Radio 3 Listings for 19/12/2009 - 25/12/2009

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SAT       SATURDAY 19 DECEMBER 2009
SAT       
SAT       01:00 Through the Night b00p8jc6 (Listen)
SAT       1.00am
SAT       Enescu, George (1881-1955): Violin Sonata No 3 in A, Op 25
SAT       (dans le caractere populaire roumain)
SAT       Sebastian Tegzesiu (violin)    Viorica Boerescu (piano)
SAT       1.29am
SAT       Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): String Quartet No 20
SAT       in D, K499 (Hoffmeister)    ANIMA Quartet
SAT       1.54am
SAT       Muthel, Johann Gottfried (1728-1788): Concerto in D minor
SAT       for harpsichord, two bassoons, strings and continuo
SAT       Rhoda Patrick, David Mings (bassoons)
SAT       Gregor Hollman (harpsichord)    Musica Alta Ripa
SAT       2.18am
SAT       Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953): Symphony No 5, Op 100
SAT       Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
SAT       Milen Nachev (conductor)
SAT       3.01am
SAT       Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931): String Quartet No 1 in G minor,
SAT       Op 13 (1888 revised 1900)    Vertavo Quartet
SAT       3.26am
SAT       Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Scherzo No 1 in B, Op 20
SAT       Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
SAT       3.36am
SAT       Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Rosamunde - incidental music,
SAT       D797    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
SAT       Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
SAT       4.06am
SAT       Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974), arr Timothy Kain: Scaramouche
SAT       Guitar Trek
SAT       4.16am
SAT       Albicastro, Henricus (fl.1700-06): Motet: Coelestes
SAT       angelici chori    Guy de Mey (tenor)    Ensemble 415
SAT       Chiara Banchini (conductor)
SAT       4.30am
SAT       Anon (c.1600-1650): Toccata; Angelus pastoribus
SAT       Marek Toporowski (chamber organ)
SAT       4.35am
SAT       Ward, John (c.1589-1638): Cor mio, deh, non languire
SAT       4.38am
SAT       Gibbons, Orlando (1583-1625): The Silver Swan
SAT       Emma Kirkby (soprano)    The Rose Consort of Viols
SAT       4.40am
SAT       Wiren, Dag (1905-1986): Violin Sonatina (1939)
SAT       Arve Tellefsen (violin)    Lucia Negro (piano)
SAT       4.51am
SAT       Tobias, Rudolf (1873-1918): Prelude and Fugue in D minor
SAT       Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
SAT       Arvo Volmar (conductor)
SAT       5.01am
SAT       Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Overture (Die
SAT       Zauberflote, K620)    Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
SAT       Richard Bradshaw (conductor)
SAT       5.08am
SAT       Groneman, Albertus (1710-1778): Flute Sonata in D
SAT       Jed Wentz, Marion Moonen (flutes)
SAT       5.22am
SAT       Schutz, Heinrich (1585-1672): Selve beate, se sospirando,
SAT       SWV3 (Il Primo Libro de Madrigali Venice - 1611)
SAT       The Consorte of Musicke    Anthony Rooley (conductor)
SAT       5.26am
SAT       Suchon, Eugen (1908-1993): Symfonietta Rustica (1954-55) -
SAT       Pictures from Slovakia    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
SAT       Ludovit Rajter (conductor)
SAT       5.44am
SAT       Tulindberg, Erik (1761-1814): Polonaise and Variations
SAT       Jorma Rahkonen (violin)
SAT       5.48am
SAT       Paganini, Niccolo (1782-1840): Polonaise
SAT       Viktor Pikajzen (violin)    Evgenia Sejdelj (piano)
SAT       5.54am
SAT       Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847): Trio in D minor, Op
SAT       11    Trio Orlando
SAT       6.19am
SAT       Arban, Jean-Baptiste (1825-1889), arr David Stanhope:
SAT       Fantasy and variations on a Cavatina (Beatrice di Tenda -
SAT       by Bellini)    Geoffrey Payne (trumpet)
SAT       Melbourne Symphony Orchestra    Michael Halasz (conductor)
SAT       6.27am
SAT       Gorczycki, Grzegorz Gerwazy (c.1665-1734): Litaniae de
SAT       providential divina (c.1726)
SAT       Olga Pasiecznik, Marta Bobertska (soprano)
SAT       Piotr Lykowski (countertenor)    Wojciech Parchem (tenor)
SAT       Miroslaw Borzynski (bass)    Sine Nomine Chamber Choir
SAT       Concerto Polacco
SAT       Marek Toporowski (chamber organ/director)
SAT       6.39am
SAT       Reger, Max (1873-1916): Humoresque in G minor, Op 20 No 5
SAT       6.41am
SAT       Reger: Intermezzo in E flat minor, Op 45 No 3
SAT       6.45am
SAT       Reger: Intermezzo in G minor, Op 45 No 5
SAT       Max Reger (piano) (recorded on 8th December 1905)
SAT       6.48am
SAT       Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto VIII in A minor for
SAT       two violins, strings and continuo, RV522 (L'Estro
SAT       Armonico, Op 3)    Paul Wright, Sayuri Yamagata (violins)
SAT       Australian Brandenburg Orchestra    Paul Dyer (conductor).
SAT       
SAT       07:00 Breakfast b00pcg4s (Listen)
SAT       
SAT       09:00 CD Review b00pcg4v (Listen)
SAT       Building a Library: Ravel: Piano Trio
SAT       
SAT       With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Ravel:
SAT       Piano Trio; The latest Christmas-themed releases; Disc of
SAT       the Week: Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (with Jonathan Lemalu).
SAT       
SAT       09.05am
SAT       GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess
SAT       Isabelle Kabatu (Soprano - Bess) / Angela Renee Simpson
SAT       (Soprano - Serena) / Bibiana Nwobilo (Soprano - Clara) /
SAT       Roberta Alexander (Soprano - Maria) / Jonathan Lemalu
SAT       (Bass-Baritone - Porgy) / Gregg Baker (Baritone - Crown) /
SAT       Rodney Clarke (Baritone - Jake) / Michael Forest (Tenor -
SAT       Sportin' Life) / Previn Moore (Tenor - Mingo, Robbins,
SAT       Peter, Honey-Man, Crab-Man) / Arnold Schoenberg Chor /
SAT       Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Nikolaus Harnoncourt
SAT       (conductor)    RCA 88697591762 (3CD)
SAT       
SAT       Per Il Santissimo Natale
SAT       MELANI: Sonata in C major; HOFFMAN: Magnificat;
SAT       MANFREDINI: Sinfinonia Pastorale; HANDEL: Gloria; TORELLI:
SAT       Concerto Per Il Santissimo Natale; JACOBI: Cantata Der
SAT       Himmel steht uns wieder offen!
SAT       Deborah York (soprano) / Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra of
SAT       Hamburg    Berlin Classics 0016602BC (CD)
SAT       
SAT       MATTHESON: Das grosste Kind, Christmas Oratorio
SAT       Susanne Ryden (soprano) / Nele Gramss (soprano) / Anne
SAT       Schmid (alto) / Melissa Hegney (alto) / Gerd Turk (tenor)
SAT       / Ulrich Cordes (tenor) / Wolf Matthias Friedrich
SAT       (tenor) / Thilo Dahlmann (bass) / Koelner Akademie /
SAT       Michael Alexander Willens (conductor)    CPO 7774552 (CD)
SAT       
SAT       PLAINSONG: Rorate caeli; Psalm 2; Alleluia. Dominus dixit;
SAT       Mass IX ‘Cum iubilo’ (Sanctus & Benedictus); Ecce advenit;
SAT       Alleluia. Vidimus stellam; Mass X ‘Alme Pater’; VICTORIA:
SAT       Descendit Angelus Domini; BYRD: Rorate caeli; Tollite
SAT       portas – Ave Maria; Ecce virgo concipiet; MARTIN: Adam lay
SAT       ybounden; MALCOLM: Missa Ad praesepe; MONTEVERDI: Gloria
SAT       Messa a 4 da cappella; LASSUS: Omnes de Saba; BEVAN:
SAT       Magnificat Alternatim With Mode 8 Chant And Improvised
SAT       Organ Versets; WOOD: Nunc dimittis in B flat; ORGAN
SAT       IMPROVISATION: Marche des Rois mages
SAT       The Choir of Westminster Cathedral / Martin Baker
SAT       (director) / Matthew Martin (organ accompaniment) / Martin
SAT       Baker (organ improvisations)    Hyperion CDA67707 (CD)
SAT       
SAT       RYBA: Czech Christmas Mass; Rozmily Slavicku; Pisnicku;
SAT       Jak Mile Rozkosne
SAT       Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano) / Capella Regia Musicalis
SAT       / Robert Hugo (conductor)    Archiv 4778365 (CD)
SAT       
SAT       09.35am Building a Library
SAT       RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor
SAT       
SAT       Reviewer – Harriet Smith
SAT       
SAT       The first choice recommendation will be placed on the CD
SAT       Review website on Tuesday.
SAT       
SAT       Next week Stephen Johnson compares recordings of
SAT       Beethoven’s Symphony No 9.
SAT       
SAT       10.25am Recent Releases
SAT       
SAT       Canzoni Per Sonare: Music by Giovanni Gabrieli and his
SAT       Contemporaries (Venice, 1608)
SAT       GABRIELI: Canzon Vigesimaottava; Canzon Prima ‘La
SAT       Spiritata’; Canzon Seconda; Canzon Quarta; Canzon
SAT       Vigesimasettima; GUAMI: Canzon Vigesimaquinta; Canzon
SAT       Decimanona; Canzon Sesta; LAPPI: Canzon Undecima ‘La
SAT       Scrasina’; Canzon Vigesimasesta ‘ La Negrona’; Canzon
SAT       Terza; LUZZASCHI: Canzon Decima; FRESCOBALDI: Canzon
SAT       Terzadecima; Canzon Vigesimaprima; Canzon Vigesimanona;
SAT       ANTEGNATI: Canzon Nona ‘La Battera’; Canzon Vigesima ‘La
SAT       Moranda’; CHILESE: Canzon Vigesimaseconda; GRILLO: Canzon
SAT       Quartadecima ‘Capricio’; BARTOLINI: Canzon Trigesima;
SAT       MASCHERA: Canzon Settima ‘La Mazzuola’; MASSAINO: Canzon
SAT       Trigesimaquarta, Canzon Trigesimaterza; MERULA: Canzon
SAT       Quinto; Canzon Vigesimaterza
SAT       His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts / The Purcell Quartet /
SAT       Chordophony    SFZ Music SFZM0209
SAT       
SAT       Rolf Lislevand – Diminuito
SAT       CAPIROLA: Ricercate; Dalza: Saltarello; Piva; TERZI: Petit
SAT       Jacquet; Susanne un jour; Vestiva i colli; ANON: La Perra
SAT       Mora; Tourdion; MILANO: Canon; ROBINSON: Passamezzo
SAT       Gaillard; MUDARRA: Fantasía que contrahaze la harpa en la
SAT       manera de Luduvico    Rolf Lislevand Ensemble
SAT       ECM New Series 4763317 (CD)
SAT       
SAT       Istanbul
SAT       CANTEMIR: The Book of Science of Music and the Sephardic
SAT       and Armenian Traditions
SAT       Hesperion XXI / Jordi Savall (director)
SAT       Alia Vox AVSA9870 (Hybrid SACD)
SAT       
SAT       11.00am Recent Releases
SAT       Andrew talks to conductor Jeremy Summerly about recent
SAT       recordings of music for Christmas, with extracts from the
SAT       following discs:
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SAT       SCHUTZ: Weinachtshistorie SWV 435; Auferstehunghistorie
SAT       SWV 450
SAT       Jakob Bloch Jespersen (bass) / Johan Linderoth (tenor) /
SAT       Adam Riis (tenor) / Else Torp (soprano) / Concerto
SAT       Copenhagen / Sirius Viols / Ars Nova Copenhagen / Paul
SAT       Hillier    Dacapo 8226058 (CD)
SAT       
SAT       On Christmas Night
SAT       TRAD: Il est ne le divin enfant; Nu zijt wellekome; On
SAT       Christmas Night all Christians sing; The first Nowell;
SAT       Sterren; Midden in de winternacht; De herdertjes lagen bij
SAT       nachte; Adeste Fidelis; God rest you merry gentlemen; O
SAT       herders verlaat uw bokskens; While shepherds watched their
SAT       flocks; This endris night; ‘t Is geboren; Laat nu alle
SAT       droefheid vluchten; The Lord at first did Adam make; Es
SAT       ist ein Ros entsprungen; Still, still, still; PIERPOINT:
SAT       Jingle Bells; GRUBER; Stille Nacht; BERLIN: White
SAT       Christmas;
SAT       Ralph Rousseau (viola da gamba) / Lenny Kuhr (voice)
SAT       Challenge CC72340 (CD)
SAT       
SAT       Christmas At Salisbury Cathedral
SAT       GAUNTLETT: Once in royal David's city; TRAD NORMANDY: Away
SAT       in a manger (arr. Jacques); TRAD FRENCH: Il est ne le
SAT       devin enfant (arr. John Rutter); OLD GERMAN: O little one
SAT       sweet: (harm. J.S.Bach); DARKE: In the bleak midwinter;
SAT       HALLS: I heard an infant weeping; Rejoice and be merry;
SAT       TRAD ENGLISH: Rejoice and be merry (arr. Jacques); TRAD
SAT       ENGLISH: It came upon the midnight clear (adap. Sullivan);
SAT       TRAD: Blessed be that maid Marie (arr. Wood and Halls;
SAT       BERLIOZ: The Shepherds' Farewell; MANZ: E'en so Lord
SAT       Jesus; WALFORD DAVIES: O little town of Bethlehem; etc
SAT       The Boy Choristers and Lay Clerks of Salisbury Cathedral /
SAT       Daniel Cook (organ) / David Halls (director)
SAT       Priory PRCD1025 (CD)
SAT       
SAT       Into This World, This Day Did Come - Carols Contemporary &
SAT       Medieval
SAT       BINGHAM: Annunciation for organ; God would be born in
SAT       thee; Incarnation with shepherds dancing for organ;
SAT       MACRAE: Adam lay y-bounden; BURRELL: Creator of the Stars
SAT       of Night; Christo paremus cantica; DUNSTABLE: Quam pulchra
SAT       es; JACKSON: Salus aeterna; Nowell sing we; 13th-C.
SAT       ENGLISH: Edi beo thu; 16th-C. Anon: Salvator mundi;
SAT       SKEMPTON: Into this world, this day did come; To Bethlem
SAT       did they go; CAUSTON: Cradle Song; POTT: That yonge child;
SAT       12TH-C. ENGLISH: Verbum Patris umanatur; SWEENEY: The
SAT       Innumerable Christ; REDFORD: Tui sunt caeli; 15th-C.
SAT       ANON.: Nowell sing we; HOLLOWAY: Christmas Carol;
SAT       Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge / Geoffrey
SAT       Webber (director)    Delphian DCD34075 (CD)
SAT       
SAT       TRAD: Gabriel's Message; The Snow It Melts The Soonest;
SAT       Cherry Tree Carol; STOOKEY, BATTEAST, MEZZETTI: Soul Cake;
SAT       ANON: There Is No Rose Of Such Virtue; STING, MACMASTER:
SAT       Christmas at Sea; PRAETORIUS: Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming;
SAT       PURCELL: Cold Song; Now Winter Come Slowly; WOOD: The
SAT       Burning Babe; STING: The Hounds Of Winter; WARLOCK:
SAT       Balulalow; STING, MILLER: Lullaby For An Anxious Child;
SAT       SCHUBERT: Hurdy Gurdy Man (adapted by Sting); BACH: You
SAT       Only Cross My Mind In Winter
SAT       Sting (vocals) / Dominic Miller (guitar) / Kathryn Tickell
SAT       (violin, Nothumbrian smallpipes) / Mary Macmaster (harp) /
SAT       Julian Sutton (melodeon) / Bijan Chemirani (percussion) /
SAT       etc    Deutsche Grammophon 06025 270 1743 (CD)
SAT       
SAT       LAURIDSEN: O nata lux; Madrigali: Six ‘Fire Songs’ on
SAT       Italian Renaissance poems; Les Chansons des Roses;
SAT       Mid-Winter Songs; O magnum mysterium
SAT       Leslie De’Ath (piano) / Elora Festival Singers / Noel
SAT       Edison (conductor)    Naxos 8559304 (CD, Budget)
SAT       Joy in the Morning
SAT       BRITTEN: In the bleak mid-winter; GARDNER: The holly and
SAT       the ivy; Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; JOUBERT: Joy in
SAT       the morning; DARKE: In the bleak mid-winter; HAKIM: Noel;
SAT       LEIGHTON: A Christmas Caroll; MENDELSSOHN: For He shall
SAT       give His angels; When Jesus, our Lord; GABRIELI: O magnum
SAT       mysterium; BATES: Three Songs for Christmas; etc
SAT       Ex Cathedra / Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor)
SAT       Orchid Classics ORC100008 (CD)
SAT       
SAT       11.45am Disc of the Week
SAT       GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess
SAT       Isabelle Kabatu (Soprano - Bess) / Angela Renee Simpson
SAT       (Soprano - Serena) / Bibiana Nwobilo (Soprano - Clara) /
SAT       Roberta Alexander (Soprano - Maria) / Jonathan Lemalu
SAT       (Bass-Baritone - Porgy) / Gregg Baker (Baritone - Crown) /
SAT       Rodney Clarke (Baritone - Jake) / Michael Forest (Tenor -
SAT       Sportin' Life) / Previn Moore (Tenor - Mingo, Robbins,
SAT       Peter, Honey-Man, Crab-Man) / Arnold Schoenberg Chor /
SAT       Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Nikolaus Harnoncourt
SAT       (conductor)    RCA 88697591762 (3CD)
SAT       
SAT       12:15 Music Matters b00pcg4x (Listen)
SAT       The Midlands at Christmas
SAT       
SAT       Tom Service travels across the English Midlands taking a
SAT       snapshot of music making in villages, towns and cities as
SAT       people prepare for Christmas. Visiting Lincolnshire,
SAT       Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, and the West Midlands, he
SAT       meets people who are bringing music – from brass bands to
SAT       opera, cathedral choirs to pub carols – to the heart of
SAT       their communities.
SAT       
SAT       Lincoln: Cathedral Choristers
SAT       
SAT       Tom starts his journey at Lincoln Cathedral, where William
SAT       Byrd was organist in the 16th century. He talks to the
SAT       person currently in Byrd’s shoes, Aric Prentice, and drops
SAT       in on Evensong given by the cathedral’s girl choristers.
SAT       And he catches up with older members of the choir in the
SAT       Dog and Bone pub, where they meet to sing arrangements of
SAT       music from Byrd to the Beach Boys. Listening with George
SAT       Revill – a lecturer in Geography at the Open University
SAT       and an expert in music’s relationship with the social and
SAT       geographical landscape of the region – Tom discovers what
SAT       music means for the musicians and local community.
SAT       
SAT       Edwinstowe: Thoresby Colliery Band
SAT       
SAT       30 miles south-west of Lincoln, at the Miners Welfare hall
SAT       in the village of Edwinstowe, in the heart of
SAT       Nottinghamshire’s Sherwood Forest, Tom visits the
SAT       championship Thoresby Colliery Band. During a break in
SAT       rehearsal for their forthcoming Christmas concerts, the
SAT       band’s members tell Tom how industrial decline in the
SAT       region, and the challenge of attracting young musicians,
SAT       has forced many brass bands to disband. But with players
SAT       travelling from up to five hours away each week, and a
SAT       local community proud of the band’s heritage, the Thoresby
SAT       Colliery Band continues to thrive.
SAT       
SAT       Nottingham: Hetain Patel
SAT       
SAT       Tom meets visual artist and tabla player Hetain Patel at
SAT       the New Arts Exchange gallery in central Nottingham. Patel
SAT       – born in England to parents who emigrated from India a
SAT       generation ago – started learning the tabla a few years
SAT       ago, and uses rhythm in his work as a means of
SAT       re-connecting with the ancient culture of his heritage. He
SAT       tells Tom about the challenge of being caught between two
SAT       cultures. Scroll down to see a video of Hetain's 2007 work
SAT       Kanku Raga.
SAT       
SAT       And Tom catches up with George Revill in his home town of
SAT       Jacksdale, West Nottinghamshire: a place which in some
SAT       ways is a shadow of its former self as a hub of the coal
SAT       and steel industry, but also in which music has been used
SAT       as a powerful tool for bringing people together.
SAT       
SAT       Castleton: Village Carols
SAT       
SAT       For one December night each year, The George Hotel in the
SAT       Derbyshire Peaks village of Castleton hosts a
SAT       centuries-old tradition of Christmas carol singing. It’s a
SAT       tradition which Ralph Vaughan Williams discovered on a
SAT       song-collecting trip to Castleton in 1908, and which is
SAT       being kept alive today by a group of enthusiasts who
SAT       travel from across Derbyshire, Yorkshire and Cheshire.
SAT       Tom, accompanied again by George Revill, finds out what
SAT       inspires them, and talks to young singer Bella Hardy, born
SAT       in neighbouring Edale, about the importance of maintaining
SAT       the tradition for future generations.
SAT       
SAT       Birmingham: Verdi’s Othello
SAT       
SAT       Tom’s musical discovery of the Midlands ends with
SAT       Birmingham Opera Company’s production in English of
SAT       Verdi’s Othello, taking place in the Argyle Works, a
SAT       former factory in an area of Birmingham which symbolises
SAT       both the city’s industrial past and rejuvenated present.
SAT       The use of hundreds of local people for the chorus means
SAT       that this production is deeply connected with its
SAT       community; Tom finds out what difference this makes from
SAT       artistic director Graham Vick, and members of the chorus
SAT       tell stories of how music has changed their lives. Othello
SAT       is also being filmed for future broadcast on BBC2
SAT       
SAT       Sinfonia Viva
SAT       
SAT       Tom visits a project run by Sinfonia Viva at the Drill
SAT       Hall in Lincoln - a collaboration between the orchestra
SAT       and children from local schools, including new works
SAT       inspired by the music of Stravinsky, Varese and Weill
SAT       
SAT       13:00 The Early Music Show b00pgvpy (Listen)
SAT       La Fenice
SAT       
SAT       Catherine Bott presents highlights from a concert given in
SAT       2008 in Villars-sur-Glane in Switzerland, featuring the
SAT       ensemble La Fenice directed by Jean Tubery, with soprano
SAT       Nuria Rial. Music includes Monteverdi's Exulta filia Sion
SAT       and works by Tarquinio Merula, Bonifazio Graziano and
SAT       Jacob van Eyck.
SAT       
SAT       Anon: Misteri gioisi. Ave Maria gratia plena. Canto fermo
SAT       for one voice; Lucis creator optime. Canto fermo for male
SAT       voices;
SAT       
SAT       Giuseppe Scarani: Sonata sopra Lucis creator optime, for
SAT       two cornetts, organ, harpsichord, cello and theorbo
SAT       
SAT       Bonifazio Graziano: Venite pastores ad sacros amores
SAT       (Motets for 1, 2 and 3 male voices and continuo), arr for
SAT       soprano
SAT       
SAT       Orazio Tarditi: Volate coelites, qui natus est..., for
SAT       soprano, two cornetts, cello, harpsichord, organ and
SAT       theorbo
SAT       
SAT       Anon: Ottava di Natale: Parton dall'oriente tre re per
SAT       adorar, for soprano, theorbo, cello and organ
SAT       
SAT       Segue to:
SAT       
SAT       Bernardo Storace: Passacaglia in pastoral mode, for
SAT       recorder, dessus de viole, organ and cello (instrumental)
SAT       
SAT       Segue to:
SAT       
SAT       Monteverdi: Exulta filia Sion, motet for soprano and
SAT       continuo
SAT       
SAT       Tarquinio Merula: Curtio precipitato et altri caprici,
SAT       libro secondo (excerpt): Hor ch'e tempo di dormire,
SAT       Canzonetta sacra sopra - alla nanna, for one voice and
SAT       continuo
SAT       
SAT       GB Fontana: Sonata decima terza, for two cornetts, cello,
SAT       harpsichord and guitar (instrumental)
SAT       
SAT       Segue to:
SAT       
SAT       Biagio Marini: Con le stelle in ciel che mai, madrigal for
SAT       soprano and instrumental ensemble
SAT       
SAT       Anon: Puer nobis nascitur, motet for voice and continuo
SAT       
SAT       Jacob van Eyck: Puer nobis nascitur, arr. for recorder and
SAT       continuo.
