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Breakfast

Radio 3's breakfast show, waking the UK up with the finest classical music in the best performances

Breakfast: 24/07/2008

24/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, 24/07/2008

With Rob Cowan. Including music by Dvorak, Charpentier, Schubert, Massenet and Saint-Saens

With Rob Cowan. Including Charpentier: Nativite de la Vierge. Schubert: Andantino varie in B minor. Massenet: Je suis encore toute etourdie. Saint Saens: Danse macabre.

With Rob Cowan.

Rob's wide selection of music ranges from Charpentier's hymn of praise to the Virgin Mary, as directed by Jordi Savall, to Anne Queffelec's account of a serious fantasy by Satie.

Including:

Dvorak: Nocturne, Op 40
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer (conductor)

Charpentier: Nativite de la Vierge
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (conductor)

Schubert: Andantino varie in B minor, D823
Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos)

Massenet: Je suis encore toute etourdie
Anna Moffo (soprano)
RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Rene Leibowitz (conductor)

Saint Saens: Danse macabre
Colonne Concert Association Orchestra
Pierre Dervaux (conductor)

Satie: La belle excentrique
Anne Queffelec (piano).

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

With Rob Cowan. Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Dvorak Nocturne, Op 40 Charpentier Nativité de la Vierge Schubert Andantino Marie in B minor, D823 
8.30-10.00: Massenet Je Suis Encore Tout 
Etourdie (Manon) 
Saint-Saens Danse Macabre Satie La Be//e Excentrique

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: 24/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 24/07/2008

Including music by Britten, Mahler, Tchaikovsky, List, Tippett, Bruckner.

Including Britten: Young Apollo. Mahler: Phantasie (Lieder und Gesange). Tchaikovsky: Don Juan's Serenade (Six Songs). Liszt: Reminiscences de Don Juan. Bruckner: Symphony No 7.

With Sarah Walker.

Including:

Britten: Young Apollo
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CZS 573983 2 (2-CD set)

Mahler: Phantasie (Lieder und Gesange)
Stephan Genz (baritone)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperion CDA67392

Tchaikovsky: Don Juan's Serenade (Six Songs, Op 38 No 1)
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Jan Eyron (piano)
EMI CMS 565685 2 (4-CD set)

Liszt: Reminiscences de Don Juan
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
Hyperion CDA66874

Tippett: King Priam (Act 3 - excerpt)
Achilles ...... Robert Tear (tenor)
Priam ...... Norman Bailey (bass-baritone)
Hermes ...... Kenneth Bowen (tenor)
London Sinfonietta
David Atherton (conductor)
CHAN 9406/7 (2-CD set)

Bruckner: Symphony No 7 in E
Berlin Philharmonic
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
Teldec 9031 7718 20.

With Sarah Walker. 
Britten Young Apollo City of Birmingham 
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle 
10.09 Mahler Phantasie (Lieder und Gesange) 
Stephan Genz (baritone). Roger Vignoles (piano) 
10.12 Tchaikovsky Don Juan 's Serenade, Op 38 No Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Jan Eyron (piano) 
10.15 Liszt Réminiscences de Don Juan Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) 
10.31 Tippett King Priam, Act 3 (excerpt)  
London Sinfonietta, conductor David Atherton 
10.46 Bruckner Symphony No 7 in E Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Daniel Barenboim

Composer of the Week

Donald Macleod offers a weekly guide to composers and their music.

Donald Macleod offers an informative and accessible guide to composers and their music.

Composer of the Week: Charles Ives

Composer of the Week: Charles Ives: Episode 4

Episode 4

Charles Ives

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Charles Ives, Episode 4

We meet Ives's adopted daughter Edie and the Transcendentalist writer Nathaniel Hawthorne.

With Donald Macleod. We meet Ives's adopted daughter Edie and the Transcendentalist writer Nathaniel Hawthorne who was immortalised in Ives's Concord Sonata.

