Radio 3 Listings for 9 – 15 January 2021 Page 1 of 23 SATURDAY 09 JANUARY 2021 Overture from Hansel and Gretel Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor) SAT 01:00 Through the Night (m000qwjs) Schumann from Budapest 04:39 AM Imant Raminsh (b.1943) Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and cellist Gergely Ave Verum Corpus Devich in an all-Schumann programme. John Shea presents. Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn (conductor) 01:01 AM 04:45 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950) Symphony No. 3 in E flat, op. 97 ('Rhenish') Chorale for String Orchestra Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Tamas Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Horia Andreescu Vasary (conductor) (conductor) 01:35 AM 04:50 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Sebastian Bodinus (c.1700-1759) Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 129 Trio for oboe and 2 bassoons in G major Gergely Devich (cello), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hildebrand'sche Hoboisten Compagnie Budapest, Tamas Vasary (conductor) 05:01 AM 02:01 AM Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Symphony in C major, Op 10 No 4 Sarabande, from 'Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011' La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor) Gergely Devich (cello) 05:10 AM 02:06 AM Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Havanaise, Op 83 Symphony No. 2 in C, op. 61 Vilmos Szabadi (violin), Marta Gulyas (piano) Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Tamas Vasary (conductor) 05:18 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 02:45 AM 3 Songs for chorus, Op 42 Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor) Abegg Variations, Op 1 Zhang Zuo (piano) 05:29 AM Albert Roussel (1869-1937) 02:53 AM 3 pieces for piano (Op.49) Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Mats Jansson (piano) 4 Fugues Op.72 for piano (excerpts) Tobias Koch (piano) 05:38 AM Jean Baptiste Loeillet (1688-1720) 03:01 AM Sonata in G major Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) Vladimir Jasko (trumpet), Imrich Szabo (organ) Missa Dei filii (Missa ultimarum secundat) ZWV.20 Martina Jankova (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (contralto), 05:47 AM Krystian Adam Krzeszowiak (tenor), Felix Rumpf (bass), Rene Eespere (b.1953) Dresden Chamber Choir, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra, Václav Sub specie quietatis - for percussion and choir Luks (conductor) Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir, Evi Eespere (director), Unknown (percussion) 03:42 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 05:56 AM Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor, Op 108 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Marianne Thorsen (violin), Havard Gimse (piano) Les Preludes - symphonic poem after Lamartine (S.97) Hungarian State Orchestra, Janos Ferencsik (conductor) 04:05 AM Toivo Kuula (1883-1918) 06:13 AM Festive March Op 13 Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, George de Godzinsky Suite espanola , Op 47 (conductor) Ilze Graubina (piano) 04:14 AM 06:36 AM Petronio Franceschini (1650-1680) Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Sonata for 2 trumpets, strings & basso continuo in D major Overture (Suite) in B flat major, TWV 55:B1 Yordan Kojuharov (trumpet), Petar Ivanov (trumpet), Teodor Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Jaroslaw Thiel (conductor) Moussev (organ), Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Yordan Dafov (conductor) SAT 07:00 Breakfast (m000r3d4) 04:22 AM Saturday - Elizabeth Alker Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) Nocturne for piano in E flat minor, Op 33 no 1 Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the Livia Rev (piano) odd unclassified track. 04:30 AM Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) SAT 09:00 Record Review (m000r3d6) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 9 – 15 January 2021 Page 2 of 23 Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto in Building a Library with Strauss: Tanzsuite & Divertimento Op. 86 David Owen Norris and Andrew McGregor New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Jun Märkl (conductor) 9.00am Naxos 8574217 https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.5742 Credo: music by Mozart, Verdi, Vavilov, Bach, Stradella etc. 17 Marina Rebeka (soprano) Latvian Radio Choir 10.40am Jeremy Summerly reviews new releases of choral Sinfonietta Riga music by Gombert, Monteverdi, Schutz, Kuhnau and JS Bach. Modestas Pitrenas (conductor) Prima Classic PRIMA007 Johann Kuhnau: Complete Sacred Works, Vol. 5 https://primaclassic.com/credo/ Isabel Schicketanz (soprano) Heidi Maria Taubert (soprano) Schubert: Music for Violin II David Erler (alto) Ariadne Daskalakis (violin) Tobias Hunger (tenor) Paolo Giacometti (fortepiano) Friedemann Klos (bass) BIS BIS2373 (Hybrid SACD) Camerata Lipsiensis https://bis.se/performers/daskalakis-ariadne/schubert-music-for- Gregor Meyer (conductor) violin-ii CPO 555260-2 Haydn: Complete Paris Symphonies Nos. 82-87 JS Bach: Secular Cantatas, BWV201, 205 & 21 Orchestre de Chambre de Paris RIAS Chamber Choir Douglas Boyd (conductor) Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin NoMadMusic NMM078D René Jacobs (director) https://nomadmusic.fr/en/label/haydn-the-paris-symphonies Harmonia Mundi HMM931544.45 (2 CDs) http://www.harmoniamundi.com/#!