SAT       
SAT       14:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert b00p8dgc (Listen)
SAT       David Fray
SAT       
SAT       From Wigmore Hall, London. Fiona Talkington presents
SAT       pianist David Fray performing an all-Schubert programme.
SAT       Schubert: Impromptus, Op 90; 6 moments musicaux.
SAT       
SAT       15:00 World Routes b00pcg51 (Listen)
SAT       African Artists, Amadou and Mariam
SAT       
SAT       Lucy Duran presents concert recordings by African artists
SAT       who have broken through to the mainstream.
SAT       
SAT       Following successful appearances this year at Hyde Park
SAT       and the main stage at Glastonbury, the highly rated Malian
SAT       duo Amadou and Mariam play an end-of-year gig at the HMV
SAT       Forum in London's Kentish Town.
SAT       
SAT       Produced by Roger Short
SAT       
SAT       Amadou & Mariam in Concert at the HMV Forum
SAT       
SAT       Amadou Bagayoko (guitar/lead voice)
SAT       Mariam Doumbia (lead voice)    Yvo Abadie (drums)
SAT       Yao Dembele (bass)    Boubacar Dembele (djembe/percussion)
SAT       Igor Nikitinsky (keyboard)
SAT       Cheick Tidiane Seck (2nd keyboard)
SAT       Woridjo Kouyate (backing vocals)
SAT       Sira Kouyate (backing vocals)
SAT       
SAT       Masiteladi    Djuru    Welcome to Mali    Batoma    Djama
SAT       Cenepabon    Couloubaly    Sabali
SAT       Performed by Amadou & Mariam
SAT       BBC Recording by Martin Appleby, Duncan Rhodes and Mike
SAT       Page, December 2009, at the HMV Forum
SAT       
SAT       Mon amour ma cherie
SAT       Performed by Amadou & Mariam, ft. Romeo Stodard (guitar)
SAT       BBC Recording by Martin Appleby, Duncan Rhodes and Mike
SAT       Page, December 2009, at the HMV Forum
SAT       
SAT       Dimanche a Bamako    Performed by Amadou & Mariam
SAT       BBC Recording by Martin Appleby, Duncan Rhodes and Mike
SAT       Page, December 2009, at the HMV Forum
SAT       
SAT       16:00 Jazz Library b00pcg53 (Listen)
SAT       Stefano Bollani
SAT       
SAT       One of the highlights of the 2009 London Jazz Festival was
SAT       pianist Stefano Bollani's residency at Kings Place, where
SAT       the Italian gave solo performances as well as concerts in
SAT       duo, trio and quintet settings. In a programme recorded in
SAT       front of an audience at the festival, Alyn Shipton talks
SAT       to Bollani about his varied recording career, including
SAT       his latest trio outing for ECM.
SAT       
SAT       DISC 1    Title: La Sagra di Paolopoli
SAT       Artist: Stefano Bollani    Composer: Bollani
SAT       Album: L'orchestra del Titanic
SAT       Label: Via Veneto / RCA Victor    Number: Track 1
SAT       
SAT       Personnel: Stefano Bollani (piano); Riccardo Onori
SAT       (guitar); Raffaello Pareti (bass); Walter Paioli (drums).
SAT       Castargneto Carducci (Tuscany), 1999.
SAT       
SAT       DISC 2    Title: Cornettology
SAT       Artist: Enrico Rava/Stefano Bollani/Paul Motian
SAT       Composer: Rava    Album: Tati    Label: ECM
SAT       Number: 1921 Track 10
SAT       
SAT       Personnel: Enrico Rava (trumpet); Stefano Bollani (piano);
SAT       Paul Motian (drums). New York, 2004.
SAT       
SAT       DISC 3    Title: Darn That Dream
SAT       Artist: Luigi Tessarollo/Stefano Bollani
SAT       Composer: DeLange/Van Heusen
SAT       Album: Homage To Bill Evans And Jim Hall
SAT       Label: Dischi Della Quercia/CAM    Number: 128044-2 Track 3
SAT       
SAT       Personnel: Luigi Tessarollo g; Stefano Bollani, p. Teatro
SAT       Sociale, Bellinzona (Switzerland), April 2000.
SAT       
SAT       DISC 4    Title: Pierre et le Loup
SAT       Artist: Stefano Bollani    Composer: Prokofiev
SAT       Album: Smat Smat    Label: Label Bleu
SAT       Number: LBLC 6665 Track 05
SAT       
SAT       Personnel: Stefano Bollani, p. Montevarchi, May, 2003.
SAT       
SAT       DISC 5
SAT       Title: Concertone, I. Mouvement Il Vecchio Combattente
SAT       Artist: Stefano Bollani / Orchestra Della Toscana (cond.
SAT       Paolo Silvestri)    Composer: Bollani/Silvestri
SAT       Album: Concertone    Label: Label Bleu
SAT       Number: LBLC 6666 Track 1
SAT       
SAT       Personnel: Stefano Bollani, p; Ares Tavolazzi, b; Walter
SAT       Paoli, d; Orchestra della Toscana (cond. Paolo Silvestri)
SAT       [Stefano Scalzi, tb; Micro Guerrini, ts; Nico Gori, as,
SAT       ss, cl.] Florence, September, 2003.
SAT       
SAT       DISC 6    Title: Maple Leaf Rag    Artist: Stefano Bollani
SAT       Composer: Joplin    Album: Piano Solo    Label: ECM
SAT       Number: 1964 Track 14
SAT       
SAT       Personnel: Stefano Bollani, p. August, 2005
SAT       
SAT       DISC 7    Title: Scartabello
SAT       Artist: Stefano Bollani Quintet    Composer: Bollani
SAT       Album: I Visionari    Label: Label Bleu
SAT       Number: LBLC6695/96 Disc B Track 6
SAT       
SAT       Personnel: Mark Feldman, vn; Mirko Guerrini, ts, fl; Nico
SAT       Gori, cl; Stefano Bollani, p; Ferruccio Spinetti, b;
SAT       Cristiano Calcagnile, d. October, 2005
SAT       
SAT       DISC 8    Title: Cheek to Cheek
SAT       Artist: Stefano Bollani Trio    Composer: I Berlin
SAT       Album: I'm In The Mood For Love    Label: Venus
SAT       Number: TKCV 35396 Track 2
SAT       
SAT       Personnel: Stefano Bollani, p; Ares Tavolazzi, b; Walter
SAT       Paoli, d. Rome, August, 2006
SAT       
SAT       DISC 9    Title: Habanerando (Habanera)
SAT       Artist: Richard Galliano    Composer: Richard Galliano
SAT       Album: Passatori    Label: Dreyfus
SAT       Number: DRE 36601 Track 7
SAT       
SAT       Personnel: Richard Galliano, bandoneon; Stefano Bollani,
SAT       p; Cinzia Conte, harp; members of Toscana Orchestra.
SAT       Florence, 1998
SAT       
SAT       DISC 10    Title: Asuda    Artist: Stefano Bollani
SAT       Composer: Bollani    Album: Stone On The Water
SAT       Label: ECM    Number: 2080 Track 8
SAT       
SAT       Personnel: Stefano Bollani, p; Jesper Bodilsen, b; Morten
SAT       Lund, d. New York, 2008.
SAT       
SAT       17:00 Jazz Record Requests b00pcg55 (Listen)
SAT       
SAT       JRR Signature Tune:
SAT       Oh, but on the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues) (Wynton
SAT       Marsalis)
SAT       Performed by Wynton Marsalis (tp), Marcus Roberts (p),
SAT       Todd Williams (ts), Dr Michael White (cl), Danny Barker
SAT       (bj), Teddy Riley (tp), Freddie Lonzo (tb), Reginald Veal
SAT       (b), Herlin Riley (d)    Recorded 28 October 1988
SAT       Taken from the album The Majesty of the Blues
SAT       1989 CD (CBS 465129 2)
SAT       
SAT       White Christmas (Irving Berlin) (4:10)
SAT       Performed by Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Al Haig
SAT       (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (d)
SAT       Recorded 25 December 1948
SAT       Taken from the album Pensive Bird
SAT       LP (Ember CJS 821. S2/2)
SAT       
SAT       Papa Ain’t No Santa Claus (Mama ain’t No Christmas Tree)
SAT       (Edwards) (3:16)
SAT       Performed by Butterbeans and Susie (v) Eddie Heywood (p)
SAT       Recorded 13 August 1930, New York
SAT       Taken from the album Screening the Blues
SAT       LP (CBS 63288. S1/2)
SAT       
SAT       Santa Claus Blues (Gus Kahn, Charley Straight) (5:45)
SAT       Performed by Bob Brookmeyer (valve tb, p) Jimmy Giuffre
SAT       (cl, bs, ts) Jim Hall (g) Dave Bailey (d) Joe Benjamin (b)
SAT       Recorded 1957
SAT       Taken from the album Traditionalism Revisited
SAT       LP (Affinity AFF 127. S1/2)
SAT       
SAT       Gin for Christmas (Hampton) (2:28)
SAT       Performed by Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra: Ziggy Elman
SAT       (tp) Toots Mondello (cl, as) Ben Webster, Jerry Jerome
SAT       (ts) Cldye Hart (p) Albert Casey (g) Artie Bernstein (b)
SAT       Lionel Hampton (d)    Recorded 30 October 1939
SAT       Taken from the album Lionel Hampton
SAT       1992 CD (Flapper PAST CD9789 Track 22)
SAT       
SAT       Me Myself and I (Gordon, Roberts, Kaufman) (2:42)
SAT       Performed by Billie Holiday (v) Lester Young (ts) Buck
SAT       Clayton (tp) Jimmy Sherman (p) Freddie Green (g) Walter
SAT       Page (b) Jo Jones (d)
SAT       Recorded 15 June 1937, New York City
SAT       Taken from the album The Legacy (1933-1958)
SAT       1991 CD (Columbia/Legacy C3K47724 Disc 2, Track 15)
SAT       
SAT       Deck Us All with Boston Charlie (W Kelly, N Monath) (3:12)
SAT       Performed by Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross
SAT       (v) Ike Isaacs (b) Gildo Mahones (p) Jimmy Wormworth (d)
SAT       Recorded 4 May 1961, New York
SAT       Taken from the album Jingle Bell Jazz
SAT       LP (Columbia PC 36803 S2/2)
SAT       
SAT       God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Part one (Trad.) (4:45)
SAT       Performed by Carla Bley (piano, celeste) Steve Swallow
SAT       (bass, chimes) The Partyka Brass Quintet: Tobias Weidinger
SAT       (trumpet, flugelhorn, glockenspiel) Axel Schlosser
SAT       (trumpet, flugelhorn, chimes) Christine Chapman (horn)
SAT       Adrian Mears (trombone) Ed Partyka (bass trombone, tuba)
SAT       Recorded December 2008
SAT       Taken from the album Carla’s Christmas Carols
SAT       2009 CD (Watt/35 2712413 Tr.5)
SAT       
SAT       We Free Kings (Roland Kirk) (4:41)
SAT       Performed by Roland Kirk (ts, manzello, stritch, f, siren)
SAT       Hank Jones (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Charli Persip (d)
SAT       Recorded 17 August 1961, New York
SAT       Taken from the album We Free Kings
SAT       CD (Emarcy 8264552(1) Track 7)
SAT       
SAT       4:30 Blues (Duke Ellington) (4:00)
SAT       Performed by Duke Ellington (conductor, piano) Norris
SAT       Turney (as & ts flt, cl) Johnny Hodges (as) Harold Ashby
SAT       (ts, flt) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, bass
SAT       cl) Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams, Rolf Ericson, Mercer
SAT       Ellington (tp) Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connors (tb) Wild
SAT       Bill Davis (organ) Victor Gaskin (b) Rufus Speedy Jones
SAT       (d)
SAT       Recorded 26 November 1969, Free Trade Hall Manchester
SAT       Taken from the album Duke Ellington 70th Birthday Concert
SAT       CD (Blue Note CDP8327462(2) Disc 1, Track 5)
SAT       
SAT       Congeniality (Ornette Coleman) (6:43)
SAT       Performed by Ornette Coleman (as) Don Cherry (cnt) Charlie
SAT       Haden (b) Billy Higgins (d)    Recorded 22 May 1959
SAT       Taken from the album The Shape of Jazz to Come
SAT       CD (Atlantic 8122-73198-2 Track 5)
SAT       
SAT       Goin’ To Chicago Blues (Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing) (3:38)
SAT       Performed by Kay Starr (v) Van Alexander And His Orchestra
SAT       Recorded Summer 1959, Hollywood
SAT       Taken from the album Movin’
SAT       CD (Jasmine JASCD307. Track 7)
SAT       
SAT       Skating in Central Park (John Lewis) (6:07)
SAT       Performed by the Modern Jazz Quartet: John Lewis (p) Milt
SAT       Jackson (vib) Percy Heath (b) Connie Kay (d)
SAT       Recorded 9 October 1959, New York City
SAT       Taken from the album Odds Against Tomorrow
SAT       1990 CD (Blue Note CDP7934152 Track 1)
SAT       
SAT       18:00 Opera on 3 b00pcg57 (Listen)
SAT       Live from the Met, Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann
SAT       
SAT       From the Metropolitan Opera, New York, James Levine
SAT       conducts a production of Offenbach's Les Contes
SAT       d'Hoffmann, starring Joseph Calleja as the troubled poet
SAT       and Anna Netrebko, Ekaterina Gubanova and Kathleen Kim as
SAT       Hoffmann's former loves.
SAT       
SAT       Hoffmann is waiting for the object of his affection,
SAT       Stella, to arrive and fills the time by telling the tale
SAT       of his disastrous past loves. First, a mechanical doll
SAT       called Olympia, destroyed by her owner. His second love
SAT       Antonia dies when the impulse to sing is too much for her
SAT       weak heart. Finally, the Venetian courtesan Giulietta
SAT       steals his reflection as well as his heart before choosing
SAT       a different suitor. Stella finally arrives to find
SAT       Hoffmann drunk, so leaves with his rival for her love.
SAT       
SAT       Presented by Margaret Juntwait with guest commentator Ira
SAT       Siff. With live backstage interviews and the Met Quiz
SAT       during the two intervals.
SAT       
SAT       Olympia ...... Kathleen Kim (soprano)
SAT       Antonia/Stella ...... Anna Netrebko (soprano)
SAT       Giulietta ...... Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano)
SAT       Nicklausse/The Muse ...... Kate Lindsey (mezzo-soprano)
SAT       Hoffmann ...... Joseph Calleja (tenor)
SAT       Four Villains ...... Alan Held
SAT       Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera
SAT       James Levine (conductor).
SAT       
SAT       Synopsis - Prologue
SAT       
SAT       Luther’s tavern in a German city, early 19th century. The
SAT       poet Hoffmann is in love with Stella, the star singer of
SAT       the opera.
SAT       
SAT       Lindorf, a rich counselor, also loves her and has
SAT       intercepted a note she has written to Hoffmann.
SAT       
SAT       He is confident to win her for himself (“Dans les rôles
SAT       d’amoureux langoureux”). Entering with a group of
SAT       students, Hoffmann sings a ballad about a disfigured dwarf
SAT       named Kleinzach (“Il était une fois à la cour d’Eisenach”).
SAT       
SAT       During the song, his mind wanders to recollections of a
SAT       beautiful woman. When Hoffmann recognizes Lindorf as his
SAT       rival, the two men trade insults.
SAT       
SAT       Hoffmann’s Muse, who has assumed the guise of his friend
SAT       Nicklausse, interrupts, but the encounter leaves the poet
SAT       
SAT       He begins to tell the stories of his three past loves…
SAT       
SAT       Act 1
SAT       
SAT       The eccentric inventor Spalanzani has created a mechanical
SAT       doll named Olympia.
SAT       
SAT       Hoffmann, who thinks she is Spalanzani’s daughter, has
SAT       fallen in love with her.
SAT       
SAT       Spalanzani’s former partner Coppélius sells Hoffmann a
SAT       pair of magic glasses through which he alone perceives
SAT       Olympia as human (Trio: “Je me nomme Coppélius”).
SAT       
SAT       When Coppélius demands his share in the profits the two
SAT       inventors expect to make from the doll, Spalanzani gives
SAT       him a worthless check.
SAT       
SAT       Guests arrive and Olympia captivates the crowd with the
SAT       performance of a dazzling aria (“Les oiseaux dans la
SAT       charmille”), which is interrupted several times in order
SAT       for the doll’s mechanism to be recharged.
SAT       
SAT       Oblivious to this while watching her through his glasses,
SAT       Hoffmann is enchanted. He declares his love and the two
SAT       dance. Olympia whirls faster and faster as her mechanism
SAT       spins out of control, until Hoffmann falls and breaks his
SAT       glasses.
SAT       
SAT       Coppélius, having discovered that the check was worthless,
SAT       returns in a fury. He grabs Olympia and tears her apart as
SAT       the guests mock Hoffmann for falling in love with a
SAT       machine.
SAT       
SAT       Act 2
SAT       
SAT       Antonia sings a plaintive love song filled with memories
SAT       of her dead mother, a famous singer (“Elle a fui, la
SAT       tourterelle”).
SAT       
SAT       Her father, Crespel, has taken her away in the hopes of
SAT       ending her affair with Hoffmann and begs her to give up
SAT       singing: she has inherited her mother’s weak heart, and
SAT       the effort will endanger her life.
SAT       
SAT       Hoffmann arrives and Antonia joins him in singing until
SAT       she nearly faints (Duet: “C’est une chanson d’amour”).
SAT       Crespel returns, alarmed by the arrival of the charlatan
SAT       Dr. Miracle, who had treated Crespel’s wife the day she
SAT       died.
SAT       
SAT       The doctor claims he can cure Antonia but Crespel accuses
SAT       him of killing his wife and forces him out. Hoffmann,
SAT       overhearing their conversation, asks Antonia to give up
SAT       singing and she reluctantly agrees.
SAT       
SAT       The moment he has left Miracle reappears, urging Antonia
SAT       to sing. He conjures up the voice of her mother and claims
SAT       she wants her daughter to relive the glory of her own fame.
SAT       
SAT       Antonia can’t resist. Her singing, accompanied by Miracle
SAT       frantically playing the violin, becomes more and more
SAT       feverish until she collapses. Miracle coldly pronounces
SAT       her dead.
SAT       
SAT       Act 3
SAT       
SAT       The Venetian courtesan Giulietta joins Nicklausse in a
SAT       barcarole (“Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour”).
SAT       
SAT       A party is in progress, and Hoffmann mockingly praises the
SAT       pleasures of the flesh (“Amis, l’amour tendre et rêveur”).
SAT       
SAT       When Giulietta introduces him to her current lover,
SAT       Schlémil, Nicklausse warns the poet against the
SAT       courtesan’s charms. Hoffmann denies any interest in her.
SAT       
SAT       Having overheard them, the sinister Dapertutto produces a
SAT       large diamond with which he will bribe Giulietta to steal
SAT       Hoffmann’s reflection for him—just as she already has
SAT       stolen Schlémil’s shadow (“Scintille, diamant”).
SAT       
SAT       As Hoffmann is about to depart, Giulietta seduces him into
SAT       confessing his love for her (Duet: “O Dieu! de quelle
SAT       ivresse”).
SAT       
SAT       Schlémil returns and accuses Giulietta of having left him
SAT       for Hoffmann, who realizes with horror that he has lost
SAT       his reflection (Ensemble: “Hélas! mon cœur s’égare
SAT       encore!”).
SAT       
SAT       Schlémil challenges Hoffmann to a duel and is killed.
SAT       Hoffmann takes the key to Giulietta’s boudoir from his
SAT       dead rival but finds the room empty.
SAT       
SAT       Returning, he sees her leaving the palace in the arms of
SAT       the dwarf Pitichinaccio.
SAT       
SAT       Epilogue
SAT       
SAT       Having finished his tales, all Hoffmann wants is to forget.
SAT       
SAT       Nicklausse declares that each story describes a different
SAT       aspect of one woman: Stella.
SAT       
SAT       Arriving in the tavern after her performance, the singer
SAT       finds Hoffmann drunk and leaves with Lindorf.
SAT       
SAT       Nicklausse resumes her appearance as the Muse and
SAT       encourages the poet to find consolation in his creative
SAT       genius.
SAT       
SAT       22:10 Between the Ears b007ntt3 (Listen)
SAT       The Sleepover
SAT       
SAT       Shut away for 20 hours in a humble house and barn beside a
SAT       creek, Judith Kampfner explores Jackson Pollock's domestic
SAT       world.
SAT       
SAT       22:30 Hear and Now b00pcg77 (Listen)
SAT       Composer Portraits, Bruno Mantovani
SAT       
SAT       Concluding a series of composer profiles, Ivan Hewett
SAT       interviews French composer Bruno Mantovani at his home in
SAT       Paris. Featuring music from a concert given by the BBC
SAT       National Orchestra of Wales, recorded at BBC Hoddinott
SAT       Hall in Cardiff.
SAT       
SAT       Bruno Mantovani: Time Stretch (On Gesualdo) (16:22)
SAT       BBC National Orchestra of Wales    Pascal Rophe (conductor)
SAT       
SAT       Cello Concerto (18:52)    Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello)
SAT       BBC National Orchestra of Wales    Pascal Rophe (conductor)
SAT       
SAT       L'ere de rien (9:37)    Andrew Nicholson (flute)
SAT       Yann Ghiro (clarinet)    Catherine Roe-Williams (piano)
SAT       
SAT       Finale (14:46)    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
SAT       Pascal Rophe (conductor)
SAT       
SAT       
SUN       SUNDAY 20 DECEMBER 2009
SUN       
SUN       00:00 Jazz Library b00kss3c (Listen)
SUN       Joni Mitchell
SUN       
SUN       Singer Christine Tobin guides Alyn Shipton through the
SUN       jazz-oriented repertoire of Joni Mitchell, including her
SUN       work with Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius and Herbie
SUN       Hancock. Mitchell often employed jazz musicians on her
SUN       recordings, but she was also fascinated by Charles Mingus,
SUN       making an album of his music shortly before his death.
SUN       
SUN       DISC 1
SUN       Title: The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
SUN       Artist: Joni Mitchell
SUN       Composer: Guerin/Mitchell
SUN       Album. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
SUN       Label: Asylum
SUN       Number: K253018, Track 6
SUN       Personnel: Joni Mitchell (vocals), Chuck Findlay
SUN       (trumpet), Bud Shank (alto saxophone, flute), Victor
SUN       Feldman (keyboard), James Taylor (guitar), Max Bennett
SUN       (bass), John Guerin (drums, moog). recorded 1975
SUN       
SUN       DISC 2
SUN       Title: Coyote
SUN       Artist: Joni Mitchell
SUN       Composer: Mitchell
SUN       Album: Hejira
SUN       Label: Elektra
SUN       Number: 1087, Tr 1
SUN       Personnel: Joni Mitchell (vocals, guitar), Larry Carlton
SUN       (guitar), Abe Most (clarinet), Neil Young (harmonica),
SUN       Chuck
SUN       Findley, Tom Scott (horns), Victor Feldman (vibraphone),
SUN       Jaco Pastorius (bass), John Guerin (drums), Bobbye Hall
SUN       (percussion). Rec: 1976
SUN       
SUN       DISC 3
SUN       Title: Paprika Plains
SUN       Artist: Joni Mitchell
SUN       Composer: Mitchell
SUN       Album: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
SUN       Label: Asylum
SUN       Number 263003, Tr 4
SUN       Personnel: Joni Mitchell (vocals, piano), Wayne Shorter
SUN       (soprano saxophone), Jaco Pastorius (bass), John Guerin
SUN       (drums). Orchestra arr, dir and cond by Mike Gibbs.
