Radio 3 Listings for 29 February – 6 March 2020 Page 1 of 12 SATURDAY 29 FEBRUARY 2020 Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The Piano Music of Howard Skempton (author) William Howard (piano) SAT 01:00 Through the Night (m000fpx8) Gesang der Geistern über den Wassern, Op 167 Orchid Classics ORC100116 Remembering Sven-David Sandström Estonian National Male Choir, Estonian National Symphony http://www.orchidclassics.com/releases/orc100116-william- Orchestra, Juri Alperten (director) howard-plays-howard-skempton/ The Swedish Radio Choir with two pieces by Sven-David Sandström who died in June 2019, alongside motets by his 04:38 AM Offenbach: Maître Péronilla revered Bach. With John Shea. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1590-1664) Véronique Gens (Léonora – soprano) Agnus Dei - super ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la (for 6 and 7 voices) Antoinette Dennefeld (Frimouskino – mezzo-soprano) 01:01 AM Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel (director) Chantal Santon-Jeffery (Alvarès – soprano) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Anaïs Constans (Manoëla – soprano) Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225 04:45 AM Diana Axentii (paquita / Marietta / Rosita - soprano) Swedish Radio Choir, Johannes Rostamo (cello), Michael William Hugh Albright (1944-1998) Éric Huchet (Maître Péronilla – tenor) Engstrom (organ), Kaspars Putnins (conductor) Morning reveries (excerpt Dream rags (1970)) Tassis Christoyannis (Ripardos – baritone) Donna Coleman (piano) François Piolino (Don Guardona – tenor) 01:14 AM Patrick Kabongo (Vélasquez Major – tenor) Sven-David Sandström (1942-2019) 04:52 AM Loïc Félix (Vélasquez Junior – tenor) Laudamus te (1993) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Yoann Dubruque (Le Marquis Don Henrique – baritone) Swedish Radio Choir, Kaspars Putnins (conductor) Coriolan Overture, Op 62 Matthieu Lécroart (Don Fabrice / 1st Judge – bass-baritone) Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck Raphaël Brémard (Le Notaire / Pédrillo - tenor) 01:23 AM (conductor) Jérôme Boutillier (Le Corrégidor / Brid’Oison / Juanito – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) baritone) Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229 05:01 AM Philippe-Nicolas Martin (Félipe / Antonio / 2nd Judge – Swedish Radio Choir, Johannes Rostamo (cello), Michael Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872) baritone) Engstrom (organ), Kaspars Putnins (conductor) Introduction to Act III & Dances of the Highlanders from Antoine Philippot (Le Majordome / L’Huissier / Un Valet – 'Halka' baritone) 01:32 AM Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz French Radio Choir Sven-David Sandström (1942-2019) (conductor) French National Orchestra Es ist genug Markus Poschner (conductor) Swedish Radio Choir, Kaspars Putnins (conductor) 05:08 AM Bru Zane BZ1039 (2 CDs + book) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) https://bru-zane.com/en/pubblicazione/maitre-peronilla/ 01:40 AM Trio for piano, clarinet and viola in E flat major, K498, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 'Kegelstatt' 9.30am Building a Library Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 Martin Frost (clarinet), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Cedric Swedish Radio Choir, Michael Engstrom (organ), Johannes Tiberghien (piano) Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Béla Bartók Rostamo (cello), Kaspars Putnins (conductor) Piano Concerto No. 3. 05:27 AM 02:02 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) In a desperate fight against the clock, Bartók finished his final Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Berceuse, in D flat major, Op 57 piano concerto (and but for its last 17 bars, his final completed Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV.230 Anastasia Vorotnaya (piano) work) just four days before his death in New York on 26th Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, September 1945. More lyrical and less angular than his first two Ivars Taurins (conductor) 05:32 AM concertos, the third is much recorded, including by many of the Hugo Alfven (1872-1960), Herman Satherberg (lyricist) biggest and starriest pianists of our times. Perhaps its most 02:08 AM Aftonen (The Evening) memorable music is the central slow movement, based on Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson (conductor) Beethoven's 'Heiliger Dankgesang' (Holy song of thanksgiving), Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, BWV 228 the middle movement of his string quartet Op. 132, written by Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, 05:36 AM Beethoven after he had recovered from illness. Like the Ivars Taurins (conductor) Franz Berwald (1796-1868) Beethoven, Bartók's music here is apparently simple and serene Septet in B flat major (1828) and features, too, a wonderful example of his night music, 02:17 AM Niklas Andersson (clarinet), Henrik Blixt (bassoon), Hans including evocative bird calls and a magical blending of Sven-David Sandström (1942-2019) Larsson (horn), Jannica Gustafsson (violin), Hakan