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10 October 2008 Page 1 of 40 Radio 3 Listings for 4 – 10 October 2008 Page 1 of 40 SATURDAY 04 OCTOBER 2008 Sinfonia No.2 in B flat major Camerata Bern SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b00dpq5h) Through the Night 04/10/2008 04:53AM Scacchi, Marco (1602-1662) With Jonathan Swain. Omnes Gentes Kai Wessel (alto), Krzystof Szmyt (tenor), Il Tempo Baroque 01:01AM Ensemble, Agata Sapiecha (director) Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904) Slavonic Dances (Op.72 No.1-4) 04:56AM Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor) Scacchi, Marco (1602-1662) Beatus Laurentius 01:21AM Olga Pasiecznik & Marta Boberska (sopranos), Kai Wessel (alto), Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931) Krzystof Szmyt (tenor), Dirk Snellings (bass), Il Tempo Baroque Symphony no.2 (Op.16) 'The Four temperaments' Ensemble, Agata Sapiecha (director) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ingar Bergby (conductor) 05:00AM 01:55AM Pacius, Frederik (1809-1891) Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957) Overture for Large Orchestra Pensees Lyriques (Op.40) The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kari Tikka (conductor) Eero Heinonen (piano) 05:06AM 02:14AM Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) Fantasy on Halevy's 'La Juive' Piano Trio in C minor (Op.1 No.3) Károly Mocsári (piano) Katherine Gowers (violin), Adrian Brendel (cello), Paul Lewis (piano) 05:21AM Halévy, Jacques-François (1799-1862) 02:44AM Aria: 'Quand de la nuit l'épais nuage' (from 'L'Éclair', Act 3) Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759) Benjamin Butterfield (tenor), Canadian Opera Company Concerto Grosso in A major (Op.6 No.11) Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor) Barbara Jane Gilbey (violin), Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players 05:27AM Halévy, Jacques-François (1799-1862) 03:02AM Gérard & Lusignan's duet: 'Salut, salut, à cette noble France' – Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893) from 'La Reine de Chypre', Act 3 Symphony No.6 in B minor (Op.74) 'Pathetique' Benjamin Butterfield (tenor – Gérard), Brett Polegato (baritone – Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam Lusignan), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard (conductor) Bradshaw (conductor) 03:48AM 05:38AM Sjögren, Emil (1853-1918) Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767) Two Lyrical Pieces Concerto in A minor for Recorder, Viola da Gamba, Strings and Per Enoksson (violin), Péter Nagy (piano) Continuo La Stagione Frankfurt 04:00AM Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) 05:53AM Hungarian dances for piano duet (Nos.1, 11, 13, 17, 8) Power, Leonel (d. 1445) Noël Lee and Christian Ivaldi (pianos) Salve Regina The Hilliard Ensemble 04:13AM Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907) 06:01AM Symphonic Dance No.4 (Andante) – from Symphonic dances Kunzen, Friedrich (1761-1817) (Op.64) Overture to the opera 'Erik Ejegod' Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Göran W. Nilson (conductor) Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Peter Marschik (conductor) 04:25AM 06:07AM Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741) Kapp, Villem (1913-1964) Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in C (Op.8 No.12) Pohjarannik (The North Coast) (RV.178) Estonian National Male Choir, Andres Paas (organ), Aleksander Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (violin/director) Sarapuu (bass), Ants Soots (director) 04:34AM 06:12AM Kerll, Johann Caspar (1627-1693) Hendriks, Christiaan Frederiks (1861-1923) Canzona in D minor Variations on the old Wilhelmus Jan Jongepier (organ) Gert Oost (organ) 04:37AM 06:16AM Pachelbel, Johann (c.1653-1706) Platti, Giovanni Benedetto (1696-1763) Allein zu dir Herr Jesu Christ Concerto in G minor for oboe, strings and bass continuo Jan Jongepier (organ) Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe), Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik, Mary Utiger (director) 04:41AM Bach, Carl Philipp Emmanuel (1714-1788) 06:27AM Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 4 – 10 October 2008 Page 2 of 40 Jarnovic, Ivan Mane (?-1804) 07:37 Fantasia and Rondo in G major MENDELSSOHN Vladimir Krpan (piano) Rondo capriccioso, Op.14 Mikhail Pletnev (piano) 06:32AM DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 459 634-2 Tr 29 Livadic, Ferdo (1799-1878) 2 Scherzos, in E major and A flat minor 07:44 Vladimir Krpan (piano) RACHMANINOV 06:37AM Liturgy of St John Chrysostom: Te be poyem Rosenmuller, Johann (c.1619-1684) BBC Singers Sinfonia Quinta Kaspars Putnins (conductor) Tafelmusik Baroque Soloists BBC RECORDING 06:47AM 07:46 Poulenc, François (1899-1963) Deux Poèmes de Louis Aragon HOLST Anne Sheridan (soprano), Jonathan Savage (piano) Mercury the winged messenger Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 06:52AM Simon Rattle (conductor) Lebedjew, Alexej (1924-1993) EMI 36969902 Tr 3 Concerto in one movement (Concerto No.1) in A minor for bass trombone and piano 07:51 Csaba Wagner (trombone), Katalin Sarkady (piano) ALBINONI Trumpet Concerto in B-flat major, Op.7 No.3 SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b00drsy6) Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet) With Martin Handley. I Musici DECCA 475 9126 CD1 Tr 9-11 The full Breakfast playlist is posted on this page after the programme. 