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Radio 3 Listings for 1 – 7 May 2021 Page 1 of 26 SATURDAY 01 MAY 2021 Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943), Alan Arnold (arranger) Vocalise, Op 34 No 14 arr. Arnold for viola and piano SAT 01:00 Through the Night (m000vjm5) Gyozo Mate (viola), Balazs Szokolay (piano) Schubert Songs with Marianne Beate Kielland 04:51 AM Norwegian Radio Orchestra in a programme of Sibelius and Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) Schubert. Jonathan Swain presents. Concerto Grosso, Op 3 no 2 Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director) 01:01 AM Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Pelléas et Mélisande, op. 46 SAT 05:00 Piano Flow with Lianne La Havas (m000vjm7) Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Kolbjorn Holthe (conductor) Vol 2: Escape with otherworldly piano music 01:11 AM Drift away with a weekly dose of the world’s most soothing Franz Schubert (1797-1828) piano music. Ethereal sounds from Little Dragon, Laura Mvula, Nine songs with orchestra Nils Frahm and more. 1. Romanze (no. 3b), from Rosamunde, D. 797; 2. Die Forelle, D. 550 orch. Benjamin Britten; 3. Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118 orch. Max Reger; 4. Du bist die Ruh’, D. 776 orch. Anton SAT 06:00 Happy Harmonies with Laufey (m000vq1c) Webern; 5. An Silvia, D. 891 orch. Robert Schollum; 6. Nacht Vol 2: Boost your mood with songs of love and friendship und Träume, D. 827 orch. Max Reger; 7. Im Abendrot, D. 799 orch. Max Reger; 8. Erlkönig, D.328 orch. Max Reger; 9. An die With music from The Beatles, Phoebe Bridgers, Vaughan Musik, D.547 orch. Max Reger Williams and more. Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo soprano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Kolbjorn Holthe (conductor) This programme contains mild swearing. 01:45 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) SAT 07:00 Breakfast (m000vq1f) Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 ('Unfinished') Elizabeth Alker Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Kolbjorn Holthe (conductor) Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the 02:12 AM odd unclassified track. Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Tapiola, op. 112 Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Kolbjorn Holthe (conductor) SAT 09:00 Record Review (m000vq1h) Haydn's Symphony No 92, 'Oxford', in Building a Library with 02:31 AM Richard Wigmore and Andrew McGregor Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Kreisleriana (Op.16) Haydn's Symphony No 92, 'Oxford', in Building a Library with Vesselin Stanev (piano) Richard Wigmore; and Keval Shah explores new releases of English song, German Lieder and French Melodie. 03:01 AM Henryk Gorecki (1933-2010) 9.00am Miserere (Op.44) Danish National Radio Choir, Jesper Grove Jorgensen Bach: The Overtures BWV 1066-1069 (Original versions) (conductor) Concerto Copenhagen Lars Ulrik Mortensen (director) 03:35 AM CPO 555346-2 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/johann-sebastian-bach- Violin Sonata in A major, Op 47 'Kreutzer' orchestersuiten-nr-1-4/hnum/9735534 Geir Inge Lotsberg (violin), Einar Steen-Nokleberg (piano) Russian Spectacular: Music by Balakirev, Borodin, Mussorgsky 04:12 AM and Rimsky-Korsakov Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) Singapore Symphony Orchestra Kamarinskaya (fantasy for orchestra) Lan Shui (conductor) Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor) BIS BIS2412 (Hybrid SACD) https://bis.se/orchestras-ensembles/singapore-symphony- 04:19 AM orchestra/russian-spectacular Franz Liszt (1811-1886) La Lugubre gondola S.200 Schumann: Complete Piano Trios, Piano Quartet & Piano Yulianna Avdeeva (piano) Quintet Trio Wanderer 04:27 AM Christophe Gaugue (viola) Giovanni Maria Trabaci (1575-1647) Catherine Montier (violin) 2 works for Arpa Doppia HARMONIA MUNDI HMM90234446 (3 CDs) Margret Koll (arpa doppia) https://store.harmoniamundi.com/release/225390-trio-wanderer -christophe-gaugu-and-catherine-montier-robert-schumann- 04:37 AM complete-piano-trios-quartet-quintet Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) Varnatt (Spring Night) Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1 Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alina Ibragimova (violin) Stefan Skold (conductor) Hyperion CDA68366 (2 CDs) https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68366 04:45 AM Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 1 – 7 May 2021 Page 2 of 26 9.30am Building a Library: Richard Wigmore on Haydn Chandos CHAN20222 Symphony No. 92 in G maj “Oxford” https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2020222 Richard Wigmore joins Andrew to discuss different recordings of Berio to Sing Haydn's Symphony No 92, 'Oxford'. Lucile Richardot (mezzo soprano) Les Cris de Paris Haydn supposedly conducted the symphony at the end of a Geoffroy Jourdain (conductor) ceremony in 1791, conferring on him the degree of Doctor of Harmonia Mundi HMM902647 Music by Oxford University. In fact, the symphony had been https://store.harmoniamundi.com/format/701669-berio-to-sing written two years earlier for performance in Paris. His trip to Oxford symbolises the international success Haydn attained in 11.20am Record of the Week his late fifties. And this symphony is full of all the wit, energy and joy of life that flows out of his greatest works. Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau & Schreker: Der Geburtstag der Infantin 10.15am New Releases Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Telemann: Easter Cantatas Onyx ONYX4197 Die Kölner Akademie https://onyxclassics.com/release/zemlinsky-schreker/ Michael Alexander Willens (conductor) CPO 555425-2 https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/georg-philipp-telemann- SAT 11:45 Music Matters (m000vplz) osterkantaten/hnum/10443112 The Conductors' Edition Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 5 Tom Service talks to two world-class conductors of today, Sir Howard Shelley (piano) Antonio Pappano and Sir Simon Rattle, as they swap roles at Hyperion CDA68344 the London Symphony Orchestra, and looks back at one of https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68344 music history's first great conductors, Richard Wagner. Andriessen: The Only One Four weeks ago, Sir Antonio Pappano was announced as the Nora Fischer (soprano) new chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra - he Los Angeles Philharmonic will leave his current role of music director at the Royal Opera Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) at Covent Garden in 2024. Pappano also has a continuing role Nonesuch 7559791733 at the Santa Cecilia orchestra in Rome - and from there he talks https://www.nonesuch.com/albums/the-only-one to Tom about his early life growing up in London, his plans for the LSO, and his thoughts on conducting in lockdown. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” - Méhul: Les Amazones Overture Richard Wagner was one of the great conductors of his day, and Les Siècles he wrote extensively about the about the philosophy as well as François-Xavier Roth (conductor) the technique of conducting - Chris Walton has made a new Harmonia Mundi HMM902421 translation of Wagner's Essays on Conducting, writings that https://store.harmoniamundi.com/format/713792-beethoven- influenced generations of conductors for the next hundred symphony-no-3-mhul-les-amazones-overture years, and which still resonate with conductors today. Wagner's orchestral players used to say that they felt he was watching 10.40am Keval Shah on Song Recordings them all the time - Chris will be revealing why he thinks this might be so. Andrew is joined by Keval Shah to explore new releases of English song, German Lieder and French Melodie. Sir Simon Rattle shocked the musical world in January when he announced that he would leave his job as music director at the And Love Said – Music by Bridge, Leterme, Vaughan Williams, London Symphony Orchestra in favour of the Munich Radio etc. Symphony Orchestra. He will be telling Tom his reasons for this, Jodie Devos(soprano) and also giving his reflections on Wagner and on the struggles Nicolas Krüger (piano) of musicians during lockdown, as well as revealing who his Alpha ALPHA668 number one composer is. https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/And-Love-Said-ALPHA668 Finally, Tom pays tribute to the German mezzo-soprano Christa Album für die Frau – scenes from the Schumanns’ Lieder Ludwig, who died last weekend at the age of 93. He introduces Carolyn Sampson (soprano) a highlight from his visit to her for Music Matters in 2016, where Joseph Middleton (piano) she made a fascinating comparison between some of the great BIS BIS2473 SACD Hybrid conductors she had worked with. https://bis.se/performers/sampson-carolyn/album-fur-die-frau Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs Vol. 2 SAT 12:30 This Classical Life (m000vfrp) Mary Bevan (soprano) Jess Gillam with...Rosey Chan Nicky Spence (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone) Jess Gillam talks to pianist and composer Rosey Chan about the William Vann (piano) music that they love, including Mahler, Miles Davis and Thomas Gould (violin) Eurythmics. Albion ALBCD043 https://rvwsociety.com/folk-songs-vol2/ Today we played: Chère Nuit: French Songs – music by Ravel, Messiaen, Debussy Vivaldi – Orlando finto pazzo, RV 727; ‘Se in ogni guardo’ etc (Philippe Jaroussky, Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Louise Alder (soprano) Spinosi) Joseph Middleton (piano) Mahler - Totenfeier (OAE, Vladimir Jurowski) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 1 – 7 May 2021 Page 3 of 26 Miles Davis/Bill Evans - Blue in Green (Miles Davis, Bill Evans, SAT 18:30 Opera on 3 (m000vq1w) John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb) Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice from Opera North Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Francaix - Petit Quartour 1. Gaguenardise (John Harle, Glenn Laurence Cummings conducts Gluck's seminal 1762 opera Martin, David Roach, Andrew Findon) Orpheus and Eurydice with Opera North. Samthing Soweto (feat. Mzansi Youth Choir) – The Danko! Medley Orpheus has been allowed by the gods to visit the Underworld Chopin - Nocturne for piano (Op.posth) in C sharp minor [1830] to bring his deceased Eurydice back, on condition that he (Vladimir Ashkenazy) doesn't look at her. Mozart - String quartet No.19 K465 “Dissonance”; 1. Adagio – Allegro (Emerson String Quartet) This performance recorded at Leeds Town Hall in March is presented by Hannah French.