Radio 3 Listings for 19 – 25 April 2014 Page 1 of 10 SATURDAY 19 APRIL 2014 Symphony No.5 (Op.76) in F major The violinist Irvine Arditti talks to Tom about the influence the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor) LaSalles had on his quartet - and looks back on forty years of SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b040hz9f) The Ardittis. Tom also discusses the career of the celebrated Orthodox Choral Music 4:09 AM Hungarian cellist Miklos Perenyi. Plus - as part of Radio 3's Alfvèn, Hugo (1872-1960) Eighteenth Century Season - Tom looks at the brief but Two thousand years of Orthodox Christian choral music from Suite for Orchestra from 'King Gustav II Adolf' (Op.49) important time that Christoph Willibald Gluck spent in one of Eastern and Central Europe. With Catriona Young. Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willén (conductor) London's theatres.

1:01 AM 4:30 AM Chesnokov, Pavel (1877-1944) Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da [c.1525-1594] SAT 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b0414dkm) The Wise Thief's Song:"O Lord, who on this very day made the Stabat Mater for 8 voices Le Concert des Nations and Jordi Savall in Barcelona Thief worthy of Paradise ...." Theatrum Instrumentorum, Chorus of Swiss Radio, Lugano, Traditional arranged by Sergie Zarov Diego Fasolis (conductor) Le Concert des Nations and Jordi Savall perform works by The 12 Thieves Praetorius, Lully and Purcell. The concert was given in the Pau Ksenija Zecevic (1956-2006) 4:48 AM (Pablo) Casals Hall in Barcelona earlier this year. The Prayer of St Michael the Archangel Wegelius, Martin (1846-1906) Archangel Michael Vocal Ensemble (Belgrade Serbia); Olga Rondo quasi Fantasia for Piano & Orchestra (1872) Music includes: Milicevic (conductor) Margit Rahkonen (piano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari (conductor) Michael Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore (1612) 1:08 AM Bortnyansky, Dmitri [1751-1825] 5:01 AM Jean-Baptiste Lully: Orchestral Suite from Alceste (1674) Sacred Concerto No. 34: 'Let God Arise' Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908) Sacred Concerto No. 9: 'This is the Day Which the Lord Hath Svetliy prazdnik - overture (Op.36) Henry Purcell: Suite from The Fairy Queen (1692) after Made' BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Grand Choir 'Masters of Choral Singing' of Russian State TV and Radio Music Centre, Lev Kontorovich (conductor) 5:17 AM Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953) SAT 14:00 Saturday Classics (b0414dkp) 1:21 AM Cinderella Fantasy Suite 18th Century Season: Amanda Vickery Saint John of Damascus [c.675 - 749] Aglika Genova & Liuben Dimitrov (pianos) Anonymous chant from a collection in Romanian Episode 2 Funeral Stichera according to the tones 5:29 AM Byzantion, Adrian Serbu (director) Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] As part of Radio 3's 18th Century season, the historian Amanda Rondo in C major (K.373) Vickery introduces a selection of music reflecting women in 1:37 AM James Ehnes (violin), Mozart Anniversary Orchestra music during the period. From the girls of Vivaldi's "Hospital" Nikolai Kedrov (1871-1940) of the Pietà in Venice to the prime donne of the London stage; Our Father 5:36 AM from composers such as Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre and Anonymous Gombert, Nicolas (c.1495-c.1560) Theresia von Paradis to the virtuoso pianists, harpists and glass O Heavenly King Missa Tempore paschali: Agnus Dei harmonica players who graced the age. Stevan Mokranjac (1856-1914) Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel (conductor) Akathistos to the Mother of God Most Holy Mother of God 5:42 AM SAT 16:00 Sound of Cinema (b0414dkr) Dobri Hristov (1875-1941) Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759] Comic Strip Heroes In Thy Kingdom (Beatitudes from the Divine Liturgy) Concerto Grosso in F major, op. 6 no. 2, HWV 320 Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935) European Union Baroque Orchestra, Lars Ulrik Mortensen Matthew Sweet introduces film music for superheroes including Bless the Lord, O my soul (conductor) the new score for The Amazing Spiderman 2 by Hans Zimmer Anonymous and the Classic Score of the Week - John Williams's Superman. O gentle light (evening hymn from Vespers 5:54 AM Serbian folk chant - Who is so great a god as our God? Raychev, Alexander [1922-2003] While superheroes have been with us since the 1930s, and they Oliver Sabo (baritone), Archangel Michael Vocal Ensemble Sonata-Poem for violin and symphony orchestra have made occassional forays into movies from that time, it was (Belgrade Serbia), Olga Milicevic (conductor) Boyan Lechev (violin), Bulgarian National Radio Symphony really the arrival of Superman in 1978 that fired the public's Orchestra, Vassil Stefanov (conductor) imgaination with the cinematic superhero - helped, in no small 2:03 AM way, by John Williams' classic score. Matthew considers some Ioannis Koukouzelis [Saint John Kukuzelis] (c.1280-1360) 6:14 AM of the succesful "superhero" soundtracks that have emerged in Trisagion and Sunday Koinonikon in first tone Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896) the past 35 years, including the music for Batman; The X-Men Byzantion (choir), Adrian Serbu (director) 3 motets and Spiderman. The Sokkelund Choir, Morten Schuldt Jensen (conductor) 2:13 AM #soundofcinema. Chesnokov, Pavel [1877-1944] 6:32 AM The Angel Cried Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) arranged by Mottl, Felix Serge Rachmaninov (1873-1943 (1856-1911) SAT 17:00 Jazz Record Requests (b0414dkt) Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ - 'Vespers Op. 37' Fantasia in F minor (D.940) (originally for 4 hands) Alyn Shipton's selection of listeners' requests includes music ('All-Night Vigil) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky from trombonist Bill Harris with Woody Herman alumni, and Grand Choir 'Masters of Choral Singing' of Russian State TV (conductor) Sidney Bechet with the Port of Harlem Jazzmen. Plus Fats and Radio Music Centre, Lev Kontorovich (conductor) Waller is featured on the organ, recorded in London. 6:56 AM 2:20 AM Dinev, Petar [1889-1980] Vasilije Mokranjac (1923-1984) The repentent (wise) Thief (Razboinika blagorazumnago) SAT 18:00 Jazz Line-Up (b0414dkw) Holy God (Trisagion) Boris Hristov (bass), St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral Choir, Tim Garland Chesnokov, Pavel [1877-1944] Angel Konstantinov (conductor). Cherubic Song Claire Martin interviews UK saxophonist Tim Garland and Stevan Mokranjac (1856-1914) profiles his latest album 'Songs To The North Sky'. The double We Sing to Thee SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b0414dkf) album features contributions from his regular percussionist Georgye Maksimovic (b. 1929) Saturday - Martin Handley Asaf Sirkis as well as an impressive trio of pianists including It is very meet/It is truly right Jason Rebello, Geoffrey Keezer & John Turville and guitarists Milos Gasic (bass), Archangel Michael Vocal Ensemble 18th Century season. Martin Handley presents Radio 3's Ant Law and Don Paterson. Plus Kevin Le Gendre unearths (Belgrade Serbia); Olga Milicevic (conductor) classical breakfast show, featuring Handel at half-past eight and another classic album in our regular monthly feature 'Now's the Georgian Gems, compiled from listener requests. Also, Time' celebrating the music of legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius. 2:35 AM including the Best of British music Playlist and your requests Sarti, Giuseppe (1729-1802) for amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls. Rejoice People! Email [email protected] with your music requests. SAT 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b0414dm5) Kastalsky, Alexander (1856-1926) National Youth Orchestra - Ades, Strauss Christ is risen from the dead (Paschal Troparion) Grand Choir 'Masters of Choral Singing' of Russian State TV SAT 09:00 CD Review (b0414dkh) Presented by Christopher Cook and Radio Music Centre, Lev Kontorovich (conductor) Building a Library: Nielsen: Symphony No 2 Live from the Royal Festival Hall 2:39 AM With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library: Nielsen: Mokranjac, Stevan (1856-1914) Symphony No 2; Discussing the state of classical music The National Youth Orchestra, conducted by François-Xavier Opelo (Requiem/Memorial service) retailing; Disc of the Week: Adams: The Gospel According to Roth, play Adès and Strauss. Vlado Miko (bass), Belgrade Radio and Television Choir, the Other Mary. Mladen Jagušt (director) Thomas Adès: Asyla

2:52 AM SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b0414dkk) 8.00: Interval Gretchaninov, Alexandr Tikhonovich [1864-1956] Arditti Quartet at 40, La Salle Quartet, Gluck in London, Cherubic Hymn from Liturgia Domestica Miklos Perenyi Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben Bulgarian Svetoslav Obretenov Choir, Bulgarian National Radio Chamber Orchestra, Georgi Robev (conductor) Tom Service talks to Robert Spruytenburg, author of a new The National Youth Orchestra brings its trademark energy and book on the ground-breaking LaSalle Quartet, famous for their virtuosity to two powerfully contrasting portraits of what it 3:01 AM performances of works by the Second Viennese School and for means to stand apart from the crowd - or be lost in it. Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904) commissioning pieces by the likes of Lutoslawski and Ligeti. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 19 – 25 April 2014 Page 2 of 10 National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Nouveaux Concerts, Paris 1724' about the way in which such paintings change their meaning François-Xavier Roth, conductor. Violes Esgales: Susie Napper, Margaret Little (viols) over time, and about what to look for when we try to read 14th- century depictions of the Crucifixion. His musical choices 4:38 AM include Rossini's Stabat Mater, Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos, SAT 22:00 Hear and Now (b0414dm7) Sáry, László (b.1940) Handel's Messiah, Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Roscoe Mitchell, Fred Frith, George Lewis Kotyogó ko egy korsóban (1976) - version for two marimbas William Walton's Façade, a reading of James Joyce's story 'The Aurél Holló & Zoltán Rácz (marimbas) Dead' - and the sound of English blackbirds singing in spring. In a concert devised and recorded specially for Hear and Now, Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in 4:47 AM works by three important figures from the world of new music Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767) SUN 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b040hww8) and improvisation. Roscoe Mitchell, founding member of the Sonata for transverse flute & basso continuo in D major - from Wigmore Hall: Valentina Lisitsa Art Ensemble of Chicago, brings a new arrangement of his Essercizii Musici work NONAAH; we hear the world premiere of Memex by Camerata Köln Live from Wigmore Hall in London, Ukrainian-born pianist trombonist and computer music pioneer George Lewis; and Valentina Lisitsa plays two great Romantic piano sonatas of the English guitar experimentalist Fred Frith is the soloist in his 5:01 AM 19th century: Beethoven's 'Tempest' Sonata, Op 31 No 2; and 2003 work The Right Angel. The concert also includes an Goldmark, Károly (1830-1915) the giant one-movement Sonata in B minor by Liszt, one of the improvised set by all three musicians. Scherzo for orchestra in E minor (Op.19) most intellectually and physically demanding works in the piano Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Adam Medveczky (conductor) repertoire. And in the third episode of Hear and Now's Composers' Rooms series - exploring the relationship between workspace and 5:07 AM Valentina Lisitsa (piano) composition - Sara Mohr-Pietsch travels to the Leicestershire Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) home of English composer Gavin Bryars. Three Etudes (Op.104) (1834-1838) Beethoven: Piano Sonata in D minor, Op 31 No 2 (Tempest) Sylviane Deferne (piano) Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor. Presented by Ed McKeon. 