Radio 3 Listings for 1 – 7 May 2021 Page 1 of 13 SATURDAY 01 MAY 2021 SAT 07:00 Breakfast (m000vq1f) Alpha ALPHA668 Elizabeth Alker https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/And-Love-Said- SAT 01:00 Through the Night (m000vjm5) ALPHA668 Schubert Songs with Marianne Beate Kielland Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track. Album für die Frau – scenes from the Schumanns’ Lieder Norwegian Radio Orchestra in a programme of Sibelius and Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Schubert. Jonathan Swain presents. Joseph Middleton (piano) SAT 09:00 Record Review (m000vq1h) BIS BIS2473 SACD Hybrid 01:01 AM Haydn's Symphony No 92, 'Oxford', in Building a Library with https://bis.se/performers/sampson-carolyn/album-fur-die-frau Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Richard Wigmore and Andrew McGregor Pelléas et Mélisande, op. 46 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs Vol. 2 Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Kolbjorn Holthe (conductor) Haydn's Symphony No 92, 'Oxford', in Building a Library with Mary Bevan (soprano) Richard Wigmore; and Keval Shah explores new releases of Nicky Spence (tenor) 01:11 AM English song, German Lieder and French Melodie. Roderick Williams (baritone) Franz Schubert (1797-1828) William Vann (piano) Nine songs with orchestra 9.00am Thomas Gould (violin) 1. Romanze (no. 3b), from Rosamunde, D. 797; 2. Die Forelle, Albion ALBCD043 D. 550 orch. Benjamin Britten; 3. Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. Bach: The Overtures BWV 1066-1069 (Original versions) https://rvwsociety.com/folk-songs-vol2/ 118 orch. Max Reger; 4. Du bist die Ruh’, D. 776 orch. Anton Concerto Copenhagen Webern; 5. An Silvia, D. 891 orch. Robert Schollum; 6. Nacht Lars Ulrik Mortensen (director) Chère Nuit: French Songs – music by Ravel, Messiaen, Debussy und Träume, D. 827 orch. Max Reger; 7. Im Abendrot, D. 799 CPO 555346-2 etc orch. Max Reger; 8. Erlkönig, D.328 orch. Max Reger; 9. An https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/johann-sebastian-bach- Louise Alder (soprano) die Musik, D.547 orch. Max Reger orchestersuiten-nr-1-4/hnum/9735534 Joseph Middleton (piano) Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo soprano), Norwegian Radio Chandos CHAN20222 Orchestra, Kolbjorn Holthe (conductor) Russian Spectacular: Music by Balakirev, Borodin, Mussorgsky https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2020222 and Rimsky-Korsakov 01:45 AM Singapore Symphony Orchestra Berio to Sing Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Lan Shui (conductor) Lucile Richardot (mezzo soprano) Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 ('Unfinished') BIS BIS2412 (Hybrid SACD) Les Cris de Paris Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Kolbjorn Holthe (conductor) https://bis.se/orchestras-ensembles/singapore-symphony- Geoffroy Jourdain (conductor) orchestra/russian-spectacular Harmonia Mundi HMM902647 02:12 AM https://store.harmoniamundi.com/format/701669-berio-to-sing Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Schumann: Complete Piano Trios, Piano Quartet & Piano Tapiola, op. 112 Quintet 11.20am Record of the Week Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Kolbjorn Holthe (conductor) Trio Wanderer Christophe Gaugue (viola) Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau & Schreker: Der Geburtstag der 02:31 AM Catherine Montier (violin) Infantin Robert Schumann (1810-1856) HARMONIA MUNDI HMM90234446 (3 CDs) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Kreisleriana (Op.16) https://store.harmoniamundi.com/release/225390-trio-wanderer Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Vesselin Stanev (piano) -christophe-gaugu-and-catherine-montier-robert-schumann- Onyx ONYX4197 complete-piano-trios-quartet-quintet https://onyxclassics.com/release/zemlinsky-schreker/ 03:01 AM Henryk Gorecki (1933-2010) Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1 Miserere (Op.44) Alina Ibragimova (violin) SAT 11:45 Music Matters (m000vplz) Danish National Radio Choir, Jesper Grove Jorgensen Hyperion CDA68366 (2 CDs) The Conductors' Edition (conductor) https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68366 Tom Service talks to two world-class conductors of today, Sir 03:35 AM 9.30am Building a Library: Richard Wigmore on Haydn Antonio Pappano and Sir Simon Rattle, as they swap roles at the Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony No. 92 in G maj “Oxford” London Symphony Orchestra, and looks back at one of music Violin Sonata in A major, Op 47 'Kreutzer' history's first great conductors, Richard Wagner. Geir Inge Lotsberg (violin), Einar Steen-Nokleberg (piano) Richard Wigmore joins Andrew to discuss different recordings of Haydn's Symphony No 92, 'Oxford'. Four weeks ago, Sir Antonio Pappano was announced as the 04:12 AM new chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra - he Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) Haydn supposedly conducted the symphony at the end of a will leave his current role of music director at the Royal Opera Kamarinskaya (fantasy for orchestra) ceremony in 1791, conferring on him the degree of Doctor of at Covent Garden in 2024. Pappano also has a continuing role at Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor) Music