SUN       Recorded 1977
SUN       
SUN       DISC 4
SUN       Title: Dreamland
SUN       Artist: Joni Mitchell
SUN       Composer: Mitchell
SUN       Album: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
SUN       Label: Asylum
SUN       Number 263003, Tr 7
SUN       Personnel: Joni Mitchell, Chaka Khan (vocals), Airto
SUN       Moreira (bass drum), Don Alias (percussion), Jaco
SUN       Pastorius (cowbell), Alejandro Acuna (shakers), Manolo
SUN       Badrena (conga). Rec 1977
SUN       
SUN       DISC 5
SUN       Title: A Chair In The Sky
SUN       Artist: Joni Mitchell
SUN       Composer: Mitchell/Mingus
SUN       Album: Mingus
SUN       Label: Asylum
SUN       Number 7559 60557-2, Tr 4
SUN       Personnel: Joni Mitchell (vocals, guitar), Jaco Pastorius
SUN       (bass), Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone), Herbie Hancock
SUN       (keyboard), Peter Erskine (drums), Don Alias (conga), Emil
SUN       Richards (percussion). Rec 1979
SUN       
SUN       DISC 6
SUN       Title: God Must Be Boogie Man
SUN       Artist: Joni Mitchell
SUN       Composer: Mitchell
SUN       Album: Mingus
SUN       Label: Asylum
SUN       Number 7559 60557-2, Tr 2
SUN       Personnel: as Disc 5
SUN       
SUN       DISC 7
SUN       Title: Goodbye Porkpie Hat
SUN       Artist: Joni Mitchell
SUN       Composer: Mingus
SUN       Album: Shadows and Light
SUN       Label: Elektra
SUN       Number: Tr 5
SUN       Personnel as for Tr 7
SUN       
SUN       DISC 8
SUN       Title: I Wish I Were In Love Again
SUN       Artist: Joni Mitchell
SUN       Composer: Rodgers/Hart
SUN       Album: Both Sides Now
SUN       Label: Reprise
SUN       Number 9362476202, Tr 11
SUN       Personnel: Joni Mitchell (vocals), Herbie Hancock (piano),
SUN       Chuck Berghofer (bass), Peter Erskine (drums). Orchestra
SUN       conducted by Vince Mendoza. Rec. 2000
SUN       
SUN       DISC 9
SUN       Title: Both Sides Now
SUN       Artis: Joni Mitchell
SUN       Composer: Rodgers/Hart
SUN       Album: Both Sides Now
SUN       Label: Reprise
SUN       Number 9362476202, Tr 12
SUN       As Tr 8 but with Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone).
SUN       
SUN       01:00 Through the Night b00pckzd (Listen)
SUN       1.00am
SUN       Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725): Cinque Profeti -
SUN       Christmas Cantata
SUN       Daniel ...... Barbara Schlick (soprano)
SUN       Ezechielle ...... Heike Hallaschka (soprano)
SUN       Geremia ...... Kai Wessel (countertenor)
SUN       Isaia ...... Christoph Pregardien (tenor)
SUN       Abramo ...... Michael Schopper (bass)    La Stagione
SUN       Michael Schneider (director)
SUN       2.01am
SUN       Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Quartet No 1 in A
SUN       minor, Wq 93 (Three quartets for fortepiano, flute and
SUN       viola - 1788)    Les Adieux:    Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
SUN       Wilbert Hazelzet (flute)    Hajo Bass (viola)
SUN       2.09am
SUN       Van Noordt, Anthoni (1619-1675): Fantasia 5 in C
SUN       Leo van Doeselaar (organ of the Hooglandse Kerk in Leiden)
SUN       2.24am
SUN       Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637-1707): Durch Adam Fall ist ganz
SUN       verderbt, BuxWV 183
SUN       Juliusz Gembalski (organ of St Andrew the Apostle Parish
SUN       Church in Olkusz; construction of the organ begun by Hans
SUN       Hummel in the years 1617-1624 - was completed by Jerzy
SUN       Nitrowski in the years 1631-1633)
SUN       2.28am
SUN       Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971): The Firebird - suite (1945
SUN       version)    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
SUN       Marcello Viotti (conductor)
SUN       3.01am
SUN       Bacewicz, Grazyna (1909-1969): Partita for orchestra
SUN       Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra
SUN       Marek Pijarowski (conductor)
SUN       3.15am
SUN       Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Piano Sonata No 12
SUN       in F, K332    Annie Fischer (piano)
SUN       3.30am
SUN       Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936): Il Tramonto - poemetto
SUN       lirico    Andrea Trebnik (soprano)
SUN       Borromeo String Quartet
SUN       3.45am
SUN       Handel, George Friedrich (1685-1759): Incidental music to
SUN       The Alchemist, a play by Ben Johnson
SUN       CBC Vancouver Orchestra    Monica Huggett (conductor)
SUN       4.03am
SUN       Spohr, Louis (1784-1859): String Sextet in C, Op 140
SUN       Wiener Streichsextet
SUN       4.28am
SUN       Holst, Gustav (1874-1934): Ave Maria    Chamber Choir AVE
SUN       Andraz Hauptman (conductor)
SUN       4.34am
SUN       Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Suite in B flat for 13 wind
SUN       instruments, Op 4    Ottawa Winds
SUN       Michael Goodwin (conductor)
SUN       5.01am
SUN       Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943): The Bells (Kolokola) for
SUN       soloists, chorus and orchestra, Op 35
SUN       Roumiana Bareva (soprano)    Pavel Kourchoumov (tenor)
SUN       Stoyan Popov (baritone)    Sons de la Mer Mixed Choir Varna
SUN       Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
SUN       Vassil Stefanov (conductor)
SUN       5.39am
SUN       Bizet, Georges (1838-1875): L'arlesienne Suite No 1
SUN       Slovenia Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
SUN       Marko Munih (conductor)
SUN       5.57am
SUN       Vallet, Nicolas (c.1583-c.1645): Carillon de village
SUN       Toyohiko Satoh (lute)
SUN       6.00am
SUN       Rung, Henrik (1807-1871): Kimer, I klokker (Chime, you
SUN       bells)    Fionian Chamber Choir    Alice Granum (director)
SUN       6.02am
SUN       Cantieni, Robert: Il Sain da Not (The Evening Bell)
SUN       Suraua Mixed Chorus    Ruedi Collenberg (director)
SUN       6.04am
SUN       Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Kallion kirkon kellosavelma
SUN       (The Bells of Kallio Church), Op 56b
SUN       Finnish Radio Chamber Choir
SUN       Eric-Olof Soderstrom (conductor)
SUN       6.07am
SUN       Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Rejoice in the Lord alway, Z49
SUN       (Bell Anthem)    Robert Lawaty (countertenor)
SUN       Robert Pozarski (tenor)    Miroslaw Borczynski (bass)
SUN       Sine Nomine Chamber Choir
SUN       Concerto Polacco Baroque Orchestra
SUN       Marek Toporowski (director)
SUN       6.15am
SUN       Delibes, Leo (1836-1891): Bell Song: Ou va la jeune
SUN       Hindoue? (Lakme, Act 2)
SUN       Lakme ...... Tracy Dahl (soprano)
SUN       Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
SUN       Mario Bernardi (conductor)
SUN       6.24am
SUN       Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921), transcr. Saint-Saens for
SUN       two pianos: Danse macabre, Op 40    Ouellet-Murray Duo:
SUN       Claire Ouellet, Sandra Murray (pianos)
SUN       6.31am
SUN       Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): La cathedrale engloutie (No
SUN       10 - Preludes, Book 1 - 1910)    Philippe Cassard (piano)
SUN       6.37am
SUN       Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953): Lieutenant Kije, Op 60 -
SUN       concert suite    Queensland Symphony Orchestra
SUN       Vladimir Verbitsky (conductor).
SUN       
SUN       07:00 Breakfast b00pcldp (Listen)
SUN       
SUN       10:00 Sunday Morning b00pcldr (Listen)
SUN       Considering Christmas...
SUN       
SUN       Iain Burnside present a piquant take on Christmas and its
SUN       music. Joined by historian Kate Williams, who shares with
SUN       Iain her thoughts about how the Victorians did so much to
SUN       create the traditions we now take for granted, Iain plays
SUN       five centuries of Christmas music, from Thomas Tallis to
SUN       Morten Lauridsen.
SUN       
SUN       12:00 Christmas Around Europe b00pcldt (Listen)
SUN       Christmas Around Europe (2009), Part 1
SUN       
SUN       Fiona Talkington presents part of a day of concerts to
SUN       celebrate Christmas around Europe.
SUN       
SUN       12.00pm
SUN       Vienna: From the Radiokulturhaus in Vienna, a concert of
SUN       chamber music by Mozart, Haydn, Albrechtsberger and
SUN       Schmidt, including Mozart's Adagio and Fugue for String
SUN       Quartet, K546, plus organ music by Schmidt.
SUN       
SUN       Robert Lehrbaumer (organ/piano)    Laura Nocchiero (piano)
SUN       Antonello Pellegrini (clarinet)
SUN       
SUN       1.00pm
SUN       Nuremberg: A concert of Christmas music by 17th-century
SUN       composer Johann Rosenmuller, German by birth, but very
SUN       influenced by the Italian style. The concert includes
SUN       newly discovered sacred concertos for vocal ensemble,
SUN       along with pieces for soprano solo and instrumental
SUN       ensemble.
SUN       
SUN       Lautten Compagney, Berlin    Capella Angelica
SUN       Wolfgang Kortschner (conductor)
SUN       
SUN       2.00pm
SUN       Tallinn: From St Nicholas' Church in Tallinn, the Estonian
SUN       National Men's Chorus perform a varied programme of
SUN       Christmas music, including traditional Estonian songs
SUN       along with Bach, Gabrieli and English Christmas carols.
SUN       
SUN       Estonian National Men's Chorus    Ants Soots (director)
SUN       
SUN       3.00pm
SUN       Dublin: The Irish contribution to Christmas around Europe
SUN       is a concert given by the RTE National Symphony Orchestra
SUN       from the National Concert Hall in Dublin, with Christmas
SUN       music from Rimsky-Korsakov, Bach and Grieg.
SUN       
SUN       Victoria Massey (mezzo-soprano)    RTE Children's Choir
SUN       RTE National Symphony Orchestra
SUN       Gavin Maloney (conductor).
SUN       
SUN       16:00 Choral Evensong b00p8g37 (Listen)
SUN       
SUN       From All Saints' Church, Swanton Morley, Norfolk with the
SUN       Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
SUN       
SUN       Introit: Arise, shine (Ned Rorem)    Responses: Peter Still
SUN       Psalm: 25 (Henry Ainsworth)
SUN       First Lesson: Isaiah 51 vv1-8
SUN       Office Hymn: Hark the glad sound! (Bristol)
SUN       Canticles (Robert Nicholls)
SUN       Second Lesson: II Thessalonians 1
SUN       Spirituals: Ev'ry time I feel the Spirit; There is a balm
SUN       in Gilead; Ain't that good news!; My Lord, what a morning;
SUN       Ezekiel saw de wheel (arr. Henry Burleigh and William
SUN       Dawson)
SUN       Final Hymn: Mine eyes have seen the glory (Battle Hymn of
SUN       the Republic)
SUN       Organ Voluntary: Hymn (Flights of Fancy) (William Albright)
SUN       
SUN       Organ scholars: Matthew Fletcher, Annie Lydford
SUN       Director of music: Geoffrey Webber.
SUN       
SUN       17:00 Christmas Around Europe b00pcldw (Listen)
SUN       Christmas Around Europe (2009), Part 2
SUN       
SUN       Fiona Talkington presents the conclusion of a day of
SUN       concerts to celebrate Christmas around Europe.
SUN       
SUN       5.00pm
SUN       Munich: From the Herkulessaal, the Bavarian Radio Chorus
SUN       and Orchestra perform two contrasting Christmas choral
SUN       works. Arvo Part's 2 Christmas Lullabies and Saint-Saens's
SUN       mighty Christmas Oratorio.
SUN       
SUN       Bavarian Radio Chorus and Orchestra
SUN       Tonu Kaljuste (conductor)
SUN       
SUN       6.00pm
SUN       Warsaw: From the Witold Lutoslawski Concert Hall, a
SUN       concert of Renaissance motets for Christmas, featuring
SUN       works by Josquin Desprez, Victoria, Tallis, Lasso and
SUN       Mikolaj Zielenski.
SUN       
SUN       The Subtilior Ensemble    Piotr Zawistowski (director)
SUN       
SUN       7.00pm
SUN       Prague: BBC Radio 3 rounds off the day of Christmas music
SUN       from around Europe with a concert from the Kromeriz
SUN       Archives (1750-1800), performed in the Mirror Chapel in
SUN       Prague.
SUN       
SUN       Ensemble Inegal    Adam Viktoria (director).
SUN       
SUN       20:00 Drama on 3 b00pcldy (Listen)
SUN       A Whistle in the Dark
SUN       
SUN       By Tom Murphy.
SUN       
SUN       This powerful modern classic play is set in the early
SUN       1960s and centres on the reunion of an Irish family in
SUN       Coventry. Michael Carney, with the help of his English
SUN       wife, Betty, is putting up his brothers Harry, Iggy and
SUN       Hugo in his house. When Dada arrives from Ireland with
SUN       Des, the youngest brother, it has devastating consequences
SUN       for all of them.
SUN       
SUN       Dada ...... John Kavanagh
SUN       Michael Carney ...... Aidan McArdle
SUN       Des Carney ...... Martin McCann
SUN       Harry Carney ...... Denis Conway
SUN       Iggy Carney ...... David Wilmot
SUN       Hugo Carney ...... Garrett Lombard
SUN       Mush ...... Ruaidhri Conroy    Betty ...... Emma Amos
SUN       
SUN       Director/producer: Roland Jaquarello.
SUN       
SUN       22:00 Sunday Feature b00pclf0 (Listen)
SUN       Tasty!
SUN       
SUN       Notions of good and bad taste used to reinforce strict
SUN       top-down notions of how we should appreciate the visual
SUN       arts and design. But consumerism has democratised taste.
SUN       So have ideas about taste just become subjective or, now
SUN       that we can all take part, are they even more important?
SUN       Cultural historian Richard Weight explores how we decide
SUN       what is tasty.
SUN       
SUN       22:45 Words and Music b00mm0lw (Listen)
SUN       In the Park
SUN       
SUN       Words and Music this week takes a walk through the park: a
SUN       place where children play, lovers kiss, old friends
SUN       reminisce and the affluent rub shoulders with the lost. In
SUN       an urban landscape, the park provides an escape from the
SUN       everyday, but in the stillness and space both joy and
SUN       sadness can seem heightened.
SUN       So we find pleasure and cheerfulness in the park, starting
SUN       with the jaunty optimism of Charles Williams' ‘A Quiet
SUN       Stroll’. Later, in William Thackeray’s ‘Vanity Fair’ we
SUN       encounter a fun-loving crowd at the Vauxhall Gardens - and
SUN       at the conclusion of the programme, we delight in life
SUN       with David Constantine’s ‘Woman on a Swing’ as she rocks
SUN       her life “back to the lip of the breaking wave of
SUN       girlhood”.
SUN       An extract from Roy Porter’s ‘London: A Social History’
SUN       tells us how Kensington Gardens became the most exclusive
SUN       green after Queen Caroline sought to ‘prevent persons
SUN       meanly clad from going into the garden’. And we hear the
SUN       quasi-pastoral sentiments of Thomas Arne’s ‘Cantata:
SUN       Delia’, featured as a part of the entertainment at
SUN       Vauxhall Gardens; and it was at the Gardens that in 1749
SUN       there was a full rehearsal of Handel’s ‘Music for the
SUN       Royal Fireworks’, in preparation for its later performance
SUN       in Green Park. In ‘Guards!’, D.H. Lawrence gives an
SUN       account of the crowd watching a review in Hyde Park in
SUN       1913 – and the pomp and ceremony of that occasion
SUN       continues in Derek Broadbent’s march ‘The British
SUN       Bandsman’, played by West Yorkshire’s Brighouse & Rastrick
SUN       Band.
SUN       
SUN       But we also stumble upon sorrow and grief – at the start
SUN       of the programme, the mother described by Gwen Harwood
SUN       feels ‘eaten alive’ by her children; Douglas Dunn writes
SUN       of a father in a park in the Lowlands who, in the idyllic
SUN       sunlight of a July evening, grieves for the son he will
SUN       lose to leukaemia. The darkness that can overshadow us in
SUN       beautiful surroundings is also reflected in Sara
SUN       Teasdale’s poem ‘Spring Night’, and Charles Ives’ musical
SUN       evocation of night sounds: Central Park in the Dark.
SUN       And it is on the park bench that the realisation comes of
SUN       what we have done to spoil our lives and devastate others…
SUN       as in Graham Greene’s ‘The End of the Affair’, as Bendrix
SUN       is confronted by the Henry, the husband of his ex-lover,
SUN       Sarah… as Robin Robertson’s park drunk’ wakes to frost and
SUN       drinks ‘for winter’.
SUN       
SUN       Greta Scacchi and Henry Goodman lead a literary amble
SUN       through the park, with poetry by DH Lawrence, Matthew
SUN       Arnold, Gwen Harwood and Sara Teasdale; and music by
SUN       Handel, Charles Ives and Phyllis Tate.
SUN       
SUN       Producer: Lisa Davis
SUN       
SUN       Details of Readings and Music
SUN       Times are from the start of the programme
SUN       
SUN       00:00:00
SUN       CHARLES WILLIAMS    A Quiet Stroll
SUN       The New London Orchestra    Ronald Corp – conductor
SUN       HYPERION CDA67400
SUN       00:02:07
SUN       GWEN HARWOOD    In the Park    Greta Scacchi (reader)
SUN       00:03:11
SUN       WILLIAM BLEZARD    Battersea Park Suite: Boat on the Lake
SUN       Ian Scott – clarinet    Royal Ballet Sinfonia
SUN       Gavin Sutherland – conductor    ASV CD WHL 2131
SUN       00:05:29
SUN       DOUGLAS DUNN    Reading Pascal in the Lowlands
SUN       Henry Goodman (reader)
SUN       00:08:28
SUN       WILLIAM BLEZARD    Battersea Park Suite: Child Asleep
SUN       Royal Ballet Sinfonia    Gavin Sutherland – conductor
SUN       ASV CD WHL 2131
SUN       00:10:08
SUN       ELIZABETH BOWEN    The Death of the Heart
SUN       Greta Scacchi (reader)
SUN       00:11:35
SUN       PAUL SIMON    Old Friends    Simon & Garfunkel
SUN       COLUMBIA MOOD CD21
SUN       00:14:08
SUN       GRAHAM GREENE    The End of the Affair
SUN       Henry Goodman (reader)
SUN       00:15:40
SUN       PHYLLIS TATE
SUN       London Fields Suite: St James’ Park – a Lakeside Reverie
SUN       Royal Ballet Sinfonia    Gavin Sutherland – conductor
SUN       ASV CD WHL 2138
SUN       00:20:01
SUN       ROBIN ROBERTSON    The Park Drunk    Henry Goodman (reader)
SUN       00:21:07
SUN       STEPHEN SONDHEIM    Beautiful    Mandy Patinkin – George
SUN       Barbara Bryne – Old Lady    RCA RD85042
SUN       00:24:09
SUN       GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
SUN       Music for the Royal Fireworks: Ouverture
SUN       English Baroque Soloists    John Eliot Gardiner – conductor
SUN       PHILIPS 411 122-2
SUN       00:26:05
SUN       WILLIAM THACKERAY    Vanity Fair    Greta Scacchi (reader)
SUN       00:31:35
SUN       ROY PORTER    London: A Social History
SUN       Henry Goodman (reader)
SUN       00:33:00
SUN       D.H. LAWRENCE
SUN       GUARDS!    Greta Scacchi (reader)
SUN       00:33:58
SUN       DEREK BROADBENT    The British Bandsman
SUN       Brighouse & Rastrick Band    Derek Broadbent – conductor
SUN       POLYPHONIC QPRL 031D
SUN       00:37:13
SUN       SARA TEASDALE    Spring Night    Greta Scacchi (reader)
SUN       00:38:29
SUN       CHARLES IVES    Central Park in the Dark
SUN       New York Philharmonic    Leonard Bernstein – conductor
SUN       DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 429 220-2
SUN       00:45:22
SUN       MATTHEW ARNOLD    Words Written in Kensington Gardens
SUN       Henry Goodman (reader)
SUN       00:48:09
SUN       THOMAS AUGUSTINE ARNE    Cantata: Delia
SUN       Emma Kirkby – soprano    London Baroque
SUN       Charles Medlam – director    EMI CDC 7 49799 2
SUN       00:51:52
SUN       FLEUR ADCOCK    Immigrant    Greta Scacchi (reader)
SUN       00:52:37
SUN       CLAUDE DEBUSSY
SUN       Images pour piano – Livre I: No 1: Reflets dans l’eau
SUN       Kathryn Stott – piano    CONIFER 75605 51755 2
SUN       00:56:27
SUN       DAVID CONSTANTINE    Woman on a Swing
SUN       Greta Scacchi (reader)
SUN       
SUN       23:45 Jazz Line-Up b00pclf4 (Listen)
SUN       John Scofield
SUN       
SUN       In an edited version of an interview given at the 2009
SUN       London Jazz Festival, Kevin LeGendre talks in-depth to
SUN       guitarist John Scofield, a former sideman to Miles Davis
SUN       and collaborator with many others.
SUN       
SUN       Since working with Davis, Scofield has famously led his
SUN       own groups, producing more than 30 albums, many of which
SUN       are now classics. He has collaborated with contemporary
SUN       favourites such as Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, Eddie
SUN       Harris, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Bill Frisell, Brad
SUN       Mehldau, Mavis Staples, Government Mule, Jack DeJohnette,
SUN       Joe Lovano and Phil Lesh. Scofield has also played and
SUN       recorded with Tony Williams, Jim Hall, Ron Carter, Herbie
SUN       Hancock, Joe Henderson, Dave Holland and Terumasa Hino.
SUN       
SUN       Title: Call
SUN       Artist: Troyka (Chris Montague - guitar, Kit Downes -
SUN       organ, Joshua Blackmore - drums)    Album: Troyka
SUN       Track: 10    Label: Edition EDN 1014
SUN       Comp: Chris Montague    Publ: Edition Records    Dur:2m15s
SUN       
SUN       Title: So He Left    Artist: Empirical    Album: Out 'n' In
SUN       Track: 4    Label: Naim Jazz NAIMCD 139
SUN       Comp: Nathaniel Facey    Publ: Naim Jazz    Dur:5m27s
SUN       
SUN       Title: Motherless Child    Artist: John Scofield
SUN       Album: Piety Street    Track: 2
SUN       Label: Emarcy 060251 791 1369
SUN       Comp: Trad (arr John Scofield)    Publ: n/a    Dur:5m18s
SUN       
SUN       Title: igetthepicture
SUN       Artist: John Scofield - guitar, Don Alias - percussion,
SUN       George Duke - keyboard, Dennis Chambers - drums, Gary
SUN       Grainger, bass    Album: Loud Jazz    Track: 10
SUN       Label: Gramavision GCD 79402    Comp: John Scofield
SUN       Publ: BMI    Dur:4m18s
SUN       
SUN       Title: London December 1, 2008 - Part 12
SUN       Artist: Keith Jarrett    Album: Testament - Paris/London
SUN       Track: CD3, XII    Label: ECM ECM 2132
SUN       Comp: Keith Jarrett    Publ: Cavelight Music (BMI)
SUN       Dur:7m15s
SUN       
SUN       EBU Recording - made in the Leffe Abbey, at the Dinant
SUN       Jazz Nights Festival, 2008    Title: Sugar
SUN       Artists: Eric Legnini - piano, Stephane Belmondo -
SUN       trumpet, Julien Lourau - saxophone, Mathias Allamane -
SUN       bass, Frank Agulhorn - drums    Comp: Stanley Turrentine
SUN       Dur: 13m44s
SUN       
SUN       EBU Recording - made in the Leffe Abbey, at the Dinant
SUN       Jazz Nights Festival, 2008    Title: Big Boogaloo
SUN       Artists: Eric Legnini - piano, Stephane Belmondo -
SUN       trumpet, Julien Lourau - saxophone, Mathias Allamane -
SUN       bass, Frank Agulhorn - drums    Comp: Stanley Turrentine
SUN       Dur:10m44s
SUN       
SUN       Title: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Part One
SUN       Artist: Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, The Partyka Brass
SUN       Quintet    Album: Carla's Christmas Carols    Track: 5
SUN       Label: Watt Production/ECM Records WATT/35 2712412
SUN       Comp: Trad (arr Carla Bley)    Publ: ECM    Dur:1m09s
SUN       
SUN       Title: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Part Two
SUN       Artist: Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, The Partyka Brass
SUN       Quintet    Album: Carla's Christmas Carols    Track: 6
SUN       Label: Watt Production/ECM Records WATT/35 2712412
SUN       Comp: Trad (arr. Carla Bley)    Publ: ECM    Dur:5m13s.
