Listings
: Morning on 3
With Louise Fryer. Music includes:7.00-8.00: Shostakovich The Assault on Beautiful Gorky (The Unforgettable Year 1919, Op 89) Berlioz Autrefois un Roi de Thule (La Damnation de Faust)
8.00-9.00: Debussy, orch Kocsis Images
Oubliées Haydn Cello Concerto in D, H Vllb 2
Contributors
Unknown:
Louise
Fryer.
: The Cowan Collection
With Rob Cowan. Music includes:Bruckner Virga Jesse Floruit Bavarian Radio Chorus, conductor EugenJochum
Rachmaninov Vocalise, Op 34 No 14 Budapest Festival Orchestra, conductor Ivan Fischer
Aldo Finzi Inni alla Notte Ukraine National SO, conductor Nicola Giuliani Bach Adagio in G, BWV968 Angela Hewitt (piano)
Dvorak Fac , ut Ardeat Cor Meum (Stabat Mater) Kim Borg (bass), Czech Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conductor Vaclav Smetacek Email your comments to: cowancollection@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Rob
Cowan.
Conductor:
Ivan
Fischer
Conductor:
Aldo Finzi
Inni
Conductor:
Nicola
Giuliani
Piano:
Angela
Hewitt
Piano:
Dvorak
Fac
Bass:
Kim
Borg
Conductor:
Vaclav
Smetacek
: Private Passions
Michael Berkeley 's guest is actor Timothy West. His musical passions include Gretry, Mozart, Poulenc and Sonny Rollins.Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Berkeley
Unknown:
Timothy
West.
Unknown:
Sonny
Rollins.
: The Early Music Show Red Priest
Lucie Skeaping is joined live in the Manchester studio by the virtuoso Baroque chamber group Red Priest. Including excerpts from the group's innovative version of Vivaldi's Four Seasons.Contributors
Unknown:
Lucie
Skeaping
: Sunday Gala
Leif Ove Andsnes and the Artemis QuartetStephanie Hughes introduces a concert given earlier this year by Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes with the Artemis Quartet.
Schumann StringQuartetinA, Op 41 No 3 Schnittke Piano Quintet
Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 44
Contributors
Unknown:
Leif Ove
Andsnes
Introduces:
Stephanie
Hughes
Pianist:
Leif
Ove
: Hall Marks
3/4. Peter Hall recalls directing countertenor James Bowman as Oberon in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream.Producers Adrian Edwards and Laura Parfitt
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Hall
Unknown:
James
Bowman
Producers:
Adrian
Edwards
Producers:
Laura
Parfitt
: Three for All with Brian Kay
Listener requests including Tavener's Song for Athene, Glenn Gould playing Liszt's transcription of Beethoven's Pastoral symphony and Rootham's First Symphony by the BBCSO and Andrew Davis.Send your requests by PHONE: [number removed] Email via www.bbc.co.uk/radio3
Address: Three for All, BBC Wales, Cardiff CF5 2YQ
Contributors
Unknown:
Glenn
Gould
Unknown:
Andrew
Davis.
: Music Matters
Tom Service talks to leading singers about Britten's tenor roles and reviews a new biography of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould. Producer Tony CheeversContributors
Pianist:
Glenn
Gould.
Producer:
Tony
Cheevers
: Midsummer Night Dreams
Fiona Talkington and Ian McMillan host an evening of drama, music, commissioned poetry, reportage and listener contributions in celebration of the summer solstice.With studio sessions from Finnish folk band
Varttina and English singer June Tabor.
Mendelssohn Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox
6.45 A Midsummer Night's Dream
ByWilliam Shakespeare. Another chance to hear a star-studded production of one of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies, first broadcast in 1999. Introduced by Richard Eyre.
Music composed and performed by Robin Rimbaud Director Susan Roberts
Midsummer Serenades and Renga
During the three intervals, updates on work in progress at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, near
Wakefield, where Alec Finlay is leading the creation of a 100-verse poem in the Japanese renga tradition. Plus seasonal music by Haydn, Paul Patterson and Grainger performed by the Galliard Ensemble.
9.45 The Posthumous Life of Pagan England 1/2. Historian Ronald Hutton takes Ian McMillan around Solsbury Hill near Bath, where a fiery wheel-rolling tradition persisted.
10.00 Midsummer in Midsomer Norton
Ian McMillan visits the Somerset town to see if its romantic name makes summers special there.
10.15 The Land of Giving In Lavinia Greenlaw 's poetic account of midsummer bathed in 24-hour sunlight on the Lofoten Islands, Norway.
10.30 A Midsummer Light's Nighthouse
WN Herbert reads a poem from his lighthouse.
10.45 The Posthumous Life of Pagan England 2/2. Ronald Hutton tours the ancient stone circles atStanton Drew, near Bristol.
11.00 Of Fowls and Foula Poet Kathleen Jamie and musician Don Paterson share the midsummer light on the Shetland island of Foula.
11.25 Magic Meadow Drums Novelist and poet James Lasdun calls in from Woodstock in New York state, still a hippy gathering-place.
