Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 1 of 17 SATURDAY 22 DECEMBER 2018 Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director) Michael How & Luke Fitzgerald (organ) Delphian DCD34197 SAT 01:00 Through the Night (m0001p17) 04:49 AM http://delphianrecords.co.uk/product-group/cantique-de-noel- A Winter's Morning Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805-1900), P. Gunther french-music-for--from-berlioz-to-debussy/ (arranger), U. Teuber (arranger) An eclectic night with works by Romberg, Lithander and Kaski Blomstre som en rosengard (Blooming like a rose garden) Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain’ – traditional Christmas guides us through to a morning of First Snow and Winter Fionian Chamber Choir, Alice Granum (director) music Festivals. John Shea presents. Apollo’s Fire (ensemble) 04:54 AM Apollo’s Singers 01:01 AM Friedrich Kunzen (1761-1817) Apollo’s Musettes Anton Eberl (1765-1807) Vinhoesten (Der Fest der Winzer) (Overture) Jeannette Sorrell (director) Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op 34 Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Peter Marschik (conductor) Avie AV2396 WDR Symphony Orchestra Koln, Johannes Wohlmacher http://www.avie-records.com/releases/christmas-on-sugarloaf- (conductor) 05:01 AM mountain/ Antoni Haczewski ((C.18th/19th)) 01:35 AM Symphony in D major 9.30am Building a Library: Caroline Gill listens to and (1770-1827) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrzej Straszynski compares some of the available recordings of Vivaldi's Gloria Violin Concerto in C, WoO 5 (Fragment, 1792) (conductor) Mirijam Contzen (violin), WDR Symphony Orchestra Koln, Although Vivaldi wrote 3 settings of the Gloria Johannes Wohlmacher (conductor) 05:10 AM (RV588-RV590), it is RV589 that has become known simply as Arvo Pärt (b.1935) 'The Vivaldi Gloria', owing to its enduring popularity. It is 01:52 AM The Woman with the Alabaster box for chorus thought to have been composed in 1715 for the Pio Ospedale Bernhard Heinrich Romberg ((1767-1841)) Erik Westbergs Vocal Ensemble della Pietà, the orphanage, convent and music school in Venice Concertino for Two Cellos and Orchestra, Op 72 in which Vivaldi taught. Not only is the Vivaldi Gloria strongly Oren Shevlin (cello), Johannes Wohlmacher (cello), WDR 05:16 AM influenced by the operatic style of the day, but it also mimics Symphony Orchestra Koln, Johannes Wohlmacher (conductor) Josef Suk the prevalent concerto grosso style in its alternating episodes for A Winter's tale , Op 9 tutti choir and solos. Above all, Vivaldi's Gloria has gained its 02:07 AM Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Vasata (conductor) popularity because of its vibrant musical personality. (1756-1791), Carl David Stegmann (arranger) 05:33 AM 10.20am – New Releases Fantasia in C minor, K475 Ilmari Hannikainen (1892-1955) WDR Symphony Orchestra Koln, Johannes Wohlmacher Ensi Lumi (First Snow) ‘Nadales arreu’ – by Salvador Brotons, Mauel (conductor) Risto Kyrö (piano) Oltra, Joan Alfonso, David Leon Fioravanti & Joan Casas Banda Municipal de Barcelona (ensemble) 02:16 AM 05:38 AM Salvador Brotons (director) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Carl David Stegmann Friedrich Kunzen (1761-1817) Coral Cantiga (choir) (arranger) Symphony in G minor Ulrike Haller (soprano) Allegro, 1st Movement from Piano Sonata in C minor, K.457 Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Peter Marschik (conductor) Jordi Ricart (baritone) WDR Symphony Orchestra Koln, Johannes Wohlmacher Columna Musica 1CM0382 (conductor) 05:57 AM https://www.columnamusica.com/en/catalogue/nadales-arreu 02:26 AM String Quartet in G minor, Op 20, No.3 ‘Folkjul II’ – Swedish folk music for Christmas Christian Neefe (1748-1798) Quatuor Mosaïques Ulrika Boden (singer) Keyboard Concerto in G major Gunnar Idenstam (singer) Christine Schornsheim (fortepiano), Michael Niesemann 06:17 AM Sandra Marteleur (singer) (oboe), Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik (1685-1750) St. Jacobs Kammarkor Selig ist der Mann, cantata, BWV 57 Gary Graden (conductor) 02:48 AM Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (director) BIS-2334 SACD (Hybrid SACD) Carl Ludwig Lithander (1773-1843) http://bis.se/performers/idenstam-gunnar/folkjul-2-a-swedish- Sonata for piano (Op.8 No.1) in C major, 'Sonate facile' 06:41 AM folk-christmas Juhani Lagerspetz (piano) Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) 2 Nocturnes for piano Op.62 Arthur Sullivan: The Light of the World 03:01 AM Yulianna Avdeeva (piano) Natalya Romaniw (soprano - Mary, the Mother of ) Heino Kaski (1885-1957) Eleanor Dennis (soprano - Mary Magdalene/Martha) Symphony in B minor (Op.16) (1918/19) 06:53 AM Kitty Whately (contralto - an angel) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ilpo Mansnerus Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Robert Murray (tenor - a disciple/nicodemus) (conductor) Valse Triste Ben Mcateer (baritone – Jesus) BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Neal Davies (bass - a ruler/a pharisee/a shepherd) 03:27 AM BBC concert orchestra Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927), Jens Peter Jacobsen Kinder children’s choir (lyricist) SAT 07:00 Breakfast (m0001psg) BBC symphony chorus Three choral songs Saturday - Elizabeth Alker John Andrews (conductor) Swedish Radio Choir, Gustav Sjökvist (conductor) Dutton Epoch 2CDLX 7356 (Hybrid SACD) Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=2CDL 03:34 AM featuring our musical Calendar and listener requests. X7356 Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) Clarinet Quartet in E flat major Email [email protected] ‘Christmas with Sonoro’ – Christmas music by Archer, Martin Frost (clarinet), Tobias Ringborg (violin), Ingegerd McDowall, Spicer, Higgins, Joubert, Treseder, Howells, Kierkegaard (viola), John Ehde (cello) McGlade, Roe, Beamish, O’Carroll, Warlock, Rutter, Todd & SAT 09:00 Record Review (m0001psj) Nicholson 04:02 AM with Andrew McGregor. Sonoro (choir) Ferenc Erkel (1810-1893) Michael Higgins (organ) Overture to Névtelen hosök (Unknown Heroes) a comic 9.00am Neil Ferris (conductor) Hungarian Radio Orchestra, András Kórodi (conductor) Resonus Classics RES10226 Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsodies Nos.1 & 2; The https://www.resonusclassics.com/christmas-with-sonoro-neil- 04:06 AM Bluebird; Music for an EFDS Masque; Variations for Orchestra ferris-res10226 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) plus David Matthews: Norfolk March Toccata in G major BWV.916 Royal Scottish National Orchestra ‘A song for Christmas’ – Christmas music arranged for Jayson Gillham (piano) Martin Yates (conductor) orchestra by Mantovani Dutton Epoch CDLX 7351 (SACD Hybrid) Mantovani and his orchestra 04:14 AM https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=CDLX Decca Eloquence 484 0268 George Gershwin 7351 https://eloquenceclassics.com/releases/a-song-for-christmas/ Lullaby for string quartet New Stenhammar String Quartet ‘A Vaughan Williams Christmas’ – Christmas carols by Ralph ‘Himmelmusik’ – Sacred songs and cantatas by Theile, JC Bach, Vaughan Williams Butner & Ritter 04:24 AM Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea L’Arpeggiata (ensemble) Johan Svendsen (1840-1911) William Vann (conductor) Christina Pluhar (director) Violin Romance in G major, Op 26 Albion Records ALBCD035 Warner Classics 0190295634001 Julia Fischer (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, http://www.warnerclassics.com/shop/3253479,0190295634001/ Christopher Warren-Green (conductor) Christmas Cantatas by Buxtehude, Telemann & Bach christina-pluhar-himmelmusik La Petite Bande 04:32 AM Sigiswald Kuijken 10.50am New Releases: Oliver Condy on new organ recordings Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) Accent ACC 24348 Sonata in F minor, Kk.466 Krebs: Complete Organ Music Louis Schwizgebel (piano) ‘Cantique de Noël’ – Christmas music by Berlioz, Fauré, Manuel Tomadin Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Roques, Noyon, Debussy, Guilmant & Brilliant Classics 95363 04:40 AM Massenet https://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/k/krebs-complete- Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge organ-music/ Concerto Grosso (Op.3 No.2) Geoffrey Webber (director) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 2 of 17 Soler: Six concertos for two organs Katie Derham explores dance on film, from Fred and Ginger's And God bless you all, all of you on the Good Earth. Jurgen Essl & Jeremy Joseph elegance to the lycra of 1980s dance movies. And coming right Cybele CYBELE SACD 031802 up to the present, Katie talks to Mandy Moore, award-winning The producer is Richard Hollingham, with sound engineering choreographer of La La Land. They'll discuss the art of by Sam Gunn. Franck: complete organ works choreographing for the big screen, how it differs to the stage. Ben van Oosten Message from the Moon is a Boffin Media Production for BBC MDG 316 2080-2 Radio 3 https://www.mdg.de/titel/2080.htm SAT 16:00 Jazz Record Requests (m0001pss) Alyn Shipton with jazz records from across the genre as Organ music by Bach, Buxtehude, Mendelssohn & Reubke requested by Radio 3 listeners, including Christmas music from SAT 22:00 Hear and Now (m0001pt1) Joseph Nolan Louis Armstrong. Hansel and Gretel Signum SIGCD546 https://signumrecords.com/product/the-organ-of-st-bavo- A re-imagining of the classic fairy tale by the poet Simon haarlem/SIGCD546/ SAT 17:00 J to Z (m0001psv) Armitage with music by Matthew Kaner, a work devised for the A Christmas party with Kansas Smitty’s House Band stage by the Goldfield Ensemble. This touring production was Music for organ duo by Ravel, Paulus & Stravinsky inspired by the visual creations of artist Clive Hicks-Jenkins, Benedict Lewis-Smith A party feel to the last J to Z of the year, featuring live music with puppeteers working alongside the chamber ensemble and Julian Collings from swing maestros Kansas Smitty’s House Band and some narrator Adey Grummet. Kate Molleson introduces a recording Regent REGCD500 very special guests, recorded at their bar in East London. of the London performance which took place at Milton Court http://www.regent-records.co.uk/product_details_356.htm Concert Hall in October. Also tonight, a selection of some of Kansas Smitty’s get the joint jumping with their vintage jazz the best new releases of 2018. Works for choir, organ & orchestra by Bach & Krebs stylings and presenters Jumoké Fashola, Julian Joseph and Lucas Pohle (organ) Kevin Le Gendre share their musical highlights from the past Britta Schwarz (alto) year – along with a Christmas tune or two. Luise Haugk (oboe) SUNDAY 23 DECEMBER 2018 Dresdner Barockorchester Produced by Dominic Tyerman for Somethin’ Else. Rondeau ROP6160 SUN 00:00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz (b06zj3ch) Jelly Roll Morton ‘Deo Gracias’ – Organ music by Paul Spicer, Paul Edwards, SAT 18:30 Opera on 3 (m0001psx) John Weaver, Jehan Alain, Marcel Dupre, Leo Sowerby, Iain From the Met Geoffrey Smith pays tribute to a New Orleans immortal, pianist- Quinn, Percy Whitlock & Andrew Carter composer Jelly Roll Morton. His famous interviews at the Stephen Moore Puccini's La Fanciulla del West Library of Congress in 1938 provide a feast of memory and Priory PRCD1199 music from the great days of the Crescent City. https://www.prioryrecords.co.uk/index.php?route=product/prod A mining town during the American gold rush of 1849: perhaps uct&path=59_73&product_id=2336 an unlikely setting for an Italian opera, but one that has a happy 01 00:03:26 Jelly Roll Morton (artist) ending! Puccini's La Fanciulla del West, the Girl of the Golden Honky-Tonk Blues Messiaen: Les Corps Glorieux, L’Ascension, Messe de la West, tells the tale of Minnie, the bartender in the saloon whom Performer: Jelly Roll Morton Pentecote, Apparition de l’Eglise éternelle, La Nativité & Le all the local men adore, and Dick Johnson alias Ramerrez, a Performer: Jelly Roll Morton Banquet Céleste notorious bandit. Dick and Minnie fall in love on first meeting, Duration 00:03:21 Louis Thiry so much so that he vows to change his life as a bandit. Puccini La Dolce Volta LDV 49.1 wrote the romantic leads for two great singers: Enrico Caruso 02 00:07:16 Jelly Roll Morton (artist) https://www.ladolcevolta.com/album-music/messiaen-oeuvres- and Emmy Destin, but the roles in this Met performance are King Porter Stomp pour-orgue-louis-thiry/ sung by two contemporary great singers: Eva-Maria Westbroek Performer: Jelly Roll Morton and Jonas Kaufmann. Performer: Jelly Roll Morton Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur Duration 00:02:55 Richard Gowers Presented by Mary Jo Heath in conversation with Ira Siff. King’s College KGS0025 03 00:11:35 Jelly Roll Morton (artist) https://www.kingscollegerecordings.com/product/messiaen-la- Minnie.....Eva-Maria Westbroek (Soprano) Maple Leaf Rag nativite-du-seigneur/ Dick Johnson (Ramerrez)...... Jonas Kaufmann (Tenor) Performer: Jelly Roll Morton Jack Rance.....Zeljko Lucic (Baritone) Performer: Jelly Roll Morton 11.45am – Disc of the Week Nick.....Carlo Bosi (Tenor) Duration 00:01:55 Sonora.....Michael Todd Simpson (Baritone) Debussy: Nocturnes, Jeux & Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Ashby.....Matthew Rose (Bass) 04 00:13:39 Jelly Roll Morton (artist) Les Siècles Jake Wallce.....Oren Gradus (Bass) Maple Leaf Rag Les Cris de Paris Wowkle.....MaryAnn Mccormick (Mezzo-soprano) Performer: Jelly Roll Morton François-Xavier Roth - Conductor Trin.....Eduardo Valdes (Tenor) Performer: Jelly Roll Morton Harmonia Mundi HMM905291 Harry.....Alok Kumar (Main Artist) Duration 00:02:46 http://www.harmoniamundi.com/#!/albums/2469 Joe.....Scott Scully (Tenor) Postiglione.....Ian Kozlara (Tenor) 05 00:17:30 Jelly Roll Morton (artist) Sid.....Jeongcheoi Cha (Baritone) Miserere SAT 12:15 Music Matters (m0001psl) Bellow.....Richard Bernstein (Baritone) Performer: Jelly Roll Morton Christmas in the Fens Harry.....Joseph Barron (Tenor) Performer: Jelly Roll Morton Jim Larkens.....Adrian Timpau (Baritone) Duration 00:02:57 Kate Molleson goes to the Fens to explore some of the music- Billy Jackrabbit.....Philip Cokorinos (Tenor) making going on at Christmas, including a visit to Ely Cathedral Jose Castro.....Kidon Choi (Baritone) 06 00:21:48 Jelly Roll Morton (artist) which has a choral tradition going back centuries; a look at folk New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Main Artist Tiger Rag music in the region, including a discussion of Morris music with New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus Performer: Jelly Roll Morton accordionist Martin Green, and a songwriting masterclass with Marco Armiliato (Conductor) Performer: Jelly Roll Morton Boo Hewerdine; an interview with Timothy Day, author of a Duration 00:01:04 new book about the choral tradition exemplified by the choir of King's College Cambridge; and a report from Anna Lapwood SAT 21:30 Between the Ears (m0001psz) 07 00:23:00 Jelly Roll Morton (artist) on girls choirs in Cambridge. Message from the Moon Tiger Rag Performer: Jelly Roll Morton In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth… Performer: Jelly Roll Morton SAT 13:00 Inside Music (m0001psn) Duration 00:00:44 Cellist Natalie Clein chooses music that satisfies both mind and On 1968, as the crew of Apollo 8 orbited the heart Moon, they read extracts from Genesis live on TV to tens of 08 00:25:57 Jelly Roll Morton (artist) millions of people around the world. Later, they would also Tiger Rag Cellist Natalie Clein describes what it’s like playing J.S. Bach’s capture – by accident – a photograph of the Earth rising above Performer: Jelly Roll Morton inexorable bass lines, thinks about how important silence is - the lunar landscape: Earthrise. Both events would have a Performer: Jelly Roll Morton both in music and everyday life, and presents two very different profound and influential effect that continues to this day. Duration 00:03:14 versions of the tango. In Message from the Moon, we follow the Apollo 8 mission 09 00:30:08 Jelly Roll Morton (artist) She also introduces us to a refreshing take on Vivaldi’s Four from launch to splashdown – including the reading from Animule Ball Seasons and the granite-like construction of Sibelius’s 5th Genesis – and hear from astronauts giving their unique Performer: Jelly Roll Morton Symphony. perspective on creation, faith and God. Their thoughts are Performer: Jelly Roll Morton interwoven with music from Hannah Peel's composition, Mary Duration 00:03:53 Natalie’s Must Listen piece at 2pm takes us into the world of Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia. one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century - performing his 10 00:34:15 Jelly Roll Morton (artist) own music. The programme features original interviews with Apollo 8 Animule Ball commander, Frank Borman, Apollo 16 astronaut and Performer: Jelly Roll Morton A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of Moonwalker Charlie Duke, Shuttle astronauts Nicole Stott and Performer: Jelly Roll Morton music - from the inside. Mike Massimino, as well as serving NASA astronaut Jeff Duration 00:01:07 Williams and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 11 00:36:05 Jelly Roll Morton (artist) Archive includes NASA commentary from the mission, Pep previously un-broadcast extracts from the Apollo 8 capsule Performer: Jelly Roll Morton SAT 15:00 Sound of Dance (m0001psq) flight recorder and BBC TV commentary. Performer: Jelly Roll Morton Dance on Screen Duration 00:03:33 Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 3 of 17 12 00:40:27 Jelly Roll Morton 04:38 AM Jan tells Michael how her difficult childhood was transformed Creepy Feeling Robert Schumann (1810-1856) by writing and performing at Cambridge, about the battles she’s Performer: Jelly Roll Morton Three Romances Op 94 fought to have women equally represented on comedy shows Performer: Jelly Roll Morton and His Orchestra Hyong-Sup Kim (male) (oboe), Ja-Eun Ku (male) (piano) and discusses the frequently negative perception of women in Duration 00:03:25 positions of power. 04:49 AM 13 00:43:54 Jelly Roll Morton Pancho Vladigerov (1899-1978) And she demonstrates just how she got inside the voice of Creepy Feeling Vardar - Rhapsodie bulgare Op 16 Theresa May. Performer: Jelly Roll Morton Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Milen Nachev Performer: Jelly Roll Morton and His Orchestra (conductor) Jan’s passion isn’t just for female speaking voices but for Duration 00:04:04 singing voices too, and she’s chosen to hear four women singers: 05:01 AM Maria Callas, Kathleen Ferrier, Jessye Norman and Barbara 14 00:48:37 Jelly Roll Morton (artist) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Cook. Ain't Misbehavin' Overture to La Forza del destino Performer: Jelly Roll Morton Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Québec, Raffi Producer: Jane Greenwood Performer: Jelly Roll Morton Armenian (conductor) A Loftus production for BBC Radio 3 Duration 00:04:11 05:08 AM 15 00:53:45 Jelly Roll Morton (artist) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) SUN 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (m0001n8c) The Pearls Allegro appassionato in C sharp minor Op 70 Wigmore Monday Lunchtimes: Ensemble Zefiro Performer: Jelly Roll Morton Stefan Lindgren (piano) Performer: Jelly Roll Morton From Wigmore Hall, London, crack period-instrument group Duration 00:06:09 05:15 AM Ensemble Zefiro performs Mozart's large-scale Serenade for Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1750) winds in B flat K361, "Gran Partita". Serenades were a popular Concerto a 5 for 2 oboes and strings Op 9 No 9 in C major form of outdoor evening entertainment in late 18th-century SUN 01:00 Through the Night (m0001pt4) European Union Baroque Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor) Austria, and though the exact occasion for the writing of this Two Guys, Two Pianos piece (lavishly scored for 13 players - 12 winds plus double 05:26 AM bass) is unknown, its posthumous title refers to its unusually Rachmaninov's Suites 1 and 2 played by Nikolai Lugansky and Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594) grand scale and seriousness. Vadim Rudenko in a concert from Moscow. Catriona Young Gratia sola Dei (motet) presents. Currende, Erik van Nevel (conductor) Introduced by Sean Rafferty.

