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Radio 3 Listings for 7 – 13 April 2012 Page 1 of 10 Radio 3 Listings for 7 – 13 April 2012 Page 1 of 10 SATURDAY 07 APRIL 2012 Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba), Mitzi Meyerson (harpsichord) SAT 17:00 Opera on 3 (b01fhy0s) Live from the Met SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b01d6n0x) 5:32 AM John Shea presents a performance of Costanzo Porta's Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) Massenet's Manon Lamentations of Jeremiah, recorded in Switzerland. Tzigane - concert rhapsody for violin and orchestra Moshe Hammer (violin), Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Massenet's Manon 1:01 AM Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor) Live from The Met Porta, Costanzo [1528/9-1601] Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae I for 5 voices (Music in Latin, 5:42 AM Presented by Margaret Juntwait with guest commentator Ira interspersed with readings of the verses from Jeremiah in Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849) Siff. Italian) Preludes No.6 in B minor; No.7 in A major; No.8 in F# minor; Modulata Carmina, Maurizio Salvalaglio (narrator) No.9 in E major; No.10 in C# minor (from Preludes, Op.28) When the Chevalier des Grieux turns up to catch the coach to Krzysztof Jablonski (piano) Paris, he has an encounter which will turn his life upside down. 1:20 AM He falls in love with Manon at first sight. When she tells him Porta, Costanzo [1528/9-1601] 5:49 AM that her fondness for pleasure has led her family to send her to a Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae II for 5 voices (Music in Latin, Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) convent, he is determined to rescue her from such a fate. But all interspersed with readings of the verses from Jeremiah in Variations on a theme by Haydn (Op.56a) will not go smoothly for the eloping couple. Italian) Sinfonia Varsovia, Tomasz Bugaj (conductor) Anna Netrebko's dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Modulata Carmina, Maurizio Salvalaglio (narrator) Laurent Pelly's new production travels to the Met from the 6:08 AM Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Piotr Beczala and Paulo 1:41 AM Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637-1707) Szot also star, with the Met's Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi Porta, Costanzo [1528/9-1601] Prelude, Fugue and Ciacona in C major on the podium. Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae III for 5 voices (Music in Latin, Juliusz Gembalski interspersed with readings of the verses from Jeremiah in Manon..... Anna Netrebko (Soprano) Italian) 6:14 AM Chevalier des Grieux..... Piotr Beczala (Tenor) Modulata Carmina , Maurizio Salvalaglio (narrator) Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) Lescaut..... Paulo Szot (Baritone) Symphony No.88 (H.1.88) in G major Comte des Grieux..... David Pittsinger (Bass) 2:14 AM Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck Guillot Morfontaine..... Christoph Mortagne (Baritone) Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) (conductor) Monsieur de Bretigny..... Bradley Garvin (Bass) Quartet for strings in A major (Op.41 No.3) Poussette..... Anne-Carolyn Bird (Soprano) Faust Quartet 6:35 AM Javotte..... Jennifer Black (Soprano) Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827] Rosette..... Ginger Costa-Jackson (Mezzo-soprano) 2:42 AM Sonata for cello and piano (Op.5 No.1) in F major Innkeeper..... Philip Cokorinos (Tenor) Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) Danjulo Ishizaka (cello), Shai Wosner (piano). Maid..... Kathryn Day (Mezzo-soprano) 4 Klavierstücke (Op.119) New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Robert Silverman (piano) New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b01fhxdp) Conductor...Fabio Luisi. 3:01 AM Saturday - Clemency Burton-Hill Rosetti, Antonio (c.1750-1792) Grande symphonie in D major Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast SAT 21:00 Jazz Record Requests (b01fhy0v) Capella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde (director) show. Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email [email protected]. 3:17 AM Zemlinsky, Alexander von (1871-1942) SAT 09:00 CD Review (b01fhxdr) Trio (Op.3) Building a Library: Bach: St Matthew Passion SAT 22:00 Pre-Hear (b01fhy0x) Trio Luwigana Fretwork: New works for Old Instruments With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Bach: St 3:42 AM Matthew Passion; Recent piano releases; Disc of the Week: New works for old instruments: Fretwork play contemporary Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847) Verdi's Macbeth on DVD from the Royal Opera House. compositions for viol consort: Sonata in C minor Tan Dun: A Sinking Love Sylviane Deferne (piano) Andrew Keeling: Afterwords SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b01fhxdt) Christopher Robert: My O'erflowing Teares 3:57 AM Kathleen Ferrier, Colin Currie, Duke Ellington, & Benjamin Sarah Gaitt: Death Fires Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Britten with Clare Wilkinson, soprano. Die Braut von Messina - overture (Op.100) The Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard Tom Service explores the life of Kathleen Ferrier, meets star (conductor) percussionist Colin Currie, reviews a new book on Duke SAT 22:30 Hear and Now (b01fhy0z) Ellington and looks at a Benjamin Britten manuscript recently Brett Dean and Philip Glass 4:05 AM saved for the nation. Csiky, Boldizsár (b.1937) Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces recordings from the BBC Divertimento for wind ensemble Symphony Orchestra's recent Total Immersion event focusing Budapest Wind Ensemble, Kálmán Berkes (leader) SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b01fhxdw) on the work of Australian composer Brett Dean, including Lassus at Easter Carlo, a piece inspired by the life and work of 16th-century 4:18 AM madrigal composer Gesualdo, and Fire Music, a response to the Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868) A selection of music for Easter by one of the most revered Black Saturday bushfires that struck the state of Victoria in Sonata No.1 in G major for string orchestra composers of the sixteenth century, Orlando de Lassus. 