SUN       
SUN       
MON       MONDAY 21 DECEMBER 2009
MON       
MON       01:00 Through the Night b00pclhn (Listen)
MON       1.00am
MON       Nenov, Dimitar (1901-53): Christmas - symphonic poem for
MON       soloists, mixed choir and symphony orchestra (1938-39)
MON       Valeri Popova (soprano)    Alexander Krunev (baritone)
MON       Mixed Choir of Bulgarian National Radio
MON       BNR Symphony Orchestra    Milen Nachev (conductor)
MON       1.36am
MON       Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Quartet No 1 in G minor for
MON       piano and strings, Op 25    Laurence Power (viola)
MON       Kungsbacka Trio:    Malin Broman (violin)
MON       Jesper Svedberg (cello)    Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
MON       2.18am
MON       Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Iberia: Images for Orchestra,
MON       No 2 (1909)    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
MON       Jun Markl (conductor)
MON       2.40am
MON       Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Grand duo concertant
MON       for clarinet and piano, Op 48
MON       Joaquin Valdepenas (clarinet)    Patricia Parr (piano)
MON       3.01am
MON       Schenck, Johann (1660-c.1712): Sonata in A minor, Op 9 No 2
MON       Berliner Conzert
MON       3.23am
MON       Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Symphony No 6 in C, D589
MON       Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
MON       Jukka-Peka Saraste (conductor)
MON       3.55am
MON       Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Nocturne in D flat, Op 27 No
MON       2    Jane Coop (piano)
MON       4.02am
MON       Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Brandenburg Concerto
MON       No 2 in F, BWV1047    Alexis Kossenko (recorder)
MON       Erik Niord Larsen (oboe)    Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet)
MON       Elise Batnes (violin)    Risor Festival Strings
MON       Knut Johannessen (harpsichord)
MON       4.13am
MON       Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Spring Song, Op 16
MON       Kaija Saarikettu (violin)    Raija Kerppo (piano)
MON       4.22am
MON       Crusell, Bernhard Henrik (1775-1838): Introduction et Air
MON       Suedois, Op 12    Anne-Marja Korimaa (clarinet)
MON       Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra    Osmo Vanska (conductor)
MON       4.33am
MON       Bartok, Bela (1881-1945): Four Old Hungarian Folksongs
MON       (Negy regi magyar nepdal) for male chorus, Sz 50
MON       Male Choir of the Hungarian Army    Bela Podor (conductor)
MON       4.38am
MON       Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Was erblicke ich? (Daphne,
MON       Op 82) - aria    Ben Heppner (tenor)
MON       Toronto Symphony Orchestra    Andrew Davis (conductor)
MON       4.47am
MON       Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Bacchanalia (Poeticke nalady
MON       - No 10, Op 85)
MON       Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava
MON       Robert Stankovsky (conductor)
MON       4.53am
MON       Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), compl. Zoltan
MON       Kocsis: Rondo (Concert rondo) for horn and orchestra in E
MON       flat, K371    Laszlo Gal (horn)
MON       Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
MON       Zoltan Kocsis (conductor)
MON       5.01am
MON       Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Overture (Manfred, Op 115)
MON       BBC Symphony Orchestra    Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
MON       5.15am
MON       Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Intermezzo in A, Op 118 No 2
MON       Jane Coop (piano)
MON       5.21am
MON       Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Giulio Cesare's aria:
MON       Al lampo dell'armi (Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act 2)
MON       Matthew White (countertenor)    Arte dei Suonatori
MON       Eduardo Lopez (conductor)
MON       5.26am
MON       Sammartini, Giuseppe (1695-1750): Sinfonia in F
MON       Europa Galante    Fabio Biondi (violin/director)
MON       5.34am
MON       Haydn, (Franz) Joseph (1732-1809): String Quartet No 31 in
MON       B minor, H lll 37    Quatour Ysaye
MON       5.52am
MON       Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971): Feux d'artifice, Op 4
MON       Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
MON       Valery Gergiev (conductor)
MON       5.56am
MON       Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Jeux - poeme danse
MON       Oslo Philharmonic    Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
MON       6.14am
MON       Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Rondo in D, K184 -
MON       arr. for flute and piano    Carina Jandl (flute)
MON       Svetlana Sokolova (piano)
MON       6.20am
MON       Zagar, Peter (b.1961): Blumenthal Dance No 2 for violin,
MON       viola, cello, clarinet and piano (1999)
MON       Opera Aperta Ensemble
MON       6.28am
MON       Grandjany, Marcel (1891-1975): Rhapsodie pour la harpe, Op
MON       10 (1921)    Rita Costanzi (harp)
MON       6.38am
MON       Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Cantata No 170
MON       (Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust) - Leipzig, 1726
MON       Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
MON       Les Musiciens du Louvre    Marc Minkowski (conductor).
MON       
MON       07:00 Breakfast b00pclhq (Listen)
MON       
MON       10:00 Classical Collection b00pclhs (Listen)
MON       10.00am
MON       Vaughan Williams: Aristophanic Suite (The Wasps)
MON       Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
MON       James Judd (conductor)    NAXOS 8.572304
MON       10.26am
MON       Bernstein: La bonne cuisine    Patricia Petibon (soprano)
MON       Susan Manoff (piano)    VIRGIN 5622942
MON       10.36am
MON       Telemann: Quartet in E minor (Tafelmusik, Part 3)
MON       Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin    HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901689
MON       10.47am
MON       Roussel: Le festin de l'araignee, Op 17
MON       Orchestre National de l'ORTF    Jean Martinon (conductor)
MON       ERATO 2564 605772
MON       11.20am
MON       Ravel: Piano Trio
MON       The Building a Library recommendation from CD Review.
MON       
MON       12:00 Composer of the Week b00pclhv (Listen)
MON       John Rutter (b.1945), Episode 1
MON       
MON       Donald Macleod is in conversation with John Rutter, one of
MON       the world's most successful and popular living composers.
MON       
MON       John discusses some of his most significant childhood
MON       experiences, whose influences continue to resonate in his
MON       most recent music.
MON       
MON       John Rutter — Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
MON       Allmänna Sången    Uppsala Kammarorkester
MON       Cecilia Rydinger Alin (Conductor)    BIS, BISNLCD5028,, 16
MON       
MON       John Rutter — Come down O love divine
MON       Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano)    The Cambridge Singers
MON       John Rutter (Conductor)    Collegium, COLCD 129,, 13
MON       
MON       John Rutter — A Gaelic Blessing
MON       The Choir of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor    Castle
MON       Roger Judd (organ)    Timothy Byram-Wigfield (conductor)
MON       Hyperion, CDA66947,, 10
MON       
MON       John Rutter — Mass of the Children
MON       Angharad Gryffydd-Jones (soprano)
MON       Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone)
MON       Choir of Clare College, Cambridge    Farnham Youth Choir
MON       Clare Chamber Ensemble    James McVinnie (organ)
MON       Timothy Brown (conductor)    Naxos, 8.557922,, 1-5
MON       
MON       13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert b00pclpg (Listen)
MON       Takacs Quartet
MON       
MON       Repeated from Wigmore Hall earlier this year, Sarah Walker
MON       presents a concert featuring the Takacs Quartet. They
MON       perform Haydn's String Quartet, Op 77 No 1, and Bartok's
MON       String Quartet No 4.
MON       
MON       14:00 Afternoon on 3 b00pclpj (Listen)
MON       Richard Hickox Tribute, Episode 1
MON       
MON       Penny Gore introduces a series of programmes in tribute to
MON       the late conductor Richard Hickox.
MON       
MON       Featuring concert recordings from the Cheltenham Festival
MON       and from the BBC Proms as well as from St David's Hall in
MON       Cardiff, all given while Richard was principal conductor
MON       
MON       Elgar: Overture (Cockaigne)
MON       BBC National Orchestra of Wales
MON       Richard Hickox (conductor)
MON       
MON       Bach: Magnificat    Norma Burrowes (soprano)
MON       Paul Esswood (countertenor)    Robert Tear (tenor)
MON       Thomas Allen (baritone)    Alastair Ross (organ)
MON       Richard Hickox Orchestra and Singers
MON       Richard Hickox (conductor)
MON       
MON       2.45pm
MON       Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
MON       BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales
MON       Richard Hickox (conductor)
MON       
MON       Rubbra: Symphony No 4    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
MON       Richard Hickox (conductor)
MON       
MON       Ravel: Ma mere l'oye - ballet
MON       BBC National Orchestra of Wales
MON       Richard Hickox (conductor)
MON       
MON       4.10pm
MON       Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony
MON       BBC National Orchestra of Wales
MON       Richard Hickox (conductor).
MON       
MON       17:00 Words and Music b00jkt31 (Listen)
MON       Handel Week - Handel's Divas
MON       
MON       Opera in London during the 18th century was much talked
MON       about, and there is a wealth of material from which to
MON       choose which highlights differing opinions, anecdotes and
MON       accounts of the activities of all those involved in their
MON       performance, composition and production. It is a rich seam
MON       to be mined, but in the end I decided to focus on a
MON       particular time in Handel’s life in London. The Royal
MON       Academy of Music was founded in 1719 to establish regular
MON       seasons of Italianate opera seria in London, and Handel
MON       provided vehicles for the most famous singers, mostly
MON       brought over from Italy.
MON       
MON       The programme begins with an observation from the famous
MON       musical historian and commentator – Charles Burney – who
MON       knew and admired Handel. He gives a clear picture of the
MON       personality of Handel – a little impatient perhaps and
MON       prone to say what he thought, but not at all malicious.
MON       Ironic, therefore, that he had to endure the petty
MON       squabblings of his opera singers.
MON       
MON       The opening music I think reflects the gentler side of the
MON       composer with a beautiful interpretation of his trio
MON       sonata for flute and violin.
MON       
MON       Longfellow’s poem about the three singers sets the tone
MON       for the rest of the programme – the idea that singers
MON       working together can create wonderful harmony, but warns
MON       of the inevitable discord which can arise from jealousy
MON       and competition.
MON       
MON       Rinaldo pre-dates the Royal Academy but was the first of
MON       Handel’s London operas. Contemporary writing from John Gay
MON       (famous for his “Beggar’s Opera”) and the author Daniel
MON       Defoe highlight the obsession at that time with opera, and
MON       in particular some of the singers. One of the most famous
MON       was the castrato Francesco Bernadi, otherwise known as
MON       Senesino (a nickname inspired by his birth place –
MON       Sienna). He enjoyed enormous success during his stay in
MON       London but was a difficult character by all accounts. Yet
MON       he had a superb voice, and in the recording of Va Tacito e
MON       nascosto (from Giulio Cesare in Egito)[Silently and
MON       stealthily the cunning hunter moves] David Daniels’s
MON       almost womanly countertenor voice I think is probably one
MON       of the closest ideas we will ever have as to what a real
MON       castrato may have sounded like.
MON       
MON       Italian singers were not always received well, with the
MON       inevitable xenophobia in some publications, which could be
MON       quite acerbic at times. They were hugely popular, though,
MON       and it was not long before more arrived and delighted more
MON       and more admirers. You can almost hear the baying crowds
MON       in A Legend of the Haymarket, Richard Barham’s boisterous
MON       poem about the public demand for their favourite singer.
MON       
MON       The next darling of the opera stage to arrive from Italy
MON       was Francesca Cuzzoni. Her debut was in Ottone, and the
MON       aria Falsa imagine [false picture] became a big hit with
MON       audiences. Cuzzoni was apparently no great beauty, but she
MON       won the hearts of all with her voice. Robert Leighton’s
MON       enraptured poem is in fact about a singer from a century
MON       later, also famous for singing Handel, but aptly reflects
MON       the reactions of the time for Cuzzoni.
MON       
MON       A short while after Cuzzoni, along came Faustina Bordoni
MON       who became just as popular. The duet Placa l’alma, quieta
MON       il petto! (from Alessandro) [bid the soul rest, and still
MON       thy breast] was written specifically for these two divas
MON       to show off their talents, and it was not long before
MON       there was a debate as to who was the better. The rivalry
MON       was infamous and the hostility between the two women was
MON       so great that they actually came to blows on stage during
MON       an opera by Handel’s own rival - Bononcini. The incident
MON       caused great offence to the Princess of Wales, who was
MON       present, and brought the season to an abrupt end.
MON       
MON       The satirical writing of the time is cruel, harsh and
MON       sometimes very funny at the singers’ expense. A favourite
MON       device was to create scenes and letters, anonymously
MON       written and published in pamphlets, purporting to be the
MON       thoughts and words of the singers themselves.
MON       
MON       The stormy aria Furie terribili [fearful furies] from
MON       Rinaldo dates from before the furore, but aptly reflects
MON       the turbulence with its astonishing thunder effects, which
MON       the original production would have had, special effects
MON       being very much in vogue at the time.
MON       
MON       Eventually, things calmed down, singers moved on, and the
MON       Royal Academy was restructured. Handel continued writing
MON       smash hit operas, but eventually, in 1742, The Messiah was
MON       to open up a whole new area of Handel’s music to audiences
MON       – the oratorio.
MON       
MON       Meanwhile, the delightfully gossipy correspondence of Mrs
MON       Pendarves gives us a real insight into the thoughts and
MON       activities of these music lovers and her warm account of
MON       Mr Handel playing to her guests creates an intimate
MON       picture of 18th century home entertainment. The Harmonious
MON       Blacksmith remains one of Handel’s most popular keyboard
MON       pieces to this day, and I can just imagine his friends
MON       requesting that he play it to them whilst they drink their
MON       “white mulled wine”.
MON       
MON       Finally, Ben Jonson’s The musical strife; in a pastoral
MON       dialogue brings back the theme of competing singers, but
MON       concludes (in just the same manner that Longfellow did at
MON       the beginning of the programme), that true harmony is
MON       achieved by striving together rather than against each
MON       other. And what better way to demonstrate this than with
MON       one of Handel’s most popular and exquisite pieces of all –
MON       the duet As steals the morn upon the night (from
MON       L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato) which essentially
MON       advocates the motto “moderation in all things”!
MON       
MON       Producer Helen Garrison
MON       
MON       Running Order
MON       
MON       GJ = Geraldine James    MM = Michael Maloney
MON       
MON       00:00:00
MON       Charles Burney: Extract from An Account of the Musical
MON       Performances...in Commemoration of Handel (MM)
MON       00:00:27
MON       Handel: Trio sonata (Op.2`1) in B minor [HWV.386] (Largo
MON       and Allegro)    Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone
MON       Harmonia Mundi HMC 901957    Tracks 14-15
MON       00:05:04
MON       Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: The Singers (GJ)
MON       00:06:23
MON       Handel: Overture to Rinaldo
MON       The Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
MON       Decca 467 087-2    CD 1 Track 1
MON       00:07:28
MON       Unknown author, possibly Daniel Defoe: Extract from a
MON       letter to the Weekly Journal, 18th December 1725 (MM)
MON       00:08:44
MON       John Gay: Extract from letter to Jonathan Swift, 1722-3
MON       (MM)
MON       00:10:05
MON       Joseph Mitchell: Ode on the Power of Musick (MM)
MON       00:10:20
MON       Handel: Va Tacito e nascosto (from Giulio Cesare in Egito)
MON       David Daniels (countertenor – Giulio Cesare)
MON       Roger Montgomery (horn)
MON       Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Roger Norrington
MON       Virgin VC 5 45326 2    Track 3
MON       00:16:19
MON       Unknown author: Faustina: or the Roman Songstress, A
MON       Satyr, on the Luxury and Effeminacy of the Age (MM)
MON       00:16:44
MON       Anne Penny: Addressed to David Garrick, Esq; on Seeing the
MON       Opera of Daphne and Amyntor (GJ)
MON       00:18:16
MON       Richard Barham: A Legend of the Haymarket (MM)
MON       00:19:29
MON       Extract from the British Journal, 29th December 1722 (GJ)
MON       00:19:41
MON       Handel: Falsa imagine (from Ottone Re di Germania)
MON       Claron McFadden (soprano – Teofane)
MON       The King’s Consort/Robert King    Hyperion CDA66751/3
MON       CD 1 Track 8
MON       00:21:46
MON       Robert Leighton: Jenny Lind (MM)
MON       00:22:50
MON       Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Oh listen while I sing to
MON       thee (GJ)
MON       00:25:18
MON       Extract from The London Journal, 30th March 1723 (GJ)
MON       00:26:15
MON       Unknown author: Faustina: or the Roman Songstress, A
MON       Satyr, on the Luxury and Effeminacy of the Age (MM)
MON       00:26:46
MON       Mrs Pendarves to her sister, Miss Anne Granville, 22nd
MON       August 1725 (GJ)
MON       00:27:10
MON       Handel: La speranza è giunta in porto (from Ottone Re di
MON       Germania)    Jennifer Smith (soprano – Gismonda)
MON       The King’s Consort/Robert King    Hyperion CDA66751/3
MON       CD 1 Track 4
MON       00:28:31
MON       Extract from The London Journal, 4th September 1725 (GJ)
MON       00:28:51
MON       Handel: Placa l’alma, quieta il petto! (from Alessandro)
MON       Sophie Boulin (soprano – Rossane)
MON       Isabelle Poulenard (soprano – Lisaura)
MON       La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
MON       Deutsche Harmonia Mundi GD77110 (3)    CD 2 Track 5
MON       00:31:32
MON       Extract from The British Journal, 25th march 1727 (MM)
MON       00:31:50
MON       Handel: Brilla nell’alma un non inteso ancor (from
MON       Alessandro)    Sophie Boulin (soprano – Rossane)
MON       La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
MON       Deutsche Harmonia Mundi GD77110 (3)    CD 3 Track 13
MON       00:31:55
MON       Unknown author: Extract from Faustina’s answer to
MON       Senesino’s Epistle (satyr) (read by Lara Bellini)
MON       00:36:58
MON       Unknown author: The Devil to pay at St James’s: or, A full
MON       and true account of a most horrid and bloody battle
MON       between Madam Faustina and Madame Cuzzoni (MM)
MON       00:37:52
MON       Handel: Furie terribili (from Rinaldo)
MON       Luba Orgonasova (soprano – Armida)
MON       The Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
MON       Decca 467 087-2    CD 1 Track 15
MON       00:40:15
MON       Unknown author: Extract from Faustina’s answer to
MON       Senesino’s Epistle (satyr)    (read by Lara Bellini)
MON       00:40:24
MON       Unknown author: Extract from An Epistle from Signor
MON       Senesino to Signora Faustina (satyr) (MM)
MON       00:40:54
MON       HANDEL    Parto, fuggo… (from Scipione)
MON       Doris Lamprecht (alto – Lucejo)
MON       Les Talens Lyriques/Christoph Rousset    FNAC 592245 (3)
MON       CD 2 Track 8    4’03
MON       00:40:58
MON       Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
MON       A Farewell to London (extract)    (MM)
MON       00:44:58
MON       Unknown author (1727)
MON       The contre temps; or, Rival Queens: A small farce (extract)
MON       (MM)
MON       00:46:07
MON       Pierre Jean de Béranger (1780-1857)
MON       Translated by Eugene Field (1850-95)    Ma Vocation    (GJ)
MON       00:46:56
MON       Handel: Da tanti affani oppressa (from Admeto, re di
MON       Tassaglia)    Jill Gomez (soprano – Antigona)
MON       Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis    Virgin VMT 5 61369 2
MON       CD 2 Track 15
MON       00:54:09
MON       Handel: Air with five Variations “The Harmonious
MON       Blacksmith”    Paul Nicholson (harpsichord)
MON       Hyperion CDA66931/2    CD 1 Track 23
MON       00:54:27
MON       Mrs Pendarves to her sister, Miss Anne Granville, 12th
MON       April 1734 (GJ)
MON       00:58:39
MON       Extract from Faulkner’s Dublin Journal, 13th April 1742
MON       (MM)
MON       00:59:02
MON       Handel: For unto us a Child is born (from Messiah)
MON       The English Concert and Choir/Trevor Pinnock
MON       Archiv 423 630-2    CD 1 Track 12
MON       01:03:03
MON       Extract from Faulkner’s Dublin Journal, 15th March 1743
MON       (GJ)
MON       01:03:50
MON       Handel: Let the Bright Seraphim - chorus (from Samson)
MON       The Sixteen
MON       The Symphony of Harmony and Invention/Harry Christophers
MON       Collins 70382    CD 3 Track 22
MON       01:03:54
MON       William Hughes: Remarks upon musick, to which are added
MON       several observations upon some of Mr Handel’s Oratorios,
MON       and other parts of works (Worcester 1758)    (MM)
MON       01:06:53
MON       Ben Jonson (1572-1637)
MON       The musical strife; in a pastoral dialogue (GJ and MM)
MON       01:07:11
MON       Handel: As steals the morn upon the night (from L’Allegro,
MON       il Penseroso ed il Moderato)    Susan Gritton (soprano)
MON       Paul Agnew (tenor)    The King’s Consort/Robert King
MON       Hyperion CDA67283/4    CD 2 Track 24    7’08
MON       
MON       18:15 New Generation Artists b00pclpn (Listen)
MON       
MON       BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme picks out some
MON       of the brightest new talents in the classical music world.
MON       The special Christmas and New Year series features studio
MON       and live concert performances, here by Swiss pianist
MON       Francesco Piemontesi, Swedish soprano Malin Christensson
MON       and Ukrainian viola player Maxim Rysanov.
MON       
MON       Schumann: Toccata, Op 7    Francesco Piemontesi (piano)
MON       
MON       Wolf: Wie lange schon; Wer rief dich denn?; Wir haben
MON       beide lange Zeit geschwiegen; Mein Liebster ist so klein;
MON       Mein Liebster singt am Haus; Du denkst mit einem Fadchen
MON       (Italienisches Liederbuch)    Malin Christensson (soprano)
MON       Simon Lepper (piano)
MON       
MON       Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata, D821    Maxim Rysanov (viola)
MON       Evgeny Samoyloff (piano).
MON       
MON       19:00 Performance on 3 b00pclpq (Listen)
MON       LSO/Gergiev
MON       
MON       Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in
MON       ballet music by Ravel, Debussy and Stravinsky, and
MON       continues his Dutilleux season with the Symphony No 2,
MON       written in 1959.
MON       
MON       In May 2009, Gergiev was awarded the prestigious RPS
MON       Conductor's Award for being 'a conductor who makes things
MON       happen - an inspiration to players and audiences alike,'
MON       and in this concert he celebrates that achievement. In his
MON       innovative Symphony, Dutilleux - a gold medallist of the
MON       RPS - divides the orchestra into two, the small ensemble
MON       mirroring the larger. The French tradition is represented
MON       here by Ravel's Pavane for an imaginary Spanish princess
MON       and his overwhelming ballet score Bolero. With Debussy's
MON       enigmatic Jeux, written for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes,
MON       and Stravinsky's Jeu de cartes, an idea which came to him
MON       during a taxi ride. He said: 'I was so delighted that I
MON       stopped the driver and invited him to have a drink with
MON       me.'
