19 December 2014

Radio 3 Listings for 20/12/2014 - 26/12/2014

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SAT SATURDAY 20 DECEMBER 2014 SAT SAT 01:00 Through the Night b04v4n2s (Listen) SAT Roberto Prosseda plays a Pedal Piano SAT With Catriona Young. The Orchestra of Swiss Italian Radio. SAT 1:01 AM SAT Gounod, Charles [1818-1893] SAT Danse roumaine, for pedal piano and orchestra (1889) SAT Roberto Prosseda (pedal piano), Orchestra della Svizzera SAT Italiana (Orchestra of Swiss-Italian Radio), Andrea SAT Battistoni (conductor) SAT 1:06 AM SAT Gounod, Charles [1818-1893] SAT Suite concertante in E flat, for pedal pianoforte and SAT orchestra (1888) SAT Roberto Prosseda (pedal piano), Orchestra della Svizzera SAT Italiana (Orchestra of Swiss-Italian Radio), Andrea SAT Battistoni (conductor) SAT 1:26 AM SAT Gounod, Charles [1818-1893] SAT Marche funèbre d'une marionnette (1872) SAT Roberto Prosseda (pedal piano) SAT 1:35 AM SAT Grieg, Edvard [1843-1907] SAT Peer Gynt, Suites Nos. 1 & 2 (Op. 46) (1885) SAT Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (Orchestra of SAT Swiss-Italian Radio), Andrea Battistoni (conductor) SAT 2:07 AM SAT Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924) SAT Nocturne in A flat major (Op.33 No.3) (1883) SAT Stéphane Lemelin (piano) SAT 2:12 AM SAT Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich [1840-1893] SAT Hamlet - fantasy overture (Op.67) (1888) SAT BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) SAT 2:31 AM SAT Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903) SAT Intermezzo for string quartet in E flat major (1886) SAT Ljubljana String Quartet SAT 2:42 AM SAT Strauss, Richard [1864-1949] SAT Don Juan (Op.20) (symphonic poem) (1889) SAT BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles SAT (conductor) SAT 3:01 AM SAT Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907) SAT Old Norwegian Romance with Variations - orig for 2 pianos SAT arr for orchestra (Op.51) (1890) SAT Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor) SAT 3:25 AM SAT Kajanus, Robert (1856-1933) SAT Funeral March (1880) SAT Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Atso Almila (conductor) SAT 3:37 AM SAT Aulin, Valborg (1860-1928) SAT String Quartet in F major (1884) SAT Tale String Quartet SAT 4:03 AM SAT Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904) SAT Bacchanalia, No.10 from Poetické nálady (Poetic tone SAT pictures) (Op.85) (1889) SAT Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava; Róbert SAT Stankovský (conductor) SAT 4:09 AM SAT Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849) SAT Polonaise in A flat major (Op. 53) "Polonaise héroïque" SAT Jacek Kortus (piano) SAT 4:17 AM SAT Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826) SAT The Ruler of the spirits - overture (Op.27) SAT BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) SAT 4:23 AM SAT Jiranek, Frantisek [1698-1778] SAT Concerto in F major for bassoon, strings and continuo SAT Sergio Azzolini (bassoon), Collegium Marianum, Jana SAT Semerádová (director) SAT 4:33 AM SAT Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) SAT Piano Sonata in B flat major, K.333 (Allegro; Andante SAT cantabile; Allegro grazioso) SAT Jevgeny Rivkin (piano) SAT 4:50 AM SAT Tippett, Michael (1905-1998) SAT Dance, clarion air - madrigal for 5-part chorus; SAT BBC Singers, Bo Holten (conductor) SAT 4:54 AM SAT Boeck, August de (1865-1937) SAT Dahomeyse Rapsodie (Dahomeyan Rhapsody) (1893) SAT Vlaams Radio Orkest (Flemish Radio Orchestra), Marc Soustrot SAT (conductor) SAT 5:01 AM SAT Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) SAT Tragic Overture, (Op.81) (1881) SAT 5:14 AM SAT Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767) SAT Cantata 'Unschuld und ein gut Gewissen' SAT Veronika Winter (soprano), Patrick von Goethem (alto), SAT Markus Schäfer (tenor), Ekkehard Abele (bass), Rheinische SAT Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max (conductor) SAT 5:27 AM SAT Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) SAT Quartet for strings (Op.42) in D minor SAT Pavel Haas Quartet (string quartet) SAT 5:40 AM SAT Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924) SAT Nocturne No.1 in E flat minor (Op.33 No.1) (1883) SAT Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) SAT 5:49 AM SAT Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von [1644-1704] SAT Sonata no. 6 in C minor for violin and continuo SAT Daniel Sepec (violin), Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Lee SAT Santana (theorbo), Michael Behringer (organ) SAT 6:03 AM SAT Kajanus, Robert (1856-1933) SAT Aino - symphonic poem for male chorus and orchestra (1885) SAT Helsinki University Choir, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, SAT Jorma Panula (conductor) SAT 6:18 AM SAT Wagner, Richard (1813-1883), arranged by Humperdinck, SAT Engelbert (1854-1921) SAT Good Friday Music (from 'Parsifal') SAT Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (conductor) SAT 6:27 AM SAT Liszt, Franz [1811-1886] SAT Am Grabe Richard Wagners (1883) SAT Jos Van Immerseel (piano - instrument is an Erard of 1897) SAT 6:31 AM SAT Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750] SAT Double Concerto BWV.1060 for oboe, violin & strings in C SAT minor SAT (oboe uncredited) Accademia Bizantina, Stefano Montanari SAT (violin and leader) SAT 6:44 AM SAT Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911) SAT Romance for violin and orchestra in G major (Op.26) (1881) SAT Julia Fischer (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, SAT Christopher Warren-Green (conductor) SAT 6:53 AM SAT Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957) SAT Kuin virta vuolas (Op.26 No.8); Sortunut aani (Op.18 No.7); SAT Oi Lempi, sun valtas ääretön on (Op.23 No.7) SAT Pirkko Tonquvist (soprano), Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, SAT Eric-Olof Söderström (conductor). SAT SAT 07:00 Breakfast b04vdg8b (Listen) SAT Breakfast with Martin Handley. To vote for the winner in the SAT Breakfast Carol Competition go to bbc.co.uk/radio3. SAT SAT 09:00 CD Review b04w80bp (Listen) SAT Building a Library: Beethoven: Piano Trio in D SAT SAT with Andrew McGregor. SAT SAT 09.00am SAT Andrew is joined live in the studio by Richard Morrison, SAT Flora Wilson and Simon Heighes to discuss the best new SAT releases of 2014. SAT SAT *Monteverdi: Vespri solenni per la festa di San Marco* SAT MONTEVERDI: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610); Selva morale SAT e spirituale SAT Monica Piccinini, Anna Simboli (sopranos), Andrea SAT Arrivabene, Gianluca Ferrarini (altos), Luca Dordolo, SAT Raffaele Giordani (tenors), Matteo Bellotto, Salvo Vitale SAT (bass), Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor) SAT NAIVE OP30557 (CD) + a DVD containing the film: The Human SAT and the Divine – Alessandrini conducts Monteverdi) SAT SAT *Menahem Pressler & Quatuor Ebene: A 90th Birthday SAT Celebration Live in Paris* SAT DVORAK: Piano Quintet in A major Op. 81; Piano Quintet in A SAT major Op. 81 SAT SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A major, D667 'The Trout' SAT CHOPIN*: Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor Op. post. SAT DEBUSSY*: String Quartet in G minor Op. 10 - Andantino SAT doucement expressif SAT DVORAK*: Piano Quintet in A major Op. 81; Piano Quintet in A SAT major Op. 81 SAT SCHUBERT*: Piano Quintet in A major, D667 'The Trout'; Der SAT Lindenbaum (No. 5 from Winterreise, D911); Fruhlingstraum SAT (No. 11 from Winterreise, D911); Die Krahe (No. 15 from SAT Winterreise, D911); Der Leiermann (No. 24 from Winterreise, SAT D911); Die Forelle, D550 SAT Menahem Pressler (piano), Quatuor Ebene, Christoph SAT Pregardien (tenor) SAT ERATO 2564625964 (2CD + DVD* Video budget) SAT SAT 09.30am Building a Library SAT Harriet Smith compares recordings of Beethoven’s Piano Trio SAT No. 5 in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 'The Ghost' and makes a SAT recommendation. SAT SAT 10.15am SAT Andrew continues discussing the best new releases of 2014 SAT with Richard Morrison, Flora Wilson and Simon Heighes. SAT SAT MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro, K492 SAT Fanie Antonelou (Susanna), Christian van Horn (Figaro), SAT Simone Kermes (Countess), Andrei Bondarenko (Count), SAT Mary-Ellen Nesi (Cherubino), Maria Forsstrom (Marcellina), SAT Nikolai Loskutkin (Bartolo), Krystian Adam (Don Basilio), SAT James Elliott (Don Curzio), Garry Agadzhanian (Antonio), SAT Natalya Kirillova (Barbarina), MusicAeterna, Teodor SAT Currentzis (conductor) SAT SONY 88883709262 (3CD mid-price) SAT SAT *Rameau: Pieces de clavecin* SAT RAMEAU: Suite in A minor from Nouvelles suites de pieces de SAT clavecin (c1729–30); Suite in E minor from Pieces de SAT clavecin (1724, revised 1731); Suite in D Major; Menuet en SAT rondeau in C major; Suite in A minor from Nouvelles suites SAT de pieces de clavecin (c1729–30); Suite in G minor from SAT Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin (c1729–30); La SAT Dauphine; Les petits marteaux SAT Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) SAT HYPERION CDA68071/2 (2CD mid-price) SAT SAT *Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps, Petrouchka* SAT STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring; Petrushka SAT Les Siecles, Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor) SAT ACTES SUD ASM15 (CD) SAT SAT *Anna Prohaska: Behind the Lines* SAT BEETHOVEN: Die Trommel geruhret SAT CAVENDISH: Wand'ring In This Place SAT EISLER: Kriegslied eines Kindes (from Zeitungsausschnitte SAT Op. 11); Panzerschlacht; Die letzte Elegie; Die Heimkehr SAT IVES, C: In Flanders Fields; ‘1, 2, 3'; Tom Sails Away SAT LISZT: Jeanne d'Arc au bucher, S293 SAT MAHLER: Wo die schonen Trompeten blasen (Des Knaben SAT Wunderhorn) SAT POULENC: Le Retour du sergent SAT QUILTER: Fear no More SAT RACHMANINOV: To my sorrow I have grown to love SAT RIHM: Untergang Op. 1 SAT SCHUBERT: Kriegers Ahnung D 957, No. 2; Raste Krieger, Krieg SAT ist aus (Ellens Gesang I), D837 SAT SCHUMANN: Die beiden Grenadiere Op. 49 No. 1; Der Soldat Op. SAT 40, No. 3; Es geht ein dunkle Wolk herein SAT TRAILL: My Luve's In Germanie SAT WEILL, K: Beat! Beat! Drums!; Dirge For Two Veterans SAT WOLF, H: Der Tambour (No. 5 from Morike-Lieder); Der Soldat SAT II (No. 6 from Eichendorff-Lieder) SAT Anna Prohaska (soprano), Eric Schneider (piano) SAT DG 4792472 (CD) SAT SAT *CPE Bach: Magnificat* SAT BACH, C P E: Magnificat in D, Wq. 215 (H772); Heilig (Te SAT Deum Laudamus), Wq. 217 (H778); Symphony in D major, Wq. SAT 183/1 (H663) SAT Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto), Lothar SAT Odinius (tenor), Markus Eiche (bass), RIAS Kammerchor, SAT Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Hans-Christoph Rademann SAT (conductor) SAT HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902167 (CD) SAT SAT SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7 in C major Op. 60 'Leningrad' SAT Halle, Sir Mark Elder (conductor) SAT HALLE CDHLL7537 (CD mid-price) SAT SAT OFFENBACH: Fantasio SAT Sarah Connolly (Fantasio), Brenda Rae (Elsbeth), Russell SAT Braun (Le prince), Brindley Sherratt (Le Roi), Neal Davies SAT (Sparck), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Mark SAT Elder (conductor) SAT OPERA RARA ORC51 (2CD) SAT SAT 12:15 Music Matters b04vcyqg (Listen) SAT Christmas Stocking Fillers SAT SAT With only a few shopping days left until Christmas, Music SAT Matters takes a look at three new books on musical subjects SAT and a CD that may well turn out to be the last minute SAT stocking filler you were looking for! Tom Service is joined SAT by Elaine Padmore, former Director of Opera at The Royal SAT Opera House; Ivan Hewett, broadcaster and music critic for SAT The Daily Telegraph and the musicologist and cultural SAT historian Alexandra Wilson to review the following SAT publications:. SAT SAT SCHUBERT'S WINTER JOURNEY BY IAN BOSTRIDGE SAT SAT Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise (Winter Journey) tells the SAT story of a young man wandering through a wintery landscape SAT in despair because his love has been unrequited. Lasting SAT around seventy minutes it is a work of unique emotional SAT depth and intensity. Schubert (who completed it in the last SAT months of his life) intended it to be sung to an intimate SAT gathering but performances of Winterriese now pack the SAT greatest concert halls around the world. The tenor Ian SAT Bostridge has performed the work over a hundred times and SAT has now decided to put pen to paper to unpick the enigmas SAT and subtle meanings of each of the twenty-four songs in the SAT context of the world that Schubert inhabited. Tom Service SAT met Bostridge, in the wintry surroundings of Hampstead SAT Heath, to hear his views on this piece which remains SAT unsurpassed in the history of song. SAT SAT AFTER WAGNER BY MARK BERRY SAT SAT In his new book After Wagner – Histories of Modernist Music SAT Drama from Parsifal to Nono, Mark Berry traces the SAT development of the operatic form from Wagner’s Parsifal SAT onwards. He looks at Schoenberg’s Moses und Aaron and SAT Strauss’s Capriccio, moving on to operas by Dallapiccola, SAT Nono and Hans Werner Henze. As well as looking at musical SAT and dramatic progress he assesses the political and SAT historical relevance of the works and trends in the world of SAT staging operas. Tom meets Mark Berry to discuss his findings SAT and theories. SAT SAT BIZET BY HUGH MACDONALD SAT SAT Today Georges Bizet is most immediately recognised as the SAT composer of Carmen, yet it is only one chapter of Bizet’s SAT story. In his new biography Hugh Macdonald goes beyond the SAT composer’s most famous opera to take an in-depth look at his SAT entire life and oeuvre. In so doing he identified a number SAT of previously unknown pieces by Bizet, assembling the first SAT comprehensive catalogue of Bizet’s work. He sheds light on SAT the composer’s complex relationships with his contemporaries SAT and traces the strange misrepresentation of Bizet’s work by SAT French publishers and opera houses in the 1880’s, when SAT Carmen rose to worldwide popularity ten years after the SAT composer’s early death. Tom meets Hugh MacDonald to find out SAT more of the unknown about Bizet. SAT SAT CD: DEBUSSY - SONGS FOR HIS MUSE SAT SAT When an 18 year old Debussy took a job as accompanist in the SAT studio of fading diva Madame Moreau-Sainti, he fell in love SAT with one of her most talented pupils, the enchanting SAT Marie-Blanche Vasnier. His green-eyed muse, 12 years his SAT senior, mother of two, and married to a well-respected civil SAT engineer, sang her way in to his heart, as he charmed his SAT way into the Vasnier household. During this period of great SAT happiness, creativity and self-discovery, Debussy wrote SAT nearly 40 songs, 27 of which were dedicated to Marie. Tom SAT talks to the soprano Gillian Keith who has recorded a SAT selection of these songs and gives the first radio play of a SAT song called Seguidille, which until recently has lain SAT unknown in a private collection and has just been published. SAT SAT 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert b04vcyqj (Listen) SAT La dolcezza SAT SAT The Early music ensemble La Dolcezza in a seasonal programme SAT of motets and violin sonatas by Heinrich Biber (1644-1704) SAT Directed by Veronika Skuplik SAT SAT The concert was given last Christmas at the baroque SAT Mauerbach Charterhouse on the outskirts of Vienna. SAT SAT 14:00 Saturday Classics b04vcyql (Listen) SAT Peter Day on Christmas SAT SAT Peter Day, the BBC business correspondent, presents his SAT choice of music for the Christmas season. Peter's choice of SAT music embraces festive music by Prokofiev, Gibbons and Bach SAT but also casts an eye on darker themes through Shostakovich, SAT Schubert and Preisner. SAT SAT 16:00 Jazz Record Requests b04vcyqn (Listen) SAT Alyn Shipton's selection of listeners' requests includes SAT music from Richard Galliano and Bill Frisell. There's also a SAT range of trumpeters in the programme, from Humphrey SAT Lyttelton to Woody Shaw, and not forgetting cornettist Bix SAT Beiderbecke. SAT SAT DISC 1 SAT Artist Harry Gold and His Pieces of Eight SAT Title Way Down Yonder In New Orelans SAT Composer Creamer / Layton SAT Album British Traditional Jazz 1936-63 SAT Label Lake SAT Number CD 300 CD 3 Track 20 SAT Duration 2.00 SAT Performers: Tommy McQuater, t; Billy Amstell, cl; SAT Harry Gold, bass sax; George Chisholm, tb; Bobby McGhee, p; SAT Lennie Bush, b; Jock Cummings, d. Feb 1960 SAT SAT DISC 2 SAT Artist Lionel Hampton SAT Title Flying Home SAT Composer Goodman, Hampton, Robin, SAT Album Histoire des Big Bands SAT Label Chant du Monde SAT Number 574 1481-90 CD 6 Track 3 SAT Duration 3.10 SAT Performers: Lionel Hampton vib; SAT Ernie Royal, Karl George, Joe Newman, t; SAT Fred Beckett, Sonny Craven, Harry Sloan, tb; SAT Ray Perry, Marshall Royal, Illinois Jacquet, SAT Dexter Gordon, Jack McVea, reeds; Milt Buckner, p; SAT Irving Ashby, g; Vernon Alley, b; SAT George Jenkins, d. 26 May 1942 SAT SAT DISC 3 SAT Artist Richard Galliano / Brussels Jazz Orchestra SAT Title Rue du Maubeuge SAT Composer Galliano SAT Album Ten Years Ago SAT Label Milan SAT Number 399 235-2 Track 4 SAT Duration 6.16 SAT Performers: Richard Galliano, acc; Pierre Drevet, t; SAT Brussels Jazz orchestra dir. Frank Vaganée. SAT SAT DISC 4 SAT Artist Woody Shaw SAT Title The Moontrane SAT Composer Shaw SAT Album Solid SAT Label RCA Camden Deluxe SAT Number 74321 610792 CD 1 Track 1 SAT Duration 6.58 SAT Performers: Woody Shaw, t; Steve Turre, tb; SAT Azar Lawrence, ts; Onjae Allen Gumbs, p; SAT Buster Williams, b; SAT Victor Lewis, d, Tony Waters, cga. Dec 1974. SAT SAT DISC 5 SAT Artist Modern Jazz Quartet / Beaux Arts Quartet SAT Title Sketch SAT Composer Lewis SAT Album The Quintessence SAT Label Fremeaux SAT Number FA 285 CD 2 Track 5 SAT Duration 5.34 SAT Performers: Milt Jackson, vib; John Lewis, p; SAT Percy Heath, b; Connie Kay, d; SAT Gerald Tarak, Alan Martin, vn; Carl Eberl, vl; SAT Joe Tekula, cello. 