01:01 AM 05:34 AM Mozart: Serenade in B flat K361 "Gran Partita" Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Ensemble Zefiro Suite No 1 Op 5 Adagio for musical clock WoO.33 Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Vadim Rudenko (piano) Stef Tuinstra (organ) SUN 14:05 The Early Music Show (m0001pts) 01:24 AM 05:40 AM The Early Music Young Ensemble Competition Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Karol Józef Lipinski (1790-1861) Suite No 2 Op 17 Adagio from Violin Concerto in F sharp minor No 1 The inaugural Young Ensemble Competition from the London Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Vadim Rudenko (piano) Albrecht Breuninger (violin), Polish Radio Symphony Exhibition of Early Music, featuring Tinka Pyper with Anders Orchestra, Wojciech Rajski (conductor) Muskens, Ensemble Vergissmeinnicht, Palisander and Pocket 01:47 AM Sinfonia. Recorded in November, the competition was judged Ástor Piazzolla (1921-1992), Vadim Rudenko (arranger) 05:51 AM by a distinguished panel - Dame Emma Kirkby, James Libertango Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Johnstone and Tom Beets. Lucie Skeaping presents highlights Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Vadim Rudenko (piano) Andantino (second movement) from Piano Sonata in A major, of the performances which took place in the gothic splendour of D.959 St Margaret's Church, Blackheath. 01:51 AM David Huang (piano) Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Octet in F major, D.803 06:00 AM SUN 15:00 Choral Evensong (m0001p1p) Vilde Frang Bjærke (violin), Elisabeth Dingstad (violin), Georg Philipp Telemann Bath Abbey Bendik Foss (viola), Audun Sandvik (cello), Håkon Thelin Overture (Suite) in D major 'Darmstadt' TWV.55:d15 (double bass), Andreas Sundén (clarinet), Audun Halvorsen Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor) From Bath Abbey. (bassoon), Jukka Harjo (french horn) 06:22 AM Introit: Let all mortal flesh (Bairstow) 02:53 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Responses: Leighton Antoine Brumel Three Polonaises Psalms 98, 99, 100, 101 (Randall, Day, Ley, Stainer) Agnus Dei - Et ecce terrae motus (for 12 voices) Kevin Kenner (piano) First Lesson: Isaiah 11 vv.1-9 Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel (conductor) Canticles: Jackson in G 06:42 AM Second Lesson: Romans 15 vv. 7-13 03:01 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Anthem: Ave Maria (Bruckner) César Franck (1822-1890) Quartet for flute and strings in C major K.285b Hymn: O come, O come, Emmanuel! (Veni Emmanuel) Le Chasseur Maudit - symphonic poem (M.44) Joanna G'froerer (flute), Martin Beaver (violin), Pinchas Voluntary: Veni Emmanuel (Andrew Carter) Orchestre National de France, Neeme Jarvi (conductor) Zukerman (viola), Amanda Forsyth (cello) Huw Williams (Director of Music) 03:18 AM Shean Bowers (Assistant Director of Music) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky SUN 07:00 Breakfast (m0001ptl) Francesca da Rimini - symphonic fantasia after Dante Op 32 Sunday - Elizabeth Alker Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava, Róbert SUN 16:00 Choir and Organ (m0001ptv) Stankovský (conductor) Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces an hour of irresistible music for featuring our musical and listener requests. voices …featuring a populous city, Girl Crazy, and a selection 03:43 AM of music for Christmas by Bach, Harold Darke and Britten. Maya Le Roux-Obradovic Email [email protected] This is a programme where Anything Goes. Ballade de la vallee magique Maya Le Roux-Obradovic (guitar), Sinfonietta Belgrade, Produced by Luke Whitlock for BBC Wales Aleksandar Vujic (conductor) SUN 09:00 Sunday Morning (m0001ptn) Sarah Walker with Dukas, Guaraldi and Shostakovich 04:00 AM SUN 17:00 The Listening Service (b0858zp1) Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) Sarah Walker’s Sunday morning selection includes music across The bells, the bells... Spanischer Marsch Op 433 the centuries from Byrd to Dukas There’s also music for the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra, Peter Guth (conductor) Christmas season from Leontovych, Arvo Pärt and Vince Tom Service on the mystery, magic and music associated with Guaraldi. This week’s Sunday Escape is by Shostakovich. bells 04:05 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) For thousands of years human life has been accompanied by the Trio Sonata in D minor Op 1 No 12 'La Folia' (1705) SUN 12:00 Private Passions (m0001ptq) sound of bells - calls to prayer, driving away evil spirits, Florilegium Collinda Jan Ravens marking the hours and seasons of life - births, marriages, deaths, alarm bells, peace bells, sleigh bells and Christmas bells. 04:15 AM This week’s Private Passions is pretty crowded, with Kirsty Tom looks at the meaning and magic of the sound of bells, and Anonymous Wark, Fiona Bruce, Emily Thornberry and Theresa May all listens to the interpretations and reverberations of bells in Sonata in G from 'Maria Lancellotti's Book of Psalms' putting in appearances - in the person of Jan Ravens, from the music. Komalé Akakpo (cimbalom) award-winning Radio 4 show Dead Ringers.

04:24 AM Jan’s career has been a series of firsts – she was, in 1979, the SUN 17:30 Words and Music (m0001ptx) Per Nørgård (b.1932), Adam Wölfli (author), Rainer Maria first female president of the Cambridge Footlights, and their Feast! Rilke (author) show she directed in Edinburgh went on to win the first ever Wie ein Kind: "Wiegen Lied"; "Fruhlings-Lied"; Perrier Award. She was one of the first women to appear with Does a feast always conjure images of rich food and eating too "Trauermarsch" Jasper Carrott and on Spitting Image, and last year she made her much? The actors Tony Gardner and Janie Dee read from a Danish National Radio Choir, Kaare Hansen (conductor) solo Edinburgh debut with her show Difficult Woman. selection of literary feasts including F Scott Fiztgerald’s account of an opulent garden party thrown by Jay Gatsby to the small Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 4 of 17 scale "This Is Just To Say" by William Carlos Williams (a Le Temps journey that takes him to some unexpectedly dark and secret cheeky note left on a fridge admitting to have eaten someone Performer: Charles Aznavour places. else's plums) and Chinua Achebe's Yam Feast from Things Fall Duration 00:00:02 Apart. Plus poems including Flowers in the Interval by Louis This drama explores the world of selkie and seal stories, and MacNeice and All Souls by Kit Wright. Music by Copland, 21 00:43:44 how their engagement with some of the darker sides of love, Charpentier, Beyoncé, John Barry, Charles Aznavour and Jonathan Swift: O’Rourke’s Feast read by Tony Gardner longing, taboo and conflict, makes them an extraordinary source Schubert. Duration 00:00:02 of strength and insight for the generations of people who have told and listened to them. Producer: Paul Frankl 22 00:46:05 Träd Arthur O’Bradley Starring award-winning actor Stephen Dillane as Robert 01 00:00:45 Aaron Copland Performer: The Full English Whyman. Down a Country Lane Duration 00:00:03 Cast also includes Anastasia Hille, Jo McInnes, Lee Ross, Kiki Performer: LSO, Aaron Copland (conductor) May, Mairi Hawthorn, Eva Traynor, Nicholas Boulton, Anya Duration 00:00:02 23 00:50:01 Ashton and Paolo Ashton William Carlos Williams: This Is Just To Say read by Janie Dee Directed by Jo McInnes 02 00:00:56 Duration 00:00:18 Sound design by David Thomas Elizabeth Alexander Producer Karen Rose for Sweet Talk Productions Butter read by Janie Dee 24 00:50:18 Francisco Tárrega Duration 00:00:01 Recuerdos de la Alhambra Philip Selway is an English musician and songwriter best known Performer: Andrés Segovia as the drummer of Radiohead. Philip's most recent release is a 03 00:03:38 Philip Glass Duration 00:00:07 soundtrack album to the film drama Let Me Go; a story about New Cities in Ancient Lands mothers and daughters. Performer: Orchestra, Michael Riesman (conductor) 25 00:55:23 John Barry Elizabeth Kuti has written award-winning stage plays including; Duration 00:00:06 007 And Counting The Sugar Wife and Treehouses. Her radio work includes, for Performer: Orchestra/ John Barry Radio 4, Dear Spectator and Maychild, and for Radio 3, 04 00:09:16 Träd Duration 00:00:03 Maychild (R4) Mr Fielding’s Scandal Shop. The Night of Bonfire Jo McInnes has worked extensively as an actress and in 2003 co- Performer: Liu Fang and Farhan Sabbagh 26 00:55:39 founded A.P.E. Theatre Company. In 2006, Jo held the position Duration 00:00:01 Ian Fleming: Casino Royale read by Tony Gardner of Artistic Director of New Writing South and she has directed Duration 00:00:02 workshops and rehearsed readings of new work for, amongst 05 00:09:20 others, the Royal Court, The Old Vic and Hampstead Theatre. Salt Lick! 27 00:58:42 Monty Norman Karen Rose is a multi award-winning drama producer and co- Lu Ming (trans. Ezra Pound) read by Tony Gardner James Bond Theme director of Sweet Talk. Duration 00:00:52 Performer: Orchestra Duration 00:00:01 07 00:13:20 SUN 20:45 Radio 3 in Concert (m0001pv3) Chinua Achebe 28 00:59:40 Love came down at Christmas Things Fall Apart [Chinua Acheba] read by Janie Dee Jon Stallworthy: After La Desserte read by Janie Dee Duration 00:00:01 Duration 00:00:50 Recorded at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, the BBC Singers and conductor Peter Foggitt perform their annual selection of 08 00:15:08 Abdullah Ibrahim 29 01:01:56 Charpentier contemporary Christmas carols, with organist Stephen Farr. Banyana (The Children of Africa) Chaconne: Sans frayeur dans ce bois Performer: Abdullah Ibrahim Performer: Sophie Daneman (soprano) Les Art Florissants, Alec REDSHAW: I sing of a maiden Duration 00:00:01 William Christie Richard LLOYD: Love came down at Christmas Duration 00:00:02 Cecilia MCDOWALL: Of a Rose 09 00:17:04 Träd Thomas HYDE: Sweet was the song Apache Indian Drums (Sedona) 30 01:03:11 Anthony PICCOLO: I look from afar Performer: not given Kit Wright: All Souls read by Tony Gardner Philip MOORE: Lo, that is a marvellous change Duration 00:00:01 Duration 00:00:50 Judith BINGHAM: IV - Meine Seel’ Erhebt den Herren 10 00:18:32 Harry James 31 01:03:55 Franz Schubert Giles SWAYNE: O magnum mysterium I’ve Never Heard That Song Before Litanei auf des fest Aller Seelen Kenneth LEIGHTON: The Christ-child lay Performer: Harry James and His Orchestra Performer: Elizabeth Schumann (soprano) Raymond YIU: We saw thee Duration 00:00:54 Duration 00:00:50 Malcolm ARCHER: The Linden Tree Carol Judith BINGHAM: The Three Angels: III. 11 00:18:50 32 01:07:08 Peter LEECH: Adam lay Ybounden Heartburn [Nora Ephron] Dickens: A read by Janie Dee Richard Rodney BENNETT: Puer nobis Heartburn read by Janie Dee Duration 00:00:03 Peter FOGGITT: Ignis amoris Duration 00:00:03 33 01:10:18 Trad. Arr Kate and Anna McGarrigle BBC Singers 12 00:22:11 James V. Monaco/ Joseph McCarthy God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Stephen Farr - organ You Made Me Love You Performer: Kate & Anna McGarrigle Peter Foggitt - conductor Performer: Harry James and His Orchestra Duration 00:00:03 Duration 00:00:03 SUN 22:00 The Glory of Polyphony (b0b527p4) 13 00:25:39 SUN 18:45 Sunday Feature (m0001ptz) Palestrina and Gesualdo Jonathan Coe: The Rotters Club read by Tony Gardner The Pine Tree Duration 00:00:03 Peter Phillips begins his six-part series celebrating the Glory of Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough tells the magical story of the Polyphony. 14 00:28:43 Verdi tree that sits at the heart of Christmas day - the pine tree . We’ll LIBIAMO NE' LIETI CALICI [BRINDISI Chorus] leave our cosy, bauble lit front rooms and head out through Polyphony (literally, 'many sounds') reached its peak in choral Performer: Bavarian State Opera Chorus, Bavarian State starry skies to the vast pine forests of the world, where Eleanor music during the historic Renaissance period. Peter Phillips Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber (conductor) discovers a tale of economic power, political intrigue, and first discovered its magnificent sound world at the age of 16 Duration 00:00:02 biological wonder. As we’re watched over by the world’s oldest and ever since has devoted his life to performing and recording tree – the Bristlecone pine – thousands of years pass. Whole it. He even formed his record label and choir -The Tallis 15 00:31:37 cultures appear from the pine forests as the tree journeys to the Scholars - to share the music with others. In each programme in F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby read by Tony Gardner tropics, the Middle East, and encircles the world in the North. this series, Peter will share his knowledge of and passion for Duration 00:00:02 Ships masts, log cabins, violins, baubles and scented air Renaissance choral music by exploring the lives and works of fresheners arrive and depart. Nations are built from the wood, two very contrasting composers. He'll showcase their unique 16 00:32:14 Glenn Miller wars are fought over it, gifts bestowed. As Eleanor warms her styles against the social backdrops of the late 15th to early 17th In The Mood hands on the wildfires of the Cretaceous period the modern centuries by telling some of their personal stories and Performer: Glenn Miller and His Band pine emerges from its flames, and she wonders why we still explaining the original purpose of the music. He'll also explore Duration 00:00:01 invite this tree into our homes and worship it above all others. the music's meditative qualities and its power to affect An extraordinary story of global dominance, cultural influence, worshippers and audiences past and present. 17 00:33:14 Beyoncé and slightly kitsch baubles. Crazy in Love In this first programme, Peter will delve into the lives and Performer: Bryan Ferry Orchestra, Bryan Ferry music of two contrasting Italian composers: Giovanni da Duration 00:00:01 SUN 19:30 Drama on 3 (m0001pv1) Palestrina and Carlo Gesualdo. Palestrina was arguably the most Sea Longing venerated composer of his generation and a "safe pair of hands" 18 00:34:26 Roger Edens for the Vatican, whilst the anti-establishment prince Carlo Here’s to the Girls Sea Longing Gesualdo's infamous personal darkness coloured his dissonant Performer: Fred Astaire By Elizabeth Kuti and dramatic music. Duration 00:00:03 With music by Philip Selway 01 00:05:25 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 19 00:39:40 As a renowned folklore expert, Robert Whyman has spent his Missa Papae Marcelli (Credo) Tis the Feast of Corn (Verlaine) read by Janie Dee life getting secrets out of other people; and his recordings of Performer: Peter Philips Duration 00:00:01 selkie stories and folktales are legendary. Now, with time Choir: Tallis Scholars running out for Whyman, the tables are turned as he gives an Duration 00:03:27 20 00:41:09 Charles Aznavour interview of his own, excavating his own mythology in a Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 5 of 17 02 00:10:19 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 12:59 AM 04:39 AM Tribulationes civitatum Katarina Pustinek Rakar (b.1979),Michael Praetorius Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir (c.1571-1621), Jan Sandström (arranger) La Musica Notturna delle strade di Madrid, Quintet Op 30 no 6 Conductor: James OʼDonnell Das Rufen der Seelen (Rakar); Det är en ros utsprungen (G.324) Duration 00:07:17 (Sandstrom) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wojciech Rajski Swedish Radio Chorus, Martina Batič (director) (conductor) 03 00:20:15 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Missa Brevis (Agnus dei II) 01:09 AM 04:52 AM Choir: Tallis Scholars Valentin Vasilyevich Silvestrov (b.1937) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Conductor: Peter Phillips Liturgical Chants Nur ein wink von seinen Händchen, from Christmas Oratorio, Duration 00:02:53 Maria Demérus (soprano), Lisa Carlioth (soprano), Annika part 6 (BWV.248) Hudak (mezzo soprano), Love Tronner (tenor), Swedish Radio Marita Kvarving Sølberg (soprano), Norwegian Radio 04 00:24:22 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Chorus, Martina Batič (director) Orchestra, Ketil Haugsand (conductor) Magnificat Primi Toni Ensemble: Voces8 01:31 AM 04:56 AM Duration 00:04:15 Henri Marteau (1874-1934) Josef Suk String Quartet no 3 in C major Meditation on an old Czech hymn "St Wenceslas" (Op.35a) 05 00:32:09 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Yggdrasil String Quartet Signum Quartet Sicut cervus Choir: Christ Church Cathedral Oxford Choir 02:10 AM 05:04 AM Conductor: Stephen Darlington Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Duration 00:03:14 Grosse Fuge, Op 133 (version for orchestra, orig. for string Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 quartet Op 130) Marián Lapšanský (piano), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra 06 00:37:08 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija, Marko Munih (conductor) Bratislava, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor) Vestiva I colli Ensemble: Il Canto Vocal Ensemble 02:31 AM 05:34 AM Duration 00:01:46 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Sinfonia Concertante for oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon in E Here is the Little Door - from Three Carol-Anthems 07 00:40:04 Carlo Gesualdo flat major, K.297b Vancouver Bach Choir, Bruce Pullan (conductor) Moro lasso Bart Schneemann (oboe), Harmen de Boer (clarinet), Jacob Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent Slagter (horn), Ronald Karten (bassoon), Nieuw Sinfonietta 05:37 AM Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe Amsterdam, Lev Markiz (conductor) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Duration 00:03:20 Six Pieces, Op 19 03:01 AM Duncan Gifford (piano) 08 00:45:45 Carlo Gesualdo Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) O Vos Omnes The Four Seasons - Winter 06:08 AM Choir: Oxford Camerata Davide Monti (violin), Il Tempio Armonico Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Conductor: Jeremy Summerly Clarinet Sonata in E flat, Op. 167 Duration 00:03:51 03:09 AM Annelien Van Wauwe (clarinet), Simon Lepper (piano) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) 09 00:50:44 Carlo Gesualdo A Ceremony of Carols (Op.28) 06:25 AM Posuerunt me (Aestimatus sum) [Saturday Responsories] Polyphonia, Ivelin Dimitrov (conductor), Ivelina Ivancheva Victor Herbert (1859-1924) Choir: Tallis Scholars (piano) Moonbeams - a serenade from the 1906 operetta 'The Red Mill' Conductor: Peter Philips Symphony Nova Scotia, Boris Brott (conductor) Duration 00:02:07 03:33 AM Felix Nowowiejski (1877-1946) 10 00:53:59 Carlo Gesualdo Weihnacht in der uralten Marienkirche zu Krakau. Fantasie MON 06:30 Breakfast (m0001qgb) Ave dulcissima Maria Felix Nowowiejski Monday - Petroc’s classical alternative Ensemble: Marian Consort Waclaw Golonka (organ) Director: Rory McCleery Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, Duration 00:04:10 03:41 AM with the last of this year's musical Advent Calendar, plus a Peter Cornelius, Ivor Atkins (arranger) special Christmas Sounds of the Earth. Three Kings SUN 23:00 Radio 3 in Concert (m0001pv5) Russell Braun (baritone), Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, Email [email protected] Winterreise: Schubert’s winter journey. John Rutter (conductor)

