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Radio 3 Listings for 16 – 22 November 2013 Page 1 of 10 SATURDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2013 Benjamin, Arthur (1893-1960) SAT 16:00 Sound of Cinema (b03hk1yf) Overture to an Italian Comedy The Films of Ridley Scott SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b03h3xdz) Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Post (conductor) Beethoven's 6th (Pastoral) and Nielsen's 4th Symphony from Matthew Sweet looks back at scores from the films of the Copenhagen with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra 5:27 AM distinguished British director Sir Ridley Scott whose new film conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Jonathan Swain Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827] "The Counsellor" is released this week. presents. 2 Sonatinas for mandonlin: C minor WoO 43/1 and C major WoW 44/1 Ridley Scott's wide ranging output includes The Duellists, 1:01 AM Avi Avital (mandolin) Shalev Ad-El (harpsichord) Alien, Bladerunner, Legend, Thelma and Louise, 1492 - Olesen, Thomas Agerfeldt [b.1969] Conquest of Paradise, Heaven of Heaven, Hannibal, GI Jane, Fanfare for brass and percussion (Premiere) 5:34 AM Prometheus, Robin Hood, Gladiator and he's collaborated with Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) some of the greatest film composers of our time, including 1:03 AM Havanaise Jerry Goldsmith, Vangelis, Michael Kamen, Hans Zimmer and Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827] Vilmos Szabadi (violin), Marta Gulyas (piano) Harry Gregson Williams. His latest project, The Counsellor, Symphony no. 6 (Op.68) in F major "Pastoral"; arrives in cinemas this week with a score by rising British star, 5:43 AM Daniel Pemberton. 1:48 AM Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Nielsen, Carl [1865-1931] 12 Variations for piano in B flat (K.500) Symphony no. 4 (Op.29) "The Inextinguishable"; Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) SAT 17:00 Jazz Record Requests (b03hk1yq) Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Swing Trumpeters Burgos (conductor) 5:52 AM Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich (1732-1795) Alyn Shipton's selection of listeners' requests focuses on music 2:27 AM Sinfonia for strings and continuo in D minor by swing trumpeters, with Ruby Braff, Buck Clayton and Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) Das Kleine Konzert Muggsy Spanier. Octet for strings in E flat (Op.20) Leonidas Kavakos, Per Kristian Skalstad, Frode Larsen and Tor 6:01 AM Johan Böen (violins), Lars Anders Tomter and Catherine Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849] SAT 18:00 Jazz Line-Up (b03hk1yw) Bullock (violas), Öystein Sonstad and Ernst Simon Glaser Sonata for piano no. 2 (Op.35) in B flat minor; The European Jazz Orchestra (cellos) Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) Claire Martin presents a concert performance by the European 3:01 AM 6:24 AM Jazz Orchestra, recorded at this year's Stockholm Jazz Festival, Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) featuring emerging UK saxophonist Mike Fletcher. Band Line- Double Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello (Op.102) Cello Concerto in A minor (Op.129) up: Ann-Sofi Söderqvist – composer, conductor (Sweden), Sølve Sigerland (violin), Ellen Margrete Flesjø (cello), The Andreas Brantelid (cello), Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Eri Darko Sedak Benčić, trumpet (Croatia), Bastian Stein, trumpet Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Peter Szilvay (conductor) Klas (conductor) (Austria), Menzel Mutzke, trumpet (Germany), Tomaž Gajšt, trumpet (Slovenia), Richard Leonard, Trombone (UK), Roberto 3:34 AM 6:47 AM Lorenzo Elekes, trombone (Spain), Francesco di Giulio, Širola, Božidar (1889-1956) Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) trombone (Italy), Robert Hedemann, trombone (Germany), Missa Poetica The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture (Op.26) Mike Fletcher, alto saxophone (UK), Michal Wróblewski, alto Slovenian Chamber Choir, Vladimir Kranjcevic (conductor) The Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa saxophone, clarinet (the Czech Republic), Jean Dousteyssier, (conductor). tenor saxophone, clarinet (France), José Maria Gonçalves 4:06 AM Perreira, tenor saxophone, clarinet (Portugal), Linda Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741] Fredriksson, baritone saxophone, flute (Finland), Joel Remmel, Concerto for Sopranino, Two Violins and Basso Continuo RV SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b03hk1y5) piano (Estonia), Daniël Dudok, guitar (Netherlands). Matthias 108; Saturday - Martin Handley Flemming Petri, bass (Denmark), Andrej Hočevar, drums Bolette Roed (recorder), Arte dei Suonatori (ensemble) (Slovenia), Jean-Lou Treboux, percussion (Switzerland) , Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, Kristin Amparo, vocals (Sweden). European Broadcast Union 4:15 AM featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests. Recording, recorded at Svergie Radio, Studio 4, Stockholm on Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924) 18th October 2013, as part of the Stockholm Jazz Festival Nocturne in C sharp minor (Op.74) Email [email protected] or text 83111. Stéphane Lemelin (piano) SAT 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b03hk1yy) 4:23 AM SAT 09:00 CD Review (b03hk1y7) Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911) Building a Library: Britten: The Turn of the Screw Romance for violin and orchestra in G major (Op.26) BBC Philharmonic - Gray, Chausson, Berlioz, Dukas, Walton Julia Fischer (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Britten: (part 1) Christopher Warren-Green (conductor) The Turn of the Screw; Early recordings by Christopher Hogwood; Disc of the Week: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde. Live from The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester 4:32 AM Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Presented by Martin Handley Notturno (D.897) for piano and strings in E flat major SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b03hk1y9) Vadim Repin (violin), Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello), Leif Ove Sir John Tavener The BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Yutaka Sado, perform Andsnes (piano) works including Barry Gray's 'Thunderbirds' suite, Chausson's Tom Service pays tribute to the composer John Tavener, who 'Poème' with Sayaka Shoji and Walton's Symphony No 1. 4:41 AM died this week, with an interview he recorded last month at the Tormis, Veljo (b. 1930) composer's home in Dorset. Gray, arr. Black: 'Thunderbirds' Suite Sügismaastikud [1 On hilissuvi (It Is Late Summer); 2 Üle taeva Chausson: Poème jooksevad pilved (Clouds Racing Across the Sky); 3 Kahvatu Berlioz: Rêverie et Caprice valgus (Pale Light); 4 Valusalt punased lehed (Painfully Red SAT 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b03h3nx2) Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice Leaves); Wigmore Hall: Takacs Quartet 5 Tuul kõnnumaa kohal (Wind on the Wasteland); 6 Külm 8:25 Interval: Discovering Music sügisöö (Cold Autumn Night); 7 Kanarbik (Heather)] Live from Wigmore Hall, London. Estonian Radio Choir, Toomas Kapten (conductor) 8:45 The award winning and popular Takacs Quartet, Associate Walton: Symphony No 1 4:50 AM Artists at Wigmore Hall, perform works by Mozart and Marcello, Alessandro (1669-1747) Beethoven. BBC Philharmonic Concerto in D minor Yutaka Sado (conductor) Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet), Colm Carey (organ ) Mozart: Quartet in E flat major, K428 Sayaka Shoji (violin) Beethoven: Quartet in C minor, Op 18 No 4 5:01 AM The BBC Philharmonic's programme tonight reflects their Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868) Takacs Quartet 'Mancunian Way' of doing things! They begin with Manchester- La scala di seta - overture trained Barry Gray's iconic music for 'Thunderbirds', and end BBC National Orchestra of Wales, James Clark (conductor) Presented by Louise Fryer. with Walton's angry young man's symphony. Written in those uneasy inter-war years, his First Symphony is a controlled 5:07 AM explosion of passion and shattering energy. There's a French Söderman, August (1832-1876), lyrics by Johan Ludvig SAT 14:00 Saturday Classics (b03hk1yc) treat between these two works as Japanese virtuoso Sayaka Runeberg Kathryn Stott: South America Shoji plays two contrasting showpieces for the violin. And Three songs from 'Idyll and Epigram' - När den sköna maj med wizardry completes this evening's menu, with Dukas's 'The sippor kommit; Mellan friska blomster genom lunden; Minna Episode 2 Sorcerer's Apprentice', famous from Disney's 'Fantasia' and satt I lunden conjured up tonight in full orchestral Technicolor. Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson (conductor) Pianist Kathryn Stott presents the second of two programmes looking at musicians from, and music inspired by Latin 5:14 AM America. The programme includes Cuban pieces by Gershwin, SAT 20:25 Discovering Music (b03hk1z0) Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Lecuona and Leo Brouwer, Baroque music from Bolivia and Walton: Symphony No.1 Impromptu No.4 in A flat major - from Impromptus for piano Milhaud's Brazilian-inspired "Le Boeuf sur le Toit", alongside (D.899) performances by the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra and three Stephen Johnson uncovers the potent mix of musical and Sook-Hyun Cho (female) (piano) incredible pianists: the Cuban Jorge Bolet, Chilean Claudio personal influences behind the devastating power of Walton's Arrau and Venezuelan Gabriela Montero. first symphony. 5:20 AM Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 16 – 22 November 2013 Page 2 of 10 SAT 20:45 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b03hk23w) 1:31 AM Pavane pour une infante défunte Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Bartók, Béla [1881-1945] Zsolt Szatmári (clarinet), Zoltán Kocsis (piano) Bagpipes and Pizzicato, from 44 Duos for Two Violins (Sz. 98) BBC Philharmonic - Gray, Chausson, Berlioz, Dukas, Walton Patricia Kopatchinskaja & Abdel-Hamid El Shwekh (violins) 5:51 AM (part 2) Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901) 1:34 AM Pater noster for chorus Live from The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Radio France Chorus, Donald Palumbo (conductor) Serenade no.10 in B flat major K.361 for 13 wind instruments, Presented by Martin Handley 'Gran Partita' 6:00 AM Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Järvi (conductor) Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) The BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Yutaka Sado, perform Symphony No.1 in C major, Op.21 ] works including Barry Gray's 'Thunderbirds' suite, Chausson's 2:09 AM Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, Frans Brüggen 'Poème' with Sayaka Shoji and Walton's Symphony No 1. Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750] (conductor) Partita for keyboard no. 1 (BWV.825) in B flat major Gray, arr. Black: 'Thunderbirds' Suite Sanziana Mircea (piano) 6:29 AM Chausson: Poème Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Berlioz: Rêverie et Caprice 2:27 AM 3 Lieder: Die Forelle (Op.32); Nacht und Träume (Op.43 Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice Franck, César [1822-1890] No.2); Der Musensohn (Op.92 No.1) Prelude, Chorale and Fugue (M.21) Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) 8:25 Interval: Discovering Music Sanziana Mircea (piano) 6:37 AM 8:45 2:45 AM Hammerschmidt, Andreas (1611/12-1675) Walton: Symphony No 1 Bruhns, Nicolaus (1665-1697) Suite in D minor for gambas - from the collection 'Erster Fleiß' Cantata: 'O werter heil'ger Geist' Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director) BBC Philharmonic Greta de Reyghere (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Yutaka Sado (conductor) Guy de Mey (tenor), Max van Egmond (bass), Ricercar Consort 6:53 AM Sayaka Shoji (violin) Bernat Vivancos (b.1973) 3:01 AM El cant del ocells The BBC Philharmonic's programme tonight reflects their Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897] Ieva Ezeriete (soprano); Latvian Radio Choir; Sigvards Klava 'Mancunian Way' of doing things! They begin with Manchester- Sextet no. 1 in B flat major Op.18 for strings (conductor). trained Barry Gray's iconic music for 'Thunderbirds', and end Marianne Thorsen (violin), Viktor Stenhjem (violin), Rachel with Walton's angry young man's symphony. Written in those Roberts (viola), Radim Sedmidubsky (viola), Alasdair Strange uneasy inter-war years, his First Symphony is a controlled (cello), Henrik Brendstrup (cello) SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b03hk3j2) explosion of passion and shattering energy. There's a French Sunday - Martin Handley treat between these two works as Japanese virtuoso Sayaka 3:41 AM Shoji plays two contrasting showpieces for the violin. And Elgar, Edward [1857-1934] Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, wizardry completes this evening's menu, with Dukas's 'The In the south (Alassio) - overture (Op.50) featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests. Sorcerer's Apprentice', famous from Disney's 'Fantasia' and BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek (conductor) conjured up tonight in full orchestral Technicolor. Email [email protected] or text 83111. 