MON       
MON       London Symphony Orchestra    Valery Gergiev (conductor)
MON       
MON       Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte    Debussy: Jeux
MON       Henri Dutilleux: Symphony No 2
MON       Stravinsky: Jeu des cartes    Ravel: Bolero.
MON       
MON       20:45 Belief b00pclps (Listen)
MON       Series 6, David Starkey
MON       
MON       Joan Bakewell explores areas of belief with artists,
MON       thinkers and other public figures.
MON       
MON       She talks to historian, writer and broadcaster David
MON       Starkey about his Quaker upbringing, his rejection of
MON       religion as the answer to life's big questions and how he
MON       makes sense of recent moves in Catholic-Anglican
MON       relations. As the author of a recent biography of Henry
MON       VIII, he wonders if time is running out for Henry's great
MON       legacy - England's national church - the Church of England.
MON       
MON       21:15 BBC Proms b00pclpv (Listen)
MON       2009, Prom 17: Bach Motets
MON       
MON       A late-night Prom from the 2009 season in which John Eliot
MON       Gardiner and his hand-picked choir and ensemble perform
MON       some of Bach's motets. While Bach's great Passions
MON       languished unheard for almost a century after his death,
MON       his motets continued to be sung by the Leipzig choirs for
MON       which they were written. The concert features four of
MON       them, including Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Sing to
MON       the Lord a new song), a work which had even Mozart
MON       exclaiming, 'Now, there's a piece one can learn from'.
MON       
MON       Monteverdi Choir    English Baroque Soloists
MON       John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
MON       
MON       Bach: Komm, Jesu, Komm!, BWV229; Furchte dich nicht,
MON       BWV228; Jesu, meine Freude, BWV227; Singet dem Herrn ein
MON       neues Lied, BWV225
MON       
MON       Followed by two solo performances from the 2009 Proms New
MON       Generation Artist weekend. Violinist Alina Ibragimova
MON       plays Bach's Partita No 3 in E, BWV1006, while Maxim
MON       Rysanov performs Bach's Suite No 4 in E flat, BWV1010, in
MON       an arrangement for the viola.
MON       
MON       23:15 Jazz on 3 b00pclqf (Listen)
MON       Best Albums of 2009
MON       
MON       Jez Nelson is joined by a panel of the UK's leading jazz
MON       critics to play selections from their favourite album
MON       releases of 2009.
MON       
MON       For more information about tickets for Jazz On 3's
MON       celebration of British jazz at Ronnie Scott's on January
MON       4th 2010, please go to www.bbc.co.uk/tickets. Tickets will
MON       not be available after the programme ends tonight!
MON       
MON       Follow Jez Nelson and Jazz On 3 on Twitter:
MON       http://twitter.com/jeznelson
MON       http://twitter.com/r3jazzon3
MON       
MON       Dave Douglas' Quintet play Hand-written Letter in a
MON       recording made at the Everyman Theatre (Cheltenham
MON       Festival, 3rd May 2009)
MON       
MON       Line-up:    Dave Douglas (trumpet, composer)
MON       Donny McCaslin (saxophone)    Orin Evans (Rhodes keyboard)
MON       Clarence Penn (drums)    Scott Colley (bass)
MON       
MON       Martial Solal plays Vincent Youmans' Tea For Two, recorded
MON       at Kings Place on 11th June 2009
MON       
MON       Line up:    Martial Solal (piano)
MON       
MON       Henri Texier, Louis Sclavis and Aldo Romano play Les
MON       Petits Lits Blanc, recorded at LSO St Luke's (London Jazz
MON       Festival, 18th November 2008)
MON       
MON       Line-up:    Aldo Romano (drums, percussion)
MON       Henri Texier (bass)
MON       Louis Sclavis (clarinet, saxophone and composer)
MON       
MON       Their album African Flashback is released on Label Bleu.
MON       
MON       Excerpt of L'Ampleur des Degats by the Marc Ducret Trio
MON       recorded at the Vortex, London (28th January 2009)
MON       Line-up:    Marc Ducret (guitar, composer)
MON       Bruno Chevillon (double bass)    Eric Echampard (drums)
MON       
MON       The Claudia Quintet play Be Happy, recorded at the
MON       Barbican (8th July 2009)
MON       
MON       Line-up:    John Hollenbeck (drums, composer)
MON       Trevor Dunn (electric bass)    Chris Speed (reeds)
MON       Matt Moran (vibes)    Ted Reichman (accordion)
MON       
MON       Joe Lovano's Us Five play Powerhouse, recorded at Ronnie
MON       Scott's (26th May 2009)
MON       
MON       Line-up:    Joe Lovano (reeds, composer)
MON       James Weidman (piano)    Esperanza Spalding (bass)
MON       Otis Brown (drums)    Francesco Mela (drums)
MON       
MON       The Bobby Hutcherson Quartet perform John Coltrane's Wise
MON       One, recorded at Ronnie Scott's (Friday 13th November)
MON       
MON       Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone)    Joe Gilman (piano)
MON       Glenn Richman (bass)    Eddie Marshall (drums)
MON       
MON       Joshua Redman's Trio play Faraway, recorded at Ronnie
MON       Scott's (21st March 2009)
MON       
MON       Line up:
MON       Joshua Redman (tenor and soprano saxophones, composer)
MON       Reuben Rogers (double bass)    Gregory Hutchinson (drums)
MON       
MON       Han Bennink, Marc Ribot and Evan Parker perform an
MON       improvisation, recorded at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
MON       (14th June 2009, Meltdown Festival
MON       
MON       Line up:    Han Bennink (drums, percussion)
MON       Marc Ribot (guitar)    Evan Parker (reeds)
MON       
MON       The Matana Roberts Quartet perform Exchange, recorded at
MON       the Vortex Jazz Club, London (1st April 2009)
MON       
MON       Line up:    Matana Roberts (saxophone, composer)
MON       Robert Mitchell (piano)    Tom Mason (bass)
MON       Chris Vatalaro (drums)
MON       
MON       Paul Dunmall plays Adhesive Capsulitis, recorded at the
MON       Everyman Theatre (Cheltenham Festival, 1st May 2009)
MON       
MON       Line-up:    Paul Dunmall (solo bagpipes, composer).
MON       
MON       
TUE       TUESDAY 22 DECEMBER 2009
TUE       
TUE       01:00 Through the Night b00pdjld (Listen)
TUE       1.00am
TUE       Ryba, Jakub Jan (1765-1815): Missa pastoralis bohemica Hej
TUE       mistre! (Hail Master!)
TUE       1.44am
TUE       Trad: Christ was born (old Czech carol)
TUE       Eva Drizgova Jirusova (soprano)
TUE       Jana Wallingero Stefackova (mezzo-soprano)
TUE       Vladimir Dolezal (tenor)    Jiri Sulzenko (bass)
TUE       Katerina Chrobokova (organ)    Czech Philharmonic Chorus
TUE       Petr Fiala (director)    Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
TUE       Vladimir Valek (conductor)
TUE       1.49am
TUE       Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921): Septet in E flat for
TUE       trumpet, piano and strings, Op 65
TUE       Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet)
TUE       Elise Baatnes, Karolina Radziej (violins)
TUE       Lars Anders Tomter (viola)    Hjalmer Kvam (cello)
TUE       Marius Faltby (double bass)    Enrico Pace (piano)
TUE       2.06am
TUE       Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Symphony No 4 in E minor, Op
TUE       98    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
TUE       Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
TUE       2.45am
TUE       Hammerschmidt, Andreas (1611/12-1675): Suite in G minor/G
TUE       major for winds (Ester Fleiss)    Hesperion XX
TUE       Jordi Savall (director)
TUE       3.01am
TUE       Wagner, Richard (1813-1883): Rienzi Overture
TUE       Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra    Simone Young (conductor)
TUE       3.15am
TUE       Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Die Burgschaft, D246
TUE       Christoph Pregardien (tenor)
TUE       Andreas Staier (fortepiano - after Johann Fritz, Vienna c.
TUE       1815)
TUE       3.33am
TUE       Valerius, Adriaen (c.1575-1625): Engels Malsims
TUE       Toyohiko Satoh (lute)
TUE       3.35am
TUE       Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Malle Symen
TUE       Peter van Dijk (organ)
TUE       3.38am
TUE       Willan, Healey (1880-1968): Symphony No 2 in C minor, B74
TUE       Edmonton Symphony Orchestra    Uri Mayer (conductor)
TUE       4.21am
TUE       Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787): Trio in F for two flutes
TUE       and continuo    Karl Kaiser, Michael Schneider (flutes)
TUE       Rainer Zipperling (cello)    Harald Hoeren (harpsichord)
TUE       4.31am
TUE       Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Faschingsschwank aus Wien,
TUE       Op 26    Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
TUE       4.52am
TUE       Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Sinfonia: Giovanna D'Arco
TUE       Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
TUE       Richard Bradshaw (conductor)
TUE       5.01am
TUE       Praetorius, Michael (1571-1621): Renaissance Concerto for
TUE       brass ensemble    Hungarian Brass Ensemble
TUE       5.05am
TUE       Wagenseil, Georg Christoph (1715-1777): Concerto in E flat
TUE       for trombone and orchestra    Warwick Tyrrell (trombone)
TUE       Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
TUE       Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)
TUE       5.15am
TUE       Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Adagio and Fugue in
TUE       C minor for strings, K546    Risor Festival Strings
TUE       5.23am
TUE       Hidas, Frigyes (1928-2007): Adagio for orchestra
TUE       Hungarian Radio Orchestra    Gyorgy Lehel (conductor)
TUE       5.35am
TUE       Kodaly, Zoltan (1882-1967): Four Italian madrigals for
TUE       female chorus    Jutland Chamber Choir
TUE       Mogens Dahl (director)
TUE       5.47am
TUE       Byrd, William (c.1540-1623): Pavana lachrimae (after John
TUE       Dowland) for keyboard, MB XXVIII 54
TUE       Aapo Hakkinen (harpsichord)
TUE       5.55am
TUE       Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Music for the Royal
TUE       Fireworks    Collegium Aureum
TUE       6.17am
TUE       Pacius, Fredrik (1809-1891): Overture (The Hunt of King
TUE       Charles) - 1852    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
TUE       Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
TUE       6.25am
TUE       Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): 10 Pensees lyriques for piano,
TUE       Op 40    Eero Heinonen (piano)
TUE       6.44am
TUE       Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837): Trio in G for violin,
TUE       viola and cello    Viktor Simcisko (violin)
TUE       Alzbeta Plazkurova (viola)    Jozef Sikora (cello).
TUE       
TUE       07:00 Breakfast b00pdjlg (Listen)
TUE       
TUE       10:00 Classical Collection b00pdjlj (Listen)
TUE       10.00am
TUE       Sammartini: Concerto a piu stromenti in E flat, J73
TUE       La Serenissima    Adrian Chandler (violin/director)
TUE       AVIE AV 2154
TUE       10.17am
TUE       Three Fake Folksongs:
TUE       Little Miss Britten composed and performed by Dudley Moore
TUE       EMI 793962-2
TUE       Heynonnynonny Smallprint composed by Geoffrey Poole and
TUE       performed by David Stout    NMC D 150
TUE       The Folksong Army composed and performed by Tom Lehrer
TUE       REPRISE 61792
TUE       10.26am
TUE       Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher    Daniel Benyamini (viola)
TUE       Orchestre de Paris    Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
TUE       DG 423 2412
TUE       11.05am
TUE       Brahms: String Quartet in C minor, Op 51 No 1
TUE       Takacs Quartet    HYPERION CDA 67552
TUE       11.35am
TUE       Mozart: Don Giovanni (conclusion)
TUE       Don Giovanni ...... Bo Skovhus (baritone)
TUE       Leporello ...... Alessandro Corbelli (baritone)
TUE       Donna Elvira ...... Felicity Lott (soprano)
TUE       Il Commendatore ...... Umberto Chiummo (bass)
TUE       Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus
TUE       Charles Mackerras (conductor)    TELARC CD 80420.
TUE       
TUE       12:00 Composer of the Week b00pdk0k (Listen)
TUE       John Rutter (b.1945), Episode 2
TUE       
TUE       Donald Macleod is in conversation with John Rutter, one of
TUE       the world's most successful and popular living composers.
TUE       
TUE       John reveals his affection for his home town of Cambridge
TUE       and its musical traditions, and discusses with Donald his
TUE       attitude to religion alongside some of his many sacred
TUE       choral works.
TUE       
TUE       John Rutter — Be thou my vision
TUE       The Cambridge Singers    City of London Sinfonia
TUE       John Rutter (conductor)    Collegium, CDCD514,, 1
TUE       
TUE       John Rutter — Hymn to the Creator of Light
TUE       The Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral    John Scott (Dir)
TUE       Hyperion, CDA66994,, 12
TUE       
TUE       John Rutter — Shadows (Nos.1-IV)
TUE       Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone)    Stewart French (Guitar)
TUE       Naxos, 8.557922,, 6-9
TUE       
TUE       John Rutter — Wild Wood Carol
TUE       Polyphony    Stephen Layton (conductor)
TUE       Hyperion CDA67245,, 8
TUE       
TUE       John Rutter — Suite Antique
TUE       Duke Dobing (flute)    Wayne Marshall (harpsichord)
TUE       The City of London Sinfonia    John Rutter (conductor)
TUE       Collegium, COLCD117,, 7-12
TUE       
TUE       13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert b00pdk0m (Listen)
TUE       Cheltenham Music Festival 2009, The Nash Ensemble
TUE       
TUE       Penny Gore presents a performance given by the Nash
TUE       Ensemble at the 2009 Cheltenham Festival. Featuring two
TUE       so-called viola quintets by Mozart and Mendelssohn - each
TUE       with an extra part for that instrument - plus two recent
TUE       works featuring the clarinet by Alexander Goehr.
TUE       
TUE       Nash Ensemble:    Richard Hosford (clarinet)
TUE       Marianne Thorsen, Benjamin Nabarro (violin)
TUE       Lawrence Power, Vicci Wardman (viola)
TUE       Paul Watkins (cello)
TUE       
TUE       Mozart: String Quintet in C minor, K406
TUE       Alexander Goehr: Quintet for clarinet and strings, Op 79;
TUE       Manere for clarinet and violin, Op 81
TUE       Mendelssohn: String Quintet in B flat, Op 87.
TUE       
TUE       14:00 Afternoon on 3 b00pdk0p (Listen)
TUE       Richard Hickox Tribute, Episode 2
TUE       
TUE       Penny Gore presents a series of programmes in tribute to
TUE       conductor Richard Hickox.
TUE       
TUE       Featuring music by Michael Berkeley, who was
TUE       composer-in-association with the BBC National Orchestra of
TUE       Wales during Richard's tenure as well as mezzo-soprano
TUE       Pamela Helen Stephen, Hickox's widow.
TUE       
TUE       Grainger: The Warriors    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
TUE       Richard Hickox (conductor)
TUE       
TUE       Holst: The Hymn of Jesus    Bach Choir
TUE       Choir of St Paul's Cathedral
TUE       BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales
TUE       Richard Hickox (conductor)
TUE       
TUE       3.10pm
TUE       Lennox Berkeley: Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila
TUE       Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)
TUE       BBC National Orchestra of Wales
TUE       Richard Hickox (conductor)
TUE       
TUE       Michael Berkeley: Concerto for orchestra
TUE       BBC National Orchestra of Wales
TUE       Richard Hickox (conductor)
TUE       
TUE       3.50pm
TUE       Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 (Lobgesang)
TUE       Veronique Gens (soprano)
TUE       Pamela Helen-Stephen (mezzo-soprano)    Robert Tear (tenor)
TUE       BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales
TUE       Richard Hickox (conductor).
TUE       
TUE       17:00 Words and Music b00j8dpm (Listen)
TUE       Years of Wonders
TUE       
TUE       The first known usage of the phrase “Annus Mirabilis”, or
TUE       “Year of Wonders” came in John Dryden’s poem of that title
TUE       in 1666. It was actually a year of great calamity for
TUE       England, with the Great Fire of London, although there was
TUE       also a great sea victory against the Dutch. The composer
TUE       Henry Purcell would have been a child of 6 or 7 at the
TUE       time, and his life spanned some particularly momentous
TUE       events in English history.
TUE       
TUE       Purcell was born in 1659, and the following year saw the
TUE       Restoration to the throne of Charles II. Samuel Pepys was
TUE       on the same boat as the King as he arrived at Dover to
TUE       great public acclaim. But the diarist makes sure that we
TUE       realise Charles was indeed a mere mortal, having a simple
TUE       breakfast of boiled beef and being the indulgent owner of
TUE       a badly behaved dog…Dryden takes the King’s journey on to
TUE       his coronation, with all the hopes of a new and better age.
TUE       
TUE       A few years later a strange new comet was seen in the sky
TUE       – Pepys tried his best to see it, eventually succeeding,
TUE       and then a new one appeared... With the benefit of
TUE       hindsight these were interpreted as being terrible omens
TUE       presaging the Great Plague of 1665 and the Fire of 1666.
TUE       Daniel Defoe, writing some 60 years later, would only have
TUE       been 5 at the time of the plague, but provides an
TUE       insightful and chilling account of that dreadful time.
TUE       
TUE       In 1666 the diarist John Evelyn describes a site visit to
TUE       the old St Paul’s with, among others, Sir Christopher
TUE       Wren, in which they discussed the rickety structure of the
TUE       old church and the possibility of designing a new-fangled
TUE       cupola instead of a steeple. But less than a month later,
TUE       the proposed demolition was somewhat overtaken by events –
TUE       the outbreak of the Great Fire. Pepys gives his usual
TUE       thorough account of the scene, not forgetting even the
TUE       poor pigeons who were loth to leave their perches and were
TUE       singed, while Dryden compares the progress of the fire to
TUE       the calculated campaign of a pillaging tyrant.
TUE       
TUE       While many were quick to ascribe the horrors of disease
TUE       and fire to the sinful ways of London’s court and indeed
TUE       general population, the year 1666 also saw an outbreak of
TUE       rationality and rigorous investigation. As Isaac Newton
TUE       sat in his Lincolnshire garden one day, (having had to
TUE       leave Cambridge University owing to an outbreak of plague
TUE       there), he observed the falling of an apple…Years later he
TUE       was to describe this, his own annus mirabilis, in which he
TUE       began to get to grips with calculus, optics and the law of
TUE       gravitation.
TUE       
TUE       In 1688 Purcell would have seen another great wonder of
TUE       his age – a (nearly) bloodless revolution as Parliament
TUE       overthrew the pro-Catholic James II and replaced him as
TUE       monarch with his daughter Mary and her husband , William
TUE       of Orange. We end with a paean of praise to the new Queen
TUE       by Aphra Behn, and leave the new monarchs at their
TUE       coronation the following year, amid fresh hopes for peace,
TUE       health and prosperity.
TUE       
TUE       The words of the period are surrounded with the music of
TUE       the age – coronation anthems, secular songs, and
TUE       instrumental sonatas in the fast developing baroque style
TUE       – it was a good time for English music, crowned by
TUE       Purcell, and influenced by visiting composers from other
TUE       lands, especially Italy. But there is also music from our
TUE       own times reflecting the terror and turbulence of the
TUE       period – Ligeti’s unearthly Lux Aeterna underscores the
TUE       strangeness of the ominous comets, and Varese’s Arcana
TUE       seems to echo the inexorable menace of the progress of the
TUE       Great Fire as described by Pepys and Dryden.
TUE       
TUE       Elizabeth Funning    Producer
TUE       
TUE       Running Order
TUE       
TUE       Juliet Stevenson (JS)    Kenneth Cranham (KC)
TUE       
TUE       00.00.00
TUE       Purcell : Cibell    Fine Arts Brass Ensemble
TUE       Nimbus NI 5546 Tr 10
TUE       00.01.03
TUE       Locke : Aire from Theatre Suite    The Flautadors
TUE       Deux-Elles DXL 1123 Tr 9
TUE       00.01.10
TUE       Sara Coleridge (1802–52)
TUE       Part of: Kings of England from the Conquest    1660 (JS)
TUE       00.01.27
TUE       Samuel Pepys. Charles II lands at Dover to reclaim throne
TUE       (KC)
TUE       00.02.39
TUE       Pelham Humfrey : Hear my Crying, O God
TUE       Donna Deam, soprano    Drew Minter, countertenor
TUE       Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor    John Potter, tenor
TUE       David Thomas, bass    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
TUE       Romanseca    Nicholas McGegan, conductor
TUE       Harmonia Mundi HMU 907053 Tr 8
TUE       00.03.44
TUE       John Dryden : To His Sacred Majesty, a Panegyrick on His
TUE       Coronation, 1661, extract (JS)
TUE       00.12.58
TUE       Ligeti : Lux Aeterna    Groupe Vocal de France
TUE       Guy Reibel, conductor    EMI CDC 754096 2 Tr 1
TUE       00.13.25
TUE       Samuel Pepys : Various attempts to see the comets (KC)
TUE       00.15.00
TUE       Daniel Defoe. A journal of the plague year, extract (JS)
TUE       00.16.55
TUE       Purcell arr Britten : In the black dismal dungeon of
TUE       despair    Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor
TUE       Roger Vignoles, piano    Helios CDH 55244 Tr 7
TUE       00.21.29
TUE       Pepys : On the Great Plague (KC)
TUE       00.22.29
TUE       “To make plague-water”
TUE       From “The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened” 1669
TUE       (JS)
TUE       00.23.22
TUE       Purcell arr Rees-Williams : When I am laid in earth
TUE       David Rees-Williams Trio    BBCLJ 30032 Tr 5
TUE       00.24.25
TUE       Defoe: A journal of the plague year, extract (JS)
TUE       00.27.03
TUE       Trad 17th Century : Old England Grown New
TUE       Richard Wistreich    The City Waites    Naxos 8.557672 Tr 8
TUE       00.29.18
TUE       Robert Herrick : From “Songs of New London” (KC)
TUE       00.29.58
TUE       Torelli : Sonata a 5 in D major    Grave-Allegro
TUE       Alison Balsom, trumpet    The Parley of Instruments
TUE       Peter Holman, organ    Tr 25
TUE       00.30.59
TUE       Steve Reich : Music for 18 musicians - Pulses
TUE       Ensemble Modern    RCA 09026 68672 2 Tr 1
TUE       00.31.15
TUE       Isaac Newton : Extract from his notebooks on his work in
TUE       the years 1665/1666 (KC)
TUE       00.32.28
TUE       Byron: Don Juan. Canto 10 (JS)
TUE       00.33.00
TUE       Playford: Paul’s Steeple, or the Duke of Norfolk
TUE       David Douglas, violin    Paul o’Dette, theorbo
TUE       Andrew Lawrence–King, harp
TUE       Harmonia Mundi HMU 907186 Tr 9
TUE       00.35.35
TUE       From the Diary of John Evelyn.
