende Dansée Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor) Clemency Burton­Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast Producer: Sharon Sephton; Research by Caitlin Crawford. 3:31 AM show, featuring listener requests. Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681­1767) Photograph: Keith Morris. Sonata Polonaise in A minor for violin, viola and continuo Email [email protected]. (TWV.42: A minor 8) TUE 22:00 Free Thinking (b084df99) La Stagione Frankfurt WED 09:00 Essential Classics (b084dbpy) Voices in Our Ears: Colin Grant, Josie Rourke, Charles 3:39 AM Wednesday ­ Sarah Walker with Vivienne Parry Fernyhough, Clare Walker Gore Mont, Henry du (1610­1684) Motet: O Salutaris Hostia 9am Colin Grant, author of a book exploring his brother's epilepsy, Studio 600, Aldona Szechak (director), Dorota Kozinska My favourite... lute music. Sarah shares a selection of her joins presenter Matthew Sweet, New Generation Thinker Clare (director) favourite pieces written for the lute, with works by Vivaldi, Walker Gore who writes about Wilkie Collins and Charles 3:44 AM Dowland and Bach played by such celebrated lutenists as Jakob Fernyhough ­ who studies hearing voices. Plus director Josie Brahms, Johannes (1833­1897) Lindberg, Christopher Wilson, Nigel North and Paul O'Dette. Rourke on Joan of Arc on stage at the Donmar Warehouse Intermezzo in A major (Op.118 No.2) Jane Coop (piano) 9.30am St Joan by George Bernard Shaw starring Gemma Arterton is at 3:51 AM Take part in today's musical challenge: can you work out which the Donmar Warehouse in London from December 9th ­ January Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) two composers are associated with a particular piece? 18th. It will be broadcast Regina coeli for soloists SATB, chorus, orchestra & organ in C live in cinemas in partnership with National Theatre Live on major (K.276) 10am Thursday 16 February 2017 Olivia Robinson (soprano), Sian Menna (mezzo­soprano), Sarah's guest is the science writer and broadcaster Vivienne Charles Fernyhough is a Professor of Psychology at Durham Christopher Bowen (tenor), Stuart MacIntyre (baritone), BBC Parry. A scientist by training, Vivienne is best known for having University who has published The Voices Within: The history Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) presented the BBC television series Tomorrow's World, and for and science of how we talk to ourselves. 3:58 AM her Radio 4 programmes which include Just So Science, about the Colin Grant's book exploring epilepsy is called A Smell of Smetana, Bedrich (1824­1884) science behind the animals of the Just So stories, and the multi Burning. The Bartered Bride ­ Overture award winning series Am I Normal? Vivienne writes for Clare Walker Gore is a New Generation Thinker researching BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek (conductor) newspapers including The Times and The Guardian, and is Victorian literature at the University of Cambridge. New 4:05 AM science editor of Good Housekeeping magazine. Her book, The Generation Thinker is a scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts Dvorák, Antonín (1841­1904) Truth About Hormones, was nominated for the Aventis Science and Humanities Research Council to find people who can turn Slavonic Dance No.12 in D flat major (Op.72 No.4) Prize. Throughout the week Vivienne talks to Sarah about her research into radio programmes. Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor) passion for communicating science, and shares her favourite pieces of classical music. Producer: Torquil MacLeod. 4:12 AM Chopin, Fryderyk [1810­1849] Etude no.11 in A minor (Op.25) 10.30am TUE 22:45 The Essay (b084fvlv) Lukas Geniusas (piano) Power of Three ­ the last episode in a 70­part daily series of Changing My Mind, Words 4:16 AM pioneering sounds from the BBC Third Programme and Radio 3 archives presented by David Hendy. "It sounds such a simple business.. 'I changed my mind.' Subject, Kodály, Zoltán (1882­1967) verb, object ­ a clear, clean action..." A song about King Stephen Hungarian Radio Chorus, Peter Erdei (conductor) Followed by Music in Time 4:21 AM In five essays, the acclaimed author asks whether his point of Music in Time: Modern view has changed over the years. Referring to historical Bella, Jan Levoslav (1843­1936) Overture to Hermina im Venusberg (Hermania in Venus' cave) Sarah places Music in Time as she examines how light music was characters and scenes from his own life, he now thinks about a used to boost morale during the war, including one of the most lifetime's use of words. He has his favourites, such as 'decimated' Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Stefan Robl (Conductor) iconic examples of this genre: Calling All Workers by Eric and 'indifference'. But have things stayed the same with words ? Coates. 4:31 AM Vivaldi, Antonio [1678­1741] Producer Duncan Minshull. Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo (RV.63) (Op.1 No.12) in D 11am Sarah's artist of the week is the Swiss flautist Aurèle Nicolet. TUE 23:00 Late Junction (b084fvt6) minor 'La Folia' Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (director) Nicolet, who died earlier this year, was considered one of the Nick Luscombe world's greatest flute players of the late twentieth century. Several 4:41 AM composers, including Takemitsu and Ligeti, wrote music Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685­1750) Adventures in music, ancient to future: Nick Luscombe presents especially for him, while Nicolet's pupils include Emmanuel Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (BWV.225) sonic delights from a wide range of genres. Pahud, Michael Faust and Thierry Fischer. Nicolet was principal Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Ivars flautist in the Berlin Philharmonic during the 1950s, but enjoyed Taurins (conductor) Produced by Joby Waldman for Reduced Listening. a highly successful career as a soloist as well. Throughout the 4:54 AM week Sarah explores his vast recording legacy, featuring Nicolet Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel (1805­1847) as soloist in concertos by Mozart, CPE Bach, Couperin and Allegro moderato (Op.8 No.1) (1840) WEDNESDAY 07 DECEMBER 2016 Moscheles, and as a chamber musician in Debussy's Sonata for Sylviane Deferne (piano) flute, viola and harp. WED 00:30 Through the Night (b084d7hn) 5:00 AM Mendelssohn and Dvorak from the Romanian National Orchestra Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) CPE Bach Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn (K.452) in E Flute Concerto No. 3 in A, Wq.168 Catriona Young presents a concert from the Romanian National flat major Aurèle Nicolet (flute) Orchestra including Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and Dvorák's Andreas Staier (Piano), Douglas Boyd (Oboe), Hans Christian Natherlands Chamber Orchestra 8th Symphony. Braein (Clarinet), Per Hannisal (Bassoon), Kjell Erik Arnesen David Zinman (conductor). 12:31 AM (French Horn) Smetana, Bedrich (1824­1884) 5:25 AM WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b084dbsv) Vltava from Má vlast Haydn, Joseph [1732­1809] George Frideric Handel (1685­1759), A Head Full of Maggots Romanian Radio National Orchestra, Mihail Agafita (conductor) Symphony No. 26 in D minor H.1.26 (Lamentatione) 12:45 AM Orchestra Libera Classica, Hidemi Suzuki (conductor) This week Donald Macleod looks at Handel the organist. Today, Mendelssohn, Felix (1809­1847) 5:41 AM Handel enriches the orchestration of his oratorio Saul with a Violin Concerto in E minor (Op.64) Debussy, Claude [1862­1918] carillon, three trombones and a brand new organ. Alexandru Tomescu (violin), Romanian Radio National Gigues ­ from Images for Orchestra Orchestra, Mihail Agafita (conductor) BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor) When Handel's librettist Charles Jennens paid a visit to the 1:14 AM 5:49 AM composer while he was at work on his oratorio Saul, he found his Dvorák, Antonín (1814­1904) Cabanilles, Juan Bautista José (1644­1712) head to be "more full of Maggots than ever" ­ maggots being not Symphony No. 8 in G major (Op.88) Passacalles V for strings the larvae of flies, but an archaic term for 'bizarre ideas'. The first Romanian Radio National Orchestra, Mihail Agafita (conductor) Accentus Austria, Thomas Wimmer (director) thing to disconcert Jennens was "a very queer Instrument which 1:51 AM 5:54 AM He calls Carillon. 'Tis play'd upon with Keys like a Harpsichord, Brahms, Johannes (1833­1897) Handel, Georg Frideric (1685­1759) & with this Cyclopean Instrument he designs to make poor