4:03 AM Quantz, Johann Joachim [1697-1773] SAT 22:00 Hear and Now (b03hk2y5) Trio (QV 218) in E flat major SUN 09:00 Sunday Morning (b03hk3j4) Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2013 Nova Stravaganza Looking forward to the new Royal Opera House production of Parsifal, James Jolly's selection focuses on operas set in Spain, Episode 1 4:12 AM with music from not only Wagner, but also Verdi, Mozart (by Rosenmuller, Johann [c.1619-1684] way of Chopin) and Vives. Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces live music from the 2013 De profundis - Psalm 129 (130) Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival courtesy of the Johanna Koslowsky (soprano), David Cordier (countertenor), James's archive artist is Mady Mesple, and the week's cantata is Strasburg based Ensemble Linea and Irvine Arditti. Their Gerd Türk (tenor), Stephan Schreckenberger (bass), Cantus Telemann's "Es sind schon die lezten Zeiten" (The Last Days programme includes the UK Premiere of Brian Ferneyhough's Cölln, Konrad Junghänel (director and lute), Carsten Lohff Are Already upon Us), which is a bracing and tempestuous liber scintillarum in the composer's 70th birthday year together (organ) cantata about the end of the world. with the World Premiere of a new hcmf// and BBC Radio 3 commission from James Clarke. 4:25 AM Ysaÿe, Eugène (1858-1931) SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b01n6r08) Sara also reports on another hcmf// and BBC Radio 3 Caprice d'après l'Etude en forme de Valse, op.52 no.6, de Saint- Michele Roberts commission from Cecilie Ore performed earlier today at the Saens festival by the BBC Singers. Karol Danis (violin), Iveta Sabová (piano) Michael Berkeley's guest on Private Passions is the novelist and short story writer Michele Roberts. The child of a French Bent Sorensen: Benedictus 4:34 AM mother and English father, she was brought up and still divides Cecilie Ore: Come to the Edge (World Premiere) Gratton, Hector [1900-1970] arr. Passmore, David her time between the two countries. She studied English at BBC Singers Quatrieme danse canadienne arranged for piano trio Oxford University, worked for the British Council, and then Nicholas Kok - conductor Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William became a writer. She is currently Emeritus Professor of Tritt (piano) Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Brian Ferneyhough: liber scintillarum (UK Premiere) Raphaël Cendo: Rokh I (UK Premiere) 4:38 AM She is the author of twelve highly acclaimed novels, including James Clarke: 2013 - V (World Premiere) Bersa, Blagoje (1873-1934) 'Daughters of the House' (1992), which was shortlisted for the Ensemble Linea, Irvine Arditti - violin Capriccio-Scherzo (Op.25c) (1902) Booker Prize and won the W H Smith Literary Award; 'Flesh Jean-Philippe Wurtz - conductor Croatian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mladen Tarbuk and Blood' (1994), 'The Looking Glass' (2000), 'Reader, I (conductor) Married Him' (2005), and her latest novel, 'Ignorance' (2012), a Hector Parra: Fragments on Fragility war-time novel set in France. She has also published a memoir, Arditti Quartet. 4:47 AM 'Paper Houses', dealing with the themes that inform her novels - Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869) love, feminist ideals and the legacy of her Catholic upbringing; Overture to Les Franc-juges (Op.3) and a collection of short stories of sex and love, entitled 'Mud' Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, John Nelson (conductor) (2010). SUNDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2013 5:01 AM Music has always played an important part in Michele Roberts's SUN 00:00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz (b03hk3hy) Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872) life, and her choices begin with Bach's Magnificat and continue Sonny Rollins Ballet Music for the Merry wives of Windsor by Otto Nicolai with an aria from Handel's cantata 'Donna, che in ciel di tanta Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz luce splendi', in praise of the Virgin Mary. Michele says she Geoffrey selects live archive performances by the legendary (conductor) wanted to be a nun as a teenager, and became fascinated by tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, in inspired partnerships with female mystics and saints, including Hildegard of Bingen. She the likes of drum giants Tony Williams and Elvin Jones. 5:10 AM loves Kathleen Ferrier's voice, singing Handel's 'O Thou that Arban, Jean-Baptiste [1825-1889] tellest good tidings to Zion', which she finds very comforting. Variations on "Casta diva... Ah! Bello" from Bellini's 'Norma' She also appreciates the voices of Alfred Deller, Jacques Brel SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b03hk3j0) Alison Balsom (trumpet), John Reid (piano) and Bob Dylan, as well as an Italian women partisans' song, Gramophone Award winner Patricia Kopatchinskaja is the Bella Ciao, which appeals to her republican sympathies, and the soloist in Mozart's 4th Vioin Concerto, with the Suisse 5:17 AM Portuguese fado singer Mariza. Her choices end as they began, Romande Orchestra and Neeme Jarvi. John Shea presents. Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809] with Bach. Trio for keyboard and strings in C major (H.15.27) 1:01 AM Ondine Trio Dvorák, Antonín [1841-1904] SUN 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00lfq8m) Nocturne in B major (Op.40) 5:34 AM City of London Festival 2009 Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Järvi (conductor) Fesch, Willem de (1687-1757) Concerto in B flat major (Op.10 No.2) Jennifer Pike, Martin Roscoe 1:09 AM Manfred Kraemer and Laura Johnson (violins), Musica ad Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Rhenum Sonatas by Grieg and Beethoven plus James MacMillan's A Violin Concerto no.4 in D major (K.218) ] Different World, performed by violinist Jennifer Pike and Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Orchestre de la Suisse 5:44 AM pianist Martin Roscoe in St Bride's, Fleet Street, at the 2009 Romande, Neeme Järvi (conductor) Ravel, Maurice [1875-1937] arranged by Zoltán Kocsis City of London Festival. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 16 – 22 November 2013 Page 3 of 10 Grieg: Violin Sonata No 2 in G, Op 13 However, many others such as the poets Auden and Spender, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] James MacMillan: A Different World novelists Rose Macaulay and Storm Jameson and philosophers Don Giovanni - Overture Beethoven: Violin Sonata in G, Op 30 No 3 CEM Joad and Bertrand Russell were also caught up in the Prague Chamber Orchestra debate about "the just war." Jennifer Pike (violin) 12:37 AM Martin Roscoe (piano). Apart from archival statements from "cultural conchies" it also Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] features contributions from living composers, politicians, Symphony no. 38 (K.504) in D major "Prague" writers and commentators, including Baroness Shirley Williams, Prague Chamber Orchestra SUN 14:00 The Early Music Show (b03hk6gy) whose mother Vera Brittain founded the Peace Pledge Union, The Tallis Scholars at 40 literary critics Lara Feigel and Valentine Cunningham, 1:05 AM composer Alexander Goehr and the president of the British Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] Lucie Skeaping's guest is Peter Phillips, director of the Academy Sir Adam Roberts. Symphony no. 41 (K.551) in C major "Jupiter"; Renaissance choral group the Tallis Scholars, which maintains Prague Chamber Orchestra its world wide popularity 40 years after it was founded. Over the years, many of their 60 or so CD recordings have reached SUN 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b03hk7r3) 1:36 AM iconic status and Peter will be choosing some of the highlights Halle - Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Stravinsky Schumann-Wieck, Clara (1819-1896) as he talks about the group's history, the important part it played Piano Trio in G minor (Op.17) in the early music revival during the 70s and 80s, and how they The Hallé Orchestra, conducted by Eduardo Portal, performs Erika Radermacher (piano), Eva Zurbrugg (violin), Angela are now broadening their horizons by commissioning and works including by Dvorak and Debussy, Stravinsky's Firebird Schwartz (cello) performing works by contemporary composers. This Suite and Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations with cellist Philip programme will also launch the 2014 National Centre for Early Higham. 2:04 AM Music's Composers' Competition in partnership with The Tallis Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (1897-1957) Scholars and BBC Radio 3. Live from The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester Violin Concerto in D Op 35 Presented by Stuart Flinders James Ehnes (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor) SUN 15:00 Choral Evensong (b03h3w00) Dvorak: Legends (selection) Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme 2:31 AM Reicha, Anton (1770-1836) Live from Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford 8:20 Interval Oboe Quintet in F major (Op.107) Les Adieux Introit: The Lamb (Tavener) 8:40 Responses: Morley Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune 2:59 AM Psalms: 69, 70 (Stainer; Hawes; SS Wesley) Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1945) Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) First Lesson: 2 Samuel 18 vv6 â€" 19 vv4 Concerto for violin, cello, piano and orchestra (Op.56) in C Magnificat: Lambe Hallé Orchestra major Second Lesson: Romans 8 vv31-end Eduardo Portal (conductor) Arve Tellefsen (violin), Truls Mørk (cello), Håvard Gimse Nunc Dimittis: John Tavener Philip Higham (cello) (piano) Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Rolf Gupta Anthem: Valiant-for-truth (Vaughan Williams) (conductor) Hymn: Judge eternal (Rhuddlan) 'It is a delightful piece, and the fresh, joyous and rich invention Organ Voluntary: Acclamations (from Suite MÃ(c)diÃ(c)vale) of the man is simply enviable', enthused Brahms after hearing 3:35 AM (Langlais) Dvorák's wonderfully poetic Legends. Equally delightful is Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759) Tchaikovsky's tuneful tribute to the composers of the Sonata for flute and continuo (Op.1 No.1a) (HWV.379) in E Stephen Darlington (Director of Music) eighteenth century. His 'Rococo Variations' are performed by minor Ghislaine Reece-Trapp (Organ Scholar). rising star of the cello, Philip Higham. Then for the exotic, The Sonora Hungarica Consort erotic atmosphere of Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune in which a faun dreams of two beautiful nymphs and 3:44 AM SUN 16:00 Choir and Organ (b03l1ygw) wonders how best to savour the memory. Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931) Sir John Tavener Glowingly orchestrated and replete with Stravinsky's Chaconne for piano (Op.32) characteristic rhythmic drive and sense of colour, The Firebird - Anders Kilström (piano) With the death of Sir John Tavener, the choir world has lost one a setting of a popular Russian fairy tale - established him as the of its most captivating voices. Greg Beardsell marks Tavener's major new voice in twentieth-century music. 3:54 AM passing with music from a concert given on Friday night by the Kersters, Willem (1929-1998) texts by Paul van Ostaijen South Iceland Chamber Choir, the world premiere of a work Hulde aan Paul (Op.79) dedicated to the group, and which the composer credited with SUN 22:00 Drama on 3 (b03hk7r5) Flemish Radio Choir, Vic Nees (conductor) restoring his musical inspiration after previous ill health. Bix: Singing the Blues 4:03 AM The jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931) has been Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741) SUN 17:30 Words and Music (b03hk7qz) described as a genius: how did he manage to create such Lute Concerto in D major Loving the Alien beautiful and influential music with such a troubled mind? Nigel North (Lute), London Baroque

