Listings
Presented by Martin Handley. Music includes:
7.00-8.00: Mozart String Quartet in E flat, K160 Dvorak Czech Suite, Op 39
8.00-9.00: Handel Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op 3 No I Krommer Octet-Partita in F Op 57 For full details visit www.bbc. co.uk/radio3/morningon3 on the day of transmission PHONE: [number removed]
(calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) email: morningon3@bbc.co.uk Address: Morning on 3, BBC Radio 3, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA
Contributors
Presented By:
Martin
Handley.
Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's classical music CD releases.
9.30 Building a Library Sarah Walker recommends a recording of Debussy's Syrinx from those currently available.
10.15 A round-up of recent reissues.
10.50 Hilary Finch reviews new chamber music recordings, including Beethoven from the Tokyo and Borodin Quartets, Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov playing Schubert, and Franck's Piano Quintet from the Schubert Ensemble.
11.20 Andrew McGregor asks pianist Piers Lane about his enthusiasm for rare repertoire on record and about his new recording of the original version of the Delius Piano Concerto, and gets an Australian's point-of-view on Percy Grainger.
11.55 The Listening Booth Your chance to request some of the latest CD releases from the list on the programme website .
12.30 Disc of the Week: Vaughan Williams Willow-Wood Roderick Williams (baritone),
Royal Liverpool PO, conductor David Lloyd-Jones www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) email: cdreview@bbc.co.uk Text: [number removed] (standard rate) Disc details are posted on the website and on CEEFAX, BBC1, page 651
Contributors
Unknown:
Andrew
McGregor
Unknown:
Sarah
Walker
Unknown:
Hilary
Finch
Unknown:
Isabelle
Faust
Unknown:
Alexander
Melnikov
Unknown:
Andrew
McGregor
Pianist:
Piers
Lane
Unknown:
Percy
Grainger.
Unknown:
Vaughan
Williams
Baritone:
Willow-Wood Roderick
Williams
Conductor:
David
Lloyd-Jones
Archive Month
1/4. Catherine Bott talks to countertenor Michael Chance about the pioneer of the modern-day countertenor, Alfred Deller.
With music by Morley, Purcell, Handel and Bach. Archive Month continues next Saturday
Contributors
Talks:
Catherine
Bott
Unknown:
Michael
Chance
Unknown:
Alfred
Deller.
Strauss Metamorphosen
Richard Strauss conceived his late masterpiece for 23 solo strings as a memorial for a lost musical culture, particularly the bombing of the Munich Opera House in the Second World War. Charles Hazlewood and his ensemble Excellent
Device explore the musical detail behind this very personal work, revealing how strongly the shadow of Beethoven, particularly the Eroica symphony, is cast over the music.
Contributors
Unknown:
Strauss
Metamorphosen
Unknown:
Richard
Strauss
Unknown:
Charles
Hazlewood
Syria
2/2. Sam Farah of the BBC Arabic Service visits an Islamic Sufi gathering in Aleppo, Syria. With
Israel on one border, and Iraq on another, religion in Syria is often politically charged, and at the gathering of Sheikh Habboush, music is seen as a potent force for Islam. Producer Roger Short
Contributors
Unknown:
Sam
Farah
Producer:
Roger
Short
Helen Mayhew presents Norma Winstone (vocals) and Gareth Williams (piano) in concert, performing their own compositions at the Floral Hall,
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in London.
Contributors
Unknown:
Helen
Mayhew
Unknown:
Norma
Winstone
Piano:
Gareth
Williams
Geoffrey Smith plays listeners'jazz requests.
Address: Jazz Record Requests, [address removed] Fax: [number removed] email: [email address removed]
Contributors
Presenter:
Geoffrey
Smith
Ronnie Scott 's
4/4. George Melly concludes his history of the London jazz club. Proprietor Pete King reveals how, though the world's top jazz performers continue to play at Ronnie Scott 's, it remains a club run by musicians for musicians. Producer AianHaii RT DIRECT: Ronnie Scott's Forty-Five (2 CDs), featuring tracks by Herbie Hancock , Diana Krall , Charles Mingus , Oscar Peterson and many others, is available on CD for
E14.99 including p&p. To order, send a cheque, payable to Selections, to: [address removed], or phone: [number removed] (national rate) quoting [number removed], or visit selections.com/rtdirect
Contributors
Unknown:
Ronnie
Scott
Unknown:
George
Melly
Unknown:
Pete
King
Unknown:
Ronnie
Scott
Unknown:
Herbie
Hancock
Unknown:
Diana
Krall
Unknown:
Charles
Mingus
Unknown:
Oscar
Peterson
The Met's first production of Franco Alfano's 1936 heroic comedy, starring Placido Domingo as the poet and swordsman who falls madly in love with his beautiful cousin Roxane - but who believes that his large nose gives him little hope of winning her affections.