With Donald Macleod. We meet Ives's adopted daughter Edie and her friend Susanna, the hapless cowpuncher Charlie Rutlage, and the Transcendentalist writer Nathaniel Hawthorn who was immortalised in Ives's Concord Sonata. We also hear Ives's seminal work on 'estate planning' for life insurance agents, and his remarkable Fourth Symphony.

Two Little Flowers
Mary Ann Hart (mezzo-soprano)
Dennis Helmrich (piano)

Charlie Rutlage
Sanford Sylvan (baritone)
Alan Feinberg (piano)

Piano Sonata No 2 (Concord, Mass.)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)

Charlie Rutlage (The Other Side of Pioneering, or Side Lights on American Enterprise)
Music Projects, London
Richard Bernas (conductor)

Symphony No 4
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor).

Donald Macleod explores the work of the 20th century modernist American composer

Donald Macleod explores the work of the 20th century modernist American composer, whose work gained in significance after his death in 1954. Son of an army bandleader, he experimented with bitonality

Composer of the Week: Ives

4/5. Donald Macleod continues his exploration of the music and life of Charles Ives. 
Two Little Flowers MaryAnnHart (mezzo). Dennis Helmrich (piano) Charlie Rutlage
 Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Alan Feinberg (piano) 
Hawthorne (Piano Sonata No 2, 2ndmvt) (Concord, Mass) Pierre-Laurent Aimard 
The Other Side of Pioneering, or Side Lights on American Enterprise (Charlie Rutlage ) 
Music Projects, London, conductor Richard Bernas Symphony No 4 
Dallas Symphony Orchestra. conductor Andrew Litton

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series

Live and recorded concerts from all over the United Kingdom. Also includes the flagship Wigmore chamber music series.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cheltenham Festival 2008 Highlights

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Episode 7

Episode 7: Cheltenham Festival 2008

Cheltenham Festival 2008 Highlights

Cheltenham Festival 2008

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The Pavel Haas Quartet perform music by Prokofiev and Janacek.

Penny Gore presents highlights from the 2008 Cheltenham Music Festival, featuring the Pavel Haas Quartet in quartets by Prokofiev and Janacek. With cellist Danjulo Ishizaka.

Penny Gore presents concert highlights from the 2008 Cheltenham Music Festival, featuring Radio 3's New Generation Artists.

The programme includes Pavel Haas Quartet performing quartets by Prokofiev and Janacek, for which they are renowned. Cellist Danjulo Ishizaka joins them to perform Schubert's String Quintet in C, as part of 'Chamber-made Schubert' - Cheltenham's festival-within-a-festival.

Janacek: String Quartet No 1, (Kreutzer Sonata)
Prokofiev: String Quartet No 2, Op 92
Schubert: String Quintet in C, D956.

Penny Gore introduces highlights from the 2008 Cheltenham Music Festival

Penny Gore introduces highlights from the 2008 Cheltenham Music Festival, a wide-ranging and international musical celebration

Cheltenham Festival 
Further performances given by Radio 3 New 
Generation Artists at the Cheltenham Festival. Danjulo Ishizaka (cello), Pavel Haas Quartet 
Janacek String Quartet No 1 (Kreutzer Sonata) Prokofiev String Quartet No 2, Op 92 Schubert String Quintet in C, D956

Afternoon Concert

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras from around the world

Afternoon on 3

Afternoon Concert: 24/07/2008

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Another chance to hear a Prom with Rossini: William Tell Overture and Elgar: Symphony No 1

Another chance to hear a concert from the BBC Proms 2008 featuring Rossini's William Tell Overture and Haydn's Cello Concerto No 1. Plus Chamber Music: Britten: Cello Suite No 3.

Presented by Penny Gore.

BBC Proms 2008:

Another chance to hear a Prom featuring conductor Roger Norrington and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra performing key works by three much-loved composers.

The concert begins with Rossini's overture to his opera William Tell, with its brooding prelude for cellos and famous galloping ending, and is followed by Haydn's early C major Cello Concerto, long-thought lost until it turned up in the 1960s. The soloist is young French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, who makes his BBC Proms debut. The programme ends with Elgar's Symphony No 1 in A flat, described at the time of its debut by Hans Richter as 'the greatest symphony of modern times'.