Fascination with and love of the strange is the theme for this Apart from their genius, the musicians Bix Beiderbecke and 4:14 AM edition of Words and Music. Louis Armstrong had little in common. Armstrong was black Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) arr. Stefan Trayanov and Beiderbecke was white and musical segregation was Clair de lune Brian Cox and Amara Karan read poems by Tennyson, Ezra complete in the 1920's. Armstrong would go on to be one of the Eolina Quartet Pound and Craig Raine amongst others about Lotus Eaters, first musicians to challenge this racial divide, and his life story Selkies and monstrous and alien delights. There's music from is well documented. Beiderbecke was an alcoholic who died 4:19 AM composers, like Carl Maria von Weber, Britten and Gershwin young â€" but perhaps his greatest tragedy was that he never Strauss, Johann II (1825-1899) who sought inspiration from other musical traditions and got to play with the best â€" because in his view the best were An der schönen, blauen Donau cultures and an extraordinary collaboration between the Finnish black. BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen and the Kronos Quartet. There's the inter-species love of the Owl and the Pussycat described by Bix and Louis met on several occasions but only ever played 4:31 AM Edward Lear as well as Caliban's speech of promises to his together once - in a private, after-hours session. Creating a Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741) wondrous new masters and music associated with aliens of the fictionalised version of that meeting, Robert Forrest's play Trio Sonata in D minor (Op.1 No.12) 'La Folia' (1705) more traditional, extra-terrestrial kind including the theremin. explores the heart and mind of Bix Beiderbecke and his Florilegium relationship with Louis Armstrong. Producer: Natalie Steed. 4:40 AM After being close to death in 1959, Louis Armstrong is quoted Zelenka, Jan Dismas (1679-1745) as saying, De profundis (Psalm 129) in D minor SUN 18:45 Sunday Feature (b03hk7r1) 'Bix tried to get me a gig in Gabriel's band last night, but it Virtuosi di Praga, Czech Chamber Choir, Petr Chromcak Britten 100: Cultural Conchies didn't work out.'. (conductor)

To coincide with the Benjamin Britten Centenary, this 4:50 AM documentary, presented by Dennis Marks, explores the social SUN 23:30 BBC Performing Groups (b03hk7r7) Hess, Willy (1906-1997) and political background to the pacifism which was central to John Metcalf, Christian Jost Suite in B flat major for piano solo (Op.45) his creative vision and that of his fellow composer Michael Desmond Wright (piano) Tippett. Their beliefs made an impact on the personal life of The BBC National Orchestra of Wales in John Metcalf's both composers as well as their music. Britten left for the USA Paradise Haunts, with violinist Thomas Bowes and conducted 5:01 AM and returned as a conscientious objector. by Grant Llewellyn. Followed by Christian Jost's Delius, Frederick (1862-1934) arr. Thomas Beecham CocoonSymphonie (Five Gateways of a Journey into the The Walk to the Paradise Garden (from 'A Village Romeo and Tippett remained in England and refused conscription. His Interior), conducted by Jac van Steen. Juliet') response to the horrors of the 1930s had already been expressed BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor) in his masterpiece A Child of Our Time, completed when he was imprisoned in Wormwood Scrubs for his refusal to serve 5:12 AM the war effort. Britten's pacifism found its most memorable MONDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2013 Kodaly, Zoltán (1882-1967) expression in the War Requiem, commissioned for the Adagio restoration of the bombed out Coventry Cathedral in 1962. It MON 00:30 Through the Night (b03hk7yy) Morten Carlsen (viola), Sergej Osadchuk (piano) also left its mark on many other works from his early song cycle Prague Chamber Orchestra - Mozart Symphonies Our Hunting Fathers to his final opera Owen Wingrave. 5:21 AM 12:31 AM Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 16 – 22 November 2013 Page 4 of 10 Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt - overture (Op.27) piano by Arthur Benjamin. Etheridge Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Simone Young (conductor) At the age of 19 Britten delighted his dying father with the Suzy Klein presents, with live music and guests from the music 5:35 AM prospect of having one of his compositions played on the BBC. world. Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837) 'Son, how does it feel?' asked his father. Trio in E flat major (Op.12) The Hertz Trio By 1936, Britten had a number of published works to his name. MON 18:15 Opera on 3 (b03hk7zf) Now employed to write film music for the innovative GPO film Les Vêpres Siciliennes 5:53 AM unit, he was introduced to the dazzling presence of poet WH Albéniz, Isaac (1860-1909) Auden while working on films about postage stamps or coal Another chance to hear Verdi's Les Vêpres Siciliennes, Suite española (Op.47) trucks. Their collaborations for film were adventurous; even recorded in 2013 as part of BBC Radio 3's Verdi 200 Ilze Graubina (piano) more daring was the song cycle they devised, reflecting man's celebrations, Donald Macleod presents the opera and is joined relationship with the animal kingdom. With Our Hunting by Verdi expert Flora Willson as Antonio Pappano conducts the 6:15 AM Fathers Britten truly felt that he had written his Opus 1. Royal Opera's first-ever staging of Verdi's five-act grand opera, Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Unfortunately, the critics and the orchestra rather wished he directed by Stefan Herheim in his UK debut. Concerto for keyboard and string orchestra No.4 in A major hadn't bothered! (BWV.1055) Hélène ... Lianna Haroutounian (soprano) Lars-Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord), Ensemble 415. Henri ... Bryan Hymel (tenor) MON 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b03hk7z6) Procida ... Erwin Schrott (bass) Wigmore Hall: Skampa Quartet Guy de Montfort ... Michael Volle (baritone) MON 06:30 Breakfast (b03hk7z0) Ninetta ... Michelle Daly (contralto) Monday - Petroc Trelawny Live from Wigmore Hall, London, one of the Czech Republic's Thibault ... Neal Cooper (tenor) leading ensmebles, the Skampa Quartet, perform one of Daniéli ... Nicolas Darmanin (tenor) Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, Mozart's late 'Prussian' Quartets and the autobiographical Mainfroid ... Jung Soo Yun (tenor) featuring works by neglected composers Fanny Mendelssohn Second Quartet by their compatriot Bedrich Smetana Robert ... Jihoon Kim (baritone) and George Lloyd and looking at amateur music-making on our Le Sire de Béthune ... Jean Teitgen (bass) Musical Map. Also, performances by Itzhak Perlman, Neeme Mozart: String Quartet in D, K575 Le Comte de Vaudemont ... Jeremy White (bass) Järvi, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and the Choir of St John's Smetana: String Quartet No 1 in E minor (From My Life) College, Cambridge. Royal Opera Chorus Skampa Quartet Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Email [email protected] or text 83111 with your music Conducted by Antonio Pappano requests and Musical Map suggestions. Presented by Sarah Walker. Written for the Paris Opera in 1855, Verdi adopted the elaborate styles and traditions of French Grand opera in Les MON 09:00 Essential Classics (b03hk7z2) MON 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b03hk7z8) Vêpres Siciliennes. It is a tale of family relationships, loyalty, Monday - Rob Cowan Americana patriotism and revenge.

9am Part 1 Based on a story set in 1282, Sicily has been invaded by the A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: French, and the Duchess Hélène (sung by soprano Lianna Piers Lane Goes to Town featuring Piers Lane (pianist). Also, at It's an all-American week on Afternoon on 3, featuring the BBC Haroutounian) is being held hostage by Montfort (baritone 9:30am, our brainteaser: Who's Dancing? performing groups in live concerts and specially made Michael Volle), the French governor. Hélène reveals that her recordings of music by American composers. Today begins brother was executed by Montfort and she is seeking revenge, 10am with one of the most American of works - Gershwin's and is assured by Henri (tenor Bryan Hymel) how deeply he Artist of the Week: Rafael Kubelik Rhapsody in Blue, before Charles Ives celebrates his native despises Montfort, although he does not realise that he is New England and the BBC Singers perform music by Elliott Montfort's son. Procida (bass Erwin Schrott) is a Sicilian, also 10.30am Carter and Samuel Barber. Tenor Samuel Boden joins the BBC seeking revenge after the French attack, and he involves Henri In the week marking the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Symphony Orchestra for the suite from Dominick Argento's and Hélène in a plot to assassinate Montfort. However, once he Address, Rob's guest is the doctor of 18th-century British opera based on the life of Edgar Allan Poe, before one of the knows he is Montfort's son, Henri is torn between his love for History and author of historical novels, Amanda Foreman. Her most thrilling of all American minimalist pieces, Shaker Loops Hélène and his loyalty to his father and country, and ultimately book, 'A World on Fire: An Epic History of Two Nations by John Adams. And the afternoon ends with a Symphony by this predicament leads to everybody losing everything. Divided', traces turbulent Anglo-American relations during the the most famous of the early American female composers, Amy American Civil War. She has compared the task with writing a Beach. symphony. Amanda's the daughter of Carl Foreman, the Oscar- MON 22:45 The Essay (b01pmfj9) winning screen writer of many film classics including, The Presented by Penny Gore. Paris 1913 Bridge on the River Kwai, High Noon, and The Guns of Navarone. She divides her time between London and New York 2pm Swann's Way and has served as judge on almost every major literary prize Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue including the Man Booker and the National Book Award. Her Wayne Marshall (piano), 1913 marks an extraordinary year in Paris. Momentous events book 'Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire' won the Whitbread BBC Philharmonic, occurred in literature, music and the visual arts. In the first of Prize and has inspired a television documentary, a radio play Arvo Volmer (conductor). four essays looking at this annus mirabilis for French and starting Dame Judi Dench; and the recent movie 'The Duchess', European culture, Professor Michael G Wood of Princeton staring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes. Ives: Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No 1) University explores the publication of Marcel Proust's Swann's BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Way, a novel that marked a turning point in the relationship 11am Nicholas Collon (conductor). between a writer and his characters. Britten The Turn of the Screw 2.35pm Producer: Sara Davies. The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's Elliott Carter: To Music CD Review. BBC Singers, Andrew Griffiths (conductor). MON 23:00 Jazz on 3 (b03hk7zr) Adventures in Sound MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b03hk7z4) Argento: Le Tombeau d' Edgar Poe Britten 100 Samuel Boden (tenor), Jez Nelson presents highlights from Adventures In Sound, an BBC Symphony Orchestra, afternoon of improvisation at the London Jazz Festival curated Britten, the Boy from Lowestoft Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor). by Jazz on 3.

