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Radio 3 Listings for 6 – 12 February 2010 Page 1 of 14 SATURDAY 06 FEBRUARY 2010 soprano, tenor, bass and instruments Live from the Met La Capelle Ducale SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b00qf5w9) Verdi's Simon Boccanegra John Shea explores some of the 18th Century's hidden gems 06:40AM Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893) Verdi's dark score forms the background for one of his most 01:01AM Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra, op. 33 commanding operas on many of his favourite themes: the Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911) Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Alexander Rudin (cello & people pitted against the aristocratic few; power and politics; Symphony no. 3 in D minor conductor). illegitimacy and forbidden love. All of these are in play as the Petra Lang (mezzo-soprano), Women of the Oslo Philharmonic Plebeian Doge of 14th Century Genoa struggles against his Orchestra (choir), NRK boys' choir, Oslo Philharmonic Patrician bitter rival. Plácido Domingo takes on one of the great Orchestra (orchestra), Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b00qf7dp) baritone roles of the repertoire, Simon Boccanegra, and bass Saturday - Suzy Klein James Morris plays his nemesis, Jacopo Fiesco. 02:36AM Vierne, Louis (1870-1937) Breakfast on Radio 3 with Suzy Klein. Start the day with a Presented by Margaret Juntwait with guest commentator Ira Cello Sonata in B minor (Op.27) refreshing choice of music. Siff. Including backstage interviews and the famous Met Quiz Elizabeth Dolin (cello), Carmen Picard (piano) during the intervals. 03:01AM SAT 09:00 CD Review (b00qf7gc) Simon Boccanegra: Plácido Domingo (baritone) Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) Building a Library: Berlioz's Te Deum Amelia: Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano) Quartet for strings in F major Gabriele Adorno: Marcello Giordano (tenor) Biava Quartet With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library: Berlioz's Te Jacopo Fiesco: James Morris (bass) Deum; Recent releases including Gennady Rozhdestvensky; Paolo Albiani: Nicola Alaimo (bass) 03:31AM Disc of the Week: Strauss' Rosenkavalier-Suite; Ein Pietro: Richard Bernstein (baritone) Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Heldenleben. Maidservant: Joyce El-Khoury (soprano) Concerto for piano and orchestra no.17 (K.453) in G major Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, James Levine (conductor). Terje Tønnesen (conductor) SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b00qf7h4) The Gambler/Sibelius/Van Doesburg/The Westbrooks 04:01AM SAT 21:45 The Wire (b00qf7lb) Castelnuovo Tedesco, Mario (1895-1968) Petroc Trelawny explores the world of Prokofiev's action- The Gold Farmer Capriccio Diabolico for guitar (Op.85) packed opera The Gambler, reads a new biography of composer Goran Listes (guitar) Jean Sibelius, visits a new exhibition of works by Dadaist Theo A dark fantasy by Alan Harris about two men striving to be van Doesburg, and meets jazz duo The Westbrooks. warriors in an atomised world. 04:11AM Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787) Terry is a clerk in a Cardiff law firm. He only moved to Wales Symphony in C major, Op.10/4 SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00qpjvx) to be close to oblivious colleague Sally, and now he's lonely, La Stagione, Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor) Dimitrie Cantemir alienated and beginning to get things out of proportion. 04:20AM Lucie Skeaping profiles the extraordinary life and work of the But online, Terry is Tork Thunderbolt - a warrior in the Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) polyglot Dimitrie Cantemir. Born in Moldavia in 1673, he Kingdom of Dragons. His best friend is Greyhawk, a fellow Piano Sonata in F sharp (Op.78) became one of the foremost intellectuals of Eastern Europe. gamer. But Greyhawk is hiding a shameful secret. And that's Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960) (piano) Scholar, Orientalist, composer, theorist, historian, and fleetingly not the only surprise waiting to derail Terry's delicate grasp on Prince of Moldavia, he also was a virtuoso played of the tanbur, real life. 04:30AM a long-necked lute. In 1710 Cantemir compiled 'The Book of Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) the Science of Music', a collection of about 355 compositions, 9 CAST Sonata for trumpet, strings and basso continuo in D major of which were by Cantemir himself. This collection charted the Terry ..... Rory Kinnear Ivan Hadliyski (trumpet), Kammerorchester, Alipi Naydenov theory and forms of 17th century Ottoman music, and was Chao ..... Paul Courtenay Hyu (conductor) written in a notation also devised by Cantemir. The music in the Sally ..... Annabelle Dowler programme includes several works form this book, and Barrie ..... Philip Fox 04:36AM traditional music from the Ottoman world during this time, Players ..... Stephen Hogan Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) including recordings by Hesperion XXI. 5 Songs for chorus (Op.104) Directed by Abigail le Fleming. Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor) SAT 14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00qc01z) THE WRITER 04:50AM Yevgeny Sudbin Alan Harris has recently been commissioned by National Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958) Theatre Wales to write their first show, A Good Night Out in The Wasps - Overture from the Incidental Music The young Russian pianist Yevgeny Sudbin has been hailed as the Valleys, which will be performed in March 2010. BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) one of the most important pianistic talents of our time. A He's also working on an oratorio for the Welsh National Opera's chance today to hear him live at WIgmore Hall in a stylistically MAX department and has recently finished a radio project at 05:01AM varied programme of two of Haydn's elegant piano sonatas, HMP Cardiff. Ibert, Jacques (1890-1962) Liszt's "Harmonies du soir" from the fiendishly difficult He has written plays for and worked with companies such as Trois Pièces Brèves "Transcendental Studies" , and Chopin's intensely beautiful Sherman Cymru (Cardboard Dad), Hijinx Theatre (Miss Brown The Ariart Woodwind Quintet Ballade No. 4 in F minor. To You), Paines Plough, The Operating Theatre Company, Sgript Cymru and Pentabus Theatre and has been a new writing 05:08AM tutor for Sherman Cymru and the National Youth Theatre of Bach, Johann Michael (1648-1694) SAT 15:00 World Routes (b00gh5yw) Great Britain. Liebster Jesu, hor mein Flehen World Routes in North East Brazil Maria Zedelius (soprano), David Cordier (alto), Paul Elliott and Hein Meens (tenors), Michael Schopper (bass), Musica Antiqua Coco music, the pifano flute and Sebastian Dias SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b00qf7lq) Koln, Reinhard Goebel (director) Four International Composers Lucy Duran travels to rural north-east Brazil in search of 05:16AM traditional Forro, a style of country music much-loved there but Ed McKeon introduces a concert programme of works by four Arriaga, Juan Crisostomo (1806-1826) little-known outside. She reaches the Sertao - Brazil's vast, hot composers hailing from Europe, the UK and America, played Los Esclavos Felices - overture and, in parts, lawless semi-desert. She meets a community of by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Jac van Steen Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor) former slaves who settled in this remote part of the country to conducts David Sawer's Byrnan Wood - now a modern classic escape their Portuguese masters. which marked the composer's rise to major public recognition 05:23AM when it was premiered at the BBC Proms in 1992. Arlene Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) Including music for the indigenous pifano flute and a session by Sierra - an American-born composer now resident in the UK - Images II local politician-cum-protest singer Sebastian Dias. is represented by her more recent work, Aquilo, which won Roger Woodward (piano) Sierra the Takemitsu Prize in 2001. Huw Watkins, a pianist/composer still in his early thirties performs his own 05:37AM SAT 16:00 Jazz Library (b00qf7jz) Piano Concerto, which was commissioned by the BBC for this Musorgsky, Modest (1839-1881) Jaco Pastorius orchestra in 2002. And German composer Christian Jost, whose Khovanschina: Prelude; Dance of the Persian Slaves music the BBCNOW has warmly espoused recently, is Sofia Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ivan Marinov Jaco Pastorius was a master of the fretless electric bass, and represented by his 2003 composition CocoonSymphonie: Five became a key figure in jazz-rock fusion. To identify the Gateways of a Journey into the Interior. 05:51AM essential Pastorius albums, Alyn Shipton is joined by pianist (photo of Ed McKeon by Katya Evdokimova) Chambonnieres, Jacques Champion de (c.1601-1672) Gwilym Simcock, to cover music ranging from discs by Pièces de clavecin du premier livre (Paris, 1670) Weather Report and Joni Mitchell to several of the records the David Sawer: Byrnan Wood (20:46) Hank Knox (harpsichord) bassist made under his own name. BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jac Van Steen (conductor) 06:04AM Producer: Alyn Shipton. Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826) Arlene Sierra: Aquilo (10:30) Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B flat (J.182) (Op.34) [1815] BBC National Orchestra of Wales Lena Jonhäll (clarinet) with the Zetterqvist String Quartet SAT 17:00 Jazz Record Requests (b00qf7k1) Jac Van Steen (conductor) Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. 06:29AM Huw Watkins: Piano Concerto (21:47) Förster, Kaspar (1616-1673) Huw Watkins (piano) Vanitas vanitatum - dialogus de Divite et paupere Lazaro for SAT 18:00 Opera on 3 (b00qf7l8) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 6 – 12 February 2010 Page 2 of 14 Jac Van Steen (conductor) 03:33AM - and the occasional surprise. Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Christian Jost: Cocoonsymphonie (23:56) Humoreske for piano in B flat major (Op.20) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Ivetta Irkha (piano) SUN 10:00 Sunday Morning (b00qf7mr) Jac Van Steen (conductor) North and South 03:57AM Rautavaara, Einojuhani (b.