TUE       Evelyn visits St Pauls, with Christopher Wren, among
TUE       others, before the Fire of London starts. (KC)
TUE       00.37.28
TUE       Varese : Arcana    Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
TUE       Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor    Naxos 8.554820 Tr 1
TUE       00.37.44
TUE       Dryden : Annus Mirabilis, extract (JS)
TUE       00.40.29
TUE       Pepys : On the Great Fire of London    Kenneth Cranham
TUE       00.41.50
TUE       Trad 17th Century ballad : London Mourning in Ashes
TUE       Richard Wistreich, solo    Naxos 8.557672 Tr 17
TUE       00.45.03
TUE       Mary Adams (fl. 1676) : Oh London I once more to thee do
TUE       speak (JS)
TUE       00. 47.18
TUE       Locke : Courante and Sarabande    Broken consort in D
TUE       Palladian Ensemble    LINN CKD041 Tr 2 and 4
TUE       00.49.03
TUE       John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester : Impromptu on Charles
TUE       II (KC)
TUE       00.49.30
TUE       From Diary of John Evelyn. The death of Charles II (KC)
TUE       00.50.58
TUE       Purcell : Upon a Quiet Conscience (Close thine eyes and
TUE       sleep secure)    Lynne Dawson, soprano
TUE       Peter Harvey, baritone    English Baroque Soloists
TUE       John Eliot Gardiner, conductor    Erato 0630-10700-2 Tr 10
TUE       00.54.50
TUE       Locke Sarabande, from Suite no 4    The Flautadors
TUE       Deux-Elles DXL 1123 Tr 5
TUE       00.55.02
TUE       Sara Coleridge
TUE       Part of: Kings of England from the Conquest 1685 (JS)
TUE       00.55.36
TUE       Dryden : King James to Himself (KC)
TUE       00.56.38
TUE       Giovanni Battista Draghi: Prelude and Jigg from Suite in A
TUE       major    Davitt Moroney, harpsichord
TUE       Virgin Veritas 5 45166 2 Tr 22 and 27
TUE       00.59.17
TUE       Sara Coleridge
TUE       Part of: Kings of England from the Conquest 1689 (JS)
TUE       00.59.27
TUE       Purcell : High on a Throne (Ode on the Queen 1690)
TUE       Barbara Borden, soprano    David Barick , baritone
TUE       Academy of the Begynhof, Amsterdam    Globe GLO 5029 Tr 1
TUE       01.03.22
TUE       Aphra Behn : Congratulatory Poem to Her Sacred Majesty
TUE       Queen Mary, Upon Her Arrival in England (JS)
TUE       01.04.50
TUE       Joseph Stennett : On the Accesion of King William and
TUE       Queen Mary (KC)
TUE       01.05.59
TUE       John Blow : The Lord God is a sun and a shield
TUE       (sung at the coronation of William and Mary )
TUE       The Choir of New College, Oxford
TUE       The Academy of Ancinet Music    Edward Higginbottom
TUE       Hyperion CDA 66658 Tr 12
TUE       
TUE       18:15 New Generation Artists b00pdk2z (Listen)
TUE       
TUE       BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme picks out some
TUE       of the brightest new talents in the classical music world.
TUE       The special Christmas and New Year series features studio
TUE       and live concert performances, here by American vioinist
TUE       Tai Murray and the Elias String Quartet from the UK.
TUE       
TUE       Beethoven: Violin Sonata in A, Op 12 No 2
TUE       Tai Murray (violin)    Ashley Wass (piano)
TUE       
TUE       Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 76 No 1
TUE       Elias String Quartet.
TUE       
TUE       19:00 Performance on 3 b00pdk31 (Listen)
TUE       Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell
TUE       
TUE       Part of the BBC Christmas 2009 season
TUE       
TUE       Catherine Bott presents James O'Donnell conducting the
TUE       Choir of Westminster Abbey and St James's Baroque in music
TUE       by Purcell, including music that Purcell composed for the
TUE       funeral of Queen Mary II in March 1695, just a few months
TUE       before his own death.
TUE       
TUE       Henry Purcell lived, worked and died at Westminster Abbey
TUE       - the great composer was buried next to the Abbey's organ
TUE       on 26 November 1695. Marking the 350th anniversary of his
TUE       birth, this concert forms one of the highlights of BBC
TUE       Radio 3's year-long celebration of the composer's music.
TUE       
TUE       Carolyn Sampson (soprano)    Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
TUE       Ed Lyon (tenor)    Neal Davies (bass-baritone)
TUE       The Choir of Westminster Abbey    St James's Baroque
TUE       James O'Donnell (conductor)
TUE       
TUE       Purcell: Te Deum and Jubilate in D; Funeral Sentences;
TUE       Hail! Bright Cecilia.
TUE       
TUE       21:00 Belief b00g33pk (Listen)
TUE       Series 4, Marina Warner
TUE       
TUE       Joan Bakewell explores areas of belief with artists,
TUE       thinkers and other public figures.
TUE       
TUE       She talks to prize-winning novelist, critic and cultural
TUE       historian Marina Warner who, although brought up Catholic
TUE       and a former pupil of one of Britain's top convent
TUE       schools, abandoned her faith in her twenties while writing
TUE       her second book Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and Cult of
TUE       the Virgin Mary.
TUE       
TUE       Yet she remains personally and professionally interested
TUE       in all things religious, magical, mythical and irrational.
TUE       
TUE       21:30 BBC Proms b00pdk35 (Listen)
TUE       2009, Prom 58: Netherlands Wind Ensemble
TUE       
TUE       Catherine Bott presents a high-intensity late-night Prom
TUE       given by some of the world's best wind players.
TUE       
TUE       The Netherlands Wind Ensemble perform Steve Martland's
TUE       Beat the Retreat, a work written for the last big Purcell
TUE       anniversary in 1995. In celebration of the seventieth
TUE       birthday of Martland's iconoclastic teacher, Dutch
TUE       composer Louis Andriessen, there is the minimalist
TUE       masterpiece De Staat (The State). The concert ends with
TUE       Doors Closed, a belated London premiere for a 1980s
TUE       classic by a leading Dutch pupil of Andriessen's, Cornelis
TUE       de Bondt. It is a musical ritual of death superimposing
TUE       the funeral march from Beethoven's Eroica Symphony on the
TUE       famous Lament from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.
TUE       
TUE       Steve Martland: Beat the Retreat
TUE       Louis Andriessen: De Staat
TUE       Cornelis de Bondt: Doors Closed
TUE       
TUE       Netherlands Wind Ensemble    Lucas Vis (conductor)
TUE       Bart Schneemann (conductor) - De Bondt only.
TUE       
TUE       23:15 Late Junction b00pdk37 (Listen)
TUE       Verity Sharp presents a seasonal mix of music from across
TUE       time and space, including evocative pieces for piano by
TUE       Ryuichi Sakamoto, the crystal clear voice of Mary Hopkin
TUE       with a traditional Welsh song associated with her
TUE       birthplace in West Glamorgan and a Hungarian lullaby as
TUE       interpreted by Marta Sebestyen on her latest album I Can
TUE       See the Gates of Heaven. Plus seasonal music by both Chris
TUE       Wood and Howard Skempton.
TUE       
TUE       
WED       WEDNESDAY 23 DECEMBER 2009
WED       
WED       01:00 Through the Night b00pdk52 (Listen)
WED       1.00am
WED       Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): The Nutcracker, Op
WED       71 (excerpts)    Orchestre National de France (orchestra)
WED       Dmitri Liss (conductor)
WED       1.56am
WED       Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943): Piano Concerto No 3 in D
WED       minor, Op 30    Arkady Volodos (piano)
WED       Orchestre National de France (orchestra)
WED       Dmitri Liss (conductor)
WED       2.39am
WED       Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Psalm Nisi Dominus, RV608
WED       Matthew White (countertenor)    Arte dei Suonatori
WED       Eduardo Lopez (conductor)
WED       3.01am
WED       Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Allein zu dir,
WED       Herr Jesu Christ (Genevan Psalter)
WED       Leo van Doeselaar (Van Hagerbeer organ - 1643 - at the
WED       Pieterskerk in Leiden, where he is resident organist. The
WED       organ contained parts from 1446, 1518 and 1628; it was
WED       further added to in 1687 and 1745, and restored in 1998.)
WED       3.15am
WED       Six traditional songs: Das Muhlrad; Z'lauterbach hab I
WED       mein Strumpf verlorn; Maria der berge; Gsatzli; Oh, du
WED       liabs Engeli; Die Beruhigte
WED       3.24am
WED       Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903): Three songs: Morgentau; das
WED       Voglein; Mausfallen-Spruchlein
WED       Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)    Felix de Nobel (piano)
WED       3.29am
WED       Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907), arr. unknown for oboe and
WED       piano: Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt, Op 23)
WED       Wan-Soo Mok (oboe)    Hyun-Soo Cho (piano)
WED       3.33am
WED       Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937), arr. Maganini for oboe and
WED       piano: Pavane pour une infante defunte    Roger Cole (oboe)
WED       Linda Lee Thomas (piano)
WED       3.39am
WED       Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899): Pavane and Forlane (Quelques
WED       Danses, Op 26) - 1896    Bengt Ake-Lundin (piano)
WED       3.49am
WED       Dohnanyi, Erno (1877-1960): Symphonic Minutes, Op 36
WED       Hungarian Radio Orchestra    Tamas Vasary (conductor)
WED       4.03am
WED       Josquin des Prez (c.1440-1521): O Admirabile Commercium
WED       Zefiro Torna    Jurgen de Bruyn (director)
WED       4.07am
WED       Josquin: Motet Inviolata,integra et casta es (five-part)
WED       Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montreal
WED       Christopher Jackson (director)
WED       4.13am
WED       Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Sonata in D minor for
WED       recorder and basso continuo (Essercizii Musici)
WED       Camerata Koln
WED       4.22am
WED       Franck, Cesar (1822-1890): Le chasseur maudit (The
WED       Accursed Huntsman), M44 - symphonic poem
WED       Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
WED       Milen Nachev (conductor)
WED       4.37am
WED       Mehul, Etienne-Nicolas (1763-1817): Sonata in D, Op 1 No 1
WED       Arthur Schoondewoerd (fortepiano)
WED       4.46am
WED       Rore, Cipriano de (c1515-1565): Alma susanna (Noble
WED       Susanna, happy is the heart that burns with love for
WED       you...); Mentre, lumi maggior; Non e, lasso martire' (It
WED       is, alas, no torment to think that I must die for you, my
WED       lady...) (Il quinto libro di madrigali, 1568)
WED       Evelyn Tubb (soprano)    Mary Nichols (contralto)
WED       Andrew King (tenor)    Paul Agnew (tenor)
WED       Alan Ewing (bass)    Consort of Musicke
WED       Anthony Rooley (director)
WED       5.01am
WED       Humperdinck, Engelbert (1854-1921): Overture (Hansel and
WED       Gretel)    Symphony Nova Scotia
WED       Georg Tintner (conductor)
WED       5.09am
WED       Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): 32 Variations in C
WED       minor, WoO 80    Irena Kobla (piano)
WED       5.22am
WED       Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): A Ceremony of Carols, Op 28
WED       Katya Dimanova, Evguenia Tasseva, Penka Kazandzhieva
WED       (soloists)    Ivelina Ivancheva (piano)    Polyphonia
WED       Ivelin Dimitrov (conductor)
WED       5.46am
WED       Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Brandenburg Concerto
WED       No 5 in D, BWV1050    Lars-Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
WED       Ensemble 415
WED       6.07am
WED       Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975): Elegy for violin and
WED       piano    Valdis Zarins (violin)    Ieva Zarina (piano)
WED       6.10am
WED       Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924): Elegy for cello and piano, Op
WED       24 (1883)    Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello)
WED       Emmanuel Strosser (piano)
WED       6.17am
WED       Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971): Elegy for violin solo (1944)
WED       Gidon Kremer (violin)    Oleg Meisenberg (piano)
WED       6.22am
WED       Martland, Steve (b.1959): Three Carols: From lands that
WED       see the sun arise; make we joy; There is no rose of such
WED       virtue    BBC Singers    Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
WED       6.32am
WED       Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Sonata in G, K283
WED       (1774)    Marie Rorbech (piano)
WED       6.45am
WED       Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Nur ein wink von
WED       seinen Handchen (Christmas Oratorio, Part 6, BWV248)
WED       Marita Kvarving Solberg (soprano)
WED       Norwegian Radio Orchestra    Kjetil Haugsand (conductor)
WED       6.49am
WED       Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963): Quatre motets pour le temps
WED       de Noel    Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir
WED       Evi Eespere (director).
WED       
WED       07:00 Breakfast b00pdk54 (Listen)
WED       
WED       10:00 Classical Collection b00pdk56 (Listen)
WED       10.00am
WED       J Strauss II: Wein, Weib und Gesang    Vienna Philharmonic
WED       Willi Boskowsky (conductor)    DECCA 468 4892
WED       10.06am
WED       Bach, arr Busoni: Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
WED       Alfred Brendel (piano)    DECCA 4282116
WED       10.12am
WED       Martinu: La revue de cuisine (complete ballet)
WED       Members of the Czech Philharmonic
WED       Christopher Hogwood (conductor)    SUPRAPHON SU 3749-2
WED       10.31am
WED       Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges (Act 3, Sc 2)
WED       The Prince ...... Jean-Luc Viala (tenor)
WED       Truffaldino ...... Georges Gautier (tenor)
WED       The Cook ...... Jules Bastin (bass)    Lyon Opera Orchestra
WED       Kent Nagano (conductor)    VIRGIN VCD 7910842
WED       10.41am
WED       Schumann: Violin Sonata No 3 in A minor
WED       Carolin Widmann (violin)    Denes Varjon (piano)
WED       ECM 4766744
WED       11.00am
WED       Haydn: Symphony No 102 in B flat
WED       London Philharmonic Orchestra    Georg Solti (conductor)
WED       DECCA UCCD 3777
WED       11.35am
WED       Christopher Steel: Six Pieces, Op 33
WED       Crispian Steele Perkins (trumpet)
WED       Stephen Cleobury (organ)    PRIORY PRCD 189
WED       11.50am
WED       Britten: Albert Herring (conclusion)    Peter Pears (tenor)
WED       Ensemble    English Chamber Orchestra
WED       Benjamin Britten (conductor)    LONDON 421 8502.
WED       
WED       12:00 Composer of the Week b00pdk58 (Listen)
WED       John Rutter (b.1945), Episode 3
WED       
WED       Donald Macleod is in conversation with John Rutter, one of
WED       the world's most successful and popular living composers.
WED       
WED       Music critics in Britain have often been diffident or
WED       openly hostile about Rutter's accessible style, but in the
WED       US he receives near universal praise and regard. Donald
WED       speaks to John about the musical love affair with America
WED       that has shaped so much of his career.
WED       
WED       John Rutter — Fanfare and Proclamation (from Three
WED       American Miniatures for Clarinet and Flute)
WED       Joanna Cowan White (flute)    Kennen White (clarinet)
WED       Centaur, CRC 2603,, 1
WED       
WED       John Rutter — Gloria
WED       Polyphony    The City of London Sinfonia
WED       The Wallace Collection    Andrew Lumsden (organ)
WED       Stephen Layton (conductor)    Hyperion, CDA 67259,, 1-3
WED       
WED       John Rutter — Candlelight Carol
WED       The Cambridge Singers    The City of London Sinfonia
WED       John Rutter (Dir)    Collegium, CSCD510,, 10
WED       
WED       John Rutter — Partita (1st Movt.: Vivace)
WED       Royal Ballet Sinfonia, conducted by Gavin    Sutherland
WED       Resonance, CDRSB085, CD4,, 1
WED       
WED       John Rutter — Birthday Madrigals
WED       The Cambridge Singers    Wayne Marshall (piano)
WED       Malcolm Creese (double bass)    John Rutter (conductor)
WED       Collegium, COLCD128, 17-21
WED       
WED       13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert b00pdk5b (Listen)
WED       Cheltenham Music Festival 2009, Haydn Trio Eisenstadt
WED       
WED       Penny Gore presents performances from the Cheltenham
WED       Festival 2009.
WED       
WED       The Haydn Trio Eisenstadt perform Haydn's Piano Trio in C,
WED       with the Archduke Trio by Beethoven and John Woolrich's
WED       The night will not draw on, composed for the ensemble's
WED       Dedicated to Haydn project. Soprano Elin Manahan Thomas
WED       also joins the group in a selection of Haydn's Welsh
WED       folksong settings.
WED       
WED       14:00 Afternoon on 3 b00pdk5d (Listen)
WED       Richard Hickox Tribute, Episode 3
WED       
WED       Penny Gore introduces a series of programmes in tribute to
WED       conductor Richard Hickox.
WED       
WED       With two concert recordings, including the Britten
WED       Serenade with Hickox's close friend Philip Langridge, with
WED       whom he worked throughout his long career.
WED       
WED       Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
WED       Philip Langridge (tenor)    David Pyatt (horn)
WED       BBC National Orchestra of Wales
WED       Richard Hickox (conductor)
WED       
WED       4.00pm
WED       Elgar: Symphony No 1 in A flat
WED       BBC National Orchestra of Wales
WED       Richard Hickox (conductor).
WED       
WED       16:00 Choral Evensong b00pdk5g (Listen)
WED       Choral Evening Prayer
WED       
WED       From St James's Roman Catholic Church, Spanish Place,
WED       London, with the Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford.
WED       
WED       Versicle and Response: Deus in adjutorium (Padilla)
WED       Rorate caeli desuper (Guerrero)
WED       Psalms: 110, 147 - Dixit Dominus (Padilla), Lauda
WED       Jerusalem (Patino)    First Lesson: Isaiah 55
WED       Office Hymn: The Angel Gabriel (Basque trad, arr Pettman)
WED       Magnificat (Morales)    Second Lesson: Matthew 1 vv18-23
WED       Nunc Dimittis (Coelho)    Homily: Prof Christopher Rowland
WED       Anthems: Ave Maria (de Cristo); Pastores, si nos quereis
WED       (Guerrero); O magnum mysterium (Victoria); Alma
WED       redemptoris mater (Fernandez); Verbum caro factum est
WED       (Lobo)
WED       Organ Voluntary: Tiento y discurso de segundo tono (Correa
WED       de Araujo)
WED       
WED       Organ scholars: Benedict Lewis-Smith and Matthew Burgess
WED       Director of music: Owen Rees.
WED       
WED       17:00 Words and Music b00m0jst (Listen)
WED       To Strive, to Seek, to Find and Not to Yield
WED       
WED       While reacquainting myself with the poetry of Tennyson for
WED       this bi-centenary edition of Words and Music, I was struck
WED       by the choice many of his characters have to make between
WED       action and inaction, decision and indecision. Mariana
WED       helplessly waits for her absent lover in her remote moated
WED       grange, wishing she were dead, whereas the Lady of
WED       Shalott, who starts off in a similarly isolated and
WED       helpless situation makes the dangerous decision to break
WED       out of her lonely existence into the real world beyond the
WED       enchanted mirror. And similarly the Lotos Eaters drift
WED       into a life of drowsy ease, whereas the aged Ulysses
WED       decides to press onwards, to strive, to seek, to find, and
WED       not to yield.
WED       
WED       Using these characters from Tennyson as the mainstay of
WED       the sequence I added other poems that explore the ideas of
WED       decision, change, seizing the day, and fighting the
WED       inevitable.
WED       
WED       So we open with the languishing Mariana, followed by the
WED       water nymph Rusalka, who longs for her unattainable lover
WED       in a similar vein, although she is more like the Lady of
WED       Shalott in that she takes the ultimate risk to win his
WED       love. Two poems on change and choice follow, and Hardy’s
WED       “Young Man’s Exhortation” to action is followed by Billy
WED       Bragg’s rendition of Blake’s anthem to determined
WED       striving, “Jerusalem”. Andrew Marvell urges his Coy
WED       Mistress to seize the day, while the Lady of Shalott
WED       embodies the idea that it is better to have loved and
WED       lost, than never to have loved at all.
WED       
WED       (But Lancelot’s final comment on his tragic lady , “she
WED       had a lovely face”, is a bit offhand to say the least -
WED       great events can often go unappreciated, as in Auden’s
WED       “Musee des Beaux Arts”…)
WED       
WED       The still centre of the programme is Bach’s achingly
WED       beautiful “Schlummert Ein”, a deep desire for eternal
WED       sleep, followed by Shakespeare’s mighty and disturbingly
WED       logical dissection of the dilemma between action and
WED       inaction.
WED       
WED       From this point the sea starts rather insistently to
WED       present itself as a metaphor for life and so three of
WED       Britten’s Sea Interludes from “Peter Grimes” echo the
WED       atmosphere of poems on the decision to push ever onwards.
WED       
WED       So finally on to T S Eliot’s idea that all exploration and
WED       effort will eventually bring us somehow back to where we
WED       started, although transformed, and to close, the poem that
WED       Tennyson wanted to be placed at the end of all editions of
WED       his poetry, “Crossing the Bar”, with its acceptance of the
WED       end of striving.
WED       
WED       Elizabeth Funning (producer)
WED       
WED       Running Order
WED       
WED       Readers:    Michael Pennington (MP)    Beth Goddard (BG)
WED       
WED       00:00:00
WED       Debussy : Voiles    Melvyn Tan (piano)
WED       Deux-Elles DXL1092    Track 2
WED       00:02:10
WED       Tennyson : Mariana [Excerpt] (BG)
WED       00:03.13
WED       Dvorak : Song to the Moon from Rusalka
WED       Renee Fleming (soprano)    London Symphony Orchestra
WED       Sir Georg Solti (conductor)    DECCA 4752442    Track 9
WED       00:09:08
WED       Kathleen Raine : Change (MP)
WED       00:10:08
WED       Robert Frost : The Road not taken (BG)
WED       00:11:12
WED       Sondheim : The Road you didn’t take (From Follies)
WED       John McMartin    Original Broadway Cast
WED       Angel ZDM 7646662    Track 5
WED       00:13:53
WED       Hardy : A Young Man’s Exhortation (MP)
WED       00:14:59
WED       Billy Bragg : “Blake’s Jerusalem”
WED       From “The Internationale”    UTILITY UTIL11CD    Track 4
WED       00:17:22
WED       Marvell : To his Coy mistress (MP)
WED       00:19:35
WED       Van Morrison : Don’t worry about tomorrow
WED       Polydor 531 789-2    CD1 Track 8
WED       00:22:03
WED       Verdi: La Traviata (Prelude to Act 1)
WED       Philadelphia Orchestra    Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
WED       Sony CD 45544    Track 18
WED       00:25:55
WED       Tennyson: In Memoriam [excerpt] (BG)
WED       00:26:41
WED       Bliss: Tennyson: The Lady of Shalott (Ballet): Prelude
WED       BBC Symphony Orchestra    Sir Arthur Bliss (conductor)
WED       BBC Radio Classics 1565691842    Track 4
WED       00:29:24
WED       Tennyson: Lady of Shalott [excerpt] (BG)
WED       00:31:19
WED       Bent Sorenson: The Lady of Shalott    Cikada String Quartet
WED       ECM 4651352ECM    Track 12
WED       00:33:47
WED       W H Auden: Musee des Beaux Arts (MP)
WED       00:35:10
WED       Tennyson : The Lotus Eaters [Excerpt] (BG)
WED       00:37:43
WED       J S Bach: Schlummert Ein, ihr matten augen (Cantata no 82)
WED       Angelika Kirschlager (mezzo)    Venice Baroque Orchestra
WED       Andrea Marcon (director)    Sony SK 89924    Track 3
WED       00:47:07
WED       Shakespeare: Hamlet: To be or not to be… (MP)
WED       00:49:23
WED       Britten : Moonlight from Four Sea Interludes op 33a
WED       London Symphony Orchestra    Andre Previn (conductor)
WED       EMI CDM 7 64736 2    Track 15
WED       00:51:25
WED       Rosetti: The House of Life [excerpt] (MP)
WED       00:52:25
WED       Britten: Sunday Morning from Four Sea Interludes op 33a
WED       London Symphony Orchestra    Andre Previn (conductor)
WED       EMI CDM 7 64736 2    Track 14
WED       00:53:29
WED       Louise Gluck: Odysseus’ Decision (BG)
WED       00:56:03
WED       Dylan Thomas: Do not go gentle into that good night (MP)
WED       00:57:16
WED       Britten: Storm from Four Sea Interludes op 33a
WED       London Symphony Orchestra    Andre Previn (conductor)
WED       EMI CDM 7 64736 2    Track 16
WED       00:59:49
WED       Tennyson: Ulysses [excerpt] (BG)
WED       01:01:43
WED       T S Eliot: Little Gidding [excerpt] from Four Quartets (BG)
WED       01:01:47
WED       Strauss : Death and Transfiguration, op 24
WED       Vienna Philharmonic    Christoph von Dohnanyi
WED       DECCA 470 954-2 CD 3    Track 5
WED       01:09:18
WED       Tennyson: Crossing the Bar (MP)
WED       01:09:58
WED       Ives: Crossing the Bar    BBC Singers
WED       Stephen Cleobury (director)    Collins Classics 14792
WED       Track 4
WED       
WED       18:15 New Generation Artists b00pdk6h (Listen)
WED       
WED       BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme picks out some
WED       of the brightest new talents in the classical music world.