Britten, the boy from Lowestoft, becomes the enfant terrible of 3pm The event features short sets from established acts as well as British music. Barber: God's Grandeur; To be sung on the water one-off collaborations. This year's line-up includes British BBC Singers, electronic improviser Leafcutter John; a rare UK performance From relatively humdrum origins in the coastal fishing port of Andrew Griffiths (conductor). by Dutch cellist Ernst Reijseger alongside pianist Harmen Lowestoft, Benjamin Britten rose to become the pre-eminent Fraanje and Mola Sylla on vocals and percussion; experimental British composer of his day, celebrated not just in his native John Adams: Shaker Loops Swiss vocalist Andreas Schaerer; a group led by drummer Jeff land, but internationally. Although he initially saw himself as an BBC Philharmonic, Williams and the Anton Hunter Trio. A guitarist from outsider to the British musical establishment, he would rapidly Clark Rundell (conductor). Manchester, Anton's spiky melodies and heavy riffs reveal his transform music-making in Britain, introducing new sounds, roots in experimental post-rock. and insisting on the highest standards of performance. By the 3.40pm time of his death in 1976, in the arms of his long-term Beach: Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 (Gaelic) Presenter: Jez Nelson companion Peter Pears, Britten was celebrated as a composer of Ulster Orchestra, Producers: Peggy Sutton and Chris Elcombe. operas, string quartets and song cycles, and of a War Requiem JoAnn Falletta (conductor). that touched the hearts of millions of listeners around the world. This week's Thursday Opera Matinee is a Lyon Opera Born in Lowestoft on St Cecilia's Day (the patron saint of production of Der Kaiser von Atlantis - The Emperor of TUESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2013 music) on November 22 1913, the son of a dentist and a doting Atlantis, written in the Nazi concentration camp Theresienstadt mother, Britten soon demonstrated prodigious musical gifts. (Terezín) during World War Two by the Jewish composer TUE 00:30 Through the Night (b03hk81j) Composing from at least the age of six, Britten would often Viktor Ullmann and librettist Peter Kien - who both died in 2013 Anniversaries mine his early manuscripts for inspiration. As a boy, Britten Auschwitz in 1944. managed to impress the composer Frank Bridge, who took him Its not just Wagner and Verdi's anniversary year. John Shea on as a pupil (and to whom he payed tribute in his Variations on with a programme of other composers with anniversaries this a Theme by Frank Bridge). Later, Britten would enter the Royal MON 16:30 In Tune (b03hk7zc) year. Music by Vanhal, Grétry, Gyrowetz and Popper. College of Music, to be taught composition by John Ireland and Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, John Axelrod, John Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 16 – 22 November 2013 Page 5 of 10 12:31 AM Hubad (conductor) performance. By the time of his death in 1976, in the arms of Vanhal, Johann Baptist [1739-1813] his long-term companion Peter Pears, Britten was celebrated as Stabat Mater in F minor, for 2 soloists, female chorus and 5:24 AM a composer of operas, string quartets and song cycles, and of a orchestra Debussy, Claude [1862-1918] War Requiem that touched the hearts of millions of listeners Hana Skarková (soprano), Lucie Hilscherová (mezzo soprano), En blanc et noir for 2 pianos around the world. Czech Philharmonic Chorus, Czech Chamber Soloists, Petr Lestari Scholtes (piano), Gwylim Janssens (piano) Fiala (conductor) Amid the national influenza outbreak, illness struck Britten's 5:41 AM sister, and subsequently his mother. Although his sister would 1:14 AM Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) survive, his mother would not and her death both closed one Gyrowetz, Adalbert [1763-1850] Adagio and fugue for strings (K.546) in C minor chapter, and opened another in his life. Her legacy allowed him Symphony No. 1 in E flat major Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor) to buy the Old Mill at Snape, and it was there he completed South Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Jan Talich work on his uncharacteristically dazzling Piano Concerto ? a (conductor) 5:49 AM popular success, but a critical failure. Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893) 1:38 AM Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture As Britten came to terms with his homosexuality, he sought Popper, David [1843-1913] BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn (conductor) companionship among members of his own sex, meeting Peter Concert Polonaise (Op.14) Pears and a wider circle of friends. Tomasz Daroch (cello), maria Daroch (piano) 6:11 AM Rubinstein, Anton (1829-1894) The complexity of Britten's own romantic attachments is 1:45 AM On an airy ocean, without rudder or sail - from the opera demonstrated by his settings of poems by Rimbaud, in Les Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste (1741-1813) Deemon , Act 2 Sc.4 Illuminations. And as Donald McLeod observes he was also Selections from Le Jugement de Midas Georg Ots (baritone), Moscow Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Kirill capable of a popular touch, setting Auden's thought-provoking John Elwes (tenor: Apollon/Marsias), Mieke van der Sluis Raudsepp (conductor) lyrics on the nature of love in a set of Cabaret Songs. (soprano: Chloé), Françoise Vanheck (soprano: Lise), Suzanne Gari (soprano: Mopsa), Jules Bastin (bass: Palémon), Michel 6:16 AM From good friends, flatmates and travel companions, Britten Verschaeve (bass: Pan), Choeur de la Chapelle Royale de Paris, Platti, Giovanni Benedetto (1697-1763) and Pears become lovers whilst in America. But they enjoyed La Petite Bande, Gustav Leonhardt (conductor) Trio in C minor for oboe, bassoon and continuo mixed fortunes there, and feeling homesick they decide to head Ensemble Zefiro back to the UK in 1942. Aboard the ship home Britten 2:22 AM completes his last collaboration with Auden: Hymn to St Thomas, John (1826-1913) 6:25 AM Cecilia. The minstrel's adieu to his native land for harp Pierné, Gabriel (1863-1937) Rita Costanzi (harp) Étude de concert for piano (Op.13) Paloma Kouider (piano). TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b03hk8gq) 2:31 AM Schubert from Glasgow Crusell, Bernard Henrik (1775-1838) Sinfonia concertante for clarinet, bassoon, horn and orchestra in TUE 06:30 Breakfast (b03hk888) Florian Boesch, Malcolm Martineau B flat major (Op.3) (Allegro; Andante sostenuto; Allegro ma Tuesday - Petroc Trelawny non tanto) Love, longing, portraits and the sea come alive in Schubert's Reijo Koskinen (clarinet), Pekka Katajamäki (bassoon), Esa Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, settings of poems by Rellstab, Heine and Seidle, which were Tukia (horn), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka with the Specialist Classical Chart featuring the best-selling new published after his death. Austrian baritone Florian Boesch and Saraste (conductor) releases, available as a free download. Also, works by De Paul, pianist Malcolm Martineau come together to perform the first Arnold, Mozart and Taverner. of three Schubert song cycles. Recorded in Glasgow at the 2:59 AM Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's Stevenson Hall. Dussek, Jan Ladislav (1760-1812) Email [email protected] or text 83111 with your music Sonata in D major (Op.31 No.2) requests and Musical Map suggestions. Schubert: Schwanengesang, D.957 Andreas Staier (fortepiano) Liebesbotschaft 3:12 AM TUE 09:00 Essential Classics (b03hk89p) Frühlingssehnsucht Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893) Tuesday - Rob Cowan Ständchen Souvenir de Florence arranged for Strings (Op.70) Abschied The "Amadeus" Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan, 9am In der Ferne Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor) A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Aufenthalt Piers Lane Goes to Town featuring Piers Lane (pianist). Also, at Kriegers Ahnung 3:46 AM 9:30am, our brainteaser: Who's Singing? Das Fischermädchen Hotteterre, Jacques [1674-1763] Am Meer Sonate en trio in C major Op.3'2 10am Ihr Bild Concerto Copenhagen, Alfredo Bernardini (director) Artist of the Week: Rafael Kubelik Die Stadt Der Doppelgänger 3:53 AM 10.30am Der Atlas Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750] In the week marking the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Toccata and fugue in D minor BWV.565 for organ Address, Rob's guest is the doctor of 18th-century British Florian Boesch - Baritone Velin Iliev (organ) History and author of historical novels, Amanda Foreman. Her Malcolm Martineau - Piano. book, 'A World on Fire: An Epic History of Two Nations 4:03 AM Divided', traces turbulent Anglo-American relations during the Hutschenruyter, Wouter [1796-1878] American Civil War. She has compared the task with writing a TUE 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b03hk8j3) Ouverture voor Groot Orkest symphony. Amanda's the daughter of Carl Foreman, the Oscar- Americana Dutch National Youth Wind Orchestra, Jan Cober (conductor) winning screen writer of many film classics including, The Bridge on the River Kwai, High Noon, and The Guns of Part 2 4:12 AM Navarone. She divides her time between London and New York Lamb, Joseph Francis (1887-1960) and has served as judge on almost every major literary prize The BBC National Orchestra of Wales continue their Ragtime Nightingale including the Man Booker and the National Book Award. Her Americana series of live concerts at Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff, Donna Coleman (piano) book 'Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire' won the Whitbread presented by Fiona Talkington in conversation with American Prize and has inspired a television documentary, a radio play classical music radio host Fred Child. The orchestra are joined 4:17 AM starting Dame Judi Dench; and the recent movie 'The Duchess', by clarinettist Mark Simpson for John Adams' Gnarly Buttons, Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907) staring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes. and they end with a Ninth Symphony by one of the great In Autumn, Overture (Op.11) American symphonists, Roy Harris. Orchestre National de France, Osmo Vänskä (conductor) 11am Rob's Essential Choice Following the live concert, Penny Gore continues Afternoon on 4:31 AM Haydn 3's week-long celebration of American music with vocal pieces Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893) Symphony No.55 'The Schoolmaster' by Copland, Barber and Randall Thompson. Plus piano music Introduction and waltz from 'Eugene Onegin' - lyric scenes in 3 Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra by Edward McDowell, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra round acts (Op.24) Benjamin Britten (conductor). off the programme with an early 21st-century classic, Elliott BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Carter's Boston Concerto.