5:15 AM Roscoe Mitchell: NONAAH for orchestra Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) SUN 14:00 The Early Music Show (b0414fpw) Fred Frith: The Right Angel Motet: 'Komm, Jesu, komm' (BWV.229) ] 18th Century Season: Hogarth Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 18th-century life by Hogarth, and considers their musical Ilan Volkov (conductor) 5:25 AM references. Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907) George Lewis, Roscoe Mitchell, Fred Frith: Improvisation Triumphal March from 'Sigurd Jorsalfar' Lucie is joined by Jeremy Barlow, an authority on music in the Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Roman Zeilinger (conductor) 18th Century, who has made several recordings with the George Lewis (trombone, electronics) Broadside Band and has written about music and Hogarth. Roscoe Mitchell (saxophones) 5:35 AM Fred Frith (guitar) Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) The three featured pictures by Hogarth are: Trio for piano and strings in E flat major (D.897) 'Notturno' George Lewis: Memex (World Premiere) Tomaz Lorenz (violin), Andrej Petrac (cello), Alenka Scek- "The Enraged Musician" BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Lorenz (piano) Ilan Volkov conductor. The 2nd picture from the series of "The Rakes Progress" 5:45 AM Butterworth, Arthur (b. 1923) "The Beggar's Opera" Romanza for horn and strings (1954) SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 Martin Hackleman (horn), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario #BBC18C. Bernardi (conductor) SUN 00:00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz (b0414dn4) Easter 5:55 AM SUN 15:00 Choral Evensong (b0414fpy) Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) Chester Cathedral After celebrating Mardi Gras New Orleans-style, Geoffrey Symphony No.22 in E flat, 'The Philosopher' Smith returns to the Big Easy for the joys of Easter, with star Amsterdam Bach Soloists Live from Chester Cathedral on Easter Day turns by local heroes from Bunk Johnson and Lester Young to Trombone Shorty. 6:11 AM Introit: Dic nobis, Maria (Bassano) Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) Responses: Sanders Sonata for piano and violin No.4 in A minor (Op.23) (1801) Office Hymn: The Lord is risen indeed! (Narenza) SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b0414dq8) Mats Zetterqvist (violin), Mats Widlund (piano) Psalm: 66 (Gray) Handel's Messiah. As part of BBC's 18th Century season. With First Lesson: Song of Solomon 3 vv2-5; 8 vv6-7 Jonathan Swain. 6:28 AM Canticles: Chichester Service (Walton) Elgar, Edward (1857-1934) Second Lesson: John 20 vv11-18 1:02 AM Variations on an original theme ('Enigma') for orchestra Anthem: Surrexit pastor bonus (Lhéritier) Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759] (Op.36) Hymn: The day of resurrection! (Ellacombe) Messiah Part 1 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn (conductor). Te Deum: Collegium Regale (Howells) Organ Voluntary: Alleluyas (Simon Preston) 1:58 AM Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759] SUN 07:00 Breakfast (b0414dqb) Philip Rushforth (Director of Music) Messiah Part 2 & 3 Sunday - Martin Handley Benjamin Chewter (Assistant Director of Music). Sine Bundgaard (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), David Danholt (tenor), Håvard Stensvold (bass), Danish National 18th Century season. Martin Handley presents Radio 3's Vocal Ensemble, Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Marcus classical breakfast show, featuring Handel at half-past eight and SUN 16:00 Choir and Organ (b0414fq0) Creed (conductor) Georgian Gems, compiled from listener requests. Also, West Gallery Music including the Best of British music Playlist and your requests 3:22 AM for amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls. Sara Mohr-Pietsch looks at the modern revival of West Gallery Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Email [email protected] with your music requests. Music, a sacred singing tradition born in the parish churches 4 Impromptus (D.935) and non-conformist chapels of Georgian England. Plus her Alfred Brendel (piano) regular choral features: 'Meet my Choir' and 'Sara's Choral SUN 09:00 Sunday Morning (b0414dqd) Classic'. 3:54 AM Easter Durante, Francesco (1684-1755) First broadcast 20/04/2014. Concerto per quartetto for strings No.3 in E flat major James Jolly selects music for Easter Sunday morning, and also Concerto Köln begins a new season of music on the programme with Beethoven's Violin Sonata no 5 in F, the "Spring", in a SUN 17:30 Words and Music (b0414fq2) 4:04 AM recording by Gidon Kremer and Martha Argerich. Streetlife Lauber, Joseph (1864-1952) Trois Morceaux Caractéristiques for solo flute (Op.47) In the weeks to come, James and Rob Cowan will present a Toby Jones and Mariah Gale read literature about life on the Marianne Keller Stucki (flute) different Beethoven violin sonata each Sunday, picking streets by Charles Dickens, James Joyce and Baudelaire, with exemplary recordings that show a variety of approaches to this music by Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Janacek and Bernstein. 4:11 AM great repertoire. Delius, Frederick (1862-1934) Producer: Clara Nissen On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - from Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (1911/12) SUN 12:00 Private Passions (b0414dqg) Readings: Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor) Nicholas Penny TS Eliot - The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist 4:19 AM For this special Easter edition of Private Passions, Michael Stephen Crane - Maggie Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) Berkeley is given a backstage tour of the National Gallery by its Elizabeth Gaskell - North and South Fêtes Galantes, set 2 Director, the distinguished art historian Nicholas Penny. For Various news reports Paula Hoffman (mezzo-soprano), Lars-David Nilsson (piano) this programme he selects paintings on an Easter theme of death Monica Ali - Brick Lane and rebirth, with music which accompanies and illuminates Charles Baudelaire - Twilight from Les Fleurs du Mal translated 4:27 AM them. The painters include his great passion, Titian, with a visit by William Aggeler Couperin, François (1668-1733) to the Gallery's Restoration Lab, where a painting of the James Joyce - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Treizième concert à deux violes - from 'Les Gouts réunis ou Resurrection is being brought back to life. Nicholas Penny talks Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 19 – 25 April 2014 Page 3 of 10 Kenneth Slessor - Choker's Lane MONDAY 21 APRIL 2014 Suk, Josef (1874-1935) Matthew Arnold - West London Elegy (Op.23) arr. for piano trio James Norman Hall - Fifth Avenue in Fog MON 00:30 Through the Night (b0414z8s) Trio Lorenz BBC Proms 2013. Taverner and Gesualdo with the Tallis Scholars and Peter Phillips. Presented by Jonathan Swain. 4:21 AM SUN 18:45 Sunday Feature (b0419n4c) Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) Shakespeare: For and Against 12:31 AM Ruy Blas - overture (Op.95) Taverner, John [(1490-1545)] BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek (conductor) As celebrations begin to mark Shakespeare's 450th birthday, Kyrie (Leroy) for 4 voices playwright Mark Ravenhill challenges our adulation of the Bard Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor) 4:31 AM and asks: Is Shakespeare's genius beyond question? Casting a Elgar, Edward (1857-1934) sceptical eye over centuries of bardolatry, Ravenhill calls for a 12:34 AM Serenade for Strings (Op.20) in E minor new approach to the plays. Taverner, John [(1490-1545)] Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble, Plamen Djurov (conductor) Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas for 6 voices - Gloria Exploring the intellectual tradition that has seen important Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor) 4:42 AM figures from Voltaire to Tolstoy to Wittgenstein challenge Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) Shakespeare's supremacy, Ravenhill searches for today's 12:46 AM Sonata for piano (H.16.34) in E minor dissenting voices. Tracing the transformation of a working Gesualdo, Carlo [c.1561-1613] Niklas Sivelöv (piano) playwright into a national poet, global brand and secular god, Ave dulcissima Maria for 5 voices Ravenhill asks if it's still possible to enjoy Shakespeare without Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor) 4:54 AM being overwhelmed by the cultural and commercial baggage of Dinev, Petar [1889-1980] 'brand Shakespeare'. 12:51 AM Dostoyno est (It is Truly Meet), in the 5th mode after Joan Taverner, John [(1490-1545)] Ohridski Meeting Royal Shakespeare Company Artistic Director Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas for 6 voices - Credo Holy Trinity Choir, Plovdiv, Vessela Geleva (conductor) Gregory Doran, theatre director Phyllida Lloyd and actors Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor) Simon Russell Beale and Fiona Shaw, Ravenhill explores what 4:59 AM Shakespeare's plays mean to theatre-makers today and asks if 1:02 AM Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908) Shakespeare is a problem for a contemporary theatre which Gesualdo, Carlo [c.1561-1613] Svetliy prazdnik - overture (Op.36) seeks to give an equal representation of women's experience of Ave, regina caelorum for 5 voices BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) the world. Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor) 5:15 AM Joining RSC actors in a primary school for a performance of 1:06 AM Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) [text Georg Christian Taming Of The Shrew, Ravenhill wonders if a play of such Taverner, John [(1490-1545)] Lehms] dark and complex sexual politics is really suitable material for Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas for 6 voices - Sanctus Cantata No.170 'Vergnügte Ruh', beliebte Seelenlust' ten-year-olds. Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor) (BWV.170) Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Les Musiciens du Scholar Ania Loomba describes India's changing relationship 1:15 AM Louvre, Marc Minkowski (conductor) with Shakespeare, while Professor Gary Taylor talks about the Gesualdo, Carlo [c.1561-1613] ambivalence of large parts of America toward the Bard. Maria, mater gratiae for 5 voices 5:36 AM Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor) Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849] Other interviewees include: playwrights Edward Bond and Polonaise-fantasy for piano (Op.61) in A flat major Howard Barker, RSC Deputy Artistic Director Erica Whyman, 1:19 AM Yulianna Avdeeva (piano) Shakespeare academics Ewan Fernie, Dr Martin Wiggins, Taverner, John [(1490-1545)] Michael Dobson and Dr Erin Sullivan of the University of Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas for 6 voices - Agnus Dei 5:50 AM Birmingham Shakespeare Institute. Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor) Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) Variations on a Theme by Haydn (Op.56a) vers. for orchestra With readings by Amanda Drew and Paul Ritter. 1:29 AM "St Anthony Chorale" Sheppard, John [c.1515-1558] Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Marek Janowski (conductor) Producer: Matt Willis Libera nos, salva nos for 7 voices Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor) 6:07 AM Part of Radio 3's celebration of the 450th anniversary of Reutter, Johann Georg (1708-1772) Shakespeare's birth. 