WED       The special Christmas and New Year series features studio
WED       and live concert performances, here by Argentinian pianist
WED       Ingrid Fliter and Danish cellist Andreas Brantelid.
WED       
WED       Bach: Concerto in the Italian Style, BWV971
WED       Ingrid Fliter (piano)
WED       
WED       Franck: Sonata in A, Op 47 (orig. for violin and piano)
WED       Andreas Brantelid (cello)    Bengt Forsberg (piano).
WED       
WED       19:00 Performance on 3 b00pdk6k (Listen)
WED       Elijah
WED       
WED       Philippe Herreweghe conducts Mendelssohn's powerful and
WED       dramatic re-telling of the Old Testament story of the
WED       prophet Elijah at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
WED       
WED       Mendelssohn built on the English oratorio tradition
WED       created by Handel and Haydn, and from its first
WED       performance Elijah has held its own place in that
WED       repertoire. Sung in German by the forces of Netherlands
WED       Radio, this performance celebrates the bicentenary of the
WED       composer's birth, with music which remains as fresh and
WED       exciting to sing and hear as when it was first written.
WED       
WED       Mendelssohn: Elijah
WED       
WED       Soile Isokoski (soprano)    Christianne Stotijn (contralto)
WED       Christoph Strehl (tenor)    Michael Nagy (bass)
WED       Netherlands Radio Chorus
WED       Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
WED       Philippe Herreweghe (conductor).
WED       
WED       21:15 Belief b00pdk6m (Listen)
WED       Series 6, Prof John Hull
WED       
WED       Joan Bakewell explores areas of belief with artists,
WED       thinkers and other public figures.
WED       
WED       She talks to theologian and academic John Hull about his
WED       experience of going blind. Born sighted, John underwent
WED       several episodes of temporary blindness before finally
WED       losing his sight for good more than 35 years ago. His
WED       book, Touching the Rock, movingly recounts his journey
WED       into acceptance of blindness and how he faced the new
WED       challenges of day-to-day family life.
WED       
WED       John was born into a conservative Methodist family in
WED       Australia. He himself believed he had a vocation to follow
WED       in his minister father's footsteps, but a thwarted love
WED       affair threw up too many doubts about his own ability to
WED       be a minister and his beliefs have developed into a more
WED       inclusive and radical brand of Christian faith.
WED       
WED       Today, having been a leading figure in the debate on
WED       religious education in state schools, John now teaches
WED       trainee ministers in prophetic ministry.
WED       
WED       21:45 BBC Proms b00pdk6p (Listen)
WED       2009, Prom 71: Peter Maxwell Davies Celebration
WED       
WED       Catherine Bott presents a concert given as part of the
WED       2009 Proms celebration of the 75th birthday of composer
WED       Peter Maxwell Davies, featuring a performance of two of
WED       his most important choral works.
WED       
WED       Westerlings imagines the early Norse settlers colonising
WED       Orkney in the 8th century. In one of the most virtuosic
WED       works in the entire choral repertoire, George Mackay
WED       Brown's poems are set alongside wordless 'seascapes',
WED       creating an enormously atmospheric piece which vividly
WED       conjures up the cold and wet and other hardships endured
WED       by the settlers, rowing their longboats across the waters
WED       from Scandinavia. Sightings of whales and fish, waves and
WED       birds, culminate - at landfall - in a haunting setting of
WED       the Lord's Prayer, sung in the old Norse of ancient Orkney.
WED       
WED       It is followed by another piece with powerful Orcadian
WED       roots: Solstice of Light, for chorus, organ and solo
WED       tenor, sets more words by Brown charting the whole history
WED       of the Orkney archipelago. It begins as the islands first
WED       emerge from seas and ice, then describes the prehistoric
WED       builders of cairns and stone circles, the Celtic men and
WED       women who bring a religion of dance and light, Viking
WED       marauders who murder the islands' own saint - Magnus - and
WED       finally brings the story into our own times of those who
WED       would rape and despoil the Orkneys in search of the
WED       treasures of today - oil, minerals, uranium.
WED       
WED       Ed Lyon (tenor)    David Goode (organ)    BBC Singers
WED       David Hill (conductor)
WED       
WED       Peter Maxwell Davies: Westerlings; Solstice of Light.
WED       
WED       23:15 Late Junction b00pdk6y (Listen)
WED       Verity Sharp presents a musical jamboree from across the
WED       ages with an anti-Christmas song by Miles Davis, anarchic
WED       rhythms from OOIOO alongside those of the Japanese taiko
WED       drum ensemble Tomoe-Ryu Yutakadaiko, an epic ballad from
WED       Richard Hawleey's latest release True Loves Gutter, and a
WED       Plygain carol from the Anglesey tradition sung by Daniel
WED       Huws. Plus a recording of the Ulster Christmas Rhymers
WED       performing their traditional mummers' play in 1954.
WED       
WED       
THU       THURSDAY 24 DECEMBER 2009
THU       
THU       01:00 Through the Night b00pdkb6 (Listen)
THU       1.00am
THU       Byrd, William (c.1540-1623): Puer natus est
THU       1.04am
THU       Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): A Hymn to the Virgin
THU       1.08am
THU       Byrd: O Magnum Mysterium
THU       1.10am
THU       Holst, Gustav (1874-1934): Jesu fili virgine
THU       1.13am
THU       Byrd: Hodie Christus natus est    Ars Nova Vocal Group
THU       Paul Hillier (director)
THU       1.17am
THU       Schutz, Heinrich (1585-1672): Weinachtshistorie (The
THU       Christmas Story), SWV435    Else Torp (soprano)
THU       Adam Riis (tenor)    Jakob Bloch Jespersen (baritone)
THU       Ars Nova Vocal Group    Concerto Copenhagen
THU       Paul Hillier (director)
THU       1.51am
THU       Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Symphony No 1 in G
THU       minor (Winter Daydreams)    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
THU       Alan Buribayev (conductor)
THU       2.33am
THU       Fitelberg, Grzegorz (1879-1953): Rapsodja polska (Polish
THU       Rhapsody), Op 25 (1913)
THU       Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
THU       Jerzy Salwarowski (conductor)
THU       2.52am
THU       Bernard, Felix (1897-1944)/Simcock, Gwilym: Improvisation
THU       on Winter Wonderland    Gwilym Simcock (piano)
THU       2.55am
THU       Torme, Mel (1925-1999)/Wells, Robert/Simcock, Gwilym:
THU       Improvisation on Merry Christmas to You aka Chestnuts
THU       Roasting on an Open Fire    Gwilym Simcock (piano)
THU       3.01am
THU       Gorecki, Mikolaj Junior (b.1971): Three Episodes for
THU       Orchestra    National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
THU       Stanislav Macura (conductor)
THU       3.21am
THU       Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Kinderszenen for piano, Op 15
THU       Eun-Soo Son (piano)
THU       3.39am
THU       Durante, Francesco (1684-1755): Concerto per quartetto No
THU       6 in A for strings    Concerto Koln
THU       3.50am
THU       Arriaga, Juan Crisostomo (1806-1826): Symphony in D
THU       major/minor    Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
THU       Hannu Koivula (conductor)
THU       4.19am
THU       Tailleferre, Germaine (1892-1983): Sonata for harp
THU       Godelieve Schrama (harp)
THU       4.29am
THU       Zemlinsky, Alexander von (1871-1942): Heilige Nacht, Op 2
THU       No 2 (Holy Night)    Jean Stilwell (mezzo-soprano)
THU       Robert Kortgaard (piano)
THU       4.32am
THU       Weill, Kurt (1900-1950): Saga of Jenny (Lady in the Dark)
THU       Jean Stilwell (mezzo-soprano)    Robert Kortgaard (piano)
THU       Marie Berard (violin)    Joseph Macerollo (accordion)
THU       James Spragg (trumpet)    George Kohler (bass)
THU       Andy Morris (percussion)    Peter Tiefenbach (conductor)
THU       4.37am
THU       Verhulst, Johannes (1816-1891): Overture in C minor
THU       (Gijsbrecht van Aemstel, Op 3)
THU       Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
THU       Jac van Steen (conductor)
THU       4.46am
THU       Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Omnia tempus habent -
THU       motet for eight voices (1585a)    Currende
THU       Erik van Nevel (conductor)
THU       4.51am
THU       Turina, Joaquin (1882-1949): Rapsodia sinfonica for piano
THU       and string orchestra, Op 66    Angela Cheng (piano)
THU       Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra    Hans Graf (conductor)
THU       5.01am
THU       Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Das war sehr gut.../Dann
THU       aber, wie ich Sie gespürt hab' hier im Finstern steh'n
THU       (Arabella, Act 3, final scene)
THU       Joanne Kolomyjec (soprano)
THU       Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
THU       Mario Bernardi (conductor)
THU       5.07am
THU       Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), arr. for oboe and
THU       piano: Eight Variations on Mozart's La ci darem la mano,
THU       Wo0 28    Hyong-Sup Kim (oboe)    Ja-Eun Ku (piano)
THU       5.17am
THU       Wiedermann, Bedrich Anton (1883-1951): Pastorale dorico
THU       Hans Leenders (organ - 1894 Gebrueder Rieger organ in the
THU       parish church of Rokytnice v Orlikych horach in E Bohemia;
THU       Rieger was one of the largest late 19th-century Bohemian
THU       makers)
THU       5.24am
THU       Vivaldi, Antonio (1665-1741): Concerto in C for two
THU       guitars and orchestra
THU       Maya Le Roux-Obradovic, Zoran Krajisnik (guitars)
THU       Sinfonietta Belgrade    Aleksandar Vujic (conductor)
THU       5.37am
THU       Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911): Romance in G for violin and
THU       orchestra, Op 26    Julia Fischer (violin)
THU       Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
THU       Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)
THU       5.46am
THU       Mozetich, Marjan (b.1948): Fantasia su un linguaggio
THU       perduto for string instruments
THU       Members of the Amadeus Ensemble
THU       6.01am
THU       Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Suite No 4 in G
THU       for orchestra, Op 61    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
THU       Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)
THU       6.26am
THU       Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Sinfonia concertante
THU       in E flat for violin, viola and orchestra, K364
THU       Valery Oistrach (viola)    I Virtuosi di Santa Cecilia
THU       Igor Oistrach (violin/conductor).
THU       
THU       07:00 Breakfast b00pdkb8 (Listen)
THU       
THU       10:00 Classical Collection b00pdkbb (Listen)
THU       10.00am
THU       Delalande: Airs de ballet de la paix (Symphonies pour les
THU       soupers du Roy, 11eme Suite)    La Simphonie de Marais
THU       Hugo Reyne (conductor)    HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901337.40
THU       10.20am
THU       Messiaen: Le banquet celeste    Olivier Messiaen (organ)
THU       EMI CZS 7674002
THU       10.30am
THU       Mendelssohn: Psalm 42    Sibylla Rubens (soprano)
THU       Scot Weir, Christoph Genz (tenor)
THU       Matthias Goerne, Thomas Mehnert (bass)
THU       Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart    Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
THU       Helmuth Rilling (conductor)    HANSSLER CD 98273
THU       10.55am
THU       Rachmaninov: Preludes, Op 32 Nos 5-8
THU       Steven Osborne (piano)    HYPERION CDA 67700
THU       11.05am
THU       Burns: Jamie, come try me    Elspeth Cowie (voice)
THU       LINN CKD 099
THU       11.07am
THU       Arne: Delia    Emma Kirkby (soprano)    London Baroque
THU       Charles Medlam (director)    EMI CDC 7497992
THU       11.13am
THU       Morley: No, no, no, no, Nigella    The Consort of Musicke
THU       Anthony Rooley (conductor)    DECCA 476 1971
THU       11.25am
THU       Ruggles: Angels    Brass Ensemble
THU       Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)    SONY SX2K 66610
THU       11.30am
THU       Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Op 60
THU       Royal Philharmonic Orchestra    Thomas Beecham (conductor)
THU       EMI CDH 7631062.
THU       
THU       12:00 Composer of the Week b00pdkbf (Listen)
THU       John Rutter (b.1945), Episode 4
THU       
THU       Donald Macleod is in conversation with John Rutter, one of
THU       the world's most successful and popular living composers.
THU       
THU       For much of the 1980s, Rutter struggled to continue
THU       working under the shadow of long-term illness, yet it was
THU       during this period he composed one of his best loved and
THU       most regularly performed works. John discusses with Donald
THU       the genesis of his Requiem.
THU       
THU       John Rutter — A Choral Fanfare
THU       The Cambridge Singers    John Rutter (conductor)
THU       Collegium, COLCD112,, 7
THU       
THU       John Rutter — What Sweeter Music
THU       Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
THU       Robert Quinney (organ)    Stephen Cleobury
THU       EMI CDC5566052,, 9
THU       
THU       John Rutter — Requiem (ensemble version)
THU       Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
THU       Members of the City of London Sinfonia
THU       Nicholas Rimmer (organ)    Timothy Brown (Conductor)
THU       Naxos 8557130,, 1-7
THU       
THU       John Rutter — Variations on an Easter Theme ‘O Filii et
THU       Filiae) for organ duet
THU       Christopher Herrick (organ)    Jeremy Spurgeon (organ)
THU       Hyperion CDA67458,, 4-9
THU       
THU       John Rutter — A Choral Fanfare
THU       The Cambridge Singers    John Rutter (conductor)
THU       Collegium, COLCD112,, 7
THU       
THU       John Rutter — What Sweeter Music
THU       Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
THU       Robert Quinney (organ)    Stephen Cleobury
THU       EMI CDC5566052,, 9
THU       
THU       John Rutter — Requiem (ensemble version)
THU       
THU       Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
THU       Members of the City of London Sinfonia
THU       Nicholas Rimmer (organ)    Timothy Brown (Conductor)
THU       Naxos 8557130,, 1-7
THU       
THU       John Rutter — Variations on an Easter Theme ‘O Filii et
THU       Filiae) for organ duet
THU       
THU       Christopher Herrick (organ)    Jeremy Spurgeon (organ)
THU       Hyperion CDA67458,, 4-9
THU       
THU       13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert b00pdkbh (Listen)
THU       Cheltenham Music Festival 2009, Angela Hewitt
THU       
THU       Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt presents a recital
THU       featuring major works by two composers celebrating an
THU       anniversary in 2009: the Prelude and Fugue No 1 in E minor
THU       and Variations Serieuses by Mendelssohn, and the E flat
THU       Sonata Haydn. They are complemented by two baroque
THU       keyboard suites by Handel and Bach.
THU       
THU       Handel: Suite No 2 in F, HWV427
THU       Bach: English Suite No 6 in D minor, BWV811
THU       Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No 1 in E minor (1841);
THU       Variations Serieuses, Op 54
THU       Haydn: Sonata in E flat, H XVI 52.
THU       
THU       14:00 Afternoon on 3 b00pdkbk (Listen)
THU       Handel: Hercules
THU       
THU       Handel Operas 2009
THU       
THU       BBC Radio 3's complete series of Handel operas continues
THU       with a performance of Hercules from a stellar cast,
THU       including Gidon Saks, Anne Sofie von Otter and David
THU       Daniels. Written at time when Handel was becoming better
THU       known for his oratorios, his setting of the Greek myth was
THU       not as successful in its day as his earlier Italian operas
THU       had been. Only now has it been recognised that its musical
THU       quality and dramatic vigour justifies a more regular place
THU       in the opera house.
THU       
THU       Handel: Hercules - music drama in three acts
THU       
THU       Hercules ...... Gidon Saks (bass-baritone)
THU       Dejanira ...... Anne Sofie von Otter (soprano)
THU       Hyllus ...... Richard Croft (tenor)
THU       Iole ...... Lynne Dawson (soprano)
THU       Lichas ...... David Daniels (countertenor)
THU       Priest of Jupiter ...... Marcos Pujol (baritone)
THU       Choeur et Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble
THU       Marc Minkowski (conductor).
THU       
THU       17:15 Words and Music b00k9q8r (Listen)
THU       The Faerie World
THU       
THU       The Mendelssohn weekend ends with an edition of Words and
THU       Music exploring the fairy tradition in poetry and music.
THU       It’s a tradition which Shakespeare drew on for ‘A
THU       Midsummer Night’s Dream’ but it began in the fourteenth
THU       century with Chaucer and Gower. More recently, Victorian
THU       and Edwardian writers and composers were fascinated by the
THU       tradition, fuelled partly by their preoccupation with
THU       childhood as A.S. Byatt explores in her new novel ‘The
THU       Children’s Book’.
THU       
THU       The relationship between fairy and human is sometimes
THU       benign but more often dangerous – the water spirit Undine
THU       desires men’s souls while others, like the fairies in
THU       Yeat’s ‘The Stolen Child’, heard here in Cyril Rootham’s
THU       beautiful setting of the poem, lure children away from the
THU       human world. Some fairies we can imagine as beautiful
THU       spirits but others, like the creatures in Christina
THU       Rossetti’s ‘Goblin Market’, are ugly, ferocious beasts
THU       with a furious energy expressed by Antonio Bazzini in his
THU       ‘La ronde des lutins’ (Dance of the Goblins).
THU       
THU       Scottish poets and composers bring the fairy tradition
THU       into the twenty first century. In her poem ‘Glamourie’
THU       Kathleen Jamie draws on the supernatural Scottish ballad
THU       of Tam Lin. John Burnside’s poems too are filled with
THU       spirits and fairies, stolen children and selkies – in the
THU       programme you’ll hear his ‘Shiochie’s Hill, Dunkeld’ and
THU       ‘entremonde’ alongside Joan Baez’s ‘Silkie’ and Judith
THU       Weir’s ‘Distance and Enchantment, which explores the
THU       phenomenon of fairy abduction in a chamber piece inspired
THU       by a story from South Uist.
THU       
THU       Fiona McLean (producer)
THU       
THU       Details of Readings and Music
THU       
THU       Times are from the start of the programme
THU       
THU       00:00:00
THU       GRAHAM FITKIN    Hard Fairy    Graham Fitkin – piano
THU       John Harle – soprano saxophone    ARGO 4441122
THU       00:01:09
THU       CHRISTINA ROSSETTI    Goblin Market
THU       Robert Glenister (reader)
THU       00:02:42
THU       SARA TEASDALE    The Faery Forest    Stella Gonet (reader)
THU       00:03:00
THU       EDVARD GRIEG    Once upon a time    Holberg Suite
THU       Michala Petri – recorder
THU       The English Chamber Orchestra Ensemble
THU       Gordon Langford – conductor    RCA 09026618812
THU       00:06:37
THU       KATHLEEN JAMIE    Glamourie    Stella Gonet (reader)
THU       00:08:01
THU       THE KATHRYN TICKELL BAND    Floating from Skerry
THU       BLACK CROW CROCD227
THU       00:10:01
THU       WALTER de la MARE    The Listeners
THU       Robert Glenister (reader)
THU       00:11:48
THU       FRANZ SCHUBERT    Erlkonig    Lieder
THU       Matthias Goerne – baritone    Andreas Haefliger – piano
THU       DECCA 4529172
THU       00:15:51
THU       CHARLOTTE BRONTE    Jane Eyre    Stella Gonet (reader)
THU       00:16:55
THU       CYRIL ROOTHAM    The Stolen Child    For the Fallen etc
THU       The Sinfonia Chorus and BBC Northern Singers
THU       Richard Hickox – conductor    EMI CDC7490212
THU       00:23:41
THU       CHRISTINA ROSSETTI    Goblin Market
THU       Robert Glenister (reader)
THU       00:25:33
THU       ANTONIO BAZZINI    La Ronde des lutins    Rediscovered
THU       Itzhak Perlman – violin    RCA 82876625172
THU       00:30:11
THU       JOHN BURNSIDE    Shiochie’s Hill    Stella Gonet (reader)
THU       00:31:03
THU       JOAN BAEZ    Silkie    Volume Two    VANGUARD 662098
THU       00:35:00
THU       YEATS    The Stolen Child    Robert Glenister (reader)
THU       00:37:14
THU       JUDITH WEIR    Distance and Enchantment
THU       COLLINS CLASSICS 14532
THU       00:41:06
THU       SEAMUS HEANEY    Undine    Robert Glenister (reader)
THU       00:42:07
THU       ANATOL LYADOV    Baba-Yaga    BBC Philharmonic
THU       Vassily Sinaisky – conductor    CHANDOS CHAN9911
THU       00:45:30
THU       JOHN BURNSIDE    Entremonde    Stella Gonet (reader)
THU       00:47:01
THU       ALEXANDER SCRIABIN    Reverie, op 24
THU       Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
THU       Vladimir Ashkenazy - conductor
THU       00:51:11
THU       SHELLEY    Queen Mab    Stella Gonet (reader)
THU       00:52:18
THU       SHAKESPEARE    Romeo and Juliet
THU       Robert Glenister (reader)
THU       00:52:50
THU       HECTOR BERLIOZ    Romeo et Juliette
THU       The Cleveland Orchestra    Pierre Boulez – conductor
THU       DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4742372
THU       
THU       18:15 New Generation Artists b00pdkd3 (Listen)
THU       
THU       Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme picks out some of
THU       the brightest new talents in the classical music world.
THU       The special Christmas and New Year series features studio
THU       and live concert performances, here by British violinist
THU       and former BBC Young Musician of the Year Jennifer Pike,
THU       Austrian mezzo-soprano Daniela Lehner and Georgian pianist
THU       Khatia Buniatishvili.
THU       
THU       Ravel: Tzigane    Jennifer Pike (violin)
THU       Martin Roscoe (piano)
THU       
THU       Guridi: Seis canciones castellanas
THU       Daniela Lehner (mezzo-soprano)    Jose Luis Gayo (piano)
THU       
THU       Chopin: Ballade No 4 in F minor
THU       Khatia Buniatishvili (piano).
THU       
THU       19:00 Performance on 3 b00pdkd5 (Listen)
THU       BBC Philharmonic - Haydn's The Creation
THU       
THU       In the climax to their Haydn the Innovator season, the BBC
THU       Philharmonic and BBC Singers are conducted by Gianandrea
THU       Noseda in Haydn's Creation. In a work that opens with
THU       music representing the grandeur and desolation of chaos
THU       waiting for the Almighty's creative touch, moving through
THU       the blazing affirmation 'and there was light', and then
THU       continuing with the feeling of wonder at the sight of the
THU       unfolding universe, Haydn puts his own stamp on musical
THU       conventions of the period.
THU       
THU       Haydn: The Creation
THU       
THU       Kate Royal (soprano)    Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
THU       Neal Davies (baritone)    BBC Singers    BBC Philharmonic
THU       Gianandrea Noseda (conductor).
THU       
THU       21:00 Belief b00g42xy (Listen)
THU       Series 4, Tim Winter
THU       
THU       Joan Bakewell explores areas of belief with artists,
THU       thinkers and other public figures. She talks to Cambridge
THU       University chaplain and Muslim convert Tim Winter, known
THU       as Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad. He explores the moral sense
THU       of the sacred, instilled in him by his mother, his search
THU       for a connection with his creator and what it means to be
THU       a Muslim convert in Britain today.
THU       
THU       Winter made his own journey towards Islam via the
THU       Unitarian church, bringing Western academic methods to his
THU       studies of Islam and its history. He is strongly critical
THU       of Wahhabism and of the kinds of Islamic interpretation
THU       and fundamentalism which underlie extremism and
THU       justifications of violence. A participant in inter-faith
THU       dialogue at high levels, he has recently returned from the
THU       Vatican in an attempt to improve Muslim Catholic relations.
THU       
THU       21:30 BBC Proms b00pdkfl (Listen)
THU       2009, Prom 3: Stan Tracey
THU       
THU       Catherine Bott presents a late-night jazz Prom from the
THU       opening weekend of the 2009 season, in which the great
THU       pianist and composer Stan Tracey - known to his fans as
THU       the Godfather of British Jazz - recreates the biblical
THU       version of the Big Bang as a big band suite.
THU       
THU       Stan Tracey and his Orchestra
THU       
THU       Stan Tracey: Genesis.