4:39 AM TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b03hk8cj) 2pm Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Britten 100 LIVE from Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Double Concerto in C minor (BWV.1060) Ned Rorem: Eagles Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe), Mary Utiger (violin), Camerata Britten in the Late 1930s John Adams: Gnarly buttons for clarinet and ensemble Köln David Diamond: Rounds for string orchestra Britten sails off to America for a new life with his companion Roy Harris: Symphony No 9 4:53 AM Peter Pears Mark Simpson (clarinet), Stanford, Charles Villiers (1852-1924) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Eternal Father - from 3 Motets (Op.135 No.2) From relatively humdrum origins in the coastal fishing port of Eric Stern (conductor). BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Lowestoft, Benjamin Britten rose to become the pre-eminent British composer of his day, celebrated not just in his native 3.30pm 5:00 AM land, but internationally. Although he would initially see Copland: The Lark Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) himself as an outsider to the British musical establishment, he Edward Price (baritone), Tod und Verklärung (Op.24) would rapidly transform music-making in Britain, introducing BBC Singers, Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Samo new sounds, and insisting on the highest standards of Andrew Griffiths (conductor). Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 16 – 22 November 2013 Page 6 of 10 Barber: Andromache's farewell WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2013 Stephan Stubbs (lute) Mary Plazas (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, WED 00:30 Through the Night (b03hk81l) 5:11 AM David Parry (conductor). Puccini's Tosca from the Royal Opera House Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) (arr. Felix Greissle) Prélude a l'après-midi d'un faune 3.45pm Puccini's Tosca with Jonas Kaufmann, Angela Gheorghiu and Thomas Kay (flute), Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Edward MacDowell: Fireside Tales, Op. 61 Bryn Terfel, recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Armenian (conductor) Richard Uttley (piano solo). Garden in 2011. Presented by John Shea 5:21 AM 4pm 12:31 AM Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Randall Thompson: Alleluia Puccini, Giacomo [1858-1924] Symphony no.36 (K.425) in C major, 'Linz' BBC Singers, Tosca, opera in 3 acts - Act I Stavanger Symphony Orchestra; Fabio Biondi (conductor) Andrew Griffiths (conductor). Jonas Kaufmann (Cavaradossi, tenor), Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca, soprano), 5:52 AM Elliott Carter: Boston Concerto Bryn Terfel (Scarpia, baritone), Koehne, Graeme [b.1956] BBC Symphony Orchestra, Hubert Francis (Spoletta, tenor), Divertissement: Trois pieces bourgeoises (aka String Quartet no Oliver Knussen (conductor). Lukas Jakobski (Angelotti, bass), 1) (1983) Jeremy White (Sacristan, bass), Australian String Quartet Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Antonio Pappano TUE 16:30 In Tune (b03hk8kl) (conductor) 6:04 AM Joan Rodgers, Cristina Ortiz, Maxim Rysanov, Nicholas Jenkins Britten, Benjamin [1913-1976] 1:19 AM The sun shines down; Fish in the unruffled lakes; Underneath Live music from pianist Cristina Ortiz ahead of her recital at Puccini, Giacomo [1858-1924] the abject willow London's Southbank; violist Maxim Rysanov plays solo Bach as Tosca, opera in 3 acts - Act II Andrew Kennedy (tenor) , Christopher Glynn (piano) he looks forward to an all-Bach programme at King's Place; one of Britain's best loved sopranos Joan Rodgers talks about 2:04 AM 6:11 AM leading masterclasses for the music charity Samling; and Puccini, Giacomo [1858-1924] Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908) conductor Nicholas Jenkins discusses New Sussex Opera's new Tosca, opera in 3 acts - Act III Concert Fantasia on two Russian themes for violin and production of Chabrier's L'Etoile. orchestra (Op.33) 2:34 AM Valentin Stefanov (violin), Orchestra 'Symphonieta' of the Presented by Suzy Klein Veracini, Francesco Maria (1690-1768) Bulgarian National Radio, Stoyan Angelov (conductor). Main headlines are at 5pm and 6pm. Sonata in E minor [email protected] Eszter Perényi (violin), Gyula Kiss (piano) @BBCInTune. WED 06:30 Breakfast (b03hk88b) 2:52 AM Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny Bologna, Jacopo da (c.1340-1386) / Millenarium TUE 18:30 Composer of the Week (b03hk8cj) Aquila altera Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Millenarium featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests.

3:00 AM Email [email protected] or text 83111. TUE 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b03hkbdl) Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936) Orchestra of the Swan - Mozart, Britten, Schubert Ancient airs and dances for lute - suite No.3 for strings I Cameristi Italiani WED 09:00 Essential Classics (b03hk89r) Live from Christ Church, Cockermouth, a concert of music Wednesday - Rob Cowan performed by The Orchestra of the Swan conducted by David 3:19 AM Curtis. Music comprises Mozart's Piano Concerto No 19 K.459 Ponchielli, Amilcare (1834-1886) 9am played by the pianist Huw Watkins; Britten's Young Apollo Capriccio for oboe and piano (Op.80) A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: (inspired by WB Yeats) and Schubert's popular Symphony No Wan-Soo Mok (oboe), Hyun-Soo Chi (piano) Piers Lane Goes to Town featuring Piers Lane (pianist). Also, at 5. The concert also features a new work "Little Symphony" 9:30am, our brainteaser: Back to the Beginning composed by tonight's soloist, Huw Watkins. 3:30 AM Barber, Samuel [1910-1981] 10am Britten: Young Apollo, Op 16 Agnus Dei for chorus Artist of the Week: Rafael Kubelik Mozart: Piano Concerto No 19 in F, K459 BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Huw Watkins: Little Symphony (new work) 10.30am Schubert: Symphony No 5 3:38 AM In the week marking the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757) Address, Rob's guest is the doctor of 18th-century British Huw Watkins, piano Sonata in C major (K.460) History and author of historical novels, Amanda Foreman. Her Orchestra of the Swan Andreas Staier (harpsichord) book, 'A World on Fire: An Epic History of Two Nations David Curtis, conductor. Divided', traces turbulent Anglo-American relations during the 3:45 AM American Civil War. She has compared the task with writing a Liszt, Franz [1811-1886] symphony. Amanda's the daughter of Carl Foreman, the Oscar- TUE 22:00 Night Waves (b03hkbdn) Les Préludes - symphonic poem after Lamartine (S.97) winning screen writer of many film classics including, The Artist William Tillyer, Doctor Who, The Gettysburg Address Hungarian State Orchestra, János Ferencsik (conductor) Bridge on the River Kwai, High Noon, and The Guns of Navarone. She divides her time between London and New York 50 years of Dr Who is celebrated this weekend by the BBC. 4:02 AM and has served as judge on almost every major literary prize Matthew Sweet discusses the TV series with historian Dominic Gesualdo, Carlo [c.1561-1613] including the Man Booker and the National Book Award. Her Sandbrook, philosopher Ray Monk and New Generation Ave dulcissima Maria for 5 voices (1603a) - sacred motet book 'Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire' won the Whitbread Thinker and cultural historian Fern Riddell. A Free Thinking Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Prize and has inspired a television documentary, a radio play career interview with artist William Tillyer, whose work is starting Dame Judi Dench; and the recent movie 'The Duchess', being celebrated in a retrospective at the Middlesbrough 4:09 AM staring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes. Institute of Modern Art MIMA. Dr Adam Smith reflects on the Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759) political philosophy underlying the rhetoric of the Gettysburg Sonata in E (Op. 1) no 15 11am address, given by Abraham Lincoln 150 years ago. Eszter Perényi (violin), Gyula Kiss (piano) Rob's Essential Choice Producer: Luke Mulhall. Schubert 4:18 AM Arpeggione Sonata, D.821 Mendelssohn, Felix [1809-1847] Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) TUE 22:45 The Essay (b01pmh1j) Hebrides - overture (Op.26) Benjamin Britten (piano) Paris 1913 Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Markus Lehtinen (conductor) Also in this hour, Lucky Dip: today Rob dips into his CD Alcools 4:31 AM collection and offers a tantalising glimpse of a lost musical Viotti, Giovanni Battista (1755-1824) world. Expect the unexpected! Guillaume Apollinaire's volume of poetry, Alcools, met with Duo concertante in D major astonishment, admiration and a good deal of outrage when it Alexandar Avramov, Ivan Peev (violins) was published in Paris in 1913. In its experiments with subject, WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b03hk8cl) structure and style it blazed a bold trail for the modernist poetry 4:40 AM Britten 100 of the 1920s, claims Martin Sorrell of Exeter University. Franck, César (1822-1890) Prelude, Fugue and Variation The Return to Wartime Britain Producer: Sara Davies. Robert Silverman (piano) Reviled as a pacifist, Britten ends the War finding critical 4:53 AM favour. TUE 23:00 Late Junction (b03hk8nf) Bizet, Georges (1838-1875) Tuesday - Anne Hilde Neset Suite No.1 from "Carmen" From relatively humdrum origins in the coastal fishing port of Slovakian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Róbert Lowestoft, Benjamin Britten rose to become the pre-eminent Eclectic late-night listening with Anne Hilde Neset, including Stankovský (conductor) British composer of his day, celebrated not just in his native music by Archie Shepp for the film Titus, music from Robert land, but internationally. Although he would initially see Wyatt (pictured), tracks from Robbie Basho's reissued classic 5:06 AM himself as an outsider to the British musical establishment, he 1978 album Visions of the Country, and dance music producer Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621) would rapidly transform music-making in Britain, introducing Mark Ernestus' project with Senegalese drummers. Beati pauperes spiritu (motet) new sounds, and insisting on the highest standards of Netherlands Chamber Choir, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor), performance. By the time of his death in 1976, in the arms of Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 16 – 22 November 2013 Page 7 of 10 his long-term companion Peter Pears, Britten was celebrated as Andrew Griffiths (conductor). music by the rock band British Sea Power. Her most recent a composer of operas, string quartets and song cycles, and of a project involved negotiating a truce between rival Birmingham War Requiem that touched the hearts of millions of listeners Charles Martin Loeffler: Divertimento Espagnole gangs which she documented in One Mile Away. around the world. Amy Dickson (saxophone), BBC Concert Orchestra, Producer: Natalie Steed. Returning to their homeland, Britten and Peers faced possible Johannes Wildner (conductor). vilification, arrest and imprisonment for their pacifist beliefs. Instead, they managed to achieve recognition as conscientious 3pm WED 22:45 The Essay (b01pmh1l) objectors. They were free to perform. Moreover, they were able Copland: Inscape Paris 1913 to perform some of the exciting compositions Britten had BBC Symphony Orchestra, completed whilst in the US. Grant Llewellyn (conductor). Le Grand Meaulnes

