Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 1 of 17 SATURDAY 22 DECEMBER 2018 Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director) Michael How & Luke Fitzgerald (organ) Delphian DCD34197 SAT 01:00 Through the Night (m0001p17) 04:49 AM http://delphianrecords.co.uk/product-group/cantique-de-noel- A Winter's Morning Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805-1900), P. Gunther french-music-for-christmas-from-berlioz-to-debussy/ (arranger), U. Teuber (arranger) An eclectic night with works by Romberg, Lithander and Kaski Blomstre som en rosengard (Blooming like a rose garden) Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain’ – traditional Christmas guides us through to a morning of First Snow and Winter Fionian Chamber Choir, Alice Granum (director) music Festivals. John Shea presents. Apollo’s Fire (ensemble) 04:54 AM Apollo’s Singers 01:01 AM Friedrich Kunzen (1761-1817) Apollo’s Musettes Anton Eberl (1765-1807) Vinhoesten (Der Fest der Winzer) (Overture) Jeannette Sorrell (director) Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op 34 Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Peter Marschik (conductor) Avie AV2396 WDR Symphony Orchestra Koln, Johannes Wohlmacher http://www.avie-records.com/releases/christmas-on-sugarloaf- (conductor) 05:01 AM mountain/ Antoni Haczewski ((C.18th/19th)) 01:35 AM Symphony in D major 9.30am Building a Library: Caroline Gill listens to and Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrzej Straszynski compares some of the available recordings of Vivaldi's Gloria Violin Concerto in C, WoO 5 (Fragment, 1792) (conductor) Mirijam Contzen (violin), WDR Symphony Orchestra Koln, Although Vivaldi wrote 3 settings of the Gloria Johannes Wohlmacher (conductor) 05:10 AM (RV588-RV590), it is RV589 that has become known simply as Arvo Pärt (b.1935) 'The Vivaldi Gloria', owing to its enduring popularity. It is 01:52 AM The Woman with the Alabaster box for chorus thought to have been composed in 1715 for the Pio Ospedale Bernhard Heinrich Romberg ((1767-1841)) Erik Westbergs Vocal Ensemble della Pietà, the orphanage, convent and music school in Venice Concertino for Two Cellos and Orchestra, Op 72 in which Vivaldi taught. Not only is the Vivaldi Gloria strongly Oren Shevlin (cello), Johannes Wohlmacher (cello), WDR 05:16 AM influenced by the operatic style of the day, but it also mimics Symphony Orchestra Koln, Johannes Wohlmacher (conductor) Josef Suk the prevalent concerto grosso style in its alternating episodes for A Winter's tale , Op 9 tutti choir and solos. Above all, Vivaldi's Gloria has gained its 02:07 AM Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Vasata (conductor) popularity because of its vibrant musical personality. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Carl David Stegmann (arranger) 05:33 AM 10.20am – New Releases Fantasia in C minor, K475 Ilmari Hannikainen (1892-1955) WDR Symphony Orchestra Koln, Johannes Wohlmacher Ensi Lumi (First Snow) ‘Nadales arreu’ – Christmas music by Salvador Brotons, Mauel (conductor) Risto Kyrö (piano) Oltra, Joan Alfonso, David Leon Fioravanti & Joan Casas Banda Municipal de Barcelona (ensemble) 02:16 AM 05:38 AM Salvador Brotons (director) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Carl David Stegmann Friedrich Kunzen (1761-1817) Coral Cantiga (choir) (arranger) Symphony in G minor Ulrike Haller (soprano) Allegro, 1st Movement from Piano Sonata in C minor, K.457 Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Peter Marschik (conductor) Jordi Ricart (baritone) WDR Symphony Orchestra Koln, Johannes Wohlmacher Columna Musica 1CM0382 (conductor) 05:57 AM https://www.columnamusica.com/en/catalogue/nadales-arreu Joseph Haydn 02:26 AM String Quartet in G minor, Op 20, No.3 ‘Folkjul II’ – Swedish folk music for Christmas Christian Neefe (1748-1798) Quatuor Mosaïques Ulrika Boden (singer) Keyboard Concerto in G major Gunnar Idenstam (singer) Christine Schornsheim (fortepiano), Michael Niesemann 06:17 AM Sandra Marteleur (singer) (oboe), Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) St. Jacobs Kammarkor Selig ist der Mann, cantata, BWV 57 Gary Graden (conductor) 02:48 AM Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (director) BIS-2334 SACD (Hybrid SACD) Carl Ludwig Lithander (1773-1843) http://bis.se/performers/idenstam-gunnar/folkjul-2-a-swedish- Sonata for piano (Op.8 No.1) in C major, 'Sonate facile' 06:41 AM folk-christmas Juhani Lagerspetz (piano) Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) 2 Nocturnes for piano Op.62 Arthur Sullivan: The Light of the World 03:01 AM Yulianna Avdeeva (piano) Natalya Romaniw (soprano - Mary, the Mother of Jesus) Heino Kaski (1885-1957) Eleanor Dennis (soprano - Mary Magdalene/Martha) Symphony in B minor (Op.16) (1918/19) 06:53 AM Kitty Whately (contralto - an angel) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ilpo Mansnerus Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Robert