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Radio 3 Listings for 25 – 31 May 2019 Page 1 Of Radio 3 Listings for 25 – 31 May 2019 Page 1 of 13 SATURDAY 25 MAY 2019 05:10 AM Hannah French listens to and compares recordings of Bach’s Clara Schumann (1819-1896) Ascension Oratorio ‘Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen‘ BWV 11. SAT 00:30 Music Planet World Mix (m00057kz) Variations on a theme of Robert Schumann for piano in F sharp Composed probably in 1735 for the feast of the Ascension, the Uplifting World Beats minor, Op 20 text of Bach’s oratorio comprises several biblical sources, free Angela Cheng (piano) poetry and chorales. It tells the narrative of Christ’s ascension to A joyous nonstop sonic trip round the globe, including Heaven, as told in the Gospels of Luke and Mark, and in the Congolese big band, Tuvan throat singing, Uruguayan superstar 05:20 AM Acts of the Apostles. As is often the case in Bach’s music, Jorge Drexler, traditional South African singing and virtuoso Christoph Bernhard (1628-1692) several of the movements from the Ascension Oratorio are re- playing from Syria. Missa 'Durch Adams Fall' workings of parts of earlier cantatas, while the alto aria was Henriette Schellenberg (soprano), Laverne G'Froerer (mezzo used again much later for the plangent Agnus Dei of his Mass in soprano), Keith Boldt (tenor), George Roberts (baritone), B minor. SAT 01:00 Through the Night (m00057l1) Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn (conductor) Celebrating Spain 10.20am New Releases 05:29 AM Music by Cassado, de Falla and Ginastera. Presented by Albertus Groneman (c.1710-1778) Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.2, Danse macabre & Symphony in F Jonathan Swain. Concerto in G major for solo flute, two flutes, viola & basso ‘Urbs Roma’ continuo Utah Symphony (orchestra) 01:01 AM Jed Wentz (flute), Marion Moonen (flute), Cordula Breuer Thierry Fischer (conductor) Tiberiu Olah (1928-2002) (flute), Musica ad Rhenum Hyperion CDA68212 Clarinet Sonata https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68212 Pablo Barragán (clarinet) 05:38 AM Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Elgar: String Quartet & Piano Quintet 01:07 AM Courtly Dances from Gloriana, Op 53 Brodsky Quartet Gaspar Cassadó (1897-1966) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz Martin Roscoe (piano) Cello Suite (conductor) Chandos CHAN 10980 Andrei Ioniţă (cello) https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2010980 05:48 AM 01:20 AM Giaches de Wert (1535-1596), Torquato Tasso (author) Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 & Cello Sonata in F major, Béla Kovács (b.1937) Qual musico gentil Op. 17 (arr. from horn sonata by Beethoven) Hommage à Manuel de Falla, for clarinet solo Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley (director) Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) Pablo Barragán (clarinet) Alexei Grynyuk (piano) 05:58 AM Onyx 4196 01:26 AM Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) http://www.onyxclassics.com/cddetail.php?CatalogueNumber= Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) String Quartet No 12 in F major, Op 96, 'American' ONYX4196 Fantasia bética Keller Quartet Juan Pérez Floristán (piano) David Matthews: Symphony No.9, Variations for Strings & 06:23 AM Double Concerto for Violin and Viola 01:40 AM Jean Baptiste Loeillet (1688-1720) Sara Trickey (violin) Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Sonata in G major Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A minor, op. 114 Vladimír Jasko (trumpet), Imrich Szabó (organ) English String Orchestra Pablo Barragán (clarinet), Andrei Ioniţă (cello), Juan Pérez English Symphony Orchestra Floristán (piano) 06:33 AM Kenneth Woods (conductor) César Franck (1822-1890) Nimbus NI 6382 02:04 AM Sonata for violin and piano (M.8) in A major https://www.wyastone.co.uk/david-matthews-symphony-no-9-v Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cedric Tiberghien (piano) ariations-for-strings-double-concerto-for-violin-viola.html Danza argentina, op. 2/2 ( 'Dance of the Beautiful Maiden') Juan Pérez Floristán (piano), Pablo Barragán (clarinet), Andrei 10.45am New Releases – Sarah Walker on Piano Releases Ioniţă (cello) SAT 07:00 Breakfast (m0005gtk) Saturday - Elizabeth Alker Sarah Walker reviews a wide-ranging selection of new piano 02:09 AM music recordings. Carl Luython (1557-1620) Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, Lamentationes Hieremiae Prophetae a 6 featuring listener requests. Beethoven: Diabelli Variations & 11 Bagatelles Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel (conductor) Imogen Cooper (piano) Email [email protected] Chandos CHAN 20085 02:29 AM https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2020085 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) String Quartet in C major, K465 'Dissonance' SAT 09:00 Record Review (m0005gtm) Mozart: Piano Sonatas K280, K281, K310 & K333 Ebène Quartet, Pierre Colombet (violin), Gabriel Le Magadure Andrew McGregor with Hannah French and Sarah Walker Lars Vogt (piano) (violin), Mathieu Herzog (viola), Raphael Merlin (cello) Ondine ODE 1318-2 9.00am https://www.ondine.net/?lid=en&cid=2.2&oid=6265 03:01 AM Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) ‘Longing for Paradise’ – Strauss: Oboe Concerto + oboe works Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus Symphony in E