23 Sept 1959. SAT SAT DISC 6 SAT Artist Benny Goodman SAT Title Bach Goes to Town SAT Composer Templeton SAT Album The Essentia; BG SAT Label Proper SAT Number Properbox 109 CD 3 Track 5 SAT Duration 2.39 SAT Performers: BG, clt; Harry James, Ziggy Elman, SAT Chris Griffin, t; Red Ballard, Vernon Brown, tb; SAT Noni Bernard, Dave Matthews, Art Rollini, SAT Jerry Jerome, saxes; Jess Stacy p; Ben Heller, g; SAT Harry Goodman, b; Buddy Schutz, d. 15 Dec 1938. SAT SAT DISC 7 SAT Artist Billie Holiday SAT Title What A Little Moonlight Can Do SAT Composer Woods SAT Album 40 Great Songs SAT Label Musketeer SAT Number 9507 CD 2 Track 6 SAT Duration 3.03 SAT Performers: Billie Holiday, v; Roy Eldridge, t; SAT Benny Goodman, cl; Ben Webster, ts; Teddy Wilson, p; SAT John Truehart, g; John Kirby, b; Cozy Cole, d. 2 July 1935. SAT SAT DISC 8 SAT Artist Bunny Berigan SAT Title I Can’t Get Started SAT Composer Duke, Gershwin, SAT Album Let’s Do It SAT Label Acrobat SAT Number FABCD 145 Track 8 SAT Duration 4.47 SAT Performers: Bunny Berigan, t, v; SAT Irv Goodman, Steve Lipkins t; SAT Al George, Sonny Lee, tb; SAT Mike Dot, Joe Dixon, Clyde Rounds, Georgie Auld, reeds; SAT Joe Lippman, p; Tom Morgan, g; Hank Wayland, b; SAT George Wettling, d. 7 Aug 1937. SAT SAT DISC 9 SAT Artist Bix Beiderbecke SAT Title Three Blind Mice SAT Composer trad arr Challis SAT Album The Bix Beiderbecke Story SAT Label Proper SAT Number Properbox 66 CD 2 Track 6 SAT Duration 3.05 SAT Performers: Bix Beiderbecke, c; Bill Rank, tb; SAT Don Murray, Doc Ryker, Frank Trumbauer, SAT Adiran Rollini, reeds; Irving Riskin, p; SAT Eddie Lang, g; Chauncey Morehouse, d. 25 Aug 1927 SAT SAT DISC 10 SAT Artist Humphrey Lyttelton SAT Title The Onions SAT Composer Bechet SAT Album Classic Live Concerts SAT Label Lake SAT Number 253 CD 1 Track 19 SAT Duration 4.45 (may need to edge up on applause SAT from end of previous track) SAT Performers: Humphrey Lyttelton, t; Wally Fawkes, cl; SAT Bruce Turner, as; Johnny Parker, p; Freddie Legon, g; SAT Mickey Ashman, b; George Hopkinson, SAT d. Royal Festival Hall, 28 Nov 1954. SAT SAT DISC 11 SAT Artist Susannah McCorkle SAT Title I Want To Be A Sideman SAT Composer Frishberg SAT Album From Broken Hearts to the Blue Skies SAT Label Concord SAT Number Track 9 SAT Duration 4,44 SAT Performers: Susannah McCorkle, v; Dick Oatts, ts; SAT Allen Farnham, p; Al Gafa, g; Steve Gilmour, b; SAT Rich De Rosa, d; 1998 SAT SAT DISC 12 SAT Artist Earl Bostic SAT Title Deep Purple SAT Composer Parish / DeRose SAT Album Plays Jazz Standards SAT Label Definitive SAT Number 11295 Track 19 SAT Duration 2.24 SAT Performers: Earl Bostic, as; SAT Tommy Turrentine, Blue Mitchell, t; SAT Stanley Turrentine, ts; Edward Richley, vib; SAT Alexnder Sample, p; Bob Bueton, b; SAT Charles Grayson, g; SAT Granville Hogan, d, 24 Aug 1953. SAT SAT DISC 13 SAT Artist Bill Frisell SAT Title Music I Heard SAT Composer Frisell SAT Album :Rarum – Selected Recordings SAT Label ECM SAT Number SAT Duration 4.44 SAT Performers: Bill Frisell, g; Kenny Wheeler, t; SAT Bob Stewart, tu; Jerome Harris, b; Paul Motian. SAT SAT 17:00 Opera on 3 b04vcyqq (Listen) SAT Live from the Met, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro SAT SAT Mozart's Marriage of Figaro is widely seen as one of the SAT great comic operas and contains some of his most glorious SAT music. It is an action packed day, the day of Figaro's SAT marriage to Susanna, but is complicated because their SAT master, the philandering Count, has designs on Susanna SAT himself. Erwin Schrott sings the title role in a stellar SAT cast that also includes Mariusz Kwiecien as the Count and SAT Danielle de Niese as Susanna, along with Met debutantes SAT Rachel Willis-SÃrensen as the wronged Countess and Serena SAT Malfi as Cherubino. Edo de Waart conducts. SAT SAT Presented by Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff SAT SAT Countess Almaviva.....Rachel Willis-Sorensen (Soprano) SAT Susanna.....Danielle de Niese (Soprano) SAT Cherubino.....Serena Malfi (Mezzo-soprano) SAT Count Almaviva.....Mariusz Kwiecien (Baritone) SAT Figaro.....Erwin Schrott (Bass) SAT New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra SAT New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus SAT Edo de Waart (Conductor). SAT SAT 20:45 Jazz Line-Up b04vcyqs (Listen) SAT Gerry Mulligan SAT SAT Julian Joseph presents music associated with the late Gerry SAT Mulligan, performed by British saxophonist Robert Fowler's SAT Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band recorded at this year's SAT Scarborough Jazz Festival. The saxophonist Gerry Mulligan SAT collaborated with some of the biggest names in jazz SAT including Charles Mingus, Billie Holiday and Thelonious Monk SAT but is probably best known for his work on the iconic 'Birth SAT of The Cool' sessions with trumpeter Miles Davis. Plus a SAT report from Berlin looking at how the city's jazz scene has SAT evolved 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. SAT SAT 22:00 Hear and Now b04vcyt7 (Listen) SAT Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2014, Episode 4 SAT SAT Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby present continued SAT coverage of this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music SAT Festival, including a concert by the ensemble Plus-Minus SAT including works by cross-genre experimentalists Alexander SAT Schubert and Bernhard Lang. Also in tonight's programme, a SAT report from the Hepworth Wakefield gallery where Philip SAT Thomas directs members of the edges ensemble in works drawn SAT from the English experimental movement of the late 1960s and SAT early 70s. Plus the UK premiere of a Christian Wolff piece SAT for 3 pianos first performed by John Cage and others in SAT 1957. SAT SAT Christian Wolff: Sonata for 3 pianos (UK premiere) SAT Morton Feldman: Piece for 4 pianos SAT Mark Knoop, Catherine Laws, John Tilbury, Philip Thomas SAT (pianos) SAT SAT Alexander Schubert: Sensate Focus (world premiere) SAT Bernhard Lang: DW23 ...Loops for Dr.X SAT James Weeks: Looping Busker Music SAT Plus-Minus. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER 2014 SUN SUN 00:00 Geoffrey Smith's Jazz b04vczf3 (Listen) SUN Christmas 2014 SUN SUN Geoffrey Smith gets into the Christmas spirit with a mixed SUN bag of treats - tracks that missed out first time around SUN from the likes of Art Blakey, Fats Waller and Bunny Berigan, SUN plus a farewell to Kenny Wheeler. SUN SUN 01:00 Through the Night b04vdnqt (Listen) SUN Mahler's Symphony No 2 SUN Haydn's Creation - Philippe Herreweghe conducts the SUN Orchestre des Champs-Elysées and Collegium Vocale Ghent. SUN With Catriona Young SUN 12:31 AM SUN Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809] SUN Die Schöpfung (The Creation) H.21.2 - Nos. 1-19 SUN Christina Landshamer (soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), SUN Rudolf Rosen (bass), Collegium Vocale Ghent, Orchestre des SUN Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) SUN 1:23 AM SUN Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809] SUN Die Schöpfung (The Creation) H.21.2 - Nos. 20-34 SUN Christina Landshamer (soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), SUN Rudolf Rosen (bass), Collegium Vocale Ghent, Orchestre des SUN Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) SUN 2:10 AM SUN Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 -1827) SUN Quartet for strings (Op.95) in F minor SUN Quatuor Tercea SUN 2:31 AM SUN Halvorsen, Johan (1864-1935) SUN Symphony no.2 in D minor 'Fatum' SUN Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Josep Caballé-Domenech SUN (conductor) SUN 3:05 AM SUN Faure, Gabriel [1845-1924] SUN Piano Quartet No.2 in G minor (Op.45) SUN Nils-Erik Sparf (violin), Lilli Maijala (viola), Andreas SUN Brantelid (cello), Stefan Forsberg (piano) SUN 3:41 AM SUN Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713) SUN Sonata da Chiesa in E minor (Op.1 No.2) SUN London Baroque SUN 3:46 AM SUN Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) SUN Le Nozze di Figaro, Act 4: Susanna's aria 'Deh vieni, non SUN tardar' SUN Irma Urrila (soprano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, SUN Okko Kamu (conductor) SUN 3:51 AM SUN Wirén, Dag (1905-1986) SUN Sonatina for piano (Op.25) SUN Niklas Sivelöv (piano) SUN 3:58 AM SUN Anonymous SUN 3 Sephardic Romances: SUN Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Hespèrion XX, Jordi Savall SUN (director) SUN 4:08 AM SUN Tartini, Giuseppe (1692-1770) SUN Trumpet Concerto in D major SUN Stanko Arnold (trumpet), Slovenian Soloists, Marko Munih SUN (conductor) SUN 4:19 AM SUN Delius, Frederick (1862-1934) arr. Thomas Beecham SUN The Walk to the Paradise Garden (from 'A Village Romeo and SUN Juliet') SUN BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor) SUN 4:31 AM SUN Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787) SUN Symphony in D major (Op.10 No.5) SUN La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor) SUN 4:40 AM SUN Kodaly, Zoltán (1882-1967) SUN Adagio SUN Morten Carlsen (viola), Sergej Osadchuk (piano) SUN 4:50 AM SUN Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827] SUN 2 Sonatinas for mandonlin: C minor WoO 43/1 and C major WoW SUN 44/1 SUN Avi Avital (mandolin) Shalev Ad-El (harpsichord) SUN 4:57 AM SUN Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) SUN Rosamunde - Ballet Music (D.797) SUN Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Heinz Holliger (conductor) SUN 5:05 AM SUN Demersseman, Jules August (1833-1866) SUN Concert Fantasy for 2 flutes and piano (Op.36) SUN Matej Zupan, Karolina Santl-Zupan (flutes), Dijana Tanovic SUN (piano) SUN 5:17 AM SUN Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) SUN Rhapsody for piano (Op.79 No.1) in B minor SUN Steven Osborne (piano) SUN 5:27 AM SUN Bax, Arnold (1883-1953) SUN Legend for viola and piano SUN Steven Dann (viola), Bruce Vogt (piano) SUN 5:37 AM SUN Berwald, Franz (1796-1868) SUN String Quartet in Eb Major (1849) SUN Zetterqvist String Quartet SUN 5:57 AM SUN Coulthard, Jean (1908-2000) SUN Excursion Ballet Suite SUN Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor) SUN 6:12 AM SUN Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) SUN Septet for trumpet, piano and strings in E flat major SUN (Op.65) SUN Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Elise Baatnes and Karolina SUN Radziej (violins), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Hjalmer Kvam SUN (cello), Marius Faltby (double bass), Enrico Pace (piano). SUN SUN 07:00 Breakfast b04vdg9r (Listen) SUN Breakfast with Martin Handley. To vote for the winner in the SUN Breakfast Carol Competition go to bbc.co.uk/radio3. SUN SUN 09:00 Sunday Morning b04vczf9 (Listen) SUN James Jolly SUN SUN Nearing the end of the season of Haydn's late string SUN quartets, this morning James Jolly presents Op. 77, No 1; SUN Quartet no. 66 in G major. SUN SUN 12:00 Private Passions b04vczfc (Listen) SUN Vivienne Westwood SUN SUN Dame Vivienne Westwood needs little introduction; her name SUN and her brand are known across the world. Indeed, in the Far SUN East she's made it into the top ten most recognised global SUN brands, with Coca Cola and Disney. Her fame rests not just SUN on her fashion designs, daring and sexy and original as they SUN are: because Vivienne Westwood is also the co-creator, with SUN Malcolm McLaren, of punk - that revolution of music and SUN fashion that changed Britain back in the mid-70s. SUN SUN What is less well known is her passion for classical music, SUN and for going to concerts - 'it's brilliant, it's only £10, SUN much cheaper than going out to a discotheque'. In Private SUN Passions, she talks to Michael Berkeley about the music SUN which has inspired her creations, and about creating SUN costumes for the opera. She describes the hardship of her SUN early days as a designer, when she was so short of money SUN that she lived in a caravan with her two small sons. She SUN remembers the heady days of punk, and marching up and down SUN King's Road dressed entirely in rubber. ('Rubberwear for the SUN office' was the concept, and it was very comfortable, she SUN claims.) She tells the story of how she met her husband SUN Andreas, who now designs with her, thanks to a cow. And why SUN there is nothing more attractive than a man in a suit. SUN Especially when he's bending over. SUN SUN Her music choices include the climactic orgy from Ravel's SUN Daphnis and Chloe; ballet music by Stravinsky and Milhaud; SUN Bach's St John Passion; Handel's Alcina; Larry Williams; and SUN Musorgsky's Pictures at An Exhibition: 'If there are any SUN punks out there - just listen to this - it will blow your SUN mind!' SUN SUN Produced by Elizabeth Burke. SUN SUN 13:00 Christmas Around Europe b04vczff (Listen) SUN EBU Day of Christmas Music 2014, Episode 1 SUN SUN The first part of Radio 3's annual day of Christmas music SUN from around Europe, with a series of live and specially SUN recorded concerts. SUN SUN 15:00 Choral Evensong b04v25tb (Listen) SUN Manchester Cathedral SUN SUN From Manchester Cathedral SUN Introit: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61(i) (J.S. Bach) SUN Responses: Christopher Stokes SUN Psalm 89 vv1-19, 50b (Barnby) SUN Office hymn: Creator of the stars of night (Mode iv) SUN Lessons: Isaiah 39, Matthew 17 vv14-21 SUN Antiphon: O Sapientia SUN Canticles: Sumsion in G SUN Anthem: Vox dicentis: Clama (Naylor) SUN Hymn: Hills of the North, rejoice (Little Cornard) SUN Amen, Amen, komm du schöne Freudenkrone BWV 61(vi) (J.S. SUN Bach) SUN Organ voluntary: Prelude & Fugue in B minor BWV 544 (J.S. SUN Bach) SUN