Olsson orchestra and solo piano. En ny himmel och en ny jord (A new heaven and a new earth) (viola), Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello), Maria Johansson (double Chamber Choir AVE, Andraz Hauptman (conductor) bass) 10.15am New Releases 02:25 AM 05:59 AM The Early Horn: Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758) Graun, Haydn and Telemann Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV.226 Overture à due chori in B flat Ursula Paludan Monberg (horn) Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor) Cappella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde (conductor) Arcangelo Jonathan Cohen (director/harpsichord) 02:33 AM 06:24 AM Hyperion CDA68289 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68289 Symphony no 1 in C major, Op 21 String Quartet in D minor, Op 76, No. 2 Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer (conductor) Signum Quartet Suk: Symphony No. 2 'Asrael' Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra 03:01 AM 06:46 AM Jakub Hruša (conductor) William Walton (1902-1983) John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951) BR Klassik 900188 Cello Concerto Krazy Kat: A Jazz Pantomime (1921) Zara Nelsova (cello), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard BBC Concert Orchestra, Keith Lockhart (conductor) Domenico Scarlatti: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 Haitink (conductor) Federico Colli (piano) Chandos CHAN20134 03:29 AM SAT 07:00 Breakfast (m000g2v8) https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2020134 Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Saturday - Elizabeth Alker Symphony 'Mathis der Maler' Adès Conducts Adès: Piano Concerto and Totentanz Orchestra London Canada, Uri Mayer (conductor) Classical music for breakfast time plus found sounds and the Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) odd unclassified track. Mark Stone (baritone) 03:55 AM Kirill Gerstein (piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Edvard Grieg Email [email protected] Boston Symphony Orchestra (arranger) Thomas Adès (conductor) Sonata for piano in C major, K545 (arr. Grieg) Deutsche Grammophon 4837998 Julie Adam (piano), Daniel Herscovitch (piano) SAT 09:00 Record Review (m000g2vb) https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/us/cat/4837998 Béla Bartók's Piano Concerto No 3 on Building a Library with 04:04 AM Kate Molleson and Andrew McGregor 10.45am New Releases – Jeremy Summerly on new choral George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) releases Radamisto (excerpt 'Già che morir non posso') 9.00am Delphine Galou (contralto), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Ash Wednesday: Byrd, Allegri, Weelkes and J. S. Bach Kossenko (director) Mozart: Piano Concertos Vol. 5 Choir of St John's College Cambridge Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) Andrew Nethsingha (director) 04:09 AM Manchester Camerata Signum SIGCD605 Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Gábor Takács-Nagy (conductor) https://signumrecords.com/product/ash-wednesday/SIGCD605/ Reverie Chandos CHAN20137(2) (2 Cds) Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello), Heini Karkkainen (piano) https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2020137 Tallis: Sacred Choral Music Fiori Musicali Choir 04:14 AM Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 1 and other works Penelope Rapson (director) Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Solistes Européens Luxembourg Fiori Musicali FMCD-1911 Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op 22 Christoph König (condcutor) Ludmil Angelov (piano), Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Naxos 8.574094 Janáček: Choral Works Orchestra, Milen Nachev (conductor) https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.57409 Thomas Walker (tenor) 4 Dirk Luijmes (harmonium) 04:28 AM Philip Mayers (piano) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 29 February – 6 March 2020 Page 2 of 12 Ernestine Stoop (harp) Duration 00:08:31 SAT 17:00 J to Z (m000g2vk) Cappella Amsterdam Tony Allen and Martin Speake Daniel Reuss (director) 04 00:28:31 Nicolò Paganini Harmonia Mundi HMM932097 Variations on 'God save the King' Jumoké Fashola presents a session from UK saxophonist Martin http://www.harmoniamundi.com/#!/albums/1785 Performer: Salvatore Accardo Speake’s International Quartet, who recreate the sparkling Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra melodies and inventive solo flights of their latest release, There Will Come Soft Rains: Choral Works by Ēriks Ešenvalds Conductor: Charles Dutoit Intention, alongside brand new material. The band features The Pacific Lutheran Choir Of The West Duration 00:06:44 pianist Ethan Iverson (formerly of The Bad Plus), drummer Jeff Richard Nance (director) Williams and bassist Calum Gourlay. Signum SIGCD603 05 00:37:00 Johannes Brahms https://signumrecords.com/product/there-will-come-soft-rains/ Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major Op.83 - movement 3 Also in the programme, pioneering drummer Tony Allen shares Performer: Krystian Zimerman some