Listings
: On Air
Petroc Trelawny with music and arts news, including a preview of a Barbican performance of Lully's Thesee. Music includes at 6.30 soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf singing Weber's Wie Nahte Mir der Schlummer from Der Freischutz with the Philharmonia, conductorKarl Bohm ; after the 7.00 news Bach's
Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor from Book 1 of the 48 performed by pianist Tatiana Nikolaeva ; and at
8.00 Rossini's Overture: The Thieving Magpie performed by the CO of Europe, conductor Claudio Abbado.
Contributors
Soprano:
Elisabeth
Schwarzkopf
Conductor:
Karl
Bohm
Pianist:
Tatiana
Nikolaeva
Conductor:
Claudio
Abbado.
: Masterworks
With Peter Hobday.Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F Musica Antiqua Koln , director Reinhard Goebel
9.20 Brahms Two Rhapsodies, Op 79 Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
9.35 Haydn String Quartet in B minor, Op 64 No 2 Kodaly Quartet
9.55 Lili Boulanger Three Pieces Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Clifford Curzon (piano)
10.07 Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms French Radio Chorus,
French National Orchestra, conductor Igor Markevitch
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Hobday.
Unknown:
Musica Antiqua
Koln
Director:
Reinhard
Goebel
Piano:
Stephen
Kovacevich
Unknown:
Lili
Boulanger
Violin:
Yehudi
Menuhin
Piano:
Clifford
Curzon
Piano:
Stravinsky
Symphony
Conductor:
Igor
Markevitch
: Artist of the Week
Graham JohnsonDevising recital programmes is an important and well developed area of Graham Johnson 's musical life. From the first appearances of the Songmaker's Almanac the recital programme was irrevocably changed, and audiences were both challenged and entertained as never before.
Including music by Ravel, Hahn, Faure, Bizet and Saint-Saens.
Contributors
Unknown:
Graham
Johnson
Unknown:
Graham
Johnson
: Sound Stories
Italian WritersWith Peggy Reynolds.
2: Petrarch. Like Dante,
Francesco Petrarch lived most of his life in exile. Also like Dante, his life was transformed by a chance meeting with a girl - in Petrarch's case Laura de Noves, who would inspire much of his poetry. Alfred Einstein called Petrarch "the most frequently composed poet of world literature", and, over the centuries, his verse has inspired a variety of musicians from Schubert to Liszt. Including: Haydn Solo e Pensoso Arleen Auger (soprano),
Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra, conductor Christopher Hogwood Schubert Sonett II, D629
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)
Jakob Hassler Real Natura
Consort of Musicke, director Anthony Rooley
Uszt /' Vidi in Terra (Petrarch Sonnets) Jose Carreras (tenor),
Vincenzo Scalera (piano)
Contributors
Unknown:
Peggy
Reynolds.
Unknown:
Francesco
Petrarch
Unknown:
Alfred
Einstein
Soprano:
Pensoso Arleen
Auger
Conductor:
Christopher
Hogwood
Piano:
Gerald
Moore
Director:
Anthony
Rooley
Piano:
Vincenzo
Scalera
: Composer of the Week: Schumann
With Penny Gore.2: 1840 - the Year of Marriage and Song. Schumann produced almost 140 songs in the year of his marriage to Clara Wieck and stated
"0 Clara, what bliss it is to write for singing. I cannot tell you how easily it came to me and how happy I was." Liederkreis, Op 39
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (piano) Arabeske, Op 18
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Frauenliebe und -Leben, Op 42 Janet Baker (mezzo), Martin Isepp (piano)
Repeated next Tuesday 12 midnight
Contributors
Unknown:
Clara
Wieck
Piano:
Christoph
Eschenbach
Unknown:
Janet
Baker
Piano:
Martin
Isepp
: The Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Rodney Slatford introduces a recital given last July in the Lady Chapel of Lichfield Cathedral as part of the Lichfield International Arts Festival.Gould Trio: Lucy Gould (violin), Martin Storey (cello), Gretel Dowdeswell (piano) Mozart Piano Trio in C, K548
Smetana Piano Trio in G minor, Op 15
Contributors
Introduces:
Rodney
Slatford
Violin:
Lucy
Gould
Violin:
Martin
Storey
Cello:
Gretel
Dowdeswell
: The BBC Orchestras
Ulster OrchestraConductor John Lubbock ,
Dmitri Alexeev (piano)
Bartok Divertimento ; Piano Concerto
No
Balassa The Day Dreamer's Diary Kodaly Dances of Galanta
Contributors
Conductor:
John
Lubbock
Piano:
Dmitri
Alexeev
Piano:
Bartok
Divertimento
: Voices
Spotlight on James Bowman. English countertenor James Bowman talks to lain Bumside about his career. Repeated from yesterday 10pmContributors
Unknown:
James
Bowman.
Talks:
James
Bowman
: Music Machine
Music and the MassIn some settings of the mass, composers chose to replace some parts of the text with pieces for organ alone: these types of mass are, not surprisingly, called organ masses. Tommy Pearson investigates.