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Saul ... stark mad." Then there was the trio of sackbuts Andrew Carwood (Director of Music) Serafina Cuomo is Reader in Roman History at Birkbeck College, (trombones) Handel was planning to use ­ creatures about as rare Simon Johnson (Organist) University of London. in 18th­century London as Muscovy ducks. And to cap it all, there was to be a specially commissioned contraption ­ "an organ Photo credit: Mark Laing. Producer: Harry Parker. of £500 price, which, because he is overstock'd with Money, he has bespoke of one Moss of Barnet." The carillon, the sackbuts WED 16:30 In Tune (b084dclj) WED 22:45 The Essay (b084fvlx) and the bespoke organ ­ which features in a number of florid Will Gregory and his Moog Orchestra, Truro Cathedral Choir, Changing My Mind, Politics concerto­like movements ­ all contributed to an orchestral texture The Changing Room that prompted Handel scholar Winton Dean to suggest that "in its "It sounds such a simple business.. 'I changed my mind.' Subject, richness and grandeur of orchestration, Saul has scarcely a rival It's the grand finale to Radio 3's 70­day celebrations of the 70th verb, object ­ a clear, clean action..." in 18th­century music." Handel kept the trombones for Israel in anniversary of the Third Programme! Sean Rafferty presents a Egypt, but its predominantly choral sound seems to have had a special edition of In Tune live from Goonhilly Earth Station in In five essays, the acclaimed author asks whether his point of relatively lukewarm reception from audiences that had previously Cornwall. Set amid beautiful Cornish countryside, and not far view has changed over the years. Referring to historical appreciated his operas. from the coast, the Goonhilly site is dominated by vast space characters and scenes from his own life, he first cites John satellite dishes, which have played a pioneering role in Maynard Keynes and Francis Picabia. Then, what is the role of Saul (Act 1 scene 2, Symphony) international communication, and looking to the stars. memory in all this? The Sixteen Helping to launch Radio 3 into the future for another 70 years and Harry Christophers, conductor far beyond, guests include Will Gregory (of Goldfrapp) with his Producer Duncan Minshull. suitably space­aged Moog Orchestra, members of the BBC Saul (Act 1, Symphony) Concert Orchestra, composer Graham Fitkin, boys and girls of WED 23:00 Late Junction (b084fvt8) The Sixteen Truro Cathedral Choir, and award­winning Cornish folk group Nick Luscombe Harry Christophers, conductor The Changing Room. Adventures in music, ancient to future: Nick Luscombe with a Saul (Act 2 scene 1, 'Envy, eldest born of Hell') WED 18:30 Composer of the Week (b084dbsv) varied selection of music from a wide range of genres. The Sixteen [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Harry Christophers, conductor Produced by Joby Waldman for Reduced Listening. WED 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b084dcr9) Saul (Act 2 scene 5, Symphony) BBC Symphony Orchestra ­ Diana Burrell, Haydn, Stravinsky The Sixteen THURSDAY 08 DECEMBER 2016 Harry Christophers, conductor Live from the Barbican The BBC SO performs Stravinsky's The Firebird, premieres Diana Burrell's Concerto for Brass and THU 00:30 Through the Night (b084d7hq) Saul (Act 3 scene 5, Elegy on the Death of Saul and Jonathan) Orchestra, and welcomes back conductor Jukka­Pekka Saraste. Proms 2015: Peter Oundjian conducts the Royal Scottish National The Sixteen Orchestra Harry Christophers, conductor Presented by Martin Handley Catriona Young presents a performance from the 2015 BBC Israel in Egypt, HWV 54 (Pt 2, 'The people shall hear and be Diana Burrell: Concerto for Brass and Orchestra Proms of Bruckner's seventh symphony by the Royal Scottish afraid') BBC commission; world premiere National Orchestra. The Monteverdi Choir 12:31 AM The English Baroque Soloists Haydn: Symphony No. 83 in G minor La poule Messiaen, Olivier (1908­1992) John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Hymne au Saint Sacrament for orchestra 8.15: Interval Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor) Organ Concerto in F, HWV 295 (The Cuckoo and the 12:46 AM Nightingale) Stravinsky: The Firebird Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) Bob van Asperen, organ and direction Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat major K.595 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment BBC Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Jukka­Pekka Saraste, conductor Igor Levit (piano) Producer: Chris Barstow. 1:17 AM The BBC SO welcomes back conductor Jukka­Pekka Saraste for Bruckner, Anton (1824­1896) WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b084dc04) a concert in which the orchestra's brass section shines as soloists Symphony No.7 in E major Brahms at the Citadel, Episode 2 in this world premiere of Diana Burrell's new concerto which is Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor) followed by Haydn and his clucking hen. Stravinsky's The 2:17 AM Kate Molleson presents The Quatuor van Kuijk in concert in Firebird ­ the work that seized the ears of Paris's elite with its Dela, Maurice (1919­1978) Aberdeen with pianist Peter Limonov. They perform Haydn's urgent rhythms and evocative Russian folk melodies ­ offers a Sonatine bright Sunrise quartet, followed by Brahms' Piano Quintet in F splendid ending to a colourful concert. Peter Oundjian (violin), William Tritt (piano) minor Opus 34, a piece that went through many incarnations before the 31 year old Brahms considered it finished. 