At last Britten began to achieve critical approval for both his Among the memorable publishing highlights of 1913 Paris, Michelangelo Sonnets and his Serenade for tenor and horn - WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b03hkbjv) Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes has become one of featuring the talents of a promising young horn player, Dennis Chapel of Merton College, Oxford France's best-loved and most revered novels. Writer Michele Brain, whom Britten had encountered in the RAF orchestra. Roberts looks at why it occupies such a privileged place in Britten completed his project to write an opera, the tale of Peter From the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford French hearts, and assesses the cultural and literary landscape Grimes which was so improbably successful that even bus from which it emerged. conductors are heard to talk about it! In July 1945 Britten Introit: Cantantibus organis (Philips) accompanied Yehudi Menuhin in a series of recitals among the Responses: Matthew Martin Producer: Sara Davies. survivors of Belsen. One response to that experience, about Psalm: 104 (Morris; Bairstow) which he spoke very seldom, was his 2nd String Quartet. In the First Lesson: Daniel 9 vv1-19 same year, Britten would also create a lasting and invigorating Office Hymn: Let us raise high our songs of joy (Gonfalon WED 23:00 Late Junction (b03hk8nh) legacy for young people with his Young Person's Guide to the Royal) Wednesday - Anne Hilde Neset Orchestra. Originally a film score, it is now enjoyed in its own Canticles: Jackson in G right. Second Lesson: Revelation 11 vv15-end Eclectic late night listening with Anne Hilde Neset, including Anthem: Hymn to St Cecilia (Britten) music by Benjamin Britten (pictured), Jakob Ullman, Final Hymn: Ye that know the Lord is gracious (Rustington) saxophonist Evan Parker jamming with birds, and a track from WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b03hk8gs) Organ Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria the Bee Gees. Schubert from Glasgow (Britten)

Florian Boesch, Malcolm Martineau Benjamin Nicholas and Peter Phillips (Directors of Music) Charles Warren and Peter Shepherd (Organ Scholars). THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2013 The second in this series of Schubert lieder recitals from Glasgow, recorded at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. THU 00:30 Through the Night (b03hk81n) Baritone Florian Boesch and pianist Malcolm Martineau take on WED 16:30 In Tune (b03hk8kn) Warsaw Philharmonic - Mahler, Beethoven Schubert's setting of twenty poems by Müller, following the joy Wednesday - Suzy Klein and disillusion of a young Miller as he journeys through life. Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Jerzy Semkkow with Suzy Klein's guests include one of the most world-renowned Beethoven's 2nd Piano Concerto, soloist Henri Sigfridsson, and Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin D.795 singers, mezzo soprano Anne Sofie von Otter. Mahler's 1st Symphony. With John Shea Plus, live music from acclaimed early music ensemble I 1. Das Wandern Fagiolini. 12:31 AM 2. Wohin? Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827] 3. Halt! Main headlines are at 5pm and 6pm. Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2 (Op.19) in B flat major; 4. Danksagung an den Bach [email protected] Henri Sigfridsson (piano), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, 5. Am Feierabend @BBCInTune. Jerzy Semkow (conductor) 6. Der Neugierige 7. Ungeduld 1:00 AM 8. Morgengruß WED 18:30 Composer of the Week (b03hk8cl) Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] 9. Des Müllers Blumen [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Sonata for piano (K.332) in F major; 10. Tränenregen Henri Sigfridsson (piano), 11. Mein! 12. Pause WED 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b03hkbjy) 1:06 AM 13. Mit dem grünen Lautenbande Sally Matthews, the English Concert - Mozart Mahler, Gustav [1860-1911] 14. Der Jäger Symphony no. 1 in D major 'Titan' 15. Eifersucht und Stolz In this programme of Mozart's operatic and concert arias, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow (conductor) 16. Die liebe Farbe soprano Sally Matthews joins The English Concert and its 17. Die böse Farbe director Harry Bicket. The vocal works are complemented by 2:02 AM 18. Trockne Blumen two sunny orchestral works- Mozart's string Divertimento in D Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) 19. Der Müller und der Bach and the Bassoon Concerto in B flat. Quartet for strings in A major (Op.41 No.3) 20. Des Baches Wiegenlied Faust Quartet Mozart: Divertimento in D major K136 Florian Boesch, baritone Voi avete un cor fedele K217 2:31 AM Malcolm Martineau, piano. Bella mia fiamma K528 Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924) Lungi da te, mio bene (Mitridate, re di Ponto) Requiem, Op 48 Unknown soloists (organ, baritone, harp), National WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b03hk8j5) 8.10pm: Interval - Interval Music Philharmonic Choir of Bulgaria, Lyuba Pesheva (conductor) Americana 8.30pm: Part Two 3:04 AM Part 3 Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in Bflat K191 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle K538 Piano Sonata in D major (K.284) This week's celebration of American music continues with the Cathal Breslin (piano) BBC Philharmonic performing the Overture and Dance Sally Matthews (soprano) Episodes from Leonard Bernstein's musical On The Town. Peter Whelan (bassoon) 3:37 AM There's more theatre music by Roger Sessions, a noted teacher The English Concert Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869) whose pupils include composers as different as John Adams and director Harry Bicket Le Carnaval romain - overture (Op.9) Milton Babbitt, plus the BBC Singers performing Virgil Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor) Thomson, and a piano piece by Amy Beach. The BBC Concert Live from Wigmore Hall, London Orchestra contribute a brand-new recording of music by 3:46 AM Charles Martin Loeffler, and the afternoon ends with Aaron Sally Matthews ranks among the world's leading Mozart Spasov, Ivan (1934-1995) [lyrics Theodor Trayanov] Copland's serial composition, Inscape. sopranos, with acclaimed appearances in Mozart operas at Solveig's Songs Vienna Staatsoper, the Bavarian Staatsoper and the Royal Opera Sofia Chamber Choir, Vassil Arnaudov (conductor) Presented by Penny Gore. House, Covent Garden. 3:55 AM 2pm Enescu, George (1881-1955) Bernstein: On the Town - Overture and Three Dance Episodes WED 22:00 Free Thinking (b03j04cp) Concert Piece for viola and piano BBC Philharmonic, 2013 Festival Tabea Zimmermann (viola, Germany), Monique Savary (piano) H K Gruber (conductor). Penny Woolcock 4:05 AM Roger Sessions: The Black Maskers - Suite Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Penny Woolcock talks to Samira Ahmed about directing a film Der Zwerg (D.891) David Robertson (conductor). version of John Adams's opera The Death of Klinghoffer. For Jard van Nes (mezzo soprano), Gérard van Blerk (piano) the Free Thinking Festival, she returned to the city where she Amy Beach: Gavotte Fantastique, Op 54 No 2 began her career. During her work at Trade Films in Gateshead 4:11 AM Richard Uttley (piano). she depicted the aftermath of the closure of the steelworks in Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943) Consett in When the Dog Bites. Other projects have included a Romance and Waltz 2.40pm retelling of the biblical chapter Exodus, featuring Margate The Dutch Pianists' Quartet Virgil Thomson: 4 Songs to Poems of Thomas Campion residents and the burning of a specially constructed Antony BBC Singers, Gormley sculpture and an exploration of the UK coastline set to 4:17 AM Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 16 – 22 November 2013 Page 8 of 10 Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Amadeus Quartet. Viktor Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis (The Emperor of Brandenburg Concerto no.2 (BWV.1047) in F major Atlantis) Mark Bennett (trumpet), Terje Tönnesen, Cecilia Waahlberg Emperor Overall .... Christian Miedl (baritone), and Bjarte Eike (violins), Frode Thorsen (recorder), Anna- THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b03hk8cn) Death ..... Stephen Owen (bass-baritone), Maija Luolajan-Mikkola (oboe), Andreas Torgersen (violin), Britten 100 Drummer Girl ..... Lucy Schaufer (mezzo-soprano), Markku Luolajan-Mikkola (cello), Dan Styffe (bass), Hans Maiden/Soldier ..... Ivi Karnezi (soprano), Knut Sveen (harpsichord) Britten During the 1950s Loudspeaker ..... Jean-Baptiste Mouret (bass-baritone), Soldier/Harlequin ..... Rui dos Santos (tenor), 4:31 AM Britten becomes the foremost composer of opera in English, Lyon Opera Orchestra, Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741) and establishes his own festival. Jean-Michaël Lavoie (conductor). Concerto in F major (RV.442) for treble recorder Michael Schneider (recorder), Camerata Köln From relatively humdrum origins in the coastal fishing port of 2.55pm Lowestoft, Benjamin Britten rose to become the pre-eminent Copland: Clarinet Concerto 4:39 AM British composer of his day, celebrated not just in his native Mark Simpson (clarinet), Cavalli, Francesco (1602-1676) land, but internationally. Although he would initially see BBC Symphony Orchestra, Salve Regina himself as an outsider to the British musical establishment, he David Parry (conductor). Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot would rapidly transform music-making in Britain, introducing Gardiner (conductor) new sounds, and insisting on the highest standards of Barber: A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, Op. 15 performance. By the time of his death in 1976, in the arms of BBC Singers, 4:48 AM his long-term companion Peter Pears, Britten was celebrated as Matthew Perry (timpani), Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) a composer of operas, string quartets and song cycles, and of a Andrew Griffiths (conductor), Piano Sonata in F sharp (Op.78) War Requiem that touched the hearts of millions of listeners Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960) (piano) around the world. 3.15pm LIVE from MediaCity, Salford William Schuman: Symphony for strings (Symphony no.5) 4:58 AM Britten has become almost synonymous with Aldburgh, after Copland: Old American songs - Set 1 Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) moving to the coastal town and making it his home. There he Roy Harris: Symphony no. 3 Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune and Pears conceived the idea of a small-scale festival to David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), BBC Philharmonic, Jan-Pascal Tortelier (conductor) perform works by Britten and other composers. Among these BBC Philharmonic, would be chamber operas, such as the comic masterpiece Albert Paul Daniel (conductor). 5:08 AM Herring. Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759) Violin Sonata in A minor (Op.1 No.4) (HWV.362) Although, financially, Britten was better off than ever, he had THU 16:30 In Tune (b03hk8ks) Tomaz Lorenz (violin), Jerko Novak (guitar) more than his share of critical failures. As Donald explains, it Thursday - Suzy Klein was in a state of depression in 1949 that he struggled to write 5:18 AM his Spring Symphony, the first movement somehow echoing the Suzy Klein presents, with live music and guests from the music Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) bleakness of his mood. world including composer Michael Berkeley - presenter of Drei Fantaisiestucke (Op.73) Radio 3's Private Passions - who, as Benjamin Britten's godson, Algirdas Budrys (clarinet), Sergejus Okrusko (piano) Always a man with several projects on the go, it was while looks forward to tomorrow's centenary celebrations. working on the score for Billy Budd that Britten wrote the 5:30 AM exquisitely beautiful second canticle, Abraham and Isaac, for Main headlines are at 5pm and 6pm. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) the voices of Peter Pears and Kathleen Ferrier. Sadly, Ferrier [email protected] String Quartet in G major (K.156) succumbed to cancer before she was able to record the work for @BBCInTune. Australian String Quartet posterity.