Schubert’s emotionally harrowing winter journey is performed 03:44 AM MON 09:00 Essential Classics (m0001qgd) by Ashley Riches and Joseph Middleton. Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) Ian Skelly Schubert wrote his epic winter journey when, as one of his Mélodie in G flat from "Miscellanea" (Op.16 No.2) friends observed, ‘Life had lost its rosiness and winter had come Zheeyoung Moon (piano) Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in . upon him.’ In this final song cycle, Schubert searched out and set twenty four poems by the Romantic, Wilhelm Müller which 03:49 AM 0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics tell of a lonely traveller who ventures out into the snow: “A Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) playlist. stranger I arrived; a stranger I depart.” As he passes his lover’s Sonata for flute/recorder and keyboard in E flat major house, the poet writes ‘Goodnight’ on her gate post and so Imre Lachegyi (recorder), Zsuzsanna Nagy () 1010 Time Traveller - a quirky slice of history. begins this harrowing journey of twilight hues and bleak landscapes, of snow and ice. As Schubert said, these songs are: 04:01 AM 1050 This Christmas week , the former Children's Laureate and “Truly terrible, they have affected me more than any others.” Frederick Delius (1862-1934) prolific author Michael Morpurgo shares his cultural Winterreise is one of the greatest journeys in all music. The Walk to the Paradise Garden inspirations. BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor) Schubert Winterreise D. 911 1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's Ashley Riches (bass-baritone) 04:12 AM musical reflection. Joseph Middleton (piano) Johann Strauss II (1825-1899), Arnold Schoenberg (arranger) Rosen aus dem Suden: waltz arr. Schoenberg for harmonium, The recording of this epic work marks the end of Ashley piano & string quartet MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (m0001qgg) Riches's two years as a Radio 3 New Generation Artist. Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (director) Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672)

04:21 AM Schütz by Himself Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) MONDAY 24 DECEMBER 2018 Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden (HWV.210), arr oboe, Donald Macleod explores the life and music of German early violin and organ Baroque master Heinrich Schütz. Today he dips a toe into the MON 00:30 Through the Night (m0001pv7) Louise Pellerin (oboe), Hélène Plouffe (violin), Dom André fertile archival territory of Schütz’s own writings. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming Laberge (organ) Unlike many composers from the earlier end of music history, An Advent concert performed by the Swedish Radio Chorus. 04:27 AM Heinrich Schütz left plenty of documentary traces – letters, With Catriona Young. Traditional German, John Rutter (arranger) petitions, memoranda, appraisals, prefaces, poetry and, in tune Still, still, still with the patronage culture of the times, his fair share of 12:31 AM Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, John Rutter (conductor) fawning dedications. It’s a body of writings that opens Soghomon Komitas (1869-1935),Giovanni Pierluigi da fascinating windows onto the composer’s life and times – and Palestrina (c.1525-1594),Damijan Močnik (b.1967) 04:31 AM provides plentiful cues for music from one of greatest Miserere (Komitas); Alma redemptoris mater (Palestrina & Anonymous composers of his age. Močnik) Alma Redemptoris Mater (Christmas carol) Swedish Radio Chorus, Martina Batič (director) Zefiro Torna Cantate Domino canticum novum, SWV 281 (Cantiones sacrae, Op 4) 12:42 AM 04:35 AM Capella Augustana Soghomon Komitas (1869-1935),Jacobus Gallus Carniolus Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), Max Woltag (arranger) Matteo Messori, director (1550-1591),William Hawley (b.1950) Belle Nuit (Barcarolle from Contes d'Hoffmann) Works by Komitas, Gallus and William Hawley Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William O quam tu pulchra es, SWV 265 (Symphoniae Sacrae I) Swedish Radio Chorus, Martina Batič (director) Tritt (piano) Tobias Mäthger, Georg Poplutz, tenor Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 6 of 17 Margret Baumgartl, Karina Müller, violin Zdes' khorosho (Op.21 no.7) Christmas. Andreas Arend, theorbo The Soldier's Wife (Op.8 no.4) The walk will begin from the village of Holzbronn in the Black Matthias Müller, violone O, dolgo budu ja, v molchan'i nochi tajnoj ('In the silence of Forest, West of Stuttgart, but Horatio will wander freely from Ludger Rémy, organ the secret night') (Op. 4 no.3) there into the forest. Hans-Christoph Rademann, conductor Kai Rüütel (mezzo-soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) Wie sehr lieblich und schöne sind doch die Wohnung dein, MON 19:30 Radio 3 in Concert (m0001qgs) SWV 181 (Becker-Psalter, Op 5) ESTHER MAGI Berlioz’s The Childhood of Christ Magdalena Kircheis, soprano Kolm laulu Betti Alveri luulele (3 poems of Betti Alveri) Aneta Petrasová, alto . The sun was shining, the dew gleamed Berlioz’s Christmas oratorio L’enfance du Christ. Edward Tobias Mäthger, tenor . When music echoes Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, BBC Martin Schicketanz, bass . On the window of sleep Singers and star soloists. Chamber Choir Kai Rüütel (mezzo-soprano) Margret Baumgartl, violin Roger Vignoles (piano) Recorded at the Barbican on 17th December 2018 Matthias Müller, violone Presented by Martin Handley Stefan Maass, theorbo TORMIS Michaela Hasselt, organ Nukrad Viivud (Sorrowful Moments) BERLIOZ: L’Enfance du Christ Hans-Christoph Rademann, director 1. Spring sun, do not set yet 2. Autumn Song Habe deine Lust an dem Herren, SWV 311 (Kleine geistliche 3. No roses have bloomed for me Karen Cargill (Mezzo-soprano) Concerte II, Op 9) 4. Love Robert Murray (Tenor) Gerlinde Sämann, Isabel Schicketanz, soprano Kai Rüütel (mezzo-soprano) Etienne Dupuis (Baritone) Stefan Maass, Theorbo Roger Vignoles (piano) Matthew Rose (Bass) Matthias Müller, viola da gamba BBC Singers (offstage Angels) Ludger Rémy, organ and director BBC Symphony Chorus MON 14:00 Afternoon Concert (m0001qgn) BBC Symphony Orchestra Concert in Form einer teutschen Begräbnis-Missa, SWV 279 Lucerne Festival 2018 Edward Gardner (Conductor) (Musikalische Exequien) Mary Seers, Rachel Platt, soprano Two high-energy 20th Century works with the Mahler Chamber Berlioz’s oratorio L’enfance du Christ (The Childhood of Ashley Stafford, countertenor Orchestra, conducted by François-Xavier Roth in a concert Christ) , home to the much-loved ‘Shepherds’ Farewell’ chorus, Frieder Lang, Nicolas Robertson, tenor taken from this year's Lucerne Festival. First, Bartok's is a ravishing retelling of the Christmas story with echoes of Stephen Charlesworth, bass Divertimento for String Orchestra, which was the last work he Bach’s Passions. Premiered in 1854 the French composer’s Lawrence Wallington, bass composed just before he fled Hungary during the outbreak of inimitable stylistic fingerprints combine in the work to produce The Monteverdi Choir World War II. It is less intense than his preceding works and its music of tender ‘celestial’ beauty, operatic flair, and dramatic Alastair Ross, organ outer movements shine out with a joyful optimism. Then, cellist instinct. Edward Gardner conducts a superb cast and continues The English Baroque Soloists Sol Gabetta joins the orchestra for a rare performance of the 90th birthday celebrations of the BBC Symphony Chorus. John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Martinů's Cello Concerto No. 1 in D. After Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra the Gedenke deinem Knechte an dein Wort, SWV 485 (Psalm 119) afternoon finishes with a performance of Bruckner's Mass no 2 MON 22:00 The Glory of Polyphony (b0b5t0kg) Collegium Vocale Gent in e minor interspersed with movements from Henri Tomasi's Josquin and Isaac Concerto Palatino Fanfares liturgiques. The concert is presented by Jonathan Philippe Herreweghe, conductor Swain. Peter Phillips continues his six-part series celebrating the Glory of Polyphony. Produced by Chris Barstow for BBC Wales 2.00pm Béla Bartók: Divertimento Polyphony (literally, 'many sounds') reached its peak in choral Martinů: Cello Concerto No. 1 in D music during the historic Renaissance period. Peter Phillips MON 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (m0001qgk) first discovered its magnificent sound world at the age of 16 Oxford Lieder Festival 2018 Sol Gabetta, cello and ever since has devoted his life to performing and recording Mahler Chamber Orchestra it. He even formed his record label and choir -The Tallis 24/12/2018 François-Xavier Roth, conductor Scholars - to share the music with others. In each programme in this series, Peter will share his knowledge of and passion for The Oxford Lieder Festival 2018 goes on a Grand Tour of 3.00pm Renaissance choral music by exploring the lives and works of Europe in song. In this week's Lunchtime Concerts, Andrew Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Concerto for Two Pianos and two very contrasting composers. He'll showcase their unique McGregor presents highlights from the festival, including the Orchestra 'Dialogues' styles against the social backdrops of the late 15th to early 17th recital 'Tallinn to St Petersburg' by the Estonian mezzo-soprano Pierre-Laurent Aimard , piano centuries by telling some of their personal stories and Kai Rüütel and the recital 'Vienna to Stockholm' performed by Tamara Stefanovich , piano explaining the original purpose of the music. He'll also explore the Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling. Plus an unusual Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra the music's meditative qualities and its power to affect Schubertiade from Schubert & Co., a group of rising stars in the Matthias Pintscher , conductor worshippers and audiences past and present. singing world brought together by the pianist Sholto Kynoch. Today, in the first of the series, Kai Ruutel sings Rachmaninov, 3.30pm In this second programme, Peter will delve into the lives and Esther Magi and Tormis, and Camilla Tilling sings Korngold. Bruckner: Os justi music of two contemporary but contrasting Flemish composers: Tomasi: Annonciation, from 'Fanfares liturgiques' Josquin des Prez and Heinrich Isaac. MOZART Bruckner: Kyrie, from 'Mass No. 2 in E minor Caro mio druk und schlock, K.571 Bruckner: Gloria, from 'Mass No. 2 in E minor Flemish musicians were in great demand in the 15th and 16th Grazie agl'inganni tuoi, K.532 Tomasi: Evangile, from 'Fanfares liturgiques' Centuries, and many were brought across the Alps to Italy as Schubert & Co. Bruckner: Credo, from Mass No. 2 in E minor young choristers and remained there their entire careers. What Sholto Kynoch (piano) Tomasi: Apocalypse, from 'Fanfares liturgiques' became known as the Franco-Flemish vocal style influenced the Bruckner: Sanctus, from 'Mass No. 2 in E minor development of religious music across the whole of Europe. KORNGOLD Bruckner: Benedictus, from 'Mass No. 2 in E minor Josquin was employed in Rome, Milan and Ferrara, and his Schneeglöckchen (Op.9) from 6 Einfache Lieder Bruckner: Agnus Dei, from 'Mass No. 2 in E minor fame spread far and wide - he was greatly admired by Martin Ständchen (Op.9) from 6 Einfache Lieder Tomasi: Procession nocturne, from 'Fanfares liturgiques' Luther, who described Josquin's intimately crafted music as Liebesbriefchen (Op.9) from 6 Einfache Lieder Lucerne Academy Chorus being "as free as the song of the finch". Sommer (Op.9) from 6 Einfache Lieder Instrumentalists of the Lucerne Conservatory Camilla Tilling (soprano) Ulrike Grosch , conductor The widely-travelled Isaac worked for three of Europe's most Paul Rivinius (piano) powerful families - the Habsburgs, the Estes and the Medicis. Full of pomp and ceremony, his music is vastly different to SCHUBERT MON 16:30 Sound Walk (m0001qgq) Josquin's; Isaac was the man for the great occasion. The two Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Winter Wanderer men once competed for the same job in Ferrara, but Isaac was Trinklied (D888) thought to have been "of a better disposition among his Raphaela Papadakis (soprano) Join travel writer Horatio Clare as he wanders in the forest companions and will compose new works more often.". Alice Privett (soprano) somewhere in , a real-time recording where you can Jess Dandy (contralto) experience the magic and mystery of walking deep into dense 01 00:05:50 Josquin des Prez Bethan Langford (mezzo-soprano) woodland, from the comfort of your armchair. Ave Maria a 4 Alessandro Fisher (tenor) The Wanderer is a figure celebrated in 19th Century Romantic Choir: The Cambridge Singers Joshua Owen Mills (tenor) art, music and literature, and especially in Germany and Conductor: John Rutter Martin Hassler (baritone) Austria, in the writings of Goethe and other poets, and the songs Duration 00:05:39 Gavan Ring (baritone) of Schubert and Mahler. As Horatio wanders in the woods, you + will hear his acute observations of the natural environment as he 02 00:13:40 Josquin des Prez An Silvia (D891) explores its sights, sounds and sensations (perhaps getting lost L'homme arme sexti toni (Agnus dei) Alessandro Fisher (tenor) along the way). Also you’ll hear from some of the great writers Choir: Tallis Scholars + who have celebrated wandering in Nature, not just Goethe but Conductor: Peter Phillips Verklärung (D59) also novelist Herman Hesse and the English Romantic poet Duration 00:04:06 Gavan Ring (baritone) Coleridge, who also walked in Germany’s forests; and music + will accompany Horatio’s thoughts too – Schubert’s great song- 03 00:18:56 Josquin des Prez Der blinde Knabe (D833) cycle Winterreise (Winter Journey) will be a thread, along with Missa Faisant regretz (Credo) Bethan Langford (mezzo-soprano) other music, from the folk song Spenser the Rover to Mahler’s Ensemble: The Clerks Sholto Kynoch (piano) epic orchestral songs. Director: Edward Wickham There will be thoughts about the dying embers of the day and of Duration 00:06:32 RACHMANINOV the year, and of coming home from travels in time for Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 7 of 17 04 00:26:40 Josquin des Prez 02:08 AM Belarusian Radio Academic Choir, Pavel Shepelev (conductor) Pater noster Peter Cornelius Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble Three Kings 05:06 AM Duration 00:04:16 Ben Heppner (tenor), Toronto Children's Chorus, Toronto Valery Kalistratov (b.1942) Symphony Orchestra, Jean Ashworth Bartle (conductor) Kalyada (Christmas) 05 00:33:47 Heinrich Isaac Belarusian Radio Academic Choir, Pavel Shepelev (conductor) Optime divino date munere pastor ovili 02:10 AM Choir: Capella Reial De Catalunya Vocal Ens Andrew Ford (b.1957) 05:08 AM Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI Wassails and Lullabies Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) Director: Jordi Savall Anne Cooke (soprano), Matthew Baker (bass), Ian Cleworth Concerto grosso in G minor, Op 6 No 8, 'per la notte di Natale' Duration 00:08:50 (percussion), Rebecca Lagos (percussion), Brian Nixon Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor) (percussion), Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Antony 06 00:44:30 Heinrich Isaac Walker (conductor) 05:23 AM Virgo Prudentissima Dimitar Nenov (1901-1953) Choir: Tallis Scholars 02:31 AM Christmas - symphonic poem for soloists, mixed choir & Conductor: Peter Phillips Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725), Silvio Stampiglia (author) orchestra Duration 00:05:16 Cinque Profeti – Christmas Cantata Valeri Popova (soprano), Alexander Krunev (baritone), Barbara Schlick (soprano), Heike Hallaschka (soprano), Kai Bulgarian National Radio Mixed Chorus, Bulgarian National 07 00:51:14 Heinrich Isaac Wessel (alto), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Michael Schopper Radio Symphony Orchestra, Milen Nachev (conductor) Tota Pulchra Es (bass), Vokalensemble La Stagione, Michael Schneider Choir: Tallis Scholars (director) 05:58 AM Conductor: Peter Phillips Carlos Salzédo (1885-1961) Duration 00:04:27 03:31 AM Concert Variations on "O Tannenbaum" Frank Bridge (1879-1941) Judy Loman (harp) 08 00:57:18 Heinrich Isaac Sir Roger de Coverley - Christmas dance Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen BBC Concert Orchestra, David Hill (conductor) 06:02 AM Performer: Stimmwerck Gustav Ernesaks (1908-1993) Duration 00:02:15 03:36 AM Naarisokk (The Christmas Goat) Adolphe Adam (1803-1856) Estonian National Male Choir, Ants Sööts (director) Cantique de Noel MON 23:00 Jazz Now (m0001qgv) Gino Quilico (baritone), Judy Loman (harp), Toronto Children's 06:05 AM Dee Byrne Chorus, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Jean Ashworth Bartle Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (conductor) The Sleeping beauty suite (Op.66a) Soweto Kinch presents Dee Byrne’s Entropi in concert from the Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd 2018 Marsden Jazz Festival. With Dee Byrne, alto saxophone; 03:41 AM (conductor) Andre Canniere, trumpet; Rebecca Nash, piano; Ollie Bryce, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) bass, and Matt Fisher, drums. Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio 06:26 AM Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ketil Haugsand (conductor) Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych (1877-1921) Carol of the Bells & The Sleigh a la Russe 03:47 AM Toronto Children's Chorus, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Judy TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2018 Károly Goldmark (1830-1915) Loman (harp), Jean Ashworth Bartle (conductor) Ein Wintermarchen (Overture) TUE 00:30 Through the Night (m0001qgx) Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Ervin Lukács (conductor) Christmas around the World TUE 06:30 Breakfast (m0001r05) 03:57 AM Tuesday - Petroc's Classical Christmas Brass Consort Köln with music by Vivaldi, Grieg and Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669) Tchaikovsky. Catriona Young presents. The Four Seasons - Winter Christmas Day Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny, including the Les Voix Humaines winning entry in the Breakfast Carol Competition. Plus your 12:31 AM musical requests and suggestions. Henry Purcell (1659-1695) 04:12 AM Sonata for Two Trumpets and Brass Mieczyslaw Karlowicz (1876-1909) Email [email protected]. Brass Consort Köln Na sniegu (Op.1 No.3) (Tempo mazurka) Jadwiga Rappé (alto), Ewa Poblocka (piano) 12:36 AM TUE 09:00 Essential Classics (m0001r07) Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) 04:14 AM Ian Skelly Concert in D minor Michael Haydn (1737-1806) Cantata: Lauft, ihr Hirten allzugleich (Run ye shepherds, to the Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music. 12:48 AM light) Antonio Vivaldi Wolfgang Brunner, Salzburger Hofmusik 0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics Violin Concerto No. 4 in F minor, - Winter playlist. 04:23 AM 12:51 AM Mel Torme,Irving Berlin,Hugh Martin 1010 Our Classical Century - 100 pieces celebrating 100 key Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Christmas Medley moments in classical music in the last century. Suite for Brass Quintet Louis Quilico (baritone), Gino Quilico (baritone), Toronto bbc.co.uk/ourclassicalcentury Children's Chorus, Judy Loman (harp), Toronto Symphony 01:02 AM Orchestra, Jean Ashworth Bartle (conductor) 1050 This Christmas week, the former Children's Laureate and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) prolific author Michael Morpurgo shares his cultural The , suite, op. 71a 04:31 AM inspirations. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) 01:10 AM Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - Prologue 1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's Giles Farnaby (c. 1563 - 1640) Hungarian Radio Choir, Hungarian Radio and Television musical reflection. Fancies, Toyes and Dreams Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry (conductor)