11.30 Midsummer Legumes and Brass Ian McMillan finds out what's going on at his brother John's allotment.
11.50 Midsummer Renga
An update on the progress of Alec Finlay 's communal poetry creation.
11.55 The Nights Are Drawing In Ian McMillan performs his own countdown poem for midnight. Email throughout the evening with your midsummer moments and memories to radio3midsummer@bbc.co.uk
Producers Tim Dee , Lyndon Jones and Susan Roberts
Contributors
Unknown:
Fiona
Talkington
Unknown:
Ian
McMillan
Conductor:
Richard
Hickox
Unknown:
Bywilliam
Shakespeare.
Introduced By:
Richard
Eyre.
Unknown:
Robin
Rimbaud
Director:
Susan
Roberts
Unknown:
Alec
Finlay
Unknown:
Paul
Patterson
Unknown:
Ronald
Hutton
Unknown:
Ian
McMillan
Unknown:
Midsomer
Norton
Unknown:
Ian
McMillan
Unknown:
Lavinia
Greenlaw
Unknown:
Ronald
Hutton
Unknown:
Kathleen
Jamie
Musician:
Don
Paterson
Unknown:
James
Lasdun
Unknown:
Brass Ian
McMillan
Unknown:
Alec
Finlay
Unknown:
Ian
McMillan
Producers:
Tim
Dee
Producers:
Lyndon
Jones
Producers:
Susan
Roberts
Theseus/Oberon:
David
Threlfall
Titiania/Hippolyta:
Sylvestra
Le Touzel
Lysander:
Samuel
West
Hermia:
Amanda
Root
Demetrius:
Nick
Bagnall
Helena:
Kathryn
Hunt
Bottom:
Richard
Griffiths
Snug/Egeus:
Donald
McBride
Peter Quince:
Peter
Sallis
Philostrate/Robin Starveling:
Derek
Walmsley
Flute:
Andy
Cryer
Snout:
Malcolm
Hebden
Puck:
Becky
Simpson
Peaseblossom:
Thomas
Pinnock
Cobweb/Lead Fairy:
William
Haigh
Mustard Seed/Moth:
Holly
Grainger
: Composer of the Week: SergeiRachmaninov (1873-1943)
1/5. Early Career. Donald Macleod looks at Rachmaninov's musical background and the circumstances that brought his family toSt Petersburg, where, at the age often, he won a scholarship to the Conservatory. Rptd from Monday
Contributors
Unknown:
Donald
MacLeod
: Through the Night
With Susan Sharpe.Musgrave Rorate Coeli Sheppard Gaude. Gaude, Gaude Maria Tippett Five Negro Spirituals (A Child of our Time) Bach Komm , Jesu. komm, BWV229 Bingham Bach 's
Tomb Strauss Deutsche Motette , Op 62 Macmillan The Gallant Weaver 2.20 Mendelssohn Symphony No 3 in A minor (Scottish) 3.00 Bruch Scottish Fantasy. Op 46
3.30 Crusell Sinfonia Concertante in B flat. Op 3
3.55 Schubert Drei Klavierstucke , D946 4.15
Brahms Lieder und Romanzen, Op 44 Nos land 10 4.20 Pergolesi Violin Concerto in B flat 4.30 CPE Bach Flute Sonata in G. Wql33 (Hamburger Sonata) 4.40 Roussel Coeur en Peril Op 50 No 1 4.40 Roussel 0 Bon Vin , OuAs-tu Cru ?
4.45 Debussy Ondine (Preludes, Book 2) 4.50 Poulenc Improvisation No 1 4.50 Tobias Busslied: Liberi
5.00 Britten Suite: Gloriana 5.25 Famaby Maske and Fantasia 5.30 Coward I'll Follow My Secret Heart (Conversation Piece) 5.35 Cyril Scott Lotus Land,
Op 4 7 No 1 5.35 Rubinstein, transcr Lhevlnne The Ball. Op 14 (excerpt); Reve Ang élique. Op 10 No 22 5.50 Verdi Oh Cielo. Dove Son to (Stitfelio) 6.05 Cavalli Salve Regina 6.10 Eccles Double Bass Sonata in A minor
6.20 Purcell/Chilcott Hear My Prayer: My Prayer
6.30 Wlllan Five Pieces 6.40 Radesca di Foggia Cor Mio. Deh Non Languire 6.45 Hidas Harpsichord Concerto
Contributors
Unknown:
Susan
Sharpe.
Unknown:
Gaude Maria
Tippett
Unknown:
Bach
Komm
Unknown:
Bwv229 Bingham
Bach
Unknown:
Strauss Deutsche
Motette
Unknown:
Schubert Drei
Klavierstucke
Unknown:
Brahms
Lieder
Unknown:
Roussel
Coeur
Unknown:
Bon
Vin
Unknown:
Ouas-Tu
Cru
Unknown:
Famaby
Maske
Unknown:
Reve
Ang
Unknown:
Cavalli
Salve
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