1:33 AM Ecce quomodo moritur justus Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) Capella Nova Graz, Otto Kargl (conductor) Eight Piano Pieces (Op.76) SUN 19:30 Drama on 3 (b0414fq4) Robert Silverman (piano) 6:14 AM Antony and Cleopatra Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759) 2:01 AM Il Pastor Fido, ballet music Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston take the lead roles in this Walton, William (1902-1983) English Baroque Solists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) great tragedy of love and power, a new production to mark the Cello Concerto (1956) 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare. Zara Nelsova (cello), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard 6:25 AM Haitink (conductor) Debussy, Claude [1862-1918] Lovers, politicians, superstars. Antony and Cleopatra is Jardins sous la pluie (Estampes) for piano Shakespeare's late and epic tragedy of mature love and the 2:31 AM Leonora Armellini (piano). catastrophic fall from grace and power that it brings about. Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927) Irresistibly drawn together, the couple are surrounded by String Quartet No.4 in A minor (Op.25) friends, enemies, admirers and critics, none of who remain Yggdrasil String Quartet MON 06:30 Breakfast (b0414z8v) unscathed by the folly and heartbreak of this magnificent pair. Monday - Petroc Trelawny As empires clash around them, their destiny seems inevitable: to 3:06 AM love each other till death and even beyond. Méhul, Etienne-Nicolas (1763-1817) 18th Century season. Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's Symphony No.1 in G minor classical breakfast show, featuring Handel at half-past eight and This new production of Antony and Cleopatra marks the return Cappella Coloniensis, Bruno Weil (director) Georgian Gems, compiled from listener requests. Also, of Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston's Shakespearean including the Best of British music Playlist and your requests partnership, last seen in their sold-out Macbeth at the 3:33 AM for amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls. Manchester International Festival in 2013. Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759) Email [email protected] with your music requests. Aria with variations from Piano Suite No.5 in E major A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 3 (HWV.430) "The harmonious blacksmith" Marián Pivka (piano) MON 09:00 Essential Classics (b0414z8x) First broadcast in April 2014. Monday - Sarah Walker with Fiona Shaw 3:39 AM Rosenmüller, Johann (c.1619-1684) Sarah Walker with her guest, the actress and director Fiona SUN 21:55 Music for Easter (b0414fq6) Beatus vir qui timet Dominum Shaw. Two dramatic settings of the Easter story: Handel's Italian Johanna Koslowsky (soprano), David Cordier (countertenor), oratorio La Resurrezione and Bach's Easter Oratorio. Wilfried Jochens (tenor), Stephan Schreckenberger (bass), 9am Carsten Lohff (organ), Cantus Köln, Konrad Junghänel A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week. Handel (conductor and lute) We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30. La Resurrezione, oratorio, HWV 47 Emma Kirkby, Patrizia Kwella (sopranos), Carolyn Watkinson 3:53 AM 10am (mezzo), Ian Partridge (tenor), David Thomas (bass) Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) Artists of the Week: The Borodin Quartet Academy of Ancient Music Overture (Sinfonia) from L' Isola disabitata - azione teatrale in Christopher Hogwood (conductor) 2 acts (H.28.9) 10.30am Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Rolf Gupta (conductor) 23rd April 2014 will mark the 450th anniversary of Bach Shakespeare's birth, and Sarah's guest this week is the actress Kommt, eilet und laufet (Easter Oratorio), BWV 249 4:01 AM and director, Fiona Shaw. Fiona has worked extensively with Kimberly McCord (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Paul Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. She Agnew (tenor), Neal Davies (bass) Sonata for violin and continuo in E minor (BWV.1023) notably played the male lead in Richard II, directed by Deborah Gabrieli Consort and Players Andrew Manze (violin), Andreas Staier (harpsichord), Øyvind Warner, and in 2009 she collaborated with Warner again, taking Paul McCreesh (conductor). Gimse (cello) the lead role in Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. In an article for The Daily Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen 4:14 AM described their professional relationship as "surely one of the Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 19 – 25 April 2014 Page 4 of 10 most richly creative partnerships in theatrical history." Fiona Nyman, best known for his dynamic scores to films such as The used to affect sounds in a studio. These graphics are then has also worked in film and television, including the American Piano and Prospero's Books, celebrating his 70th birthday this interpreted by improvising musicians - in this concert, Sharp is TV show True Blood, and the films My Left Foot, Jane Eyre, year. joined by players from the UK scene, including Percy Persuasion, and five of the Harry Potter films, in which she Pursglove (trumpet), Jeremy Price (trombone), Liam Noble played Harry's aunt, Petunia Dursley. As well as acting, she has Plus, there's live music from best-selling guitarist Milos (piano), Riaan Vosloo (bass) and Andrew Bain (drums). directed operas, including Vaughan Williams's Riders to the Sea currently on a UK tour, and rising-star Italian pianist Federico for ENO and Britten's The Rape of Lucretia for the Colli, winner of the 2011 Salzburg Mozart Competition. Presenter: Jez Nelson Glyndebourne Tour. Fiona was awarded an honorary CBE in Producer: Chris Elcombe. 2001. Also, In Tune's contribution to the BBC's 18th Century season continues with a look at the 8th of 12 Georgian objects at the 11am Royal Collection with exhibition curator Desmond Shawe- 18th Century season: 15 Georgian Pleasures Taylor. TUESDAY 22 APRIL 2014 Arne Where the Bee sucks Main headlines are at 5pm and 6pm. TUE 00:30 Through the Night (b0414zpk) Emma Kirkby (soprano) [email protected] BBC Proms 2013. Mitsuko Uchida with the Bavarian Radio Academy of Ancient Music @BBCInTune. Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mariss Jansons. with Christopher Hogwood (conductor) Jonathan Swain.

Nielsen MON 18:00 Composer of the Week (b0414z8z) 12:31 AM Symphony No. 2 'The 4 Temperaments' [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827] The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's Concerto no. 4 in G major Op.58 for piano and orchestra CD Review. Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, MON 19:00 Opera on 3 (b0414z97) Mariss Jansons (conductor) From the Met MON 12:00 Composer of the Week (b0414z8z) 1:06 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Strauss 150: Arabella Berlioz, Hector [1803-1869] Symphonie fantastique Op.14 Messing About on the River As part of Strauss 150, tonight's opera is a performance of Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons Richard Strauss's nostalgic romance Arabella, with the title role (conductor) This week, as part of the BBC's Eighteenth Century season, sung by Swedish soprano Malin Bystrom. The story tells of the Donald Macleod explores the music Handel composed for the impoverished Count Waldner, sung by bass Martin Winkler, 1:57 AM Georges, I and II, and to commemorate major events in their who tries to make a profitable marriage for his daughter Ligeti, Gyorgy [1923-2006] reigns. Arabella. After several complications, she is finally happily Romanian Concerto for orchestra betrothed to Mandryka, and her younger sister Zdenka, sung by Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons Today, Handel is dismissed from his post as Kapellmeister to Juliane Banse to Arabella's former admirer Mattea, tenor (conductor) Georg Ludwig, Elector of Hanover, but restored to favour when Roberto Sacca. Philippe Auguin conducts the New York Georg - now George - accedes to the British throne. George is a Metropolitan Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, in a 2:04 AM keen opera-goer so Handel, eager to please, throws himself with performance recorded last weekend. Rachmaninov, Sergey [1873-1943] gusto into London's nascent operatic scene. Things come 6 Duets for piano 4 hands (Op.11) temporarily unstuck when the opera company runs into Presented by Margaret Juntwait. Lestari Scholtes (piano), Gwylim Janssens (piano) financial trouble and disbands, but this doesn't distract Handel from coming up with the perfect soundtrack for some right Arabella.....Malin Bystrom (Soprano) 2:31 AM royal messing about on the river: his Water Music. Zdenka.....Juliane Banse(Soprano) Nielsen, Carl [1865-1931] Mattea.....Roberto Sacca (Tenor) Quintet for wind (Op.43) Mandryka.....Michael Volle (Baritone) Cinque Venti MON 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b0414z91) Waldner.....Martin Winkler (Bass-baritone) Trio Wanderer perform Tchaikovsky and Schubert Fiakermilli.....Audrey Luna (Soprano) 2:55 AM Adelaide.....Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mezzo-soprano) Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897] Schubert's Notturno, dark and brooding in nature, makes a fine Fortune-Teller.....Victoria Livengood (Contralto) 7 Fantasies Op.116 for piano companion for Tchaikovsky's mighty Piano Trio, written as a Elemer.....Brian Jagde (Tenor) Libor Novácek (piano) memorial work following the death of the composer's close Dominik.....Alexey Lavrov (Baritone) friend and champion, Nikolai Rubinstein. Lamoral.....Keith Miller (Bass) 3:18 AM Waiter.....Mark Schowalter (Tenor) Graupner, Christoph [(1683-1760)] Recorded at Wigmore Hall, London, 21st April 2014. Welko.....Mark Persing (Tenor) Flute Concerto in F, GWV 323 Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Djura.....Jeffrey Mosher (Spoken) Bolette Roed (recorder), Arte dei Suonatori (ensemble) Jankel.....Timothy Breese Miller (Bass) Schubert: Notturno in E flat, D 897 Cardplayer.....Scott Dispensa (Baritone) 3:28 AM Tchaikovsky: Trio in A minor, Op 50 Cardplayer 2.....Seth Malkin (Bass) Bach, Johann Ernst (1722-1777) Cardplayer 3.....Earle Patriarco (Baritone) Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn (motet) Trio Wanderer New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus Martina Lins (soprano), Silke Weisheit (alto), Martin Schmitz New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (tenor), Hans-Georg Wimmer (bass), Rheinische Kantorei, Das Philippe Auguin (Conductor). Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max (conductor) MON 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b0414z93) English Music 3:41 AM MON 22:45 The Essay (b0414z99) Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); transcribed by Liszt, Franz Episode 1 In Praise of the Midlands [1811-1886] Aus dem wasser zu singen (D.744) arr. Liszt for piano This week features the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ulster DH Lawrence and the Men of the Midlands Anastasia Vorotnaya (piano) Orchestra and BBC Singers in a celebration of English music. Today's programme features the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a We tend to think of England in terms of the binary opposition 3:46 AM new recording of Walton's Violin Concerto with soloist Tasmin between the rebel North and establishment South, with the Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872) Little. And as part of Sir Andrew Davis's 70th birthday result that we often forget about the bit of the country Introduction to Act III & Dances of the Highlanders from celebration concerts, the SO is joined by Sarah Connolly, Stuart sandwiched in between - the Midlands. This week five Essayists Halka (original version) Skelton, David Soar and the BBC Symphony Chorus for Elgar's shed light on the distinctive history and culture of England's Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz The Dream of Gerontius recorded at the Barbican earlier this squeezed middle, casting the spotlight on distinctive figures (conductor) month. from Shakespeare to Erasmus Darwin 3:53 AM Presented by Penny Gore In the first programme, novelist and journalist Geoff Dyer Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) looks at 'D.H. Lawrence and the Men of the Midlands'. Casting Concerto in the Italian style for keyboard (BWV.971) in F 2pm an eye over his own formative experiences and impressions - of major Walton Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in B minor literature, television, and local accents and footballing Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) Tasmin Little (violin) affiliations - Dyer tries to work out what is the true home of the BBC Symphony Orchestra Midlander. Is there one? and if so can it be easily defined? 