Presented from New York by Margaret Juntwait.
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Marco Armiliato
7.55 Interval: The Met Opera Quiz
Brian Zeger puts listeners' questions to Henry Fogel, Michelle Krisel and Perry Lorenzo
Send questions to Met Opera Quiz, [address removed], or via [web address removed]
8.25 Act 2
RT DIRECT: Alfano's Cyrano De Bergerac (2CDs) is available for £25 including p&p To order, please send a cheque, payable to Selections, to: [address removed], or phone: [number removed] (national rate) quoting [number removed], or visit [web address removed]
9.40 The Verb
Writer Val McDermid uncovers the secret of The Grave Tattoo and reveals the connection between poet William Wordsworth and mutineer Fletcher Christian And Tash Aw talks about Korean novelist Hwang Sok-Yong and his novel The Guest
Presented by Ian McMillan Producer Ariane Koek
10.25 Pre-Hear Smith Quartet
Arvo Part Summa
Steve Reich Different Trains
Contributors
Unknown:
Franco
Alfano
Unknown:
Placido
Domingo
Unknown:
Margaret
Juntwait.
Roxane:
Sondra
Radvanovsky (soprano)
Cyrano:
Placido
Domingo (tenor)
Christian:
Raymond
Very (tenor)
De Guiche:
Anthony
Michaels-Moore (baritone)
Ragueneau:
Roberto
de Candia (baritone)
Music Festival
5/5. Featuring the music of Helmut Lachenmann and two pieces for large ensembles: Mouvement ... (vor der Erstarrung) and Concertini, played by Germany's Ensemble Modern. Plus vocal works by Georg Friedrich Haas and Friedrich Zeller performed by the Neue Vocalsolisten, Stuttgart. Presented by Sarah Walker and Ivan Hewett.
Contributors
Unknown:
Helmut
Lachenmann
Unknown:
Georg Friedrich
Haas
Unknown:
Friedrich
Zeller
Presented By:
Sarah
Walker
Presented By:
Ivan
Hewett.
Presented by John Shea. San Francisco SO, conductor
Michael Tilson Thomas Beethoven March in F, Wo019;
March in C, Wo020 Mahler Symphony No 5 2.24 Smetana String Quartet No 1 in E minor (From My Life) 2.53 Schubert Piano Sonata in D, D 850 3.31 Abel Symphony in D, Op 10 No 5
3.40 Tchaikovsky Variations on a Roccoco Theme in A,
Op 33 4.01 Schiitz Four madrigals 4.13 Piccinini Toccata ; Chiaccona 4.18 Vivaldi Sonata in C for oboe and violin,
RV779 4.32 Schumann Six Cesange, Op 89 4.45 Chopin Etude in F, Op 10 No 8 4.48 Noskowski Polonaise Elegaique , Op 22 4.51 Franck Piece Héroïque in B minor 5.00 Grieq Overture: In Autumn, Op 115.12 Sarasate Zigeunerweisen ,
5.22 Traditional Dances from the Locse Virginal Book;
Dances from the Gervaise Collection; Dance of the Prince of Transylvania 5.30 Liszt Funerailles (Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses) 5.45 Pallasz Epitaph 5.53 Bonnet Variations de Concert 6.03 Deutsch Overture: The Croatian Girl
6.15 CPE Bach Morgengesang am Schopfungsfeste, Wq239
6.28 Mozart Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466
Contributors
Unknown:
Abel
Symphony
Unknown:
Piccinini
Toccata
Unknown:
Noskowski Polonaise
Elegaique
Unknown:
Sarasate
Zigeunerweisen
Unknown:
Liszt
Funerailles
Unknown:
Bach
Morgengesang