5:42 AM Donald ends today's story with the strange tale of abused THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b03hk8cn) Berwald, Franz (1796-1868) children and a ghostly presence. With the Turn of the Screw, [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Septet in B flat Britten discovered a future film star of the 1960s (David Kristian Möller (clarinet), Frederik Ekdahl (bassoon), Ayman Hemmings), and took Venice by storm. Al Fakir (horn), Roger Olsson (violin), Linn Löwengren-Elkvull THU 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b03hkbpb) (viola), Hanna Thorell (cello), Mattias Karlsson (double bass) Britten 100: BBC SSO - Britten, Mahler THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b03hk8gv) 6:04 AM Schubert from Glasgow Britten 100 Live in Concert. Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809] Scottish Symphony Orchestra mark Benjamin Britten's Cello Concerto in D major(HV VIIb:2) Swedish Radio Ailish Tynan, Joseph Middleton centenary by performing his works alongside the 4th Symphony Symphony Orchestra, Heinrich Schiff (cello/director). of Mahler. Irish soprano Ailish Tynan and pianist Joseph Middleton perform today's lunchtime recital recorded at the Royal Live from City Halls, Glasgow THU 06:30 Breakfast (b03hk88d) Conservatoire of Scotland, exploring the British influence on Presented Jamie MacDougall Thursday - Petroc Trelawny Schubert. Settings of Shakespeare and Sir Walter Scott sit alongside songs of night and dreams. Britten: Gloriana Symphonic Suite Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, Britten: Quatre Chansons Françaises featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests. Who is Sylvia? D891 Horch, Horch! Die Lerch D889 8.15 Email [email protected] or text 83111. Ellens Gesang I: 'Raste Krieger! Krieg ist aus' D837 Interval Music Ellens Gesang II: 'Jäger, ruhe von der Jagd!' D838 Jamie MacDougall explores the musical links between Britten Ellens Gesang III: 'Ave Maria' D839 and Mahler THU 09:00 Essential Classics (b03hk89t) Nacht und Träume D827 Thursday - Rob Cowan Die Junge Nonne D828 8.35 Gretchen am Spinnrade D118 Mahler: Symphony No 4 9am Amalia D195 A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Lachen und Weinen D777 Elizabeth Watts (soprano) Piers Lane Goes to Town featuring Piers Lane (pianist). Also, at Du bist die Ruh D776 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 9:30am, our brainteaser: What am I? Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Ailish Tynan - soprano 10am Joseph Middleton - piano. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Martyn Artist of the Week: Rafael Kubelik Brabbins in a concert which forms part of events marking the centenary of Benjamin Britten: with two of the composer's 10.30am THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b03hk8j7) works and a symphony by one of his heroes, Gustav Mahler. In the week marking the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Thursday Opera Matinee The concert opens with Britten's Symphonic Suite 'Gloriana', Address, Rob's guest is the doctor of 18th-century British extracted from his coronation opera, it depicts scenes of History and author of historical novels, Amanda Foreman. Her Viktor Ullmann - The Emperor of Atlantis Elizabethan tournaments and courtly dance. book, 'A World on Fire: An Epic History of Two Nations Divided', traces turbulent Anglo-American relations during the Today's Thursday Opera Matinee is a chance to hear Viktor The orchestra is joined by soprano Elizabeth Watts for a American Civil War. She has compared the task with writing a Ullmann's political parody The Emperor of Atlantis, written in a performance of Britten's early song cycle, written before his symphony. Amanda's the daughter of Carl Foreman, the Oscar- Nazi concentration camp in 1943, the year before both Ullmann 15th birthday, the 1928 Quatre Chansons Françaises. In this winning screen writer of many film classics including, The and his librettist died in Auschwitz. The Emperor proclaims quartet of songs, Britten sets atmospheric French texts by Bridge on the River Kwai, High Noon, and The Guns of universal war, which so offends Death by taking over his job, Victor Hugo and Paul Verlaine, ranging in theme from the Navarone. She divides her time between London and New York that he goes on strike and refuses to let people die. Death will heady scents of a summer night to the rough tossing of an and has served as judge on almost every major literary prize only go back to work when the Emperor agrees to be his first autumn wind. including the Man Booker and the National Book Award. Her victim. book 'Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire' won the Whitbread The second half of the concert features a symphony first Prize and has inspired a television documentary, a radio play Then we're live at MediaCity Salford where the BBC encountered by Britten only two years after the composition of starting Dame Judi Dench; and the recent movie 'The Duchess', Philharmonic continue this week's celebration of American the 4 French Songs, Mahler's Symphony No 4, to which the staring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes. music with a concert of works by William Schuman, Copland young composer responded: '...what I heard was not what I had and Roy Harris. expected to hear ... the scoring startled me... The colouring 11am seemed calculated to the smallest shade, and the result was Rob's Essential Choice Presented by Penny Gore. wonderfully resonant.'. Brahms String Quartet, Op.51 No.1 2pm Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 16 – 22 November 2013 Page 9 of 10 THU 22:00 Night Waves (b03hkbpd) Radziej (violin), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Hjalmer Kvam The Sokkelund Choir, Morten Schuldt Jensen (conductor) Britten 100: Britten Libretti, Young Vic Theatre Uncut (cello), Marius Faltby (double bass), Enrico Pace (piano) 6:02 AM As part of Radio 3's Britten 100 - Anne McElvoy discusses 3:09 AM Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] Myfanwy Piper's libretto writing with Professor Frances Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621) Violin Sonata in A major K.526 Spalding author of a biography of the Pipers and Alexandra Psalm 137 for choir Geir Inge Lotsberg (violin), Einar Steen-Nøkleberg (piano). Harris, author of Romantic Moderns and a BBC Radio 3 New Netherlands Chamber Choir, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) Generation Thinker in 2011. We also report on The Young Vic's Theatre Uncut season which 3:12 AM FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b03hk88g) features plays addressing current political issues. This year's Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621) Friday - Petroc Trelawny playwrights include Neil LaBute, Mark Thomas and Tanika Cantate Domino Canticum Novum (motet) Gupta. Netherlands Chamber Choir, Bernard Winsemius (organ), Peter Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, Phillips (conductor) featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests. Producer: Neil Trevithick 3:15 AM Email [email protected] or text 83111. Image: Lauren Crace and David Hounslow in The Wing by Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Clara Brennan. Photo by Richard Davenport. Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major for 3 violins, 3 violas, 3 cellos and continuo FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b03hk89w) Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (conductor) Friday - Rob Cowan THU 22:45 The Essay (b01pmh1n) Paris 1913 3:29 AM 9am Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Cubism Jeux d'eau for piano Piers Lane Goes to Town featuring Piers Lane (pianist). Also, at Paloma Kouider (piano) 9:30am, our brainteaser: Only Connect Writer Adam Gopnik sees Cubism, far from being a premonition of abstraction, as a new form of poetic modern 3:34 AM 10am realism, a way of capturing the syncopated, quick paced, ecletic Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich (1837-1910) Artist of the Week: Rafael Kubelik mix of high and low that marks our civilization. Its tragedy, he Overture on Russian Themes argues, is that it captured that spirit just as the civilization it Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor) 10.30am celebrated was about to commit suicide. In the week marking the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg 3:43 AM Address, Rob's guest is the doctor of 18th-century British Producer: Sara Davies. Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839-1881) History and author of historical novels, Amanda Foreman. Her Softly the spirit flew, The Seminarist book, 'A World on Fire: An Epic History of Two Nations Petteri Salomaa (baritone), Ilmo Ranta (piano) Divided', traces turbulent Anglo-American relations during the THU 23:00 Late Junction (b03hk8nk) American Civil War. She has compared the task with writing a Late Junction Sessions 3:50 AM symphony. Amanda's the daughter of Carl Foreman, the Oscar- Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) winning screen writer of many film classics including, The The Necks and Evan Parker Symphony No.73 in D major 'La Chasse' (H.1.73) Bridge on the River Kwai, High Noon, and The Guns of Romanian National Chamber Orchestra, Horia Andreescu Navarone. She divides her time between London and New York Anne Hilde Neset presents Late Junction, with the latest (conductor) and has served as judge on almost every major literary prize collaborative session recording from Australian improv legends including the Man Booker and the National Book Award. Her The Necks and a giant of the free improv world, British 4:11 AM book 'Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire' won the Whitbread saxophonist Evan Parker. Also, music from Lord Beginner, Piris, Bernard (1951-) Prize and has inspired a television documentary, a radio play cellist Okkyung Lee and Wadada Leo Smith. Deux Préludes for guitar starting Dame Judi Dench; and the recent movie 'The Duchess', Heiki Matlik (guitar) staring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes.