2:31 AM WED 21:55 Three Score and Ten (b084dctw) Strauss, Richard (1864­1949) Paul Muldoon Haydn: String Quartet in B flat Op. 76 No.4 'Sunrise' Four Last Songs Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34 Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Ian McMillan presents the final programme in this fifty part series Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor) celebrating 70 years of Radio 3's recording of poets and poetry 2:51 AM Quatuor van Kuijk since it was launched as the Third Programme in September Peter Limonov ­ piano. Marteau, Henri [1874­1934] 1946. Paul Muldoon reads his new poem 'The Loaf' from the String Quartet No.3 in C major series Work in Progress, 2001. WED 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b084dc4v) Yggdrasil String Quartet 3:30 AM BBC Concert Orchestra, Episode 3 Three Score and Ten features archive recordings from the last Handel, Georg Friedrich (1685­1759), arr. Ralf Gothoni seven decades of the Third Programme and Radio 3, with 70 "Ombra mai fu" ­ from the opera 'Xerxes' arr. for piano Katie Derham presents a week of performances from the BBC remarkable poets reading their own poems. Amongst them T.S. Ralf Gothoni (piano) Concert Orchestra. Today's programme includes highlights of a Eliot, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, WH Auden, Seamus Heaney 3:33 AM concert the orchestra gave as part of Orchestras Live! in and Carol Ann Duffy. Plus ten brand new poems by Debussy, Claude (1862­1918) Chelmsford's Civic Theatre. John McDougall performs Nino contemporary poets commissioned specially for the series and Prélude à l'après­midi d'un faune Rota's Bassoon Concerto, and Stephen Morris takes the lead in broadcast on The Verb. Beethoven's 2nd Romance for Violin and Orchestra. Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Matthew Rowe (conductor) Producer: Sharon Sephton; Research by Caitlin Crawford. 3:45 AM 2pm Fux, Johann Joseph (1660­1741) Rossini: Overture Italian Girl in Algiers Photograph: Norman McBeath. Laudate Dominum Nino Rota: Bassoon Concerto Capella Nova Graz, Otto Kargl (Director) Beethoven: Romance No 2 in F, Op 50 WED 22:00 Free Thinking (b084df9c) 3:50 AM c.2.45pm Maths: Alex Bellos, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Serafina Cuomo, Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685­1750) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 in A, 'Italian' Vicky Neale Preludio from Partita for solo violin No.3 in E major, BWV.1006 John McDougall (bassoon) Sigiswald Kuijken (violin) Stephen Morris (violin) Anne McElvoy meets David Rooney, curator of the Winton 3:54 AM BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Jessica Cottiss. Mathematics gallery at the Science Museum which has been Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756­1791] redesigned by Zaha Hadid architects, and explores the way maths Overture to The Marriage of Figaro (K.492) WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b084dfch) skills are increasingly needed for jobs. She discusses the changing Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, St Paul's Cathedral attitudes to mathematics in history and the present day with Alex Miroslaw Blaszczyk (conductor) Bellos, writer of maths puzzles, maths historian Serafina Cuomo 3:58 AM Live from St Paul's Cathedral and maths lecturer Vicky Neale. They are joined by astrophysicist MacMillan, James (b.1959) Neil deGrasse Tyson, who is director of the Hayden Planetarium O Radiant Dawn (from the Strathclyde motets) Introit: O Oriens (Cecilia McDowall) at the American Museum of Natural History. BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor) Responses: Radcliffe 4:03 AM Psalm 37 (Foster, Hylton Stewart, Greene, Howells) Alex Bellos is the author of Alex Through the Looking Glass and Dussek, Jan Ladislav (1760­1812) First Lesson: Amos 9 vv.11­15 his latest book called Can You Solve My Problems. Piano Sonata in D major (Op.31 No.2) Office Hymn: Remember, O thou man (Ravenscroft) Andreas Staier (fortepiano ­ Broadwood­Hammerflügel, 1805, Canticles: Collegium Regale (Howells) Neil deGrasse Tyson is the author of many books including from the colletion Jérôme Hantaï and restored in 1992 by Second Lesson: Romans 13 vv.8­14 Welcome to the Universe co­written with J Richard Gott and Christopher Clarke) Anthem: This Worldes Joie (Bax) Michael A Strauss. 4:16 AM Final Hymn: Come, thou long expected Jesus (Cross of Jesus) Sibelius, Jean (1865­1957) Organ Voluntary: Sonata on the 94th Psalm ­ Introduction and Vicky Neale is Whitehead Lecturer at the Mathematical Institute Music to a Scene (1904) Fugue (Reubke) and Balliol College at Oxford University. Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka­Pekka Saraste Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 3 – 9 December 2016 Page 9 of 11