by Oxford University. In fact, the symphony had been the Santa Cecilia orchestra in Rome - and from there he talks to written two years earlier for performance in Paris. His trip to Tom about his early life growing up in London, his plans for the 04:19 AM Oxford symbolises the international success Haydn attained in LSO, and his thoughts on conducting in lockdown. Franz Liszt (1811-1886) his late fifties. And this symphony is full of all the wit, energy La Lugubre gondola S.200 and joy of life that flows out of his greatest works. Richard Wagner was one of the great conductors of his day, and Yulianna Avdeeva (piano) he wrote extensively about the about the philosophy as well as 10.15am New Releases the technique of conducting - Chris Walton has made a new 04:27 AM translation of Wagner's Essays on Conducting, writings that Giovanni Maria Trabaci (1575-1647) Telemann: Easter Cantatas influenced generations of conductors for the next hundred 2 works for Arpa Doppia Die Kölner Akademie years, and which still resonate with conductors today. Wagner's Margret Koll (arpa doppia) Michael Alexander Willens (conductor) orchestral players used to say that they felt he was watching CPO 555425-2 them all the time - Chris will be revealing why he thinks this 04:37 AM https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/georg-philipp- might be so. Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) telemann-osterkantaten/hnum/10443112 Varnatt (Spring Night) Sir Simon Rattle shocked the musical world in January when he Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 5 announced that he would leave his job as music director at the Stefan Skold (conductor) Howard Shelley (piano) London Symphony Orchestra in favour of the Munich Radio Hyperion CDA68344 Symphony Orchestra. He will be telling Tom his reasons for 04:45 AM https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68344 this, and also giving his reflections on Wagner and on the Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943), Alan Arnold (arranger) struggles of musicians during lockdown, as well as revealing Vocalise, Op 34 No 14 arr. Arnold for viola and piano Andriessen: The Only One who his number one composer is. Gyozo Mate (viola), Balazs Szokolay (piano) Nora Fischer (soprano) Los Angeles Philharmonic Finally, Tom pays tribute to the German mezzo-soprano Christa 04:51 AM Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) Ludwig, who died last weekend at the age of 93. He introduces Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) Nonesuch 7559791733 a highlight from his visit to her for Music Matters in 2016, Concerto Grosso, Op 3 no 2 https://www.nonesuch.com/albums/the-only-one where she made a fascinating comparison between some of the Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director) great conductors she had worked with. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” - Méhul: Les Amazones Overture SAT 05:00 Piano Flow with Lianne La Havas (m000vjm7) Les Siècles SAT 12:30 This Classical Life (m000vfrp) Vol 2: Escape with otherworldly piano music François-Xavier Roth (conductor) Jess Gillam with...Rosey Chan Harmonia Mundi HMM902421 Drift away with a weekly dose of the world’s most soothing https://store.harmoniamundi.com/format/713792-beethoven- Jess Gillam talks to pianist and composer Rosey Chan about the piano music. Ethereal sounds from Little Dragon, Laura Mvula, symphony-no-3-mhul-les-amazones-overture music that they love, including Mahler, Miles Davis and Nils Frahm and more. Eurythmics. 10.40am Keval Shah on Song Recordings Today we played: SAT 06:00 Happy Harmonies with Laufey (m000vq1c) Andrew is joined by Keval Shah to explore new releases of Vol 2: Boost your mood with songs of love and friendship English song, German Lieder and French Melodie. Vivaldi – Orlando finto pazzo, RV 727; ‘Se in ogni guardo’ (Philippe Jaroussky, Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe With music from The Beatles, Phoebe Bridgers, Vaughan And Love Said – Music by Bridge, Leterme, Vaughan Spinosi) Williams and more. Williams, etc. Mahler - Totenfeier (OAE, Vladimir Jurowski) Jodie Devos(soprano) Miles Davis/Bill Evans - Blue in Green (Miles Davis, Bill This programme contains mild swearing. Nicolas Krüger (piano) Evans, John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 3 Listings for 1 – 7 May 2021 Page 2 of 13 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) The Explore Ensemble and their director Nicholas Moroz Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Francaix - Petit Quartour 1. Gaguenardise (John Harle, Glenn present music from Lisa Illean, Oliver Leith and Clarence St Paul's Suite, Op 29 no 2 Martin, David Roach, Andrew Findon) Barlow, amongst others. And Tom talks to Philipp Maintz about Seoul Chamber Orchestra, Yong-Yun Kim (conductor) Samthing Soweto (feat. Mzansi Youth Choir) – The Danko! his long-held fascination with writing a piano concerto. Also Medley tonight, a disturbing work for vocalist and ensemble, by Jason 04:43 AM Chopin - Nocturne for piano (Op.posth) in C sharp minor Yarde dedicated to the memory of George Floyd. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) [1830] (Vladimir Ashkenazy) Rondo capriccioso in E major/minor, Op 14 Mozart - String quartet No.19 K465 “Dissonance”; 1.