SUN Christopher Stokes, Organist and Master of the Choristers SUN Jeffrey Makinson, Sub-organist. SUN SUN 16:00 Christmas Around Europe b04vczm9 (Listen) SUN EBU Day of Christmas Music 2014, Episode 2 SUN SUN The second part of Radio 3's annual day of Christmas music SUN from around Europe, with a series of live and specially SUN recorded concerts. SUN SUN 22:00 Drama on 3 b04vczmc (Listen) SUN Paines Plough at 40 SUN SUN An evening of new drama to celebrate the 40th anniversary of SUN Paines Plough. James Grieve and George Perrin, joint SUN Artistic Directors of Paines Plough, introduce three short SUN plays by Nick Payne, Robin French and Katie Douglas, SUN recorded in front of an audience at the BBC Radio Theatre. SUN SUN Paines Plough was formed in 1974 over a pint of Paines SUN bitter in the Plough pub. Since then they have produced more SUN than 130 new productions by world renowned playwrights and SUN have toured those plays to hundreds of places from SUN Manchester to Moscow to Maidenhead. SUN SUN All three plays are performed by the same core ensemble: SUN Susan Brown, Karl Johnson, Clare Corbett, Bryan Dick, with SUN additional support from Roslyn Hill and Monty d'Inverno. SUN SUN The first play, Nick Payne's Happiness, focuses on married SUN couple Karen and Richard as they attempt to remedy their SUN respective unhappiness with a variety of far-flung SUN undertakings. But can they find a solution that is closer to SUN home? SUN SUN In the strange universe of Robin French's Silver Drills, the SUN fortunes of Humboldt Zoo are about to be turned around by SUN the arrival of mysterious and endangered animals - the SUN Silver Drills. SUN SUN In the final play, Katie Douglas's Reunion, Gary has invited SUN his family around for lunch. However, the reunion turns out SUN to be a far cry from what he was expecting. SUN SUN Credits SUN Writer: Nick Payne SUN Writer: Robin French SUN Writer: Katie Douglas SUN Marla/Ursula/Rita: Susan Brown SUN Voice/Professor/Lou: Karl Johnson SUN Karen/Louise/Rose: Clare Corbett SUN Richard/George/Gary: Bryan Dick SUN Graham/Nathan: Monty d'Inverno SUN Melisa: Roslyn Hill SUN Director: James Grieve SUN Director: George Perrin SUN Director: Sasha Yevtushenko SUN Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko SUN SUN 23:30 BBC Proms 2014 b04w1476 (Listen) SUN Prom 41: Aurora Orchestra SUN SUN The Aurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon from this year's SUN BBC Proms in music by Dobrinka Tabakova and the world SUN premiere of Benedict Mason's Meld. SUN SUN Dobrinka Tabakova: Spinning a Yarn SUN SUN Benedict Mason: Meld (BBC commission: world premiere) SUN SUN Alexandra Wood (violin) (Proms debut artist) SUN Stevie Wishart (hurdy-gurdy) SUN Chantage SUN Aurora Orchestra SUN Nicholas Collon (conductor) SUN SUN Concert originally broadcast 16/08/2014. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 22 DECEMBER 2014 MON MON 00:30 Through the Night b04vd0ts (Listen) MON Haydn's The Creation with Collegium Vocale Gent MON Haydn's Creation - Philippe Herreweghe conducts the MON Orchestre des Champs-Elysées and Collegium Vocale Ghent. MON With Catriona Young MON 12:31 AM MON Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809] MON Die Schöpfung (The Creation) H.21.2 - Nos. 1-19 MON Christina Landshamer (soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), MON Rudolf Rosen (bass), Collegium Vocale Ghent, Orchestre des MON Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) MON 1:23 AM MON Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809] MON Die Schöpfung (The Creation) H.21.2 - Nos. 20-34 MON Christina Landshamer (soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), MON Rudolf Rosen (bass), Collegium Vocale Ghent, Orchestre des MON Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) MON 2:10 AM MON Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 -1827) MON Quartet for strings (Op.95) in F minor MON Quatuor Tercea MON 2:31 AM MON Halvorsen, Johan (1864-1935) MON Symphony no.2 in D minor 'Fatum' MON Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Josep Caballé-Domenech MON (conductor) MON 3:05 AM MON Faure, Gabriel [1845-1924] MON Piano Quartet No.2 in G minor (Op.45) MON Nils-Erik Sparf (violin), Lilli Maijala (viola), Andreas MON Brantelid (cello), Stefan Forsberg (piano) MON 3:41 AM MON Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713) MON Sonata da Chiesa in E minor (Op.1 No.2) MON London Baroque MON 3:46 AM MON Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) MON Le Nozze di Figaro, Act 4: Susanna's aria 'Deh vieni, non MON tardar' MON Irma Urrila (soprano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, MON Okko Kamu (conductor) MON 3:51 AM MON Wirén, Dag (1905-1986) MON Sonatina for piano (Op.25) MON Niklas Sivelöv (piano) MON 3:58 AM MON Anonymous MON 3 Sephardic Romances: MON Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Hespèrion XX, Jordi Savall MON (director) MON 4:08 AM MON Tartini, Giuseppe (1692-1770) MON Trumpet Concerto in D major MON Stanko Arnold (trumpet), Slovenian Soloists, Marko Munih MON (conductor) MON 4:19 AM MON Delius, Frederick (1862-1934) arr. Thomas Beecham MON The Walk to the Paradise Garden (from 'A Village Romeo and MON Juliet') MON BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor) MON 4:31 AM MON Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787) MON Symphony in D major (Op.10 No.5) MON La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor) MON 4:40 AM MON Kodaly, Zoltán (1882-1967) MON Adagio MON Morten Carlsen (viola), Sergej Osadchuk (piano) MON 4:50 AM MON Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827] MON 2 Sonatinas for mandonlin: C minor WoO 43/1 and C major WoW MON 44/1 MON Avi Avital (mandolin) Shalev Ad-El (harpsichord) MON 4:57 AM MON Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) MON Rosamunde - Ballet Music (D.797) MON Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Heinz Holliger (conductor) MON 5:05 AM MON Demersseman, Jules August (1833-1866) MON Concert Fantasy for 2 flutes and piano (Op.36) MON Matej Zupan, Karolina Santl-Zupan (flutes), Dijana Tanovic MON (piano) MON 5:17 AM MON Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) MON Rhapsody for piano (Op.79 No.1) in B minor MON Steven Osborne (piano) MON 5:27 AM MON Bax, Arnold (1883-1953) MON Legend for viola and piano MON Steven Dann (viola), Bruce Vogt (piano) MON 5:37 AM MON Berwald, Franz (1796-1868) MON String Quartet in Eb Major (1849) MON Zetterqvist String Quartet MON 5:57 AM MON Coulthard, Jean (1908-2000) MON Excursion Ballet Suite MON Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor) MON 6:12 AM MON Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) MON Septet for trumpet, piano and strings in E flat major MON (Op.65) MON Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Elise Baatnes and Karolina MON Radziej (violins), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Hjalmer Kvam MON (cello), Marius Faltby (double bass), Enrico Pace (piano). MON MON 06:30 Breakfast b04vdgj3 (Listen) MON Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny, including , the Best of MON British Playlist and your suggestions for our annual musical MON Advent Calendar. MON MON Email the programme at 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk MON MON To vote for your favourite carol in the Breakfast Carol MON Competition go to bbc.co.uk/radio3. MON MON 09:00 Essential Classics b04vd0tx (Listen) MON Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical MON music with your trusted guide, Sarah Walker. Her guest is MON the comedian, actress, writer and director Victoria Wood. MON MON 9am MON A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Bach at MON Christmas.' Sarah showcases choruses and arias from works MON composed by Bach especially for performance at Christmas, MON including Part II of the Christmas Oratorio and the opening MON chorus of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, first performed by MON Bach in Leipzig on Christmas Day, 1724. MON MON 9.30am MON Musical challenge: Mapping the Music MON MON 10am MON Sarah's guest, sharing her favourite classical music every MON day at 10am, is one of the UK's best-loved writers and MON performers: the comedian and actress Victoria Wood. She also MON talks about the new musical TV adaptation of her stage play MON That Day We Sang, which will premiere on BBC Two over MON Christmas. MON MON 10.30am MON This week's featured artist is the acclaimed Argentinian MON pianist Martha Argerich. Renowned for her individual MON virtuosity, Argerich is also known for her love of ensemble MON playing. Sarah showcases Argerich's solo recordings MON including works by Brahms, Ravel and Chopin and explores her MON collaborations with other musicians, highlighting Schubert's MON Arpeggione Sonata with cellist Mischa Maisky and MON Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals. As a festive treat, MON we'll also hear a playful two-piano arrangement of the MON Nutcracker Suite. MON MON 11am MON Today's Essential Choice is taken from the Building a MON Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review. MON MON Beethoven MON Piano Trio in D major 'Ghost'. MON MON 12:00 Composer of the Week b04vd0tz (Listen) MON Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), The Pieta MON MON Donald Macleod introduces the life and music of the Venetian MON priest, feted in his lifetime as both composer and MON violinist, yet destined to die in obscurity in faraway MON Vienna. MON MON Antonio Vivaldi's name is now inextricably linked with MON Venice's charitable institution the Ospedale della Pietà, MON where the female residents benefitted from his skills as MON composer, violinist, teacher and impresario. As a boy, MON Vivaldi was taught by his father, inheriting both his red MON hair and his skill as a violinist. Young Antonio was soon to MON be seen deputising for his father in the orchestra of the MON Basilica of St. Mark's. As the eldest son in a poor family, MON Vivaldi was destined for the priesthood, and he was ordained MON in 1703. Combining the careers of musician and priest wasn't MON unusual at the time, and that same year Vivaldi was MON appointed violin teacher at the Pietà. Donald Macleod MON presents a selection of music Vivaldi wrote specially MON tailored to display the dazzling array of talents offered by MON the girls of the Pietà including an ensemble concerto for MON two recorders, two oboes, bassoon and two violins. He also MON introduces a concerto from Vivaldi's op.3 - the first MON collection to make his name outside Italy and regarded as MON the most influential music publication of the first half of MON the eighteenth century. MON MON 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert b04vd0v1 (Listen) MON Schwarzenberg Schubertiade 2014, Episode 1 MON MON Founded by Hermann Prey in 1976, the Schubertiade is one of MON the most important and distinguished Schubert festivals in MON the world, presenting about 80 events each summer in the MON Austrian hill towns of Schwarzenberg and Hohenems. MON MON In this first programme of highlights from concerts given MON this year in the Angelika Kauffmann Hall in Schwarzenberg, MON baritone Gerald Finley and pianist Julius Drake perform MON Schubert's posthumously published collection of late songs, MON Schwanengesang. MON MON Schubert: Schwanengesang MON Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano). MON MON 14:00 Afternoon on 3 b04vd1hm (Listen) MON Simon Rattle Conducts Brahms and Schumann, Episode 1 MON MON As a prelude to Radio 3's 'Celebrating Simon Rattle' MON festivities next year, Afternoon on 3 this week offers a MON chance to hear the conductor's recent cycle of the complete MON Schumann and Brahms symphonies. Sir Simon Rattle conducts MON here music which has formed the backbone of this legendary MON orchestra's repertoire for over a century, not least under MON Rattle's predecessors, Wilhelm Furtwangler and Herbert von MON Karajan. MON Also this week, a rare chance to hear Jean Philippe Rameau's MON Zais recorded in the historic Hospices de Beaune at the MON heart of Burgundy, a day's walk from the composer's MON birthplace in Dijon. MON MON Zais is best known for its overture, a powerful orchestral MON portrayal of Chaos and the creation of the universe. Written MON in 1748 it is an adaptation of Richardson's novel Pamela MON re-imagined in a mythological world of enchanted spirits and MON fantastical creatures. MON MON Presented by Jonathan Swain MON MON Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B flat, op. 38 ('Spring') MON MON Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor, op. 68 MON MON Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra MON Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) MON MON [Schumann and Brahms cycle continues tomorrow afternoon] MON MON 3.15pm MON Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) - Zaïs, ballet héroïque in MON one prologue and four acts MON Prologue and Act I MON MON Zaïs..... Julian Pregardien (tenor) MON Zélide..... Marie Arnet (soprano) MON Oramasès..... Konstantin Wolff (baritone) MON Cindor..... Benoît Arnould (bass) MON Grande Prêtresse de l'Amour..... Amel Brahim Djelloul MON (soprano) MON L'Amour..... Hasnaa Bennani (soprano) MON Un Sylphe..... Zachary Wilder (countertenor) MON Namur Chamber Chorus MON Les Talens Lyriques MON Christophe Rousset (conductor) MON [Recorded at the Cour des Hospices during the 2014 Beaune MON Festival] MON continued at c. 3.20pm tomorrow. MON MON 16:30 Words and Music b01k9t7h (Listen) MON Eminently Victorian MON MON Eminently Victorian is a kind of stumble or headlong trip MON into the kaleidoscopic world of the 19th century. It's a MON world which embraces Elgar, Mendelssohn and William MON Sterndale Bennett as easily as George Eliot, Oscar Wilde and MON Robert Browning. At once familiar and strange it still seems MON seems utterly contemporary. Anna Maxwell Martin and Rory MON Kinnear conjure up Gwendolen Harleth and Gunga Din amongst MON others and the music whirls from the vernacular of Gilbert MON and Sullivan to Samuel Coleridge Taylor's The Song of MON Hiawatha. MON MON Producer: Zahid Warley. MON MON 17:45 New Generation Artists b04vd1hp (Listen) MON Clemency Burton-Hill begins a two week series showcasing the MON BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists. MON MON As part of the BBC's commitment to developing and nurturing MON young talent, BBC Radio 3 launched its New Generation MON Artists scheme in the autumn of 1999. Now well into its MON second decade, the scheme has acquired the reputation of MON being a world leader for young artists. Every autumn six to MON seven artists or groups who are beginning to make a mark on MON the international music scene are invited to join. MON Opportunities include concerts in London and around the UK, MON appearances and recordings with the BBC Orchestras, special MON studio recordings for Radio 3, and, for some, appearances at MON the Proms. MON MON Today music by Mozart, Schubert, Shostakovich and Dvorak. MON Louis Schwizgebel became internationally known in 2012 when MON he won 2nd prize at the Leeds International Piano MON Competition. Olena Tokar won the Grand Prix at the most MON prestigious singing competition of the Ukraine in 2008 and MON is a permanent ensemble member of the Leipzig Opera. Narek MON Hakhnazaryan was propelled on to the international scene in MON 2011 when he won the Cello First Prize and Gold Medal at the MON XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition; and the quartet, MON Apollon Musagète, established itself after wins at MON international competitions in Vienna and Florence - the MON members have developesd a reputation for working with and MON commissioning new works from living composers. MON MON MOZART: Piano Sonata in B flat