Murray (tenor - a disciple/nicodemus) (conductor) Valse Triste Ben Mcateer (baritone – Jesus) BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Neal Davies (bass - a ruler/a pharisee/a shepherd) 03:27 AM BBC concert orchestra Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927), Jens Peter Jacobsen Kinder children’s choir (lyricist) SAT 07:00 Breakfast (m0001psg) BBC symphony chorus Three choral songs Saturday - Elizabeth Alker John Andrews (conductor) Swedish Radio Choir, Gustav Sjökvist (conductor) Dutton Epoch 2CDLX 7356 (Hybrid SACD) Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=2CDL 03:34 AM featuring our musical Advent Calendar and listener requests. X7356 Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) Clarinet Quartet in E flat major Email [email protected] ‘Christmas with Sonoro’ – Christmas music by Archer, Martin Frost (clarinet), Tobias Ringborg (violin), Ingegerd McDowall, Spicer, Higgins, Joubert, Treseder, Howells, Kierkegaard (viola), John Ehde (cello) McGlade, Roe, Beamish, O’Carroll, Warlock, Rutter, Todd & SAT 09:00 Record Review (m0001psj) Nicholson 04:02 AM with Andrew McGregor. Sonoro (choir) Ferenc Erkel (1810-1893) Michael Higgins (organ) Overture to Névtelen hosök (Unknown Heroes) a comic opera 9.00am Neil Ferris (conductor) Hungarian Radio Orchestra, András Kórodi (conductor) Resonus Classics RES10226 Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsodies Nos.1 & 2; The https://www.resonusclassics.com/christmas-with-sonoro-neil- 04:06 AM Bluebird; Music for an EFDS Masque; Variations for Orchestra ferris-res10226 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) plus David Matthews: Norfolk March Toccata in G major BWV.916 Royal Scottish National Orchestra ‘A song for Christmas’ – Christmas music arranged for Jayson Gillham (piano) Martin Yates (conductor) orchestra by Mantovani Dutton Epoch CDLX 7351 (SACD Hybrid) Mantovani and his orchestra 04:14 AM https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=CDLX Decca Eloquence 484 0268 George Gershwin 7351 https://eloquenceclassics.com/releases/a-song-for-christmas/ Lullaby for string quartet New Stenhammar String Quartet ‘A Vaughan Williams Christmas’ – Christmas carols by Ralph ‘Himmelmusik’ – Sacred songs and cantatas by Theile, JC Bach, Vaughan Williams Butner & Ritter 04:24 AM Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea L’Arpeggiata (ensemble) Johan Svendsen (1840-1911) William Vann (conductor) Christina Pluhar (director) Violin Romance in G major, Op 26 Albion Records ALBCD035 Warner Classics 0190295634001 Julia Fischer (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, http://www.warnerclassics.com/shop/3253479,0190295634001/ Christopher Warren-Green (conductor) Christmas Cantatas by Buxtehude, Telemann & Bach christina-pluhar-himmelmusik La Petite Bande 04:32 AM Sigiswald Kuijken 10.50am New Releases: Oliver Condy on new organ recordings Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) Accent ACC 24348 Sonata in F minor, Kk.466 Krebs: Complete Organ Music Louis Schwizgebel (piano) ‘Cantique de Noël’ – Christmas music by Berlioz, Fauré, Manuel Tomadin Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Roques, Noyon, Debussy, Guilmant & Brilliant Classics 95363 04:40 AM Massenet https://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/k/krebs-complete- Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge organ-music/ Concerto Grosso (Op.3 No.2) Geoffrey Webber (director) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 22 – 28 December 2018 Page 2 of 17 Soler: Six concertos for two organs Katie Derham explores dance on film, from Fred and Ginger's And God bless you all, all of you on the Good Earth. Jurgen Essl & Jeremy Joseph elegance to the lycra of 1980s dance movies. And coming right Cybele CYBELE SACD 031802 up to the present, Katie talks to Mandy Moore, award-winning The producer is Richard Hollingham, with sound engineering choreographer of La La Land. They'll discuss the art of by Sam Gunn. Franck: complete organ works choreographing for the big screen, how it differs to the stage. Ben van Oosten Message from the Moon is a Boffin Media Production for BBC MDG 316 2080-2 Radio 3 https://www.mdg.de/titel/2080.htm SAT 16:00 Jazz Record Requests (m0001pss) Alyn Shipton with jazz records from across the genre as Organ music by Bach, Buxtehude, Mendelssohn & Reubke requested by Radio 3 listeners, including Christmas music from SAT 22:00 Hear and Now (m0001pt1) Joseph Nolan Louis Armstrong. Hansel and Gretel Signum SIGCD546 https://signumrecords.com/product/the-organ-of-st-bavo- A re-imagining of the classic fairy tale by the poet Simon haarlem/SIGCD546/ SAT 17:00 J to Z (m0001psv) Armitage with music by Matthew Kaner, a work devised for the A Christmas party with Kansas Smitty’s House Band stage by the Goldfield Ensemble. This touring production was Music for organ duo by Ravel, Paulus & Stravinsky inspired by the visual creations