THU       
THU       23:15 Late Junction b00pdkjt (Listen)
THU       Including a seasonal tune played on the ukulele, Finola o
THU       Siochur singing a Christmas song from the Irish Celtic
THU       tradition and organist Carleton Etherington playing Von
THU       Himmel Hoch by Garth Edmondson. Plus powerful group
THU       singing from the congregation of Liberty Baptist Church in
THU       Alabama alongside carol singers at the Royal Hotel,
THU       Dungworth, near Sheffield.
THU       
THU       And in a special collaboration session at the BBC's Maida
THU       Vale studios, a trio of performers take us on a winter's
THU       journey, through song, spoken word and percussion.
THU       Traditional storyteller Debs Newbold, folk singer Mary
THU       Hampton and experimental percussionist Dave Price weave a
THU       rich aural tapestry of sounds, stories and songs, taking
THU       fragments from traditional winter tales and adding new
THU       material and improvisations to create a unique Christmas
THU       Eve soundworld.
THU       
THU       The three performers, who have never worked together
THU       before, create a modern-day radio ballad, based on a
THU       winter theme. Each uses their own speciality, possibly
THU       venturing into areas unknown, and draw on traditional
THU       pagan winter stories and folk songs about the frosty
THU       season, combining fragments of these with experimental and
THU       perhaps theatrical percussion.
THU       
THU       Debs Newbold is a renowned storyteller and cabaret
THU       performer, who has long been telling tales from her
THU       Anglo-Irish family, and is currently the English Folk
THU       Dance and Song Society's storyteller-in-residence at Cecil
THU       Sharp House in London. Mary Hampton is a young folk singer
THU       from Brighton, whose enchanting and often eerie folk
THU       singing mixes the traditional with the new. Percussionist
THU       and composer Dave Price is a member of the Nozferatu
THU       collective and works with the Gecko physical theatre
THU       company as well as pursuing various other projects,
THU       involving artists such as Regina Spektor, Gwyneth Herbert
THU       and Aqualung.
THU       
THU       
FRI       FRIDAY 25 DECEMBER 2009
FRI       
FRI       01:00 Through the Night b00pdknp (Listen)
FRI       1.00am
FRI       Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Christmas Oratorio
FRI       Evangelist ...... Jan Kobow (tenor)
FRI       Ditte Andersen (soprano)    Ann Hallenberg (contralto)
FRI       Lars Johansson Brissman (bass)    Swedish Radio Choir
FRI       Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
FRI       Peter Dijkstra (conductor)
FRI       2.41am
FRI       Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): String Quartet in D, Op 64 No 5
FRI       (The Lark)    Yggdrasil String Quartet:
FRI       Fredrik Paulsson, Per Ohman (violins)
FRI       Robert Westlund (viola)    Per Nystrom (cello)
FRI       3.01am
FRI       Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Hodie (A Christmas
FRI       Cantata) - prologue    Hungarian Radio Choir
FRI       Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
FRI       Tamas Vasary (conductor)
FRI       3.05am
FRI       Villa Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959): O Polichinello (Le
FRI       polichinelle) - Rag doll (Prole do bebe - No 7)
FRI       Valerie Tryon (piano)
FRI       3.06am
FRI       Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908), transcr.
FRI       Rachmaninov: (The) Flight of the Bumble-Bee
FRI       Valerie Tryon (piano)
FRI       3.08am
FRI       Roussel, Albert (1869-1937): Suite (Le festin de
FRI       l'araignee, Op 17)    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
FRI       Bernard Haitink (conductor)
FRI       3.26am
FRI       Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Notturno for piano and
FRI       viola, O p 42 (arr. from Serenade, Op 8)
FRI       Gisela Bergman (viola)    Patricia Verhagen (piano)
FRI       3.47am
FRI       Anon (12th century): Natali regis glorie - hymn
FRI       3.5am
FRI       Anon: Lullay, lullow - carol
FRI       3.54am
FRI       Anon: Ther is no rose (sic)
FRI       3.58am
FRI       Trad. French: Noel Nouvelet    Zefiro Torna
FRI       Jurgen De Bruyn (lute/director)
FRI       4.01am
FRI       Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Quintet in E flat
FRI       for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon, K452
FRI       Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)    Kari Krikku (clarinet)
FRI       Albrecht Meyer (oboe)    Jonathan Williams (horn)
FRI       Per Hannisdal (bassoon)
FRI       4.25am
FRI       Nowowiejski, Felix (1877-1946): Weihnacht in der uralten
FRI       Marienkirche zu Krak au. Fantasie Felix Nowowiejski
FRI       Waclaw Golonka (organ - Sv Vojtech, Prague, built in 1877
FRI       by GF Steinmeyer and Co)
FRI       4.33am
FRI       Guilmant, Alexandre (1837-1911): Introduction and
FRI       Variations on a Polish Noel    Michael Dudman (organ)
FRI       4.36am
FRI       Heyral, Marc (b.19??), arr Gaston Rochon: Le Noel de la
FRI       Rue (1952)
FRI       4.41am
FRI       Traditional carol: Entre le boeuf et l'ane gris
FRI       Richard Pare (harpsichord)
FRI       Les chanteurs de Saint-Coeur-de-Marie
FRI       Claude Gosselin (conductor)
FRI       4.45am
FRI       Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Susser Blumen
FRI       Ambraflocken, HWV204 (German Arias - No 3)
FRI       4.51am
FRI       Handel: Die ihr aus dunkeln Gruften den eiteln Mammon
FRI       grabt, HWV208 (German Arias - No 7)
FRI       Helene Plouffe (violin)    Louise Pellerin (oboe)
FRI       Dom Andre Laberge (organ - 1999 Karl Wilhelm at the abbey
FRI       church Saint-Benoit-du-Lac)
FRI       4.56am
FRI       Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Hodie Christus
FRI       natus est    Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
FRI       Hannaford Street Silver Band:
FRI       Stuart Laughton, James Gardiner (solo trumpets)
FRI       Edward Moroney (organ)    John Rutter (conductor)
FRI       5.01am
FRI       Dupre, Marcel (1886-1971): Variations on Adeste fideles
FRI       Tong-Soon Kwak (Rieger organ at the Torch Centre for World
FRI       Missions in Seoul, Korea)
FRI       5.09am
FRI       Goodall, Howard (b.1958): Romance of the Angels
FRI       Robert Quinney (organ)    BBC Singers
FRI       Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
FRI       5.14am
FRI       Samuel-Rousseau, Marcel (1882-1955): Variations Pastorales
FRI       sur un vieux Noel    Erica Goodman (harp)
FRI       Members of the Amadeus Ensemble:
FRI       Moshe Hammer, Barry Schifman (violins)
FRI       Douglas Perry (viola)    Jack Mendelssohn (cello)
FRI       5.24am
FRI       Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Variations on a Theme by
FRI       Haydn, Op 56a - version for orchestra (St Antoni Chorale)
FRI       Oslo Philharmonic    Marek Janowski (conductor)
FRI       5.40am
FRI       Nenov, Dimitar (1901-1953): The Holy One
FRI       Sofia Chamber Choir    Vassil Arnaudov (conductor)
FRI       5.44am
FRI       Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637-1707): Prelude in G minor, BuxWV
FRI       149    Lorenzo Ghielmi (harpsichord)
FRI       5.52am
FRI       Forster, Kaspar (1616-1673): Dulcis amor Jesu, KBPJ 16
FRI       Olga Pasiecznik, Marta Boberska (soprano)    Il Tempo
FRI       6.01am
FRI       Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): String Octet in E flat, Op
FRI       20 (1825)    Kodaly Quartet    Bartok String Quartet
FRI       6.29am
FRI       Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Komm, heiliger Geist -
FRI       chorale-prelude for organ, BWV652
FRI       Bine Katrine Bryndorf (organ - Hjertling Church, Jutland)
FRI       6.38am
FRI       Henderson, Ruth Watson (b.1932): Come Holy Spirit - for
FRI       SATB with organ accompaniment    Matthew Larkin (organ)
FRI       Elmer Iseler Singers    Lydia Adams (conductor)
FRI       6.43am
FRI       Salzedo, Carlos (1885-1961): Concert Variations on O
FRI       Tannenbaum    Judy Loman (harp)
FRI       6.48am
FRI       Anon (16th century): Branles
FRI       6.49am
FRI       Anon (16th century): Suite    Hortus Musicus
FRI       Andres Mustonen (conductor)
FRI       6.57am
FRI       Cornelius, Peter (1824-74), arr. Ruth Watson Henderson:
FRI       Three Kings    Ben Heppner (tenor)
FRI       Toronto Children's Chorus
FRI       Members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
FRI       Jean Ashworth Bartle (conductor).
FRI       
FRI       07:00 Breakfast b00pdknr (Listen)
FRI       
FRI       10:00 Classical Collection b00pdknt (Listen)
FRI       10.00am
FRI       Arnold: Commonwealth Christmas Overture
FRI       London Philharmonic Orchestra    Malcolm Arnold (conductor)
FRI       REFERENCE RECORDINGS RR-48CD
FRI       10.22am
FRI       Debussy: Des pas sur la neige; Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest
FRI       (Preludes, Book 1)    Nelson Freire (piano)
FRI       DECCA 4781111
FRI       10.30am
FRI       Flecha: Ensalada 'El Jubilate'    La Stagione Armonica
FRI       Concerto di Viole L'Amoroso
FRI       Sergio Balestracci (conductor)    CPO 7770702
FRI       10.40am
FRI       Roger Norrington discusses Haydn's Symphonies
FRI       Haydn: Symphony No 103 in E flat (Drum Roll)
FRI       SWR Stuttgart Radio Orchestra
FRI       Roger Norrington (conductor)    HAENSSLER CD 93252
FRI       11.15am
FRI       Novak: Pohadka srdce, Op 8 (Fairytale of the Heart)
FRI       Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano)
FRI       Malcolm Martineau (piano)    DG 4776665
FRI       11.35am
FRI       Strauss: Schlagobers Suite, Op 70 (excerpts)
FRI       Detroit Symphony Orchestra    Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
FRI       CHANDOS CHAN 9606.
FRI       
FRI       12:00 Composer of the Week b00pdknw (Listen)
FRI       John Rutter (b.1945), Episode 5
FRI       
FRI       Donald Macleod is in conversation with John Rutter, one of
FRI       the world's most successful and popular living composers.
FRI       
FRI       Despite a prolific and varied output, Rutter is still
FRI       regarded by many simply as 'Mr Christmas'. Donald Macleod
FRI       quizzes John on why he keeps coming back to Christmas
FRI       carols, and what it is that gives his music such wide
FRI       appeal. Including the premiere recording of Rutter's most
FRI       recent carol.
FRI       
FRI       John Rutter — Star Carol
FRI       The Bach Choir    The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
FRI       John Scott (organ)    Sir David Willcocks (conductor)
FRI       Decca 4178981, 15
FRI       
FRI       John Rutter — Dormi Jesu
FRI       Polyphony    The City of London Sinfonia
FRI       Stephen Layton (conductor)    Hyperion, CDA67245,, 13
FRI       
FRI       John Rutter — There is a Flower
FRI       The Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge
FRI       David Hill (conductor)    Hyperion, CDA67576, 13
FRI       
FRI       John Rutter — When Icicles Hang
FRI       The Cambridge Singers    The City of London Sinfonia
FRI       John Rutter (conductor)    Collegium, COLCD117,, 18-23
FRI       
FRI       John Rutter — Veni Sancti Spiritus
FRI       Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
FRI       Robert Quinney (organ)    Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
FRI       EMI CDC5566052,, 9
FRI       
FRI       John Rutter — Carol of the Magi
FRI       BBC Singers    BBC recording
FRI       
FRI       13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert b00pdkny (Listen)
FRI       Cheltenham Music Festival 2009, Quatuor Diotima
FRI       
FRI       Penny Gore presents a performance given at the Pittville
FRI       Pump Room at 2009's Cheltenham Festival by French ensemble
FRI       Quatuor Diotima.
FRI       
FRI       Featuring Ravel's only string quartet, which remains one
FRI       of his most popular works, alongside Beethoven's Quartet
FRI       in E flat, Op 74 (The Harp).
FRI       
FRI       14:00 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols b00pdkp0 (Listen)
FRI       
FRI       Stephen Cleobury directs the choir of King's College,
FRI       Cambridge for the annual Festival of Nine Lessons and
FRI       Carols. The pattern of the Festival, based around nine
FRI       Bible readings interspersed with carols, has remained the
FRI       same for over 90 years. It unfolds the great mystery of
FRI       how God came into the world in human form, and for
FRI       millions across the globe it heralds the beginning of
FRI       Christmas.
FRI       
FRI       15:40 Afternoon on 3 b00pdkp2 (Listen)
FRI       Richard Hickox Tribute, Episode 4
FRI       
FRI       Penny Gore concludes a tribute to Richard Hickox with a
FRI       festive programme featuring his last concert as principal
FRI       conductor with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the
FRI       BBC Proms with Bryn Terfel. Including an interview with
FRI       Hickox at this momentous occasion, plus works Hickox
FRI       conducted in Cardiff from Christmas concerts past.
FRI       
FRI       Humperdinck: Overture (Hansel and Gretel)
FRI       BBC National Orchestra of Wales
FRI       Richard Hickox (conductor)
FRI       
FRI       Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas carols
FRI       Neal Davies (baritone)
FRI       Chamber Choir of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
FRI       BBC National Orchestra of Wales
FRI       Richard Hickox (conductor)
FRI       
FRI       Bridge: Roger de Coverley - Christmas dance
FRI       BBC National Orchestra of Wales
FRI       Richard Hickox (conductor)
FRI       
FRI       4.15pm
FRI       Walton: Belshazzar's Feast    Bryn Terfel (baritone)
FRI       London Symphony Chorus    Cor Caerdydd
FRI       BBC National Orchestra of Wales
FRI       Richard Hickox (conductor).
FRI       
FRI       17:00 Words and Music b00k00ps (Listen)
FRI       Food for Thought
FRI       
FRI       Why add to the mountain of programmes about food? Because
FRI       (to misquote a maybe familiar phrase) this is no ordinary
FRI       food programme… For sure, food features in every one of
FRI       the texts read by Robert Powell and Samantha Bond – but
FRI       only as a means of telling us about something else much
FRI       more interesting: people, situations, emotions. All of
FRI       which are further articulated by the music preceding or
FRI       following each reading.
FRI       
FRI       So the whole is prefaced by Clemens non Papa’s
FRI       sixteenth-century “Prayer before the Meal”; John Crowe
FRI       Ransom’s quirky “Survey of Literature” is paired with one
FRI       of John Cage’s Sonatas which leads into Proust’s famous
FRI       cup of tea and madeleine – the trigger for a host of
FRI       memories of the people and surroundings of his small-town
FRI       upbringing. Proust’s obvious musical partner is that most
FRI       bourgeois and sympathetic of French composers, Chabrier
FRI       and his piano piece “Paysage” (“landscape; scenery”).
FRI       
FRI       The dreamy atmosphere of Robert Frost’s wonderful “After
FRI       Apple Picking” is evoked by the night scene from Copland’s
FRI       “Billy the Kid” which in turn slides seamlessly into the
FRI       perfect musical prelude to the forbidden fruit episode
FRI       from Genesis: “Trust in Me” from Disney’s “The Jungle
FRI       Book”. But we’re reminded of the true import of the text
FRI       with Bach’s austere chorus from Cantata 146 “We must
FRI       through great tribulation enter the kingdom of God.”
FRI       
FRI       The next passage was surely intended to evoke that
FRI       biblical fall from grace: the tragedy-to-come of Hardy’s
FRI       Tess, after her first strawberry from Alec, is underlined
FRI       by the slow movement from Schubert’s “Death and the
FRI       Maiden” string quartet. An extract from a cookery book by
FRI       Jane Grigson, coupled with a Victorian parlour song, seems
FRI       to be more a comment on Victorian society than a piece
FRI       about the proper appreciation of plums.
FRI       
FRI       Stravinsky frames Carol Ann Duffy’s “Circe”. Duffy’s witty
FRI       and sardonic re-imagining of Greek myth (via pork cookery)
FRI       is set up with music from Stravinsky’s Classical ballet,
FRI       “Apollo” and concludes with the porcine snufflings of his
FRI       most neo-classical score, the “Octet”.
FRI       
FRI       Two complete meals end the programme. The first, from
FRI       Samuel Pepys, oozing with apparently unconscious
FRI       complacency and self-satisfaction, is contrasted with the
FRI       much more appealing whiff of understated eroticism of
FRI       Lampedusa’s Sicilian dinner from “The Leopard”. The last
FRI       music is the appropriately sensuous middle movement of
FRI       Bach’s Double Violin Concerto which, complete with its
FRI       “dying fall”, also links the final text: Shakespeare’s
FRI       famous “If music be the food of love…” from “Twelfth
FRI       Night”.
FRI       
FRI       Produced by David Papp
FRI       
FRI       Running Order
FRI       
FRI       00:00:00
FRI       Clemens Non Papa: Priere devant le repas, O souverain
FRI       Pasteur    Ensemble Clément Janequin/Dominque Visse
FRI       Harmonia Mundi HMC 901729    Track 1
FRI       00:02:14
FRI       John Crowe Ransom: Survey of Literature (SB)
FRI       00:03:18
FRI       Cage: Sonata II    Boris Berman (piano)    Naxos 8.554345
FRI       Track 2
FRI       00:05:39
FRI       Marcel Proust: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 1: Swann's
FRI       Way [extract] (RP)
FRI       00:08:23
FRI       Chabrier: Paysage (No.1from Dix Pieces pittoresques)
FRI       Alain Planès (piano)    Harmonia Mundi HMA 1951465
FRI       Track 1
FRI       00:13:40
FRI       Robert Frost: After Apple-Picking (RP)
FRI       00:15:06
FRI       Copland: “Night” from Billy the Kid (excerpt)
FRI       San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas
FRI       RCA 090206 63511 2    Track 1
FRI       00:16:38
FRI       Richard M & Robert B Shermann: Trust In Me
FRI       Sterling Holloway (vocal)    Walt Disney WD 704002
FRI       Track 10
FRI       00:19:07
FRI       Genesis 3, vs 1 – 19: Adam & Eve taste the forbidden fruit
FRI       (RP)
FRI       00:22:39
FRI       Bach: Wir müssen durch viel Trubsal (from Cantata 146)
FRI       Monteverdi Choir
FRI       English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner    SDG 107
FRI       CD 1, Track 15
FRI       00:30:18
FRI       Thomas Hardy: Tess of the d’Urbervilles: Alec gives Tess a
FRI       strawberry (SB)
FRI       00:32:34
FRI       Schubert: Andante con moto (from String Quartet No.14 in D
FRI       minor “Death and the Maiden”)    Takacs Quartet
FRI       Hyperion CDA67585    Track 2
FRI       00:44:55
FRI       Jane Grigson: Plums (SB)
FRI       00:46:35
FRI       Balfe: Come into the garden, Maud
FRI       Robert Tear (tenor) & André Previn (piano)
FRI       EMI HMV 7 67808 2    Track 9
FRI       00:50:41
FRI       Stravinsky: Coda - Apollon et les muses from Apollon
FRI       musagètes    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly
FRI       Decca 458 142-2    Track 10
FRI       00:54:00
FRI       Carol Ann Duffy: Circe (SB)
FRI       00:56:00
FRI       Stravinsky: Tema con Variazioni from Octet
FRI       Columbia Chamber Ensemble/Igor Stravinsky    Sony M 30579
FRI       Track 5
FRI       01:01:00
FRI       Samuel Pepys: 13 Jan 1663 - A grand dinner party he gave
FRI       at the cost of 'near £5' (RP)
FRI       01:03:12
FRI       Lampedusa: The Leopard [extract – Sicilian Dinner] (SB)
FRI       01:05:22
FRI       Bach: Largo ma non tanto from Double Violin Concerto (BWV
FRI       1043)    Daniel Hope & Marieke Blankesstijn (violins)
FRI       Chamber Orchestra of Europe    Warner 2564 62545-2
FRI       Track 5
FRI       01:07:11
FRI       Shakespeare: If music be the food of love (RP)
FRI       
FRI       18:15 New Generation Artists b00pdktf (Listen)
FRI       
FRI       Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme picks out some of
FRI       the brightest new talents in the classical music world.
FRI       The special Christmas and New Year series features studio
FRI       and live concert performances, here by the ATOS Trio from
FRI       Germany, who perform a work by Schubert in a concert given
FRI       at London's Wigmore Hall.
FRI       
FRI       ATOS Trio
FRI       
FRI       Schubert: Piano Trio No 1 in B flat, D898.
FRI       
FRI       19:00 Performance on 3 b00pfsf3 (Listen)
FRI       Handel: Messiah
FRI       
FRI       Part of the BBC Christmas 2009 season
FRI       
FRI       Catherine Bott presents Laurence Cummings conducting
FRI       English National Opera's new staged version of Handel's
FRI       Messiah, directed by Deborah Warner. This masterpiece
FRI       telling the story of Christ is one of the mainstays of the
FRI       oratorio tradition, but it is not often staged. The aim of
FRI       the ENO's new version is ensure that one of the world's
FRI       most-enduring narratives is given a powerful new
FRI       relevance. From the melodic beauty of 'Comfort ye' to the
FRI       grand spectacle of the 'Hallelujah Chorus', the events of
FRI       the Biblical narrative are conveyed in the singing of John
FRI       Mark Ainsley, Brindley Sherratt, Sophie Bevan and
FRI       Catherine Wyn Rogers, alongside ENO's Chorus and
FRI       Orchestra, conducted by leading Handelian Laurence
FRI       Cummings.
FRI       
FRI       Handel: Messiah
FRI       
FRI       Sophie Bevan (soprano)    Catherine Wyn Rogers (alto)
FRI       John Mark Ainsley (tenor)    Brindley Sherratt (bass)
FRI       ENO Chorus and Orchestra    Laurence Cummings (conductor).
FRI       
FRI       21:45 Belief b00pfsf7 (Listen)
FRI       Series 6, Ann Widdecombe
FRI       
FRI       Joan Bakewell explores areas of belief with artists,
FRI       thinkers and other public figures.
FRI       
FRI       She talks to Conservative MP and novelist Ann Widdecombe,
FRI       who was a life-long Anglican until the Church of England's
FRI       decision to ordain women priests in the 1990s. She
FRI       converted to Catholicism and has been a passionate
FRI       supporter of Rome ever since. Ann sees a time when the
FRI       Catholic Church will drop its demand for celibacy amongst
FRI       its priests and believes Pope Benedict is a figure who
FRI       could achieve such a reform. For her, such a change is
FRI       possible within her lifetime.
FRI       
FRI       Ann is stepping down as an MP at the general election
FRI       scheduled to take place in 2010 and says she would like to
FRI       take up the post of Britain's ambassador to the Holy See
FRI       which becomes vacant in the same year.
FRI       
FRI       22:15 Recital b00pgvtw (Listen)
FRI       Dies Natalis
FRI       
FRI       Gerald Finzi's rapturous setting of Thomas Traherne's
FRI       vision of new-born innocence is paired with Arthur
FRI       Honneger's more earthy Une Cantate de Noel.
FRI       
FRI       Finzi: Dies Natalis, Op 8    John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
FRI       Corydon Singers and Orchestra    Matthew Best (conductor)
FRI       
FRI       Honegger: Une Cantate de Noel
FRI       James Rutherford, (baritone)
FRI       BBC National Chorus of Wales
FRI       Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum
FRI       Dean Close School Chamber Choir    Robert Court (organ)
FRI       BBC National Orchestra of Wales
FRI       Thierry Fischer (conductor).
FRI       
FRI       23:15 World on 3 b00pfsf9 (Listen)
FRI       WOMAD Revisited
FRI       
FRI       Lopa Kothari warms up Christmas night with highlights from
FRI       the 2009 WOMAD festival, held in Charlton Park, Wiltshire.
FRI       Featuring sets broadcast for the first time, with music
FRI       from renowned dub reggae producer Denis Bovell, Mongolian
FRI       throat singer Enkh Jargal and UK bhangra pioneer Channi
FRI       Singh.
FRI       
FRI