Radio 3 Listings for 27 October – 2 November 2012 Page 1 of 10 SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER 2012 06:18 Signum Quartet Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b01ngryw) Gesänge der Frühe [Songs of Dawn] (Op.133) First broadcast on 22 October 2012. Nicola Hall Presents. Sylviane Deferne (piano) 01:00 06:33 SAT 15:00 Saturday Classics (b01nj6sd) Debussy, Claude [1862-1918] Froberger, Johann Jakob (1616-1667) Solti Prelude a l'apres midi d'un faune Lamento sopra la Morte Ferdinandi III (1657) Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine Jacques Ogg (harpsichord) Episode 2 (conductor) 06:40 In the second of two editions of Saturday Classics dedicated to 01:11 Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) Georg Solti in his centenary year, James Jolly explores some of Prokofiev, Sergey [1891-1953] Four Last Songs [Vier letzte Lieder] (1948) the great conductor's best recordings. Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2 (Op.16) in G minor Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor). Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine (conductor) SAT 17:00 Jazz Record Requests (b01nj6sh) For the final listeners' selection of jazz recordings during the 01:49 SAT 07:00 Breakfast (b01nj6s3) piano season on the BBC, Alyn Shipton introduces music by Dvorak, Antonin [1841-1904] Saturday - Martin Handley pianists as varied as Cecil Taylor and Don Ewell, by way of Bob Symphony No.9 in E minor (Op.95), 'From the New World' Greene and Marian McPartland. Plus music from Billie Holiday Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. and Eddie Condon. (conductor) 02.30 SAT 09:00 CD Review (b01nj6s6) SAT 18:00 Opera on 3 (b01nl81w) Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich [1840-1893] Building a Library: Debussy: Images for Orchestra Donizetti's Caterina Cornaro Danse des petits cygnes from Swan Lake Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Donizetti's Caterina Cornaro (conductor) Debussy: Images; New Releases; Disc of the Week: Bach: The Presented by John Shea. Well-Tempered Clavier. 02:33 Set in Venice in the 15th century, Caterina's wedding to Tippett, Michael (1905-1998) Gerardo is interrupted by a masked man who says it's the Five Spirituals - from the oratorio 'A Child of our Time' SAT 12:15 Music Feature (b01nj6s8) senate's wish that Caterina should marry Lusignano, the King of Vancouver Bach Choir, Bruce Pullan (conductor) Sumptuous Was the Feast Cyprus. On threat of death, Caterina agrees. Gerardo, though is determined to get her back, and begins to realise that Lusignano 02:44 'Hiawatha' in the Royal Albert Hall was one of the is actually not an enemy, but as much a victim of circumstance Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] entertainment phenomena of the 1920s and 30s in London. For as he is. String Quartet No. 4 in C, K. 157 two weeks each summer the hall was brimful for the Harmonie Universelle dramatisation of black British composer Samuel Coleridge- A rare chance to hear Donizetti's late opera, based on the true Taylor's cantata trilogy: 'Hiawatha's Wedding Feast', 'The Death story of Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, Jerusalem and 03:00 of Minnehaha' and 'Hiawatha's Departure' - collectively known Armenia in a new recording by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) as 'The Song of Hiawatha'. Hundreds of members of the giant John Shea presents, and is joined by Italian opera expert Suite in B flat major for 13 wind instruments (Op.4) Royal Choral Society swamped the arena (aka the tribal Francesco Izzo to explain the opera's troubled history. Ottawa Winds, Michael Goodwin (conductor) encampment) dressed in home-made native American costumes. A vast backcloth, depicting mountains and forests, Caterina Cornaro.....Carmen Giannattasio (Soprano) 03:26 obscured the Albert Hall's giant organ. Wigwams invaded the Gerardo.....Colin Lee (Tenor) Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943) stage, where the principal singers (many of the best known Lusignano..... Troy Cook (Baritone) Symphony No.2 (Op.27) in E British stars of the day) did their stuff. And the bulk of the Andrea Cornaro.....Graeme Broadbent (Bass) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor) performances was directed by Dr Malcolm Sargent, matinee Strozzi & A Knight of the King.....Loic Felix (Tenor) idol in the making. Mocenigo.....Vuyani Mlinde (Bass-baritone) 04:25 BBC Singers Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) At the hundredth anniversary of Coleridge-Taylor's death, BBC Symphony Orchestra Intermezzo in E flat minor (Op.118 No.6) Andrew Green's Sumptuous Was The Feast' seeks out Conductor.....David Parry. Konstantin Igumnov (1873-1948) (piano) memories from those who appeared in the Albert Hall productions and those who attended them. Kath Marshall recalls 04:31 the tribal chants of an authentic Mohawk chief. Rosemary SAT 20:20 Night Music (b01nj6sm) Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); Woodhouse crept onto the