major K.333 MON Louis Schwizgebel (piano) MON MON SCHUBERT: Gretchen am Spinnrade MON Olena Tokar (soprano); Joseph Middleton (piano) MON MON SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Sonata in D minor Op.40; MON Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello) Katya Apekisheva (piano) MON MON DVORAK: String Quartet in C major op.61 MON Apollon Musagète. MON MON 19:30 Radio 3 Live in Concert b04vd1hr (Listen) MON Bach: Mass in B Minor MON MON Bach: Mass in B minor live from St John's Smith Square, MON London. MON MON The internationally-acclaimed Choir of Trinity College, MON Cambridge joins forces with the Orchestra of the Age of MON Enlightenment and an outstanding line-up of soloists in MON Bach's final choral masterpiece. Stephen Layton conducts. MON MON Presented by Martin Handley MON MON Katherine Watson (soprano) MON Iestyn Davies (countertenor) MON Gwilym Bowen (tenor) MON Neal Davies (bass) MON Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge MON Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment MON Stephen Layton (conductor). MON MON 22:00 Free Thinking b046cs01 (Listen) MON Colour: Sean Scully, Jamie Ward, Caroline Cox MON MON Philip Dodd talks to the celebrated abstract artist, Sean MON Scully and neuroscientist Jamie Ward and fashion expert MON Caroline Cox explore our perception of colour. MON MON Producer: Zahid Warley MON MON First broadcast June 2014. MON MON 22:45 The Essay b04vd1ht (Listen) MON I've Never Told Anyone This Before, Tod Wodicka - The MON Reluctant Shaman MON MON The first in a series of essays from writers who explore the MON hidden stories of their lives that they've not yet set to MON paper. MON MON Some parents and grandparents may be anticipating struggles MON with getting small children to sleep in the heady days MON approaching Christmas. In 'The Reluctant Shaman' the MON acclaimed novelist shares his history of terrifying MON night-time experiences and how for years he suffered in fear MON and isolation. In Siberia there is a tradition, albeit a MON fading one, of young boys who suffer from night terrors MON being taken aside from the community and trained as shamans. MON They are believed to have a more fluid relationship with the MON spirit world and our so-called 'real world'. In a spirit of MON sceptical inquiry Tod Wodicka tells the story of how he MON discovered he was not alone in experiencing episodes of MON being trapped inside his own body, awake, and convinced that MON the presence in the room is an evil one intent on doing MON harm. Fuseli's famous engraving of The Nightmare recalls for MON him some of the strange feelings of powerlessness and horror MON as a weight presses down on his chest. Where do these MON episodes come from and what are their implications for a MON 21st-century agnostic? MON MON Tod Wodicka was born in Glens Falls, NY in 1976. He MON graduated from the University of Manchester, UK. He is MON currently living in Berlin and working on his second novel, MON The Household Spirit. All Shall Be Well; And All Shall Be MON Well; And All Manner of Things Shall Be Well is his first MON novel, both published by Jonathan Cape. MON MON 23:00 Jazz on 3 b04vd1ld (Listen) MON Best of 2014 MON MON Jez Nelson presents a look back at the best albums and live MON recordings of 2014, featuring selections from studio guests MON Helen Mayhew and John Fordham. MON MON Included in the playlist are highlights from several MON performances that have marked the biggest moments in the MON British jazz calendar, including the reunion of big band MON Loose Tubes, the 70th birthday of saxophonist Evan Parker MON and the Mercury Prize-nominated return of Polar Bear. Also MON on the billing are some of the most exciting albums to have MON emerged Stateside, including offerings from Steve Lehman's MON octet and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire. And Jez, Helen and MON John mark your cards for 2015 with their discoveries of the MON year. MON MON Presenter: Jez Nelson MON Producer: Chris Elcombe. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 23 DECEMBER 2014 TUE TUE 00:30 Through the Night b04vd3j6 (Listen) TUE Festive Music from the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers TUE The BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers in a seasonal TUE concert. With Catriona Young TUE 12:31 AM TUE Tavener, John [1944-2013] TUE God is with us for chorus and organ TUE Edward Goater (tenor), Stephen Farr (organ), BBC Singers, TUE David Hill (conductor) TUE 12:36 AM TUE Bax, Arnold [1883-1953] TUE Mater ora filium for double choir TUE BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor) TUE 12:47 AM TUE Ireland, John [1879-1962] TUE The Holy boy, arr orchestra TUE BBC Concert Orchestra, David Hill (conductor) TUE 12:50 AM TUE Finzi, Gerald [1901-1956] TUE Dies natalis Op.8 for voice and string orchestra TUE Nicky Spence (tenor), BBC Concert Orchestra, David Hill TUE (conductor) TUE 1:17 AM TUE Finzi, Gerald [1901-1956] TUE In terra pax Op.39 for sop, bar, chorus, strings, harp & TUE cymbals TUE Olivia Robinson (soprano), Stephen Charlesworth (baritone), TUE BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, David Hill (conductor) TUE 1:32 AM TUE Howells, Herbert [1892-1983] TUE 3 Carol Anthems TUE Stephen Charlesworth (baritone), BBC Singers, David Hill TUE (conductor) TUE 1:43 AM TUE Bridge, Frank [1879-1941] TUE Sir Roger de Coverley - Christmas dance vers. string TUE orchestra TUE BBC Concert Orchestra, David Hill (conductor) TUE 1:48 AM TUE Warlock, Peter [1894-1930] TUE Bethlehem Down vers. chorus TUE BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, David Hill (conductor) TUE 1:54 AM TUE Vaughan Williams, Ralph [1872-1958] TUE Fantasia on Christmas Carols for baritone, chorus and TUE orchestra TUE Edward Price (baritone), BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, TUE David Hill (conductor) TUE 2:07 AM TUE Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) TUE Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat (Op.110) TUE Sergei Terentjev (piano) TUE 2:31 AM TUE Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) TUE Octet for strings (Op.20) in E flat major TUE Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen (conductor) TUE 3:04 AM TUE Mussorgsky, Modest [1839-1881] TUE Pictures from an exhibition for piano TUE Fazil Say (piano) TUE 3:37 AM TUE Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826) TUE Overture - Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn (J.8) TUE Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Antoni Ros-Marbà TUE (conductor) TUE 3:47 AM TUE Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759) TUE Cara sposa, amante cara - aria from 'Rinaldo' (Act 1 scene TUE 7) TUE Graham Pushee (countertenor), Australian Brandenburg TUE Orchestra, Paul Dyer (artistic director) TUE 3:57 AM TUE Suriani Germani, Alberta (b.19??) TUE Partita (Preludio; Balletto; Pastorele; Gaguarda) TUE Branka Janjanin-Magdalenic (harp) TUE 4:07 AM TUE Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) TUE Sonata for piano (H.16.34) in E minor TUE Ingrid Fliter (piano) TUE 4:18 AM TUE Albinoni, Tomasi (1671-1750) TUE Oboe Concerto in D minor (Op.9 No.2) TUE Carin van Heerden (oboe), L'Orfeo Barockorchester, Michi TUE Gaigg (director) TUE 4:31 AM TUE Telemann, Georg Philipp [1681-1767] TUE Concerto Polonaise TWV 43:G4; TUE Arte dei Suonatori (ensemble) TUE 4:40 AM TUE Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924) TUE Nocturne No.1 in E flat minor (Op.33 No.1) TUE Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) TUE 4:49 AM TUE Cozzolani, Suor Chiara Margarita (1602-c.1677) TUE Laudate pueri - psalm for 8 voices TUE Cappella Artemisia TUE 4:58 AM TUE Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich (1865-1936) TUE Concert Waltz No.1 in D major (Op.47) TUE CBC Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Kazuyoshi Akiyama TUE (conductor) TUE 5:07 AM TUE Glick, Srul Irving (1934-2002) TUE Suite Hébraïque No.1 for clarinet and piano (Cantorial TUE dance; Chassidic dance; Hora; Lullaby; Dialogue; Circle TUE dance) TUE James Campbell (clarinet), Valerie Tryon (piano) TUE 5:19 AM TUE Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962) TUE Four Songs: Ghasel (Gottfried Keller); The Praise of Islay TUE (traditional); Ein altes Lied (L.Andersen); The Old Refrain TUE (Alice Mattullath) TUE Frederik Zetterström (baritone), Anders Kilström (piano) TUE 5:32 AM TUE Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957) TUE Rakastava (Op.14) - suite for string orchestra TUE Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Hannu Koivula (conductor) TUE 5:46 AM TUE Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849] TUE Sonata for piano no. 2 (Op.35) in B flat minor; TUE Khatia Buniatishvili (piano). TUE TUE 06:30 Breakfast b04vdgtm (Listen) TUE Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny. TUE TUE Petroc Trelawny announces the winner of Radio 3's Breakfast TUE Carol Competition. TUE TUE Back in August, Breakfast listeners were challenged to TUE compose a brand new Christmas carol to be performed by the TUE BBC Singers live on Radio 3. Setting the words of a poem by TUE acclaimed author Susan Hill called "Can it be true?" entries TUE could be written in any style. TUE TUE After a great response from very many talented people, the TUE time has now arrived for the result of the voting on the six TUE shortlisted carols. The winning entry will be performed live TUE by the BBC Singers, who celebrate their 90th birthday this TUE year. TUE TUE The six carols were shortlisted by a panel including the TUE Master of the Queen's Music and Associate Composer with the TUE BBC Singers, Judith Weir, and Chief Conductor of the BBC TUE Singers, David Hill. TUE TUE 09:00 Essential Classics b04vd5l0 (Listen) TUE Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical TUE music with your trusted guide, Sarah Walker. Her guest is TUE the comedian, actress, writer and director Victoria Wood. TUE TUE 9am TUE A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Bach at TUE Christmas.' Sarah showcases choruses and arias from works TUE composed by Bach especially for performance at Christmas, TUE including Part II of the Christmas Oratorio and the opening TUE chorus of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, first performed by TUE Bach in Leipzig on Christmas Day, 1724. TUE TUE 9.30am TUE Musical challenge: Mystery Place TUE TUE 10am TUE Sarah's guest, sharing her favourite classical music every TUE day at 10am, is one of the UK's best-loved writers and TUE performers: the comedian and actress Victoria Wood. She also TUE talks about the new musical TV adaptation of her stage play TUE That Day We Sang, which will premiere on BBC Two over TUE Christmas. TUE TUE 10.30am TUE This week's featured artist is the acclaimed Argentinian TUE pianist Martha Argerich. Renowned for her individual TUE virtuosity, Argerich is also known for her love of ensemble TUE playing. Sarah showcases Argerich's solo recordings TUE including works by Brahms, Ravel and Chopin and explores her TUE collaborations with other musicians, highlighting Schubert's TUE Arpeggione Sonata with cellist Mischa Maisky and TUE Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals. As a festive treat, TUE we'll also hear a playful two-piano arrangement of the TUE Nutcracker Suite. TUE TUE 11am TUE Essential Choice TUE TUE Haydn TUE Piano Trio in G major 'Gypsy Rondo' TUE Florestan Trio. TUE TUE 12:00 Composer of the Week b04vd5wk (Listen) TUE Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Opera Impresario TUE TUE Donald Macleod introduces music from two of Vivaldi's TUE earliest successful operatic productions which opened up new TUE job opportunities outside of Venice. TUE Vivaldi took over the running of the small Venetian theatre TUE of San Angelo, firstly producing works by other composers, TUE but in the 1714-15 season, he made his own operatic debut in TUE Venice there. Vivaldi was soon in demand at another theatre, TUE placing him in a very powerful position within Venice's TUE operatic life. New opportunities opened up beyond the shores TUE of the Republic and, in 1718, Vivaldi travelled to the court TUE of Mantua where he took up the position of music director. TUE There he was able to take full advantage of the court TUE orchestra with its rich variety of instruments. TUE TUE Donald Macleod introduces music from two of the operas which TUE helped establish his reputation, a dramatic solo cantata TUE typical of the kind of thing Vivaldi composed for singers to TUE perform during the long operatic off-season, and an example TUE of a chamber concerto that may have been intended for the TUE virtuoso members of the Mantuan court orchestra. TUE TUE 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert b04vd5yk (Listen) TUE Schwarzenberg Schubertiade 2014, Episode 2 TUE TUE Founded by Hermann Prey in 1976, the Schubertiade is one of TUE the most important and distinguished Schubert festivals in TUE the world, presenting about 80 events each summer in the TUE Austrian hill towns of Schwarzenberg and Hohenems. TUE TUE In the second programme of highlights from concerts given TUE this year in the Angelika Kauffmann Hall in Schwarzenberg, TUE tenor Mark Padmore and fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout TUE perform Schumann's powerful song-cycle Dichterliebe, and TUE Till Fellner plays a Haydn piano sonata TUE TUE Haydn: She never told her love; The Spirit's Song TUE Antwort auf die Frage eines Mädchens TUE Mark Padmore (tenor), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) TUE TUE Haydn: Piano Sonata in D, Hob.XVI/37 TUE Till Fellner (piano) TUE TUE Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op 48 TUE Mark Padmore (tenor), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano). TUE TUE 14:00 Afternoon on 3 b04vd64g (Listen) TUE Simon Rattle Conducts Brahms and Schumann, Episode 2 TUE TUE As a prelude to Radio 3's 'Celebrating Simon Rattle' TUE festivities next year, Afternoon on 3 this week offers a a TUE chance to hear his recent cycle of the complete Schumann and TUE Brahms symphonies. Today Sir Simon Rattle conducts their TUE second symphonies. TUE Also this week, a rare chance to hear Jean Philippe Rameau's TUE Zais from the Beaune Festival. TUE Presented by Jonathan Swain TUE TUE Schumann Symphony No. 2 in C, op. 61 TUE TUE Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D, op. 73 TUE TUE Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra TUE Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) TUE TUE [Schumann and Brahms cycle continues tomorrow afternoon] TUE TUE 3.15pm TUE Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) - Zaïs, ballet héroïque in TUE one prologue and four acts TUE Today: Act II TUE TUE Zaïs..... Julian Pregardien (tenor) TUE Zélide..... Marie Arnet (soprano) TUE Oramasès..... Konstantin Wolff (baritone) TUE Cindor..... Benoît Arnould (bass) TUE Grande Prêtresse de l'Amour..... Amel Brahim Djelloul TUE (soprano) TUE L'Amour..... Hasnaa Bennani (soprano) TUE Un Sylphe..... Zachary Wilder (countertenor) TUE Namur Chamber Chorus TUE Les Talens Lyriques TUE Christophe Rousset (conductor) TUE [Recorded at the Cour des Hospices during the 2014 Beaune TUE Festival] TUE continued at c. 3.10pm Friday afternoon. TUE TUE 16:30 Words and Music b01pyfr5 (Listen) TUE Tucked up by Mum and Dad TUE TUE Parents of all sorts feature in this edition of Words and TUE Music, from their own and their children's perspective. So TUE we hear about dysfunctional families from ancient Greece and TUE Philip Larkin; the joys of parenthood from Anna Laetitia TUE Barbauld and a dewy-eyed Coleridge - and its dark side from TUE Abraham and Rachel Cusk. Michael Rosen grieves for his son, TUE while Alan Bennett and Elizabeth Jennings describe TUE relationships with elderly