01:19 AM 04:35 AM TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (m0001r09) Traditional Marcel Samuel-Rousseau (1882-1955) Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672) Three Traditional Carols Variations Pastorales sur un vieux Noel Erica Goodman (harp), Amadeus Ensemble The Story of Christmas 01:28 AM Traditional Nicaraguan 04:44 AM Donald Macleod explores the life and music of German early Las Mandolinas Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Baroque master Heinrich Schütz. Today we’re off to the Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel Striezelmarkt for a Christmas pastry and a glass of Glühwein. 01:30 AM Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir, Evi Eespere Traditional (director) Christmas in 17th-century Dresden was not for the faint- Silent Night hearted. Proceedings started at 3am with a signal call from the Brass Consort Köln 04:55 AM town watchman, followed by rounds of canon-fire, peals of Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) bells, singing, shawm-playing, more bells, then a military parade 01:34 AM Variations on "Adeste Fideles" – all leading up to the first church service of the day, at 7.30am, Christian Friedrich Ruppe (1753-1826) Tong-Soon Kwak (organ) with its obligatory hour-long sermon. Schütz’s music must have Christmas Cantata been a consolation, at least to those who were fortunate enough Francine van der Hayden (soprano), Karin van der Poel (mezzo 05:03 AM to do their worshipping at the court chapel. His yuletide soprano), Otto Bouwknegt (tenor), Mitchell Sandler (bass), Traditional masterpiece is The Christmas Story – today’s programme Ensemble Bouzignac, Musica ad Rhenum, Jed Wentz A u sviecie nam navina byla (Belarusian Christmas Song) includes a complete performance. (conductor) Belarussian Radio Academic Chorus, Pavel Shepelev (conductor) Hodie Christus natus est, SWV 456 02:06 AM Claire Lefilliâtre, Julie Vallée-Gendre, soprano Traditional 05:05 AM Renau Tripathi, haut-contre Deck the Hall Traditional Hans-Jörg Mammel, tenor Les chanteurs de Saint-Cœur-de-Marie, Richard Paré Neiba i ziamlia (Heaven and Earth) (Belarussin Christmas Thomas van Essen, baritone (harpsichord), Claude Gosselin (conductor) Song) Etienne Debaisieux, bass Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 8 of 17 Chamber Choir of Namur 2018) Paddington's First Concert was written by © Michael Bond La Fenice Sir Christèmas (Mathias) 1973 and is published by Chester Music. Paddington at St Paul’s Jean Tubéry, conductor was written by © Michael Bond 2018 and is published by Ninth lesson: John 1 vv 1-14 read by the Provost HarperCollins Children’s Books. Illustrations © R. W. Alley Warum toben die Heiden, SWV 23 (Psalmen Davids, Op 2) O come, all ye faithful (arr. Willcocks)* 2018. Cantus Cölln Collect and Blessing Concerto Palatino Hark! The herald angels sing (desc. Cleobury)* Konrad Junghänel, director TUE 17:00 Words and Music (b07f6mh6) Organ voluntaries: Town and Country Ein Kind ist uns geboren, SWV 302 (Kleine geistliche Concerte In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Bach) I) Pièces de Fantaisie en quatre suites, Livre II op. 53: Toccata With readings from Horace to Dickens performed by Julian Dorothee Mields, soprano (Vierne) [broadcast on Radio 3 on Christmas Day only] Rhind-Tutt and Lia Williams, and music from Beethoven to David Erler, alto Duke Ellington, Words and Music explores Town and Country. Georg Poplutz, tenor Director of Music: Stephen Cleobury Andreas Wolf, bass Organ scholar: Henry Websdale Producer: Tim Allen Stefan Maass, Theorbo Cellist: Guy Johnston Matthias Müller, viola da gamba 01 Ewan MacColl Ludger Rémy, organ and director For many around the world, A Festival of Nine Lessons and Dirty Old Town Carols, live from the candlelit Chapel of King's College, Performer: Ewan MacColl Verbum caro factum est, SWV 314 (Kleine geistliche Concerte Cambridge, marks the beginning of Christmas. It is based Duration 00:01:01 II) around nine Bible readings which tell the story of the loving Gerlinde Sämann, Isabel Schicketanz, soprano purposes of God. They are interspersed with carols old and new, 02 00:01:02 Stefan Maass, Theorbo sung by the world-famous chapel choir who also lead the Horace 35BC Translated into English verse by John Conington Matthias Müller, viola da gamba congregation in traditional Christmas hymns. 1874, read by Julian Rhind Tutt and Lia Williams Ludger Rémy, organ and director The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse A specially-written carol by the composer Judith Weir will be Duration 00:02:35 Historia, der freuden- und gnadenreichen Geburth Gottes und premiered during A Festival of this Marien Sohnes, year. A new carol has been commissioned for the Christmas 03 00:03:38 The Christmas Revels & The Revels Chorus - Jesu Christi (The Christmas Story), SWV 435 Eve service every year since 1983, so this new work entitled ‘O David Coffin, David Jones, John Langstaff, Maggi Peirce, The Else Torp, soprano Mercy Divine’ for choir and cello will be the 36th such carol Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble (artist) Adam Riis, Johan Linderoth, tenor commissioned by King’s College. Judith Weir is an alumna and Street Cries Jakob Bloch Jespersen, bass honorary fellow of King’s who currently holds the post of Performer: The Christmas Revels & The Revels Chorus - David Ars Nova Copenhagen Master of the Queen’s Music. Coffin, David Jones, John Langstaff, Maggi Peirce, The Concerto Copenhagen Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble Sirius Viols Broadcast live around the world, the famous Christmas Eve Duration 00:01:06 Paul Hillier, direction service attracts many millions of listeners. Commissioned carols from previous years have included carols by Judith Bingham, 04 00:04:43 Produced by Chris Barstow for BBC Wales Diana Burrell, Tansy Davies, Jonathan Dove, Carl Rütti, John Charles Dickens Tavener and many others. The series, instigated by Stephen Bleak House, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt Cleobury in 1983, represents part of a long-standing Duration 00:01:43 TUE 13:00 Sean Rafferty at Home (m0001r0c) contribution by the College to contemporary choral writing. Sir Bryn Terfel 05 00:06:26 The Christmas Revels & The Revels Chorus - For Director of Music Stephen Cleobury, who began the regular David Coffin, David Jones, John Langstaff, Maggi Peirce, The Sir Bryn Terfel welcomes Sean Rafferty into his home in south series of Christmas Eve commissioned carols in 1983, this new Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble (artist) Wales where he meets some of Bryn's family, including his carol will be the last such commission ahead of his retirement in Street Cries lively toddler who, Bryn points out, has inherited his lungs. September 2019. Performer: The Christmas Revels & The Revels Chorus - David Bryn reflects on his upbringing in Wales, singing in his local Coffin, David Jones, John Langstaff, Maggi Peirce, The church, to the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 1989 “I am delighted that Judith has accepted the College’s invitation Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble and the battle of the baritones between him and Dmitri to compose a carol for this very special year which sees the Duration 00:00:32 Hvorostovsky. Bryn shows Sean around his home, and they mull 100th anniversary of A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. A over Bryn's hectic international career in the major opera previous commission from Judith in the series, Illuminare, 06 00:06:56 houses, in roles ranging from Mozart to Wagner's Flying Jerusalem, was written for the same service in 1985 and has Mrs Gaskell Dutchman and Wotan. Sean casts an envious eye around his come to be regarded as one of the finest contemporary carols of North and South, read by Lia Williams wine cellar and music room, and their chat throws up insights recent times. We are proud to count Judith among our many Duration 00:01:33 into the life and work of one of the country's greatest and much- prestigious alumni, and it is a personal delight to have been able loved singers. to ask her to write this carol for my last Christmas here at 07 00:08:30 George Le Brunn, lyrics by Edgar Bateman King’s.” If it wasn't for the 'Ouses In between Performer: Gus Elen TUE 14:00 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols This year’s choices include a number of pieces which were sung Duration 00:03:17 (m0001r0f) in 1918 (asterisked, performed this year not necessarily in the Recorded yesterday in the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge original arrangements). Every organist of the College (known as 08 00:11:48 in the Festival’s Centenary year. Director of Music since the Willcocks era) including Harold HV Morton Darke, who acted as organist during Boris Ord’s wartime The Spell of London, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt Hymn: Once in Royal David's City (desc. Cleobury)* absence, is represented by a composition or an arrangement. Duration 00:01:27 Bidding Prayer read by the Dean Two commissions from earlier in Stephen Cleobury’s tenure – Up! good Christen folk ()* by Arvo Pärt and John Rutter - are also included. 09 00:13:15 Philip Glass Mad Rush First lesson: Genesis 3 vv 8-19 read by a Chorister Producer: Philip Billson Performer: Bruce Brubaker Adam lay ybounden (Ord) Duration 00:01:24 Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (Poston) TUE 15:45 Paddington Bear's Musical Adventures 10 00:14:40 Second lesson: Genesis 22 vv 15-18 read by a Choral Scholar (m0001r0h) William Wordsworth In dulci jubilo (arr. de Pearsall)* Two fun-filled stories for all the family written by Michael On Westminster Bridge, read by Lia Williams I saw three ships (arr. Simon Preston) Bond - Paddington's First Concert and Paddington at St. Paul's Duration 00:00:48 – read by Simon Russell Beale with the BBC Symphony Third lesson: Isaiah 9 vv 2, 6-7 read by a representative of Eton Orchestra. Recorded at Milton Court Concert Hall, London, on 11 00:15:30 Ray Davies College 7 October 2018. Waterloo Sunset (Mono Album Version) Nowell sing we now all and some (Medieval) Performer: The Kinks Unto us is born a Son (arr. Willcocks)* Herbert CHAPPELL: Paddington Bear's First Concert Duration 00:03:12

Fourth lesson: Isaiah 11 vv 1-3a, 4a, 6-9 read by a Fellow Paddington at St Paul’s featuring: 12 00:18:44 A spotless rose (Howells) BRITTEN: Cakes and Ale from Suite on English Folk Tunes Emile Zola, translated by Alec Brown The Lamb (Tavener) RAVEL: Le jardin féerique from Ma mère l'oye La Bête Humaine (The Beast in Man), read by Julian Rhind- RUDERS: Whispering from Four Dances in One Movement Tutt Fifth lesson: Luke 1 vv 26-38 read by the Master over the RAVEL: Petit Poucet from Ma mère l'oye Duration 00:01:40 Choristers RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Flight of the Bumble Bee Joys seven (arr. Cleobury) TCHAIKOVSKY: Preghiera from Suite No. 4 Op. 61 13 00:20:25 Johann Strauss I Bogoróditse Dyévo (Arvo Pärt) "Mozartiana" Reise- Galopp, op.85 ARNOLD: Allegro Vivace from Serenade for Small Orchestra Performer: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Košice), Sixth lesson: Luke 2 vv 1-7 read by the Mayor of Cambridge Mika Eichenholz (Conductor) What sweeter music? (John Rutter) Simon Russell Beale (narrator) Duration 00:02:21 Stille Nacht (arr.Ledger) BBC Symphony Orchestra Ben Palmer (conductor) 14 00:22:49 Seventh lesson: Luke 2 vv 8-16 read by the Director of Music John Betjeman In the bleak midwinter (Darke) Paddington’s First Concert sees the marmalade-loving Peruvian Harrow-On-The-Hill, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt While shepherds watched (desc. Cleobury)* bear making his conducting debut - at the Royal Albert Hall. Duration 00:01:02 And in Paddington at St Paul’s he is surprised to find himself a Eighth lesson: Matthew 2 vv 1-12 read by the Vice-Provost member of the Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral. 15 00:23:52 Duke Ellington O mercy divine (Judith Weir) (King’s College Commission Take The "A" Train Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 9 of 17 Performer: Duke Ellington 33 01:08:34 Tony and Maria, as they attempt to resolve the deep-rooted Duration 00:02:59 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow animosity between two warring communities on Manhattan's The Village Blacksmith, read by Lia Williams Upper West Side. 16 00:26:53 Duration 00:02:13 F. Scott Fitzgerald This rare performance of the theatre score (authorised concert The Great Gatsby, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt 34 01:10:49 Arvo Pärt version) features a top-flight cast, joined by an ensemble of Duration 00:01:53 Spiegel im Spiegel students from leading London theatre schools. Performer: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Alexi Grynyuk (piano) 17 00:28:47 Louis Alter Duration 00:03:32 Interval: Manhattan Serenade Proms Plus. Presenter Kate Molleson introduces Bernstein's Performer: Morton Gould 35 01:13:36 'West Side Story' together with critic and broadcaster David Duration 00:04:57 A. E. Housman Benedict and musicologist Sophie Redfern. Recorded at the Into my heart an air that kills, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt Imperial College Union. 18 00:33:45 Aaron Copland Duration 00:00:28 Appalachian Spring Performer: English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton TUE 21:30 New Generation Artists (m0001r0p) (Conductor) TUE 18:15 New Generation Artists (m0001r0k) Music of Reflection and Inner Peace Duration 00:03:04 Schubert's Trout Quintet and Schumann's Fantasy Pieces Music for Reflection. 19 00:33:45 New Generation Artists perform Schubert, Schumann and For many people, Schubert's music offers perhaps the most John Steinbeck Strauss. Kate Molleson presents the first programme in an eight- personal inner journey in classical music. In tonight's East of Eden, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt part early evening series celebrating the prodigious talents of programme, the brilliant Georgian pianist Mariam Batsashvili Duration 00:03:05 Radio 3's current New Generation Artists. In what promises to plays one of the Viennese composer's most profound utterances, be a festive feast of music making, these prodigiously talented music full of yearning and struggle and yet touched by an inner 20 00:36:52 Judee Sill artists are heard performing at some of the UK's leading concert peace. After that, the Calidore Quartet offer Golijov's There's A Rugged Road halls and festivals as well as in the BBC's studios. Today there's Tenebrae, a work inspired both by Golijov's first experiences of Performer: Judee Sill the chance to savour the distinctive voice of the Egyptian Jerusalem and by his child's first visit to a planetarium. As this Duration 00:03:41 soprano, Fatma Said in songs ranging from Schubert to the ethereal music reaches for the stars, Golijov reflects not just on cabaret world of William Bolcom. Also today, the brilliant the beauty of the cosmos but on the violence of our world. 21 00:40:35 Norwegian viola player, Eivind RIngstad joins the Amatis Trio Mariam Batsashvili introduces this music of reflection. J. R. R. Tolkien for a performance of Schubert's Trout Quintet recorded The Hobbit, read by Lia Williams recently at Radio 3's Big Chamber Weekend at the Snape Schubert Impromptu in f minor D.935 (Op.Post.142 no.1) Duration 00:01:22 Maltings in Aldeburgh. Mariam Batsashvili (piano)