(conductor) especially for him, while Nicolet's pupils include Emmanuel THU 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b084dc4y) 4:23 AM Pahud, Michael Faust and Thierry Fischer. Nicolet was principal Thursday Opera Matinee, Rameau ­ Les Indes galantes (part 1) Corelli, Arcangelo (1653­1713) flautist in the Berlin Philharmonic during the 1950s, but enjoyed Sonate da Chiesa in D major (Op.1 No.12) a highly successful career as a soloist as well. Throughout the Katie Derham presents the first part of this week's Opera Matinee London Baroque week Sarah explores his vast recording legacy, featuring Nicolet ­ Rameau's Les Indes Galantes, in a production from the Munich 4:31 AM as soloist in concertos by Mozart, CPE Bach, Couperin and Opera Festival, conducted by Ivor Bolton. Rameau's opera­ballet Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770­1827) Moscheles, and as a chamber musician in Debussy's Sonata for features a Prologue and 4 acts with separate plots and colourful 12 Variations on 'Ein Mädchen Oder Weibchen' for cello and flute, viola and harp. music depicting exotic locations. Plus more from this week's piano (Op.66) featured ensemble, the BBC Concert Orchestra with music by Danjulo Ishizaka (cello), José Gallardo (piano) Debussy Prokofiev, Chick Corea and Morricone. 4:40 AM Sonata for flute, viola and harp Gibbons, Orlando [1583­1625], Walton, William [1902­1983] Aurèle Nicolet (flute) 2pm Drop, Drop, Slow Tears (2 settings by Gibbons and Walton) Nobuko Imai (viola) Rameau: Les Indes Galantes ­ part 1 (Prologue, Acts 1­3) Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (director) Naoko Yoshino (harp). 4:47 AM Hebe/Zima .... Lisette Oropesa (soprano) Nardelli, Mario (1927­1993) THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b084dbsx) Bellone .... Goran Juric (bass) Three pieces for guitar George Frideric Handel (1685­1759), Handel and Milton L'Amour/Zaire .... Ana Quintans (soprano) Mario Nardelli (guitar) Osman/Ali .... Tareq Nazmi (bass) 4:56 AM This week Donald Macleod focuses on Handel the organist. Emile ..... Elsa Benoit (soprano) Haydn, Joseph (1732­1809) Today, Handel gets out of the opera business for good, and his Valere/Tacmas ..... Cyril Auvity (tenor) String Quartet in C minor (Op.17 No.4) new oratorio gets a warm reception ­ in frosty conditions. Huascar/Don Alvaro .... Francois Lis (bass) Quatuor Mosaïques Phani/Fatime ..... Anna Prohaska (soprano) 5:14 AM When Handel's collaborator Charles Jennens tried to interest him Don Carlos/Damon .... Mathias Vidal (tenor) Schumann, Robert (1810­1856) in "a collection from Scripture" ­ Messiah, he called it ­ the Adario .... John Moore (baritone) Liederkreis (Op.24) composer wasn't initially interested. But when Jennens steered Balthasar­Neumann Chor, Freiburg Jan van Elsacker (tenor), Claire Chevallier (fortepiano) him in the direction of the writer whose work was probably, after Münchner Festspielorchester the Bible, the most widely read and admired in this country, John 5:35 AM Ivor Bolton (conductor) Milton, Handel responded with enthusiasm. The initial proposal Delius, Frederick (1862­1934) was for a work based on two of Milton's poems, L'Allegro (the On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring ­ from Two Pieces for Part 2 in tomorrow's programme cheerful man) and Il Penseroso (the pensive man), to which Small Orchestra (1911/12) Jennens then added text for a third character, Il Moderato ­ the Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor) c.3.35pm moderate man. If this plotless concoction sounds like an 5:43 AM Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) unpromising basis for a composer of Handel's dramatic flair to Quantz, Johann Joachim [1697­1773] BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Keith Lockhart build on, the end result ­ the oratorio L'Allegro, Il Penseroso ed Il Concerto in G minor, for 2 flutes, 2 oboes & bassoon Moderato ­ is full of simply wonderful, poetic music that evokes Alexis Kossenko & Anne Freitag (flutes), Anna Starr & Markus Shostakovich: Assault on Beautiful Gorky the landscapes and pastoral moods of Handel's adoptive country. Müller (oboes), Jane Gower (bassoon), Les Ambassadeurs Valentina Lisitsa (piano) There was nothing pastoral about the conditions of the première. BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Christopher Warren­Green 6:01 AM Because the winter of 1739­40 was unusually severe, the initial Brahms, Johannes (1833­1897) [Text Hölderlin] run of performances had to be pushed back from New Year to c. Schicksalslied (Song of destiny) for chorus and orchestar (Op.54) 4pm mid­February. Even then, it was so cold in the theatre at Lincoln's Ennio Morricone: Gabriel's Oboe Oslo Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Inn Fields that a newspaper ad was placed to reassure punters that Burgos (conductor) Chick Corea, arr John Harle: Children's Songs the venue had been "secur'd against the cold by having curtains Jessika Gillam (saxophone) 6:17 AM placed before every door, and constant fires being ordered to be BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Keith Lockhart. Chopin, Fryderyk [1810­1849] kept in the House 'till the time of the Performance." Following the Berceuse in D flat (Op.57) great success of L'Allegro, Il penseroso ed Il moderato came a THU Anastasia Vorotnaya (piano) 16:30 In Tune (b084dclm) pair of operatic flops, Imeneo and Deidamia, after which Handel Thursday ­ Sean Rafferty 6:22 AM devoted himself more or less exclusively to oratorio ­ producing Bruckner, Anton (1824­1896) first Messiah, about which he had had a change of heart, then Sean Rafferty's guests include early music singers the Gesualdo 2 graduals for chorus: Locus iste; Christus Factus est Samson, inspired by another Milton poem, Samson Agonistes. As Six ahead of their concert at St John's Smith Square. Danish National Radio Choir, Jesper Grove Jorgensen was Handel's usual practice, both L'Allegro and Samson were (conductor). provided with fine organ concerti, written specially for the THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b084dbsx) occasion. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] THU 06:30 Breakfast (b084dbdg) Thursday ­ Clemency Burton­Hill L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Pt 1, 'Haste thee, nymph, THU 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b084dcrd) and bring with thee') The Halle ­ Ravel, Haydn, Brahms Clemency Burton­Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast Jeremy Ovenden, tenor show, featuring listener requests. Gabrieli Consort and Players Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Paul McCreesh, conductor Email [email protected]. The Hallé plays Ravel, Haydn and Brahms. Organ Concerto in B flat, Op 7 No 1 (HWV 306) THU 09:00 Essential Classics (b084dbq0) William Whitehead, organ Ravel: Mother Goose Suite Thursday ­ Sarah Walker with Vivienne Parry Gabrieli Players Haydn: Symphony No.88 Paul McCreesh, conductor 9am 8.15: Interval ­ interval music My favourite... lute music. Sarah shares a selection of her L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Pt 3, duet: 'As steals the favourite pieces written for the lute, with works by Vivaldi, morn upon the night') Brahms: Violin Concerto Dowland and Bach played by such celebrated lutenists as Jakob Gillian Webster, soprano Lindberg, Christopher Wilson, Nigel North and Paul O'Dette. Jeremy Ovenden, tenor Viviane Hagner, violin Gabrieli Players The Hallé 9.30am Paul McCreesh, conductor Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor Take part in today's musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards. Samson, HWV 57 (Pt 2, 'Return, O God of Hosts!') Principal Guest Conductor of the Hallé, Ryan Wigglesworth, The Sixteen conducts the lovely Mother Goose ­ five 'fairytale' pieces Ravel The Symphony of Harmony and Invention 10am originally composed for the children of two friends. With Tom Harry Christophers, conductor Sarah's guest is the science writer and broadcaster Vivienne Thumb, Beauty and the Beast and nodding toy figures, Ravel Parry. A scientist by training, Vivienne is best known for having leads us into an enchanting sound­world. German violinist Organ Concerto in A, Op 7 No 2 (HWV 307) presented the BBC television series Tomorrow's World, and for Viviane Hagner always leaves a lasting impression. In these Ton Koopman, organ her Radio 4 programmes which include Just So Science, about the concerts she performs Brahms's lyrical and masterfully Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. science behind the animals of the Just So stories, and the multi constructed Violin Concerto. Brahms wrote it in a relaxed holiday award winning series Am I Normal? Vivienne writes for mood as he savoured the stunning natural beauties of Carinthia. THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b084dc06) newspapers including The Times and The Guardian, and is The work ends with a spirited Hungarian­style finale. Haydn's G Brahms at the Citadel, Episode 3 science editor of Good Housekeeping magazine. Her book, The major symphony is one of the composer's most concise, brilliant Truth About Hormones, was nominated for the Aventis Science and humorous creations. Prize. Throughout the week Vivienne talks to Sarah about her Kate Molleson presents the third Lunchtime Concert this week passion for communicating science, and shares her favourite focussing on Brahms chamber music. Today clarinettist Mark THU 22:00 Free Thinking (b084df9f) pieces of classical music. Simpson and pianist Richard Uttley perform Brahms sonata in F Darwin and Nature: Will Abberley, Nitin Sawhney, Helen Pilcher minor Op 120, one of a pair of sonatas he wrote for the instrument. Alongside this sit works by Brahms' predecessor 10.30am Shahidha Bari and guests look at our relationship with animals. Music in Time: Romantic Weber, and a recent composition by Mark Simpson, who performs today. Sarah places Music in Time. As pianos became increasingly Nitin Sawhney discusses his 'animal symphony' composed for a popular in the home during the Romantic period, salon music also new documentary exploring animal reactions to music. Darwin Weber: Gran Duo Concertante gained in popularity. Sarah explores this musical phenomenon, expert and New Generation Thinker Will Abberley reviews an Simpson: Echoes and Embers playing a sequence of songs by Stephen Foster. exhibition exploring our relationship with the rest of the living Brahms: Sonata in F minor Op 120 No 1 world. Science writer Helen Pilcher explains the new science 11am behind 'De­extinction'. Sarah's artist of the week is the Swiss flautist Aurèle Nicolet. Mark Simpson, clarinet Richard Uttley, piano. Nicolet, who died earlier this year, was considered one of the Bring Back the King: The New Science of De­extinction by world's greatest flute players of the late twentieth century. Several Helen Pilcher is out now. composers, including Takemitsu and Ligeti, wrote music Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 3 – 9 December 2016 Page 10 of 11

