Listings
Music includes:
7.00-8.00: Sullivan Overture: The Yeomen of the Guard Pro Arte Orchestra, conductor Malcolm Sargent
Haydn Piano Sonata in B flat, H XVI 41 Marc-Andre Hamelin
8.00-9.00: Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, conductor Valery Gergiev
Mozart Divertimento in E flat, K113
Scottish CO, conductor Alexander Janiczek
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Contributors
Conductor:
Malcolm
Sargent
Unknown:
Marc-Andre
Hamelin
Conductor:
Valery
Gergiev
Conductor:
Mozart
Divertimento
Conductor:
Alexander
Janiczek
Presented by Andrew McGregor.
9.30 Building a Library David Fanning explores available recordings of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5 in E minor.
10.45 Graeme Kay reviews recent CDs of organ music recorded in Mallorca, New York and Carlisle and on some of the historic organs of south London.
11.45 Disc of the Week: Hindemith String Quartet No 4, Op 22 Zehetmair Quartet
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Contributors
Presented By:
Andrew
McGregor
Unknown:
Graeme
Kay
Harpsichordist-turned-conductor
Christophe Rousset talks about playing Baroque music the French way, and the secrets behind the success of his group Les Talens Lyriques. Petroc
Trelawny explores the viola, taking as a starting point a new biography of Lionel Tertis by John White. Plus a preview of Britten's opera, Owen Wingrave , conceived for television but about to be staged at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Studio Theatre. Producer Emma Bloxham
Contributors
Conductor:
Christophe
Rousset
Unknown:
Lionel
Tertis
Unknown:
John
White.
Unknown:
Owen
Wingrave
Producer:
Emma
Bloxham
Mr and Mrs Hasse. The programme profiles
German-born composer Johann Adolf Hasse , who married the celebrated mezzo
Faustina Bordoni. Hasse enjoyed great success both at home in Germany and in Italy, but his reputation was short-lived. Lucie Skeaping plays chamber, vocal and orchestral music by Hasse, and recounts some tales of his wife's reputation in the opera house. Producer Rebecca Bean
Contributors
Unknown:
Mrs
Hasse.
Unknown:
Johann Adolf
Hasse
Unknown:
Faustina
Bordoni.
Producer:
Rebecca
Bean
From London's Wigmore Hall. Introduced by Stephanie Hughes. Juilliard Quartet
Bartok String Quartet No 3
Schubert String Quartet in D minor, D810 (Death and the Maiden)
Contributors
Introduced By:
Stephanie
Hughes.
Serena Owusua Dankwa celebrates the 50th anniversary of Ghanaian independence with recorded performances featuring Ghana's oldest gospel group, founded in the 1880s, and Batman Samini , voted Best African Act in last year's Mobo awards. Producer Roger Short
Contributors
Unknown:
Serena Owusua
Dankwa
Unknown:
Batman
Samini
Producer:
Roger
Short
A tribute to Ella Fitzgerald , who would have been 90 years old this week, and a preview of the 2007 BBC Jazz Awards, including the nominations for each of the categories. With Claire Martin.
Contributors
Unknown:
Ella
Fitzgerald
Unknown:
Claire
Martin.
Geoffrey Smith presents listeners'jazz requests. ADDRESS: Jazz Record Requests, BBC Radio 3. Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA
Fax: [number removed] email: jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Geoffrey
Smith
Kings of Swing
3/3. Linton Chiswick presents the final programme focusing on Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw 's highly innovative small group recordings, which pushed swing to its limits and laid the foundations for bebop. Linton also examines how both musicians risked their careers by employing black musicians at a time when a rigid colour bar was still the norm.
Contributors
Unknown:
Benny
Goodman
Unknown:
Artie
Shaw
Margaret Juntwait presents Handel's Giulio Cesare, live from New York.
The 1st-century-BC love affair between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra was Handel's inspiration for one of his most compelling operas. The sumptuous score is as enthralling today as it was when first performed nearly 300 years ago.
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Harry Bicket
8.00 Met Opera Quiz
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8.20 Act Two
9.20 Interval: Beyond the Gilded Stage
6/6. The Globalisation of Opera
Writer Daniel Snowman brings his story of the social history of opera up to the present - and perhaps beyond.
9.45 Act Three
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Contributors
Unknown:
Margaret
Juntwait
Unknown:
Julius
Caesar
Conductor:
Harry
Bicket
Unknown:
Daniel
Snowman
Unknown:
Giulio
Cesare
Unknown:
Dietrich
Fischer-Dieskau
Unknown:
Tatiana
Troyanos
Conducted By:
Karl
Richter.
Giulio Cesare:
David Daniels
(countertenor)
Curio:
Trevor Scheunemann
(baritone)
Cornelia:
Patricia Bardon
(mezzo)
Sesto:
Alice Coote
(mezzo)
Cleopatra Ruth:
Ann Swenson
(soprano)
Tolomeo:
Lawrence Zazzo
(countertenor)
Achilla:
Wayne Tigges
(bass-Baritone)
Nireno:
Michael Maniaci
(soprano)
Ligeti Remembered
Ivan Hewett presents a concert given in memory of Hungarian-born composer Gyorgi Ligeti.
Claire Booth (soprano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), London Sinfonietta, conductor George Benjamin
Liqeti Ramifications; Melodien
Oliver Knussen Requiem - Songs for Sue Alexander Goehr Behold the Sun Llqeti Piano Concerto
Contributors
Unknown:
Ivan
Hewett
Unknown:
Gyorgi
Ligeti.
Conductor:
George
Benjamin
Unknown:
Alexander
Goehr
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), conductor Ilan Volkov Stuart MacRae Stirling Choruses; Violin Concerto
Contributors
Conductor:
Ilan
Volkov
Conductor:
Stuart
MacRae
Presented by Jonathan Swain. Mozart Symphony No 41 in K551 (Jupiter) City of London Sinfonia, conductor Paul Daniel 1.37 Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5 in E minor
2.26 Strauss Die Gdttin im Putzzimmer 2.32 Britten
Piano Concerto 3.06 Haydn String Quartet in B flat, Op 71 No 13.28 Stanford When Mary thro' the Garden Went, Op 127 No 3 3.31 Pearsall Lay a Garland on Her Hearse
3.35 Weber Clarinet Quintet in B flat, Op 34 4.00 Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia 4.07 Kodaly Mountain Nights 3 and 4 4.14 Bach Keyboard Concerto in A, BWV1055
4.29 Graeme Koehne Gothic Toccata 4.35 Boccherini Cello Concerto No 6 in D, G479 4.52 Glinka Overture in D
5.00 Janacek Mladi 5.20 Tippett Five Spirituals (A Child of Our Time) 5.32 Abel Symphony in A, Op 10 No 6
5.44 Enescu Violin Sonata No 2in F minor, Op 6 6.06 Mozart Overture: Der Schauspieldirektor 6.11 Tchaikovsky
Dumka - Russian Rustic Scene 6.21 Josquin Desprez Ave Maria.... Virgo Serena 6.27 Bach Flute Sonata in A, BWV1032 6.42 A Ferrabosco Pavan and Fantasie
6.49 Rossini Overture: La Gazza Ladra
Contributors
Presented By:
Jonathan
Swain.
Conductor:
Paul
Daniel
Unknown:
Strauss Die
Gdttin
Unknown:
Graeme
Koehne
Unknown:
Janacek
Mladi
Unknown:
Abel
Symphony
Unknown:
Virgo
Serena