22 00:41:59 Ludwig van Beethoven Strauss Kornblumen Osvaldo Golijov Tenebrae Symphony no.6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral"3. Lustiges Fatma Said (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano) Calidore Quartet Zusammensein der Landleute (Merry Gathering of Country Folk) Schumann Fantasiestücke Op.73 Performer: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eivind Ringstad (viola), David Meier (piano) TUE 22:00 The Glory of Polyphony (b0b6nxb4) Eliot Gardiner (Conductor) Lassus and de Victoria Duration 00:04:43 Schubert Die Junge Nonne D.828 Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade D.118 Peter Phillips continues his six-part series celebrating the Glory 23 00:46:43 Fatma Said (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano) of Polyphony. Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, read by Lia Williams Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D667 (Trout) Polyphony (literally, 'many sounds') reached its peak in choral Duration 00:01:33 Amatis Piano Trio, Eivind Ringstad (viola), Adam Wynter music during the historic Renaissance period. Peter Phillips (double bass) first discovered its magnificent sound world at the age of 16 24 00:48:16 Felix Mendelssohn and ever since has devoted his life to performing and recording "Over hill, over dale" William Bolcom Black Max it. He even formed his record label and choir -The Tallis Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn Fatma Said (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano) Scholars - to share the music with others. In each programme in (Conductor) this series, Peter will share his knowledge of and passion for Duration 00:02:08 Established nearly two decades ago, Radio 3's New Generation Renaissance choral music by exploring the lives and works of Artist scheme is internationally acknowledged as the foremost two very contrasting composers. He'll showcase their unique 25 00:50:27 scheme of its kind. It exists to offer a platform for artists at the styles against the social backdrops of the late 15th to early 17th Laurie Lee beginning of their international careers. Each year six musicians centuries by telling some of their personal stories and April Rise, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt join the scheme for two years, during which time they appear at explaining the original purpose of the music. He'll also explore Duration 00:01:24 the UK's major music festivals, enjoy dates with the BBC the music's meditative qualities and its power to affect orchestras and have the opportunity to record in the BBC worshippers and audiences past and present. 26 00:51:52 George Frideric Handel studios. The artists are also encouraged to form artistic Pastoral Symphony – Largetto e mezzo piano partnerships with one another and to explore a wide range of In this third programme, Peter will delve into the lives and Performer: London Handel Orchestra, Martin Neary repertoire, not least the work of contemporary and women music of two contemporary but contrasting musicians: the (Conductor) composers. In recent years Radio 3's New Generation Artists Flemish singer and composer Orlando Lassus and the Spanish Duration 00:01:09 have appeared in festivals or concerts in Aldeburgh, Bath, composer Tomas Luis de Victoria. Belfast, Birmingham, Buxton, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, 27 00:53:02 Glasgow, Hay-on-Wye, Orkney, Ryedale, Southampton and Victoria, the committed priest and darling of the Counter- John Betjeman Stratford-upon-Avon as well as at the BBC Proms. Typically, Reformation in Spain wrote music of unparalleled religious The Village Inn, read by Lia Williams the artists selected will have been prize winners at major intensity, with simple melodic lines and rhythmic variation. Duration 00:02:38 international competitions such as the Tchaikovsky, Liszt or Lassus, on the other hand was another Flanders export, thought Ferrier but the BBC New Generation Artist scheme is not itself to have been kidnapped three times as a boy because of his 28 00:55:42 John Blow a prize, rather it offers a a unique two year platform on which extraordinary singing voice. A Humanist, widely travelled and Come Shepherdsall, let's sing and play artists can develop their prodigious talents. Not surprisingly, the enormously respected, Lassus' more experimental style included Performer: New London Consort, Philip Pickett (Conductor), list of alumni reads like a Who's Who of the most exciting some pretty extreme chromaticism for the time. Julia Gooding, Andrew King, Simon Grant, Christopher musicians of the past two decades. In this series, we can catch Robson, Libby Crabtree those artists near the beginnings of their journeys. 01 00:05:49 Tomás Luis de Victoria Duration 00:03:17 Requiem a 6 Performer: Peter Philips 29 00:58:59 TUE 19:30 Proms 2018 Repeats (m0001r0m) Choir: Tallis Scholars Thomas Hardy Prom 39 repeat: The John Wilson Orchestra performs Leonard Duration 00:01:58 Tess of the d'Urbervilles, read by Lia Williams Bernstein's West Side Story. Duration 00:02:10 02 00:09:17 Tomás Luis de Victoria Another chance to hear Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story Iesum tradidit impius [Responsories] 30 01:01:10 Joseph Haydn with the John Wilson Orchestra, conductor John Wilson. Performer: George Malcolm Der Herbst (Autumn) No 19 – Einleitung und Rezitativ Mikaela Bennett (Maria), Ross Lekites (Tony), Students from Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir (Introduction and Recitative) ArtsEd and Mountview. Duration 00:02:45 Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (Conductor), Miah Persson (Soprano), Jeremy Ovenden Presented by Petroc Trelawny at the Royal Albert Hall, London 03 00:13:14 Tomás Luis de Victoria (Tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (Bass) Ave Maria a 8 Duration 00:02:17 Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story (concert performance) Choir: Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal Director: Christopher Jackson 31 01:03:27 Mikaela Bennett (Maria) Duration 00:04:39 L.P. Hartley Ross Lekites (Tony) The Go-Between, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt Students from ArtsEd and Mountview. 04 00:21:58 Tomás Luis de Victoria Duration 00:02:02 John Wilson Orchestra O Magnum Mysterium John Wilson (conductor) Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge 32 01:05:29 Cole Porter Conductor: George Guest Don't Fence Me In West Side Story bursts with violent, sensual rhythms and big- Duration 00:03:08 Performer: Bing Crosby with The Andrews Sisters hearted melodies. The music ranges from the touching Duration 00:03:04 innocence of 'I feel pretty' and 'Tonight' to the tension-fuelled 05 00:29:37 Orlande de Lassus 'Dance at the Gym' in conveying the trials of the ill-fated lovers, Missa Bel'Amfitrit'altera (Credo) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 10 of 17 Choir: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) WED 06:30 Breakfast (m0001rc3) Director: Simon Preston Sextet for strings No 2 Op 36 in G major Wednesday - Petroc's classical mix Duration 00:05:07 Aronowitz Ensemble Petroc Trelawny presents a Boxing Day edition of Radio 3's 06 00:37:38 Orlande de Lassus 2:31 am classical Breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Prophetiae Sibyllarum: Carmina chromatico; Sibylla Persica; Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Sibylla Libica Pelleas und Melisande Op 5 (1902-03) Email [email protected]. Choir: Vocalconsort Berlin Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart (conductor) Duration 00:07:48 3:14 am WED 09:00 Essential Classics (m0001rc5) 07 00:46:32 Cipriano de Rore Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Ian Skelly Calami Sonum Ferentes Divertimento in E flat major (H.2.21) for 2 horns, 2 violins, Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble viola and bass Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Vilnius, Donatas Katkus Duration 00:04:52 (conductor) 0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. 08 00:53:01 Orlande de Lassus 3:29 am Media Vita Dora Pejačević (1885-1923) 1010 Our Classical Century - 100 pieces celebrating 100 key Choir: El León de Oro Four piano pieces moments in classical music in the last century. Conductor: Peter Phillips Ida Gamulin (piano) bbc.co.uk/ourclassicalcentury Duration 00:05:52 3:40 am 1050 This Christmas week, the former Children's Laureate and Johann Christian Schickhardt (c.1682-1760) prolific author Michael Morpurgo shares his cultural TUE 23:00 Late Junction (m0001r0r) Concerto for flute, (2) oboes, strings & bc in G minor (S.Uu (i inspirations. Guest presenter Stewart Lee with Richard Dawson hs 58:5)) Musica ad Rhenum 1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's For Christmas week, Late Junction is guest edited and presented musical reflection. by comedian and music fanatic Stewart Lee. 3:57 am James MacMillan (b.1959) Lee has a long-standing fascination with improvised music, O Radiant Dawn (from the Strathclyde motets) WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (m0001rc7) choosing guitarist Derek Bailey as incidental music for his BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor) Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672) shows, and exploring the parallels with comedy through collaborations with the likes of Steve Beresford and Tania 4:02 am Venetian Adventures Chen. Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) Sumarovo dite (The Fiddler's Child) Donald Macleod explores the life and music of German early- From his time spent in record shops as a teenager, to more Peter Thomas (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Baroque master Heinrich Schütz. Today we’re in Venice, where recent work moonlighting as a music critic, Lee has built up a Volkov (conductor) Schütz studies with Gabrieli and hobnobs with Monteverdi. deep collection, with post-punk and folk traditions also well represented. 4:14 am Landgrave Moritz of Hesse-Kassel did the world a great favour Louis Spohr when he suggested to his 25-year-old second court organist And folk is where his first guest choice of the week comes in: Harp Fantasia No 2 in C minor, Op 35 Heinrich Schütz that he should head south to Venice and learn musician Richard Dawson is one of the leading lights of the Mojca Zlobko Vaigl (harp) at the feet of the Italian master of sound in space, Giovanni British scene, through work under his own name and in Gabrieli – a period of study that left an indelible imprint on the collaboration with Rhodri Davies as Hen Ogledd. Though 4:23 am German composer’s musical style. Schütz’s first Venetian rooted in the music of his native north-east, Dawson’s Franz Doppler (1821-1883) sojourn, which began in 1609, was well-timed – Gabrieli was in influences include psychedelia, art-rock and the Sufi tradition. L'oiseau des bois (Bird in the woods) - idyll for flute and 4 poor health and had only three years to live. Two decades later, He brings in some tracks from his own extensive music library horns, Op 21 Schütz returned to a Venice where Monteverdi was now the to share with Stewart. János Balint (flute), Jenö Keveházi (horn), Peter Fuzes (horn), musical kingpin, and found that things had changed a good deal Sandor Endrodi (horn), Tibor Maruzsa (horn) since his previous visit. Once again, Schütz eagerly absorbed his Produced by Chris Elcombe for Reduced Listening. new discoveries into his own musical language, with splendid 4:31 am results – among them his first set of Symphoniae Sacrae, Johann Sebastian Bach published in Venice in 1629. Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor BWV.922 WEDNESDAY 26 DECEMBER 2018 Andreas Staier (harpsichord) Jubilate Deo in chordis et organo, SWV 276 (Symphoniae Sacrae I, Op 6) WED 00:30 Through the Night (m0001r0t) 4:38 am Tobias Mäthger, Georg Poplutz, tenor Une barque sur l'océan Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) Felix Schwandtke, bass Hora est for chorus and organ (antiphon and responsorium) Friederike Otto, Anna Schall, cornetti A water-themed concert from the 2018 Kuhmo Chamber Music Choeur de Radio France, Denis Comtet (organ), Donald Clemens Schlemmer, dulcian Festival. Presented by Catriona Young. Palumbo (conductor) Andreas Arend, theorbo Matthias Müller, violone 12:31 am 4:47 am Ludger Rémy, organ Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865-1936) Hans-Christoph Rademann, conductor La cathedrale engloutie (Preludes Book 1) Lyric poem for orchestra in D flat major Op 12 Alessandra Ammara (piano) West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Verbitsky Ride la primavera, SWV 7; Di marmo siete voi, SWV 17; Vasto (conductor) mar, nel cui seno, SWV 19 (Italian Madrigals, Op 1) 12:37 am Sette Voci Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 4:58 am Armin Bereuter, violone Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D.714 František Jiránek (1698-1778) Julian Behr, chitarrone Åtta Ensemble, Vladimir Mendelssohn (viola), Annariina Jokela Concerto for flute, strings and basso continuo in G major Lorenzo Feder, harpsichord (organ) (viola), Joona Pulkkinen (cello), Maja Bogdanovic (cello), Petri Jana Semerádová (flute), Collegium Marianum, Jana Peter Kooij, director Mäkiharju (double bass) Semerádová (artistic director) Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren, SWV 41; Wie lieblich sind 12:48 am 5:10 am deine Wohnungen, SWV 29; Ich danke dem Herrn von ganzem Arnold Bax (1883-1953) Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Herzen, SWV 34 (Psalmen Davids, Op 2) The Poisoned Fountain Fantasy for violin and orchestra in C major, Op 131 Cantus Cölln Diana Ketler (piano), Claudio Trovajoli (piano) Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Concerto Palatino Nicholas Harnoncourt (conductor) Konrad Junghänel, director 12:54 am Tiensuu, Jukka (b.1948) 5:26 am Fili mi, Absalon, SWV 269 (Symphoniae Sacrae I, Op 6) Narcissus Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Felix Schwandtke, bass Blanca Gleisner (oboe) O, I'm sick of life, Z.140 Sebastian Krause, Julian Nagel, Masafumi Sakamoto, Fernando Samuel Boden (tenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Peter Kooij Günther, trombone 1:01 am (bass), Collegium Vocale Ghent, Philippe Herreweghe Andreas Arend, theorbo Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) (director) Matthias Müller, violone Une barque sur l'océan (Miroirs) Ludger Rémy, organ Alessandra Ammara (piano) 5:31 am Johan Svendsen (1840-1911) In te, Domine, speravi, SWV 259 1:10 am Octet for strings in A major, Op 3 David Erler, countertenor Clara Schumann (1819-1896) Atle Sponberg (violin), Joakim Svenheden (violin), Adrian Margret Baumgartl, violin Die Lorelei Brendel (cello), Aida-Carmen Soanea (viola), Vertavo String Clemens Schlemmer, dulcian Sophie Klussmann (soprano), Roberto Prosseda (piano) Quartet Andreas Arend, theorbo Ludger Rémy, organ 1:13 am 6:08 am Paul Gilson (1865-1942) Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) Hans-Christoph Rademann, conductor De Zee - symphony Scythian Suite from 'Ala i Lolly' Op 20 Brussels Philharmonic, Karl Anton Rickenbacher (conductor) Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor) Es steh Gott auf, SWV 356, (Symphoniae sacrae II, Op 10) Capella Augustana 1:48 am Matteo Messori, director Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 11 of 17 Produced by Chris Barstow for BBC Wales Smith's 101 Dalmatians, Jack London's Call of the Wild and Performer: Bob Dylan Dorothy Parker's mischievous Verse for a Certain Dog in this Duration 00:00:03 selection of poems, prose and music of all kinds celebrating WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (m0001rc9) mankind's greatest ally in the animal kingdom - dogs. With 19 00:00:53 Oxford Lieder Festival 2018 music by Gershwin, Elgar, Tom Waits and Bob Dylan. From Ted Hughes puppy love to fawning, from fetching a stick to disobedience Roger the Dog [Robert Lindsay] 26/12/2018 and the clip of a dog and deer that went viral. Duration 00:00:03