Making Nature at the Wellcome Collection in London runs until 3:57 AM period, showing how composers had to respond to the the 21st of May. Haydn, Joseph (1732­1809) requirements of princely patrons. She plays a chamber piece by Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (Hob.VIIe:1) Haydn that features a now defunct instrument popular during this The Animal Symphony is on Sky Arts on the 9th December at Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, period: the Baryton. 6pm, then on demand. Nicolae Moldoveanu (conductor) 4:14 AM 11am Producer: Craig Templeton Smith. Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873­1943) Sarah's artist of the week is the Swiss flautist Aurèle Nicolet. 2 pieces for cello & piano, Op.2 Nicolet, who died earlier this year, was considered one of the THU 22:45 The Essay (b084fvlz) Monika Leskovar (cello), Ivana Švarc­Grenda (piano) world's greatest flute players of the late twentieth century. Several Changing My Mind, Books 4:23 AM composers, including Takemitsu and Ligeti, wrote music Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685­1750) especially for him, while Nicolet's pupils include Emmanuel "It sounds such a simple business.. 'I changed my mind.' Subject, Sinfonia from Cantata No.209 (BWV.209) 'Non sa che sia dolore' Pahud, Michael Faust and Thierry Fischer. Nicolet was principal verb, object ­ a clear, clean action..." flautist in the Berlin Philharmonic during the 1950s, but enjoyed Alexis Kossenko (Flute), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko a highly successful career as a soloist as well. Throughout the In five essays, the acclaimed author asks whether his point of (Director) week Sarah explores his vast recording legacy, featuring Nicolet view has changed over the years. Referring to historical 4:31 AM as soloist in concertos by Mozart, CPE Bach, Couperin and characters and scenes from his own life , he now explores his Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 ­1827] Moscheles, and as a chamber musician in Debussy's Sonata for tastes in literature. He has remained firm in admiration of some Leonora Overture No.3 (Op.72b) flute, viola and harp. authors, others have caused indecision and a change of heart Slovenian RTV Symphony Orchestra, Anton Nanut (conductor) even. 4:45 AM Moscheles Suk, Josef (1874­1935) Concertante in F for flute, oboe and orchestra Producer Duncan Minshull. Elegie (Pod dojmem Zeyerova Vysehradu) (Op.23) arr. for piano Aurèle Nicolet (flute) trio Heinz Holliger (oboe) THU 23:00 Late Junction (b084fvtb) Aronowitz Ensemble Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Nick Luscombe presents Klara Lewis's mixtape 4:52 AM Eliahu Inbal (conductor). Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685­1750] Swedish Sound artist and electronic producer Klara Lewis Cantata no. 81 BWV.81 'Jesus schlaft, was soll ich hoffen': 'Herr! FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b084dbsz) presents an unbroken mix of music, exploring the full range of Warum trittest du' (recitative), 'Die schaumenden Welle' (aria) George Frideric Handel (1685­1759), Last Thoughts, Fading her record collection. Anders Dahlin (tenor), Zefira Valova (violin), Les Ambassadeurs, Light Alexis Kossenko (director) Produced by Joby Waldman for Reduced Listening. 4:57 AM This week Donald Macleod focuses on Handel the organist. Zelenka, Jan Dismas (1679­1745) Today, Joshua's a hit, Theodora's a flop ­ as Handel said, "there Capriccio (ZWV.184) in F major was room enough to dance there, when that was performed". FRIDAY 09 DECEMBER 2016 Ekkehard Hering & Wolfgang Kube (oboes), Andrew Joy & Rainer Jurkiewicz (horns), Rhoda Patrick (bassoon) Akademie für Written at great speed in 1747 during the most disastrous months FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b084d7hs) Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck (director) of the War of the Austrian Succession, Handel's oratorio Joshua tapped in to contemporary events with a tale of conflict, heroism Complete Mozart Piano Concertos ­ Programme 2 5:12 AM and deliverance, and was not surprisingly a huge success with its Dvorák, Antonín (1841­1904) first audiences. By contrast, the bleak and inward­looking Catriona Young presents the second programme in a series Symphony No.3 in E flat major (Op.10) Theodora ­ about the Christian martyr of that name and her featuring Mozart's complete piano concertos from Russian Radio, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Hiroyuki Iwaki (conductor) Roman lover Didymus ­ failed to make an impression, and ran for with pianist Mikhail Voskresensky. 5:44 AM just three performances. It's now widely regarded as one of 12:31 AM Wagner, Richard [1813­1883] Handel's finest works ­ the last thoughts of a great master. A Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) Siegfried Idyll month after he finished Theodora, Handel noted what he called a Piano Concerto No.12 in A major K.414 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles severe "relaxation" of his left eye. Within two years his blindness Mikhail Voskresensky (piano); Pavel Slobodkin Centre Chamber (conductor) would be complete. Even then he continued to play the organ, Orchestra, Moscow, Leonid Nikolaev (conductor) 6:03 AM 12:55 AM though now he had to be guided to it, then back towards the Field, John (1782­1837) audience to take his bow. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) Andante inédit in E flat major for piano Piano Concerto No.21 in C K.467 Marc­André Hamelin (Piano) Organ Concerto in D minor, Op 7 No 4 (HWV 309) (4th mvt, Mikhail Voskresensky (piano); Pavel Slobodkin Centre Chamber 6:11 AM Orchestra, Moscow, Leonid Nikolaev (conductor) Allegro) Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) Bob van Asperen, organ and direction 1:21 AM Kirchen­Sonate in B flat (K. 212) for 2 violins, double bass and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) organ Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K.491 Royal Academy of Music Beckett Ensemble, Patrick Russill Sinfonia in B flat, HWV 347 Mikhail Voskresensky (piano); Pavel Slobodkin Centre Chamber (Conductor) Concerto Köln Orchestra, Moscow, Leonid Nikolaev (conductor) 6:16 AM 1:51 AM Durante, Francesco (1684­1755) Joshua, HWV 64 (Act 2, 'Glory to God!') Bach, Johann Christian (1735­1782) Concerto No.8 in A major 'La pazzia' James Gilchrist, tenor (Joshua) Quintet in E flat, Op.11 No 4, for flute, oboe, violin, viola and Concerto Koln. Kölner Kammerchor double bass Collegium Cartusianum Les Ambassadeurs FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b084dbdj) Peter Neumann, conductor 2:07 AM Friday ­ Clemency Burton­Hill Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778­1837) Organ Concerto in G minor, Op 7 No 5 (HWV 310) Piano Quintet in E flat major/minor (Op.87) (1825) Clemency Burton­Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast Paul Nicholson, organ Tobias Ringborg (violin), Ingegard Kierkegaard (viola), John show, featuring listener requests. Brandenburg Consort Ehde (cello), Håkan Ehrén (double bass), Stefan Lindgren (piano) Roy Goodman, conductor and harpsichord continuo 2:27 AM Email [email protected]. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756­1791) Theodora, HWV 68 (Act 3, 'Streams of pleasure ever flowing'; Bastien and Bastienne, K.50: overture FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b084dbq5) 'Thither let our hearts aspire') Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) Friday ­ Sarah Walker with Vivienne Parry Robin Blaze, countertenor (Didymus) 2:31 AM Susan Gritton, soprano (Theodora) Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840­1893) 9am Gabrieli Players Variations on a roccoco theme in A, for cello and orchestra My favourite... lute music. Sarah shares a selection of her Paul McCreesh, conductor (Op.33) favourite pieces written for the lute, with works by Vivaldi, Bartosz Koziak (cello), Polish Radio Orchestra, Andrzej Dowland and Bach played by such celebrated lutenists as Jakob Organ Concerto in B flat, Op 7 No 3 (HWV 308) Mysinski (conductor) Lindberg, Christopher Wilson, Nigel North and Paul O'Dette. Richard Egarr, organ 2:52 AM Academy of Ancient Music Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich (1865­1936) 9.30am Mazurka in F sharp minor (Op.25 No.2) Take part in today's musical challenge: name a piece of music Producer: Chris Barstow. Stefan Lindgren (Piano) used in a film or TV programme. 2:58 AM FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b084dc08) Maliszewski, Witold [1873­1939] 10am Brahms at the Citadel, Episode 4 Symphony No.1 in G minor (Op.8) Sarah's guest is the science writer and broadcaster Vivienne Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor) Parry. A scientist by training, Vivienne is best known for having Kate Molleson presents the fourth lunchtime concert this week presented the BBC television series Tomorrow's World, and for focussing on the chamber music of Johannes Brahms. Recorded 3:34 AM her Radio 4 programmes which include Just So Science, about the at Aberdeen Citadel, the concert begins with Beethoven's Trio No Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714­1788) science behind the animals of the Just So stories, and the multi 11, with the cello part transcribed by Alec Frank­Gemmill for Cantata: Heilig, Heilig (Wq.217/H.778) award winning series Am I Normal? Vivienne writes for horn. Brahms luscious Scherzo from the FAE sonata is then Netherlands Chamber Choir, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton newspapers including The Times and The Guardian, and is followed by his trio for horn, violin and piano. Koopman (conductor) science editor of Good Housekeeping magazine. Her book, The 3:41 AM Truth About Hormones, was nominated for the Aventis Science Beethoven: Piano Trio No.11 in E flat, WoO 38 Ravel, Maurice (1875­1937) Prize. Throughout the week Vivienne talks to Sarah about her Brahms: Scherzo from FAE Sonata Une Barque sur l'océan ­ from no.3 of 'Miroirs' passion for communicating science, and shares her favourite Brahms: Trio for horn violin & piano Op 40 Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (conductor) pieces of classical music. 3:49 AM Alec Frank­Gemmill ­ horn Chopin, Frédéric (1810­1849) 10.30am Pavel Kolesnikov ­ piano Scherzo for piano No.3 (Op.39) in C sharp minor Music in Time: Classical Stephanie Gonley ­ violin. Simon Trpceski (piano) Sarah places Music in Time, putting the spotlight on the Classical Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 3 – 9 December 2016 Page 11 of 11