08:03 07:03 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Running Set GLUCK arr. Triebensee London Symphony Orchestra Iphigenie en Tauride - Overture Richard Hickox (conductor) The Albion Ensemble CHANDOS CHAN 10001 Tr 6 HYPERION CDH55037 Tr 14 08:10 07:08 KREISLER, arr. RAINER SCHOTTSTADT ANON. MEDIEVAL Old Viennese Dances 1-3: Liebesfreud; Liebesleid & Schoen L’Ange a la vierge Rosmarin) Orlando Consort & Perfect Houseplants Torsten Janicke (violin) METRONOME CD 1009 Tr 13 Gurzenich-Fagottquintett MDG 324 0970-2 Tr 12-14 07:12 08:20 FINZI Eclogue BERNSTEIN Piers Lane, piano Make Our Garden Grow (Candide) English Chamber orchestra Jerry Hadley (Candide) Nicholas Daniel (conductor) June Anderson (Cunegonde) DECCA 476 2163 CD1 Tr 1 Christa Ludwig (Old Lady) Della Jones (Paquette) 07:23 Nicolai Gedda (Governor) Kurt Ollmann (Maximilian) HANDEL Adolph Green (Dr Pangloss) ‘As steals the morn’ – duet (L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Moderato) Leonard Bernstein (conductor) Ian Bostridge (tenor) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 429 734-2 CD2 Tr 16 Kate Royal (soprano) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 08:26 Harry Bicket (conductor) EMI 382 243-2 Tr 13 NANCARROW Study for Piano Player No.11 07:31 Joanna McGregor (piano) SOUND CIRCUS SC007 Tr 8 GREIG Symphonic Dances Opus 64: No.3 in D major 08:30 Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor) FREE THOUGHT CHANDOS CHAN 9113 Tr 3 Bryan Biggs - How culture is a vital, living process. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 4 – 10 October 2008 Page 3 of 40 08:32 Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor BACH Reviewer – Ivan Hewett Contrapunctus No.6 ‘im Stile francese’ (Art of Fugue, BWV.1080) First Choice Recommendation: Emerson String Quartet Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Raffaele Arié, DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 495-2 Tr 6 Valiano Natali, Anna Maria Canali, Gino Sarri, Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tullio Serafin (conductor) 08:37 EMI 5861972 (2 CDs, Budget) Also available on EMI 562747 (2 CDs, Mid Price with booklet), MOZART 566438 (2 CDs, Mid Price with booklet) and Naxos 8.110131-32 Rondo in A major, K.386 (2 CDs, Budget) Pascal Roge (piano) Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Next week Robert Philip examines recordings of Brahms’ Raymond Leppard (conductor) Symphony No. 3. ONYX 4013 Tr 7 10.30 New Releases 08:48 Rob Cowan joins Andrew to talk about recent releases of QIU-XIA HE Russian symphonic repertoire. With excerpts from the following Clouds-Irish Impressions discs: Silk Road Ensemble JBM 9801-2 Tr 5 GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 6 Op. 58; La Mer Op. 28; Introduction and Dance from Salome Op. 90 08:53 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, José Serebrier (conductor) Warner 2564 69627-0 (CD) RAMEAU, Jean-Philippe Les Trois mains [A minor] (Nouvelles suites de pieces de RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 3; Symphonic Dances clavecin) Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Pavel Kogan (conductor) Calefax Reed Quintet Alto ALC1030 (CD, Budget) MDG 619 1374 2 Tr 6) PROKOFIEV: Symphonies Nos 1-6 from box set Prokofiev The Symphonies SAT 09:00 CD Review (b00dmxz9) Gurzenich-Orchester Koln, Dmitrij Kitajenko (conductor) Building a Library: Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor Phoenix Edition 135 (5 CDs, Mid Price) Andrew McGregor introduces Radio 3’s weekly programme SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture; Symphony No. 5 devoted to all that’s new in the world of recorded music. Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor) Signum Records SIGCD135 (CD, Mid Price) Building a Library: Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor 11.15am – Interview with John Adams Reviewer - Ivan Hewett Andrew talks to composer John Adams about his latest opera recordings. With excerpts from the following discs: First choice: Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Raffaele Arié, ADAMS: Doctor Atomic Valiano Natali, Anna Maria Canali, Gino Sarri, Coro e Orchestra Gerald Finley (J. Robert Openheimer), Jessica Rivera (Kitty del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tullio Serafin (conductor) Openheimer), Eric Owens (General Leslie Groves), Richard Paul EMI 5861972 (2 CDs, Budget) Fink (Edward Teller), James Maddalena (Jack Hubbard), Thomas Also available on EMI 562747 (2 CDs, Mid Price with booklet), Glenn (Robert Wilson), Jay Hunter Morris (Captain James Nolan), 566438 (2 CDs, Mid Price with booklet) and Naxos 8.110131-32 Ellen Rabiner (Pasquialita), Netherlands Philharmonic (2 CDs, Budget) Orchestra, Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, Lawrence Renes (conductor) CD Review BAL Catalogue Data Opus Arte (2 DVDs) bal.donizetti: bal.donizett.lucia.di.lammermoor ADAMS: A Flowering Tree Jessica Rivera (soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), Eric Owens 09.05am (bass-baritone), London Symphony Orchestra, Scholar Cantorum de Venezuela, John Adams (conductor) RICHARD STRAUSS: AUS ITALIEN
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