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Radio 3 Listings for 2 – 8 February 2008 Page 1 of 18 SATURDAY 02 FEBRUARY 2008 February on music from Paris and Versailles with an exploration of France's continuing rediscovery of its own baroque music. SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b008tv90) Including 1.00 Blow, Dvorak. 2.52 Schubert, Shostakovich, Fesch, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens, Telemann. 5.00 Vaughan SAT 14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b008vzk3) Williams, Handel, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Godar, Berlioz, Mozart and Vienna in Song Bach. Mahler and Vienna in Song SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b008x7r3) Sean Rafferty presents a second chance to hear last Monday's Including from 7.00am: concert given at the Wigmore Hall, London, by Argentinian mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink accompanied by Roger Vignoles. Mendelssohn: Overture (The Fair Melusina) London Symphony Orchestra Wolf: An ***; Frage nicht; Die Ihr schwebet; In dem Schatten Claudio Abbado (conductor) meiner Locken A Mahler: Die stille Stadt; Laue Sommernacht; Bei dir ist es Taffanel: Andante pastoral et Scherzettino Traut; Licht in der Nacht Timothy Hutchins (flute) G Mahler: Fruhlingsmorgen; Ich ging mit Lust; Ablosung im Janet Creaser Hutchins (piano) Sommer; Lob des hohen Verstands Berg: Seven Early Songs. From 8.00am Part: Festina lente SAT 15:00 World Routes (p005xln8) Bournemouth Sinfonietta Salif Keita at fuseleeds06 Richard Studt (conductor) Acclaimed as the greatest West African voice of his generation, Handel: Destero all'empia Dite (Amadigi di Gaula) Salif Keita gives a rare UK concert in Leeds, recorded as part of Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano) Radio 3's coverage of fuseleeds06. Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon (conductor). He performs songs from his recent album MBemba, literally Ancestors, a homage to his family line which stretches back to the 13th century founder of the Mali Empire, Sunjata Keita. SAT 09:00 CD Review (b008vzk0) Building a Library: Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen Recorded on Saturday 13 May 2006 at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds. Andrew McGregor introduces Radio 3's weekly programme devoted to all that's new in the world of recorded music. Presented by Lucy Duran Produced by Roger Short Building a Library: Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (on DVD) Tel. 020 7765 4661 Reviewer - Patrick Carnegy Fax. 020 7765 4378 e-mail [email protected] First choice: Donald McIntyre, Heinz Zednik, Hermann Becht, Hanna SAT 16:00 Jazz Line-Up (b008vzk5) Schwarz, Siegfried Jerusalem, Matti Salminen, Gwyneth Jones, Julian Joseph introduces more tracks from a recording by Jeannine Altmeyer, Peter Hofmann, Gabriele Schnaut, Manfred Empirical, winners of the first European Broadcast Union Jazz Jung, Fritz Hubner, Franz Mazura, Gwendolyn Killebrew, Choir Competition held recently at the BBC Maida Vale studios. and Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele, Pierre Boulez (conductor) Deutsche Grammophon 00440 073 4057 (8 DVDs, including SAT 17:30 Opera on 3 (b008vzk7) Bonus DVD on the making of this production. Each opera also Wagner's Die Walkure available separately) Wagner's Die Walkure CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.wagner: Lisa Gasteen, Deborah Voigt and Clifton Forbis head the cast in bal.wagner.der.ring.des.nibelungen a live performance from New York Metropolitan Opera of part two of Wagner's epic Ring Cycle. SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b008vzk1) Siegmund and Sieglinde are brother and sister – but by the time Tom Service talks to Daniel Barenboim as he performs the they discover this, they have already fallen in love. Their father entire cycle of 32 Beethoven piano sonatas at London's South Wotan, the arrogant leader of the Gods, is forced to disown Bank. Plus a review of Marina Frolova-Walker's new book on them by his wife Fricka, but Wotan's daughter Brunnhilde defies Russian music which challenges the notion of 'Russianness'. him and helps the lovers. Presented from New York by Margaret Juntwait. SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b008vzk2) The Versailles Centre for Baroque Music Brunnhilde ...... Lisa Gasteen (soprano) Sieglinde ...... Deborah Voigt (soprano) Versailles and Paris Month: The Versailles Centre for Baroque Fricka ...... Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) Music Siegmund ...... Clifton Forbis (tenor) Wotan ...... James Morris (bass) Lucie Skeaping launches BBC Radio 3's focus throughout Hunding, Sieglinde's husband ...... Mikhail Petrenko (bass) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 2 – 8 February 2008 Page 2 of 18 Helmwige ...... Claudia Waite (soprano) Truls Mork (cello) Gerhilde ...... Kellie Cae Hogan (soprano) Havard Gimse (piano) Ortlinde ...... Wendy Bryn Harmer (soprano) Siegrune ...... Leann Sandel-Pantaleo (mezzo-soprano) 2.14am Waltraute ...... Laura Wlasak Nolen (mezzo-soprano) Zemlinsky, Alexander von (1872-1942): Die Seejungfrau Grimgerde ...... Edyta Kulczak (mezzo-soprano) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Rossweisse ...... Mary Phillips (mezzo-soprano) Riccardo Chailly (conductor) Schwertleite ...... Jane Bunnell (mezzo-soprano) Chorus and Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera 2.56am Lorin Maazel (conductor). Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762): Concerto in D, Op 7 No 1 Academy of Ancient Music Andrew Manze (director) SAT 22:30 Between the Ears (b008vzk8) The Wall of a Million Bricks 3.05am Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594), arr. Soriano: The Wall of a Million Bricks Missa Papae Marcelli BBC Singers In September 1969, Lieutenant-General Sir Ian Freeland, the Bo Holten (conductor) most senior figure of the occupying British Forces in Northern Ireland, said that peace lines - solid walls separating 3.32am communities - would be a temporary affair. Today, despite Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) : Quartet in E flat, relative harmony in Northern Ireland, there are over 40 peace K493 lines keeping Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods apart. Antje Weithaas (violin) Belfast-born DJ and film composer David Holmes weaves a Lars Anders Tomter (viola) soundtrack through stories told by people on both sides of the Patrick Demanga (cello) ever-continuing divide. Paul Lewis (piano) 4.00am SAT 23:00 Hear and Now (b008vzk9) Schumann, Robert (1810-1856), arr. Bojsten: Hor'ich das Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007 Liedchen klingen Olle Persson (baritone) Sara Mohr Pietsch and Robert Worby introduce highlights from Dan Almgren (violin) the festival. Torleif Theden (cello) Stefan Bojsten (piano) 5/5. Featuring music from Fred Frith performed by the composer with the Arditti Quartet, Dutch ensemble Insomnio 4.04am playing music by Tim Hodgkinson and Martijn Padding, and Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643): Canzona vigesima seconda, sound artist Janek Schaeffer demonstrating his installation detta la Nicolina Extended Play. Peter Hannan (recorder) Colin Tilney (harpsichord) Frith: Lelekovice Christel Thielmann (viola da gamba) Arditti Quartet 4.09am Frith: Fell; Allegory Frescobaldi: Canzona vigesima, detta La Lipparella Fred Frith (guitar) Musica Fiata Koln Arditti Quartet Roland Wilson (director) Frith: Cold (working title) 4.12am Arditti Quartet Anon (c.1600-1650): Wie Schon leuchet der Morgenstern Vincent van Laar (organ) Hodgkinson: Nomos-Yozu Padding: Eight Metal Strings 4.19am Insomnio Muffat, Georg (1653-1704)/Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687): Ulrich Pohl (conductor). Suite for Orchestra Armonico Tributo Austria Lorenz Duftschmid (director) SUNDAY 03 FEBRUARY 2008 4.31am Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Masonic Ritual Music SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b008w00p) Risto Saarman (tenor) With John Shea. Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) 1.00am Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Sonata No 3 in C minor for violin 4.53am and piano Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Norwegian Dance No 1 Julian Rachlin (violin) Havard Gimse, Leif Ove Andsnes (piano). Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) 1.25am SUN 05:00 Through the Night (b008w00q) Grieg: Ballade in G minor Through the Night Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) With John Shea. 1.47am Grieg: Cello Sonata in A minor 5.00am Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 2 – 8 February 2008 Page 3 of 18 Suk, Josef (1874-1935): Fantastic scherzo for orchestra, Op 25 Rossini, arr. Sedlak: Overture (L'inganna felice) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Consortium Classicum Richard Hickox (conductor) Elgar: Give unto the Lord, Op 74 5.14am Choir of St John's College, Cambridge Crawford, Thomas (1877-1955): Scherzo Christopher Robinson (conductor). Ian Sadler (organ) 5.17am SUN 10:00 Sunday Morning (b008w00s) Clemens non Papa (c.1510-c.1556): Languir me fais Iain Burnside plays music on the theme of carnivals, including 5.19am Schumann's Faschingswank aus Wien and Berlioz's Le carnaval Josquin Desprez (c.1450/5-1521): Vous l'airez; Ma bouche rit romain. 5.26am Gombert, Nicolas (c.1495-c.1560): Amys souffrez Banchieri Singers SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b008w00t) Denes Szabo (conductor) Michael Berkeley meets The Guardian's political cartoonist Martin Rowson, famous for his acid wit, as well as his 5.29am penetrating eye. Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Sonata in A for violin an basso continuo He explains to Michael Berkeley how a convinced atheist can Camerata Koln find Bach's St Matthew Passion deeply moving, why he thinks Bob Dylan is greatly overrated as a poet and why we should all 5.39am learn a song from The Sound of Music. Fritsch, Balthasar (1570/80-after 1608): Paduan and 2 Galliards Hortus Musicus Andrew Mustonen (director) SUN 13:00 The Early Music Show (b008w00v) The Palace of Versailles 5.47am Bizet, Georges (1838-1875): Suite No 1 (Carmen) Lucie Skeaping and Catherine