Radio 3 Listings for 20 – 26 April 2019 Page 1 of 24 SATURDAY 20 APRIL 2019 05:09 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) SAT 00:30 Music Planet World Mix (m00048dq) Scherzo for piano no. 2 (Op.31) in B flat minor Colombia to Kinshasa Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) Global beats and roots music from every corner of the world, 05:18 AM including the Garifuna sounds of Aurelio Martinez of Honduras, Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Colombian marimba group Rio Mira, Kinshasa's Mbongwana Chansons de Bilitis - 3 melodies for voice and piano Star, Balkan brass from Kocani Orkestar and the Inuit throat Jard van Nes (mezzo soprano), Gérard van Blerk (piano) singing of Canada's Tanya Tagaq. 05:28 AM Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) SAT 01:00 Through the Night (m00048ds) Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from the ballet 'Spartacus' (Act Passion Oratorio 3) NRCU Symphony Orchestra, Vyacheslav Blinov (conductor) Keiser Reinhard's Der blutige und sterbende Jesus (Passion Oratorio). Presented by John Shea. 05:38 AM Mario Nardelli 01:01 AM Three pieces for guitar (1979) Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739), Christian Friedrich Hunold Mario Nardelli (guitar) (lyricist) Der blutige und sterbende Jesus (Passion Oratorio) 05:47 AM Marie Louise Werneburg (soprano), Anna Kellnhofer (soprano), Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) Margot Oitzinger (contralto), Manuel König (tenor), Benjamin Prelude, theme and variations for horn and piano in E major Glaubitz (tenor), Dominik Wörner (bass), Matthias Lutze (bass), Mindaugas Gecevicius (horn), Ala Bendoraitiene (piano) Cantas Thuringia, Capella Thuringia, Bernhard Klapprott (conductor) 05:58 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 03:04 AM Double Concerto in C minor (BWV.1060) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe), Mary Utiger (violin), Camerata Sonata for violin and piano (Op.47) in A major 'Kreutzer' Köln Geir Inge Lotsberg (violin), Einar Steen-Nøkleberg (piano) 06:12 AM 03:41 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Uuno Klami (1900-1961) Humoreske for piano in B flat major Op 20 Kalevala Suite (Op. 23) Ivetta Irkha (piano) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mikko Franck (conductor) 06:36 AM 04:20 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Janez Gregorc (b.1934) Sextet for piano and strings (Op.110) in D major Sans respirer, sans soupir Wu Han (piano), Philip Setzer (violin), Nokuthula Ngwenyama Slovene Brass Quintet (viola), Cynthia Phelps (viola), Carter Brey (cello), Michael Wais (bass) 04:26 AM Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Romance and Waltz SAT 07:00 Breakfast (m0004dnk) Dutch Pianists Quartet Saturday - Elizabeth Alker 04:32 AM Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, Juriaan Andriessen (1925-1996) featuring listener requests. Sonnet No.43 Netherlands Chamber Choir, Uwe Gronostay (conductor) Email [email protected] 04:40 AM Henry Purcell (1659-1695) SAT 09:00 Record Review (m0004dnm) Chacony in G minor, Z730 Andrew McGregor with Lucy Parham and Sarah Lenton Psophos Quartet 9.00am 04:48 AM Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Schubert: Octet in F Major; Berwald Grand Septet in B flat Major The Swan, from 'The Carnival of the Animals' Anima Eterna Brugge (ensemble) Gyözö Máté (viola), Balázs Szokolay (piano) Alpha 461 https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/schubert-berwald- 04:51 AM chamber-music-alpha461 Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) Concerto Grosso (Op.3 No.2) C. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor; Hiller: Konzertstuck; Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director) H. Herz: Rondo de concert; F. Kalkbrenner: Le rêve Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) 05:01 AM Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Hyperion CDA68240 Trio No.8 from Essercizii Musici https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68240 Camerata Köln, Michael Schneider (recorder), Rainer Zipperling (cello), Yasunori Imamura (theorbo), Sabine Bauer J.S. Bach: Markus Passion (Reconstructed by J. Savall) (harpsichord), Harald Hoeren (organ) Evangelist - David Szigetvári (tenor) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 20 – 26 April 2019 Page 2 of 24 Marta Mathéu (soprano) Cavalli: Il Giasone Raffaele Pé (counter-tenor) Giasone – Valer Sabadus (counter-tenor) Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor) Medea – Kristina Hammarstrom (mezzo-soprano) Konstantin Wolff (bass) Sole - Kristina Mkhitaryan (soprano) Veus – Cor Infantil Amics de la Unió (choir) Oreste – Willard White (baritone) La Capella Reial de Catalunya (choir) Capella Mediterranea (orchestra) Le Concert des Nations (ensemble) Leonardo García Alarcón (conductor) Jordi Savall (direction) Alpha 718 AliaVox AVSA9931 (2 x Hybrid SACD) https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/cavalli-il-giasone- https://www.alia-vox.com/en/catalogue/j-s-bach-markus- alpha718 