The Oxford Lieder Festival 2018 goes on a Grand Tour of Producer: Paul Frankl 20 00:00:54 Robert Schumann Europe in song. In this week's Lunchtime Concerts, Andrew Traumerei (Kinderszenen, Op 15 No 7) McGregor presents highlights from the festival, including the 01 Performer: Moura Lympany [piano] recital 'Tallinn to St Petersburg' by the Estonian mezzo-soprano Fenton! Duration 00:00:02 Kai Rüütel and the recital 'Vienna to Stockholm' performed by Duration: 00’20 the Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling. Plus an unusual 21 00:00:56 Schubertiade from Schubert & Co., a group of rising stars in the 02 Noël Coward Robert William Service singing world brought together by the pianist Sholto Kynoch. Mad Dogs and Englishmen My Dog [Claire Benedict] Today, Today, Kai Ruutel sings Brahms, and Camilla Tilling Performer: Noël Coward Duration 00:00:01 sings Sibelius and Schoenberg, plus Schubert and Co. Duration 00:00:02 22 00:00:58 Heiner Goebbels HARMA 03 00:00:03 Dwell Where the Dogs Dwell (The Horatian) I cannot stay silent (Estonian folksong) Emily Dickinson Performer: Jocelyn B Smith [vocals], South German Youth Kai Rüütel (mezzo-soprano) A little Dog that wags his tail [Claire Benedict] Philharmonic [orchestra], Peter Rundel [conductor] Duration 00:00:02 Duration 00:00:05 BRAHMS Wie Melodien (Op.105) from Fünf Lieder 04 00:00:04 George Gershwin 23 00:01:03 Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer (Op. 105) from Fünf Walking the Dog (Shall We Dance) Rudyard Kipling Lieder Performer: Los Angeles Philharmonic (orchestra), Michael The Power of the Dog [Claire Benedict] Klage (Op. 105) from Fünf Lieder Tilson Thomas (conductor) Duration 00:00:01 Auf dem Kirchhofe (Op. 105) from Fünf Lieder Duration 00:00:02 Kai Rüütel (mezzo-soprano) 24 00:01:05 Edward Elgar Roger Vignoles (piano) 05 00:00:07 G.R.S (Enigma Variations) Thomas Hardy Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin SCHUBERT A Popular Personage at Home [Robert Lindsay] [conductor] Songs Duration 00:00:01 Duration 00:00:01 Schubert & Co. Sholto Kynoch (piano) 06 00:00:08 Frédéric Chopin 25 00:01:06 Waltz in D flat major, Op 64, No 1, ‘Valse du Petit Chien’ Kevin Young SCHOENBERG Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Bereavement [Robert Lindsay] 4 Lieder (Op. 2) Duration 00:00:01 Duration 00:00:02 Camilla Tilling (soprano) Paul Rivinius (piano) 07 00:00:10 Mel Leven 26 00:01:08 Edward Elgar Cruella de Vil Sospiri SIBELIUS Performer: Bill Lee (piano/vocals) Performer: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields [orchestra], Sir Den Första Kyssen (Op.37 no.1) Duration 00:00:05 Neville Marriner [conductor] Lasse liten (Op.37 no.2) Duration 00:00:04 Soluppgång (Op.37 no.3) 08 00:00:15 Var det en dröm? (Op.37 no.4) Dodie Smith Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte (Op. 35) 101 Dalmations [Claire Benedict] WED 17:45 New Generation Artists (m0001rch) En Slända (Op.17) Duration 00:00:02 Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and a Musical Zoo Camilla Tilling (soprano) Paul Rivinius (piano) 09 00:00:18 Eric Coates New Generation Artists: Rhapsody in Blue from demon Knightsbridge March (London Suite) trumpeter, Simon Höfele, an American musical zoo from bass Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra, Vernon Handley Ashley Riches and guitarist Thibaut Garcia plays Piazzolla. WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (m0001rcc) (conductor) Kate Molleson continues her eight-part early evening series Ravel, Riccardo Chailly, Lucerne Festival Orchestra Duration 00:00:04 celebrating the prodigious talents of Radio 3's current New Generation Artists with this fun-packed programme which Colourful and luxuriant music by Maurice Ravel is on the menu 10 00:00:22 takes us from New York to South America. for today's programme. Including pieces inspired by two dance Jack London forms: the waltz and the bolero. These performances were The Call of the Wild [Robert Lindsay] Gershwin arr.Timofei Dokshitser Rhapsody in Blue recorded at the 30th Anniversary of Riccardo Chailly's Debut at Duration 00:00:03 Simon Höfele (trumpet), Frank Dupree (piano) the Lucerne Festival. Presented by Fiona Talkington 11 00:00:25 Tom Waits Vernon Duke Ogden Nash's Musical Zoo 2.00pm Rain Dogs Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano) Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales Performer: Tom Waits Ravel: La Valse Duration 00:00:02 Tchaikovsky Méditation from Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42 Ravel: Suite No. 1 from 'Daphnis et Chloé' Aleksey Semenenko (violin), Inna Firsova (piano) Ravel: Suite No. 2 from 'Daphnis et Chloé' 12 00:00:28 Ravel: Boléro Fred Gipson Piazzolla Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas - The Four Seasons Lucerne Festival Orchestra Old Yeller [Claire Benedict] arr. for guitar Riccardo Chailly , conductor Duration 00:00:04 Thibaut Garcia (guitar)

13 00:00:32 Scott Bradley Copland I bought me a cat WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (m0001rcf) Downbeat Bear (Tom and Jerry) Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano) Merton College, Oxford Performer: Scott Bradley (conductor), studio orchestra Duration 00:00:03 Established nearly two decades ago, Radio 3's New Generation From the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford, on the Feast of St Artist Scheme is internationally acknowledged as the foremost Stephen. 14 00:00:36 scheme of its kind. It exists to offer a platform for artists at the Don Marquis beginning of their international careers. Each year six musicians Introit: Welcome ! (Parry) “confessions of a glutton” [Robert Lindsay] join the scheme for two years, during which time they appear at Responses: Radcliffe Duration 00:00:01 the UK's major music festivals, enjoy dates with the BBC Office hymn: Jesu, the father’s only Son (Christe Redemptor orchestras and have the opportunity to record in the BBC omnium) 15 00:00:38 Johann Strauss II Studios. The artists are also encouraged to form artistic Psalms 57, 86 (Hine, Battishill, Lord Mornington) Wine, Woman and Song partnerships with one another and to explore a wide range of First Lesson: Genesis 4 vv.1-10 Performer: Alfred Mitterhofer (harmonium), Heinz repertoire, not least the work of contemporary and women Canticles: Dyson in D Medjimorec (piano), Alban Berg Quartet (ensemble) composers. In recent years Radio 3's New Generation Artists Second Lesson: Acts 7 vv.51-60 Duration 00:00:10 have appeared in festivals or concerts in Aldeburgh, Bath, Anthem: And I saw a new heaven (Bainton) Belfast, Birmingham, Buxton, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Hymn: It came upon the midnight clear (Noel) 16 00:00:48 Johann Strauss II Glasgow, Hay-on-Wye, Orkney, Ryedale, Southampton and Voluntary: Cantata No 29, BWV.29 (Wir danken dir, Gott, wir The Beautiful Blue Danube Stratford-upon-Avon as well as at the BBC Proms. Typically, danken dir) (Sinfonia) (Bach, arr. Guilmant) Performer: Tina the dog the artists selected will have been prize winners at major Duration 00:00:10 international competitions such as the Tchaikovsky, Liszt or Benjamin Nicholas (Director of Music) Ferrier but the BBC New Generation Artist Scheme is not itself Alex Little & Tom Fetherstonhaugh (Organists) 17 00:00:48 a prize, rather it offers a a unique two year platform on which Dorothy Parker artists can develop their prodigious talents. Not surprisingly, the Verse for a Certain Dog [Claire Benedict] list of alumni reads like a Who's Who of the most exciting WED 16:30 Words and Music (b09w2s3m) Duration 00:00:01 musicians of the past two decades. In this series, we can catch Man's Best Friend those artists near the beginnings of their journeys. 18 00:00:50 Bob Dylan Actors Robert Lindsay and Claire Benedict read from Dodie If Dogs Run Free Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 12 of 17 WED 18:45 Opera on 3 (m0001rck) Media Vita Trio for piano and strings (Op.70 no.2) in E flat major George and Ira Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Choir: Trinity Choir Altenberg Trio Vienna Duration 00:07:09 English National Opera's universally acclaimed production of 02:31 AM George Gershwin's 1935 opera was this season's hot ticket. 03 00:23:17 Nicolas Gombert Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) From its opening number "Summertime", through songs Magnificat Primi Toni Ma vlast - cycle of symphonic poems including "I Got Plenty of Nothin'", "Bess, You is My Woman Music Arranger: Peter Phillips BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek Now" and “It Ain’t Necessarily So”, Porgy and Bess is stuffed Choir: Tallis Scholars full of hits as it tells a compelling story of love and violence in a Duration 00:02:14 03:46 AM poor South Carolina fishing community, played here by the Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Porgy and Bess Ensemble. This international chorus, specially 04 00:25:30 Nicolas Gombert Scherzo No.1 in B flat (D.593) formed for the run, together with an outstanding cast led by Magnificat Secundi Toni Halina Radvilaite (piano) Eric Greene and Nicole Cabel in the title roles and the Music Arranger: Peter Phillips Orchestra of ENO conducted by John Wilson proved beyond a Choir: Tallis Scholars 03:53 AM doubt that Porgy and Bess is one of the great operatic Duration 00:01:41 Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (1630-1670) masterpieces of the 20th century. Sonata in A minor Op.3`2 (La Cesta) for violin and continuo 05 00:27:12 Nicolas Gombert Daniel Sepec (violin), Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Lee Santana Recorded in October at the Coliseum and presented by Magnificat Sexti Toni (theorbo), Michael Behringer (harpsichord) Geoffrey Smith in conversation with anthropologist and critic Music Arranger: Peter Phillips Dr Kit Davis, and including contributions from director James Choir: Tallis Scholars 04:00 AM Robinson, conductor John Wilson and members of the cast. Duration 00:02:27 Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Ave Maria Acts 1 and 2 06 00:34:40 Thomas Tallis Chamber Choir AVE, Andraž Hauptman (conductor) Miserere Nostri 8.20pm Choir: Alamire 04:07 AM Interval Conductor: David Skinner John Thomas Duration 00:02:32 The minstrel's adieu to his native land for harp 8.40pm Rita Costanzi (harp) Act 3 07 00:38:31 Thomas Tallis If Ye Love Me 04:14 AM Porgy.....Eric Greene (tenor) Ensemble: Theatre of Voices Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Bess……Nicole Cabell (soprano) Singer: Paul Hillier Gestillte Sehnsucht for alto, viola and piano Op 91 No 1 Crown……Nmon Ford (baritone) Duration 00:01:54 Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo soprano), Morten Carlsen Serena……Latonia Moore (soprano) (viola), Sergej Osadchuk (piano) Clara……Nadine Benjamin (soprano) 08 00:42:35 Thomas Tallis Maria……Tichina Vaughn (mezzo-soprano) In Jejunio Et Fletu 04:21 AM Jake……Donovan Singletary (bass-baritone) Ensemble: Taverner Consort William Walton Sporting Life……Frederick Ballentine (tenor) Conductor: Andrew Parrott Orb and sceptre - coronation march Mingo……Rheinaldt Tshepo Moagi (tenor) Duration 00:04:04 BBC Philharmonic, John Storgards (conductor) Robbins/Crab Man……Chaz’men Williams-Ali (tenor) Peter……Ronald Samm (tenor) 09 00:48:10 Thomas Tallis 04:31 AM Frazier……Byron Jackson (baritone) Gaude Gloriosa Dei Mater Julius Fučík (1872-1916) Annie……Sarah-Jane Lewis (mezzo-soprano) Music Arranger: Peter Phillips Entry of the Gladiators Lily……Pumza Mxinwa (soprano) Choir: Tallis Scholars BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Strawberry Woman……Nozuko Teto (mezzo-soprano) Duration 00:06:50 Jim……Njabulo Madlala (baritone) 04:34 AM Undertaker...... Whitaker Mills (baritone) 10 00:56:20 Thomas Tallis Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Nelson……Thando Mjandana (tenor) Spem In Alium For 40 Voices Nocturne in C sharp minor (Op.74) Detective……Stephen Pallister Choir: Tallis Scholars Stéphane Lemelin (piano) Policeman……Christian Hurst Conductor: Philip Cave Coroner……Neil Kelly Duration 00:02:19 04:42 AM Porgy and Bess Ensemble (chorus) Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) Orchestra of English National Opera Laudate Pueri (motet, op.39 no.2) John Wilson (conductor) WED 23:00 Late Junction (m0001rcm) Polyphonia, Ivelina Ivancheva (piano), Ivelin Dimitrov Guest presenter Stewart Lee with Tim Key (conductor)

WED 22:00 The Glory of Polyphony (b0b7h4th) Stewart Lee’s Christmas stint as guest editor continues as he’s 04:52 AM Tallis and Gombert joined by fellow comedian and left-field music fan Tim Key. Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824) Duo concertante in C major Peter Phillips continues his six-part series celebrating the Glory As a Russian graduate, Key often features unusual Soviet-era Alexandar Avramov (violin), Ivan Peev (violin) of Polyphony. music in his live shows, from Vyacheslav Mescherin’s Ensemble of Electronic Musical Instruments, to composer 05:02 AM Polyphony (literally, 'many sounds') reached its peak in choral Mikael Tariverdiev, a recent discovery that can be heard in his Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) music during the historic Renaissance period. Peter Phillips latest show ‘Megadate’. Concerto in F major (RV.442) for treble recorder first discovered its magnificent sound world at the age of 16 Michael Schneider (recorder), Camerata Köln and ever since has devoted his life to performing and recording Key brings in some of his most treasured tracks; Lee introduces it. He even formed his record label and choir -The Tallis him to some of his own collection too. 05:10 AM Scholars - to share the music with others. In each programme in Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) this series, Peter will share his knowledge of and passion for Produced by Chris Elcombe for Reduced Listening. Havanaise (Op.83) arr. for violin and piano (orig. violin and Renaissance choral music by exploring the lives and works of orchestra) two very contrasting composers. He'll showcase their unique Vilmos Szabadi (violin), Marta Gulyas (piano) styles against the social backdrops of the late 15th to early 17th centuries by telling some of their personal stories and THURSDAY 27 DECEMBER 2018 05:19 AM explaining the original purpose of the music. He'll also explore Josef Myslivecek (1737-1781), Unknown (arranger) the music's meditative qualities and its power to affect THU 00:30 Through the Night (m0001rcp) String Quintet no.2 in E flat major arr. orchestra worshippers and audiences past and present. A tribute to Jiří Bělohlávek Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Werthen (conductor)

In this fourth programme, Peter will delve into the lives and Hailed as one of the greatest conductors of Czech music, the 05:30 AM works of two very contrasting musicians: Thomas Tallis and BBC Symphony Orchestra's former Chief Conductor is Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986) Nicolas Gombert celebrated with music by Smetana, Martinu and Dvorak. Trio in one movement, Op.68 Catriona Young presents. Hertz Trio Both composers were forced to meet the demands of the church in the background of an ever-changing political world. The 12:31 AM 05:50 AM Reformation and Counter-Reformation affected almost their Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) every musical move. In many ways their music is very similar - The Bartered Bride (Overture) Piano Sonata in F major K.280 melodic, emotive and impassioned, but their lives were far from BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Sergei Terentjev (piano) comparable. Gombert travelled through Europe with the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V until he was accused of sexual 12:38 AM 06:11 AM misconduct and sentenced to hard labour. Tallis spent almost his Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) entire career in the service of four English monarchs, adapting Symphony no. 1 The Globetrotter suite (Op.358) (orig. for solo piano) his sacred music and the language in which it was written, every BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) time there was a change on the throne. 01:15 AM 01 00:05:58 Nicolas Gombert Antonin Dvorak THU 06:30 Breakfast (m0001ryd) Lugebat David Absalon Symphony no. 9 (Op.95) in E minor "From the New World" Thursday - Petroc’s classical picks Choir: Sansara BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Duration 00:05:13 Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, 01:57 AM featuring listener requests. 02 00:12:49 Nicolas Gombert Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 13 of 17 Email [email protected] Davids, Op 2) For full synopsis visit programme page Cantus Cölln Concerto Palatino THU 09:00 Essential Classics (m0001ryh) Konrad Junghänel, director THU 17:00 Words and Music (b09hrprl) Ian Skelly The Seven Deadly Sins Produced by Chris Barstow for BBC Wales Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music. Adjoa Andoh and Rory Kinnear visit the sins of pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth with poetry and prose by 0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (m0001rym) Milton, Carol Ann Duffy, Spenser, Shakespeare, Stevie Smith, playlist. Oxford Lieder Festival 2018 Emily Dickinson and Christopher Marlowe and music by Kurt Weill, Mahler, Takemitsu, Verdi and Shostakovich. Rory and 1010 Our Classical Century - 100 pieces celebrating 100 key 27/12/2018 Adjoa explore the misery of sin experienced by Hamlet, Iago moments in classical music in the last century. and Lady Macbeth alongside the idle enjoyment felt by bbc.co.uk/ourclassicalcentury The Oxford Lieder Festival 2018 goes on a Grand Tour of Huckleberry Finn, the exhilaration on discovering that Einstein Europe in song. In this week's Lunchtime Concerts, Andrew was a fellow Scot and the thrill of a feast in Dickens’ ‘A 1050 This Christmas week, the former Children's Laureate and McGregor presents highlights from the festival, including the Christmas Carol’. prolific author Michael Morpurgo shares his cultural recital 'Tallinn to St Petersburg' by the Estonian mezzo-soprano inspirations. Kai Rüütel and the recital 'Vienna to Stockholm' performed by Producer: Fiona McLean the Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling. Plus an unusual 1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's Schubertiade from Schubert & Co., a group of rising stars in the 01 George Frideric Handel musical reflection. singing world brought together by the pianist Sholto Kynoch. Concerto 1 - Allegro Today, Kai Rüütel takes us from the, Rimsky-Korsakov, to the Performer: Academy of St. Martins-in-the-Fields, Iona Brown Estonian composer Mart Saar, who travelled to St Petersburg (Conductor) THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (m0001ryk) for composition tuition from the old Russian master. Schubert Duration 00:02:26 Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672) & Co. continue their Schubertiade, 'Schubert Abroad', with a selection from Schubert's 7 Songs from Walter Scott's 'Fräulein 02 00:02:28 War vom See’. Christopher Marlowe Dr Faustus, read by Adjoa Andoh Donald Macleod explores the life and music of German early RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Duration 00:00:33 Baroque master Heinrich Schütz. Today things turn serious, as Plenivshis rozoj, solovey (The nightingale) (Op.2 no.2) Schütz is swept up in the convulsions of the 30 Years’ War. Na kholmakh Gruzii (On Georgia's Hills) (Op.3 no.4) 03 00:03:01 Leos Janáček Serenade (Op.4 no.4) Overture: Jealousy ‘War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothin!’ – a sentiment that Drobitsya, i pleshchet, i brizzhet volna (The wave breaks) Performer: Czech Philharmonic, Jiri Belohlavek (Conductor) anyone living in the German states during the 30-year period (Op.46 no.1) Duration 00:05:50 from 1618 to 1648 would have had no trouble relating to. What Kogda volnuyetsya zhelteyushchaya niva (When the fields wave began as a little local difficulty at Hradčany Castle in Prague – in yellow light) (Op.40 no.1) 04 00:08:52 when Protestant rebels turfed the proposed new Catholic Kai Rüütel (mezzo-soprano) William Shakespeare governors of Bohemia out of a third-storey window – gradually Roger Vignoles (piano) Othello, read by Rory Kinnear escalated into a politically driven, pan-European bloodbath in Duration 00:00:45 which, according to some estimates, the German states as a MART SAAR whole lost up to 30 percent of their population. All of this, of Once 05 00:09:37 Thomas Campion course, impacted hugely on musical life – court musical The Branches Rustle Fire, fire, fire, fire! (The Third Booke of Ayres (1617) XX) establishments were slimmed down; musicians were laid off, or Vanished Angel Performer: Steven Rickards (Countertenor), Dorothy Linell went unpaid. You can hear the effect in Schütz’s music. His Autumn Thoughts (Lute) Kleine geistliche Konzerte, from the late 1630s, have an What was it? Duration 00:01:53 economy of means that may have been necessitated by the Once Again austerity of the time but in Schütz’s hands actually serve to Kai Rüütel (mezzo-soprano) 06 00:11:32 intensify the music’s emotional impact. Roger Vignoles (piano) Carol Ann Duffy Warming Her Pearls, read by Adjoa Andoh ‘O, Herr, hilf’, SWV 402 (Symphoniae Sacrae III) WAGNER Duration 00:02:04 Ulrike Hofbauer, Isabel Jantschek, soprano Träume (Wesendonck Lieder) Georg Poplutz, tenor Kai Rüütel (mezzo-soprano) 07 00:13:36 Claude Debussy Dresdner Barockorchester Roger Vignoles (piano) Chansons de Bilitis – La flûte de Pan Hans-Christoph Rademann, director Performer: Véronique Gens (Soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano) SCHUBERT Duration 00:02:23 Syncharma musicum, SWV 49 Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Maria Skiba, Heidi Maria Taubert, Dorothea Wagner, soprano Sieben Gesänge aus Walter Scotts ‘Fräulein vom See’ (D837) 08 00:16:00 Tobias Hunger, Stephan Gähler, tenor (extracts) William Shakespeare Cappella Sagittariana Dresden Schubert & Co. Othello, read by Rory Kinnear Norbert Schuster, conductor Sholto Kynoch (piano) Duration 00:01:00

