Radio 3 Listings for 28 April – 4 May 2012 Page 1 of 9 SATURDAY 28 APRIL 2012 Songs of farewell for mixed voices: no.6 Lord, let me know SAT 16:00 Opera on 3 (b01gvqsj) mine end Live from the Met SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b01ghgy2) BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Jonathan Swain presents a concert from the 2011 BBC Proms Wagner's Die Walkure featuring works by Bax, Barber and Prokofiev plus Bartok's 2nd 5:31 AM Piano Concerto played by Yuja Wang. Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750] Wagner's Die Walkure Partita for violin solo no.3 (BWV.1006) in E major Live from The Met 1:01 AM Gidon Kremer (violin) Bartok, Bela [1881-1945] Part two of Wagner's Ring Cycle, in which Siegmund and his Concerto no. 2 Sz.95 for piano and orchestra 5:46 AM sister Sieglinde fall in love with each other, and Brunnhilde is Yuja Wang (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Respighi, Ottorino [1879-1936] banished to a fire-surrounded rock by her father, Wotan, for Litton (conductor) Concerto in modo misolidio for piano and orchestra disobeying him. Only a hero will be able to break through the Olli Mustonen (piano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Markus flames to rescue her - could Sieglinde's unborn baby Siegfried 1:29 AM Lehtinen (conductor) be the man Brunnhilde is waiting for? The Met's production of Bax, Arnold [1883-1953] Die Walkure has a stellar cast including Eva-Maria Westbroek, Symphony no. 2 in E minor 6:22 AM Katarina Dalayman, Frank Van Aken and Bryn Terfel. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) Desprez, Josquin [1440-1521]; Anon (c.1500) 3 pieces In te Domine speravi (in 4 parts) Presented by Margaret Juntwait with guest commentator Ira 2:10 AM Clare Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano), Musica Antiqua of London, Siff. Barber, Samuel [1910-1981] Philip Thorby (director) Adagio for string orchestra Siegmund.....Frank Van Aken (Tenor)* Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) 6:31 AM Sieglinde..... Eva-Maria Westbroek (Soprano) Paganini, Nicolo [1782-1840], arr. and trans. Liszt, Franz Hunding.....HansPeter Konig (Bass) 2:19 AM [1811-1886] Wotan.....Bryn Terfel (Baritone) Prokofiev, Sergey [1891-1953] Etude No.2 in E flat Fricka.....Stephanie Blythe (Mezzo-Soprano) Symphony no. 4 in C major Op.112 vers. revised Arthur Friedheim (piano) Brunnhilde.....Katarina Dalayman (Soprano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) Gerhilde.....Kellie Cae Hogan (Soprano) 6:38 AM Ortlinde.....Wendy Bryn Harmer (Soprano) 2:58 AM Fault, Francois du [1604-c.1670] Waltraute.....Marjorie Elinor Dix (Soprano) Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich [1804-1857] L'Offrande Schwertleite.....Mary Phillips (Soprano) Gde nasha roza? (Where is our rose?) Konrad Junghanel (11 string lute) Helmwige.....Molly Fillmore (Soprano) Petteri Salomaa (baritone), Ilmo Ranta (piano) Seigrune.....Eve Gigliotti (Mezzo-Soprano) 6:44 AM Grimgerde.....Mary Ann Mccormick (Mezzo-Soprano) 3:01 AM Maurice, Paule [1910-67] Rossweisse.....Lindsay Ammann (Mezzo-Soprano) Pizetti, Ildebrando [1880-1968] Tableaux de Provence - 5 pieces for saxophone and orchestra Requiem mass, for a capella choir Julia Nolan (saxophone), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Radio France Chorus, Donald Palumbo (conductor) Bernardi (conductor). New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus Fabio Luisi.....Conductor 3:26 AM Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827] SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b01gvql6) *Frank Van Aken replaces Jonas Kaufmann. Quartet in F major Op.135 for strings Saturday - Martin Handley Oslo Quartet Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. SAT 21:30 Jazz Record Requests (b01gvqsl) 3:53 AM Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Kuljeric, Igor [1938-2006] Email [email protected]. Toccata za vibrafon i glasovir SAT 09:00 CD Review (b01gvql8) Ivana Bili (vibraphone), Vanja Kuljeric (piano) Building a Library: Vivaldi Operas SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b01gvqsq) 4:01 AM With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Vivaldi Jonathan Harvey, Walter Murch Dukas, Paul [1865-1935] operas. Plus Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms symphonies; The Sorcerer's apprentice - symphonic scherzo for orchestra Disc of the Week: Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book 2). Tom Service introduces two contrasting vocal works by one of Orchestre National de France, Charles Dutoit (conductor) the UK's leading composers. 