Listings
: On Air
With Martin Handley , including Haydn String Quartet in B flat,Op 76 No 4 (Sunrise) Alberni Quartet 7.00 Rossini Miei Rampolli
Femminini (La Cenerentola)
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, conductor James Levine
7.45 Copland The Cat and the Mouse Eric Parkin (piano)
8.40 Komgold Film music: The Sea Hawk (excerpts)
National Philharmonic, conductor Charles Gerhardt
Producer Edwina Wolstencroft
Contributors
Unknown:
Martin
Handley
Unknown:
Rossini Miei
Rampolli
Bass-Baritone:
Bryn
Terfel
Conductor:
James
Levine
Piano:
Eric
Parkin
Conductor:
Charles
Gerhardt
Producer:
Edwina
Wolstencroft
: CD Review
With Andrew McGregor , who plays some of the month's new releases.Roderick Swanston has been listening to recent recordings of Baroque choral music by Bach and Handel.
10.00 Marc-Andre Hamelin discusses his new recordings of Medtner piano sonatas and other knuckle-crunchers.
Radio 3's Disc of the Week is the Portland Baroque Orchestra's recording of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K364, with soloists Pavlo Beznosiuk (viola) and Monica Huggett (violin), who also directs.
11.00 Building a Ubrary lain Burnside recommends a version of Grieg's Peer Gynt, followed by other examples of incidental music, including Mendelssohn's A
Midsummer Night's Dream and Schubert's Rosamunde.
Producers Clive Portbury and Susan Kenyon WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview E-MAIL: cdreview@bbc.co.uk
DISC DETAILS: call [number removed]300 or consult CEEFAX on BBC1, page 651
Contributors
Unknown:
Andrew
McGregor
Unknown:
Roderick
Swanston
Unknown:
Marc-Andre
Hamelin
Violin:
Monica
Huggett
Producers:
Clive
Portbury
Producers:
Susan
Kenyon
: Private Passions
Michael Berkeley 's guest this week is the Duke of Kent, whose many public activities include support for major sporting events such as the All-England Lawn TennisChampionships at Wimbledon. In private he is a passionate music lover and his choices today include Bach's great Mass in B minor (the Duke and Duchess of Kent are both members of the Bach choir),
Schubert's Nacht und Traume, a Chopin nocturne played by Arthur Rubinstein , an extract from Mozart's
Hunt string quartet, and three operatic excerpts, two from
Wagner's Gotterdammerung (the Dawn Duet and Siegfried's Rhine Journey) and the lovers' farewell from the last act of Janacek's Katya Kabanova.
Executive producer Wendy Thompson Repeated tomorrow 6.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Berkeley
Played By:
Arthur
Rubinstein
Unknown:
Katya
Kabanova.
Producer:
Wendy
Thompson
: The Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Noriko Ogawa (piano)Rachmaninov Preludes, Op 23: No 4 in D; No 5 in G minor; No 6 in E flat Mitsukuri Night Rhapsody; Sakkura Chopin Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor, Op 58 Repeat
Contributors
Piano:
Noriko
Ogawa
: Best of 3
Michael White picks some highlights from Radio 3's schedule over the last week.Producer Svend Brown
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
White
Producer:
Svend
Brown
: The Other Karajan
The Hypnotist. A mesmeric figure on the rostrum, Karajan was also one of the finest ever rehearsers of an orchestra. In the fourth of his six-part series on the great Austrian conductor, Richard Osborne discusses the hypnotist who was also a realist. With contributions from Vladimir Ashkenazy ,Walter Legge , Lorin Maazel , Simon Rattle and Jeffrey Tate.
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat (1st mvt)
Berlin Philharmonic Mozart Cosi Fan Tutte (Act 1, excerpt)
Philharmonia
Ravel Bolero
Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor (Unfinished) (1st mvt) Berlin Philharmonic
Waldteufel The Skaters' Waltz
Philharmonia
Webem Symphony, Op 21 Berlin Philharmonic
Contributors
Conductor:
Richard
Osborne
Unknown:
Vladimir
Ashkenazy
Unknown:
Walter
Legge
Unknown:
Lorin
Maazel
Unknown:
Simon
Rattle
Unknown:
Jeffrey
Tate.
Unknown:
Bach
Brandenburg
Fiordiligi:
Elisabeth
Schwarzkopf(soprano)
Dorabella:
Nan
Merriman(mezzo)
Ferrando:
Leopold
Simoneau(tenor)
Guglielmo:
Rolando
Panerai(baritone)
Don Alfonso:
Sesto
Bruscantini(baritone)
: Artists' Question Time
James Naughtie is in the chair for 45 minutes of diverting conversation as a panel of musical celebrities tackles questions from an audience at the Covent Garden Festival. Panellists are soprano Lillian Watson , tenor Robert Tear and composer Alisdair Nicolson. What is the strangest place in which Lillian Watson has sung? And what role would she give heritage secretary Chris Smith in A Midsummer Night's Dream? Producer David McGuinness* See Roland White : Review, page 143
Contributors
Unknown:
James
Naughtie
Soprano:
Lillian
Watson
Tenor:
Robert
Tear
Unknown:
Alisdair
Nicolson.