Da pacem, Domine’, SWV 465 GRIEG 09 00:17:01 Kurt Weill Cantus Cölln Dromme, Op.69 No.5 The Seven Deadly Sins – Unzucht (Lust) Musica Fiata Camilla Tilling (soprano) Performer: Marianne Faithful, Vienna Radio Symphony Konrad Junghänel, director Paul Rivinius (piano) Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies (Conductor) Duration 00:05:16 Veni, Sancte Spiritus, SWV 328 Isabel Schicketanz, Gerlinde Sämann, soprano THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (m0001ryp) 10 00:22:18 Toru Takemitsu Georg Poplutz, Tobias Mäthger, tenor Faust by Gounod from Madrid Masque for Two Flutes - Continu Matthias Müller, viola da gamba Performer: Auréole Trio with Patricia Manson (flute) Ludger Rémy, organ and director Today's opera matinee is one of the ever-greens of the Duration 00:03:17 repertoire. Gounod's Faust is the tale of a man who sells his soul O süsser, o freundlicher Herr Jesu Christ, SWV 285 to the Devil in return for power and knowledge. This new 11 00:23:09 Georg Poplutz, tenor production by the Teatro Real in Madrid is a co-production Emily Dickinson Ludger Rémy, organ and director with De Nationale Opera and Ballet of Amsterdam. Starring Wild Nights, read by Adjoa Andoh Piotr Beczala, Luca Pisaroni and Marina Rebeka. Presented by Duration 00:00:22 Erhöre mich, wenn ich dich rufe, SWV 289 Jonathan Swain Dorothee Mields, soprano 12 00:25:36 Ulrike Hofbauer, soprano Gounod: Faust Ted Hughes Stefan Maass, theorbo Echo and Narcissus, read by Rory Kinnear Matthias Müller, viola da gamba Faust….. Piotr Beczala (tenor) Duration 00:01:57 Ludger Rémy, organ and director Méphistophélès….. Luca Pisaroni (bass-baritone) Marguerite….. Marina Rebeka (soprano) 13 00:26:23 Antonio Vivaldi Ist Gott für uns, SWV 329 Valentin….. Stéphane Degout (baritone) Concerto for Flute, Strings and Harpsichord in G Minor, Op.10 Gerlinde Sämann, soprano Wagner….. Isaac Galán (baritone) no.2 "La Notte" – Largo - Presto David Erler, alto Siébel…. Serena Malfi (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Georg Poplutz, tenor Marthe Schwertlein….. Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo (mezzo- (Conductor) Tobias Berndt, bass soprano) Duration 00:02:13 Stefan Maass, theorbo Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra Matthias Müller, viola da gamba Dan Ettinger , conductor 14 00:28:38 Ludger Rémy, organ and director Ben Jonson 2.00pm On Gut, read by Adjoa Andoh Ich bin eine rufende Stimme, SWV 383; Verleih uns Frieden Acts 1 and 2 Duration 00:00:18 genädiglich, SWV 372; Das Wort ward Fleisch, SWV 385; Das ist je gewisslich wah, SWV 388 (Geistliche Chor-Music) 2.50pm 15 00:28:48 Robert Beaser Bach Collegium Japan Act 3 Choral Variations for Orchestra - The Seven Deadly Sins - Masaaki Suzuki, conductor Gluttony 3.40pm Performer: Jan Opalach (Bass-baritone), American Composers Danket dem Herren, denn er ist freundlich, SWV 45 (Psalmen Acts 4 and 5 Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies (Conductor) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 14 of 17 Duration 00:03:06 34 01:07:38 music of two English composers born a century apart. Mark Twain 16 00:31:54 Huckleberry Finn, read by Adjoa Andoh In England, the florid style of composers like William Cornysh Robert Burton Duration 00:00:59 who contributed to the illuminated anthology of sacred music from The Anatomy of Melancholy, read by Rory Kinnear known as the Eton Choirbook at the turn of the 16th Century Duration 00:00:22 35 01:08:01 Ferde Grofé changed beyond recognition with the effects of the Grand Canyon Suite: Grand Canyon Suite: I. Sunrise Reformation. In just under a century, the grandiose 17 00:32:06 Camille Saint‐Saëns Performer: New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Bátiz embellishments of the Italian style which had been so influential Danse Macabre, Op.40 (Conductor) up to Henry VIII's split from Rome were replaced by something Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi Duration 00:05:20 far more intimate. (Conductor) William Byrd was a favourite of the Anglican Queen Elizabeth Duration 00:05:49 I, but because of Byrd's Catholic faith, his sacred music was THU 18:15 New Generation Artists (m0001ryr) largely published and performed in secret so as to avoid arrest 18 00:37:55 Ashley Riches in Finzi and Mariam Batsashvili in Liszt by Her Majesty's teams of spies. Edmund Spenser The Faerie Queene, read by Adjoa Andoh New Generation Artists: the Georgian pianist Mariam 01 00:03:41 William Byrd Duration 00:01:01 Batsashvili gives a transcendental performance of Liszt's Après Civitas sancti tui une lecture du Dante and Ashley Riches sings Finzi's Earth and Ensemble: The King’s Singers 19 00:38:57 Modest Mussorgsky Air and Rain, ten masterful setting of poems by Thomas Hardy. Duration 00:04:58 Pictures At An Exhibition - VI. Samuel Goldenberg Und Also today, a cello suite by a Catalan contemporary of Pablo Schmuyle Casals and Debussy's sultry faun as recreated by Fritz Kreisler. 02 00:12:36 William Byrd Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Presented by Kate Molleson. Great Service (Benedictus) Duration 00:02:15 Choir: Tallis Scholars Liszt Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata Conductor: Peter Phillips 20 00:41:13 Mariam Batsashvili (piano) Duration 00:04:12 Charles Dickens , read by Rory Kinnear Gaspar Cassado Suite for solo cello 03 00:20:17 William Byrd Duration 00:00:52 Andrei Ionita (cello) Gaudeamus omnes Ensemble: Cardinall's Musick 21 00:42:06 George Frideric Handel Finzi Earth and Air and Rain Director: Andrew Carwood Alexander’s Feast - Allegro Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Anna Tilbrook (piano) Duration 00:05:26 Performer: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin Duration 00:03:20 Today's performances from these award-winning artists were 04 00:27:27 William Byrd recorded in concerts at Turner Sims Southampton, at the 4-Part Mass (Agnus Dei) 22 00:45:26 Cheltenham Festival and also in the BBC's studios, Choir: Choir of New College Oxford Stevie Smith Conductor: Edward Higginbottom Alone in the Woods, read by Adjoa Andoh Duration 00:03:29 Duration 00:00:48 THU 19:30 Proms 2018 Repeats (m0001ryt) Prom 62 repeat: Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool 05 00:31:39 William Byrd 23 00:46:15 Giuseppe Verdi Philharmonic Orchestra Laudibus in sanctis Messa da Requiem – Sequenza - Dies Irae Choir: Stile Antico Performer: Sinfonie Orchester und Chor des WDR Koln Another chance to hear Vasily Petrenko, the Royal Liverpool Duration 00:05:32 Duration 00:02:51 Philharmonic Orchestra in music by Strauss, Elgar, Bartok and a world premiere by Iain Bell, from the Royal Albert Hall, 06 00:40:02 William Cornysh 24 00:47:46 London Magnificat (excerpt) John Milton Presented by Martin Handley Music Arranger: Peter Phillips Paradise Lost, read by Adjoa Andoh Choir: Tallis Scholars Duration 00:01:27 Elgar: In the South (Alassio) Duration 00:06:33 Iain Bell: Aurora (BBC co-commission: world premiere) 25 00:49:13 Dmitri Shostakovich 07 00:47:49 William Cornysh Symphony No.10, Op.93 - Allegro c. 8.15pm Ave Maria Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra, Mariss Jansons Interval Proms Plus Ensemble: Cardinall's Musick (Conductor) Dr Nathan Case and Dr Melanie Windridge discuss the latest Director: Andrew Carwood Duration 00:03:10 scientific research into the Aurora Borealis with New Duration 00:02:40 Generation Thinker Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough. 26 00:53:24 08 00:52:52 William Cornysh William Shakespeare c.8.35pm Salve Regina (excerpt) Julius Caesar, read by Rory Kinnear R Strauss: Ständchen; Das Bächlein; Morgen!; Zueignung Choir: The Sixteen Duration 00:01:21 Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra Conductor: Harry Christophers Duration 00:03:02 27 00:54:46 Giuseppe Verdi Adela Zaharia (soprano - Iain Bell) Macbeth - Prelude Miah Persson (soprano - R Strauss) 09 00:57:28 William Cornysh Performer: Budapest Symphony Orchestra conducted by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Ah Robin! Lamberto Gardelli Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Choir: Oxford Camerata Duration 00:01:54 Conductor: Jeremy Summerly Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Duration 00:01:27 28 00:56:41 Orchestra present a concert that moves from the lush, late- William Shakespeare Romantic soundscapes of Strauss’s songs (with soprano Miah Macbeth, read by Adjoa Andoh Persson) and the sweeping melodic generosity of Elgar’s Italy- THU 23:00 Late Junction (m0001ryw) Duration 00:01:04 inspired overture In the South to the leaner, more percussive Stewart Lee presents Laura Cannell’s mixtape intensity of Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra – a virtuosic 29 00:57:45 Hamish MacCunn showcase for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. The In his final show as guest editor, Stewart Lee presents a mixtape Six Scotch Dances - Dirk Dance concert also includes the world premiere of Iain Bell’s concerto from recorder player and violinist Laura Cannell. Performer: Murray McLachlan for coloratura soprano and orchestra, Aurora, featuring soprano Duration 00:01:49 Adela Zaharia. Cannell’s work explores the territory between composed and improvised music, drawing on medieval and early music while 30 00:59:35 rooted in contemporary techniques and approaches. Her Robert Crawford THU 22:00 The Glory of Polyphony (b0b89h85) mixtape spans Thomas Tallis, Breton bagpipes, violinist Galya Alba Einstein, read by Rory Kinnear Byrd, Cornysh and the Eton Choirbook Bisengalieva and improvising saxophonist Colin Stetson. Duration 00:01:25 Peter Phillips continues his six-part series celebrating the Glory She joins Stewart in the studio, and he shares some final cuts 31 01:01:01 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart of Polyphony. from his own collection too. Le Nozze di Figaro – Voiche sapete Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), John Pritchard Polyphony (literally, 'many sounds') reached its peak in choral Produced by Chris Elcombe for Reduced Listening. (Conductor) music during the historic Renaissance period. Peter Phillips Duration 00:02:51 first discovered its magnificent sound world at the age of 16 and ever since has devoted his life to performing and recording 32 01:03:54 it. He even formed his record label and choir -The Tallis FRIDAY 28 DECEMBER 2018 Jane Austen Scholars - to share the music with others. In each programme in Pride and Prejudice, read by Adjoa Andoh this series, Peter will share his knowledge of and passion for FRI 00:30 Through the Night (m0001ryy) Duration 00:01:00 Renaissance choral music by exploring the lives and works of Siblings play Seven Spanish Folk Songs two very contrasting composers. He'll showcase their unique 33 01:04:12 Jean Sibelius styles against the social backdrops of the late 15th to early 17th Sergey & Lusine Khachatryan perform sonatas by Mozart, Melodrama from Svartsjukans Natter – (Nights of Jealousy), JS centuries by telling some of their personal stories and Prokofiev & Franck at the Palau de Musica in Barcelona. 125 (1893) explaining the original purpose of the music. He'll also explore Presented by Catriona Young. Performer: Laura Vikman (violin), Joel Laakso (cello), Folke the music's meditative qualities and its power to affect Gräsbeck (piano) worshippers and audiences past and present. 12:31 am Duration 00:03:26 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart In this fifth programme, Peter will delve into the lives and Violin Sonata in B flat major, K 454 Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 15 of 17 Sergey Khachatryan (violin), Lusine Khachatryan (piano) 5:09 am Concerto Palatino Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Philippe Herreweghe, conductor 12:53 am Concerto in A minor for Recorder, Viola da Gamba, Strings Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) and Continuo St Matthew Passion, SWV 479 (Und Siehe Da, Der Vorhang Im Violin Sonata No 2 in D major, Op 94a La Stagione Tempel Zerreib In Zwei Stück) Sergey Khachatryan (violin), Lusine Khachatryan (piano) Paul Elliott, tenor (Evangelist) 5:25 am Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor (Pilate) 1:18 am Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Max Reger (arranger) The Hilliard Ensemble César Franck (1822-1890) Gretchen am Spinnrade D.118, arr. Reger for voice and Violin Sonata in A major orchestra Mein Seele erhebt den Herren, SWV 494 (‘German Magnificat’) Sergey Khachatryan (violin), Lusine Khachatryan (piano) Brigitte Fournier (soprano), National Polish Radio Symphony Collegium Vocale Gent Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow (conductor) Concerto Palatino 1:49 am Philippe Herreweghe, conductor Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) 5:29 am Sabre Dance from Act IV of Gayaneh Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) Produced by Chris Barstow for BBC Wales Sergey Khachatryan (violin), Lusine Khachatryan (piano) Violin Sonata (Con moto; Ballade ; Allegretto; Adagio) John Harding (violin), Daniel Blumenthal (piano) 1:52 am FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (m0001s6k) Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) 5:47 am Oxford Lieder Festival 2018 Nana from Seven Spanish Folk Songs Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Arnold Schoenberg Sergey Khachatryan (violin), Lusine Khachatryan (piano) (orchestrator) 28/12/2018 Piano Quartet in G minor Op 25 orch. Schoenberg 1:55 am Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart (conductor) The Oxford Lieder Festival 2018 goes on a grand tour of Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909), Enrique Arbós (orchestrator) Europe in song. In this week's Lunchtime Concerts, Andrew Iberia - suite orchestrated by Enrique Arbos McGregor presents highlights from the festival, including the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester FRI 06:30 Breakfast (m0001s6c) recital 'Tallinn to St Petersburg' by the Estonian mezzo-soprano (conductor) Friday - Petroc’s classical rise and shine Kai Rüütel and the recital 'Vienna to Stockholm' performed by the Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling. Plus an unusual 2:26 am Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, Schubertiade from Schubert & Co., a group of rising stars in the Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), John Dahlstrand (arranger) featuring listener requests and the Friday poem. singing world brought together by the pianist Sholto Kynoch. Piece en forme de Habenera Today, bringing our week of highlights to a close, Camilla Gary Karr (double bass), Harmon Lewis (piano) Email [email protected] Tilling sings Bo Linde and Stenhammer, and Schubert & Co. board Venetian gondolas in songs by Schubert and Rossini. 2:31 am Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (m0001s6f) BO LINKDE Symphony No 1 in G minor 'Winter Daydreams' Ian Skelly Äppelträd och päronträd (The apple tree and the pear tree) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Buribayev (conductor) (Op.40) from Fjorton sånger om våren Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music. Den ängen där du kysste mig (The meadow where you kissed 3:13 am me) (Op.40) from Fjorton sånger om våren Louis-Nicolas Clerambault (1676-1749) 0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics Camilla Tilling (soprano) Pirame et Tisbe - cantata for voice and simphonie (1710) playlist. Paul Rivinius (piano) Gilles Ragon (tenor), Ensemble Amalia 1010 Our Classical Century - 100 pieces celebrating 100 key STENHAMMER 3:31 am moments in classical music in the last century. Vandraren (The Wanderer) (Op.26) from Visor och Clara Schumann (1819-1896) bbc.co.uk/ourclassicalcentury stämmningar Scherzo for piano in D minor, Op 10 no 1 Nattyxne (Butterfly Orchid) (Op.26) from Visor och Angela Cheng (piano) 1050 This Christmas week, the former Children's Laureate and stämmningar prolific author Michael Morpurgo shares his cultural Det far ett skepp (A ship sails) (Op.26) from Visor och 3:36 am inspirations. stämmningar Uuno Klami (1900-1961) Jungfru blond och jungfru brunett (Miss Blonde and Miss Nummisuutarit (suite for orchestra) 1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's Brunette) (Op.26) from Visor och stämmningar Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste musical reflection. Camilla Tilling (soprano) (conductor) Paul Rivinius (piano)