parents. Plus (in case you're TUE confused) parenting advice from Erasmus and Dr Benjamin TUE Spock. Readings by Harriet Walter and James Garnon and music TUE from Ligeti, Bach and Tom Lehrer, among others. TUE David Papp (producer). TUE TUE 17:45 New Generation Artists b04vj86t (Listen) TUE Clemency Burton-Hill continues her two week series TUE showcasing the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists. TUE TUE As part of the BBC's commitment to developing and nurturing TUE young talent, BBC Radio 3 launched its New Generation TUE Artists scheme in the autumn of 1999. Now well into its TUE second decade, the scheme has acquired the reputation of TUE being a world leader for young artists. Every autumn six to TUE seven artists or groups who are beginning to make a mark on TUE the international music scene are invited to join. TUE Opportunities include concerts in London and around the UK, TUE appearances and recordings with the BBC Orchestras, special TUE studio recordings for Radio 3, and, for some, appearances at TUE the Proms. TUE TUE Alec Frank-Gemmill was a prize-winner at the 2011 Aeolus TUE Wind Competition in Germany and is one of the finest of a TUE new generation of horn players. Irish tenor, Robin TUE Tritschler made his Royal Opera debut in 2013 and has also TUE sung many leading roles for Welsh National Opera. Guitarist, TUE Sean Shibe has performed recitals and as a concerto soloist TUE throughout the United Kingdom, Europe and China; he has TUE collaborated with several composers and premiered up to 7 TUE new works. The Danish Quartet consists of three Danes and TUE one Norwegian cellist, making it a truly Scandinavian TUE ensemble. In 2009 they won First Prize in the Eleventh TUE London International String Quartet Competition and they TUE have won a reputation for performing the stalwarts of the TUE string quartet repertoire as well as Scandinavian folk TUE music. Louis Schwizgebel and Zhang Zuo are two young and TUE rising internationals pianists - they bring today's TUE programme to an end with some lovely piano duets by Brahms. TUE TUE BEETHOVEN Sonata in F major Op.17 for horn and piano TUE Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn); Alasdair Beatson (piano) TUE TUE BOCCHERINI Quintet no. 4 in D major G.449 (Fandango) TUE Sean Shibe (guitar); Danish String Quartet TUE TUE BRITTEN: Canticle III - Still falls the rain Op.55 for TUE tenor, horn and piano TUE Robin Tritschler (tenor); Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn); Simon TUE Lepper (piano) TUE TUE BRAHMS Waltzes Op.39 for piano duet TUE Louis Schwizgebel; Zhang Zuo (piano - 4 hands). TUE TUE 19:00 BBC Proms 2014 b04vd6yn (Listen) TUE Prom 56: Holst, Schoenberg, Scriabin TUE TUE The London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski from TUE this year's BBC Proms. 20th-century music takes three TUE contrasting paths here in masterpieces by Holst, Schoenberg TUE and Scriabin. TUE TUE Presented by Martin Handley TUE TUE Holst: The Planets TUE Schoenberg: Five Orchestral Pieces TUE Scriabin: Prometheus - The Poem of Fire TUE TUE Alexander Toradze (piano) TUE London Philharmonic Choir TUE London Philharmonic Orchestra TUE Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) TUE TUE Tuneful good humour and vivid characterisation see the TUE century at its most approachable in Holst's well-loved The TUE Planets. Scriabin's Prometheus is more eccentric - scored TUE for piano, 'colour organ' and orchestra. This performance of TUE it includes the optional part for choir and responds to the TUE composer's imaginative ideas on colour. TUE TUE Premiered at the Proms in 1912, Schoenberg's Five Orchestral TUE Pieces take tonality to the limit, anticipating the TUE composer's later development of serialism. TUE TUE Concert originally broadcast 28/08/2014. TUE TUE 21:00 BBC Proms 2014 b04vdy8b (Listen) TUE Prom 8: Pet Shop Boys TUE TUE Better known as the electro-pop duo the Pet Shop Boys, Neil TUE Tennant and Chris Lowe made their Proms debut this summer as TUE composers. The world premiere of their large-scale work A TUE Man from the Future, inspired by code-breaker Alan Turing, TUE sits alongside new orchestral arrangements of favourite Pet TUE Shop Boys songs with legendary vocalist Chrissie Hynde. TUE TUE Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London. TUE Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch TUE TUE Neil Tennant / Chris Lowe: Overture to 'Performance' TUE Neil Tennant / Chris Lowe: Pet Shop Boys songs TUE Neil Tennant / Chris Lowe: A Man from the Future (orch. S. TUE Helbig) (world premiere) TUE TUE Juliet Stevenson (narrator) TUE Chrissie Hynde (vocalist) TUE Pet Shop Boys TUE BBC Singers TUE BBC Concert Orchestra TUE Dominic Wheeler (conductor) TUE TUE The legendary Pet Shop Boys made their Proms debut in this TUE Late Night Prom, joining the BBC Singers and BBC Concert TUE Orchestra for the world premiere of A Man from the Future, a TUE new piece for electronics, orchestra, choir and narrator. TUE The piece is inspired by the life and work of Alan Turing, TUE who helped break the German Enigma code during the Second TUE World War and formulated the concept of the digital TUE computer, but was prosecuted in 1952 for his homosexuality, TUE receiving a posthumous pardon last year. It comes as a TUE timely homage, 60 years after Turing's death. TUE The concert also includes new orchestral arrangements by TUE renowned film composer Angelo Badalamenti of five Pet Shop TUE Boys songs chosen by Tennant and Lowe, in which they are TUE joined by Chrissie Hynde, as well as the exuberant overture TUE to their 1991 tour, Performance, heard live in concert for TUE the first time. TUE TUE Concert originally broadcast 23/07/2014. TUE TUE 22:45 The Essay b04vd608 (Listen) TUE I've Never Told Anyone This Before, Kei Miller - Because TUE Some Things Just Can't Be Said (By Me to You) TUE TUE A series of essays from writers who explore the untold TUE aspects of their lives that they've not yet set to paper. TUE TUE Reflecting on the complex dynamics of race and power in the TUE world he moves in Kei Miller offers some challenging TUE thoughts about being a black writer in a white literary TUE world. TUE Kei Miller was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1978. He now TUE lives and teaches in London, he was formerly based in TUE Glasgow and spends a great deal of his time in Jamaica. TUE 'The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion' won the TUE Forward Prize for Best Collection in 2014. TUE In the same year his collection of essays Writing Down the TUE Vision: Essays & Prophecies won the OCM Bocas Prize for TUE Caribbean Literature (Non-fiction). His novel The Last TUE Warner Woman was published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in TUE 2010. TUE TUE 23:00 Late Junction b04vd76h (Listen) TUE Best of 2014 Collaborative Sessions TUE TUE Nick Luscombe with the best moments from a selection of this TUE year's Late Junction collaboration sessions, plus music from TUE electronic artist Tropics and pianist Izumi Kimura. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 24 DECEMBER 2014 WED WED 00:30 Through the Night b04vd3j9 (Listen) WED 2014 Martha Argerich Project WED A concert from the 2014 Martha Argerich Project in Lugano, WED presented by Catriona Young. WED 12:31 AM WED Scriabin, Alexander [1872-1915] WED Fantasy in A minor for 2 pianos WED Martha Argerich, Daniel Rivera (pianos) WED 12:39 AM WED Borodin, Alexander [1833-1887] WED Quintet in C minor for piano and strings WED Alexander Mogilevsky (piano), Andrey Baranov (violin), Geza WED Hosszu-Legocky (violin), Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (viola), WED Jing Zhao (cello) WED 1:00 AM WED Vasks, Peteris [b.1946] WED Piano Quartet WED Alexander Gurning (piano), Michael Guttman (violin), Nathan WED Braude (viola), Jing Zhao (cello) WED 1:37 AM WED Stravinsky, Igor [1882-1971] WED The Rite of Spring, arr. for 2 pianos WED Martha Argerich, Akane Sakai (pianos) WED 2:11 AM WED Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953) WED Sonata for Piano no. 7 (Op. 83) in B flat major WED Shura Cherkassky (piano) WED 2:31 AM WED Boeck, August de (1865-1937) WED De kleine Rijnkoning (The Little King of the Rhine) - suite WED for symphonic orchestra after the opera De Rijndwegern (The WED Rhine Dwarfs) arr. by Frits Cells WED Vlaams Radio Orkest , Marc Soustrot (conductor) WED 2:50 AM WED Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893) WED Act II of The Nutcracker - complete ballet (Op.71) WED BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) ' WED 3:33 AM WED Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741] WED Concerto for Sopranino, Two Violins and Basso Continuo RV WED 108 WED Bolette Roed (recorder), Arte dei Suonatori (ensemble) WED 3:42 AM WED Skempton, Howard [1947-] WED There is no rose WED BBC Singers, Paul Brough (conductor) WED 3:44 AM WED Traditional WED Tomorrow shall be my dancing day WED BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor) WED 3:47 AM WED Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924) WED Nocturne in E minor (Op.107) (1915) WED Stefan Lindgren (piano) WED 3:54 AM WED Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) arr. Danzi, Franz WED (1763-1826) WED Extracts from 'Die Zauberflöte' arranged for 2 cellos WED Duo Fouquet WED 4:04 AM WED Trad German arr. John Rutter (b. 1945) WED Still, still, still WED Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, John Rutter (conductor) WED 4:06 AM WED Cornelius, Peter (1824-74) (arr.Ruth Watson Henderson) WED Three Kings WED Ben Heppner (tenor), Toronto Children's Chorus, Members of WED the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Jean Ashworth Bartle WED (conductor) WED 4:09 AM WED Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) WED La Campanella WED Valerie Tryon (piano) WED 4:15 AM WED Tormé, Mel (1925-1999) / Berlin, Irving (1888-1989) / WED Martin, Hugh (b.19??) arr. Cable, Howard (b.1920) WED Christmas Medley - The Christmas Song (Mel Tormé & Robert WED Wells) / White Christmas (Irving Berlin) / Have Yourself a WED Merry Little Christmas (Hugh Martin & Ralph Blaine) WED Louis Quilico & Gino Quilico (baritones), Toronto Children's WED Chorus, Judy Loman (harp), Members of the Toronto Symphony WED Orchestra, Jean Ashworth Bartle (conductor) WED 4:21 AM WED Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893) WED Introduction and waltz from 'Eugene Onegin' - lyric scenes WED in 3 acts (Op.24) WED BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) WED 4:31 AM WED Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931) arr. Dyrst WED Hjemlige jul (Christmas at home) WED Fionian Chamber Choir, Alice Granum (director) WED 4:33 AM WED Ernesaks, Gustav (1908-1993) WED Naarisokk WED Estonian National Male Choir, Ants Soots (director) WED 4:37 AM WED Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849] WED Waltz for piano (Op.18) in E flat major "Grande valse WED brillante" WED Ingrid Fliter (piano) WED 4:42 AM WED Salzedo, Carlos (1885-1961) WED Concert Variations on 'O Tannenbaum' WED Judy Loman (harp) WED 4:46 AM WED Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) WED Träumerei - from Kinderszenen (Op.15 No.7) WED Ralf Gothoni (piano) WED 4:50 AM WED Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) WED Träumerei am Kamin - from the opera 'Intermezzo' WED Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor) WED 4:57 AM WED Torelli, Giuseppe (1658-1709) WED Concerto a quattro in forma Pastorale per il Santo Natale WED (Op.8 No.6), 'Christmas Concerto' WED Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (director) WED 5:04 AM WED Traditional WED Noel Nouvelet WED Zefiro Torna WED 5:07 AM WED Praetorius, Michael (c.1571-1621) WED In dulci jubilo WED Paul Høxbro (recorder) Fionian Chamber Choir, Alice Granum WED (director) (with unidentified tabor player) WED 5:10 AM WED Klami, Uuno (1900-1961) WED Sérénades joyeuses WED Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jussi Jalas (conductor) WED 5:17 AM WED Bartók, Béla (1881-1945) arr. Székely, Zoltán (1903-2001) WED Six Romanian Dances WED Miklós Szenthelyi (violin), Zoltán Kocsis (piano) WED 5:23 AM WED Nenov, Dimitar (1901-53) WED Christmas - symphonic poem for soloists, mixed choir and WED symphony orchestra (1938-39) WED Valeria Popova (soprano), Alexander Krunev (baritone), Mixed WED Choir of Bulgarian National Radio; BNR Symphony Orchestra, WED Milen Nachev (conductor) WED 5:58 AM WED Ruppe, Christian Friedrich (1753-1826) WED Christmas Cantata WED Francine van der Heyden (soprano), Karin van der Poel WED (mezzo-soprano), Otto Bouwknegt (tenor), Mitchell Sandler WED (bass), Ensemble Bouzignac, Musica ad Rhenum, Jed Wentz WED (conductor). WED WED 06:30 Breakfast b04vdh44 (Listen) WED Christmas Eve Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny. Petroc WED presents a musical Christmas feast, opens the penultimate WED window in our musical advent calendar and plays another WED suggestion for our year-long Breakfast Best of British WED Playlist. WED email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. WED WED 09:00 Essential Classics b04vd5l2 (Listen) WED Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical WED music with your trusted guide, Sarah Walker. Her guest is WED the comedian, actress, writer and director Victoria Wood. WED WED 9am WED A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Bach at WED Christmas.' Sarah showcases choruses and arias from works WED composed by Bach especially for performance at Christmas, WED including Part II of the Christmas Oratorio and the opening WED chorus of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, first performed by WED Bach in Leipzig on Christmas Day, 1724. WED WED 9.30am WED Musical challenge: Relative Values WED WED 10am WED Sarah's guest, sharing her favourite classical music every WED day at 10am, is one of the UK's best-loved writers and WED performers: the comedian and actress Victoria Wood. She also WED talks about the new musical TV adaptation of her stage play WED That Day We Sang, which will premiere on BBC Two over WED Christmas. WED WED 10.30am WED This week's featured artist is the acclaimed Argentinian WED pianist Martha Argerich. Renowned for her individual WED virtuosity, Argerich is also known for her love of ensemble WED playing. Sarah showcases Argerich's solo recordings WED including works by Brahms, Ravel and Chopin and explores her WED collaborations with other musicians, highlighting Schubert's WED Arpeggione Sonata with cellist Mischa Maisky and WED Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals. As a festive treat, WED we'll also hear a playful two-piano arrangement of the WED Nutcracker Suite. WED WED 11am WED Essential Choice WED WED Brahms WED Clarinet Quintet WED Sabine Meyer (clarinet) WED Alban Berg Quartet. WED WED 12:00 Composer of the Week b04vd5wp (Listen) WED Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Acceptance in Rome WED WED Donald Macleod introduces music associated with a devoted WED follower of Vivaldi's from Dresden, and influential patrons WED in Rome. WED WED As Vivaldi's reputation began to spread across Europe, WED musicians from far and wide made a point of visiting him in WED Venice. One such was Johann Georg Pisendel, a distinguished WED violinist from the Dresden court who studied with Vivaldi. WED On his return he ensured Vivaldi's concertos formed a WED central role in the repertoire of the court orchestra. WED Offers of work came in from elsewhere, including Rome, and WED Vivaldi soon found himself on the invitation lists of some WED of the most powerful and influential princes and cardinals, WED including the music-loving Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni. Donald WED Macleod introduces a sonata from a collection owned by the WED Cardinal, an excerpt