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR)
Roger Norrington (conductor)

Rossini: William Tell Overture
Haydn: Cello Concerto No 1 in C
Elgar: Symphony No 1 in A flat

Plus Chamber Music:

Britten: Cello Suite No 3
Christian Poltera (cello).

Presented by Penny Gore . 
BBC Proms 2008 
Another chance to hear Tuesday's Prom concert. Jean-Guihen Oueyras (cello), Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR), conductor Roger Norrington Rossini Overture: William Tell Haydn Cello Concerto No 1 in C 
Elgar Symphony No I in A flat  
4.30 Chamber Music 
Britten Cello Suite No 1 Christian Poltera

In Tune

Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.

Top-class live music from some of the world's finest classical, jazz, folk and world musicians. If it's happening in the world of music, you'll hear it first on In Tune.

In Tune: 24/07/2008

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Sean Rafferty's guests include the cast of a new production of The Wizard of Oz.

Sean Rafferty's guests include the director and cast of a new production of The Wizard of Oz. Plus live music from the Linos Wind Quintet, and Daniel Norman and Christopher Gould.

BBC Proms

The annual Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, featuring orchestral classical music

The world's greatest classical music festival - live from the Royal Albert Hall. Stunning performances, unique collaborations and the sheer joy of music bringing people together.

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 10: Bax, Vaughan Williams and Rachmaninov

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 10: Bax, Vaughan Williams and Rachmaninov: Part 1: Prom 10 - Part 1

Part 1 Part 1: Prom 10 - Part 1

2008

Prom 10 - Part 1

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BBC Philharmonic in Bax's In memoriam Patrick Pearse and Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 1

Presented by Petroc Trelawny, from the Royal Albert Hall. With the BBC Phil in Bax's In memoriam Patrick Pearse, plus Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 1, with Yevgeny Sudbin.

Introduced by Petroc Trelawny, from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

The BBC Philharmonic and its Conductor Laureate present a programme that includes the first public performance of Arnold Bax's In memoriam Patrick Pearse, a work written in memory of one of the leaders of the Irish Easter Rising of 1916, and only recently found to have been orchestrated.

The orchestra is later joined by Yevgeny Sudbin who makes his BBC Proms debut in Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 1.

Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

Bax: In memoriam Patrick Pearse (First public performance) 
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor.

BBC Proms: 2008

Prom 10: Bax, Vaughan Williams and Rachmaninov

The BBC Philharmonic perform works by Bax, Vaughan Williams and Rachmaninov

The BBC Philharmonic under Yan Pascal Tortelier give the first public performance of Arnold Bax's In memoriam Patrick Pearse, alongside works by Vaughan Williams and Rachmaninov

BBC Proms 2008

including the first public performance of Arnold Bax's In Memoriam Patrick Pearse, a work written in memory of one of the leaders of the failed Irish Easter Rising of 1916. Yevgeni Sudbin makes his Proms debut in Rachmaninov's First Piano Concerto, and Vaughan Williams's Fourth Symphony completes the programme.
Introduced from the Royal Albert Hall in London by Petroc Trelawny.

Yevgeni Sudbin (piano), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier

Bax In Memoriam Patrick Pearse (first public performance)

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor

8.20 Twenty Minutes: Fantasia on a Theme - Bushes and Briars
1/3. Roy Palmer explores songs and tunes collected by Vaughan Williams

8.40 Vaughan Williams Symphony No 4

(Repeated on Monday 28 July at 2pm)

Twenty Minutes

Eclectic arts magazine programme, exploring a range of fascinating subjects

Eclectic arts magazine programme, exploring a range of fascinating people, places and events

Twenty Minutes: Fantasia on a Theme

Twenty Minutes: Fantasia on a Theme: Episode 1: Fantasia on a Theme - Bushes and Briars

Episode 1

Episode 1: Fantasia on a Theme - Bushes and Briars

Fantasia on a Theme

Fantasia on a Theme - Bushes and Briars

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Roy Palmer discusses Bushes and Briars, the first folk song Vaughan Williams collected.