stage to solve the mystery of just Piano - Annie Fischer Arpeggione Sonata, D821 how Hiawatha's canoe drifted off-stage as it departed for the Erling Blöndal Bengtsson (cello), Katharine Jacobson Fleischer Hereafter. Piano Season on the BBC: Annie Fischer was Peter Donohoe's (piano) choice in his survey of '50 Great Pianists' in this morning's But this is no mere trip down memory lane. Andrew Green Breakfast show. Now, a chance to hear Annie Fischer's 04:43 investigates the popularity of Longfellow's poem 'The Song of legendary 1959 account of Mozart's Piano Concerto no 22 in E Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1759-1791) Hiawatha' on both sides of the Atlantic. He examines how flat major K 482, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch with the 4 Kontra Tänze (KV.267) Coleridge-Taylor was idolised by the black community in the Philharmonia Orchestra. English Chamber Orchestra, Mitsuko Uchida (conductor) USA as a role model. And has Hiawatha obscured the composer's wider output? 05:00 SAT 21:00 The Wire (b01nj6sp) Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) 'Sumptuous Was The Feast' details other performances of Adventures of the Soul The Creation - Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes 'Hiawatha' from Scarborough to Melbourne, Australia...before Ursula Fiedler, Ursula Fiedler, Helmut Wildhaber & Péter the craze died after the Second World War. But could hordes of Theft of a dead person's identity is one the UK's fastest growing Köves (soloists), Hungarian Radio Choir, Hungarian Radio and braves and squaws again fill the arena of the Albert Hall? crimes. But what if the dead decide it's time to reclaim their Television Symphony Orchestra, Ádám Fischer (conductor) souls? A contemporary ghost story by leading television thriller writer Lizzie Mickery, with a soundscape incorporating original 05:05 SAT 13:00 The Early Music Show (b01nj6sb) electronic voice phenomenon (EVP) recordings by collector Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931) Highlights from the 2011 Boston Early Music Festival Raymond Cass. Little Suite for string orchestra (Op.1) in A minor CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) Catherine Bott presents highlights from six concerts recorded at The first of two plays on Radio 3 for this year's Halloween. the 2011 Boston Early Music Festival - arguably the most Followed on Sunday by Drama on 3: The Midnight Cry of the 05:23 important and influential early music event in the world. The Deathbird, a new version of Nosferatu by Amanda Dalton Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791] programme includes performances by lutenist Paul O'Dette, Sonata for violin [or fl] and keyboard [vc ad lib] (K.15) in B harpsichordists Kristian Bezuidenhout and Luca Guglielmi, and Clare opens her door to a meter reader, guides him to the cellar flat major ensembles such as Quicksilver, Solamenti Naturale and Les and watches him go down. But he doesn't come up. How can he Les Ambassadeurs Voix Baroques, in music by Aquila, Bach, Buxtehude, Castello have vanished into thin air? Clare doesn't sleep that night. No and Louis Couperin alongside some lively traditional music one believes her, not even the private detective she hires, 05:30 from Hungary. although he stays on the case. They discover others too have Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974) vanished. They're a mix of illegal immigrants, criminals and La création du monde (Op.81) conmen who left home one morning and never returned. No Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (conductor) SAT 14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert (b01ngp52) calls on their mobiles, no transactions on credit cards. It's as if Wigmore Hall: Signum Quartet they've been spirited away. The one thing each case has in 05:50 common is that the vanished have all taken the identity of a Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) From Wigmore Hall, London, the Signum Quartet perform an dead person. Children's Corner all-Romantic programme: Schumann's String Quartet No. 2 in F Roger Woodward (piano) and Brahms's Quartet in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1 in their hall. Meanwhile something has taken up residence in Clare's house. The concert was given in 2012 when the quartet were Radio 3 It picks her up and shakes her as though needing her to 06:07 New Generation Artists. understand. Strange unidentifiable voices speak to her through Parry, Hubert (1848-1918) Presented by Sean Rafferty. the airwaves. Clare is terrified but determined to understand Songs of farewell for mixed voices: no.6; Lord, let me know what's happening. When she discovers her late father's identity mine end Schumann: String Quartet in F Op 41 No 2 has also been stolen, she realizes whose violent spirit rages in BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Brahms: String Quartet in C minor Op 51 No 1 her home. Her mission is no longer to prove her sanity but to save her father and other tortured souls from eternal limbo.