4:06 AM Edward Gardner (conductor) Diepenbrock, Alphons (1862-1921) [text: Baudelaire, Charles (1821-1867)] c.2.45pm MON 23:00 Jazz on 3 (b0414z9c) L'Invitation au voyage Elgar The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38 Elliott Sharp: Foliage Christa Pfeiler (mezzo-soprano), Rudolf Jansen (piano) Sarah Connolly (Mezzo-soprano) Stuart Skelton (Tenor) New York composer and guitarist Elliott Sharp appears in a rare 4:12 AM David Soar (Bass) UK performance, playing his piece Foliage at the Vortex in Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637-1707) BBC Symphony Chorus London. Benedicam Dominum in omni tempore (BuxWV 113) BBC Symphony Orchestra Soloists with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Chorus, Andrew Davis (conductor). A key component in the downtown experimental scene for over Ton Koopman (conductor) 30 years, Sharp has spanned orchestral music and techno, no wave rock and film scores. For Foliage however, it's a complex 4:25 AM MON 16:30 In Tune (b0414z95) relationship with graphic scores and visuals that lies at the heart Holborne, Anthony (1560-1602) Michael Nyman, Milos, Federico Colli of the music. Using graphic software, the composer manipulates Muy linda, Pavan, Gallliard - from Pavans, Galliards, Almains, traditional musical notation and images by means of filtering, and Other Short Aeirs, Both Graue and Light (1599) Sean Rafferty's guests include British composer Michael stretching and layering - paralleling similar methods that can be The Canadian Brass Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 19 – 25 April 2014 Page 5 of 10 4:31 AM has also worked in film and television, including the American Natural History for soprano and orchestra Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868) TV show True Blood, and the films My Left Foot, Jane Eyre, Ailish Tynan (soprano) Introduction and theme and variations Persuasion, and five of the Harry Potter films, in which she BBC Symphony Orchestra László Horváth (clarinet), The Hungarian Radio Orchestra, played Harry's aunt, Petunia Dursley. As well as acting, she has Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Géza Oberfrank (conductor) directed operas, including Vaughan Williams's Riders to the Sea for ENO and Britten's The Rape of Lucretia for the c.3.30pm 4:42 AM Glyndebourne Tour. Fiona was awarded an honorary CBE in Elgar Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849) 2001. Symphony no.1 in A flat major, Op.55 Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' (Op.2) in B flat major BBC Symphony Orchestra Nelson Goerner (1849 Erard grand piano) Orchestra of the 11am Andrew Davis (conductor). Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen (conductor) 18th Century season: 15 Georgian Pleasures Clementi 5:00 AM Duet in C major, Op.3 No.1 (played on Broadwood piano) TUE 16:30 In Tune (b04153wl) Pettersson, (Gustav) Allan (1911-1980) Duo Hammerklavier. Ann Murray, Dennis Russell Davies, Dhafer Youssef, Kristjan Two Elegies (1934) and Romanza (1942) - for violin & piano Jarvi Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Enrico Pace (piano) TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week (b0415127) Sean Rafferty's guests include much-loved Irish mezzo-soprano 5:06 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Dame Ann Murray. She'll be chatting with Sean about her role Kraus, Joseph Martin (1756-1792) working with the young artists of the European Network of Quatre Intermèdes et Divertissements for Molière's comedy Handel in the Ascendant Opera Academies at Snape in Aldeburgh. 'Amphitryon' (Paris-Stockholm, 1785-87) - Intermède IV Chantal Santon (soprano - La Nuit), Georg Poplutz (tenor - This week, as part of the BBC's Eighteenth Century season, Plus conductor Dennis Russell Davies, as his tour with the Basel Hérault), Bonn Chamber Chorus, L'Arte del mondo, Werner Donald Macleod explores the music Handel composed for the Symphony Orchestra reaches London, with his pianist wife Ehrhardt (conductor) Georges, I and II, and to commemorate major events in their Maki Namekawa. They will piano duet live in the studio. reigns. 5:18 AM And live music from oud player Dhafer Youssef and conductor Byrd, William (c.1543-1623) Today, Handel takes the helm of the newly founded Royal Kristjan Jarvi ahead of their collaboration with the London Browning à 5 Academy of Music; is appointed Composer for his Majesty's Symphony Orchestra. The Rose Consort of Viols Chapel Royal and Music Master to the royal princesses; creates a string of highly-regarded operatic masterpieces; and makes a Also, In Tune's contribution to the BBC's 18th Century season 5:22 AM seriously upmarket house-move ? right next door to Jimi continues with a look at the 9th of 12 Georgian objects at the Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976) Hendrix. Royal Collection with exhibition curator Desmond Shawe- Choral Dances from Gloriana - Coronation opera for Elizabeth Taylor. II (Op.53) (1953) The King's Singers TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b041518w) Main headlines are at 5pm and 6pm. Radio 3 New Generation Artists [email protected] 5:28 AM @BBCInTune. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Episode 1 Symphony No.33 in B flat major (K.319) ] Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck Clemency Burton-Hill introduces the first of four programmes TUE 17:50 Composer of the Week (b0415127) (conductor) showcasing the talents of Radio 3's starry line-up of New [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Generation Artists. Now in its 15th year, the New Generation 5:49 AM Artists scheme brings listeners the very best of emerging British Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741] and international talent. The 'NGAs' are offered many TUE 18:50 Opera on 3 (b041580v) Concerto in D minor RV 129 'Concerto madrigalesco' opportunities to perform in chamber concerts and with the BBC Gounod's Faust Arte dei Suonatori (ensemble) orchestras; every day this week we hear the fruits of their work in the studio, in recordings made specially for Radio 3. Tonight's Opera on 3 is a performance of Gounod's Faust, once 5:54 AM one of the most famous and most performed operas. Based on Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Today the spotlight falls on Louis Schwizgebel, second Goethe's dramatic poem, it's a tale of romance, temptation and Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied - motet (BWV.225) prizewinner at the 2012 Leeds International Piano Competition, tragedy, and the clash between religion and satanic powers. Danish National Radio Chorus, Stefan Parkman (conductor) 2013 Cardiff Singer of the World finalist Olena Tokar, and Faust, sung by the Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja, has become French viola-player Lise Berthaud bored with life and its limitations, and makes a pact with the 6:07 AM Devil, represented by Méphistophélès, baritone Bryn Terfel: the Frumerie, Gunnar de (1908-1987) Haydn: Piano Sonata in C, HobXVI/50 Devil promises that he will satisfy Faust's hedonistic requests in Pastoral Suite (Op.13b) Louis Schwizgebel (piano) exchange for his soul. Gounod's Faust contains many musical Kathleen Rudolph (flute), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario highlights including the Soldiers' Chorus, and Marguerite's Bernardi (conductor) Rimsky-Korsakov: Na kholmakh Gruzii (Op 3 No 4); Pesnya stunning Jewel Song - sung tonight by soprano Sonya Yoncheva. Zyuleyki (Op 26 No 4) The Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House are 6:21 AM Redeyet oblakov letuchaya gryada (Op 42 No 3); Plenivshis' conducted by Maurizio Benini, and tonight's live performance is Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759) rozoy, solovey (Op 2 No 2) presented by Donald Macleod. Sonata (Op.1 No.5) in F major (HWV.363a) vers. oboe & bc Zvonche zhavoronka pen'ye (Op 43 No 1) Louise Pellerin (oboe), Dom André Laberge (organ). Olena Tokar (soprano), Igor Gryshyn (piano) Live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D821 Faust ..... Joseph Calleja (Tenor) TUE 06:30 Breakfast (b04150h0) Lise Berthaud (viola), François Pinel (piano). Méphistophélès ..... Bryn Terfel (Baritone) Tuesday - Petroc Trelawny Marguerite ..... Sonya Yoncheva (Soprano) Valentin ..... Simon Keenlyside (Baritone) 18th Century season. Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's TUE 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b04153pz) Wagner ..... Jihoon Kim (Bass Baritone) classical breakfast show, featuring Handel at half-past eight and English Music Siébel ..... Renata Pokupic (Mezzo-soprano) Georgian Gems, compiled from listener requests. Also, Martha Schwerlein ..... Diana Montague (Mezzo-soprano) including the Best of British music Playlist and your requests Episode 2 Royal Opera House Orchestra for amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls. Royal Opera House Chorus Email [email protected] with your music requests. This week the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Singers and Ulster Maurizio Benini (Conductor). Orchestra celebrate English music. Today's programme features the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the 1st symphonies of two of TUE 09:00 Essential Classics (b04150j7) the titans of English music, Walton and Elgar. Plus TUE 22:45 The Essay (b04154q3) Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Fiona Shaw contemporary English music by Peter Racine Fricker, and In Praise of the Midlands Judith Weir. Sarah Walker with her guest, the actress and director Fiona Erasmus Darwin - 'The Leonardo da Vinci of the Midlands' Shaw. Presented by Penny Gore We tend to think of England in terms of the binary opposition 9am 2pm between the rebel North and establishment South, with the A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week. Fricker result that we often forget about the bit of the country We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30. Dance Scene Op.22 sandwiched in between - the Midlands. This week five Essayists BBC Symphony Orchestra shed light on the distinctive history and culture of England's 10am David Parry (conductor) squeezed middle. Artists of the Week: The Borodin Quartet Walton In this second programme, writer and critic Henry Hitchings 10.30am Symphony no.1 in B flat minor turns the spotlight on 'Dr Darwin, the Lunartick Doctor of 23rd April 2014 will mark the 450th anniversary of BBC Symphony Orchestra Lichfield', one of the leaders of the Midland Enlightenment. In Shakespeare's birth, and Sarah's guest this week is the actress Edward Gardner (conductor) the late 18th century, a group of Midlands-based entrepreneurs and director, Fiona Shaw. Fiona has worked extensively with and innovators helped to recast the world. They included Josiah the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. She c.2.55pm Wedgwood, James Watt and Matthew Boulton, but none was notably played the male lead in Richard II, directed by Deborah Britten more remarkable than Erasmus Darwin, the 'Leonardo da Vinci Warner, and in 2009 she collaborated with Warner again, taking Simple Symphony, Op.4 of the Midlands'. the lead role in Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. In Ulster Orchestra an article for The Daily Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen Michael Francis (conductor) described their professional relationship as "surely one of the TUE 23:00 Late Junction (b04157rf) most richly creative partnerships in theatrical history." Fiona Weir Tuesday - Fiona Talkington Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 19 – 25 April 2014 Page 6 of 10 Fiona Talkington presents an eclectic choice of music. Cavalli, Francesco (1602-1676) This week, as part of the BBC's Eighteenth Century season, Dixit Dominus Donald Macleod explores the music Handel composed for the Balthasar-Neumann-Chor and Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock Georges, I and II, and to commemorate major events in their (conductor) reigns. WEDNESDAY 23 APRIL 2014 4:52 AM Today, George I dies, unexpectedly and unconventionally ? 