major 'Irish' by Elgar, Ravel & Goossens Martin Helmchen (piano) BBC Philharmonic, Richard Hickox (conductor) Albrecht Mayer (oboe) Alpha 423 (2 CDs) Bamberger Symphoniker (orchestra) https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/vingt-regards-sur-l-enfant- 03:37 AM Jakub Hrusa (conductor) jesus-alpha423 Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Deutsche Grammophon 483 6622 24 Preludes for piano (Op.28) https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/gb/cat/4836622 ‘American Postcards’ – Arrangements for piano duet of works Cedric Tiberghien (piano) by Adams, Schoenfield, Nancarrow & Copland ‘Supersize Polyphony’ – Striggio: Mass in 40 & 60 parts & Christina and Michelle Naughton (piano duet) 04:16 AM Missa sopra Ecco si Beato Giorno; Tallis: Spem in Alium & O Warner Classics 0190295562298 Dall'Abaco, Evaristo Felice (1675-1742) Nata Lux + sacred choral works by von Bingen http://www.warnerclassics.com/shop/4952151,0190295562298/ Concerto a piu istrumenti in F major Op.6`3 Armonico Consort (ensemble) christina-and-michelle-naughton-american-postcard Il Tempio Armonico Christopher Monks (director) Choir of Gonville & Caius College Cambridge (choir) Rachmaninov: Preludes Opp. 23 & 32 + Morceaux de fantaisie, 04:24 AM Geoffrey Webber (director) Op. 3 : No. 2. Prelude in C-sharp Minor Hanne Ørvad (b.1945) Signum SIGCD560 Boris Giltburg (piano) Kornell https://signumrecords.com/product/supersize- Naxos 8.574025 Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor) polyphony/SIGCD560/ https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.57402 5 04:34 AM ‘La morta della ragione’ – Music by Mainerio, Desprez, Leopold Ebner (1769-1830) Agricola, Dunstable, G. Gabrieli, Gombert etc. 11.20am Record of the Week Trio in B flat major Il Giardino Armonico (ensemble) Zagreb Woodwind Trio Giovanni Antonini (recorder & direction) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathetique’ Alpha 450 Berliner Philharmoniker 04:41 AM https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/la-morte-della-ragione- Kirill Petrenko (conductor) George Enescu (1881-1955) alpha450 Berliner Philharmoniker BPHR190261 (Hybrid SACD & Konzertstuck in F for viola and piano (1906) download) Gyözö Máté (viola), Balázs Szokolay (piano) Henry Brant: Ice Field https://www.berliner-philharmoniker-recordings.coam/petrenko- San Francisco Symphony (orchestra) tchaikovsky-6.html 04:50 AM Cameron Carpenter (Fratelli Ruffatti concert organ of Davies Hector Gratton (1900-1970) Symphony Hall) Legende - symphonic poem Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) SAT 11:45 Music Matters (m0005gs3) Orchestre Métropolitain, Gilles Auger (conductor) SFS Media SFS-0075 Music heard so deeply that it is not heard at all https://www.sfsymphony.org/brant (digital only) 05:01 AM Tom meets young Finnish maestro Santtu-Matias Rouvali, of Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 9.30am Building a Library – Hannah French on J.S. Bach’s the "wild and whirling" arms, chief conductor of the Overture in C minor D.8 for strings Ascension Oratorio Gothenburg Symphony, who's just been announced as the Korean Chamber Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra's Principal Conductor in London. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 25 – 31 May 2019 Page 2 of 13 How much is it worth spending on classical music? Music Performers: Herbie Mann, Sam Most, fl; Joe Puma, g; Jimmy Title Riverside Blues Matters investigates the salaries of the conductors, both male Gannon, b; Lee Kliemann, d. 12 Oct 1955. Composer Dorsey / Jones and female. Album Larkins Jazz DISC 2 Label Proper Celebrated Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho is one of the Artist Harold McNair Number Properbox 155 CD 3 Track 1 artists responding to TS Eliot's 'Four Quartets', a masterwork set Title Affectionate Fink Duration 2.56 of poems reflecting on time and its passing. Her live score Composer McNair Performers King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, c; Honore Dutrey, accompanies visionary choreography by Pam Tanowitz as well Album Affectionate Fink tb; Johnny Dodds, cl; Charlie Jackson, bsx; Lil Hardin, p; Baby as paintings and images by Brice Marden, in a compelling show Label Monkey Dog Dodds, d. 24 Dec 1923 blending all Arts on stage, seen this month at London's Barbican Number MDJB003 Track 3 Centre. Duration 4.03 Performers: Harold McNair, ts; Alan Branscombe, p; David SAT 17:00 J to Z (m0005gty) And what does the Royal Opera House losing its appeal in the Izenson, b; Chares Moffett, d. 1965. Eliane Elias in concert case of their viola player Christopher Goldscheider's hearing, irretrievably damaged at work, mean for the orchestral world in DISC 3 Jumoké Fashola presents concert highlights from Brazilian the UK? Artist Jeff Clyne, Ian Carr, Trevor Watts, John Stevens pianist, vocalist and composer Eliane Elias with the Danish Title Helen’s Clown Radio Big Band as they revisit her classic 1997 album Composer Watts ‘Impulse!’. Plus, British multi-instrumentalist Orphy Robinson SAT 12:30 This Classical Life (m0005gtp) Album Springboard MBE shares some of the music that has inspired his own Jess Gillam... with Lloyd Coleman Label Polydor playing. Number 545007 Side B Track 1 Jess Gillam is joined by composer and clarinettist Lloyd Duration 4.52 Produced by Dominic Tyerman for Somethin' Else.
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