passion/ Adès: The Exterminating Angel ‘In Circles’ - Folk-influenced music for saxophone by Pessard, Edmundo de Nobile – Joseph Kaiser (tenor) Sculthorpe, Falla, Macmillan, Grainger, Brahms, Barton, Lucía de Nobile – Amanda Echalaz (soprano) Vaughan Williams & Edwards Leticia Maynar – Audrey Luna (soprano) Amy Dickson (saxophones) Leonora Palma – Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) William Barton (didgeridoo) Metropolitan Opera Chorus Daniel de Borah (piano) Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Thomas Adès (conductor) Nicholas Carter (conductor) Erato 0190295525507 Sony 19075944692 http://www.warnerclassics.com/shop/3150234,0190295525507/ thomas-ades-ades-the-exterminating-angel 9.30am Building a Library: Lucy Parham listens to and compares recordings of Schumann's Piano Concerto. Gluck: Orphée et Euridice Orphée – Juan Diego Flórez (tenor) The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 was finished in 1845 and Euridice – Christiane Karg (soprano) is Schumann's only piano concerto. The piece has the character L’Amour – Fatma Said (soprano) of a fantasy. The work is suffused with a sense of yearning and Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala happiness; of two people in love. It seems in some ways to Michele Mariotti (conductor) portray his attempt to woe and finally marry Clara, the Clasart Classic 08052 daughter of his famous piano teacher, Friedrich Wieck. The main motif of the first movement recalls Florestan's prison aria Verdi: Stiffelio in Beethoven's opera Fidelio. In Schumann's case this possibly Stiffelio – Luciano Ganci (tenor) symbolises his struggle for personal freedom and happiness. Lina – Maria Katzarava (soprano) Count Stankar – Francesco Landolfi (baritone) 10.20am New Releases – Easter highlights Raffaele – Giovanni Sala (tenor) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostril Guillermo García Calvo (conductor) Eloise Irving (soprano) Naxos 2.110590 Charlotte Ives (soprano) https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=2.1105 Daniel Collins (counter-tenor) 90 Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Reuben Thomas (bass) Berg: Wozzeck The Chapel Choir of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Wozzeck – Christopher Maltman (baritone) Orpheus Britannicus (ensemble) Marie – Eva-Maria Westbroek (soprano) Newe Vialles (viol consort) Andres – Jason Bridges (tenor) Andrew Arthur (director) Captain – Marcel Beekman (tenor) Resonus RES10238 Doctor – Willard White (bass-baritone) https://www.resonusclassics.com/dieterich-buxtehude-membra- New Amsterdam Children’s Choir jesu-nostri-buxwv-75 Dutch National Opera Chorus Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra G. Jackson: The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ Marc Albrecht (conductor) Emma Tring (soprano) Naxos 2.110582 Guy Cutting (tenor) https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=2.1105 Choir of Merton College, Oxford 82 Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia Benjamin Nicholas (conductor) 11.20am Record of the Week Delphian DCD34222 http://delphianrecords.co.uk/product-group/gabriel-jackson-the- Schubert: 4 Impromptus D899, 4 Klavierstucke and Piano passion-of-our-lord-jesus-christ/ Sonatas in C minor, D.958 & A-flat, D.959 András Schiff (fortepiano: Franz Brodmann, Vienna c. 1820) ‘Passio Iberica’ - Francisco Xavier Garcia Fajer: 7 Palabras de ECM 4817 252 (2 CDs) Cristo en la cruz; José Joaquin dos Santos: Stabat mater https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/1548146073/franz- Bárbara Barradas (soprano) schubert-sonatas-impromptus-andras-schiff Lucia Napoli (mezzo-soprano) André Baleiro (baritone) Divino Sospiro (ensemble) SAT 11:45 Music Matters (m0004dnp) Massimo Mazzeo (direction) Transgender opera singers, harpsichords and Billy Budd Pan Classics PC 10401 Transgender woman Lucia Lucas, who has a baritone voice, is 10.50am New Releases – Sarah Lenton on opera DVDs the first trans woman to perform a principal opera role in the Andrew McGregor talks to Sarah Lenton about recent opera US, currently making her debut as Don Giovanni at Tulsa Opera. productions that have been released on DVD including Cavalli's Sara speaks to Lucia and other transgender opera singers, Giasone, Verdi's Stiffelio and Berg's Wozzeck including mezzo-soprano CN Lester, non-binary soprano Ella Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 20 – 26 April 2019 Page 3 of 24 Taylor and mezzo-soprano turned tenor Holden Magadame. Alyn Shipton introduces listeners' requests which this week include recordings by Benny Goodman, Regina Carter, Dizzy Director Deborah Warner meets Sara in the midst of rehearsals Reece and Ornette Coleman. for her production of the all-male opera Billy Budd at the Royal Opera House. DISC 1 Artist Benny Goodman Sara also speaks to the Chief Conductor of the WDR Symphony Title Loch Lomond Orchestra Cologne, the Finnish conductor Jukka Pekka Saraste. Composer Trad arr. Claude Thornhill Album Bumble Bee Stomp And 'One Hundred Miracles: A Memoir of Music and Survival',