Unknown:
Lillian
Watson
Unknown:
Chris
Smith
Producer:
David
McGuinness
Unknown:
Roland
White
: Jazz Record Requests
With Geoffrey Smith.Producer Derek Drescher Discs
ADDRESS: Jazz Record Requests. BBC Radio 3, Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW
FAX: [number removed]
Contributors
Unknown:
Geoffrey
Smith.
Producer:
Derek
Drescher
: S'Wonderful, S'Marvellous
Geoffrey Smith continues his four-part series on jazz interpretations of the music of George Gershwin. In the second programme, he asks why I Got Rhythm has proved so popular with jazz musicians, who improvise not only on the melody but also the chords. Examples occur in Dizzy Atmosphere by Dizzy Gillespie,Rhythm-a-ning by Thelonious Monk,
Lester Leaps In by Lester Young , and Oleo by Sonny Rollins. Other interpretations include pianist Art Tatum at work on Liza, and clarinettist Benny Goodman on Nice Work if You Can Get It.
Repeated Friday 11.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Geoffrey
Smith
Unknown:
George
Gershwin.
Unknown:
Lester
Leaps
Unknown:
Lester
Young
Unknown:
Sonny
Rollins.
Pianist:
Art
Tatum
Clarinettist:
Benny
Goodman
: Opera on 3
The Flying DutchmanWagner's first mature opera, in a performance given at this year's
Bayreuth Festival. A mysterious ship sails into port with a ghostly crew led by a Dutch captain. The village beauty, Senta, succumbs to his charms, but will her love be strong enough to lift the curse that compels him endlessly to sail the seas? It is a theme that in various guises was to haunt Wagner throughout his later operas.
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Peter Schneider
Contributors
Conductor:
Peter
Schneider
Daland:
Hans
Sotin(bass)
Senta:
Cheryl
Studer(soprano)
Erik:
Roland
Wagenfuhrer(tenor)
Mary:
Marga
Schmil(contralto)
Steersman:
Torsten
Kerl(tenor)
Dutchman:
Alan
Titus(bass)
: Blue Skies
In this series of Blue Skies,Professor Steve Jones assesses the legacy of Charles Darwin 's Origin of Species. In the second of six programmes, Steve Jones looks at how the natural history of islands helped Darwin to develop his theory of evolution.
Producers Jim Clarke and Anne McNaught E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Professor Steve
Jones
Unknown:
Charles
Darwin
Unknown:
Steve
Jones
Producers:
Jim
Clarke
Producers:
Anne
McNaught
: Pizzetti
Cello SonataUrsula Smith and Malcolm Martineau (piano) perform this little-known but compelling sonata.
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
Contributors
Unknown:
Ursula
Smith
Piano:
Malcolm
Martineau
: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor Tadaaki Otaka ,Noriko Ogawa (piano), Craig Ogden (guitar) Takemltsu Riverrun ; Spectral
Canticle (first UK performance) Glazunov Symphony No 8
Contributors
Conductor:
Tadaaki
Otaka
Piano:
Noriko
Ogawa
Piano:
Craig
Ogden
Guitar:
Takemltsu
Riverrun
: Jazz on 3
Tonight's programme features a live recording of alto saxophonist Greg Osby playing at New York's Knitting Factory earlier this year. In the 1980s, Osby was a leading figure in the New York jazz movementM-Base. Frustrated by convention, he was Blue Note's first artist to explore the fusion of jazz with hip-hop and is noted for his inspirational improvisations. He is joined here by Jason Moran on piano, Alshi Osada on bass, and Rodney Green on drums. Producers Lyn Champion and Steve Shepherd
Contributors
Unknown:
Greg
Osby
Unknown:
Jason
Moran
Piano:
Alshi
Osada
Piano:
Rodney
Green
Unknown:
Steve
Shepherd
: Through the Night
With Donald Macleod.1.00 A concert given in Warsaw Castle by Musica Antiqua Koln , directed by Reinhard Goebel. Much of the music is associated with Poland; it includes a canzona by the Polish Baroque composer Adam Jarzebski and a Polish sonata by Carlo Farina , culminating in Bach's canons from the Goldberg Variations.
2.20 Beethoven Triple Concerto in C Slovenian Trio,
Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Samo Hubad
3.20 Kodaly Sonata for Solo Cello, Op 8 Csaba Onczay (cello)
4.10 Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor Royal Danish Orchestra, conductor Otto Klemperer
5.00 Handel Water Music: Suite
No 3 in G
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, conductor Mario Bernardi
5.25 Ravel Pavane pour une Infante Défunte
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jorge Mester
5.40 Britten The Young Person's
Guide to the Orchestra (On a Theme by Purcell) Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Milen Nachev
Contributors
Unknown:
Donald
MacLeod.
Unknown:
Musica Antiqua
Koln
Directed By:
Reinhard
Goebel.
Unknown:
Adam
Jarzebski
Unknown:
Carlo
Farina
Conductor:
Samo
Hubad
Cello:
Csaba
Onczay
Conductor:
Otto
Klemperer
Conductor:
Mario
Bernardi
Conductor:
Jorge
Mester
Conductor:
Milen
Nachev
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