FRI 14:00 Afternoon on 3 (b084dc54) on his comission with Radio 3's composer in residence, Matt BBC Concert Orchestra, Episode 4 Kaner.

Katie Derham presents the conclusion to this week's Opera Presenter: Ian McMillan Matinee ­ Rameau's Les Indes Galantes, in a production from the Producer: Jessica Treen. Munich Opera Festival. Plus more from this week's featured ensemble, the BBC Concert Orchestra with British music by FRI 22:45 The Essay (b084fvm1) Alwyn, German and Will Todd. Changing My Mind, Time

2pm "It sounds such a simple business.. 'I changed my mind.' Subject, Rameau: Les Indes Galantes ­ part 2 (Acts 4 & 5) verb, object ­ a clear, clean action..."

Hebe/Zima .... Lisette Oropesa (soprano) In five essays, the acclaimed author asks whether his point of Bellone .... Goran Juric (bass) view has changed through the years. Referring to historical L'Amour/Zaire .... Ana Quintans (soprano) characters and scenes from his own life, he now thinks about the Osman/Ali .... Tareq Nazmi (bass) vagaries of time, beginning with a visit to the barbers on the eve Emile ..... Elsa Benoit (soprano) of his 70th birthday. Valere/Tacmas ..... Cyril Auvity (tenor) Huascar/Don Alvaro .... Francois Lis (bass) Producer Duncan Minshull. Phani/Fatime ..... Anna Prohaska (soprano) Don Carlos/Damon .... Mathias Vidal (tenor) FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b084fvtd) Adario .... John Moore (baritone) Kathryn Tickell ­ Lady Maisery in Session Munchner Festspielorchester Balthasar­Neumann Chor, Freiburg Kathryn Tickell introduces a live session with the all­female Ivor Bolton (conductor) English folk group Lady Maisery, which explore vocal harmonies in an almost lost tradition both in the UK and North Europe. Also c.3.20pm new releases of music from across the globe, a highlight from our William Alwyn: Symphony No 3 World Music Archive, and a BBC Introducing band too. BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor John Gibbons

German: Henry VIII incidental music BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor John Wilson c.4.05pm Will Todd: Concerto for Emma Emma Johnson (clarinet), BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Philip Ellis.

FRI 16:30 In Tune (b084dclp) Friday ­ Sean Rafferty

Sean Rafferty's guests include choral ensemble Siglo de Oro who perform live in the studio.

FRI 18:30 Composer of the Week (b084dbsz) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]

FRI 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (b084dcrh) BBC Philharmonic ­ Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Chopin

Live from the Victoria Hall, Hanley Presented by Tom Redmond

The BBC Philharmonic, conducted by their Chief Conductor Juanjo Mena in Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky. They are joined by young virtuoso BBC New Generation Artist, Pavel Kolesnikov for Chopin's F minor Piano Concerto.

Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Op.72 ­ No.3 in F, No.8 in A flat, No.2 in E minor and No.7 in C Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor

8.25 Music Interval

8.45 Mussorgsky ed. Rimsky­Korsakov: A Night on Bare Mountain Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker ­ March, Divertissement, Waltz of the Flowers

All the energy and vivacity of the dance pervade this programme which opens with four of Dvorak's most popular and tuneful Slavonic Dances and closes with a selection of some of the best known music from Tchaikovsky's colourful and entrancing ballet, The Nutcracker. Virtuosic young BBC New Generation Artist, Pavel Kolesnikov joins the orchestra for the luminous melody and Polish dance rhythms of Chopin's Second Piano Concerto and after the interval Mussorgsky's vivid portrayal of the of the Witches' Sabbath, Night on a Bare Mountain, sees revelling evil spirits dispersed by the ringing of a church bell.

FRI 22:00 The Verb (b084df9h) Ian Rawes, Meike Zeivogel, Oli Hazzard, Matt Kaner

Ian McMillan presents the Friday night cabaret of the word with guests Ian Rawes, Meike Zeivogel, Oli Hazzard and Matt Kaner.

Ian Rawes runs the London Survey which aims to archive and preserve the everyday sounds of London Life. He has just published 'Honk, Conk and Squacket: Fabulous and Forgotten Sound Words from a Vanished Age of Listening'.

Meike Zeirvogel is an author and also runs Periene Press, which publishes best­selling European novels in new English translations.

Oli Hazzard is the latest poet to tackle the 'Three Score and Ten' commission to celebrate Radio 3's 70th birthday. Oli has worked

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