Radio 3 Listings for 4 – 10 February 2017 Page 1 of 10 SATURDAY 04 FEBRUARY 2017 Martin Handley presents Radio 3©s classical breakfast show, Seong-Jin Cho (piano) featuring listener requests. FREDERICK CHOPIN INSTITUTE NIFCCD625 (CD) SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b08c340s) Igor Levitt plays Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich Email [email protected]. Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 and Ballades CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11; Ballades Nos. Jonathan Swain presents a performance from pianist Igor Levit of SAT 09:00 Record Review (b08cgvlm) 1-4 Tchaikovsky©s The Seasons and Shostakovich©s 24 Preludes. Andrew McGregor with Ben Walton and Anna Picard London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), 1:01 AM Seong-Jin Cho (piano) Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich [1840-1893] Andrew McGregor and guests review the best recordings of DG 94795941 (CD) The Seasons Op 37b classical music. Igor Levit (piano) Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 and other works 1:44 AM 9am CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 35 ©Marche Shostakovich, Dmitri [1906-1975] Telemann, Corelli & Bach: Chamber Music funebre©; Mazurkas (4) Op. 17; Scherzo No. 1 in B minor Op. 20 24 Preludes Op 34 BACH, J S: Keyboard Concerto No. 6 in F major, BWV1057 Aimi Kobayashi (piano) Igor Levit (piano) CORELLI: Concerto grosso Op. 6 No. 8 in G minor ©fatto per la FREDERICK CHOPIN INSTITUTE NIFCCD626 (CD) 2:20 AM notte di Natale©; Concerto grosso Op. 6 No. 4 in D major Martinu, Bohuslav [1890-1959] TELEMANN: Overture (Suite) TWV 55:C3 in C major for wind, Chopin: Les Etats D©ame Symphony No 1 strings & b.c. ©Hamburger Ebb und Fluth© (©Wassermusik©); CHOPIN: Preludes (24) Op. 28; Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Válek (conductor) Concerto TWV 54:B2 in B flat major for 2 recorders, 2 oboes, minor Op. 35 ©Marche funebre© Julien Brocal (piano) 3:01 AM strings & b.c. RUBICON RCD1001 (CD) La Rue, Pierre de (c.1460-1518) Emelie Roos (recorder), Anna Paradiso (harpsichord), Dan Laurin Missa Sancto Job (recorder and director) ± Anna Picard Orlando Consort BIS BIS2235 (Hybrid SACD) 10.50am SMETANA: Ma Vlast 3:37 AM Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hruša (conductor) Lindblad, Adolf Fredrik (1801-1878) The Piano Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams TUDOR TUDOR7196 (Hybrid SACD) String Quartet No 3 in C major VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lake in the Mountains; Yggdrasil String Quartet Introduction and Fugue for two pianos; Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Hymn-tune Prelude on Song 13 by Orlando Martinu: Cantatas 4:13 AM Gibbons; Fantasia on Greensleeves; A Little Piano Book; Suite of MARTINU: Legend of the Smoke from Potato Fires; Mikes of Medtner, Nikolai [1879-1951] Six Short Pieces the Mountains; The Opening of the Wells; Dandelion Romance 3 Fairy Tales (Fairy Tale in A minor, Op 51 No 2; Fairy Tale in E Mark Bebbington, Rebeca Omordia (pianos) Pavla Vykopalova (soprano), Ludmila Hudeckova (contralto), flat major, Op 26 No 2; Fairy Tale in B flat minor Op 20 No 1) SOMM SOMM0164 (CD) Martin Slavik (tenor), Jiri Bruckler (baritone), Petr Svoboda Daniil Trifonov (piano) (baritone), Jaromir Meduna (recitation), Ivo Kahanek (piano), 4:21 AM Ligeti: Concertos Members of the Bennewitz Quartet, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Viotti, Giovanni Battista [1755-1824] LIGETI: Cello Concerto; Chamber Concerto for 13 instruments; Lukas Vasilek Duo concertante in D minor Melodien for orchestra; Piano Concerto SUPRAPHON SU41982 (CD) Alexandar Avramov (violin), Ivan Peev (violin) Christian Poltera (cello), Joonas Ahonen (piano), BIT20 4:30 AM Ensemble, Baldur Bronnimann Pictures of America Raitio, Väinö (1891-1945) BIS BIS2209 (Hybrid SACD) GRACIANE FINZI: Scenographies d'Edward Hopper Joutsenet, Op 15 (1919) BARBER: Adagio Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu (conductor) Rostropovich Encores Arrangements of songs by Lerner, Sondheim, Bernstein, Sinatra 4:38 AM CHOPIN: Etude Op. 25 No. 7 in C sharp minor and Thelonius Monk Westlake, Nigel (b.1958) DEBUSSY: Nocturne et Scherzo; Preludes - Book 1: No. 12, Natalie Dessay (soprano), Paris Mozart Orchestra, Claire Gibault Winter in the Forgotten Valley Minstrels; Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque); Nocturne et (conductor) Guitar Trek Scherzo SONY 88985342842 4:51 AM POPPER: Dance of the Elves Op. 39 Fontana, Giovanni Battista (c.1592-1631) PROKOFIEV: Cinderella Op. 87: Adagio of Cinderella and the Distant Light Sonata No 11 for cornet, violin and continuo Prince; Cinderella: Waltz-Coda (transc. M. Rostropovich); The BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Op. 24 Le Concert Brisé - William Dongois (cornet/director), Christine Love for Three Oranges: March BJORK: Virus; Joga; All is Full of Love Moran (violin), Carsten Lohff (harpsichord), Anne-Catherine RACHMANINOV: Oriental Dance Op. 2 No. 2 HILLBORG: The Strand Settings Bucher (organ/harpsichord), Benjamin Perrot (theorbo) RAVEL: Vocalise-etude en forme de habanera Renee Fleming (soprano), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic 5:01 AM ROSTROPOVICH: Humoresque Op. 5; Moderato Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor) Stradella, Alessandro (c.1642-c.1682) SCRIABIN: Etude Op. 8 No. 11 in B flat minor DECCA 4830415 (CD) Sinfonia in D minor SINDING: Suite for Violin & Orchestra Op. 10 ©im alten Stil©: The Private Music: Mira Glodeanu and Karen Raby (violins), Presto So Many Things Abby Wall (bass violin), Silas Standage (organ) STRAVINSKY: Le Baiser de la Fee: Pas de Deux; Chanson ADAMS, J: Am I in Your Light? 