Radio 3 Listings for 10 – 16 December 2016 Page 1 of 12 SATURDAY 10 DECEMBER 2016 Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3©s classical breakfast show, 10.45am featuring listener requests and your suggestions for our annual JOHNSON, C H: Considering Matthew Shepard SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b084dfhz) musical Advent Calendar. Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson Complete Mozart Piano Concertos - 3 - with Catriona Young HARMONIA MUNDI HMU807638/39 (2Hybrid SACD) Email [email protected]. Catriona Young presents the 3rd programme in a series featuring Refuge from the Flames Mozart©s complete Piano Concertos from Russian Radio with SAT 09:00 Record Review (b084vmqm) ALLEGRI: Miserere mei, Deus pianist Mikhail Voskresensky. Building a Library: Puccini©s La fanciulla del West ANIMUCCIA: Iesu, sommo conforto; Alma, che si gentile; Che 1:01 AM fai qui, core?; Ecce quomodo moritur Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] with Andrew McGregor BETTINI: Ecce quam bonum Piano Concerto No. 1 in F major K.37 BYRD: Infelix ego Mikhail Voskresensky (piano), Pavel Slobodkin Centre Chamber 9am CLEMENS: Tristitia obsedit me ± Infelix ego Orchestra, Moscow, Leonid Nikolaev (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 ©Winter Dreams© & The Tempest EŠENVALDS: Infelix ego 1:20 AM TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1 in G minor Op. 13 ©Winter JEUNE: Tristitia obsedit me Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] Daydreams©; The Tempest Op. 18 MACMILLAN: Miserere Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major K.453 Orchestra Of St. Luke©s, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor) RICHAFORT: O quam dulcis Mikhail Voskresensky (piano), Pavel Slobodkin Centre Chamber HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902220 (CD) VERDELOT: Letamini in Domino Orchestra, Moscow, Leonid Nikolaev (conductor) ORA, Suzi Digby 1:50 AM Winter HARMONIA MUNDI HMW906103 (CD) Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] ALEXANDER, J: Come Wander With Me Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K.466 ARNALDS: For Now I Am Winter Meditatio: Music for Mixed Choir Mikhail Voskresensky (piano), Pavel Slobodkin Centre Chamber BINGHAM, J: The Darkness Is No Darkness ASKELSSON: Hvild Orchestra, Moscow, Leonid Nikolaev (conductor) DALE, R: Winter EŠENVALDS: O salutaris Hostia 2:21 AM HOLST: In the Bleak Mid-winter (Cranham) GUDMUNDSSON: Hvild Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) PART: Nunc dimittis LAURIDSEN: Lux aeterna String Quartet no.14 in C sharp minor, Op.131 POTT: Balulalow LEIFS: Requiem Op. 33b for mixed choir a cappella (Text: Folk The Alexander String Quartet PRAETORIUS, M: Es ist ein Ros© entsprungen poetry and Jonas Hallgrimsson) 3:01 AM RACHMANINOV: Vespers Op. 37: Nyne otpushchayeshi; The MACMILLAN: A Child©s Prayer Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764) Snow It Melts The Soonest SAEVARSSON: Nunc dimittis L©Apothéose de la Dance - orchestral suite of dance music by VASKS: Plainscapes (Lidzenuma ainavas) for mixed choir SIGURBJORNSSON, T: Nu hverfur sol i haf; Heyr himna Rameau compiled by Marc Minkowski (vocalise), violin and cello; The Fruits Of Silence smiour Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski (conductor) Voces8 DECCA 4830968 (CD) TAVENER: The Lamb 3:39 AM WHITACRE: Lux aurumque Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich (1732-1795) Drop down, ye heavens: Advent antiphons for choir & saxophone ÞORVALDSDOTTIR: Heyr þu oss himnum a Pygmalion, cantata for bass and orchestra ALLAIN: O Day-spring Rakel Edda Guomundsdottir (soprano), Ragnheiour Sara Harry Van der Kamp (bass), Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max ALLWOOD: O Virgin of virgins Grimsdottir (soprano), Thelma Hronn Sigurdorsdottir (soprano), (conductor) CERTON: O Adonai Kirstin Erna Blondal (soprano), Johanna Osk Valsdottir (alto), 4:12 AM DESPRES: O virgo virginum Helgi Steinar Helgason (tenor), Fjolnir Olafsson (bass), Schola Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (1710-1736) KANER: O Adonai Cantorum Reykjavicensis, Horour Askelsson Violin Sonata in G major MIKSCH: There is no rose BIS BIS2200 (Hybrid SACD) Peter Michalica (violin), Elena Michalicova (piano) MORNABLE: O clavis David 4:20 AM POTT: O Key of David Ultimum: New A Cappella Music Salieri, Antonio (1750-1825) PRAETORIUS, M: Es ist ein Ros© entsprungen BRANDMULLER: Le Paradis Sinfonia in D major ©Veneziana© RATHBONE, S: O Root of Jesse LUKASZEWSKI: Responsoria Tenebrae Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi (conductor) TODD: O Wisdom RIHM: Sieben Passions-Texte 4:31 AM TURNBULL, S M: O Emmanuel Kammerchor Saarbrucken, Georg Grun Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) WEIR: Drop down, ye heavens, from above RONDEAU ROP6113 (CD) Trio for piano and strings in E flat major (D.897), ©Notturno© WILSON, G: O King of the Nations Grieg Trio Sam Corkin (saxophones), Siglo de Oro, Patrick Allies As Dreams - Choral Music 4:41 AM DELPHIAN DCD34184 (CD) JANSON, A: Nocturne Groneman, Johannes Albertus (1710-1778) LACHENMANN: Consolation II (Wessobrunner Gebet) Sonata for 2 flutes in G major Feldman: Palais de Mari & Crumb: A Little Suite for Christmas NORGARD: Drommesang; Singe die