'of a WED 00:30 Through the Night (b0414zpp) Salieri, Antonio (1750-1825) surfeit of watermelons' is the official word. One of his last BBC Proms 2013. Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra of the Sinfonia in D major 'Veneziana' constitutional acts was to sign Handel's naturalization papers, Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, in Mozart's Haffner Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi (conductor) and now that the composer was a true Brit there was no bar to Symphony and Schumann's Piano Concerto with soloist Jan his composing the music for the new king's coronation. By all Lisiecki. 5:02 AM accounts the performances on the day were chaotic, but the Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) scale and magnificence of the music made a lasting impression 12:31 AM Tarantella from Venezia e Napoli (S.162) on those present, and has set the tone for coronations to this Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] Janina Fialkowska (piano) day. Handel's deeply competitive leading operatic ladies, Symphony No.35 in D major (K.385), "Haffner" Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni, set very much the Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, Antonio 5:12 AM wrong tone when they scrapped in front of Princess ? soon to be Pappano (conductor) Valente, Antonio (fl.1565-80) Queen ? Caroline; the King's Theatre, Haymarket, descended Gallarda Napolitana into chaos during a performance of Bononcini's opera 12:48 AM Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director) Astianatte, as the two prima donnas screamed abuse at each Schumann, Robert [1810-1856] other. Happily, no such excitements marred the première of Concerto for piano and orchestra (Op.54) in A minor 5:14 AM Handel's new one, Riccardo Primo, an opera about Richard the Jan Lisiecki (piano), Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Strozzi, Barbara [1619-1677] Lionheart ? the perfect subject-matter to mark the new king's Cecilia, Rome, Antonio Pappano (conductor) Mascara, sonata e ballata da piu Cavalieri Napolitani accession. Maria Cleary (Arpa Doppia) 1:19 AM Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849] 5:17 AM WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b041518y) Nocturne in C sharp minor Op.posth for piano Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893) Radio 3 New Generation Artists Jan Lisiecki (piano) Souvenir de Florence arranged for Strings (Op.70) The "Amadeus" Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan, Episode 2 1:24 AM Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor) Rachmaninov, Sergey [1873-1943] Clemency Burton-Hill introduces the second of four Symphony No.2 (Op.27) in E minor 5:51 AM programmes showcasing the talents of Radio 3's starry line-up Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, Antonio Rózycki, Ludomir (1884-1953) of New Generation Artists. Now in its 15th year, the New Pappano (conductor) Symphonic Poem: Mona Lisa Gioconda (Op.31) Generation Artists scheme brings listeners the very best of National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wojciech Czepiel emerging British and international talent. The 'NGAs' are 2:22 AM (conductor) offered many opportunities to perform in chamber concerts and Ponchielli, Amilcare [1834-1886] with the BBC orchestras; every day this week we hear the fruits The Dance of the Hours (finale), from La Gioconda 6:01 AM of their work in the studio, in recordings made specially for Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, Antonio Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) Radio 3. Pappano (conductor) Symphony No.4 in A major (Op.90) 'Italian' )] Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg (conductor). Today violinist Elena Urioste treats us to a clutch of favourite 2:24 AM violin encores, the Apollon Musagète Quartet perform an Strauss (ii), Johann [1825-1899] arrangement of Prokofiev's piano Visions Fugitives, British Paraphrase of 'An der schonen blauen Donau', Op.314 WED 06:30 Breakfast (b04150h2) mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately sings songs by Brahms, and Louis Rudolf Buchbinder (piano) Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny Schwizgebel, second prizewinner at the 2012 Leeds International Piano Competition, plays Beethoven's ever- 2:31 AM 18th Century season. Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's popular 'Moonlight' Sonata. Cherubini, Luigi (1760-1842) classical breakfast show, featuring Handel at half-past eight and Ballet music from 'Anacréon' Georgian Gems, compiled from listener requests. Also, Gershwin, arr. Heifetz: It ain't necessarily so Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard including the Best of British music Playlist and your requests Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster (piano) (conductor) for amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls. Email [email protected] with your music requests. Prokofiev, arr. Samsonov: Visions fugitives, Op 22 2:39 AM Apollon Musagète Quartet Halévy, Jacques-François (1799-1862) Gérard & Lusignan's duet: 'Salut, salut, à cette noble France' - WED 09:00 Essential Classics (b04150j9) Brahms: An die Nachtigall; Immerleise; Von ewige Liebe; Die from 'La Reine de Chypre', Act 3 Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Fiona Shaw Mainacht; Des Liebsten Schwur Benjamin Butterfield (tenor - Gérard), Brett Polegato (baritone Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), James Baillieu (piano) - Lusignan), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Sarah Walker with her guest, the actress and director Fiona Bradshaw (conductor) Shaw. Debussy, arr. Heifetz: Beau soir Engel: Seashell 2:51 AM 9am Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster (piano) Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week. Introduction and rondo capriccioso for violin and orchestra We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30. Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2 (Op.28) (Moonlight) Moshe Hammer (violin), Winnepeg Symphony Orchestra, 10am Louis Schwizgebel (piano). Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor) Artists of the Week: The Borodin Quartet

3:00 AM 10.30am WED 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b04153q1) Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924) 23rd April 2014 will mark the 450th anniversary of English Music Piano Trio in D minor (Op.120) (1923) Shakespeare's birth, and Sarah's guest this week is the actress Grumiaux Trio and director, Fiona Shaw. Fiona has worked extensively with Episode 3 the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. She 3:22 AM notably played the male lead in Richard II, directed by Deborah This week the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Singers and Ulster Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) Warner, and in 2009 she collaborated with Warner again, taking Orchestra celebrate English music. In today's progamme the Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose) ballet the lead role in Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. In Ulster Orchestra perform Elgar's setting of the Ode by BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor) an article for The Daily Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen O'Shaughnessy, The Music Makers, before turning to Britten's described their professional relationship as "surely one of the tribute to his teacher in the Variations on a Theme of Frank 3:51 AM most richly creative partnerships in theatrical history." Fiona Bridge. Plus choral music by Elgar and Gabriel Jackson from Vaughan Williams, Ralph [1872-1958] has also worked in film and television, including the American the BBC Singers conducted by James Morgan. Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis for double string TV show True Blood, and the films My Left Foot, Jane Eyre, orchestra Persuasion, and five of the Harry Potter films, in which she Presented by Penny Gore BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) played Harry's aunt, Petunia Dursley. As well as acting, she has directed operas, including Vaughan Williams's Riders to the Sea 2pm 4:07 AM for ENO and Britten's The Rape of Lucretia for the Elgar Jacob, Gordon (1895-1984) Glyndebourne Tour. Fiona was awarded an honorary CBE in The Music Makers, Op.69 5 Pieces arranged for harmonica and strings 2001. Eva Vogal (contralto) Gianluca Littera (harmonica), I Cameristi Italiani Belfast Philharmonic Society Choir 11am Ulster Orchestra 4:22 AM 18th Century season: 15 Georgian Pleasures Duncan Ward (conductor) Arnold, Malcolm (1921-2006), arr. John P. Paynter Herschel Little Suite for brass band No.1 (Op.80) Symphony No. 8 in C minor c.2.35pm Edmonton Wind Ensemble, Harry Pinchin (conductor) London Mozart Players Elgar Matthias Bamert (conductor). Love's Tempest 4:31 AM Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869) Gabriel Jackson Le Carnaval romain - overture (Op.9) WED 12:00 Composer of the Week (b0415129) Ruchill Linn Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) BBC Singers James Morgan (conductor) 4:40 AM God Save the King! Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 19 – 25 April 2014 Page 7 of 10 c.2.50pm with the harmonic and expressive world of fin de siècle late native South Africa she has directed Brecht, Chekhov and Britten Romanticism, to breathtaking effect. "You're standing on the Shakespeare. She is the author of Acting With Shakespeare: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Golden Gate Bridge when a huge supertanker suddenly rears up Three Comedies, a series of masterclasses, and Not Hamlet. Ulster Orchestra from the water and shoots into the air like a rocket. Wagner's Michael Francis (conductor). "Parsifal" plays softly, but just keeps turning into Mahler; and Today is the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth. In against a starry sky, a medieval mystic chatters away to a extended conversation with Philip Dodd, Janet Suzman talks Californian baby." Those are the visions that inspired John about acting and directing and politics in her native South WED 15:30 Choral Evensong (b04157wz) Adams's "Harmonielehre". Africa - which goes to the polls on May 7th. The Guild Chapel, Stratford-upon-Avon Followed by highlights from the National Youth Choir's concert Part of Radio 3's celebration of the 450th anniversary of From the Guild Chapel, Stratford-upon-Avon marking the given at Leeds Town Hall last Saturday. Shakespeare's birth 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare Producer: Zahid Warley. Introit: Haec dies (Byrd) WED 20:20 Twenty Minutes (b03brxkb) Responses: Smith Sound and Fury Psalm: 114 (Tonus peregrinus) WED 22:45 The Essay (b04154q5) Office Hymn: Love's redeeming work is done (Savannah) How do sound designers use soundscapes and sound effects to In Praise of the Midlands First Lesson: Song of Solomon 3 manipulate excitement and emotion in the cinema audience? Canticles: Second