3:45 am FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (m0001s6h) SCHUBERT Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672) Gondelfahrer (D809) Quartet for flute, viola and continuo (Wq.93 / H.537) in A Alessandro Fisher (tenor) minor The Long Goodbye Joshua Owen Mills (tenor) Les Adieux, Andreas Staier (pianoforte), Wilbert Hazelzet Martin Hassler (baritone) (flute), Hajo Bäß (viola) Donald Macleod explores the life and music of German early Gavan Ring (baritone) Baroque master Heinrich Schütz. Today, Schütz attempts to 4:02 am retire – and eventually bids farewell with his Schwanengesang. SCHUBERT Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Drei Gesänge (D902) Petites voix pour voix egales a capella Heinrich Schütz lived to be 87 – a pretty creditable age even 1. L’incanto degli occhi Maîtrise de Radio France, Denis Dupays (director) now, but in the 17th century, extraordinary. As he approached 2. Il traditor deluso his 60th birthday, his thoughts turned to retirement – and 3. Il modo di prender moglie 4:08 am pension arrangements. Unfortunately for Schütz, his then Martin Hassler (baritone) Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) employer, Johann Georg I of , had different ideas – From 'Paris e Helena', ballet music ideas that involved his celebrated kapellmeister continuing to ROSSINI Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ludovít Rajter work in much the same way as before, for an unspecified Il Gondolieri (conductor) period of time. In the event, it took a change of leadership to Raphaela Papadakis (soprano) bring about the result Schütz so desired; the old Elector died, Alice Privett (soprano) 4:21 am and in 1657, with Schütz now a grand old 72, the new Elector, Jess Dandy (contralto) Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) Johann Georg II, assented to new arrangements, involving a Bethan Langford (mezzo-soprano) 2 Dances from "Czech Dances, Book II" pension, permission to leave Dresden, and lighter duties. Alessandro Fisher (tenor) Karel Vrtiska (piano) Schütz, though, didn’t rest on his laurels, and some of his Joshua Owen Mills (tenor) greatest music dates from his last years – including his sparse Martin Hassler (baritone) 4:31 am and powerful setting of the Matthew Passion, and his musical Gavan Ring (baritone) Leonard Bernstein last will and testament, a collection of works he himself titled Overture from Candide ‘Swansong’. MAHLER Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Richard Dufallo Rückert-Lieder (Songs after Rückert (extracts) (conductor) Auf dem Gebirge, SWV 396 (Geistliche Chormusik) Camilla Tilling (soprano) David Erler, Alexander Schneider, countertenor Paul Rivinius (piano) 4:36 am Cappella Sagitariana Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) Hans-Christoph Rademann, conductor Psalm 110: Le Toutpuissant a mon Seigneur et maistre FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (m0001s6m) Netherlands Chamber Choir, Peter Phillips (conductor) Feget den alten Sauerteig aus, SWV 404; Saul, Saul, was Haydn, Stravinsky and Beethoven at the Lucerne Festival verfolgst du mich?, SWV 415; Komm, heiliger Geist, SWV 417 4:44 am (Symphoniae Sacrae III) More orchestral treats from two conductors at the Lucerne Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Dresdner Barockorchester Festival: François-Xavier Roth and Mariss Jansons. Haydn's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Hans-Christoph Rademann, director witty 83rd symphony, also known as The Hen; Stravinsky's neo- BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles classical Symphony in 3 movements; a rare chance to hear (conductor) Ich danke dem Herrn von ganzem Herzen, SWV 424 (12 Beethoven's lesser known Mass - the one in C; plus Schumann, Geistliche Gesange, Op 13) Rachmaninov and Bernstein. 4:59 am Dresden Chamber Choir Presented by Jonathan Swain Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) Hans-Christoph Rademann, conductor Etudes and polkas - book 3 for piano 2.00pm Antonín Kubálek (piano) Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt (Psalm 100), SWV 493 Haydn: Symphony No. 83 in G minor 'La Poule' Collegium Vocale Gent Mahler Chamber Orchestra Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 16 of 17 François-Xavier Roth, conductor 13 00:12:32 Robert Johnson Duration 00:04:58 Cross Road Blues 2.20pm Performer: Robert Johnson 32 00:45:37 Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements Duration 00:02:34 Cecil Day-Lewis Beethoven: Mass in C, op. 86 Walking Away, read by Neil Pearson Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat, op. 38 ('Spring') 14 00:15:07 Modest Mussorgsky Duration 00:01:20 Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43 Promenade Bernstein: Divertimento for Orchestra Performer: Dénes Várjon 33 00:47:00 Roy Harper Julia Kleiter, soprano Duration 00:00:52 When An Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease extract Gerhild Romberger , contralto Performer: Roy Harper Christian Elsner , tenor 15 00:15:59 Duration 00:02:57 Florian Boesch , bass-baritone Owen Sheers Denis Matsuev , piano Winter Swans, read by Neil Pearson 34 00:49:57 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Duration 00:01:05 Charles Kingsley Mariss Jansons, conductor The Water Babies (extract), read by Alexandra Gilbreath 16 00:17:05 Nigel Hess Duration 00:00:51 Stirrings FRI 17:00 Words and Music (b09fmkh3) Performer: Joshua Bell 35 00:50:51 Benjamin Britten Walks in Two Worlds Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge: Funeral March Conductor: Nigel Hess Performer: Kreisler String Orchestra Theseus went into the maze, Orpheus into the dark of Hades. Duration 00:01:46 Duration 00:03:30 Heroes that they were, both emerged again to the light of the day. Alexandra Gilbreath and Neil Pearson are our guides to 17 00:17:21 36 00:51:02 worlds galore, of magic and myth, and of love... for two people Anglo-Saxon riddle, translated by Richard Hamer E. E. Cummings may share the same space but their thoughts? Who knows? How Swan, read by Alexandra Gilbreath What if a much of a which of a wind (excerpt), read by Neil many worlds do we each inhabit as memory bends time back on Duration 00:00:39 Pearson itself? Duration 00:00:50 So the familiar becomes the strange, with poetry from an Anglo- 18 00:18:53 Erik Satie Saxon riddle, John Burnside, Vahni Capildeo, Ciaron Carson, Gymnopédie No. 2 37 00:52:24 Cecil Day-Lewis, Robert Devereux Earl of Essex, Thom Gunn, Performer: Yoshiko Okada Edward Thomas W S Graham, Selima Hill, Mervyn Peake, Warsan Shire, and Duration 00:02:47 The Combe, read by Alexandra Gilbreath prose from Paul Kingsnorth and Michael Ondaatje; with the Duration 00:00:51 music of Satie and Mussorgsky walking us through from one 19 00:19:12 world to the next, plus Birtwistle, Britten, Chopin, Klami, Thom Gunn 38 00:54:22 George Lewis, James MacMillan and Jean Redpath. Touch read by Neil Pearson Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex Duration 00:01:39 Verses Made By the Earl of Essex in His Trouble (excerpt), Producer: Jacqueline Smith. read by Neil Pearson 20 00:21:11 Duration 00:00:26 01 Frédéric Chopin James K. Baxter Prélude, Op. 28 No.11 In B Moss on Plum Branches, read by Alexandra Gilbreath 39 00:54:50 Harrison Birtwistle Performer: Nikolai Lugansky Duration 00:00:33 Theseus Game (for large ensemble with two conductors) Duration 00:00:43 Orchestra: Ensemble Modern Orchestra 21 00:21:44 Joni Mitchell Conductor: Martyn Brabbins 02 00:00:41 Cactus Tree Conductor: Pierre-André Valade Selima Hill Performer: Judy Collins Duration 00:04:00 Dragon Fly, read by Alexandra Gilbreath Duration 00:04:45 Duration 00:00:14 40 00:58:53 Benjamin Britten 22 00:26:29 Serenade For Tenor, Horn & Strings Op 31: 01 Prologue 03 00:00:49 Modest Mussorgsky Vahni Capildeo Performer: Barry Tuckwell Il vecchio castello Investigation of Past Shoes (extract), read by Alexandra Orchestrator: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Dénes Várjon Gilbreath Conductor: Steuart Bedford Duration 00:01:55 Duration 00:00:41 Duration 00:01:21

04 00:02:02 23 00:27:11 Modest Mussorgsky 41 01:00:11 Christoph Willibald Gluck Les Murray Promenade: Tuileries Orpheo – Second Act –Scene I – Ballo. Presto – Coro: "Chi The Meaning of Existence, read by Neil Pearson Performer: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gilbert Levine mai Dell'Erebo" Duration 00:00:28 (Conductor) Singer: Franco Fagioli Duration 00:00:33 Choir: Accentus 05 00:02:44 Baka Forest People Orchestra: Insula Orchestra Call of the Forest 24 00:27:46 Traditional Conductor: Laurence Equilbey Performer: Baka Forest People; Martin Cradick The Grey Silkie Duration 00:01:01 Duration 00:01:41 Performer: Jean Redpath Duration 00:03:58 42 01:01:12 Christoph Willibald Gluck 06 00:04:24 Orpheo – Second Act –Scene I – Aria con coro: "Deh, W. S. Graham 25 00:31:46 placatevi con me" Imagine a forest (extract), read by Alexandra Gilbreath Robin Robertson Performer: Franco Fagioli (Countertenor), Accentus Chorus, Duration 00:00:49 At Roane Head, read by Alexandra Gilbreath and Neil Pearson Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey (Conductor) Duration 00:03:09 Duration 00:03:00 07 00:04:46 Richard Wagner Parsifal, Transformation Scene 26 00:34:59 James Macmillan 43 01:04:14 Orchestrator: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Ballad Ciaran Carson Conductor: Herbert von Karajan Performer: Buddug Verona James (Mezzo Soprano), Andrew The Fetch, read by Neil Pearson Duration 00:02:27 Wilson-Dickson (piano) Duration 00:00:56 Duration 00:02:39 08 00:07:10 44 01:05:21 Erik Satie John Burnside 27 00:37:38 Traditional Gymnopédie No. 3 A Stolen Child (extract), read by Neil Pearson Just a Closer Walk Performer: Yoshiko Okada Duration 00:00:16 Performer: George Lewis Duration 00:03:07 Duration 00:02:28 09 00:07:27 Uuno Klami 45 01:06:11 Kalevala Suite, Op. 23 - IV Cradle Song for Lemminkäinen 28 00:37:51 Michael Ondaatje Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Mervyn Peake The English Patient (excerpt), read by Alexandra Gilbreath Conductor: Jorma Panula It Makes a Change, read by Alexandra Gilbreath Duration 00:01:30 Duration 00:04:43 Duration 00:00:30 46 01:08:30 Benjamin Britten 10 00:08:00 29 00:40:07 Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge: Moto Perpetuo John Burnside Warsan Shire Performer: Kreisler String Orchestra Parousia (extract), read by Neil Pearson Backwards, read by Alexandra Gilbreath Duration 00:01:09 Duration 00:00:58 Duration 00:00:31 47 01:08:33 11 00:10:46 30 00:40:54 Paul Kingsnorth Louis MacNeice Warsan Shire Beast (excerpt), read by Neil Pearson Collected Poems, Canto XXIV (extract), read by Neil Pearson Backwards, read by Alexandra Gilbreath Duration 00:01:03 Duration 00:00:24 Duration 00:00:38 48 01:09:38 Traditional 12 00:12:09 31 00:40:38 Jules Massenet Just a Closer Walk With Thee Samuel Taylor Coleridge Méditations from Thaïs Performer: Allen Toussaint The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, read by Alexandra Gilbreath Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Duration 00:03:34 Duration 00:00:23 Conductor: Nigel Hess Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 17 of 17 49 01:11:09 first discovered its magnificent sound world at the age of 16 WOMEX 2018 with Lopa Kothari Selima Hill and ever since has devoted his life to performing and recording Man With A Grasshopper on His Nose, read by Alexandra it. He even formed his record label and choir -The Tallis Music Planet ends the year with a Mixtape introduced by Sir Gilbreath Scholars - to share the music with others. In each programme in David Attenborough, with tracks from his double CD set of his Duration 00:00:19 this series, Peter will share his knowledge of and passion for own field recordings. And Lopa Kothari introduces concert sets Renaissance choral music by exploring the lives and works of from WOMEX 2018, the annual gathering of the world music two very contrasting composers. He'll showcase their unique industry held in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands - with FRI 18:15 New Generation Artists (m0001s6p) styles against the social backdrops of the late 15th to early 17th performances from Haitian singer Moonlight Benjamin, and Andrei Ionita performs Kashperova's Cello Sonata No 1 centuries by telling some of their personal stories and acapella polyphony group San Salvador from southern France. explaining the original purpose of the music. He'll also explore The Cello Sonata No 1 by Leokadiya Kashperova receives its the music's meditative qualities and its power to affect Sir David Attenborough first became nationally known as the first ever broadcast. In the years before the Revolution, the worshippers and audiences past and present. presenter of BBC TV's Zoo Quest, a series based on expeditions pianist and composer Leokadiya Kashperova enjoyed a position to catch exotic animals for London Zoo. The programmes ran at the centre of musical life in St Petersburg. A favourite In this sixth and final programme, Peter will explore later from 1954 to 1963, and in his spare time during the filming, Sir student of Anton Rubinstein she was the favoured interpreter of developments on the peripheries of Europe and beyond, David made sound recordings of the local music, some of which the new works of Glazunov and her friend Balakirev. After she focusing on the music of Thomas Tomkins in England and made its way onto the TV series. He passed the tapes on to the married at the age of 44 in 1916, she was forced to flee first to Manuel Cardoso in Portugal. He'll also look at how composers BBC Sound Archive, who dutifully copied and preserved them the Caucasus and then in 1918 to Moscow and not a note of her such as Juan Gutierrez de Padilla took the Renaissance all, and they are now being released to the public in their music was heard. The recording of the Cello Sonata in today's polyphonic tradition in Europe further afield to the new entirety for the first time. In this Music Planet Mixtape, Sir programme will be the first time this 50-minute work has been missions in Mexico and South America. David introduces some of his favourites - including some heard since the time of its composition. The score was prepared sparkly harp playing from Paraguay, the chanting of his team's especially for this recording - work which was entrusted to the In England during the early 17th Century, Renaissance-style luggage-carriers in New Guinea, and the funeral gongs of the former winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition and NGA, counterpoint was still key, and Welsh-born Tomkins served Dyak people in Borneo. Andrei Ionita and the brilliant Armenian pianist, Lilit King and country with anthems and liturgical music until the Grigoryan. When an excerpt of the work's slow movement was outbreak of the English Civil War. In Portugal and the New played at a recent lecture on the composer, many in the World, composers reacted to the developments of Monteverdi audience were moved to tears. and looked ahead to Baroque harmonic structures whilst Presented by Kate Molleson. clinging to the traditional choral framework. Manuel Cardoso was a loyal servant and friend to the musical King Joao IV, who Glazunov: Chant du ménestrel Op.71 helped him to publish most of his works, much of which were Andrei Ionita (cello), Lilit Grigoryan (piano) destroyed in the Lisbon earthquake of 1755.

Schumann: 6 Songs Op.89 01 00:04:52 Thomas Tomkins Fatma Said (soprano), James Vaughan (piano) O God, The Proud Are Risen Against Me Choir: St George's Chapel Windsor Choir Leokadiya Aleksandrovna Kashperova (1872-1940): Cello Conductor: Christopher Robinson Sonata No 1 Duration 00:03:48 Andrei Ionita (cello), Lilit Grigoryan (piano) 02 00:10:31 Thomas Tomkins Strauss: Sextet from 'Capriccio' Almighty God, The Fountain Of All Wisdom (excerpt) Calidore Quartet, Eivind Ringstad (viola), Andrei Ionita (cello) Music Arranger: Peter Phillips Choir: Tallis Scholars Duration 00:04:31 FRI 19:30 Proms 2018 Repeats (m0001s6r) Prom 68 repeat: Berlin Philharmonic, Kirill Petrenko, 03 00:18:29 Thomas Weelkes Beethoven, Strauss Gloria (excerpt) Choir: Choir Of Sidney Sussex College Another chance to hear Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Conductor: David Skinner Philharmonic Orchestra play Beethoven and Strauss from the Duration 00:03:05 Royal Albert Hall, London Presented by Martin Handley 04 00:23:49 Thomas Weelkes When David Heard Strauss: Don Juan Choir: The Sixteen Death and Transfiguration Conductor: Harry Christophers Duration 00:03:27 8.20: Interval Proms Plus: Crime writer Belinda Bauer and novelist Patricia Duncker consider the challenges posed by 05 00:27:16 Thomas Tomkins describing sex and death in fiction. Presented by Matthew When David Heard Sweet. Performer: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge Performer: Graham Ross Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A major Duration 00:04:33

Berliner Philharmoniker 06 00:35:58 Manuel Cardoso Kirill Petrenko, conductor Sitivit Anima Mea Ensemble: Contrapunctus The Berliner Philharmoniker and its Music Director Designate Director: Owen Rees Kirill Petrenko pair two of the 19th century’s greatest Duration 00:04:09 symphonic poems with Beethoven’s much-loved Seventh Symphony. If Don Juan celebrates the life of the body – 07 00:41:17 Duarte Lôbo energetic passions, desires and cynical ambitions – then the Pater Peccavi composer’s Death and Transfiguration, a vivid portrait of the Choir: Ars Nova last hours of a dying artist, explores ideas of the mind and spirit. Conductor: Bo Holten These two colourful musical narratives are set against the dance- Duration 00:02:30 driven energy of Beethoven’s symphony. 08 00:46:42 Manuel Cardoso Requiem Aeternam (excerpt) FRI 21:30 New Generation Artists (m0001s6t) Choir: Schola Cantorum of Oxford Calidore Quartet performs Mendelssohn's String Quartet No 6 Conductor: Jeremy Summerly Duration 00:04:11 New Generation Artists: The Calidore Quartet play Mendelssohn's String Quartet No 6 in F minor, Op 80. 09 00:52:33 Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla Lamentations (excerpt) Mendelssohn's masterful last quartet was written in 1847 in the Choir: Tallis Scholars aftermath of the death of his beloved sister, Fanny. It bears the Conductor: Peter Phillips inscription: "Requiem for Fanny," and suffuses anger, despair, Duration 00:01:46 nostalgia and tenderness. Within a year, Mendelssohn himself was dead. The Calidore Quartet write in the notes for this 10 00:54:57 Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla recording: "We hope that our performance can inspire Deus In Adiutorium resilience in listeners during challenging times." Ensemble: Rose Ensemble Duration 00:02:10

FRI 22:00 The Glory of Polyphony (b0b91tc7) 11 00:59:59 Darius Milhaud Tomkins, Cardoso and the New World "La Cheminée du Roi René" (excerpt from Madrigal-Nocturne) Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra Peter Phillips brings his six-part series celebrating the Glory of Duration 00:00:32 Polyphony to a close.

Polyphony (literally, 'many sounds') reached its peak in choral FRI 23:00 Music Planet (m0001s6x) music during the historic Renaissance period. Peter Phillips Sir David Attenborough Mixtape plus concert sets from Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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