Garten Jed Wentz and Marion Moonen (flutes) CRUMB, G: Processional; Little Suite for Christmas, AD1979 SAARIAHO: Uberzeugung; Nuits, adieux 4:49 AM FELDMAN, M: Intermission V; Piano Piece (1952); Palais de XENAKIS: Nuits Hellendaal, Pieter (1721-1799) Mari; Extensions 3 Norwegian Soloists© Choir, Oslo Sinfonietta, Grete Pedersen Concerto grosso (Op.3 No.1) in G minor Steven Osborne (piano) BIS BIS2139 (Hybrid SACD) Combattimento Consort Amsterdam HYPERION CDA68108 (CD) 5:01 AM 11.45am - Disc of the Week Contant, (Joseph Pierre) Alexis (1858-1918) Noel Baroque - Chansons de France et d©ailleurs Sol Gabetta Live Les Deux Âmes - overture Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Maitrise de Radio France, ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85 Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor) Francois Lazarevitch (conductor), Sofi Jeannin MARTINU: Cello Concerto No. 1, H.196 5:10 AM ALPHA ALPHA266 (CD) Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Krzystof Urbanski, Sol Gabetta Salzedo, Carlos (1885-1961) (cello), Berliner Philharmoniker Variations sur un thème dans le style ancien (Op.30) 9.30am - Building a library SONY 88985350792 (CD) Mojca Zlobko (harp) Building a Library: a weekly look at a piece of music, a 5:21 AM comparison of the available recordings, and a recommendation. SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b084vmqp) Nystroem, Goesta (1890-1966) Christa Ludwig: from song to silence Tre havsvisioner (3 Visions about the sea) This week, Flora Willson reviews recoridngs of Puccini©s La Swedish Radio Choir, Gustaf Sjökvist (conductor) fanciulla del West. Out of the wreckage of WW2 Germany, mezzo-soprano Christa 5:32 AM Ludwig forged a stellar career singing opera and lieder. With Groneman, Johannes (c.1710-1778) 10.25am Tom Service. Flute Sonata in E minor A. Scarlatti: Opera Overtures and Concertos Jed Wentz (flute), Balazs Mate (cello), Marcelo Bussi SCARLATTI, A: Il prigioniero fortunato: Sinfonia; Concerto Singing for survival (harpsichord) Grosso No. 3 in F major; La Caduta: Sinfonia; Concerto Grosso Mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig began her career singing to 5:44 AM No. 1 in F minor; Concerto Grosso No. 6 in E major; Concerto American GIs amid the rubble of WW2 Berlin. It was the start of Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Grosso No. 5 in D minor; Concerto Grosso No. 4 in G minor; La a glittering five-decade journey as one of the most feted singers Légende No.1: St. François d©Assise prêchant aux oiseaux (S.175) Donna ancora e fedele: Sinfonia; Concerto Grosso No. 2 in C of her generation. In a candid interview with Tom Service, Llyr Williams (piano) minor; L©amazzone corsara: two sinfonias Ludwig charts her trajectory as a star of opera and lieder, and 5:55 AM Concerto de© Cavalieri, Marcello Di Lisa explains why she now rarely listens to music. Fritsch, Balthasar (1570/80-after 1608) DEUTSCHE HM 88985370012 (CD) Paduan and 2 Galliards Speaking at her home in Vienna, Ludwig outlines the attributes Hortus Musicus, Andres Mustonen (Director) Venezia 1700 she believes singers need to succeed, and explains how she came 6:03 AM ABACO, E: Sonata in G minor for violin and continuo Op. 4 No. to perform soprano roles - despite always being ªafraid with the Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) 12 high notesº. La Mer ALBINONI: Violin Sonata in G minor Op. 4 No. 5 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor) BONPORTI: Invenzione Op. 10, No. 6 "Erotic" 6:28 AM CALDARA: Chiaccona in B flat major Op. 2, No. 12; Sonata in Ludwig describes the ªeroticº nature of working conductors such Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) C minor Op. 2 No. 7 as Herbert von Karajan and Leonard Bernstein, as well as 10 Variations on ©Unser dummer Pobel meint© for piano (K.455) TORELLI: Sonata in E minor for violin and continuo reflecting on her disputes with opera director Wieland Wagner. Eduard Kunz (piano) VIVALDI: Violin Sonata in B flat, RV759; Sontata da camera 6:44 AM No. 12 for two violins She talks affectionately about her mother ± also a singer ± whose Alfvèn, Hugo (1872-1960) Thibault Noally (violon), Les Accents influence wove a thread through her career, and the difference Suite for Orchestra from ©King Gustav II Adolf© (Op.49) APARTE AP128 (CD) between singing in the emotional heat of opera and the cool Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willén (conductor). consideration of lieder. Six Concertos - Main-Barockorchester Frankfurt GNOCCHI: Six Concertos (Trio Sonatas) SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b084vmqk) Silence Main Baroque Orchestra, Martin Jopp Saturday - Elizabeth Alker Now in her late 80s, Ludwig explains how she ªloves silenceº, AEOLUS AE10077 (CD) rarely listens to music, and only occasionally turns to Bach, or Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 10 – 16 December 2016 Page 2 of 12 ªthe last three sonatas by Beethoven or Schubert ± no operaº. Duration 4.02 Saariaho©s first opera, L©Amour de loin. Set in 12th-century Performers: Stan Getz, t; Kenny Barron, p; Rufus Reid, b; Victor Aquitaine, Jaufré is a prince-troubadour who has tired of the And although she ªwould never be a singer in my next lifeº, Lewis, d. Jazzhus Montmartre, 6 July 1987.