Radio 3 Listings for 4 – 10 December 2010 Page 1 of 11 SATURDAY 04 DECEMBER 2010 Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Roman Zeilinger (conductor) from 1939-1950 of works by Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Schumann and Busch SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b00w6cct) 5:41 AM Adolf Busch (violin) / Rudolf Serkin (piano) Susan Sharpe presents Ravel's One Act Opera L'Heure Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713) Music & Arts CD1244 (4 CDs) espagnole. Jean Claude Casadesus conducts Orchestre National Trio Sonata in D minor (Op.1 No.11) de Lille London Baroque “Great Strauss Scenes” STRAUSS: Scenes from Elektra, Capriccio, Die Frau ohne 1:01 AM 5:47 AM Schatten & Salome Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904) Christine Brewer (soprano) / Eric Owens (bass-baritone) / The Spanish Hour Slavonic Dance in F major (Op.46 No.4) Atlanta S O / Donald Runnicles (conductor) Philippe Do (tenor - Torquemada, a clockmaker), Marie-Ange James Anagnoson and Leslie Kinton (pianos) Telarc REL 31755 02 (CD) Todorovitch (mezzo-soprano - Concepción, Torquemada's wife), Nicolas Rivenq (baritone - Ramiro, a muleteer), Alain 5:54 AM “Le Royaume Oublie” (The Forgotten Kingdom) Vernhes (bass - Don Iñigo Gomez, a banker), Yves Saelens Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) Hesperion XXI / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall (tenor - Gonzalve, a student poet), Orchestre National de Lille Sonata for cello and piano No.2 in F (Op.99) (director) (Lille National Orchestra), Jean-Claude Casadesus (conductor) Truls Mørk (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano) Alia Vox AVSA9873 A/C (3 Hybrid SACDs) 1:50 AM 6:21 AM DAVID BRIGGS: Messe pour Notre-Dame etc. Poulenc, Francis (Jean Marcel) (1899-1963) Parry, Hubert (1848-1918) Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / David Briggs (organ) / Sonata for Two Pianos (1953) Songs of farewell for mixed voices: no.6; Lord, let me know Stephen Layton (conductor) Roland Pöntinen & Love Derwinger (pianos) mine end Hyperion CDA67808 (CD) BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 2:13 AM POULENC: Figure Humaine; Mass in G etc. Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) 6:33 AM Tenebrae / Nigel Short (director) Quartet for strings (Op.20 No.3) in G minor Szeligowski, Tadeusz (1896-1963) Signum SIGCD197 (CD) Quatuor Mosaïques Four Polish Dances Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, SCHUBERT: Die Winterreise 2:32 AM Miroslaw Blaszczyk (conductor) Werner Gura (tenor) / Christoph Berner (1872 piano) Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931) Harmonia Mundi HMC 902066 (CD) Wind Quintet (Op.43) 6:49 AM The Ariart Woodwind Quintet Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927) SHOSTAKOVICH: The Preludes and Fugues Ithaka (Op.21) (1904) Alexander Melnikov (piano) 3:01 AM Peter Mattei (baritone), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Harmonia Mundi HMC 902019.20 (2 CDs + bonus DVD) Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971) Manfred Honeck (conductor). Petrushka, Burlesque in Four Scenes (1947) BACH: Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin BWV 1001-1006 Ruud van den Brink (piano), Peter Masseurs (trumpet), Jacques Sergey Khachatryan (violin) Zoon (flute), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b00w6ckk) Naïve V5181 (2 CDs) Chailly (conductor) Saturday - Martin Handley MARTIN: Golgotha 3:36 AM Martin Handley with music to begin the day. Judith Gauthier (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (alto), Bergh, Gertrude van den (1793-1840) Adrian Thompson (tenor), Mattijs van de Woerd (baritone), Lied fur pianoforte Konstantin Wolff (bass) / Capella Amsterdam / Estonian Frans van Ruth (Piano) SAT 09:00 CD Review (b00w6ckm) Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Estonian National S O / Daniel Annual Critics' Round-Up Reuss (conductor) 3:41 AM Harmonia Mundi HMC 902056.57 (2 CDs) Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) CD Review Andrew McGrgeor with what's new in the world of String Symphony No 9 in C minor classical music recordings including: “Argerich Plays Chopin” Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra, János Rolla (leader) CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No.3; Ballade No.1; 3 Mazurkas Op.59 09.05am etc. 4:09 AM RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloe; Bolero; Pavane Martha Argerich (piano) Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750] London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Valery Gergiev DG 477 7557 (CD) Prelude and Fughetta in G major BWV 902 (conductor) Leon de Broekert (organ of Hervormde kerk, Gapinge (1760) LSO Live LSO0693 (Hybrid SACD) “Ceremony and Devotion” Works by Byrd, Sheppard and Tallis 4:15 AM RAVEL: Piano Concerto for left hand; Piano Concerto in G; The Sixteen / Harry Christophers (conductor) Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759] Miroirs Coro COR16077 (CD) Ombre pallide, Alcina's aria from 'Alcina' (HWV.34/II,13) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) / The Cleveland Orchestra / Elisabeth Scholl (soprano), Orchestra Barocca Modo Antiquo, Pierre Boulez (conductor) MAHLER: Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Symphony Federico Maria Sardelli (director) DG 477 8770 (CD) No.10 – Adagio Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano), Christian Gerhaher 4:20 AM RAVEL: Piano Concerto for left hand; Piano Concerto in G; (baritone) / The Cleveland Orchestra / Pierre Boulez Wegelius, Martin (1846-1906) DEBUSSY: Fantaisie; MASSENET: Deux Impromputs etc. (conductor) Rondo quasi Fantasia for Piano & Orchestra (1872) Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / BBC S O / Yan Pascal Tortelier DG 477 9060 (CD) Margit Rahkonen (piano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, (conductor) Petri Sakari (conductor) BRUCKNER: 10 Symphonies 09.30am Critics’ Pick of the Year 2010 Bavarian RSO / Lorin Maazel (conductor) 4:31 AM Andrew is joined by Rob Cowan, Hilary Finch and Jeremy BR Klassik 900711 (11 CDs) Hasse, Johann Adolf (1699-1783) Summerly to discuss some favourite releases of 2010. With Organ Concerto in D major extracts from the following discs: WAGNER: Gotterdammerung Wolfgang Brunner (organ & director), Salzburger Hofmusik Katarina Dalayman (Brunnhilde), Lars Cleveman (Siegfried), MOZART: Die Zauberflote Arttila Jun (Hagen), Andrew Shore (Alberich), Peter Coleman- 4:42 AM Daniel Behle (Tamino) / Marlis Petersen (Pamina) / Daniel Wright (Gunther), Nancy Gustafson (Gustafson), Susan Bickley Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Schmutzhard (Papageno) / Sunhae Im (Papagena) / Anna- (Waltraute), Ceri Williams, Yvonne Howard, Miranda Keys Toccata in C major, Op.7 Kristiina Kaappola (Konigin der Nacht) / Marcos Fink (Norns), Katherine Broderick, Madeleine Shaw, Leah-Marian Ivo Pogorelich (piano) (Sarastro) / Kurt Azesberger (Monostatos) / RIAS Kammerchor Jones (Rhinemaidens) / BBC Symphony Chorus / London & Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin / Rene Jacobs (conductor) Symphony Chorus / Royal Opera Chorus / Halle Choir and 4:48 AM Harmonia Mundi HMC902068/70 (3 CDs) Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor) Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904) Halle CDHLD7525 (5 CDs) Overture Domov muj (Op.62) WOLF: Italian Songbook Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marián Vach (conductor) Christoph Pregardien (tenor) / Julia Kleiter (soprano) / Hilko 11.50am Disc of the Week Dumno (piano) BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 6 “Pastoral” 5:01 AM Challenge Classics CC72378 (Hybrid SACD) Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer (conductor) Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857) Channel Classics CCSSA 30710 (Hybrid SACD) Overture in D major ELGAR: Violin Concerto Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor) Nikolaj Znaider (violin) / Dresden Staatskapelle / Sir Colin Davis (conductor) SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b00wbl16) 5:08 AM RCA 88697605882 (CD) Cecilia Bartoli, Streetwise Opera, Mischa Aster Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] 12 Variations on 'Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman' for piano (K.265) PALESTRINA: Missa Tu es Petrus; Missa te Deum Laudamus; Tom Service talks to mezzo Cecilia Bartoli. Plus Streetwise Martin Helmchen (piano) VICTORIA: Te Deum Laudamus Opera's latest project, where homeless performers make film Choir of Westminster Cathedral / Martin Baker (Master of operas, and Mischa Aster's book on the Berlin Philharmonic. 5:21 AM Music) Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) Hyperion CDA67785 (CD) Adagio in E flat, ( WoO.43 No.2) SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b00w6ckr) Lajos Mayer (mandolin), Imre Rohmann (piano) BRITTEN: String Quartets Nos 2 & 3; 3 Divertimenti Graupner and Bach - Filling Kuhnau's Boots Elias String Quartet 5:27 AM Sonimage SON 10903 (CD) The German composer Johann Christoph Graupner died in Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907) 1760. He is a composer who rather languishes in obscurity Peer Gynt, Suite No.1 The Busch-Serkin Duo: public performances and broadcasts today, but he is probably best-known as the man who, along Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 4 – 10 December 2010 Page 2 of 11 with Telemann, unwittingly gave a leg-up to the musical career starring Angela Gheorghiu and Jonas Kaufmann, and conducted 1:36 AM of Johann Sebastian Bach. Catherine Bott explores this tale of by Mark Elder. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) three composers vying to fill the boots of the Kantor of the Quartet for strings in B flat major (K.458), 'Hunt' Thomaskirche, Leipzig - Johann Kuhnau. Paris, 1730. Backstage at the Comadie-Francaise, preparations Virtuoso String Quartet are in hand for a performance in which Adriana Lecouvreur will have a starring role. She is much admired, but her heart is 2:04 AM SAT 14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b00w5rfw) set on Maurizio, who she believes is an officer in the service of Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Ruth Ziesak the Count of Saxony. She is mistaken in this assumption, 6 Moments Musicaux (D.780) however, and she has a rival for the man's affections in the Alfred Brendel (piano) German soprano Ruth Ziesak is renowned for her pure tone and form of a princess who will stop