Contributors
Unknown:
Tommy
Pearson
: In Tune
With Humphrey Carpenter. Music includes Stravinsky's Suite:Pulcinella and pianist Glenn Gould playing Bach's Concerto in D minor, BWV974.
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
Contributors
Unknown:
Humphrey
Carpenter.
Pianist:
Glenn
Gould
: Performance on 3
Scriabin PlusPreludes and Pyrotechnics John Toal introduces a recital by the pianist Piers Lane , the last of six from Belfast exploring the audacious talent of Scriabin and his contemporaries.
Piers Lane (piano)
Scriabin Four Preludes, Op 33; Three Preludes, Op 35; Three Studies, Op 65 Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Chopin
8.20 Russians Abroad
In the last of six programmes focusing on exiled Russian artists, writers and performers, conductor
Robert Ziegler examines Stravinsky's exile and his time in Hollywood, where he became an American citizen in 1940. 8.40 Shchedrin Two Polyphonic Pieces Rachmaninov Preludes, Op 23: No 10 in G flat; No 2 in B flat; No 4 in D; No 5 in G minor
Stravinsky Three Movements from "Petrushka"
Contributors
Introduces:
John
Toal
Pianist:
Piers
Lane
Conductor:
Robert
Ziegler
: Postscript
VeteransChristopher Hitchens talks to three people who have spentlong lives in opposition and are distinguished veterans of military, political and intellectual struggles.
2: Bernard Knox recounts his combat in World War II and his postwar defence of the classics in the USA.
Contributors
Talks:
Christopher
Hitchens
Unknown:
Bernard
Knox
: BBC Philharmonic
Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier,Susan Bullock (soprano),
Delia Jones and Ameral Gunson
(mezzos). Leeds Festival Chorus Hindemith Nusch-Nuschi Dances ; Sancta Susanna
Contributors
Soprano:
Susan
Bullock
Soprano:
Delia
Jones
Soprano:
Ameral
Gunson
Unknown:
Hindemith Nusch-Nuschi
Dances
Unknown:
Sancta
Susanna
: Night Waves
This month, Bosnia's writers have been gathering at the SarajevoPoetry Festival, from where Chris Agee reports on their unique contribution to the literature of 20th-century catastrophe. And Richard Coles discusses another meeting between art and the politics of terror - Elijah Moshinsky 's new production of Richard III with Robert Lindsay. Producer Robert Ketteridge
Contributors
Unknown:
Chris
Agee
Unknown:
Richard
Coles
Unknown:
Elijah
Moshinsky
Unknown:
Richard
Iii
Unknown:
Robert
Lindsay.
Producer:
Robert
Ketteridge
: Jazz Notes
Inspired by the arrangements of Sy Oliver and Eddie Durham and featuring perfectly drilled ensembles and vocals, Jimmie Lunceford 's band became a hit in New York and the rest of the USA. In the second of two programmes, Alyn Shipton talks to Benny Waters and Jim Beatty about the Lunceford legacy.SOUNDING THE CENTURY
Contributors
Unknown:
Sy
Oliver
Unknown:
Eddie
Durham
Unknown:
Jimmie
Lunceford
Talks:
Alyn
Shipton
Unknown:
Benny
Waters
Unknown:
Jim
Beatty
: Composer of the Week: Schnrttke
Gerard McBurney and Anthony Burton assess the life and career of Alfred Schnittke.2: Towards a New Style Violin Sonata No 2
Ulf Wallin ,
Roland Pontinen (piano) Symphony No 1 (1st mvt)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Piano Quintet (4th and 5th mvts)
Gidon Kremer and Tatiana Grindenko
(violins),
Yuri Bashmet (viola),
Karine Georgian (cello), Yuri Smirnov (piano)
Repeated from last Tuesday
Contributors
Unknown:
Gerard
McBurney
Unknown:
Anthony
Burton
Unknown:
Alfred
Schnittke.
Unknown:
Ulf
Wallin
Piano:
Roland
Pontinen
Unknown:
Gidon
Kremer
Violins:
Tatiana
Grindenko
Viola:
Yuri
Bashmet
Cello:
Karine
Georgian
Piano:
Yuri
Smirnov
: Through the Night
With Donald Macleod.1.00 Vanbrugh Quartet
Mozart String Quartet in E flat, K428 Bartok String Quartet No 4
Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A, K581
2.20 Rimsky-Korsakov Suite: The Golden Cockerel
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, conductor Uri Mayer
3.00 Leopolita Missa Paschalis II Canto
3.30 Vivaldi Gloria in D
Consortium Musicum,
Slovenian Philharmonic, conductor Marko Munih
4.05 Henri Sauguet Ballet music: Les Forains
CBC Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, conductor Daniel Swift
5.20 Arrlaga Symphony in D
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, conductor Hannu Koivula
Contributors
Unknown:
Donald
MacLeod.
Conductor:
Uri
Mayer
Conductor:
Leopolita Missa
Paschalis
Unknown:
Vivaldi
Gloria
Conductor:
Marko
Munih
Conductor:
Henri
Sauguet
Conductor:
Daniel
Swift
Conductor:
Hannu
Koivula
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