5:08 AM Russe BJORK: Cover me Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849) Alban Gerhardt (cello), Markus Becker (piano) BUSH, K: Pi Variations Brillantes in B flat major, on a theme from Hérold©s HYPERION CDA68136 (CD) COSTELLO: Speak darkly, my angel ©Ludovic© HILLBORG: Kvall Ludmil Angelov (piano) 9.30am ± Building a Library JACOBSEN, C: For sixty cents 5:16 AM Building a Library: a weekly look at a piece of music, a MEHLDAU: Love Sublime Berezovsky, Maxim Sosontovitch (1745-1777) comparison of the available recordings, and a recommendation. MUHLY: So many things Do not reject me (Ps 70) SHAW, C: Cant voi l©aube The Seven Saints Chamber Choir, Dimitar Grigorov (conductor) Composer: Giaccomo Rossini STING: Practical arrangement 5:25 AM Piece: Il barbiere di Siviglia WAINWRIGHT, RUFUS: Les feux d'artifice t'appellent Boeck, August de (1865-1937) Reviewer: Ben Walton Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Brooklyn Rider Nocturne (1931) NAIVE V5436 (CD) Vlaams Radio Orkest, Marc Soustrot (conductor) 10.20am ± Chopin recitals 5:34 AM Chopin: Late Works 11.45am ± Disc of the Week Cabezon, Antonio de [1510-1566] CHOPIN: Barcarolle in F sharp major Op. 60; Mazurkas (3) Op. Vaughan Williams: Job & Symphony No. 9 3 pieces for double harp 59; Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major Op. 61 ©Polonaise-fantaisie©; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Job - A Masque for Dancing; Margret Köll (arpa doppia) Two Nocturnes Op. 62; Mazurkas (3) Op. 63; Waltz No. 6 in D Symphony No. 9 in E minor 5:43 AM flat major Op. 64 No. 1 ©Minute Waltz©; Waltz No. 7 in C sharp Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) Schmitt, Matthias (b.1958) minor Op. 64 No. 2; Waltz No. 8 in A flat major Op. 64 No. 3; CHANDOS CHSA5180 (Hybrid SACD) Ghanaia for solo percussion Mazurka No. 49 in F minor Op. 68 No. 4 Colin Currie (marimba) Maurizio Pollini (piano) SAT 12:15 Music Matters (b08cgvlp) 5:51 AM DG 94796127 (CD) Mental health in classical music, Kasper Holten, Soosan Lolavar Alpaerts, Flor (1876-1954) Avondmuziek Chopin: Sonata in B minor / Nocturnes / Polonaises / Mazurka Presented by Tom Service I Solisti del Vento, Ivo Hadermann (conductor) CHOPIN: Nocturne No. 17 in B major Op. 62 No. 1; Etude Op. 6:00 AM 25 No. 5 in E minor; Etude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor Tom talks to the Royal Opera House©s Director of Opera, Kasper Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) `Revolutionary©; Ballade No. 3 in A flat major Op. 47; Polonaise Holten, who concludes his tenure with the company with a new Divertimento in B flat major for violin, cello and piano, K254 No. 7 in A flat major Op. 61 ©Polonaise-fantaisie©; Waltz No. 8 in production of Wagner©s Die Meistersinger, which opens in March. Trio Orlando A flat major Op. 64 No. 3; Polonaise No. 5 in F sharp minor Op. Holten reveals his thoughts about the future of opera©s big 6:22 AM 44; Rondo in E flat major Op. 16; Prelude Op. 45 in C sharp institutions, his passion for an art-form which he believes can Molique, Bernhard (1802-1869) transc. Giulio Regondi, arr. for minor (No. 25); Barcarolle in F sharp major Op. 60; Mazurkas (4) engage powerfully with politics and culture across the world accordion & harp by Joseph Petric & Erica Goodman Op. 33; Nocturne No. 18 in E major Op. 62 No. 2; Piano Sonata today, and why he©s giving up arguably the biggest job in opera to Six Songs without Words No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 move back to his native Denmark. Joseph Petric (accordion), Erica Goodman (harp) Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano) And the young British-Iranian composer Soosan Lolavar on her 6:35 AM FREDERICK CHOPIN INSTITUTE NIFCCD617 (2CD) new opera, ID Please, based on the testimony of people detained Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767) in immigration centres, which is soon to receive its first Overture (Suite) in C major, TWV 55:C3, "Hamburger Ebbe und Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Mazurkas Op. 33 performance in the US. Fluth (Wasser-overture)" CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11; Mazurkas (4) Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ketil Haugsand (conductor). Op. 33; Etude Op. 10 No. 1 in C major; Etude Op. 10 No. 10 in A flat major; Fantasia in F minor Op. 49; Ballade No.