4:15 AM 11am FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2013 Alfvén, Hugo (1872-1960) Rob's Essential Choice Midsummer Vigil - Swedish Rhapsody no.1 (Op.19) Mahler FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b03hk81q) Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Symphony No.1 BBC Proms 2012 - Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony Schønwandt (conductor) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rafael Kubelik (conductor). BBC Proms 2012. National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain 4:31 AM and Vasily Petrenko perform Messiaen's Turangalila Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767) Symphony. Presented by John Shea Overture from Tafelmusik FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b03hk8cq) Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Frank de Bruine (oboe), The Britten 100 12:31 AM King's Consort, Robert King (director) Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992) Final Years and Late Masterpieces Turangalila-symphonie 4:38 AM Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot), Joanna MacGregor (piano), Couperin, François (1668-1733) His health in decline, Britten produces his final masterpieces. National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Vasily Petrenko Rondeau: Les Barricades Mystérieuses (conductor) Colin Tilney (harpsichord) From relatively humdrum origins in the coastal fishing port of Lowestoft, Benjamin Britten rose to become the pre-eminent 1:47 AM 4:41 AM British composer of his day, celebrated not just in his native Muhly, Nico (1981-) Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924) [text: Paul Verlaine] land, but internationally. Although he initially saw himself as an Gait Clair de lune; En sourdine outsider to the British musical establishment, he would rapidly National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Vasily Petrenko Karina Gauvin (soprano), Marc-André Hamelin (piano) transform music-making in Britain; introducing new sounds, (conductor) and insisting on the highest standards of performance. By the 4:48 AM time of his death in 1976, in the arms of his long-term 2:10 AM Franck, César (1822-1890) companion Peter Pears, Britten was celebrated as a composer of Niewiadomski, Stanislaw (1859-1936) (lyrics: Adam Asnyk) Le Chasseur Maudit, symphonic poem (M.44) operas, string quartets and song cycles, and of a War Requiem Siwy koniu (Grey Horse) Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Milen Nachev that touched the hearts of millions of listeners around the world. Polish Radio Choir, Marek Kluza (director) (conductor) By the late 1950s and the early 1960s Britten's pacifism was no 2:14 AM 5:02 AM longer a particularly eccentric position to hold. A supporter of Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826) Vallet, Nicolas (c.1583-c.1645) the Peace Movement, Britten was delighted to be commissioned Perpetuum mobile (from Sonata No.1 in C, J138) Carillon de village to write a piece to mark the opening of the rebuilt Coventry Konstantin Masliouk (piano) Toyohiko Satoh (lute) Cathedral. That piece, the War Requiem, would become one of the fastest selling classical records of all time! One inspiration 2:18 AM 5:05 AM throughout the 1960s was cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. Despite Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), arranged by Zoltán Kocsis Baermann, Heinrich Joseph (1784-1847) linguistic differences (they spoke in 'Aldeburgh Deutsch') they Concert Prelude to Tristan und Isolde for piano Adagio in D major from Quintet no.3 (Op.23) in E flat major got on famously well, and among other things Britten composed François-Frédéric Guy (piano) Jože Kotar (clarinet), Borut Kantušer (double bass), Slovenian a Cello Symphony in Rostropovich's honour. Philharmonic String Quartet 2:31 AM Dogged by increasingly frail health, Britten struggled to Chopin, Fryderyk([1810-1849) 5:10 AM complete his final opera, Death in Venice. And yet, despite Waltz for piano (Op.34 No.1) in A flat major Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) increasingly insistent intimations of his own mortality, his last Zoltán Kocsis (piano) Toccata for piano (Op.7) in C major years witnessed an extraordinary burst of creativity, including a Francesco Piemontesi (Piano) chamber cantata, Phaedra. 2:36 AM Pierné, Gabriel [1863-1937] 5:16 AM Donald concludes this week's look at the life and music of Konzertstuck for harp and orchestra (Op.39) (1903) Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) Benjamin Britten with the last two movements of one of the last Suzanna Klintcharova (harp), Sofia Symphony Orchestra, Serenade no.2 in A major (Op.16) pieces he completed: his third string quartet. Dimitar Manolov (conductor) Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Raffi Armenian (conductor) 2:52 AM FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b03hk8gx) Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) 5:49 AM Schubert from Glasgow Septet for trumpet, piano and strings (Op.65) in E flat major Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896) Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Elise Baatnes (violin), Karolina Ave Maria; Christus factus est; Locus iste (motets) Florian Boesch, Malcolm Martineau Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 16 – 22 November 2013 Page 10 of 10 Composed during a particularly low ebb in Schubert's short life, Richard Watkins. And linking up to London and Salford, the Oliver Knussen (conductor). his monumental setting of 24 Wilhelm Müller poems follows a BBC Singers perform Britten's Hymn to St Cecilia and the BBC youth's demise from young love to untimely death. Austrian Philharmonic join the celebrations with two newly orchestrated baritone Florian Boesch and pianist Malcolm Martineau songs from his 'Friday Afternoons' sung by 230 voices from the FRI 22:00 Britten 100 (b03hmp14) perform this giant of the Lieder world. Recorded at the City Greater Manchester Music Hub Junior Choir. Sean and his Britten String Quartets Halls, Glasgow. guests will be reflecting on the integral connection between Britten's music and his Suffolk surroundings, and two local Quartet No 2 Schubert: Winterreise, D.911 children's choirs will give the world premieres of works by young composers Tom Rose and Emily Hall. Andrew McGregor presents the first of three concerts featuring 1. Gute Nacht the Britten String Quartets paired with chamber music by 2. Die Wetterfahne From the actual afternoon of Benjamin Britten's 100th birthday composers Britten admired. Recorded earlier today in the 3. Gefrorne Tränen on Friday 22 November until the following Sunday evening, Britten Studio in Snape Maltings with the acclaimed Benyounes 4. Erstarrung Radio 3 will be relocating to Suffolk, the county of Britten's Quartet, winners of the Sandor Vegh String Quartet 5. Der Lindenbaum birth and where he felt most firmly rooted. Based in Snape Competition in Budapest last year. They perform Britten's 6. Wasserflut Maltings, where Britten created one of the UK's finest concert second Quartet and Purcell Fantasias, with the second Cello 7. Auf dem Flusse halls, it will be a weekend packed with broadcasts of live and Suite, played by Philip Higham. 8. Rückblick specially recorded performances from Suffolk venues, 9. Irrlicht including those in Aldeburgh, Snape, Orford and the town of Benyounes Quartet 10. Rast Britten's birth, Lowestoft. Philip Higham, cello 11. Frühlingstraum 12. Einsamkeit There will also be features, discussions, contributions from Purcell: Fantasias (selection) 13. Die Post those who knew and worked with Britten, plus his recordings Britten: Suite No 2 for Cello, Op 80 14. Der greise Kopf both of his and others' music, bringing to life Britten the Britten: String Quartet No 2, Op 36. 15. Die Krähe composer, Britten the performer and Britten the man. 16. Letzte Hoffnung 17. Im Dorfe The weekend will include selections from two sepcially FRI 23:30 Britten 100 (b03hmp6d) 18. Der stürmische Morgen recorded interviews excerpted for broadcast and available Festival of Britten 19. Täuschung online in full: 20. Der Wegweiser Bach and Schubert 21. Das Wirtshaus Pianist Murray Perahia talks about his unique insight into 22. Mut Britten's extraordinary piano playing. When he took over from Suzy Klein presents Britten performing Bach and Schubert, 23. Die Nebensonnen Britten as Peter Pears' accompanist, Perahia received personal composers particlularly close to Britten's heart, in the 1960s 24. Der Leiermann coaching from the composer. with his two of his favourite musical collaborators, soprano Heather Harper and pianist Sviatoslav Richter. Florian Boesch - baritone Marion Thorpe, one of Britten's closest friends, reveals a very Malcolm Martineau - pianist. personal portrait of the composer she knew so well. Bach: Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt (Cantata No 151) Heather Harper (soprano) Twelve mini-features get closer to Britten the man. 'Britten at English Chamber Orchestra FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b03hk8j9) Home' looks at Britten and Cars, Sport, Pets, Food, Clothes, Benjamin Britten (conductor) Americana Games, while 'Britten's Suffolk' explores the importance to Britten of his environment and look at The Sea, Churches, Schubert: Fantasy in F minor, D 940 Part 4 Lowestoft and Greshams, Aldeburgh, The Red House, The Sviatoslav Richter and Benjamin Britten (piano duet). Maltings. The grand finale to this week's celebration of American music with the BBC Orchestras and BBC Singers kicks off with John Regular Radio 3 presenters Suzy Klein, Tom Service, Sean Adams' ever popular Short Ride in a Fast Machine, performed Rafferty, Louise Fryer and Andrew McGregor are joined by by the BBC Philharmonic. Wayne Marshall joins the orchestra Britten expert John Bridcut for an unmissable weekend. for Gershwin's Piano Concerto, the BBC Singers perform Psalms by Charles Ives, and there's another brand-new recording of music by Charles Martin Loeffler from the BBC FRI 18:45 Britten 100 (b03hmp0z) Concert Orchestra. The BBC Symphony Orchestra play music Bridcut's Britten by Charles Griffes and Christopher Rouse, and round things off with the third symphony of the week by Roy Harris - and Suzy Klein finds out from award-winning film-maker and perhaps his best, the Symphony no.7. writer John Bridcut about the inspiration Britten drew from children, film, sport and his need to win. Including excerpts Presented by Penny Gore. from Simple Symphony, Quatre chansons françaises, Sinfonietta, A Ceremony of Carols, The Turn of the Screw, and John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine Night Mail. BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). FRI 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b03hkc64) Charles Griffes: The White Peacock BBC Symphony Orchestra Centenary Concert BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor). Who better to lead the Britten Centenary Concert than Oliver Knussen? Since first meeting Britten as a young child, to 2.30pm becoming Artistic Director of the Aldeburgh Festival, and Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F major helping to shape the Britten-Pears School, the composer- Wayne Marshall (piano), conductor has been inextricably linked with Britten's legacy. BBC Philharmonic, Any Knussen concert is special but this one, coming from the Arvo Volmer (conductor). superb Snape Maltings Concert Hall, created by Britten himself, is unmissable with its combination of the rarely heard, well- 3pm known and new. Christopher Rouse: Friandises BBC Symphony Orchestra, The concert's first part has the ebulient Cantata Academica, Grant Llewellyn (conductor). whose tongue-in-cheek title has surely kept it a rarity, and the famous Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes. A 3.35pm specially commissioned world premiere by Ryan Wigglesworth Ives: Psalms 24 and 150 starts the second half which ends with Britten's first major BBC Singers, orchestral work, the Spring Symphony. It's a vibrant celebration Andrew Griffiths (conductor). of the seasons, with wonderful settings of English poetry (and cow-horn), the perfect piece to end a special occasion. Charles Martin Loeffler: Divertissement in A minor Lorraine McAslan (violin), Presented by Tom Service, who talks to composer Ryan BBC Concert Orchestra, Wigglesworth and Lucy Walker from the Britten Pears Johannes Wildner (conductor). Foundation in the interval.

4pm Britten: Cantata Academica Harris: Symphony No 7 Britten: Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia (Peter Grimes) BBC Symphony Orchestra Ryan Wigglesworth: Locke's Theatre (world premiere) Andrew Litton (conductor). Britten: Spring Symphony

Claire Booth (soprano) FRI 16:30 In Tune (b03hk8kv) Christine Rice (mezzo soprano) In Tune: Britten Centenary Weekend Launch Robert Murray (tenor) Christopher Purves (baritone) Sean Rafferty launches BBC Radio 3's weekend marking Norwich Cathedral Choristers Britten's centenary with a special edition of In Tune, live from Choirs of Norwich School and Norwich High School for Girls The Britten Studio at Snape Maltings. There's live performance BBC Symphony Chorus from Aldeburgh Strings, tenor Allan Clayton and horn player BBC Symphony Orchestra Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/