/albums/1663 Sorabji: 100 Transcendental Studies 84-100 Fredrik Ullen (piano) Nicholas Gombert: Masses BIS BIS2433 (2 CDs) Beauty Farm https://bis.se/label/bis/sorabji-100-transcendental-studies- Fra Bernardo FB2005329 (2 CDs) nos-84-100 http://frabernardo.com/?portfolio=gombert-masses-beauty-farm Paul Ben-Haim: Music of Israel: Symphony No. 1, Pastorale Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine variée & Pan Il Gusto Barocco Claudia Barainsky (soprano) Jorg Halubek (director) John Bradbury (clarinet) CPO 555314-2 BBC Philharmonic Omer Meir Wellber (conductor) Heinrich Schütz: Geistliche Chor-Music 1648 Chandos CHAN20169 Ensemble Polyharmonique https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2020169 Raumklang RK3903 9.30am Building a Library: David Owen Norris on 11.30am Record of the Week Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 Weinberg: String Quartets Vol. 1: String Quartets Nos. 2, 5 and Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30, 8 was composed in 1909. The piece has become known as one of Arcadia Quartet the most technically challenging concertos in the repertoire - a Chandos CHAN20158 reputation that became even more widespread after the 1996 https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2020158 film Shine, based on the life of pianist David Helfgott. Rachmaninov himself was the soloist in the first performance in New York. He practiced it on a silent keyboard that he brought SAT 11:45 Music Matters (m000r3d8) with him while en route to the United States. Light at the end of the tunnel 10.15am New Releases Half a millennium after the composer's death, Tom Service explores the enduring appeal of Josquin des Prez with the To Roman Totenberg: music by Bach, Franck, Szymanowski & scholar Bonnie Blackburn and soprano Kate Ashby Bartók Nathan Meltzer (violin) Tom also catches-up with the 21 year-old conductor Stephanie Rohan de Silva (piano) Childress, recently appointed Assistant Conductor of the St Champs Hill Records CHRCD161 Louis Symphony Orchestra, and hears her thoughts about why https://www.champshillrecords.co.uk/696/Nathan-Meltzer-To- conducting matters in the world right now. Roman-Totenberg Professor of Musicology at Oxford University, Jonathan Cross; Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands the Founder and CEO of Grange Park Opera, Wasfi Kani; and Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks The Royal Opera’s Director of Opera, Oliver Mears join Tom to Howard Arman (conductor) discuss whether opera is doing enough to reflect diversity of BR Klassik 900522 voice, repertoires, and composers. https://www.br-klassik.de/orchester-und-chor/br-klassik-cds/br- chor/cd-chor-elgar-bavarian-highlands-100.html And Tom speaks to the Scottish-born composer Thea Musgrave at her home in Los Angeles about compositional decisions in a Bach: Leipzig Chorales, Schübler Chorales & Canonic Variations time of pandemic, and Light at the end of the tunnel. James Johnstone (Christoph Treutmann organ 1737, Grauhof, Germany) Metronome METCD1096 (2 CDs) SAT 12:30 This Classical Life (m000c2rq) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 9 – 15 January 2021 Page 3 of 23 Jess Gillam with... Bartosz Glowacki Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Jaakko Kuusisto Jess is joined by accordionist Bartosz Glowacki to share their Duration 00:21:03 favourite tracks of the moment, including music by Piazzolla, June Tabor, a Chopin ballade and Sofia Gubaidulina's 12 00:25:43 Johann Sebastian Bach experimental concerto for orchestra and jazz band. Goldberg Performer: Camille Bertault 01 00:01:20 Darius Milhaud Music Arranger: Camille Bertault Scaramouche Duration 00:01:07 Performer: Jess Gillam Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra 13 00:26:50 Johann Sebastian Bach Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Duration 00:00:34 Performer: Glenn Gould Duration 00:06:36 02 00:01:54 Astor Piazzolla Double Concerto 'Homage a Liege' 14 00:27:14 Johann Sebastian Bach Performer: Bartosz Glowacki Goldberg Variations, BWV.988 (Aria & Variations 1-4) Duration 00:16:19 Ensemble: Trio Zimmermann Duration 00:10:27 03 00:02:48 Nino Rota The Godfather- Love theme 15 00:27:40 Peter Navarro-Alonso Orchestra: Unnamed Orchestra Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Arr. P. Navarro-Alonso): Var. 1 Conductor: Carlo Savina Ensemble: Alpha Duration 00:02:38 Duration 00:02:02 04 00:03:04 Aram Khachaturian 16 00:28:23 Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto in D minor (3rd mvt) Goldberg Variations: Variation 1 (BWV.988) Performer: Julia Fischer Performer: Mahan Esfahani Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra Duration