from an opera premiered in Rome and a WED concerto dedicated to the faithful Pisendel's employer at WED the court of Dresden. WED WED 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert b04vd5ym (Listen) WED Schwarzenberg Schubertiade 2014, Episode 3 WED WED Founded by Hermann Prey in 1976, the Schubertiade is one of WED the most important and distinguished Schubert festivals in WED the world, presenting about 80 events each summer in the WED Austrian hill towns of Schwarzenberg and Hohenems. WED WED In this third programme of highlights from concerts given WED this year in the Angelika Kauffmann Hall in Schwarzenberg, WED Finnish soprano Soile Isokoski sings songs by Grieg and WED Schubert, and the Ebène Quartet perform one of the six WED string quartets that Mozart dedicated to his friend Haydn. WED WED Grieg: 6 Lieder, Op. 48 WED Soile Isokoski (soprano), Ikka Paananen (piano) WED WED Mozart: String Quartet in E flat, K428 WED Ebène Quartet WED WED Schubert: Heiss mich nicht redden; So lasst mich scheinen WED Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt; Kennst du das Land? (Mignon WED Lieder) WED Soile Isokoski (soprano), Ikka Paananen (piano). WED WED 14:00 Afternoon on 3 b04vd64j (Listen) WED Simon Rattle Conducts Brahms and Schumann, Episode 3 WED WED As a prelude to Radio 3's 'Celebrating SimonRattle' WED festivities next year, Afternoon on 3 this week offers a WED chance to hear his recent cycle of the complete Schumann and WED Brahms symphonies. Today Sir Simon Rattle conducts the WED composers' third symphonies. WED Presented by Katie Derham WED WED Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E flat, op. 97 WED WED Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F, op. 90 WED WED Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra WED Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) WED WED [Schumann and Brahms cycle continues on Friday afternoon]. WED WED 15:30 Choral Evensong b04vd79s (Listen) WED Archive Broadcast from Tewkesbury Abbey with the Exon WED Singers WED WED An archive broadcast from Tewkesbury Abbey with the Exon WED Singers, first broadcast at Christmastide in 2002 WED WED Introit: No small wonder (Paul Edwards) WED Responses (Clucas) WED Psalm 12, 13, 14 (Barnby, Camidge, Vann) WED 1st lesson: Genesis 12 vv 1-7 WED Office hymn: From east to west, from shore to shore (A Solis WED Ortus) WED Canticles: Second Service (Leighton) WED 2nd lesson: John 6 vv 1-14 WED Anthem: Long, long ago (Howells) WED Hymn: Unto us a boy is born (Puer Nobis) WED Organ voluntary: Toccata on 'Vom Himmel hoch' WED (Edmundson) WED WED Matthew Owens, Director of Music WED Carleton Etherington, Organist. WED WED 16:30 Words and Music b03yqgq8 (Listen) WED British Rivers WED WED From the banks of the Thames, a live edition with poetry, WED prose and music on British rivers. With music by Delius, WED Sally Beamish and George Butterworth and words by Ted WED Hughes, Stevie Smith, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Alice WED Oswald. The readers are Stella Gonet and Robert Glenister. WED WED Producer: Fiona McLean WED WED 17:45 New Generation Artists b04vj87p (Listen) WED Clemency Burton-Hill continues her week series showcasing WED the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists. WED WED As part of the BBC's commitment to developing and nurturing WED young talent, BBC Radio 3 launched its New Generation WED Artists scheme in the autumn of 1999. Now well into its WED second decade, the scheme has acquired the reputation of WED being a world leader for young artists. Every autumn six to WED seven artists or groups who are beginning to make a mark on WED the international music scene are invited to join. WED Opportunities include concerts in London and around the UK, WED appearances and recordings with the BBC Orchestras, special WED studio recordings for Radio 3, and, for some, appearances at WED the Proms. WED WED British mezzo-soprano, Kitty Whately was the winner Kathleen WED Ferrier Award 2011 and the 59th Royal Over-seas League Award WED for Singers and she is joined by the leading French violist, WED Lise Berthaud to perform Brahms's Geistliches Wiegenlied WED especially for Christmas Eve. Esther Yoo first came to WED international attention in 2010 when, aged 16, she became WED the youngest prize winner of the 10th International Sibelius WED Violin Competition. In 2012, the American-Korean violinist WED was also one of the youngest ever prize winners of the Queen WED Elisabeth Competition. The Armida Quartet was founded in the WED summer of 2006 and in September 2012 the Armida Quartet WED achieved first prize and Audience Award at the 61st WED International Music Competition of ARD in Germany. WED WED BRAHMS Geistliches Wiegenlied Op. 91 WED Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano); Lise Berthaud (viola); Joseph WED Middleton (piano) WED WED GRIEG Violin Sonata no. 3 in C minor Op.45 WED Esther Yoo (violin); Robert Koenig (piano) WED WED HAYDN String Quartet in C major Op. 76 No. 3 (Emperor) WED Armida Quartet. WED WED 19:00 BBC Proms 2014 b04vd7by (Listen) WED Prom 61: Rachmaninov, Glinka and Zhou Long WED WED Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Andreas Haefliger from this WED year's BBC Proms, opening with Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila WED overture, and closing with Rachmaninov's Second Symphony WED WED Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London. WED Presented by Christopher Cook WED WED Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila - overture WED Zhou Long: Postures (European premiere) WED Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor WED WED Andreas Haefliger (piano) WED Singapore Symphony Orchestra WED Lan Shui (conductor) WED WED Continuing the World Orchestras strand this year, the WED Singapore Symphony Orchestra made its Proms debut under WED Music Director Lan Shui, bringing with it the European WED premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning Chinese composer Zhou WED Long's Piano Concerto - a fusion of Western forms and WED Eastern memories. WED WED The concert opens with the overture to Glinka's fairy-tale WED opera Ruslan and Lyudmila, which weaves three melodies WED together with intricate skill. We end with Rachmaninov's WED Second Symphony, in which the composer overcame his early WED artistic doubts to produce an expansive work with a WED brilliant, vivacious scherzo and one of his very loveliest WED slow movements. WED WED Concert originally broadcast 02/09/2014. WED WED 21:00 BBC Proms 2014 b04vd7w0 (Listen) WED Prom 25: The Tallis Scholars sing Tavener WED WED An avowedly spritual composer who caught the public WED admiration in this secular age, John Tavener's was a WED compositional voice unlike any other and the increasingly WED wide-ranging spirituality of his music - which, in his later WED years, embraced Islam and Hinduism as well Christianity - is WED reflected in this concert. Long-time collaborators the WED Tallis Scholars perform two works composed for them - 'Ikon WED of Light', completed in the 1980s, and 'Requiem Fragments' WED which is one of the final works Tavener completed before his WED death last year. WED WED Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London. WED Presented by Martin Handley WED WED Tavener: Ikon of Light WED Tavener: Requiem Fragments (BBC commission; world premiere) WED WED Carolyn Sampson (soprano) WED Heath Quartet WED Tallis Scholars WED Peter Phillips (conductor) WED WED Concert originally broadcast 04/08/2014. WED WED 22:45 The Essay b04vd60b (Listen) WED I've Never Told Anyone This Before, Erica Wagner - A History WED of My Family in One Object WED WED Continuing our series in which five writers were invited to WED reveal something which they'd never told anyone before. From WED difficult and awkward truths to personal and challenging WED experiences, this series of essays offers an intriguing and WED provocative glimpse into the inner lives of others. WED WED At a time of the year when it's traditional for families to WED gather together, the journalist and author Erica Wagner WED looks back on the stories her mother told about her father WED through the medium of the wedding present she gave him in WED 1965: a Norden bombsight taken from a Second World War B29 WED bomber. WED WED The narratives we build around ourselves and those we love WED are just that - constructed stories - and sometimes the WED boundary between fact and fiction is a fine one. Erica WED Wagner's father died in 2007; her mother a couple of years WED later. During the period when she was packing up their WED belongings and also spending time with her parents' WED surviving friends, she began to discover that her mother's WED proud story about her father's years as a pilot didn't WED entirely make sense. Her father had never spoken about his WED wartime experiences, and records from the USAF were either WED missing or destroyed. With no one left to ask, what does it WED mean when the stories you cherish may not even be true? WED WED 23:00 Late Junction b04vd89v (Listen) WED Nick Luscombe with festive music from Les Paul, new folk WED from Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker plus modern jazz from WED Troyka. WED WED THU THURSDAY 25 DECEMBER 2014 THU THU 00:30 Through the Night b04vd5ck (Listen) THU Christmas in Sweden THU Christmas from Stockholm with the Swedish Radio Chorus, THU Members of Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by THU Andreas Hanson. With Catriona Young. THU 12:31 AM THU Olsson, Otto [1879-1964] THU Guds son är född (God's Son is Born) THU 12:36 AM THU Gauntlett, Henry John [1805-1876]; THU Once in Royal David's City THU 12:39 AM THU Gabrieli, Giovanni [c.1554/7-1612], THU Hodie Christus natus est THU 12:44 AM THU Bach, Johann Sebastian [1685-1750] THU Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 excerpts arr Brass Ensemble THU 12:54 AM THU Britten, Benjamin [1913-1976] THU Corpus Christi Carol THU Swedish Radio Chorus, Members of Swedish Radio Symphony THU Orchestra, Andreas Hanson (conductor) THU 12:57 AM THU Britten, Benjamin [1913-1976] THU A Ceremony of Carols excerpts THU Lisa Carlioth (soprano), Love Enström (tenor), Lisa Viguier THU Vallgarda (harp) THU 1:07 AM THU Anderson, Leroy [1908-1975] THU Suite of Carols THU 1:16 AM THU Praetorius, Michael [c.1571-1621]; arr Sandström, Jan THU [b.1954] THU Det är en ros utsprungen (Es ist ein Ros entspungen) THU 1:21 AM THU Mendelssohn, Felix [1809-1847], arr Willcocks, David THU [b.1919] THU Hark! the Herald Angels Sing THU 1:25 AM THU Ukkonen, Per-Olof [arranger] THU Medley of Swedish Christmas Carols THU 1:32 AM THU Bossi, Marco Enrico [1861-1925], arr Parkes, Chris THU Cantate Domino THU Mathias Kjellgren (organ) THU 1:37 AM THU Nordqvist, Gustaf [1886-1949], Text Evers Edvard [1853-1919] THU Jul, jul, stralande jul (Yule, Yule, Radiant Yule) THU 1:41 AM THU Mozetich, Marjan (b. 1948) THU The Passion of Angels - Concerto for 2 harps and orchestra THU (1995) THU Nora Bumanis & Julia Shaw (harps), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, THU Mario Bernardi (conductor) THU 2:02 AM THU Williamson, Malcolm (1931-2003) THU This Christmas Night THU Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, David Miller (piano), THU Antony Walker (conductor) THU 2:06 AM THU Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) THU Le carnaval des animaux THU The Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound, James THU Campbell (director) THU 2:31 AM THU Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759) THU For unto us a child is born - from Messiah THU Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Orchestra, Ivars THU Taurins (conductor) THU 2:35 AM THU Palmgren, Selim (1878-1951) THU Cinderella Suite (1902-3) THU Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, George de Godzinsky THU (conductor) THU 2:58 AM THU Zelenka, Jan Dismas [1679-1745] THU Missa Nativitatis Domini, ZWV.8 THU soloists with Musica Florea, Marek Stryncl (director) THU 3:32 AM THU Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) THU Flute Sonata in A major for transverse flute (BWV.1032) THU Bart Kuijken (flute), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) THU 3:46 AM THU Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893) THU The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers THU Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Marko THU Munih (conductor) THU 3:53 AM THU Traditional English arr. Victor Davies THU The Holly and the Ivy THU Elmer Iseler Singers, Gianetta Baril (harp), Elmer Iseler THU (conductor) THU 3:57 AM THU Cambini, Giuseppe Maria (1746-1825) THU Trio for flute, oboe and bassoon, Op.45 No.1 THU Vladislav Brunner (flute), Jozef Hanusovsky (oboe), Jozef THU Martinkovic (bassoon) THU 4:11 AM THU Foulds, John [1880-1939] THU Holiday Sketches (Op.16) THU Cynthia Fleming (violin), Katharine Wood (cello) BBC Concert THU Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor) THU 4:26 AM THU Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621) THU Hodie Christus natus est THU Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, Hannaford Street Silver THU Band , Edward Moroney (organ), John Rutter (conductor) THU 4:31 AM THU Scheidt, Samuel (1587-1654) (text 14c. German) THU In dulci jubilo THU Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, Hannaford Street Silver THU Band , Edward Moroney (organ), John Rutter (conductor) THU 4:34 AM THU Englund, Einar (1916-1999) THU The White Reindeer - Suite for orchestra (1952) THU Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari (conductor) THU 4:48 AM THU Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963) THU Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël THU Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir, Evi Eespere THU (director) THU 4:59 AM THU Holst, Gustav (1874-1934) THU Wind Quintet in A flat major (Op.14) THU Cinque Venti THU 5:14 AM THU Traditional Romanian THU Trei cantece de stea din Dobrogea (Steaua sus rasare) THU Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Romanian Madrigal Choir, THU Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Tiberiu Soare (conductor) THU 5:17 AM THU Enescu, George (1881-1955) THU Romanian Rhapsody No.1 in A major (Op.11 no.1) THU Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Horia Andreescu (cond) THU 5:29 AM THU Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788) THU Concerto for flute and strings in D minor (H.426) (1747?) THU Robert Aitken (flute), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario THU Bernardi (conductor) THU 5:51 AM THU Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) THU Children's Corner THU Roger Woodward (piano) THU 6:09 AM THU Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893) THU The Sleeping beauty suite (Op.66a) THU Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard THU (conductor). THU THU 06:30 Breakfast b04vdhfk (Listen) THU Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny, including the wining entry THU in the Breakfast Carol Competition. Plus the Best of British THU Playlist and your musical requests and suggestions. email THU 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. THU THU 09:00 Essential Classics b04vd5l4 (Listen) THU Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical THU music with your trusted guide, Sarah Walker. Her guest is THU the comedian, actress, writer and director Victoria Wood. THU THU 9am THU A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Bach at THU Christmas.' Sarah showcases choruses and arias from works THU composed by Bach especially for performance at Christmas, THU including Part II of the Christmas Oratorio and the opening THU chorus of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, first performed by THU Bach in Leipzig on Christmas Day, 1724. THU