4:13 AM SAT 12:15 Music Feature (b01gvqsb) Jonathan Harvey: Song Offerings Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750], trans. Bartók, Béla If Chimes Could Whisper - The Strange Tale of the Glass Claire Booth, soprano [1881-1945] Armonica Nash Ensemble Sonata no. 6 in G major BWV.530 for organ (trans. for piano) Lionel Friend, conductor Jan Michiels (piano) Dame Evelyn Glennie celebrates the 250th birthday of one of the most unusual of all musical instruments, the Glass Jonathan Harvey: Summer Clouds Awakening 4:26 AM Armonica, premiered by Benjamin Franklin in 1762. She tries Latvian Radio Choir/James Wood Dubois, Théodore [1837-1924] out the working instrument at the Benjamin Franklin House in Jonathan Harvey (electronics), Carl Faia (electronics), Clive Chant Pastoral London, sees an original example in the Horniman Museum, Williamson (synthesizer), Ilona Meija (flute) & Arne Deforce Kalevi Kiviniemi (organ) and discovers the repertoire written for it by Mozart, Hasse and (cello) Donizetti. On the way, she encounters madness and mental 4:31 AM illness, reveals one of the world's first female virtuosi, Marianne And in the latest instalment of the 'Hear and Now Fifty', the Dvorak, Antonin [1841-1904] Davies, and meets the man responsible for the present day American film editor and sound designer Walter Murch Two Slavonic Dances, op.46 - No. 8 In G Minor and No.3 In A revival of this remarkable instrument, Thomas Bloch. nominates 'Symphonie pour un homme seul' by Pierre flat major Schaeffer and Pierre Henry, music he first heard on the radio as Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Arvid Engegard (conductor) First broadcast in April 2012. a schoolboy and which influenced his subsequent work in the field of film sound. Author and journalist Rob Young puts the 4:39 AM work in context of post-war Paris and Schaeffer's early Traditional Catalan, arr. Manuel Garcia Morante SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b01gvqsd) experiments at French Radio which led to the birth of musique El Mariner Highlights from the 2012 Resonanzen Festival in Vienna concrete. Victoria de los Angeles (soprano, Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Highlights from the 2012 Resonanzen Festival in Vienna 4:41 AM introduced by Catherine Bott, including music heard in Vienna Traditional Catalan, arr. Manuel Garcia Morante over several centuries, composed by Nicola Mattheis, Heinrich SUNDAY 29 APRIL 2012 Rossinyol von Biber, Antonio Maria Bononcini and Neidhart von Victoria de los Angeles (soprano, Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Reuental. SUN 00:00 Jazz Library (b01gvqzz) Great British Jazz Recordings 4:44 AM The Resonanzen Festival was established in Vienna twenty Haydn, (Franz) Joseph [1732-1809] years ago and quickly established itself as one of Europe's most In the final edition of the present series of Jazz Library, Alyn Divertimento in E flat major H.2.21 for 2 horns, 2 violins, viola important early music events. Catherine Bott looks at the Shipton presents archive interviews with Kenny Baker, Vic and bass (Eine Abendmusik) history of the festival, the ideas behind it, and introduces some Lewis, Coleridge Goode and Annie Ross in which they select St Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Donatas Katkus (conductor) of this year's highlights, including performances from the some highlights of British jazz records from the 1930s to the medieval group Unicorn; Concerto Italiano and Rinaldo 1960s, from Chicagoan-style Dixieland to free jazz. 5:01 AM Alessandrini; and Turchini di Antonio Florio. Bree, Johannes Bernardus van [1801-1857] Overture "Le Bandit" SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b01gvr01) Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen SAT 14:00 Saturday Classics (b01gvqsg) Jonathan Swain presents Bartok's Piano Concerto no.3 from the (conductor) Brigit Forsyth 2011 BBC Proms, with Andras Schiff (piano) and the Halle, with conductor Mark Elder. 5:08 AM A personal view of classical music from a range of presenters Martinu, Bohuslav [1890-1959] continues with a diverse selection of music by actress and cellist 1:01 AM Sonatina for clarinet and piano Brigit Forsyth, illustrating her love of the cello. The programme Bartok, Bela [1881-1945] Timothy Lines (clarinet), Philippe Cassard (piano) includes works by Bach, Fauré, Shostakovich, Vivaldi, Moeran Piano concerto no.3, Sz.119 and Philip Glass, and features performances from some of Andras Schiff (piano), Halle, Sir Mark Elder (conductor) 5:20 AM Brigit's favourite cellists, including Jacqueline de Pré, Pablo Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings [1848-1918] Casals, Mstislav Rostropovich and Beatrice Harrison. 1:26 AM Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 28 April – 4 May 2012 Page 2 of 9 Sibelius, Jean [1865-1957] 6:38 AM Maxim Vengerov (violin) Scene historiques - Suite no.2, Op.66 Bizet, Georges (1838-1875) (Suite 2 compiled by Ernest Itamar Golan (piano). Halle, Sir Mark Elder (conductor) Guiraud) Selection from L'Arlésienne Suites Nos.1 & 2 1:45 AM Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Montgomery SUN 16:00 Choral Evensong (b01ghg90) Sibelius, Jean [1865-1957] (conductor). Chichester Cathedral Symphony no.7 in C Halle, Sir Mark Elder (conductor) From Chichester Cathedral on the Feast of St Mark the SUN