Roy Palmer explores the songs and tunes Vaughan Williams collected, revealing how after hearing a farm labourer singing Bushes and Briars, his life and work were changed forever.

Roy Palmer explores the songs Vaughan Williams collected, and how they inspired him

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 10: Bax, Vaughan Williams and Rachmaninov: Part 2: Prom 10 - Part 2

Part 2 Part 2: Prom 10 - Part 2

Prom 10 - Part 2

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The Prom concludes with Vaughan Williams's Symphony No 4, dedicated to Arnold Bax.

Presented from the Royal Albert Hall, London. The Prom concludes with Vaughan Williams's Symphony No 4 in F minor, which the composer dedicated to Arnold Bax.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. The Prom concludes with Vaughan Williams's Symphony No 4, which the composer dedicated to Arnold Bax.

BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 4 in F minor.

Sunday Feature

Exploring music, history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature.

In-depth documentaries which explore music, history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature.

Sunday Feature: Waiting for Netaji?

09/08/2007

Waiting for Netaji?

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Sunil Khilnani questions the myths surrounding the man they call Netaji, or 'great leader'

Historian Sunil Khilnani questions the many myths and stories that surround India's Subhas Chandra Bose, who died in 1945 and is called Netaji, meaning 'great leader', by millions.

Historian Sunil Khilnani questions the many myths and stories that surround India's Subhas Chandra Bose. Millions call him Netaji, meaning 'great leader', but his death in August 1945 is still surrounded by controversy and rumour.

Bose was a martial hero who broke with Gandhi, conversed with Hitler, raised two armies to fight the British Empire and yet still seems to embody the hopes and fears of many Indians today.

Historian Sunil Khilnani explores the myths surrounding Subhas Chandra Bose , one of 20th-century India's most challenging figures, who even today seems to embody the hopes and fears Of many Indians. Producer Mark Burman

New Generation Artists

New Generation Artists - a BBC scheme to nurture exceptional young talent

The BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme helps to support talented musicians to reach the next stages of their careers and brings some of the world’s most promising new talent to listeners across the UK through BBC Radio 3 broadcasts.

New Generation Artists: Elizabeth Watts

Elizabeth Watts

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Soprano Elizabeth Watts performs music by Elizabeth Maconchy.

Soprano Elizabeth Watts, accompanied by pianist Paul Turner, performs music by Elizabeth Maconchy, including her song-cycle Moon and Stars.

A performance by soprano Elizabeth Watts, winner of the Rosenblatt Song Prize at the 2008 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. A keen champion of women composers, she is joined by pianist Paul Turner in music by Elizabeth Maconchy, including her song-cycle Sun, Moon and Stars.

Studio and concert performances by current members of the scheme, starting with soprano Elizabeth Watts , winner of the Rosenblatt Song Prize at last year's Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Producer Lindsay Kemp

Artist Focus

Programme focussing on the work of a specific artist

Programme focussing on the work of a specific artist.

This programme is no longer broadcast.  The details have been left here for information.

Artist Focus: 24/07/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Artist Focus, 24/07/2008

Featuring Olivier Latry, organist of Notre Dame, Paris, famous for performing Messiaen.

With further recordings of featured artist Olivier Latry, organist of Notre Dame, Paris, renowned for his performances of the works of Olivier Messiaen.

Organist Olivier Latry performs works by Messiaen.

The Essay

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: When Writers Play

The Essay: When Writers Play: Episode 3

Episode 3

When Writers Play

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Jonathan Coe recalls his piano playing days, which led to forming a band.

Novelist Jonathan Coe recalls his piano playing days, which led to forming a band at the wrong time for his sort of 'sound'. But he played on, it seems.

Three writers are invited to describe their alternative talents as musicians

When Writers Play 
3/3. Writer Jonathan Coe recalls his piano-playing days, which led him to form a band at the wrong time for his sort of sound.

