Radio 3 Listings for 5 – 11 March 2016 Page 1 of 20 SATURDAY 05 MARCH 2016 Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor) SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b071d0k5) 4:46 AM Nelson Goerner and Dang Thai Son at the 2014 Chopin and his Byrd, William (c.1543-1623) Europe International Music Festival Browning à 5 The Rose Consort of Viols: John Bryan, Alison Crum, Sarah Catriona Young presents a concert given by pianists Nelson Groser, Roy Marks, Peter Wendland (viols) Goerner and Dang Thai Son with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century in Poland. 4:50 AM Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) or possibly Pleyel, Ignace 1:01 AM (1757-1831) arr. Perry, Harold Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770-1827] Divertimento (Feldpartita) (H.2.46) in B flat major arr. for wind Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major Op.73 (Emperor) quintet (attributed to Haydn, possibly by Pleyel) Nelson Goerner (piano), Orchestra of the 18th Century, Kenneth Bulgarian Academic Wind Quintet: Georgi Spasov (flute), Georgi Montgomery (conductor) Zhelyazov (oboe), Petko Radev (clarinet), Marin Valchanov (bassoon), Vladislav Grigorov (horn) 1:38 AM Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849] 5:01 AM From 24 Preludes Op.28 for piano - No.15 in D flat 'Raindrop' Ebner, Leopold (1769-1830) Nelson Goerner (piano) Trio in B flat major Zagreb Woodwind Trio 1:44 AM Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849] 5:08 AM Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11 Schumann, Robert [1810-1856] Dang Thai Son (piano), Orchestra of the 18th Century, Kenneth Adagio and Allegro in A flat major (Op.70) Montgomery (conductor) Lise Berthaud (viola), Adam Laloum (piano) 2:24 AM 5:17 AM Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849] Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) From 2 Nocturnes Op.37 for piano - No 1 in G minor Hora est (antiphon and responsorium) Dang Thai Son (piano) Radio France Chorus, Denis Comtet (organ), Donald Palumbo (conductor) 2:31 AM Crusell, Bernard Henrik (1775-1838) 5:26 AM Sinfonia concertante for clarinet, bassoon, horn and orchestra Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924) in B flat major (Op.3) Nocturne for piano no.6 (Op.63) in D flat major Reijo Koskinen (clarinet), Pekka Katajamäki (bassoon), Esa Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano) Tukia (horn), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) 5:36 AM Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) 3:01 AM Symphony No.26 in E flat major (K.184) Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich [1840-1893] New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Franz-Paul Decker Violin Concerto in D major (Op.35) (conductor) Anne-Sofie Mutter (violin), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn (conductor) 5:46 AM Weiss, Silvius Leopold (1686-1750) 3:36 AM Prelude, Toccata and Allegro in G major Ockeghem, Johannes (c.1410-1497) Hopkinson Smith (Baroque Lute) Missa prolationum The Hilliard Ensemble: David James & Ashley Stafford (altos), 5:56 AM Rogers Covey-Crump, John Potter & Mark Padmore (tenors), Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741) Gordon Jones (baritone), David Beavan (bass), Paul Hillier Flute Concerto in D major RV.90 (Il Gardellino) (bass/director) Giovanni Antonini (flute/director), Il Giardino Armonico 4:10 AM 6:07 AM Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971) Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck Three movements from Petrushka transcribed for solo piano by Angela Cheng (piano) the composer Alex Slobodyanik (piano) 4:19 AM Fritsch, Balthasar (1570/80-after 1608) 6:24 AM Paduan and 2 Galliards (from Primitiae musicales, Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809] Frankfurt/Main 1606) Trio for keyboard and strings in C major (H.15.27) Hortus Musicus, Andres Mustonen (Director) Ondine Trio 4:27 AM 6:41 AM Schubert, Franz [1797-1828] Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) 3 Lieder: 1. Heidenroslein (D.257); 2. Der Konig in Thule Orchestral Suite No.4 (BWV.1069) in D major (D.367); 3. Gretchen am Spinnrade (D.118) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor). Daniela Lehner (mezzo-soprano), Love Derwinger (piano) 4:36 AM SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b072hc8y) Nicolai, Otto (1810-1849) Saturday - Martin Handley Overture to The Merry wives of Windsor Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 5 – 11 March 2016 Page 2 of 20 Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, SAT 16:00 Jazz Record Requests (b072hc98) featuring listener requests. In this week's selection of listeners' requests, Alyn Shipton presents music by two great names in the jazz of the late 20th Email [email protected]. century, the innovative vibraphone player Bobby Hutcherson and pianist McCoy Tyner. SAT 09:00 Record Review (b072hc90) Building a Library: Delius: Sea Drift SAT 17:00 Jazz Line-Up (b06pv3h7) Gareth Williams and his European Trio with Andrew McGregor Julian Joseph presents an exclusive performance from pianist 0930 Gareth Williams and his European Trio recorded on the Jazz Line- Building a Library: Daniel Grimley recommends a recording of Up stage at the 2015 EFG London Jazz Festival. The line-up Delius's Sea Drift, a setting for baritone, chorus and orchestra features