2009. Plus in the latest instalment of the Hear and Now Fifty, Romanian National Chamber Orchestra, Ludovic Bacs The music of Lassus is not as well known today perhaps, as that American composer Nico Muhly nominates Philip Glass's (conductor) of his Italian contemporary Palestrina, but in the sixteenth Music in Twelve Parts, with commentary from Gillian Moore. century, Lassus was thought the greater master. Catherine Bott 4:32 AM looks back on the life and music of this remarkable Belgian Brett Dean: Carlo (New version, UK Premiere) Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741) with particular reference to some of his highly charged and BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra Concerto da Camera in F major (RV.99) affecting music for Easter. David Robertson (conductor) Camerata Köln Philip Glass: Music in Twelve Parts (Excerpt) 4:40 AM SAT 14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01f5hpt) The Philip Glass Ensemble; Michael Riesman (director) Gesualdo Da Venosa (1561?-1613) Wigmore Hall: Faure Quartet Miserere Brett Dean: Fire Music (BBC co-commission, UK Premiere) Camerata Silesia, Anna Szostak (conductor) Today's Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert features the distinguished BBC Symphony Orchestra German ensemble, the Fauré Quartet in a Czech programme. David Robertson (conductor). 4:51 AM They begin with Suk's opus 1, written as an assignment for his Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) teacher Dvorak, before turning to Dvorak's own 2nd Piano Overture in the Italian Style (D.590) Quartet. Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marcello Viotti SUNDAY 08 APRIL 2012 (conductor) Presented by Suzy Klein. SUN 00:00 Jazz Library (b00d0wgx) 5:01 AM Suk: Piano Quartet in A minor Op.1 Oliver Lake Bacewicz, Grazyna (1909-1969) Dvorák: Piano Quartet in Eb Op.87 Suite for chamber orchestra The Fauré Quartet. Saxophonist Oliver Lake is well-known as a member of the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jan Krenz (conductor) World Saxophone Quartet, now in its 33rd year. He discusses his favourite recordings from that group's work and helps Alyn 5:09 AM SAT 15:00 Saturday Classics (b01fhy0q) Shipton select the highlights from the rest of his large Bartok, Bela [1881-1945] Noriko Ogawa catalogue, including reggae sounds and jazz and poetry, ranging Suite for piano (Op.14) from the experimental Black Artists' Group of the 1970s to his Eduard Kunz (piano) A personal view of classical music from a range of presenters contemporary one-man shows. continues with a selection of music chosen by acclaimed pianist 5:18 AM Noriko Ogawa to illustrate her life in music. Includes works by Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Debussy, Mozart, Bach and Liszt. SUN 01:00 Through the Night (b01fhyn2) Sonata for viola da gamba and keyboard No.1 in G major Jonathan Swain introduces a performance of Bach's St John (BWV.1027) Passion by the Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble and the Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 7 – 13 April 2012 Page 2 of 10 Swedish Radio Chorus conducted by Peter Dijkstra, with Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe), Cedric Tiberghien (piano) An Early Easter Maximilian Schmitt as the Evangelist. 5:20 AM Lucie Skeaping introduces a selection of early music for Easter, 1:01 AM Andriessen, Juriaan [1925-1996] mixing popular compositions for Passiontide with some lesser- Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750] Sonnet No.43 known works. Johannespassion BWV.245 (Part 1) Netherlands Chamber Choir, Uwe Gronostay (conductor) Maximilian Schmitt (Evangelist: tenor), Lars Johansson Brissman (Christ: bass), Johan Pejler (Pontius Pilate: bass), 5:27 AM SUN 14:00 Sunday Concert (b01d9vsb) Marie Alexis (soprano), Ulla Sjöblom (soprano), Jessica Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon [1562-1621] BBC SO and Chorus - Hugh Wood, Tippett Bäcklund (soprano), Tove Nilsson (contralto), Annika Hudak Ick voer al over Rijn (contralto), Magnus Ahlström (tenor), Love Enström (tenor), Glen Wilson (harpsichord) From the Barbican Centre, London Fredrik Mattson (tenor), Conny Thimander (tenor), Niklas Engquist (tenor), Bengt Eklund (bass), Joakim Schuster (bass), 5:35 AM Presented by Penny Gore Swedish Radio Chorus, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, Haydn, (Franz) Joseph [1732-1809] Peter Dijkstra (conductor) Trio in E flat major H.15.10 for keyboard and strings Hugh Wood's second violin concerto, like all his music, speaks Bernt Lysell (violin), Mikael Sjögren (cello), Niklas Sivelöv with unflashy, lyrical sincerity.
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