Service (Gibbons) Shakespeare the Midlander Second Lesson: Matthew 28 vv16-end Trevor Cox, Professor of Acoustic Engineering, visits Anthems: Hear the voice of the Bard (Pete M. Wyer); Since by Pinewood studios to meet Glenn Freemantle, who subsequently We tend to think of England in terms of the binary opposition man came death; Then shall be brought to past; O death, where won an Oscar for his work on Gravity. Freemantle describes the between the rebel North and establishment South, with the is thy sting?, But thanks be to God (Handel) extraordinary lengths he went to in order to re-create the result that we often forget about the bit of the country Hymn: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (St Fulbert) soundscape of a remote desert canyon in the 2010 film 127 sandwiched in between - the Midlands. This week five Essayists Orchestral Voluntary: A tempo ordinario, e staccato & Allegro Hours, so that the cinema audience hears exactly what the shed light on the distinctive history and culture of England's from the Organ Concerto in B flat, Op. 4 No. 2, HWV 290 climber trapped under a rock for 127 hours hears as he tries to squeezed middle. (Handel) escape. And he shows how to build up the sound in a creepy scene to make the audience feel uneasy. In this third programme, broadcast to mark the 450th With Orchestra of the Swan (Artistic Director - David Curtis) anniversary of the Bard's birth, Dominic Dromgoole, artistic Orchestra of the Swan Chamber Choir (Director - John Liggins) Trevor Cox also learns how the sound of a futuristic motor bike director of The Globe, offers praise to 'William Shakespeare is created in the latest Judge Dredd film - how does a sound the Midlander', and argues that the vision of world literature's Part of Radio 3's celebration of the 450th anniversary of designer create a sound that is incredibly powerful but also most celebrated son was shaped as much by his provincial Shakespeare's birth. believable? Stratford upbringing as by his later time in London, and that the distinctive 'mellow shapes of the Midlands' form the backdrop And there's a revealing trip to a screening room in central to the universal themes of his writing. WED 16:30 In Tune (b04153wn) London to experience the very latest technology in the world of Wednesday - Sean Rafferty cinematic surround sound. WED 23:00 Late Junction (b04157x1) Sean Rafferty celebrates Shakespeare's 450th birthday with the First broadcast in October 2013. Wednesday - Fiona Talkington usual In Tune mix of live music and chat. Guests include enterprising cellist/bass-baritone Matthew Sharp, whose concert Fiona Talkington presents an eclectic choice of music. series RE:naissance 2014 opens at London's Kings Place this WED 20:40 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b0415821) week. Live from Warwick Arts Centre

Also, In Tune's contribution to the BBC's 18th Century season Basel Symphony Orchestra - Part, Glass, Adams (part 2) THURSDAY 24 APRIL 2014 continues with a look at the 10th of 12 Georgian objects at the Royal Collection with exhibition curator Desmond Shawe- Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass and John Adams are three of the THU 00:30 Through the Night (b0414zpr) Taylor. twentieth century's most influential composers. Their music is BBC Proms 2013. Anna Caterina Antonacci is the soloist in more richly textured, harmonic and accessible than their usual Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Main headlines are at 5pm and 6pm. 'Minimalist' label implies. Pärt's "These Words", Glass's Cello conducted by Yannick Nézét-Séguin. With Jonathan Swain [email protected] Concerto No.2 and Adams's "Harmonielehre" are brought to @BBCInTune life with consummate skill and passion by the Basel Symphony 12:31 AM Orchestra, one of Europe's leading symphony orchestras, Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich [1840-1893] Part of Radio 3's celebration of the 450th anniversary of brilliantly conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, an Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture Shakespeare's birth. acknowledged champion of modern classical music. Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézét-Séguin (conductor) Live from Warwick Arts Centre WED 18:30 Composer of the Week (b0415129) Presented by Tom Redmond 12:51 AM [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] Wagner, Richard [1813-1883] Arvo Pärt: These Words Wesendonck-Lieder, arr. Mottl for voice & orchestra Philip Glass: Cello Concerto No.2 Anna Caterina Antonacci (mezzo soprano), Rotterdam WED 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b041543b) Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézét-Séguin (conductor) Live from Warwick Arts Centre Interval 1:13 AM Basel Symphony Orchestra - Part, Glass, Adams (part 1) John Adams: Harmonielehre Prokofiev, Sergei [1891-1953] Symphony no. 5 in B flat major Op.100 Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass and John Adams are three of the Basel Symphony Orchestra Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézét-Séguin twentieth century's most influential composers. Their music is Matt Haimovitz (cello) (conductor) more richly textured, harmonic and accessible than their usual Dennis Russell Davies (conductor) 'Minimalist' label implies. Pärt's "These Words", Glass's Cello 1:56 AM Concerto No.2 and Adams's "Harmonielehre" are brought to "These Words" is as haunting and ethereal as the timeless Shostakovich, Dmitri [1906-1975] life with consummate skill and passion by the Basel Symphony Gregorian chants that have inspired much of Pärt's work. The Gadfly - suite from the film music Op.97a Orchestra, one of Europe's leading symphony orchestras, Resonant and meditative, Glass's recently premiered Cello Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézét-Séguin brilliantly conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, an Concerto No.2 is a condensation of his score for Godfrey (conductor) acknowledged champion of modern classical music. Reggio's critically acclaimed 2002 film "Naqoyqatsi". 1:59 AM Live from Warwick Arts Centre Requiring colossal orchestral resources, Adams's Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849) Presented by Tom Redmond "Harmonielehre" is a unique, mesmerising, three-movement 6 Mazurkas (1. G major, Op.50/1; 2. C minor, Op.56/3; 3. A work that marries the developmental techniques of Minimalism flat major, Op.17/3; 4. A minor, Op.17/4; 5. C Major, Op.67/3; Arvo Pärt: These Words with the harmonic and expressive world of fin de siècle late 6. C major, Op.56/2) Philip Glass: Cello Concerto No.2 Romanticism, to breathtaking effect. "You're standing on the Sana Villerusa (piano) Golden Gate Bridge when a huge supertanker suddenly rears up Interval from the water and shoots into the air like a rocket. Wagner's 2:17 AM "Parsifal" plays softly, but just keeps turning into Mahler; and Franck, César (1822-1890) John Adams: Harmonielehre against a starry sky, a medieval mystic chatters away to a Choral for organ no.3 in A minor (M.40) Californian baby." Those are the visions that inspired John Ljerka Ocic (organ of the Lisinski Concert Hall, Zagreb) Basel Symphony Orchestra Adams's "Harmonielehre". Matt Haimovitz (cello) 2:31 AM Dennis Russell Davies (conductor) Followed by highlights from the National Youth Choir's concert Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] given at Leeds Town Hall last Saturday. Concerto no. 4 in E flat major K.495 for horn and orchestra "These Words" is as haunting and ethereal as the timeless David Pyatt (horn), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Gregorian chants that have inspired much of Pärt's work. King (conductor) Resonant and meditative, Glass's recently premiered Cello WED 22:00 Free Thinking (b04154dt) Concerto No.2 is a condensation of his score for Godfrey Dame Janet Suzman 2:47 AM Reggio's critically acclaimed 2002 film "Naqoyqatsi". Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Dame Janet Suzman has appeared on stage at the Royal Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (excerpts); Requiring colossal orchestral resources, Adams's Shakespeare company as Beatrice, Kate, Cleopatra, Portia, Steven Osborne (piano) "Harmonielehre" is a unique, mesmerising, three-movement Rosaline, Ophelia. On TV she played opposite Michael Gambon work that marries the developmental techniques of Minimalism as Philip E Marlowe's wife in The Singing Detective. In her 3:17 AM Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 19 – 25 April 2014 Page 8 of 10 Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Email [email protected] with your music requests. English Music Concerto in A major (BWV.1055) Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe d'amore), Camerata Köln Episode 4 THU 09:00 Essential Classics (b04150jc) 3:31 AM Thursday - Sarah Walker with Fiona Shaw This week features English music performed by the BBC Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich [1865-1936] Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Singers and the Ulster Albumblatt for trumpet and piano in D flat major Sarah Walker with her guest, the actress and director Fiona Orchestra. Following on from The Dream of Gerontius on Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) Shaw. Monday, Andrew Davis conducts the Symphony Orchestra in Elgar's The Apostles, also part of his 70th birthday celebration 3:36 AM 9am concerts at the Barbican earlier this month. This is preceeded Schubert, Franz [1797-1828], arr.Reger, Max [1873-1916] A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week. with a Last Night of the Proms favourite, Wood's Fantasia on Erlkönig D.328, arr. Reger for voice and orchestra We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30. British Sea Songs. Dietrich Henschel (baritone), National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow (conductor) 10am Presented by Penny Gore Artists of the Week: The Borodin Quartet 3:41 AM c.2pm Schumann, Robert [1810-1856] 10.30am Wood Toccata in C major Op.7 for piano 23rd April 2014 will mark the 450th anniversary of Fantasia on British Sea Songs Nelson Goerner (piano) Shakespeare's birth, and Sarah's guest this week is the actress BBC Symphony Orchestra and director, Fiona Shaw. Fiona has worked extensively with Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) 3:47 AM the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. She Haydn, Johann Michael (1737-1806) notably played the male lead in Richard II, directed by Deborah c.2.20pm Ave Regina for double choir (MH.140) Warner, and in 2009 she collaborated with Warner again, taking Elgar Ex Tempore, Florian Heyerick (director) the lead role in Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. In The Apostles an article for The Daily Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen Nicole Cabell (Soprano) 3:58 AM described their professional relationship as "surely one of the Sarah Connolly (Mezzo) Franck, César (1822-1890) most richly creative partnerships in theatrical history." Fiona Paul Groves (Tenor) Cantabile in B major (M.36), No.2 from 3 Pieces pour grand has also worked in film and television, including the American Brindley Sherratt (Bass) orgue (M.35-37) TV show True Blood, and the films My Left Foot, Jane Eyre, Gerald Finley (Baritone) Ljerka Ocic (organ of the Lisinski Concert Hall, Zagreb) Persuasion, and five of the Harry Potter films, in which she Jacques Imbrailo (Baritone) played Harry's aunt, Petunia Dursley. As well as acting, she has BBC Symphony Chorus 4:04 AM directed operas, including Vaughan Williams's Riders to the Sea BBC Symphony Orchestra Françaix, Jean (1912-1997) for ENO and Britten's The Rape of Lucretia for the Andrew Davis (conductor). L'Heure du berger Glyndebourne Tour. Fiona was awarded an honorary CBE in The Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound 2001. James Campbell (conductor) THU 16:30 In Tune (b04153wq) 11am Alisa Weilerstein, Tim Hugh, Alissa Firsova 4:13 AM 18th Century season: 15 Georgian Pleasures Hotteterre, Jacques [1674-1763] Mozart Sean Rafferty presents, with live music from America cellist Sonate en trio in C major Op.3'2 Adagio for glass harmonica in C, K.356 Alisa Weilerstein whose concerto disc with Berlin Staatskapelle Concerto Copenhagen, Alfredo Bernardini (director) Bruno Hoffman (glass harmonica). and Daniel Barenboim won this year's BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Year Award; pianist/composer Alissa Firsova 4:19 AM and cellist Tim Hugh play live in the studio ahead of their Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907) THU 12:00 Composer of the Week (b041512c) concert at Milton Court in London; plus news of the 2014 BBC Triumphal March from 'Sigurd Jorsalfar' George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Proms season, launched today. Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Roman Zeilinger (conductor) Much Ado About Not Much Also, In Tune's contribution to the BBC's 18th Century season 4:31 AM continues with a look at the 11th of 12 Georgian objects at the Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962) (attrib by Kreisler to Pugnani) This week, as part of the BBC's Eighteenth Century season, Royal Collection with exhibition curator Desmond Shawe- Praeludium and Allegro Donald Macleod explores the music Handel composed for the Taylor. Moshe Hammer (violin), Valerie Tryon (piano) Georges, I and II, and to commemorate major events in their reigns. Main headlines are at 5pm and 6pm. 4:36 AM [email protected] Delius, Frederick (1862-1934) Today, Handel bids a musical farewell to his friend and devoted @BBCInTune. On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - from Two Pieces for supporter Queen Caroline, dead within ten years of her Small Orchestra (1911/12) coronation. Had she survived longer, she would doubtless have Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor) joined the long list of royal subscribers to her favourite THU 18:30 Composer of the Week (b041512c) composer's Concerti Grossi, published in 1739. Four years on, [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] 4:45 AM her husband George II became the last British monarch to lead Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) his troops into battle ? at Dettingen, south-east of Frankfurt, Symphony No.26 in E flat major (K.184) where his makeshift army defeated the French. Handel seems to THU 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b04158k2) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Franz-Paul Decker have mistaken this minor skirmish for a major victory, and BBC SSO - Part, Mahler (conductor) decided to mark it with a grand Te Deum. He conceived it for the enormous spaces of St Paul's Cathedral, but in the event it Live from City Halls, Glasgow 4:55 AM was performed in the much more intimate surroundings of the Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927) Chapel Royal ?a musical quart in an architectural pint pot. Presented by Jamie MacDougall Vårnatt (Spring Night) Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mahler's Ninth Symphony represents the composer's ultimate Stefan Sköld (conductor) THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b0415190) achievement in orchestral music. At around 80 minutes in Radio 3 New Generation Artists length the Symphony is epic, seeming to encompass the very 5:04 AM span of life and death itself. Described by Leonard Bernstein as Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Episode 3 'terrifying, and paralyzing', tonight Donald Runnicles - chief Fantasy for piano (D.760) in C major 'Wandererfantasie' conductor of the BBC SSO and music director of the Deutsche Alfred Brendel (piano) Clemency Burton-Hill introduces another programme Oper Berlin - brings his affinity with musical drama to this showcasing the talents of Radio 3's starry line-up of New mighty testament. 5:25 AM Generation Artists. Now in its 15th year, the New Generation Pfitzner, Hans (1869-1949) Artists scheme brings listeners the very best of emerging British And to precede the vast symphony the orchestra evoke the Symphony no.2 in C major (Op.46) and international talent. The 'NGAs' are offered many haunting simplicity of Arvo Pärt's memorial to a composer Symphony Novia Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor) opportunities to perform in chamber concerts and with the BBC greatly devoted to Mahler's music: his Cantus in Memory of orchestras; every day this week we hear the fruits of their work Benjamin Britten. 5:44 AM in the studio, in recordings made specially for Radio 3. Fasch, Johann Friedrich (1688-1758) Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten Overture à due chori in B flat Today Irish tenor Robin Tritschler sings Tippett's cantata Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Cappella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde (conductor) Boyhood's End, clarinettist and former BBC Young Musician of the Year Mark Simpson performs Four Duets by Edmund This concert has no interval 6:08 AM Finnis, and Chinese pianist Zhang Zuo tackles Schumann's Poulenc, Francis (Jean Marcel) (1899-1963) demanding Etudes Symphoniques BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Sonata for Violin and Piano (1943) Donald Runnicles (conductor) Semmy Stahlhammer (violin), Roland Pöntinen (piano). Tippett: Boyhood's End Robin Tritschler (tenor), Christopher Glynn (piano) Followed by highlights from the National Youth Choir's concert given at Leeds Town Hall last Saturday. THU 06:30 Breakfast (b04150h4) Edmund Finnis: Four Duets Thursday - Petroc Trelawny Mark Simpson (clarinet), Vikingur Olafsson (piano) THU 22:00 Free Thinking (b04154dw) 18th Century season. Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's Schumann: Etudes symphoniques, Op 13 Stealing Banksy? Vice Media, Chris Marker Profile classical breakfast show, featuring Handel at half-past eight and Zhang Zuo (piano). Georgian Gems, compiled from listener requests. Also, As the row continues over who Banksy's latest artwork belongs including the Best of British music Playlist and your requests to, and a street art exhibition and auction - Stealing Banksy? - for amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls. THU 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b04153q3) opens in London, Samira Ahmed asks how works of art on the Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 19 – 25 April 2014 Page 9 of 10 street and online are challenging notions of ownership in the art Hammerschmidt, Andreas (1611/12-1675) the lead role in Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. In world. With Mary McCarthy, Director of MM Contemporary Suite in C for strings (gambas) and winds - from the collection an article for The Daily Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen Arts; Professor Lionel Bently, barrister and copyright expert on 'Ester Fleiß' described their professional relationship as "surely one of the intellectual property, and street artist and gallery owner, Pure Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director) most richly creative partnerships in theatrical history." Fiona Evil. has also worked in film and television, including the American 3:40 AM TV show True Blood, and the films My Left Foot, Jane Eyre, Stewart Purvis, ex ITN CEO and Professor of Journalism at Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849) Persuasion, and five of the Harry Potter films, in which she City Universitylooks at the rise of global youth media company Sonata in G minor for cello and piano (Op.65) played Harry's aunt, Petunia Dursley. As well as acting, she has Vice. From it's beginnings as a Toronto punk 'zine in 1994 to a Claes Gunnarsson (cello), Roland Pöntinen (piano) directed operas, including Vaughan Williams's Riders to the Sea mainstream global online news channel, does Vice offer a new for ENO and Britten's The Rape of Lucretia for the model of news for both journalists and audiences? 4:11 AM Glyndebourne Tour. Fiona was awarded an honorary CBE in Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) orch. Henri Büsser 2001. The Whitechapel Gallery is holding a retrospective of French Printemps - suite symphonique film maker Chris Marker. Artist Jeremy Millar, film critic and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Jun Märkl (conductor) 11am co-curator of the retrospective Chris Darke and Habda Rashid, 18th Century season: 15 Georgian Pleasures Assistant Curator at The Whitechapel Gallery discuss his life 4:31 AM Avison and work. Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906-1975) Concerto Grosso No.1 Festive Overture (Op.96) Avison Ensemble Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor) Pavlo Beznosiuk (conductor). THU 22:45 The Essay (b04154q7) In Praise of the Midlands 4:37 AM Gratton, Hector (1900-1970) arr. David Passmore FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week (b041512f) In Praise of Alan Sillitoe, 'Bard of Nottingham' Première danse canadienne (1927) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William We tend to think of England in terms of the binary opposition Tritt (piano) War and Peace between the rebel North and establishment South, with the result that we often forget about the bit of the country 4:41 AM This week, as part of the BBC's Eighteenth Century season, sandwiched in between - the Midlands. This week five Essayists Gratton, Hector [1900-1970] arr. Passmore, David Donald Macleod explores the music Handel composed for the shed light on the distinctive history and culture of England's Quatrieme danse canadienne arranged for piano trio Georges, I and II, and to commemorate major events in their squeezed middle. Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William reigns. Tritt (piano) In this fourth programme, James Walker, Chair of the Today, explosions both warlike and peaceful. On the 19th of Nottingham Writers' Studio, offers a eulogy to the Bard of 4:46 AM August 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie pitched up on the coast of Nottingham, Alan Sillitoe, and his great fictional creation, Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750] Scotland for one last crack at toppling the house of Hanover ? Arthur Seaton, who famously declared 'Whatever you say I am, Chromatic fantasia and fugue in D minor BWV.903 for thereby setting in train a chain of events that's become known to that's what I'm not'. The highly quotable hedonistic anti-hero of keyboard history as the Jacobite Rising of '45. Charles and his Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is part of a long tradition Evgeni Koroliov (piano) Highlanders made it as far south as Derby before being turned of Nottinghamshire rebels and tough individualists, running back and eventually routed at the Battle of Culloden. In from Robin Hood to the strike-defying Notts miners of the 4:59 AM response, Handel went into patriotic overdrive; his oratorio 1980s. Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893) Judas Maccabaeus celebrates the hero of the hour, Prince Francesca da Rimini (symphonic fantasia after Dante) (Op.32) William, Duke of Cumberland. With the Jacobites quelled, Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Québec, Raffi British troops could be redeployed on the Continent in the THU 23:00 Late Junction (b04157y9) Armenian (conductor) continuing conflict over the Austrian Succession. Its resolution Thursday - Fiona Talkington in the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle gave Handel another 5:23 AM opportunity for sonic celebration: his Music for the Royal Fiona Talkington presents an eclectic choice of music. Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759] Fireworks. Ah! che troppo inequali, Italian cantata no.26 for soprano, 2 violins, viola and continuo HWV 230 Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, (Act 3; 'See, the conqu'ring hero Maria Keohane (soprano) European Union Baroque Orchestra, comes!') FRIDAY 25 APRIL 2014 Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor) Choir of New College, Oxford King's Consort FRI 00:30 Through the Night (b0414zpt) 5:34 AM Robert King (conductor) BBC Proms 2013. BBC Symphony Orchestra with Edward Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) arranged by Edmund Rubbra Gardner. Lutoslawski and Holst. With Jonathan Swain 25 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by GF Handel (Op.24) Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62; Ouverture Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch (conductor) The English Concert 12:31 AM Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord and direction Lutoslawski, Witold [1913-1994] 6:02 AM Symphonic variations Holst, Gustav (1874-1934) 'From scourging rebellion (A Song on the Victory obtained over BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor) Wind Quintet in A flat major (Op.14) the Rebels)', HWV 228 no.9 Cinque Venti Charles Daniels, Andrew Carwood, Simon Davies, tenors 12:41 AM Adrian Butterfield, violin Holst, Gustav [1874-1934] 6:17 AM Katherine Sharman, cello Egdon Heath Op.47 Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741) David Miller, theorbo BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor) Concerto for cello and orchestra in E minor, RV.409 Paul Nicholson, harpsichord Maris Villeruss (cello), Latvian Philharmony Chamber 12:56 AM Orchestra, Tovijs Lifsics (conductor). Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63 (Act 1; conclusion) Lutoslawski, Witold [1913-1994] Emma Kirkby, soprano (Israelitish Woman) Concerto for piano and orchestra Catherine Denley, mezzo-soprano (Israelitish Man) Louis Lortie (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward FRI 06:30 Breakfast (b04150h6) Jamie MacDougall, tenor (Judas Maccabaeus) Gardner (conductor) Friday - Petroc Trelawny Choir of New College, Oxford King's Consort 1:23 AM 18th Century season. Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's Robert King, conductor Holst, Gustav [1874-1934] classical breakfast show, featuring Handel at half-past eight and The Planets - suite Op.32 Georgian Gems, compiled from listener requests. Also, Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (original version) BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward including the Best of British music Playlist and your requests The English Concert Gardner (conductor) for amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls. Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord and direction Email [email protected] with your music requests. 2:16 AM Producer: Chris Barstow. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] 12 Variations on 'Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman' for piano (K.265) FRI 09:00 Essential Classics (b04150jf) Martin Helmchen (piano) Friday - Sarah Walker with Fiona Shaw FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b0415196) Radio 3 New Generation Artists 2:31 AM Sarah Walker with her guest, the actress and director Fiona Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957) Shaw. Episode 4 Symphony no.2 in D major (Op.43) Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Peeter Lilje (conductor) 9am Clemency Burton-Hill introduces the last programme this week A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week. showcasing the talents of Radio 3's starry line-up of New 3:15 AM We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30. Generation Artists. Now in its 15th year, the New Generation Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918) Artists scheme brings listeners the very best of emerging British Virta Venhetta vie ('Rivers Gentle Flow Carry The Boat') 10am and international talent. The 'NGAs' are offered many (Op.37 No.1) Artists of the Week: The Borodin Quartet opportunities to perform in chamber concerts and with the BBC Eero Heinonen (piano) orchestras; every day this week we hear the fruits of their work 10.30am in the studio, in recordings made specially for Radio 3. 3:19 AM 23rd April 2014 will mark the 450th anniversary of Stainov, Petko (1896-1977) Shakespeare's birth, and Sarah's guest this week is the actress Today the Apollon Musagète Quartet perform Stravinsky's The Secret of the Struma River and director, Fiona Shaw. Fiona has worked extensively with Concertino, Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe plays the Guitar Gusla Men's Choir, Vassil Stefanov (conductor) the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. She Sonata by Antonio José, and jazz saxophonist Trish Clowes notably played the male lead in Richard II, directed by Deborah performs some of her own compositions. 3:27 AM Warner, and in 2009 she collaborated with Warner again, taking Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 19 – 25 April 2014 Page 10 of 10 Trish Clowes: An Unusual Trip [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] the schooling he received in what was then a British colony, full Trish Clowes (saxophone), Chris Montague (electric guitar), of nonsensical nursery rhymes and images of seasons unknown Ross Stanley (piano) in the Caribbean. He paints a picture of Grenadians as being FRI 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert (b041543z) both laid-back and determined in their attitude to life, and Stravinsky: Concertino Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Beethoven, Mozart nurturing high hopes as their star sprinter, Kirani James, heads Apollon Musagète String Quartet for Glasgow this summer. Live in Concert Trish Clowes: A Cat called Behemoth; In between the Moss and Presented by Jamie MacDougall Session: The Gloaming Ivy Since breaking into the music scene in Ireland in 2011 The Trish Clowes (saxophone), Chris Montague (electric guitar), Jérémie Rhorer conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra with Gloaming has been critically acclaimed for their innovative Ross Stanley (piano and Hammond organ) violinist Nicola Benedetti in Mozart's 'Turkish' Violin Concerto, approach, mixing traditional Irish folk roots with the New York as well as two works by Beethoven; his rousing Egmont contemporary music scene. Irish and American musicians join José: Guitar Sonata overture and the Fourth Symphony in B flat major. forces in this five-piece ensemble to produce a fresh mix Sean Shibe (guitar). moving 'the music of Ireland in captivating new directions', The violin concerto in A major was the last of 5 concertos that according to The New Yorker Magazine. After concerts in Mozart wrote for the instrument in 1775, its 'Turkish' nickname London, Amsterdam, Paris and New York last year, The FRI 14:00 Afternoon Concert (b04153q5) coming from a minor-key section of music in the last Gloaming showcase some of their latest work in an exclusive English Music movement. Beethoven wrote the Overture to Goethe's historical session in our studio. drama Egmont 'purely out of love for the poet'. It was written a The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Elgar, Britten and year after Napoleon's troops had invaded Vienna and of the Vaughan Williams nine musical excerpts Beethoven wrote for the play, this dramatic Overture remains the most well known. Four years This week celebrates English music performed by the BBC later, Beethoven completed his Fourth Symphony, full of light Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra and BBC Singers. In a and shade, between the giants of his Third and Fifth month of 70th birthday celebrations for Sir Andrew Davis, symphonies. today's programme incudes a concert he gave with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Toyota last year, featuring Britten's Beethoven: Overture, Egmont Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, and Vaughan Williams' Mozart: Violin Concerto No 5 in A 'Turkish' London Symphony. Plus Finzi and Warlock from the Ulster Orchestra, Bridge from the BBC Singers, and Dyson from the 8.10pm Interval BBC Symphony Chorus. 8.30 Presented by Penny Gore Beethoven: Symphony No 4 in B flat major

2pm Nicola Benedetti (violin) Elgar Scottish Chamber Orchestra Pomp and Circumstance March no.1 Jérémie Rhorer (conductor)

Britten Followed by highlights from the National Youth Choir's concert Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra given at Leeds Town Hall last Saturday.

Vaughan Williams A London Symphony FRI 22:00 The Verb (b04154dy) Sentimentality BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) Ian McMillan is joined by guests Professor John Carey, poet Ross Sutherland, novelist MJ Hyland and singer Barb Jungr to c.3.15pm explore why 'sentimentality' in writing was so valued in the 18th Finzi century, and has become so taboo in contemporary writing. Dies Natalis Mary Nelson (soprano) First broadcast 25/04/2014. Ulster Orchestra Timothy Henty (conductor) FRI 22:45 The Essay (b04154qc) Warlock In Praise of the Midlands Capriol Suite Ulster Orchestra Learning to Be a Midlander Timothy Henty (conductor) We tend to think of England in terms of the binary opposition Bridge between the rebel North and establishment South, with the Autumn; Golden slumbers result that we often forget about the bit of the country BBC Singers sandwiched in between - the Midlands. This week five Essayists Bob Chilcott (conductor) shed light on the distinctive history and culture of England's squeezed middle. c.3.55pm Judith Weir In this fifth and final programme in the series, writer and The Welcome Arrival of Rain performer Katherine Jakeways reflects on her anonymous BBC Symphony Orchestra Northamptonshire upbringing, her love of that other great (and Martyn Brabbins (conductor) self-styled) 'Poet of the Midlands' - not Shakespeare but Adrian Mole - and explains how, with the discovery of Richard III's Dyson bones under a car park in Leicester and the Staffordshire Hoard Three Songs of Praise in Hammerwich, she finally found a sense of regional belonging BBC Symphony Chorus and learned to be a proud Midlander. BBC Symphony Orchestra Richard Hickox (conductor). FRI 23:00 World on 3 (b04157z4) The Gloaming in Session, Commonwealth Connections 12 FRI 16:30 In Tune (b04153ws) John Wilson, Marcelo Bratke, Cantabile Mary Ann Kennedy with a session from Irish band The Gloaming, news of the Songlines Awards, and Commonwealth Sean Rafferty's guests include lively young vocal ensemble Connections continues with music from Grenada and Malawi. Cantabile, renowned for their popular blend of classical and cabaret. They'll be performing live in the studio ahead of their Feature: Malawi week-long residency at London's Crazy Coqs club with pianist In a music centre at the heart of Malawi's capital Lilongwe, 3 Malcolm Martineau. groups converge to demonstrate some of this country's rich Plus, live music from acclaimed Brazilian pianist Marcelo music and culture. Waliko Makhala, respected musicologist and Bratke. pioneer at Malawi Broadcasting Corporation, introduces the Kang'oma Cultural Troupe. Teacher Nkathama Chavamagwede Also, In Tune's contribution to the BBC's 18th Century season and singer Avelyn White play township jive and songs of social continues with a look at the last of 12 Georgian objects at the comment. Nyandoro & The Black Souls fill a small teaching Royal Collection with exhibition curator Desmond Shawe- room with the sounds of unashamedly traditional songs, and we Taylor. hear how this music defines Malawi's heritage.

Main headlines are at 5pm and 6pm. Heritage Track: Grenada [email protected] Writer Jacob Ross was short-listed for the 2009 Commonwealth @BBCInTune. Writers' Prize and in 2011 was awarded Grenada's highest award for his contribution to literature. His choice of Heritage Track- the 1960s calypso Dan is the Man in the Van by The FRI 18:30 Composer of the Week (b041512f) Mighty Sparrow- reminds him of growing up in Grenada and Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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