THU 9.30am THU Musical challenge: Recording Rewind THU THU 10am THU Sarah's guest, sharing her favourite classical music every THU day at 10am, is one of the UK's best-loved writers and THU performers: the comedian and actress Victoria Wood. She also THU talks about the new musical TV adaptation of her stage play THU That Day We Sang, which will premiere on BBC Two over THU Christmas. THU THU 10.30am THU This week's featured artist is the acclaimed Argentinian THU pianist Martha Argerich. Renowned for her individual THU virtuosity, Argerich is also known for her love of ensemble THU playing. Sarah showcases Argerich's solo recordings THU including works by Brahms, Ravel and Chopin and explores her THU collaborations with other musicians, highlighting Schubert's THU Arpeggione Sonata with cellist Mischa Maisky and THU Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals. As a festive treat, THU we'll also hear a playful two-piano arrangement of the THU Nutcracker Suite. THU THU 11am THU Essential Choice THU THU Mendelssohn THU Octet THU Ensemble Explorations. THU THU 12:00 Composer of the Week b04vqg6j (Listen) THU Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Celebrity THU THU Donald Macleod introduces two notorious events: the Venetian THU debut of the singer with whom Vivaldi became infamously THU associated, and the publication of The Four Seasons. THU THU 1725 was an important year for Vivaldi. He once again took THU over running the San Angelo Theatre in Venice where he THU oversaw the debut of a young singer whose name was to become THU inextricably, and rather scandalously, linked with his. At THU the same time, his collection of concertos entitled Il THU cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione was published. It THU contained a set of 4 concertos known collectively as The THU Four Seasons, destined to become one of the most popular THU works of all time. The set were particularly fashionable in THU Paris where the young Louis XV insisted upon a command THU performance of the Spring Concerto at Versailles. Alongside THU the concerto, which famously evokes the icy blasts of THU winter, Donald Macleod introduces part of a grand serenata THU Vivaldi composed as a paean of praise to France, a sonata THU for cello - an instrument for which Vivaldi had a particular THU empathy, and an excerpt from one of the operas in which THU Vivaldi's protégé, Anna Giraud, first tread the boards at THU the San Angelo Theatre. THU THU 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert b04vd5yp (Listen) THU Schwarzenberg Schubertiade 2014, Episode 4 THU THU pianist Igor Levit performs an all-Beethoven programme, THU including two early works - the C minor, Op 10 No 1 and the THU short 'Sonatina' Op 49 no 2 - and the powerful and stormy THU middle-period F minor Sonata, known as the 'Appassionata'. THU THU Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 10 No 1 THU Beethoven: Piano Sonata in G, Op 49 No 2 THU Beethoven: Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 (Appassionata) THU THU Igor Levit (piano). THU THU 14:00 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols b04vrhvx (Listen) THU Recorded yesterday in the Chapel of King's College, THU Cambridge THU THU Hymn: Once in Royal David's City (desc. Cleobury) THU Bidding Prayer read by the Dean THU A Babe is Born (Mathias) THU First lesson: Genesis 3 vv 8-19 read by a Chorister THU Remember, O Thou Man (Ravenscroft) THU Adam Lay Ybounden (Ledger) THU Second lesson: Genesis 22 vv 15-18 read by a Choral Scholar THU One Star, at Last (Maxwell Davies) THU In Dulci Jubilo (Praetorius) THU Third lesson: Isaiah 9 vv 2, 6-7 read by a Representative of THU the Cambridge Churches THU Sussex Carol (arr. Willcocks) THU Hymn: Unto us is born a Son (arr. Willcocks) THU Fourth lesson: Isaiah 11 vv 1-3a, 4a, 6-9 read by a THU Representative of the City of Cambridge THU A Spotless Rose (Howells) THU There Is No Rose (Medieval) THU Fifth lesson: Luke 1 vv 26-38 read by a Representative of THU the sister College at Eton THU Gabriel's Message (arr. Pettman) THU Joys Seven (arr. Cleobury) THU Sixth lesson: Luke 2 vv 1 -7 read by the Chaplain THU Lullaby (Birtwistle) THU In The Bleak Midwinter (Holst) THU Seventh lesson: Luke 2 vv 8-16 read by the Director of Music THU L'adieu des Bergers (Berlioz) THU Hymn: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Willcocks) THU Eighth lesson: Matthew 2 vv 1-12 read by the Vice-Provost THU De Maria Virgine (Rütti -newly commissioned) THU Ding, Dong, Merrily on High (arr. Wilberg/ Stevens) THU Ninth lesson: John 1 vv 1-14 read by the Provost THU Hymn: O come, all ye faithful (arr. Willcocks) THU Blessing THU Hymn: Hark, the Herald Angels Sing (desc. Cleobury) THU THU Organ voluntaries: THU In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Bach) THU Symphony No. 6 in g minor Finale: Vivace (Widor) [broadcast THU on Radio 3 on Christmas Day only] THU THU Director of Music: Stephen Cleobury THU Organ Scholar: Douglas Tang THU Producer: Philip Billson THU THU 15:40 Afternoon on 3 b04vd64l (Listen) THU Martha Argerich - Schumann Piano Concerto THU THU A true musical legend of our time performs Schumann's Piano THU Concerto, one of the most popular of all piano concertos. THU Katie Derham presents this performance recorded in Berlin at THU the end of last month THU THU Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54 THU THU Martha Argerich (piano) THU Berlin Philharmonic, Riccardo Chailly (conductor). THU THU 16:30 Words and Music b0186gw3 (Listen) THU The Rhyming and the Chiming THU THU Words and Music on the theme of bells. Readers Sylvestra Le THU Touzel and David Troughton. THU THU This is the season for bells, joyful Christmas bells and THU clamorous New Year peals - and they will feature in this THU edition of the programme. But there will also be rhyming and THU chiming from other seasons of life, taking Edgar Allan Poe's THU onomatopoeic poem as its centrepiece. There are bells from THU childhood, from marriage, from the ordinary round of life as THU nostalgically remembered in both city and countryside by THU Betjeman. The sinister side of the sound of bells is brought THU to life by Dickens in his atmospheric story "The Chimes", THU and in the famous scene from "The Nine Tailors" by Dorothy THU L. Sayers in which Lord Peter Wimsey finds himself in the THU belltower as the cacophony carries on about him. There are THU alarums from the battlefield and the gallows humour of the THU bells of hell going ting-a-ling-a-ling... But this is THU Christmas and so Longfellow and Tennyson's "Wild Bells" will THU see us out on a note of celebration and hope for the future. THU THU Music from Liszt, Henze, Loesser, Philip Feeney, Grieg and THU Elizabeth Poston among others. THU THU Producer: Elizabeth Funning THU THU 17:45 New Generation Artists b04vj95f (Listen) THU Clemency Burton-Hill continues her week series showcasing THU the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists. THU THU As part of the BBC's commitment to developing and nurturing THU young talent, BBC Radio 3 launched its New Generation THU Artists scheme in the autumn of 1999. Now well into its THU second decade, the scheme has acquired the reputation of THU being a world leader for young artists. Every autumn six to THU seven artists or groups who are beginning to make a mark on THU the international music scene are invited to join. THU Opportunities include concerts in London and around the UK, THU appearances and recordings with the BBC Orchestras, special THU studio recordings for Radio 3, and, for some, appearances at THU the Proms. THU THU German baritone Benjamin Appl was the last private pupil of THU Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and was recipient of the 2012 THU Schubert Prize awarded by the Deutsches Schubert THU Gesellschaft. He opens today's programme with a recording, THU especially for Christmas Day, of Mariä's Wiegenlied by THU Reger. Schumann's Märchenerzählungen are perfect for THU Christmas afternoon, each piece from the set tells a THU whimsical fairy-tale in music. Robin Tritscher and Sean THU Shibe provide some heat as they perform Italian love songs THU for voice and guitar by Giuliani, and to end Canteloube's THU gorgeous settings of folk-songs from the Auvergne region of THU France performed by Kitty Whately with the BBC Scottish THU Symphony Orchestra and conductor, John Wilson. THU THU REGER Mariä Wiegenlied THU SCHUBERT: Songs of the Harper THU Benjamin Appl (baritone); Joseph Middleton (piano) THU THU SCHUMANN Märchenerzählungen Op. 132 THU Mark Simpson (clarinet); Lise Berthaud (viola); Joseph THU Middleton (piano) THU THU GIULIANI 6 Cavatine Op.39 THU Robin Tritschler (tenor); Sean Shibe (guitar) THU THU CANTELOUBE from Chants d'Auvergne THU Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano) THU BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra THU John Wilson (conductor). THU THU 19:00 BBC Proms 2014 b04vd8nc (Listen) THU Prom 64: Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic THU THU The Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle dance through a THU programme of Russian music from this year's BBC Proms - THU Stravinsky's Firebird ballet and Rachmaninov's Symphonic THU Dances. THU THU Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London. THU Presented by Petroc Trelawny THU THU Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances THU Stravinsky: The Firebird THU THU Berlin Philharmonic THU Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) THU THU Sir Simon Rattle and his Berlin Philharmonic don their THU dancing shoes and whisk us off to Russia - via America in THU the case of Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances. Composed on Long THU Island for the Philadelphia Orchestra, they blend the THU balletic traditions of the exile Rachmaninov's Russian THU homeland with jazz influences from his adopted home, the THU United States. Then there's authentic Russian ballet and THU fairy tale in Stravinsky's breakthrough work about the THU magical Firebird. THU THU Concert originally broadcast 05/09/2014. THU THU 21:00 BBC Proms 2014 b04vr8r3 (Listen) THU Prom 30: Battle of the Bands THU THU Battle of the Bands from this year's BBC Proms, with leading THU jazz singer Clare Teal and present-day band leaders James THU Pearson and Grant Windsor fighting it out in a roof-raising THU battle at the Royal Albert Hall. THU THU Introduced by Petroc Trelawny THU THU Gregory Porter (singer) THU Clare Teal (singer / presenter) THU Count Pearson Proms Band THU James Pearson (leader / conductor) THU Duke Windsor Proms Band THU Grant Windsor (leader / conductor) THU THU Leading jazz singer Clare Teal presents a Late Night Prom THU with a difference as we are transported back to the swing THU era of the 1930s and 1940s with two of the greatest bands of THU the day, led at the time by Count Basie and Duke Ellington. THU With selections including Jumpin' at the Woodside and It THU Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing), and THU culminating in a bespoke 'Battle Royal', the roof will THU surely be raised as these giants of jazz do battle for the THU approval of the audience. THU THU Concert originally broadcast 08/08/2014. THU THU 22:45 The Essay b04vd60g (Listen) THU I've Never Told Anyone This Before, Jane Stevenson - An THU Uneasy Feeling THU THU Continuing our series of Essays in which five writers were THU commissioned to tell us something they have never told THU anyone before. Ranging from deeply personal experiences such THU as an account of sleep paralysis to the awkward truths and THU unspoken rules of power and race. THU THU Today's true story from the biographer, historian and THU novelist Jane Stevenson steps beyond the safety of academic THU research to put her own life in the spotlight and recount an THU incident which prompted a very uneasy feeling and a THU startling conclusion. THU THU 23:00 Late Junction b04vd8pp (Listen) THU Martin Baker and Simon Fisher Turner THU THU Nick Luscombe brings a sackful of Christmas Day tunes with THU tracks from Sufjan Stevens, Booker T and the MGs, Celia Cruz THU and The Reverend Horton Heat. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 26 DECEMBER 2014 FRI FRI 00:30 Through the Night b04vd5cm (Listen) FRI The Lion Guitar FRI 'The Lion Guitar'. Catriona Young presents music performed FRI on historical guitars from the Museu de la Musica, FRI Barcelona. FRI 12:31 FRI Albeniz, Isaac FRI Asturias & Cadiz, from 'Suite española, op. 47' (1887) FRI Xavier Diaz-Latorre (guitar by Antonio de Torres Jurado, FRI Seville, 1859) FRI 12:42 FRI Mudarra, Alonso FRI Claros y frescos rios FRI Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Hespèrion XX, Jordi Savall FRI (director) FRI 12:48 FRI Cabezon, Antonio de FRI 3 works FRI Margret Köll (arpa doppia) FRI 12:57 FRI Mayone, Ascanio FRI Partite sopra Fidele FRI Margret Köll FRI 1:00 FRI Sor, Fernando FRI Introduction and variations on Mozart's 'O cara armonia' FRI Xavier Diaz-Latorre (guitar by Josef Pagés, Cádiz 1806) FRI 1:09 FRI Sor, Fernando FRI Introduction, Theme and Variations on Marlborough s'en FRI va-t-en guerre, (Op. 28) FRI Xavier Diaz-Latorre (guitar by Josef Pagés) FRI 1:19 FRI Valente, Antonio FRI Gallarda Napolitana FRI Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall FRI 1:21 FRI Ortiz, Diego/Torre, Francisco de la FRI Il Re di Spagna FRI Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall FRI 1:24 FRI Da Nola, Giovanni Domenico del Giovane FRI Cigare siamo venit'a giocare FRI Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall FRI (director) FRI 1:27 FRI Trabaci, Giovanni Maria FRI 2 works FRI Margret Köll FRI 1:36 FRI Guerau, Francisco FRI Mariona from "Poema Harmonico" FRI Xavier Diaz-Latorre (guitar from Italy, c.1700) FRI 1:42 FRI Ribayaz, Lucas Ruiz de FRI Xaracas FRI Accentus Austria, Thomas Wimmer (director) FRI 1:44 FRI Sanz, Gaspar FRI Canarios FRI Accentus Austria, Thomas Wimmer FRI 1:47 FRI Ribayaz, Lucas Ruiz de FRI Achas; Bacas; Ruggiero; Xacaras; Espanoletas FRI Margret Köll FRI 1:57 FRI Murcia, Santiago de FRI 2 pieces from "Codex de Saldívar" FRI Xavier Diaz-Latorre (Guitarra dels Lleons - The Lion Guitar FRI c.1700) FRI 2:06 FRI Marin, José FRI No piense Menguilla ya FRI Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Rolf Lislevand (baroque FRI guitar), Arianna Savall (soprano & double harp), Pedro FRI Estevan (percussion), Adela González-Campa (castanets) FRI 2:12 FRI Sanz, Gaspar FRI 4 pieces from "Instrucción de música sobre la guitara FRI española" FRI Xavier Diaz-Latorre (Guitarra dels Lleons - The Lion Guitar FRI c.1700) FRI 2:31 FRI Scarlatti, Alessandro FRI Cinque Profeti - Christmas Cantata FRI Barbara Schlick (soprano); Heike Hallaschka (soprano); Kai FRI Wessel (alto); Christoph Prégardien (tenor); Michael FRI Schopper (bass), La Stagione, Michael Schneider (director) FRI 3:31 FRI Anon (arr. Praetorius, Michael) FRI En Rose sa jeg skyde FRI Paul Hoxbro (recorder), Fionian Chamber Choir, Alice Granum FRI (director) FRI 3:34 FRI Rung, Henrik FRI Kimer, I klokke FRI Fionian Chamber Choir, Alice Granum (director) FRI 3:37 FRI Hannikainen, Ilmari FRI Ensi Lumi (First Snow) FRI Risto Kyrö (piano) FRI 3:42 FRI Massenet, Jules FRI Melodie-elegie FRI Debussy, Claude; arr. Grechaninov FRI Beau soir FRI Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello), Heini Kärkkäinen (piano) FRI 3:47 FRI Schubert, François; arr. Casals, Pablo (?) FRI Die Biene (The Bee) - from 12 Bagatelles (Op.13 No.9) FRI Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello), Heini Kärkkäinen (piano) FRI 3:48 FRI Bach, Johann Sebastian FRI Brandenburg Concerto no.2 FRI Alexis Kossenko (recorder), Erik Niord Larsen (oboe), Ole FRI Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Elise Batnes (violin), Risör FRI Festival Strings, Knut Johannessen (harpsichord) FRI 4:00 FRI Adam, Adolphe; arr. Howard Cable FRI Cantique de Noël FRI Gino Quilico (baritone), Judy Loman (harp), Toronto FRI Children's Chorus, Members of the Toronto SO, Jean Ashworth FRI Bartle (conductor) FRI 4:05 FRI Reger, Max FRI Maria Wiegenlied FRI Toronto Children's Chorus, Judy Loman (harp), Jean Ashworth FRI Bartle (conductor) FRI 4:06 FRI Yon, Pietro Alessandro FRI Gesù Bambino FRI Louis Quilico (baritone), Toronto Children's Chorus, Judy FRI Loman (harp), Members of the Toronto SO, Jean Ashworth FRI Bartle (conductor) FRI 4:11 FRI Dupré, Marcel FRI Variations on 'Adeste Fideles' FRI Tong-Soon Kwak (organ) FRI 4:19 FRI Grieg, Edvard FRI Triumphal March from 'Sigurd Jorsalfar' FRI Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Roman Zeilinger (conductor) FRI 4:31 FRI Trénet, Charles FRI Noël FRI Heyral, Marc, arr. Gaston Rochon FRI Le Noël de la Rue (1952) FRI Richard Paré (harpsichord), Les chanteurs de FRI Saint-Cœur-de-Marie, Claude Gosselin (conductor) FRI 4:39 FRI Samuel-Rousseau, Marcel FRI Variations Pastorales sur un vieux Noël FRI Erica Goodman (harp), Members of the Amadeus Ensemble FRI 4:48 FRI Haydn, (Johann) Michael FRI Cantata: Lauft, ihr Hirten allzugleich (Run ye shepherds, to FRI the light) FRI Salzburger Hofmusik FRI 4:58 FRI Schubert, Franz; transcr Liszt, Franz FRI Ständchen arr. for piano -- from Schwanengesang (D. 957) FRI Simon Trpceski (piano) FRI 5:04 FRI Rore, Cipriano de FRI Alma real, se come fida stella' FRI The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley (director) FRI 5:09 FRI Respighi, Ottorino FRI Ancient Airs and Dances - Suite No.2 FRI CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) FRI 5:28 FRI Cornelius, Peter (arr.Ivor Atkins) FRI The three kings FRI Ord, Boris FRI Adam lay ybounden FRI Trad. American arr. Rutter, John FRI Rise up shepherd, and follow FRI Russell Braun (baritone), Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, FRI John Rutter (conductor) FRI 5:35 FRI Suk, Josef FRI Meditation on an old Czech hymn "St Wenceslas" (Op.35a) FRI Signum Quartet FRI 5:42 FRI Schumann, Robert FRI Humoreske for piano in B flat major (Op.20) FRI Ivetta Irkha (piano) FRI 6:07 FRI Strauss, Richard FRI Rosenkavalier - Grand Suite FRI Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Quebec, Franz-Paul FRI Decker (conductor). FRI FRI 06:30 Breakfast b04vdj25 (Listen) FRI Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny, plus the Best of British FRI Playlist and your musical requests and suggestions. email FRI 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. FRI FRI 09:00 Essential Classics b04vd5l6 (Listen) FRI Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical FRI music with your trusted guide, Sarah Walker. Her guest is FRI the comedian, actress, writer and director Victoria Wood. FRI FRI 9am FRI A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Bach at FRI Christmas.' Sarah showcases choruses and arias from works FRI composed by Bach especially for performance at Christmas, FRI including Part II of the Christmas Oratorio and the opening FRI chorus of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, first performed by FRI Bach in Leipzig on Christmas Day, 1724. FRI FRI 9.30am FRI Musical challenge: Find the Fourth FRI FRI 10am FRI Sarah's guest, sharing her favourite classical music every FRI day at 10am, is one of the UK's best-loved writers and FRI performers: the comedian and actress Victoria Wood. She also FRI talks about the new musical TV adaptation of her stage play FRI That Day We Sang, which will premiere on BBC Two over FRI Christmas. FRI FRI 10.30am FRI This week's featured artist is the acclaimed Argentinian FRI pianist Martha Argerich. Renowned for her individual FRI virtuosity, Argerich is also known for her love of ensemble FRI playing. Sarah showcases Argerich's solo recordings FRI including works by Brahms, Ravel and Chopin and explores her FRI collaborations with other musicians, highlighting Schubert's FRI Arpeggione Sonata with cellist Mischa Maisky and FRI Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals. As a festive treat, FRI we'll also hear a playful two-piano arrangement of the FRI Nutcracker Suite. FRI FRI 11am FRI Essential Choice FRI FRI Schumann FRI Piano Quintet Op.44 FRI Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) FRI Artemis Quartet. FRI FRI 12:00 Composer of the Week b04vd5wr (Listen) FRI Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Into Obscurity FRI FRI Donald Macleod reflects on Vivaldi's bittersweet FRI relationship with Vienna and introduces music from the final FRI decade of his life, as musical tastes in Venice began to FRI change. FRI FRI Vivaldi continued to compose for the stage through his final FRI decade though, as tastes in Venice began to change, his FRI standing as an opera composer was about to peak. He was FRI constantly on the road, travelling from one court to another FRI with his favourite singer, Anna Giraud. After a very FRI acrimonious debacle with the Cardinal of Ferrara, who FRI refused Vivaldi entry into the city, he nearly went FRI bankrupt. Vivaldi still had friends in high places and, in FRI 1740, Vivaldi made the fateful decision to travel to Vienna FRI and seek patronage from Charles VI, Emperor of Austria. FRI Tragically for Vivaldi, the Emperor died just as Vivaldi FRI arrived. The composer himself only survived a few more FRI months, ending his career in abject poverty. Donald Macleod FRI introduces music from those final years including two operas FRI staged in Venice in which Anna sang key roles, a concerto FRI from one of the collections dedicated to the music-loving FRI Emperor of Austria and, finally, one of Vivaldi's colourful FRI multi-instrument concertos played at his final farewell to FRI Venice. FRI FRI 13:00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert b04vd5yr (Listen) FRI Schwarzenberg Schubertiade 2014, Episode 5 FRI FRI Founded by Hermann Prey in 1976, the Schubertiade is one of FRI the most important and distinguished Schubert festivals in FRI the world, presenting about 80 events each summer in the FRI Austrian hill towns of Schwarzenberg and Hohenems. FRI FRI In the final programme this week of highlights from concerts FRI given this year in the Angelika Kauffmann Hall in FRI Schwarzenberg, two Schubert part-songs are performed by a FRI specially convened gorup of noted singers, and Canadian FRI virtuoso Marc-André Hamelin plays Schubert's final Piano FRI Sonata, the B flat, D960. FRI FRI Schubert: Hymne an die Unendlichen FRI Anna Prohaska (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo-soprano) FRI Daniel Behle (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (bass-baritone) FRI Wolfram Rieger (piano) FRI FRI Schubert: Piano Sonata in B flat major, D960 FRI Marc-André Hamelin (piano) FRI FRI Schubert: Gott im Ungewitter Das Abendrot FRI Anna Prohaska (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo-soprano) FRI Daniel Behle (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (bass-baritone) FRI Wolfram Rieger (piano). FRI FRI 14:00 Afternoon on 3 b04vd64n (Listen) FRI Simon Rattle Conducts Brahms and Schumann, Episode 4 FRI FRI Concluding this week's prelude to Radio 3's 'Celebrating FRI Simon Rattle' festivities next year, today Sir Simon FRI conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in the Fourth Symphonies by FRI Schumann and Brahms. FRI That's followed by the last two acts of Jean Philippe FRI Rameau's Zais from the Beaune Festival. FRI Presented by Katie Derham FRI FRI Schumann Symphony No. 4 in D minor, op. 120 (1841 version) FRI FRI Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98 FRI FRI Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra FRI Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) FRI FRI 3.05pm FRI Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) - Zaïs, ballet héroïque in FRI one prologue and four acts FRI Today: Acts III and IV FRI FRI Zaïs..... Julian Pregardien (tenor) FRI Zélide..... Marie Arnet (soprano) FRI Oramasès..... Konstantin Wolff (baritone) FRI Cindor..... Benoît Arnould (bass) FRI Grande Prêtresse de l'Amour..... Amel Brahim Djelloul FRI (soprano) FRI L'Amour..... Hasnaa Bennani (soprano) FRI Un Sylphe..... Zachary Wilder (countertenor) FRI Namur Chamber Chorus FRI Les Talens Lyriques FRI Christophe Rousset (conductor) FRI [Recorded at the Cour des Hospices during the 2014 Beaune FRI Festival]. FRI FRI 16:30 Words and Music b03ln9md (Listen) FRI No Stronger than a Flower FRI FRI Emilia Fox and Jamie Glover are the readers in this edition FRI of Words and Music inspired by flowers, which despite their FRI seeming frailty, or perhaps because of it, are a potent FRI symbol of both transience and rebirth. FRI FRI There are readings from Shakespeare, John Clare, William and FRI Dorothy Wordsworth, Robert Frost, Michael Longley and a book FRI of Victorian Flower Etiquette and music by Schumann, FRI Delibes, Vaughan Williams, Richard Strauss, Robert Chilcott FRI and Fats Waller. FRI FRI Produced by Philippa Ritchie. FRI FRI 17:45 New Generation Artists b04vj964 (Listen) FRI Clemency Burton-Hill continues her two week series FRI showcasing the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists. FRI FRI As part of the BBC's commitment to developing and nurturing FRI young talent, BBC Radio 3 launched its New Generation FRI Artists scheme in the autumn of 1999. Now well into its FRI second decade, the scheme has acquired the reputation of FRI being a world leader for young artists. Every autumn six to FRI seven artists or groups who are beginning to make a mark on FRI the international music scene are invited to join. FRI Opportunities concerts in London and around the UK, FRI appearances and recordings with the BBC Orchestras, special FRI studio recordings for Radio 3, and, for some, appearances at FRI the Proms. FRI FRI Russian pianist, Pavel Kolesnikov became Laureate of the FRI Honens Prize for Piano in 2012 - he opens today's programme FRI with Mozart's dramatic Fantasia K, 475. Narek Hakhnazaryan FRI shot to fame when he was awarded Cello First Prize and Gold FRI Medal at the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition. FRI Today we hear him play the piece that Tchaikovsky described FRI in 1887 as, "the single fruit of my musical spirit from the FRI whole summer." German baritone Benjamin Appl was the last FRI private pupil of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and today Benjamin FRI is joined by pianist Joseph Middleton to perform what FRI Schubert described as "spine-chilling" songs, the cycle that FRI affected the distracted composer more than any other, his FRI settings of texts by Wilhelm Müller, Winterreise D.911. FRI FRI MOZART: Fantasia in C minor K. 475 FRI Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) FRI FRI TCHAIKOVSKY: Pezzo Capriccioso FRI Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello) FRI Katya Apekisheva (piano) FRI FRI SCHUBERT Winterreise - song-cycle D.911 FRI Benjamin Appl (baritone); Joseph Middleton (piano). FRI FRI 19:30 BBC Proms 2014 b04vd8s6 (Listen) FRI Prom 55: Tchaikovsky, Debussy and Unsuk Chin FRI FRI The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and Myung-Whun Chung at FRI this year's BBC Proms in music by Unsuk Chin alongside two FRI Western symphonic pieces by Debussy and Tchaikovsky FRI FRI Presented by Penny Gore at the Royal Albert Hall, London FRI FRI Debussy: La mer FRI Unsuk Chin: Šu FRI Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique' FRI FRI Wu Wei (sheng) FRI Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra FRI Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) FRI FRI Myung-Whun Chung made his first Proms appearance this summer FRI as Music Director of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, which FRI made its own Proms debut as one of a series of global FRI orchestras. FRI FRI They brought with them the sounds of South Korea in a FRI concerto for sheng (traditional reed mouth organ) and FRI orchestra written by their compatriot Unsuk Chin - a sonic FRI game between soloist and orchestra. FRI FRI Chin's evocative textures are framed by the sensuous FRI richness of Debussy's La mer, capturing the sea in all its FRI moods, and Tchaikovsky's final symphony, with its elusive FRI but turbulent narrative. FRI FRI Concert originally broadcast 27/08/2014. FRI FRI 22:00 The Verb b04vd97q (Listen) FRI Ian McEwan Special FRI FRI Ian McMillan presents an extended interview with Ian McEwan FRI for The Verb, in which he shares his writing process, from FRI the skill of crafting an opening paragraph that will allow FRI the story to emerge , to the language he uses to represent FRI intimacy and the body. He also explores the status of poetry FRI and song in novels like 'Saturday' and 'The Children Act'. FRI FRI Ian McEwan FRI FRI The Verb presents an extended interview with one of our FRI best-loved novelists, Ian McEwan. Across 45 minutes, Ian FRI McMillan explores his writing process, from how he ‘tunes’ FRI the opening passage of a book, to the role of the body as FRI ‘truth-teller’ in his work, and his experience of writing FRI ‘absence’ and ‘intimacy’. We also find out about the role FRI that poetry and song have played in McEwan’s own life (he FRI shares his love of Yeats and the poetry of George Crabbe) as FRI well as their importance in the lives of his characters. FRI McEwan shows his fascination with different language worlds; FRI his latest novel, ‘The Children Act’, gave him the FRI opportunity to analyse the language of the family courts. FRI Finally, Ian McMillan invites him to consider the role of FRI novel-writing in our lives; can knowing what the novelist FRI knows ever protect us? FRI FRI Ian McEwan won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1976 for his FRI first collection of short stories *First Love, Last Rites*; FRI the Whitbread Novel Award (1987) and the Prix Fémina FRI Etranger (1993) for *The Child in Time*; and Germany's FRI Shakespeare Prize in 1999. He has been shortlisted for the FRI Man Booker Prize for Fiction numerous times, winning the FRI award for *Amsterdam* in 1998. His novel *Atonement* FRI received the WH Smith Literary Award (2002), National Book FRI Critics' Circle Fiction Award (2003), Los Angeles Times FRI Prize for Fiction (2003), and the Santiago Prize for the FRI European Novel (2004). He was awarded a CBE in 2000. In FRI 2006, he won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his FRI novel *Saturday*, and his novel *On Chesil Beach* was named FRI Galaxy Book of the Year at the 2008 British Book Awards. FRI ‘The Children Act’ is published by Vintage. FRI FRI 22:45 The Essay b04vd60j (Listen) FRI I've Never Told Anyone This Before, 5. Suzanne Joinson - FRI 'Somebody Else's Story' FRI FRI Concluding our series of specially commissioned Essays under FRI the title theme I've Never Told Anyone This Before, the FRI novelist and street market enthusiast Suzanne Joinson shares FRI a story of plunder and ethical dilemmas, in which she found FRI a box of letters on a stall in Deptford Market and began to FRI read them. When someone else's life is up for sale is it an FRI act of rescue to revive their story or an act of trespass FRI and looting? What are the borders between prurience and FRI respect? On a day (Boxing Day) when cardboard packaging FRI begins to pile up outside people's houses this is a story FRI about what gets thrown out and who it belongs to. FRI FRI 23:00 World on 3 b04vd97s (Listen) FRI Commonwealth Connections Highlights FRI FRI Mary Ann Kennedy with highlights from the Radio 3 FRI Commonwealth Connections series, music from some of the 53 FRI countries taking part in the summer games in Glasgow earlier FRI this year, including South Africa, Singapore, Pakistan, FRI Jamaica, Rwanda, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Grenada and FRI Kenya. FRI