two of Sweden's finest jazz musicians Daniel of words by Walt Whitman. In the poem, the speaker describes Fredriksson on drums and Martin Sjostedt on bass. Gareth how, as a boy, he watched a pair of mocking-birds nesting, until Williams has worked with many international jazz greats one day the she-bird flew away and never returned. In this including American trumpeter Art Farmer and US saxophonist atmospheric work Delius marvellously conjures up the motion James Moody. Williams has also collaborated with many of the of the waves in the sound of the orchestra. UK's top players including saxophonists Tim Garland and Tommy Smith and guitarists Martin Taylor and Jim Mullen. Plus 1045 Jazz Line-Up reporter David Allison meets up with piano legend As part of Radio 3's focus on International Women's Day, Helen Chick Corea in Seville. Wallace joins Andrew to discuss a batch of discs by women composers including works by Elena Langer, Galina Grigorjeva and Pauline Viardot. SAT 18:00 Opera on 3 (b072hc9g) Live from the Met 1145 Andrew plays an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Puccini's Manon Lescaut Week. Puccini: Manon Lescaut SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b072hc92) Presented by Loren Toolajian, with Ira Siff Yannick Nezet-Seguin, International Women's Day Manon Lescaut ..... Kristine Opolais (soprano) Presented by Tom Service Des Grieux ..... Roberto Alagna (tenor) Lescaut ..... Massimo Cavaletti (baritone) Tom interviews the Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Geronte ..... Brindley Sherratt (bass) who currently holds music director posts at the Philadelphia Edmondo ..... Zach Borichevsky (tenor) Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hotel manager ..... Philip Cokorinos (bass-baritone) Orchestre Métropolitain in Montreal. A musician ..... Virginie Verrez (mezzo-soprano) Dancing master ..... Scott Scully (tenor) Also, our soapbox contribution this week: composer, singer, A sergeant ..... Brandon Cedel (bass-baritone) opera director and teacher, Laura Bowler. Street sweeper ..... Andrew Bidlack (tenor) Sea captain ..... Richard Bernstein (bass) And, as part of Radio 3's focus on International Women's Day, Madrigal singers ..... Maria D'Amato, Christina Thomson Tom investigates the gender gap in professional orchestras. Anderson, Stephanie Chigas, Rosalie Sullivan The Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York SAT 13:00 Saturday Classics (b05mppyg) The Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York Zoe Martlew Fabio Luisi (conductor) Episode 1 Outside an inn in Amiens, the young student Des Grieux meets Manon, who is on her way to a convent on the orders of her In the first of two programmes, cellist and composer Zoë parents. The pair fall in love and escape to Paris. However, in Martlew presents a selection of her favourite music, including Paris, Manon's head is turned as the elderly Geronte offers her works by Rachmaninov, Rossini, Stravinsky, Berg and Purcell. a life of wealth and luxury, but she soon regrets her decision to exchange love for money with heartbreaking consequences. This afternoon's selection of music includes works that have "Desperate passion" is how Puccini described his third opera inspired her since childhood, from the depths of Orthodox and first huge success, taking 50 curtain calls at its premiere. Russian church music to Debussy, by way of viol fantasias and Soprano Kristine Opolais sings the role of Manon, and star tenor Stravinsky's 'Les noces'. Roberto Alagna the dashing student who woos her. The Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads the sumptuous score, in Director Richard Eyre's new production, live from the SAT 15:00 Sound of Cinema (b072hc96) Metropolitan Opera, New York. International Women's Day Ahead of Radio 3's International Women's Day celebration this SAT 22:00 Hear and Now (b072hcc6) Tuesday Matthew Sweet presents music from films made by Donaueschingen Musiktage 2015 female directors, from Hollywood big hitters Kathryn Bigelow and Jane Campion, to European auteurs Agnieszka Holland and Famous both for its brewery and as the source of the Danube, Antonia Bird. He also talks to composer Olga Neuwirth, who since 1921 the Black Forest town of Donaueschingen has also writes concert works as well as hybrids of film, theatre and been the source of first performances of some of the seminal performance art, and who has written the score for Goodnight masterpieces of the last nine decades. Pushing the boundaries Mommy, an Austrian horror film released in the UK this week. at Donaueschingen Musiktage has been a veritable Who's Who Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 5 – 11 March 2016 Page 3 of 20 of new music from Schoenberg to Ligeti, Cage to Stockhausen, Radio Choir, Pilzen Radio Orchestra, Stanislaw Begunia Xenakis to Wolfgang Rihm. (conductor) Tom Service presents a handful of last year's Festival highlights 3:01 AM including the microtonal adventures of a trombone octet by Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Georg Friedrich Haas, Orm Finnendahl's intriguing mix of the Violin Concerto in D minor (Op.posthumous) human, electronic and mechanical, and an epic for electronics Harald Aadland (violin), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, John and ensemble from Olga Neuwirth inspired by Herman Melville, Storgards (conductor) Venice and Luigi Nono.