Late Junction

Journeys in music, ancient to future. The home for adventurous listeners

Late Junction: 24/07/2008

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Including the Incredible String Band and chamber music by Toru Takemitsu.

Max Reinhardt's selection includes the Incredible String Band, chamber music by Toru Takemitsu and a Chris Burn transcription of Derek Bailey performed by saxophonist John Butcher.

Max Reinhardt 's selection features the Incredible String Band, chamber music by Toru Takemitsu and a Chris Burn transcription of Derek Bailey performed by saxophonist John Butcher.

Through the Night

Continuous broadcast of concert music and opera, recorded from locations throughout Europe

Through the Night: 25/07/2008

25/07/2008

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John Shea introduces music, including Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Enescu, Praetorius.

John Shea introduces music, including Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Enescu, Praetorius, Vivaldi, Stoyanov, Bach, CPE Bach, Rossini, Brahms, Lipinski, Peeters, Berwald, M Haydn.

With John Shea.

Including:

Schubert: Overture in the Italian Style in D, D590
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64
Schubert: Symphony No 9 in C (Great)
Enescu: Sonata torso for violin and piano (from incomplete Sonata of 1911)
Praetorius: Vater unser im Himmelreich
Vivaldi: Dixit dominus, RV 595
Stoyanov: String Quartet No 3 (In modo frigio)
Bach: French Suite No 5 in G, BWV 816
Anon. medieval/Renaissance: Fortuna disperata
Busnois: Fortuna disperata
Isaac: Fortuna disperata
CPE Bach: Fantasie in C minor, Wq 63 No 6
Hellendaal: Concerto grosso in D for strings and continuo, Op 3 No 5 Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Derungs: Bandieras; Ninna Nanna; La Mort dil Poet; Glieud (Epigrams)
Rossini: Una voce poco fa (Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Brahms: An die Nachtigall, Op 46 No 4; Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op 105 No 2
Lolli: Sonata in B (Allegro) (Ms. Konsistorial-Archiv Salzburg)
Lipinski: Rondo alla Polacca in E, Op 13
Morton: Frog-I-More Rag
Scott: Paramount Rag
Pierne: Konzertstuck for harp and orchestra, Op 39
Kilar: Little Overture
Peeters: Missa Festiva for mixed choir and organ, Op 62
Berwald: String Quartet No 2 in A minor
Haydn: Responsoria ad matutinum in nativitate domini, MH 639.

With John Shea. Schubert
Overture in D, D590 (In the Italian Style) 1.10 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Renaud Capugon , Stavanger SO, conductor Paul McCreesh 1.36 Schubert Symphony No 9 in C (Great) 2.37 Enescu Sonata Torso for violin and piano (incomplete Sonata of 1911) 2.52 Praetorius Vater unser im Himmelreich 3.09 Vivaldi Dixit Dominus, 
RV595 3.39 Stoyanov String Quartet No 3 (In Modo Frigio) 4.01 Bach French Suite No 5 in G, BWV816 
4.17 Anon Fortuna Disperata 4.22 Busnois Fortuna 
Disperata 4.25 Isaac Fortuna Disperata 4.30 CPE Bach Fantasie in C minor, Wq63 No 6 4.35 Hellendaal Concerto Grosso in D, Op 3 No 5 4.53 Gion Giusep Derunqs Epigrams 
5.00 Rossini Una Voce Poco Fa (II Barbiere di Siviglia) 
5.05 Brahms An die Nachtigall, Op 46 No 4; lmmer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op 105 No 2 5.12 Lolli Sonata in B 
5.16 Upinski Rondo alia Polacca in E, Op 13 5.31 Morton 
Frog-I-More Rag 5.34 Scott Paramount Rag 5.38 Pierne Konzertstuck, Op 39 5.53 Wojciech Kilar Little Overture 
6.00 Peeters Missa Festiva, Op 62 6.28 Berwald String Quartet No 2 in A minor 6A7 Michael Haydn 
Responsoria ad Matutinum in Nativitate Domini, MH639

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